ONE DDLLAS PER ANNUM, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
TOWAN I) A :
gflttiriiflt] fllortiius, ifflunfltj] 2*, 1835.
Stlrdcb !soctrn.
[From the ' Knickerbocker Gallery."]
THE SNOW-SHOWER
BI WIXLIA* CCLLES amxsT.
Stand here by nay fide and turn, I pray,
On the lake below thy gentle eyes ;
The clouds hang over it, hea y and gray,
And dark and silent the water lies;
Aud out of that frozen nust the now
In wavering flakes begins to flow ;
Flake alter flake,
They sink in the dark and silent lake.
prone from hail,
All dropping swiftly or "tiling slow
Meet and are still in the depth below ,
Flake after flake
Dissolved in the dark and silent lake.
Here delicate snow-stars, out of the cloud
(Jomo floating downward in airy play,
Like spangles dropped from the glistening crowd
That tvhiten by night the milky way ;
There broader arid burlier masses fall;
The sullen water buries them all:
Flake after flake,
All drowned in the dark and silent lake.
And some, as on tender wings they glide
From their chilly birth-cloud, dim and gray,
Are joined in their fall, and side by side,
Come clinging along their unsteady way ;
As friend with friend, or husband with wtie
Makes hand in hand the passage of life ;
Each mated flake
Soati sinks in the dark and silent lake.
Lo! while we are gazing, in swifter haste
Stream down the snows, till the air is white,
As, myriads by myriads madly chased, .
They fling themselves from their shadowy height, j
The fair frail creatures of middle sky,
What speed they make, with their grave so nigh ; ,
'•'lake after flake,
To lie in the dark and silent lake !
I see in thy gentle eyes a tear;
They turn to me in sorrowful thought;
Thou ihinkest of friends, the good and dear,
Who were for a tune and now are nol;
Like those fair children of cloud and fro.-t,
That glisten a moment and then are lost,
Flake after flake,
All lost in the dark and silent lake.
Yet look again, for the clouds divide ;
A gleam of blue on the water lies;
And fir away, on the mountain side,
A sunheam falls from the opening skies.
Cut the hurrying host that flew between
The cloud and the water no more is seen ;
Flake after flake,
At rest in the dark and silent lake.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
OF
GOV. POLLOCK. ;
FELLOW CITIZENS Cus'om sanctions, ami de
mands, a brief declaration ot the piinciples and
policy to be adop ed and pursued by an Executive
about lo assume the functions of that office. Ihe
character of our institutions demonstrates the pro
priety of such declaration. Ail the just powers ol
the Government emanate from the people, ami to
them should be communicated the manner in
which it is proposed to execute the power confer
red.
The people are sovereign: and in the exercise <
of their sovereignty, they have "ordained and es
lablisheJ" a consii'unon lor tire government ol the
ba e. That constitution, I have this day, in the i
presence of mv tellow citizens, and ol Ilim who is
the searcher of hearts—and with humble reliance
on His wisdom to direct—sworn to support. Ihe
high powers therein delegated to the respective co
ordina'e branches of the Government are cl -arly
expressed and defined. Side by side wi'h the
g a:;t of powers, stands the declaration of the rights
I of the people,recognizing the gpneral, grea l and es.
I sentia! principles of liberty and free government
To guard against the transgression of the powers
I delegated; and to preserve forever inviolate the
rights, liberties, and privileges ol ihe ciizen, thu- J
declared, will be both a du'y and a [Measure, in j
fu.'l harmony with every sentiment of my heart, ev
| ery impulse of my nature.
