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3JJ rtiuita.il! Home.
f; There is a &rrw':vsW spot
Far ©-. it in the Aioiii)tain placed,
Where Adain and humble rot
tv VV ittnWTnf'ei cbarmes Is grhced.
t j;,_,h rr. nietait s tower around,
With grand majestic form, J|
I.t ) the trees which stud th" ground /
With boldness face the storm. /j I
7 j
]|ere the haunts of rny childhood are , |
Mid the woods and the .-leistered grove '
| i the prospect srreTch+ng tar f -.* j
Which, to view, i was wont to love, jf ?
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Here flows the !irt|e stream !( I
Where the spotted trout I caught :
A- A many familiar spots are seen t
Winch never can be forgot.
•t • i
Here J join with mv youthful friends'
In -okinn prayer and praie, •' 3
: Whiii; the heart of each w,th the jjjj
To celebrate God's grace.
•* ..'iwi
Put those who around the heart|| ** 1 fjjt*
In childhood's hours I met, • •
Have {Kissed away from the v*lant earth tat
Though their traces linger
t f,
V th> v are laid in the silent tomb. " >
\\ : 1 men HJ sh*-i!s herjlears-; ' _ , D
Cut tile C.'o-pcl hope <llspetS-the gloom r
Ami drives away all n-.ifV. j- '<♦•
iiome is Joved and dear— e *
Wit d< ; ' -tic love made sweet—ttiAf. •
Fu. ..igLs I *re lind ale cilojus tear **"-'- * ' *
And contentment a ret!eat. j
Oh cherished ! cherished spotl - . ..ji
One Mecca cl my,/|.'.H t i • ' -jj
T'iiv scene- can i.ev.fi I- ■ iurjfiit- * e , .jf
\Vi:.!e inward tl./ giit may titrt. T, jX.'X-.-*'
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| i.ie llln ;nt.,
j j > ifes delivered at agra n rft-nift ? I'* 111 ge.l i njjfc of
- . mats and anti-Know .Nothings 'fl'fffc in
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.Ga., on T iiurstiay, t. <-■ tith tilt., fro in
. clip the following extracts Irnm the .
.
:a candidate for re-election to Congress |
i: iat State. The remarks oi Mr. Stephens, \
, read with interest, lie la every where
t u:i as a gallant Wing: and ins sentiments
is abhorrence ot the Secret Order—are in :
act accord with the views nl ali National <
V. _s, wiietlier North or Sautii.
GsiV. jJcUoiidLUiupfijed ind
!. i nitronuced to ttie audience, the lion. A. .
H. btejiiictis, whose appearance was greeted j
i . meer upon cheer oi congratulation and
C'V.Mt.
-Mr. Stephens said he wanted the people to
i.fdi !us Words and leiiieinUer ttlem. He came i ,
a ak not to ttieir passions, but lo their i>u
s —not to llieir lirarts but lo tiieir beads, lie
nit confidence in the people and their capacity •
tj govern tlieinselVes. ifieV needed no secret |
Dictators, and tie had no leais lor the result \ {
' ticatiesaw them, as then, leelmg an interest 1
I. public atiairs. and determtned to examine in- j
Glfleiii. ihe question was merely tins. Were
: y willing to live under toe Constitution t>!
r lathers, or did they want another? VV e
: kve formerly differed aouiit uitusures, but now
t'e (iiilereiice was about a J'urm *) government, j
o." Kiiow-.\oUiings propose to substitute their
f-reine council lor ttie present Government, |
••J tin ir Constitution lor tiie Constitution ol 1
<-' v country. Lei the people choose. Which ! j
-uid they have—the Constitution of their
Liners, or that of the Know Nothing Conned ! |
■ d was the real question. He had the Know
'•'.ning Constitution in his hand, ft was gen- } j
- '-'aiiu be knew it. It declared that the Su- ,
r"dk- National Council should "decide all mat- ,
j ; laming to National politics," that it (
rid have power to "tax" and power lo ; (
**; nish ' without limitattouor restriction. This
is more power llian was claimed lor Congress.
