jjY GEO. "'W • .TS.-% KEff SEMES. Gclcct Jjoctnj. V mm iw Autumn Thoughts. BV FRANCIS HENNOCH. The leaves are falling! let them tall; "l is 11-av.u's supreme decree Unit all That live must ifie , y l.ttle while tlie*ir glory shone, K little more and they are gone, in death they lie. Had we no death, what then were birth? I camherer on this pleasant earth Where all is lair: Through death alone is found the room for budding hope, for mental bloom, Ami manhood rare. ]>eny us death—d-stroy the chance Oi'-kul mature, the proud advance, Of intellect; Controlling, conquering every plan That mars th* onward march ol man To high respect. Where men. like granite columns, stand, Obstructive of the good and grand— I), welcome death ! They boast they change not ! while they sjv ak. Their hearts are stayed : their power how weak — ■ lloiv false their laith ! The bar once broken—soon the tide Of new opinion, deep and wide, Resistless flows; As age iriist yield to eager youth, So fa he hood ilies before the truth, And wisdom grows. Man, proud oflife! while living heed The mvriad lives that die to feed Thv mortal part ; And vv.ier. the immortal soul takes wing, Those mvriad forms again will spring From brain and heart. The life which earth and air bestow# liiiibU up the fabric ol the lose ; Then, earth to earth! The flower, matured, gives up if. seed; The leaves dissolve-—dissolving, feed A second birth. The husk of flesh, the si.ell of clav. Must to th' imperial soul give way, And let it fly — 1 Emancipated chy rsalis— From coils of pain, to boundless bliss— To never die! What we call death, is only change Of life, permitting soul's to range Unfettered, free. Through all lite regions God hath made, In glorious sun or sombre shade. Eternally. Thou body, brace thyself for -trife ! Thou soul, prepare thyself for 11fed And whatsoe'er Thy noblest nature feels is right, For ir, unhlenching, boldly light; F'or God is there. Religious Bigotry and Intolerance. There is no evil so blighting in its influence upon society as religious fanaticism. lis terri ble effects are visible in ail ages ot tire world and upon everv page of history. Vv iule it is overthrowing; the judgment ot men, it perverts the natural affections, and corrupts every ave nue to tin* heart. They who are affected by its unhallowed, but ardent stimulus, in sinceri ty ol nund believe, that they are in possession of the highest moral sentiment : and, that their -fellows rnav enjov the same holv advantage, in the arrlor of their enthusiasm, they urge it up on them even bv nrii ans of tiie (ire, the rack and the jihbet. A religion that needs to be sustained bv such contrivances, is unworthy ol Christian consideration, and should be left to perish in the brain of him who contrived it— the Father of Lies. If we cannot exhibit a belter life than the fanatic and a more whole some doctrine than he entertains, we are bad calculators and worse reasoners. Shall we per secute a man because his mind has not been cast in the same mould with our own! or be cause his nervous organization is subject to par ticular sensations? Sceptics without number have been made, from the very fact that they cannot realize tile truth of a religion w hose vo taries would carry conviction to the brain, by subjecting the body to the most cruel tortures. Jle who has lived-w ithout Cod in the wot Id, would be most happy to die without one, and il all who wished there was none, at the same time believed it, the world would be endowed with atheism. There is no system of religion so forlorn, so gloornv or so fatherless, that there will not hi' attempts on the part of its advocates to create proselytes. But are we to drive a man from his home, deprive him of his civil lights, or put him to death, on account of the absurdity of the doctrines he entertains? Rea son is not to be consumed by fire, nor over whelmed by force. As an example to others, mut be persecuted or destroyed. I is as absurd as the doctrine, which, il ieitaHHMLwili have few followers, and f ,J 'Ust own weakness. The <%^- pions of and fanaticism have always fol lowed the evil yxample of persecuting their fel low man because of a difference of opinion, and probably will do so to the end of time ; but the intelligence of the world has discovered, that such fanatics have only lent importance to that which wag absurd, interest to that which was forbidding, and light to that which was the es sence of darkness. There are some systems of religion, which can communicate neither illu mination nor warmth to the soul, except bom those faggots which a mistaken zeal has lighted up for its destruction. I he moralist who expects to find perfection • n the human mind, knows very little of our imperfect nature. A painter might as readily hope to discover it in our bodies. To render the single picture of HILK.N faultless, five of the most beautiful and well formed virgins in the East, were made to contribute their charms j by Zeuxis, and yet the picture lacked perfec- I tion. We can conceive in both mind and b<>-; dv, the possibility