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VOLUME 5.
facts. His counsel was startled, cowed This luid wont on for two years, and which nro to ho found in tnousnn s some- '. “ '. ()| . this ftl Amuricnn
and almost hopeless. The winding up men had almost forgotten Bill Smith. But times covering miles o gtoun 10 • L'" ° °i!""”lv to nn invitation <>f the Pomoc
wus ncur. All felt the verdict must be at tlie end of that tune, ti Shawnee Indian southern part of Kentuevy ant P or 1 |' * p! ’' ’ • , pm-Ue finite with them In
“guihy.” was taken prisoner byt ho people ofßoone’s of Tennessee. The people who used th s | t V c , nto Anniver-
Suddenly there was a commohpn in fori, und ho once more revived the exciie- rurious sepLihuro nr J n " u ex 1 ': , in i Rqimro ir-plcte with Hound
Court. Carriage wheels were heard near- ment us to tin; mystery of the Silent Hun- ; i hey existed long e ( >ir. wo n> n nntionul ami patriotic sentiment*. Whoso ewinHels
ing the place. The sheriff got out and with ter. He said thut a terrible spirit had (or ! tion long before to re s uns ViV ■ U))llI1 tllis p r j m .ij»io nru more worthy of eon
him was the boy, still attenuated from suf- two years haunted the wur-path ol the through those woods an snv annas. ; siderntinn tlmn i h-.-r- attiiis truly prom umn. Tlw
faring, but neatly clothed, and with the Shnvvnecs—an evil demon whose sight burial grounds ate a Imt remains o 1 WasliiiiKtun ( hiuh in altmliiii; uiUiin letter, say:
bloom of life reviving on his cheek. Old! was nppolling to tho nation. More than 1 hey weto apparent y pigmies, oi i lm. fallen from tlurtanninous i>«a <>t
Saundcrj was carried from the dock in thirty of their best braves had already fal- graves arc not, on tin average more Min liVll . r„ r uur.i.v u J,.y wl.ict. hub 1.0. m clninw
. . , ,• . , ■ , 1 . i- i i • |-i, ■ iVn rfu I Medicine three feet ill en<d i. Some have imngtn-■ terizoi »v so nuu-h beamy ol c-ciiicopiion, jvliuiy
convulsions—the shrieks being heard till leu under Ins hand. 1 Ins lenrlul nieuicme Hire in i n . , - l>x . rjr „„kii.n mid excellence of rentiment.” ns Huh
1 the prison doors were closed upon him. — Man was sent to punish them lor some por- cd that these weie t e grin .s lottur. “He writes amt feels as a National Lienio
[ lie was acquitted, but compelled to give u nions sin. So dreaded had he become, dron of the Az'ee nation In this case „h„uld write and feel-not a demucra. wl,o^
•* '/»*.! •,/ i i' . , i lllf i n s.,, fm( t were nearly ihev nui.st have died bv thousonus when national onlv m iiuiuo, but am* 111 Hit Ilf- "‘.ll
security for the nruiinujqancc and<ducu- di:.i the inbc hml m* t »nu vw rc nuiny muy mu « , -7 h : (fh nn d the n* hi-imWuionr. U th«.nm>;i.]y inihue.l with thnt
lion of Bill Smith till the age of eighteen, delermined to quit forever their ancient they were a joi '' 1 , „„bl,. sontinirnt which know* )j<> North. <*<> South,
' This was the first public scene in Bdl huining grounds in Kentucky. When older people must have been bu ricd secret y. „„ Wu „ t , as Nordu.Smith, Ks.-i a.ul
1 Smith’s career. Tho next was ul.cn, ns'asked whether they had ever seen the! In one of these curious sepulchres the We s. constitutes «,.» gt-amm. ua.i.
!an eloquent, vivacious, bold young luwyer! di-mmi, they said lln-y had never ®n it body ol Bill Smit t was iscovcrc . \V asiiinu ioN’, July J, lbo4.