' ur f-Jretatiiers guardetl our liberties with checks !
d.l balances, it made the Senate a check up- ;
'be House—the President a check upon the ,
and the Judiciary a check upon the ,
h.sident. But this paity claimed all there ,
p'Vers tor its secret National Council alone.—
"•ve was power to decide our national politics (
—pmvr to tax and to purnsh power over the | (
'•jrit and power over the parse—in short, all i
great | owers ol government in the hands of
J!nv tneti,and men not tltosen by the people
u tthat. What then vas the use of our (Joriati- i
'Utioa or ol the government ! '( his party made ,
*'>•-tiier Constitution for us. Would a freeman i
"Ckaowledge their right to tax him? To punish ,
; I: ". ? lo decide all |>olitical questions lor him? ;
; iai was the question ? Hid the people want ,
• Few government ? Were they tired of the (
"stitution of Jefferson and W aAitjgtftfi, and
• ranklin? They must choose ln#wVen them, j
,a< y must say they warned another '
>m ol Govei nptttit. He held in his hand the
Lo The one made by our f'ath
, l,s i the Nhow-.Nothings. Choose '
this (lay, Wnich ol the two ye will have.
"<* said that tiad been said, about
J P'irase ,j| hi Sj to the "dry rot" 1
'""j tlie Democratic pad v. When that 'party
SoiK-rs in its kdds, he did think they
■••L the "dry rot," but th \ had met at Milled
t ''"h-anil cut ufi the "drwfot" part of it, and
1 'Jseti ,J acknowldgesuch iiy nas the Van Bu-
i rt-ans and.Preston Kiflg, Banks,of Massachusetts,
was the Kader-tuTMlt•'dry rut Democrats" who
voted against tiie Kansas Bill. As soon as that
! bill Banks and forty-three dry rot De
! mocra G went and pitched into tin* pool of know
nothingisin. The seven souliiefn Whigs who
I opposed that hi 1.1, went anil pitched into the same
jjuoi with Banks. Such VVnigs as tlmv were,
' tie never bait-been, and so help iiiin God, he
: would be. For Ins part, lie would rather
: <k t with those who had cut oti the dry rot part,
I tiiaa with those who had it. Ewrv man who
j fought by his side for trie Kansas bill—he meant
from the North—called himself a Democrat:
eviw one ol them. He was none of your ghss-
horses to shy at a shadow. "TP* went,
rid lor substance. fie was not
frightened at® naAc, and he would stride hands
■ with any maiFfrorn tin* North or Soutlu 'no n.at
i tef what he called himself, when he stood up
; ainj buttled for the rights of the South. Theie
! v\as one man who had stood by Ins side for two
| days sfnd nigfits, when he was fighting-for Kaii
' s.ts. |A man who has been very much übus<jj,
iiart \t|ho-w) his opinion stood lo ad and shoulders
Liijcive alp mi|n in the New York delegation. He
.Wikr j)tits A, a man who had graduated,
Nflhe had hiiiself, not in Colleges, but at- the
bOn, and carpenter's bench—a man who spoke
' vAt-h an iTrisf iisp and an Irish accent, a true
j iitMi aiid a true Irishman, but who had as true
American heart, and as true a Southern lieai t
pasS'-yer animated mortal frame, it made no
to him, because Mike Walsh called
bfii4?lf a Democrat. He was a true man, and,
ti.is Southern audience, lie called~lor
cheers lor honest Mike Walsh. (Here
efirtT cheers went up from about 4-OUO throats,
ivSiifh were worthy of Tanimv itself", ami
irfjjßb. we hope, some friendly wind bore to
urs of Mike himself.)
* -ajftfter dinner several further addresses were
idGyvered,aod the crowd again calling upon
Nil - . Sf'ephVns, he made a short, pith, and eio
®e:;t speech, which raised the assemblage to
®ie highest pitcii of enthusiasm. We copy the
Concluding portion of it, and beg our VV hig
'rmods who love the Constitution, to read it aru
ract upon it. It shows how tiie Whigs ol Geor
gia i'eei, and how ail true lovers of their coun
try Will act.
