Yql. VIIL .No. 15,-VMe No. 379. : fortrg. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE SHORTER CA- TECHISM, NO. I.—MAN’S CHIEF END TO GLORIFY GOD. •As jEolian harp unconscious, ; - brightest use remains, . Tid the breezes of,the morning Sweep it into mystic strains; So we, till his quickening Life-Wind, God Sown Spirit deigns. 11. are the tides of ocean, MasWnrbkb front pole to pole ; A }S « 6 ?fP °* night that sways them, Till .sublime the billows roll;—- ,So Jehovah’s grand attraction Highest .lifts the soul. Mau s best powers point him Godward; Deathless-Hope that,ne’er expires; Worship that demands an alter; *Faith that dares the fiercest fires; Filial' Heart that searches heaven- Yeamiugfdr its Sire. ' it. '' : y : , Boundless love is in our being, Meant to ojing to God ittiwt fair '; Eloquence, With glowing Solents, * His high merits to declare; Wise ambihon, nobly seeking Heavenly crown to wear. " . . ' V. - ’ Reason 1 grasp thy Uoblest subject, C 1 G°u « creative skill and might; Science! mark* great systems wheeling : Round His central throne their flight; Statesman rSee Him guide the nations Into day,-through night vi. ‘ Fancy, lot yon sapphire palace ’ —VP to God thy vision.raise. Where his smile of mercy brightens _ All its diamonds into blase ; Let thy rapt, outbursting paeans Hymn Jehovah’s praise. , Vp., /- ; Passion, glvo to God thine ardors; . y Zeal untiring, strength of will; . Guilt, Qhow thou need’at His pardon! Sorrow, cast thee on his skill; , Bring to Him the weary, longings He alone can fill. • E LAHISTOTEKOS. . €>mwymfam. CHAFLAIN THINGS. Brandy Station, V»,, Hoy. 23,1863. Dear Editor “ l/Utie things, young gen tlemen, ” was oft aaserted to us jbv'enilee our sage old "Little things make the scholar as we|l as the gentleman.” Equivalent this to Ben *l Take care qf the pence and the pounds will take cans of themselves to Solomon’s, “Little foxes spoiling the vines.” Yes, and Hate things make tip life—occasion its ill; fretfulness; uneasiness, estrangements— tnake up its and "friendships. Berthings we cah manage; sieze hold of and make behave thenrselves.« j Little ones elude the search and,the grasp yet may still exist to torture. : The- Egyptians could defend their land from inroadß of humanity, yet were the locusts, the flies, mid, the, lies, too much for their weapons of war. HI humor would often be ashamed to tell' theinfiigtnficant occasion fo r its peevishness, though by it a whole family circle ttiay be kept uneasy and morose a whole day long. , Since my last from Brandy Station, no in roads have been made upen us by the rebels, undisturbed have we: been by their shells, bul-t ietsor bayonets—nor have we left our quiet encampment in this old field, in order to disturb any of Gen. Lee’s arrahgetuents beyond the Rapid Ann. Yet has your correspondent hot been free from serioui? annoyance. His man sion has been invaded and his goods destroyed by a numerous and cunning enemy; nor has be been ablewiththe willing assistance of well armed' and trained friends folly to expel the plundering marauders. “Why, What new re bellion do ydu ask, is this which Has 'sprung up?” ;/ • w FIELD MICE. Good fanning do doubt tends much to lessen the 'number qf these pests to husbandry. TJhe tugged ploughshare bf Burns was astern,des tructive reality to, little with snugly built nest and well laid schemes of which, the Stet sung in such pathetic, and exquisite strains. nfortunatelyfor my interests, no ploughshare these three years has disturbed'the surface Of these old Virginia fields. Mbdsiethus unflisi tutffeed for so long in her domestic arrangements ht^j^'nlUplied toah astonishing degree. Girin,- dames 'rejoicing in their descendants .perhaps to the tenth generation.,, Were they all turned into golden mice, such as those sent back with the ark by the Philistines, Secretary Chase might at obise mome specie isBne greenbacks fflOre. ' , ,h « Haying no chest,, vault, cupboard, shelf or table drawer, in or pn vvhich to store our simple stock of eatables, they are Of needs laid upon the ground under the little canvksa. > The first night Of our encampment on this old fidid now covered With Withered greisS and ruauing'briefs, a whole tribe of these insignificant plunderersburrowed along the surface of the. ground'lotidnfoy? tent While sleeping; they ate into my little sugar sack und devoured fts" contents; found thfiflc Why into 1 the haversfteif and rummaged ft: gnawed tbroughtbe leatfier of the saddle bags and stole the hard tack; went through the canvass of Jesse’s oats-sack and made a nest therein j i cafried ofiT ray tation of-iUeat, and only leaving untouched, a little salt; pepper and ground coffee as not to theifr, liking. So emboldened did hehhme at ;t6e success Of their invasion,, that when bestirring myself 1 next naorpihg, various squabs of them seemed unwilling to |euve the tent. Such impudence was. not to be borne. .A small stick Was siezed and vigorous ufie of said instrument ddnuuencedi Blit one half-grown chap was however p«i hors Au mrMt by the ofihratiOn, ail thq others itftfgically disappearihg into .their vanohe bur* rowing pl#oes./ Bernmniul quiet for a moments, half, a dozen ilfttie, whiskered poses, each backed by a pair .of sm all > black, round, mischievous looking eyes,, made their appear ance from the entrance of. *s many holes he^ nos "i-'-ii . ;n I neath the canvass. Comical, as well as quizi*. oal was their appearance. Each one seemed ,to ask, “Who are you ?” "What great giant; is thia who is trying in such a summary man-. Sef to disturb our independence and take away our liberties ?” The rogues must have haft previous practice in the dodge. A sudden and 1 violent pluhge was made, at the nearest quiz, the