Republican institutions are the pride, and justly ;
I the glory of our country. To enjoy them is our j
privilege, to maintain them our duty. Civil and
teligious liberty—freedom ol speech, and ot the
press, tiie rights of conscience, and fieedomof wor
kup—are the birthright and boast ol the American
Ci i/.ens. No royal edict, no pontifical decree, can j
restrain or destroy diem la the enjoyment of these !
blessing*, the rich arid the poor, the high and the j
!ow. meet together—the Constitution, in its full j
scope and ample development, shieldsand protects ;
Lcm all. When these rights are assailed, these j
I privileges endangered, ci her by mad ambition, or :
I by influences foreign to the true interests ot the
I V
I oa'ion, anJ at war with love of country—that rio- j
I bie impulse ol the American heart, which prompts |
I i:| o revere home and native land as sacred objects j
I 01 affections—it is then the ballot-box in i's om
I upoience. speaking in thunder tones the will ol the
I People, tebukes the w org, and vindicates the
■ treedmn of ihe rnan— the independence of die citi-
I Z? R- To die American people have the blessings
■ been committed as a sacred trust; they are, arid
I must ever be, their guardians and defenders. The
I American citizen, independent arid free, uriinflu
■ 6'tced by partizan attachment, unawed.by ecclesi-
I a s!na| authoriiy or ghostly iiitolerence—-in the
■ - mng'h of leailess manhood, and in the bold asser
°nol his rights—should exhibit to the world'a liv
■ • e illustration of the superior benefit ol American
I Republicanism; proclaiming a true and single al
I ' d'Race to his country, and to no other power but
I " e that made and preserves us as a Nation "
Virtue, intelligence and truth are the foundation
J H*. JL'-C . By these ocr •istjtirtijns s.:J
THE BRADFORD REPORTER
privileges can, and will be preserved. Ignorance
is not die mother of patroiism, or of Republics. It
is the enemy and destroyer of both. Education, in
its enlightening, elevating and reforming influences
in the lull power of its beniiicent results, should be
encouraged by the State. Nol that mere inteliec
tual culture that leaves the mind a moral waste, un.
fit to understand the duties of the man or citizen,
but that higher education, founded upon, directed,
and controlled by sound anil elevated moral prin
ciple—that recognizes the Bible as the foundation
of true knowledge, as the text book alike of ;he
child and the American Statesman, and as the great
charter and bulwark of civil and religious freedom.
The knowledge thus acquired is the power con
servative of State and Nations; inure potent in its
energy to uphold the institutions of freedom and
the rights of man, than armies and navies in their
proudest strength.
The framers of our Constitution understood this,
arid wisely provided for theesiabhshment ol schools
and the " protection of the arts and sciences, in one
or more seminaries of learning," that the advan'a
ges ol education might be enjoyed by all.
To improve the efficiency of this system, not on
ly by perfecting our common schools, but by en
couraging and aiding " one or more" higher liter
ary insti'uiions, in which teachers can be trained
and qualified ; and to increase the land appropria
ted to educational purposes, are objects which will
at all times receive my willing approval. Money
liberally, yei wisely, expended in die pursuit and
picmotiori ol knowledge is true economy. The in
tegrity of ihis system and its fund must be preserv
ed No division of this fund for political or sec'a
rian purposes should ever be made or attempted.
To divide is to destroy. Party and sectari
an jealousies would be engendered ; the unity and
harmony of the system destroyed, and its noble ob
jects frustrated anil Jefeated Bigotry might re-
I joke, patroiism would weep over such a result.
In the performance of the du'tes now devolved
1 upon me, it will be my desire to aid, by all con- j
sti'U ionalartd legal means, the development of the
i resources of the State; and tc encourage and pro
: mote her agricultural, mining, manufacturing anJ
' commercial interests. A kind Providence has be
slowed upon u*. with a libernl hand, all the e!e
--: tnents ol wealth and greatness Our valleys and
I plains offer their fettile soil to the ploughshare of
; the husbandman, and reward with their rich pro*
I duciions his honorable toil. Our inexhau*tab!e coal
1 fields; our ricli iron deposits; limestone every-J
! Where,,and just where most required; the inter- ;
miuable forest, and our rushing streams; all invite
j the energy and etrerpri*e of our citizens to the de- j
| velopmenl of their treasures, and promise a rich
reward to their labors. The smoke ofour furnaces
| —the ciash of our rolling mill; the hum of the
spindle; and the din of the workshop, attest the
j energy and manufacturing skill of our people; arid
whilst the plough, the loom and the anvil, unite in
1 the productions of wealth, commerce, by herthous
and avenues, is bearing their valuable and abun
dant products to our marts of trade Amidst all
' these great interests, and their rapid and almost ro
mantic development, it is a matter of congra'ula
tion that agriculture, in its various departments, has
awakened public attention to its importance, and
claimed and received from science the liibute of
its aid. Pennsylvania, so deeply interested in the
' success of her agricultural industry, cannot be in
different to the laudable efforts now m iking to per
fect and advance the first, arid noblest pursuit ol
i man. This, and all other branches of industry,
should receive the fosteiit-g care arid encourage
ment of the government.
