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TO THE UNION
dy jiAnriN’ p. tupeh.
Giant aggregate of nations,
GloriouS whole of glorious parts,
Unto ondloss generations,
Live united hands and hearts.
Bo it storm or summer weather,
Peaceful calm,or battle jar, t
Stand in beauteous strength together,
■ Sister States as now yo aro. .
Every potty class dissension, •
lloal.it up as quick os thought;
Every paltry placo pretension, . i
Crush it as a thing of naught.
Lot no narrow, private feeling
. Your great,onward progress bar;
But remain in right and reason, - •
- Sister States as now yo are.
Fling, away absurd ambition,
. Ponpjr tbnt toy to kings;
Envy, jealously, suspicion
iij '.loeVo ouoh grovoUmg things ;
In each others joyi, united, •
All your hate bo-joys of. war>
And by.all means keep united
Sister States as - now yo aro;
Wpro .I but some scornful stranger)
Still my counsel would bo just; -
Break the baud, and all is danger.
Mutual fcar.and dark distrust;' .
-But you know me for a brother,
And a friend who’ftpcakS tVdin far;
Bo a§ ond then iVith each other
Sister - States as now yo are. -
, Lo, a peerless ceustolation; .
May those stufS far ciublaze;
Three and three times throe foldmatiori
. Go ahead in power and praise
Like the many breasted goddess,,
Thryhod on the Ephesian,cur, •
Bo one heart in many bodies
BUtor States as now yo are.
BY OEOIIGE P. srounis.
'Oho bnlmy summer night, Mary,-
. «Jusb as tho oroseon( moon
Itad thrown aside, her lloocy veil;
. Wo left tho gay saloon;
And in a groon,.sequestered spot,
. Beneath a drooping tree, •
Fotid words worp .breathed, by you forgot;
That still are dear to moj-Mary;
That still aro dour to me.
Oh, wo wore happy then, Mary,
Thrio lingered on his way,
To crowd a lifetime in a night,
Wholo ages in a day !
If star and sun would sot and rise
.. Thus in our-after years,
The world wduld bo apdrhdiso,
. And not a vale of tcarsj Mary,
And not a vale of tears.
I live but in tho past, Jjfary; .
■. Tho glorious days df old I
Wheu loyo was hoarded id fcb'o heart)
As misers hoard their gold:
And often like a bridal train,
, To music soft and lo.w,
Tho by-gone raontonts cross my brain,
In all their siimnier glow> Mary*
In all their Suninior gloWs
Tiicso froni and fadd> Maryj
.; As ago bouloS stealing' on)
To bring tho light and IcaVo the shade
Of days forever gone }
Tho poet's brow may wear at last
Tho bays that rourid it fallj
But love has rose bud 6 of tho past
Far dearot than them all, Mary,
Far dearer than them all!
Ml'Mtllmnm.
THE IRON VAULT.
STORV or A SAN FRANCISCO LOCKSMITH,
lam a locksmith by trade. My- calling is
a strange One; rtnd possesses a certain fascina
tion rendering it one (if the most agreeable of
pursnits; Many who follow it see nothing in
Ijt but labor—think of nothing in it but its re
turrls in gold and silver. I'o me it has other
•pharins than the money it produces. I am
called upon; almost daily; to open doors and
peer into long ndgldctod apartments; to spring
the stubborn locks of safes, and gloat upon
“Casuros piled within, to quietly enter the
“fartments of ladies with inord beauty than
discretion, and pick thd locks of drawers con;
peace-destroying missives that the dan-
& 6 h‘the n re o 0 f f r, nde rs.
possession of the " ti
this ?—no food for speculation—no scope for
Q»l!wra- ng A ° f P leaBant fancy ? Then who
not be a locksmith, though his face is
begrimed with the soot of the forge and his
hands are stained with rust ? 8 ’ 8
story either V °f a ***? to . toll - n °t exactly a
/ eit her for a story implies the comole
and minors lhe , of a nnrrative
■tion to one “T the introd “«-
* it' im deals in thincs of
t ii; In the spring of I^5G
into fab business 01 ’ lIT" wor . ked “Wolf
closely yeiiodTentored'mrshr^'p a uU- y ’
from beneath a cloak a sma?/Vn a „iS ’to." 8
foquestmpr mo to onon it r pi in V • ■
cnsly constructed,°and I was afen h*'
Shuttin(S?P S i IOn ’ bu f of oourso complied;—
thn i Kl l ? donr nnd returning to my work
afa aV:Sn dre ,T,!' 0 !' V ° ik di^sed « "weei
rcßtle,B, e a rin VO tL lma e ,n « d - There was a
cheekKJL" In T P d a palior in the
' n a moment niP dof a heartillat ease, and
Piarato that of pnty° m ° tlPn f ° r her Jlnd givon
Sy air a irto y o°cWlTy n ?-’ raW^t^nqS
1 felt a rebuke in her reply: “Inrequos-
TERMS
HMRY.
“Well, then, if is absolutely necessary for
me to explain,” she replied, “I must toll ypd
that you are required to piok tho lock of a
vault, an(l—”
“ You have gone quite far enough, madam,
with the explanation,” I interrupted; “I am
not at your service.”
“As Is4id,” slip continued, “you .are re
quired td pjick theloek.of n‘ vdiilf; rfrid rescue
from death n man who has been confined there
for three days.”