IMr. Stephens, speaking of the enemies of the
Constitution, said :
"He was willing to be exhausted in the cause
ln* was willing, if need lie, to die in the har
ness against the memies of the Constitution. He
would light till be I'eli. and falling be would
tight, and onMhe ground lie would cry out
against this seven beaded Know-Nothing IVkui-
Kter which attacked th i.b*||i.-.s j ,• •-
}f.• i'la'd iTear? in- WsK'filW
the shifts to which these men were driven.—
Tliey were liakerers, tinkerers, tinkerers
First, th - ten articles—tlien the Philadelphia
Platform—then the Maeom Platibrin —then the
Savannah Platform—then tins Warrenton Pla'.-
loi rn—tinkerers tinkerers ail the time. Let
tin* p**ople watch them well. They were now
like t.-i" animals we see sometimes on t;;e road.
They drew in their heads, and then drew in
their claws, but one thing they never can draw"
in. and that is their tails. Let the people not
be deceived—let therji jump on the monster,
and mash it to pieces, head, claws, tail and all,
He understood that he had been reported to sav
in his morning's speech, that he never had been
a Whig. "11" here explained what he did say
—being in substance as we have reported a
bove.i H" thought some of ins Democratic
friends there present rather considered him a
Whig several years ago. They had disputed
on th** stump —not in a bain or garret—but
openly on the measures ot the day. J lie Know-
Nothings had denounced the Whig party. —
They said it was corrupt and tyrannical, and to
escape its tyranuv, they went anil look an oath.
They went into a party where tiny hail the
rigid to put a new plank into their platform,
until the Council overrulled it. 1 hat
was a glorious night, and a glorious t-siape ol
tyranny ! Those men had scuttled the gallant
old Whig ship—they had bor<*d holes in her
bottom and sunk her, when he thought slie w as
tit to take another voyage. And now they
were crying out "Whig, VV hig, Whig, just as
Dives cried Irom the liery pit to Lazarus in the
bosom of Abraham. He wanted lobe under
stood. He went for substance. H<* went lor
the South. He went for the Constitution. He
cared nothing lor mimes. Let the people-think
of this K. N. Constitution. L"t thftn remem
ber it—powers to decide national politics—
powers to tax the p oph—powers' to punish,
yes to punish the freemen of these United
States. Fight against this monster —fight lir
the Constitution of your country. Don't slop
with beating it. Cut its head clean ufi in Oc
tober next, so tiiat it will trouble you it" more.
He had confidence in the people, and be knew
tiiev would'do itc Co out, from now till the
day of the election, spread yourselves, tor the
Constitution. To the old and young man, the
rich and tin* poor man, he would say, spread
yourself, s. He would even appeal to his coun
trywoman to come into the contest. Let moth
ers tell their sons—the wives tell their hus
bands—the damsels tell their sweet hearts to
go into the battle, and spread themselves. —
Spread themselves, I sav, lor liberty ol con
science and lor the Constitution oi the coun
try.
Nouck Conduct. —The fidelity of the ne
groes is spoken of as not the least notica'-ie lea
ture in the history ot the yellow lever at Nor
folk. It is difficult, nearly impossible, to sep
erate servants arid mistresses. Forbidden to
enter the sick chamber, the blacks will creep
into concealed places, hide bem-ath the beds,
crouch in corners, employ every artifice, to re
main in attendance upon the mistress. L- lt to
themselves, tiie negroes are abject, reluse to
take remedies, and die lapidlv. Their last wish
often is that they may be buried near their mis
tresses.
%
. Party anil Sectarian strife.
Dr. Bryant, ol Philadelphia, one of the noble
volunteers now at Norfolk, in a letter to tiie
Pennsylvania Inquirer, alter referring to the
scenes of sorrow and distress caused bv the ep
idemic, adds :
"Party strife is rampant through the land
and While politicians are fulminating their a
nathemas abroad, h-re, in the city of pestilence,
Catholics and Protestants, men of the North
and men ot the South ; peacefully and harmo
niously tinile in all the olfices of brotheilv love
and self-sacrificing kindness. How all party
spirit and bigotry pal" before this sublime pic
tuie, and hide them diminished beads ! Before
partisan stril* has taken its pbreitsied hold upon
our* and severe?! the ties vv'hich
bind us as a people, let us learn these impor
tant lessons from the present afflictive dispen
sation of Providence—namely, that we ail mu
aiiaily love our common country : that, what
ever religion we may profess, we should make
it the chief aim of our being lo exercise towards,
each other that charity which, in the Divine
Scriptures, is said lo fie a greater virtue than
faith and hope."
We respond to the noble sentiments of Dr.