!ho pleaded his first cause at the bur. He dis-iucilv, lliough their young men Imd pur- was a sarcophagus sunk into the eartn, > - glB . Though lam compelled todeclmo
‘ gained many after it, and gradually rose'sued i>. oflt n, and always came back wi'h most eiglite.ii meins by the same m win n. vour i ilv i,„tion to join the democracy or
! to great honors, wealth and pros| r-iiiv.--• at least one nt (her number imssing. At The explorers i xnitiinii i ' w rr "*' • ihe city of Philadelphia in their time-hon
'Mattie became bis wife, and thin- ln-mc !It ngih nm.c dart’d to lulluw ibo u■rll • -r ■ ew n disturbed the remains, ai * orcc j observance of assembling on the ani
was blessed with sons nnd dnuglik rs, nil i*jijjmiiiion. in il'Mi p o! I(sl » un ‘ n , versnry of tliu,.bii ih-duy ol our nation, up*
when the Declaration of Independent was Auer ilns i-.tory h a d been runu,rod abroad mme P) n* pose the .-iiem m nn lhe sp U wlierc indrprndriKe wus first
made, men knew no happier iaini'v than nun lagan again to speak ol Bill Smith, ter ol the Ciitin vivef 1 " s - uroclaiineoL to hear read that great decla
' that of William Smith. He was gennous , Tluv f poke ofhim, however, wilh an nn- W hat n numi nlul story. low st rang - rali()n ()f which asserted und
'and he was charitable, hut nuvcrilieless aee.mntable drea.l, always in a low voice, and checkered n Me. f\ wm ' ,}'! justified it, yet 1 u?!xm.t the 1.--s obliged
one of tho most opulent men in the pruv- The Slniw uces li.-ul lormeily been one o I this m-m to ns (.ar v /f < .’, nn< , 1 ' ,i, to you lor tins inn i k ryl utlenlion ; atld,
incc, for ho'-wns prudent nnd ecoinurncal. the must lor iindablr and best organized ol lion ollus hen 1 1 loins cm illnM . in i i hough absent, I shall participate in
When, however the war oflibenv broke she rid nations. They now became ijmid, him the terrible, silent ri-niorseess ~e,ng ;(1| ,| )o>e p. lU j otlc i, ;l: | l iigi which fe :.io
nut Ins treasures fiowc-l like water to sup- and cn rricd on riesnllu ry wa ria re. 1 hey that - lie nfurw a u s ei u i ie. i ’ ' nnd the place uio so wed ca icuiated to m
nort Washington in his tremendous earn- were beaten bv the hostile tribes, lor not in nature a wicked man During ne _ Tne whole history of man presents
naiuns Mattie dal not repine when she wluuever a ha'lie look place ihe Silent latter pa rt of Ins hie his mind was stint, n mor(j wonttel r u l contrast than is fur
daw" their riches melting nway in lhe lever Hun'er made his app. arc.ee suddenly by ronu;mhrance of .hit melancholy nisUed b y the position wo occupy, when
of that glorious cause. ‘Let the cold go.’ fighting will, their encmes. If they at- when Mattie nnd her little ones had rout))J upon w | ml we are, and
she said; and the gpld did go, nnd w Inn 'tacked a lort, he was always among the buried hv Ins own hands in Hie U|L 01 j compare it wit I) wlmt we were, when that
America was free it wu.-unll gone, nnd W il- defypdors ; :i they attacked a stronghold lines. j Jeed'was done which will make the day we
ii.-un Smith found liimsdfu beggar ! But, lie was never nway, but headed the a •.sail-j Aiirnici '.celebrate immortal. Vour liilliers were wit
ho was not sorrowful ; for over the Alle-'ants. But lie came und went without. tULMi A u Lit 111- .'nesses of the ucl; und hallowed forever wnl
uhcnv mountains wns the country of Ken-; speaking. He neve, greeted any man, \V C undoubtedly are a peculiar people,' (bu ~,e scelle 0 f lts occurrence. And to their
luekv beautiful soil nnd timber,“ und w a-'und no man said firewell to him. 'lhe Our statesmen, pouts and pollutions are sons is committed its custody, nnd to them
ter "and game abounding. There they 1 border people looked on him wnh respect | iec vj11itr—“the bone and sinew ol the land „| 6O niore, perhaps, than to the people of
