PR° ,l l. THE roptEN tsougNigir. 2 11011111 S. MANN, 4 . 63cilge:Eit . 3i ; OnT, MkiSlThr — MOßNlNG,'lctirs29 - IsZ` ai t - 1 0- CrelMF.assettibTra -on 3fonaay so y,o abOi sdriti'lindw' how eiany tiorthere tniialaii' Y etii weak in the itiefir` ' MM=I "t3r . The cant rif " I)emocraci upon .' *: 4la irk o men ye o are living tr,vn •el ,4 r - ,•••.s iry •. • • sta,piitikitiles, Is, to an Tirrieit mind, Fiu,, t., th-• 1 "r 14'4111 nigii Insufferable. es' f rir Ti ldepenrie.tt JVatch - limy of I. ) iimca,.N. Y . .; itsi . e of tlisrp4P i ejcitisat t troes one gis!isl - 'it out ,,, • . • . • . F;ri - }he great questions . of • :he . edited, and entitled to rho epthulisstic support id the tr eq. onp .)t Tompkins county. JTir Yr'lTerr;R:*.Pollocli.haspnrdoned j Etx.,At . eß!teifl. i3eale:ofq'hiladelphia. i pi...l3cy3 was convicted in October . 1 ‘1 3, (1 f tip offeose , witti which he was Aargegosuci N' 4 , u_ssel!te9ceil to an in:l - of fowl/tilts 4t14 pi?Onths urn the 28th of Norernber. .ri r „The sessions of Eulaliaky t isien of 1".., .inuFaip in interest. We ape atl thi - i:inem bora WhO can conre silently attend, will do 60 during ;he :... rnuer evenings. We think they betted by the meetings, and the ialpir3Pfleforarige promoted. Push p i che column. - cr, COLES BASIIFORkt, .the Republi can candidate for thivernor of Wis funkin, ct eleed in spite of the liquor • jr.fluence, foreign influence, and pro. alacery influence, all combined, The 'Senate is in harmony with-the Guyer • PT% 7isu.s.tle free states are a unit in i oppost:op, ,to the r, 191 - ge, pro-slave ••-‘ • --- ' r ! • t p.Democracy. .R• s We are happy to iticrpase the ofkose vylao have commenced the . - FuLi;,l•ation of superior ,fruit, Judge d.ewis has sent us a couple of apples Tpialt4 from a young graft; one of which Iniglis fourteenfAices. It gives us Aasure WlF4lgt.oicle such evi- Alences of progress, and re hope to yritness a general emulation in shese ri - Aiseworthy efforts at improvement. - . jor There Ivi4 4. .an adjourned rniteting of the ~7datt4ersport LibraFy ) 43 1 *.p` 1 / 4 141,ine, on .. Wedtlesday eyetitt g sex}, (Dee-5,) at the school house; ftir „ski i pt - irpose of initiating a course of ..:, i -; wee4yliterary meetings during the ,•• 4, ,I,• skitt i et. All persons friendly.tri. such -sk .purpose; are, earnestly invited . to . 11ttr . ilti• This meeting is called to as ,:icefku the public sentiment of the t ytl4.o . on this question. No rules or j)y-lab's have been adopted, and any carson interested in the project. can eiur,, , ,..,ruember of the Library. As- Socialcion, on Alm; evening, and take ...part in. adaptkog the rules by . which Itheliterarymeetings shall be govern it'd. . ..,.. rr We ask attentigni to ;he a4yer ..l.ibpp,upt of Coudersport A cajaepii. A . ••••• be seen that the terms are ,more . .ilivorable than for a couple of years auye hope to see &still further Tetinetion in another year i i?mt lhfs depend on the number of students an attendance. We tiiittk the school &large list of scholars. Auril l, ;f:ip 'theitk*ationa at present .tjAgro US` q 'h.uiqred students ihriil g .*Jliter ; awl tliere..Till be, if) the Peefile are . sti.inuch inte' rest,ed ise theteapef pf *Wien as ibey *be! po 4 j O e d u ch . If possible, on jrlanclay'neZt, the 6i flay of the term. s+edtAt.to 7 l : ecuive ajt the-bee t :At. which Ilitifoll term ,can give. To every ~am 7 ~ .ieusti who does bis duty, we can prom. sets good time, and plenty of• • • ~. For the JournaL. MufgoßT, I%T ov. 27, 85.5. Jcanuf4t:: : Mr. .Chri4mau 3~44l,iiislogse bqr . p.e4 §atlrday: and : almost ereryshing . it.. The icighbors thr, mcgivof. therp itt ; vratlr•putlin,g up' Pr*AzYn; hisJuss.will. be-Fairly iziaagi ttp pgjaq4, 'by clocurtinsp, Yours. &r., THlt i aicE,AV ii ittanitlr. i ,-,—, - isii 10 4-4 d '' ftia lkl D. . a . ' . n ; , .- - m0t . ,,, g l e se.7.i I t ittglits e; , e'. l Zll- i ii.tokibes: leico' l r-! 