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SQUANDERED LIVES.
BY BAYARD TAYLOR.
Tho fisherman wades in the-surges.
The sailor sails over the flea';
The soldier stops bravely ,to battle,.
The woodman lays axo to tbo troo.
'Tlioy aro of the liread of the heroes—
The manhood attempered in strife ;
, Strong hands that,go lightly to labor,
, True hearts that take comfort in life.
In each is the,seed to replenish .
The world with tho vigor it needs—
The centre of honest affections,
The impulse to generous, deeds.
B,ufc tho shark drinks the blood of the ftsher;
The sailor is dropped in tho sea',*
Tho soldier lies cold by his.cannon;.
The woodman is crushed by his tree.
Each prodigal life, that is wasted-
In manly achievements unseen,
But lengthens tho days of tho coward.
And strengthens tho crafty and. moan.
THo blood of the noblest is lavished,
And the selfish security,.find,;
But-God secs the lives that arc squandered.
And "wo.to his wisdom are blind.
[How, many a parent’s heart will thrill
with the agony of lacerated but undying af
fection for dear little ones loved and lost, as
they read snob linos as those 1 Wo know not
the author’s,name, hut the lines go straight
to tno heart of every bereaved parent:]
Fold down, its llttlo babyluinds—■
This was a hope-you had of.old ;
Fillet thc hrow-with-rosy bands, ■
And kiss its looks of shining gold,
-‘Somewhere within the reach .of years
Anothcrhope may come.like this;
■hut this poor babe is-gpiio, in tears,
With thin white lips, cold to th.y kiss.
la ,SVm;:ucr,,il iittlo.hoan'or dowers,
f-"3 : Tj, wjutfrf. a lf-tie drTft nf snuvv ; ...
‘ AmTlD'ja is aJ !,’.tliTo'tigh.'ail the hours.
Of the promiscs;porished,lppg ago.
So. every ht-iirt haS‘ one-dear grave, .
Close hidden under its joys nn'd-caTO,
Till o’er it gusts of memory wave, ■
And leave flic little headstone bare. ■
Mmlkmm.
7 HOfV~A K(»uiv EffliP-JERO It
UVED.
Bruce, in his ‘ Classic and Historic Por
traits,’ gives the following sketch of that
effeminate creature, the Emperor Helioga
blus: • . ' .
In his magnificence, Heliogabalus was tru
ly Oriental. He had beds and conches of
solid silver. lie adorned,others of his beds
with gold. His chariots glittered.with gems.
They were drawn sometimes by elephants,
sometimes by stags, mid sometimes by beau
tiful naked women. His drinking and book
ing vessels wore of silver. Ho vtas also
guilty of the luxury whicli at a later period,
St: Chrysostom charges ns a sin against the
Christian ladies of Constantinople—of using
vessels of the most precious material for . the
most ignoble purposes.
Ho had' cups artificially perfumed for
drinking, and others on which lascivious de
signs were sculptured ; an iniquity nut con
fined to ancicut and heathen times. At table
he reclined on couches stuffed with ,the fur of
hares or the down of partridges. : Ho wore
cloaks heavy, with gems, and used to say that
he wqis burdened with a load of pleasure.—
He had gems in his shoes, sculptured .with
‘.designs by the finest artists. lie wore.a 'di
;adCtnibf; precious .stones ithat; ho mjght re
semble ti .woman. lie is said to have been
the first Homan who wore robes of entire
?ilk. Ho never, it is said, wore a ring for
iinoro than one day, or twice put on the same
shoes. ‘ ' ’ . • .
In his more refined and elegant luxuries
die was the rival or . the ancient Demetrius
Pnliorcetes. Ho had hods and couches of
roses, and walked amongst lilies, violets, hya.-
'iiinths and narcissus,
When ho wished, to add the piqnant flavor
■pf cruelty to his enjoyments, he would stifle
u courtier to death in a bed of flowers. Ho
swam in water perfumed with saffron and
,precious unguents; and wine and aromatics
were poured into his fish-ponds and his baths.
In eating and drinking ho appears not ..so
much ns a glutton, hut ns the chief of .all
royal epicures—the equal ip gastronomic soi
•eoeo of the renowned ApiePS- ‘He joined
■with a]l whostpdied the pleasure of the pal
'a|eiip,cd«>ir#ition of the dish which the Ho
■niaiis made of the teats of a newly farrowed
I'ig the most celebrated of ancient luxuries,
■alter the example of Apieus Jio indulged in
fishes made of, the tender parts of the Jieel
the camel, and of combs torn from the
minds of living cooks. This latter delicacy,
■ynssnubon, in his commentary on the passage
the Augusta historian in which it is ro-
Jeriod to, tells us, is at this day—that is in
•da day, two hundred years ago —passionnte-
7. ® u Wg|it after by pion of learned
biko Vitollus, he seeips ,tu have had his p.p-
Pptito whetted by the expensiveness pf the
ishes which he procured ; and in sacrificing ■
'? rarest and most beautiful birds for .the
i! 1 . eating their heads, their brains or
meir tongues.
tut i ot l e ( ' ntort einment he displayed on his
0 “ 10 . heads of six- hundred ostriches,
eoi !8 | i nB, es well as t,hose of the flamin
l)(l . 111,1 thrush, wore amongst his favorite re--
Penn 8 i a ' 80 indulged in the tongues of
i|, e " I i a nd nightingales, believing that
j « tnodioal .virtue in averting epi
w d'l„ . wade dishes of the entrails
°f tlm metl, llbB of the hoards of the mullet,
ijlio,. °f p.artridges, and the heads of
0o r ... I! 3 ’ peaeoeks and parrots. Wo won
ts -- 10 , d° 3 lruotion of oroaturos so lovely
dip nh«» ? S ,^ 10 poeeook, the flamingo and
in,, L.* ,ftr the particle of delioato cat
uo fiot ftora then); but epicurism aud
gluttony consume and destroy all other tastes.
