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WANDA:
Morning, November 5, 1558.
itti6 Vulg.
From flonsebold Words.
LISTENING ANGELS.
toe against the bluer heavens
Stood the mountain calm and still
!ro while angels, betiding earthward,
Leant upon the hill.
vetting leant those silent angels,
tad I also longed to hear
eat sweet Ptrato of earthly music
rhos could charm their ear.
'Curd the sound of many trumpets,
soda warlike march draw nigh ;
Rlelllnif a mighty army
.;:g Passed in order by.
httbe clang had ceased; the echoes
Soon had faded from the hill ;
ni!e the angels, calm and earnest,
Leant and listved still. _
:• ' !to I heard a f;inter clamor;
f o rge and wheel were clashing near,
it! the reapers in the meadow
singlog loud and clear.
Ilia the sunset came in glory,
And the toil of day was o'er,
Full the angels leant in silenie,
lasteiung as before.
jb eo ,aldaylight slowly vanished,
Nti the evening mists grew dim,
ft, loamy from distant voices
g o I resf)er hymn.
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.f, Dot Mecum was done; and lingering,
-. 2 T Med upon the evening air ;
~--, Ye from the hill the radiant angels
Bull were listening there.
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Mimi came the gatheringAarkness,
Bringing with it sleep and rest ;
' -
the a hdle bird was singing
to her lea(; nest.
Tbrnagh the sounds of war and labor
title had warbled all day long,
Mole the angels leant and listened
Only to her song.
Bat the starry night was coming,
And she ceased her little lay :
From :he mountaintop the angels
Slowly' passed away.
[From :he New York Evening Poet.]
:OL. BENTON'S HISTORY.
iIiCEDEOLAL ZACK SON :
MS DEATH AND RETIREMENT.
's second and last term of General Jackson's
.!ency expired on the 3d of March. 1837. , The
%iv, as 12, he appeared with his successor on
tented and spacious eastern portico of the
as one of the citirens who came to witness
:notation of the new President, and no way
rpshed from them, except by his place on
t•elhabd of the President elect. The day was
411:1=clear sky, balmy vernal son, tranquil at-
Nheir .—and the assemblage immense. On
in the Ist4e arena in fronrof the steps; order.
rr.tant troops and closely wedged together, their
• tinned to the portico—presenting to the be
cri from all the eastern windows the appear.
field paved with human faces—this vast
. I remained ri►etted to their places, and pro
iip silent, until the ceremony of the inaubra
ni over. It was the stillness and silence of
. nee and affection, and there was no room for
,kem to whom this mute and impressive horn-
• ru rendered. For once, the rising was ectips.
a. the setting sun. Though disrobed of power,
inng to the shades of prnate life, it was (mi.
that the great ex-President was" the absorbing
y :of this intense regard. _At the moment that
than to descend the broad steps of the portico
'ate he seat in the open carriage that was to
to m away, the Jeep, repressed feeling of the
mass broke forth, acclamations Arid cheers
mg from the heart and filling the air—such as
tret never commanded, nor mart in power ever
wired. It was the affection, gratitude and ad
imion at the living age, sainting for the lasi time
IN! man. 1t was the acclaim of posterity, break-
IMITI the bosoms of contemporaries. It was the
rmfation of futurity—unporchaseabie homage to
biers patriot, who, all his lite, and in all theca
'zratoces of his life, in peace and in war, and
;mots to each, had been the friend of his coon-.
IT devoted to her, regardless of self Uncovered
tilbostng, with a look of unaffected humility and
ti 'kfuliters, he acknowledged in mate signs his
deep sensibility to this affecting overflow of.-popu
lat was looking down from a side win.
( 101, , and felt an emotion which had never passed
ti ro ire) me before. I had seen the inauguration of
tans Presidents, and their going away, and cur
;wed by the splendors of the first republic. But
all appeared to me as pageants, brief to the
.trr, unreal to the touch, and soon to vanish. But
e there seemed to be a reality—a real scone-4
a and the people—he, laying down power and
I :drawing through the pottels of everlastina fame;
~ Sounding . in his ears the everlasting plaudits
:aborn generations. Two days after I saw the
tat ex-President in the car which bore him oft
his desired seclusion-1 saw him depart with
look of quiet enjoyment which bespoke the in.
ttril saiistaction of !haunt! at aaebanging lbe cares
Bice lor the repose of home. History, poetry,
'vary, marblwand brass will hand down the milt•
erplofts of Jackson : this work will cotn ammo.