The interests of our great commercial emporium
1 should receive the considerate attention olthe Leg
islature. Her manufactures, trade and commerce,
are of great and increasing importance, and Phila
delphia, as consolidated in population, wealth, en
terpri-e arid intelligence, ranks and rivals the first
cities of the Union. To make her the fiist among
the cities of our country, should be t fie pride of ev
ery l'eimsylf anian. Her interests are so identified
with the interests ol the State, that they cannot be i
separated wi houl ii jury to bo h A prudent arid J
liberal system of legislation, appropriate to her real
wants, would promote her own and the interest of
the Commonwealth.
A sound currency is essential to the prosperity ol
a commercial people. AM classes of sncie'y, and
every branch of industry, in their varied interests
and economical relations, are interested in securing
and maintaining a safe ciiculaiirtg medium. To
accompln-h this result, wise and prudent legislation
is necessary. The creation of a wefl regulated, and
careful guarded sys'ern ol banking, is not only
sound policy, but beneficial to the legitimate trade
and commerce of the country ; and aids in devel
oping her great natural and industrial resources.—
Our present system of banking,with the limita ions,
restrictions and liabilities, individual or otherwise,
imposed by law on these institutions, has become
a settled policy of the S ate. The checks and
guards thrown around them should not be lessen
ed or removed Their own safety, and the securi
ty ol the public, require their continuance.
Notice of numerous intended applications to the
Legi-la uie for new banks, and increase ol bank
ing capital and savings institutions, has been giv
en as required by the constitution. Without desi
ting to is?urne a hostile attitude towards all banks,
the propriety of inooiporating all that may be call
ed lor, under the noticp given, can not be justified
or defended. The extravagant, improper or unrea
sonable increase ol banks and banking capital, is
not demanded by the wuina of the community,
aud w ill not, arid cannot be sanctioned by the Ex
ecutive. The present commercial and financial
embarrassment of the country ; the depressed state
of tiade ; all past experience, and the more recent
experience ot some ol our sister States, as seen in
their ruined banks and depreciated currency, de
monstrate the necessity ol legislating cautiously
and prudently on this subject.
The number of banks, and consequently the
a.mojt;' of ba.'ik.ng rspi'i! sheufd be h-TBdcJ '•&)
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT TOIVAXDA, R
"REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANV QUARTER."
t and regarded by, the proper demands of active and
healthy trade, and the actual bustners wan's and
necessities of the communi y. This policy, hon
estly insisted upon and pursued, would proiect the
country from the disastrous consequences ol im
provident banking. An extraouiinary and unne
cessary increase of the banks and banking facilities
in seasons of great general prosperity, leads to ex
travagant and ruinous speculation. Such incieace
in limes ot commercial distress, aggravates and
prolong* the evils it was designed to remedy.—
Eu'ertaining these views I will not hesitate to
sanction the re chartering of old and solvent banks,
which by prudent and careful management and an
honest adherence to the legitimate pu-poses ol
their creation, have merited and tc reived the con
fidence of the public. Nor will 1 refuse to sanction
the incorporation ol new banks, when indispensa
bly necessary and clearly demanded by the actual
wants and interests of the community in which
,hey may be located. To no other, and under no
other circumstances, can 1 yield tho Executive
consent.
To promote the welfare and prospeiity of the
Commonwealth, by regulating and increasing tier
finances, economizing her resources, maintaining
her cie.fit, reducing tier debt, arid relieving her
people from oppressive taxation, will be the ob
jects of my anxiouj desire ; and to the accomplish
ment of which every energy of mv administration
will be ilireeted. The public debt, now exceeding
forty millions of dollars, and the annual taxation
necessary to meet the payment ot its interest, se
riously affects the great industrial interests o! the
S'ate; drive labor and capital from the Common
wealth ; prevent the extension and completion ot
her noble system of education, and the prosecu
tion of those laudable schemes of benevolence,
which at once benefit, dignity and adorn a free
and enlightened people.