4.llpk's , eysel man tlial ~.1 bieuglii4ipl el y T,. tidier illy ntluen4n. ''- ft. ilk : .t4fer- Bos says, he is a 4' prodigy." We have given abundant evideitee to prove these,. dettleu:otirinairl la‘riisi'i,:hit a . , there is in eill)4 - ma l de to persuade the :Peuge_4.ll6;cbunty.that. it -Is 'r.i , ili ~.i ",.ar . ia . ri;nlessiliing, we shall pro, 11(103401J' further proof on ,this point : Netarly . Flit'Xir, i pioMitient Simthern map has, it p ee time in : his . life,.zultu4terl the :evil . itilleenee of slavery., The ~.Rev.,ror.,?..iliert J. iireekenri4ge, who is,. just ~ n Oiy - trying to gef. ; Senators Sumner and Seward ,ta.:netlets him, .., .•.- , .- some years -ago ilefinesi slavery, in the ; fq119 , 64*. explicit terms i , ' ... NiAlit, then, is slavery I 'for ,the iinestiriti relates to the action of coi lain principles on it, and to its proba ble and proper,rtrAilts; what ,is slave ry as it ttxists among us? We reply,. it is that •condition: eutOrcer) by • the laws of one half of the ; Stiktes pl. ,114,‘ Uotifeilerecy, ill .. :. Iy:ligh tine portion,.of _the community, called masters,. if alloWed such power over another por tion calid - slave's; as - • ' ' ”1... To ,deptive them of the entire earnings of their own labor, except only . so much al is necessary to cou tinue labor itself, by continuing heillth ful existence, thus committing (....I ( E i 4.lt, ROBBERY: - 2. To reduce t . em to the , tiecestity pf I.INLY.ERSAL CONCUBINAGE. L if-y:tlptiying to them the civil rigiity of thnt breaking up the dear eht relations lite, end eticnuit(ring .1 /NIYgR B AL • tlepriyti them of the means ant u r. awl fereptsl . 9! calture, in many States Mak ing it. 'a hjigh ,l'fr e ti se to t eac h them tit 4:#4olnm' perpetuating whit ever of evil ilierel.rthat prUcleeii.s flinn ignorance. • " 4. To set up betweeil parents and their children an authnr;ly 'higher than the itgrulse of nature_ 4nd the laws of God ; which tlroalia up the autnority uf the father over his own Offsptng,. and, at plea.sure,.separatea thn Intither at a rcturnless distance front her ;. thus abrogating the clearest Lets of 'nature ; thus outraging all decency . •and justice, and degrading and op pressing thousands upon thousand of created like themselves, in the in4t: of the most high God ! This is r iluvery as it is' daily e:chibited in every alive State." there any nersen in this county who doubts that the above is a trao picture ? How Rut free people .. mit such a curse to *weed itself °Ye!' the virgin soil of new Territories ? How can honest Inca support a party that allies itself with such a .polluiml iastitution ? But here further proof of the orrupting infjueep,e of slavery, taken from a Missouri paper. Surre time ago a terrible railroad catastryphe oc- F.H.Fre4 by .the breaking of the britlze o,yer.q-asponade river. A large num ber warp . 014 others were horribly niaraled,:aurl a scene of woe and suf fering wipiesstsil, was present ed. rs there any xillag9 in the free States where the victiromf siich a ca lamity would , have been robbe4 and Mutilater) ace ,I:4albarism is itultKpl by slavery. Says Mis fpuri Republican 0 It is horrible to think thqt 4,banT doned creatures could be fq49dte seize upon such a tirne to rub' men ofiheir vat, tables and money rttntl yite" thnie iQ tun much reason to believe that this was the case. One man was discover, ed attempting.to steal ;Abe watch of Mr. Schuetze, who lay apparently in tr-sen ible in one of the cars .for several. hours. He had succeeded, in gr j ttieg the watch, wh rn le was ebservel, and 'such' threats made as - convinced him that it was best for him to give it up. It was intended pn detain .but iu the excitumentof the moment, he made his escape. Others . lost,m9ey . in the same way. As soon as ihe accidOt happeeed, men seemed to from the surrounding conetry, althen:4 .no houses were to be seen, and if ti.a most forbidding part. of the ,country settlement. Where they came ft am, eir . d in such a storm - of lightiling and'ihnu' der"atid . rtripi is a mystery; hut thkre they were, - ready' to rub the dead, and to pia'. up whatever val, uables . could be found„iit the general confu..ion whie tullowed fur . hours after:wards." '• ."Henstaism.."