. ' “OUR XT ALWAYS QPB C0U1?TIIY.« * ~ ‘ i ... i, - -. ~ v ■' ■—!_ aiig are a few of the mos* ' -uons of that uhaccod*'' > -apathy to certain oh : -any persons ore subi" °f which, in a IB'' ' H ,-W ' f " , -s, or ought tohave, 1 IK ■ -a hoirio. Thither,' *' psi , of the heart should K n j desolate who finds ' F; nE ,rom bis kindred ■f n ' are not ads' St, “ a ?Py place; for <*’' K'f . h“g jewels are 'an' fions of a i- U* tvp were word H" y .+ commenced si*^' sV .n our oomfoits'’ 1 1 -nocking was b-' m ,-er turned, pa l ' i as if entreatin' 1 so of was cort,>: - lectures >i .. a goodexam , —selfto inak' ' r -cention bn ’ bi over . exact - f much; apn "1 -e he doe” ' f .> to do me - be-1 not r a pin lav ’ rot Jie V tot V,, ic Sho’ - * r ,ie hea’-’ 1 ,a some ' jrined i urn f' 1 , ■ I I ; 47. QAN YOLUNTEEE. BVBBTT THDBSDAr BOn*fctO,BT IST B. 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Ac., executed with l : at the shortest notice. ffetyai HEAVEN. thcsQ chilly winds and gloomy skies nd dottth’a cloud port-al,— is a land whoro beauty novcr dies, - lovo becomes immortal. i whoso light is never dimmed by shade, so fields aro over verniil; ... nothing beautiful qan ovcpfado, , blooms for ayo, eternal. : not know how awcot ifcs,balinjr air, (right and fair its flowers; • ■ not liear.tlio songs that echo there, igh those enchanted bowers. ?V shining towers: wo may not see, our dim, earthly vision ! ,tb, the silent warder,.keeps tho key, opc's.tho gates, olysiau. , . jtimes, when adown tlio western sky, ipry. sunset lingers, . • lon gates swing inward noislossly, skod by silent fingers; ilo thoy.stand a moment half ajar, « from thb inner glory ; •rightly through fcho'azurb.vault afar, ilf reveal thb story. : ‘ id unknown 1 Oh, land of love divine ir ttll-wUo, ctorriai. ;uide; those wandering, way-worn foot of those pastures vcrnal. LIFE IS FADING. is drawing noairsr, nearer, ile our heads are ’turning gray; tire falling oh life's mirror Every day I ’ in closing Bounty's portals, > lowers u.ro blooming to decay j i is delving graves for mortals Kvory day! i!o mir.pleasure-boat is rolling < ; [ver life's eventful spray,' '' ibral bells are telling,'-toll;ug Every day ! , Ub the iiuircl-wrbatli is.shadiug tbb'faine-litbrow ofclay,: . itr-garlaudsfading;.'- - day ! T ovo, then toko your promised treasures; Pome is dazzling to betray y r i'-' Ifu is fading with its pleasures, -.'l .• ‘ JBvery dayl . ; - ieUce, while aU.things'aro declaring Bcutha seeker for bis prey; et us bo ourselves preparing ■■ _ JEyory day.l • ./;* Ij&mtllmm. TOM MACDONOUGH. The Press Gang's Viclim. BY 51. B. PEUBIX. time during the month of June, 1809, lericaii brig Sarah, of and from Nor rginia, entered, the port of Liverpool full cargo. ■ She whs commanded by William Brown, and his first mate was jDonough',;a true-hearted Yankee eai hailed from somewhere in the little lolawaro. ■' thbbrig had been duly enteredatthe House; she was soon cleared: of the id within oneweek after-her arrival, loaded for home. ' ' _ deasant evening—the one proceeding onwhioh the brig ivas to sail—Toip lough'took a stroll up. town. He had work nil day arranging the cargo, and merely started out for a stroll, he had ight it worth while to change his dress, been up as far ns the Exchange, and irning by way of the docks, when he; isted uy a- man who appeared to be a evening, stranger.” same to you,” returned Tow, never .that there was harm in the m belong to any of the vessels in the ■ed the other, as he cast a scrutini s over, the somewhat rough habil ve American, helong to tho American brig, Sa- Vthat won’t do.” "“•* u ‘“" spoke he placed a small whistle ,to h, and m a moment after its shrill out the air, six marines came rush from a top-room close at hand • and at from the stranger, they sewed hold; t and made him a prisoner. In vain j vt Tow protested that he was, second .nd of the Sarah, and in vain that he id- vengeance., ■ But against the pow stout follows he could make no effeo-, itanoe, and so, he, was taken along to '. landing,'where five other prisoners imsaf the ppass gang—were await embarkation. / A boat was in wait tmmandof the lieutenant, andinto it i, with the rest of the unfortunate sear iceremoniously hurried, and;in less If an hour he. found, himself oh board % at thn mouth 'yer. 1 ■' .• 1 ‘ je set.Of men," saidtho Englishoap he ran his eyes admiringly over the ' forms> of the impressed seamen,t— 'l jusfc fill up the list of. opr /on the commander of this frigate V’ Tom, addressing the man who had ih Downio. pt yourservioe,” replied inder, withmook gravity, ■ air, of you.l demand my immediate din second ip commandof dn Arne {, now ready for sea, .and no power ad can legally detain me.” won't go down, youngster,” retnrn )tain,.wifch a sneer, "you are a JUtlo for eucb W office. The King needs men, and you must take,your chance with tho rest.” 1 ■ : .■ “Do you mean to say that X ant .to ho der tainod on board your ship ?” . . “Certainly.” “ Then, sir, 1 “ replied Tom, while his. eyes flashed fire,.“you will do it at yourperil.— Already have your people run up a heavy, re ckoning,, and. the day shall yet come when your Kmg will have, to settle it. lam exempt, by your own laws from impressment, and you know it.” , • , > , ■ The captain showed a little anger as bur he ro spoke; but turning to one of his lieuten ants, he said: ■ “Mr, Monson, have these men’s names en- I'tered, and then station them and mess them/’ and without further remark he walked aft to 1 his cabin. _ In a moment Tom’s mind was made i up, and without assistance or remark of ony kind, he allowed his name to be entered on the books, and his station and sness to be assigned him, after which a hammock and bedding were served out to him, and he was directed to “ turn in” as soon as possible.