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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18. 1846.
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The Iq►odlaod for me.
131'3U511 S. J. GAEL/a
who the bright, rosy morning first peeps o'er the hill.;
T o gladden all Nature and waken the rilLs,
Ts bre, light and beauty, from where they have lain,
in t h e ir pabble-lined couches to sunshine again.
There are charms, glowing charms in the city's array,
la its domes, spires and palaces, glitering alway ;
in ills frail, lovely plant, and the foreign-born tree,
Bat there's n ought like the wood lan d,the woodland for me.
The rich city invalid hails the cool breeze, •
Through the bright gihied-canennent and' flowering trees,
But it bears on its wing a foul, poisonous breath, .
And hs shrinks, for he knows 'tis the emblem of Death:.
Like the vsmpy re of old, which in sultry noon's heat,
Would fan his poor victim to unconscious sleep,
Theo his lifeblood withdraw, till the spirit was free—
But there's nought like the woodland, the woodland forme.
Hat harkl our good ponies, I hear at the gate,
Who are pawing, impatient, as for us they wait,
necks proudly arching with pleasure so gay,
To see Or, already to mount and away ;
Hers we are, then, all ready to start for a ride,
Ad o'er the smooth causeway like shadows to glide,
But where shall we go to! the soft gliding sea!
Or the forest pathl yes—oh! the woodland for me.
to here we are prancing most gaily along,
While our hearts carol forth , from our lips is a song,
And the hreeze,ao inspiring, we pass swiftly by,
As our glad shouts of happiness mount to the sky ;
And the flowers by our pathway peep modestly up,
While Nature's bright tear-drops are left in their cups;
And Flora's soft incense is - floating all free—
dh !there's nought like the woodland,the woodland for me.
Now turn and look back to the landscape passed by,
Which in bright beauty glowing, with Eden might vie
Al if Dame Nature, had in a wild 6t of glee,
shook her rich cornucopia o'er meadow and lea;
Now we enterthe wildwood ; the soft balmy air
Wares the pliant young branches,now he•e,and now there
While the forest, like elfins of old in a spree,
b clothed in bright green—oh! the woodland for me.
And the birds, ever ilyous, sing sweetly, yet wild
As a lute'. gentle breathingg, harmonious and mild,
With their strains full•of freedom and happiness given,
As a Perri brightalances when entering Heaven ; [tree.,
And the sun's brilliant rays are now poured through the
That fall in rich shadows and dance on the leaves,
As the waves ever change on .the varying sea,
80 flit the bright shadows,---the woodland for me.
There are fair rustic maidens whose cheeks blooming hue.
Reeds on the berries yet moistened with dew,
Which they pluck, and anon, in their rosy lips press,
Ts which lone-would stoopproudly far one sweet caress
But the sun's getting high and the day very warm,
As away in wild gallop we start for our homes.
Then a ling'ring farewell to each flower,shrub and tree,
Baths woodland forever, the woodland for me.
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The . Sacred Mountains—Mt, Ararat.
DV REV.. J. T. IIEADL.ET
There are some mountains standing on this
inhere of ours that seem almost conscious he
p, and if they could but speak, and tell what
they have seen and felt, the traveler who
muses at their base, would tremble with awe
and alarm.
For some good reason, the Deity has usual
ly chosen mountain summits, and those which
an isolated, as the theatre where he made the
grandest exhibitions of himself. It inay be
because those grand striking, features in nature
x the locality of events so that titer can never
fade from the memory of men. The givingnf
the law needs no lofty column to commemorate
it. Mount Ararat lifts its awful form towards
the clouds, a perpetual. unwasting monument.
God's exhilci i timi himself to the awe-struck
prophet, as e passed by him heralded by the
"nn, the earthquake. and the flame, needs oo
pyramid. to fix the locality in history. Mount
Horeb tells where the Almighty dimmed his
tlary, and corered the human face with his
fearful hand, so that his brightness might not
destroy the being that would gaze upon him.—
The transfiguration of the God-man requires
no pillar of brass to arrest the eye and aid the
senses as man contemplates the spot wherethe
wondrous scene -transpired—Mount 'cabin is
its everlasting memorial. Thus do mountain
summits stand the silent yet roost eloquent
historians of heaven and earth.
Another reason why mountains have been
clisten by the Reity for hip most solemn reve
lations, may be that their solitude and far re
moval from human interruption and the sounds
of vasy life, render them better fitted for such
c ommunications than the,plain and the city.