stroke fell where had.been the two eyes, but mousie was’nt there. : - , Nqp night, before sleeping time all the re-t placed >eatabies-were suspended’ by pieces of rope from the cross pole of the little tent, causi iDg the crowded enclosure to look like a minia ture smoke house or ogre’s den. After the can dle-was blown, out, myself, rolled in a blanket on the; ground floqj, the former invasion iwith large ‘apparent additions entered.' No feast this time could be found or reached, whereat an evident and boisterous indignation meeting was held.. After its adjournment various com panies of the little indignante scrambled on top of me and ran races my whole length., , Then would they rim across and angling over me, and when wearied with this -interesting, opera tion, would collect, in squads, still on* top of me, in drdeV to plait some new mischiefi Mttte thingsmske up life'in camp as well as at home. rabbits. The Lord would not cast out all the inhabi tants of Canaan at once ; seeing the Tribet at their invasion were hot numerous enough to qjeupy all the land. A reason given for said policy was, lest wild beasts, multiply and deso late die land.,; The hunters of-Virginia se.ern iqng since to have destroyed the ivarious races of wild beasts,- which in the Indian day were so; numerons—buffaloes, deer; bears, panthers, catamounts; so that during these years of desolation through the Old Dominion there are hone of thoße animals left, s o as to multiply and once inorb possess the land. Rabbits not being So easily exterminated, are an exception. Although they multiply exceedingly when un molested, yet in years past, the slaves were wont successfully to adopt various and cunning measures for their capture and appropriation. Row, (however, master and slave have alike disappeared from maiiy a section. 1 As a con- these curious, long-eared, stupid-looking creatures have for ‘ two years had almost uninterrupted occupancy of 'these old fields and open woods. In the meantime there has been evidently-.a .most prolifice.in crease. At every halting place or hew camp, onjf soldiers, in their various rumrqagingsffor wood, wateff &c., start out a rabbit from almost every little hiding nook, r, No sooner does Bun become alarmed, and bound out from his hiding .place, than he becomes a doomed rabbit; escape next to impossible j presently is he to boil and blubber Ih the camp-kettle of some rapacious soldier. Away however he scuds, followed by this and that bellowitfg'phrsner.yet ere" a ware, sqqads of sftquting men meet him ih~ front— away he, shoots' to the right, where' suddenly volleys of clubs and stones; commingled with yells :and screams assail him. “‘Right about,” says Bun, arid-darts to the left; yet only to meet accumulated volleys of yells and missiles. Panting, bewildered, paralyzed, he. generally yields with little further effort. ' Poor Buunie 1 Umbellate grouse, ((pheasants,) quails and fox, squirrels have also greatly increased in numbers,through this region of late for lack of killers. Pheasants and quails, however; hav ing wings, and i<the squirrels claws, the first when approached by the soldier, flies away, tho latter hops up' the nearest tree, and thus generally ’escapes, as our soldiers are forbidden under heavy penalties from using their guns against,any game,.sAye rebels. . .. But enough. Tou have thus a long Fetter about Little Things, as little things make up life. - A. M. Stewart; oir HEARING THE WORD; . NO. ill; BY W. M. CORNELL, LL. D. The word should be heard attentively. If it be heard withreverence and prayer, it will be likely to he heard with 1 attention'. Do they hear the word Of Soft ,attentively who gaze from pew to pew, to see what new fur or new dress has cpme into the sanctuary ? I have seen,a man during a considerable part of the sermon fumbling, about his.hymn-book,.or pick ing his nails.s It is not many Sabbaths since I saw among .the choir a young lady, as Soon as the singing' ceased, commence a tele a tete with the gentleftian who sat next to her, which Con-, tinuedwith- laughing and searching 6f tune books nearly through the whole sermon, Is such eonduct to. be tolerated . in the of God? Judge ye. , . ... ,■ there .notiimany .hearera who- are.,pic tured in Scripture- as those. "who have eyes,* and see not; andears, and hear not”?! ”Or, in another passage, as “the blind people, that have eyes, and the;deaf, that have ears”? The principal 1 reason ‘ why some' retain so much more of a sermon than others, is to be ascribed to the better attention which they give to hearing it The power of fixing the attention differs greatly in different persons; but every end can fix it so as to retain some ; and the more it is practised, the more it will increase. Nearly all, in an ordinary congregation, by cul tivating this precious intellectual faculty, might soon be able to retain the principal part of any lerinon. If this is a fact, then we see''how much commiseration ..those persons, deserve who are incessantly complaining of their bad memories. . .They cannot remember a sermon as others can. tßut oh! they wish they could. The simple fact is, they think they cannot re member, and tbey have never cultivated mem ory by fixing their attention. Instead of'this; they have settled do«;n upon the conviction that they cahnot remefiihe?; and the old maxim of the BomanS is verified in them, namely, that “ what a man says he cannot do, he never can.” The mind of one who exeibises no disci pline in this respect, flies from object to object to “the eyes of the fool to the ends of the earth,” so that the probability is, if he could remember all the different-things- that have passed through bis mind, he would find that PHILADELPHIA, THTJESDAS