i,u 'Ji 9 tm •B.rJßratloi*.. '•;• ■.
!,i. '. -
Dollar mid Fitly Cents,
,• : 1 ?ua advance,! a'woj.Ppitors tfpaid, within the
pI ri W oDii Two Dollars and Fifty. Cents, if not
‘ y kiifiWiti>ln the year.'lTlibse terms,Will.l)o ng
, W,“idliorodito in every Instance, H 0 suliscnp
'• iift'disobnllnuedllinill .all arrearages are paid
fflfe lit Wo option, dl tiioJEditof.
, by tlio cash,
4fria*hbt-BXc6caihg bne sqabroi' will be taaorted
{ tlirtto tlitaiWr.bno l)tilta'ivand I twonty>ftta cents
•rM'eftcbftddltionaliftaoillon. ; TJibao of a great.
.erdc)igthia ! l«‘°P or^on *. ‘ : .
• iVJon-PiUKfiNO-i^SnchiXlancl-bllls, Poating
•bills.-PiimpblotB,'Blanks, Lftbois, &c., &fc.,oxo
cjitad.wJtbiaccnraryiand at thoahorfest notice.
'SErSS
ra.VSWM rOtIT[CS'—IETTER FROM W)l
; b,reed,esii. ;
. Pmr.Aimr.rriiA.July 2G, 1 55. j
' ta 'iKi' Won'. A\ O. CuHiu, ClmrSmn 6f,,lhe
a "■ ~ ,
Dbak Km; lUs to resign my position ns a
' membir of the Slnto, Commute, and dosiro- to
'wnWllbft reasons wWob hayodod me to this com
clarion.. Xnm quite, aware that these motives
■ Vnnv have ho interest either to. my late collcn
' cues,onto the public, hut lam not lesssatisli
cil that .there (a something in cxislingi political
'relations calculated to.allcct personal character,
' and Jfhichadmonishes, every honorable man, to
bo pcrCootiy.,, ingenuous and,, unreserved .its to
Avhai’hVd Q es.,. in this communication I mean
’to ha'so, and I shall, bo.yery, glad, if I. am in
error on any matter .of fact, that you will cor
rect »»v 1,.,, i■ ■ " 1 ■ ■ • 1
I wns appointed a meMbenof the State Com-
by the Whig-Convention of ’54, which
Mr./Pu U ock: md Mr . Darsio. To
us w« confided-the'duty of promoting the suc
cess of that tickctinitsintcgrity—Mr. Daraic’s
fidcocifas much as Mr. Pollock’s. Wo wore
ibound in honor to do all wocould for both these
gentlemen, dud I can confidently assume that if
ahybrimanbemg, in or out of the Convention
ortho Committee, had hinted the idea that oivc
•oMhCsb candidates was. to bosacriflccd, it
•would have been met by a most indignant re
buke. : There was not even tin under current of
Intolerance Men. • These -were Whig nomina
tions, entrusted to the honor of a Whig Com
■jnltufc.il: -•'! :•' 1
5 .On receiving the intelligence of my
ment. I immediately wrote to the President of
the Convention; begging, for personal and’ offi
cial reasons* to be excused from serving. ’ Had
I dreamed of what has since occurred, my with
drawal would have been' peremptory, and I
should*havcibccni spared the mortification of
seeing.the party, with which I have neted for
thirty'years, endangered, if not destroyed, by
sinister and secret influences which I could not
control dud with which! might seem to be im-,
-ptojatedi .1 Yielding,'however. to the urgency oi
eld and kind friends, who seemed to think X
might rendersomo service, I consented to act.
-In one rcspect/ancl - but one, (iisido from the I
/pleasant pcruonal association we have bad,) am
-I glad I served. It enabled me, and in this my
•'Colleagftcs <tf the Committee and our candidates
cordially co-operated,’to aid in assuaging the
asperities of .political conflict, and so to direct
* the.:can,voBS i.that little or ho-personal-feeling '
utdnglud in it. - Sure l am that no word of per
sonal reproach or uhhindnesS to Gov. Bigler. or
4xny Individual member of the Democratic par
ly, emanated from’the State Committee. It
•Wib in this pariidular*!mQ9t,deporou3 coptcsl.
.-i'Uavlng, ' you ate
awanVmy; f«ll^Hftro^w/o\j^ , i a fid attended
.every meeting or the Committee, one of which
was held three hundred miles from my home.
\ ,You will excuse this i recapitulation. It is ■
necessary to the illustration of the painful, and
•in my! judgment, roost,'discreditable sequel to
what, was so propitiously begun. In the win
ter and spring of .’64; two incidents of public
Interest occurred, winch in my opinion were at
tended' with the wbrst consequences—the pas
.aage of. the Consolidation Bill, and the first elec
tion under it.'’ To consolidation, in. every form
in which it was presented, I am proud to say I
-always was, and yet am, resolutely opposed.—
The principle was wrong and delusive—the de
tails of - the measure, as has been abundantly,
.proved, were incongruous and imperfect—the
machinery rickety— : and the manner in which
it was forced -on, the public, no one venturing to
rcsistilho spurious sentiment that was stimu
lated, was most unfortunate. Its sad results
no one now questions.. The most sanguine en
thusiast of this great speculation can do no
more than hope for the very’ distant future.—
In the long run, (to use a favorite phraad.Vit
may succeed, but it will bo a very long run in
deed; ofsufiering and dishonor, and social dis
organization and imminent bankruptcy. Every
■one oflhcsC results ban in point of fact already
ensued.-., A huge municipality has been created
which thus, far cannot manage itself. Its Leg
'islaUiro.idja: mioiaturo Uarrisburg,' translated |
•to’Philadelpbia. ■ The treasury is bankrupt.—
-The credit ;of the community has been narrow-
Jy. far as the payment of mere funded
-intcrcMtJsloonccrnod*: but is prostrate in every
thing else. New loans nro familiarly talked of.
New CaxoParo inevitable,'and yet no uneven
■lures; to.propose them.' .Thesm I. affirm, to be
the conscnucnccq—the bitter arid'tho - natural
fruits of tnW consolidation scheme.
