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DERSONS desirotut of paying metwo aey,ondebts 4. of any' description, Can do ao by leaving their P 3 Pnentl with Past,`Cooper & Co., Bankers, Mont i* mynredit, whole - rev:lets will be allowed (mg then. date. • . dpril 8, 1868.-tf C. L. WARD. V News Office! lEW YORK MY ILLUSTRXTED - KEWSPA YAGAZDTES,AS., to naleaPthe Mont IW . -13 ° 4 Store by • A. K. Ball Er. ilouttose, Sept. 8,1848, 4 • , • , , )- • , • 11 .' t t I t . , e - , . P . • , • ;three month; . - 3,00 siz' months " 500 "Twis golden shitimer fit my heart, glad summer all around, 14hen With a wreath of lily-bells my Lilian! I -crowned,. And called her gamin of all ray hopes, and Called my self her knight. And 'boldly vowed for Lillibel the fiereest - foeto fight, For Lillibd, dear Liltibel! ! Oh! all theliinweis seelhed lilt:bells In those glad, - golden days, And all the brooks sang Mild along their winding ways; Laden with dreams of the lulling lireeies came, The silver echoei only rang the mellow music name Of-Lillibel, sweet Lillibel! fold Winter noiris In The sky ; chill whiter in my heart; • I wander by the silent brook, to muse and mourn - - The wild 'duds, whispering, through the trees, in. weird whispers tell - The story of the lily-bells, and of my Lillibel - My =bet, lost Lillibel! That King whose lance no knight may break—whose . love no queen deride-- Illack-klutned, npon his fleet white steed, bore- off my darling bride I le gathered all the Lily-belts to bind around her brow; . . I feel there are no flowers`for me, In all the wide I ' _ world now-- ' • TEE ELAM:INFER APPRENTICE A Tale oflhe Revolution. it was the darkest hoar of the revolution for the American cause. Where were trait ors in the camp, though the great mass of -the people remained-firm and determined in I the cause of Independence. The British ar my outnumbered the American-forces' as.l three, to ntie, but liberty_was the ,prize to be eon, and brave hearts led on by Washing ton, did not despair: What if they ; *ere r ! clad in tattered garments, and their feet were shoeless, leavinn b marks of blood upon the frozen earth wherever they follow their loved commander, so lung as they battled fur the birthright of freedom. • - At the period of our story there stood in the vicinity of the village of Brunswick a log house, of rather large-dimensions, and built in the manner that proved thit its proprietors went in more fur comfort than appearance as I regarded his dwelling. There was an air of neatness and taste about the .garden that seemed to prove that it was under the spe cial care of - a woman, -evin though currant bush, honey suckle, and hop vine had been many days under the snow of December. The proprietor of the hoae followed tile MEC= I double ealline.of blacksmith and firmer.— Ile:was a hale old man of about sixty, and his family was composed solely of his wife Dorothy, and his "daughter, Mary, a beauti ful-04 lost -budding itt4o womanhood.... In his youth, farm r Jonas Mutton had sd vocrted Quaker principles of peace, but in his age his sympathies were secretly enli..ted in the cause of King George. Ills conduct, however, had beeome so circumspect—he aP . .” pearing to maintain a strict neutrality as re. gardcd, both the Briti,h and American cause —that though suspicions were rite of extend ing aid to the former, he find thus far escaped actual prooC The only.person hired about the premises was a tell ungainly youth, and ;who served as a helper.in the smithery, when occasional. 12, a neighbor wished his horse shod, or his wagon.wheel tired. His name was Malachi Doolittle, and he-hailed from the Bay Btetc, from whence he,frad wandered to hi. present station, some three years before, binding him ' self to Squire Hutton till one and twenty.— He had all the peculiarities of the migratory race of New Eugland, and though, as we have stated,be was tall and ungainly in deport ment, a warm heart beat nn - der a home-spun rest, and he-displayed meth genius and tact for the benefit Of his employer. As a matter of course he had been hi lord fora long time with the Eli form and blue eyes of his master's! daughter, Mary, though she bad always treated - his case au coolly, that•sny one else but a genuine yaakee wooer would bare feft the field in despair. NO girl can bear to hare it said that: her lover is en object of ri'icule, and Mary was well aware that tall Malachi—the name by which her father's apprentice was generally addres sed—was the sport of the young girls in. the r.eghborhood. Yet she might have made a good tannic; for he bid fair to become a first rate mechanic; was iscreck shot with a rifle, and could out-run, out-jump, as be expressed hltasel4 anything that stood in, two shoes.