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BY JOHN B. BKATTON.
VOIi. 39.
poetical.
TUB BPELI.S OF lIOSXE.
BY URS.UEUAN9.
By tho soft green lightln the wood; glade.
On the bank* of moss where thy childhood played
By the household tree through which thino cyo
First looked io'tovo (othoummorsky;
By the dowoy gleam, by thovyory breath
Oftbo Primrose turfttffr'tliexrass beneath,
Upon tby heart aiicrcTfs laid a spell
llolyand precious—oa^guard it well I
By the sleepy ripple of tho stream,
- Which has lulled thee Into many a dream :
By tho shivoroftho try leaves
To tho winds of morn, at tby easement eaves
By the boo's deep murmur in the limes;
{ly tho tnuoio of tho Sabbath chimes;
ly every sound of thy native shade,
Stronger ADddeoror ibo »poll la made. .
■ ny tho Bothering round the winter hearth.
Whilo twilight called unto household mirth;
, fry the fhiry late, or tho legend old,
.In that ringof hoppy fiiccatold;
fly tho quiut hour when hearts unite
In (imparting prayer and tho kind good night
Uy-the smiling eye and tho loving tono,
Over thy life has the spell been thrown.
And bless that gift I it hath gentle might,
A guardian power and a guiding light;
It hath led tho freeman-forth to stand
la the mountain bottle of his land;
It hath brought the wanderer o'er tho seas.
To die on the hills of his own fresh breeze
And back to tho gates of his father’s hall,
It tulbled tho weeping prodigal.
. Yes I when the heart In Us pride would stray
From tho pure first loves of Its youth away;
When tho sullying breath of the world would come
O'or the flowers it brought from its childhood’s home,
Think then again of tho woodey glado,
And the sound by tho rustling ivy made;
Think of (ho troo at thy father's door.
And the kindly spell shall have power once more.
ifWtoccluwcoua.
WASHINGTON’S FAREWELL TO
HIS ARMY.
"Can tyrants but by tyrants conquered be,
And freedom findno champion and no child
Suol) as Columbia saw arise,..when she
Sprang forth a Pallas, armed and undersigned
Or mustßuch minds bo nourished in the wild,
Deep in the nnpruned forest midst the roar
Of cataracts, whore nursing Nature smiled
On infant Washington? lias earth no more
Suoh’socd within her breast, or Europe no such
shore 7”
Tho revolution waa over. Tho eight years* con
flict had ceased, and tho warriors wore now to sep*
aralo forever, turning their weapons into plough
shares, and their camps into work shops. Tho
spectacle,'(hough a sublime and glorious one, was
yet attended with sorrowfuLfeelings ; for, alual—
in tho remains of that gnlla"army of patriot soldi,
ers, nowabout’to disband without pay, without sup.
port,'stalked poverty, want and disease—the country
had not tho moans to bo grateful.
Tho details of tho condition of many of tho officers
and soldiers at that period, according to history and
oral tradition, were melancholy in tho extreme.—
Possessing nn means nor patrimonial inheritance to
fall back -upon—thrown out of oven tho perilous
support of tho soldier, at the commencement of win*
tor, and hardly fit for any other duty than that of
Ilia comp—their situation can bo as well imagined
as discribod.
A single instance, as a sample of (ho situation of
many of tho officers, aa related of (ho conduct of
Baron Slubon may not bo amiss. Wlion tho main
body of tho army was disbanded at Newburgh, and
(ho veteran soldiers wero bidding a parting farewell
to each other, Lieut. Colonel Chochfan.nn aged sot*
dicr of tho New Hampshire lino, remarked with tears
in hia eyes, as ho shoo.: hands with tho Baron—
• For myaolf, I could aland it 5 but my wifo and
daughters aro in the gnrratof that wretched tavern, I
and I have no means of removing them.’
•Come, come,’said tho Diron,'don't give Way
(has. I will pay my rcspocta to Mrs. Cochran and
her daughters.*
When tbo good old soldier lon thorn thoir coun
tenances wore warm with gratitude } for he loft them
all ho had.
In ono of tho Rhode Island Regiments wore sever
al companies of black (roopa.who had served through.'
out tho wholo war, and their bravery and diaoiplin
woreunsurpassed. Tho Baronobaeruodonoof these
poor wounded negroes on tho wharf at Newburgh,
apparently in groat distress. _
•What's tho matter, brother soldier?*
•Why, Master Baron, 1 want a dollar to got
homo with, now tho Congress has no farther use far
mo.*
Tho Baron was absent for a few moments, and
then returned with a silver dollar, which ho had
borrowed.
•There, it is all t could get. Take it.*
Tho negro received it with joy, hailed a sloop
which was passing down the river lo New York,
nfid as ho reached tho deck look off liU hat and
said—
• God bless Master Baron 1’
These aro only singto illustrations of tho condition
of (ho army at tho close of the war. Indeed, Wash
ington had this In view at tho close of his farewell
address to tho army at Rockoy Hill, in November,
1783 J
•And being flow (n conclude these, hia last public
orders, to taka his ultimata loavo in a short timo of
tho armies ho had so long had the honor lo command,
ho oan only again offer, in their behalf, his rccom-*
mondation to thoir country, and his prayer to the
God of armies.*
‘May ample justice bo done them hare, and may
(ho choicest of Heaven’s .favors, both hero and hero
after, attend those who under divine auspices, have
secured innumerable blessings to others.
•Whit these wishes, and Itis benediction, tho 00m.
monuor-ln-chiof is about to roliro from aorvico.—
Tho curtain of separation wilt soon ha drawn, and
tho military econo to him will bo dosed forever I*
Tho closing of this 'military scone’ 1 am about to
relate.
