(HE DOLLAR PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. TOWANDA: Thursday Morning, June 16, 1859. jstltrieb HAUNTED HOUSES. BT HKNRT W. LONGFELLOW. All house* wherein men have lived and died Are haunted houses. Through th open doors The harmless phantoms on their errands glide, With feet that make no sound upon the floor. We meet thera et the door way, on the stair, Along the passages they come and go. Impalpable impressions on the air, A sense of something moving to and fro. There are more guests at table than the hosts Invite ; the illuminated hall Is thronged with quiet, inoffensive ghosts, As silent as the pictures on the wall. The strangei at my fireside cannot see The forms I see, nor hear the sounds I hear ; But he perceives what is ; while unto me All that has been is visible and clear. Wc have no title-deeds to house and lands ; Owners and occupants of other dates From graves forgotten streteh their dusty hands, Aud hold in mortmain still their old estates. The spirit world around this world of sense Floats like an atmosphere, and everywhere Wafts thro' these early mists and vapors dense A vital breath of more ethereal air. Our little lives are kept in equipoise By opposite attractions and desires ; Tbe struggle of the instinct that enjoys, And the more noble instinct that aspires. These perambulations, this perpetual jar Of earthly wants and aspirations high, Come from the influence of an unseen star. An undiscovered planet in the sky. And as the moon from some dark gate of clond Throws o'er the sea a floating bridge of light, Across whose trembling planks our fancies crowd, Into the realm of mystery and night— So from the world of spirits there descends A bridge of light, connecting it with this, O'er whose unsteady floor, tha sways and bends, Wander our thoughts above the dark abyss. jse ltcltb Calf. [From the Atlantic Monthly.] LOO LOO. i FEW SfEIKS FROM I TRIE HISTORY. CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK. SCENE 111. IN a worltl like this, it is ranch easier to plan generous enterprises than to crry them into effect. After Mr. Noble had purchased the child, he knew not how to provide a suituble home for her. At first, he placed her with his colored washerwoman. But if she remained in that situation, though her bodily wants would be well cared for. she must necessarily lose much of the refinement infused into her by that environment of elegance, aud that atmosphere o! love. He did not enter into my analysis of his motives iu wishing her to be so far educa ted as to be a pleasant companion for hims.-lf The only question he asked himself was, How he would like to have his sister treated, if she had been placed in such unhappy circumstan ces. He knew very well what construction would be put upon his proceedings, in a socie ty where handsome girls of her parentage were marketable ; and he had so long tacitly acqui esced in the customs uround him, thai In* might easily have viewed her in that light himself, had she not become invested with a teuder and sacred interest from the circumstances in which he had first seen her, and the innocent, confid ing manner in which she had implored him to supply the place of her father. She was al ways presented to his imagination as Mr. Dun can's beloved daughter, never as Mr. Jack son's slave. He said to himself, " May God bless me according to my dealings with this or phan ! May I never prosper, if I take advan tage of her frieudless situation." As for his protegee, she was too ignorant of the world to be disturbed by any such thoughts. " May I call you Papa, as I used to call my father ?" said she. For some reason, undefined to himself, the title was unpleasant to him. It did not seem as if his sixteen years seniority need place so wide a distance between them. " No," he re plied, " you may be my sister." And thence forth she called him brother Alfred, and he called her Loo Loo. His cariosity was naturally excited to learn ail be could of her history ; aud it was not long before he ascertained that her mother was a superbly handsome quadroon, from New Or leans, the daughter of a French merchant,who had given her many advantages of education, but from carelessness had left her to follow the condition of her mother, who was a slave. Mr. Duncan fell iu love with her, bought her, and remained strongly attached to her until the day of his death. It had always been his in tentiou to manumit her, but, from inveterate habits of procraNtination, he deferred it, till the fatal fever attacked them both ; and so Aw child was also left to follow the condition of her mother." Having neglected to make a will, his property was divided amoug the sons of sisters married at a distance from him. and thus the little daughter, whom he had so fond ly cherished, became the property of Mr Jack son, who valued her as be would a handsome colt likely to bring a high price in the market. She