by’the.OASH, onosqliiire, will "bef inserted insertion- : Those of agr.ent- Labels, &c., &c., exe- iiiid dt tlio shortest notice. ,o» tbs ',' ■: , i^iiM''tWl vnitfT 17, CRV ",’ Hie opening year,..l. . .ikji,my .annual cull, i' your future cheer, ny .bosoms bring , . ry. anxious cure",, •oiind each hearth’ stone beat in friendship there: d her brightest glow, lirough this vale of tears; doomed to feeler know ilo’s;al'ler yUatH-, ■ : red and revolving scene, ,nd will:silently pnrol, ho iiglit that streams ;h virtue’s brighoat goal: happiness which spring, ice bo yours.to-day, isses bring . • . „ .eachcd its final close, jesfcwhero age on ago repose. I'd its rapid flight, could stay, nbbrs add a single day— '.bids the waves of Time.to roll, Heir, circuit and direcls'tho whole,' seasons ami to each assigns, 1 lace in Heaven’s great designs'. ■ isect floating in the air j< ; ■, clothed in, beauties rich and r. re ; ;oak with giant arms outspread, sc brow a hundred storms have sped, tills, whoso brow and rocky summits ;phacurp them from our feeble eyes j (vOj'roigiis in majesty sublime, • , )y power Almighty and Divine: id as days and years.roll bn, ising andjtblighlfu) song,.; Mm who orders and ordains, j. twee of Ijplfr word sustains, lanefS in liinir distant spheres, ist round shall end tho-march of land the flelds.ara clothcdingreen, rdiile With golden-beauties teem.. mnnd t]i ey_wßher and decay,,: iT7»ut when. Harknb'ss yttiras to day i~ ind lightnings cleayethe vaulted sky, :y clouds across its: bosom fly. nies forth to gild tlm morning crest V sphMidorio the distant west: Vgs move subservient-1« His will. 's surge to peaceful murmuring rill, the mighty, wheel nl Time,, the stars in silent grandeur shine : JJifbldS tlie beauties .of each rollingyear, jAhd'Cfiofcr# thea»«l whim days of gloom appear. ’ mturefsjimpU* hook, .\ Xi . t delighted 1 vos to took, in characters sublime, lea is mighty and Divine— when man by folly drlv’n, •e;to the will of Heaven. io When'his people cry, in’for timely snecor fly : >rf.ivilh-l(»ve to Him incline, which holds the reins of Time. rica rise within the soul itliko u vision roll, , . this delighitul day, iet friends, and all is blithe arid jiieh scene long past and gpnos ftHy:in the dance and song, ■ led with feelings of delight Ith happiness shine bright. j(Hiio numbered with the past (bet, too full of joy to last, ie sunset tints which play of the departed'day; llk like shadowso’er the heart nga from their slumbers start i and with u to. ribi eye >re where hopes dead flower lip pleasure crowns the festive houi )rrow o’er the spirit lowers, ibevs of the soul with gloom •ertho past whose misty tonib jsjvill bliliitT no iriore, foyjd bleed that hover bled bo- V* ■ lose lost expiring ray non linger round our way, I with wasting power fraught rork of change has wrought ith fading beauties crown'd ■ting beams on all around: leir golden store, where changes aro no more.. Its many colored lines is gone, id delights us with its song ; weep o’er the barren fields, tt)'change and silence yields. \ tbo marks ot Time are seen, fan the sober thought may ,nmt jpnrnoy of a day— ■ •" d fasl ■tltSi, ffietfns of ’payment,; how am i to pay inyobli&iions ?’” •• “You are ;tbo worst face upon youf affairs. Mr. Oglethrope: “ The visi tor’s manner underwent a further change. •• Let trie suggest a different course of, action., •• S..y on.” Mr. Oglethrope cast Kis eyes to the floor, and ■ bent-his head in silent attention. “ Don't think of giving up in this way. . .... , •* But bow am 1 to go forward, was the debtor's prompt interrogation. “ For instance, I owe you two hundred dollars, and you wan t die monejri” “ Very well! And what nest ?” , “ Borrow.” , ... “ Yes. You; have many. fnehds who will take pleasure in giving you temporary aid.