Bkvant, with all our heart, and urge tfiem up
on that prescriptive party, winch seeks to dis
franchise a fellow-citizen, because of his birth
place, or the forms, of his religion. What a
galling rebuke has been administered to the
fanaticism of the Secret Order, by tlie self-sac
rificing charitv of the Sisterhood of ihe Catho
lic Church, amid the pestilence of Norfolk.—
To them, death has had no terrors, w hen it
stood in the way of th**ir duly. Bound to
Christianity by chords which reached to Heav
en, no persecution could sever them —no at
tempted ignominy weaken thfi'r • strength.—
Prompted by the workings of that gentle spirit,,
which is ever ready to succor those iwdistre.-s,
they dew to the assistance of-suffering mortals,-
and with woman's fortitude grappled with tlie
monster disease, indifferent as k>-their own f.\,te,
so that humanity could be vindicated. Will
the Secret Order now dare. Jo say, after such
ijn exhibition of devoted Christian-Charity on
tile part of the Sisters of Charity ibid Priesthood
of.the Catholic th;y are'to he pro
scribed as Cijr|>tiai> name ?
In tiie hetoic labor of fove, encohjpUssed with
pestilence, have both Protestants and Catholics
attested the divinity of. their religion, ancl-the
voice.of
chfrfin •t 4 if."s of poHltcal excitement,' fails of
its piuj.'hi khe-.light ufi tmth and revelation.
Go&JfjLv* the I;My re! igicmffiftArisluinity, and
t peix.*dec! it vfth f§frm.<r ;4>ut its essence
A "Vyf&j" . ' ii%i. :■ w, a:.d its c tu nil-it.
■ <:' >l -art-.ap-. 1%-.-s.Li^,
delivered it to mankind. At! order of benevo
lence so disinterested and exalted, as the Sisters
ot Charitv, could no more have preceded rev
elation, than light could have preceded the
sun.—Pennsyfvaniitn.
IH.Ulkul 13i J1 (<•,r!\(<>
We extract the following from au article in
the Crayon, descriptive of travels in British
India, i'he scent* of occurrence is laid in Mad
ras :
"But the most wonderful performance that
we saw this morning was a teat ot pure jug
gling, ot which 1 have never been able to iuul
any solution. One ol the old men came tui
war'l upon tiie gravelled and bard trodded
avenue h-ading with turn a woman, lie made
tiie woman kneel down tied her arms behind
her, and bhnUiolded inr eyes. Then bringing
a gieat bagin-t made open with meshes oi rope,
he put it over the woman and laced up Hie
mouth, fastening with knotted intertwining
cords in such away tiiat it seemed an impossi
bility lor iier to extricate lieise.i Irom it. I tie
man tiii-n took a closely-:woven wicker basket
that narrowed at the top, lifted ttie woman in
tiie net Irom the ground, and placed her lit it,
though it was not without some exertion that
he could crowd tier through the narrow mouth.
Having succeeded in getting her into the bas
ket in wii4rh, Jioiii its suiuii sizw as m-cessa
rily a damped position, tie put the cover upon
it, and threw over it aw ide strip ol Cutleii
c.otti hiding it completely, in a moment pla
cing his hand under tne cloth tie drew out the
net quite united and disentangled, ile took a
long straight sharp sword, muttered s nne words
to lumseii, w hilt- he sprinkled the dust upon the
cioth, and put some upon livs loreheau, then
pulled uli and threw the covering, and plunged
tiie sword suddenly into the basket prepared as
in some degree we were lor this and knowing
that it was only a deception it was yet impossi
ble to see it vi ithuut a cold creeping horror.—
The quiet and energy with which tie repeated
his sirokts driving the sword through and
through tlie basket, while the other jugglers
look on apparently as much interested as our
selves, were very dramatic and effective.—
Slopjung alter he had riddled the basket, he
again si attuned dust upon its lop, lilted its ltd,
took up the basket from the ground, showed it
to us empty and threw it away. At the same
moment we saw tlie woman approaching us
from a clump ol trees, at a distance ol at least
50 or 60 feet.
Throughout the whole of this inexplicable
L-at the old mau and woman were quite re
moved Irom the rest ol their parly, l lie bas
ket stood by itself on the tiaid earth, arid so
much beneath the verandah on which we were
sitting timt we could sue ail around it. By
w hat trick our watchful eyes were closed, or
by what means the woman invisibly escaped,
was an entire mystery, and remains unsolved.