— The frigate was well guarded by sentries, . there being two upon the poop, one at each gangway, one on the forecastle, one on the bowsprit, besides those which were stationed at the various posts below ; so that ho further notice Was taken .of the new comers after they 1 had received their bedding, except to give the sentinel additional caution with regard to watching well that no one left the ship unless - he was, passed over by the officers of the dock. Tom’s hammock was already, cleared, and having hung it tip, ho turned into'iit without, undressing. The night was warm and sultry, and as a ; means of giving .a circulation of fresh, air, the gun deck ports were lowered, and front the place in .which our hero swung ho cbiild look out upon tho water, as it sparkled be neath the bright rays of the moon. Torn lay quiet.,until midnight; hut as yet he'could think of no means of escape.; ’Shortly after that hour had passed, he heard the, relief guard called, and in some ten minutes the corporal of the first guard came down upon tho gun deck and unlashed the hammock which hung next to his own ;, which operation being Eorformed, he proceeded to undress himself, anging his clothes upon the . clews of his hammock. . The four hours’ duty had given the , corporal an excellent appetite for-sleep, and in less than five minutes after he touched his mattress, ho began to snore. ', “Now or never,” thought Tom, “is iny chance,” and .with this idea in Kis mind, he Sod, quietly out.of his hammock, and pro id to.divest himself of his clothes—which haying .accomplished, he very unceremonious ly substituted .those, of the corporal, .in their place, and then eat down upon the breeching gun to meditate further upon his plans.; : One‘boll;struck, and the sentinels passed, the usual “all’s well.” Then Tom heard the corporal, as he started to go. his rounds, and ero long ho dcscomlcd the.ma’n hatch ladder, to visit the post below. No sooner had the marine officer passed beyond the galley, than’ our hero sprang up the ladder and gained the'' ■spar-deck, ’ .The officer, of the deck.', was aft upon: the atarboard side.; the l sentries wore walking.tholr'postjvitli regular tread,;while the old quarter-master stood.'upon the poop, with his night-glass under his arms. The sen-' tries performed’their walk-upon .the gang boards, even with the bottom of tho hammook nettings,’and running forward’from -the ladders*, The starboard gangway was sha ded fronfythe light of the moon by the awn ings; and walking deliberately up the ladder, Tom looked over the snip’s side. ’ . “ Sentry,” said he, in a bumbling tone, “ what boat is that at the boom ' “ The second cutter,” returned the marine, showing from his manner ,that he had nq sus picions of the spurious corporal. . Tom - immediately walked aft to where stood the officer of tho deck, and being quite assur ed by the mistake of the. sontry.ho pulled his cap down oyer his eyes,, and touching his vis itor, respectfully remarked: “ I-should like to ‘overhaul that secoiid cut ter, sir; for I think there is‘rum aboard o I her.”, - Tom. knew he, was playing a desperate game, but liberty was-to be the result'of suc cess, and he-flinched not a hair. . , “Ha! the yillians!" uttered the lieuion-- aut. . “Up to those old tricks again. Go, cor poral, get down into the boat, and if you find rum in her, they’ll catch it." Tom started quickly forward,but just aa.he got abreast of the.fore hatchway,,ho saw the “Simon Pure" corporal’s head rising'above the combings. The marine ascended no high er, for with one blow of his fist, Tom sent mid back from whence he came, and then! sprang (juickly out through, the port upon the .swing ing boom, and having reached the place where the second cutter’s painter was made fast, he 1 haulod.tho boat up and leaped into her. The flood tide, was setting up the y.iy.of strongly, and quick as thought Tom cutoff the.painter, and rapidly dropped astern. , “ shouted our hero, at the top of his voice. “ The boat’s got loose." “ Get out a couple of oars, .you' lubber,” cried the otficer, of the deck, (is he jumped up on the poop on hearing the cry, where he ar rived just in time to see the' cutter sweeping past the quarter, “ You can hold her against the tide," • Tom did get a couple of oars; but the mo ment he balanced them in the oar-looke, he commenced pulling for dear life, audio the ut ter consternation of the lieutenant, the boat started-rapidly up the river. All the.sentries on deck were immediately called upon the poop, and their muskets were discharged at the deserter, but though two, of the balls wins-, tied near the boat, yet none of them did any harm,, and th.e; next moment Tom. heard the cutter called,- but he knew the men were all sound asleep in their hammocks, and; so he , Becur o, It was-ten .minutes before the wird cutter Was thrown off from the ship, and .long before they reached the shore, Tom had gained it and ■ was, running at a remarkable speed towards the city, which he reached in safety, and before two o'clock he was oh-board his own brig. ’' - -r The'next morning the'Sarah, dropped-with the ebb tide, aqd as she passed tho frigate, Tom saw the second cutter swinging in her usual place, and as he gazed at the proud flag, Waving at the top of the Englishman’s peak, ha murmured to himself: “ If Ilive, I’ll sonde day take the' pride from those proud tyrants." ' : ■ , ' -■flow literally was that saying fulfilled I Tom MacDoncugh had been Decatur’s favor ite midshipman at the seigo of, Tripoli, and “ ■whenever Decatur led, he dared to follow." Subsequent to that brilliant chapter id the pa ges of odr history, occurred the event whioh is embodied in our sketch; but five years after wards, on the 11th of September, 1814, Thom as MaoDonough met One of England's proud fleets on Lake Champlain. At the first road side, the: English Commodore, Downie, fell, OW .?