Me events o f his civil administration, not less
Omits than his military achievements, great es
4 1 were; and this brief notice of his last appear.
ke at the American capitol 14. intended to pre.
are some faint memory of iscene, the grandeur
z t hich was so impressive to the behtdder, and
solace of which must have been so grateful to
c ! . itean 0 . 1 the departing Palriol
r-'Oht years afterwarJa be died at the Hermitage,
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in the full possession of all his faculties, and strong
to the last in the ruling passion of his soul—loveof
country. Public history will do justice to hia pub•
lie life: but a further notice is wanted of him—a
notice of the domestic man—ot the man at horns,
with his wife, his friends, his slaves; and this I
feel some qballcation for giving, from my long
and varied acquaintance with him.
The first time that I saw General Jacks& was at
Nashville, Tennessee, in 1799—he on the bench, a
judge of the then Superior Court—and I a youth of
seventeen, back in the crowd. He was then a re.
markable man, and had his ascendant over all who
approached him, not the elect of his high judicial
station, nor 01, the senatorial rank which be had
held and resigned, nor of military exploits, for he
had not then been to war, but the effect of personal
qualities—cordial and graceful manners, hospitable
temper, elevation of mind, undaunted spirit; gen
erosity and perfect integrity. In charging the jury
in the impending case, he committed a slight sole
cism in language, which grated on my eat, and
lodged on my memory, without derogating in the
least from the respect Which he had inspired, and
.without awakening the slightest suspicion alit I
was ever to be engaged in smoothing his diction.—
The first time I spoke with him was some few years
after, at a (then) frontier town in Tennessee,when
he was returning from a southern visit, which bro't
him through the towns and camps of the Indian
tribes. lit pulling off his overcoat, I perceived on
the white lining of the turning down sleeve, a dark
speck which had life and motion. I brushed it oft
and put the heel of my shoe upon it, little thinking
that I ever was to brush away from him game of a
very different kind. He smiled; and we began . a
conversation, in which he very quickly revealed a
leading trait of his character—that of ercouraging
young•men in their laudable pursuits. Getting my
name and parentage, and learning my intended
profession, he manifested a regard for me, said be
had received hospitality at my father's house in
North Carolina, gave me kind invitations to visit
him, and expressed a belief that I would do well
at the br—generoos words, which had the effect of
promoting what they promised. Soon after, he had
a further opportunity to show his generous feelings.
I was employed in a criminal case of great magni.
tude, where the oldest and ablest counsel appear.
ed—Haywood, Grundy, Whiteside—and the trial
of which General Jackson attended through concern
for the late of a friend. As junior counsel 1 had to
precele my elders, and did my best; and, it being
or. the side of his feelings, he found my effon to
be better than it was. He complimented me great
ly, and from that time our intimacy began.
I soon after became his aid, he being a major
general in the Tennessee militia, and atter that I
was habitually at his house; and as an inmate,had
opportunities to know his domestic lila, and at the
period when it was least understood and most mils
represented. He had resigned his place on the
bench of the Superior Court, as he had previously
resigned his seat in the Senate of the United States,
and lived on a superb estate of some thousand
acres, twelve miles from Nashville, then hardly
known by its subsequent famous name of the Her
mitage—a name chosen for its perfect accord with
his feelings; for he had then actually withdrawn
from the stage of public life, and from a state of
feeling well known to belong to great talent when
finding no theatre for its active employment. He
was a careful farmer, overlooking everything him
self, seeing that the fields and fences were in good
order, the stock well attended, and the slaves corn
lortably provided for. His house ass the seat of
hospitality, the resort of friends and acquaintances,
and of all strangers visiting the State—and the more
agreeable to all from the perfect conformity of Mrs.