• in May rif Occurred the first clcc
tion'under lho'ncw system.' ■' *’ , , ,
It was at this election that, for thd first tune, |
trasilcvdopcd a new and most dangerous ele- ;
incut of political action,, vvlfich has been run-j
ning a short racd l t>f triumph ever since, but
which now, I am happy to believe, is near its
appropriate end. lof course refer to Know-
Nochingtsm or secret , Americanism. IXoiV f or
Where; or exactly when it originated, no one
.kh6ws~ad least, no one out of its Councils,and,
rauSjypct, hot Very many In thcm._ It .is bo
liercd ter have had a.very impure origin out of
this-state,’ and to have been transplanted hither
by 1 hands already stained with, h good many
black political spots, bankrupts In fortune and
charactlr, spirits congenial to any device df
fraud thfit.mlght, under n 'cloak bf. dccreay, be
•perpetrated with surety. Such I bellcvC to have
*Dcon;Us origin, though I am equally well satis-
Add that, much persona! respectability arid hdn
tst,*, though misdirected, sentiment has been In-
since. 1: No matter; howci/cr.'hovv-Or
wh’Oro'H 'boghri, llui dlstaso broke ,out with
great vmilchcd in this city in the^pring_0f,*51.
hundreds qml tiiousands of sturdy Whigs,vyho
hadb«ri'fighting open, Americanism all their
Vivos,'and as many nfcrco'DcmoCrats. rushed In
do these lodged— : wc'ro iiiltiatcd by some mock
ceremony,'and sworo that they would .never
veto or assist or aid mombe/s of bnc'OhhiUian
donominitldn—that’ they would proscribe every
naturalized’ citizen t swore, too, though nomi
nal Whigs or Democrats', that they wobld
break faith with ancient friends and abide by
• the decisions of secret lodges—swore further to
a,codc of dislngcnuousucsa which required them
to deny their 1 membership. Its' ihystery made
»t Attractive ahd soetped to .Many
a man who way kslmmbd publicly to preabii lii
tclcrariCC and proscription,’could do It safely In
a secret council room. > • This system pf denial,
and equivocation—a cardinal principle of Know-;
NotUlnglam— led to sonlo Vriatanoos of'porabnal
■degradation in this'fcity which £ do hot like to,
•tbrnkof. : i‘* d’t 1; , ;■ 1,11 '' V- ;
‘ iva's Viol long after this'election- When the’
7 §Wy of; triumph wnfi brightest, that the'; Whig’
.otlte Cbmmlttco,met for tlio first time iri this
.®hy* I ftiti Conlldont in, tlio belief tliat lit that
time this'pcorct party bdd no conStdora|)lo foot
hold.iu pur ,OommiUec. ,]£ have no idea of re
capitulating the acts or counsels,,bf the Com
pUtce.JtUcn prXhcreaftor, You will do me the
atiHjoo .to say, that from .first to lost,’ln every
*°rm and guise, T opposed all affiuity to tins
hew party, and I am glad to do you- tho justice,
that.you were equally decided nml .rosOlutc on
'bo fiamo side. 1 Wo worked together most liar
bwniously. Then, too; it was, that tho qfles-
BY JOIIN B. BRATTON,
VOL 42.
■1 ,
tion oftouf dutyito Gcorge ; Darsio wos ' donsid,-
ercd and discussed, rind Mien Vo were; dr seem
cddolbc; Unririimotfs, that it.was- a matter of
dutylandborior'lb.feupport him;- Tbri-frictf’is
now Confessed, Xrdgret tos&yrthtitgohic of oar
Committee, thus plcdgcd'in fairness and honor,
recognizingStho superior obligatlon'bf a-Know 7
'Nothing.oath, voted-for Mr. Mott] tho: Demo
cratic candidate, believing hiro to. belong to the
order, .; Thb same subject ofidi«cussiob arose at
our mreting.afc Pittsburg. With? the srinltf ap
parent'result,; though I have no’ doubt' tho,
scheme of sacrificing f Mr. Darsio waa/iri the
meantime matured.'. It certainly was : most sys
tematically perfected, and' thus oncof the ablest
and most upright public men in’tho- Common
wealth, who, in spite of his nativity and a few
ycats -of,'infancy in Protestant'Scotland, had
been a Pennsylvania : legislator -for ‘ nearly fif
teen years, was feaffrifleed at the bidding of'a,
I Becrefoath-bound 1 a°fiocla tion .composed, to 'a.
! lurga extent, 1 of indlvidiiala wbo openly claimed
communion with the’party they betrayed. ,
HoW little the Slate Committee, could do to
1 avert this ; discrcdit, j’fi’ti very well know.. The
secret Influence, was' around-,them, and, upon
them,, and within them, .and those who, like
myself and others, uvro, open and candid in
their.condemnation of,this scorcfuClion and or
ganization, wcrc.not fairly met or answered- —
The secret order was satisfied with rapid re
cruiting. Their oaths prevented discussion or
fair plriy. It was confidently alleged and as
sumed that Mr. Pollock himself , joined the or
der. Prom;bia own lips I- have It that; nt “the
time of his election, he was not. a member of
any party whose organization required hipi to
proscribe any portion of his fellow-citizens, rind
relying on that assurance. I continued iriy 1 ex
ertions, and voted for--hlm. 1 voted for the
Whig ticket at the fall election. I voted for
Mr. Tyson for Congress, after he obtained- the
Whig nomination, though I confess t was per-
by many rumors-that ho. too, bad Join
ed the order,'and taken the requisite oaths. ■ I
could not.pursuadc, myself, that'a; man. at his
time of life,'who had pronounced so many elab
orate discourses in favor of religious toleration,
ana who .venerated .with a faith so, sincere ond
professing, the name of Wm. Pcnn—tho friend
and favoritc'of EhglandVUomnh Catholic King
could not persuade mj ; sclf lhat'hc had 1 nb-,
jnfed the,principles of his’education, and sworn
to this new allegiance. .Had 1 lived in tho first
Congressional District, I should no doubt have
voted for Mr. Mbrrisifor there would,have need
ed much more than rumor to Convince me that
I he, the, ancient antagonist of Native Amcrican-
I ismj (whlcb' was rit least a manly 1 party.) had
retracted, and joined the Secret order. If these
, were errors.on; my part, they were errors on the 1
side oflidelity to my friends and party. . : “
After tlic mon th of September, ’54, the State'
CrimmiUc ricvcT met.' Gov. Pollock and Mr. i
Mott ! wcre ; clectcd,‘and those of u's who felt wo
wer£ cxcludcd>£ronttho new communion, had
scarcely jbo heart to rejoice—the means of tri
umph m being so unworthy—and
nothing to 1 coifsojri us but thb dim hope that
things might than ive feared:
, ,/In January, of: this year, tho new adminis
tration was inaugurated and tho new Legisla
ture met. Of the doings of that Legislature I
need riot speak, and especially of that scene~ of
intrigue,the canvass for U. S. - Senator. Though
there was a nominal Whig majority, the very
namoof-VVhig’was ignored. The,caucus was
one of "secret Americana” from which .Whig
Senators and Representatives,were excluded—
and-withio rind upon that caucus,; everything
being vejled by what was thought to bo safe
secrecy,The,influence of corruption, personal,
Eecuruary 'andapolitical, were thought To bo
rouglit to bear. Wliat better illustration, (I
now appeal to your own'observation,) could
there bo of the mischievous capabilities of this
'•secret organization than Gen. Cameron’s 'suc
cess in Tho "Atricrifiatf' caucus 1” X do riot
unite in the denunciation heaped on, that gen
tleman. I think—aside, of course, from rill
question of right and wrong—that his cpn
•suramaW'skill arid’capacity df accommodating
hiniself to an emergency .deserved better, suc
cess than bp attained. . He,fought his enemies
with their own . jveappps and beat them. If
they mined? bc’oburitcrmiricd.' ‘ If they plotted
and organized in secret lodges; he constituted
lodges df hia ownl or wont' into theirs; and beat
them even at mystery. Ift-tbcy renounced
past political fidelity; Whig or'Democratic, ho,!