*' ■ j 1 Wd pf the fight, which lasted two hours And^tTOnty 1 -minutes, without intermiS’’ slon. Commodore < MaoDonough was tho con queror of Champlain. He gained a proud vio 'tory; he had indeed humbled the pride of the tyrant; and that day’s achievement forips one of the brightest pages in the-history of Amer lea. , Commodore Thomas MaoPonough-—the he*; ro of Tripoli—the conqueror-of Champlain; ho was & noble, true-hearted man, and the ter ror of all enemies of his country. Peace tohis ashes, and everlasting honor to his memory'. Miserable Maxims for Married Women. .The unmarried woman who can read this, without indignation, ought to he married : . Let every wife he persuaded that there are two ways of governing a family. The first is by the expression of that will which belongs to force; the second the power of mildness to which every strength will yield., • One is the power of the husband; a wife should never employ any other power than gentleness.— When a woman accustoms,herself to say, “I will” she deserves to lose her empire. Avoid contradicting your husband. When we smell a rose it is ; to imbibe the sweets-of odor; we look for everything amiable in wo man. Whoever is often contradicted feels in sensibly an aversion for the person who con tradicts, which gains strength ,by time, and, whatever be her good qualities, is not easily destroyed. Occupy yourself with household affairs, wait till your husband confides to you those of higher importance, and do not read lectures to him. - Let your, preaching be a good-exam ple, and practice virtue yourself to make him love it. ' Command, his attention by being always kind to ,him; never. exact anj thing, and you will attain, much ; appear always nattered by the little he" does.for , you, which will excite him to do more. ‘ All men are vain; never wound hid vanity, not even in tho. moat trifling, instances. A wife may have more sense than her husband, hut she should never seem to know it. ' , When a man gives wrong counsel, never feel that ho has done so, but lead him by de-' grees to what is rational, with mildness and gentleness; when ho is convinced, leave him to the merit of having found out,what is just and reasonable. /When a husband is put of temper, behave obligingly to him; if he is abusive, never re tort; and never prevail over him ,to huihble him’. ’r' ~ 1 Choose well your friends, but hayo few, and bp careful of following their advice in all mat ters. . Cherish neatness without luxury; pleasure without excess; dress with taste, particularly with modesty, vary in, fashion of your dross, especially as it regards colors. -It gives a change to, the ideas, dhd' recalls pleasing ref flections.' Such things may appear trifling; but they have more importance than is im agined. ... ' ’ ~ Never be curious to.pryinto your husband's concerns, but obtain hiscorifidence. Always preserve economy, avoid being out of temper,, and be careful never to scold; by this means no finds his house pleasanter than any other. Seem; always , to,, obtain, information from him . especially.'before compapy, though you. may passyoursclf for a simpleton.’ f ; .*°ver. forget that a wife owes all her im portance td that of'her husband, ■ leave him entirely master of his own. actions,to go ,or| come when he thinks :flt. A- wife ought to, make her company agreeable to her .husband, that he will not be able to exist without it, I then he will not seek for. pleasure abroad, if) she does not partake 1 of it with him. „■ . | The Beginning of the War. Washington was at Mount Vernon onlya few weeks at a time, from the summer of 1774 until his retirement, from the army, in 1783. He was in the first continental'Congress dur ing the autumn of 1774; was absent upon military-service much of tho time during. the. winter of 1775, and; was a member of the Vir ginia Assembly, in the spring when 'Patrick Henry made his famous, war speech, which was closed with the burning words:—“What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have? Is life So dear or peace so sweet, .as to be purchased at the price of chains and sla very? Forbid it, Almighty God I Iknownot what course others may take, but as for me give me liberty or give me death!” With these words of Henry ringing in his ears, Washington returned to Mount Vernon, and prepared for a journey to Philadelphia, there to take his seat as a member of he second Continental Congress. Just at the close of a m ?ld April day, while. lie and hisueighbor, Bryan Fairfax, with Major Gates, were dis cussing the stirring events at Williamsburg, connected with the seizures of powder belong ing to the colony, by the royal Governor, and the bold stand taken by. Patrick llcnry—~ events whiclywere arousing every republican heart in Virginia to action^ —a messenger came in haste from Alexandria, bearing the intel ligence of bloodshed at Lexington and Concord. That intelligence made a deep but widely dif ferent impression, uppn the mindsof the three friends. The gentle Fairfax, even then in clined to enter the gospel ministry, which he afterwards adorned,, was drawn by-the ties of consanguinity and ancestral reverence, to. the side of the parent country. Ho was much distressed;by the tidings.from the east, for ho perceived the gathering of a cloud of miseries for his country, and the peril of all pleasant social relations. Gates, ambitious of military glorv, and eagerly looking for the honors and emoluments of office, for which- he had long played the sycophant in London, was delight ed by this opening of an avenue to a field of action; wherein they might be won: while Washington, communing, with the institu-,' tjons, of his loftier spirit,.become thoughtful and reserved, and tanked little, but wisely, on the subject. But he resolved nobly and firm- 1 ly. to go zealously into whatever conflicts might arise for the defence of . the liberties of his country. All regarded the event as the casting away of the scabbard, a s the severing blow .to colonial allegiance. . Loving Dialogue.