-We are :story - to hear reP . poi te' reif:cfniogatorY fo the good name 'of the people of Hermann; log out of theti..canduct!elWr road disaster': It ie,alleged That phe down of in..st of the: .),verq closed again t . the wounded and those' in ittendanie' nikrit Ahern, 'altbungli` they Ai'retto exposed' to a beery tam the:'.,w bile. Exorbitant prices „were. tOtnan4ed.fur. everytNng tfiah yr.o purchase,and.there was .very lttilo alacrityi fill-116lb frig' 'Oil - n . 6 • on t4iii6' shins. 'We`bbp6 - :tti . beat' :that -the censure is not deseri•ed by all the citi , • I -.- zoo of t lik-rtnatin—as to 01.)etTrqincivv ' t iqnt the ease, fiit he isliicitnimyag ,,,d kiniv_ti, rendered great se Ace, for ov4.1:01 iinitra, in the reset Por peopl ? it front ,theeiireek." 2 ^.% 4 The aece4ers from ;,tbe.;National: Po4pCii l c r t . ;the Anaii*ari agreed:Oueet_l f eea e 4nitt uf a inconto-- el! ef Pinefunati -- on - the '2lst. instant. this unites the 'whole the death-blow to the Republican patty, -as - ,it will in great measure effect what . ,it purposes, and will have an .!Mpor fent beating on . the Presidential elec l—on.jersey Shore Vedette. The above assertion in 'relation to death-blow to the Republican par ty,' is about as sensible and as near the truth . as - tot:pinkie of the stime paper o_S ept. 25, in relation to this .4:inerbbly Dist:jet, which, :Tenting of the. Republicans of this 'Aunty, said " It is true, we can elect. our,candi dates without their assistance, hutsive are.anicious -to ..have the coiVeration of .all who are opposed. as we, are. to the iniquities of our . Nntional Execu tive-and lot congres,7 . • This was not the kind of language. which. the circumstances of the caz:e . . would have suggested to wise men desirous of cultivating the' friendship of those ivhose assistance was needed to inagre success i but our friends" in this county were "willing to overlook much for thesake of the cause. Rut we regret to see the same spirit mani fested since the election, and in many parts of the State. rl.t is time the Ve dette and those who agree with it Should strp.their idle boasts of what they will actiieve,independesi of the Republican party. It is evident to men of sense, that the Ilepublican party has, to-day, more strength gum any other in the free States i artfi aqy qttempt to give it a " deutikkhivy,'.' qr In drive it intu the Support . of the Pincirniqi movement, will be diSastroui. There gill he no difficulty in form ing a harmonious and victorious party, if our Aniericau friends will act visely? and not ask AntiAtilitraska opponents of K.iiow-Nothingism to . endorse that movement ; but to inti.it on that, is to court defeat. The, only fair .and hop orable way, is to adopt a iilMillrai which contains nothing ofensive Iq WV., whose support is asked. This is so obvious that no sophistry can make it appe i sr otiorviise than fair and honor , 44P. rprajp47l94l qr have frecinently (iirppttl .attention to the necessity. of 'Making more gener ally:known this jpgai. acts nrour Leg islature.. They aria now published in pamphlet farm, and not qua c'ti4err out of ten thousand sees a copy, and we have to fee lawyers qr intritde upon office hohlers to know what rules are to g,v ern us. 411 laws shonld ptilllishoti in the newspapers, and We again open • the.-stibject,( in the , hope that otir brethren in tiie interior will take it up quit press it upon the at tention of the qe=t Legislature.