The genius of Heliogabalus shone partic
ularly bright in the cooking of fish. In this
department he is said to have invented new
modes unknown to Apicus ; but with .a re
fined hatred of thing* common and cheap, ho
■would never taste fish at all when ho was
near the sea, bat always took delight in them
when far removed from water, just as he toot
a fancy for haying snow brought to him in
midsummer, lie offered rewards for the
discovery of now dishes of exquisite flavor,
and ho had a humorous, way of stimulating
the invention of the.-o around him in this
science. When a courtier, after exeftinghis
best skill'to please him, produced a dish
which he did not relish, he made tho inge
nious artist himself continue to eat of that
dish and of nothing else, till liis faculties,
sharpened by disgust, enabled him ro find 1
out something superior for his master.
Like Nero and Caligula, Heliogabalus had
his jocularities—generally practical ones—
.sometimes; merely absurd, sometimes char
acteristically cruel. His most harmless en
tertainments in this way consisted of dire
suppers which he would give, one night to
eight men, nil of them blind of one eye,
sometimes to eight afflicted with .gout, then
to eight deaf men, eight black men, eight
tall and eight fat men. •
Ho kept lions and leopards, which lay at
table with him,"hi order to frighten his
■friends. He would got a company filled with
drink, and after lopking them up for ithe
night would lot loose amongst them'lions,
leopards and bears, with their claws pared,
to terrify them ; and many, itds-said, died of
fright.
. At other times, when 'daylight would break
'in on the company who had been drinking
the night before, they would find themselves
in the,arms of ugly old block women. At
other times ho made sham entertainments,
like the Barmieide’s feast in the Eastern, tale,
setting his guests down to dishes made of
wax, ivory or stone, painted after nature.—;
lie collected serpents together and let.them
loose to bite his visitors. He would tie his
courtiers to n wheel and liafvo them •whirled'
round .in 'water, calling them, in allusion to,
the mythological fable, his ‘ Ixionite friends.’
Fearing a violent death from the vengeance
of the people, Helingalua had made prepara
tions, which turned out to ho all in vain, for
terminating his existence in an elegant man
ner. lie had poison mixed up with the most
precious articles, ho had ropes of crimson
and purple silk ready to strangle himself
with, and golden swords to stab himself with.
He had. also a high tower built with rich
adornings, where he might breathe out bis
last in royal state.
The manney of his death was jiisi the re
verse of all that he desired.- After being
slain,his b.ody was fist thrown,in to the common
sewer, then dragged through the streets and
■cast into the Tiber. According to Ilemdian
■andllion, the-same.indignities were indicted
on the holly of Miis mother, \\bo vena Filled at
fbe c.i to v. fi.ni c, A "Jinn repre.sp^a'Heli'ogahAi^s;.
Ttkhaviifg been-slain in'.her iums, and , sfafes
that both their heads wero'eut off, and their
bodies stripped naked, and that tho one was
thrown into one place of the river and - the
ofhor-into another.
Wives and Carpets.— Tho Chicago ’Jonr
thus learnedly philosophizes on these
homes. There is a largo streak of sense in
lie reflection ;
In the selection of a carpet yon should ai
ways prefer one with small figures, for the
two webs of which the. fabric consists are al
ways imoro closely interwoven than ip car
petings where'l-argo figures-are wriiught..
There is n good deal of true phiiosph'y in
this that will apply to matters widely differ
ent from the selection of carpets. A .man
commits a sad mistake when he selects h.
wife that cuts too large a figure on the car
pet of life—in other words, make much dis
play. The attraotions fade—the wOb of life
becomes worn and weak, and all tho gay
figures that seemed so' charming.at first, dis
appear like summer-flowers in autumn.-^
Many a man has made flimsy linseywoolsey
of himself by striving to weave too large a
figure, and is worn out, used up, like old car
pets hanging on tho fence, before ho has
lived out half of his allotted dnys of useful
ness.. Many a man wears out like a carpet
that is pever swept, by tho dust of indolence;
like that errpet ho needs shaking or Ship
ping; ho needs activity—something to think
of—something to do.
Look out, then for the largo figures, and
there areithose now stowed away in.tho gar
ret of tho world, awaiting their final consign
ment to the cellar, who had they practiced
this bit of carpet philosophy, would to-day
be firm and bright, as Brussels fresh from the
loom and everybody exclaiming; “It is won
derful how they do wear.”
, Another Case of llvnaopnoniA Cored.—
Tho Stl Louis papers mention the cure of hy
drophobia in that city, after tho symptoms of
the disease had become manifest, by the same
moans ns used in a recent case in Brooklyn,
New York, viz : Binding the patient in bed,
face downward, and thoroughly cupping liis
posterior portion of the head and the spine,
following up with ice applications to the
same extent.' In tho St. Louis case, the fath
er of the patient, who was bitten by tho
same dog, had died of hydrophobia. His
son, who has now recovered, was.'bitton.upon
.tb6.cheelf,.n.nd, ns above slated, the terrible
.pavoxyspis of tho disease had begun when
treatment was successfully resorted to.
