BY E©. w. KOiVIA Y
NEW SERIES.
Select Poet i n.
LITTLE .11 ABEL.
I;V MARY ('I.EMJI6S AMES.
HPIOVPII little Miibei,
She perished in the sprins;
When the flowers began to blossom,
When the birds b>'san to sing.
()nr precious little Mabel,
Hal been lading all the year;
For though she was our idol.
We could not keep her here.
|i,"l von seen our little Mabel.
You would have lov'.l her well,
For everybody loved her.
More than words ran tell.
(hir Beautiful, lost Mabel,
With eyes of dewey jet,
With the voice of rippling music,
1 ee and hear her yet!
Our blessed little Mabel,
Now I leth fast asleep.
In The heart of a green valley,
Where the eatly violets weep ;
Where the .iglnog tree, above her.
Weave shadows o'er her lied;
Where the low, sad winds of summer.
Sing dirges round her head.
Where the lapse of silver fountains
Upon the still air flow,
And louud her grave the Angels
Do sotlly come and go.
At home our little Mahle,
Shone I ke the morning star.
Which lights the mellow heaven,
And sends its ravs alar.
Our holy little Mabel,
W is a cherub from the skv,
Whom God had sent to teach us
How we must live and die.
A Kittle German Slorv.
A countrvmatt one d.iv returning from tin*
city,look home with him five of the finest
peaches one could possibly tlesire tosee, and, as
his children had never beheld the fruit Inf.re,
1 hey rejoiced ovr them exceedingly, calling
them fine apples, with rosy cheeks, and soft
plum like skins. The lather divided them
among his four children, and retained one for
their mother. In 'he evening, ere the children
retired to their chamber, the father questioned
them bv asking :
'•How did you like the rosy apples ?"
"Very much, indeed, dear falhei," said the
eldest buy ; "it is a beautiful find, so acid and
yet so nice and soft to the tast-* : I have care
fully preserved the stone that 1 may cultivate a
tffr*.
"Right and bravely done," said the father,
"that speaks well for regarding the future
with care, as is becoming in a young husband
man."
"I have eaten mine and thrown the stone
away," said the youngest, "besides which, mo
ther gave me half of hers. Oh it tasted so
sweet and melting in mv month."
"Indeed," answered "the falher, "thou hath
net been prudent. However, it was very na
tural and child-like, and displays wisdom enough
lur your years."
"I have picked up the stone.* said the second
son, "which my little brother threw away,
cracked it, and eaten the kernel; if was sweet
to the taste, nut mv peach 1 have sold for so
much money, that when I go to the city 1 can
yet twelve of I hern."
The parent shook his head reproveinglv, say
ing, "Beware, my hov ot avarice. Prudence is
all verv well, but such conduct as yours is
nnchild-like and unnatural. Heaven guard
thee, nay child, from the fate of a miser.—
And you, Edmund?" asked the father, turning
to his third son, who frankly replied,
"I have given mv peach to the son of our
' ■ ighbor, the sick George, who had the fever.
He would not take it, so I left it on his bed,
and have just come away."
"Now," said the father, "w ho has done the
'est with his peach ?"
"Brother Edmund!" the three exclaimed
aloud ; "brother Edmund 1"
Edmund was still and silent; and the mother
kissed him with tears ofjoy in her eyes.
NO RAIN For. MORE THAN FOLK MONTHS.—
r copy the following from the Galveston
New> ot the sth instant;
"!he Christian Advocate of this morning
S| }'s it is now four months and four days since
' v e have had rain in this city, though we have
had slight showers in that time, which did very
httle good. This certainly is a long time to do
Without rain. The principal suffering here re
v - ts trom the injury to gardens, and the want
"I good water for the oidinary purposes.of life.
Cur cisterns are now nearly all exhausted, and
■j>n water lor drinking is becoming scarce.