DECE&fEp 10,1863. ten-fold more has passed through it, than hem through the mind of him who has heard the sermon attentively, and remembers all Its’firin cipal parts. Thus, it clearly appears, hot that he fcas not mind enough, but simplythathe does not fix;it upon the .word preached. These same persons can go into their field,, or store, and hear anecdotes told by scores, and remember and relate them for a lorig time after. These remarks apply, also, to those who go ; to the sanctuary to sleep. ■ I say, go to sleep, because they almost Invariably do sleep. I' have seen some who appear, to calculate as, much upon sleeping during the sermon, in the house of ;God as they do ,in their beds during the night. They make all the necessary pre-: paration for- sleeping quietly 1 : they posdiblyl cam If you were to see' a person go to his bed-chamber, lay 1 aside his dress, adjust his pillow, and throw himself upon his couch, you would conclude he meant to sleep; and, hatu-. rally enough: and, what ought you to con clude, when you see him in the house of God, when the minister rises to name the text, just raise his eyes. perhaps to see wßether he ha's iipips 6r hot’‘then 101 l into the edrher bf Bis pew, lay ,his head upon ‘his elbow; or, if he have room, place himself in an almost horizon tal, position upon.the seat; or, stretch back his head and gape, open his f mouth, like Chester field’s •“ Rustic;” who had been sleeping >in a hay-loft, and thus continue till some one shakes, or kicks, or pinches him,- or his nap is broken by the ending of the sermon. ! , , 1 Wheri young, >ve kn'ewa.very fat manwho used to say he, liked to hear a young minister very , much, and that he,knew of but t one fault iu hjin—that,was, “ Ais sermons .werelfllvoay s too short." The fact was; i the' old mall Was disturbed by having hisnapbroken too soon. ' I have heard persons say they Would esteem, it a great 1 mercy if they could keep awake during the sermon ; and I hesitate not to, re ply,. in’ ; every case tffere.is not disease, it is a .mercy which create at any timq they please. Who sleeps at a : town meeting ? How would the language; of David-sound in the mouths of such sleepy hearers as-are some times seen ? “How amiable 1 are thy taber nkcles, O' ” &c. ' . 1 If an 3 Apostle could 1 rebuke thbse who abused the Lord’s Supper by asking: 'f 1 What ! have ye not houses to eat in at home ?” May We. uot ask-of .those who.come to the sanctuary to sleep:, What! bav,e : ye not, deds to sleep in. at home that ye turn the house of God into a dormitory.? ■■ ■ - ■•' - : ' * Dr; Young, thd celebrated' author, of . the “Night Thoughts,” is said on one occasion, when he fdhnd it impossible to gain the atten tion of his; audiepce, to . have/ sat back -in the pulpit, and burst into a flood qf tears;, and if any,thing ; on ( earth ■ could make ministers weep, (And angels too,) it woqld, be .that of seeing -a people asleep yhen the glad tidings of salva tion vVere being announced to them!; “Oh my sodl come not thou into their secret.” “Did Christ o’er sinners weep ; , . And shali our cheeks be dry” ,- ’' f when they sleep in the sanctuary-.of the Lord,? “ Take heed,” *oh ye inattentive;;'" listless, whispering, book-fdaiblihg, sleepy • persons, “how ye hear.” - ■ ■ : Mr. Editor, if‘your correßpondentß. B. HI will give his ridrhe’, I will in due time attend to His veiy courteous, kind, but erroneous re marks. --7 ■ ■ Witty SECOND SCRAF.-HAPPILY DIVERSE 1 FROM THE FIRST. 4 Scenes borrow impressiveness from their contrasts. That recorded in my last article gave-me a higher relish ; for the occurrence which I have nows to relate. . * Abounded soldier was Brought into-a hos=- pital in Hagerstown, directly after Bee’s inira sion : of Pennsylvania;* He had received his wound in the fight at the Falling Waters. As sometimes occurs, he became separated from his .comrades, and. undertook toanake. his why back alone. About six miles from Hagersi town, .he gave out i exhausted. He was in a field alone. • He had < a little .food which; i had been given him at a farm house. This lasted him one day. The next day, and the next still; he fasted. On the morning of the fourth dky, he was accidentally discovered, and word respect* ihg him was sent to. the hospital. Help was at. once despatched to bring him in. ; He game with little of life left in him.. His wound was bat trifling, and, with timely attention,-might have been easily managed; but neglect and exposure had done their work, and the.powers of narere. for a*by permanent rally,-were gbnU. r: I sat by his bed to take' from his lips notes for a letter to Mb parents. “First of all,” saic| he, “ tell them I bless God tkat I was found'; that I was brought to die, here—among Chris tian friends ; that they can know what has be come of their son, and that he died happy in Jesus. This,was the only wish I had left# when I lay there in that field, through those long, hot day's and. dark nights. Sometimes t was so hnngry, and sometimes ( too sick to be hungry- I expected to die there all alone; and yet I wasfcot ajone. for Jesus was eyery minute at my side. He knew that i had loved him long. I had loved him in the Sabbath school; I had<*lbved' him at the Communion table at home; and, in the'army, I loved him all the better, wfieh wicked, cursing, and swear ing soldiers despised him. I knew it was no time for him to desert me, when I was dying all alone. * , - ; : “Tell mother,” he added, “those; were the happiest hours of my whole -life. She knows what religion is; : she knows me, too, and she will believe me. My Testament Was lost in the fight, but I knew a great deal in it by heart. I remembered when Jesus 3aid. ‘I will come again und receive you unto myself.’ And I saw , him come. I stiw him at- my side as I now see you, sir! I had not a wish left but for her and father to know how.it was/witb me. And no w, bless the Lord! that is accomplished. I wait forinotbing now but to die.” 1 • - '>■ ■ Soldier ! while thinking of you, 1, often con template your exposure'to suffer »nd die ou some unknown spot—alone. I »ften think what must be the feelings of. one in that situa tion. ’For the sufferer,, sympathy 'is' always sWeet. It is sweet to those dying at home on the bosom-of those whom they Dye, It is sweet on the battle-field, with the a; ms of some stout: comrade underneath, and bis big, honest tears falling upon your face. .v v.- But !who;can tell the thoughts uPone dying alone? Is home ini his thoughts then ? 1 , YesV and the popper of ;hoihe is ineimhreless’ then. “ T 6 diO here, abd r be lost from the! knowledge' of. home and loved; ones, who will only believe me dead after a Ipng find long defeifedhope of tidings from me, has} pitied anto 0 my God I must it <be ?” IS religion in /his thoughts* and does he ask of' Himsslf■: whether he is ready to appear before hW’Jftdge? He miid tWtik of this* for tliere,' sb&rate/from all outward subjects for attention, tint to think? ... }} ’}. ...! _ ' '.}’, W My dear militant friend, would jie nq; wild stretch of fancy in you tp.imaginejypurself un some such field; alone with God arid death. I can think,of no; circumstances- witljtb the possi bility of: conception itself whefe’ theUpproach of death is sO splemn, find where t}ie soul. face to 'face witi tie pfile' tyrant, Ifi sp }dependeni upon a well-assured, oospei. hope .for the leagt ray pf eomfort,. or eyen anguish. Tip noise of: battle is Imshpd, fipd the. wild thrills of the strife are ealined/down;. Noone isnear ofwhom.he may inquire forthe fortunes of the day—none to congratulate on victory or to condole aider defeat. ? - There is but one object to fili your vision aid absorb, your reflec tions. :It is,that vou are about to die and ap pear before God. ■' i ..... ,- , . - .... You, know what .yon, Bear with the Christian friendship which implores yon to consider whether, in view of yony* present re ligions* state,‘you couldtexpetS’s that to be the happiest hour of ydir in review aid ‘ Mtppifest in expectaiioi.^'Hive"you now the Christiati faith’ Which assure! you that, in such a walk through the valley of }tfie shadow pf depth, Jesus wjll-be with you, j|pc| the Shep herd’s rod, and staffnvill comfort ,y ( pi, n THE.DOOM OF VEtGIJfIA; vi In j>r. Marks ? thrilling, “Penin spla Campaign,” we have anaccqunt of, a con versation between himself in company with his fripnd Dr. Crawford, and: an ggedi and exceed ingly intelligent freedman named Hanson. Han son?s story goes- hack' to the origin of the do mestic slave in !f Virginia, kpd vefy 'dra matically aid £ trutfi{uliy links the'ffesbia|i6is pf the pfeseit,’With the of the'paif, We. quote part of the stpjy... ... r ‘‘Just about this: gpSfe. menced ,im,3firginia, . In .my,, early remembr ances there wasno trade in .slayes, ,If there were any bought and sold, it was.in the;settlement«o>f estates; and it was made a .point of family'honor to purchase all the slaves witbih the circle'of pe relatives,, end pot peribit families to be separate'd. In those days people did pot speak of negroes as cattle, and as without affSPtibnfor- their children. ‘‘•When I had been married four or five years, a trader came from North Carolina te ! Alexandria in a : little schooner* loaded with bdeoni For this there happened to be a; great; demand that year. . This man had no, intention: of .comment cipg a,trade in, slaves;; but some of the planters offered hint a young boy or girl fop bacppi pnd in this way he began to buy,.and collected, 1 sup pose, ten or twelve. ,’ , , , , “ From this commenced a great trouble amongst us—-our hearts trembled. with fear. To be carried away, and- said in : those - dis tant, new States, was - to'us ! an occasion of’ far greater mis ery than opr fathers endured ip being stolen from Africa. Every autumn tbe ‘babon man’ return ed, and .others 'came; with hiin,r.and there was opened.a'great trade in negroes. ; I never can. fergepthe wretchedPess of those years. ;; Wc all feltasife swordvrifcbangipg oyer, pur heads, and as.badps, if w,e; had. heard the death angel strike three times over the doors., . “(Mt, what de.adful sdr.ro.wfi there we,re,, master, in those years! You Have heard ,it said that slaves feel but' little, that we do not grieve as thewhites; but in this We aye greatly wronged, We love more deeply I ;beeafise we have b'u.tlittle to - love. Our ' masters and mistresses ‘have their carriages, farms, friends, offices, their slaves, their business; but we have none -of-these,: there fore to a;negro man all his life and happiness are in his cabin,- and. when you |have taken away, front hint fiis wjfe apd hap, nothing left. Many haye l knowp to die of a broken heart; others never had- any joy again after a child Pr a hiisbapa was sold away from them; others I have known to commit suicide.. • , For years I have been' looking for soihd great trouble. The people here were far richer and more extravagant, and apgearejit to me 'much lesri religious, than those I rememjber in my youth. They had become cruel, and, WiChoutany mercy, had terdi .asunder those whom ffod had bound- tcb gether.;;sand a great wail of torrbw and agony went up in the ears of heavem.froin all parts ot' Virginia—wives sorrowing fc|- jheir; husbanda husbands mourning for their wives, and, parents weeping for their children, apd would not be comforted, , ,},}!,,;._! }',!