— This disaster may not prove so'serious as you imagine, and you may be able to struggle througn. and recover yourself without a shad ow being cast on your good name. _lf you, softer present obligations to be dishonored, re liiember that yimr ' reputationmust receive a stum. This cannot be avoided, ihere are men who bave iio word but 'dishonest with which 10 desigiihie those who,fail to pay them whal is due, no matter what causes produces 'the failure. Think- of this, Mr. Oglethrope and weigli well the consequences, before you take the doubtful step you yourself. Vou have a family, and for then siikes, do not permit ibis disgrace to come up on you and them.” > • ~ . Mr. Oglethrope was partially stunned by this. He had not thought of disgrace only of misfortune. He sat for some time like one stu- ‘ ,lJ •■'Don’t give up, sir ! Don’t give up ! ’ Air. Spicer laid his hand on the arm of Mr. ugio thrope, and spoke cheerily. “Never let it be said that you permitted an obligation to remain uncancellcd. Put on a brave; cheerful face and vou will go through. I can wait until to mor row for my money. That will give you time to turn around. And whenever you wont aid or counsel, remember that Jacob Spicer is your ** The creditors counsel prevailed. Mr. Ogle thrope, instead of standing up bravely, and meeting his trouble Irom face to face, began the hopeless task of borrowing himself out of debt. He was- involved beyond his means of pajr ; menl; about five thousand dollars. His busi uess yielded him a little over twenty-five him dred dollars a year, in net prpQta ; and as his family expenses never exceeded fifteen hundred dollars, ho was simply in a condition to pay •up in full l at the end; of five years. , To dotbis, however,, a fair arrangement with all his credi tors was necessary , and all would have to make concessions in bis favor. Strict attention to bu siness was also requisite, iguch an arrange ment could have been made,' and all would have come out right-in the end. But unwise conn.’ sel prevailed. . ■ , . . On the day following Air. Spicer’s visit, that gentleman received his; two hundred dollars, which Mr/Oglethrope borrowed from a friend, under promise of re payment on the day after.’ Another friend furnished the money to make this loan good, and a third supplied the means of taking up .a small note that fell due in the meantime. By the end' of a week or two, Mr.; Oglethrope was fairly inducted into the myste ries and miseries of borrowing. His line of ac commodation in this direction, had already reached the sum of two thousand dollars, a part of which had been received from a professional lender, who charged the moderate interest of half per cent, per day. To, keep this large ac cumulation ahead of him was no easy task, and our borrower found but little time on his hands 1 for the ordinary, duties required in business.— Steadily this accumulation wont on, until it reached the full sum of his losses, and steadily it increased by the addition of excessive inter est;, while the poor man’s income decreased m consequence of his neglect of business. Jacob Spicer never loaned Mr. Oglethrope a single dollar. His advice had been given sel , tishiy and heartlessly. To got the whole of a iwn life’s narrow way. the future bo iness to all, , ly thinks' di, mo, : lect my bumble call, ; and ever cheering ray, jart its genial glow, ingea and decay, night that moves below, years and death draws ko sunbeams fade away, d-the distant sky, pleasures ne’er decay, leisure of my song, . different string; . ill! hard,and long, for rhyme or song. coming’now, K>ld upon their brow, in ailonco deep— Hi's long dreamless heart has bled, 1 ones with the dead mt grief oppreef, orth and genius rest lighty blow the statesman^low, ledom and of fight rce one ray'oflight sb in darkness play, time-honored day. w for. common place : lx cakes cost a"“ ftp \ake Time mend bis ly slips away. ;h a smiling face ? 111 have no sip ? ircely think it funny id some money. con’r so benevolent, lr, a fixed mm; ' BY JOHN B. BEATTON. ■ VOL. 45. THE CARRIER 3Stottllaniori«. small claim, lie had been willing to lead an hon est, but no.t clearsighted, man, into a wrong way that led to certain worldly ruin. Many limes, in cascaof extremity, had Mr. Ogleihrope calltd Upon Spicer, but always the same cold refusal mct.his application^.. The shrewd. un scrupulous man knew thrf'lhe end must come; that sooner or later. .Ogfcthrope must bedriv en under, and be was not going to have even a trifling risk in sb leaky a ship. One day, itWas over,a year, from the time Mr Oglethrbpc began his up-hill work, the embarrassed map found himself in more than usual trouble. There, were notes to pay, and sums of borrowed money ,to return, making an aggregate that exceeded two thousand dollars. With feelings scarcely more. pleasant.tlmu. thi!' criminal's on his way to trial, Mr. Oglethrnpe entered his place of business, and. without’ even glancing over the mbrning'papcr, sat'dpwn.at his desk, and