Hebe I Yoima. Man ?—What are you
thinking about? Why do you sit there list
lessly,.with your mouth wide open, wasting
your precious time ? Got up sir! take a hook"
read, digest, that you may improve your
mind. Do you know that a moment lost is
lost forever, that there is no recalling of
time ? Up then, bestir yourself, got knowl
edge that you may he useful in your day and
generation. To lose one hour a day seems
hut little, and yet it amounts to a very con
sidorable.aggregato at the end of the year ;
and who is there that does not waste "more
than one hour each day of his life.? -Shako
off your indolent habits, and take to study
.and to thought. $o man ever became great
without intense application. Look at the
•bright names on the scroll of fame, and,have’
coprage;! They were all hays once—many
of them attained unto greatness .under ad
verse circumstances. Be courageous, 4ho se
cret of success lies in assiduous, unwearied
application. Wo cannot all be great, it is
true, hut wo mh.V do much to elevate our
selves in the rank of intelleetual .beings.—
Resolve from this day forward that -you will
ho something, and stick to your resolve.—
Merit always meets reward.
TIT” Death me, how fluidly he talka?”said
Mrs. Darlington roccotly nt n tempernnoo
meeting. “ 1 am always rejoiced when he
mounts the nostril, for his eloquence warms
mo in every cartridge of my body,’.’
il Touching Scene.
’ I wns conversing not long since with a re
turned volunteer.
“ I wns in the hospital as nurse for a long
time,” said he “ and assisted in taking, off
limbs, and dressing all sorts of wounds ; but
the hardest thing I ever done was to take my
thumb off a man’s leg."
“Ah!" said I, “ how was that?" Then
he told me;
■lt was a young man, who had a severe
wound in the thigh. The ball passed com-,
piotely through and amputation wns neces
sary. The limb was out off close, up to the
body, the arteries taken up, and he seemed
to bo doing well. Subsequently one of, the
■ small arteries sloughed off;- An incision wns
made, and it was again taken up. “It is
, jwell it was hot the main artery," said the
Surgeon ns he performed the operation ; “ he
might have bled to death before I could have
taken it up.” But Charley got on finely,
and was a favorite, with us all.
I was passing through the ward one night,
about midnight, when suddenly as 1 was
passing' Charlie’s bod he spoke to nfe:
“ 11-—■ —, my leg is bleeding, again," I
throw back the bed clothes, and the blood
spirted; in the -air. The main artery had
sloughed off.
_ Fortunately.l knew Just what to -do, and
in an instant-'! had pressed my thumb on the
place and stopped the bleeding. It was so
•close to the bn/ly that there was barely room
for my thumb, but! succeeded in keeping it
there aud arousing one of the convalescents,
sent him for the surgeon, whocnmoin.on tile
run. Vlam so thankful ll—; —said he
ns ho saw me, “ that you were up and knew
what to do, for lie must have bled to death
before I could hayo got here.”
But on examination in the case he looked
exceedingly serious arid sent out for other
surgeons. All camewho.wore within reach,
and a consultation was held over the, poor
fellow. One conclusion was reached by ail.
There was no place to work save the -spot
where my thumb was placed ; and if I moved
it he would bleed to death, before the .artery
could be taken up. There w-jm no -way,do
save his life.
Poor'Charley 1 lie wns -very .calm when
they toldhinvand requested that his brother,’
who was in the same hospital might he called
up. He dame and sat down by tho bedside,
and for three hours I stood, and by the pres
sure of my thumb, kept up the life of Char
ley, while thobfothers had their last oonver-.
sation on earth. It was a strange place for,
hie to bo in, to feel that I held the life of a
fellow mortalin'’my hands, as it‘were, and
■iStrariger yet, to fool that an act of mine must
cause that life Ho depart. Loving the poor
fellow as I did,’ it was a. hard thought, hut
there wns rib alternative.
The last words wore spoken,. Charley had
arranged all his husines affairs, and -scut
tender messages to absent ones, who little
dreamed how near their loved, one stood to
tho grave. tears‘filled-my eyes more,
ithan . ‘ j , ,
■words. ’Aff'werb saip', t; amithis-tiiri&d*to ! Vric'
“ Now It———, I guess you had better taka'
off your thumb." “0, Charley! how can
I?’’ I said, “it must he, you know,” lie
replied cheerfully, “ I thank you very much
for your kindness, arid now, good by."'
Ho turned away his head, I raised my
thumb, once more, the life current gushed
forth, end in throe minutes pour Charley was
dead. ' •
A Score of Impolite Tilings.
Jn which Young Persons Render Themselves
ißisagreeab’le.
I, 1 Loud -and boisterous laughter.
2. Heading when others are talking.
3. Reading aloud in company' without be
ing asked. .
4. Talking when others are reading.
5. Spitting about the house, smoking or
chewing.
. 0. Cutting finger nails in company.
'7, Leaving a church before public worship
is closed.
8. JVhispering.Or.ldnghing in tho house of
God. . ' ■ -
9. Gazing rudely at strangers.
.10. iLeayiiig, a stranger without a seat.
IT. A wanter respect and reverence for
seniors.
;12. ‘Correcting older parsons than yourself,
especially parents.