The luat is not a very uncommon one, but no
one who had seen it, evr gave ine a clue to
the manner in which it was performed.
Shout Drksses. —For washing days, milk
ing to dewy nights and mornings*, churning,
making cheese, scalding pans and crocks, and
many other kinds ot sloppy work, a loose sack
and pants, and a calico skirt, fastened at the
Freedom of Thcuglit and Opinion.
BEDFORD, PA. FRIDAY MORNING, OCT. 5, 1855.
* waist, make a cool and suitable drpss fir far
mers' wives and daughters. The skirt should
extent! hall way between the knee and ankle.
.No ojhef skirt is necessary.
It false, prudish modesty, that makes
vvomeujfwho have such work to do, wade about
inAfte |pw and dirty water with their draggled
.di^|es fjrtd skirts mopping upeveiv nasty pud
dlftffnd flapping around them like wet, soiled
banners about their staff's. For the sake ol
their own health' and cleanliness, we do wish
they would think in a common sense manner
ahtjut <NIS shocking impropriety.— OHlO FAU-
M:;R.
Execution of a Boy.
Ln., August., 27-—The execu
-1 oftt ie boy Frank, for the murder of Rev. J.
S. took plac- on Friday last, the 24-th
ins!.
H to say that th> majority of the
ctaSwns ol Alexandria, and, in (act, the itibabi
tultsjpH round, were anxious to see him e.ye-
and ou the fatal day when it came to
pa|e, there was not a dozen people there! Some
diwe f.)#ty mih-s to witness this, painful drama,
was erected and buried by the time they
ciarfe to Alexandria. On the day before lie 1
wis cabled to lace death, some gentlemen visit
eifiiiin, and propounded questions to him: but
hi? answers were, and could he no other tii3n j
eld Irtish. He was 1 believe only ten years old.
Toe gentlemen told him the Sheriff* was to hang
h&n-oa the next morning—and asked him what i
bethought of it, and whether he had made his
pttace with God, and why he did not pray ?
Jit# answer was—"l have been hung many a j
time*!" He was playing at the time in the jail, ■
never once thinking d'-ath was soon to claim
liii ;k his victim. To show von how a child*s j
inuld ranges when about to die, 1 will mention
when upon the scaffold, he begged to be
permitted to piay—which was granted—and ;
th*r> he commenced to cry ! Oh ! what a hor
ii|de sight it was!
{Yea, And what a shameful sight it was for the ,
people of Louisiana, that hanging of a boy ten j
years old ! If the people in that region burn a
few more negroes and (tang a lew more chil- j
dren they will be the nvy'of every Camaacbe
Indian ;who inhabits the State o! Texas.
kfnlf of Caatdiu and imbcy Company.
'The Executive Committee of the Camden ;
and ;Amhoy Railroad Company have published i
injihe Trenton dmericau* September loth, a j
report on the late casualty. The
utJliii points are relative to ;
trains waiting a ceHfei'sr and then advanc
ing, was a salutary dim, eAbling the conductor •
' >_•"*> ped it e his train witbnwfjdttOger ol collision i
■impossible..to thyuse means to protect i
trains fiom suyden and uTti >res ; e7i 'hccitfenis
that "in all particulars the law of the State
and the regulations of the Company were fully
complied with by these agents and employees j
having charts? of the trains on the 29th Au
gust," and in a word that "the proper lookout
oil the part of the brakesman, conductor and
engineer, was observed ; the speed was usual
and lawful; the warning whistle was sounded,
and all due diligence, vigiience and precau
tion were studiously ami scrupulously practis- i
ed."
The company make out a strong case in their
behalf, as connected with the late dreadful catas
trophe : and we cannot see how it can be well •
got over, whatever may be their responsibili
ties for the sale conveyance of their passengers, j
The accident, altogether, was one of those ex
traordinary events that is wholly unlbrseen and .
unavoidable.