I r most other uses our citizens have to resort
'' u 'el!s, which furnish water more or less
•ckish, but which answers for washing and
( ier purposes. When we are again to have
rain Passes all our power of conjecture. We
:u 'e had to pay exorbitant prices for nearly all
' 11 necessaries of life, and now, to add to the
o irdens which have fallen so heavily on the
p orer classes, they are having to buy even wa
'"N yt a price that renders (lie strictest econo
-I!'.v in the use of it absolutely necessary."
The Wheat Crop.
A gentleman who has travelled through a
-oat part of the Western States within a few
• " ks. says that in nearly every place he has
""it the prospect of a la rye crop of wheal is in
he high' si d-gree favorable.
' THE BEDFORD GAZETTE.
S£c<lfbi*<i, June '2, ls.T"5.
LETTER OF REV. JOHN A. COLLINS!
BALTIMORE, May 5. 1854.
My Dear Sir: —
Your lettw of the 3d inst., re
ferring to a conversation we had during mv late
visit to Bedford, in regard to the Protest of the
3000 .New England Clergymen, presentee! to
the Senate of the United Slates, against the pas
sage of the Nebraska Bill; and asking me to
give you my views "in full" upon the subject,
has been received.
I am far from supposing, that the opinions of
one so humble as myself, upon a public matter,
are of an v consequence; still,as vou desire them,
I will not withhold them from you—though, in
complying with your request, I may be charg
ed with extraordinary temerity, for presuming
lo c%me in contact w iih upwards of 3 )()0 New
England Clergymen, and their "df> North-West
ern Allies. I conform, however, to your wish the
more readily, because I believe that the objec
tions to the course of the Clergy referred to,
which force themselves upm my mind, are in
stinctive with every American.
The obnoxious feature of this movement, the
one which stamps its whole character, and justi
ties the objectionable inferences and implica
tions, which may be drawn from it, is that those
who made the protest, and signed it, did so, not
as citizens,.but us "ministers of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ"—professing to act, not in tin*
name, oi in-Lelialf of the American people, or
any [ lit oftliem ; but "in the name of Almigh
ty God," and "in his presence , " and, in tlwir
ministerial character, alone, tin y solemnly pro
test against the passage of the Nebraska Bill ;
a direct attempt to i-> {luetic Congress by Cleri
cal dictation. This is a-high and unwarranta
ble assumption—first, hecaus" the parlies ciaim
to speak in the name of G d, for which there is
no autfioiitv : and, secondly, becaus- they seek
to control the legislation of Congress, in a par
ticular instance, by a power unknown to the
Constitution and tin- laws. Not the least sig
nificant sign in the proceeding in question, is
that the participants in it, do not deign to peti
tion, Gut adopt the higher measure of suit-tan
protest, plainly showing, that they assumed a
prerogative above the r< sort of the people in
such cases. It is not surpri/.i.tg that this array
of a new power to operate in political matters,
awakened opposition and aroused the jealousy
(d tile guardians o! the public liberty; tor, if
submitted to and sanctioned, it would soon ren
der inoperative those wise.and most precious
provisions of the Constitonon.' whTcl'T(ff-coniiect
Church and State: and would at no distant day,
dictate the action ot the National Legislature ;
ami we should have the coitnexiion of the two,
in its most odious form, which, not being regu
lated by law, but managed by an organization
foreign thereto, would make the civil the slave
of ecclesiastical authoriti. The Constitution ot
the United States does not know ministers of the
Gosp> ln . such. Thf. can only lie recognized
here as citizen!;. In (,\ untries where Church
and Stale are united, the case is differ* nl. There
they have Lords temporal and Lords spiritual,
the Commons ami the People. The Church, as
part pt Ibe Slate, may speak potentially. It is
not so i:i this bind of freedom and equality.—
By our iiistituli ms, all power emanates from
life people ; and we are ail the people, ore* com
mon people without distinction of classes or
special privileges to any ; arid the clergy only
Crm part of the aggregate mass ofthe people.—
To accomplish any purpose ot political bearing,
legaiiy and Constitutionally, they must move
with their fellow-citizens, fully identify them
seives with them, without claiming any superior
influence or prerogative arising out of their cal
ling as ministers ot th" Gospel. I his is as it
ought to be : and so may it ever remain.