---Phil adelphia •Sun. • • . • We shall do.otir hest to secure this needed reform. Every - law of genet's' interest, shonld be published in ogch county in the State, as soon is passed. Those of a local nature should he ptih, lished in the counties where the) ere to be. enforced: • -We - observe with pleasure that the 14grilpgh Constable has kindly and con sidelvely visited the different places in town , f •here that harmless beverage knr•ty'u Rs' "girigo• was sold, `and informed .the proprietors thereof .that htireafter gingerwiue should be awed . with timixed liquors"—hence those engugmi in its sale, without a license, were nodal: the disagreOable necessity of:ftsfotinrf devinit ' or else suffer , tho pcnnlty of - the laps liquiir law in case of diselle4ienCe• 'The nu gPCM!Y • pqinks• .gincrwinen-....-or something else—,iti making so many tipsY, lato,• rpiale'red this course necessary : lihoußatty iridiiridpaiseb fit to emitiaue its sale: let hia,rianie 'he duly retuned to court. - *Vcm.4e444oille Courier. We suspect the constable uf Cott dersport might 4o this community a service byjmitatio4 the eacqpla of Conneautville a.sst,ciate: 'The Sinate of New York will stand, according to preidut reptriisi as Republicans 17,444 3. 41/0W Nophjiigs 11.. Herds 1. The Assembly, according, to present figures, wilt be constituted ihus : Repeblican4 Deineerati' 43, Know Nothings -33. The .Senate will assist. lut 'the election of the next United &ates Senator, and it is Borne comfort ,to know that thus far no progress has, been. made toward theeleatioe of a &ight** to . succeed' Fish.--Cayuga -Cef; ' Those Pierce Democrats' who can IXPOIMAII7 110 V MM, extract oiut afort,fro he .electinx4e, ,f . 410 Elnittit Stete, st bavel4bw„.4,: .. . ••••.• .. i:l . ',., , • It qin tempera .., t.`apd k i e . e.ainly tisfilsdk :the Ref} blicana aMv4ics caisled tti ., ak,,,...., . , ~. -,.. i:F -4- * en e, h and have V e y *tuned 'Oor& ~._ t i. ' ,_. ,I. .....o votes an the r-teite fre"inoerliti :., 'whirl-, we think is doing•pretty well f 9 y,it' .. p . atiy ; 44. , ' Ili *I ;;iseii 91d,':4tA is .,, an unmistakable prestige £ of. victory t + , next year..... .. - . . ~ THE TATE ZLECTIOIS . Irt•theelections . since • lin suiting . , the Democracy . have ears ie.& by 113itior ides the States of Virginia, 'North Gem gin, Alabama, Tmines tee, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Lonisiana,.mid the Terri tories of Minnesota and Oregon and by iluralitles the States of Mama and Penntylvoniu. The Know Nothing party, by a ma jority, the States of California, Ken tucky and Maryland; and Now York and Istaszachusetts by decreased Ou t alit les. ' • • The. Republicans have carried Ohio by a plurality, and. Vermont by a majority, • AcCording to the • above stowing, it appears pretty plain, that the ad ministration ot. President PIERbli is triumphantly . ,austained, and that the policy.putsued and the . measures en acted meet : the approbation of a large majority-of the cittaehs Of the United States.—Tioger:Bagle.. It-is astonishing that a•man.of sense s hould publish such statements as the abdve:. The Democracy have 'sat car ried either Wisconsin or Maine ; and are in a decided minority in every. free State. The Republican ticket in Maine received several thouiand Moro .vote's than .the Pierce Democra cy, hut they had not a majority of the . whole vote polled,- and the coalition between the Pierce Demociacy and pro•slavery Whigs, will very likely control the State fur a year to come ; but no sane man could expect such a conglomeration of discordant elements to hold together for any length of time, The Republican patty has beat the pro-slavery 'Democracy in every free # State .excepi. Pet:nsylvania ; and yet the Eagle has the assurance to inform its readers t.h4t. President Pierce is teintnphantly- anstalnea. No wonder the party in Tioga county, w1)10.- ac riepts the Vagle as its organ, shook! have lust its IQOO majority, and gone into a hopeless minority. No party . - can proper on such false sod reckless statements it,s the above, which is the food •generally fnrnished by the .pto slavery press. For tlie Journal MORAIJSINg, Aunt R. used to say that every good thine paid a tax to the world-.