Had we room at our command, at this writ
ing, we should make a larger reh-rence to a de- :
fence that seems to be well sustained by the ev
idence adduced at the Coroner s inquest. So i
far as this or anv other company is concerned,
an accident, similar in character, it not in re- ;
suits, might every day occur, it there w ere peo
ple foolhardy enoogtf to run their vehicles into '
the very ja\vs of death. -No precaution, com
patible with the proper conveyance of passen
gers on a railroad, could guard agair st such
perlect recklessness on the part ot individuals ;
who, in the very lace of danger, will dash up
on railroad tracks at the rate of ten miles an
hour. All the engineers, conductors, and .
brakesmen in the world could not guard a train i
against it, simply because it is an impossibility, j
The moment we have no more Dr. Heonikens,
from that moment similar accidents cannot oc- j
cur. Let all sides he heard, lor, "Fair play is
a jewel." (iermitniown Telegriiph.
IS IT SO ]
Somebody —we don't know who, and it
makes no difference—thus warns young men to
look out for the women—
"Young man ! keep your eyes open when
you are alter the women ! Is the pretty dress
or form attractive ? Or a pretty face even !
Flounces, hoy, are no consequence. A pretty
face w ill grow old. Paint will wash off. ihe
sweet smile of the flirt will give way to the {
scowl ol the termagant. Ihe neat form v. i!i
he | itched into calico. Another and far differ- ;
en! being will take the place of the lovely god
dess who smiles sweet and eats candy, weep
vour eve open, boy, when you are after the wo
men. 'if the little d- ar is cross and scolds at
her mother in the back room, you inay be sure
that you will get particular tits all aiuund the
house. If apologises fur washing dishes,
you may need a girl to tan her. It she blushts
wlien found at the wash tub, with liet sleeves
rolled up, be sure, sir, that she is snobbish, lit
tle breeding and little sense. If you marry a
girl who knows nothing hut woman slaughter
on the piano, vou have got the poorest piece of
music ever out up. Find one w hose mind is
rieht, then fitch in. IYm't be. hanging around
like a Sheep thief, as though you were asham
ed to be seen in the day time, but walk up like
a chicken to the dough, and ask for the article
like a man. All ol which, Meph. declares to
I
•••- •• • ■ ntT.OTcroararr -jriait'imm:tosTan arwrc- tc
• be like perpetual motion or a cure for sea sick-
I ness, beautiful in theory but not worth a conti
nentnl in practice. Courtship according
to Meph is a great leveller : it takes in he
i ; roes, poets, sages and swells, and turns them al
out on a common platform of fools !
I
A Touching Story.
I
The Hon. A. H.Stephens, of Georgia, in an
address at a meeting in Alexandria, for tr.t
benefit of the Orphan Assvlumarid Free school,
of that city, related the following anecdote.
"A poor little hoy in a cold night, with nc
home or roof to shelter his head, no paternal or
maternal guardian or guide to protect or direcl
him on his way, reached at nightfall the tioust
.of a rich planter, who took him in, ted, lodged,
and sent him on his way with a blessing. Tho.-t
kind attentions cheered his heart and inspired
him with fresh courage to battle with the ob
stacles of life. Years rolled rouna : Provide net
led him on, ana he had reached the legal profes
sion ; his host had died the cormorants thai
prey on the substance of man had formed a con
spiracy to get from the widow her estates. She
sent for the nearest council to commit her cause
|to him. and that council proved to be the or
phan N<v years before welcomed and ep.tertain
iby her deceased husband. The stimulous ot a
| warm and tenacious gratitude was now added
! to the ordinary motive connected with the pro
fession. H ■ undertook her cause with a will
; not easilv to he resisted ; he gained it: the wid
ow's estates were secured to her in perpetuity
and Mr. Stephens added with an emphasis ol
; emotion that sent an electric thrill throughout
the house "I hat orphan hoy stands be fort
j yon
Marrying Cousins.