Every consideration ol State pride, every motive
of interest, require its reduc ion and speedy liqui
dation, by every available and practicable means.
To secure this object, ligid economy in eveiy de
partment of the government; retrenchment in the
public expenditures; strict accountability in all the
receiving and disbursing offices of the Common
wealth; and an honest and faithful discharge of
du'y by all her agents, would contribute much,
and also save millions to the Treasury.
Created by the state, in the prosecution and man
agement of her sjstem ol internal improvements—
a system characterized by "prodigality, extrava
gance arid corrupt political favoritism"—the sale of
these improvemenis,of at least of the " main line,"
as a means of reducing this debt, lessening tax
ation, and saving our tinanci il credit, has for many
years occupied the attention of the people, and
their representatives. Bills for die sale of the main
line have been passeJ by ditee different Legisla
tures, two of which were approved by (tie the
Governors then in office. The people, on the
question being submitted to them in 1814, decided
by a large majority, in favor ol the sale; and ye,
these works, from the detective character of die
law authorizing the sale, ihc restrictions contained
in them, and from odier causes, remain unsold.—
Public sentiment, founded on economical, moral
political considerations, still demands, and the
public wellare still requires, their sale.
The consideration to be paid, the mode, terms
and conditions of the sale, ought to be carefully
considered. Just and liberal inducements should
be oflered to purchasers; whilst at the same lime
the people should be protected against wrong and
imposition By avoiding the errois of former
legislation, a sale on terms favorable to the it-late,
and beneficial to the puichaser may be secured.
It is vain to hope tor a reduction ol the debt, and
relief Iroin taxation, without a sale of the whole ot
part ofour public improvement. Incumbered with
debt, and taxed to support a system, the manage
ment of whicn has been matked by extravagance,
expenditure, fraudulent speculation, and a reckles g
disregard of public interests, the people demand
relief and release from the burdens. The press
and the ballot box have declared the popular will
on this subject, and that will should be obeyed.—
Duiy, and a conviction of its propriety, willpromp
me to give a cordial support to the accomplishuieiq
of this object.
In this connection, and whether a sale of ail o,
any of the public improvements be effected or not,
the abolition or reorganization of the Board ofUana'
Commissioners, and the substcu ion ot some othe r
efficient and responsible system of management,
are subjects worthy of consideration. Eveiy
measure of reform in this regard, calculated to in.
ciease the efficiency and responsibility of the su
pervisory power; protect the interests of the S me.
and correct the real or alleged of the present
system, will receive my approval
The people having in ihe lectnil election decided
against the passage of a law prohibi ing the man
ufacture and sale of spirituous liquors, it will be
come the duly of the iegi.-!aiure and Executive to
consider what other legislation may be necessary
to control and correct the evils ol intemperance.—
Our present license system, although highly penal,
and corrective of many abuses, is s id defective
The facility with which licenses are obtained lor
the sale of tnalt anJ other liquors, is an evil thai
demands arelorm. The number ofplacesin which j
these are sold, should be limited by law; and no j
license granted unless by the Cour'S, and in the j
manner now required in the case pfpublic inns and
taverns; and subject to the same regulations, re- |
strictions sud penalties.
The desecration ot the Sabbath by a traffic so
frui ful ol evil, and so demoralizing in its results, is .
in direct opposition to the law of God, and the
moral sentiment of the people; and is a reproach ;
to the age in which we live. A stringent and com
prehensive law, remedial in i s provisions, and
vindicating the great law of the Sabbath, in it 6
physical and moral relations to man, is required,
nol only by the moral sense of conn; unity, bu
would be justified by every senumentof humanity
every consideration of phrfanthrophy. every tm.
RADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH.
pulse ol pure and genuine patriotism. The history
of intemperance is written in tears and blood.—
Pauperism, taxation and crime follow in its train
A remedy should be applied; and public senti
merit, with the full loice of its motal sanction, w.lj
approve all prudent and constitutional legislation
on this subject.