was too young to understand all the de gradation to which she would bo subjected, but •he had once witnessed an auction of slaves, •ad the idea of being sold filled her with ter ror fcoe had endured six months of corrod ing homesickness and constant fear, when Mr. Noble caiue to her rescue. After a few weeks passed with tbe colored washerwoman, she was placed with au elderly French widow, who was glad to eke oat her n!i income by taking motherly care of ber, •ad giving ber instructions in music aadFreach. Trt ca;te to which she bo onged on the troth THE BRADFORD REPORTER. er's side was rigorously excluded from schools, therefore it was not easy to obtain for her a good education in the English branches. These Alfred took upon himself ; and a large portion of his evenings was devoted to hearing her les sons in geography, arithmetic, and history.— Had any one told him, a year before, that hours spent thus would have proved otherwise than tedious, he would have believed it. But there was a romantic charm about this secret treasure, thus singularly placed at his diposal; and the love and gratitude he inspired gradu ally became a necessity of his life. Sometimes he felt sad to think that the time must come when she would cease to be a child, and when the quiet, simple relatiou now existing between them must necessarily change. He said to the old French lady, " By and by, when I can afford it, I will send her to one of the best schools at the North. There she can become a teacher and take care of herself." Madame Labasse smiled, shrugged her shoulders, and said, " j\ous tenons." She did not believe it. The years glided on, and all went prosper ously with the young merchant. Through va rious conflicts with himself, his honorable res olution remained unbroken. Loo Loo was still his sister. She had become completely en twined with his existence. Life would have been very dull without her affectionate greet ing*, her pleasant little 6ongs, and the grace ful dances she had learned to perform so well Sometimes, when he had passed a peculiarly happy evening in this fashion, Madame La basse would look mischeivous, and say, " But when do you think you shall send her to that school ?" True, she did uot often repeat this experiment ; for when she did it, the light went cut of his countenance, as if an extin guisher were placed upon his soul. " I ought to do it," he said within himself ; " but how can 1 live without her?" The French widow was the only person aware how romantic aud how serious was this long epistle in his life.— Some gentlemen, whom he frequently met in business relations, knew that he had purchased a young slave, whom he had placed with a French woman to be educated ; but he had told them the true state of the case, they would have smiled incredulously. Occasionally, they uttered some joke about the fascination which made him so indifferent to cards and horses ; but the reserve with which he received such jests checked conversation on the subject, and all, except Mr. Grossman, discontinued such attacks, after one or two experiments. As Mr. Noble's wealth increased, the wish grew stronger to place Louisa iu the midst of as much elegance as had surrounded her iu childhood. Whan the house at Pine Grove was unoccupied, they often went out there, ai.d it was his delight to see her stand under a Go thic arch of trees, a beautiful tableau rirant, framed ir. vines. It was a place so full of heart memories to her, that she always lingered there as long as possible, and never left it without a sigh. In one place was a free which her fa ther had planted, in another a rose or a jessa mine her mother had trained. But dearest of all was a recess among the pine-trees, on the side of a hill. There was a rustic garden-chair, where her father had often sat with her upon his knee, reading wonderful story-books, bought for her on his summer excursions to New York or Boston. In one of her visits with Alfred, she sat there and read aloud from " Lalla Rookh " It was a mild winterday. The sun light came mellowed through the evergreens, a soft carpet of scarlet foliage was thickly strewn beneath their feet, and the air was red olent of the balmy breath of pines. Fresh and happy in the glow of her fifteen surpmers, how could she otherwise than enjoy the poem ? It was like sparkiing wine in a jewelled goblet. Never before had she read anything aloud in tones so musically modulated, so full of feeling. And the listener ? How worked the wine in him ? A voice within him said, "Remember your vow, Alfred ! this charming Loo Loo is your adopted sister"; and he tried to listen to the warning. She did not notice his tre mor, when he rose hastily, aud said. "The sun is nearly setting. It is time for my sister to go home. " Home!" she repeated with a sigh, " Thu is my home. I wish I could stay here always. I feel as it the spirits of my father aud mother were with us