minh! settle,nnd thither were rnnnv going, land fear; she Indians shuddered at his aru peculiar—our children are peculiar, un y 0 t r single .Stule is committed, not
monv who iiud lost their possessions in the I name, nnd the Shawueas especially look- hllt peculiar is very Young America. j luJ( . ( ,(l iho custody of our institutions—
terrible but sacred war. led upon him ns n curse sent liom the \\',. allude not to Young Aiueriea, os seen belongs equally to all—but n peculiar
In the spring of fifty en.'grants 1 Great Spirit to exterminate their race. j„ |,-gi,|.itive halls, or taking part in point- i n flue;rice m their maintenance nnd prescr
assembled" at Powell’s on the frontiers of! so terrified bv tins phnn- c.l ass-inbl.igc s, but to a still younger vuliu Our arch, we may well hope,
.I;,', colony. They were lo journey in 1 lom lh e silent hunter perpetually h ml- boy, who, hating dolled Ins swaddling , will fcsLt nil pressure win e its keystone
nv PUT rhe mountains. ,„ r mutual , hwr naihs. that they all collected and clot lies,'W, just donned ensimera panls, , s safe ; niui ,» lc character of! ennsylvann.
—' ' defence for the swarthy tribes of Indians ' |kd acro , s lhc great stream of Kentucky, a dress enat, standing collar and h.gh c, ft sufficient guarantee that now and
THE SILENT HUNTER. stil| hl , vrrt . d oVl . r ,he regions, revenging Bu . bdlcnved them over, and was ever le el. d b„„ls. Do-ck at the man,km ! He Voroafte r, it will be undisturbed, whatever
Tho ensuing nurpanve is strictly luster- 01l ,| IC w |,i, c in ,-n that long ili-M of calam- ~n i|,,-ir hunting grounds. Be they fled is pm haps between Jourlcen and seventeem we may be destined to encounter
~-al and truthful. We are indebted to the i|j(>B whll . h | ia( ] f u ||„ n their race. i „„ all i and passed eve, Green river. lie years ol ng". He has no d..ubl <jl h-s - ‘Kver true to the principles ol our party
pen 61 the hunter-naturalist Webber— T | ie cnn.von.went forward. H passed „ nsH ,.,| ~ t-m and never crossed it again, manhood-nut lie He can swear I d.e appe-a ranees mdiouto that ihe democracy
for it. • through a wild ternlorv among moimlains 8;il , lllf v_| p.nans were soappaller] bv hear- ir ,,oper-p!av cards like a gainbler, and ,of I’em.sylvan.a may be soon called upon
Shortly before the American war of In- aod § cfi | es wil i, lbo shaggy fmest st.ll, c f ihe braves slain in 11.0 loresi and at chew as mueli to. acco and drink as mu I. neatn lo prove their devotion to its dutie.
dependence, there arrived in New Eng- lhrowinc lh ,-ir p.i.r.evat shadaws ov v-r the - l|loir ctull|) fires, bv an arm of some oven- rum ns most coib. rcu of superior giowib ! l)y alrem.ous exertions, and by a uni y o
land nn orphan boy called Billy Smith.— gln - At n J ls!tlMC c there was known spir ii. that ihev never dreamed of a perhaps he aspires to salesmanship couned und of action, which disr gar
.Some friends of his parents look an active [o Q Bf>lll , m , nl „|iero pruv,sums might _ c.-ntl.C- The silent l.unier never lost thq^I low Icarn-d-V ho to ks of gmernmen ,il u ,| o ,her d.fierences, ' *;,H find at ■
interest in him, and apprenticed him— bo ()bti)llv fi. Smi.h wi-h a si,mil (mny Ir;ul . Then they once more burned then? „ 11,., r5, and Low oculrly he ci imiscs tic tnumph and ,is rewa rd ,n he main en
though onlv eight years ofuge-to an old ; n ,| vuliCC Iu bring back, supplies f..r wl( , w .,ms and went a way forever from that produenons ol our pub ic uvn Heg.au- lho great political doctrines wln .1
farmer in North Carolina. The inden- nl r( ‘" ho tt ., s Bix d ,vs aw„y. The C( ,^ lllrv . All d when the las. of th. Hl,aw- ly Dlls us tint “Aleck Hamilton and lon belleVo es.scntm to .ho prosper, yof o,a.