“To whom does the vault belong?” I in
quired.
My. husband,” was the somewhat reluc
;ant reply.
“ Then why so' much sdcrqsy 7—or rather,
iow came a man in siioli a place'?”
“I secreted him there, to escape the obser
vation of my husband; He' suspected as much,
and closed the door upon hint,; presuming
ho had loft the vault and quitted the bouse by
the back door, I did not dream, until to-day,
that ho was confined' there. Certain’ suspic
ious acts of my husband, this afternoon, 1 con
vinced mo that the man is there beyond hu
man hearing, and .will bo starved to death by
my barbarous husband unless immediately
rescued. For three days he has not left the j
house. X ‘drugged’ him loss than an hour |
ago, and ho is now so completely stupifiod that
the look may bo picked without his interfe
rence. I have searched his pockets, but can
not find the key; hence my application to
you. Now you know all; will you accompa
ny mo?”
“ To the end of the world, madam, on such
an errand.”
V Then prepare yourself; there is a cab
waiting at the door.”
I was a little surprised, for I had not hoard
the sounds of the wheels. , Hastily drawing
‘ ll , a . c °at and providing ray Self with the re
quisite implements, I was soon at the door.—
iiioro, sure enough, was the cab, with thodri
loi in his seat, ready for the mysterious jour
ney-.! entered the vehicle, followed by the la
dy. As soon as I was seated she produced a
heavy handkerchief, which, by the faint light
ot a street, lamp, she carefully bound round
ting you to close tho door, I had no other ob
ject than to escape the attention of passers/'.
1 did not reply, but thoughtfully continued
my work-. She resumed—
“ That Httle box contains valuable papers,
Erivatd papers, and I have lost th'e key, or it
as been stolon. I should , not wish to have
you remember that I ever came hero op such
an errand-,” she continued, with, somd hesita
tion, and giving me a look which was no dif
ficult matter to 'understand;
“ Certainly, madam, if you desire it-. If I
cannot forget your, face, I will at least attempt
to lose the recollection of ever seeing it here!”
The lady bowed' rather coldly at what I con
sidered a fine compliment.- and I proceeded
with my work, satisfied that a suddenly dis
covered partiality for mo had nothing to do
with the visit. Having succeeded, after much
filing and fitting, in turning the lock, I was
seized with a curiosity to get a glimpse at tho
precious contents of the" box, and suddenly
raising the lid, discovered a bundle of letters
and a daguerreotpye, as t slowly passed tho
casket to its owner-. She seized it hurriedly,
and placing the letters and picture in her [
pocket, locked the bo.x! and drawing the veil
over her face, pointed to the door. I opened
it, and as she parsed into tho street, she mere
ly whispered, “ Remember!” We met again,
and I have, been thus particular in describing
her visit to the shop, to render probable a sub
sequent recognition;
About two o’clock one morning, in tho lat
ter part of May following, I was awoke by a
gentle tap on the window of a little room back,
of tho shop, ip which I lodged; Thinking of
burglars, I sprang out of bed, and in a' mo
ment was at the window, with .a heavy ham
mer in_niy hand, which I usually kept at that
time within convenient reach of my bedside;
“Who’s there?” I inquired,, raising tho
hammer and peering out into the darkness—
for it was as dark as Egypt when under the
curse of Israel’s God.
“Hist!” exclaimed the figure stepping in
front of the window; “open the door; I have
business for you.”
“ Rather past business hours, I should say;
but who are you ?” -
“No one that would harm you,” returned
the voice which, I imagined was rather femi
nine.for a burglar’s.
“Nor no one that.can!" I-replied, rather
emphatically, by way of warning, as I tigh
tened my grip upon the hammer, and procee
ded to the door; I pushed back the bolt, and
slowly opening the door, discovered the stran
ger already upim the steps;
“What do you want?” f abruptly inquired!
“I will tell you,” answered the same soft
voice, “if you dare open the door wide enough
for me to enter.” °
, “ Come in,” said I, resolutely, throwing the
door ajar, and proceeding to light a
Having succeeded, I turned td examine the
visitor; He was a small and neatly dressed
gentleman-, with li. heavy Raglan round his
shoulders .and a blue, navy cap drawn suspic
ioPsly-ovor the eyes. As I advanced toward
him,.he seemed to hesitate a moment,.then
raised the cap from his forehead, and looked
me curiously in the face; I did not drop the
candle, but I’acknowledge, to ,a little nervous-'
ness as 1 hurriedly placed the light" upon a
table, and silently proceeded to invest myself
with two or three necessary articles of cloth
ing, As the Lord liveth my visitor was a
tydy v and tho same for whom' I had opened
the little box about a month before.l Having
completed my hasty toilet, I attempted to
stammer an apology for my rudeness, but ut
terly failed. The fact is, I was confounded.
Smiling at niy discomfiture, she said,
. “ Hisguiso is useless; I presume you recog
nize mo ?" . 1 ’ °
believe I told you, madam, I should ndt
soon forget your face. In what way can I
serve you ?”
“ doing half an hour’s wqrk before day
light to-morrow and receiving five hundred
dollars for your labor,” was the reply.
, “It is not ordinary work,’.’ said I, inqui
fmgly; “ that commands sd munificent a com
pensation.’.
11 It is a labor common to your calling ” re
turned the lady. The price is not so much
for the labor as the condition under which it
must bd performed.”
■ “ And what is the condition?” I inquired.