—every eu.idwrnent, every - virtue, every natu ral gift, in proportion to its degree and value. And she showed hOw beauty involved its.possessor .in many difficulties I how talent was ,always . re quired • to shire ; how amiability , was put in constant re9nisition, just because it could be; licpy mai:tine paid its tax of care, and single blessedness its tax of loneliness. Probably she was right, thaf every good thing is taxed to its full value n the world. That reflection may heft) to stay our covetousness which has a natural tendenci toward some of these gilts, Elut just thii:k of the tax on undesirable qualities. Suppose, ,for instance, you have an Amthrtuoate -ten dency. to extravagance of language, every person that comes into your presence unconsciously adopts it: in a mea:ure, and you continually hear ex pressions similar to your own, until pro , think you are not extravagant. at ill; while :the very . persons who have aided and abetted you in it, go away wondering “: how. you can tells e0. 1 .' S 4 of any little indecorarn of - behavior .frlll ch freedom of man ne r.. : When one is thus afflicted: all one's friends unconsciously c‘onhine to increase .the evil 'they probably deplore and :curl .cleMn. If you are possessed of e great deficiency inibe organ, of. order,, and consequently have to do, all your.work eta great,dioadvantage, every person who comes upon your premises, no matter how carefuty ; and.:systernatic hirtmelf,.hecomes .infected .with:, your artd,t.hieking, it is no matter about being orderly ' with: you,.ati owl iliings.aboat.with a capacity fur .4iS ixrangament I hat might ; really be sup posed a natural gift. Here is Apt maly one's oWn great fault to comber-with all one's daye, but the refleakon:44,-, it, is - .all - one's ,if. ,you iTte knowff tQ ha pentirious;llo,ene,wants to :isk you for:anything ; 80, you find few pp, porta:lithos to overcome your besetting EOM = -Irxert are r - ( 1* !he k., lito;;oke you P it • . this laiOg ottru to reatka*yos ttil, elf 4!%';:t i d all aroa , t2 ,, , iou . ; is the Or aeiee i P ti ir 110 CLEATLE3tAN: - 4-I.liritslter.y well dressed,,neverthe leis: Glossyhat 'curly hair under it, white colt Hr . -new overcoat; neat little . bouts. And he stepped Straight;'end 1414., and giticefully ; and altogether. asTar AS: conic{ be judged, from my view, in reverse-4or I did net 'lee his face—Hgood-looking and gentlemanly. Still, it %vas:easy to aee that no wo man would kiss him if all© could -help it ; that he was not a thurongh gentle man.. ,If he had been, that filthy : cloud would not:have driveti steaming round • Lis left ear, defiling the fresh .morning . breeze on which it rode • straight into My face. I should have -been saved some-"shaking atid - sputtering, much disgust, -and - the trouble of .writing these remarks. A • gentleman ? Very likely=in your intentions. .B.ut: that is ' not 1 enough. ' -To intend to do the right 1 thing is all very well, and not so . uni versal as it should be ; but, that.alone does not mark the gentleman. ',He' in -tenth to do it, and does it, and does it i '' in the right way,too; -A gentletnan,l - might , 4lefine, always does the. right thing in the right, way. . . . -" hut you did, the wrong thing in.the Wrong way. Fshall not tell 'youltow silly and sickly it is to smoke: But 1 shall take the liberty of informing you that you should do _it—if at all —in some smoking-room, • or bar-room, or other. private. or public beer-garden, 'and not eta in Cieti'a sunlight, nor in the public's face and eyes. 