Jackson's disposition to his own. But he needed
some excitement beyond that which a farming life
could afford, and found it tor some years in the ani
mating sports of the turf. He loved fine horses--
racers of speed and bottom—owned several—and
contested the four mile beats with the best that
could be bred, or bought, or brought to the state,
and for largesums. That is the nearest to gaming
hat I ever knew him to come. Cards and the cock
pit have been impaled to him, but most erroneous.
ly. I never saw him engaged in either. Duels
were usual in that lime, and be had his share o
them, with their unpleasant concomitants; but they
passed away with all their animosities, and he has
often been seen zealously pressing the advance.
ment of those against whom he had but lately been
arrayed in deadly hostility. His temper was pla
cable as'well as irascible, and bie recoucdiations
were cordial and sincere.
There was a deep seated vein of piety in him,
unaffectedly showing itself in his reverence for di-
vine worship, respect for the ministers of the Gos
pel, their hospitable reception in his house, and
constant encouragement of all the pious tendencies
of Mrs Jackson. And when they both afterwards
became members of a chinch, it was the natural
and regular result of their early and cherished feel
ings. He was gentle in his house, and alive to the
tenderest emotions ; and of this 1 can give an in
s:zone greatly in contrast with his supposed chat
meter, and worth more than a long discourse in
showing what that character malty was. I arrived
at his house one wet, chilly evening in February,
and came upon him in the , twilight, sitting alone
.before the tire, a lamb and a child between his
knees. He started a little, Galled a servant to re
move the two innocents to another room, and ex
plained to me bow it was. The child bad cried
because the lamb was out in the cold, and begged
him to bring it in-..which he bad done to please the
child—his adopted son,-then not two years old.—
The ferocious man does hot do that and though
Jackson had his passions and his violences, they
were for men and enemies...those who stood up
against—and not for women and children, or the
weak and hetpleu, for alt whom his feelings were
those of protection and support. His hospitality was
active as well as cordial, embracing the worthy in
every walk of life, and seeking out deserving 'ob
jects to receive it, no matter how obscure. Of this
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had come to l!laAiville, on bis Mare iinahrept, ,to
be de'atold,lnme, weeks a n l* 4. 4 ffPriO,
• small warn toward' •the lower part of thotowa,,
Glneral ;ankson beard 01 . it-sought fiiitt:otp-7.
lnitnd him, took hini lo fergt#4 as 19 1 ,4„i!
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" Your father's dog, should.not:,stAry In a !event,
where I have a b 005.," Ptis wu bertMdt.l
had it from the young map himself, !Otitis', when
he was a state senator of the General 4.asembl), of
Missouri, and as such nominated roci l i foi. the Upi.
led States Senate at my first electionA 11124 r—his
name was Benton ltoopeouid so , named 10F. my. .
father. Abhorrence of debt, public , and , PriTatli
dislike of banks and love tit herd money—lose of
justice, and love of country were . ruling passions
with Jackson; and of these be gave constant evi
dence* in all the situations of his life. Of private
debts he crannied none of his own, and made any
sacrifices to get out of those Incurred for often—
Of this he gave a signal instance not long before
the war , of 1812—selling the improved pen of i bis
estate, with the beet building of the country upon
it, to - pay a debt incurred.in a mercantile' adven-
lure to assist a young velative,..and going into log
houses irr the forest part to begin a new home and
farm. He was living in these inda tenements
when he vanquished the British at New Orleans;
and, probably, a view of their conqueror'. domicil
would have astonished the British officers as much
as their defeat bad done. He wait attached to his
friends, and to his Country, and never believed any
story to the discredit of hitheruntil compelled by
proof. He would not believe in tie first reports of
the surrender of General Hull, and becauteopprecs
ed and sad when forced to believe it. He never
gave up a friend in a doubtful case, or from policy,
or calculation. He wu a firm believer to the good
ness of a superintending Providence, and in the
eventual right judgment and justice of the people.
I have seen him at the most desperate part of his
fonunes, and never saw bim waver in the belief
tltat all would come right in the end. lu the time
of Cromwell be would have been a puritan.
