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Also MttHng£np partnerships ami <>; 1, 1 counts. A I'l I RJ. MR BORROW dc UTZ Editors and Proprietors. THE VACANT I'I.ACF. There's a vaennt place in the circle, , k nd an empty chair by the hearth XYhen the evening shadows gather And the evening lamps arc lit: There's a ) acant place iu the circle XVbich no longer rings with mirth, fhd tin empty chair by the fireside, Where of old he ri"ed to sit. Ah ! sad was the day when he loft us, iui sadder now to us all .re these golden days of promise As we gaze on his vacant place; And sadder still when nt twilight The shadows begin to fall, As we look at the one chair empty An l think of his kindly face. He bade us remember his coming When the. good time should come round. And never his voice once faltered, For his hoart was bravo and true: Then we heard the shrill fifes screaming, And the loud drums' rattling sound, And watched him pass with the column In hi- -uit of army blue. Then quick came news of a battle, Andoarhearts with fear were stirred, And the hopes, that warmed my bosom XX'crc all of a sudden stilled. When a" last one morn from n paper. XVhere the word? seemed strangely blurred, T read the name of our hero In the h ng. long list of killed. He sleeps in the grave whore they place 1 him On the distant field of strife, Where the ground is ridged with hillocks Like the waves af a troubled sea: vnd we at h"me, in our sorews .Still tnouru for a vani-iied life. While the jubilant air is ringing With the burden of victory. Ab ! sad was the day when he left us, But sadder now to ns all Sinec these golden days of promise As we gaze on his vacant plaee: But aad.le-i -f all is the twilight When the shadow - begin to fall. And vc look on the one chair empty vnd think of his kindly in-e. WIIAT IS WEALTH. Wealth is something more than gold. More than luxury and case: Treasures never to be told May be found apait from these. Men who great possessions own May he needy none the less; They are rich, and they atone, Who have st ores of nobleness. Palaces are dreary douu-.-i ' air demenee-. but "c-serts wild: If there ' e nt! happy Inous-- Gentle thoughts, and u,nuleo - mit-l. Trtisf nit- though his tol l,- small. And he makes but slight ptcteiic lie alio lh't - at peace with all i "wells in true magnifi ence. if ,*(iu*d prove of noble birth, O beware of judgiucnts rash: Sc in to Bieasure human worth By the sonlid rule of i-.ish. l b id and silver may depart, ' roudest dynasties may fall; HE WHO nxs TIIK TIM EST HEAUT !.S THE RLT HEAT OE I S AL.L.. 'P bvcellancoß^. ACROSS THE CONTINENT. The hidden Gradeur of our Country— Mexico everto be n Republic—Our re lations with the Mormons —The great Pacific Railroad —A lecture by Schuy ler Colfax at the Academy of taiisic. Last evening tlm Academy of Music, in all save the two upper tiers was thronged with a highly intelligent and enthusiastic audience, i nderthe auspices of the Press Club, Hun. Schuyler Colfax, speaker of the Iluu.-.e of Representatives, delivered his great lecture, "'Across the Continent.'' His eloquent treatment of his impressive sub ject, his glowing and impassioned descrip tions, his thrilling oratory, all made up an encinljlfi that defies description. The follow ing abstract gives the points if not the spir it of the discourse, which for two hours en hanced the attention of all his audience. .Speaker Colfax was introduced by .Mr. K. W. C. Greene, as one who, from the posi tion he now holds, is a great leader for the American people-to day. Rounds of ap plause greeted the orator's appearance. He spoke substantially as follows : lie regretted very much that a mistaken telegraph dispatch, alluding to the lecture, had misled many to suppose that he would speak to them, among other subjects, of the duties of the coming Congress. He had spoken at the Capital but a few nights since of what, he conceived to be the duty ot the country in regard to the session oi Congress about to assemble at Washington. lie had nothing to take back of what he had said. He regretted, futheraore. the announce ment that had been made in the papers of a great lecture to be delivered by him. It was an unassuming attempt to bring before them the scenes and incidents in a lougjour nev across the conbneut, which consumed four or five months, and was the most de lightful. instructive and invigorating journ ey of his life. They would find that instead of its being a great lecture, it was utterly unadorned with gems of poesy and with the flowers of rhetoric. The Republic of the United States, our own beloved land, imperiled, but, thank- God. preserved, spans the American conti nent from the Ray ofFnndyon the Atlantic, to the Strait of Juan de Ftwa, on the Pacif ic. The great monarchy of Russia spreads away to the West, and the ocean which rolls between them almost encircles the globe. With forms of government policy totally dissimilar, and even antagonistic, there are many striking points ofresemblance between the two nations. Roth extend upon two oceans; both abound in mineral wealth but partially developed; both are magr'ficent; both have distinguished thvmselvos oy this their crowning glory, that they have broken the