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Wages of Sin-A few days since in Philadel- phia, young man whose whole appearance indica- ted respectable percentage, presented at one of the Philadelphia banks forged check, for fifteen hundred dollars, which was paid; but soon after, the officer of the bank suspecting its genuineness, pursued the unhappy youth. and had him arrest ed He was greatly agitated, and endeavored, without success, to escape from the Mayors office. Painting and exhausted, he was soon brought back, 7, and sent to prison. He would give no informa- tion respecting his family or connections, but seemed deeply to feel his disgrace. During the night, he destroyed his life by means of opium, which he had concealed about his person, and thus rushed unprepared into an awful eternity! How impressive the warning He had no doubt, in op- position to parents counsel, plunged into dssi- pati.n, to sustain which, he must have money Good principles had been undermined, and with rapid career, he hastened the downward path 10 ruin. How awful must have been his guilty feel ings, how terrible his interview with his offended God. Young men, beware of the beginnings of sin It may promise pleasure, but it will sooner or later sting like an adder.-PresCyterian.

 Nd- Christopher Hughes, the. late American minister at Hague, received, upon closing his re- the Minister of Foreign Affairs, conferrng upon him. by command of the King, the Gross of q Con,mander'of Ae Order of le Oaken Groom. Mir Hughes, in his reply, thanked his Majesty for the honor tEus intended to be conferred upon him, but declined the honor of the nomination, inas- much as all orders of knighthood are repugnant to the institutions of his country. ..e,; rq

 Census ef HiaRso,, -The recent census shows a population in our sister city of 5,557. being IA less than in 1s4O. Thus far, Schenectady and Hud- son are the only plac.s heard from in this State where there has been any falling of in population during the last five years.--.E:r Y: PGps -..-.