The first in the list of. Sacred Mountains is
Mount Ararat.' The first named summit in
tsman'history; - it emerges from the flood and
. lifts its head over the . water to look down on
111 coming generations to, the end of time.—
Whether it was changed in that Mighty con
vulsion which drowned the werld. - qhether
it' lolly peak which saw the Swelling heaters
lett marked their steady rise remained the
same. we know not. At all events.. the moun-_
tain looked down at the swaying world .at its
feel. as cities floatedd r -from their foundations
and came dashing against its sides, and beheld
a wilder scene than ever covered a•baUle-field.
as it heard and -w six generations shriek and
'ink together. But whatever may have been
ill former history, it now stands - as the only.
Memorial of the flood. Rising like a sugar
loaf from the plain, its top is covered with per
r"oil snow, and has seldom been profaned by.
" feet. But there was a time'when the
B , e:tolled over it, and mightier waves thin
Pr yet swept the sea, thundered high above
us crown.
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.Though the immediate:appearance of a flood
that should submerge the world was,an event
that staggered human belief. yet Noah, obedi;
ant to the,voice of heaven, begat', his ,ark of
safely. There is no one that does.not lament
there_ is not i fuller intedeluvian hietOry. We
merely catch the summits events,' and are told
of some half a dozen of events that happened,
while all the rest is wrapped in impenetrable
mystery. We are told that' the 'world Wart
drowned, but the particulars of that terrific .
scene are left entirely to the imagination. It
is only by ,the declaration of the apostle, that,
men were busy at their usual occupations, "eat
ing and drinking and marrying and giving in
marriage..till the flood came and swept them
all away," that we get any data by which we
can form any true conception of the catastro
phe. Yet this short statement is worth evety
thing. and with it before me, I have sometimes
thought I
. could almost paint the scene. Noah,
whose 'head was whitened by the frosts of six
centuries, laid the foundat;on *of his huge ves
sel on a pleasant day. when all was serene and
tranquil. The fields were smiling in verdure
before his eyes ; the perfumed breezes floated
by, and,the music of birds and sounds of busy
life were about him, when he, by faith alone,
laid, the first beam of that structure which was
to sail ever a buried planet. When men, on
inquiring the design of that huge edifice, were
told its,purpose, they could hardly credit their
senses, and Noah, though accounted by all:a
very upright-and respectable man, became a
jest for children. As the farmer returned at
evening from his fields and the gay citizen 'of
the town drove past, they christened it "Noah'.
folly." Those more aged and sober shook
: their heads wisely, saying, 6. the old man is
man." , Even the workmen engaged upon it
laughed as they drove the nails end hewed the
plank, yet declared they cared not so long as
the foolish man was able to pay. Still the
ark went up, and the day's wonder ceased to
be talked about. When it was finished and
curiosity satisfied, it was dismissed from the
mind as a passing folly.
Yet I have sometimes wondered what peo
p e.thought when they saw the beasts of the
field and the forest, and fowls of the air. even
the venemons serpent and the strung-limbed
lion coining in pairs to that ark. This must
have staggered them amazingly, and made the
ark fora while, a fresh topic of conversation.
At length. the patriarch" with his family en
entered—the
door was shut upon the face of
the world, and he sat down on the strength of
a single promise to await the momentous is
sue. 'That night the sun went down over the
green hills beautiful as ever, and the stare came
our in the blue sky, and nature breathed long
and peacefully. In the morning the sun rose
in undimmed splendor and mounted the hea
vens.
Deep within the huge structure Noah I
could hear the mulled sound of life without.—'
The lowing of,herds came on his ear, and the
song of the husbandman going, to his toil, and
the rapi roll of carriage-wheels as they hurried
past, anti perhaps the ribald shout and laugh of
those without,- as they expended their wit on
him and his ark together. To say nothing of
the improbability of the event, the idea was
preposterous that such a helmless, helpless
affair could outride a wrecked world. 'Thus
day after day had passed on until a week had
gone by, but still the lath of that old man never
shook. At length the sky became overcast,
and the gentle rain descended—to Noah the
beginning of the flood, to the world a welcome
shower. The farmer as be housed his cattle,
rejoiced in the refreshing moisture, and the
(-tiy never checked , its gaits or the man of
w altb his plans. But as the rain continued
its% :ifterday. and fell faster and fiercer on the
drenched earth, and the swollen streams went
surging by. men cursed the storm that seemed
determined never to break up. The lowlands
were •delu g the streams broke over their
banks. hearing houses and cattle away on their
maddened/bosoms. IVealth was destroyed.