— He was a firm advocate of the American cause, and when his bolsi Was not, by and, he could gainn - a listener's ear, he would express his admiration for. General Washington in the highest terms.. . • .. It was the latter part of December, and close upon dusk, when a young man attired in the uniform of an cosign in the Continent al Array, and mounted upon a powerful gray horse, rode up to Hutton s smithery, and requested that his animal might be_ shod immediately. " Priced, thou aeernest to be in somewhat of a hurry% and'as Malachi is busk in fodder ing the cattle, and 1 have promised to have neighbor Parker's wheel in half an hour, per hips thee had better. apply to the next Shop, which thee will find about a mile . and a half from he re o on the straight road to Brunswick," was Squire Hutton's reply, glancing at the stranger in uniform. . A plague on neighbor Parker, and hi s wagon wheel," said. the young man impati. ently. "As you have stated, however, I arn in a hurry, and heisi imPortant dispatches to Washington, who .1 understand is on his way to attack . our _enemies. May • heaven favor the right cause." • "Ansel, said the smith earnestly. But: as I have informed -thee before, it would be imptrssible to attend the shoeing of thy beast to:night. It is nearly dark, and I. seldom protract my Is ,sison after nightfall." • The stranger mused a moment, and then mattered to isimself: "It is not possible that I can have been misinformed;" drew s .pa r...r from his pocket and handed it to Squire Hutton, " What is this ?" he exclaimed.: "Something that it would not bepolitie to let everyone pence in these times, but I have .beard that you was a staunch hunt_ in the inse of King George, arid can trust yeti. The exigweies.of it nut)? not admit ol" My home must be shod, and I must tie with the Britich . eatup, 01 Trenton by , to-mor VOL. 5. 1, LILLIBEL MEE! ffly-bctily no LiMimi CHAPTER I. - - "IFEREDOn'ARIED MONT Anaomgrvi @LLIWER'T amp V7PQRT&." MONTROSE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY Gl`fss9. The old smith with an air of surprise, wip ed his glassessto persue the document, and by the last fading light of day, recognized the well•knuarn signature of Lord Cornwallis. 'IL instantly grasped the stranger by the hatid,.and. said that fur the cause of king George he would neglect every other job of work in the shop. "•But thee will have a rough ride of it, friend, the, roads are in a led: condition, and the wind will blow cold . and bitter in thy face, I obseree,,thewhole of thy journey." The stranger remarked that he had learn rto laugh at such adventures in the camp f the soldier. " Ay, triend, : but the night will be black as pitch an hour later, and if thy 'beast is not Anse , footed, thee Aril! scarcely•reach Trenton by §ohtiso. flowerer set that thou art well prepered.fot thy journey. A clip of goodlea, equal to that the, foolish rebels. ai-asted in Boston harbor, Made by wife Dor othy, and a few warm biscuits prepared by My daughter, Mary. will refresh thee great ly, previous to thy long journey." Thanks, kind sir, for your hospitality, and be tiisured. that It will be remembered to our commander-imehlefi . My business is urgent, fir if reach Trenton by sunrise, the plan I now bear about my person will place the rebel army wholly in our power. "Sayest thou so?" said the smith, rub. bing his hands joyfully,"then indeed you have no time to lose. Hello, Malachil sty here thou art! Bun up to the house and tell Dor othy that my friend Ensign Spencer, of the Continental•army, is going to , sup with us. He has important documents 'for the benefit of the American cause, 'and must be in the American camp to-mozroir morning. Thou canst shoe this horse while I extend to him •the hospitalities;" cud Squire Hutton, taks ing the young man by the arm, ushered him in a few Moments into the' presence of his wife and charming daughter. Meanwhile Malachi, who had' eyed the stranger very closely, lit a lamp and began to ply the " Well," he exclaimed to himself, "if this . don't beat all natur. I thought there was something an the wind, when the critter bait ed at our place, so I jest stept foddering the cattle, and :awaked up to the becksidepf the shop to listen. so-if he gets to Trenton by sun-rise,to-morrow morning, the American. party will be in the hands of the British. If you are there by that time, by Judas, Mala chi Doolittle don't.know nothing about shoe ing. Whort—you critter, tan't you stand still a minit, while the irons are getting hot? It's no wonder you're so restless, with such a load of sins as you are about to carry. I'm going to cut my indenturesto-night and join the:army. Who knows but that I may come I r back a captain, marry Mary Hutton, and then strike a bee line for old Massachusetts. j But I must hurry this job through fur I wo'd not like the, buss to inspect my work to.night. There," ix: added, as _he, .dreve. the last. nail, - " you will cast off a pair of them shoes about fire miles tether side of Brubswielz, j