Now York hod been occupied by Washington on
the SCth of November. A few days after ho notified
the President of Congress—which body was then in
session.at Annapolis,in Maryland—that as the war
was now closed ho should consider it his duly to
proceed thence, and surrender to that body tho com.
mission which he had received from thorn more than
seven years before.
Tho morning of the 4th of December, 1783, was
a sad and boavy ono to tho remnant of tho American
army in tho city of Now York. The noon of that
day was to witness tho farewell of Washington—
ho was to bid adiow to bis military oomrsdoßforevor.
Tho officers who bad boon with him in solemn coun
sol, tho privates who had fought and bled in tho
'heavy fighp under his orders, wore now to hoar his
commands no longer. Tho manly form and digni
fied countenance of tho groat captain was henceforth
to live only in their memories.
As tho hour of noon approached, Clio wliolo garris
on, at tho 'request of Washington himself, woa pul
in motion, and marched down Dread street to Fran
cis* tavern, Ills head quarters. Ho wished to toko
leave of private soldiers alike with tho officers, and
bid them all adieu. Ilia favorite light infantry wore
drawn up in lino facing inwards, through Pearl street
to tho foot of Whitehall, where a bargo was In road.
inosa to convoy him to Powlos’ Hook.
Within tho dining loom of tho tavern woro gallf
orod tho generals and Hold officers to tako their
farewell. 1 ■>
AsooAiblcd there, woro Knox,Greene,Sluben, Gatos,
Clinton ana olbors, wlio’had served with him faith
fully end truly in tho /tented Hold but alas 1 whore
woro others who had entered tho war with him seven
years before? Tholr bones crumbled in (ho soil
from Can«v*% to Georgia! Montgomery’had yielded
up his life 'o Quebec, Wooster foil at. Danbury,
Woodhull was barbarously murdered whilst a prls
onor ot Long Island, and Mcrcor foil mortally woun
ded at Princeton; thobravoand obivalrlo Laarons,
alter displaying the most heroic courage in tho
trenches at Yorktown, died in a trifling skirmish in
South Carolina; llio bravo bat occonlrio Loo was no
longer living, and Putnam, like a helpless child, was
stretched upon the bed of sickness. Indeed, the bat.
tto field and timo had thinned llio ranks which had
entered with him intolho conflict.
Washington entered the room—the hoar of sepa
ration had come. As ho raised his eyes anti glanced
on (ho faces of those assembled,'a (oar coursed dpwn
his chock, and his voico was tremulous.as ho saluted
thorn. Nor was ho alono. Men,‘albeit unused to.
(ho melting mood,* stood around him, whoso uplifted
hands, to cover their brows, (old that the tear, which
(hey attempted to conceal bespoke, tho anguish they
could not bide.
After a moment's conversation, Washington called
fur a glut of wlno. It wu brought liimy Turning
to his officers ho thus addressed them:
‘With a head full of ,loto and gratitude I now
taka ray final leave of you. >1 most devoutly wish
thalyour latter days may bo as prosperous and happy
as your former ones have been glorious and honora*
bio.* Ho then raised the glass to liisffipei drank ond
added: . "
*1 cannot oomo to each of you to take ray leave,
bat shall bo obliged to you If each of you will take
mo by (ho hand.*
. General Knox, who was nearest, burst into tears,
and advanced, incapable of utterance. Washington
grasped him by tho hand and embraced him. Tho
officers came up successively and look an affectionate
leave. No words were spoken, but all was tho ‘silent
oloqenco of tears.* What woro mere words at such
a econo 7 Nothing. It was the feeling of tho heart
—thrilling—though unspoken.
When tho last of tho officers had embraced
him, Washington left tho room, followed by bis
comrads, and passed through tbo lines of tho light
infantry. His atop was slow and measured, his
head uncovered, and the (cars (towing thick and fast,
as he looked from eido to side at ttio veterans to
whom ho now bado adieu forever. Shortly an event
occurred more touching than all the rest, A gigan
tic soldier, who had stood by his sido at Trenton,
stopped forth fiom tbo ranks and extended his
hand-
•Farewell, my beloved general, farewell !*
> Washington grasped his hand in convulsive emotion
In both of his. All discipline was now at an end.
Tho officers could not restrain tho men as they rush.,
cd forward to take Washington by tho hand, and
tho sobs ond tears of tho soldiers told how-dooply
engraven upon their affections was tho lovo of their
commander.
At length Washington reached tho bargo at White*
hail, and entered it. At the tho first stroke of (ho
oars ho rose, ond turning to tho companions, by wa*
ving bis hat, bsdo thorn a silent Their an
swer was only in tears ; and officers ond men, with
glistening eyes, watched the receding boat UK (he
form of their noblo commander was lust in tho
distance.
Byron.
Contrast (ItCTarowoll ofWishington to his army
at Whitehall, in 1763, and tho adieu of Napoleon 1o
his army at Founloinbluc, In 1514! The ono had
accomplished every wish of his heart. llis noblo
exertions had achieved tho independence of his
country, and ho longed to retire to tho bosom of his
homo. His ambition was satisfied. Ho fought for
no crown or sceptre, but for equality and tbo mutual
happiness of his follow beings. No taint of tyranny,
no breath of slander, no whisper of duplicity, mar
ried (ha fair'proporliona onus public or private life;
but
*' Ho was a man, take him for all in all
We ne’er shall look upon his like again."
Tho other great soldier was tho disciple of selfish
ambition. Ho raised (ho iron weapon of war to
crash, only (hat he might rule. What to him wore
tbo cries of widows and orphans? Ho passed to a
throno by making tho dead bodies of their protetors
his stepping stones. Ambition, self, wero tbo gods
of his idolatry, and to thorn lio sacrificed hecatombs
of his follow men for tho aggrandizement of personal:
glory. Enthusiasm points with fearful wonder lo
tho name of Napoleon, whilo justice, benevolence,
freedom, and all'lUo concomitants which -constitute
tbo (ruo happiness of man, shod almost a divlno halo
round tho name and character of Washington.