without'iinyvfeflbrt, iccoiinccd too. If they i
swore eternal enmity -to Catholics and - natural
ized citizens, bb swore as hard as they. Jt was
with them all “Death to tho Homans,”—-Punic
antipathy and Punic friilh. I confess Ido not
sec how, any VKnow-Nothlng” can find fault
.with'Mr* Cameron. And this accounts, 1 in my
poor judgment; ifor* tho feeble result otThcsc
cession-which ( tbok place froriv'thc Senatorial
caucus. -iTho deserters crirriid -with them, as
I marks of •shame in’ Kn6w-Nothinff ;, eycs, Uie
fragments of their broken oaths,-oaths of fidel
ity to sdbrecy- 1 andi obedience* ’ 'They 'had'- 1 on
, their breasts tho I 'Scarlet and -thoy
could not get rid of.it* or hldO'itfOr disguise
it. And thus it ended?: I rim sorry to refer to
nil these matters, filled as they aro with paid
fill.memories, hut they are too: illustrative of
tho domination of -thiri secret arid dangorouß
party tq bo passed in eilcncc. i ’ J
During all this time,'thb State Coramittcb
was-not - called tbgothcr,'and If'U had been
could havo.dono little good. ' 1 Tho melancholy
fact had by tills limb dcvclopoddtsclf; that lout
ol tho thirteen, of wliiolf number tho Committee
consisted, seven it Was believed, had joined tho
secret order, some cheerfully and readily, and
from congeniality of feeling and opinion ; oth
ers’; I venture to say, reluctantly, blnabirigly,'
and under pn, overhearing necessi
ty. Whether hereafter, : whe,n the account for
lhi)36 to’ bb‘settled,“any dM-
I linctiori will bc madc botiVecri those Who rcadl-
I ly.and those who! Unwillingly bartered! away
I ancient polity opinions, ft to, pot, .for mo, to
I 1 ”’ UJat, during flilii
1 lous that oiir Committee should' mcct. if only
to enable some of uriito spoak out, and. to let on
organizeftibody jp Pennsylvania MriPr
of .striking t'ho first blow at t)ip secret party.—
The clebliohri in' New York arid Virgmiri, and
the tocAl spririg elections in -this city/ occurred
first, and gave the wound from which ' thb life
blood of. the conization is ~ flowing a«fy : —,
Nrilhmg could bo more creditable to tho naj}«?n
-ririoro. fatal tq, ; tho - gr,
.most contemporaneous.election of Senator. do*
Ward rind,Qpv, AyiaP. tjiQonp a norUicrn \Ylng.
the otlicV a southern .pcjqqcfat v pipn ,pf i>vulcly i
difiercut opinions, brit on..(.hiu. q\\toiv>n {
landing Braider do «toa% m doßmpo of t|.o
Constitution, fcligious, lii.orLy. nnd_ equality of
nblUiont.rights. It tyns proved ta.bo ; ,boypn|l
the 'pbwcf'or'nnysccrct conclave or Up mission
aries df mißobief, circotuaUy lo rally through
the Ibngth arid b|'cndtli of thojand tho scoict
rebels to the,’Constitution.
. On the 23d of July, ten rrionlha after wo sep
arated at Pittsburg, tho Committee met in tins
pity, and.then I determined, and you well know,
madqnbsecret of my resolution,-to briog.tlus
| mutterof Know-Nothingism before the .Com*
mittea, and ask ils aotion in the way of distinct
and cmpliatio Repudiation,felt it, my duty
as a matter of solf-respoct. 1 1 believed tuiit my
Philadelphia fellow citizens,wboni I immediate
ly represented, expected of mo,and I*think,,
, 7/ 1 , .
r _.- * t -
having tried Ibng to: [deserve- their confidence,
and having earned it, and being very ’proud of
it, I-ipropcflyibstimhtc public opinion on" this
;point.l, Jlcrc. in Philadelphia, this secret'par
ty drew its first breath and gained its first vib
tbfy Jfapd here,’iaPhnadolphitt,H has hiet its
first reverse and will breathe its last. • No one
canmistake its doming dboni.'
What occurred in the Committee you know.
To the’proposition to call a Whig Convention
I qhccrfiilly.assented, meaning, so soon as the
call WAS;detcrmincd on,' to ask'the Committee,
by a manly declaration of principle, to free tMt
Convention OD’its inception frOm Ih'o suspicion
which since this secret party has existed; has
hang round fcvery, political-body-that has met.
I therefore offered and asked tho Committee to
adopt ithCf following: brief! but" comprehensive
resolutions,every* word. 6T, .Which had been well
considered, and for .every word of Which V am
wllliugto'bQrrapdnsibld,: SI
~R esolvvd,\ By. the Whig Executive Copurnit
fco of the State bf, Pennsylvania, that an ad*
dress'bo issued by thlk. Committee calling tljo
Convention to m'oetat Harrisburg on ——and
asserting! thofollovving principles of action :
1. tho clearest and strongest
I form of t alt secret political associations as dm-,
moral , and unconstitutional. opposed, to 'the
principles' iof Our republican . form of .govern
ment, ‘and utterly subrersiveof • tho confidence j
which ought to subsist among political friends.
2. Condemnation especially of .that form of j
secret political association which 'proscribes
American citizens on occonnt of their religious ,
I opinions or their place of birth, this Committee
! and the Whig party recognizing |n its brpadcat
'sense, the constitutional principle that.every 1
! man has a right to worship God according .to |
the dictates of his own conscience, and that or-,
ganized political proscription on account of re-1
ligious belief would bean interference with that
right. , , . • j
3. Disavowal by this Committee collectively |
1 and individually of any connexion with or sym- ;
I pathy with nay'such secret political organiza
tion. . i , K \
4. Thc.asScrtion of,the' feeling common tp |
cvcr^ ! Whig of PcnhSylvamaVundlo very many
of other organizations, that the Nebraska and
•Kansas measures of the last Congress;, the übro
gallon of the Missouri compromise line, and,
as a part of the same system,, the lawless. and |
violent' conduct of individuals since in' Kansas,
especially are abhorrent tothe people of the
North, and ought to bo redressed. , I
5. That these measures were a wanton re
newal of flection agitation, for which in nn sense
are the Whigs of the North, and especially the
Whigs of Pennsylvania, responsible. ;
■ C.' That the restoration olthc Missdnn com
promise liho ought to bc demanded and insisted
on ofc a matter of right, ' ' ~ 1
7., Thorcasscrtion of tho Whigprinciples—
the'value of •\yliich'cvcry ; bour Is conflrmitig
of protection' in some form to American indus
try, and;'especially'to the staple interests of
Pennsylvania into existence—
thc'Pollcy of perKHTaiid neutrality on
of tno general gwcilnrnent, and resolute absti
nence from all schemes of foreign aggrandise
ment and.sympalby or affinity to foreign ' poli
tics. *vr*- ‘ ; : ; ■
, Thcso rpsolutiorto, after, a free discussion,
were laid on thb table, ray own vote being the,
| only one recorded in their favor; and yet I
hope I may be permitted to say there were few
of the Committee whodidnot, in their hearts
and consciences, agree to every word in them.