began to flguro.up the day’s pay ments. A sigh that almost betrayed itself in a groan, gave painful evidence, that the result had been reached. . • ’ “ Twenty-three hundred !” tie said to him self, and his heart sunk within him. “ Where so large ail amount is to come from, is .beyond my,skill,to guess. Ah! :me! This matter is growing worse and worse. The night gets darker and darker. .Illy feet are more en tangled to day, than they were six months ago.' In stead of finding my way out of this labyrinth ofembarrassment, I am getting more and more involved, and I fear even the clue is lost. All my time is spent in money raising, to the ne glect of business, and its consequent decline.— Heaven help me! I fear the caegidhopeless.” The unhappy man cat in tmk gloomy state for some time, then arobsed hijnself, and start-, ed forth on his daily round-of Solicitation. He had twenty-three hundred dollars to raise.,and must be active if he expected to get thrbugh.— It is not our purpose to follow him step by step! Almost any reader can-imagine the trials, dis appointments, and humiliations attendant on the work he had taken in .hand. At two o’- clock, Mr. Hglelhropo found himself still short about five hundred dollars. Whore,was the amount to come froml He had exhausted eve ry resource within his' reach, and in ordei; to collect his thoughts, had returned to'his place of business. - T Weary;'; wretched, and'sick iff body and mind, was the poor, harrassed. al moat;broken'down-borrower. Thought turned everywhere, but could discover, no new re source. ' S'-' .“ ■Perhaps something might be obtained from Spicer,” was atlast suggested. JBiit the sug gestion was thrown aside as soon as' offered. — It chine up jigaih, was resolved for a moment or two,' and again dismissed. • ' , ~ . , “It will never.do to give up !" ; .A’feelingof; desperation caused Mr. OglctbfOpe to start to, his feet, as he said this. !• Something must be done." I Will see Spicer. ' He can help he must.” : . ~'iv, . And without waiting for reconsideration, ho i started forth again. A rapid* walk brought, him.,iu a few.minutes, .to the store of Mr. Spi-. “ Went home an hour ago,!’ was the answer which met his inquiry.. •: • : ; . “ i)|) you 'to- return ■' hclpre three, No. He is unwell, apd said, on leaving, that he wou.d-not be. at the store again -to;. d fdishrable, Mr. Olethrope turned slowlynwayi is my last chance,” said he,to himself as he gained the'sifeet- “ This men must be seen, or-allis lost,” ' . • , Andsohe.we’iU.to the house of Mr. bpicer. ho wants to see me!" Ho heard this interrogation made in no amiable lone, os the servant who answered the bell went back to announce ihe visitor. To the servant,s reply, came this further question : “ Did you say 1 was in I” . “Yes .sir.” '. . ' - • • ‘Confound him! What does come both erin me here fur I Show-him in 1 ; It Was .too loie for retreat. Feeling like a culprit, poor Ogleihtope, with, a. furlorn_as peqt, entered the room where Spicer awaited llU “Well sir ! What’s wanted !” roughly in terrogated the bear iu his den. •. •• l—l—l am short to d-d day, a few hund red dollars,” stammered out Oglethrope. _ •• Well, what’s that, to me V .returned .Spi cer,'wiih a roughness akin to his nature. :• - ■: Nothing—only—but,you.see, its hard on to three o'clock—and —and—” Ogleihrope choked, and.could say no more. •• Well,” growled Spjccr, “ let , the o clock come, and quicker it conies the better for you, and all miserable fools like you.’ ••Sir !” This outrage, penetrated beyond the borrower, and reached the man. . .Oglethrope s cringing manner gave way to an erector atti tude, and his face of depressed solicitation, changed its look to one 01. indignant feeling.— “ Sir, this is riiean as well os cruel, he said.' with a sternness of lone that added, anger to die other’s ill-nature,' and made him still more reckless of speech. ■ “ The truth may always be spoken, and if it hurts it is because it tells hume," retorted Spi cer, with inerdbsing asperity of manner.