bars of the prison-house of slavery, and lifted millions into liberty. (Cheers.) When our country was struggling against the conspirators who sought to crush the prostrate form of liberty, when other Euro pean Governments looked coldly on Ameri ca in lier hour of trial, Russia gave words of friendship. He trusted the Old World and the New would now speat togerher in ain by. When St. Pairing u;a! Wash ing! HI fhoiild excha. ee tin i !ir I irlegiapii A LOCAL AND GENERAL, NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LIT ERATURE AND MORALS. ic message, lie trusted our people would not forget in their first words the unwearied ami unfaltering friendship of the great mon arch of Russia and his people. For several years he had had an irresisti ble longing to visit the Old World; to sail on the Mediterranean and visit the Holy Land; to pass across Russia and Siberia to the Amoor, and through Japan to China, home. But lie had deferred this until he had visited our own country and learned its greatness. A desire for a more adequate knowledge of our country led him, when the direful contest of four years had ended in a blissful peace, to make a journey of two thousand miles across deserts and plains, uninhabited except by savages; not a very delightful prospect. But lie was successful in obtaining the society of three friends, who made his journey a very happy one. I lis trip was thus made as pleasant as if on ly a railroad trip instead of thirteen thou sand miles, and they all returned to their homes as physically strong as could lie. From Atchison, four hundred miles north of St. Louis, to Denver City, six hundred in' l leg, is the finest tract in the world. It seems designed by Providence for a railroad. The plains spread along unbroken. They are sometimes called the desert plains; but he exacted to find the larger part of it, in future years, highly cultivated. The ride here was full of iuvigoration, and the breeze full of health and glowing spirits. The prolonged twilight extended until nine o'clock; the beautiful stars and the long sunlight made the trip delightful On the morning of the fifth day lie had the first sight of snow on the ltocky Mountains. It was a thrilliug, glorious sight, a panorama of mountain beauty, ,-übliine and impres sive. From Denver, four thousand feet more above the sea, they ran among high moun tains, and saw snow falling on mountain top, rain on the sides, and the sunlight below. Groping their way far down into the bow els of the earth to explore the mines, hear ing the sounds of the machinery and seeing the great wealth, they wondered at the vast array. Colorado has immense treasures. W itb the mountain- ahead, around and be hind. the -rations robbed of (heir relays of hoi i - and the posts behind them attacked bv Indians, trains assaulted within a few miles of them, they made very narrow es cape.-. He believed from experience, that the Indians of Cooper's novels were entirely extinct. It was hard to realize they were eight thousand five hundred feet above the sea. fhey only knew they were over the mountains by a rivulet which flowed to the West. The lofty chain- towered like the ruins of magnificent cathedrals, only on a grander scale. They descended into that great internal basin of.-'x hundred mile-, walled in by the mountains, whose waters have no outlet. It has streams so deep as to be unfordable, that pour in their waters and arc turned to brine. The water is so heavy those who cannot swim float like a cork. It was on a beautiful Sabbath morning, after a long ride, that emerging from a canon they had their fi st view of Salt Lake City. It was one of the most beautiful of sights. Their ft uit trees, gardens and hrubbery seemed like Paradise after the deserts. They drove into the city and saw (he spa cious -treet. one hundred and twenty-eight feci wide fine buildings, and magnificent fruit trees <)j the peculiar institutions he would speak before he closed. Thirteen ranges of mountains had lain over their path. Between the mountains lay parallel 'iocs of valleys. Two-thirds of the way over is the famous silver regions; one town which is three years old. has live thousand inhabitants, Virginia City, ou a high hill, lias twenty thousand inhabitants. Only five years have elapsed since the discovery, but over fifty millions of dollars have been ob tained. Still mining is like a lottery. Out of one hundred companies, less than twenty ! have paid dividends to their stockholders. Around the fertile vallev, they gained at last the foot of the Sierra Nevada, the Andes of the I niied States. The first view was very grand, but their grandeur inereas d on their nearer approach. Thcj rolled aw ay seventy miles in width, clothed in green until they i cached the line of eternal snow. W hen at last the party had by zig-zags reached the top and looked down, the wag ons that were yet below looked like child lens baby wagons. Thy found above the finest roads in the land, and could look down over precipices and yawning chasms stretching below thousands of feet. But they had careful drivers, and were side. Sixty-five hun dred feet above the sea was the gem of west ern scenery; a beautiful sheet of water, so clear that you can look down one hundred feet instead often, and having a steamboat on which to sail, probably higher up than any other place in the world. As they gaz ed at the smiling landscapes of California spread out in all her beauty at their feet, they felt a- Christian must have felt in Pil grim's Progress reaching the Delectable Mountains. To show the business of the Pacific Railroad he would say that the pres ent road i.aid two percent, per mouth divi dend. They were joyed to reach the rail road, and theucc travel to San Francisco, tho great creation of fifteen years, now rival ing Cincinnati and St. Louis, welcoming vis itor.