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CI.KAKFIKLI), PA. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4, IRGS.
SPEECH FROM OEN. PATTERSON
. .
Hn campaign iMenoleol-Statement of
the order i which he received.
So much has been (aid in denunciation
of Uon. Patterson, who was in command
in the vicinity of Harper Kerry at the
-r .i- r .
win- u. u.o ukim o, luana-sas, w.ar, we
niuke room for tho following synopsis of a
rpeech recently ileliverod by thai gentle-
. . .. ...
turn, lie speaks ns ty I lie iiook, anuirv - - . . " "D
thews thnt the allegation that he ' lost us
tliebattleof Bull Run," Ac., is entirely
gratuitous, and made either through gross
ignorance or criminal prejudice
At Philadelphia on Saturday ntternoon,
lot Ik ult., tho members of the First City
Troop met in commi morution of the for
mation of the company in 1774. After
assembling ut their armory, the Troop
proceeded to the Continental Hotel, where
they partook of the anniversary dirtier.
Upward of eighty members, in thoir
handsome uniform, were sealed around
(ho table. At the further etui of the room
liung the old Hag of the troop, which was
homo through the but'les of Trenton and
Princeton.
After tluso bad been ably discussed.
Gen. Patterson, in response to a toast and
three cheers, made a foicible speech, ex
plaining his reasons for r.ot intercepting
Uin. Johnson, previous to the battle of
Manassas Junction. He said he was not
in the habit of giving reasons for anything
lie did cr did not do, but in the presence
of men of so much intelligence a part of
his command in the shot t compnign in (he
valley of Virginia, he considered it due to
them ns well as to himself, to give a short
statement of facts.
The Slanders against Gen Patterson.
During the hitter pai l of July, all Aug
ust, and part of September, there was no
slander against him so gross thai it could
not be asserted and reiterated with impu
nity and swallowed with avidity. TLe
gentlemen ol the troop knew haw false
these slanders were. He hod submitted
to them in quiet, although he had the
documents in his possession to prove that
he did all that he was ordered to do, and
mote than any had a right to expect un
der the circumstances in which he and
liis command wcie placed, and lie defied
any man, high or low, to put his linger on
un order disobeyed.
No False Step Made.
The gentlemen of tha troop were wit
nesses of w hat was done, and ho asserted
what they knew to be true that the col
umn as well conducted. There was not
s fil-e step made, nor a blunder commit
led. The skirmishers were always in front,
; nd the flanks well protected. They were
caught in no trap, and fell into no ambus
cade. They repeatedly oll'ered the enemy
battle, and when they accepted it, they
brtil them. There was no defeat and no
lctreat viih his column.
A Full Investigation Demanded.
D might be asked, "Why have yon not
made Ibis statement sooner?" Because
tlie publication of the documents sooner
would have been most detrimental to the
pullic iiilcresls. He preferred bearing
1 tie odium so liberally bestowed on him,
rather than clear himself at the expense
(if tho came in which we are all engaged.
The time hid nriived when the matter
could, without injury tolheservice.be
inquired into, and he was determined that
it should be done, . ml that before long all
the documents referred to thould be pub
lished and Fprend before the American
people, unless those whose du'.y it was to
do so should in the meantime do him jus
tice.
Some oi the Facts.
lie w. uld slate a few facts: On the 2d
of Juno lie took command at Chambers
burp. On the 4th, ho was informed by
the Gencralin Chief that be considered
tho nddilon to bis force of a battery of
artillery and some regular infantry, indis
l.pnsuble. Oi: the Pth of Juno a letter of
instructions was sent him, in w hich he was
lold that there must be tjo- reverse; a
check or a drawn battle rvould be a victo
ry to the enemy, filling his heart with joy,
his ranks w ith men, and his magazines
with voluntary conliibmions; and, there
fore to take his measures circumspectly,
nnd attempt nothing without a clear pros;
pect of success. TIim was good instruc
tion and most sensblo advise. (Jood or
bad, be was to obey ; and he did.
Important Orders.