It js due to my colleagues to add, that spmo of
them put their votes on the resolutions strictly
oq.tbc ground of inexpediency and a doubt os
to the powers of the Committee. With tliem,
however, readily united those others of our
who arc not ashamed to avow that
they.arc Know-Notljings, and, as such, under
a paramount if not exclusive allegiance.
faring that discussion one .of these gentle*
men; Assyria will recollect, said with. emphasis,
without‘a wordleading to it,' that if these reso
lutions nasssed'he Mibuld resign. Till thcn.no
word which, ,by any possibility,could bo con
strued imoa threat, ha<) been whispered—cer
tainly notbytne. But the feeling and resolu
tion were all along cherished . that, if, after all
that had Occurred, the sacrifice of, Mr. Daraie.
trip discredit of last winter at Harrisburg, the
insolprit nbindoument of the very name .of the
Whig party;' and. above all,, tbb prevalent sus
picion thiit afltatcd everyone, these resolutions,
or something like’ tliem, were not passed, my
duty os a gentleman wps vcrv clear, to vacate,
as XriOwdO, my'pbsition.' Il ls a resolution,']
assure j/qu; not lighter foiled or whichcan be
j
The rpsolutions.ftfilrnKxl this secret organi
zation,'With its proscriptive and evasive oaths,
to bb' not ohly uncohstiliitiotial t but immoral!
I delibe'ralcly rcilcrOto tlmt opiiilon, bo its val
ue what ft 'onothcr
grave these combinations arid
IhfeSccxtrri Judicial oaths are not strictly un.*
| lawful.,, It is a very safe kind of
cisy whcri no penalties’ of perjury
arc risked; X am, by education principle.,
ojipo&d to all baths jrfiaving bwn |
1 taught of the greatest .
J\nnsylvanla r pycr' produced—one. (pb, wfiosc I
memory I most nlTuClidnately riourish, that lhc
administering pr the pronouncing of any oath,
Except bV Authority of law,is ah oftcnce ngninsj
the law. 1 Thtfbitrimplo of this secret,
I making them ftat-fully’common—this 'taking in
I vain the Almighty’s name—‘.‘this num 'swpar
lift'Hoi requiredb/ the rnftgistrato”,which the.
Wlsdoiri'oi more tjiau oiioj IVotcslant, church
condemns. ( .I Ath, free to Say that ,oaths of ex
culpation Ai;6 nearly as repugnant as oaths of;
Initiation and proscription., ~ ,„
' 'Aside, I repeat, from all question of la>\% the
whole’secret organization ia immoral, arid.de
gi'adlngly so ih thi^,'thiit itpxactfl evasion,-and
sometimes denial of truth,* If it docs not now,
11‘ccVtriirily did s 6 ondb, Iriits prjm«pf ( youth ,
ond'ririao of'Vlbtbrr.' Thb obligation pneewas,
aad.l feal* id ypt, to'Ovadri ( tno confession of,
mbmlwrßh(p : lf I possiblp,.and'if not, expressly
to deny it i arid ! have'myself seen inplaridcs of
‘lhid'acgradlrig',.prevarication which niako.lho
rise of the word tqU gentle..
' Jl Ono ; oihci' Syoi-d and X, have doiio. I shall
look with'deep ’interest to the’ constitutipn aml
action of the convention whiph ip dunhnoned to
.mbet at inSelitelpbcr.’ I trust its'
actiori'miiy V thefcijtirioiation’ or
1 pririciplo—cniicilfdtdrV ’ to ‘ tbosri wh6 ilgrvo in
I principle—and Urtriuni.VdAN i ' in'evyry.'ficriso—
'.arid mosthi this,’thatno Triiisper.shall bo
' dltcmTi nointiniritiou 'givirii, fhlvt can hb con-'
stniqd irttp ah iritcrferencohrith' RwiglpUa LiU
■ crly, which. tho.CohaUlhtlbn,or with
1 social or political righto, jvliioh the Constitution
, . ’
1 ' lain, very rospobtfrilly yours,
W ILIA AM B. RKED.
Selt Ukuanok.’ —Thoro'ira tlmo In ovory
man’s education wjion ho arrives at tho conclu
sion that onvy is Ignorance; that Imitation la
suictdO) thnl ho innst tnko himself for hotter, for
wojmu* hjs portion j ; tbat though thowldo utd
no la fujl of good, no kernel, of porn cauoomo
)m but throdfchhla toll bestowed on that plot
of ground which la givpuhlm to till; ?hqpowi
or which resides In him Is now In nature,ami
noho hut ho knows whot that is which ho con
do, nor does ho know until ho Is tried! Not fpr
nothing ono face, Oho character, ono fact makes
an Impression on him, and oil another none. ■,
:iih S
I . "* j.' V- •( '
“ oim country—mAt it 'H^Ats'^B^Rlpirr— eot right on wrong, oun cooN-rur,".
AUGUST 93, 1855,
I o* ; Thc has, in its last num
ber pome a subject that
48'ntj prc^pi,ftUr^li t nka,gqqd deal o( public
attention^.>T^ °f .party polices
: intopulpils isso meet with general,
if not univcml/-roproTmtion, that merely to
bring t)iq ( lp atppjfllie p tppl c, ’ > in to give
i a IVe subjoin, the
: artfclofrprp tho.pj>y‘/ajt : - *.< ;■
: ~- V .^ollfltd^crgyincn.-
. The conduct and beating of Ministers of the
Gospel as to * bring, no see If or
jest on.thcif sacred ,pf]Bco. , AY lien they descend
from ' tho riulpft’s 'ijrupi llicmc~-lhc cross—to
engage in' arid abuse so com
mon to poliUciafik/t&dyAshbwi themselves un
worthy the pause-' And well would
it bo for all if it were
purged bf tbcSd so-polled “pardons,’’ "Winning
soQis’to'CliristnhutcafTiislly laboring in tho
.cause Of hum&niredetopUpn should engage the
whole c]«Eytacn A but many ap
pear to atnj f at a procure for
thfcni the gi|catcH\ hraoubt .’pf notoriety. To
throw all their VnAncncP in' faybt o! those re
forms which will ;bcncflfcmankind is a duty, as
it is of' us.aH; buVmfcnytpf Ahem have done
,mucb to,crcate.jirCjadicoyagainst reforms by
mistaken fecal i cndciiformg,' to force opinions
and measures which'rCipjjtc lime for develop
ment.' But wb more particularly allude to pol
itical preachers, 'than zealots., There
can be no excuse fot<asspciating the Utile party
Vplcstions wblCh.Hbve on tho cause
of morality- with thb religion which is to save
men’s souls. 1 ; Vlfmen'' >nUV aspire to political
station, and meddle ,m. aUj .the exciting local
and state views of the day*fet them, throw aside
their sacred robes,,ai)d appear as pprlizansmnd
not cast a shade’’ cause by their
connection with they would
embellish their High calltlj^tihdleave footprints
to guide the weary to rest, let them
shun tho political in the sphere
whlch tbeDivinb-Moster'cMA matkcd out for
Iberft, and a vicldry-'and'daurcls -awaU them,
far brighter - tha!n Can brprl be gained'from this
world. I '* ' •’ b..'.yV/i* 1
.'I I'
• John 'Bandqlph’rj'ReHgion.