- to hotels, school houses, refinements, luxuries, and hospitalities of metropolitan lite. In all his journey ings lie had found noth ing s<> attractive as CMifomia, combining together the products ot the temperate and torrid zones, with strawberries every month and fruit all the year round. The wool there is almost as tine as swan's down. Out of seven million pounds, one million are con sumed in manufactures by one single mill. The ladies in California said John Chinaman made the best baby tenders in the world. Indeed the Chinese are in all positions to the number of eighty thousand. They can live where others would starve; but they must havo their bodies carried back to their eountiy after death, and are singularly pa tient people. The future of the new state seemed as certain as destiny. The people are singularly self-reliant and courageous, Though cut off from four years immigration, yet with her industry and great internal ad vantages, the Pacific Railroad and the new Steam Line to China, it needs but increased capital and popula iontoextend her prosper ity far beyond that of the j>ast. He traveled thousands of miles into Ore gon. and Washington territories, to insjiect the interior, and was amply repaid by the grandeur and magnificence of the country that they saw. It was a splendid tract of agricultural land, six hundred miles long and one hundred and fifty wide between the mountains and the sea. It is cultivated and affords a splendid opening for immigration. They stopped at Fort Vancouver, the former home of Li. S. Graat (great applause), who now ranks ,as the great captain of the age. Sublimely grand as the Hudson at the Highlands is, the Columbia piercing the lnoiiotain.-and receiving its tributary streams far exceeds the wide-famed Hudson in beau ty. The p!i-des on the Hudson impress a I. 1 ut here- for mile-the like, extend-. They aw on '! railroad there a 10-lnm>, de lin led tun years befote by a young lie (tie n BEDFORD, Pa.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1865. ant, from the Indians. That officer has since wou the two stars of a major-general. His name is Phil. Sheridan. (Loud applause) you do right to cheer him. (Cheers.) He thought ne might say, without a breach of confidence, that Grant thought Sheridan one of the finest, bravest, and most success ful generals in the world. He saw here aiailroad singularly built on an inclined plane. The river widening near its mouth to six or eight miles, at its mouth flows through a rocky gorge, narrow and tern pest-tossed. From Portland, over the mountains, and through a very poor road, they learned how thirteen passengers could be packed into a coach holding five, by putting six on horse back. Riding through the grandest forests in the world, where the telegraph is carried miles without a] qje, they reached Olympia. They found many men anxiously awaiting the cargo of seven hundred young women that were to be to them from the East. Large forests gave them inexhaustible tim ber, and at the Strait ofFuca many ships of different nations are gathered to receive their cargoes. lie had there the sublimest mountain view that ever gladdened his eyes, only rivaled by a sunset upon the Columbia, tinting those soony peaks. They then ar rived within the dominions of the British Queen, with the Stars and Stripes and the Royal George over them. A thirty hour sojourn and a visit to Governor Douglas' garden, where, near up to Labrador, roses and fuschias bloom in thegarden, were hap py remembrance.-. Many of the vineyards of California are as rich in wealth as they arc in beauty. They drove down a h'llside with thirty-six turns and 1600 feet descent, in ten minutes, and it could only be equaled by a ride down. Ni agara Falls. Far up in the Sierra Nevadas, "passing Stockton. >OO miles front San Fran cisco, is the wonder cf the continent, the Zo Semite Valley. Through deep valleys, up mountain ranges, skirting long hillsides for fifty miles, at last you look down into the wonderful fissure which you must wind a round miles to enter. Its beauty is beyond description. The towering Sierras were a round, and they looked down into a smiling vallc-y, eight miles long and narrowing to half a mile in width, a little river winding through and the mountain walls raising from 20011 to 0000 feet, verdureless and seamless. Lt seemed as if at the creation, the rock was ploughed out from the valley and thrown away. At last they were in the wonderful valley, i ding along the river, drinking in its new beauties. They saw a creek sixty feet wide, falling nine hundred feet at a