On Friday, the 13th, he was informed
that, on tho supposition that he would
cross the river on the next Monday o:
Tuesday, tien. McDowell would be instruc
ted t9 make a demonstration on Manassas
Junction. He was surprised at the order,
but promptly obeyed. On the 15th he
reached llagerstown, and, on the 16th,
two thirds of bis forces h il crossed the
Potomac. The promised demonstration
by (Jen. McDowell, in the direction of
Manassas Junction, was not made ; and on
the lGth. just three days after he had been
told he was expected to cross, be was tel
egraphed by the Commander-in-Chief to
tid him "at once all tho regular troops,
horse and foot, and the Khode Island Ue
pimintand flattery," and told that he
va strong enough without the regulars,
nnd to keep within limits until he could
satisfy him that he ought to go beyond
liem. On the 17th he was again tele-
crnnhed. "We are messed here. Send the
troops I have twice called for without de-1
lay." This was imperative, and the troops
weressnt, leaving him without single .
piece of artillery, and. for the time, a sin
cle troop of cavalry. It was a gloomy
uight, but they were all brought over the
river again without loss.
A Plan of Opera-ions Proposed.
On the 20th of June, he was asked by
the General in-Chief te'nronose. without
delay, a plan of operations. On the 21st
he submitted to tlio General-in-Chief his
plan, which was to abandon his
was to abandon bis present
Im of
operations, move nil supplies to
i Frederick, occupy Maryland Heights with
I Miijor Douhlcduy's heavy guns, and a bri
' giideof induiiry to support thftn, nnd with
everything else horso.foot and artillery
' ,0 cro,i ,l" I'otomao at Point or Rocks,
I nnd unite with Col .Stone's forces at Lees
huTli from wh jcl ,je cou,j 0erute
as circumstance- should demand, and the
(General's orders should requiie. No re-
till l&im . I V-iMit r I.A O.l, f I,..
(ieneral telgraphed to him that lie suppo
sect lie was that any crossing the river in
pursuit of the enemy.
The Forces.
On that day the enemy was in condition
to cross the river in his pursuit. He had
ovtr 1.1,000 men, and from 20 to 24 guns.
Gen. Patterson about ID. OIK) men and six
guns, the latter immovable for want of
harness. On the 2Kth he informed ihe
General of the strength of the enemy and
of his own force: that he would not, on
his own responsibility, attack without ar
tillery, but would do so cheerfully and
promptly if he would give him an explicit
order to that ellect So order was given.
On the 2!lih he received harness for hi
sinide battery of six smooth-liore guns,
and on the 30th gave the order to cross.
On the 2d ot July he crossed, met the en
my and whipped them.
Propositions.
On the Oth of July a council was held,
at which all the commanders of divisions i
ami brigades, and chief of s'ufF, were pres
ent. Col. Sione. the junior line officer.
spoke twice and decidedly against an ad
vance, advocating a direct movement
against .Shepherdstown and Charlestown.
All who spoke opposed an advance, and
all voted against one. On the same day
he informed the General in-Chiet of the
condition of atlairs in the valley, and pro
posed that he ehould go to Charlestown
and occupy Harper's Ferry, and asked to
be informed when ho would attack Man
assas. On the 12th he was directed to
go where he had proposed, and informed
that Mantissas wloud he attacked on Tues
day ltith. On the 13th h was telegraph
ed : "If not stronsr euouirh to beat tho en
emy early next week, la'ike denionstra-i
lions so as lo detain him in Ihe valley of;
Winchester. " lie made the demonstra- i
tior.s, una on the litli, the day Gen. Scott-
saiu lie wouia anacK Manassas, lie drove
the enemy's pickets into his inlreneh
ments at Winchester, and un the 17th
marched to Charlestown.
On the 13th he telegraphed theGener
aUin -Ciiief that Johnson was in a position
to have his strength doubled just a he
could reach him, and that he would rath
er lose the chance of accomplishing some
thing brilliant than by hazarding his col
umn, to destroy the frnitsof the campaign
by defeat, closing his telegram thus : ''If
wrong, let me be instructed." But no in
structions cam". This was eight days be
fore the battle of Manasas. On tho 17th
Gen. Scott telegraphed: "McDowell's
h'rsi day's work hps driven the enemy be
yond Fairfax Court House. To morrow
the Junction will probably be carried."