■. Benton, inch’s, ‘>Tbh;tyj;Voara*' View," ,in
speaking of the once'distinguished John Run-. \
dolpli, ; of wUlh tyliom he’was ontcrins -
ofgj^t'intimncy!andlcpnftdcncc t gives us the
tallowing insight; into the religious character of
Mr. Randolph: l ' s (v’ *
' “lie had religious impressions, and a vein of
piety which showed itself more in private than
m' external habitual in
his reverentiol regard foKihe divinity of our re
ligion: one. of bis beautiful expressions was,
1 that “If ffomarihadjost us Paradise she had
gained 1 us Heaven." .Tho %v Bible and Shahs-'
pcarc were; in' his Idtteh’ycars, his constant
companions—travclling'witfi him on the road
with' him'ift.thp chamber. The
. hmf.''{ln thfit lastvlfelt to Wash
ington, after! his return (rom-tho Russian mis?
Sion,'nud w'hcit' lio in full view of death,)
*' I heard him read the chapter In the Revelations
(of the opening 6f the Reals) With such power
and beauty of voice and delivery, and such
depth of pathos! that'lTclt as I had never heard
the chapter read before. When be had got to
theend of the sixth seal, ho.stopped the rcad
ipg, laid th« boob (open at the place,) on his
breast, as he lay on his bed, ana began a dis
course upon the beauty and sublimity of the
Scriptural.wnlings, compared, to which he con
sidered all human compositions vain and emp
ty. Going over the images presented by the
opening of the seals, he averred that their sub
limity—that no human power'could take the
same aWe dnd terror,.and ‘ pinkoursclvcs into
such 1 nothingness. in the presence of the, “ wrath
1 of the Lamlr ’ —that he wanted no ptoof of their;
divine origin but the sublitnq feelings’ which
’ they inspired." '' , . . , . ’
Truk as Paeaciiino.— The‘Harrisburg Ta
triot~by-tho-tyny one 61 the best 'Democratic
papers in the State—in speaking of the dishon
esty and .rccklcna extravagance pf the Know-
Nothings when in power, conclude its rctnarUs
thus:. . ~-.i
If ever a fact was,demonstrated -beyond the
possibility of doubt, it has been the K. N.
party is utterly unfit to govern anything or
anybody. Since fanatacism and bigotry .placed
that party in power in Pennsylvania; the Com
monwfcaUniias had an incubus about Ifcr'ncck
which has been dragging hcr down. down lb
the deepest depth' 3 of degradation-* Every act
of that party , has been an'error, and every
principle it his attempted'to carrjy but hhs
bein aS dangerous to society as tub Upas'lron
ofjlomco,:,! o,’ho, people : aro .beginning' to see
these facts,, and a fmv. months, more will Kryo
(o convince tho.lcadcrs of that party that they:
have bccn : '‘weighed in the balance and found.
wanting.”! l ' '
, . ANOTnEtt ; I?Kp3ibK.—Thu Albany Atlas, re
ferring ta the' last, Know-Nothing calumny,
saya: ; ..
Tho story was first given out In a different
shape. It was said that Gen. Scott, thro’ Ins
personal friends, pledged Archbishop Hughe,s
a sent for a Catholic in the cabinet { but that
the Picroo democrats bid higher, ottering-an
additional ottlco of.-patronage (the (Ihjtriot.at
torneyship of N. Y.), Gen. Scott denied under
his signature any part m such on intreguo.
: Mr. Campbell was appointed : Postmaster
floucral by Pierce just ns. no had been nominat
ed for jtufgo in Pennsylvania by the-Statecon
vention of the democracy. No ode dogbtal hia
capacity. Indeed, in tlibadministiation Of the
omco ho boa exhibited thu highest talents and
energy; and neither the President nor the Mate
[convention deemed n man’s creed adiaquahttca
tion for oflico. ” < m ,i - ui
> Jusr So.—Jolm Bradford, ft Purscr 'ln tho
U l . 3. Navy, 1 who has been cruising three years
■oh'the cookt'of Africa,'says tho statements to
iho disfavor, 1 bf 'circulated by ultra
■RbdlitiOttifitß, is untrue in a giinchil soiiso. ( Ho
Witcd ! : ’■ '' ■' , _ ’‘
' The geographical position of When* is mvor
aUlo’alilco. tocorriincroo andngricalturo, embra
cing flter four; hundred miles of poast, and, con^
taining a population estimated to exceed two
hundred thousand. It Is well watered, wood
ed, and luxuriantly fertile.. It is pleasant to
observe, in various parts of tins largo territory,
the comfortablu homesteads of former slaves of
tbo South, now converted into thrifty, Inde
pendent,freeholders of tho African Common
wealth. . f
• I DST TJiq s|ic dogreos of orlnio oro thus
cd i Ho who steals a million Is only atlmtnotac*
Who steals a half million Is only a (lofa, l 1 „
Who steals a quarter of n million U a
Wllo steals a hundred thousand's a r< s u . o ’.
Who steals fifty thousand la ftkiwo. mt hj
Who steals, a pair of hoots or a loaf of. broad w J
scoundrel of tho deepest djd, and deserves to.
ho lynched*
./.I Vl'T.ui
1;-
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•jMiml
The VJUIo and Shoes.
HT DGN’JASUN K. MITCHELL.
A Utile frock hut slightly worn,
Of blbc find A-hite dcluin,
With edging round the neck and sleeves,
Lay folded neat and plain ;
ticsido a little pair of shoes,
With hero and there a Haw;
Lay hall concealed among the things
In mother’s’ bureau draw!
Summer had passed away from earth
With all her sweetest lies,
The Birds had left (heir summer haunts,
For more congenial skies?
The twilight bnl97.es sweetly played
Among the clows of oven —.
An angel left his homo on high,
To gather flowers lor heaven !
The angel near and nearer camo,
Whcra aistot sick did lib;
• Then gently .fann’d her faded cheek,
And pointed to the sky!
Tho ihbrning shone upon tho bod,
' Tlito autumn wind blew tree,
The (ingel moved its silvery wings,
And whispered “‘colmnvilli.me!”
Wo gathered round her dying bed
With hearts to weep and pray,
And many woro tho tears wo shed,
When sister went away I
No hitter tears had she to weep,
No sin to ho forgiven,
• But closed her little eyes in sloop,
To opeu them iu heaven.
Wo laid her in tho earth’s green breast,
Down by the village green,
Where gently weeps IJie dewy grass,
And summer flowers are seen;
And often when dear mother goes
To got her things to uso,
T sob her drop a silent tear
On Bister’s frock and shoos. *
Hisallaumis,
TDK IDLE CDILDBM*
Thera were once three children, who instead
of going to school, ns they should have done,
Stood loitering rtb'out grumbling that learning
wnaituch a stupid tiling.
« XjcVb sot.ojl.to thy.wood, and play with the
tllb dnlmais‘,(hcTp—they nyvcr go to school.’