The pardoning power—the harmonious blending
of mercy and justice m our Constitution—will be
exercised with a just regard to both these importan,
principles. With every desire to extend mercy to
the unfortunate and repentant transgressor, justice
in her stern demands, will not be oveilooked by
the pardon of the vicious and hardened criminal.—
This power has been conferred on the Executive,
not to ovenlnow the administration of justice, bu,
to aid and promote it. It should be exercised wi h
great caution, and only upon the most satisfactory
assurance that it is due lo die condemnm-d, and
th u the rights and security ol the public will no 1
be prejudiced by 'he act. To prevent the abuses o 1
this power, and to piotect the Executive from im
position, notice of the in-ended application should
be published in the city or country where the tiia'
and conviction took place.
Experience has demonstrated the impolicy oj
subscriptions by muncipal corporations, to the stock
of railroad companies. This is especially true in
relation to county sub-criptioiis. The practice
should be avoided, or at least not encouraged by
tat are legislation.
Legislation, so far as practicable, should be gen
eral and unilorm. L-HM! and special legisla ion
ought to be discouraged, when the object can b e
obtained by genera! laws. Its tendency is perni
cious ; and general principles, and public good, are
often sacrificed lo secure personal and piivate
benefi's. "Omnibus legislation" being imprope
in itself and demoralizing in its influence, can no
3 t
receive my sanction. Tne views and practice oj
my immediate predecessor OR this subject, meet
my cordial approval.
Pennsylvania occupying as she does, an impor>
taut and proud position in the sister hood of States
can not be indifferent to tbe policy and acts of the
National Government. Her voice, potential for
good in other days, ought not to be disregarded
now. Devoted lo the Constitution and the Union
—as she was the first lo sanction, she will be the
last to endanger the one, or to violate the other
Regarding with jealous caro the rights of her sister
S'ates, she will be ever reaJy to defend her own.—
The blood ol her sons poured out on the many bat
tie fields ol the Revolution, attest her devotion, to
tiie great principles of American freedom—the
centre tru h of American republicanism. To the
Constitution in ad its integrity; to the Union in its
strength and harmony ; to the rnaimainance in its
purity, of the faith and honor ol our couutiy Penn
sylvania now is, and always has been pledged—a
pledge never violated, ami nol to be violated until
patriotism ceases to be a virtue, and liberty to be
known only as a name.
Enter'aining these sentiments, and actuated by
an exclusive d*-si;e to promote the peace, harmony
am! welfare ot our beloved country, the recent ac
ion of the National Congress and Executive, in
(repealing a solemn compromise, only less sacred
in public estimation than the Constitution itsell—
thus attempting to extend the institution of do.
mestie slavery in the territorial domain of the na
tion, violating the plighted faith arid honor of the
country, arousing sectional jealousies, and renew
ing the agita'ion of vexed and distracting ques
tions—has received from the people of our own and
odier States o! the Union, their stern and merited
rebuke.
With no desire to restiain the full and entire con*
s itutional rights ot Ihe State; nor lo inteifere di
recdy or indirectly with their domestic instiiutionsi
the people of Pennsylvania, in view of the repeal
of ihe Missouii Compromise, the principle involv
ed in it, and the consequences, resulting from it,
matked already by fraud, violence, and strife;
have re aliirrned their opposition to the extension
of slavery into terii'ory now Iree, and renewed thei r
pledge " to the doctrines of the act oi 1780, which
lelieved us by cons itutional means Irom agrievou*
social evil; to the gtcat ordinance ol 1767, in its
lull scope and ail its benificent principles; lo the
protection of the personal rights of every human
being tinder the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and
the United S a es, by maintaining inviolate
the tiial by jury, and the writ of habeas corpus ; to
the asseition ot the due rights of Ihe Nor li, as well,
HS of she S rub, and to ihe integrity of the Union.'