lures stipulated that he was to have, he- remnin(]L , r |, , d pn-mtsi-d to wail his return n ,,,. s fi„,| launeh.-d ihe mime upon the wme greatly uv.r ru ( . eounlry, and to t he.pi rm< nan
sides sufficient food and clothing, reason.,- 1 j ~ rtd p llu Vid [,- v . Toihni he Ohio, Bill Smith r-.se from under the bush- that “Dan Wcuster Ib u Clay und J.ic . federation. And ! cannot hut cx| -.
bio opportunities of education; but Sauo- ! hls , Oll , p anio,.s. Tnc-e wc. M „ n shore, and fired or. ,he little hark, (.’alhooh, w; re men o some abio.y, but c,,- llo() „ ,hat when the great \ meric-i r ’ I
ders P thc veomnn, thought it folly J and nil - frnoejl of , be can , 11( „ n J marks ol the con- , p.-venue was his monomania. V\ lien I,c-ly 100 slow for tins piognss.vc ngu. . the great human P r ' nc , _
Bill learned wn's in spite of his prejudices, nj ; bu( nn || v ;jm being surred there —no | |(; fi u , 1 ,-d Ins wile and children n rash and “ Ned Everett, lie gian 6, ~i.o \s some Ihe right oanunoeg s> • '-
There was a litllu da mhler of the (armor’s J 0; ’ could bo heard, no weiemne of the b , (Mldv resolution fixed itself on Ins mind, thing rff Utm and Greek, hut ,s w, bout , H(; | V es upon every question o mte nM ud.
L h^ e v ; r !lMnX, a blue eved child with ; £ | md ,J ft . A contused und U U ,:ome madness. He never spoke to enlarged and liberal views and should de- ~,,,,,s lrano n-is assailed and condemned
gold rinMets and dimpled face—who took b , lrnd Bh „ W od that tho em.grnnts mnn , but silqmly and remorselessly haun- vote lumselt to teaching school and preach- „ t , this side £- - J mn s ch lo |
so proficient m both, th t fe ■ , *.\ V hero is my «here n.bu g ib j c r t of the Green River Marvel “ write tolerably well, nil things ; Adi , lllic , and England sought to rule
to tench Ins tutor. , ' children 1” he aalced ol lho first stranger he mol - 1 ordered ’’ I her colonies by the same pretences,
This pleasant exchange °f rTl ' l ' < ' a k n _ l , cn me to. .“You will find them w bore you jlilk . f , At fii.een years of age, Young America c | aimin(? ,lmt her Parliament had the
nR69 wen. on Ml the children grew up and A#k , h e Shawnees ; they wall I here, a shmly 11 . L J " , L r „, , , ,id of murse, like a " J legislation, in all cases what-
MaMc was unconsciously betrothed tn, tho , yoq „ w re9l .n ", -*n. h« bujl. Mm->M> M>, » ml- wjlh yer> oy J d regionB , n 3 it ls now
springtime ot h"r life to the o p „y ou have neglected your tuist-lie y wlitru n q pj e | ul iii«'rl to sup someilmiu like the follow ing :“1 say, Bob, c | ldm ed that Congress has tho same
who had been perpe.ua !y at her side o murdered,” said Sm„h, id u -tenianu ° and skin, to ex- L ucv F.ni field ,s a monstrous fine gi'l i j right of oppression over our fellow-citizens
The farmer discovoretllh..and tmmedt- deHbcrß|e yel trembtog voice. “And vet powtr i~d a.", which an old womler she don't marry!” “Yes, she’s ,> ing '/emote Territories. As to pm