— Wife, I am shortly to leave you. ' The doctor tells me that I am to live but a few hours at most. I shall soon be in heaven." - ; , What! you soon be in heaven? You?— You 11 never be any nearer heaven than you are now, you old brute!" ! “Dolphus, Dolphus," hoarsely growled the old man. .“Dolphus, bring me my coin, and let me larrup toe old trollop onoe before' I die." ■ ■ 1 • JB®’" There’is a certain amount of indelicar oy'and want of consideration in crowding ma terial and external happiness on. those who have emerged from a sombre'condition, to which we know they are destined certainly to return.' Sometimes the bright spot cheers the memory, but more often-destroys .content by contrast - IT” A man died of apoplexy the other day W Michigan. The next day the coroner held an inquest, when the following verdict was. returned: “Died from a visitation of.one beef-stake, eight cold potatoes.and a friend pi®-” cAitLim; : |A^ : stob: The snows whitohessupoi. the warareistiL the long,'bloody •wiis compelled to My father -was pi the Konnebeo, 1 .‘ I w. Before ■ tho . cbnimeno father-had built him a ble enough i for.- his-puiv clearing— into a garden, td tefe#^ I and my his labors. ‘ The year after ouri settlenn^^ii. At first .we apprehOnffiKliu, from tho savogesi aa tb*ifled. l; festedi a friendly; l conscious of danger, ftfpipdians, • Tales of blobd-weria ; ears. We ■wont to bur daily in our.hands, y At tbesoioMM-* summer day vre were seated in our.comfprlalblp. cabin os usu al. ■ A knocking was bqigd'Ot the door. My mother turned.pale amidtopked.at my father, as if entre'ating ; it . until he was certain who ; I immediately, acted upon this softly’to the. entry, was enable®|6j) Reconnoitre, the premises through a>sm®previse., My moth er’s fears werb Uot:.wit^bt"-foundation... An His face 'was painted in the: most/hideous manner. Instead of undoing the fastenings, I proceeded to odd to their BtrengthCift,l ■ reported the dis covery I had made „; I . - ■ “ But pue, did you say ?'? said my father. “Only obe,’’l replied^.'.’ 1 - : ; “ Now see what you'can'discover on the. other side of the cabin. ‘ , I did so, and to my.-surpriae saw three more of the rascals crouched likbserpents in thb grass. . . I reported ftis. &lsp. .. ■ The. knocking, contiuped; 'until it became furious. _ My father, .Pl^pUrSe,.turned a deaf bar to hjs entreaties finding that artifice would not aßisweryho was joined .hjf.Kis oompahions. made,a' most .furious attack’, oppmthe dbpr.. In truth . ,we were but Utfle were but ipur savages,,and wo fejt'ablo'to contend with them. ■ The fact wap .-they, supposed that the male; members of the faruily. nad- not yet re turned from vvork; ..cpMequently , ttey had only to deal with'females;! tThp savages how Lbrought a largo stick’bf .fwoodi and with their United strbngth used it ,’as a; battering . ram.. The door began tp-yield.-. 1 - r ~.;Vy . In the cabin 1 werei loaded muskets. 1 . ■ They were already In _ hands 'skilled, to their use. Wo know a disagreeable surprise was in store for our foes, and; this -knowledge gave us strength and courage. 1 The door yielded, and they rushed in. ’ Popr feljpws, it was the last rush three, of them 'e.ver .made, for : they fell dead upon thethreshbldv beneath our well directed fire. -The fourtW 0 fled ; m oonster ■nation., AVe pursued huierav into theiforeat, put ho was r s\^uVfooted,, aftd- baffted pursuit, “M© ; will bring down more of the redskins upon Us," said iny fatheft wiping' the prespi ration from his brow. ■ ■ ', ’ r > .. . Irideed tne escape of tho lndian was unfor .tunate., After; this we wore kept in continual alarm. Wo were fired at in the fields by un seen foes, and were obliged tb take the great est; precaution toguard against’ surprise by night. ; One of the Indians slainwasa broth er to hint; who. was so unfortunate as to es cape, and we knew-that to avenge his . death would henceforth he the greatest object of his life. 1 ’ ■ . Once we We attacked in the middle of the After a hard battle we . succeeded in driving them away, with the loss of several of . ‘ . Finding cjur position growing more critical every day, we began to think about leaving our solitary cabin, and - seeking, some white settlement. Before our dwelling'.stood the stump of. a tree, which had been broken'.off by a strong wind, about four feet from the ground. This stump washollow. One morn ing my father opened; the .door to ,go to his work, I heard the report ; pf a gun.and almost immediately while simultaneously with the first report, a ball struck the chim ney near me. T ran tothe door. : “Go look in thaji hollow stump/ 7 said my father.: : . , : , • I did so. atid .to my astonishment saw an Indiaa in the agoptos .of death, •; I recognized him instantly as thleohe who made his escape.' He had secreted; himself there durin 0 * the night, in order to shoot.my father'as r he left the cabin. Fortunately, his : aim , was bad. The ball passed an inch off the intended yio tim J s head, .