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VOLUME 5.
TUU HMD,\I,.
UY A rosrillUKD BACHELOR,
Not a lnugh wns heard, nor a j w y„ U s n„to
As our friend to tin, bridal was hurried
Not a 'tit discharged his farewell shot.
As the bachelor went to bu married.'
IVe married him quickl,v to savo his fright.
Oar heads from the sad sight turning ;
And we sigh'd ns we stood by lliclnui|i's',.iin light
To think lam not more discerning.
To think that a hacholor free nnd bright.
And shy of tho sox ns wo found him,
Should tlioro at tho alter, at dead of night,
lie caught ill tho snare that bound him.
Few and short were the words we said,
Though of wine nnd euko partaking;
We escorted him home from Ilie scene of dread,
While his knees were awfully shaking.
Slowly and sadly we inarched ndown.
From the lirst to the lowermost story,
We never have heard from or seen llu- poor man j
M horn wo left nlulie in liis glory. i
A lIODDOU sum;,
l Mood beneath ft hollow hoc
The blast it hollow blew—
I thought upon the hollow world
And all it? hollow crow ;
Ambition and its hollow schemes,
The hollow hopes we follow.
Imagination's hollow dreams,
All hollow, hollow, hollow !
A crown it is a hollow thing,
And hollow heads oft weur it ;
The hollow title of a king.
What hollow hearts oft bonr it !
No hollow wiles, or honeyed smiles
Of ladies fair 1 follow ;
Hut beauty sweet still hides deceit,
'Tre hollow, hollow, hollow !
“No.”
“ Why not ?”
“How can numbers mail, when Ihe
narrow path which lends to the summit is
so exposed that rocks I'rom above could
crush every man be foie he had arrived
j hull’way up !”
“Is it so dangerous 1”
A MODEL riIASCB. “It is. Three or four men eould pre-
The following amusing incident ir.inspi- ycnl an nrmv from ascending.”
red at the Sjrrrng term of the Circuit Court “Then my piospccts arc not rncourn
ofSt. Croix eoun'y, Wisconsin: l ying.”
The Judge oT the Circuit Court, lately “No, mv young friend ; bnt vou know
in session at Hudson, Wis., gave a charge heart never won fu ; r ladv.”
The hollow leader httl betrays
The hollow dupes who heed him :
The hollow critic v ends Itis prai-e
To hollow fuols who feed him ;
The hollow friend who takes your bund
Is but a summer swallow :
Whate’or I see is like this tree.
All hollow, hollow , hollow !
lo the jury on a certain action tried before | “And I must lead the ‘Tiger’ to the feel
him, which excited considerable merriment' 0 f t he lovely Matilda.”
in the Court at the time. I “Such are the conditions.”
The aetiou was to recover the value of “A hundred knights have thought so.—
icrtnin liquors sen', from below and con- They hoped to win my daughter and mv
signed for sale to the defendant. Lvidenco broad estates bv a handsome figure. No,
was given on the part of the defendant to no. She, ns well ns 1, w ould senru the
j-’env that the brandies, Arc., were made man who cannot enrn her by bravery.”
of forty.cent whiskey, and diiigged nt that: «.^ ol p, r yp „ r i, rnm ] | nn Hs, roam llil
" hereal the Judge was very indignant, and Rebrand, |,,ji for vour dmed'.'er do I un
charged the jury very neurly as follows: dertnke this.”
* cientleman of the Jury: Pure, uqadul -, you.”
teratd liquor is a wholesome and pleasant “You will "find me n solved to win her
•beverage, and as far as the experience of' or dio> ».
the Court extends, conduces to health and „p or , hat r r>fs 0 t u ii on , I respect you.”
longevity; but n bad arlielc of liquor, gen- “Have you in vour vaults rich wines,
ilemanTor what is worse, a drugged nrti- C(lUnl Hildebrand?" *
rle, cannot be tolerated, and it dealers “As nnl£ .|, !ls nn arinv might need.”
from below will send up into this beautiful “Can you spare ine seven asses’ loads
country, so blessed with strides ofn benig- of |he /-
nant Creator, such a miserable quality of. ~ •en asses’ loads 'U: course, but in
liquors as the proof shows this to bo, in jp e nam( » 0 f ||, P Holv Sain's what do vou
this Court, gentleman of the Jure, they wnnt o f so much f”
cannot recover
“Gentleman of trip Jury: You nil! now
tukc the or.so, and when you return, you
nro invited to follow I lie Court to Bill Boll’s
where the Court knows ter’ // oil get n
dr, [) k of wlnt -ho Cou'-l knows is good
!irjuor'.’'