With this information l.e was happy
Johnson had been detained theappointed
time, and the work of Gen. Putterson's
column had been done.
On the 18th. at I J in the morning, he
telegraphed Gen. Scott the condition ol
Ihe enemy's force and of his own. refer,
ring to his letter of the 10th for'full intor
(nation, and closed the dispatch by asking,
'Shall 1 attack ?" He expected to be at
tacked whole he was, and if Manassas was
not to le attacked on that day, as staled
in Gen. Scott's dispatch of the day previ
ous, he otiht lo have been ordered down
forthwith to join in the buttle, and the
attack delayed until he came. lie could
have been there on the day that tlu' buttle
Mas fought, and his assistance might have
produced a different result.
On the 20th he telegraphed that John
son had marched with 35,000 Confederate
troops, and a large Artillery force, in a
south-easterly direction. He immediate
ly telegraphed the information to Gen.
Scott, and kniw that he received it the
same day.
Death fro H vimoruoBiA. Mr. John
Earnest, an influential citizen of Norris.
tow n Pa. died a fo.v days ago, of hydro
tdiibia. Ho was bitten about a month
since by a dog which had no appearance of
being rabbid, arm which was Hccuientaliy
strangled a short time after. At times du
linn tho convulsions and spasms of the
deceased, it took the united strength of
four and five men to Ud him. When
not in convulsions he was perfectly sensi
ble.and fully conscious of his awful condi
tion. During his lucid intervals he would '
warn his attendants to be careful so that
he would do them no harm. From the
first moment of hi attack till his end, ho
declared that there was no hope for hitu ;
but in death. '
8ay-The Pvlynnian, a paper published at
Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, warns its
readers against the barbariim and shock
ing state of society in the United States,
and contrasts it with the peaceful life of
the Sandwich Islanders. 1 1 is rather hard
if we are sunk so low at to become an ob
ject of pity to the Sandwich Islanders. j
JfcayRev. Henry Ward Beecher lectured
at the South Usptist Church on Tuesday j
evening. The society that procured his
servieos did so.hoping to raise e funds fur
a charitable object, to feed the hungry.
and clothe the naked. The receipts were
$10n 1 of that sum Mr. Boecher took $100!
niTijora uou,
fl)uTorderness of conscience is always
to be distinguished from scrupuloucness.
1 he conscience cannot be kept loo sensi
ble and tender; but scrupulousness arises
from bodily o- mental infirmity, and dis-
'covers itself in a multitude of ridiculous,
and superstitious, and painful feeling
A VISIT TO BEAUFORT.
The correspondent of the New York
1 , ,, , ;;, r
iVir g.yes an account of the vint ot
Commodore Dupont and Geneial Sherman
accompanied by Captain David, the fleet
catain. Cai.tnin John Rodgers and dpt.
O. T. It. Rogers, of the Wabash, and oth
er OiTicers of the navy, on the gunboat
Seneca, Capt. Am men, to Beaufort, on the
12th.
The correspondent accompanied
the party, and ho thus tells ahout the
1 "
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jmuiju uuti mint iii; can
"It is a small place, occupied in summer
bv manv of tho wealthiest planters in S
Carolina, who resort to it for its delicious
ocean air j 2,000 or more are usually there
as late in the sea-ion at November, but in
the winter the population is not more
than five hundred. The houses are most
ly wooden, with stuccoed fronts, spacious
verandahs and high porches ; they stand
aloni; the shores in garduns crowded with
orange and lemon trees, fragrant jessa
mines, magnolias and huge cactuses,
gorgeous in crimson and yellow.