■ Before ho had tlihe to escniio; he received the contents of my father’s rifle. i AVith our united strength we dragged him forth; Wq now relinquished theideaof leav ing our home, that after this .event we might, live in comparative safety, V Soon after thte-I ! joined the ranks of my countrymen, encountered much hardship, and saw,real service,; It so happened, once upon a time, that I was sent out .on a scouting par ty.; Iu bur zeal we went so far that we were obliged to pass the night from camp. There was not a dwelling near, and we were in .the vicinity ,of our sayage foes, whose cunning we hod reason to dread. , AVe- made arranger monfcs to pass the night thus; AVe were in a small clearing, which had been made before 1 the war broke out, and af terwards abandoned, as untenable, ,on'account of the Indians., Near the middle of this was the trunk of a large tree which had been down,<ahd ; whose roots had been taken; from the soil whereon it grow, with an onor mous quantity .of earth, I placed myself on one ,this rampart of earth, with the un derstanding that we should watch each other during the night. By making a small open xngithrough this natural fortification, I was enabled .to thrust my gun through, and watch the approach of an ehemy towards my friend, and he, by. a similar operation, could do the same favor for me; ‘ ■ The night was not very dark, and objects could be Been, ,at-a considerable distance, ?u V i n ® vT o,ll ® mott ? rs in this manner, ■we felt but little apprehension in regard to sur prise. The board rolled bn, X felt' very ?lee Py , and could hardly keep my eyes open. About midnight, my attention was arrested by a bush, which I did not recollect seeingin the early part of the night. ’At first Igavelittle heed to so slight a circumstance, biit at length I began to fancy that it eome nearer. Still I strove to persuade myself that the appearance wastobeattributed to my eyes, rather than reality. After .watching ft for about half ah I hour. I could ho longer doubt that the bush ■wps in motion. I waited with breathless anxiety, "until it was within gunshot. Taking deliberate aim. 1 fired-into the bush. It fell Instantly, and] I heard a heavy groan. ■ ■ “ What have yau done ?" asked my com panion. ■ ■ ; “ We will see in the morning.” I replied. We kept our position till sunrise fin! fear pi ■, surprise. Upon examination, we found the body of a stout Indian lying in a pool of coagr mated blood under the bush. lie had taken this method to reconnoitre,, It proved fatal.—■ I , have passed through many scenes, but I never shall forgot the hollow stuihp’ and the ipoying-bush,” ; . ' I ‘ ' ave left their my events of ory. During ependence,! lorrors, ly settlers of of four sons, he .war, my ite- comforta i.commenced i wilderness ind grain, •isted him in thO second Kennebec, fctle; danger tierto mnni-i it wo were ibrnmencOd There is no place that has, or ought to have, dearer association* than home. . Thither,* the warmest.affections of the heart should tend;, and he is truly desolate who finds not a warm ‘reception from his . 1 kindred at home* Pomp and splendor are not adequate to render homo a happy place; for; glittering robes and apark- Jewels are oftentimes the external decora* tiqns-of a heart that is. dying •within.. The word Home is from the Greex r JSbmc, which signifies '.a glace-of .rest, Alas I how’ often, in stead of. being a place of rest, it; is a. place of torment,' We look at theplated ring, and we admire its brilliancy; but when we come to examine 1 it minutely,,we find a base metal within; andaoitisinmanyahousehold,which, to the eye of the world, appears to float pleasant* ly down the stream .of life*. .As every effect has its cause; so here likewise. Young men and ladies become united in marriage* duly' considering, their adaptability for each other. ■ Infatuated by temporary' be art-beat ings that lack the true vitality,-they are de luded-into connubial thraldom by a siren's voice, as potent to deceive, as she is powerful to win; and when it is too. late, they awake td the fearfulreality that they are totally , in compatible for each other. Marriages are con tracted and celebrated by parties entirely too young-to enter this holy relation. ; It seems , to be the aim of the generality of the' young ladies of the present, day to emulate oaqli other in, the for who .can- be married first. With and uncultivated, and physical organizations but partially developed, they.enter.one of the holiest relatione the Deity ever established; and what is the A life of,chagrin and vexation over youthful ijndiecretiong. The faetthata young female is loved, orhPr infuriated Adonis thinks she | no argument that she will, be a suitable companion for the journey of life* Yirgil, in the tbrpehundred and, fortyrsecond lino of the H. Book of tho describes the youth, Coroebus, who had come to Troy for Cassandra* as iftfiiHated : • lUtstiad Trqjam forte diebus venerat, insanq: Cassctndrce incensus amove. If scheming mothers and anxious fathers would look more to the happiness of their children, and be leas urged by the desire to have them settled in life,: they would be rendering a more creditable; service to .those for whom nature has: established ties, The rum, of many aman is caused by the, ill-treatment Ihe receives at homo; How bitter was the life of Socrates; made so by his union, with Xan* j tbippe \ The brawlings of a contentlous .wo man are like the. dropping that weareth away ibe stones, A woman'should be'gentle and •yielding, and not seek to’ domineer‘’over, her husband; for no Bight.is'moroi pitiable than that .of a; yindiptive woman ruling the' mau ■ she, ought to 10ve.., Dryden,callsj homo the sacred refuge .of our life; and so it should be. There the pure fires of love should hover ex pire ; bufciofc the spirit,' emancipated from the oars of life, when entering thia sanctum, find lit always, a haven of , rest,, We can conceive of no more ; happy abode, than that hero two loving creatures dwell together in hamony— each seeking the other-shappiness. - Home, sweet Homo lr- ’ What a charm and a'spoil in that hallowed name, To tho oar that it pleasingly sounds; But remorse and sorrow .are fraught with tho same/ To tho ear it sadly sounds.., A Romance of Baltimore,— The Baltimore correspondent of the Charleston Courier re- lates the following suggestive and romantic story: A little meidehi characteristic of good for , tune,’flowing from economy, prudence and perseverance, came within range of my no i ties during the recent year, which, if properly portrayed, may, serve to emulate others, „The story is still unwritten. 