The Youbg Prussian*
Frederick, King ofPrussia, ono day rang his bell;
and nobody answering, ho opened his door, and found
his page fast asleep in an elbow chair. Ho advanced
towards, and ho was going lo awaken him, when ho
perceived a letter hanging out of his pocket. Ilia
curiosity prompted him to know what it was; ho
look it out and road it. It was a letter from tho
young man’s mother, in which sho thanked him for
having sent her pari of hia money lo relievo her
misery} and tolling him God would reward him fur
his dutiful affection. Tho King oflor reading Si,
wont back softly laiils chamber,took out a pursofull
ofducals, and slipped it with (ho letter info tho page’s
pocket. Returning to his chamber, ho rang tho bcl I.
so loudly that it awakened tho page, who instantly
made his appearance. 'You have had a sound sleep,’
said tho King. Tho pago was at a loss how (0 ex
cuse himself, and pulling his hand into his pocket by
chance, lo hia uttar astonishment ho thoro found a
purso of ducats. Ho took it out, turned pale, and
looking at tho King.ehcd a torrent of (oars. 'What
it that 7’ ‘Ah! sire,’ said tho young man,’ throwing
himself on his knees, 'somebody seeks my ruin ! I
know nothing of this money which 1 have just found
in my pocket.' *My young friend,’ replied Frederick,
•God often does great things fur us, even In our sloop.
Send (hot (o yotfr mother ; salute her on my pari
and assure her 1 will take caro of both her and
you.’
The Doa with a Broken-Leo —Some thirty years
ago, (perhaps 1830,) Dr. Taft, a skilful surgeon,re
sidle d at Windsor, Vermont. > A man in that ploco
owned a largo and valuable maslift' dog, which had
tho misfortune lo.broak hia leg. Tho owner, after
ineffectual attempts lo set (ho bone, sent for Dr. Taft,
who speedily put tho bono in its place ond splintered
up tho leg. For several daya after tho Doctor visited
tho dqg and dressed tho wound, and then (old (ho
owner ho would como no more, but if any thing seem,
cd to bo wanting to bring (ho dog to his office. Ho
did so two or Ihrco times, and when ho ceased going
tho dog would go alone lo tho doctor’s office, and lay
down at tbo door anlil (ho doctor looked at his leg,
and then ho would loavo—continuing this practice
until ho was fully oared. Somo tlrao after this, tiio
groat dog found in tho street a liltlo dog with a
broken log, and after smelling around him for somo
timo, ho got him up on his lliroo legs and managed
(0 gel him from street to street to Dr. Taft’s office,
were ho waited with tho liltlo dog until tho Doctor
oamo and sot tho bono. —New York Observer,
A “ RErnEPiiiNo” Idea.—This morning q wag*
ish friend of ours was standing and gazing Intent
ly on tho operations of a pile driving machine nt
work, on Light street whaif, and ns tho ponderous i
weight of iron descended on the pile, a gentleman
of round face and reddy countenance’, accosted him
with the inquiry : “ What ho thought of the fall
of that heavy weight of Iron 1” Uo replied, “I
wqs thinking if your bond was on llio.pilo when
tho iron oamo down, heaven’s what a brandy
smash it would mako lids hot morning!”
An Old Couple.—Copt. Isabel Smith and wlfd
now living in West Brookfield, Mass., liavo lived
together, as man and wife, for seventy-ninoyoars.
Capt. Smith is 99 years ohL and Mrs. Smith
is 90. 9
A celebrated gambler, after atlondlnga groat re
vival mooting, experienced, as ho supposed, a
change of,fooling, and was finally Induced to lake
his seal upon tho “anxious bench.” '"Tlffi'minls
tcr, on examining them on thoiroxporioneo and tho
state of Toolings, finally approached tho gambler,
and nskod,“well my lilend what.doyou say V’—
“O,” replied ho, unconsciously, 11 1 pass,**
11 OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS DE RIGHT—DOT RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.”
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1852.
From tho Philadelphia Inquirer.
CALMNESS-FIRMNESS—AND SELF
POSSESSION,
"Do calm—bo truo —bo solf-posaessod, •
Ami Heaven will g|vc and guard the rest."
The philosophy of keeping culm and cool is very
difficult to understand and practice with success at
(his season of tho year. Some individuals arc 01.
ways in a heated and excited slate, and (heir suffer,
ings, with tho thermomotor at 95°, must bo intolcra
bio indeed. There aro others again wl% seldom
permit their equanimity of temper to bo disturbed.
They adapt themselves to the weather and to circum
stances, and pass through life os quietly and calmly
'Us'possiblo. If they hove important and ovemordu
ous business to transact, (hoy endeavor to fit them,
solves far its charge, not by eagerness, impatience
and' bluster, but by quiet, method, and calm dolcrmi.
nation. And this, perhaps ia the (rue philosophy-
Sorao persons, for aro ln a hurry.