here." lie sighed for an ivory palace inlaid with gold, he would have wished to give it to her—he was so much in love ! A few months afterward, Pine Grove was offered for sale. He resolved to purchase it, and give her a pleasant surprise by restoring her old home, on her sixteeulh birthday. Mad ame Labas>e, who greatly delighed in manag ing mysteries, zealously aided in the prepara tions. When the day arrived, Alfred propos ed a long ride with Loo Loo, iu honor of the anniversary; and during their absence, Mad ame, accompanied by two household servants, established herself at Pine Grove. When Al fred returned from the drive, he pioposed to stop and look at the dear old place, to which his companion joyfully asseuted. Bat nothing could exceed her astonishment at finding Mad ame Labasse there, ready to preside at a table spread with fruit aud flowers. Her feeliugs overpowered her for a moment, when Alfred aid, " Dear sister, you said you wished you could live here always ; and this shall hence forth be vour home." " You are too good !" she exclaimed, and was abont to burst into tears. Bat he arrest ed the r course by saying, playfully, " Come, Loo Loo. kis mr hand, and say, 'Thank you Sir, for buying me.' Say it just as yoa did six years ago, you little witch !" Her swimming eyes seemed like sunshine through an April shower, and she went throagb tbe pautomiue, which she had often before per formed at his binding. Madame stepped in with her little jest: " But, Sir when do you think yoa shall send her to that pension ?" " Never mind,,' he replied, abruptly ; " Let os be happy !" And he moved toward tbe ta ble to distribute the fruit. It was an inspiring spring day. and ended it the loveliest of evenings. The air was filled with the sweet breath of jeeaneioes and orange blossoms. Madame tone bed the piano, and, Jo quirk cbediecre to the eirclinf ecind, A1 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH. " REGARDLESS or DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER." Fred and Loo Loo began to waltz. It was long before youth and happiness grew weary of tbe revolving make. But when at last she complained of dizziness, he playfully whirled her out upon tbe piazza, and placed her on a lounge under the Cherokee rose her mother had trained, which was now a mass of blos soms. He seated himself in front of her, and they remained silent for some moment, watch ing the vine-shadows play in the sunlight. As Loo Loo leaned on the balustrade, the cluster ing roses hung over her in festoons, aud trailed on her white muslin dra|>ery. Alfred was struck, as he had been many times before, with the unconscious grace of her attitude. In im agination, he recalled his first vision of her ear ly chilhood, the singular circumstances that had united their destinies, and the thousand endearing experiences which day by day had strengthened the tie. As these thoughts passed through his mind, he gazed upon her with devouring interest. She was too beauti ful, there in tbe mooulight, crowned with roses ! " Loo Loo, do you love me V* he eiclafm ed. The vehemence of his tone startled her, as she sat there in a mood still and dreamy as the landscape. She sprang up, and putting her arras abont his neck, answered. " Why, Alfred, you know your sister loves you." " Not as a brother, not as a brother, dear Loo Loo," he said, impatiently, as he drew her closely to his breast. " Will you be my love? Will you be my wife ?" In the simplicity of ber inexperience, and the confidence induced by long habits of familiar reliance upon him, she replied, " I will beany thing you wish." No flower was ever more unconscious of a lover's burning kisses than she was of the strug gle in his breast. His feelings had been purely compassionate in the beginning of their intercourse ; his in tentions had been purely kind afterward ; but he had gone on blindly to the edge of a slip pery precipice. Humau iiature should avoid such dangerous passes. Reviewing that intoxicating evening in a calmer mood, he was dissatisfied with his con duct. In vain he said to himself that he had but followed a universal custom ; that all his acquaintance would have laughed iu his face, had he to'd them of the resolution so bravdy kept during six years. The remembrance of his mother's counsels came freshly to his mind; and the accusing voice of conscience said, "She was a friendless-orphan,whom misfortune ought to have rendered sacred. What to you is the sanction of custom ? Have you uot a higher law within your own breast ?" He tried to sileuce the monitor by saying, " When 1 have made a little more money, I will return to the North. I will marry Loo Loo on the way, and she will lie acknow'edg ed to the world as my wife, as she is now with in my own soul." Meanwhile, the ophan lived in her father's house, as her mother had lived before her. She never aided the voice of Alfred's conscience by pleading with him to