end then if I can't catch you, Ensign Spem j cer, on my old sorrel, I wish I may be blow ' ed up in a powder-mill." Big with intentions for the benefit' of the American cause, Malachi fastened the horse, and closing the she? door, wended his way to the hone. "Shouldn't wonder if we had two foot of snow before to-morrow morning," said Mal achi to himself, "and I'd 'rather, by a darn sight, go to:an apple bee, or quiltin party with Mary'Huttru. tucked under my arm,. than take a journey to Trenton to-night:---- However, What can't be cured must be en dured, as my old school-marm used to say, who she applied the birch; so all you've got to do, Alp!acid Duolittli;, is to play rios sum2and not give the Britisher too Lig a start." - Ile found the kitchen empty, for Ensign Spencer being considered in the light of .ati especial guest, the supper table was set in the ptirlor. " not hid pieter ! he will be making' love to Mary next," said Malachi uneasily, "l i ttiit if he does, I'll pay him off in his own, coin. Ali, here is his pistols and heavy riding coat. Well, now, Malachi Doolittle, I don't think it would tie unwholesome to your constitu tion to jerk-the pruning out:of them barkers, l'or - fear matters might come to - a rough and tumble. So hdre goes," and .suiting the ac tion to the word, the stranger's weapons were instantly - placed in a harinlem condi tion. When the, apprentice entered the parlor, he found Dorothy Hutton and her daughter Mary in - high glee. and good humor. The supper wus over, hut the stranger seemed to be attracted to the smith's parlor, by the bright-eyist of Mary, and looking twice out of the windows into the cold, bleak night, he gave a shudder as if about to depart on his dreary urney. Malachi Tal l devoured his supper in moody silence ; but, notwithstanding his discontent at the notice the Young officer took of Mary, he made - fearful inroads on the johnnycake and sausage. A geanine Yankee is seldom so'deep in love that he fiarsakes his Victuals, and such wus certainly tall Malachi's love. When there was do excuse tor longer • de• lay, the apprentice was deputed to fetch Spencer's hisrse to the door, and thanking his host and hostess for their kind attentions, and bestowing a kiss upon the blushing cheekof Mary, he bestrode the animal and *set forth at ti 'round gallop, on his dark and dreary journey. "1 guess I'd better go and finish foddering the cattle," said Malachi, as the clatter of the horse's ho ofs - died away in the distance.-- "Old Bull has broken his surcingle all to smash. I calkilaie that I'd better take the sorrel horse and go down to Brunswick to morrow, and git it, fixed as we want to sled some wood from the swamp. Suppose you can let me have old sorrel for a little while can't ye, kiln; ?" ",Why, how on earth can thee go down to Brunswick without hint, Malachi? /Tow fool: ish thou talkest to-night." 1 ‘ Well, I didn't : knOw hut that you:might Want to . use him," said Malachi,. elPsing the door - behind him ad sta r 44 for the: barn. Consarn hist picter.l, kidsod her lips, did ho? Well, if I don't have a wrestle with him, : for that triek, my'llanie ain't !stalaChi pool4tle, Jerusalem, how'cold it isl. rwit,h 'I had my other shirt,on, but it's no wire ' to - Old sorrel, put in the tl'g licks, and YOU shall be kept on nothing else but oats and" cleier "fur" the *lance of your days. = And •sour for a parting salute to the boss,' he added as. he drove up to the door of the house. " Het low 1 Squire klutton t sulabiri's broke !weer <r.~, . IN " Why, Malachi, wlint is the .matter T— asked the smith, opening the•door. "Is the barn on fire, or—" "No, nothing of the kind, hoz& But I've concludd to borrow old sorrel,to-night, 'in stead of to-morrow, I ,know the whole plot, and am going to take them papers from Er.. sign Spencer, and give them to George Wa'hington." " Why, hishorse Is as fleet as the wind, and he will be in Treteon before thou art halt Way," said the smith with a laugh. " You forgot that-1 shod his horse, boss Button," - Well, he Is armed, and will t•boot thee dead as a nail, if thou attempt violence." • "Cant be did, boas. ,l shook all thelwim ing from his pistols when he was is to sup per." - " Timindr.r :and Beelzebub—Lord forgive . The •rernallitier offlie Fentence wns lost on Malachi's ear, for with a wild "Yuithip ! ga 19,ng, sorrel !" he was following in the !rack . of the British spy. GEMEMIT! The night was very dark, and (likes . of snow were falling-fist over the already whit ened ground, and the old sorrel was perfectly acquainted With every inch of the - ground, an d as if prompted by instinct that he wRS on business that admitto.of no delay, it need-. ed but little urging on The part of Malachi, to make hid' stretch Ids neck through the village of Brunswick like a grayhound. Occasionally his rider would rein up and pause, to- listen, if he could