of much greater excellence, j and have, therefore, no superior reason to he ; proud of either. The kind of Christianity which j is of any value, is that ot a jimciiail character, i It may be fashiSnuble to indulge in that sort, j which seeks to acquire money by every kind of rapine, in order to squander it in every species of revelry hut w hen the balance is struck, the j latter will be found bv far the most unprofita- j ble. We can all understand file conduct ol j men much better than their creed, and have a clearer knowledge of the depravities of the dis-! cipie, than of the teachings of the preceptor. The Almighty is as merciful in his restric tions as he is in his bounties; and has pre- : scribed unto himself one eternal and immutable principle of action—that of producing The high est ultimate happiness bv the best means possi ble. And it may be, that the* wonderful and complicated microcosm—(he heart of man—is ■ governed by u single principle—the pursuit of apparent good—but the means resotted to in. order to arrive at that beneficent point is often the most pernicious and reprehensible. Win n tile idea seizes upon the mind of the zealot that . he is called upon to do Clod service, all com mon modes of reasoning are perverted and all j general principles destroyed. One who knew human nature well, has said that the victim of tlie fanatical persecutor will find, that the stronger the motives for meicy are he can urge, the weaker will he ins chance ofohtainifig it Mr the merit of his destruction w ill he supposed to l is-* in value, in proportion as it is effected at the expense of every feeling, lot!i ot justice ami humanity. The truth ot this proposition is, spread broadcast over every page ot religious persecution. This w ill he found to be the case as lar l ack as history runs, and if we take the Bible for our guide, up to the earliest period oi the formation of communities. This fact would indicate, that although customs are as various a- the tints of compb xion, and systems of o-Jigic n as opposite as we can imagine, stii! man in all climates, in all countries, and in ail ages, is essential I v the same c.ieature, ami prone to persecute his fellow for non-conformity with the prevailing doctrine of conscience. This tact will also prove that there is something radically wrong in our svstem of religious education lor it cannot lie in a government which haves the question of conscience between man and his Maker—nor in our lav school instruction—for here every scholar meets, or should meet, ofoi c.wh,.ii ground, to be instructed from books which are not sectarian in character. Even Abraham, although he left Ids country and kinsmen, in order to worship tile true God, ami establish a pure religion, in accordance with the dictates of his own concience and the light h had received, smote w ill) the sword, the diverse nations around him, as much for their difierence of cm d as for their capture of his brother. The nation that he 1 amd'-d not witsfanding that they possessed a holier celigion and lofti. r precepts than the world beside, split into a multitude of sects, and persecuted each other to (h<* death. The Pharisees condemned the Saducees, arid the latt>*r tin* former, while both assailed the Essem s, and the three war red against the IF rodians and the Canlonites. The Samaritan and the proper Jew, though nc know (edging the same find, and having similar ceremonies, were rancorous in their hatred < I each other, for the most trivia! cause, and gloat ed with savage ferocity over everv opportunity fur veng-ance. The altais of each, consecrated [ to tlie same living God, were frequently desecra ted and often destroyed in their relentless feuds, ! while thousands of both sett, were swept to death at the I and of the other—and all. as they I believed, for the glurv of the Almighty. Tin ir own evil passionsanl mistaken judgments or the selfish motives of their Priests and Rulers, made acts which would disgraces .Moloch, precede in popular respect, the sublimity of that holy | doctrine wT.ich required us "to do unto others as we would they should do unto us;*' but these erroneous views were seldom a matter of question. Many of the Prophets are remem bered more tor their persecuting: spirits than b>r the Godlike qualities of their characteis. As i earl v as this age of the world, religious instruc {tion, Was strongly tinctured with the bigotry | and intolerance of tin* present day. But the Christian era arose, and the meek | and lowly author of our religion, condemned in ' all the glowing fervor oi Truth, the prevailing I errors of his times. The short and simple sen ! fence spoken to the woman taken in adultery, j conveys a loftier moral to the mind than all the j precepts that Sage or Prophet ever conceived, j It stamped the character of the religion he I taught with the pure essence of Divinity, and installed an age of liberality, charity and bene volence, among the children of men. "Go and sin no more," was a holy conclusion to the char itable requirement of "let him who is