Snakf. Sronv.— A little g'H obu'it four
yeors of ago, residing in Bridgton, Me.,
iiKving been apparently out o! health (or
fomc lime noil troubled with a bud cough,
her mother give her a lobelia eineli’, soon
after she vomited op n block snake. A
pbysiciun "as called, and the child is
now ’doing well. ’1 he stmke wns covet
ed with a sculy substance, wns about as
large ns n lady’s lit'le finger* and 18 in
ches dnJeogth. It was alive when eject
fcd. it li j *J bten in tlic stomach,
is unknqwfti hot probably was swnllow
cd In water when it w >s very smull, ns for
some lime pa§l the child’s health had been
\vasting,tt^^j M
A Chanok Antkupatkd. —A young
Indy in n class studying physiology made
answer to a question put, that m six years
n human body beqnnio entirely changed ;
so that not a particle which was in it »t
the commencement of the period would
remain nt the dose of it. “Then, Miss
L said n voting tutor, “in six yonrs you
will ccaso to he Miss L.” “Why, yes, sir,
I suppose, so,” said she, very modestly
looking at the floor.
A Posek,— On Sunday n Indy called to
her little boy, who was tossing niaxolcs
nii the side wulk, tocomo into the housS. :
VDent you know'you should not be out
there, my son ? (Jo into the' |iack-yard
if you want to play marbles: It,"ia Son-!
dav,” “Well, yes, but ain’t it Sunday ih
the back-yard, mother?” j\ |
would advise' you to nut ypurj
lleiidin a dye tub, it’s rather red, said a |
jbkdr to a sandy girl, “1 would advise
you to 'put yotirs in an oven, ' iFa rather
soft/’said Nancjr. \
!. Q3rA geptle honrt .is like a-ripo fruit;
which bends sOilow that it is at tho mercy
of every otic who.choose to. pluck'it, while
tliu ItatdQr.fruik keeps oufiof rfirich.l;
: “GooD : RiDpA ! NcisjP‘&d. is
üboiit preptrHhg'tpt beitj
djdpoVitibtii*^dplli|)^!Mi'oV'l , '6F- Jtidus^‘fitlaH
dotermihptiotij tlrar lio ibultlftilnjtfc-dfl flint-/
self. 1 ■'
s r-t!' .it; :.-!.|f ,;rm i I
THE ROCK OF SOLFIA.
A LEGEND OV IMtOVEM 1
BY J. ST. JOHN
I Ijpoo tho shores ol the Medilerrnnenn
I not Car from the city of Nice, lay the rook
tol Solfta. Rising fir on high its kvily,
j fortress-crowned summit, and almost pre
cipitous sidos presented insuperable obsta
cles to an attacking me, About'dls sum
, mil the eagles laid made their nests ; ut
I its- bnso the waves of the sea dushed,
i breaking with the noise of thunder and
casting the snow white foam wruthl'ully
ttpwti rds.
i “There is the fortress and rock of Sol -
fia ! sail! the old Count \\ i!det>raiui dc
Clotts-Noir, to the young knight Retrain
de Morcclli, ns from the upper battlements
of his castle lie pointed to the towering
precipices.
j “Solfta ! That, then, is the great rob
ber hold of whiitip'l have heard 50 much’"
I ..] t j,_»
! “And the Tiger, ns lie calls lum-clf, c ill
he not Jje dislodged ?”
“Who ? the robber chief—the Tiger ?
No, never. From Ihe lofty summit nf his
ruck lie hurls defmnre down upon me nnd
other surrounding nobles. All our dibits
to dislodge, him nre entirely vnin.”
“Can vnu not overpower him hv num
bers ?”
i “ii is necessary for my purposeJ’
“Ila, ha ! You are rather inclined ;o
seek after the vinoj3 influence, n ve ? Well
ihnt is ii laudible thing ; tjut, by l he loe of
>St, Peter, seven asses’ loads would kill the
Spanish giant Mistokmo.”
“Th"V are necessary lo ni\ purpose.—
If you will order them to be taken lo the
foul of the bill bcdiind i In iso I rocs, 1 shall
bo forever grateful.’’
. “ft shali bo done.”
llio wine, noble (’"tint, be of llie
strongest, and oldest in your eellers.’’