heir the clattering of hoofs, in-the distance; and when he : could hear no'sound but the moaning of the wind as it whistled through the forest trees, he would shout, " Ga-land," and the horse wo'd resume his old pace. - But his perseverance was not to go unre warded, for he scarcely put the village of Brunswick five mites behind him, when he descried the object of his search h short dis ; tance ahead, and travelling at such a gait as convinced him that Ensign Spencer had little to thank Malachilloolittle for haudieraft. As the matter stood, it was ro great f e at for the sorrel or apprentice to rein up by the side"of the officer in the space a few min utes. . It was too dark for Ensign Spencer -to recognize his new acquaintanceof the smithy. "Fine. evening, squire," - said ‘• Malachi, "sleighing will be first ra:e in -The . morning if it continues to c.me down this way." "There we don't agree, friend," said. Spencer, placing his land •by way of • pre caution on one of his pistols, "fir the night to my mind, is a t ursed dark and storm} one.' " Well it is something-dark, that is a tact," was Malachi's response, " for a man that's got considerable distance to • ride. Got a fine horse, I can't see fOr maim.. Critter goes kind er lame,don!t 4,7" - " Yes, thinks to a s ' tang* '&11(14 'OSA shod him about two hours ago, I shall not be able to reach my destination lief re day "I - lather guess you won't squire, at, the rate,you are traveling now. Now squire see iu itl'a you, I wouldn't mind swappin 'horses. .old Sorrel, is sere footed and only ten years old, come next grass, though I should re quire a little hoot under the circumstances— not Continental, but hard Spanishond— "Hold on, friend, fur Heaven's sake, I have no• wish to trade horses at any rate, and your loquacity is perfectly overwhelming. hate but one question to ask; and 'you can act your ownpleasure in answering it. Who gave you any informatiOn that I was travel ing to Trenton V • • "Jest au slick as-grease, squire. YOu are on_ our side. God save King -George, and down with the rebel 4. lam Malachi Doo little, Jonas Hutton's apprentice boy,. who shod your critter this very evetaing—aed it appears it was so eontounded dark it. the shop, that I made a pesky job of it." " Pesky job, indeed,"- said Spencer.— " Why, my horso is pin dead' lame, and must be in Trenton to-morrow morning— my business is of post vital importance." " Could I not do the business for you ?" said Malachi, "you can go--back to squire Hutton's while I carry the - despatches you bear about you to` the British Camp:" "No," said Spencer, with a laugh, "that. would hardly do. A British officer placing important despatches in the hands of a black smith's apprentice, is altogether out of the question- " By Judas, I've got it !" exclainied Male. .chi as if struck by a sudden thought: "We will swop horses fur the present. I'll take your critter back to Hutton's and doctorhim till you come for him, and lend you old sor rel—he's just Its fresh now as when he left the stable, and can keep 'the same gait Tor four and twenty hours: ,Ensign Spencer aai delighted with the proposition and, halting at a favorable place, they both dismounted tainake the exchange. But no sooner had the officer's foot touched the ground thtin be found himself in the close embrace of Malachi. '• Now squire," he exclalincd, "before 'it comes to a woree tusle, trouble you to fork over them- papers.'.' " Why, what do you mean, you plebeian hound, by insulting an oflicerofAing George'?" said. Spencer, struggling to tree himself from the iron. grasp of the blacksmith appren tice. "Mean just what I say, you gaol darned cantankerous. Tory varmint. Hurrah for George Washington and the Continental Congress.. Kies•Mary again, will yon 1— Well, I'm nOt.going to bo cruel, but if you don't fork over them papers in.a jiff, by the sixteenth ehapter of lievolutlims, make mince meat of you, by Judas !' " Don't throttle me !" exclaimed Spencer, for hfalachi's grip at his throat had been tightening - every instant—" anti they are yours." . Duit't :you attempt to come any: of your :games,. you Tory varmint.: 1 can out run, and, out wrestle anything. in our dig. -" _ Such is not - my intention. Theo are the papers, much good may they do you. .-And now lin kind enough to release me." "Wait a' bit, squire—isiii ho, aoriel—must make f ail right;"._ ond, at the same , moment, he letgo of Spencer, he leiipt . 4 into his own Pond night. stintre, - and ,ptemtent dreams. 7 • 7 '2. 4 . • .Spenenr. instantly nitried - offolithii pistols point blsuk 41 , If.,lachi I:ta it missed He dashed it t!! kilo gonad with 4 earse, and . • . . . .. . . •, .. ..--`, - -..' •. •• -.:•-•':„ , - ..1 '.;: ",:: '.. - 1 .t_ ~_ .7' :.:: - 4' .' • .__. .