No sooner had we put foot on shore
than the melancholy expel iences of the
day began. A warehouse ou the wharf
had been broken in ami its contents pit
laged ; the relics of stores of food were
strewn around, empty uarreis, riroKcn
doors and windows, cases of liquor or oil
overset, and wanton destruction of every
sort perpetrated upon the property, and
this was hut a sair pie of what wo were
to meet ut every step. All the
I hop and stores were rifled ; the Hst of
fice despoiled, and on the doorsteps some
fragments only told what had onco been
written. Not a white man was to be seen,
besides those of our own party. Captaia
. . iii
Kodgers, of the Wabash, immediately
distributed his men arouna so as lo guaru
against surprise, and gave htrict orders
that not an article should be removed
from the village. Negroes who we had
seen tietore landing uau go. awaj
with their plunder, but other groups
lounged around, touched their hats to us,
or in default ol hats, pulled their shaggy
wool, and seemed anxious to talk. We
asked where were the white people; "All
gone, massa, gone tho day of the light ;
leli w behind- I heir story was uni
form. Their ma ters had fled w th the
greatest precipitation so soon as the firing
commenced at Port Royal, Some indeed
had left even earlier, but not one now re
in. lined. They endeavored to persuade
or force the blacks fo accompany thorn,
but in vniii. the negroes had remained,
and others had come from the sui round
ing cjuntry, and an indiscriminate pillage
of the town had commerced. The testi
mony of tlie blacks wus unanimous that
the nii'i'ers were robbing and destroying
everything they could lay their hand on,
until on the 10th. Capt. Amnion, of tho
Seneca, had arrived, and hi officers
tbieatened to shoot them unless they de-
sisled.
We went through spacious houses where
on a week ago families were living in lux
ury, and saw iheir costly furniture des
poiled ; books and papers thrown out on
the floors, mirrors broken, safes smashed,
pianoeson the sidewalk, leather beds
ripped open, and even the filth of the ne
groes left lying about in parlors and bed
ihambcrs The destruction had been
wanton ; in many instances no purposes
of plunder could have been served, but
simply a love of mischief gratified. The
flight mast have been very rapid, lor the
curtains were sometimes at the windows,
and in nearly every house the private pa
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per and letters remameu. ciumg
cards and invitatioiu to dinner sometimes
'.ay on a drawing room table, while the
walls were defaced and the furniture bro.
ken all around by the slave population.
Many of the oltners went into uoases oi
their friends, some into mansions, even,
where they had dined and Blpt ' in other
nays Mr. Nat. Heywird's house was one
of the finest we entered j another was
that ofKdward Rhett, where Barnwell
Rhett himself had often resided.
The blacks lold us that the rebols re
turned nearly eveiy day, but only early
in the morning before sunrise, and :u
smll numbers. Gens. Drayton and Gon
zales were said to have been in Beaufort
that morning with thirty or forty horse,
men.
We came down the river slowly, having
left two gunboats near the town, and
stopped on ihe way to examine the re
mains of un old Spanish fort, on the
property of John Joy ner Smith, and a
live oak grove said lo be the finest in
South Carolina. The grove is spacious
and magnificent I eyond an thing of the
sort to lie seen elsewhere. The great
branching oaks stand each apart, so thai
their growth is not obstructed, and broad
promenades between them lead out to the
cotton fields. Pendant from tho boughs
hangs the parasitical moss which clusters
so thickly on the orar.ee, the lemon, the
live oak and the fig tree; nnd hee and
there, on the gre-n sword beneolh, the
little nigger babies were at play. Beyond
the grove, which was pronounced by those
moH familiar with the South, supeiior to
any in Florida or Georgia, stretched out a
plantation of cottcn, partly picked. We
visited the store house, where thirty or
forty bales were found, as yet unginned;
twoof McCarthy's gins and a steam engine
were there ready to our hands, and a
crowd of negroes offered their services in
ginning. In the quarters of the blacks
we bought turkeys and poultry, and eggs,
and saw two men grinding corn at a mill,
exactly as the Egyptisns ground it 2 00
yean ago. The planter' house was de
serted by its owner, but we did not enter,
for the slave had apparently left its con
tents undisturbed ; cnly at Beaufort has
there been known to oceur any of the sad
ravage I have described. It was night
fall before we returned from the excur
sion, so fu'.I of melancholy, and evto ap
palling fuggeitiveness.
' The Rebel Leaders in Missouri.