without sin throw the first stone." With these land marks continually before the eyes of contending sects, and a proper observance of their bearing, t the bitterness of sectarian strife would soon I cease to exist, and we should rapidly become a band of brothers, conscious of each others de ' frets,- but struggling to correct apparent er j rors, by the gentle and suasive power of Truth i and Reason. We all turn with horror from the ten gener- j al persecutions of Nero, Domifan, Trajan, An- ! ton in us, Severus, Maximian, Deciu.s, \aleiian, Aurelian and Diocletian, and read with sadden- j ed hearts the story of those bloody butcheries.' With mournful pleasure we trace sufferings of j fiie two young Christian mothers, Perpetua and Felicities, and go with them to their martyrdom, glorying in their fortitude. We bless the hero-j ic constancy of the Tlieban Legion, who, when they were ordered to march to Gaul to assist in j extirpating their christian brethren of that Pro- BEDFORD, PA. FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. 22, 1854. vince, determined unresistingly to die to the last man, rather than persecute their fellow Chiistians. And yet the Christians of Caul dif fered in the non-essential poitions ol their creed and ceremonies, in a much greater degree than do the various Christian sects by w hicb we are now surrounded. The Theban Legion had the true principles of Christianity in their hearts, and though ordered to he decimated again and again, to final extermination, for refusing to des troy their Christian brethren, they stood fast by the holiness of those principles, and died with out a murmur to the last of their Legion, at the hands of their fellow soldiers. Their noble re ply to the Emperor Maxirniam, should be worn next the heart of every living Christian. "H is needless lor you to look any further for per sons of that denomination—we, ourselves are such, ami glory in the name. \\ e saw our companions fail without the least opposition or murmuring, and tho't then; happy in dying for the sake of their teligion. We had rather die wrongfully, and by that means preserve our in nocence, than live under a load of guilt. What ever von command, we are ready to suffer.— We confess omselves Christians, and therefore cannot persecute Christians A This was the kind of heroism which tested onr holv leiigmn, and established it upon a foundation vvl;ich can iii ver bp shaken. It nerved the martyrs who followed them, as did the example of Ignatius, Poiycarp, J•. >till Martyr, In nffiis, and others, the Tticban Legion. it was promulgated with charity, and maintained with se]f-d.-vntion. — These were the (,'liristian traits nt character which wrung from the a|k.state Julian, as his: life ebbed awav, the exclamation, "O Galilean ! , thou hast conquered." From the time oft he Arian controversy, self styled c!u islians have leeri ready to persecute! and destroy each other for forms and c< ren o- j nies which have not the remotest connection j with real Ciristianiiv. The color ot a cravat 1 in our day of religions degeneracy, is sufficient | to anathematize its wearer. A sermon spoken j or u sermon read, will produce the same effect, j and sever a church in twain. How much! Christianity can reside in tie* heart, when ab surdities like these can disorganize a rongrega- 1 tion, and array brother against brother. AII I these things prove incontestihlv that our coi- | leges of reiigi us learning are tar from being pure. Tfmv set up a standard of Christianity, ! and then clothe it in forms which are deemed of more consequence than the essence ot the religion which tin v j rofos to teach. Aiming at reducing the thoughts of men to a fixed confor mity, the priests made at these colleges, with out distinction of creed, nurture in their hearts a feeling of malevolence against all who refuse coHriftscion n if-.eir 1.-ich!i-u*-. sietf.- is Vi Seii tiered in the bosom ot families, and the pulpit | rt sounds ith doctrines that would more befit a , Jove than Jesus. Society tfl time becomes con vulsed, and !lie sacred principles of our holy religion are invoked to justify the tiring oi a j temple dedicated to the Almighty, or loexcuse a blood v homicide. Such teachings are institu ted by the devii, and transmitted to our schools, of religions instruction. We shall refer to this subject again.