single leap and at. times its waters were like mists. Again, they saw a stream falling in two leaps two thousand six hundred feet, sixteen times as much as the Niagara Fails, leaping down at last with a circular rainbow at the base. The fatigue and danger of ascending the mountain is repaid by the grandeur of the view. A visit across the Continent is am ply repaid by these sublime scenes. Six thousand feet above the sea they found a tree ninety feet in circumference. He gave glowing descriptions of these redwood trees, with cinnamon bark, one to two feet thick. They are supposed to bo several thousand years eld. horn even before the earliest'years >f the age of < 'bristianity. They taught how brief and narrow were the ; span of years given t>> man. but a fiftieth to a hundredth part of these grand old trees lives. But they were back at San Francisco, the last gun was fired, and in the noble steamer they sailed away from the coast, along the shores of the Republic of Mexico and L call it Republic cheers, long and loud) 1 call it Republic because I recognise no right ful Empire there. (Loudcheers.) They passed along Guatemala; passed the volca noes of fire and water, beautiful with ver dure; around the coast of Tehuantepec and Honduras, prolific in mahogany, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, which has nearly all of its population in a single valley. At last they were off New Granada. After a trip of 3300 miles from the Gol den < late, they landed at Panama, crossed forty-seven miles of the Isthmus which cost SIs,<XXMHjO, and has well repaid it. It is built about by the inhabitants of Granada, whose costumes seem to be fashioned after the garments of the Garden of Eden. On the fourth day they were in the At lantic; on the fifth, in the Gulf Stream; in six and a half they sailed up the crowded bay of New York, and the long journey wa over. Two subjects demanded special notice — Mormonism and the Pacific Railroad. In the heart of the continent 100,0* JO peo ple are governed despotically by the will of one man. Through the twelve apostles, then the seventy minor disciples, with the infallibility they concede to the Church, they form a comp act union. Polygamous un ion, in every man and woman so combining, has the tendency of making all of them its defenders; for nowhere else in the whole civilized world can they thus live. They profess to believe in the Old and New Test aments, baptism, regeneration, and the Trin ity. The speaker had listened to an Elder, with six wives, who preached that he had as a sectarian believed God to be a spirit, hut now he thought God had the same_ pas sions as mankind. lie reiterated this six times. lie said the Savior was to the fath er as the child is to its father. He closed the sermon by the prediction that Gentile unbelievers would suffer eternal misery. The man, with this population of dif ferent language and nationalities, is no com mon man. lie haSj despite a lack of edu cation, great administrative powers. lie is a well preserved, broad chested man of six four years. He uses no stimulants, and has an inflexible will. J lis wealth is the result of good business qualities, for he has never been accused of dishonesty. The speaker lmd had man)' conversations with Brigliam Young on the subject. That man had contended that he had had a spe cial revelation on the subject of taking more wives to himself. The speaker had declared it was full time to have another revelation, prohibiting it hereafter. Young had de clared he wished that would occur: but asked if they gave up the plurality of wives, would they not be required to give up the Mormon Bible. Tne speaker had answered No. lie trusted they would soon have the revelation. (Laughter.) Yet there was open dissent by that public to Young's expression. The "gentiles" numbering scarce one among fifty, labored manfully against polygamy, and spoke de terminedly against the evil. One elder with three wives said if Brigham made such a revelation they would take occasion to dis cover whether it was a holy revelation. The religion of the Mormons teaches that women can only reach heaven by uniting with man. He believed, from his scant means of knowledge; that the women were very unhappy. He knew nothing of the pure love of husband and wife, and were ev er in diead of others taking away all their share of a husband's love. They cannot e cape; they have not a single chance.— Ma riagesof three sisters to one man, a mot her and her daughters to another, nieces to another, are there not all sins against hu manity? When wives are separated into different houses, loneliness and desertion for months is the result. \ou ask, what is the remedy? That is hard to say. The unheeding governments of the past have allowed this evil to grow to a direful extent. As delusive as he believ ed this faith of religion to be, he would not interfere Iwith it, but he would separate it from Bigamy and incest in open defiauce of the laws of this country and the world, fn Nebraska this law is respected, and in Utah, the Mormons should be taught they must respect the laws of humanity. The Gov ernment cannot tolerate that they should commit treasou, arson, murder and bigamy because of an