They are, moreover, always behind time. -They thus
become fretful, excited and irritated—and not only
lose (heir temper,* bat aro often "loft behind,” when
it is important that they should boon board a steam
boat ora railroad car,an omnibus or a stage. They
waste moments, nay, hours in idle conversation or
in (rifling pursuits, and (hen complain that they aro
“so unfortunate.” They neglect business, break
engagements, violate compacts, and at the same time
wonder ot the want of confidence that is exhibited
cowards them,, and at their loss of integrity and
trade. How frequently do wo see individuals hast,
oning to a steamboat landing, red with excitement,
just two or three minutes after tho boat has started,
and aslonlsJhed.aH.woll as indignant .that some little
delay had not taken pjaco for their particular accom
modation! Inquire into tho causes of (heir procras.
linnlion, and they will bo found in some idle conver.
salion by tho way, or sad forgetfulness of hours and
facts. There is, indeed, nothing like system in tho
ways of (his world. Punctuality and regularity aro
adorning qualities in the character of man. An
individual who is in tho habit of violating engage*
monts, however trifling, is sure, sooner nr {lnter, to
loso not only his friends and Ills character, but his
own self respect. Tho best way to keep cool, there
fore, la to bo upright, regular, systematic and self
possessed. Wo should not put off till to-morrow
what may bo done to-day. We should-nol 1 permit
difficulties to accumulate, (hat might bo removed stop
by step. AM'Should endeavor (0 exercise some de
gree of mnnlincss.nnd confront trouble at (ho begin,
ning. This is indeed ono of tho groat essentials,
not only of success in life, ul of-comforl nnd con
tentment. ,Tl‘° doctrine is, wo admit, mash easier
to preach titan to practice, 'll is much easier to point
out and criticise the weakness of others, than to avoid
(ho manifestation of like errors under similar circum
stances. Yet a word somcll/nes has a rousing and
stimulating cflbct and may exorcise a salutary in
fluence. Cut tho other day wo hoard of a case, in
which an individual absolutely suffered temporary
anguish for (ho want of a lillio more courngo. Ho
bcoaino involved in monetary affairs, found it diffi
cull to realize his engagements, cou'd not make his
moans available within a specified lime, and instead
ongoing forward to (he parlies inlorrcstod, and sta
ling tho facts in a fair, frank, and manly spirit, ho
hesitated, grow nervous, nnd at lost absolutely com
mitted tho griovious error of leaving tho city, and
with his affairs confused, entangled and unadjusted.
A thousand vaguo reports woro immediately circula
ted, his friends were puzzled to find his whereabouts,
and when they did discover him, ho was perfectly
unmanned.. -Fortunately—thera mere it»«—
ly connected with him who were acquainted with tho
facts, who opprcciated and prized Ills character, who
were satisfied not only that his means wero ample,
but that his integrity was undoubted—nnd thus (he
matter was speedily and happily adjusted. And yet,
such won his nervous sensibility and want of moral
courage—such wore tho perplexities and panic under
which ho labored—(hat ho was absolutely running
away, and ho scarcely know from what. lie was
confused, bewildered, and excited. Ho tost tho bal
ance of his mind, so (0 speak, becimo ashamed of
his errors of carelessness and prodigality, could not
muster snfficlcnt moral courage to make a real expo
sition of (ho facts, plunged on wildly, ns if laboring
under a sort of monomania, and os already stated,
shattered his credit for (ho moment, nnd narrowly
escaped rum. Lot no ono suppose that this is &
novel ease, or (hat ho might not falter under similar
circumstances. — ll Lot him (hat standeth, toko hoed
lest ho fall.” In tho majority of eases, (ho erring
aro victims of circumstances. They have boon led
on stop by stop, until at last inflamed, maddened and
unbalanced, they have commenced some fearful, per
baps fatal mistake or offence. Thoro are fow, very
few, who calmly, coolly and deliberately pursue a
course calculated not only to destroy themselves, but
to pain tho hearts of (hoir friends and their families,
Tho many whosoorr,aro (lie creatures of cxcilomcnl
—excitement which overmaster* every other faculty,
and renders (hem tho moro playthings and creatures
of a morbid fancy, or of (ho monomania of tho hour.
Tho Iruo philosophy of moral courage Is that con
dition of mind which not only cniblos ono to dis
criminate clearly between right and wrong, but to
act calmly and firmly nt tho moat critical moment,
and without regard to (ho humiliation or mortifies,
that may bo inflicted. It at onco enables an indi
vidual to resist temptation, to confront and overcome
danger, 110 who has never boon.tested and tried by
adversity or by prosperity, cannot be said fully to
understand himself. Ho is nut sensible of his own
weakness. Men, wo repeal, are oflon the creatures
of tho hour, and of tho circumstances of ttio hour.
If they givo way to excitement and panic, and thus
act when not in full command of (heir own mental
faculties, they will in ail probability commit some
sad mistake. Self possession, therefore, at all times
and under nil circumstances,tho ability to discrimi
nate, and the moral courage to carry out, aro quali
ties of the very highest character.
Incredible Punishment*
“ A groat book is a gtoat ovll/* says an an
cient writer—an axiom' which on unfortunate
Russian author foil to his cost.
“ Whilst 1 was at Moscow," says a traveler,
“ a quarto volume was published in favor of iho
liberlioß of iho pooplo ; a singular subject when
wo consider tlio place where iho book was printed,
in this work, iho iniquitous vcnally of the public
functionaries, and even the conduct of the sove
reign, was scrutinized and consured with groat
freedom. Such a .book, and in such a country,
naturally attracted general notice, and the offender
was taken into custody. After being tried in a
summary wuy, his production was determined to
bo a libel, and lie was condemned to cal his own
words. The singularity of the sentence, induced
mo io see it pul into execution. A scaffold was
erected in one of the most public streets in the
city; the imperial provosts, the mogiatratos, the
physicians and the surgeons of the Ozarattondod;
the book was separated from the binding, the mar
gin cutoff, and every loaf relied up Hire a lottery
ticket, when taken otll of the wheel. The author
was then served with them loaf by loaf, the pro
vost who put them into Ills mouth, to the no small
diversion of tho spectators, and lie was obliged to
BwnUow''lh<Minpulitablo food on painof the knout,
in Russia in ore feared than death. As soon as iho
medical gentlemen wore of tlmb'pinion that ho had
received into hla stomach as much at a time as
was consistent with his safely, (ho transgressor
was sent back to prison, and the business resumed
iho two following days; after three very hearty
but unpleasant meals, 1 am convinced by oculor
proof, that ovory leaf of .tho book was actually
swallowed,”
Pmr.osopiiEßS any (bat abutting tho oyoa mnkoa
tho acnso of hearing inoro aouto. I’erhapa this
accounts for many closed oyea which aro aocn in
churdhca every Sunday.