— Pennsylvininn. "M hriliii'tr IncUhat. We gather from rumor the following facts, in which we have been greatly inteiested : A few days since, Mr. Davenport, oi Sir 1 - hyville, Tc (in., went down into a \*>-ll which 1 he was engaged in digging, and a negro who, remained at the mouth of the well hearing hi groans, ran to the street cry ing out that a man was dying in the well. A young gentleman chanced to he passing at the moment, and in stantly ran to the well, pulled oil his C 0..:, audi climbing down by the curbing till within about ten (i i-t of the bottom, when lie encountered the | stream of poisonous air which had broke intoj the well, and finding he was likely t>> tall, jumped to tile ground, lie found Mr. D. up-' parent I v dead, and immediately made a rope or chain last around the lib-less body, which was drawn up by the people who had assembled at the well. Scarcely had he done this, however,' \s hcu hf became unconscious, and sunk to the ground. Tho.se about tin* mouth of the \w|| iindif.tr tliat the body drawn up, though seem ingly dead, shoved some f.iiiit signs ol remain ii>rr vitality, Mere bosilv engaged in endeavoringj to restore the suspended animation, forgetting) for the time, that some one had gone into the well, and it was not til! physicians had arrived} with a crowd of the citizens, and the first ob ject of their anxiety had began to breath*again,, that they were reminded (probably by the ne-j gro)that a voting man, a stranger, had gone' down to rescue this man, and was now doubt loss- a corpse at the bottom of the well. What could be done Who was there brave enough, now that the danger was fully known, to ven ture into the \ ery jaws of death.? I'hey !• t down a light, hut it was instantly extinguished, 'i'hey threw down burning shavings, hut they only tilled the pit with suffocating smoke.j Meantime the question was asked again and again who it was went down? No one coule. answer, till a lady present, exercising her wo man's wit, (aught up his coat =and pulled out some papers from the pocket. I hey were note.-j of a sermon. The young man was the newly; chosen Baptist preacher, Mr. Faulkner, a mat who has in a few weeks won the hearts of th-1 people in a most remarkable degree, and whos' promise of future usefulness has seldom beet j equalled. When this was made- known ther*. was a silent pause. .No one Mould go into th*| we!! : but among the physicians who had galls j ered at the first alarm, was Dr. Earksdale, i deacon in the Baptist church, of which M| 1 Faulkner is pastor, and at whose hospital)!* mansion the young man made his home. H? instantly stripped and prepared to enter, h answer to the remonstrances of friends who fet j that he was descending to almost certain deati, he said, "This young man is a stranger—he si residing under tnv roof-—I am in a degree re sponsible for his life. I will af least try o Freedom of Thought and Opinion. save his life, though T die in the attempt." They let him down, but the suffocating vapor, mixed with the smoke, compelled him to desist for a time. He was drawn up, got some fresh air, waited till the smoke had subsided a little, and then went down again. He passed a chain round the body, but could not fasten it for want of a little stick to pass through a link to lock it. They threw down stick after stick, but the poi son had taken hold on his brain —his head reel ed, his breath tailed, and he could not find them ; lie could only call out that he was dy ing;. They drew him up and laid him appa rently dead beside the other. He soon revived, however, and explained in what condition he had left the young man. Air. Griffith, a strong minded and strong bodied mechanic, and most worthv citizen, volunteered to go down, carry ing with him a suitable stick to tasten the' chain around the bod v. The work was quick ly done, and lie was drawn lack without hav ing suffered great inconvenience. When Mr. Faulkner was drawn up, after lie had been in the well more than an hour, he was apparently gone past all hope, but the anxious and perse vering efforts of his friends, aided by the best medical skill, were blessed at length to his re covery. Life came slowly back, arid he is now, though still feeble, able to walk about. Jn a few days he will be as well as ever. The others are aI jo doing well. I). It the bystanders, in cases like the above, would dash into the well a few buckets of wa ter, he might descend to the assistance ol his friend with impunity. Such accidents are gen erally caused by a collection of Carbonic Acid Gas, the poisonous effects of which are removed by throwing in water.— Tenn. Baptist. J'rom itie il lafunjiiu (Itl.) Ffulrxvtaii. Eighteen Years a (apfivc an rug the In dians. We w. re v isited, a few b>Y. ago, by a man hv.the name of Joseph Harney, who says that be is in search of a son, whom lie supposes to live somen, here near Alton. lb* made his es cape, on the oth of May la-t, from the Flat Head Indians, near the Flat Head river, in Ore gon. He staled that he has been with this tribe of Indians eighteen years. We listened I>r some length of time to bis history, many portions of which are truly thrilling. He uas taken prisoner in 183"), on the* upper Missouri river, while in the employ of a fur company. He is a native of France, and speaks English pool !y : but we give what be communicated to us as nearly as pi ssible. He was with a man Ue th" n.n." rn' John ii obi-it.son, both of whom were captured. They attempted to defend them selves, and killed two ol the jndians, but they w ere overpowered—there being twenty-five In dians to contend with. They were secured hand and foot, and placed on ponies, and started to Fit* northward, traveled live weeks, when they i ame to tlie hunting ground of (be tribe, where thev were given up to the chief, who shook hands with them, and manifested much joy at tm ir capture. They were unbound and confin ed in a hut, where they were fl-d, but not al lowed to escape. The chief ode them his two daughters if they would marry and remain with tiie tribe. Finding escap" utterly impassi ble for tie' time, the terms were accepted, and th" marriage took place. The (roils of this marriage w ere two children, bolii of which are s'.ili living, a daughter sixteen, and a son four teen, both of" which he left with the tribe.