I ri " ' net in Missouri the
names ot two men as rebel leaders have
hp(.oma n,ore promim.1(y a,solriftt(1( wiUl
the secession cause than any other. They
( fought emijointlv the baltleot Springfield,
i,in, wo" " After llmt they separated,
and are reported again as having joined
ineir mrces ior n limit etioi t against Fre
mont. Theso two men are totally diller-
enl in their mental organizations
Ono
ot' -hem js really a General of linn natural
V' "" 'W ,
tier. I lie lit i-mnr istii'n S i imr Pi ii.b
der. The former is Gen
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who is n iw tho senior olliccr of the reb'
els in Iront of tho column of Union troops
lis ii advances inio southwestern Alis-oun.
Flushed With the victory over Lyon at
Springfield, by a rapid march northward
he pas-ed all the main positions of the
Union troopsand struck a successful
blow at Lexington. There he took Col.
Mulligan, with full two thousand Union
troops.
Gen. Price's experience as a mi'litary
leader began actively with the Mexican
war. He was one of the appointments
mado by Urigndicrships by President Polk
from civil hie. Up to I hut tinio Ins pur
suits had been confined to the peaceful,
unless his attendance upon miluia inus
ters and holdin;" a harmless ntuk in their
ruuh bo taken as an evidimci of proclivi-
tv to human slaughter.
Price, in pursuance of tho commim J
ttssignud him, headed a column of wes
tern troops in J S4S, by way of New Mexi
co and HI Paso, into the Males of Ciha
huilaand Chihuahua. Indeed he had
succeeded Gen. Kearney, of the regulars,
in command of I he Department ol New
Mexico, after the latter had preyed for
ward to California, ils cro.-sed the Jor
ntilo del Muerlo (journey o!' death) as the
I immense desert in the southeastern part
of New Mexico is called, and occupied
ot ew .Mexico is called, anil occupu
Chihuahua onu month titer he left S.mtaie.
He started in pursuit of the enemy, sta
! tinned in force at Santa Cruz de las Ko-
sales, sixty in wo irom lite capital oi the
State, or. the morning of the Mtli of March,
iJjlS, and reached their position at day
light on llu moiiiingol the IHh. He
seems, therefore, gifted with the faculty
of attaining distances as well as Fremont,
lie pel I'iriiii) 1 tho march at the head of
250 mounted men a in irch which, foi
I lie ;iine it lasted, was quite ivjuul to Fre
mont's Irom San Joso to Los Angclo. Af
ter the delay, necessary to bring un his
artillery, ho attacked the ton n ou the 10th
of Match, and continued the siege against
agiea'.ly superior numerical lorce until
the enemy, commander and all, surren
dered unconditionally.
After returning to Missouri, he became
the democratic candidate tor Governor,
and served lour years as chief magistrate
r( that Slate. Y hen the recent uuihrrnk
against tho government occurred, It
came "Claib" Jackson's Chiufofilm "
he be-
Stalo
Guards," and, us such, still makes his re-
ports to the alleged Governor of Missouri.
mce, wnen jienicn was undressing u
Missouri audience, Sterling Priie inter
rupted the "Old Roman. " The latter,
turning upon him in the majesty of his
lion i no wrath, said :
' You'll yet be hanged for treason!"
"Old liullior.'s" prophecy seems likely
to be fulfilled.
Price is fully fifly-five years of age, the
possessor of a most m issivo frame; with
hair and beard originally red, he presents
now a singular shock ot both gray and red
intermingled.
The other consociate rebel leader to
whom alius! jn was made above is "Hen"
McCulhntgh, belter known as Major of
the Texan Rangers thin in any other
character, lie first obtained celebrity as
the leader of a band of scouts w hich were
employed lo defend the region of country
'which lies nonh and west of San Antonio
irom the incursion oi Indians, outlaws
and Juexiean marauders, ror year an
terior to the outbreak of the Mexican war
he had been known upon the frontier as
recklo-s, dauntless, and intrepid. He
learned lo love the "inati-hunt ol the prai
ries." lie had many nn injury and tin
forgotten wrong to avenge upon "the mix
ed breeds, ihe unworthy successors of tho
Aztecs and of Curie.." The disasters of
Mier, Loredo, r nil Santa Fe, were to be
wiped out. No better opportunity could
be a Horded thin in a war backed by the
immense resources of the United States.