13. Receiving a present without an ex
pression of gratitude.
14. Making yourself the hero of your own
story.
15. Laughing at tho mistake of others.
10. Joking of others in company.
17. Commencing talking beiure others
have finished speaking,
18. Answering questions that have been
put to others.
19. Commencing to eat as soon ns you get
to tlio table ; and;
20. In not listening to what one is saying
in company—unless you desire to show open
contempt for the speaker. A well bred per
son-will not make an observation whilst an
other of tho company is addressing himself
to it. ■
The Devils* Choicest Serva’nts. — A pa
per.was .picked up in the streets last night
by a person returning from bearing the
‘three eminent divines* spout in Jiiborty.tlall.
it is supposed ’to»bor£, fr&s
Luther, and Pftads.jas follows:
Ibo Devil, as is his custom once,a year,
held an examination to see which of his imps
had labored most faithfully in his service.—
Calling thorn together, he questioned them
as to what they had performed. I said one,
‘raised a mighty whirlwind, which blew the
sand of the desert upon a caravan of Chris
tian Pilgrims, and they all perished.*
Pooh 1_ aid the Devil, ‘what of that, if
their souls were all saved.*
‘l,* sals another, ‘sunk a ship load of
Christians and they wore all lost.*
1 But their, souls were all saved', so that did
mo no good,* replied the Devil, contemptu
ously.
1 And 'jT,* said another, * have not been idle
jn that part of America from which your nia
-joaliy has often regretted receiving so few
subjects. 1 have cultivated the most inti
mate acquaintance with many of their divines
and have persuaded ; them to drop the Bible
and take up war politics, and they are hav
ing a ynst influence among the circles which
have been wont to look to them for advice.*
‘ Ila! ha I* laughed the Devil, ‘you are the
smartest imp of tfycip all,,and shall have the
highest place in my favor. ’I see I shall
have no cause to complain of that counry
being, unproductive to my kingdom hereaf
ter.*—Newark Journal.
B®* When should a slovoly yAung man
deserve to remain Over green ? When he
pinbs to become spruce.
0”! To see if a girl is amiable—step on
her dress in a-ball room,
" OUR COUNTRY-MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY.”
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE U, 1863.
And when all nature seemi athirsf,
On Alouutaih, hill and plain,
The bright and sparkling rain drop'
Will visitdheo. again. •
The ‘ plain gold ring;’,so often mentioned
by modern poets, and which ia so familiar to
all the present generation, is. but of com
paratively recent introduction. .Formerly
these rings were ornamented in-various \voys
■and some were remarkable for their cunning
device .and beauty of.workmanship. The
wedding-rings of -the Homan's, who origina
ted them, displayed joined bands, iritaglipns,
and inscriptions. Later the ‘giniuiel’or
double ring, which opens into two and yet
cannot be separated, was used, arid rings or
namented with filigree and enamel. It was
also the goodly custom to' inscribe 1 wedding
and betrothal rings with appropriate mottoes.
In Germany ana Italy finficr-Hngs seem to
have ,been more elaborate during the middle
Ages, and more recently than has bcon com
mon. in 'England. .‘.-There is the. betrothal
ring of Martin Luther with Catharine Von
Bora, which is composed'.of ah intricate de
vico.of gold work, set with ti . era
blem of exalted love.,' The .gold’devices rep
resent all the symbols of the ‘ passion.’ In
the centre is the crucified "Saviour ; on one
side the spear, with which the side was
pierced, and the rod of feeds; on the other
is.n hrarich of liyssop ; b'Cifaath are the dice
with-which the. sold iocs eirsflots for’the gar-.
;hient without a seam, and below are-the three,
nails. The whole is arranged so ns to make
a'large cross, surrounded.by the ruby. In
siile*the ring are the names of the betrothed
pai,r, and the wedding day in—• Der 13 Ju
nij, 1525.’ This ring was pretented to the
intended wife at the botrothpj, and worn by
■her after marriage. C
- The ring used at the marriage ceremonial
was worn by Luther after flic wedding. This
is a ‘ gimmeT ring, an emblem of. the mar
ri'pd state.,, There is .a mmto’ofigraved with
in',- in old German'. On one hoop is a dia : '
m.oiid, the emblem of poWoS’and duration ;
and on the inside of tlie booh, which is cpn
coal-od, are the, initials -T .'fartin 'Luther,
of
doctorl On the correspon'tihig surface of the
mounting of the gem arc the
initials of his wife—• C. Vf-Bff The gem on
this side is' a ruby, the emblem of exalted
'love. These rings are doubtless the design,
and probably the ’handiwork, of Lucas. Cr
anach, the friend of Luther, who was one of
the throe witnesses to his betrothal, and it is
no doubt owing to the combination of artistic
knowledge with practical skill in this kind
of art-workmanship, that wo arc indebted for
these beautiful productions.
.-Su far ns we have been able fo.learn of the
use of Hwj plain gold ring at weddings, it
became common in- thp reign of George 11,
or George ill, when taste in England was
in a deplorable condition; when chairs, tables,
and every description of furniture, and bous
es, were, made plain and heavy ; so the finger
rings and other articles on which both skill
an'd good design has been formerly!bestowed,
wore made to correspond.