make h°r his wife ; for stie was completely satisfied with her condition, and had undoubting faith that whatever he did was always the wisest and tbe best. SCENE IV. They had lived thus nearly a year, when, one day as they were riding on horseback. Al fred saw Mr. Grossman approaching. "Drop your veil," he r-aid quickly, to his companion ; for he could not bear to have that Satyr even look upon his hidden flower. The cotton-bro ker noticed the actios, but silently touched his hat, and passed with a significant smile on his uncomeh countenance. A few days afterwards when Alfred had gone to his business in the city, Loo Loo strolled to her favorite recess on the hill side, and lounging on the rustic seat, began to read the second volume oP'Thaddens of Warsaw." She was so deeply interested in the adventures of the noble I'ole, that she for got herself and all her surroundings. Masses of glossy d irk bair fell over the delicate hand that supported her head ; the morning-gown of pink French muslin, fell apart, and reveal ed a white embroidered <-kirt, from beneath which obtruded one small foot, in an open work silk stockihgs ; the slipper having fallen to the ground. Thus absorbed, she took no note of time, and might have remained until summoned to dinner, had not a slight rustling disturbed her. She looked up. and saw a coarse face peering at her between the pine boughs, with a disgustiug expression. She at once re cognized the inan they had met during their rtde ; and starting to her feet, she ran like a deer before the hnnter. It was not till she came near the house, that she WHS aware of ha ving left her slipper. A servant was sent for it, but returning saying it was not to be found She mourned over tiie loss, for the littie pink kid slippers, embroidered with silver, were a birthday present from Alfred. As soon as he returned, she told him the adventure, and went with him to search in tbe arbor of pines. The incident troubled him greatly. "Whata nox ious serpent, to come crawling into our Eden!" he exclaimed. " Never come here alone again, dearest ; and never go far from the house, un less Madame is with yon." Her circles of enjoyment was already small, excluded as she was from society bv her anom alous position, and educated far above the caste in winch the tyranny aud custom so absurdly placed her. But it is one of the blessed laws of compensation, that the heman soul cannot miss that to which it has never been accus tomed. Madaroe's motherly care, and Alfred's unvarying tendeme*?, snfficed her cravings for afiection ; and for amusement, she took refuge in books, flowers, birds, and those changes of natural scenery for which her lover had such quickness of eye. It was a privation to give up her solitary rambles iu the groonds, ber in spection of birds' nests, and her readings in thai pleasant alcove of pines. Bat she more than acquiesced in Alfred's prohibition. She said at oooe that she would rather be apriaooer within the house all ber days than ever to see thai odious face again. Alfred fell so Impulse to seize h' by the throat, and strangle him on the spot. But why should he make a scene with such a man, aud thus draw Loo Loo's name into painful notoriety ? The old roue was evidently trying to ferment a quarrel with him. Thorouglv ani mal in every department of bis nature, lie was boastful of brutal courage, and prided himself npon having killed several men iu duels. Al fred conjectured his line of policy, and resolved to frustrate it. He therefore coolly replied, " I have seen such slippers ; they are very pretty and turned away, as if the subject were indifferent to hiru. "Coward!" muttered Grossman as he left tbe counting-room. Mr. Noble did uot hear him ; aud if he had it would not have altered his course. He could see nothing enviable in the reputatiou of being ever ready for brawls, and a dead shot in duels ; aud he knew bis life was too important to the friend less Loo Loo to be thus foolishly risked for the gratification of a villiao. This incident renewed his feelings of remorse for the false position iu which lie had placed the young orphan, who trusted him so entirely. To hisgeuerous nature, the wrong seemed all the greater, because the object was so unconscious of it. "Itis I who have sub jected her to the insolence of this vile man," he said within himself. " But I will repair the wrong. Innocent, confiding soul that she is, 1 will protect her. The sanction of marriage shall shield her from such affrouts." A!a9, for poor humau nature ! He was Kin cere in his resolutions, but he was not quite strong euougb to face the prejudices of the so ciety in which he lived. Their sneers would have fallen harmless. They could uot hu\e taken from him a single thing he reailv valued. But be had uot learned to understand that the dreaded power of public opiuiou is purely fabu lous, when uiibustuiiied by the voice of con science. So he