1 I will endeavor to present it briefly. Xeas than a semi decade ago, there might have been seen in ouri city, seated at some public, corner of a crowded, street,,a young, poprly clad Italian woman, with a small, rosy, faced, blaelc-eyed child in her arms'. 1 Beneath dishevelled nair and a j sunburnt face could be discerned lineaments of beauty, heightened.into sympathetic attrac tion by, tlje Sweet, smile of innocence.— I Thoegh-tho garments of mother and, infant were coarse and tattered, yet cleanliness and an air of neatness always’told'that a careful hand adjusted them. 6ay after day, verging far into evening shades, passed, giving place ,tp now morrows, still this apparently forsaken pilgrim of the Italian dime sat at her post amid the moving, busy throng, modestly beg ging a sustenance for herself and hier tender offspring. A year had made its revolution, and still she was there, constant, unchanged, except to a browner hue. Thebubo grew; Itsfhlleyes brightning into sweeter expression, whilst waves of sunlit happiness now and then il lumed the mother’s bosom. Another annual round,, and she, with her tender charge, dis appeared. The lonely place that knew them once found other occupants. Time passed, and they were forgotten. The sequel, how ever, has recently , come to my knowledge. Some days ago appeared in opr metropolis an opulent Southern merchant. He.oame to pur chase goods and pay cash for a bill of several thousand dollars. “ Who is. my strange though fortunate customer?" inquired the gentleman with whom he dealt. “I will tell you,” replied the stranger, “ I know you, but you ; have not the same aid vantage with me, excepting my name. lam the husband of that poor beggar woman who sat in your streets with an infant in .her arms, and to \riiom you often—very often—as she has since told me—.gave alms. Wo came to America young, blit pools and I think honest.. I sought for employment, add could find nothing to do. From the little my-good Signora had saved I purchased a hand organ; and set out oh a mu sical expedition. F made a tour, passing through several States; going far. West and South; was gone many months,and ground, my organ all the time, whilst Signora still maintained herself upon charitable donations. I J finally returned to Baltimore • with three hundred dollars; found my wife, and little/ one,and wo departed for. the South, locating! in Virginia; commencing business in a small I way, fortune smiled oh »*> * a * va £1 the Owners and o®WP“uts of a comfortable hpmelgosseriing wealth, abundance end hap- is the substance of the stoiy of these, narties, founded nPP“ faots cognizant to many who recollect them. It is a, striate omnmentwy won the unfailing yirtwe.of pejv severance,'and shows what can Im ftCQhms plished cyen under most sdyetae ciycflml stances Only a few days ago this now em* viable merohantwas in our city, purchased goods to the amount of _Beveral thousand dol lars, and paid forthem in cash, / JProm the Cheater Valley Type. Home. Strange' and Anlipatbfei, The following are a few of the moststriking manifestations of that unaccountable feeling of antipathy to certain otypptSi to which so many persons ore subject, and with instances of which, in a modified fprpivperKapa’ nWst people are acquainted:. Erasmus,'though, a native of Botterdqm, had such an aversion to that the smell of it threw hiin into a fever;;. Ambrose Pare mentions a gentleman who pevor could see an eel without feinting. ■ There is an account of another gentleman who would, fall into convulsions at the sight of carp. A Itjdy; a native of-France, .always fainted on seeing boiled lobsters. Other persons from the same country experienced the same incon venience from the smell of roses, though they were particularly partial to the odor of jon quils or tuberoses. Joseph' Schaligor and Peter Abeho never •could dpint milk. (Jardeii'was particularly disgusted at the sight of eggs. r , Uladislaus, king of Poland; couldn’t bear to see apples,. . , 1 • Ifwn apple was shown to Che'snup, Secre tary to Francis 1, he bled at the nose. " : A gentleman in the 'court of the Emperor Fordid and would bleed at thenose on hearing the mewing of a cat, however great the dis tance might be from him. r : Henry til of France could never sit in a : room with a cat. 1 . : ■ ■ The Duke of Schomborg had the same.aver sion. ' de Lancre gives an account of e very •sensible man, who was so terrified at seeing a hedgehog, that for two years he imagined that his bowels were, gnawed by such an animal. The same author was intimate with a very brgve officer, who was so terrified at a'mouse that he never dared to look at one unless ho had a sword in his hand. . ’' M. Vnngheim. a great huntsman in Hano ver, would faint, or, if he had sufficient time, would'run away, at the sight of, a roasted ,§bhn Eol, a gentleman in Alcantara, would swoon on hearing the word lana” (wool) propounced, though his cloak was woollen.. The philosopher Boyle couldnot conquer on aversion to the sound of water running through a pipe.: ■ ' 1 . >, ' . L'a Motho le' Vayer could not endure the Sound of musical instruments, though, he Cx- Seriened a lively pleasure whenever it thun? ered. . •' ; ■- ; ■■ ■ : The author, of the “ Turkish Spy” tella us he would rather encounter 11 lion in tho , : des-.