'Who wants to arta up the second-hand breath, mixed with cigar -smoke, that-. has made the tour - of your lungs and nostrils, and that haS a variety of used up body P•uni the inside" of your body with it 1 Is it doing the right thing to impose the use of your excre tion., upon a stranger in t}at manner 1 . B l iss him 1 Perhaps he has a wife, Poor thing ! His own Wife, .it is supposed, mu,t sometimes kiss him, or be kissed by him. Such a kiss ! '4 suck of stale cigar -smoke, rather. Hort iltle! Thomas *Sinellbad Esquire, is so unfortunate is to haven " bad breath." It is almost " death at ten paces." One might as we.l stand and talk llice to face with a pestikuce, Perhaps .ic might excusably use cigars. So he might asafcetida.. - But ho Might, not blow it into people's faces in the pub lic street, 'even then. And as for you, young man,. with your good . health, gooedigettion, good teeth, you are ine;cusable. If you impregnate your person and your clitthes with the-stink —no milder word will serve—of stale tobacco-smoke, you are a fool. But as long as VDU go about puffing tile same into that eyes and nose. of o thers, you are no. tientlernati.— Illustra ted; ZNIUORITESALENS AND THE TNEWNE guiTort OF TILE N. y. TRIBUNE : sot ! I notice in your paper • this morning an article setting forth the oh ligaticm of the Liquor-dealers' " and league" of Philadelphia, stating also that newsboys are prohibited selling TIIE TRIBUNE in the principal hotels of that city.. In one instance at least, I know this statement to be true. • Within the last two or three years I have had, frequent occasion to visit Philadelphia, and have usually stopped at the Girard house. lo one of the halls . atlhe foot of the stairvray, stands every morning, one of the wait ,ers yfitli copies of the leading daily „plpers of their city. and The N. Y. Hercht. 'Pit inquiring for' TIIE Tat- BONE, I 'watt told they did not keep it: Meeting the same reply every morn ing for a webk", 'o.nd finally hearing .4everal 'others inqqiring &wit, I asked the waiter if the dernalic! for •TRIBUNES sufficient Vi warrant his keep ing a few' copies: "Oh,' yes," be re. 'plied, "I hate a great ninny calls for it, but the prop, wiq nett ollow it to be sold the hou.‘e." Igo min who. has „the slightest se:f-respect,. should patronize a hotel where prOprietors thus attempt to interfere with the 1 4 iherty of speech and of; the Press" ,and who while,opposing the '! Maine Law" are guilty of attempting . a pro hibilitim far moire odiotis - thae-itos even in the eyes'Of niiist bittereptioneats. It ii.hartlly neCessary to add•that I have•since pationized a boUse whtre other papers beside VA nichmoiol inquirer,, Wushingtaa. Via* tScc., are allowed to' be sold. 'neStobetfully yours, •r• A - Resueu OF intr. I t ecnuNg. New-York,'Nov. 3, 1,855. • By : request .b of the . irec 9rs in Ulysses, I will hold a Public Eiarpina- Linn of Teachcrs, •at Lewisville, on "Sinn .Dec. 3, to cOmmence . at 10 n!clo , k, M. ''• ' 1 sliall'be happy to niect DirectUrs and Tainherifrom any °fps neighbor ing: towns: ; . Ingratitude is a Nice Insepa r'EiliTe to NOTICE .J,13. Co, Sue t . A A Plat= OF On COUTO?. „.,,. ; io4rica; as she novr stands, is a - !.- s at ing fact. The Western clearings, th!e• mn!ense farms of the Mississippi Valley, the Lake trade, the foreign irailigration, toiling AfriCa chained to the" car of commerce, gorgeous and reckless New York. and sudden San Francisco. excite imagination; 'by a ll that they imply.suid-fousshadow. They' represent many ideas,, and e m b o d y manya wonderful and moving story ; , for: lsitiess has its datipr and daring, its suffering and endurance, and the changes of foi tune, in this' new world arhi,Uodless reauurces'e m d f ree act i,i • tyi•are more marvelous than the tees .of the A;i:abiun Nights. . . Thili bold . entorptise that stretches to the Pacific, this skilled and thought. ful race *grasping a val. empire, like a home.ftead, to ctiltiiate, and pima, cid adorn ; this brave army of wi.rshipers, marching on irresistibly to the con. quest of nature, form a grand spectacle.. Though -their weapons --the axe, the plough,„aod the seam engine—nave not the lustre of poetry that gleams from the point of the sword ; though the heroes Of.heTiiiiii, the work shop, and'ihe'Counting-house, like village Hampdens, die unsung,- yet great qualities are often exhibited ire-these humble fields of manis effort, and their labors