and lives lost. 'till men began to talk of ruined
fortunes. famine, and general desolation; bur
still it rained on. Week after week it came
pouring from. the clouds, till it was like one
falling sheet of water, and the inhabitant. could
no longer stir from their doors. The rich val
leys that lay along the rivers were flooded, the
o peasants had sought the eminences around for
safety. Yet still the waters rose around them,
till all through the valley nothing but little
black islands of human beings were seen on
the surface. 0. then what fierce struggles for
life there were among them. iThe mother
lifted tier ipfant above her head, while she
strove to maintain her uncertain footing in the
sweeping wafers; the strong crowded off the
weak as each sought the highest point; and
the living mass slowly crumbled away until
the water swept smooth and noiselessly above
them all., Men were heard talkingol the num
ber of lives lost and the amount of wealth de
stroyed, and that such
,a flood had not happen.
ed in the remembrance of the oldest man. , No
one yet dreamed of the high grounds being
covered, least of all the mountains. To drown
the world it must rain till the ocean itself was
filled above its level for miles, and so man fear
ed it not.. and sought for amusement 'within
doers till the storm should abate.. what
scenes of vice and shame and brutality and re
velry did that storm 'witness' in the thronged
city, and what unhallowed song! mingled in
the pauses of the blast thats wept
But at length another sound was heard that
sent paleneas to every cheek, and . chainecl eve
ry tongue.ip mine terra!, It was a fai distant,
roar. faint butlearfuls-yet
,sounding, miarodis
, tinct and ominous every moment, till it flled,
thwair: earthirembleVand•groaned un
der it.as if an earthquake was on its march, and'
ever and anon " came a' crash as if the ribs of
nature" were . ' breaking. Nearer and louder
and More 'terrible it grew. till men forgetting
alike their pleasure apd theiranger, rusited nut
in, the- Morin , whispering ~.,TbC flood 1 the,
-flood "—and le f.alliew sea; the like.of which=
no Man 'had'everseen before, came rolling over
the crouching.earth. Stretching from horizon ,
to horizon, as. far as the eye could reach, losing
itielflikonlichitless wail in the clouds' above,
it came pouring its green and massive waters,
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while the continual and rapid crash-of falling
forests an 4 crushed cities and nplorn mountains.
that fell one after another in its passage; and
successive shrieks that pierced the heavens,
rising even above the deafening roar oldie on
rushing ocean. at city after city. and kingdom
alter kingdom disappeared, made a' scene of
terror and horror inconceivable. Me foun
tains of the great - deep were broken up."
But the last Cry of human agony was at
length hushedocean met ocean in its flow,
and the waves swept on - without a shore. 0,
' what a wreck was • there ! the wreck of ten
thousand years,-with its cities, its cultivated
fields and mighty population. Not , shivered
masts and•broken timbers, the wreck of some
gallant 'vessel, were seen on that turbulent sur
face, but the fragnients of a crushed and broken
World,. It was a noble wreck—splendid cities
and towers, gorgeous palaces, gay apparel, the
accumulated wealth and luxury- of twenty
centuries strewing the bosom of the 'deluge,
like autumn leaves the surface of some forest
stream. '
•But amid the sudden midnight that had
wrapped the earth, and the frenzy of the.ele
ments and utter overthrow and chaos of all
things. there was one heart-that beat as calmly
as in sleep; one brow over which no breath of
passion or of fear: passed ; for in the solitary
ark' that lifted to the heaving billows "the aged
patriarch knelt in prayer. • Amid the surging
of that fierce ocean, his voice may not have
been heard-by mortal ear, but the light:of faith
shone round his aged form, and the moving lip
spoke a repose as tranquil as childhood's on
the bosom of maternal love. The patriarch's
God ruled that wild scene, and Noah felt his
frail bark quiver in every timber. without one
tremor himself. Up-borne on the flood. the
heaven-protected ark ,ruse over the buried cities
and mountains, and floated-away on the shore
less deep. Like a single drop of dew this
round sphere of ours hung and trembled—a
globe of water in mid heaven. I have often
wondered What the conversations were during
the long day and night that lonely ark was ri
ding on the deep. As it rose and (fell on the I
long-protacted
_swell, massive ruins would go
thundering by, whole forests sink and rise with
the billows, while ever and anon an tiptorn
hill, as borne along by the resistless tide, it
struck a bur ed mountain, would loom for a
moment like some black monster over the
waves, then plunge again to the fathomless
bottom. Amid this wreck and these sights.