. That you will submit to being conveyed
from and returned to your own door; blindfoh
ded ”
Ideas of murdor, burglary, and almost eve
ry other, crime known to vilid.jny; hurriedly
presented themselves in succession ns I polite
ly bowed and said—
“ I must understand something more of the
character of tho employment, as well as the
conditions, to accept ypdr. offer.”
“Will not five hundred dollars answer in
lieu of any explanation ?” she inquired.
“ No, nor five thousand.”
She patted her foot nervously on the floor.
I could see sho had placed entirely too low an
estimate on my honopty, and I felt some gra
tification in being able to convince her of the
fact; ,
■ my eyes: ,The lady seated herself beside mo,
. and the cab started; In half an hou* the ve
l hide stopped—in what part of th'o city tam
entirely ignorant, as. it was evidently driven
, in anything but a direct course from the
; point of starting;
i Examining the bandage, to see that my vis
ion was completely obscured, the lady handed
me the bundle of tools with which I was. pro
vided, then taking me by the arm; led me
through a gate into a house which I knew was
brick, and after taking me along a passage
jay that could not have been less than fifty
feet in length, and down a flight of stairs into
what was evidently an underground base
ment, stopped beside a vault, and removed the
handkerchief from my eyes.
“Here is th 6 fault; open it," said she,
springng the door of a dark lantern,, and
throwing a beam upon the lock;
I seized d bunch of skeleton keys, and after
a few trials, which the lady seemed to watch
with the most intense anxiety, sprung the
bolt; The door swung upon its hinges* and
my companion, telling me not to close it, as it
was self-locking, sprang into the vault; ' 'I did
not follow; I heard the murmur of low voic- 1
os within, and the next moment the lady re":
appeared, and leaning upon her arm was a man 1
so pale and haggard that I started at the
SJghfr. How he must have suffered during the 1
three. long days of his confinement in that
vault! i
“ Remain here;” she‘said, handing .mo tho
.lantern; “I will be back-in a moment.”
The two slowly ascended the stairs, and I
.heard them enter immediately above where I
was standing; In less than a minute the la
dy returned;
“Shall I close it, madam ?”'said I, placing
my hand upon tho door of the vault.
“.No! no I" she exclaimed hastily seizing
my arm ; it awaits another occupant!”
“IVladame; you certainly do not intend
;o—^ ■”
i “Are you ready?” she interrupted, holding
> tho handkerchief before my eyes. Tho
thought flashed across my mind, that,she in
l tended to push mri into the vault and bur.ym<j
,nnd my secret together. . She seemed to read
the. suspicion, and continued:, “Dd not be
alarmed ; you nre not the man .
I could not mistake the truth of the feaffuj
meaning of the remark, and I shuddered as I
bent my head to the handkerchief; My eyes
were as carefully bandaged as before, and I
was led to the cab, and thence driven homo
i)y a more circuitous route, if possible, than
the one by which weeamo. ‘ Arriving in front
of the door, the handkerchief was removed*
and I stepped from the vehicle. A purse of
five hundred dollars was placed in my hand,
and in a moment the-cab and its mysterious
occupant had turned a corner, and were out of
sight: ,
I entered the shop, and the purse of gold
was the only evidence I could summon, in my
bewilderment; that all I had just done aritl -
witnessed was not a dfoam;
A month after that I saw the lady and the '
gentleman, taken Iron! the .-vault, leisurely
walking, along Montgomery. street; X do nut
knowj. jbut X .believe, the sleeping husband
awoke witnip ;that vault, anil his. hones am ,
there to day! :The wife is still a resident or
ban Francisco: . ■
I Dave not Begun to fight ret,’*
The above language of the gallent and
■brave Paul Jones, when the British comman
der asked if he struck his flag and surrender:
ed, are memorable words. Although his deck,
was slippery and streaming with tho blood of
his gallent drew, his ship was on fire, his guns
were nearly every one dismounted, his colors
shot away, and his vessel gradually sinking,
Paul Jones, with an immortal heroism, con
tinued to fight. “Do you surrender?” shout
ed the English captain, desirous to prevent
further bloodshed, and seeing the colors of the
Bon Hemme Richard gone,, supposed that the
American hero wanted to surrender. And
'what was, and who can imagine his surprise,
to receive in reply to this question the answer,
“ I have not begun to fight yet.”
. The scene is thus described: There was a
lull in the conflictfor an instant, and tho bold
est held their breath as Paul Jones, covered
with blood and black with powder stains,
jumped on a broken gun carriage; waving his
sword; exclaimed in tho never to be forgotten
words “ 1 have not begun to fightyot.” And
the result was that tho battle changed, and.
in a few minutes the British ship struck her
colors and .surrendered; and Paul Jqnes; leap
ing from his own sinking ship; stood upon the
deck of the British vessel a conqueror and a’
hero.
.What an admirable watchword for the hah
tld of life; despair may ask hope' to strike
her flag, but planting the foot more firmly,
ponding tho hack more readily to the burden
imposed, straining the muscles to the utmost
tension; bracing the drooping heart lot him
who is driven to the wall; exclaim; “ I have
not begun to fight yet.” They are words of
energy hope' and action; They deserve; they
will command success; Id thd darkest hour
let thorn ring out and forget-the past, the
years wasted and, gone by and give them as
an inaugural address of a new era. When
tho misfortunes of life gather too closely
y°er battle cry go forth from the
thickest of the conflict, “ I have not begun to
PS'.'J vet,” and you will find your fees flee
u)n hcuui’o the now strength imparted, and
yielding tho vantage ground ah you press for
ward in tho battle strife.