ately begnntn punish Smtl , younre rc ,renting, you cowards, he ad- ch- 0 jUI sell | e menl used to supply railier handsome, hut failing very fust; you lPxti to justify acts ol arbitrary nssump
abomiimbM persecuuons Ho made hm onJ k , ho man to the ground - man aan . u protrac|tjd to lho sllllU | d have seen her three years ago, t i o[l) ihe world is full of thyrn; but whetli
sleep in a barn, on n ptlo o "Y’ i Then turned back, rode ulone to lbo abun- limi wu - , übcn ;, b( , Wiis about twelve years old; er they come in lho guise offi'hilanlliropy,
only one tattered blankol to c ' )vo ’ denc d camp in ihcj.valley, and there in lhc ugo oe g b ■ -ptilement then she was u beauty. Lucy loves me, or j n any oilier shape which the love is lor
and cut him off fro,n all conaont.ona of found looking Wlth Earless () ne duy-tho 0 ‘ " ,ftn ' h " “ Xv C bnt I’m engaged; then her father hasn’t in assuming, they are equally to be
little Mattie a love. He was rich, and - , f ut n countenance more mourtilu , wns heard to say lhn ' "° " e ' p ' ■ h , |lld t | u , Consuniption, und may enjoy Ins weath conde mned and repudiated,
ted any one who appeared t 0 am at being woepjnß cou | d make it, on the lost happened to the mlcnt un < r h (wo|j venr9> Poor girl, 1 pity her !” The only safe principle is the prim
tho hoir to Ins fcyituno. J J ond | ovc d— Mattie and her children. j not come « 8 aiiUa °.„' B J fc l||olv “My child,” said good Israel Muggins ci|llo of self-government. Give lo those
watched his daughter an ,:ij uiP be-' Smith with his own hands dug their; powder poue i. jj i oj tor Mountains to his interesting son, “I think ofussociut- lt) whom belong the rights and the
Bill by every kmd of ciuoltj, : EraV c3—with his own hand laid them side him he went out to G . . ing you with mu in huisness d what shall responsibility, the power to provide for
haviour became n««or.o». ; bi , firBt . Uor n on the mother's | and when ho came L -style of the firm?” “Why what To Ly the language, bu. retain
mane persons resolved 10 B»m m - 7 bon d, his youngest on her bosom 1 questioned l “"'’ ' . bdb ~ Frqm should it he but Israel Muggins, Jr., & !| le sentiment of Mr. Jefferson, wo may
foro. a curt of juo.tco for ba.banty and ha ' d lai n y and nestled- so long.- ,bo had seen.| well ask, if men in territories are unfit to
neglect ol duty. ,i,„' And then he stood fora few moments look-, that day i,d i'-iip but it Another illustration, nnd wo close.— govern themselves, have they lound angels
prphanboy ha d , f , I ts l,u leVui, ond rest, and filled the grave, and piled stones ad■ m ‘ mountiuns askB his grand lathe r-a gentleman who has them !It cannot be that such aiiasump,
away. He mndo up his little t 0 m nrk the spot, and bade nd.eu, forever bis «pmi 'v*s 8 “ ears seQn ci X ly summers -if ho will have “a tion, so contrary to all wo have done am.