the ark sailed on in safety. How often in
imagination have I pictured it in the deluge at
midnight. To a spectator what an object of
interest it would have been. Round the wide
earth the light from its"solitary window was
the only'indication of life that remained. One
moment it would be seen far upon the crest of
the billow, a mere speck of flame amid the
limitless darkness that environed it, and then
disappear in the gtilfs below as if extinguished
forever. Thus that gentle light would sink
and rise on the breast of the deluge. the last,
the only hope of the human race. Helmless,
and apparently guileless. its wreck seemed in
evitable, but the sea never rolled that could ex
tinguish that star-like beam that told where the
ark still floated. Not even the strong wind
that the Almighty sent over the water to dry it
up. driving it into billows that stormed the
heavens, could sink' it. Though it shook like
a reed in their strong grasp, and floundered
through the deep gulfs, it passed unerringly on
to the summit of that mountain on which it was
to rest ; and at length struck ground and ceas
ed its turbulent motion. Noah waited a week.
aml then sent forth a raven to explore the deep.
Though the waters still swept from mountain
to mountain, the myriad carcasses that floated
on the surface furnished both food and resting
place. and lie returned no more. lie then sent
forth a dove. It darted away from the place of
its long confinement, end sped ou rapid wing
over the flood, now turning this way and now
that, looking in vain with its gentle eye for
the green earth, and at last turned back towards
the ark of rest. The tap of its snowy wing
was heard on the window, and the patriarch
reached forth his hand and took it • in. The
fierce partings of its mottled breast, and its
drooping pinions, told too well that earth gave
no place of repose. But thei second tune it
was sent abroad it returned with an olive leaf
in its mouth, showing that the earth' had risen
from its burden, and was sprouting again in
verdure.. Then the patriarch went forth with
his family and stood on Mount Ararat. and 10,
the earth , was at Ins feet. but •how changed.—
Cut into gorges which showed where strong
currents had swept, and piled into ridges. it
bore io every part marks of the power that
ravaged it. Noah and hie family wereelone
in the world, and he built an altar there on the
top of the solitary Mountain, and lifted his
voice in gayer. and the Almighty talked with
him as friend talketh will) friend, bidding. him
go forth and occupy the earth. And as the
flame of the sacrifice rose from the mountain
top bearing the patriarch's prayer heavenward.
the promise was - given that the earth-should
never again he swept by a deluge, •and 10,
God's signet ring appeared in the clouds, ',arch
ing the man of God. and shown as a warrant
that the covenant should , never , be broken;
Baptized by the flood--consecraied .hy the
altar—illuminated by:the first fresh rainbow,
Mount Ararat stolid isactiii mount= on the
earth. ; •
Toe inns ClTY.—Probably 'fib market out
of EuroPe is capable, l of, hiving so great an
amount of iron at once as Pittsburg, and there
is none on this continent where anything like
sn-heavy aw amount is sold men short a time.
Pittsburg iti.emphatieally the Iron City of the
WeStern . World, and her trade & manufactnres
of this metal'are steadily•rid rapidly incOaet
ing. The amount of iron in the shape Of pig
metal and blooms' annually marketed in that
city is ahoutforty thousand tons, all of which
is there, manufactured 'and diatributed over hal
o ti f o t a lle Union , in iron fabrics of every deicrip
:
WEnvrett.—Thei WhipOf Bender
son county. Tennessee, hive nominated Dan
iel Webster for next Presidency.
Adventure, of th Tlrtnee.,
FROIOCINA,
One day Ale Virtues beofine weary
,of liv
ing all together with the Bishop of Skutt:Mid'
they therefere resolved on iiisking ti journey;
in, order to:breathe a
. little fresh air. ' As they
were about to enter a boat for; , ttiis purpose.'a
poor woman with a, pale child apPreachety, and .
implored charity. Pity put 'her. hand imin'e
diately into their travelling purse- and
. indted
Out a piece of money: 'Economy, however,
drew . ' back the arm . of.' her companion. and
whispered in , her ear.'" What'ektravaiante !
give her a: ticket for soup for the pun! !"