— Two wars ago, Koherston attempted to escape, but was retaken, sculped, and burned ahve, leav ing three children with the tribe. S ven years ago, Harney attempted to escape, but was recap tured and would have been put lo death but tor tin- interposition of his wile, who was the daughter of the chief, During the time of his captivity, Harney states, that he was engaged with his tribe in three battles—two with til- Black Feet, and one >vith n tribe the name of which we do not know—in one ol which lie says over seventy Black Feet were killed. The most of lhe time ol his captivity he liv ed on the head of the Columbia- river, and at times as lar up as the head of Flat Head river. During this eight" , n years, he saw neither salt, lin-ati, | aitali es, coffee, tea, or anything of the kind, living up n meat ol moose, deer, skunk, rattlesnake, turkey, prarie hens, See. At the time lie made his escape he was near Lake Su perior about sixty miles from a trading post of Urn American Fur Company. The chief (his father-in-law) was a doctor, and on the lath ol May left, and while he was gone, Barney suc ceeded in making all the Indians dead drunk with the whiskey which he had just received, giving one and a halt pint to each Indian. Al ter they were asleep, he took his how and ar row, tomahawk, pipe, two and a hall pounds of tobacco, flint and steel, and two pounds ol neat, being all there was in the hut. He started and traveled all night, having his dog along: the next morning lie killed his dog, to prevent his returning to give a clue to his trace. About 11 o'clock the same day, when about thirlv-five miles, was overhauled by his father in-law's (the chief's) dog which he killed with his how and arrow, and carried the carcass aw ay from the path and concealed himself in the brush : while lie was thus concealed the chief muttered to himself, in his language —"I will pass this mountain, and at the loot of it 1 will lake to the lei! hand." Overhearing this, Har ney availed himself of this information. Foi ls,wing the chief to the mountain, he found, sure enough, that he had taken the left hand road, which he ascertained by tin- tracks of his pony. He continued his journey to the east until about two hours before daybreak on the next morning, when he sat down, fatigued and hungry ; alter daylight he killed a rattlesnake eight feet four inches in length, which lie roasted anil ate lor breakfast. He kept on in the same direction, when about tive o'clock he was overhauled by his brother-in-law'sdogt he killed it immediate ly and passed on. On the next day, about live o'clock In was overhauled by anotucr be- longing to the tribe, which he despatched in the 1 same manner as the others: after which he pro ceeded without any molestation, travelling four days without daring to build a tire only in day time. He was seven weeks travelling before he came to anv tribe of Indians, during which time lie had spent one week in despair, not travelling or expecting ever to reach a habitation or w liites. At the end of the above time he came to a tribe which he calls the Tomahawks. He was kindly treated by them. For fear of being ta ker: again, he assured them that he belonged to the Flat Heads, and was in search of two crazy Indians who had made their escape. After asking some questions in English concerning the "crazy Indians," lie departed, and after nine rniles' travel, came to the Missouri river. He made a raft of legs and crossed over. Travel ling due east, he continued his journey nine weeks before he arrived at White Lake, in Min nesota, during all of which time be had subsis ted upon game, which In* killed with his bow and arrow . He remained there three days,and sold his accoutrements for clothing, and then made his way for this State. He aimed here in the cars. Harney is a man of considerable intelligence, arid seems to have a vivid recollection of nearly all that passed during his captivity. He seems familiar with Indian lite, and gives many of their signs fur determining courses, cures for diseases, £,e. He would like to see his children again, but would rather fin ego the pleasure than to go back and remain with the tribe, lie was married soon after he came to this country, and lived in Otsego county, New York, where his wife died, after which he was employed by the Fur Company. He is sixty-three years old, but still seems active and hardv. He describes the country where he has been as being the handsomest he ever saw. Truly, lie lias "seen the elephant," and if his sforv is correct, he can tell of more trials, tribulations, and adventures than any one now living. A ISEAITiFIL STORY. The most beautiful and affecting incident we know, associated with a shipwreck, is tlie fol lowing ; The Grosvenor, an East lodiaman, homeward bound, goes ashore on the coast of Caflraria.