Again, church organization* in this Country
aresimply voluntary associations, and the pow
er and authority of clergymen are conferred by
tlie respective denominations to which they he
long : and are restricted in their operation to t fiat
sphere alone. They cannot go beyond that
limit in the exercise of their functions. They
are not, nor any one of them, nor any associa
tion of them, nor all of thern combined, vested
with plenipotentiary robes to dictate the reli
gion of the Country, much less ils legislation.
But the first Resolution, attached to the Pro
test ot the North Western Clergymen, a copy it
would seem of the one from New England, is
a fair comment upon both ; and sets forth ih<*
new power in its true light. It reads as follows,
to wit: "Resolved, Ist., That the ministry is
the divinely appointed institution, for the decla
ration and enforcement of God's will upon all
points of moral and religions truth : and that, as
such, it is their duty to reprove, rehuke, and
exhotl with all authority." Extract the essence
of this resolution, and it cones out the old dog
ma, of the divine right to rule, claimed for
themselves, by the ministry in some branches of
the Church, which lias been the nucleus where
ver circumstances favored oftlie religious despo
tisms (hat have cursed the world.
The doctrine ot the resolution, seems to he
that by divine appointment, ministers ot the
Gospel have been constituted a separate class,
endowed with plenary powers, to say w hat the
will of God is, anu enforce that will upon State
authorities, as well as upon the Ciiuich. A
sweeping claim this I .None can he more com
prehensive. The error in this doctrine and of
the framers oftlie resolution consists in a great
misconception of the character and powers ul the
Christian ministry. It has not the same au
thority now, the apostles possessed. For special
purposes extraordinary powers were conferred
upon them. In their day, or previous to it, Re
velation had not been completed—and they had
i to declare and make known the will of God,
■ which had not previously been revealed, though
; its great outlines were contained in the Gospel
i of Christ—they were commanded to preach—
ami, for the accomplishment ol this great pur
pose, they were endowed with plenary inspira
tion. Their teachings are infallibly the teach
ings of God; and, for that reason they consti
tute a part of revealed truth. But the apostolic
ministry completed the circle of Revelation, and
the will of God is fully declared to mankind in
the Bibie.
Cleigymen of the present day cannot be said
to declare the wiFTof God, in the sense the apos
tle* did—they have ucci ss to none now but what
is equally accessible lr> the laity. As expoun
ders ot the word of God, fully made ready fur
them by Revelation : as an instrumentality for
the conversion of the world,and lor 'deeding the
flock of Christ," ministers subserve a most im
portant interest—but they do not inherit the
powers of the Apostles: and the plea made for
them, as is substantially done in the resolution
that, by Divine appointment, they have been
erected into a spiritual corporation, through
which as its only channel the will ol God can
be communicated, is alike unsound in theology
and unsafe for the cause of civil and religious
liberty.