— •• You are a miserable fool, and have been play ing the fool for over a year, as all other, men do! who start, upon that worst of all fool s er rands, borrowing themselves out of debt; a man may work himself out ol debt, but he might as well try to empty the ocean with an oyster shell, ns to borrow himself out of debt. There, sir, you have my sentiments; and I hope they will do you good;” ' Without h word of; reply. Mr. Oglethrope turned away, and left the house. Tho truth which came from the Ups of Spicer was a sharp sword that cut away down into the heart ot conviction. . “Yes: lam a fool!” ho muttered between his teeth,’as he strode off. “ I was a fool to take a knave’s advice in the beginning, and a greater fool not to have discovered myjwn fol ly,-- Three o’clock may come now. The vam struggle is over. The long dreaded day is here. .1 am a ruined man . Just two thousand dollars worse off was Mr, Oglethrope, than when he began the task of ‘trying to borrow himsell out of dcbt. Neglect of; business, and, excessive intcresta, Were the causes that produced this result. But Inscred? itors were hot hard upon him., They knew, the man 'to be honest at heart, and pittled his mis-, -fortunes. 1 Full time to wor# himself out of trouble was granted; and.bejtid.work.himfielf out, though it .cost him years tf active devotion to business. . . ‘ i , . . “ They Say.” —There is % decision In the last volume of Gray’s which is at Once sound morals and good law. i \ woman, sued for slander, defended on the ground that she on ly repeated, and without mali«, what was cur rently reported'/ The' Court |eld to repeat a storv, whioh'is false and slandtrous. no matter how" widely it may have beerttcirculated.is at the peril of the talc bearer. . Sbnder cannot, al ways bo traced to its origin, Its pbwer.of mis-' chief is derived from repetitiorjUvcn if a disbe lief of the story accompanies u relation; 'ln deed, this half doubtful way of imparting, sjan dcr. is often the surest melhot resorted Ip by the slanderer to give currency t his talc. .< Capital Sermon. A writer ot the Sierra, (Cal.) Citizen, under the title of, “young men and tree frogs.” gives a better sermon, a better lecture on morality, a belter essay on mental philosophy, all in a few lines, than are sometimes found in as many volumes of standard authors: “The tree tree frog acquires the color of whatever it adheres to for a short time; if it is found, on the oak, it will bear the color of that tree, if on the sycamore or cypress, it will bo a whitish brown: and when it is found on the crowing corn it is sure to be green. Just so it is with young men;. their companions tell us what their character is; if they associate with the vulgar, the licentious and the profane, then their hearts are already stained with guilt and shame, and they will themselves become like theviscious. Thgistudy of bad books, or the love of wicked companions, is the.broadest and most certain aoad to. ruin that a young man can travel, and.a few well directed lessons in either will lead them on step by step to the gate of de struction. Our moral and physical laws show how important it is'to have proper associations of everykind. especially in youth. How dan gerous it'is to gaze on. a picture or scene that pollutes the imagination or blunts the moral prcqeplions, or has a tendency to weaken a sense of our duty to God and man.” ■ O” Anger like a hu'rricance on the ocean rolls the heavy surges of affliction over the tem pest-tossed soul. - ’ AT 32,00 PER ANNUM. The Speed of Bailway Gats. Many of the accidents which happen to per sons attempting to cross railrpads, arc the re of ignorance of the velocity of the’iron horse when fairly under way. A writer in the Hart ford Courant gives some facts which it may be well to bear in mind. ; . "It seems almost incredible that os we glide smoothly along, the elegantly furnished car moves nearly twice its own length in a second of time—about seventy-four feet. At this vel ocity' wo find that the locomotive driving wheel, six feet in diamclcrf makes-four revolm tions per second. It is no idle piston rod that traverses the cylinder thus eight times in a second. ' "If a man with a horse and carriage upon an unimportalit public road in a country town should approach and cross the track at a speed of six miles per hour, which would be crossing rapidly, an express train approaching at the moment would move toward him two hundred and fifty-seven feet while be, was in the act of crossing a distance barely sufficient to clear the horse mid vehicle. Tf the horse was moved at a rate no faster than a walk, ns the track is Usu ally crossed, the train, would move toward him, while in the net of crossing, more than live hundred feet. This fact accounts for the many accidents at such points. The person driving thinks he may cross because the train is a few rods distant. 