— ft is resolved that (he officers, passengers, and crew, in number one hundred and forty-five souls, shall endeavor to penetrate on foot, across trackless ties, its infested bv wild beasts and cruel savages, to the Dutch settlement at tin* Cape of Good Hope. With this forlorn object bi'fi>r. t Win th-- v final!*.* separated into two par ties, never more to meet on earth. There is a solitary child among the passen gers, a little bov seven vears old, who has no relation there ; ami when the first party is mov ing away he ciir-s after some member of it who has feen verv kind to him. The crying of u child might he supposed a little thing to men in such great extremity, hut it touches thorn, and he is immediately taken into that detachment: from which time forth this child is sublimely marie a sacred charge. He is pushed on a little craft acioss broad rivers hy the swimming sai lors; they carry him hy turns through the deep sand and long grass, he patiently walking at all oilier times: he shares with such putrid fish as tliey find to eat: they lie down and wait for him when the rough carpenter, who becomes his o pecia! friend, lugs behind. Beget i v lions and tigers, hy savages, hy thirst and hunger, hy death in a crowd of ghastly shapes, they never —oh, Father of ail mankind, thy name blessed fir it I forgot this chid. The captain stops ex hnnsteri, and his faithful coxswain goes hack and is seen to sit down t v his side, and neither ofthe two shall he any more beheld until the great hot II;:VT hiit, as the rest go oil for their lives, thev take the child with them. The carpenter dies of poisonous berries eaten in starvation : and the steward, succeeding to the command of the party, succeeds to tin-sacred guardianshipui the child. (lod knows all he does for the poor baby. He cheerfully carries him in his aims when he himself is weak and ill ; how lie feeds him when he himself is griped with want ; how he folds it is ragged jacket arnfnid him, lavs 11 is little warm lace with a woman's tenderness upon his sunburnt breast, soothes him in iiis sulieringe, sings to him as re limps along unmindful of dis own part bet! and bleeding feet. Divided for e lew days from the rest, they dig a grave in'He sand and burv their good friend th' cooper—these two companions alone in the wilderness—solitary wilderness—and the time conies w hen they are both ill, and beg their wretched partners in despair, reduced and few in number now, to wait by them one day. They wait by thein one day : they wait by them two da\s. On the morning of the third they move very softly about in making their preparations for the resiimj tion of their journey, for the child is sleeping by the fire, and it is agreed with one consent that he shall not be disturbed until the last moment. The moment comes ; the lire is dying : and the child is dead. HN faithful friend, the steward, lingers but a little while behind him. His grh f is great.— He staggeis on for a few days, down in the wil derness, and dies. But he shall be reunited in his immortal spirit—who can doubt it ?—w ith the child, w here lie and the poor carpenter shall be raised up with the words, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these, ye have done unto me." SINGULAR PHENOMENON NEAR VERA Cnrz.— A curious phenomenon has lately been witnessed in the port of Veta Ciuz. For several days in the beginning of this monlh the shores ol the harbor and neigborhood were strewn with dead fish cast up from the sea. So great was the quantity that serious liars were entertained lest disease should follow from stifh a mass of putrefaction. Bodies of troops were turned out each day, who gathered the fish ami buried them on the spot. A general older was issued T Earns, $2 PEIS YEA R. VOL. XXIII, NO. 19. commanding all those residing in the vicinity to take the same steps lor the prevention of dis ease. An order was also issued prohibiting the sale of fish. T!iis phenomenon continued for several days, and at last gradually disappeared. It is inter esting to naturalists, and we therefore give the following explanations of Mr. Adoiphus Hege wiscis, a surgeon in the military hospital, re sulting from experiments made bv order of the commandant. In the appearance of the tish the first thing that struck the attention was the -inflamed and protruding state of the eyes, such as ordinarily takes place in singulation. This, the doctor says, was not, as might he supposed, the result of putrefaction, for the case was the same when it had not commenced. On open ing the fish, the intestines were observed Jo he much distended with a gas, which on testing, proved to be carbonic acid gas. A decomposi tion of the contents of the intestines showed the presence of no poison, either mineial or veg etable. A submersion of the intestines and fish in slacked lime caused the evolution of large quantities of carbonic acid gas. He judges therefore, that the death of these fish had arisen from asphvxia, caused by this gas having been envolveci during the submarine volcanic erup tion : and, in support of his opinion, refers to Humboit's Casinos, page 221. He also refers to a similar phenomenon, which took place in the Mediterranean in IS2I, when large quan tities of fish were similarly thrown upon the shores of Corfu, Cophalonia, and the coast of Al bania. and bv their decomposition, caused a plague, which carried off a large number of the inhabitants.