The other point embraced in the resolution,
which asserts the Divine institution ol the min
istry, to enforce the will ot God "upon
all points of moral and religious truth, ' with ils
obvious application, is equally untenable. Here
a misconception again occurs as to the powers
ol the christian ministry in matters ol disci
pline, as though, in tliis respect, ihev are tqual
with those ol the apostles, which is not the
case. The apostles founded and organized the
Church, and, by the inspiration under which
they acted, laid down originally and authorita
tively i tie principles of mora! and religions disci
pline for the government thereof". They had a
Divine warrant for this, not descending to minis
teis by inheritance. In ail properly regulated
religions bodies now, ministers cannot, of their ,
own w ill, and in virtue of their office, enforce
discipline upon the people of their charges.—
Thev must be governed and guided in its ad
ministration hv the regulations f'f the bodv to
which they belong. it is evident, however,
that reference is not had 'o the Chuah or its
members in the ph.use of the resolute n under
discussion, nor to the duty of ministers to em
pi v, in their pulpit, and other efforts, in the
cause of truth, all tin* ingenuity, argument, elo
quence. and zeal they can command to lebuke,
fearlessly, the vices of the world. That is not
the aim of the resolution. The parties to it in
tended to administer rebuke in their official char- j
acter, as ministers of the Gospel, to the Senate
of the United States—a bodv over which, as
Clergymen, they had no jui is, diction, for having
passed a law obnoxious Ihem: and as their
ground of justification, foi.TT.is bold, aiuLJf bad ■
like to have said, arrogant " assumption, advance
the doctrine that the ministry is divinely insti- i
toted to enforce the will of God ! In this api-;
plication of their suppose.! prerogatives, they
go beyond ap .stolic authority. The Apostles i
never claiuu-d the light to interfere with the ;
action ot the authorities of the State.— Such
dutv had not been assigned them, it is not con
tained in their commission, which onlv com-;
roands them to "preach the Gospel;" and no'
where in their acts, or 1 hose of their master, is
such an attempt ma le. Doubtless, those w iio
drew the ievolution had their eye upon the
lfith v. of tlie lid Chap. Epistle to Titus, which
reads—"These tilings speak and exhort, and re
buke with all authority. Let no man despi.-e :
thee." But as is shown by the context, and the
w hole Chaptei, the re:ort fails them. Paul is
directing Titus, the pastor or bishop ot the
Church oftlie Cr-tians, liovv to conduct himself
in his official relation, and teaching hiiri the
Christian and social virtues he is to inculcate ;
upon the members of his flock. No fair or forced i
construction of the passage ran make it sustain
the ciaim here made for ministers of the Gospel !
to meddle with or seek to rule the legis'aliori of
Congress.
As we have no National Ministry oftlie Gos
pel in the United Stales and Gnd forbid we
ever may have our legislators would be iri a
sad dilemma, it the i.ad to consult the clergy, j
lorthe will of God, or the religious or moral!
character of measures [rending define them.—
Where should they apply —to the Catholic or
Protestant side of the question, or to which de
nomination, among the many that divide the!
Protestant faith ' Each has its ministry claim-j
ing, par exceHanc.e, to he the ministry ; and, to '
a greater qr h-ss extent, ruling out or question-j
ing the validity of others ; and ail standing up- ■
on the same basis in a civil point of view. The j
result ol such effort would be "confusion worse!
confounded."
The claims for the divine right of Kings and
Bishops to rule, generally go together, in our
country, the first las been theoretically and
practically repudiated, we trust lofev. r : The
second has been left to ils own merits, and the
discussion and decision of theological polemics.
Ofthetwo departments of the "divine right"
theory, if either bad to he, I would decidedly
prefer to see tlie Kingly enthroned in prefer
ence to the Pro st Iv— and why?—because ec
clesiastical despotism, is more terrible, greatly
more to be dreaded, tiian civil. The former
enslaves tiie consrit uce of man, and makes him
willing to wear anv chains that may be forged
fir him, or do any work his masters nuiv assign
him :—it has more oppressed mankind—has
fieen more relentlessly persecuting—has shed
more blood—has been more hatefully despotic
and tyrannical—has done more mischief to the
interests of society, than civil despotism ; and,
in addition to the direct work of oppression,
death and destruction committed by ecclesiasti
• cat tyranny—it has been the main support of
Jvinglv despots, in their deeds of enormity and
cruelty. Happily, in this glorious Republic,
we are free from both nor does the corrupting
■ influence of the union of Church and State, mar
the beauty of our institutions. Let us keep it
, so—and see to it that clerical dignitarips—min
i isters oftlie gospel—while they are treated
i with respect due their office, he riot permitted,
■ by virtue simply of their calling, to control the
• civil legislature, and lav the foundation of a
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
BEDFORD, PA. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 1,-1855.
j structure that may again, (as it has in tune
past,) overshadow State authority, and thus ob
jscure, if not destroy, the light of freedom that
gleams so brilliantly over this happy land. In
this respect, no less than others, "eternal vigi
lance is the price ot liberty."