■' ! “ I hnew that a day'of vengßance woald'ebme for all this, Jbut I di‘d not, exptet it to fall ,on < us in the way of war between'tHe|Nbrth and'South. I to fear some heavy cufse ivh'en the 5 great gangs of chained slaves were first sent front Vir ginia, and that the day would- soon' come-when the cup of our iniquities would be-full. 1 •' Now all these great and influential families have beep ruined,and many lof them are wan dering beggars. ■, livras a, few days OTce.fralking in my garden, lookingfdown.on thejcguntryyand the ghange of a. few months deeply affected me, I looked on the house and of ittrs Pow^ ell. I remember • the doctor, her husband, a very smart man, and herfive sons, the most pop ular young men in the country,'and also her beau tiful daughters. Her house whs®‘the resort of many elegant and wealthy people, but 'now her sons are 1 in' the Confederate 1 Army, ; 'her'* house is a hospital, her beautiful garden trodden down her orchards destroyed, and the fences all gone.: Thereds the house of Mntf Lee,.where, the week, that iHHsworjh" was ,killed, : one of her daughters .was.married, and the house was filled with gayety and mirth; now the.grounds are in ruins, her furniture broken, and all the beautiful things she gathered are scattered. There, tooj Is the plaqe of Colonel Hunter, his fields open, Ilia barns burnt for fuel, and his house Consumed to the ground; and likewise the plaee of General Lee, one of the finest in Virginia, now used by troops.. His- grain-fields and l meadow's ■; were thrown open,' and beaten as the high roads> ; , u At these painful sights my soul was moved and I cried, ‘ 0-l Lord I why bps this ‘epr,se.com :* on Virginia?’, And.it appeared, to me as plain as Fever beard hutnan speech,,a voice spokp t-j me and said* ‘ O man! knowest tbou tbe lan'.! most highly favored of heaven, and where, be ■ cause God was good, men became desperately wicked, and inflicted the greatest wrongs ?’ And • the voice said, 1 Virginia!” Again I heard; ‘ Knowest thou* 0 man"! the land where Hainan beings were bred,as cattle fori the market, anu i where every year,thousands.,of dhpiu were sent forth to a.fate, which they, dreaded more,thai : ; death?’’ The arisWer came, ‘ Virginiai'' Agaiiii : the'voice Said, ‘ Knowest tlibu tbe land Where, ii* ; the midst b£ the greatest blessings*-, there -- ha) ; bpen the deepest misery; where most faces wepl; washed wiith toars, and most torn with ant gtiish; and where the copstant waii of, distress, iufiicted'by man on his fellow, was going Ppint-l the Pars of God?’" lAnd the voice , ginia. .f Again; the voice! Baid, ‘ Grod is just.’ j!; : ;r ■, “ Then,” said the., old..patriarch. t stretch tn;| opt ,his .axps, and .lowering them as.if .he Was ref lieypig his Hands ,of ,'a great weight,’ I ‘ laid ! Jiy bnraPP 1 dowirif,' ’And Often •'!#' £-hav'd 1 'l lf sWSive‘;b e !efi'''wiPhc^( i !';bf j voice*‘Godssjust.’?? "-.-nt' a ;-,7 ; THE SCfL^^S^^CFE^^ 1 . ! t lThe soldier.died last June; the widow is,at tb|j point of death. ] ' ' ' i- . , ,It is evening, and. the shadows -‘ Gather round me dim and'dark* ft ' " ' And a bhadow, colder, darker, ,;4 ■ ' ~, f .Frosses heayy:on,my heart., : - Weary with my*long{ - , , r r . Eartlfhas now no joys for nie; -: ( Look upon mo, Heavenly Father, ‘ ! Calm-lny'soul’s- deep:agony; V ;i- [■! : I had'hpped’td see liy’fibldter"' ' ' vOome to^blessrour-honieidhcPmore;-i ' > ;r: . Buthisiwprkisjparly.finished*,. ... , ..... And he resieth evermore.‘ - p.’r-' ■;? . -. I had hoped, tojwreath the; laurels • ~ , For nis,brave and maiily brow; ' Bu'tjpyfondhsfhopesWerg'bli’KbfPd'' When death laid my soldiericw, : -,k : 'Ho&;® smoothed liisflying ip.illow, " > 1: Wiped the,deatbideyystroni luSjbro^r, IPiigTit.hear this,wejght of sorrow.' •Wmch is crushing me so’low; fi Yet what matter ? Ltfe iS pasping; , gr v-ySoonrll-ll heavenly home.,; -: r ; In those bright arid-glorious mansions" ” * ‘ Where no ever come. There I’ll meet my soldier husband, " . " 'Wholias early gone before>l; ; Eyen;powl,hear,the.music.,: . •> . On, and heavenly! sHore! ~ B. B. H. i , ’Mppg the-whiterrobed throng of pngels , . lean see bini waiting stand j**, ‘ "". liiiW : go!ng ! '’' ’ ‘ :l f Toithat-fairer,.brighter"land.; , .. : ... . MAKIE JoJtTBS. Panijxy %U«yiN. .it,'ifon, 13,1861 ■ r-THE AETIST AND: TpE, SEWSBOY.; , If any of The -Independent boys and girls have neyer hearcl :of Henry Inman, the artist, i I: an}. very . sure. jth^,t, f hpir" parents cap, .tell thetp;Bomtthing ) «fchim v m&he wfis re r ! vered %hd"bfe : loved ; By' of generatioP.vaPd-as!a painter; bis naxtte ranks among .the .greatest,ip r;our ; land.. He. has: passed from opr world into a.better, and brtghtr; er! one, .hint his -wpf k? are .*treasured ip many .a j household tibttf ip Europe tad'AmJeric*. '' s ? r ; Among - hi! more’ celebrated pictures} and one •of 1 which ; piany of- my readersi lisTe'tno doubt i<geem an engraving'is-ome-.cplled, “Tlhe I(eyys)bQy.”; , It represe.nte a -ypggfid r ; but.bonesWopkinglittlefellow leanirigagpinsb, the sidp o’f the Astor ’Hriiise Witlf'i, buhdte ofliewspapefs- Pnder ! hls Pm. -' ■ ' !•. .No one can look. upon: that. ,bripd»t> intelli-. gent face ,yvith its glowing cheeks’and sparkling eyes,,: lit, with , energy and' sturdy purpose, vvithont feeling .that "the picture ip nh fancy sketch,' but 1 P v’eritablst-poitrait of : siMnerare • prince ambPg 'thh fiiewsboyk ; A'nd *portmti it reallyds;' ■; ;c 5 --. 