Fifteen cosoa of sun’ stroke oocurrod ut Now
York and tho vicinity on Wednesday, Two in tho
city and two in Brooklyn, terminated foully.
Tito Minister Abroad*
A friend' in Slockbridgc, Massnehusots, sends us
tho following onoedolo, of Rev. Zoh, Twitcholl, a
Methodist Cjorgymnn, in full and regular standing,
and a member, of (ho Vermont Conference. At ono
time ho represented Slockbridgc in the State Logis
laloro. "Zob,” says our informant,"is a man of
fair talents, both as a preacher ond a musician. In
the pulpit he ia grave, solemn, dignified—a thorough,
systematic sotmonizer; but out of tho pulpit there is
no man living .who Is moro foil of fun and drollery.
On ono occasion ho was wending his way towards
the seal of tho Annual Conference - of Ministers, in
company with another clergyman. Passing a country
Inn, ho remarked to his companion—‘ Tho last lime
I slopped at that tavern I slept with the land-lord'e
wife'.' In utter amazement, his clcricol friend
wanted to know what ho meant. ‘ I moan just what
I "ay/replied Zeb ; nnd on wont the two travellers
in unbroken silence, until they reached the confer
ence. In the early port part of tho session tho
conforonco sat with closed doors, for (ho pnrposo of
transacting privato businoss, nnd especially to attend
to the anual examination of each member’s private
character, or rather conduct during tho past year.—
For (his purpose the chirk called the roll, as was (ho
custom, and in duo course Zeb’s name was called.—
‘Does any ono know aught against tho conduct of
brother Twitchell during (ho past year 7’ asked tho
bishop, who was tho presiding officer. After a
moment's silence, Zob’s travelling companion arose
from bis seal, and with a heavy heart, and grave,
demure countenance, said ho fell that lie had & duly
to’porform; ono (hat ho owed to God, to tho chnrcii,
and to himself 110 must, therefore, discharge It
fearlessly, iliough with trembling. Ho then related'
whal Zob had told him whilo passing tho tavern,
how ho had slept with (ho landlord's wife, ole. Tho
grave body of ministers was struck as with a
thunderbolt; although a few smiled, and glanced
first upon Zob and than upon the bishop, knowingly,
for they know bolter than tho others the character
of the accused. The bishop called up ‘ brdlhar T.’
and osked him what ho had to say in relation (o so
serious a charge. Zeb aroso and soy),' I did (ho
deed 1 never lie.' Then, pausing, willr , tfrt"'H , (frfiftl
seriousness, lie proceeded with slow and solemn dc
liberation—• There was one lillio circumstance,
however, connected with the affair, I did not name
to tho brother. It may not have much weight witli
(ho conference, but, although it may bo deemed of
trifling importance, I will stale it. When 1 slept
with tho landlord’s wife, as I told the brother, I kept
the tavern myself I* Tho long ond troubled counte
nances rota zed ; a litter followed, and iho next namo
on tho roll was called.”
Falsehood Punished,
Mr. W , ono of Oliver Cromwell’s domestic
chaplains, a sprightly man, and one of tho chief
wits of the court, was so ambitious as to make his
addresses to Oliver’s youngest daughter; the Indy
Frances. The young lady did not discourage
him ; but in so religious a court, this gallantry
could not bo carried on without being taken notice
of, Tho Protector, was told of it, and Was much
concerned thereat; ho ordered tho person who (old
him, to keep a strict look out, promising, if ho
could givo him any substantial proofs, ho should
bo well rewarded, and W—severely punished.
The spy followed his business so close, that in a
little lime ho dogged Jerry Wlpte(as ho was gen
erally called) to the lady’s chamber, and ran Im
modiatnlx (.Uu.lia.
they woro together, Oliver in a rage, hastened to
tho chamber, and going in hastily, found Jerry on
his knees, either kissing the lady’s, hand, or hav-
Ing just kissed it. Cromwell ina fury, asked what
was iho meaning of that posture beforo his daugh
ter.
While, with a groat deal of presence of mind,
said,—mny it please your highness, 1 have a long
time courted that young gentlewoman there, my
lady’s woman, and cannot prevail 5 1 was, there
fore, humbly praying her ladyship to intercede for
me.”
Tho Protector turning to the young woman,
said—
“ What'e tho moaning of this, hussy 1 why do
you refuse the honor Mr. White would do you 1—
Ho is my friend, and I expect you will treat him
as such.”
My lady’s woman, who desired nothing moro,
with a very low courtesy, replied r
“If Mr. White intended mo that honor, 1 shall
not bo against him.”
•‘Saycsl thou so, my lass?” cried Cromwell.
Call Goodwyn—this business shall bo done pres
ently, before 1 go out of the room,”
Mr. White had gono too far to go back—his
brother parson came, and Jerry and my lady’s wo
man wero married in (ho presence of tho Protector,
who gave hor firo hu'ndred'ndunds for her portion,
which, with the money she had saved beforo, made
Mr. While easy in his circumstances ; but ho was
very unhappy, as ho never loved his wife, nor she
him, though they lived together near fifty years
afterwards.