The character of his mind was that of judgment,
with a rapid and almost intuitive perception, follow
ed by instant and decided action. It was that which
male him a General and a President for the times
in which he served. lie had vigorous thoughts,
but not the faculty of arranging them in a regular
composition, either written or spoken ; and in for•
mal papers usually gave his manuscript to en aid,
a friend, or a secretary to be written over—often to
the.loss of vigor. But the thoughts were his own,
vigorously expressed, and without an effort, writing
with a rapid pen, and never blotting or altering
but as Carlyle says of Cromwell, hitting the nail
upon the head as he went. I have a great deal of
his writing now, some on public affairs and cover•
ins several sheets of paper, and no erasures or in.
erlineations arty where. His conversation was
like his writing, a vigorous flowing current, apps-
rentty without the trouble of thinking and always
impressive. His conclusions were rapid and im.
movable, when he was under strong coniictions,
though often yielding, on minor points, to his friends
And no man yielded quicker when he was can.
winced, perfectly illustrating the difference between
firmness and obstinacy. 01 all the Presidents who
have done me the honor to listen to my opinions,
there was no one to whom I spoke with more con-
&knee when I felt myself tote in the right.
Nothing could exceed his kindness and affection
to Mrs. Jackson, always increasing in proportion as
his elevation and culminating fortunes drew cruel
attacks upon her. I knew her well, and that a
more exemplary woman in all the relations of life
—wife, friend, neighbor, relative, mistress of slaves
—never heed, and never presented a more quiet,
cheerful and admirable management of her house
hold. She had not education, but she had a heart,
and .a good one; and that was.always leading her
to do kind thing. in the kindest manner. She had
the General's own warm heart, frank manners, and
hospitable temper, amino two persons could have
been better suited to each other, lived more happi
ly together, or made a house more attractive to visi
tors. She had the faculty—a rare one—ral retaining
named and titles in a throng of. viskorrotddressing
each one appropriately, and dispensing , hospitality
to all with a cordiality which enhanced its value.
No bashful youth or plain oldmatt, whose modesty
sat then down at the lower end of the,table, could
escaPia her cordial attention, any, more thatt.the ti
tled gentlemen on her right and !eh. Young per
sons were her delight, and she always her lactate
well filled with them-.eleven young women and
clever young men—alt calling her, affeetiettatil,y,
"Aunt Rachel." I Wall pitting, then, and was one
ol that number. I owe ii to-early recollactionv,and
to cherished Convictions—m this last 'nolicerbf the
Hermitage—to bear this faidifit tedilMoity to the
memory ol its first and long mistress, the lovedand
honored wile of a great Man. Her greatestilulogy
is the affection he bore her fivirig - ; Ind Ili the
iror
row with which he monrnedlter dead.. , Elie 'died
at the moment of the General's firscelectionlo the
Presidency, and every one that had a km petition
to present, or -charitable request to make, tote, in
her death, the surest channel to the ear and the
heart of the President. Hietegud for herectrelved,
and lived in the persons of her nearest relatives--
A nephew of hers wastes adopted ear and heir,
taking his oien name, and neiv , the respectidemas.
ter of the -Eennitage. , iutotber nephew, *Om*
Jackson. Dorielson, Esq., wee hM private Secretary
when President. The presidential mansion was
presided over daring hie term by bar- mice% the
most amiable MIL Itonelson; end all his conduct
bespoke affectionate and lasting ratnambranon of
ckte be had bald so dear. •
The more Ignoraut a person la, tbelarder be ieto
uit. Take your seat at the dinner, rebktvandieti
will find that the Oman who goes Abe ,waiter the
most trouble, will mot be so , exigOvewleci but oat
ex-hod-carrierior anies•wood sawyer.' •
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Wet ofthirreith - 144 peeeetet se s trochees" ifl the
Rouse of Verde when lbw huleperideuce el Ito
kinericaolColenitti . eraileitialfiecketitil4W-hi
George the'„ Thi4lloletelkeet filY ll .l4t.
Wawa's Journal, ands a siva picture a that
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-Lennox, Dec. 4, 1782.
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PneenciMP/114 PodergaftlieslWlli AoifinnlY. ,rfA•
cognized by George 111. , irrlhe presence of God
and Man. Such, at last; arts the'eamed fruits of
Sanguinary intleieutful contestlifeightleng—kmg
years, in - whieh' period one bond' red Ihniistirid brave
Americans have cemented the altar of their
country, with their precious Maid, "a prize which
will bless unborn millions , 'ind in' its eventful ef
fects predace a new era ovit 'the entire surce of
this benighted world.
At an early'hoar; in conformity to previous ar
rangements, I had the honor lobe colftlucted by the
Earl of Ferrets, to the very entrance of the Rouse
of Lords.