Foresight, who coinstantly carried a number
of these tickets about' her. after she had- made
more exact . inquiries into the eiiefithsiances'of
the poor woinan, consented to_ give her one of
thew. Pity, encouraged by - a hint froth Gen
erosity; pressed secretly the money into' the
meager hand . Zeal, presented her with a co
py of,the " Penny. Alegazines;" and pleased
and thankful, though with a glance of Willer
ence at the latter gift,"she went away. ,
' e lle Virtues now began histilY - their voy
age ; mild 'winds blew around them; and in
edifying conversation on thelast verniori of the
Bishop, they. Were borne'thenee by the danc
ing waves. Suddenly, however, a black cloud
drew itself over the heavens, Foresight, who
had bought a new beinfiet for the journey. beg
ged that they might go ashore and seek shelter
from the coming tempest. Courage. was for
defying the danger. but Prudence came Witte
support of Foresight, and they finally agreed
to land. There they ohserved a boat which .
Steered directly upon them, and whose passen
gers were in the , highest degree jovial, and
made a tremendous noise., It was, a little com
pany of Vices to which good !soma . had join
ed herself, and whomow pursued their journey
with the greatest delight. In passing; by..thev,
gave, purposely as it seemed, such a rude jolt
to the boat of the Virtues. that it.was . very nigb
capsizing. Courage took fire, he seized ~the
strange boat, and was, in . the act to deal his
blows among the, crew, when humanity threw
herself between and received on tier cheeks
the cuffs which the contenilinit, parties design.
ed for each other. This pleased. Good-humor
so exceedingly that with one,boundalie sprang
into the boat of the Virtues, and in doing this
gave so violent .a shove to that of the Vices
that it nearly upset. and was , borne sway.—
Zeal and Love of Truth prepared to send after
the Vices a cargo of insults, but Generosity
gave them a signal to.be silent : "for." said
she, " vice carries its own punishment with it."
In the meantime the storm clouds had 'lts-,
appeared, and they continued their journey, ,
amtd the most agreeable conversation. The,'
Virtues visited many cities, one after another,
and everywhere where, they sojourned they'
diffused blessings. Trade flourished. men be
came cheerful, many marriages took place and
people could not comprehend how at happened :
that all went so gloriously on. earth.
One evening as the Virtues drank tea in the
good city of Jenkoping, and eat gingerbread
to it, they boasted of their efecte.• Prudence,
enraptured with thus beneficent achievements,
was just rising to make n sort of royal speech
on the influence, of the: Virtues on mankind.
when her eye accidentally fell on Humanity,
who cast on her a dubious glance., ,A 'towlines
of the company here. after much, exordium,
made the motion that the Virtues, as they,
could effect much more good. ii they did not all.
keep together. should separate, and spread
themselves over all quarters of the earth. ill or,
der, like the Apostles, to preach
,reformation
to the world; This motion was received by
all with the most zealous approbation. though,
I must remark that Prodence and MotleKation
were not present they. had withdrawn short
ly before the introduction of this motion. in or l ,
der to go in the city to pleniolt the cuinpany'a
stock of sugar and coffee, which had pretty
well melted away. lieu they returned.they
did not delay putting themselves in opposition
to the adopted resolution. but llonragn, and
Zeal bawled so loudly that the softer voices
were scarcely heard, and as finally Oeneresi
ty, excited by Zeal. declared, herself fur the
separation. Foresight dared no longer. to, aise
her dove's voice, but bit her nails. & atlength
went out to order a new pair of shoes for the
Journey.
The next_ day the Virtues separated, and
went each by herself alone into the World, af
ter having:.agreed .that day twelve-month ; to
meet neat!' in Stockholm by the stator; of Cars:
tavus Vasa, in the, Parliament Otiose square,
and there to bold a. " plenum" on their,. 1:411 .
and nation's affairs.
Courage blackened his moustaches with
lapis
_einalis, and directed his cOurse tothe
north. On The way he met the knight 'Pon
Quixote, who advieed,tdin to arotte,the:anitti;
don of the fait sex which, had so,heen
suppress,ed. and to incite them to Self assistance
and selltdefence.