The decl.ua ion oi these doctiines, is but the re
cognition of the fundamental principles of freedom
ami human rights. They are neither new norslait
Img. They were taught by patriotic lathers al the
wa'ch fires of our country's defenders ; and learn,
ed amid ihe bloody snows ol Valley Forge, and
he migh'y throes ol war and revolution. They
were slumped with indelible impress up HI the great
charter ofour rights, and embodied in the legisla
lion of the best and purest days of the Republic
have tilled the hearts, and fell burning from the
lips oi orators and statesmen, whose memories are
irnmortai as the piinciples they cherished. They
have been the watch-word and tire hope ot millions
who have gone belore u*, are the watchword and
ihe hope of millions now, and will be ol millions
yet unborn.
In many questions ol National and truly Ameri
can policy—she due protection of American iabor
and industiy, against the depressing influence of
foreign iabor and capital; the improvement of our I
harbors and rivers; ihe National defences; the
equitable distribution of ihe proceeds of the pub
he lands among the Slates, irr aid ol education at.u
to relieve from debt and taxation; a
"homestead bid;" reform in the naturalization
laws ; and the protection ofour country against the
immigration and imports 1 ton of foreign paupers and
convicts—in all these, we, as a State and people
are deeply interested; and to their adoption and
promotion every encouragement should be given-
To the people of my native State, who have
caled rie to preside ere; her destinies. } ;e; u ;n [hi
tribute of my warmest gratitude for the honor con.
ferred; and my pledge to them this day is, that " f
will try" to realize their expectations, and not be
tray their confidence. In assuming the responsi
bilities of this high office, I would be faNe to my
self arid to the feelings thai now oppress me, should
i hesitate lo affirm iny unaffected distrust in my
ability to discharge its appropriate duties in a man'
iter commensurate wiih their impottance. If I
cannot secure, I will labor to deserve die confi'
detice and approbation of rny fellow citizens. Ido
not expect, I dare not hope, to escape censure. Do
s.-rved censure I will strive to avoid, al! other, to
disregard. Conscious of the rectituJe of my inten
tions; with no ambitious desire to gratify ; no re
sentments lo cherish ; no wish, but for the public
good; it will be my endeavor to perform every
du'y faithfully and learlessly, and having done this
will abide the judgment of a generous public; as
sured that il they condemn the act, hey will at least
award to me Ihe meed of good intention.
With the constitution for my guide; "equal and
exact justice to all" my desire ; die giealest good
of the greatest number my object—and invoking
the aid arid blessing of die God ol our fa hers, and
desiring to rule in His fear—my duty, art I highest
ambition, will be to promote die tiue iuiereM of the
State, maintain our civil and religious privileges,
defend the honor, aud advance the pro-peiity and
happiness of our country.
JAMES ROLLOCK.
' YC UN ARE A BKICK." —A certain college Pro
lessor had assembled Lis class at the commence
ment ol the term, and was reading over ihe list ol
names to see that all were present. It chanced ha'
one of die number was unknown to the piofessor.
having just entered the class
'• What is your name, sir V' a-ked die professor
looking ilnough his spectacles.
" V our are a brick,*' was the startling reply.
"Sir," sail the professor, half starling ouud his
chair al the supplied impertinence, but not quite
that he understood hint correcdy, ' sir Jid I exac ly
understand your answer.' '
" You are a brick," was again the composed re
p!y.
" This is intolerable," said the j rofessor, his
face reddening, '• beware young man how you at
tempt to insult trie."
" Insult you,"said the student,Jui'turn astonished
d How have 1 done i ? '
" Did you nol say I was a brick V returned the
professor, with stiffed indignation.
" No, sir, you asked ine my name and I an.
swered your question. My name U. R. A Brick
—Uriah Reynolds Anderson Brick."
" Ah, indeed," murmured die professor, sinking
back into his seat in confusion. "It was a mis
conception on rny part. Will you commence the
lesson, Mr Biick ?''