« Wo aro very sorry, but really wo’vu jnsl
now no tlmo,” replied tb6 animals.
The beetle hummed,: - “That would bo fine if
wo wcro'to'ldle with you children 51 must build
a frcslfbrldgo hf-grisij'thi oTd : dnels not safe.
T)iO children crept soil past tho ant-bIU, anti
as for tho bee,they ran away from hoc as though
site had been a venomovja beast.
Tho Httlo mouse cried in a shrill little voice,
“ I’m gathering up corn and seeds to» tho win-
ter.” • t .
“And I,” said tho little.white dove,, “am
carrying.dry siiclta for rty nest.” 1
Tho ■ haw oW"Hb‘daC(f'tt>'' caUH
play with .you for, the.>Y hole world,” said ho,
“ I’ve got such d dirty face, and must,and wash
It.”. • * ■ ;
The little; strawberry blossolh/said, “I must
make upo of this tlz|o day, and rimm, my .fruit,
that jt ihay boready when tho old beggar mat
cohiosfo loot for it.”- ' 1 *
Then caiuo the young cook strutting through
tho wood.' “ pear monsieur Chanticleer, you
purely have nothing to do ; you can como and
play o while with us.”
“Pardon,” cried Jio, with groatgravity,’“l’Ve
noble guests at my bouse to-day, and have to
set out a feast for thom,”'and bowing ycry stiH
ly nwny ho wont. ■ ‘ ,
Then the children accosted tho lUtlo slrcart
that was running along so .merrily.
“ Do, dear.llttlo atruam come and play w:
us.” , , ,
But the stream ■ ashed, qulto aalonltthuu
“IVhat do you mean children 1 Yes, indeed! 1
Aon’l know what to do, I am ao very busy, and
yet you asTc mo to play with you! I can't atop
either night or day.. Hon, beasts, gardena,
woods, meadows, vulloyq, mountains, Helds, 1
must gbrd thorn all water to drink and wash all
the dishes and clothes besides! I turn-tho mill,
saw planks, spin wool, carry along boats u||tm
mv back, pul out flro.aml much beside. I atop
and play with Idle children, Indeed!” Arid
away tho stream flowed ns fast ns over U could.
Tho children was growingqulto disheartened,
I and thought they must give up all hope of find,
in-r play-fbllowd In the woods, when they saw n
finch silting npon>n branch, singing and calirig
-by turn?. They called out to him their invlta-
Stars and g-xrtnrs!” exclaimed tho (Inch, i
crfeatly surprised, “can I belibvo my ears 1 I
! You children scorn,to ho ui\der groat mistake.,
' I’vo no ttmo to play,, not l! llci’O I’ve been
I chasing flies nil day, nhd now my J-ohng ones
! \ynut me. toeing them to sleep. I ; m singing to,
I them tho praise of labor. : Ilow qan you, think
ko baldly of mo 7 Now', you turn hack again
lazy children; nlid Ibm’t disturb tho Industrious
folks In tho ’
Tints.taught by tbo animals, turn
ed hAck (b school very willingly, Uncling that
T>luy is not alone tlio reward of IndhStry'tmd
work, *
How They Read Newspapers.
IMa a proof of tho grout variety of hum in
dcvolopcmoDt to notice persons reading a news-
I ntelHguncii'find glances |U lira
telegraph. tlrail ut lira editorial, llran Ira Boos
Into thu correspondence.
, Mr. Sharper opens with stocks /mil jpaikets,
nml oiula with, lira adverlUemuiils fof w»»l»,
llran looks
jl'fiii" Si 1 «t ill. «***.
Mirrolloua is ourioun to sen lira list of nc
ntdents. murders and tlio Rko. , . .
Undo Nod binds up a IbiplJ thing, and ,all S l “
W Midi'taa*Qo߻iplurns to lira local department
f„tlrar tlmifdor, mid having oplalimd that,
over lira dunlin, raid llran over lira "rank kun ,
for fliivs who. one a about as, had as tyo otlwr.
* feVoUHehm dlßkea into (lip l * T*
(lorn Hint Into U> u editorial, ending with lira
" l O°ur mrawy d frlra«i la ongor lor.i» nioo W
Kltloulidm lira editor, or some kind com!«|rand
-2„l°“ Af(“r LdyalnV lira rlluinvlo, 'grammar
and 10810 df (Ira pfodnolloiii l|o taws a onro o»a
clmiotTiil lira nun's dopiivhirant, ni|d llran taken
l lolilb Crook, porlbptly.BfUlaflud.
Tlio ploiuoro noliklir ox-nliitnus lira priipwmtdoa
of lira public ontortalunliliita, andiduoldokiybldl
lylll ndord him lira groidoal aiuouul of omuso.
""tilo lulioror aonrdioa mnong lira ivniils for a
botlofopbiiing 111 Ida bnUinoas, anil—but enough,
mi ovtonaion -pf tho Hat la usolosa. llioro is
aa .much dfflbyenco, In readers oa in—any
tho worst la yet to come. If J>mU •
not tin d ft column °r more ol hla peculiar UWpSi
tho odUoc has of q«?urBo boon lazy, ami la iin
worthy of patronage. Oh, who wotildn tho an
editor I 1 1
KT* Quirk says lawyers would ntako splen
did dragoons—they arc awlhl ou a charge.
AT $2,00 PER 4NNOI
NO. 11.
SUPPORTS FOR URUTiMSO RODS,
Nearly all the directions that occasionally ap
pear for tho erection of lightning rods, luqniic
that n glass Insulating ring ho placed around the
rod at each point of sttppoil, to pr event Hie
electric fluid (root passing lo the Imilding.—
Most of the rods we have seen have this contri
vance carefully attached to them, ami in most
instances the ring was placed Inside a hole
through an iron rod or holt, the oilier cud of
which entered the limbers of the building.
Now, there arc but two objections to this con
trivance, namely, that first, It is of no use; and
loqondly, it misleads to security by causing
icglect of other precautions—all tor lire follow-
ing reasons:
1. Thedbturlco insulated is too small lo he
of any practical «UUly, f«V very small charges
of the fluid" su.ch for instance as may he obtain
ed every successive second from any good elec
tric machine, will leap through the air a greater
distance tliup that from the rod lo the iron sup
port; consequently iu the tycavy explosions fi-oiii
tho clouds, it would be perfectly InofllcriclouS.
2. Thu glass by becoming wot, as it certainly
would iu any thundor storm, would immediate
ly become a conductor, and if useful at any
other time, would now lobe all its valuable pro.
perty.
8. The nearness of the rod to the Iron sup
port, would tend to turn the fluid into the build
ing, If the communication to the earth below
should happen to bo imperfect, or If the explo.
slon were too large to bo easily carried down by
the rod.