“Yes, it shall be, I promise you. Con
rad, Jacques, Jean, lio ! Load seven ns
sos with lourleen flufcks of the oldest vin
taco, mid take them to the foot of the h.!1.”
The servnnts ran to obey his orders.
“Count Hildebrand, he ready with nil
your retainers early to-morrow morning.
Go to the foot of the rock. Be there sure
ly —at dawn. If you see my banner fly
ing then, hurry tip. If not, then esteem
mo dead.”
Cld Hildebrand starfed in surprise.
“Ybu are determined to finish your bus
iness soon. But I will do what you wish.”
And they left the battlement terrace.
Towards the close of the same day, sev
en asses laden with flasks of wine, walked
slowly along the path, which led to the
rock of Solfia. A man who, by his long
robes and bent form, might have been ta
ken for a person of great ago, led them on
their way. He was arrayed in monkish
garments ; n long white beard flowing
down to his girdlti. The cowl of his cloak
was pulled forward so as nlmost entirely
to conceal his face. ' At times he cried out
in n feeble voice to his animals.
Suddenly ns ho led them towards n
sharply ’projecting rock, n toud sliqut was
henfd, six or eight men a rnied complete,
rushed from behind it and stood before
him. ~
“Monk Avlibrd are you taking these an
imals? . ; . - . .. , - ■!
“Oh, vour lordship! Oh your worships,
Pm—”
“None of your lamentations ; Where
are you goibg V
“To tho monastery ofSt. Simon.
“To the'moriastery-, and pray wh'nrmny
the mbnkW inuch wind ?”.
1 1“FoWthB : Holyi-)-” 1u ! -;
V “Bnh HI JhlnfitW Trdp
sOldie^'ofUiibnti^e?^ifK^!indfi : , iii <, Sijftn
—av(Pin-|»K > nt6V rtbcd'oKvjnd'ftian’aff'tne
CLEARFIELD JUNE 22, 1 85 4.
monks of nil the monnsteries in the world.”
“Oh, henr me, hear mu ! tnke not mv
wine,” cried the monk.
“Oh no, we will not,” cried they sneer
ing! v. "Come along, fool of n monk ;
follow us. You must shrive us. ’Tis
long since n monk has visited onr nttnr
ters.”
So saying they drove the nsses before
them. The monk was led along by two
of them, nnd thus proceeded up the road
which led to the robbers’s hold. The way
wns long nnd steep and narrow. The
eyes of the monk glanced piercingly around
ns they led him on up to the summit.
“Halloa!” cried a loud voice from the
fortress, ns they entered the courtyard. —
“Wlmt success to-dny my cubs?”
The spenkerenme bounding from n low
parapet, nnd rnn townrd them. Ho wns
n man of gigantic stnmro, armed in the
manner of those days.
“Wbn t success! fourteen fiask'of w ine,
1 sti-'h ns the snints might sigh for.”
| “Fourteen ! By St. (’ullilx-rt ' and is it
good ? But who is this ?”
“An oIJ bed of a monk ul.o onus the
asses ?”
“Me shall be nur guest. llu shall live
uiili us. My culls, prepare a grand feast,
as. quick as possible. Tonight shall lie
gn < n to tei edrv.”
Darkness had settled down over the
u hole count i y when the preparations were
finished, and great had heen. die prepara
tions. A large hall in the centre of llm
fortress had been decorated ; long tables
bad been spread out and loaded with vi
ands; massue jars filled with the new
gol'on wine were placed there, and sea's
for all liie men were arranged. No watch
would be kept that night. The robbers
lelt secure.
The Ibstuiiirs began. Tw.m'vfour —
llie whole number of the brigands—sat
around die table. With laughter nnd mock
ery they led in the monk nnd compelled
him to bless die repast. Then die rioting
began.
“Bv th" Holv sons of the Temple !”
cried the‘Tiger;’ “never lias such wipe
ns tins been tasted at So!fin before. ’Twill
ben bug time before vou haw such wine
again.”
The diiuking increased. Ail drained
the huge gobb ts over again. Then arose
a wild confusion of longues of men dispu
. ting—of wild, discordant laughter, and
'fierce songs, expressing the joss of a rob
_bet’s life.
.Amidst the confusion, which increased
ns it grew I iter, the ‘Tiger’ alone seemed
o 1 o
to preset w his senses.
“Fools, lools ! whv are vmi fighting ?