Vou will perceive, I express no opinion of
the propriety or impropriety, of the wisdom or
folly, the policy or impolicy, of tlie objects
Contemplated in life Nebraska Bill. I leave
tfiat where the Constitution leaves it. —My re- j
marks have reference snjely to the course pur
sued and the doctrin.s laid down by the New-
England and North-Western Clergymen. I i
have no right nor reason to question their piety
.or patriotism—and I do not. But I believe,
w hntever their intentions wer**. how pure soev
er they may have been, and however honestly
they may qualify and explain their action— }
that it was wrong—threatening in its appear
ance, calculated to array the civil and ecclesi
; astical authority in angry strife, contrary to the
fundamental principles on which the Republic
is based—ominous of evil, and only evil ; and,
i therefore express my unqualified condemna
tion of it. The rebuke it received was justly
merited ; ami I am somewhat astonished that it
has not waked up more general and decided ,
opposition than it appears to have done, especi
ally from the clergy.
Having, mv (bar Sir, complied with your re- j
quest with great pleasure, I subscribe myself,
Yours, truly,
JCHX. A. COLLINS, j
To Gen. Geo. W. BOWMAN, J
Editor Gaz-Ate, |>
Bedford, Pa. )
VS. X. 11. STEPHENS ON k\OU NOTH
LVGIML
Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, declines a re-elec
tion t > Congress, ami assigns as his reason there
for tlie fact that a large number of his old po
litical friends (whigs) seemed to be entering
into new combinations with new objects, purposes
and principles, of which he was not informed,
ard never could be, according to the rules of
Ifiejr action and tin* opinions In* entertains.—
Hence be concludes that they have no further
use for him as their representative. Mr. Steph
ens then proceeds to give his views at full length
as to Know-Nothingism, condemning and repu
diating the organization and its ptinciples and
objects. Sooner than surrender his national
principles by joining the Know- Nothings, lie
" fvoiTi a position w ti s plbtrrHrt tirtimTSU
as well as his devotion to constitutional princi
' #
pies, had so long adorned. We extract the
following from his letter :
"In mv opinion, no man is fit to represent a
free people w ho has any private or secret objects
or aim tliat be does not openly avow, ur who is
not readv and willing at ail times, when required
or asked", candidly and truthfully to proclaim to
' the assembled multitude not only his principles, 1
but bis views and sentiments upon all questions
that may come before him in his representative
capacity. It was on this basis that representa
tive government was founded, and on this alone
can it be maintained in puiity and safety. And
if anv secret part v shall ever tie so lar successful
in this country as to bring the government in
all its departments and functions under the bam
fill influence of its control and power, political
ruin will inevitably ensue. No truth if) politics
can be more easily and firmly established, either
'.y reason or trom history, upon principle or
authority, than this. These are my opinions,
i candidly expressed.
"But 1 have been anticipating somewhat. I
j was on the prelimiury question —that is, the se
crecy which lies at the foundation ot the party —
I fiat atmosphere of darkness in which 'it lives,
and moves, and has its being, and w itfiout which
prohablv it could not exist. Ido not, however, ;
; intend to stop with that. I will go further, and
! give now my opinions upon those questions
which are said to b** within the range of its secret
object and aims. The principles as published (or
those principles which are attributed to the order,
though no bodv, as an organized party, avow
I them) have, as f understand them, two leading
■ ideas, and two only. These are a proscription
' by an exclusion from office of all Catholics as a i
; class, and a proscription of all persons of foreign •
: birth as a class—the latter to be accomplished ■
j not onlv by an exclusion from office of all for
i eiguers w ho are now citizens by naturalization,
but to be more effectually rarrbd out by an ab- j
rogation ol the naturalization law for the future, | !