-. l' . ...... ~; s ... • : .. . . . • . . . . . . „ ------- --- 1 levelled :the othei—the trigger clicked, but there was no discharge. ” III), ha, ha," laughed Malachi. "You will find the primbi scattered around .Joscnh 1 Llatton's kitchen floor, wheio I left it. Ya 1 hip ga-latig, sorrel. Three cheers for Wash : 1 ington nad the 'Continental Congress." The min was not ahove an hour high; when a tall, slab•sided Yankee, mounted on a bony horse, rode np to the. American line, where he was hailed by. the sentries, and to whom be made known that he had sopiething of be.. portanes to'communieste to the general.— His invincible pertinacity finally piocured him the Coveted audieneo with the'Commind er-in -chi ef of the American forces, and Mala chi placed. the docuinents ha bad procured with so much trouble' in his !rands. Wash irvon saw at a glance that, had the plans therciiiiiiiged'Efeen — erterretrotititheMS.merT; can. lirmy would have been placed in great pall if not 'utterly annihilated. Of•his mas ter's share in the transaction, Malachi ;Doo little, said nothing, for be was , too mach in, love withynry to hetiay her father, but nil other questioure he answered with a prompt-- ness that proved that lib had a large -share of sense to make up for his 'uncouth appear. apee. "And you wish to serve in the army "said Washington. "Sat f is my intention, your Excellency," replied Malachi, "if-you think my services worthy of.regard."- " We are always glad to receive such good recruits in the cause of freedom as thou.art, The hervice thou bast rendered is a great one to the American cause. Captain Doolittle allow me to' congratulate you, for such is the commission you hold henceforth in the Con tmental army." • - The heart of the new. made officerswas too • full to express his thanks, but be resolved tq prove by deeds, and not by` words, that he ,was worthy of Washington's consideration. The commander-in-chief saw that some irn..; mediate steps must be taken not only to re., take Philadelphia—which, as he !clamed by the dispatebes brought, the enemy were determined to possess—but to arouse the spirit of the nation that had sunk to the low est despotidency. • He resolved to anticipate - the British and cross-the frozen Delaware nn the 25th of peceinher, where he learned that a large {hod Y of Hessians were encamped.— He followed up his plan with eminent sue ccss, for, the attack-being totally unexpected, more than- nine hundred of the enemy were taken prisoners of war. Ile recrossed the river again, and though his, shadow of an ar my was weary and exhausted, ho determin ed to attack Princeton, Here he had the good fortune to kill sixty and take three hun dred prisoners more. ThiS goof fortune I -served to dispel the gloom that had settled upon the American cause. his au undoubted fact that. Malachi lade held,ri commission in 41M ar my before he close of the war, which took place when-Great Britain acknowledged the independence of the United States, Nov. L'O, On the banks of the river llaratan, some ten years after the incidents detailed in our story, there mood a fine house, built in the style of the Elizabethan period, the residence of Colonel Doolittle and family', who was now one of ' the wealthiest tanners in the whole country. He was- one ,of the most hitspitable of men,' and neither friend nor stranger could pass his door without being asked to lake a mug of the . Colonel's good cider, or, if ititappened to be about tea time, a cup of tea and slice of short-cake, made by the fait' hands of his wife Mary. There was an ttld man, too, for along time after the close of the war, who would advocate the cause of the King, and talk about having somebody arrested for stealing a sorrel horse —at which his daughter would wink slily 'to her husband—but he finally came to the min elusion, as pence and plenty crowned the land of frcedotn, that George Washington was not so much of a rebel after all. There was an old lady who appeared to never grow tired of praising her son-in-law and a little boy,:the very image of his moth er, who at the close of many a summer's day would climb neon his father's knee ; and cry with a tone of earnest entreaty : "Noir, pa, do tell about _Ensign Spencer and George Washington, and the Hessians, and how you hooked grandpa ' s horse and listed as a soldier." • Willingly, my sun," the Colonel _would reply, " but I have related the story 'o often,. I should think you knew it by heart." Yet he often related the story, over and over again. Such is one of the many incidents connect ed with the dark history of the' Revolution. Though purchased with the blood of thous ands, it left the legacy of freedom to mankind and few in those •" times which- tried,lnbrils souls,”,acquired greater fame in the Atheri can cause, than Malachi Doolittle, the black smith's apprentice. Boort —l3ooks ,arethe voices of the dis tant and the dead. Books are the true level ers. They give to all who will faithfully use, them the society and the presence of the best and the greatest of our race. No mat tershow poor I am ; no matter' though the prosperous of my own times will not enter my obscure dwelling., 1f learned men and poets, take up their abode under, m*' roof if Milton will cross my threshold to sing to me of Paradise; and Shakespeare opens to me the worlds of imagination, and' the work ings of the human heart; and Franklin*. en riches me with his practical wisdom—l shall not, pino for want of intellectual etimpaniom ship, and I may become a cultivated' man, though excluded from what is called the btlst society in the place I life. KIiGLY STUDENT.