Among nil the jokes that have been got up
at masquerade balls in the gay oirules of
Paris, we know of none better-than the one
played off on a distinguished academician,
who was mistifled during the whole evening
hy his daughter, whom ho deft sick in bed at
home, and was far from supposing to he
so near him. It may be thought strange
that a father should not recognize his child,
but, though passing strange,'it is true. Be
sides, the young lady appeared'that night in
a character entirely hew to her, that Of a
coquette ; no wonder that the parent did not
recognize his modest, quiet daughter in the
lively flirt who tormented him incessantly.
The poor man could not for the life of him
imagine who the lady could be ; so young,
apparently, yet so well acquainted with
all the incidents of his curly life,'who had all
his writings by heart, who adored his favor
ite authors, and flattered him so skillfully, not,
only in his own tastes, but in every whim.
Tha academician was in the seventh heaven.'
lie was a young widower, well looked upon
by the fair, and he saw nothing extraordinary
in his having produced an impression in his
unknown character; the only thing that
surprised him was the exact conformity of all
her tastes, opinions studies and prejudices to
his own. The night flew away in conversa
tion. Towardsdbo, close of the ball, the gen
tlemen invited hie‘fair-unknown to supper.
lObcourseiiho.dnvitation was accepter!, the la
dy stipulating only that she should mot
remove her mask. Another wonder; She
know exactly what dishes he liked, tint! what
was his favorite wine.” At the close of the
supper, the gentlemen politely offers to escort
the laily to her residence. “ No. no,” says
she, “I am determined to remain incog. But
I will wait on you home.” The carriage
stops in front of his house, he takes leave of
his fair unknown, and steps out alone, ns ho
supposes, and sighing at the necessity of sepa
ration, but finds his companion has entered
the house with him and is tripping lightly
np_ stairs. Overcome with surprise, he ex
claims—“Ah, madam, is it possible! Such
happiness. A burst ,of laughter interrupts
his passionate exclamations, and a well
known flbice cries-from the top of the stair
case—" Good night papa, I much obliged to
y'Hi ; jl have spent a very pleasant -eve
ning,
EC?" A young gentleman, who at one time
vovy_ much smitten with a pretty little
“.Friend,” said that in hie travels through
the-West Indies he often felt some very severe
shocks from earthquakes, but they were not a
circumstance when compared with those
which ho experienced from this little enrth
iQuafyr.
BSf Typographical errors copio in very
odd sometimes. The other day we wore
rending a description of enthusiastic demon
strations at a political gathering, when the
typo went on with—
“ The air was rent with the inouts of throe
thousand people.’'
TllE'lillN DROP,
The rain drop ! the rain drop I
Its soft and tiny feet
Kecp.up a pleasant pattering
Along tho dusty street. ••
Tho rain drop 1 the rain drop 1
Tt fallcth on the stream, .
Tt‘Routs in
Beneath‘the'sunny bouml
Tho rain drop; -the rain drop I
It whispers to mine car, •
It mu but lent to earth, not given,
I must not tarry hero.
Soon ns tho golden mm filiall shino
In. an unclouded sky^
Borne on the gentle breeze; I*ll haste
To my swcof homo on hi&h.
A Note lon ,'Wedil 1 lig-Rlngs,
Making Loyd lo Lis 'OwnDanglitcf,
The Painlessness of Ideal It.
All who have thought upon the subject,
■know how nearly pleasure and pain are
allied to each other. It appears as if they
were two adjoining spheres or elements, and
that you cannot overstep the domain of the
one without entering tho opposite stare. It
is this-proximity of opposites that will ex
plain many of those remarkable occurrences
which arc recorded in histories- and biogra
phies. Martyrs roasting at tho Cro, crimi
nals under tlio rack, and soldiers'mangled
•upon th'o battlefield, have all shouted io eo
stiicy, and never were so happy fin their lives.
•George Fox rohites in his journal how that,,
on a certain time, when he had been beaten
in a most horrible manner and thrown into
a .stinking prison, he was so happy that ho
sat up in the dungeon and sang for joy.. Just
think of that—a Quaker singing; .when" a
‘brutal populacethonglittliey had killed him
and yet this is nothing more than would have
happened to any of us under similar circum
stances., Here, then, are tho limitations
•whidh. the Creator lias fixed to our suscepti
bility’-of suffering—faintness, delirium, plea
sure, death, and all is over.
A still hotter ceUception may ho formed of
the painlessness-of. death by comparing it
■with what Homer calls.
"" Death’s half brother, sleep
for the phenomena in one case bear a close
analogy to the other.. We-sleep whenever
the circulation of the blood in the brain is so
low, ns not to stimulate the gray matter
.which overlays the involutions and convolu
tions. If one particular part bo exercised
and not the others, we.dream ; dreaming is,
therefore a partial wakefulness. If the circu
lation- bo -entirely withdrawn, the sleep is
profound, and if the brain he full of blood,
we are thoroughly awake. I have now been
awake for about thirteen hours ; in tlie course
of another three hours I shall retire to rest ;
a slight change willtako place in the circu
lation, and sleep will ensue; and when suffi
cient excitability-has accumulated to sustain
another day’s; toil. I shall awake again.
Now, I am not only unconcious of the time,
when I go to sleep, but .may be burnt to
death without ever waking at all! This often
happens ,to people in eases of fire, or to those
sleeping upon lime kilns,-when the limbs are
burnt ifom the body ' without the sleeper
ever being conscious of wlint is taking place.