Be rpiiet !” lie roared in a (nice of ihun
<|er.
But (lie riotous nml drunken robbers
heeded him not. Deeper and deeper they
drank, wilder and w ilder grew l lie uproar.
I'i"litx liman, and bottles were dune about
tlk h-iI!. The men attacked one another
and in lh p :r fierce struggles, reeled alTiu!
and fell to the floor.
When two hours before d.i\ugli', every
rubber Iny upon the fldor motionless, sin c e-
I a-s, from the s'rong fumes of 1 1 if wine the
lender himself kvj’ low as the otlieis.
All through 7 1lie feast, the monk Irid
Watched them narrow'y. As tl e confu
sion reiprhed its litigili, he retired to es
eape/toiiee. Tlion, y lien nil sounds had
ceased, he returned nnd»snw his captors
dead,drunk upon the floor. The monk
loosened his girdle, took of his gown, and
stepped mil dressed in complete armor.
It was Sir Bertram dc Mmeelli.
“Ila, ha !’’lie cried langhinglv. ‘What
can valour do against wit? Ha, ha!”
lie took down from the walls a large
nulnber of letters nml chains, which had
been hung there as ornaments by tho rude
brigands. One by onu he fastened llieni
on. Ho bound them strongly upon his
senseless enemies—he fastened them hand
und foot. Then he drew them all to one
end of the room. There liq deposited them
ell in a row, side by side uil chained and
secure.
Day dawned, and the Count Hildebrand
with forty retainers, stood at tho foot of
Solfia. All looked anxiously upwards.
“H i !” cried the old Count, ns a (lag
ascended on thov/oflress übovo him. ‘Can
it he 1 What device see yod there?”
“A griffin azure, and a shaft in gold,”
said lliq old Cotillion beside him.
“Good heavens! escutcheon of
Dc Merccllf! Up, up, men! Solfia is over
thrown !”
A sltoYl time elapsed, while they usccn
ded. The different borriors on the way
had been removed. The gales of the cas
tle were w’do open. They rushed in, Dc
Morcelli stood t|icrc, waving iiis sword in
triumph. Old Hildebrand rushed into his
nrms.
“How did you do this f"
“Another time—another time. Come
in and see my prisoners.”
Bofore nigirt tho bodies of iwenly-fonr
robbers swung from the sammit of So’lfia.
The nows of Bertram’s exploit spread far
and wide, nnd every neighboring noble
came to the castle of Clois Noir, when Mu
tilda; wns utiited to him who hericoforth
went by the title of—“ Tho Baron De Sol
fa\"—Star SpavgM Banner.
From Ibi l I‘rnviilt’no Journal, Juno tl.
A Furious Elrpltnnt nt Lnrgc.
Three Horses hilled—Numerous 1 Vug
gons Demolished,—A number of Per
sons badly Injured.
The large Elephant, Ifiinnibal, attach
ed to the Broadway Menagerie, which
wns on exhibition nt Pnwtucket, on the
3d instant, got loose from his keeper on
\ the wny from Pawtucket to Fall River, ear
ly yesterday morning. Before starling,
bis keeper made him lift the hinder part of
a wnggnn loaded with 3,500 pounds,
for the purpose of getting it in to line. —
It is supposed that this, although not unit
sunl, might have suggested to him the
mode ol attack which ho adopted after
wards. When about seven miles from
I’awlucket be became furious, turned up
on his peeper, who had to fly for his lilb
and take refuge in a house, got free, and
' rushed along the road, destroying every
thing, in his way. Meeting n horse and
belonging to Mr. Stafford Short,
hc'diruM bis itt'k itdo the horse and lif
ted horse, rider .and waggon into the air.
lie mangled the horse terribly and. car
tied Inin about fifty feet nnd threw the
dead bodv into a pond. The waggon wns
broken to pieces, and Mr. Short consider
ably hurt. The elephant broke one ol
hi- enormous tu-hs in this encounter. A
mile fui liter the elephant, now grown
more furious attacked in the same manner
a horse and w aggon, . with Mr. Thomas
W. Perk nnd his son. He broke the wag
gon and wounded the horse, which ran a
w ay. Aft. Peck was pretty badly lutrl
in ibe hip.