This pleased Courage extremely.. ,While I
the knights - discoursed on the eventfulmeta
morphosis of the hitherto4n called weak sex.
they rode past a church out of which issued a
married train. The new, „made bride was,an
extraordinary, beautiful, young . lady, oho , did
not seem quite,a stranger. tp- Courage ~for she
nodded.friendly to hint as elm entered the car
riage ;.. this ; pleased Courage, ap, quiet!! that he
immediately, selected her.to,hecome. the mod
de) of her . eett.,and embraced:the very .first Op-
,porttinity.of introducinibitneelf to;lier; Whet
took in the, new, househltfd after
`llltview, ie known in. heuiett of
the citillf X., and, thephare protium:iced their
judgment' thereupon.,
. ' hat
O l e
Young !ady,beeameftriPiedUtelypfterthe
ding es it weremetamorPfmaid. and the' It
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hand thereupon nearly' mad,. Nothing, wa
heard out of,the
,mon,t ,nt hi of the . yoUng, duple
but angry .words'andettaree . , which speedily
proceeded to blows. - Finally, the wife,. called
out her, buaband to. fight ; a duel inion this
she vtrae, on, the,reeoptinent!atipparof bei,o,wo
sex, clappe,d. into, a lotted& ssyhirri, the
fair gave great eeindal in the city iod - cailitiry:
rouqd.
Foresight chanced in SMekhcilm to read a
long article. in 'it newspaper on ,thie mccprrence.
Horrified at the mischief which the folly of
Courage had oceationetL she reflected , on ill
the dangers and cross-grained accidents to
which une is esposed.in this world. and deter.
mined in her wisdom to withdraw entirely .frogs
it. satisfied that the highest good fortune to be
attained here . is to escape with a whole skin.--
ln,consequence of this confusion,slie took lotlg.
hip with an old unmarried lady, who,, from.
fear of theives.inhahited a.cduple of attire four
stories', high. Here Foresight might liSie'Spent
good , and quiet days , if she bad not been tor-
Mewed 'With thousand teats and fancii-e of .all
poesible dangers. Out of terror of. fire, she
scarcely trusted herself to cook . anything ; she
was apprehensive Of becoming ill from lack of
fresh air,, yet going, out was not to be thought
of; she might* run over by the very first
carriage ; a flower-pet might fall out of.a win
dow and kill her ; she might break a leg on
the steps, etc. No, no ! going out was quite
impossible and such was the repugnance to
this.' that out of feaithat she must one day be ,
obliged to purchaii a new gown, she had not
courage io wear her old one, which wai al-
ready torn in several places. At length. it
came to that pitch' that she could neither stir
hand nor foot. She had infected her landlady,
the old maid, with all her fears and sr-runic, to
such a degree,' that when 'at lansth's fire broke
out in the house. the two friends dared,to.make
no efforts for their escape. and must certainly
have perished in the flames, had'not a chininey
sweep and a carpenter taken them on their'
baeks and brotight them 'out of danger.
In the-mean time Zeal ran about the world.
gossipped, cried., preached. and drove- man
kind first in one irection and then in another.
_He tore the peasant from the plough, the moth-,
er . from her adddren, and the officer from his
bureau, to give to each-of them other employ-.
mere. , Then he van suddenly off. and left
them to take care of theintielves.• As he turn
ed himself front Europe , toward China., in or
der.lo convert the. eathen, lie came too near
to-a mine in.aussia in the moment of its ex
plosion: was caught by the powder and lost—
alas, alas ! both , his eyes. Still he ran some
time fonive,, t about the world, creating naturally
nothing but confusion. and came into collision
with the police. Ile was ultimately , compell
ed to provide hiinself with a conductor, who,,
fur a certain remuneration, led thin back to the
place whence he had come. -
Humility, it istrde, had not passed through
such hazardous adventuree : yet neither bail, '
it gone extraordinary, well with her. Separa
ted from her companions, she cut such .a pitja-,
hle and lamentable figure. that no one would
have anything to do with her. _Aker. she had
dragged herself, with bowing! and curtseying..
throngli.the whole world, after actually crawl
ing on her knees, knocking at , all doors, and
everywhere saying... I am not worthy to loose
thefaichetof your clines, ' and had been every-
I where attacked and ill-used, she thrind'herielf
homelard; and reachedStockholth, complete
ly in ragi; . and nearly dead:
IHere, at the foot of the.statuti of the hero
! king. she saw, one sifter another, all her 'early .