As, therefore, a'person cannot go to sleep in
pain, no more can they die in pain ; the one
event being ns impossible as the other, and
for the sumo reason. • ;
Wo may remark, further;'that this pain
lessness of death ia the result of physical
causes, and altogether independent of moral
qualifications,, Shakspeare, who is. always
true to nature, represents-the death of boast
. iug, cheating, guzzling old .Ealstaff as calm
. and peaceful.
“Nay, sure he’s not in hell;” says Same
Quickly,. “ he’s in Arthur's bosom, if ever
•man .wont to Arthur’s boaoirf:. ’A made a
1 dorr orU,;;ii«V.wwit jr-.vay.4iii’ it \ind.heeD any.
-Uhristian child,; ?a parted just between
twelve and one ; e’en at ..turning of the tide :
for after I saw him fumble with the sheets,
and play with flowers, nud smile at liis fing
ers’ ends, I knew there was hutonc wav '; for
his nose was ns sharp ns ii pen, and 'a bab
bled of green fields.’’ —Henry V., Scene HI.
A still.more positive proof of tlie painless
ness of-death, may, if you seek it, he found
in the experience of those'who; after, being
rendered insensible, and apparently, dead,
have, been resusitated. Of those eases we
have an abundance. Some have-been hting.
others drowned; arid others suffocated for the
want of air ; but the experience is much the
same in every instance., ,There was one
keen sensation of pain, one moment of vivid
memory, as though the whole life had been
restored, succeeded by'.a series of pleasing
sensations ; but the consciousness of exist-
ence was never lost, and the person who had
beeii hung .amidst the yells and infamy of a
public execution, or onguefed in the boiling
surges of the sea, was, until restored to actu-
al lil'efsurroundejl by beautiful scenery, and
in a state.of.tranqail bliss ; the whole of the
suffering encountered.-being scarcely more
than the extracting of a tooth. Wo
have tybundnnt testimony that it is the case
even-when the muscular contortions, might
lead, us .to infer the contrary; for, ns a
person in convulsive fits is perfectly
free from pain so the spasmodic • con
tortions sometimes observed in dying people,
are no.indication of.the conscious sensations
of the subject ; they are the mere resources
ot nature retrin her vitality. In the last
moments'of our existence, nature deals gent
ly with us, and lays no burden upon the soul
ns it makes its exit from the body., Wo came
unconsciously, into existence, a.ifl found kind
friends around, who, rejoiced.at our advent,
and a mother’s arms and heart ready-to re-
ceive us i.and ns wo make our exit from the
stage of life, its cares and' troubles, which
have often'pressed heavily upon us, are gent
ly removed ; we pass onward to our new
homo, and angel friends, more kind and be
neficent titan wo of earth can ever bo, wait
our spiritual birth, and rcjnieo tluit anotboi
immortal is added to their number.— -Dr
John Mill.
■ Arabian Maxims.—Death is nearer to us
than the eyelid is to the eye,.
.The little' which suffices, is better than the
inueh whigh.disturbsmsi
The best possession is-a sincere friend.
The enloginin made on the absent, serves
to incline our hearts to-tho present.
Tim best riches is contentment, the worst
of poverty' is low spirits.
Labor for this life as if thou wort to live
forever ; and for the other as if thou weft lo
die to-morrow.
Desire not the wise man nr the fool for
thine enemy, hut guard thyself equally from
the cunning of the wise man and the igno
rance of the fool.
The man who contents himself to-day with
that which he has, will content*himself to
morrow with that which ho may have.
There is no to-morrow which cannot be
converted into to-dar. . .
BgyThero is nothing purer than honesty
—nothing sweeter than charity—nothing
warmer than love—nothing richer 'than wis
dom—nothing brighter than .virtue—and
nothing more steadfast than faith. These
united in one mind, form the purest, sweet
est, warmest, brightest and most steadfast
happiness.
Queer iKetost.— 1 Miss, will .you take my
arm V
4 Yea. sir, andy ou too.’
‘ Can’t spare but the arm,’ replied the
bachelor.
‘ Then,’ said she, ‘T can’t do it, ns my
motto is, 4 Go tho whole hog or nothing.’ ’
The bachelor disappeared.
ICT" A young lady who was perfectly than
der-struok at hearing of her friends engage
ment, has since been provided with a light
ning-rod.
MONSTER SUSS MEETING IN INDEPENDENT.
THIRTY THOUSAND FREEMEN ON THE
.A great 1 mass meeting of the Democracy of
Philadelphia, to protest against the arbitrary
arrest, trial and ostracism of Hon. 0. L. Val
landigham, and vindicate the right of free
speech, usseiiibled in Independence Square,
Philadelphia,’on Monday night of last week.
Tho number in attnnilonoo is variously osti-'
mated at from 25,000 to 40,000, - It was, per--
baps; thiflargcet, most determined and most
enthusiastic body of citizens ever convened
in riinss meeting in the city, and, we are hap
py to say, passed off without any. unusal dis
turbance.
Him. Ellis Lewis presided, and addressed
the meeting in eloquent and impressive
terms. Speeches were made by Hon. Wm,
Bigler, Hon. Charles J. Biddle, lion. Peter
M’Call, George IF. Biddle, Esq.,. Charles
Bnokwalter, Esq., George Northrop, Esq.,
arid Charles liigcirsoll, Esq., and letters read
from several distinguished gentlemen who
were, unable-.to attend.