—Fredericluthe Great had five libraries, all exactly alike, and ,con mining the lame books; rangeti in the same, or4er,; - one nt Potadien, a second' at . Sapp Bocci, and ,third at Beffin,alberth attbsir,. itztteoburg, and a' fi fth Brialite, On re., moving to either of thise pines , he only, to make a noteof the Page' ',Okra lielett Off; to'pecane it ,without interruption on. tie 'ar., rival, — Accnrdingli ilaraytt'bought. five copies of tbebook he ch o se tofrod. , . . . 'Ur Mao Is like a'snowhell. 7 Leave him' lying in idleness against; the sunny - fenoe of prosperity, and all Ake good.' *sea in. him 'melts like butter klek him around, rind h? gathers 'strength with every' ieVolution; - unti!. he grows hate, an avalanche. To sue ceedlou must, keep moving, CHAPTER 111 II AT SEA; nr w. LosoreLtoir. Thq night is made for cooling hatle,. For silence, and for sleep ; And when I wen a child, I laid ' • My hands upon my breast; and prayed, And sank to slumbers deep: Childlike as then, I lie to-night, • Anti winch my lonely cabin light. Each movement of the swaying lamp . "ShoWs how the vessel reels: As q - er.her deck the billowstramp, ' Anita!! her timbers strain and 'cramii. With every shock she feels,' It starts and shudderti; while it burns, And in its hinged socket turns. Nowisitinging slow, and slanting low, It almost level lies , And Yet I know, while to and fro, I watch the,seenting.pend . nle go With restless fall and_rise, The stead shait is still upright,_.... "'watts:id:l ants - gtoue tweigrrt. , . • - o"hnid of God ! 0 innip of peace! s• 0 promise of my soul i Thouifh weak, and tossed, and ill at case, At:lU the roar of smiting seas; Tha ship's coniulsive roll, CATI 4 with love mid tender awe, Yon perfect type of kith and law ! A hiSt'venly trust my spirit mints, • - My :geniis filled with light:. • 'The titian sings his sideum psalms, The wild winds chant: I cross my palms; IlaPpy as if, to-night, Under; the cottage-roof, again I heard the soothing, summer-rain, Salutations Aniong Different,Nations. [TR. NSLATED YROM THE FRENCH] • Tim expressions used as salutations among different rations have under their common aspect something characteristic and -interest ing, even for the most casual observer. In the East, some of these expressions .sa vor in a more or less degree .of the Scrip. turs, anctof the serene and patriarchal . sen timent.of - the inhabitants. tine recognizes die immobility ,of these pastoral and warlike people. standing aloof from all human pritg. rem' -Nehrly all have a foundation in relig. ions semiinents, aio.espress peace to those to whom (hey are' addresmd. The Saluta. tion used ,y the Arab, " * Salem,'' or "Sha. lum," means peace, and is found in the word Jerusalerni The Arab Falutes his friend thus:•" May you have a happy morning 3" "May God grant you his favors;l• "If God wills it, vciu are well." This lasvexpression plainly betrays their fanaticism. • ; The Turkihave a formula which can only he used ittjti sunny climate" May your shadow• never be less." An Englishman would never think of wishing tt friend a flue shadow. I - The climate of Egypt is feverish, and 'per spirationli, necessary to health, ' l lienoit the Egypttan, meeting you, asks," How do you ; - perspire !" "Have you eaten ? 0 "Is your stomach in good °rider 1" 'a.,ks tho Chinaman ; atouch ing solicitude , which can only he appreciated by a nation of gourmands. "Good . Ower," eays,the modern Greek, in marly the'kame !anguage that die ancients were wont "to greet their friends. A charni ing salutatiiih, which could only have origin ated iimer.g the happy, careless Greck. • The Romans, who were heretofore robust, indeflitigable, and. laborious, had energetic salutations,'• expressing force and action.— " Salve ' "-"Re ntrong," "Be healthy,;" and "Quid faciasr "Whit do you?" or "Vhd,t make you r' • The Genoese, of modern times, say— " llettlth and wealth," Which i 9 very appro. priate fur an active and commercial-people. The Neapolitan devoutly says, ",Grow in sanctity ;" and the P-ledmonteie, " I am your servant." The-" How stand yoUl" of at most all Italy, forcibly indicates the noncha lance of-the sunny bind: The Spaniard,•grave, haughty, and 'indif ferent,- wishes , you " Good morning," _ to which we respond, "At yohr service, Another salutation which the Spaniard 4es, "God be with you, signor,' shows a me. Lange of respect fur ouccsclf and religious senthnent.