:or such an amendment, as would be virtually 1
tantamount to it. These, as we are told, are
the great ostensible objects for all this machinery j
; —these oaths, pledges, secret signs, equivoca
tions, denials, and what not. And what 1 have
• to say of them is, that if these, in deed and in
I truth, be the principles thus attempted lobe
cariiej out. then I am opposed to both cf them,
openly ariir unqualifiedly.
! "But to pass to the other view of these prin
ciples— that is, the consideration ot them as ques
' lions of public policy. With roe they both stand I
I in no belter light in this aspect than they do in ;
:) the other. The first assumes temporal jurisdic
tion in forum conscientia. —to which lam quite j i
as much opposed as I am to the spiritual powers
: controlling the temporal. One is as bad as the
other—both are bad. lam utterly opposed to j
, mingling religion with politics in any way what
ever: and especially am I opposed to making it
a test ill qualifications for civil office. Religion
is a matter between a man and his Creator, with
which governments should have nothing to do.
In this country* the constitution guaranties to 1
every citizen the right to entertain whatever
creed he pleases, or no cieed at all, il lie is so
. inclined ; and no other man has a right to pry
I j into his conscience lo inquire what he believes,
or what h<* does not believe. As a citizen and
as a member of society he is to le judged by his
i ads, and not by his creed. A Catholic, there-
fore, in our country, and in all countries, ought,
as all other citizens, to he permitted to stand or
fall in public favor arid estimation upon his
own individual merits. 'Every tub should stand
upon its own bottom.' "
The Examiner on Pollock Again!
Tlie Independent Whig took tlie Examiner
to task tor criticising Gov. Pollock's appoint
ments : and alleges, on the authority of the Har
nsburg Herald, that Mr. Darlington was himself
an applicant for office, and leels sore because of
his disappointment. Of course this is all gam
mon—and tlie Examiner of Wednesday tast
pitches into them, Governor and all, in tlie
following caustic strain :
The Harrisburg -Ueruhl is published by the
Rev. Stephen Miller, Gov. Pollock's Flour
Inspector, and. is regarded as the Governor's
organ. We now pronounce its assertion that
the editor of this paper was an applicant tor
office uuder Gov. Bollock, a wilful arid deliber
ate falsehood. If tlie Herald spoke by authori
ty, we extend tlie chaige to its master, although
we can hardly be brought to believe the Gov
ernor has <jot so low as to resort to such means
ot defence. Nevertheless, he is responsible for
the language of his organ, and unless tie causes
it promptly to retiact, we shall be obliged to
exhibit the Governor of Pennsylvania in a very
humiliat in-r posit ion.
The editor of the Examiner did fe<d an in
terest in tiie success of one or tvvo gentlemen
who were applicants tor appointment to in
spectorships— gentlemen whom w-p knew to be
qualified for the respective posts for which they
applied whose long and unremitted zeal in
behalf of Whig principles, and whose unflinch
ing fidelity to the Whig flag in tlie darkest
hours of adversity, seemed to entitle them to
remembrance in the day of prosperity. 1 hey
were original "Pollock-men," too: tlie men
w ho "set the ball in motion" which carried the
r>r*ent incumbent info the executive chair.
When these gentlemen were all passed coldly
by and the most lucrative office in the Govern
or's gilt (leather inspector) bestowed upon a
vankee, hot a few years resilient of the Stale,
and unknown as a politician—when the inspec
torship of ffuiir was given to a canting, hypo
cutical preacher like the publisher of the Her
ald to the exclusion of meritorious practical
men—when other lucrative offices were bestow
ed upon loeofocos who left their party because
they were not considered worth the fodder for
which th<-v incessantly bawled—we lelt vexed
and mortified, and as is our custom, expressed
or's organ can onlv reply hv fabricating the
mean falsehood that our remarks were owing
to disappointed personal aspirations.
It the publisher of the Herald holds the flour
inspectorship in consideration of "bearing false
witness" against those who dare to speak boldly
their opinion of the acts of his master, it is
perhaps well he got it. A high minded man
would not hold (lie office on such terms ; and tin*
Governor probably knew he was getting a prop
er instrument for tie duty required to he per
formed.