0!;.;:... iy,;n ! >, Wpen.Mr. Inman firet-copceiyed,tbj| Uea.of painting, this picture, ho sauntered slowly along Broadway In thp H6pe of seepjg yolne; fine speciPrtfir 6f the 1 newsboy''race'tbit wohl’d ; dp foP 'tf Mriny pMBPdd ; bip>, orj: meeting his attentive eye;lprepsed epgciiijr, tor I’ yyard wjjitp, K thropgh.: .the; crowd . with . U .ouri, t jEer ; a,ld-,mi-lfesJ2fyl want but the'right'facri "was.ppt'amonl; thfim. ! S<imP >' had a squifit; soriie lo’oked viciPrisf some bad out 1 nlikei^bristles; , some lwerp; badly formed,,: and some sbqyyed ft defonned spirit .wjtliip,, jOne, and (i all .pitfiep offended hip, artistic, eye or fejl khpr! hm idea of fi genuine. out-and-out newsboy. ; ! Alm(ost in dhspair of fiPdihg' what’he ribpgh?,; orir was faboptF* turning; IPto* the Astor HoPse«ion Broadway, ;when suddepjy.ope of the -motley group of boys poilected. near, its fitepSi .fiiyestrid his attenrion.' ’.Heie,, at; last, ! was lis Ideai' in ftyflijj] Breathing 'forirTt j 1 In. thSe stsl wWrt,‘ rbgnish; before HiPi-i-and now; Indefed* rnshing toward hiin, with an eager; “ Morninpaper, sip 1” be, felt, sure that .he Jjeheld .the original of his fptnre picture. The little fellow "was ragged ’and dirty enough, but what-tef'that? Health and . cheerfulness fairly gleamed through;jibe ; (though I knew Dr,. Lewis, will haye roe j dieted for saying}so;) and .the .long* Wfick, \ tangled hair, shining where it' curled in spite or everything, straggling from beneath' tbe lari \ tered straw hat, made the ruddy face look all the handsopaer. Then the man’s , coat, that he ; Wore, with jts tails put ,arid‘its; sleeves shortened by a gifiat rofi/at the.wrisl)!w J as a picture Ii itself; while the trowsere frill of patches—to Pay nothing of the places where ' patches..ought to .the; aptisVfs heiarb with;delight,; , Yesl he would paint him, rags, dirt,;arid all. r The grand boy-hature wodlii Bb I 'ihere still. “How fortunate!” thought the happy artist; ; " begfimrtied'though'he be, the fellow looks as if a king’s heart were beating in his bosom.” v ! - ; So ;Mr* Inman; bf)ugbt ;a . paper ;of the boy,! and asked him . whether he/would .be willing to Be his model;, iii other words, to stand for a ; pietufe. The boy lobked astonished, bht gave a ready assent. After a few momente’ talk it was agreed that early on the following morning Joe (for that was the young gentleman’s name,) should appeaf in tbe; artists studio ! to,have his pprtrait taken., ‘‘ You! will certainly Be ibere,” saiJ jjfr. Jn miah, looking!seafchingly'into the bby’s fac§t - “ Sir;” exclaimed Joe, growing very red, and i straightening . himself : a -p to his full bight. .■ '«>! ‘‘ You. won’t disappoint me ?” reiterated the ■ artist, at the same time handing the} boy a sit ! ver quarter by way of a ‘retaining fee.’” ; “ Look here, mister,” rejoined Joe fiercely, at the’same 1 time laying bis papers* on a hydrant so as to -bfe ready for a fight if .it 1 should prove necessary,,‘‘none ay yer ! didn’t -1 say I’d eoine ? And 1, don’t want j none of yer money, nurther, till I’ve earned it!” t ’ Sb sayirigj Master Joseph turned haughtily fipoii his heel, and catching up his papers* com- , menced shouting “ \ • •* ' ‘t< - nv U: ill sublime disregard of. artists in,.general, and Mr. Inman in particular. Early oh'the fPllpwing while the artist was ifi bis ; studio prepanu’g for tie day’s work, he Was startled by a double-quick” on the bare stairway.,,, In„anotherf ipstant, .strangely in,,contrast with the daring ascent, a modest knock was heard at the dbor.' ' ' t] ' ' " ' ’■“Gome’ini” shbhteihtheartist, weU-pleasdd at the punctuality *of his sitter. The door creaked, and,looking up; what a sight present? q| ( ,itsejf tp gaze, l( .There* stoqd his ' attar,’ indeed; hilt, alas, it. Was no longer the ndWsbby^'ifd 11 Jpe upon whom Ihe artist’s sbul' Kad'been fbasiling'in dreams tbelongnightthrough. The boy -had actually been,wpeh,bd) !.hisipnn|#lopß s had bpen.rneatjy and mended, .bis coat, exchanged for. a neat-fitting Sabbath jacket, his .tattered straw hat abandoned for a trim gray cap, and the Shining,'’-taatted cui-Is' wer® crdpped’ off : eldse to his; hfead,' * leaving 'only a dingw stubblenn Itheir place. • r i•, ..." Xw-zomgl- disap? pbmted artist,' ‘‘Mat in mischief’s name have fm. W^di%tß^ourlbf?»^' rtr j I> “ Doidi;'sir?” ; was the' meek reply,; "Thaibt didn’t'temme ter come afpre. had* ter ipell .all me morpintpapers,.sirj.afpre j-went home ter'siitik up and dress.” 1 ' ■' ?,: “ ! To dre^!” echbed Mr." Inm’ah savagely; ! “land who told you,-yen little scoundrel, to rig ypurself np. in that .style ?” : . , ,* .“'pppldn/t help-it; sir,? agologizedfjJoe3“mei shoes an’ jacket is new, sir, or.was a month oh me’s deciht bli,t mq breeches ‘-k-aiid-fur l that''mia.tter, sir, T could Hkve iheW panvhext week;-if ybu’d wait.” ’ " ' J fi This .was too much for the poor artist.:. He sprang.d’rom hip. cbaii; ? ’ ( an 4, would have flown into a violent passion'.had he not burst into a hearty fit of laughter. ‘ ! The boy looked puzzled for ah f instant, and then, after casting an almost tearful look upon the breeches,- 'which he * believed to be.thpsolc .cause, of the artist’s emotion,, turned .indignantly toward the door. . ' “ Stay T” "Said his gucfdeniy checking his mirth, i“ come back, riiy boy"tre do !not;understand each other.- I wanted to paint you as you looked yesterday, and- now you have,-spoiled .yourself for my ..pictui'e-by putting Oni your.fo'e'st clothes and cutting your bair. ' you understand?” ‘ - •f “ Hfe! hdl” gtinhod' Joe;* “ that’s* the %o, Q ik tit/siis.- Iff Well, Atm blowed if I everkl a-th Ought gpttiu’ >my» picture,.took;|in them<air , old .dotbes; but ID! step, aro.und an’.put. ’em op 'ag’inia.a jiffy sir, if you say. the word.”, 5 .“Ko, no, Joe; not to-day.' The hair was •what’-1 ; watfted : particularly. ' How' loh£ do you think; it will foe before you can.raise an qtljer, headful, ;my ipan i, i r “ Not ..long, gijT,”,,, replied Jpe cheeringly; I’ve got a. reg’Jar generally. It ! ud B&ve bin down to” me Heels afore this if mammy •hadn’t-cropped it 1 off last Sunday-school exhi bition.'i She, chipped-'it extra close this mom- Ker spe, on account ,uy haying me, pietnr’ rhe ! But it ’ll ibe, oat in less nor a month, sir.” .