- The ordinary salutation of thnGerman -is, " Wie gehts?"—" How•goes t 1" and huS• a Vagueness partaking somewhat of the dreamy character of the German. To bid one adieu he says, "leben sie Live gitiet.tuid haPpy." This last "plglinlY exhibits his peace. fnl nature and love for the simple joys of The traveling Hollander ask.4" . Hoe waarts go e " How do you go . ?" The thoughtful,' active Swede demands, "Of what - do you think 1" whilst the. Dene more placid, uses, the German. expression; veil"—" Live Well." But the greeting of theFOle is the best of nll—"Are yob happy 'I"- ' . The English have - the "Good Bye," a. cm-. ruption of the words "God be with you," and some others; but that which exhibits - best the character of the English is " now do you do ?" as the activity of this people is shown in this demand, where the' do is.spoken twice. Nothing is more charseteriatic, more lively, or more stirring than this; . - The "Comment voui portez voce I" of the French -ivequally characteristic. The:French, man is more active than laborious—moreir. dent, more passionate, than thoughtful;— hence the printiple with him is not to do, but to go, to be lively, to show. himself. - There is something in the- expression,. "Cominen voui portez vousr--" How- do - you carry yoUrself?"--which bespeaks at - once his franf manner and pleasant face. pr! There is a remarkable peculiarity in the English names of _relatives. • We have retained the primitive Saxon names for thole relatirts who may be"supposed to bye under the same roof-tree--father, mother, sister, brother, son, daughter,step.fitther, stepmoth er, stop-son, stepdaughter ; while grand-fath. er, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, Whet...hi-law, 'Mot her-in•law, daugh, terin-law, brother-in-law, al4nr-itOows are half Saxon and half Norman -French ; aiid 'the still more• distant relatiods, tent, .niece and eousin, are entirely. Norman Frendh. . ri r.fr is difficult to ' say which Is the greatest defect in a-:parent--stiietness- and firmness in his family , without feeling and af feetioti-;or' leefing - and alfeeticut strictness and 'firmness. tinder the one had system the , ebildrett are alit to become slaves or hypperites— under the- - other tyrants= or • ' •• - ' tar Be just before put are generous. IliMI ,•• .4...liairtlhatket. • _ Wutrna '•• ssomtazwetgo j .we,meet with the 'sniveler: iteps:us atthe corner of the street 4i. ..introit us' - with opinion. lie fears_thi 6 Moratiatetintelligence or* peo- Pieler.OeSekted thti•-election . 'sem° . ropt, Iler us,„ just' - -before •chureh, - thatthalast senpOn of some' trans -cendentalPreacher Ints - given the,deitth blow to'religiOn,!and =that the' , Wavee of atheism and the clouds . " of pantheism are to deluge and darken, all tite land, In a'tittie ,of gen-, oral health:he speaks of the.pestilence that is to be. The mail cannot be an hour too late, bathe prattlesi of ,railnoad accidents and steamboat dieasters. fears -that his friend; whowas married:yesterday, will 'be a bankrept in d year, and whimpers overthe triabt which howill then endure, :"Hers rid- - den with-an eternal nightmare, -And emits ah eternal wail: ' Recites:mesa. Is a bad quality, and so is blind and extravagant hope; but neither is so degrading as inglorious and in active despair,' We object to the sniveler, biCillEe he presents the anomaly of a being who has the power of motion, without pos. sessing life. His 'insipid languor is worse than tutnid - strelig,th. - The person who has no bounding and buoyant feelings in him, • whose cheek never fleshes -at anticipated good, whose blood never tingles and fires at the contemplation of a'noble aim, who,has .no-aspiration and no. great object in life, is only fit for the hospital or the bandbox.-- Enterprise, , conticlence, a disposition to be lieve that goo(4ean be- done, and, mdisposi tion tit believe that'all good has been--these constitute important elements in the charm ter-of every man wile - is .of use-- to the world. We want no wailing and whimper-- I NO. 1. stmng - determination .to abate wisely.