travelling companions arrive. But, great heav
len ! 'how changed Were. they: They could
scarcely be recognised. Zeal hail lost his fie
ry eyes,,and was lame of the right leg. Cour
age carried an arm in a sling. and had in the
highest ' degree the look of a mauvaise sujet,—
. Mildness was covered from head to foot with
sores and blue weals: on her-former angeli
cally soft brow, angry passion had seated it
self, and every third 'word was a curse. Gen
erosity- had all,the airs of a comedian ; he de
claimed and ranted incessantly. Path•nre and
Pity were become, so thin and transparent. that
they could not he seen without the deepest
compassion. Good-humor was anything but
sober. Prudence found herself in better case :
but.she was become haughty and boastful; she
measured with an air of deep thoUght, het steps
and words ; took snuff every minute, carried
' her head atoll, cast looks - at he companions
over her shoulder, turned np her nose and was
I unbearable. ,
It may be imagined whether. under'such re.
versed circumstances, the meeting again of the
virtues was a pleasant one:. To confess the
truth. they resembled. in their present , assem•
bly, the Vices far more than the Virtues.—
But 'scarcely. were they all ingether. had • ex ,
tended to each other the hand, and recognised
each other. than their appearance began to
change, and 'every virtue to acgtiire-its former
character. Prudence took from her travelling
medicine chest an ointment. rubbed therewith,
the darkened eyes of Zeal, which speedily
,opened themselves, beaming with their funnel.
fires. Gccid.homor was struck with the dry,
ghesi-like appearance of Humility, that she be.
eimesober im the spot: and - the Virtues re;
solied to strengthen themselves in the next - lio
eel, with eibaugtiet end I , owl of punch •; - there
should ev'ery one 'relate his• travelling, adven.
tunes, ainttake a - resolution for the -future.—
.. BtaVo ritselainted Courage, and gave Pore.
eight the • hand Good-humor took ' Humility
undet the arm and led the way,-• the rest- all
Cheerfully
ft•woultibe leading us ton far- to repeat all
the adventures with whit:lt - the 'Virtues enter
tained' each`othet over the howl. —Suffice it to
elate; theresolte; Which:at the end of the sitting .
- Was thanintously adopted by' all present ; this
Wits,•thatiroitilhat time forward; the Virtues
elmald ilWays 'travel together. and should se.
parate'lis - seldhat -as possible. since they found
each one given over to:' herself, withoulithc
cotiniel and support of the rest. only played
the'llinf."-Witb this . resolution all the -Virtues
wale" highly: satisfied. - They-concluded this
feast - witit'a song, %Alia' Good-tmor impro
viied. and •whielt they 'styled the ••• League tif
the Virtues." • •
. ,
' 'RETORT COURTEOVS:.--" Sarah," said •• a
young man the other day to a lady - by , that
naine, •• vyfiydon't you wear earrings,
‘ Peeactse ,I,l4vn't 'find my ears . pierced:'
• I
,bore it j em rd . f3 ; pd.' then: l !
tr I ihank yob;sie'i you have dcini,
ought "
!NM!
litntatMAPLE Diktivegy.—Noit long since'
we obseiveol to the-papers a brief, notice of ,ti'
wonderful chemical discovery very lately made,
by 'Professor Schoubein, of Germany. Coat
mon cotton is sa prepared. probably with a ful
minating compound of nitrogen, as to be sud
denly converted. by a spark into the gaseous'
stale, leaving. as a residue only a small quan
tity of carbonaceous matter. Balls and shells
were said to have been projected by this pre
pared cotton, the projectile force of which is
said to be many times greater than - that , of grin
pavViler.' It'was stated, that four ounces blew:
a illork wall to pieces—an effect which ivoidd.
require, it- was calculated, at least ,a; many
pounds of gunpowder. It was added that the
cotton:though made wet, reacquires its
on drying: This is an extraordinary
triumph of chithistry, but it is no lesS true
than strange. A friend just from Washington,
saw a letterfrom a highly intelligent American
of standing, now in Frankfort,- Germany. who,
had witnessed the experiments, and certified
to the . truth of the account. He states that brie'
of the German principalities had .given an Or
der lor 30,000 bales of cotton, to be employ
ed in this novel process of military defence and
offence. In this age of ingenious- discoveries,
everything that leads to a free interrhange'of
products and inventions, is calculated to id;,
Vance the ,mutual wealth and, blessings of dif-,
ferent nations. Were we confined to the
home market." what would this important
discovery in Germany avail us ? As it is.- it
may largely increase the value of our exports
of co t ton. Weirust that it may not " explode."