[. J the irtis^ ! coficltiaed to wait for ■tlie hair-or not I do->not remember, as it iB ‘he!- told me the- incident, i§, hp^eyOT,;tha]fc,jJ ; o.e, thoughaman /now, (ftiid let us believe an honest and good mam) is Ijving s an eternal/youth in/Inman’S picture bf^Beli’e^sbSy;—ifed"epe?iifient.' r '' irr- 'IPX ,!i: - v ■ LITTLE KINDNESS. ' >1 sai3 a*little gffl,’“l gavri'a poor -beggai; phil4a drifik ofwateri and a'slioe bfi bread, .and .Eijie said t tbanjc ..yop’, to me sp ’ beautifully, and 4 made ( nip so glad,'l shad never forget it.” Now children can'dari great rriaiiy tilings Worfh a Hliarik you.” 5 Kin'B ioffices are everywhere and< pill times deeded ;'for- there 1 are al ways Sick ones] poor ones, besides dear, ones,-to wake hap py bykindness j.and itgoas further, towafdsma; king Home fhappy than almost anything .elsp. Kind" offices are within everybody’s reach, like air' atid Stfeshinej' arid' if r -ahybo'dy ■ feels ! fretfnl', and wants a medicine to. cure-it, we would say, do a “thank you’s” worth .ofrkind offices every hppr, you live, and ypu , will, b,e cured. It a wonderful sweetener,of life f.. Cm , flji? ji'-i” ''i ■ * , ■! i . ■ e;!j FLOWN AWAV. ’ Two-littlo birdsrihad'a nest jin :thebushes in .the.bpckrpftTt .of .tbp gardeni. . ,‘Juliaifound the nest ff had some §psckled.egge in it—one, two; three, four. But she did hot trouble the dr difcfss' the ’ diear'little birds. 1 - One day; after hhe'riad been awaysorue time,’down she* Van into the garden: to - take a peep at the four, little: speckled eggs, jlnstead of : the beau r tifuh eggs, .there .were, qrily ..broken, empty shells. *'“G,’’_ she said, picking,out the pieces, "‘the beautiful 1 eiggs afi spoiled arid broken"!’’ i ‘- No;' Julia,” replied her brother, “they are not spoiledthe best part of .them has taken wings and flown, away. ~, ~ , Sb; it, is,when’ a'child dies;. its little body, left behind, - is only an empty shell; while its soul, the part, has' taken' wings, arid flown away. ' t..-- v - : THE POETRY OF*FARMING. ' I'be author of'the charming volume, Mg TFfirm of idgevoopd K noticed in eur columns recently, thus disjpjoses of the poetry of prac tical farm life:— /“During the. more leisure period ol winter, the practical mind"of the farmer will gravitate m&rri Easily toward mriehahieaf Employments than toward those'Which are'intellectual. He Will have his agricultural journal, and Ethers, may, bp,, to whose, reading he will bring a ripe and ha,rdy judgment. . But his.thought; will be more amorig his eriltle and his bins than among Wbks. ■' “He' cannot get" Wis'dotii that glpridth in' the goad, : >and* that- driveth oxen.-’ -Therri may,be n spice of-exaggeration in the dogma Qf Ucclesiauticusj j.but whoever undertakes the profession of F ,working-farmer ;must accept its fatigues arid engrossment's, and honor them as heieanl It is* a lmsiriess that will riot bri hal ved' Vulcan can make' no Ganymede—strain as he will., Theihorny, hands, Jbe tired bodv, the hay-dust, and,the scent of the stables are in evitable. .The fine yoiing fellow, flush with JohMon’s ElCpierifs; arid, brioviint.with fhioni sori’s rebel 1 at;this ; vSew ofthel case; but let them take three hours in a hay field of August—-behind a revolver,.(rako,) with the; reins over his neck, , the land being lumpy, and the colt dipping a. foot over the traces at the end Of every bout, and I think he will have sweaty borifimatioh of its gerieVaPti-uth. 0¥ let him try a day at the tail of a Michigan plough, in a wiry and dusty last-year’s stubble: thp bosses are fresh and well-trained, and the plpugh enters, - pvayely to, its work-lsinpothly at' fifetj hilt ptesehtljE ari ugly stone flings it cleanly from the furfow, and there is a backing —a heavy tug, and on he goes with his mind all centered in tbe,plough-beam, and nervously watching .itq, little, pitches and yaws;he,lifts a hand cautiously, to wipq the perspiration frpm his forehead, (a gr&rit imprudence,) and* the ploughriheers ove'r 1 gracefully, arid is out once" GENESIfE EVANGELIST.—WhoIe' No. : 9I6. and the pWugti is again in- place ; no- more wiping of the forehead until | £ne headlands are xe,ached., WateiyMlistersr are-rising fest on his hands,, and,j a pebble in ,his sbpe, is pressing fearfoJly on a bunion; but at, the headland ha finds' ternporary relief, and a small ‘cab ifif-weaß barldy-wateM -/Refreshed .by -this, vyhat shaky [ ini; thei legs, he-pudbeb ?oh iwitb. zeal—possibly thinking,,of Burps, and how h? waited ip .... ~ ~ ) s< “ ‘behind big,plough, ,-Aj X ■ ' Upon the mountain side,’- —and.wondering if ijhe; repllydi# llfbere are /no wee-tipped ’ dai|ies tOjheguile. him; not a .'mouse is stirring; only a pestilent mosquito is <t#an|iri£doiiieWherl behitfd*hisief£'ear,'ahd a fine' aromatic powder'ttsesfrpm the dusty! stub ble and tickles hisMostrils. r So hesedmes to the headlandjpnce more and the can;, Jf he iupl a copy, of .Burns inhis. pocket,, ifc ( might be pleas ant for the'fine young fellow to lie off under the Shade for ‘li’ WMlhj ‘improve his mind,’ Brit he Mas is 6 BdftjSdi-infact, Mo pocket in his overalls; getting late;, he must finish, his- acre, of ploughing. Oyer ; and overbeeyes the sun; —it is very sloty of getting to its height, and when noon comes it finds him in a Veiy draggled and wiity state; but he mounts on# of the horses,'and the mate clattering after, he le.ads off to the bam and the baiting. _ ,He has sharp, appetite for the beef and the greens, tet hot much, at the nooning, for Birhs- dr Bishop Butler.’ * The return to the field haunts him;; but 'the hvbrk is only half done. Bubbing his puffy hands with a raw pnion,,,(hy the ndvfeeof Bat,) be enters bravely upon a new bout of the ploughing! The sun is even-' more searching' than in the morning; the mosquitoes Mate'come in flocks; the bun ion,'-aggravated by the morning's pebble, an gers, him sorely, and destroys all his confidence ihjthe edmmentatp'rs, upon Burns. “At night, more draggled and wilted than at noon, he turns'out his team, and if he means systematic < fafmswork.i will give the horses a thorough' rubbifig-dowii; 'afterward if he cher ish . cleanly prejudices, the fine .young fellow wilt have need for ia rubbing-down, of bimself. This refreshes and gives courage for the milk- imtii thosd puffy fingers, is no way Again the appetite is good—even .for a cut of saltrbeef and dish of cold greens. Therguppn, Pat;... the Irish lad,.sits upon the doorstep,, and ruminates—yvith a short, black pipC in bib mouth. ' Ohr draggled young friend aims at something better; it is wearily done; but at least the’show'shall be made. Thecandle is lighted,- and a book, pulled- down-—possibly Brqf. Johnson pm Peats;the millers dart into the, flame peats,, and hydrates, and oxides, and peats again, mix strarif^ly; ,a horned beetle dashes at 1 hfe s forehead, and makes him wakeful for a moment; - there is a frog 'droning in the near pond very,,drowsily.-—‘peats.—peats— peats;’,,the drift,of the professor is lost; Pat ruminates oh/the/step;,qhig miller flaps out the flame of his candle; 1 it is no matter—bur fine young fellow is lira sound snooze: So’ nrtich for thp working farmer; arid we cannot have armies without privatesand pri vates are many -of them ‘; fine, young fellows. ’ ” popular education nr Prance. The 'French corresporidehj; of the Melliodist ' L ' 7 - "-~ ‘ ;t. -.4 .[ , 5:., 'll ’] The education of- tlie people is .now one- of be mrist prominhht'MbjeclS of’discugsiori in France. The Emperor congratulates tbe ednn •try.tin his recent spe’eehVasn'fi’with? reasop, On the,progress fhat has bpen mgde of late years. ,Jri popular.oducation Frhnpe is. very far ahead of .England; Nevertheless,.a yet re r riiairis to be done. 1 Two yefirs ago reports were demanded from - the : teachers throughout the :country,by trie Minister of Instruction.' Six thousandteachers responded. . M. Ilohut, of.Requests to, the Council,of. Stated has summed - ;up the resists of these reports, arid* among thriiri are ihri following startling statements: ii; - The rural districts oft France are plunged in r ,the deepest ignorance.,. Three-fourths of the .population can neithm* read.,nor write. The Women do not even Snow how to mend their husbands’arid* cbildreri’s'clothes. They have no" dCsire’eveii!.to better their coridition: ‘ We can neither read nob write, and' yet the fapd.has always supported us; it will"be the same with ,pur children, {, Such is tfie real state Of feeling of most of the peasants, tn many distrietsAbe ’municipal ’authbrities themselves doriot know how to''sign their names. ‘Be tween the ignorapt, greedy, and; egotistical populations, of our cpuptry,’, say the-teachers of the Basses Alpqs, ‘ those whominstnretion has reached, th’efe* is' the. same difference as exists befweeri civilized^nations' rind savage tribes:’''«And ail agree on this point;' all be wail the fatal influence of this intellectual night on the progress-of agriculture. It is this igno rance which still upholds the power of the fpr turie-teller, the influence of emjnric cattle-doc tors. If attacks the heart*ns well - as the mind. There is something in ,the air in <our f rural dis tricts . tending ,to diminish parental authority, and, filial love.!’; ,Ominous, wprds. ,'Supersti-, tiori is everywhere; religion nowhere. The peasant hris no ioUger any faith; he remains' Stranger to religious duties:' ■ He has no vir trie’s, hut many vices,’:bothiapparent and secret.: The teaching of i/ie Gqspsl iss a dead, letter. ‘ There; is,.an. immenpe, deficiency in,the social life'i’of the people!’ ' This is-extracted -1 froy the reports on thet Pas-de-Calriis; and is true of all the'depart ments in general, talk much and are very proud of our progress and civilization. Listen : ?.‘A faithful picture of the life of the peasantry would frighten every one. I have seen mothers -accompanied by their, little child fpfi spending jbe day in bar-rooms. Woman is - iri’ the - sairie'state of inferiority as in pagati lahas;”’! The'imrimrrilitytis feriffnl, H ‘Parents h&ve-lorig been accustomed to Speculate on the future of their,children, at ibwexpense of theic health,, of tb.e,ir,y.ducattP ( even, cf tkeir morality.’ ‘ When they ;firat' come to school,’ says 'one tferieher,' 'the chndren'rire like sava ges; most of them do not even know how ttt aross themselves. £ Anofher addsl: t.Orie of the mrist deplorable halfitstin the country is that of sending, cattle : tp fged in the fields under the cafe, of children^without' distinction of sexes they soon bedome Idst to 1 all sense of moralitv or.' decency.’ Thus ' morality, intellect, and health, all are imperillediby the sheer .arid bru taj ignorance of tho laboring masses In the ag ricultural districts.” ~ of Coler'dge says that as one of hrs lricnds Was expressirig his idea that it Was unfair to mfluence a child’ri hiind bv inculcatiM any opinions before it should .comedo vears of drscrebpn and be ’able to choose for uielf he showgd. f hjpi,his garden, telling him it was hk botanical garden. “ How rio?” srild U '“ t 'S " ob *” Coleridge, ?i t bas fiot 3 r et coriie to its age of discrekon: and eh(»M*. ,The weeds„yoa see, have, to grow, aad I thought it unfair f the spil against them for roses .ana strawberries.” ' V % 1 ' t
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