fOund nation's, - as . those of t h in coral insect lift the basis of a n island above ttre sea; to the light and air of heaven. :, But the picture has its dark side. The eager desire i f sr wealth, the " cessant and Sabbathless" pursuit Olt has become the universal passion and odeupatioe. We hare tied lore - of money which is the root of all evil; and under the et:adly shade of the tree from that root, the love of knowledge and art, of it uth. and virtue, and beauty, withers and dies, " lei prulleriik altars smoke." The curse of Midas it upon us. Our feelings, our ideas, our aspirations, are all turned into and we are starving amid our barren almudaece. We worship the materiel, not the spiritual ; the visible and traa. siept, net the invisible and eternal, We are practical, not intellectual ; at.d our. pis astires are of the sense, mit the reason, imagination, and taste. We are smitten whir "the lust of the flesh: the lust of the eye, and • the pride of life.". We are. true disci des of the ethics of inter est and utility, and our only poralita is cosh payment. Trulf has it been that " Inc who maketh • haste to get Heir -shall not he innocent." If intemperate drinking be the de. grading vice (11'01wpm-title of um pen, pie, intemperate money•making is Ike besetting 301 of timelier arid flinch Larger !notion, and it is difficult to say which is the more pernicious. - One is. a vice bf the sense, destroying the mind ; the tither a delusion the - mind,- and a selfish passism, blastine the morel sentiments, surd palsyipi the higher powers of the intellect. 'The poor drunkard cannot resi , t the " baneful cup," which benumbs his soul, "un. m riding ma son's mintage," and traits forming him "Into the inglorious lihenass ofa hour." and the infatuated worshiper of Mu-n -inon del;berately 11`;e4 hit mom al faculties for his own de--truction, pre fers the ignoble and low, to the Pure and high, and shuts out the light of heaven from his .life. Successful dustry, rapid gains, rank, prosperity, without counteracting causes to modify their infltience, hive stimulated this passion for wealth to ekcesg, aud haves produced already, in this new c.ons try luxui y, venality, con upti.m, con. tempt fur intellectual pusouits and pleasnres, and sneering, indiffm ence t,) ennoblinm a and elevated sentiment, Bence t he vulgar ostentation of our cities I hence the general want of literary taste and culture ; hence the deplorithie frauds of business ; hence much of the baseness of our olitic,, —viVartl4 AnKriegn &rim: ' CINOINNATISNOWaiOTRINGCONV'ENTIOI CiNcINNATI, Friday, Nov. 23, 1855. In.the Know-Nothing Conventi.nr yesterday, the afternoon and • evening se3sions were entirely devoted to the discusio!l of the majority rep in, which was finally adopted in a, vote by Stets of 93, to 11 The report characterizes the repeal a the Missouri Compromise as an fraction of pligi4ed faith and demands its restoration ; declaring that if effirta to that end fail in Oimgreas, admisbioa into the Unioushould ho refuseil to, any new State tolerating Slavery, god formed out of territor:y from whieb that inaitution . Was excluded by ail Ciimpicimisei; protests against coaleic7 iug with any Ratty That demands the abandonment of the American plea or a di4organization of the Ameri can party ; and r commerids'a meeting of the delegatds at Philadelphia on the 19th of February next. The minority repart.was sustained ( A v idly by the Ohio and Michigan dele klions, but was rejected.. It insisted on the'excht4ion of Sfaveri frikn the Natiimal Tetritory,'and declared that proscription on account of birthplace was unwarranted.. It recommended thepajty,to act regarded the §layery que,tion as the paramount issue;rectinamended river and 'harbor finprovemente and a generotte ferfign policy.' -i• ' • , . 'he., ut!yptAipl, . after ,adopting a rite oftimloil,o , tte,iiiffiCers, adjourned stile 41C•it. ~" •-' •
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