Admonish Kindi,y.—Wo must consult Ibo gentlest
manner and bo fleet Bcnsona of address, our advice
must not f«II like a violent etorm, hearing down and
making (heap to droop, whom it meant to cltoriih
and rolrcsh. It must descend as daw upon the ten
der herb, or like moiling flakes of enow ; Iho Bailor
it falls, tho longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it
sinks into tho mind. If there oro few who havo tho
discretion to convoy it in a proper vehicle, and can
qualify the harshness and bitterness of reproof,
against which corrupt natnro is apt to revolt, by an
nrlAal mixture of sweet ant] ogrccablo Ingredients,—
To probe the wound to tho with all (ho bold
ness and resolution of a gdod spiritual surgeon, and
with oil the delicacy of-a friend, requires a very dex
terous and masterly hand. An affable deportment
and a complacency of behavior will disarm tho most
obstinate, whereas, If Instead of calmly pointing out
thoir mistake, wo break out Into unseemly satire or
passion, wo cease to havo any influence.
A Good One.— At a dancing parly not a hundred
miles from here, one of (ho Beaux got a little corned.
Ho, of course fell himself as good as any body.—
Asking a lady who lives in Iho vicinity of a grist
mill' to danco, sho declined; whereupon ho instituted
a parley, remarking, " that if ho was not good
enough to danco with her, ho would come down to
tho mill and bo ground over.” . " Como down," said
tho tody, ll but yon will recollect that tho first process
In grinding will bo to run you through tho smut ma
chine”
mr Mr. T. F. Meagher replied to (ho com
mittee of the Now York councils, who waited on
him at tho Aster House, that ho cannot (ako part
in tho festivities of a public reception whilo Ids
companions remain in oxilo and his country re
mains In sorrow and subjection. When sho goes
forth like Miilam, with song nnd timbrel, to celo
brnlo her victory, ho too will lift up his head nnd
join in the hymn of freedom. " The feelings and
convictions which influenced my oaroor in Ireland,
havo undergone no chnngo. I desire to Imvo n
country which shall work out a fortune of horown
and depend no longer for snbalslanco on tho char
ily of other nations."
Famine in tiir Lumber Country. —Wo learn of
great Buffering from ilio want of provisions in tho
Fusion) part of Crawford,and in Warron counties—
(ho tong winter having exhausted almost ovory
spades of provisions. Not only broad and meat
had become exorbitantly high, but potatoes,.turnips,
beans, &0., wore scarcely to bo obtained at any prico
Tho scarcity of most also had completed (ho goner,
si destitution throughout tho lumber region to such
a dogrOo as to arrest operations among u groat part
of tho lumber men boforb hulfcomploting thir
Allentown Democrat,
Trite Social Dignity*
To be ashamed of thoir origin, !s just now, In
American society, the weakness of tho little minds
that compose it. Tho man who rides in his car
riage shrinks from the acknowledgement that the
money which enabled him to buy that carriage
was earned by his father, dollar by dollar, with
toil and patience, in a tan yard, behind tho coun
ter of a shoomaker’s or tailor’s shop, or by honest
industry in some other useful occupation below (so
called) (ho grade of tho merchant or professional
man; as if the man did not honor tho work, and
not the work tho man.
To such let Daniel Webster speak. Hear him:
” It did not happen to mo to be born in a log cab
in, but my elder brothers and sisters were born in
a log cabin, raised among tho snow drifts of Now
Hampshire, at.a period no. early that whoniho
smoko roso from Us radocMmnoy,and curled over
the frozen hills, them was no similar evidence of
a while man's habitation between it and the settle
ments on the rivers of Canada. Us remains still
exist— l make it an annual visit—l carry my chil
dren to it to loach (bom tho hardships endured by
tho generations (hat have gone beforo diem. I lovo
to dwell on tho tender recollections, tho kindred
ties, tho early affections, and the narrations and
incidents which mingle with all I know of this
primitive family abode. I weep to think thntnono
of those who inhabited it aro now among the liv
ing, and if ever 1 fail in affectionate veneration for
him who raised it against savage violence and do
slruclion, cherished all domestic virtues beneath
its roof, and through tho firo and blood of seven
years revolutionary war, shrunk from no toil, no
sacrifice, to servo his country, and raise his ohll
dren to a better condition than his own, may my
name and tho namo of my posterity bo blotted for
ever from the memory of mankind.”
And wo will add, that ho who is ashamed, of the
poor father and mother, whoso honest labor sup
ported him in childhood, ond whoso doily toil was
■taxed to givo him llier education by which ho -has
been to rise to a condition above Iho ono
they occupied, is unworthy to bo tho associate of
wise and good men. All such will despise him ;
and no matter how loftily ho may carry his head,
ho is nothing in the estimation of America's irua
nobleman.— Home Gazelle,
Doric Honrs*
There aro hours, dork hours, that mark tho history
of tho brightest year. For not a whole month in
any of tho millions of tho past, perhaps, has tho sun
shono brilliantly all tho time. And there has been
cold ond stormy days in ev’ery year. And yet (lie
mists and shadows of (lie darkest hours were disni.
paled, and flitted heedlessly away. The crudest of
the ice feltcrs havo been broken and dissolved, and
tho moat fbnous storm tosses its power to charm.
And what a parable ia all (his of human life—of
our insido world, whoro the heart works at Ids des
tined labors. Hero, too, wo have (ho overshadowing
of dark hours, and many a cold blast chills (hb heart
to its core. But what matter it? Man is born a
hero, and it is only by darkness (hat heroism gains
its greatest and best dcvolopcmcnts and illustration—
then it kindles (he black cloud into a blaze of glory,
and storm boars It moro rapidly to its destiny.—
Despair not then. Never give up; white one good
power is yours, use it. Disappointments will hn
•ciuua—(iionuytng laliirb may attend this effort
and that ono—but only bo honest, and struggle on
and it will work well.