fell into the old snare of moral compromise. He thought the best he could do under the circumstances, was to hasten the pe riod of his departure for the uortb, to marry Loo Loo iu Philadelphia, and to remove to some part of the couutry where her private his tory would remain unknown. to muke mouey for this purpose he, had more and more extended his speculations, and they had uuiformiy proved profitable, if Mr. Grossman's offensive conduct had not forced upou him a painful consciousness of his position wuh regard to the object of his devoted affec tion, he would have liked to remaiu iu Mobile a few years longer, and accumulate more ; but, as it was, he determined to remove as soon as he could arrange his affairs satisfactorily. He sat about it in good earnest But, alas ! the great pecuniary crash of 1?>37 was at haud. — liv every mail came news of failures where he j expected paymeuts. The wealth whicD had ; seeuied to be so certain a fact a few months before, where had it vanished ? It Lad flouted 1 away, like a prismatic bubble on the breeze He saw that ruin was inevitable. All that lie ' owned in the world would uot cancel his debts. Aud now came the horrible lecoilectiou that Loo Loo was a part of his property. Much as he had blamed Mr. Duncau lor negligence I in not manumitting her mother, he had tallen i into the same snare, in the fullness of his prosperity and happiness he did not compre hend the risk he was running by delay. He j rarely thought of the fact tbut she wus legally : his slave ; aud when it did occur to him it was always accompauicd with the rcccollectiou that i tbe laws of Alubamadid not allow him to emaucipaie ber without K end;ug her uwuy from the State But this uever troubled him, be cause there was aiw'ays present with him that vision of goiug to tbe North and making her his wife. So time slipped away, without his tuking unr precautious ou the subject ; aud now it was too late. Immersed in debt as he was, the law did not allow him to dispose of anything without the conseut of his creditors ; and he owed teu thousand dollars to Mi Gross man. Oh, agony ! sharp agouy ! There was a meeting of the creditors. Mr Noble rendered an account of all his property, : in which he was compelled to iuclude LouLoo; but lor her heoffered to give a note for fiiteeu hundred dollars, with good endorsement, pay abie with interest in a year. It was known that hi? attachmeut for the orphan he had edu cated amounted to almost infatuution ; und his proverbial integrity inspired so much re spect, that the creditors were disposed to grant him any indulgences not incompatible with their own interests They agreed to accept the prof fered note, all except Mr. Grossman, lie in sisted tliut the girl should be put up at auction For her sake the ruined merchant condescend ed to plead with him. lie represented that the lie between them was very UilTeretit from the merely convenient connections which were so cemmon ; that Loo Loo was really good and modest, and so sensitive by nature, that expo sure ts public sale would nearly kill her. lue seifish creditor remained inexorable. Itie very fact that this delicate flower had been careful ly sheltered from the mud and dust of the wu v side, rendered her A more desirable prize, lie coolly declared that ever s.nce he had seen her in the arbor, he had been determined to have her ; and now that fortune had put tiie chance iu his power, no money should induce him to relinquish it. The sale was inevitable ; aud the enly re maining hope was, that some kiud friend might be induced to buy her. Ttiere was a gentle man in the city whom I wiil call Frank Help er, be was a Kentuekiau by birth, kmd and open-beurU-d— a slave holder by habit, not by nature. Warm feelings of regard had long ex isted between him and Mr. Noble ; aui to him the brokeu merchant applied for advice iu this torturing emergency. Though Mr.Helper was possessed of but moderate means, he had origi nally agreed to endorse his fneud's note for fif teen buudrcd dollars ; and he promi-ed to em powor some one to expend three thoosaud dol lars iu the purchase of Loo Loo. " It is uot hkely we shall be obliged to par so moch," said he. " Bad debts are pouring in upon Grossman, and he hasn't a mint of money to spare, however big be may talk. We will begin by offering fifteeu hundred dollars ; and she will probably be bid off for two thoo seod." "B!d off' O ray Go* V •jell!:** tha wretched man. lie bowed his head upon his out stretched arms, and the table beneath him shook with his convulsive sobs. Ills frit i d was unprepared for such an overwhelming out burst of emotion He did not understand, no one but Alfred himself could understand the peculiarity of the ties that bound him to that poor orphan. Recovering from his unwonted mood he Hi quired whether there was no possible way of avoiding a sale. " I am sorry to say that there i 9 no way, my friend," replied