Brief History op Fort Moultrie. —Fort
Moultrje is named in honor of. Gen. William
Moultrie, .one of. the bravest patriots in the
American Revolution, who gained a memora
ble victory atthe fortress over aßritish squad
ron; Jiino 28,1776/ Moultrie was a native of
South Carolina, and of Scottish descent. Ho
early espoused the cause of American inde
pendence, and in March, 1770, was ordered to
construct a, fort on Sullivan Inland, 1 at the
mouth of Charleston harbor, and wasongaged
in the work when the British fleet appeared
off the* coast., Ho was advised to abandon, the
fortress, as General Lob, his superior officer,
declared it was rio better than a " Slaughter
pen.” But. Moultrie had faith in his own
arid defended the fort with great skill
add vftW. firid drove away the enemy* One
British ship was lost, and two others were so
riddled as to have almost become wrecks/
riGUTiNQ in Debt. —“ I musj confess,”
says n philosophical English historian, “when
(I. see princes and States fighting and quar
reling amidst their debts, funds and public
mortgages, it always brings to my mind n
match of cudgel playing, fought in a china
shop."
CT” “I’m afraid,” said a lady to her hus
band, “that I’m going to have a stiff nook.”.
“ Not at all improbable” my dear,” replied tho
spouse, “I’ve seen strong symptoms of it over
since wo wore first married."
Cy* Will you have mo ? said a younir man
to a modest little girl. ‘ No John, said she,
‘ but you may hare mo* if you will.'
“OUR COUNTRY-MAT IT ALWAYS BSjBIQHT-BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.”
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1861.
“ Big John die one of these days. He go
up to heaven—knock at the gate; Peter say,
‘ Who knock at .the gates of heaven ?’ ‘ Big
John.’ ‘John, you pay for that whisky, you
stole?’ ‘Yes.’ the receipt under tho
gate, John;’ Tiftn Big John have to go hunt
all though hell to find Judge Johnson and
get a receipt;"
Not at HostE.-VOf all fashion’s follies, the
one oftenest repcljted, and the most senseless,
is the “ not at noble” lie put into the mouth of
the- servant thatTibswors the door-bell, by the
mistress of the house, when the latter is not
in full dress, or.jnot inclined to see the caller.
The first instance.of this white lie was when
the fugitive Sisera; in. his flight; accepted a
shelter in the lerifbf Jael; He said unto her •
“ Stand in the dopr of the tent; and it shall
be when any man doth pome and inquire of
thee; and say; Is there any mad here \ that
thou sbalt say; No!’’ .To the credit of that
sex,, which how-a-days has the reputation of
oftenest indulging in this fashionable folly, be
it said that it.did.uot originate with woman,
for Jael would not obey thd request; and act
tually nailed her guest to the ground, either
because he wanted bor to tell a lie, or from
some other cause. , Scott, in his Commenta
ries on the subj.odt, says that the French send
word that they “. frre/not visible.’’ If Scott
had lived in our day, he need not have sent
to Franco to ascertain what word is proper to
send to the dooV yyhe'n company cannot be re
ceived. Every tfi|e American woman would
have told him tli:U all that is necessary to an
swer, with truth and politeness, is to say that
the mistress ,ys .engaged.” So thinks the.
Cleveland HeriCtd. , ' ’ ’i
How tiiev; IdjVß.—iiho Now York corres
•prindPnt of : ele. | - tba{/
Gov; Raymond, wBo is eminently a social man,
lives unostentatiously in a handsome double
house .ufi town; well furnished, choicely
adorned, arid elegantly beautiful. His libra
ry, for which hd has an especial weakness, is
one of the finest on the continent, and all of
the comforts Whiofl.tdstd can suggest or mon
ey furnish; are provided at his hospitable
dwelling. Mr. Greeley, who id eminently
not a social man, hoards at the Everett House
in dismal solitude; whild hjs bettor half and
their mutual pledges of .aflbclioii spend their
time iri Europe: Mr: Bennett lives regally,
sumptuously, and , spendidjy, at Washington
Heights. The Wold man;”‘as he is irrever
ently called by thd boys in his office, has very
many good points about him; Keen, shrewd;
kind, gonial, liberal, enterprising, ambitious;
and strong, ho may well defy the the attacks
of jealous rivals or the stabs of malice:
The , Bishah Abbey,— At this place there
is preserved a picture of Lady Hobby, (sister
io Lady Bacon and Lady Burleigh,) with a
very white face and hands, dressed in coif,*
weeds and wimple,(then allowed to a baronet’s
widow. In this dress she is still supposed to
haunt a bod room,'where she appears with a i
self-supported basin moving before her, in
which she is perpetually trying to wash her
hands ; but it is remarkable that the appari
tion is always in the negative, the black part
[ white, the white black. , The legend is that,
because her child, William Hcbby, could not
write without making blots, she beat him to
death; It is remarkable that twenty years
ago, in altering the window-shutter, a quan
tity of children’s copy-books, of the time of
Elizabeth; were discovered pushed into the
rubble between the joists of the floor, and that
one of these' was a copy-book which answered
exactly to thd story;,
.Mveciiing Strawberries with Straw.