Greek Literature,
Tho following letter was received at the Albany
post office ** several years ago.”
August the (wo, New Orleans, 1815.
My dear Morgary,
I comminced this leiher yisterday. If it don’t
come (0 baud, you may oonciudo that I’ve gono
to Mixico. Tell Barney Steward that his broth
er’s family is all dead inttrely, except the cow.—
I’d write you more but as'iherolsno means of
sending thip, I will jiet lot it go as it is.
Remember mo in your prayers, and also (0 oil
the Immits.
No moro at present, from your loving husband
ifalivo. Felix MeGraw. And if dead, God rest
his sowl.
P. S. If this lolhcr don’t roich you, you must
not wail for another, but write mo immediately,
and let mo know how you aro coming on.
N. B. I’ve concluded not to sind this ictiior af
ter all, so you can just answer it or not, as it plea
ses you. Givo my love to the childer. No more
at prisent.
Airs* Partington Again,
•Diseases is very various,’ said Mrs. Partington, as
she returned, from a street door conversation with
Dr. Bolus. ‘Tho Dr. (olfs mo (hat poor old Mrs.
Hazo has got two buckles on her lungs! It is
dreadful to think of, I declare. The diseases is so
various, ono way wo hoar of people's dying of her
mitage of tho lungs, another way of the brown
creatures; hero (hoy lull us of tho elementary canal
being out of order, and there about lunsors of the
throat; hero wo hoar of a neurology in tho head,
there of an embargo ; ono sido of us wo boar of men
being killed by getting a pound of lough beef in tho
sarcofogus, another kilts himself by discovering his
jocular vein. Tilings changes so, that I declare I
don't know haw to subscribe for any disease now a
days. Now names and now nostrils lakes the place
of tho old, and 1 might as well throw my old herb
bag away.*— Carpel Bag.
Patriotic Toasts.
From Hiq toasts drunk at a celebration of the
4th of July 1815, in Fairfield, Connecticut*, wo se
lect (ho following;
The day wc celebrate —May it bo perpetuated ns
tho ora of American Independence, until tho last
descendant of Adam shall sleep In the dust.
The People of the United Stales —May they rally
round the standard of liberty, and defend tho rights
of a freo and enlightened people.
March o t ftllud*
An honest farmer In the Slate of Pennsylvania,
married a Miss from a fashionable boarding school
for his second wife. Ho was struck dumb with
her oloqocnoo nnd gaped with wonderathts wife’s
learning. "You may,” said ho, "boro a hole through
the solid airth, and chuck into it n millstone, mid
she’ll 101 l you to a shaving how long tho stono
will bo goin* clean throw, Sho has larnt kiqiis
try and cooknoyolopy, and talks a heap about ox
hides nnd comical infinities. 1 used for to think
that it was air 1-suckod in every lime I expired,
howsomedotor, sho tolled mo that she knowod bet
tor—sho lolled mo that 1 had been suckin’ in two
kinds of gin! ox gin and high gin ! My stars !
I'm a teetotal temperance man, and yclhnvo boon
drinking ox gin and high gin all my life.”
A Good Name.—Always ho more solicitous to
Crosorvo your Innoconoo tlian ooncornod to provo it.
twill never do to sock a good namo oa a primary
object. Lika trying to bo graceful, tho effort to bo
popular will ipaka you oonlomliblu. Toko caro of
your spirit and conduct, and your reputation will
lake caro of Itself. Tho utmost that you aro called
to do as tho guardian of your reputation, Is to remove
injurious aspersions. Lot not your good bo evil
spoken of, and follow (ho highest examples in mild
and fcxphQiLodf.vlndioatlon. No reputation can.bo
pcrrnalTonl which does not spring from principle, and
no who would maintain a good character should bo
mainly solioitmis to maintain a good character void
of oflbnco towards God ami towards mail.
An Irishman being charged with stealing a wagon
'swore lie had it over since it was a wheelbarrow.
AT §2 00 PER ANNUM.
Effects of Night Air*
An error which exerts a most pernicious infltf*
cnco is the belief that tho night alt is Injurious——'
This opinion hinders (ho inlroduotion of ventilla
tion moro (ban all other errors together. -Now*
(here is not a particle of proof, nor have wo any
reason whatever, to believe thstthe atmosphere of
oxygen'and nitrogen undergoes change during the
night. But there are certain causes in operatibfr
at night which are known to exercise over ua an
injurious influence. Wo will investigate them to
see if closed doors, and windows wUI shut them
out or stop (heir operation.' ' • / “’ T ,
First, it is knolvn that there is a slight increase
of carbonic acid from plants daring the sight, but'
this poison is generated in a much larger quantity
from tho lungs of animals, and acoamulatea itfa
mcnaoty more In close rooms lhan in,the'Open air.
U Is therefore certain that nothing is"gained In this*
respect by refusing yctillallon. The next dICTer 1 -
cnco between night and day to be noticed.is, that
tho son tight exercises a most important influence
on plants and also on animals; but it is evident
that shutting oat fresh air will not restorehlfl
rays. . . , ,
Another fact Is. (hat all bodies, animate or fa*
animate, exposed nt night to the direct rays of a'
clear sky, radiate heal with great rapidity, ftnd !
their temperature is quickly nnd greatly reduced 5 :
and it is well known that it is dangerous to the
health of men for the temperature of their bodieri (o’
bo greatly and rapidly reduced. But persons sleep**
ing in a ventilated room, oven if the windowsaro
open, oro not exposed to the direct, rays of a defer
sky,(nnd the law does not apply to any other coo
bination of circumstances,) therefore,this frequent
source of injury to persons exposed does not reach
those in a sheltered house. As.to the Injury to be
fonred from n cold current of air, I would observe
(hat it is gross carelessness for any one to expose
himself to tills danger, night or day, whether the
house is ventilated or unvontiiated. 1 believe there*
is not known any other cause which canbesuppo
sed to produce any special injurioaseffeclathigm,-
and the least reflection will show that not any one
of those mentioned can hy any possibility injure a
person more In a ventilated than an unventilated
house. U thcreforo follows that lho objection o£
tho night air being Injurious is utterly futile.