1 , •■How compares the ' highest speed of the train with the velocity of sound ? When. the whistle is opened at the eighty rod “whistle post,” the train will advance near one hundred feet before the sound of the whistle traverses the distance to, and is heard at the crossing. The velocity exceeds the flight of many of our birds. Dr. J. L. Comstock,: the well know* author of several philosophical works, informed the writer that he was recently passing thro’ western New .York when the train actually ’ran down’ und killed a common hawk. The train was stopped; and the game so rarely , captured was secured.” lepers. Baycrd Taylor, oa his way to Bergen, in 1 Norway, says: • - **. We took on board. four, or, five lepers, on their way to the hospital at Bergen. A piece of oilcloth had been thrown over some spars to shield them from the rain,And they sat on deck, avoided by the other passengers, a melancholy picture of disease and shame. One. was a. boy of fourteen, upon whose lace wart-like cxcres cences were'begin'ning'to appear, while 1 a wom an. who seemed to be his mother, was hideous ly swollen and disfigured. A ■ man, crouching down, with his head between his hands, endeav oured to hide the seamed and. knotted maps of preluding blue flesh which had once been a hu man face. - The forms of leprosy, elephantiasis, and other kindred diseases which I have seen in the East, arid in tropical countries,'are not near ly, so'horrible. 'For these unfortunates there was no hope. Some years, more or less, of a life which is worse'than death, was all to Which | they could look.forward. No cure has yet been discovered for this terrible disease. There are two hospitals here, one of which contains about oa ses in the earlier stages, who may be. subjected to .experimental oourocs of,,treatment, has, al-' ready one hundred,- . This form of leprosy is sup posed io be produced partly by exclusive diet of salt fish, and partly by wantof personal clean liness. The latter is the most probable cause, and one does not Wander at the result, after he has had a little experience of Norwegian filth.— It is the awful curse which falls upon these beastly habits of life!” A Sermon and its Application. Tho Bev. J. S. has achieved a high distinc tion ns a very forcible, though somewhat eccenr trie,preacher. lie was at one -time■ preaching in the city where ho still labors, and had in his congregation a rough but kind hearted butcher, who was a little given to dividing tho sermon audibly among the congregation—fearing, per haps, that some of the hearers might, not un derstand that the preacher meant them. On this occasion, Mr. S. had undertaken to point but some of the faultS'Of his people in relation to the observance of the Sabbath, and then pro ceeded somewhat after the fashion: “Even when you come to the house of God. ■my brethern, your thoughts are not on His words, or on heavenly and divine things. One of you for instance will bo thinking of your whale-ships (the city was a whale port) and reckoning how much oil she will bring |m and how much money you will make out of it. "That’s you. Deacon . \V.,” ihterposed the butcher, in a voice audible all.over the meeting house. “Another,” pursued tho minister, “will be thinking of the houses he is building., and con triving how he Can slight his work, so os to make it more’profitable.” . ‘ “That’s you. Deacon L.. again broke in the “Another will be counting his gains from his ■fisheries. ,and wishing that he could catch lar ger quantities or sell them faster.” “That’s you, Brother H.,” interrupted the butcher. , “Another,” said the pastor, “and he the worst of all, because -he .breaks the Sabbath worse than tho rest, will rise early on the Sab bath morning, and kill a beef and dress it so as to have it ready for market on Monday mor- And that's trie I” roared the butcher, and ever after held his peace.” Cbinese Habits. Our readers have often read of the peculiar customs and almost incredulous dishes_of our underground neighbors—the Chinese. But the following, written by one who mixes with them, daily, in California, wo give as to us related ’ “In the markets, sucking pigs and dogs are equally exposed for sale ; the one being as read ily purchased as.the other. The latter, howev er are not freely bought after they have been fed on