asserted revelation. (Cheers. I A small secession has been made from them to the purer teachings of Smith. The Gov ernment must support them. Either repeal all laws against polygamy or enforce them. (Cheers.) Some military officers there have two and three wives each. They disobeyed the laws, and it would not be his fault if they retained their commissions. (Cheers.) The attention of the country should be directed to the rich mines yet unsought in the territory of Utah. That was the dis trict in which lie found the Saints all sinners and the Jews all Gentiles! Without con flict or bloodshed, with the Pacific Railroad passing through, the whistle of the locomo tive and the sound of the miner's pick will sound the requiem of Mormonism. As to the families of Brigham Young, he confessed to having children living, hav ing lost two hoys and eight girls. He left the subject; hoping to see the day when this "twin relic of barbarism" should be forever and effectively overthrown by the Government. (Cheers.) The Pacific Railroad will be a bond of amity and union. It is a national necessity. His journey had reconfirmed his former be lief. It is a business, and a political neces sity. The ports must be as ciosely as can he bound together. Providence has written throughout the land, and in the late con flict. "What God has joined together let no man put asunder. ' It is a military necessi ty to defend California, incase of foreign war. It is a commercial necessity, with the opening of the great new steamship line to Asia. It is a necessity for the national development. Twenty rears ago the mines were not known. Now over one million miles of min eral wealth tire open to all seekers. Week after week new and richer discoveries are made, that were deposited there by tie Civ atorto be the heritage of what He seems to havewished to )*> the wealthiest nation of the world. It is impossible now to supply th mining machinery, hut the completion of the Pacific Railroad will remedy that. He hoped that it would he but a trunk line, with branches extending out in all direc tions. The completion of this railroad is the darling wish of all Californians of all ages ami sizes. You cannot realize in what en dearing language they speak of their old homes. The spot they left is always called by them home—where father and mother liver that it takes a month to hear from! A lougimr to re-visit home is as ardSrit as the affection of parent and child. It was this thai crushed out tbiever ihr ambitious d< sire< •!' the dominant seoessi,oii-ts in fa%<r of a Pacific lleptiblic. It was this that poured their riches into the coffers of the , Sanitary and Christian Commissions. Excluding the receipts of the groat Pairs. California sent more money than a!l the oth er States together. It is for such people, who have sent front S6Oo,<)UU,OiX) to SBUO,- OtMI,(XK>. that he urged the erection of the railroad; Not for them alone, but for the welfare of the whole of this great land. Ir rigation and culture combined will soon make the deserts between to blossom as the ro.se. With increased and cheapened facilities, with the gigantic disclosing of the immense wealth of the country to foreign nations, in the language cf our late noble President. Abraham Lincoln (cheers), the West will be not only the granary, but the treasury of the world.— Phil a. Inquirer. LITTLE CHILDREN. Words of inspiration tell us that the an gels are "minister ng spirits,' and to the Christain this truth is peculiarly dear.—Rut these are unseen ministers; we feel their presence, we do not see them, and while it is a delicious thought to know that the loved are near us, it has no doubt been the means of reclaiming many a wanderer, or at least restraining him from the depths of evil he might otherwise have reached, to feel that a mother's spirit was hovering near, cogni zant of all that he might do or say; and of ten the grief of thoscmourning for dear ones gone before is lessened by the thought that they are still watching over and guarding their earthly friends. We have other ministering angels than these, —the dear little children that cluster around our hearthstones, and entwine them selves around our hearts. Christ said, "Except ye become as little children." be cause He knew that no where on earth could be found that purity of thought and beauti ful faith so heavenly in their nature, save in the heart of a little child. Wise and great men may argue, contend, and dispute to con vince each other of some great truth; but who can withstand the endearing influence and winning ways of a sweet, little child? The dew of morning most refreshes the summer blossoms; so the sweet, touching confidence and sublime simplicity of child hood keep fresh the flowers of affection, and prevent the heart from becoming cold and unfeeling. God bless little children, we of ten say as we go up and down the streets; may theii hearts never grow hard, rough, and selfish. In whatever circumstances they are placed, keep them pure and holy. A sad, sad thing for the crown to slip from the liitle, golden haired head, the sweet, blue eyes to mirror forth a soul all sin and dark ness; the voice so soft and musical, so full of love, as the little, dimpled arms clasp our neck —husky with passion, disgusting in lan guage, and foul with imprecation.