While the keepers were engaged in se
curing the smaller elephant, who had not
however, manifested any signs of iiisuh- j
ordination, the Inrirer ono got oil" from
them, nnd went through Barncvville, I
when Mr. Mason Burnev and another
man mount'd tlnir horses nnd kept on
his track as near to him os wns prudent,
giving warning of the danger to the pas
sengers whom they met on tlvir wav.— :
Tin* elephant would occasionally turn to I
Ipok a! them, but dal not attempt In moles! j
drua. 1
The next mnn in tho path "ns Mr.
Pearce, who was riding with Ins little son
in n on- horse waggon. He was coining
towards the elephant, nnd hi ing warned
t'V Mr. Bnrncv, turned around and put the
horse to his spied, but the elephant over
look him, and seizing the waggon, threw
it into the nir, dashing it to pieces, nnd
breaking the collar bone and arm of Mr.
I'enree. The horse disengaged from the
waggon, escaped with the foffc wheels and
the elephnnt gave chase for eight miles,
but did not Caleb him. Thu elephant
came back from his unsuccessful pursuit,
nnd look up bis march again on the main
road, where lie next encounered Mr. J.
i’.ddv, will) n horse and waggon. He
threw up the whole establishment in the
same way ns before, smashed llie waggon,
killed the horse, and wounded Mr. Kddv.
He threw the horse twenty feet over a
fence iiHo llie adjoining lot, then broke
down tile fence, went over and picked up
the deml horse nnd deposited him in the
rnnd, where Ii" had first m'’t lnm. He
killed one other Imrse, nnd pursued mi
n'her, who lied ty a barn ; the elephant
followed, tmt at the door was met by n
fierce bull-dog, which bit bis log and
drove him off’. Once on the route, the
keeper being abend of him, srtw him
plunge overgi wall and make for n house.
The keeper got into tho, house first, hur
ried the frightened people within to the
upper slerv, and providing himself with
nn axe, succeeded in driving oil’ the fu
rious beast. The elephant final I v ex
hausted his strength, nnd laid himself
down in. the hushes, about two miles from
Slade’s Ferry. Hero ho was secured
wiili chains nnd enrried over tho ferry to
Fall River. A p'nrl of tho lime ha ran nt
the rale ofn mile in three minutes.
Apiiohisms of Loud Bacon. —Virtue is
nothing else than inward beauty ; nnd
beauty nothing else ilinn nn inward virtue.
Riches are n good hand maid ; but the
worst mistress.
''ll is n great blessing lo enjoy happiness;
but to have the power lo confer it on oth
ers is for greater.
Tho stairs to honor are sleep,jhe stan
ding slippery, the regress a downfall.
Tho pr/iisc is nn honor which comes
from,voices freely conferred.
What is a good man to do with tho dull
approbation of the vulgcr ?
I slioulJ sooner believo tlie fubulous
wonders of any religion th in this univei
sal frame wns built without n Deity.
Ho that delights in blood is either n wild
beast or a Fury.
'Though Justice cannot extirpate vice,
yet it represseth it from doing hurt.
He tlint is a prodigal of his own life will
not spare the life of another.
Capital.' —The Portsmouth Tribune
thinks a “wife nnd n child or two,” tho
safest and best capital a man can start bu
isness on. Wq unco knew n man who
started buisness in tips way, and ho
came out twelve children ahead. Still the
theory looks ns if it might work.
A GREAT LAKE
Nearly due north of Quebec, one hun
dred and eight miles ns the bird flies, and
probably one hundred and thirty by a con
structed road, lies a magnificent lake, cov
ering an area of.GOO miles, nnd abounding
with a variety offish. It is Tod by numer
ous rivers, some of them navigable for a
considerable distance to schooners nnd but
tonux; it is the lake of St. John—from it
flows the “Great Discharge” or main
stream of the Sanguenuy river, ns far down
ns Chicoutimi, a lew miles beyond which
tho river is nnvigablc to ships of the
est tonnage. On ritlier hank of this river
may ho seen n flourishing settlement;
the soil is a rich nnd loamy nature, produ
cing wheat, corn, fruit, etc., equal in qual
ity nhd quantity to any raised i'n Upper
Cunndn, and although 1 j degrees further
north than Quebec, yet from the peculiari
ty of its geographical position, its climate
is milder in winter ilian that of Montreal.
For many miles, on both banks of the riv
er, arc thousands if acres of the finest
lands, covered with n noble forest.