A preamble and resolutions expressive
of the sense of tho meeting were adopted, in
terrupted throughout tho reading by the
most hearty applause. It would afford us
pleasure, hadwe space, to make largo ex
tracts from the speeches, but at present all wo
can do is to publish tho preamblejind resolu
tions.-,: »
RESOLUTIONS,
‘‘Whereas, The people of tho United States
iavc been insulted, and the laws of the land
and the principles of human liberty trampled
on by .the militftry ; arrest, trial, and exile of
Clement Jj. .Yallandigham, a citizen of Ohio,
for words - spoken at a public meeting, the sei
zure of-whose person, and the, whole subse
quent proceedings against whom, ending in
his banishment, were not only in violation of
the commonest.rights of the humblest inhabi
tant of any.free country, but in audacious and
flagrant defiance of tho Federal Constitution,
which declares that “ tho trial of all crimes,
except in cases of Impeachment, shall bo by
jury/' and- which expressly forbids the.
making of any. law “abridging tho freedom
of speech,? which.declares that “ tho right of
tho people to bo secure in their persons,
houses, papers and effects, against unreasona
ble searches, and seizures, shall not’be violat
ed," and Mbit “ no warrants'bhull issue but
upon, probable cause, -supported" by?‘oath
or affirmation, and particularly describing the
place to _ bo-'searched, .• and the person or.
things to be seized," which declares that
‘.‘no person - shall be held to answer for
a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless
on a presentment or indictment of a grand
jury, except in cases arising in the . land
or naval forces, or in the militia, when in ac
tual service, in lime of war or public dang-,.
er/Mvhich declares that no citizen shall “ be
deprived, of life, liberty or property without
due process of .law," and, finally, which
declares that “in all criminal prosecutions
tho accused shall enjoy the right, to a speedy
and public trial,by an impartial jury of the
State and district wherein the crime shall
have , been committed, which- district shall
have been previously.ascertained by law,and
to bo informed of the nature and cause of the
accusation,, to bo confronted with the witness
es against him, to have compulsory process
for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and
to have tho assistance of -counsel .for,his de- -
fence:" .
And whereas, If flic words uttered by Mr.
Vajlandigliamdmd been the most offensive to
which expression could be given, they would
form not the slightest pretext nor afford the
least palliation fur*tlie monstrous crime which
in his person has boon committed against the’
liberties of us nil:
And whereas. In fact, and according to the
well established, long descended and com
mendable habit in these United States office
discussion of political questions, what he ut
tered was neither in itself unbecoming nor
was it an abuse of the freedom of speech, nor
would tho speaker in any manner have been
liable to punishment.for it according to the
severe!’t code administered in the courts
of justice:
And whereas , The measures of authority
must bo subject to the freest discussion, for
discussion is nothing if not free, and if men’s
mouths may be opened only to praise and flat
ter power, and are to be closed: when power
is offended, discussion is but a name, and lib
erty. is a shadow ;
And whereas.- This abuse of authority is
justified under the plea of a military ncccssi
iy—which is no justification, for the same pica
would equally justify any indignity which
could I o offered us ; and as it served to exile
Mr. Viillandigbam would serve to turn both
Houses of Congress out of doors, to imprison
the judges, to suspend the legitimate.perfor
mance of every regular function of the State,
■and r?st)lvo.nl! .the ..authority into .the keep
ing of one-man-;
And whereas, If military necessity can in
vade the borders of Ohio, and there uproot, the
laws of a Slate whose soil is pressed by the
foot of no public enemy ; whose people are
true and faithful to the Constitution, and
whoso justice was quietly and unohsrtuetedly
administered till military power expelled it,
I this same necessity may inarch on, and, com
ing into Pennsylvania and other States
of the Union, reduce us to a vassalage infinite-,
ly more intolerable than that against which
wo revolted when wo declared our independ
ence the 4th of July, 1776 ; therefore,
liesotued, 1. That the arrest and banish
ment of Mr. Vallandigham is a violence to
which the people of the United States will not
nod ought not to submit,
2. That the remedy for it is in the ballot
box, nt the coming nnd now rapidly approach
ing election, when, by the votes of an out
raged people, State authority will bo.restored
to the hands of the Democratic party, who
will use their power, thus quietly and con
stitutionally obtained, to protect State rights;
to rebuke .and ohyk Federal usurpation]
to.seourethe personal immunity of, individu
als and commence the reconstruction of the
Union;
* 3. That as it is, if not our firm belief, at
least our strong suspicion, that the design of
the authorities at Washington, is, by milita
ry aggression, to provoke a popular outbreak,
nnd thus to furnish to themselves on apology
for further invasion of our liberties, and. if
possible, to enable them to encumber us in
the exercise of our elective franchise, we exhort
our fellowoitizens everywhere to patience and
SQUIRE,
GROUND,
, For d period of nearly two years this oonfi- m
donee game has been played, and Mr. Cham
pion bad no distrust of Saxton until a,
few days since, when lie addressed letters to
! W. B. Astor and others in New York, with
whom Saxton protended to he intimate, anti
1 who had stock-in his companies, ns ho repre
-1 seated, and answerSiCamo that they did not
know the nian.
last week Mr. Champion put the matter,
into the hands of his attorneys, a warrant
was issued by Judge. B. Darwin Smith, and
on Saturday Chief of Police Mudgott arrest
ed Saxton at the Astor House in New York ,
and brought him to Rochester. He was
lodged in jail, and will have an examination
before Judge Smith soon.