Hence he seized w ith avidity the oppor
tunity of enlist ing his company in Gen.
Ilenderion'e regiment of Texan Rangers.
In that regiment he served for six moi.ths,
ane after their term of service closed ho
re-enlisted a company, and remained up
on Gen. Taylor's line until after tho bat
tie ol lJumiii ista
I'.efore that battle was fought and won
special and extraordinary service was re
quired of the enterprising officers of that
column. Maj. Gaines and Cassius M.Clay
were taken at Kne-irniicion. Capt. Head
lev, at the head of a detachment of Yell's
Arkans.-scavr.lry, was taken. No scout
ing party seemed able !o return. Kven
Col. May, with a detachment of four hun
dred men, returned without any definite
information in regard to the numbers or
lisiiosition of the forces of Santa Anna.
Ben McCullough, with a few men, was
sent out to reconnoitre to obtain what was
wanting information. Ho sent l ack fall
bis men, retaining only one man. ami en
tered the lines alone the enemy being
encamped at the scene of Gaine's disaster.
Next day he returned with full informa
tion of the number of the enemy, of his
guns, cavalry, and munilionn of war. Th s
caused Gen. Taylor to fall back al once
from AguaNuevato iiuena Vista, in the
battle McCullough oore a brave and gal
lant parr.
Since that time he has been appointed
Marshal of one of the Districts of Texas,
has been Commissioner to Utah in con
junction with ex-Governor Powell, and
has always enjoyed the fullest conrider.ee
of the government until wur recent civil
convulsions.
THE REBEL MINISTERS
SKLTCII OF JAS. M. MASON.
This gentleman is a native of Virginia,
anfl was born near Washington, Nov. 3rd
170H. He graduated in 1818 at tho Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, and soon after
commenced the study of law at William
and Mary College. He was admitted to
practico in 18Ud, after a short probation
in the office ol Benjamin Watkins Leigh,
at Richmond. In 1820 his political ca
reer conimer.cod with his election to the
House ol Delegates, Declining a ru-election
to this position, ho was chosen a mem
ber to the House of Representatives fiom
the district composed of Frederick and
Shenandoah counties, and in 1847 was
elected by tho Virginia Legislature to the
United Stales Senate a position to which
ho has been successively elected every
term sinue, and was to hold until next
year. On the breaking out of the pres.
out difficult lot he look a prominent part
in their development, and wn chosen to
the Confederate Congress from the Kigth
district ot Virginia. Doling his term of
office in the United States Senate he was
Chairman of tho Committee of Foreign
Affairs, and was thoroughly posted on all
matters connected with our lorelgn rela
tions. SKKTCII OF JOilH SI.IDKLL.
John Slidell is a native of New York
State, where he was born about tho year
J7'J3. What would his father, honest old
John Slidell, tho tallow chandler, of
Broadway, sav, were he lo rise from his
grave, us the Sau Jacinto comes up our
harbor with his son, a rebel and a prison
er? Going to New Orleans "to seek his
fortune," tho present John was enabled,
with the education which he hail previous
ly received, to ris.i rapidly in is his legal
studies, mid was ml m 1 1 led to the bar soon
after. His first public position was that
of United Slates District Attorney at New
Orleans, to which position ho was ap
pointed by President (General) Jackson.
He wus elected frequently to the State
Legislature and whi e a member of Con-
jgtesswas appointed Minister Plenipoten
tiary and Lnvoy Lxtitoidinary to Mexico,
as a last nieam of averting the war which
was just then on toe point of breaking
out with that country. His mission, it fs
almost unnecessary to state, was fruitless.
Senator Slidell was an ardent partisan
of the Americanization project for the ab
sorption of the Spanish, Mexican and In
dian races by tho Anglo-Saxon, nnd par
tially for this reason was appointed, by
President Pierce, United Slates Minister
to Central America. He subsequently
succeeded Soulc in the Senate, when the
latter was appointed Minister to Madrid,
ami held that position when Louisiana
seceded. He was ofle:ed the Minister
ship lo Paris by Buchanan, but declined.