Fim.t) Bkaxs. —ln our own experience
we have found no crops more profitable,
I than ilie common wlute bean. It requires
little more care than corn ; on die right
kind of soil it is quite produclivc ; nnd most
always finds a rendy market price.—
i There is no product of the soil which con
tains ns much nourishment, pound for
i pound, ns this. The straw makes excel
lent winter feed fur sheep. We have found
the smaller kinds to be superior to those
of a larger size.
Beans require a dry, varm soil. We
have raised diem where it wns so dry nnd
sandy that scarcely anything else would
grow. Our best bean crops have been
upon n diin sanejy soil, so filled with stones
dial’ it was exceedingly difficult (o plough
it ol all ; and where the earth over the
limestone rocks was nowhere more than
four inches deep. One acre of such
ground we planted with common white
beans f>r l 'n years successive! v, and never
failed nfgeliitig a remunerative crop, and
ol ten Ind a very profitable one. This plot
was ph.jghcd, planted, and hoed, at odd
spells, when it was so wet that no odier
ground could be winked.— American Ag
ruuhund.
A Yaluaiili; Diamond found. —On
Thursday’, a man in the employ of M.
James Fisher, Jr., at Manchester, near
Richmond, Yn., wlule engaged in throwing
up a quantity of earth, discovered among
it a sparkling substance which ho threw
aside as no value. Mr. Moore, another
workman, took it up, and upon examina
tion, was so much impressed with the .sin
gularity of its appearance that he deter
mind ! i keep it. lie .submitted it to sev
eral jewelers, all of whom said that it must
be crlmr diamond or topaz. f-'ubsequcntly
lie took it to Professor Dewey, w ho imme
diately pronounced it a diamond—a gem
rd the pur -si w a ter and of exquisi le beauty
weighing nineteen carats —the largest ever
d'seovered in North America, l’rof. D.
supposed it In have been washed to the spot
where it was discovered.
O'V As the season is coming on for the
depredations of birds, 1 beg t a report my
experience of last year, when I saved my
cherries hv Innging up several pieces ol
tin with strong thread in the dill’erent trees,
two pieces being hung near eno igh to
gether to clash with tlie wind, which
sound, with the bright p-lkrlion of the tin
in the sun,certainly frightened them away,
and I had niv'dunshare of the fruit, whirl)
the preceding ve.ar, I was obliged 'to re
linquish them. So says a New Jersey
Fa rmrr.
OCT” About the Ist of June. savsS. A.
Morton, in llie Ohio Cultivator, I planted
a few lulls of cucumbers in an old straw
pile; the half rotted si raw covered the
ground about one loot deep. I dug down
through the straw to tlin ground nnd plan
ted the seeds in flu; oartlr. The straw
kept the ground moist, nnd prevented llio
weed 3 Jrom grow ing, consequently thov
needed no cultivation ; but the vines grew
unusully last, and have become exceed
ingly large, and their fruitfulness is almost
beyond credulity.
‘.‘l skk mv way in tile constitution; I can
not in a compromise. A compromise is
hot an act of Congress. Jt may hi over
ruled at any time. It gives us no securi
ty. But the constitution isstublc. It is
a rock. On it we stand, nnd on it wc can
meet our friends from the non-slave bold
ing States. It is a firm nnd stable ground,
on which wc can belter stand in opposi
tion to fana'icism than on the shifting
sands of compromise. Let us be done
with compromises. Let us go buck and
stand upon the constitution.”
John C. Caliiotn.
o^j~A Western lyditor snys that if you
want to leeL ns nice ns a hymn-book in a
red cover nnd a gold clasp; all you Imve to
do is to run nnd pick n pretty girl up when
you see her fall down in the street, lie
tried the experiment llie other day, nnd
has felt full of sunshine, nriif four 'story
happiness ever since.
(f tehee Chronicle
| ly toward our fellow creatures, is compnr
■ntivcly easy. Mill to pursue the rigln
- path through every vicissitude, to resist
j vice when lortune lowers most darkly, to
1 turn aside from temptation when hungci
! knows ami friends grow cold, to listen
amidst every difficulty nnd danger to the
still small voice of conscience, and to he
governed by its dictates, indicates true
greatness, real self-denial, nnd unbounded
faith in tile ways of God to (non, Bui
what moral strength is required, what a
1 resolute and self-poised spirit, to stand up
I firmly and resolutely as wave after wave
' of sorrow nnd allliction is dashed against
us, ns, friend after friend grows cold oi
i becomes false, ns hope after hope fndes
! away, and we feel that life and strength
1 are also drawing to n close ! How many
(sink under the ordeal, how tho weakness
: of man’s nnlure is seen in those trials !