At the small'door he whispered softly id my ear
"Gal as near the foot of the 'as possible-a
maintain your . position—lear not." y did so with
all the assurance of a traveled Yankee, and found
myseltexactly In front of the throne, elbow to el
bow with the celebrated Admini: Loyd Howe, who
had just returned from a successful relief of Gibral•
The ladies of the cobility oecepied the lord's
seal on the woolsack, so called as an emblem of
the powerand wealth of ohl atglend, because it
has been mainly derived from wool. The lords
were standing here and there promiscuously as I
entered. •
It was a dark, foggy day—a proper English hang
ing day. To add to its gloomy effects, the old Sax
on windows stand nigh up, with leaden bars to con
lain the diamond cut panes of glass. The walls al
so hung with dark tapestry, representing the defeat
of the great Spanish Armada in 1588, I bad the
pleasure of recognizing the celebrated American
painters, West and Copley, and twine American
ladies in the groupe—all rebels at heart—intermix
ed with many American royalists, some of whom
wets my near relatives, with long dejected faces,
aria rage and despair depicted in every lineament
of their feature*. Aker standing for two hours in
painful suspense, the approach of the king was an
nounced by a tremendous roar of cannon. He en
tered the, small door on the left of the throne, and
inunettimly !tested himie.o in the chair of State, de•
notated in his royal robes, in a graceful, formal Awl
majestic posture, with his tight foot resting on a
stool. He was evidently agitated; and drew slew
ly from his pocket a scroll containing the humilia
ting speech. 1 was exactly in his front, eta or eight
tees distant, with, my left loot braced upon the last
step of the throne, to sustain my position tton the
pressure in my rear, and critically watched with the
eye of a Lasater, in that moment, of his agitated
countenance. He began My L e w s an d gen.
Item.° ;" and in direct reference to our indepen
dence, said
I , I lost no time in giving the necessary orders
to prohibit the future prosecution of offensive war
upon the continent of North America.
n Adopting, as my inclination will always lead
me to do, with decision and effect, whatever I col
lect to be the sense of my parliament, and my peo
ple—! have pointed all my views and measures in
Europe, as in North America, to an entire and cor-
Jial:econeiliation. with the Colon lee, Finding it
indispensible to the attainment of this object, I did
aol hesitate to.go the full lempb of the power „vest
ed in me r and therefore I now. declare them" 7—
(here he paused, and hesitated for a moment,
and• was in evident agitation—the' piUhe,had to
swallow in the neat breath was repugnant to his
digestive mane, In 1776, be repelled our humble
petition with•indignity—bet in 1782 he round him
self prostrate at our feet herecovered himself by
a strong convulsive effort, and proceed thus ;
declare them live and lodependgmt Slates. In thus
admitting their separation from the crown of their
kingdom, I have sacrificed every consideration of
my own to the wishes and opinion of my people.
I make it my humble and ardent prayer to the Al
mighty .God, that Great Britain mat trot feel the
evils which might result from. so great .a dtsmem
tannest' of the empire, and that America may be
free from calamities which have fotmerly roved
•in the mother country how essential monarchy is to
the eMoyment of constitutional libetty.. Religion;
fanguage,interests end ottani= may, and.l hope
will prove a bond of "permanent onion between ifie
two countries?' •
It is impassible to deeotibe the sengtion. of my
rebellious mind; at the atement,srbee the kingbet
timed to pronoooce. the wonle•p•Fret esti Indepon.
dent tendsoifotice with. what Lica grace .heinitl
swelknor.the dose ;, every artery wes; in dell play
, and•best high is with, my +rood American
trielingit.. • It' was impessible not to tenni soy eyes
, earoseshe Athinticrend•revieerin rapid: succession
the miserierread wretchedneekin.seserel stages of
theinef f inier to :my leasing dimerica--the wide.
spread desolation, , -resulting from the obstinacy .4
;this urty men.umting alb:44m Wow -htueble4p
peals to bie Jamie* end meter es it .Gad—butoriw
, peratnite his. wt.. , In hie:speed heAellemet,in
eat breath thette his sacrificed every personaleon
'ideation,. la ethic weals, not yet-maiated with in
nocent-blood shed by.-hiss ndian allies; and in the
next, hypocritioelitiondtmg.hett•bea4sh to guard
es againstoelsmitiee, hto. The - meat drama is Dow
closed, the bell wu epened.tutemingion,, where, Me
British red Goals .were taught to, dance ..down ; , tb
.Chulestown, to the tune of - !! Yuthaa Doodierr
On this occesianit 101 l also to my lot to mulch
from Providecceo with. coMpia.a .