W. Petrie, of Pittsburg, states that the best
mulching for strawberries is cut straw. It
keeps the berries perfectly olqiin; and if put
on thick enough; it Will keep down the weeds,
keep the ground moist, and prevent the run
ners from catching.: He hauls the straw but
to the field in bundles* and takes a good straw
cutter along; with twb men to cdt the’ straw
and two boys to carry-it in baskets. The
straw should be cut short—the shorter the
bettor—and spread On top of the plants quite
thick, and the rains and the winu will work
it down under the leaves, and the fruit stems
will shoot above the straw. The mulching
should be done just before the fruit stems
shoot. . ■
A Now Jersey flourist recommends
brick-dust ns the best material in which to
propagate cuttings of flouring plants. He
says: “My material is brick dust—the refuse
of the kiln after burning—or what mav be
inode by taking soft bricks and pounding
them up. Enough may be had at any brick
yard for a more' trifle to last a great while;-;
but I think tlio fresher it is the better. For
thpse plrints rrinrCLdifficult to root, such as di
aphenos, heaths,- cape josatriinea, &0., I, fill
shallow cutting plots.entirely with brick dust;
b®* l oept about an inch at the bottom, which is
filled with course lumps of brick,- to secure a
good drainage,) Eof plants that .root moat
easily, I use half brick dust and half sandy
loam. It is quite surprising how much more
certainly and quickly cuttings of all sorts
root in brick dust thiin in sand or in loamy
soil in the common way;
\!0“ The question is often discussed, whoth
or the savages enjoy life. Wo suppose thov
do, as they always seem anxious to take it;
when they get a chance,
EC7* A young man while endeavoring to car
ry out a plan, fell down and was seriously in
jured on a projecting point of time. i
BQyA Yankee says that prodjudioe against
color is very natural, and yet the prettiest
girl ho ever knew was Oliva Brown. J
. Jlndfan Anecdote.
, Years agif, when the copper faced natives
, had mingled the whites just long enough
, to confuse; theii- ideas .of propriety, when
Judge Johnson; hold court on the hanks of the
. Mohawlr, Big .John, a prince of the royal fam
ily of Kiniokiniok; was arraigned; tried and
; convicted larceny of a jug of firewater.
According to'ths laws in operation at that ro
mantic period; Big John was sentenced to pay
a fine: of five.dothirh which' was duly forked
over.. Whereupon thb aboriginal culprit was
informed that he,'was at liberty to go; John
gathered hir .blanket around him and ap
proached the judge, and demanded a receipt
for his five dollars;
; “ There’s uo qocasion for a receipt, John;’’
said the JudgoiJ'you’ll never bo called on to
pay it again;”-
“Ugh.l steal whisky—pay five
dollars—wanted pi receipt;"
■ “ Wo don’t gtyb receipts here, John.’’
But the son Of thb forest was not to bo
cheated. He bored the clerk, sheriff, and
every one connected with the court, until the
Judge oonelndid*co give him a receipt to get :
rid of him. He called him up to the oenoh, -
and said ; ; ’
“John, if you tell me what you want with '
a receipt, I’ll give you one.” 1
Upon whichitfia red man delivered himself i
as follows: ' .-If r ■' ■
EEV. JOHN CHAMBERS’ SERMON;
The Presbyterian church, comer of Broad
and Sansom streets, was crowded to overflow
it” Four for opening the exercises on
the 4th mst., (the day set aside for humilia
tion and prayer.) Every .seat on the main
floor and in the galleries had its occupant,
and there were many persons standing. The
pastor, Kev. John Chambers, occupied the
pulpit, and preached from the subjoined
text, found in the seventh chapter of • Jere
miah: ,
“ The word that came to Jeremiah, saying,
. Stand in' the gate of the Lord’s house, and
proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the
word of the Lord, all y e of Judah, that enter
in at those gates to worship the Lord'.
‘Thus said the lord of hosts, the God of
Israel; Amend your ways and your doings,
an ..m, W iU oause y° u .dwell in this place;
m Ust ? ou ? ot ’ n iy'DS words, saying,
The Temple of the Lord', the Temple are
these: 1 . .
“ For if yon thoroughly amend your ways
and your doings; if ,yo thoroughly execute
judgment between a man and his neighbor;
“If ye oppress not a stranger, the father
less and the widow, and shed not innocent
blood in this place, neither walk after false
gods to your hurt:
“Then will • I cause you' to dwell in this
place, in the land that I gave to your fathers,
forever and ever/’—Yorses 1-7.
The speaker, after announcing the text, and
dwelling on its emphatic clauses, said that it
become the minister of the Gospel at this.pe
riod, to stand in this great Western gate—■
this temple of the Lord—this refuge of the
oppressed of all nations, and utter the words
of the Lord in warning to the people. He
(the speaker,) believed that wo stood on the
very brink of a civil* war: The ideamightbe
laughed at, but this was no time to laugh
“ fools make a. mock at sin,” but it becomes
us to look with solemnity at this grave mattef
—this probability of a civil war in a country
where men scarcely know what fear means.