.
THE SCOTCRMAN ' I CALLe.rA young clergy.
man in Scotland. heing about to leave the wino
of his orthodox Itboe for another settlement.
ant il on an ni ! lady belonging to his ecingri l
gation, to earfarewell. and to :thank her Cot;
the kindness he had experienced from her.
And sae yer gaun to leave us." said the
old lady... weel. I wash ye God's blessing;
ye've been a sobet. Staid, discreet young mom:
and I doubt not ye'll hae your reikard,. Arid,
where are ye about to settle,?"
6 The Lord has called me to labor in a dial
tarn part of the:vineyard," replied the clergy - 7i
man. I have got the' parish of-."-
•' Aye," said the lady; and maybe yell_
get a Inetle More ateepend where yeer gain]
Why, yes, I expect a small increase in
emolument, certainly,"
" ph ! weel, I thought sae," retorted. the .
old lame. " if it had nag been the; case; the
Lord might hae called long enough and land
enough ; before ye would bac . heard itis
voice."
TAKE CARE OF YOUR SROES.--As the break
ing up of-winter yon will need good sound
shoes or boots, more, even than• in winter.—;
We • have used the following mixture. and,
think it better for Making water-proof slioe4
than an y' other. We also give the price of ihis
materials, jut air we obtained them from the
Drag store.
- One pint boiled linseed oil. 15 cents; Niko
ounces beeswax. "4 cents; one ounce of ;min;
4 rents rone ounce oil of turpentine. 6-cents ;•
—making 29,cents. , -
Two ounces . of copal varnish would give ibis
mixture some lustre. and cost events.. Cover
the soles, seams, and upper leather with it.
when well melted togetherdry ii in by a fire
,and cover again; Until the le a ther is filled.—
Your hoots will last longer. and the leather
will he soft and impervious to waier.—Weit- .
ern Farmer and Gardener. '
THE GOODNESS OF G0D,...W !Weller we en
joy is purely a free gift from our Creator-: but
that we enjoy no more.can never sure be deem
ed an injury, or a just reason to question his
infinite benevolence. All our happiness is ow..
ing to his goodness ; but that it is no greater;
is owing only to ourselves, that is, to our not
having any inherent right to any happiness or
*even'to ally existence at all. This is no more
to be impitted to Gild. than the wants or a beg
gar to the person who has relieved him ; that
he had something, was owing to his benefac
tor ; but that he had no more, only to his own
original poverty.
IRON ORE.—In driving the Tunnel for coal
at Bear Gap. by the Lykens Valley Coal Come,
patty. several stratus of Iron Ore have been
Crossed, which it said to be the best qualtly, ,
of Black Baud Ore; This discovery of a per-,
manent supply * of Ore will ensure the erection'
of Furnaces at Wicunisco. which have been in
contemplation for some time.
Strong hopes are now entertained that large'
veins of Coal will be opened, when new vigor
will he given to the operations au d the road
will he completed early in the spring.—Hati
ax Hcarald.
RAIL. ROAD IRON.—We len; from' the Part=
land Advertiser. that a public meeting was re
cently held, That city, to consider the subject
of establishing a machine shop and iron work's,
to be connected with the manufacture of rail
road iron. The 'Advertiser says ...the matter
is connected by certain diitinct ait,Fresponeible
propositions with the enterp:ise of •Air. Norris
to -establish an engine factory : here." Sub
scriptions. amounting .to mere ,than
the capital required, were made
,at fhe meet
ing. „ • •
' FVRTHER ADVANCE IN Cost.--The dealers
have again advanced. the price of- Anthracite
coal 50-cents a ton in New York.• This makee
en advance of one dollar within abotit a month.
The-retail twice is now ST a tun of 2000 lbs.
This is one of the misidnevions effects reeuh
ing from the newspaper . panic making, so ex
ae,nsively, practised - during the past season.—
timsuiners were induced to by- the pro-
mired reduction in price.rli'l they now rind
ilie.supply short and the price . materially ;:en
!lanced.
A ,CRITEAPIN.—A good criterion by whirl)
to jpdge th'e disPositinn of a titan, is to Watch
hire Whe'n he, passes some bnc o at play.
kind roan will, step Of the way, and lei the
little . felhataa liaee theii sport. while 'a crabbedone will push through the " ring" and spoil
their fun.
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