MY
five well disciplined young men,ell dresudi t atsmi- .
se (noway plolioniagtasi -With pealm..pc
itask r e.j AM- Map tbid: belote,we ,c0;14,-mrach the
omens of @Mac. ; .. • •
From thellosse of Lord., I proceeded to- DM,
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the acne day —ltte;Cust which ever , waiieti i . e. isi
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i -fttleaving thel4buire!of LitiJi, 1 jostled aids by
aide with West and Co - i ''-4 )`) . irog'ili 116'0
Ir4ic Jepa}i of the •dqv J4 l : l ,:o9l4iflii*ilh ,4 ilFßP.
,gratificitma t the angoish tuld'despair of; the scrim
in dry fiewie el Certmions - Ohe lemming day, There
was ho t bitter:deboo, but #,Octed 'fieil...oy so.'
illn°nY• dom'Airribilson allacke'll•Cord - iiciwe's
expedition to Gibraltar, because he had not ga ned
a decisive viol/ivy over the combined fleet of forty
five sail of the fide, With thirty-sPviii' ships. Burke .
then rose, indulging in a yein Ol' 4 iii!ii4 and ridicule,
a severe attack on the king's speech the dal !Fis
sions on the subject of American Independence-a—
saying it was a farrago id:nonsense and hypoCrisy.
Young Pitt, the newly created 'Chancellor ut the
Exchequer, then rose, and handled Burke wtib dig
nified severity ) charging him with buffoonery and
levity.
.Having received from AWrinati Wood a .catd
of admission into the gallery of the House olCom
mons, as the House was rising, the Alderman 4who
is a member,) came into the gallery and invited
me to descend with lam to the flo o r of the House.
I met Mr. Burke, with whom I had breakfasted;—
who introdored me as a messenger of peace to Pitt,
Conway, Fox, Sheridan, and two or three other
members groupedon the floor. I never felt more
elevated in my life. In describing this scene to a
friend in•Fratiee, in a moment of exultation f sub.
joined :
Pignut to youreetil,my dear friend, a young Amer
ican traveler ot twenty-lour, in the lull gaudy dress
of a Parisian, hailed in the public papers, and stand
ing in the British House of Commons, (where the
destiny of dear America in its infancy has been so
°fen agitated,) as a messenger of peace, surround
ed by a groop ; the brightest constellation ot politi
cal men that evergraced die annals at English his•
tory !—and what is more gratifying to my Ameri
can pride, the very men, with one exception, who
have recently compelled the tyrant George to yield
with a bail grace to all our jest demands, in my
presence ! Not to have been thus affected at the
tremendous crisis, I should hair) been more or less
than a man.—Albany Register.
Itioashrry.—There are many persons who pride
themselves on their morality, which signifies nod).
lug more than here freedom from vice. A man
may possess morality, without's single virtue. We
are not, therefore disposed to find a great degl of
fault with those teligiooists who profess to despise
mete morality.. A-person is moral, if he be not in
temperate, or licentious, or 'prcilane, or addicted to
lying. Vet he may be all this, and still be notori
ous for ingenue's, selfishness, cruelty, malianity,
cowardice, and all those vices of the hetan,l which
are not punishable at a coon Of law. We despise
a man, whose virtues, if they be so called, are of
this negative character, picayune men, who never
think of a neighbor ur.less they see a chance to
make a little money out of bim. Too timid to com
tnit a bold !laud, their penuriousness renders them
more contemptible thou absolute knavery. When
these vices of the bean-are conspicuous in a man's
character, the addition of piety renders it the more
detestible, like one handstong feature in a,cout.te
pence that is full of loathsome- deformity.