YANKEE ENTERPRISE. —The world lias never
1 >et beheld anything so ad verdurous as the spirit of
American commerce. To wa'ch it is to witness
| some ol the finest romances of our time. It i? the
! great Asiastic continent that is jet to be made the
fcene of some of its finest achievements. We
irave done something in that quarter of the world
already. It wa- an American who first thought of
carry ing ice to India. Instead of going out in bal
last, as was often done then, with dollars to buy
some oriental cargo to exchange from place to
11 ice, coming home with something very rich in
i deed, iie took out a cargo ol ica from Massachusetts
i pond. A fourth of the cargo melteJ while the peo
ple of Calcutta were learning what it meant, and
' the rest sold for six cents a pound. The next voy
age the buyers were prompt enough ; the price
was nearly doubled, and yet the ice had no time
!to melt; and ever since ice has become a regular
fndian import from America, 12.000 miles away.
I; was an American who fiist saw the beauty of
Manilla hemp, (hough Englishmen had been pass,
ing it lor years. The American catiieJ home a
few bales, and in ten years tiie importation rose ta
twenty thousand bales. Already is Persia consult
ing Kandahar about clearing away for lire Amen
cans and heir goods into the heatl of the country ;
and already ate the "domestics" woven by the
Lowell giils, who builJ churches and lyceums
and get philosophers and scholars to leciuie to
tlivm—already are these stout Lowell iabrics be
coming familiar articles of wear arid barter to the
moun'ain 'ribes of Asia, who have any raw mate
rial or metchautable thing wherewith to pay The
glory ol commerce is her civilizing influence.—
The influence which America, the youngest birth
of time, is destined to exert, through fier com
merce, upon that mighty Continent where the first
man saw the light, who shall attempt to measure?
A GREAT MAN'S PREFERENCE —[ envy no qu ill
ty of mind or intellect in others—not genius, pow
er, wit, or laney, but if 1 could choose what would
be most deiighttul, anJ 1 believe most useful to me.
I should prefer a linn religions beliel to every oth
er blessing, for it makes life a disciple of gooduees
creates nev hope when all earthly hopes vanish
and throws over the decay, the destruction of exis
ie-icc. the most gorgeous of all lights ; awaken*
lite, even in death, and horn decay calls up beau
ty and divinity; makes an insiiument of torture
and shame the ladder of ascent to Paradise : and
tar above ail combination of earthly hopes, calls
up the most delightful visprns. palms, and amu
ranths the gardens of the blessed, the security of
everlasting joys, where the sensualist aud ihe seep
nc view only gloom, decay, and annihilation.—
Str H Duivy.
' The man behind the age was overthrown by
the advancing civilization of the rising generation."
No he wasn't! He bought two bottles of" kvt h
up" and got ahead.
(fcjT When you feel a little blue, take to phi
lanthropy, dumb-bells, anJ giving quarter dollars
to poor lolks. Nothing like agitating the brain,
rr.gfcles pulse and heart.
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Old Uencuu Stafford.
OM Deacon Stafford—or, a * he was familiarly
c.lleJ Deacon jo—was a rigid Ji.-cipliuarian, and
'"8 ,ll senior church deacon, looked af;er tho
delinquents w„h a sharp eye. Deacon Jo wae in
ie laliiot parceling oui the sermon, giving to each
U l<? ul c ""t?"*gation their portion, according aa
they needeJ.
One warm Sabbath afiurnoon, the pastor, think
ing thai those * ho had no interest in the subject of
religion woo Id most likely fall asleep, prepared
himself 10 preach directly io she church. The dea
con n ori hand, lo "parcel out" the sermon, as
last as itca.ne horn the lips ol ihe minister. Tha
pastor commenced with his close fisied, pennrious
biethien, plainly but earnestly ■
' T " at belongs io brother Giant," said the dea
con.
The next remark was designed lor those who
| nit about doing g rod, L-ut made so piuc.'i noiso
and parade about ii ss lo destroy a great jiart ul the
! good they intended to do.
'■ r Int IS sister G impkins," said Deacon Jo, <•' i.o
mistaking that."
1 lie pastor continued his sermon, but the deacon
I who had tvoifced hatd during the week, fell into a
j dozing slumber Nevertheless, ahhngh the body
of the deacon was sleeping, the mind was active j
and whether e a. B petlormed their function or not,
I each portion was lai hfully parceled out, as though
t the ilercuii had b'en wide awake,
i ' Finally, my brethren, " concluded die parson,
there is a class of persons who listen attentively to
, eveiy sermon, but who aie su freehearted and be
nev. lent ihat tliey do not retain any for themselves
bu- pa eel i, out among their brednen anj sisters."