; How many perish in body nnd in soul, and
'go down to the grave unmourned, unhon
ored nnd unsung ? Look through ourcoun
try at the presont moment. Victims mat
be mol in every street, men who were
once prosperous, but who, struck down b'
some sudden blow of misfortune, or by a
I scries of vicissitudes, have in vuin endea
vored to r/illy their energies, nnd are e\
, erv hour becoming more degraded in body
and in mind. The contrast between theii
hour of fortune and their hour of Iroubb
is indeed strong. Then too tnnnv ol theri
"were proud and haughty, and careles
alike of their duties'to God nnd man.—
JYw abject in spirit they cringe nnd falter
nnd are lost lo that glorious principle,
which teaches that n human being, wheth
cr rich or poor, whether prosperous or oth
erwise, if lie be honest and upright, is nlik>
entitled to respect and esteem. But therr
are others again, who when the work,
went well with them, were generous an'
benevolent, 'i heir fault was liberality.—
They expended beyond their menus —the'
had 100 much confidence in friend atv!
neighbor, nnd they became victims. These
arc indeed entitled to sympathy nnd kind
ness; nnd their early J'rmnds should no'
forget them in this tlieir«day of«gloom
11 1 -• ir snirils should ho cheered, tlmirhopc
hrightened. Momentary adversity, how
over, shnulJ not be pormiltod lo overwhelm
atn man. It is tho destiny of most of m
' to nifet with some serious and frightful re
verso, at some period of life. Who can
i not si utile out from among his friends, in
j O O'
dividuals who a few yenrs back wore op
parontly crushed and prostrate, hat wlr
with the indomitable spirit of hope nnd ett
-1 lerprise, si Ml toiled nnd struggled on, aim
[finally succeeded! It should be remem
bered that the most chances against us that
| liavo been experienced, the better the pros
! pect for the future. No one should des
j pair. In a country like this, new ejipedi
ents nnd chances are constantly preset)
I ling themselves. While health nnd lit'
remain, hope should not be abandoned. —
VVe know not ourselves, indeed, until
have been truly tried. Many n man lum
been driven into a now occupation by ne
cessity and has triumphed fully, who .
lew years ago would have pronounced him
self utterly unfit for such a sphere. Ad
versity not only tests the truth of friend
ship, but it tests our oiv(l nature. It prove
eithur the weakness or tho strength of Urn
human character. It forces us to depon'd
on our energies, and to inako many Oil ef
fort which under" otlmr circumstance's
would never be ntiemplcd. Its uses un
sweet nnd beneficial, for they isholy in'it
distinct nnd palpable form the utfSr iftslg'
nilicenoe of man, the" utter mutability i t
human nHairs, and the necessity,.a( |i.y
times and seasons, oQlphtmg to the gre**
sourco iSri<J centro of oft’ iW W.'good
perfect.
A,*' ' ,
NUMBER 20.
Adversity—A Te*t Of CLnroeter.
The nu'tnl of the mine
Mn.«t Mini eurfhoo t>liinc
Wo, some weeks since, offered a lew
remarks in relation to the influence of
Prosperity in the dovclopcment ofrhnr
nctor. Adversity is another tost, and with
many its fiery ordeal is suited to elicit all
the energies of the human mind and soul,
Jo coll forth qualities which, but for mis
fortune, would, have remained dormant,
and to indiente faculties of a high and en
nobling nature. Its influence is least
tempting and seductive, it is calculated to
stimulate and to nerve, to rovivc the faith
of our nature in Providence, nnd induce
the proper-minded to dwell with Philoso
phy upon the trials of this life, nnd with
hope and confidence, not only upon the
future with regard to tilings of time mere
ly*, but with reference to those of the dim
nnd distant period which commences with
the close ofour mortal being. How many
of tlie eminent by intellect and patrintisiq
would have remained ( jn comparative obsl
curity, had they have been surrounded b\
all the superfluities of fortune, had no ne
cessity existed for exertion, had their
minds become torpid, indifferent to patri
otic impulses, and the welfare of their fel
low.man ! What more glorious to the eye
of true philosophy, than n virtuous nnd
godlike mind, conscious of rectitude of pur
pose, but struggling on, yenr nfler year,
amidst the clouds of darkness nnd Adver
sity? To be satisfied and joyous where
nil smile around us, satisfied with ourselves
nnd with others, giateful to God nnd kind