Inriilrnls of Steamboat Travel.
We find tl.e following interesting incidents
that transpired recently, in a letter addressed to
the Louisville Courier:
The passengeis ofthe far-famed and sun p!n
ous Eclipse were transferred, alter waiting
about fifteen hours at Paducah, to the States
man. This was necessary as there was not wa
ter enough for this monarch of steamboats to
reach Louisville Among this large number was
"a new comer," w*ho had been ushered into
this world of toil and sorrow a few hours he
fore the Eclipse landed at Paducah. His par
ents were deck passengers, and hence his ad
vent was unknown to the officers and passen
gers of the b at. After a few hours this cir
cumstance was made known, and tin* young trav
eller, with his mother, found in a suffering con
dition, were brought to the ladies' cabin, where
every provision was made for their comfort by
the ladies which humanity and sympathy could
suggest. Dr. Palmer, of Washington county,
prescribed the proper medicines, and a few
hours of proper attention and care saved the life
of this emigrant women.
in a short time these facts were known to all
the passengers, and a general interest manifest
ed. It was gratifying to witness the sympathy,
because it proved that hard times cannot dry up
tlie fountains of humanity, and that strangers
become friends when summoned together by the
call of charity. Trunks were sp-edily opened
bv the ladies, and soon the distinguished guest
was provided with appropriate clothing, and
made as comfortable as if his advent had been
made in regal splendor. Such dispatch and in
eenuitv under circumstances of distress are pe
culiar to woman. The necessity and the means
were perceived simultaneously, and the execu
tion oi a charitable work was accomplished be
fore a man could have ascertained whether it
was his duty lo do any thing at all.
The stranger was exhibited with feelings
akin to maternal pride, and took his journey
around the ladies cabin with composure, "the
observed of all observers," and yet without "a
name." Certainly none are so |>oor as not to
he entitled to a name. It was proposed by some
that a name should be given him : by others that
a contribution would be better, and finally that
he should have both : but no one should give the
name without ten dollars paid over in <rood
Kentucky money. Round went the hat, and th
first man to whom it was passed, Mr. Thomas S.
Geohegan, of Hardin county, threw in a ten dol
lar Kentucky note, to which thirty dollars was
added by the other passengers. A resolution
was then adopted, fixing the name and calling
ti| on Bishop Kavanagh, also a passenger, to bap
tize the child. Although the naming of the
child was commenced in a joke, an assemblage
of more than one hundred witnessed tiiis solemn
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and impressive baptism with close attention.—
The excellent Bishop improved this opportuni
ty with pertinent remarks, which for a few mi
nutes made the cabin seem like a place of pub
| lie worship. The sjionsor took the child, arid
i after a fervent prayer in its behail, as well for
i its parents as those who presented it, the Bishop
baptized Thomas Shipley Ceobegan, into plena
iry membership of the church of Cod. Another
i prayer waif offered, and the ceremony ended. A
few who had looked upon "the christening" as
a juke, at first could hardly suppress their mirth ;
i but in a few minutes all were attentive, and ap
peared glad that tire child had found so liberal
: a sponsor, who thus publicly pleged himself in
| one of the most solemn sacraments of the church
to give a listening ear, a warm heart and a lib
eral hand to its appeal.
Adventure with a Serpent on the River
Amazon.