The X. Y. Day Rook has the following para
graph in regard to a very interesting question
A tnong other profound subjects discussed by
the association for the advancement of science,
! at Providence, Rhode Island, was the question
whether a man may marry his cousin.—
Some fearful examples in the deformity of pos
terity were cited fo prove that such near rela
tions should not intermarry. Instances of blind
ness, clubfeet, &.C., tvere mentioned. ..The/Ro
man Catholic and Episcopal Churches both-ifor
i hid such marriages: but in the face of srfen
tific and ecclesiastical authority we ask what
will the objectors to the marriage of cousins d
with (hose cases where children the result ol
such marriages are more than usually beautiiu
' arid .intelligent; We explain the matter in this
; way.; Children sometimes inherit their menta
awf physical organization frcyjjufijeir mothers,
and sometimes fraTfi their fathers.' If two cou
sin*, w4*i ijfttiv-iw'j-it their- roustitultons fru/r
same side, unite in matrimony, the conse
quences v. -.it i u , mpst disastrous: hut if cousins
marry who are entirely ilisirhiiar, one. ha vine
inherited a consitntion from tile father and othei
j from Ilie mother, no such result will follow. I
is the uniting of similar organizations, no mat
ter whether first or second cousins, that cause;
the injury to offspring, and not Lire simple tact
■ of legal relationship.
iloc !(> I)(t litippj.
I will give vou two or three good rule:
which rre.v help vou to become happier than
anv one would be without knowing th-m ; hut
as to being completely happy, that you can
, never he til! you get to Heaven.
Tlip first is "try your best to make others
happy." "1 never was happy," said a cer
i tain icing, "till I began to take pleasure in the
welfare of iiiv beople : but ever since then, in
{ the darkest day, I have had sunshine in my
heart."
I My second rule is. "Re content vitb little."
There are maiiv good reasons for this rule.—
We deserve but little, we require but little,
and "better is little, with the tear ojGod, than
• great treasures and trouble therew ijh." Two
men were determined to be rich, Cut they set
about it in riiiierent ways, for the one strove
to raise up Iris means to his desirrs while the
other did his best to bring down Aiis desires to
iiis means. The result was, the one who cov
eted much was always repining, while he who
desired hut little was always coftented.
Mv third rule is, "Look on t/e sunny side ol
! things."
| I.ook up with hopeful eyes,
Though all things seem f/lorn:
i The sun ttiat sets to-night fill roe
Again to-morrow morn.
The skipping lamb, the raging lark and the
' leaping fish tell us that hppmess is not con-
I lined to one place. God n his goodness has
spread it abroad on the e/th in the air and in
the waters. Two agedA'omen lived in .the
, some cottage, one was aA'ays fearing a storm,
and the other was alwat looking for sunshine.
Hardly need I say w fch it was wore a for
bidding frown, or whic it was whose face was
lighted up with joy.
The Eastern He/si- and his Tame
Foxes 0/ & Joiirtley.
Johnny Comstoqi 'he Eastefn hermit, paid
.1 visit to our city U week, anf attracted con
siderable attentio:/ array-<! it his fantastic
habiliments. Thef whs never saw him before
supposed he migW t/e King of the
Shetland Islands/infoad of a tumble recluse.
Mr. Comstock his v*ded in a dive near York,
Me., some fifteen y/rs : about live years since
he removed It* atf'* to Matfchester woods,
where he no' 1 ' r, * s P* ' s Sicily temper
. ate and scrKP u ' w f honest. He never solici
ted. nor bos he e/r obtained aims from the
charitably disposf- He never rode in the
cars or other mo<l of public conveyance, pre
fers to A alk, andfvn in the most unfrequented
roads.
P.nvided with small tin cup, in which he
ste.ps his tea,/d his pockets stuffed with a
i jjt le tea, cotw s,, g a ' > and crackers, he occa-
IptmHy to ascertaiu tin- progress is;
1 ITER.7I*, $2 PER YEAR.
.... m .., Jrll .1,. u ,~. a a t L . i mmwmmmmmm
being made in (he world, and when fatigued bv
walking and /acting, will sit down by the
roadside, make a fire and fire pare his frugal
repast. He never disclosed his retreat ' his
only companions are two tame foxes, which he
brought up from sucklings, and who will follow
him, and seem to he as much attached to their
master as trained dogs. During the winter he
subsists solely upon game, and does not consid
er his manner of living at all precarious.
Money is no object to him : he can always
drive a barter trade in roots, herbs, seeds, game,
&.C., and says he would not change his manner
of living and situation with anv man in the
universe.— Jfevcburijy.ort lleruid, Sept. 2.
Two iLaws Sbr ihv Ladies
1. Before you bow to a lady in the street
permit her to deciede whether you may do so
or not, by at least a look of u-cognition.