1 hn's me, by thunder!'• said Deacon Jo, tie
sound ol his voice awaking hiin " and 1 desarvt it!'
M hetiier the deacon continued the practice of
parcelling nut Ihe sermon ulenvaros, we a:e
, Unable to say, tut we presume if he did, thai he
kept a t-rnall portion lor himself.
A Siit.nr Djo —A Iriend of ours has a dog
v. hieh u-cd to be very smart, lie says.
' " Tiicr warn't anything in ail Kantuck/'eaid he,
•'ih.il could begin with hirn, 'cept once. One day
he started a bear, a regular snorter. He put tight
straight oil anJ the dog after him, an 1 brought up
in die rear They were soon oul of sight, but I fol
lowed on tor a mile or so, and came out at last on
a i leaiing where was a log hut, an' a feller setting
i down an smoking his pips as comfortable as pos
; sible.
j '• Did yon see anything ola dog an' a bar goitt'
i by here?" sez I lo the leller.
" Yes I did," sez he.
" Wall, how was it?" sez I.
, " W al,' sez he, taking his pipe out, an* thawing
• his coat sleeve across hia lace," it war about ntp
an lug, though I think the dog had a leetle the ad
vantage."
j How was that ?"
| " Wal. he u-ae at, ijlo a-kead ''
m
I M. I)E Bat.ZACK, was lying awake in bed when
tie saw a man enter his too*n cautiously, and at
tempt to pick the lock ol hia writing desk. The
rogue was not a little disconcerted al hearing a loud
laugh (mm the occupant ol the apaitmeni whom he
supposed asleep.
" Why do you laugh ?" asked tha thielt
'• I am laughing my good lellow," said M. tie
Bdl/uck, " to think what pains you are taking, aud
, what a li.-k you run, in the hope ol finding money
j by night irt a dek where (lie lawful owner can
i never tinJ any by day." Tiie thief " evacuated
I Ftauders" at once.
j " Bieeches of faith," screamed Mrs Partington
j a-< she heard ihe term applied to Mexican violations
| u! the armistice.
j "Wed I wonder what they will have nexf, I
have heard tell ofcloaks ofhypaciisy," &nj " robes
jol purity, but I never heaid of bieeches of laith
| beioie. i hope they're made ol something tha[
won't change or vve.ir out, as old Deacon Gudgin's
, faith did, lor his was always changing. He went
i tio,n believing that nobody would be saved, to
i believe that all would be, and at last turned ou'
p nenologer, and didn't believe nothing. I wonde r
it is as strung as cassimere?" and she bit ofl lief
| thread and prepared a needle full
The St hp r ms.—When a inun comes hone
and tries to boll ihe door wilt a sweei potato,
| pokes the fire with the spout of the ccfiee pot, rd
| tempts to wind up the clock with his bootjack,
j 'ries to cut kinJluig lor his morning's fire with an
: ivory papei-kttile, lakes a cold boiled potato in his
| hand to light him to bed, and ptefers to sleep to
his boo s and hat. you may reasonably infer dial
he has been making the acquaintance ol soma
ve.y f[i-'udiy people
CO" An Irishman go ;n g io m ~kot met a farmer
with an owl.
' Say. inio'.c-r, vvliat'il you take lor your big
eyed luik-'y 1"
'• It is an owl ye baist," replied the a lor.ished
farmer.
'• Det Ha bit Jo I care whether it is ouij oi
jou.ig pi ice ijie b.rd, ye spalpeen."
' Mu her,' said a spartan boy got ig lo battle,
"my sword is too short." " Add a step to ir,"
was the reply of the heroic woman. So should it
be with all our dui es of iile. When we caunoi
reach the height wo aim a;, add a step, and keep
on adding until we reach it.
A T'kuc Ri.Ma.~K —I hold it to be a fact, sate
Pascal, thai if all persons knew what they satJ of
each other, there would not ba four frtmds in ihe
world. This is manifest from the disputis to
which indiscreet reporis from roe lo another give
iso.