He then proceeded to show what, in view of the
crisis, a minister ought to preach to our Amer
ican Israel, with its thirty-four tribes. The
messenger of the Lord ought to tell the peo
ple of their ways, and beseech them to amend
theni as the Lord saith; We thought the
cause of out present peril in unauthorized re
ligious teachings; in the pharasaism which
arrogates to itself all the virtue of the land;
and in.the corrupt and enigmatical evigencies
of portions of the Holy Scriptures;
, The spfehkfer thought God spoke to us to-diiy
in behalf , of justice, and called upon us to
amend olir blood-shedding ways, our ways of
oppression, ahd all other, sins of National
magnitude as committed by States; cities,
towns or townships.* For, he affirmed, every
command of the Decalogue is this day violat
ed in every State, city, borough and even
township of the confederacy;
The speaker then took up the Ten Com-
one by one, and showed the guilt
of the people. How wo .Americans worship,
other gods than the True God; how profanity 1
and blasphemy are rife; how. 1 the Sabbath.isJ
-broken; -how Amerioc.’’ .'refuses' due,!
honor, to parents andrthe agod;*how murder’
stalks abroad, all over the country; how (if
we may believe what we say of each other,)
we are but little bettor than a nation of
hieves ; how false witness is borne againai
our neighbor I Yes, said the speaker, jii
present there is almost a premium, offered for
the man who will abuse and malign the Pres
ident of the United States and other high of i
officials. The press teems with false witness |
I against our neighbors, and the newspapers
- would lose more than half their circulation if
they would tell nothing but the truth;' The
speaker next shorted how bribery and Corrup
tion abound; to the defeat of justice j how
divorces are granted oh unsoriptural and
adulterous grounds, arid he had boon told that
the price of a divorce was now only twenty
dollars 1 ,:
The institution bf slavery has beeri blamed
with most of. the evils that afflict the land, but
the speaker did not agree in the opinion that
slavery was the damning sin it was called.
There were evils in other instituti&ris divinely
created, (marriage, for instance,) but the
speaker thought it exceedingly inconsistent
for the opponents of slavery to bo willing that
it-should exist in the'old States and be kept
out of the Territories. This was absurd; If
slavery whs wrong, it ought to be crushed out,
just like drunkenness or any other sin. The
morality of this notion of “ walling in” slave
ry was very singular. »
Mr. Chambers discussed the other sins bf
our country, and argued that we talk too much
about our rights and not enough about our
duties. Ho thought free speech and a free
press had their limits; Within these limits
they were a good thing. In closing, ho affec
tionately appealed to his hearers to heed the
words of the Lord if they would purge them
selves of sin and save their country.
A Comet and a Panic'.— ln the year 1712,
Whiston predicted that the comet would ap
pear on Wednesday, 14 October, at five min
utes after five in the morning, and that the
world would bo destroyed by fire on the Fri
day following. His reputation was high, and
the comet appeared. A number of persons
got into boats and barges on the Thames,
thinking the water the safest place. South
Sea and India stock fell; A captain of a
Dutch ship throw all his powder into the
river, that the ship might not bo endangered!
At noon, after the comet had appeared, it is
said that more than one hundred clergymen
wore ferried over to. Lambeth, to request that
proper prayer's might be prepared, there be
ing none in the , church service. People be
lieved that the day of judgment was at hand,
and some acted on this belief, more as if some
temporary evil was expected. There was a
prodigious run on the bank, and Sir Gilbert
Heathcote, at that time the head director, is
sued orders to all the fire oißc.ers in London,
requiring them to keep a good lodk out, and"
have a particular eye upon the Bank of Eng
land. °
Todacco for Disease of tIIk Throat.—
The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
makes the following observations in a review
of Sir Benjamin Brodie’s letter iri the London
Times on the ‘'Use and Abuse of Tobacco:”
“ There is a local effect of tobacco, .when |
smoked, which wo have not seen mentioned,
nt)d which, ip a therapeutical aspect.- may bo
of considerable importance; wq refer to .its
action in preventing that peculiar condition
of the throat which, if nogl.ecfe'd, is liable to
terminate in follicular inflairiation,' or what
is properly Known ns clergyman's sore throat.
It has been said that few, if any, instances of
this affection can ho found to exist in those in
the habit of smoking, and wo know of one or
two instances whoro it yielded at onoo to the
potent influence of tobacco. It probably acts
, by allaying commencing irritation, which, if
I allowed to increase, would end in inflama
tion; and, perhaps, by counteracting any
spasmotio condition of the surrounding mus
ojos—a very natural source of trouble in this
distressing disease.”
Cross-Breeding of Animals;
The following remarks on the above much
mooted point, upon which a great deal of ink
has been wasted, are from the pen of an En
glish writer, well pasted up, and candid and
fearless in the expression of his opinions.—'
After a survey of the whole question, he re
marks : • >
We cannot do bettor, in concluding our pa
per,.than gather and arrange in.a collected
torm, the various points of our subject, which
appear to be of sufficient importance to be
again presented to the attention of our read
ers. ■ Wo think, therefore, we are justified in
coming to the conclusions:
Ist; That there is a direct pecuniary ad van
tago. in judicious cross-breeding; that incroas
eTsizo; disposition to fatten, and early matu
rity. are thereby induced.