At an earlv dawn our travelers, who had pass
ed the night in the cabin of the baiza (boat) pre
; pared to move on their journey. Coapo united
the cable and drew the end on board. The
balza began to move, slowly at first, fbrthecui
rent under the hushes was very slight. All at
| once the attention of the voyagers was called to
! (he strange conduct of the pet monkey. That
little creature was running to and fro, first upon
the roof of the taldo, then down again, all the
while uttering the most pi- rcing shrieks, as if
something was biting off its tail. It was ob
served to look upward to the branch of the
zamang, as if the object it dreaded was in that
duarfer. Theevesof all were suddenly bent in
ti:e same direction. What was their horror on
beholding,stretched along the branch, the hide
ous bndv of an enormous serpent! Only a pait
of it could be seen ; tiw hinder hall aud the
tail were hidden among the bromelias ami vines
that in huge masses clustered around the trunk
iof the zamang, and the head was among the
leaflets of the mimosa ; but what they saw was
enough to convince them that it was a snake of
the largest size—the great "water boa —tile ter
rible anaconda'
The part of the body in sight was full as thick
as a man's thigh, and covered with black spots,
lor botches, upon a ground ot dingy yellow. It
was s u en to glisten a< the animal moved ; tor the
latter was in motion, craw ling along the branch
i outward ! The next moment its head appeared
from the pendulous leave, and its long, forking
;,tongue, protruding several inches from its mouth,
seemed to feel the air in front of it. His tongue
j kept playing backward and forward, and its
viscid covering glittered under the sunbeam,
| adding to the hideeu- appearance of the snake.
To escape from passing within its reach would
be impossible. The balza was gliding directly
| under it. It could launch itself abroad at will ;
• it could seize upon any one of the party without
j coming from the branch : it could cod its body
j around '.hem with the contracting power of its
muscles. It could doali this; for it had crushed
before now the tapir, the roebuck, and even the
juguar himself. All on board tin- hoat knew its
dangerous power too well : and ot course terror
| was visible in every countenance.
Don Pablo seized the axe, and Gnapo laid hold
of his machete (large howie knife.) Donna Isi
dor, Leon and little Leona were standing (for
tunately they were) bv the door of the taldo:
and, in obedience to the cries and hurried ges
tures of Don Pablo and the Indian, they rushed
i in and flung themselves down. They hadscarce
!v disappeared inside, when the forward part of
the halza, upon which stood Don Pablo and
Gunpo, came close to the branch, and the head
| of the serpent was on a level with their own.
Both aimed their blows almost at the same in
stant, hut their footing was unsteady, and the
boa drew back at the moment and both missed
their aim.—The next moment the current had
carried them out ol reach, and they had no op
portunity to strike a.second blow.
The moment they had passed, the hideous
| head again dropped down and hung directly
j over, as if waiting. It was a moment ot intense
anxiety to Don Pablo. His wile and children!
Would it select one for its victim, and leave the
others, or
He had hut little time for reflection. Already
the head of the snake was within three feet of
taldo door. His eves were glaring :it was about
to dart down. "Oh God! have mercy ! ex
claimed Don Pablo, falling on his knees. "Oh
God!"
At that moment a loud scream was heard. It
came from the taldo, and at the same instant the
i monkev vvas seen leaping out from the door.
Along with the rest it had taken shelter within ;
• but just as the head of the snake cam* in sight, a
! fresh panic seemed to seize upon it, and, as it
. under the influence of fascination, it leaped
screaming in the direction of the terrible object.
It was met halfway. The wide jaws closed
upon it, its shrieks were stiHed, and the next
moment its silken body, along with the head of
the anaconda, disi,.peared among the leaves ot
the mimosa. Another moment passed, the balza
I swept clear of the branch, and floated triumph
antly into the open water.
Don Pablo sprang to his feet, ran into the
taldo, and after embracing his wife and children,
! knelt down and offered thanks to God lor their
i most miraculous deliverance.
A Boston Lawyer.
A lawyer in Boston has got intc trouble with
a jury, for calling thun the "greatest set cf
skunks he ever knew." Alter speaking in this
I disrespectful manner of them, he said to one of
j them :
"You are the only man I know on the jury,
and I shall rely on you. 1 have now about
forty liquor cases in court, and expect to gain
, halt ol thorn. A disagreement of the jury is
just as good for ijiy purpose, you know, as an
| acquittal."
The jury brought the matter to the notice'of
the court, and the result was that his name
was stricken from the rolls ol the court for six
: months.