He is now a member of the rebel Congress,
fion Louisiana. Mr. Slidell is a broth
er of Alexander Makcnsie Slidell,
who, while in command of the United
States brig of 'war Somers, during the ad
ministration of President Tyler, hung
Midshipman Spencer from the yard-arm,
on suspicion of instigating a mutiny on
board the ship- a circumstance which no
doubt will V e remembered by our readers.
itfTV.Everv thinking man will look round
him, when he reflects on bis situation in
this world; and will a-k. "What will
' meet my case? What is it that I want ?
, What will satisf) me? I look at the rich,
and 1 see A hah, in the midst of ail li s
riches, sick at heart for a garden of herbs!
I see Dives, after all h:s wealth, lifting up
his eyes in hell, and bogging for a diop of
water to cool tl e rage ot his sufferings :
I see Ihe rich fool summoned away, in the
very moment when he was exulting in his
hoards ! If 1 look at the wise I see Sol
omon, with all his wisdom, rcting like a
fool; nnd I know, that, if I pos-essed nil
his wisi om, were 1 left to myself, I should
act as he did. 1 tee Ahithophe, with all
his poliry, hanging himself for vexation !
l!"I turn to men of pleasure I seethe
very sum of nil pleasure is, that it is Sati
fin's bed into which he cast his slaves ! I
see lnu selling his birthright for a mess
of pottage! 1 see Solomon, after alibis
enjoyments, leaving his nanie a scaiulal to
the church to tho latest a;o! If I think
of honor- I take a walk in Westminster
Abbey there is an end of all inquiry.
i There I walk among the mighty deud !
And what remains of the greatest man of
' my country? A boasting epitaph ! None
of these thing", then, can satisfy me ! I
must meet death I must meet judgment
j I must meet tied I must meet eterni-
lu
CS'Clirisiiaiis are imbibing so much of
the cast and temper of t he age, that they
i seem to be anxiously tutoring their chil
'dren, and preparing them by all manner
I of means, not for a better world, btit for
the present, l et in nothing should tho
simplicity of faith bo more unreservedly
exercised, than with regard to children.
Their appointments and stations, yea, even
their present and eternal happiness or mis
ery, so far as they are influenced by their
estates and conditions iu liTe, may be de
cided by the most minute and trivial
events, all of which tire in God's lAud, and
not in ours. An unb'.'lieving spirit per.
vades, in this respect, too intimately the
Christian world.
No S' tper Eater. "Reflect, my breth
ern," exhorted a chaplain, "that whoo
sver fails this day in battle, sups to-night
in Paradise". The fight began, the ranks
wavered, the chaplain took to his heels,
when a soldier reproachfully reminded
him of the promised supper in Paradise.
"True, my son," said the chaplain, "but 1
never eat supper."
BJuThe Hartford W says that the
Rev! (?) Henry Ward Beecher, in his re
cent lecture in that city, made this re
mirk, "Our country is now forced to fight
Ureal I'.iilain, morally with one hand.and
hcllbnki loose Lien &utA with the other."
JWiijious Hisccll;tim.
8J. Wo are called to build a spiritual
house. One workman is not lo busy him
self in telling another his duly, Wo aro
placed in different circumstances, with
various talents ; nnd each is culled to do
what be can. Two men, equally accepted
of Il3d, may be exceedingly distinct in
in (ho account which they ii.ny give of
their employ.
DJXThere is not a nobler sight in tho
world than an aged and experienced
Christian, who, havirg been rifted in tho
siovu of temptation, stands forth as a con
firmer of tho assaulted testifying, from
his own trials, tho reality of religion ; and
meeting, by his warnings nnd directions
and consohitions.tho case of all who may
be tempted to doubt it.
fis-iMVe, must make great allowanco for
constitution. 1 could name a man, who,
though a good man, is nioro unguarded
in his tongue than many immoial por.ions,
shall 1 condemn him? ho breaks down
here, and almost here only. On the oth
er hand, many are so mild and gentle, as
to make one wonder how such a character
could be formed, wilhout true grace en
tering into composition.