.one night creeping into M ‘ „ nod . to love in which his heart had made its al Green IL • , J huntlf, Weed replies the “old fogy." claimed, cun be santioned by the peopleof
through tljo window, hcrngontlcgtrod- iscomradcß were s.t>dMg around
bvo. Ho embraced and kissed h • ! n “ta Bi | om . o . Thoy expected thnt when he starttd wt 11 I Alter wan-*' sir I never smoked a cigar in ull my life.” such an act of tyranny and political sui
ted her he would coma back a gre t , finiBbed he would follow them. But ** d am „ ng ,hoir solitudes , I.vVell, grandpa, nl your age, i believe I cide- J sm,.sir, very respectfully,
f „d ? .ke h-,r "1 s .;* ' 1 ,;EE™ngtl,o' he-w.lk.d ,M <ta of .» M u.p- 1 .d.i» pm » . yourob.d.e.t ,
Wait for vou Ho ran a l mgn K foun(J wberc tbe Ind.nns dmd come nnd th«-v c n ilta dQ ,^ a hnr.nit iSo much for Young America. Ho is a LEWIS CASS,
highway, and came next morn n , . Then ho ah onldered his ri h;, wa- per, 11 J g lrnd ,7ions and Tu- bo y of rare parts. At twelve lie knows N. E. Bi.owne Esq.,
Leigh; » v £.^& len3 byday,! ved hie d.and solemnly, nndl •pen't.ng "« »H the spots thov haunted.- mom than his parents; at fourteen he is a Ch’mn. of Com. of Invi.ot.on,
Bd kina; d»no»»d »» “ r ZZfZ. mm fk» '«•*» -<» I poo. rMn, «* «*, »• m* ”,
eubHisting ort those p -- Sh, ’noes. ■ • -„f- ' .h, hun-' v fat|, he vices ofttaeyiny; and at sixteen
From thr F,uzcrnc Ftu'on
“Speak not to him a bitter Word.” ’
Wouldst thou a wanderer roclaim,
A wild nnd restless spirit tuhic—
Cho'd; the warm flow of yonlhlhl blood.
.And load a lost one back to Godf
IbniHo, if thy spirt’s wrath be stirr’d,
Speak not to him a fitter worth
Kpoak not —that hittor word mny ho
The clamp that seals his destiny.
If widely he has gono n^troy,
And dark excess ims marked his way.
’Tis spiteful—but yet beware,
Hofnnn must ootno from kindly care.
Forbid thy parting lips to move.
Hut in the go nil o tones of lovo.
Though sadly his young heart, hath arid,
}spenk not to him a bitter word.
Tho ioworing frown lie will not bear.
The vonoraM eludings will not hear,
Tho ardent spirit will not brook,
Tho stiugihg tooth of sharp robuko.
Thou would’st not goad tho restless steed
To enhn his firo or cheek his speed :
Then lot no angry tones he heard—
tfpoak not to him a bittor word.
Go kindly to him. make him feel
Yonv heart yearns deeply for his weal.
Tell him tho clangors that thickly lay
Around his “wildly dovious wuy"—
So shall thou win him, call him back
From pleasure’s smooth, seductive track
And warnings, thon hast mildly givon,
May guide the w anderer up to Heaven.
now Softly on the Bruised heart
llnw softly on tho bruisod heart.
A word of kindness falls.
And to tho dry and parched soul
Tho tnoisl'ning toer drop culls;
41. if they know, who walk the cmrth,
'Mid sorrow, grief and pain.
Tho power a word of kindnoss hath,
'Tworo paradise again.
Tho woakost and the poorest may
The stipple pittuuoe give,
And hid delight to withered hcaiti
Return again and livo :
Oh. what ia life if love be lost?
If man's unkind to man—
Or, what the heaven that wait.- beyond
This brief aiid mortal span '■
=t.irs upon the tranquil sett
In mimie glory shine
So nurd, of nfridness in the heart
Reflect the source divino ;
Oh, then bo kind, who’qr thou art
That hroatheth mortal hreath,
And it shall brighten nil thy lif".
Andkwoeton even dottth.
hestowed liport hirrti nnd
inloflome
that Judge Campbell, a
very humane man, f "“YS Smith
his.homQs audxa'Uo
nnd bott<?n to, how.hisin
v/a.‘r ndaiit be ipunieljed. drept,
thereiore fcn , uses , 0 bo tried Cbe|ore
•HSftSgJt Siimoel hnuoJura, for tbr
monwtaltn v otherwise, unlaw
ducting, .murdering ‘ ifh an indentured
Sfchiid.khoiv^wtin^amith.
T’hn trial cause on. Juut° ~ • * »
JpiiS- <w ' ho
)' ~ w *p r .