- efts, of Arabia, provided he had“but a sword in his hand, than feel' a spider crawling ,oh him in the dark. He observes that there is no, reason to be given for these secret dislikes, He humorously attributes ■ them to --.the :doc-. trine of tho transmigration of the .-Soul, and. as regarded himself, he supposed that lie hud been a fly before he* came to his body, apd | that having been-frequently persecuted by Spiders, he still retained the dreadof his old l onemy. From Ten Thousand Wonderful Things. ' ;'• • ■I• -MpTOW-tri* CepsE qp'the Gakeeb qe mjt I Four ■ World is:a remarkable I fact that the career of four of the most re nowned characters that over lived closedwitlf (some mournfuhandyiolent death; : ’ ' I Alexander, after ■ having. climbed dizzy heights of ambition, and,;with‘his tem | pips bound with chaplets dipped in the .Wood of countless nations, looked down upon a con? quored world, and wept that there* was hot another city for him to conquer; set a city oh f fire, and died in a scene of debauch, - . I. Hannibal, after having to thb astonishnjion nndconstornatiou.of. Romo, passed-the ilnsj after having put to .flight .the armies of the mistress of the world, and stripped three bushels of gold rings from the fingers of her: slaughtered knights, and made her founda tion quake-—fled from his ■ -country, fipim ■ chased by. one of those who exultipriy pnjtpc his name to that of God, and called him Hah nibaal, died at last by poison jidininistered })y his'own unwept, in a fo reign land. Cassar, after haying conquered eight hun dred cities, and dyed his clothes in Sje Wood of one million of 'his foes; after haying pnr- I sued to death the only rival he had on earth, was miserably assassinated by those he con sidered his nearest friends, and in that very place, the attainment of which had been his greatest ambition. Bonaparte, whose mandate kings and em perors obeyed, aftef having filled the earth with the terror of his name, deluged it with blood, abd clothed the,world with sackcloth, closed his days iq Jonply IjapistynjenWalmost literally exiled from the .world, yet whore' he could sometimes see his country’s banner war ving over the deep, but which could not or would hot Wing him aid. _ Thus four great mop, who, from the, pecu liar situation ■of their portraits, seemed to stand tip), representatives of all whom the world calls great—those four, who each in turn made the earth tremble to its centre by their siipple tread, severally died—rone by in toxication, or some suppose by poison mingled in wine; one a suicide; one murdered by his friends and one in lonely exile. Beecher on Chilflrcp. The following beautiful sentiment, in regard to the future condition of children is from the pen of Ilonry ifard Beecher: When God gives mo a babo, I soy, I thank God for this lamp lit in my family., And when after it has boon a light in my household for one or two years, it pleases God .to take it away, can I take the cup bitter or, sweet? I eon say, “My light hits gone out; my heart is sacked; -pyr hopes gyp deso late ; ; my child is lost Imy child is lostl" or I con , say, in the spirit of Job, “The Lord gave, and the Lord bath taken away; blessed bo tho name of the I Lord 1" 1 It has pleased God to take dye children I from mo, but I never lost one, ami noyer shall.—j When I have a child Hint Christ covets, with a ii- j vine coveting, and says to me in words of tender ness, “Will you not give ipe'the child, and lot, mo take care of it, instead of yourself 9" ipy Soyh may but iny heart says, “Lord, toko it and adopt it" X have lived long enough since tho tak ing away of my children, to.dnd that it is ,better as it is, than that they should hareyorpainod with om. 11 have seen a great many cares and troubles for a I person of ray years, hut I bear witness that Gad has put no trial upon me which it has not been good for ' me to endure,* 1 . i- I “A? believers in Christianity, which reveals God OS odr Father, and heaven os our eternal home,-it is* I our privllego to fool that, yhon our ,children are ta*- ■im from W, they are not lost to ns, but only pass ao-to become angelio beings around the burning throng. Of God; and tho Lamb.' Jesiib de clared that of fnhb was the kingdom of heaven.— They have mm from .us to live with the qrowned immortals, to b* watched for .and cared for by the “?«!» of light, and we doubt not that they will bo hi^h," 110 * eloQn ' to^B W°ng the shining courts on yoif If*? OtawWOaplish with indost^j it not only tends to make their minds - sunery fleial, but, what in still less thought oiTtbejr characters, slippery, elip-ehod, -arid slip-slop. ! /Vow thcffotiondl OJno JfotHocrof* ill the John BrowfllVeijiiis torn Support: W1ltp(!i))j It Is a fait worthy ti^^vj every man in this community* where ultra 7 Abolitionism does n\Ost ‘ : yho aided and abetted John Brown in hia Tflid ftt Harper's ferry, and eyery man wfiq defended or pleaded his conduit while,Byifljfr’ or who mourned for himas a martyr when he a m 4 We the strong supporterCf J LihcbKnnd;Hamlin f '“ f 4 being the picked spcakers of tKe party at its politipal meetings-rrthd chief met} in the oounoils of that party. : On ; v'rj hand, we do not recollect in thia citya single man who openly and persistently denounced Joha Brown .and-Jtfs; suppprts Lincoln and Hamlin, . The men who shrouded “ Meiodoop Hall’' in crape the night that Brown was* hanged;- \it who made speeches and quoted Scripture to show: parallels between tho Savior, of tho . world and a horse-thief and murderer, ; are all ' of the class, who support Of tinc'oja and Ham lin, and will glory m. their, ejection, , r " Among all ourAitiseps who are entitled to