2d. That white this may be caused for the
most part by th'q Very fact of crossing, yet it
is principally dub to the superior influence of
the male oyer the size and external appear
ance of .the offspring;. so that it is desirable,
for the purpose Of the butcher, that the unale
should be of a larger frame thati the female,
and should excel in those peculiarities wo are
desirous of reproducing; Let it be here, how
ever; repeated, as an exceptional truth, that
though as a; rule the maid, parent influences
mostly the size and external form; and the fe
male parent the constitution, generally health
and vital powers, yet that the opposite, result
sometimes takes place;
3d; Certain peculiarities may be imparted
to a breed by a single cross.. Thus; the ponies
of the Now-Forest exhibit characteristics of
blood, although, it is many years since that a
thorough bred horse was turned into the for
est for the purpose. So, likewise; we observe
in the Hampshire sheep the Homan nose and
large heads, which formed so strong a feature
in their maternal ancestors, although succes
sive of the Southdown were em ployed to chan go
the character of the brbed;
It has been asserted by some observers, that
when a female breeds successively from sever
al different males,, the offspring often bears a
Strong resemblance to the first male, which is
3osod td aHsd fWmi certain impressions
) on the imagination or nervous system of
the .female: Although this is sometimes or
often the case; wd doubt very much whether
it is so frequent as to be considered as d rule.
4th. Although in the crossing ,of sheep for
the purpose of the butcher, it is generally ad
visable to usd males of a larger farded, provi
ded they possessed dispositioti to fatten ; yet,
in. such cases, it is of importance that the peL
vis, of the female should bo wide and capac
ious, sd that no injury should arise in lamb
ing,an consequence of the increased size of the
heads of the lambs’. The shape of the ram’s
head should be studied for the same reason.-'
In crossing, however, for the purpose of estab
lishing a new breed, the size of the
give way to other more important considera
: turns;-although it Willstill.bedesirable to use
a large female of the breed which wd seek to
| improve. Thus the Southdowns havd vastly
.improved the larger' Hampshires; arid-the
fLiCeostcri tbo hugerytiiicolnatand the Cots
woldsi ; .y ,
sth. Although the benefits are most evident
m the first cross, after which, from pairing
the cross bred animals, the defect of one breed
or the other, or the incongruities of both, are
perpetually breaking out—yet; unless the
characteristics and -conformation of the two
breeds are altogether averse to each other, na
ture opposes no barrier to their successful ad
mixture; so that in the course of time, by the
aid of, selection and careful weeding, it is
practicable to establish a now breed altogeth
er. This, in fact, has beeii the history of our
principal broods.’ ’ ' ' • i
II o confess that we cannot entirely admit
cither of the antagonistic doctrines heldby the
rival advocates of crossing ancj puro breeding,
Iho public have reiison Jo be grateful to the
exertions of either party; and still ilioro have
they respectively reason to be grateful to cad
other.'
Let us conclude. by repeating the advice
that, when, equal qdyantagos can bo attained
by keeping it pure breed </f sheep, such pure
breed should Unquestionably bo preferred;
and that, although crossing for the purpose
of the butcher may be practiced with impurii
ty, and.eyen with advantage, ypt no.oneshould
del do fot - the purpose of establishing a now
breed, unless he has clear and well defined
views of the object he seeks to accomplish, and
has duly studied the principles on which it can
bo earned out, and is determined to bestow
for the space of half a lifetime his constant and
unremitting attention to the discovery and re
moval of defects;
Predictions fob. the New Teab The
year 1861 will bo a very eventful one to every
maiden who gets married.
Ihroughout the whole course of the year,
whenever the moon wanes the nights will
grow dark.
If dandies wear their beards there will be
loss work for barbers. lie who wears his
moustaches will have something to sneeze
Whbever is in lovo this year will think his
ILn angel. Whoever gets married
will find-out whether it bn true.
If a young lady should happen to blush,
she will look red ip the face.' If she dreams
of a young man three nights in succession, it
will bo a sign of something. If she dreaihs
of him four times, or have the toothache, it is
ton to one that she is a long time getting eith
er of them out of her head; ,
, IfVany one jurapspverboard without know
ing how; to swim, it is two to one he gets
drowned;
If any one lends an umbrella, it is ten to
one he is obliged to go home in the rain for
his pains. ,
Whosoever runs in debt this year will bo
dunned;
Many an old Sinper will resolve to turn
over a now leaf this year, hut tho new leaf
will turn out blank. I
It is probable that if there is no business
I doing,, people will complain of hard times,
f/irt it is certain that those that hang them
selves will escape starving to death;
He that bites off his own nose, or turns pol
itician, will act like a fool, and this is this
most certain of all;
Keeping Fabji'Accodnts. —Wo were much
interested recently in looking over the farm
book of a friend, which was Ed kept as to ena
hlo him to calculate the expense of growing
the different crops upon the farm; The cost o?
manure, cultivation, seed, harvesting and
marketing, as well as rent and taxes, was set
on against the value of the product as sold or
consumed upon the farm; and it was to be
seen at a glance what paid host and what
least, and where in one case $lO expended in
manuring half a field, gave a return of. 150
per cent, upon the outlay. Such information
is not only interesting, but important to eve
ry farmer, and can be, secured at the trifling
trouble of “ kcopingan account with thefarm,”
' Country Gentleman.'
anb
£7“ Good—sleighing oh Friday last.
ID” Lola Mohtez, the great singer is dead.
DD” Go ahead is a good motto—look ahead
is ttnotherl
ID" The real victim of a coquette is the
man she marries.
. ID” A mother’s purity refines a child's
heart and manners.
ID* Caro.—Care keeps watch in every old
man's eyes.
ID” Conceit.—Conceit in weakest bodies
Strongest lies.