Proceedings were instituted to recover
what could be found in the way of money ole
property, and it appeared that Saxton had
some funds on deposit here and. the Met
ropolitan Bank in New York. It by n 6
means probable that any considerable portion
of the amount received, $150,000 will be rhr
covered.
Saxton is a man about 55 years of ago, and
has practiced law. We have,-not been able to
got much of history, but it is said that
he once resided in Otsego county, and was in
volved there in matters which kept him upon
the limits for a considerable time. He has
made this city his home for about two years,
and he had purchased fifty acres of land
at West End, near the residence of Mr.
Champion, to make that his future home. ~
The above statement is but a brief outline of
the case. The.details show that it was one. ,
of the strangest, oases of fraud ever perpetrnK.
ted or made public. '\ . y ;
8@“ Patience is very good, but persever
ance is much, bettor. While, the former
stands as a sloio under latter
whips them out of the ring.
gfiy* A down east editor says that modesty
is a quality that highly adorns a woman, bat
ruins a man.
to that forbearance and noble calmness which
becomes a people who, knowing their rights,
know, also, the means for their peaceful vin
dication. - " ,
4. That, there being no such punishment
known to the laws of the United States
as that of exile, it is the sense of this meeting
that.it is the right of Mr. Vallandigham, and
it will bo- the like.right of any other citizen
upon whom there should .bo attempted to be
inflicted by like tyranny a like, unlawful, and
infamo'Us punishment, to return 'forthwith,
notwithstanding his mock sentence, to tho
State of which ho is :o citizen, .and there
resume his place among those who ero labor
ing for the regeneration of the Constitution
and the reconstruction of the Union. ■
5. That in the letter of the Hon. Horatio
Seymour, of Now York, to the late public
meeting of the Democratic citizens of Albany,
condemning tho proceedings of the adminis*
tration against Air. yallandigham, we recog
nise the tone and language of a statesman,
and the spirit of a man worthy to be,. at
a great crisis, the Chief Magistrate of a great'
State.,
6. Ihnt as it is only to the >W9
can kok for permanent relief, and as we
deem it to bo altogether incredible and im
possible that when called to-cast their yotes,
tho citizens of , .Pennsylvania,. of whatever
party, should nob find themselves, by such,
monstrous events as have been passing beforo
their-eyes, moved in patriotic and just indig
nation to drive from power all. Pennsylvania
politicians who stand in ,the way of. our.
asserting the freedom of our persons and tho
rights of our State, we will,,therefore, wait '
with confidence the October election to givo .
to the Democratic party—the party ojt conser
vatism as well us freedom—a Governor and
both houses of tho Legislature ; and whom .
we expect to bring, ih.by such overwhelming .
majorities as may be reasonably, reckoned .
on, when the question comes fairly up between
Liberty and the Constitution on the one sidp,
and on the other the moBbignomimousbppis&»
eion. ‘
from t] ie Rochester Advertiser* _ .■ f
Extraordinary Financial ■
Aristarchus Champion Plundered by a Coii*
Jidence Operator of § 150,000..
One of the most Stupendous frauds of the
day, perpetrated by a single individual, baa
just come to light, and the guilty party
has been brought up to answer. The party :
who suffered by the operation is our well
known and very wealthy citizen Aristarchus
Champion, rind the alleged swindler is Lutb
e‘r Calvin Saxton.
It appears by the papers presented, that
Saxton came here to reside something, over
two years' ago with his family. He was
a mah pretending to daep religious feeling,
and an earnest supporter of great reforms,®
patron of. education—in short of everything
that was good. . .
I lie - worked himself into the confidence
of Mr. Champion, and so long ago as July;
1861, he began to reap the fruits of that con
.fidenoo. Saxton pretended to bo.tho manag
ing man.of an immense concern, iknovpn as
the Union Book Company, with a capital of
$8,000,000,. which was engaged in the publi
cation of books, religious, moral, .historical
and scientific. It was represented that twen
ty-four libraries were to be published em
bracing over five thousand different works.
[ The titles of these books wore given in . a
magazine purporting to bo *issued by the
Company in. New, ‘York, called the Union
Magazine. It is understood that but one
copy of this periodical was ever issued, and
that was probably prepared, for the :purpose
to which it was devoted. - -
Mr. Champion became interested-in the.
project, having in view the dissemination
of knowledge and truth as well as the realiza
tion of profits, and ho made over in notes arid
mortgages to Saxton about $lOO,OOO for
stock in the “ Union Book Company.” Aa
the operation of this company extended to
Groat Britian, the mortgages were made
payable in London, interest and all.
Saxton went to Europe last year end re
turned with another big scheme to Mr Cham
pion. This was the ‘ International Manufactur
ing Company,” to operate in both heiriis
pheres with a capital of one hundred mil
lions, liable to bo raised to one. thousand mil
lions. Tho. details of the plan arid of the
operations of this company were drawn up by
Saxton, and be and Mr. C. wore to be
the American managers. It was clearly de.-
onstrated upon paper-that $13,000,000
could bo realized per annum upon the $lOO,-
000,000 with which the company commenced
operations.
, Saxton represented that he had ari immense
property in Now Jersey, which could he p it
in ns capital to this company for five millions,
if a certain cloud resting upon it could be re
moved. It would cost fifty thousand dollars
to remove the cloud, and that amount Mr. C.
advanced his paper for, and Saxton realized
within three hundred dollars of the whole
sum.
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