—,\"w Orleans Delta, November I ' lumtDun i'oisrtesifs- It is the little every day courtesies of life which betray the true Christian and gentleman; those kindnesses and forbearances, which he lias an opjiortuuitv to practice every hour ot his life. Tin y are the unfailing indices of charac ter. They are more eloquent of virtue than all great actions or high sounding professions- The heart from which they do not continually flow, like sparkling streams adown the hill side, is barren of all true excellence. That religion which consists merely in gilts to the church treasury : scrupulous attendance upon church meetings: unqualified adherence to creeds and creed-makers : firm belief in original sin (which is not so original a thing after all): harsh judgjf n.t'nts of the wicked : and great devotion to the far off heathen : but which sets at naught thai sweet charities of !ii'<\ and makes no account t]±* common amMutieg of society, is sounding brass and tinkling cymbals. The hearty "■How d'ye do." "I'm glad to see you," "How's your wife," "Good luck to you," and all other greetings which are interchanged by pnssers-hv, fall upon the heart like good seed, attd give growtlt 1o all those gentle affections and humble virtues, which are to the mind what the luxuriant under-growth ot shrubs and dowers is to the earth. The smile of kindness which you bestow upon the care-worn laborer, falls like sunshine upon his heart and warms all his faculties into new life and beauty. The word of comlbrt which you speak to the home less wanderer goes deep into his soul and kin dles a new fire among its decaying embers,— The mark of esteem and reverence which you extend to the aged man on whose brow is writ ten, in deep characters, the history ot many sorrows, recalls to his mind the faded hopes and joys of vouth, and causes Ids pulse to beat with renewed vigor, and his eyes to glisten with un wonted brilliancy. The look of sympathy shed upon the child of sorrow, or the word of conso lation whispered into his ear. extracts the poi son from his cup of sorrow, and tinges with the golden fines of hope the cloud which beshadovis his path. In the hallowed precincts of home, how much depends upon the countless and nameless acts of a kindly spirit! How often a kind word or a reproving smile will extinguish the spark of harsh feeling which else had been fanned by the rude breath of passion into a devouring flame! By warding off' an unkind expression of hasty wrath with a forbearing and forgiving look, how easily we disarm all anger and restore the soul to serenity and love. Is there a quar rel— a fierce dispute—a war of words in the family circle ; how easy one gentle spirit will subdue the rude elements, and make the thought less destroyers of domestic peace hang their heads with shame. Yes, it is these words of kindly remembrance, sown along the dastv thoroughfare of earth, which make the poetry of iife, and which, fall ing upon a heart which has been broken up by vicisitudes, takedeeji root, and soon garnish the mind with flowers of personal beauty. "DIED IN THE H.IKNKSS." —Rev. Joshua T. Ifussel, a Baptist clergyman at Jackson, Miss., recently closed a very eloquent address before the Bible Society with these words:—"Millions who are now around the Throne oi tlod, singing the song of Moses and the Lan.b, have been saved by the influence of this book." While uttering these words, he looked up as if he had a vision of what he described, and paused a moment, and saving "I have done," sat down, and was immediately seized with a fatal attack of apoplexy. gy.\ few weeks asm a trial was held in Lebonon, in this State, which shows the character of Kn.ow- Nothingism. A hole! keeper was indicted for selling liquor to minors and drunkards. A witness was brought upon the stand, and he refused to testify against the hotel keeper, because, he said, it would subject iiini to punishment by the order. Thus it will be seen that the oaths of the association are paramount to the oaths administered in t ourt, and ihat they refuse to testify in Court/or fear of risking their souls' salvation. Who, then, we ask, are to get justice in this country I—lintlrr Herald. As the lovely cedar is green throughout the barrenness of winter, so shall the f'hristian a lone flourish amid the winter of death, and bloom in immortality.
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