—Revolt ing picture! We cannot bear to think of it. And still, dear mother, this will be the ease unless you take careful heed. When you fold your babe to your bosom, do you think as much of its disposition and temper as of the little, embroidered dress it wears? \\ hen you carry it to the font, are you as earnestly craving His Spirit upon it as you are eager that the baptismal robe should be of a dainty costly material? The earcful gardener prunes, lops off, and tnines his vines. I)o you train yours in the way that leadeth to eternal life? It is a sacred thing to be a mother. It is the highest office tnat mortal can attain to, and fearful in the result ifthere is the least misstep or waywardness. A LAWYER addressed the court as "gen tlemen," instead of "your honors." After he had concluded, a brother of the bar re minded him of his error. He immediately rose to apologise, thus: —"May it please the court —in tno heat of the debate, I called your honors gentlemen. I made a mistake, and beg p it-don," VOLIXE 38; SO. .50. AFFECTION. How much more wc might make of our lanuly life, if our friendships, of every se cret thought of loye, blossomed into a deed! e are now speaking merely of personal caresses. These may or may not be the best language ii. affection. Many are endowed with a delicacy, a fastidiousness of organiza tion, which shrinks away from too much of these, repelled and overpowered. IJut there are words and looks, and little observances, thot sinfulness. watchful little attentions, which speak of love, which make it manifest and there is scarcely a fanrly tbatuiight not be richer in heart wealth for more of them. It is a mistake to suppose that relations must, of course, love each other because they are relations. Love must. be cultivated and can be increased by judicious culture, as wild fruits may double their bearing un der the hands of the gardener,' arid love can dwindle and die out of neglect as choice flower seeds planted in poor soil, dwindle and grow single. Two causes, in our Anglo ! £ axon nature, prevent this easy faculty and flow of expression, wich strike one so pleas antly in the Italian or French life; the dread of flattery, and a constitutional shyness. '' I perfectly loiced to tell ho and so how I ad mred her, the qther day," said Miss X. " 1 hen. why in the world didn't you tell her? "Oh. it. would seem like flattery, you know.' N<>w what is flattery'/ Flattery is insincere praise, given from interested motives, hut not the sincere utt jrance to a friend of what we deem good and lovely in him. And so, for fear of flattering, tlieso dreadfully sincere people go on, side by side, with those they love and admire, g.ving them all the time the impress on_ of utter indifference. Par ents are so afraid of exciting pride and vanity in their eh<'dren by the expression of their love and approbation that a child sometimes goes sad anu discouraged by their side, and learns, with surprise, in some chance way, that they arc proud and fond of him. There are tini . when an open expression of a fa ther's love would be worth more than church or sermon to a boy; and his father can uot niter it—w'l not show it. The other thing that represses the utterances of love is the characteristic shyness of the Anglo Saxon blood. (W Ily enough, a race born of two demonstrative, out spoken persons—the German and riie French—has ail haoitnal reserve that is like neither. There is a powerlessness of utterance in our blood that we should fight against and struggle outward toward expression. We can educate our selves to it. if we know and feel the neces -i.tv we can make it a Christian duty not to , love, but to !>e loving— not only to be true friends but to show ourselves friendly. We j ran make our—lves say the kind things: that i rise in mo' Ijc:ii t.-> and tremble back on our lips do the gentle and hopeful deeds which we lorn, to do and shrink back from; and, little by little, it will grow easier—the love spoken will bring back the answer of love— the kind deed wi'l bring back a kind deed in return—rill the hearts in the family circle instead of'beine so many frozen, icy islands, shall be fu'l of warm airs and echoing bird voices answering back arid forth with a con stant melody of love.—ll. H. Stoic*. I'onscie.nik Marks Cowards of i s Ai.i. This lias had a bit of testimony to prove ii -ti nth during the past week. The cashier of ;> drv eon.!- establishment in New York i- the witnes.-. This man had !> -i, ten years in the service ot ih l ' house ami <>u the con lid" nee and esteem of all with whom he eunie in contact. He has enjoyed a good salary and occupied a comfortable residence in the upper part of the city. Last Friday morn ing he called the manager of the firm aside and informed him that his conscience troub led him on a certain point, and he could only feel easy by making a full confession, A year ago. when petroleum was the rage he became somewhat infatuated with the oil fever. A friend offered him a splendid in terest for $5(X>, and while deliberating upon the ruatter an opportunity occurred for him to '"borrow ' from the money drawer.The temptation was too great and he yielded.