A much hotter plan Is to make supports of
wood, which may he of plank or small scantling,
with a hole hored through one end for the pas
sage of (he rod, the other to bo screwed, nailed,
or mortised into the building, so as to hold (he
rod off at least one foot distance from the outer
side or wall. If the rod is sharp at the upper
end, high enough nlmvo the roof, continuous
throughout, and enters the earth several feet
(ftt least 0 or 7,) so as to roach permanently
moist earth, no danger can ever arise, because
the electric fluid always bike fhe beat conductor,
and as iron conducts almost infinitely better
than seasoned wood, and the rod is held by it
at somo'distanccfrom Hus building, the discharge
would pass instantly into the moist subsoil and
ho ns instantaneously dissipated through the:
earth. Baked wood is nearly ns good anon
conductor ns glass; and nhen afoot in lengtl
and compared with glass, of only half an inch,
would Insulate incomparably the beat. Even
electrician Is aware that tho heaviest discharge
trom a Leyden jar may pass safely through u
metal rod hold In (lie bare band, provided llu*
communication la complete ot each end of the
rod—which being so much o bettor conductor
than tho hand, none of the fluid passes Into the 1
latter, fn the same tyay, a good lightning rod,
high above tho building, and entering the earth I
deeply, will carry down b heavy ■ discharge ,1
through even thoroughly moistened supports,
without any tendency to pass lnto tho building.
An Interesting probf of this fact 1 occdhcd I
Isomo years ago, at’a house formerly occupied
by the writer. Tho rod, an inch in dlamtcr,
■was a single silvered point at the top, and en
tered tho earth six feet, into a bod of charcoal
deposited there. During n aovero thunderstorm
an explosion occurred to wjdch the discharge ol
a cannon seemed as a mere pop-gun,.and the!
building trembled to Us foundations; It'was
1 however-found c to bo unirduTCds'but lho next
• day tho polnt’of tho rod with Its top oi silver,
» was found molted Into ft b*Jl, nearly as largo as
‘ a riflo bollotf This rod was field aboutonelbol
t from (ho clapboarding by mantis pf wooden sop
i porters, painted jlko tlio, rest of thy house; and
■ but fdr Its protection, in carrying down,.as It
evidently dfa, a tremendous dfschargtf of light* I
nlng, tho dwclllng'would.probably have been
shlverod’to fragraon(a.-»-(7ottn/rj/ Gentleman. J
Silent Influence.
It Is I ho bubbling spring (hat flows genii)', the
little rivulet that glides through the meadows—
which runs aloitg day-and night, by the fartn
houao that is useful, rather than the swollen
flood, or .warring cataract. Niagara excites onr
wonder, and Wo stand amazed at thO'powor and
greatness of God, os ho •< poors It ft*om bis hol
low hand.” But one Niagara U enough for tho
continent or the world, hut tnc same world re
quires thousands and tens of thousands of Silver
fountains and gently flowing rivulets, that water
every fanu on(\ meadow, ami every garden; and;
(hat shall flow on every day ami night, with
tholr gontlo quiet beauty. So with tho nets of
our lives. It is not by 'great deodarbholbose
of tho martyrs, that good is to bo done s it is by
the daily quiet virtues of Ufa —U>° Christian
temper, tho meek forbearance, tho spirit of for
giveness to tho husband, the wife, tile father,
(he, brother, the sister, tho friend, tho neighbor,
that good js to bo dune.
A Shtc’wd Parson.
Many doubtless remember tho stylo which ob
tained among ladies, some years since, nf pdh.
ering their hair together and piling it in « sla.
denary mound oii'tiiotfpper portion of the bead
by tlic aid of sundry l(ttloqtod instnunents,.un
known to nfl dejected and miserable bachelors
to'Bfiy. knowil 6hlf by common report.
iVhilo this fashion wos in rogue unorthodox
clergyman ot a,certain village, regarding it na
an abominatioji, was determined to use ills in.
Aliened against it, nnd ««preach U down.*’ Ac
cordingly, On Sunday morning, he mounted tho
pulpit, nml< gave as. hlatoxt, “iTop* m ?k come
down 1” There was a good deal of pUmng nnd
bobbing of “top-knots.” and, In short, the con
gregation were much hoxcrfcUcd” because the
worthy pastor had preached from a text not to
ho fepml in the scriplurca. On Tuesday they
called him up hoforo n convocation of tho saints
for the purpose -of making a formal charge
against, him, #»d dismissing him,lrom his c«ro.
Ibo chat go was made, nnUJm wan asked i« rho
had ought to say in reply. Ho nfllilly remnfki'd
that tlio (oat was fo ho found in Ms Bible, hut
that nuv HU.lo would do, and that If (hoy would
hand him one ho would point out the locale,
and rdud it to (hem.* A Bible was given him
ahd lie turned slowly to tho place, and road »
it And lot that nun who is upon the house
fop noi rptne down f” A veto of adjournment
was immediately passed.
RECRUITING.
Tho lalo Chancellor Kent was one of those
men whose innate dignity enabled him to take
in good part familiarity —tho result of ignor
ance ami accident, lie wan exceedingly fond
of martial music, and hearing Ino drums or a
recruiting party who had taken' a station at the
corner of tjio fctrwt beat a point of waft : ho
walked out. to listen to.’it nearer. .Insensibly
ho was whistling the burden of tho tiinc, n lien
tho mati of war accosted him thus: !
“Yoii aro food of'such muslo, then, my* lino
rfellow I” ’..r.!; ■ ■
'••Yes,” was the reply. , •. !
•‘Well, then,” said Sergeant Klft, “why rtbtt
loin us ? Good quarters—good-bounty—largo
bounty! Besides orfr Captain la.'a glorious
fellow* Why don’t you, now t Youcan’t do
better." ■ .. ~ •
“Well,” said the Chancellor, “I nave one
pretty strong objection,”
“ What is It 1” asked tho Sergeant.
"Why, just now I bopped to have a better
.trade.”. • * . ...
“ What trade id It 1” said tho inquisitor.
“Tam Chancellor of tho State of New York.
m Whbw!” mattered tho Sergeant; .• "btrtM
upl—ouiclctime!—forward, march.
P Oir tramped tho military
, Ink behind him, leaving the thaftcUJor 10
joy his laugh at the adventure-
The’ lost fnsc of jjodcsiy on Police. Doc/tel,
Daniel Meredith, in a soiled coat that might
have been onco;- jvas _ desired, tp
plead 16 the charge of intoxication; ’
‘lndeed, air,’ said Daniel, ‘l am overwhelmed
—struck all of'a heap, as tlic saying is. You
see this crimson RuUsion on my, countenance—
(Mr. Meredith's countenance was snlluScd, but
whclhor.with ingenious shame orbld-ITolland,
we can't pretend to say;) that sufiusion, sir*
tclirt more plainly than worth? can speak, the
distress ami anguish of mind I feel at being
1 nrraigod for the low, execrable, detestable vice
|of drunkenness. Sir, my cars tingle with' the
word ; I fed my checks scorched by thedomna*
blc consciousness of my offence. Oh! in pity
allow me hide my face ft mp. this wcapcc table
assembly. and especially from your lienor,who,
being a perfect model of sobriety yonrSclf, can*
not bo supposed to have any sympathy for tho
weakness of others. My modesty, sir, is shock
ed beyond nil Healing remedies. Whore shall I
hide V contimicd Mr; M., glancing wildly' over
the lloor of the office; os if in search of an auger
hole,
I' 4
am glad (b dee’yod so .sensible of your
said his Honor, ‘aneVT-have strong hopes
lat a man who experiences such a humiliating
sense his gnilt, will not bo .likely to err, again
in the same manner. ‘ You arc discharged,-Mr.