Timm —The temple of troth is indeed built of
stones of itrYsial ;', but inasmocli . as men have been
concerned in renting it, it has been cons•olitiated by
a cement composed.of bases materials. it is deep
ly to be lamented that truth itself will onset but
little attention, and Ititietiiteern; nglil it ,be amal
gamated with some particular patity,persuvtion, or
sect.. ,Uotaired .and onaclohitrated, it too often
-proves as -unfit for currency as pure gold lot circa
lotion. Sir Walter Raleigh basobserved - 3.1-" That
he that I •Ilowa iitatt too cloaely`ntiat take Care that
he does not strike out his teeth He has hide to
-fear from truth, but he has much to fear-from pre
tended friends of it. He, therefore, that- ib dead to
alt the frOwnd of the living alone, is equal to the
hazardous task of wining a history of his own times
worthy of being transmitted to times that are to
come."
Peat WAITR =Prof. Siftiman rays : "1f you
out:, for a clear mind, strong, muscles, and quiet
nerve*, and long lite and power prolonged into nld
age, permit us to say, altlmugh tam not giving a
Yempeilitee lecture, avoid ell drilik but wa , eir, and
mild itaiipiors of trial ; shun tobacco and, Opi•
pm, aciteverything elms,tlitu dieturbeethet oysen ;
rely upon nutrition,' load and mild dilluent Jr ills,
of which water is the b and you will !red
ilk ' it - It
beynnt exce resl, 'Ontl flue nm •
Al reguLatear of aIP your powers, IR g.ite you, Irani.
happy lord •uselut limey and a serene evening; at the
close."
I. If. 5 *Wise lettere 'ate Iseett:iti Calls - arc' and
teiscOpal s ehinchie, aki/ ,in the
„ptity t 'er; I . toolra of
these seem Ttry ace abbreviationa of:the I,afin
phrase .lesmt•ifouviaiam Saleator, arbicllc equitiee,
" Jean. the Savior of Men." Some mak trek why
the letter I is o.ydlnstead at .1 ? Because, formerly
wa's,iteletter .1 in the 'Rowan- aippabet ; then
I wart used where /mole )9.. Marty of our readdre
van probably remain:4er bavurg _seeit_the name
John, spelled Icahn.
• Oz :r." If you mawy o l• said a Rotaanconsul to his
son," let ii be it ivoinan wh&iisojtuNment enough
iQ eupetjatenilthasettiag if a meal id siOgids, Sav e
enough to dress herselfainle enough to wash be.
tore breakfast, entl o uense ettougALto:boltilieLtongue
.wheb.sibta list nothing to,,,yitn
Otr The best thintld Tesler ride; holoare. , —The
man who wotships a frtlntsmi woman, ii as impels
bible te d e:iifurementa Of a wanton, s Gibiatir
is to apptaduinpitnr.
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A Cut:gigAlL fitA awe 1 0Srli loggia 1a.,.
tly bay lo an individual: Yuut countenance toms
tikv the. epunt son, for it • ate
wii4 a A 10e!r' 60 70 fliaLe6un
tenince ie one tu, !Ise things akhici ' leteuty:Aaylos
said hie ttnensies,and innieLlatanioctiatiA-Itot take.
away tronaltiM:" Tbefilitimelfeidteifoltho' spend
ihe!Y livq• I . ll 7' l ol d ß/0 0 r i3 l lB $ 0441 114 , 11 .
lives. St shut 4uggstun, , I , PlYilhiPtAgn.aSig'
gloomy and iimbidding. They,go .nutonsingnentl •
crimpfsiiiing from trey hi itafthet they:fiim4o4frat
tlo, and are; cenintintlfinisiii#Aiiiit aft' t tine have'
shall escape out of their Alands, , TbeY
look• upon the dark side, andluv .never anjny the
food. Religion 'makes the' heart - cheerful,- and
when its large and benevolenfpfincipleni,MiSo.ver:
cisea r man w ill be happy in spitso(hlinsitjf l , 'rife
industrious bee does not stop to complain that therm
are so many poisonous flowers and thomylitailh•
ea on its road, bet buzies On, selecting honey whet.
he can find it, and passing-quietly, by Ahi.p*ra
where it is not. Them is snongb itt this world to
complain about and find fault with if men have the
disposition We often Dalinl on illard itid uneven
road; but with a cheerful spirit,' and a 61w to
praise GuJ for his mercies, we may walk—therein
with comfort, and come to the end of our journey
vr ith peace
DIGNITY OP AN INDIAN CHINT.WII doubt if the
annals of ancient history famish a reply surpartstng
in eloquence and grandeur the following froth an
mutilated savage ;--!