— The $5OO was invested and he "struck ile." The investment has returned $20,(X)0, and many persons would consider the cashier a happy man. He replaced the borrowed money, and endeavored to enjoy the pro ceeds of the speculation. Conscience pur sued him daily and hourly untill he could no longer endure the agony. He made a full confession of the transaction and insisted upon paying the $20,000 to his employers. The proprietors, after mature deliberation, received the money, which they set aside for benevolent purposes. In consideration of the man's good character and his candor in revealing what could never have been dis covered, they have concluded to retain him in his position. JOHN ADAMS' COURTSHIP. A correspondent of the Boston Trans cript gives the following interesting remin iscence : John Adams sought the hand of the daughter of Rev. Mr. Smith, of Weymouth and Miss Abigal was pleased to accept the proposal of Mr. Adams, much to the cha grin of the parson, the objection being that Adams was a man of humble origin and moderate ability, and could never aspire to anything more than the position of an hum ble villiage lawyer. His visits to her home were frequent and prolonged, but no hospi talities were tendered by the Rev. Smith, either to Adams or his nag; for while Abi gal only had watchful care over him, his ' 'bay'' passed the weary hours of night in feeding on the hitching-post. Now, Abigal had a sister whose name was .Mary, who was betrothed to a wealthi er, and It was believed more promising young man, whose presence was welcomed most cordially by the reverend's family. The good parson had promised each of his daughters that on the occasion of their marriage he would preach a sermon from a text of the bride's own_ selection. ar £ first married, and "beautifully appropriate did the father think the text—-"And Mary hath chosen that good part ? ' In due time Abigal married and chose for her text,, "For "For John came neither eating nor drinking and they say, He hath a devil.'' Tradition does not tell us, as we remember, how the text pleased the father, but the sermon was preached. Mary, indeed, chose a good part; her life was a happy one, and her hus band was a man of means and respectability Abigal was a woman of strong affections, a practical wife and possessed of great no bility of character, while the names of her husband and son will live as long as the love | of liberty inspires the soul of man. "What is the difference between a spider and a duck?" "One has its feet on a web, and the other a web on its feet" INSURANCE. —The following toast was recently pronounced at a fireman's dinner, and was received with great applause: ' 'The ladies —their eyes kindle the only dame a gainst which there is no insurance." A placard in the window of a patent n>ed icine vendor, in the Rue St. Oonore, Paris, reads as follow-: "The public are requested not to mistake this shop for that of another quack just opposite." RATES OF ADVERTISING. All advertisement.- for leu than 3 months 10 cents per line for each insertion. Special notices one half additional. All resolutions of Associa tion, communications of a limited or individual interest and notice* of marriages and deaths, ex ceeding live lines, 10 el*, per line. All legal noti ces of every kind, and all Orphans' Court and other Judicial sales, are required bylaw to be pub lished in both papers. Editorial Notices 15 cents pet line. All Advertising due after first insertion. A liberal discount made to yearly advertisers. 3 months. 6 months. 1 year. One square $ 4.50 $ 6.0# $lO.OO Two squares C,UO 9.00 16.00 Three squares 8.00 12.00 20.0# One-fourth column 14.00 20.00 $5.00 Half 18.00 25.06 45.00 One column 30.00 45.00 80.00 <4 EKM AN IMMIGRATION. The Germans, says the Philadelphia American, are coming with a flood, add in other and greater wave lies behind the fore most, rolling in with equal power and use. We have received so much from the Tetonic home that we are anxious for more, and wil ling to see all of Tetonia depopulated, if on ly our own acres arc covered. The wish may not. jierhaps, run to this whoie extent, as we desire to contitiuo onr friendly mercan tile and literary relations with the most ed ucated, economical, and provident, as well as self reliant race in the world; but it points strongly in that direction, and asks for us ( the whole overflow of all < fermany. We are glad to see that the wish is being gratified Within the week past we met a whole cargo of German immigrants, at the foot of Dock street, destined for the interior, and we know that hundreds pass through unnoticed for every one who :s seen. It is stated that the facilities for emigra tion from Germany are now wholly inade quate to the demand, and that hundreds and thousands there are anxiously seeking removal who find no means for it Two new steamers are building for the Bremen Lloyd's Line to New York at Glasgow, which will make seven large steam vessels in this line, and the Hamburg Company will hereafter run their ships weekly. From these facte it would seem that the German business—im migiation as well as commerce —would soon acquire a gieater force than ever. If