Hope,.—The miserable have no other
medicine but hope.
O’ Dreams.—Let not our babbling dream
affright our souls!
O’ .When is a pugilist’s eye like a eider
barrel? When it, is bunged up.
ICT” Mrs. Lincoln, the wife of the President
elect, has arrived at New York.
O' Man.—Lord, we know, what .wo are,
bUt know not what we may be'. .
[O' Mr, McLane, late U, S, Minister to
Mexico, has arrived in Washington. '
O’ An, avaricious than is like a serpent
wishing to swallow an elephant!
O' Afflictions are God’s whetstone; they
they put a new edge upoh old principles!
O' Any fool can make a woman talk, but
it requires a very clever man to make her lis
ten; ‘ , , .
■ O’Short as life is, some find it long enough
to outlive their characters; their coustiiutions
and their estates.
- O* He who tries on his first pair of skates,
presents to the public eye a strange blending
of fall and winter! '
O” We think that l a man carries the bor
rowing principle a trifle too far when he asks
us to lend him our ears!
O’ There’s a man down east who is so fat
the women make all their soap from the re
flection of his shadow.
C 7" Jet black eyes are an attraction; jet
black hair ditto; but jet black finger noils
should bo strenuously avoided.
O* “ I say, I?at, are you asleep?” “Darn
the sleep?” “Then be afther leadin'mb a
qunrtherl” “ I’m asleep, bo jabersl”
Id? - A flirt is like the dipper attached to a
hydrant, every one is at liberty to drink from
it, but no, one desires to carry it away;
ICT'.A person yds dsked why he had given
his daughter in marriage to a man with whom
ho was at enmity, answered: “ I did it out of
pure revenge.”
It/* Give the' devil his due. Certainly,
c.ays a contemporary; but it is better to have .
no dealings- with the devil, and fheti thettP' 7
wul be nothing due him.'’ . :
ot7“ A selectman of the town of Hatfield,
after Making out his biU for sendees rendered,
mates- this very sensible additional charge :
“To time spent making out the above lull'
fifty cents.” ’
C 7” “ What do you ask for .-that article 7”
inquired Obndiah of a young Miss. “Fifteen
shillings.’"- “Ain’t you a littledear *” “Why,”
she replied, blushing, “all the young men
tell me so;" ,
O” The Great Salt Eakq lies .St an eleva
tion of .4j200 feet above the level of the sea;
and is 70 Miles long; When its welters evapr
orate,’ they leave a deposit of about two inches
thick of saline matter.
Small Pox in Montreal.— The, small pox
is prevalent in Montreal to an unusual extent.
In some circles it is. creating something like
a panic, and a largo number of persons are
becoming re-vaccinated.
IE? - “ Say, Cuffy, why don’t you contej,t()
see a feller. If I lib as close as you do tome,
I’d come to see you ebry day."' “0, ’cause
my wife patch my trousorloons so all to pie
ces, I too shamed to go nowhar;" K
C 7” An Irishman was challenged to figh't d
duel, but declined on the ground that ho did
no wish to leave his pula mother an orph
an., lie Would be a “ brave soldier boy” to
send to South Carolina; wouldn’t he #
O’ An old Count paid his addresses to one
of the richest heiresses of Paris; On asking
her hand in Marriage, he frankly skid to tier:
“Miss 8.,T am very old, and you are very
young; will you do me the honor to become
my widow ?" ,
O’ The degrees of crime are thus defined:
He who steals a million is only a financier.
Who steals half a million is only defaulter.’
Who steals a hundred thousand is a rogue.’
Who steals fifty thousand is a knave.' Blit
ho who steals a pair of boots or a loaf of
bread is a scoundrel of the deepest dye, and
deserves to bo lynched. '
O’ A lady of Boston, Massachusetts, writ
ing to a friend, says: “ A ragged little urchin
came to my door not long since, asking for
old clothes. I bought hiM'ft test and pair of
pants, which I thought would he ft comforta
ble fit. Young America took the garments
and examined each, then; with it disconsolate
look, said: ‘ There ain’t no watch pocket I"
1 o> fir'E Kino or PaossrA.—Fredo
/ rick William IF, King of Prussia, is dead;
I As a sovereign, ho has been virtually dead
I for more than two years, his mental malady
/ having been pronounced incurable madness
in 1858. On the 23d of October, 1858, his
brother William took the reins of government,
as Prince Regent, and now succeeds' to the
throne as King,
| A SuioirtAß Coincidence. —lt is a siiigii
lar historical coincidence that the grandfather
of Major Robert Anderson, qf then. S. Army,
now commanding in Charleston, was an offi
cer ,in the American linos at the seige of
Charleston, in 1780, by the British, when it
was captured by Cornwallis,, their command
er. Eighty-one years, have passed.away, and
the town which tho grahdfatnor fought to save
is now in arms against the grandson;
QZ/” The latest invention is (in instrument
to prevent poultry from scratching up the gar
dens. It is something like a long spilr; at
tached to the hind part, of a rooster’s leg;
The instrument is so .arranged that when the
fowl is about to scratch the earth, the spur
catches in tho ground before tho foot hasfair
ly descended, and obliges it to bring its foot
down,quietly and harmlessly in front,of the
place whore it aimed at. The fowl thereupon
tries the other foot with (v like,result. It
keeps on trying, and before it is aware of it;
the machine has walked' it right but of the
garden.'
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