-- Whipple. Qom' Dean Swift and 'Dr. Johnson may be taken as examples' of Saxon and Latin . writers in English, What Swift would say by . ; "The . thing has not life .enough to keep it sweet," Johnson -would- express : "The creature posiesses not sufficient vitality to preserve.it from putrefaction." Saxon words, besides being shorter than Latin, allow of colloquial contractions which would. seem •awkwasd in the use of • Latin words. l Thus we well say : "The 'man' I bought the house of," but we would not be so likely to say "The rzentlernarr I purchased the house" of,' we would ber much more apt to say : "The gentleman . of whom,l purchased the house." - So, the conjunction that is much more easily .. felt out when"Saxerrivordaare'uled; we can say : "I told him l'had called on Mr. Buchan an," but weariest say, " I informed him tipit I had paid my respects-to the President,...,"—' A half unconscious senseof rmguistic congru ity sugg,psts the pe - rfeerrmation of the sen tence when we use the chnance.or Norman. French words. Most:of the passages of S'aripture,which are best remembered are of Saxon itiords alone:r So far is this' true, that of two accounts of the same _thing, given by different Evangelists, we . remember and 'quote only that which is most Saxon in.. ex pression. " This instance is particularly strik. irg. In Matthew's account : " And the rain descended, and the winds blew, and beat upowthat, house, and it fell, and great 'was the fiin thereof." The only foreign word, descended, was us ed Merely because fell was wanted further. 'on ; while ilauke's : " Against which the storm did beat vette. mently, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house' was great." , There are ihrCe foreign words,' sekentenily, immediafely and ruin. . How mach' more fa miliar we are with the version of Matthew. Wairnati n AmusEstayrs.—John .G. Whittier, the poet; in reply to an attack, writes. some very just and liberal views of amusements, which he advocates, saying: • "I Would encourage reading circles— healthful sports and excrcise.s, and excursions Amid' the serene bitiuty of nature, so: well calculated to exalt the mind towards that which-St. Augustine speaks of as the " Ete'rnal beauty always new and always old." " piomote libraries and debating clubs, whatever, in short; promises to pro mote enjoyment with the culture - of . the mind and'heart, and the healthful .develop: went of a sound mind in a sound body. , I do not undervalue other instrumentalities, especially .the higher ones of a religious na ture. , But,'at the same time, I. believe that a cheerfid,'social Christian Is better than a sour mid ascetic one. That good old Puri tan, 'Richard Baxter, used 'to regret his mel ancholy and :gloomy temperament," arising mainly from bodily, infirmity, and in the lat ter part of his - lifiistrov . e to introduce a more cheerfill' disposition. among .bis religious . friends. True religion,' he says,. is not matter of fenra, tears, stal.scruples; It cloth princinally consist in !obedience, love, and kjoy.' " LTatural repressionin one direction- is sure t4le a d to a coriesixinding•protuberanect of deformity, in another. The folly of the. Flathead Indian mother who'binds with bark the forehead of her Infant until the _frontal portion of the head is forced backward in id iotic prominence, finds a parallel in all ef forts,fornoral reform which overlook the great InWs,of obr being." - THE TROUBLES OF TUE INDUTRIOUS.—Not theleastof the troubles of - the - hussy man is to , protect himself, as lie sittethin his home or goeth about the ways of the!World,--from the great banditti of the idle. Does an idle man like conversation ? he obtains; it, not from some man equally yawnlng and vacant with himself, but from - some active and well phNaislied mind, which cannot prop'erly spare him a moment, though he generally contrives to talte_aohour.-,..Pay he dabbles . in litera ture, and in attempts at easy Writing, makes, 4 as usual, somewhat hard reading; to whom does he apply ,to get his diction trimmed, and his work licked into 'shape, but to some ii , overdrivenor, overiven steer of the, press, whose eV er minute-is required for his , ordinary and unavoidable labor,-or who can -Ay spare for this supererrogatory drudgery some intervals of leisure which he ought rather to spend in healthy exercise, or that to him greatest of all luxuries, simple vacation of mind I ' .The idle never think of plundering the idle ;_they area set of luxurious dogs, and .regard no booty as Worth having.unless it be a serious deprivation Gil' its former owners. - It iS-Upon • the fully or ovenoieupied man that they . like to prey: -FiVa. minutes from such a person Isis greater. 'acquisition. than a whole day from one who has only:klittlo Jo do.—.Rob int Chai4bera. tirs'lTuart.or Titlsisu.—A Most curious • fact was comMunkated to mo the other day by onerof Edinburgh's brightest ornaments, and ..wito,,liks,many men of true genius, has a strong naturalturn, for A:,,ques tion was•proprised to a Arty of mathemati ciani:=" ()twilit shape a 'solid tidy Ought to be to pass through a fluid-Wieti: the least possibla rewstance 1". By application of ;the strictest mathematical .Princip!es- , was solved,,and the form covered.` coincided exactly Witi 411 i that of a fiah'iticad.-:--.l,'Cotqu7, Wz have some itoetorain our world, whose talents they ,should use, by practicing.. the healing art e-4eellis bo ots and shock _ ,
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