the volume continues, the labor qnestion is en ded. The German irruption will swell over the South and West like a freshet, and the influence will speedily settle all difficult questions there. It will, at all events, add much to our prosperity, and help the future towards realizing those ends which are almost in view. INFLUENCE OF FEMALES. It is better for you to pass an evening, once, or twice a week, in a lady's drawing room, even though the conversation is slow, and you know the girl's songs by heart, than in a club, tavern, or the pit of a theatre. All amusements of youth to which virtu ous women are not admitted, rely on it, are deleterious in their nature. The men who avoid female society have dull perceptions and are stupid, or have gross tastes, and re volt against what is pure. Your club swag gerers. who are sucking the butts of billiard cues all night, call female society insipid. Poetry is uninspiring to a yokel; beauty has nc charms for a blind man; music does not know one tunc from anothei; hut. as a true epicure is hardly ever tired of water, sauce, and blown bread and butter, I protest lean .-.it for a whole night talking to a well-regu lated kiudly woman about hsr girl Fanny, or her boy Frank, and like the evening's en tertainment. One of the great benefits a man may derive from woman's society is, that he is bound to be respectful tober. The habit is of great good to your moral men. depend upon it. Our education makes us the most eminently selfish men in theworld. We tight for ourselves, we push for ourselves we yawn for ourselves, we ight our pipes and say we won't go out, we preferourselvea and/iur ease: and the greatest benefit that comes to man from a woman's society is. that he has t/< think of somebody to whom he is bound o> be constantly attentive and respectful. An Knoushma.v Bamhoozi.kd. — K- U ilall. formerly oi the A. O. J J icat/unt i, relate; the following, which occurred in his pres ence at Baden Baden, in (rermany. *** At this juncture we were joined by an English party, when the subject brought under discussion was bathing. "I take a cold sponge butli every morn ing when at home," said John Bull. "So do I," retorted the Yankee. "Winter and summer," continued the Englishman. '"My system exactly," responded the Yan kee. "Is your weather and water cold?" quori ed John Bull. "Right chilly," continued Brother Jona than. "How cold ?" inquired John. "So cold that the water all freezes as I pour it down my back, and rattles upon the Poor in the shancof hail!" responded the Yankee, with the same cunning twinkle of the eye. "Were you in the next room to me in America," he continued, "and could hear me as lam taking my sponge bath of a cold winter's morning, you would think I was pouring dry beans down my back!" The Englishman shrugged his shoHdcrs as with a chill, and marvelled. WHAT IS AN EDITOR?—At a late print ers' festival the editorial vocation was thus "done up:" The man that is expected to know every - thing, tell all that he knows, and guess at the rest; to make known his character, es tablish the reputation of his neighbors, and elect all candidates for office ; to olow every body and reform the world; to live for the benefit of others, and the epitaph on his tombstone; "Here he lies at last." In short, he is a locomotive running on the track of public notoriety; his lever is his pen; his boiler is filled with ink: his tender his scis sors; his driving wheels public opinion; whenever he explodes it is caused by non payment of subscriptions. FREE TRADE. —The English cannot claim the bad fame of inventing "Free Trade." The Americans are not the first people cur sed with its selfishness. It is of Philistine origin, and the Israelites were its most an cient victim s. See how it once impoverished and disabled the chosen people. "Now there was ao smith found throughout all the land of Israel: (for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:) but all the Israelites went down io the Philistines to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe. and his mattock. So it came to pass in the day of battle that there was neither sword nor spear fonnd in the hand of any one of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan." 1 Sain.xiii. 19 20,22. A LOAFER, who had been noisy, was up before a justice's court. His honor told him to pay over five dollars lb? his fine. ' "C-c-c -cau't do it," muttered he, "a-a-ain'tgot the p-p-pewter." " Are you a married man?" inquired the justice. "N-n-n-not exactly so f-f-far gone yet, sir." "Well, I will have to send you to the workhouse." "T-t-t -taint notnin' to g-g-go there," said Alick "b-b-but wben you t-t-talked about m-m. marriage, old fellow, you f-f-frightened me!' "Sir," said an old physician to a shallow youth who had been assailing him with a string of impertinences, "1 cannot be an- Ky with you, for I see you have an inoura edisease." "An incurable disease what is it?" ''Foolishness," was the reply. SHREWD was the reply of the miser, who on eeing requested by a dervish to grant him a favor, said, ' On one condition 1 will do whatever you rrouire.' "What is that? ' "Never to naik mo mr anything."
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