The • pure atmosphere has nothing whatcveMo*
do with causing the death ol persons exposed* it?
night within the tropics, nor does it produce the'
cough of (ho consumptive and asthmatic, nor Ihfl*
languor and misery which the sick so frequently
experience.
‘1 heso and oilier sufferings experienced, mote'
particularly at night ore caused by carbonic sold',-
! absence of sunlight, rapid reduction of tempera'**
ture, Ihq air being saturated with moisture, &c.v
nnd not by that without which wo cannot live*
three minutes. It is absurd to suppose that fresh/
air supports our life and destroys oar health at
one and tho samo time. Tho. same thing
cannot possess tho utterly incompatible oharactep
ofgood and evil—of supporting life and destroying!
h.— Jlpplclon'a Mechanics' Magazine* - ... .
ExriuonniNAnv Advbkture.— One of the most
extraordinary ndventuroa ofa child which
hoard; occurred near Pawtucket, last week. Qh
Thursday, tho Ist Inst., a son of John Keenan, of
that place, aged only,three end n hall years, dis
appeared from his homo, nnd no tidings oonld be
obtained of him by his parents. On tho following,
day, bills were circulated soliciting information re
specting him. It was at length ascertained that a
child answering his desoripilon had boon seen in
an easterly direction from tho village, and an no.
livo search was immediately instituted for lho
missing boy. It appears that ho was scon by sot.
oral parsons, bat in ono instance only .under clr
comstancos that excited suspicion that howa»
lost, and in this instance tho person neglected tcy
toko olinrgo of him immediately, nnd when fol
lowed had disappeared in tho woods.
The course of iho child was followed in part bjr
iho information of thoso who had seen him, bat 1 '
mainly, wo understand, by his footprints' In*
the ploughed fields and muddy places. Ho was !
at length found on Saturday evening, at half-past
five o'clock, near the boundary line between oee
konk and Rchoboolh, five and a half miles In
a straight lino from his homo, and fifty-four and a
half hours after his disappearance, and fifiy-nlno
after ho alo his breakfast on the previous Thurs
day morning.
Ho left his homo baro-foofed and very thinly
clad, having nothing on but a thin calico dross and
apron, and thoso wore wot whon ho was found.-i
In (his condition ho hadwandcrcdoot to (he pfaev'
whoro ho was found, through ploughed fields’ and
woods, and across ditches and swamps. So far
as is known or believed, ho had not eaten a mouth
ful of food siuco (ho previous Thursday morning.
1 wo nights the little follow must hnvoslcpt intba
open air on the cold, damp ground, and they were
cold nights, 100, thoro being a frost on each, if our
memory Is correct, ills feet were badly lacerated
by stones, briars, Arc., and much swollen, bat he
appeared to bo otherwise in good cbndlllon.and Is
doing well. 11 is greatest anxiety on being foond
was to bo taken Jo his mother, for whom no'said .
ho had been looking. When asked if ho did not
sleep cold 1119 previous night, ho replied that ho
did.
. jf? o ,atlor P ftrl l *’° strange adventure of this
child was in and through on extensive swamp in
winch people have been lost, and whore some for-,
ty years ago, a woman, itnablo td find her way'
out, perished, and her body was not found'antll'
nino days afterwards; In this swamp Isa stream
of water five or six feet wldo and of eonshfereblo
depth, and the mud in its bod and on its banka la.
ao deep and soft it is difficult to cross U.BqUhl*
child did cross it I how, every one who has seen
Itia puzzled to conjecture. From Iho oppeatarieft
of his tracks in this swamp, it is supposed that he
wandered about therein several miles. He watf
found on the margin of the swamp, but, was sap.
posed to bo in it, and between ono and twp hun
dred men were engaged on Saturday in soarebioff.
for him. ‘
Wo question whether there Is another Instance '•
on record in which a child of ao tender years'bun
vived so much fatigue, privation and exposure. If
this little Keenan lives amt does not mako a lomih -
epccimcn of a man, his ago will *» hollo the prooj-i *
iso of tils spring.” v
A negro in Memphis, who, In an offray with it
white man, had his skull broke ant] about two ounces
of brains lot out, was bo disappointed at (ho favors- ■'
bio prospoct of Ilia recovery, Umt ho deliberately tore
o(T the bandage from his head, thrust his hand into;
llio Imperfectly hon/cd wound, and HtoraUy scraped
h/s own brains out. Of course ho did’nt flvo lomr
ullbrthat, soys (ho Appeal. *
A cJorgymon and Garrick, (ho tragedian ,wow -1
spending an ovoning together,and among other, topic#' i
of conversation, that of dolivory was Inlroduooi-* •
iho man of the pulpit asked Garrick', " Why,is M ’
you oro able to produco ao much more effect, with
tho recital of fictions, than wo do by tho delivery) of -1
tho.nasi important IrtUlia ?** Tho actor ropftd**-)
"My Lord, you spoak truths oa ifllioy were fictions; (
wo spoak fictions os if thoy woro'trutha.” . ~ ‘ •
“ Mn," said a liltlo girl to her mother, do
want to got married as much aa tho women do:”’ r*
“ Pshaw 1 what tiro you tnlklugahoul!”; •f.Whjr* J
tna, tho women who como hcrouro always lalkimr, , ,
about gutting married, the men don't do bo.'*-; .- t - t
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