animal diet, except by the very poorest classes i but are nourished with milk and nee on purpose for the table. In the markets at Canton. I have observed, side by side, a pheas ant and a cat; and. upon inquiry, found them to bear precisely the same value. The cormo rant, the wild duck, the hawk and the pigeon, being respectively indulged in by the bon vt vant. while the salted rat, dried in the sun, seemed to he an object of peculiar relish. Pre vious to their putting this animal to death, they frequently inflict upon it the most excru ciating agony : whether or.not upon the same principle that' we consider a haunted hare more delicate than one that has been shot, I leave my readers to determine. I have frequently, seen a workman catch a rat, and. with the fore finger and thumb, dexterously break all the animal’s teeth, leaving it in that state until the evening, when it is killed and llayed forsupper. They are. moreover, constantly in tho habit of nailing the rat upon a- flat board, by f thei four paws, and leaving it in that hours, and seem amazed at X . /phis Enitely more delicate alter this preparation. . Ijy Be good. oy Integrity, hofjvever 'rough, ftbe tier than smooth dissimulation. . . - By Lose ho opportunity of doing afood ac tion i-tlme ft Short. , ; ! '■i Cy “i’in gottlng fat,” o*,thiß AwWr attW when he was stealing lard. ~ ; t ;y; Dy A needle will boat If carefully laid surface of Water. - . ay ‘Every pound of cochinale containsssr. enty thousand insects, boiled to deatb. ... ay A French writer calls dyspopay "tbs.ro. morse of a guilty stomach.” Qy Most diseases enter the system throqgh the lungs. NO. 30. oy Why are horses in bold-weather like med dlesome.gossips 7 Because theyaro the bearers of Idle tails'. oy A arfiall fhmily. may, be; mathematically defined as that into which “two can gO onco with nothing to carry;” \ V Oy Tho man who went Into a Quakbr meef log with a hammer to ■ break the silence, won bound over.tbikeep tho pitee. > t Oy The lady whose' heart swelled, wifhlß dignation has reduced it with poultices. try Why is It easier to be aclergymanvthia a physiejau JBecanae It ft easier to preach than to practice. Oy The law of food Is, that man ahouldrea* what is good for him, at suchtimes and in Such quantities as natureacquires. ■ • 1 ay It’s all around my batl”,as the hypocrite said when he put oh mourning Tor .bft. dead wife. oy “Be content with what yon have,”l«r the rat said to tho trap, whan be saw that ha bod left part of his tail in it. Oy Heat rarities to such an extent lli&titcaq .be made to occupy *5,600 times the space it did before. oy Simplicity of manners, as of dress, ft a charm that a woman generally admires in atfo* ther more than in herself. Qy Many powder their faces so that their skins appear, white; it is a poulterer that fibers an'old hen that it may psssliar a yotiug'ctiVbayh, [jy We become familiar with .theomSldoa »t men as with the outsides of bones, and think we khow them, while we are IguoJraut vf all that is passing within them'. oy The King wrote under a petition for new windows in a parish church whichTOis.very'daiJS —<> Blessed are they which have hot.‘seen, unit yet have believed.” .S.t* Johmxk.'diiktf • ' Qy A Jury in Buffalo, a short time egd,’ i warded Miss Hanimonsmiib SIOIXI, «»a Bowpen salidh for the failure ol a young geutlcuiau. to/ keep bis promise, Qy Ascientiflo god (lonian, after searching diligently for the tu'nse of tho potatoblightjlias arrived at the conclusion ■ that It-' Is the riot-ti-' tor-y movement ol the earth; ; M _ . h.r.j’U Qy The water that has noltftie ls purest i the rain that has no odor is freshest; and. of .ah the the modification of mtwners, the generally plea sing ie simplicity; L . .Qy A young lady, who lately-gavo anordor to a milliner for {a Ilolinot, said: “ Ton are to make if plain, but at tbo same fimo'shiarf, as 1 ? sit in a conspicuous place In chilrbh;’’ Vo / oy It if anndhncedi'for the : behefifof those persons who did not get’a sight of the comet, that it will again appear hefore.lho public, for a Tew nights only. In the aiitumh of the'year 2147. --v: oy The mist that hangs like olivet' curtains around tbo plains before sunrise, and is lilted by day’s golden cords out of our sight,:bas death in the woof j it is woven hero and there Ot fatal threads. , A little child just inquired, “when there were’nt anybody in this world, who took car