Ab TelCOlllBOll proudly appnaached, Geo. Hartle=
rose to receive the Chief, and pointing to a bench
prepared for the purpose, said—
" Your white rattier requests you to be seated."
Tecumseh cast upon the American General a
look ipt unmitigated scorn and indignation.
" You, my father?" said he, " NO, the sun,"
poin:ing to that luminary in the !mayor's, g‘ is my
Whet ! The earth," pointing to the groom!, "is
my mother ! And," throwing bimselfcm - the ground,
" I vrill rest nowhere but on her bosom r'
o That temptation which at first is but a littler
(gond, as big as a man's hand, may quiclOy over.
spread the whole heaven. Our engaging in sin is
the motion of a stone down 11111—' 4 It strengthens
itsell ty going," and the longer it runs, the more
violently. Beware of the smallest beginnings of
temptations. No wise man will neglect or slight
the smallest sparks of fire, especially it he sees it
among barrels of gunpowder. You carry gunpow.
der show you; 0, take heed of sparks.
FINDING A Whit's TONGUL.—Mr. fr. illironted his
wife, who to punish him, resolved to act dumb
when he was present, and so well did she main
tain her resolution that a week past away and not
a wortFtlid she utter in his presence. •Sheperform
ed her household duties as usual, btu note wopl did
She speak. He tried to coax her 081 of ber i ffiliM,
but in vain. At last be tried the following plan to
overcome her resolution, by working on her curios
ity—the most ungovernable of female propensities.
Returning one evicting from his employment, his
lady aa• there, wrosnal, mute. Tne closet was ex
atnirted, die bed room, drawers, boles, shelves ;
everything that could be possibly thought of was
overhauled.
His wife was struck with astonishment at his on.
accountable behaviour, and so he proceeds in his
search. She becomes ,very nervously Billions k.
find out what he was in search of. What-could it
be? She looked in his face, if possible, togleam
from his expression the object of his search; but no
go, he was sober as a judge. He hfied the edge of
the carpet, looked under the table cover, and final
ly approached-Wirehair, looked under ii, and even
going's° tar as to Fitnsh her dress partially . asideout
what he sought might behidden there. Shecilidd
stattd•it no.longer. She burst out—
" Bob, what are you looking for:"
He &frilled 'ands!netirttned :
" Your tongue, *Ltd I've found it."
A BEADTIII7I. lactrotwri—A naval officer being
at sea in a dreadful storm,his lady was sitting in the
cabin near him, and filled with alarm for the safe
ty of the vessel, was so surprised at his composure
and serenity, that she cried out :
"My dear, are you not afraid how is it posai.
ble you can be so calm in such a dreadful storm!"
He rose from his chair, rushed mike deck, drew
his sword and pointing it to the breast of his wife,
exclaimed :
'" Are you riot afraid r
She insianily answered " NP."
" Why,". said the °facer.
" Semmes," rejoined !lie lady: " I know this
ril4rd is in the hatoll'or . mi husband; and he loves
nowloo well 19 hutt,ute." . .
Reid he, a remember 1 know in wham
I 'believe, and He ebb bivlds the . wthd in HikMae
crater (be.lloW:or Fiji kende Lamy, ga.
.deer.'
imr-' • I Will yod erten the services !" `in q
a dragon of a bicatier, rhe',Was oiatennan by
trade. .
"• No, thank you," said he hall waking kern' a
tresig, 1. I've loft my oyster knife at llama."
(gr " 1. bee much water — rnahe cistern,. Bid
inquired • gentleman °this lb girl, loge
cattle ulr fueu the e eller. " ICS lull at the bottom,
au, but tbefe'e cone at the tap," said Biddy. .
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Otr It is proposed to have graveyards along The
timesaf•oerraiiaeyai at intervals of one mile.—
bip More rapid burial of those who
may be massacred. The age is pmgessive
MIME
The. min-who tell , bauk oo bloom& mow.
ids Was toO - oally wounded. •
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is said that canon railwayoare all to be
bung in black in future—like other beanies.,
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