From that hour n strange mystery
apramr amrfng the mountains. There was
known ori thebi'a lonely huoter
white who was seen oefcaEtorm
llv by the'lndians or some solitary trap
nerd always with a rifle! in hishund, but
Lfpetuallv Bilent, rtover speaking a word
to any one; if ho tiddrOSsed ho'tuni
'od and rOtriatod irtlb the woods. Grndu-
I ally.he WHS' lost sight;of altogether, except
to Daniel Boone, that faWfitmed hunter,
whoso name is familiar over tho whole
continent df : Ahidr!ea. Darnel B one was
believed. to have frequent tr.tervwws with
him, and to supply hirn with powder nn
hall, but 1 he rievef spoke of him, and
and only splied td'questions by shnkihg
bis head touching fits brow with his
finger
T7TV-Sr.j;,i j
LA-
CLEARFIELD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1854.
black oak, lay the grave nt a mighty
ter. He had been a unydlorious inhabitant
of these mountains, und hie resting bed
wub marked bv a. s b'ne. Ho had chosen
it himself years before ho died. It wits
near a spring out of whieh he hud drank
and nu old'man buried him, though no
tmo since had,'visited,,the grave. Webber
offered the trapper some money if he would
lead him to the Bpot #: but he shuddered.and
refused, though with visible trepidation, he
consented to guide.,them within sight ol it.
He walked in front of them lor some
Ij mo umoiig cliffs und trees, over streums
and through hollows, till from a bluff em
inence they looked jdown upon a narrow,
wide plain. Qvef the surl'aco of tigs, lay
what seemed a nutT|ber of fl it rocks, bat
were in reality stone sarcophagi, or graves
term - > a ““ -
lie grows tired o. _,,'luthlul amusements,
thinks of u rich wile, t> residence in the
country, blooming children, and pleasures
ntt< ntJonl on matrimony.
Verily, this is u grent country, and wo
nro n grout people. Wo are either infants
at the breast, or by assumption end man
ner; full grown bipeds, with nil the sell
confyhyiee "and importance chjjmctori_stic
and presuming men.
(£r Gratitude ia the fairest bloom which
springs from the soul; mid the heart 0/
pian luiowoth nono more fragrant. While
its opponent, ingratitude, is u deadly weed;
pat only poisonous .ip itself, but impregnui
tinn the utmospberc in whwhit grows with
fetid vapors.
iSs&J I'-
How to tell a “Good Egg.”—lf you
desiro if be''certain thal your eggs are
good and fresh put them in water. If
they lay flat on th' ir side, they pro good
beyond doubt. If the huts turn up they
nru not fresh. This is an inlulliblo rule
to diKtinguish a “good” from u“(jud_egg.
Peach Tubes. — Pluut tansy uround
the roots of peach trees. The peach worm
will not trouble them afterwards.
the month of Juno there ar
rived ui New York from California, .gold
dust to the amount 0f5>4,G48,143>
(£rA nosegay is easily obtained.—
Four hranby toddies a day for a couple ofj
months'wilt put you ip. the way of ppo
that will astonish all of your friends. I
ii^arflgasfoM;
NUMBER 24.
THE DARK SIDE
There arc some people who arc always
looking on iho “dark side.” oflifo. Thoy
seem to see the world through “colored
glass,” and thus everything bright, beauti
ful and glorious, takes a sonibro tint from
tho medium through which thoy gaze.