2. When your bows to a lady,
you should do the same. When a gentleman
bows to a lady in your company, always bow
to him in return.
"Nothing is so il! understood in America as
those conventional laws of society, so well un
derstood and practised in Europe. Ladies com
plain that gentlemen pass them by in the streets
unnoticed, when, in fact, the fault arises from
their own breach of politeness. It is their duty
to do the amiably first, for its a privilege which
ladies enjoy of choosing their own associates
or acquaintances. No gentleman likes to risk
the being cut in the streets by a lady through a
premature salute. Too many ladies, it would
seem "don't know their trade' of politeness.—
Meeting ladies in the streets whom one has oc
casionally met in company, they seldom bow un
less he bow 3 first, and when a gentleman never
departs from the rule of good-breedirig, except
occasionally byway of experiment, his acquain
tances do uot multiply, but he stands probably
charged with rudeness. The rule is plain. A
ladv must be civil toa gentleman in whose corn
company she is causualiy brought; but a gentle
man is not upon this to presume ujion acqain
tanceship the first time he afterwards meets her
in the street. If it be her will,she gives some
token of recognition, when the gentleman may
bow: otherwise, he must pass on, and consider
himself a stranger. . No lady need hesitate to
bow to a gentleman, for he will promptly and
politely answer even if he has forgotton his fair
saluto. None but a brute can do otherwise—
should he pass on rudely, his character id declar
ed, and there is a cheap riddance. Politeness,
or good-breeding, is like law—"the reason of
things.
JrsT ONE SHADE GREENER.—A lady of this
city—whin young, a great belle —shopping one
iky, callei for aoute st'lc m piece was
produced—that would not do : another, anoth
.-, vi nit y#t another, was bronglit for til by the
salesman, but of no avail ; none there among
the ample pile that suited the fastidious lady's
taste. >•
"A deep, very deep and dark green is what I
wish," said the fair customer.
The shelves were then again ransacked bv
the attentive attendant—deeper and still deeper
glowed the green, until it emerged into a dark
sea tint, but none had been displayed suiting
the lady's fancy. At length, fairly out of pa
tience with his customer, the irritated salesman
exclaimed.
"Madam, I do declare, and verily believe,
that v MI uo not know what shade of green you
want yourself."
"1 t:o, sir, right well," returned the fair, fas
tidious. and witty one : "select a pattern just
one shade greener than yourself, and I'll take it
at once."
often are we disappointed in our
hopes of having sweet hams during the sum
mer ? After carefully cuiing and smoking,
and then sowing them up in bags, and white
washing them, we find that either the flv has
commenced a family in our hains, or that the
choice paits round the bone are lained, and the
whole spoiled.
Now, this can be easily avoided bv packing
them in pulverized charcoal. No matter how
hot the weather, nor how thick the llies, hams
will keep sweet.
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS.—We were shown
a day or two since three counterfeit notes, of
the denomination of two dollars, on the Far
mers' Bank of Delaware, at Wilmington.—The
plates are so exceedingly well executed, and
exactly like the genuine, that it would take a
keen eve to detect the fraud. But those who
take the trouble to examine may guard against
Joss by observing the name of the teller. It is
"C. C. Torbert" on the counterfeit, whereas
thegenuine bears the signature of our friend
W. W. Torbert, who resigned the situationof
teller in the bank some time since. The signa
ture oj D. C. \\ ilson is also distinguishable
from that of the counterfeit. These fraudulent
notes are dated March 1, ISSI, while we are
informed the Bank issued no $2 notes in March
of 1851. The counterfeits we saw were de
tected by R. R. Robinson & Co., in a large
package of notes he had received fiom Phila
delphia. It will be well for all to examine the
5>2 notes on ttiis Bank for several months to
come, as we doubt not there are many of them
in circulation at a distance, and some of them
will gradually find their way to this city, to be
edeetned before the fraud is detected.—R. D.
Hicks, Esq., Cashier of the Farmers' Bank says
n a published card they were presented at the
counter on Saturday morning.— Wilmington
Journul.
Presence, of .Mind. —A gentleman residing at
Walkms, Sciiuyler county, N. V., being sini
lenly chased by a mad dog, and not being near
inv bouse, ran into a pool of wafer in the road.
I'he dog refused to | ursue him there and the
;• nil email escaped.
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