BSWhalever definitions ruon have giv
en of religion, I can find none so accu
rately descriptive of it us this that it is
such a belief of the Bible as maintains a
living influence on the heart. Men may
speculate, criticise, admire, dispute about,
doubt, or disbelieve the Bible; but a relig
ious man is such because he so believes it,
as to carry habitually a practical senso of
its truths on his mind.
JaSWe are too apt to forget our actual
dependence on Providence, for the cir-.
cumstances of every inslant, Tho most
trivial events may determine our state in
(he world. Turning up otic stieel instead
of another, may bring us into company
with a person whom wo fchould not other
wise have met ; and this may lend to a
train of other events, which may deter,
mine the happiness or misery of our lived.
Bueatu of Rei.hiion. Religion bhould
influence its possessor in all the relations
of life. Whatever he does, ho should do
it better for being a Christian. Religion
should make one a better student, a l. ot
ter master a better parent, a better child,
a belli r man in all respects. The pioii.-;
butecccntiic Roland Hill remarked, ''Ho
would not give a far thing for a man's re
ligion whose cat a ml dog wire not tho
better for it "
t-jr'i'he Christian's fellowship vi:h God
is rather a habit than a rap' ire. lie is a
pilgrim, who has tho habit of looking for
wind to the light before him; he has the
habit of not looking back ; ho has tho
habit of walking aleadily in tho way,
whatever be the weather, nnd whatever
the road. These are his habits; and tho
Lord of the Ways is his Guide, Protector,
Friend, nnd Felicity.
-rAThore is no calling or profession,
1 however ensnaring in many respects to a
Christian mind, provided it be uot in it'
self simply unlawful, wherein God hiu
not frequently raised up fiithful witness-
I es, who have stood forth for examples to
; others, in like situations, of the practica
bility of uniting great eminence in the
! Christian life with the discharge of tho
duties of tlieir profession, however diffi
cult. j D?X. Men arc to be est i mated, us Jolin
' son ays, by tho mass ot character. A
block of tin may have a grain of silver,
but still it is tin ; and a block of silver
may have nu alloy of tin, but still it is
s.lvcr. The mass of Elijah's character
was excellence ; yet he was not without
tho alloy, Tl.e mass of Jehu's character
was base ; yet he had a portion of zeal,
which was directed by God lo groat ends.
Bad men are made Ihe tamo uso of as
scaffolds : they aro employed ns means to
erect a building, and then are taken down
and destroyed.
E3uA sound heart is an excellent casu
ist. Men stand doubting what they shall
do, while an evil heart is ut tho bottom.
If, with St. Paul, they simply did ono
thing, the way would he plain. A miser,
or an ambitious man, knows his points;
and he has such a simplicity in thu pur
suit of them, that you scldem find him at
a loss about the steps which he should
take to attain them. He has acquired a
sort of instinctive habit in his pursuit.
Simplicity and rectitude would have pro
vented a thousand schisms in the church ;
which have generally lisen from mot)
having something eUe in plan ami pros
pect, nnd not the one tliinj.
BtjUChristiiins nro too little awaro what
their religion requires from them, with
regard lo their wishes. When wo wish
things to be otherwise than they are, we
lose sight of the great practical parts of
the life of godliness. We wish, ind wish
when, if we have done all that lies on
us, we should fall quietly into the Land
of God. Such wishing cuts the very sin
ews of our privileges and consolations.
You aro leaving mo for a time ; and you
say you wish you could leave me better.or
leave me with some Bsisiarice; but. if it
is right for you to go, it is right for me to
meet what lies on mo, without a wi.h that
I had less to liietit, or were better able to
meet it.
fjrllumar nature is like the sta,whicli
gains bv the ll i t of the tide in one plaoe,
what il'has lost by tho ebb in another. A
man may acquiesce in tho method which
God takes to mortify hi pride ; but he is
in danger of growing proud of the morti
fication ; nnd in otber caes.
Etf-iuMrs. Partington says that nrthinjf
despites horso much as to sno people,whr
profess to ex pect salvation, go lo church
without thoir purse when a re-coilectiou
is lo be taktu.