Meredith ; go and take better care of yourself.*
‘That was spoken liko .yohr* Honor. Yourt
is that most exalted kind of ’virtue .that can
overlook the misteps of an erring,. frail, follow
creature. .Sir, there is,one thing more, if I
might dare to speak.’ : ' JI
‘Oo on, Mr. Meredith,' said the' : Mayor,
kindly. ■ ■,:/
\oh, wlmt ,a model of goodness’.’ exclaimed
Mr. M. with uplifted eyes and hands. ‘Your
Honor encounters me to beg ihe loan o/aot/ar
fcr. • lit pay it faithfully, sir, as soon as t atfa
brought up again;’ ' > ■;
f - ‘This is modesty : with a vengeance!* said
the Mayor, with jtjsliQablo indignation. ‘Be
gone, you imposter ! and take care that you
are not brought op again, or your sham mod
esty shall not save you from the extreme penal
ties of the vagrant act.”
‘Heavens! who would have thought that ask
ing for the loan of a quarter could make such
an alteration T said Daniel, meekly, as ho re
tired from the tribunal.
ffnj-g of Committing Snlcide.
Wearing thin slices on a damp night in rainy
weather.*
Building on the “air Uto” principle.
Leading a life of enfeebling, stupid laziness,
and keeping the, mind'in a round of unnatural
excitement by reading Irtish)’ novels.
doing to halls in nil sorts of weather in thfc
tbincst possible dross. Dancing until in a com
plete perspiration, and then going homo through
the damp *ir.
Sleeping on feather beds In Seven by 'nine
bed-momS.
Surfeiting on hot and very highly-stlmuldt
ing dinners. . ~
Beginning in childhood on ten, and going on
from one step to another, through codcc.chcw
ing tobacco, smoking hhd drinking. : - s ’
Marrying in haste, getting airrnneongonial
companion, and living the rest of life in mental
dissatisfaction. . , i , ; ,
Keeping children, quiet by Icaciiing Ahem to
suck candy. ' Ui " J
Hating without time to masticate tho food. •
Allowing the .love of gain to absorb our
min9s ; ns to leave no tune to attend to out
health.'' 1 ' • 1
Following an unhealthy occupation bccansO
money can be made by it. ?
Templing the appetite with .niciUcs when tbo
stomach says no. ;
1 Contriving to ‘ keep in a continual worry
about BomcUiing or nothing.' ''
Uetiring at midnight and rising at noon.
Gormandising between meals.
Giving way to fits of anger*
Neglecting to take proper care of ourselfCs
when a simple disease first appears.
Trm Show, of-Aob.—\Vo have just Rtmu-
Wed upon the Ib'Wvng.prctty piece of mosaic*
laying amid a multitude of tljpsc less attrac
tive:'.''-
“No spow. falls lighter* IhaA the snow of ago;
but none ig heavier, for it never melts.”
Tho figure isbyno’ means novel, but tluj
closing "tho sentence js, nerV as wsll 03
emphatic. ' ‘ Tho scripture represents age by
tho;altnonddroc, which bears blossoms of tho
purest white. ■(•••/ * 1
“Thb almond tree shall flourish"—the head
shall bo hhary. Dickens shya. of one of h'W
characters, whoso hair is turiiing gray, that it
looked ,os if Time bad lightly sploshed bis
snows upon it in passing. ■;> /
“It never melts” —no, never. Ago is, inex
orable ; its wheels must move onward; they
knowhdt any rctrogndc movement, thc'olJ man
may sit and sing—'“l would I wdro a 1 boy
again,” hut he grows older as ho sings.; Ho
may read the plixir of youth, but ho cannot
find it; he may sigh for tho secret of that al
chemy which is able to moke him young again,
but mgliing brings it not- Ho may gaze back
ward wjth aupyc longing upon the rosy schemes
of early years, but'as -one.that gazes on his
homd frohi the (leek of ;h departing ship, every
moment' bearinghlm further and furtherawoy.
Poor old man! helms littlo 'more lo Ub than
die. • - . 1
“It never melts.” Tho sww ofrjmjcr
ccmcs and Sheds its white bloftsotna uport'
valley and mountain, but soon tbb sweet tfgngft
follows and stupes it oil away> Not Bfljjjpb
that upon tho brow of tho tottering veuSwn ;
there Is no spring whqsc warmth con penetrate
Its eternal frost. It came to stay. Its. single
flakes fell unnoticed, and now it is drilled there.
Wu shall see it increased, until we lay the old
man in-his* graves,there it shall .be absorbed by
the eternal darkness, for there is no ago, io
Heaven.
Yet Why sneak of age in a mournful strain *
It is beautiful, honorable, and eloquent. Shonld
\vu sigh at the proximity of death, when life
and the world arc so full of emptiness 1 Let
i the old exult because they arc old! if any must
; weep, let it lw lb* young, nit the long succession
. of cares that are before them.
HI.RSBIKO of PovErtTr.—-Hear what a dis
tinguished wnlcr says on tho subject:
••Poverty is (ho nunw of manly energy and
heaven clingirfg m thought, attended by love
and faith and hope, and from whose counte
nance all the virtues gather strength. Look
around you upon tho distinguished men that
in’evory department of lifu guide and control
the times, nnd Inquire wlmt was their origin,
and what was their early fortunes. Were they
as a general rule rocked nnd dandled in the lap
of wealth ? No. such men emerge from tho
homes of docent competence, or atrupgling pov
erty. Necessity sharpens their faculties, and
privation nnd sacrifice* brace their moral naturo.
fy)cy learn the groat art of renunciation, nnd
enjoy the happiness of having.few wants. They
know nothing of mdillcrgncc or satiety. Them
is not an idle fibre in their frames. TTVwy put
tho vigor of a resolute purpose into every act.
Tho edge of their minds is always kept sharp.
In tho schools of life men Uko these meet .tho
softly nurtured darlings of prosperity'as th«
iron meets th 6 vessel of porcelain. ‘
Aorkkp.—Wo have picked up tho following
waif and glyq U a rocoiiU 1
A I tidy and.gonlloman disputing. Upon a sub
ject,'fhd lady’lost'liy remarked:
; “Slrj wo cannot agroo In anything.”
; “You aro wrong, madam,” Bald ho j “If you
should go Into a room In which there wore out
two bods, a woman In 0110 andnimm in moo
or, with whom would you ®l ot 'P *
“With tho lady ol course. .
“So would 1,” tho gentleman ropuou*
T r to A Child.—On the
DiiKAnrnr. Cue r Louisft Koch were
31et • ilute. Mo., for ill treating and
arrested in St* Frtmr, a boy about nine
attC ?nM ftson of Blattncr by ft former wife,
ffiomoth’or of tho poor child, when dying, had
left for his use a small share of rcal estnto, all
iho imswrt, ami it-iras n order to obtain IWft
trilling property that tho pnsoncta.lt t« alleg
ed, attempting the boy's life, -,