They have not strength and courage to
struggle with the actual ills of existence,
for these are wasted with grappling with
imaginary evils. It in the spring timo they
sow amid the budding loveliness of nature,
they do not believo that, when autumn
comes their fields will be filled with “plumy
sheaves,” and plenty will sit smiling at
tho household hearth. They think of tho
devastating march of the tornado, and the
withering breath of the forest king, rulher
than the crystal dew-drop, tho refreshing
' shower and the cheering sunlight that shall
ripen the fruit and give a golden hue to
the waving grain. VV hen the harvest has
been gathered in, amid the merry songs
of the reapers, they do not offer a prayer
of thanksgiving for tic. m mercies. On the
eon 1 rnrv, ihev borrow' trouble concerning
the winter, and fear tint during her long
nnd dreary reign, want shall chose nhund•
i mice from their dwel'ing. It they have
while-winged vessels floating in far-ofl
sens, they listen to every rising breeze, as
if it were 'lie herald of a coming doom, nnd
fancy their vessel a thousand times wreck
ed. Do thev possess richly stored coffers 1
they are in continual fear of burglars nnd
assassins. Friendship they do not trust,
because there is n possibility that a smile
runv conceal n deceitful heart, and kind
words be used to lure another to ruin, they
visit homes tliut seem to them like emblems
of Uden. Fence, and joy, nnd love throw
ovor them a halo of light, but even there
a shadow finals up from the murky at
mosphere winch enshrouds the distrustful
soul. They wonder if this apparent hap
piness is not ussumed in order to make an
impression, and give them an idea of do
mestic bliss. There are those to whom
they are bound by a thousand ties, but in-_
stead of enjoying their society they spend
ihe hours in gloomy forebodings of death
and misery. Dear reader, you have seen
just such persons, so have we, and marked
I how they not only rendered themselves
wretched, hut cast ndisinal spell over all
with whom they came in contact. It is
well to look ppon life as it is, to roalize
that it has sorrows and sufferings and pre
pare for them ; but it is vain and sinful to
look continually on the dark side. Ifwant
falls to vour lot, remember that He who
sent the ravens to toed his servnnt, will not
forget his trusting children.
True there arc thousands of wretched,
fallen, guilty beings; but-there are also
hearts, that throb nobly with their wealth
of pure and generous impulses. It is a
pernicious doctrine, which too many aro
teaching, when they portray friendship na
“only of name,” and truth hut the fair re
semblance of what she ought to be- Deoth
may sever us from those to w(l°m we
have clung with vearing fonJnesi ; but we
must not re|!ine, in every hour oftiial and
suffering, we must remember that there is
one guiding the affairs and destiniesofthe
world, and that “He doeth all things well.
Olive Branch.
A witty clergyman had been lecturing
one evening in a country village, on the
subject of temperance, and, ns usual, after
iho lecture the pledge was passed round
for signatores.
“Pass it along that way,” said the lec
turer, pointing towards n gang of bloated
and red nosed loafers near the door. “Pass
it along, perhaps some of (hose gentlemen
would like to join our cause.”
“We don’t bitent u bare hook, gruffly
muttered one of the rummies ;
“Well,” replied the ready clergyman,
“1 believe there is a kind of fish called
suckers that do not bite.”
The New York Times gives the (bill
ing portraiture of fashionable society in
this city as a sham from bogining to ond.--~
il is utterly unsoujnd,depraved and unnat
ural—a deceptive piece of rotten wood,
made to look shiny with Fiench polish, and
glittering with the phosporosccnt light ol
corruption—a copper cent trying its vory
best to lopk like a five franc piece, and
what is worse, in nine cases out of ton
succeeding.
Mad Dogs at Easion.—Ou Monday of
last week, a mud dog mado his appearance
in the western part of Easton, nnd before
ho could be cnptured ho succeeded in biting
a number of persons living in tho vicinity.
The dog belonged to a Prussian by the
name of Francis Mayonko, whose wife
and two children were severely bitten.—
Ho also bit a Mrs. Tolan, a man named
Philip Bower, nnd two children of Mr.
Robert Nojf.
O.nh or the Hints.—A school-boy,
lately, who thought his pockat money came
rather seldom, thus add rossed his father,
wpiease, papal toll me if tho,Words,£
Piuribus Uo um i ore still oft our qcurter
dollars?” ‘‘Of course they er» you stu
pid boy,” sn|d papa, “bat why do you aqk
that?” ( ‘SBepause,”. replied tho.,yoltng
ibopeful, “It is now ettoh ft long time sing
1 had one, thut 1 almost forgot.”