vote, who. approved of the courao ppraupd hy Gov.JPennison m refusing to deliver up, oh ” i the demand of the Governor of Virginia, cep* . tain thieves andmUrderors'wh'oßoughtßafely . ! and aiimesty for. their crimes in Ohio, 1 therp I? not a sfogle man bpt is ready .to throw pp hia cap at the nomination of Lincoln and Hamlin, r , and jto, cony rails gn .his shoulder, and 'to i shout for his success.. v V In Ashtabula, county,Aofehna R, Qiiidings';’ has a band of men calling themselves," Sons' - of Liberty,",.handed .together to: resist laws, and to prevent thocapt proof runaway, slaves, whoso embleii} of power .is a huge' peeled plph B-H4 Other arms. bar is fust making Ashtabula coautyarogOff S' harbor for all the runaway; slaves and. men fleeing from justice for crimes dqnfixfittediii, the South,„ Every man of these is.the hold' 'i ahdbitter ,opponent, of .the; Penjqprapyi ahd;’' ' the ardent friend and siipporWr of dLihoolo ■ and Hamlin, • .u. > Jn the same county there is - another'band .*' raised fpr unlawful purposes, knOwn by WBja^r'-ii';<ji ing ia’ hlaofc ribbon around tl}B neblf',;whoaa:;7 7 duty it is'to boa, body-guard ipr. allthomis- ,’7 ercants who.flee to Ashtahpla pur-. Sued hy|hP dohn Hrown in inciting slayes toinsurrection - [ in Virginia, in lovying war upon a' sovereign ■ State, ip tr.egson undip. npirnet.'V -in this blaoif string hand,’ without; exception, is tho atrong and earnest supporter. , of Iphooln and IJamlin. ':;7 C.: ~7;j7 Among theAgente, officersj and 'patrons the underground devoted exclusively i, . to running pff negroes, Lincoln, and Hamlin " , will get every yotp. -.y . ;; a Ofthese and such os'these ate tho'leading . supporters of Xancoln and Hamlin '.composecu Thu ultra Abolitionisfc takes to thenomineeos Vuturolly as ,p dpck tajtps tO whose life is engaged inatealingUegroea. ciipv ries outbid principles by supporting the, Abo*. • •. litioii nominees, while.the;bolder spirits,,the ',j„j: teen whoWagew.ar upon anunof&ndingpeople/',! and who flul-thoir utmost to desolate the South 7 . by a servile insurrection, and who in the pro- ‘ gtfissof‘their,parricidalwork,oominit}pdfl}i}fi;’ der in cold blobd, seek safety and inimpnlty in the and Hamlin. ,’ prf Sm fhp Republicans have a /negroes r and disfranchised all foreign btttn' ” extend to tho nogro .the righfc to/'rote after a residence of six months iii the State;, whereas they com pel a foreign white man to remain .there ftpqfi years' after hefasf>eeji r im«v<- .allowJiim to vote. ■ ■ - ■ •.* :?''T 1 In New York the Republicans;', havegiveu i-‘ Negroes the right of suffrage unde? a prbprl.' •' erty qualification, ff a s2sQ'' or over, bp is equal to a white Republican : if ho is worth' only $249,99 he isn’t. ;■ In Ohio a mulatto is allowed to vote, andr is accounted “a. white citizen,” under a decisr . ion of the jaepub.liqw .Supreme Court of tfa#£ ; * State. ... „ The Democrats in the Ohio Legislature prOr posed an amendment to their Constitution/loat' wipter, which wopld offQOtipjily nroKlljit ; suffrage, but - the Republicans defeated the measure. " ’’ ■ In Cleveland tfee Pcpublican Board of fcdr ' ucation compel white children toait with'ner;; groesin the public shools—one of the rpopjbcfe , } of the Board declaring tbat “ho would rather , his child should sit beside a negro than beside ‘ a frizile-headed Irishor a baiiwjgelpd - Putoh ■' one." - ; 1 , ' Sixty Republican members ofCongress ■ “ pordially endorsed” the, following sentiment in helper’s book: “ Not to be an abolitionist is to bo a lyilfgl and inejtfpipont qf the devil.”. • " , ’ d;‘. _■ ’ . .■ y The Freeport Journal ,{&ep.) says:. “W 0... _■ believe that the negro is human—that ho has ' ‘ a soul—and so far as his rights pre Concerned 5 u ho should enjoy all- the' social ’/ipd' .' rights of the Whiteman.’’’ . w hen John Brown was convicted of murder, .. and hung for feie oriip.es, the .Republipphs . held sympathy meetings in all their sirong-' ' holds, and tolled bells, and passed resolutions that, John Brown was a Christian martyr.and the gallows upon which he was hpng ijidtS ''■! glorious than the cross of Christ.': ~ Curtin Insulting Germans. —Col. Curtin '{ has indulged in oxpiess'c#s against the Oer- '■ mans, that will materially damage , hi#; proa- ii pecta among that large and respectably class , of voters in this State. The German farmer# . II of Pennsylvania are an honost unci lipnorablo class of men, and the fyono ynd sinew of the Commonwealth. The German farmera of Wittany Vallor, of all parties, we are told, are,,. very much dispjLpwied xM Mr- purtip fop,. having said, in a speech jlfqt Ittay, tjmt,:-".#;: . Dutchman is not like another person - fid' has'- ' iipo skulls, and in order to get an tdea into his ) head, yoxi mvst first si/wsfr one QfhiselgtllsJt . . That’s a handsome complimen for -iheGer-' ' man fhrn?ers of this county and. Of Poutt,' 1 sylvama, and paid you'by ■ Andrew G.> Gurtlh ‘ the Black Republican Rnowl JjFothmcrpahdist date for Governor. Tell it to every German voter .(or ajltar jthemjjpf Pennsylvania, and she whether there ja pot idea enough under their, “ two skulls” to witlt 1 hold their votpk from Oho who ■ tuoh 4isremctful language ih i speakine; of ) the honest Qbrmana his • native Biyte,Tr-HoW j ban'one of our German , voter# , ,oast ' ifor Andy? ,feate ante no ijhfl can unless ne be lost to all shame jjhd 6elfireasecV We have something furtherto rolate ofi eitoik lyr ch#wuter,but space will not permit it this Week; '- " ‘ -,-r ' ftmpv} thing, tWavanca is offers tW vld6 r sf'o}(i *gei ' Aa ayx aad ioeniaw' of edition rtiwwr marly indisposed. L T'r° f ' - ' -v>i mm .gilj nux/b ■j imm r: h? r/.jrox I i i *-r; ■ (j J NO. 15. ,r 7 r
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