Mr. Helper. "Toe laws invest this man with power over you ; and there is nothing left for us but to undermine his projects. It is a hazardous business, as vou well know. You must not appear iu it, neith er can I ; for I am known to be your intimate friend. But trust the whole affair ro me, nnd I think I can bring it to a successful issue." The hardest thing of all was to apprize the poor girl of her situation. She had never thought of herself as a slave, and what a ter rible awakening was this lrcm her drearn of happy security ! Alfred deemed it most kind and wise to tell her of it himself; but he dread ed it worse than death. He expected she might swoon ; he even feared it might kill her But love made her stronger than he thought When, sfter much circumlocution, he arrived fit the crisis of the story, she pressed her hand hard upon her foreheod, and seemed stupefied. Then she threw herself into his arms,and they wept, wept, wept, till their heads seemed crack ing with the ugony "Oh, the avenging Nemesis!" exriaimed Alfred at list. " I have deserved all this. It is all mv own fault. I ought to have carried you away from these wicked luws. I ought to have married yoQ. Truest, most affectionate of friends, bow cruelly I have treated yon ! you, who put the wellare of your life so COH fidinglv into my hands !'' She rose np from bis boom, aud looking him lovingly in the face replied— "Never say that, dear Alfred ! Never have such a thought again ! Yoa have been the best and kindest friend that woman ever had If I forgot that I was a slave, is it strange that you should forget it ? But, Alfred, I will never be the slave of any other man—never ! I will never be put upon the auction staud. I will die first !" "Nay, dearest, make no rash resolutions," I have friends who promi?e to save you, arid restore us to each other. The form of the sale is unavoidable. So, for my sake, consent to the temporary humiliation. Will vou, darl ing V He hud never before seen such an expres sion in her face. Her eyes flashed, her nos trils dilated, and she drew her breath like one in the agonies of death. Then pressing his band with a nervous grasp, she answered— " For your sake dear Alfred, I will." CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK. THE FAMILY CIRCLE —The Baltimore Sun, nliudiug to the prevalence of crime nmcng boys, properly asserts that one of the main causes of the decline of morality is the decay of parental discipline. The family circle, the domestic hearth, is the true fountain of purity or corruption to public morals. Most people become w hat they are made at home. They go forth into the world to act out the character they have formed in the first fourteen year? of their lives It is alleged in excuse that chil dren have become more unmanageable than they used to be. We reply that human nature and human relations are unchanged. Children are just as amenable to authority as they ever were This is the main purpose for which Pro vidence has made them helpless aud dependent —that they may be trained to obedience, or der, industry, and virtue It is not true that parents have not absolute control over the ir children as they ever bad Where there is de pendence, obedience tnav be enforced. The real fact is, that parents are too indolent, to indif ferent, to take pains to train up their children in the way they should tro. It requires perpet ual vigilance, and they get tired, it requires self-control to exercise a proper authority over others. Self conquest is the greatest victory of all. There can be no just parental discipline w here there is no character to back it. CUIMOUS CALCULATION —The vast number of inhat itants who do live, and have lived, npon the fa.-c of tbe earth, appears at first sight, to defy the powers of calculation. But if we sup pose the world to have existed six thousand vears ; that there now exist one thousand millions ; that a generation passes away in thirty years ; that every past generation arer ages the present ; and that four Individuals stand on one square yard, we w iil find that the whole number will not occupy a compass so ere it as one fourth the extent of England. Allowing rix thousand years since the creation and a generation to pa-s away in thirty years, we shall have two hundred generations, which at one hundred millions earn, will be two hun dred thousand millions, which being divided by four persons to a squire yeard, wiil leave fifty thousand nrliions of -quare yards ; there are, in a mile square, three millions, ninety seven thousand, six hundred qu ire yards ; by which, if the former sum lie divided, it will give sixteen thousand one hundred and thirty three square uiies, the root of which, in whole n imlieis, s abont one i.undred and twenty seven so that one hundred and twenty-seven mt'es square will be found sufficient to contuiu the immense and almost inconceivable number of two hundred t'iionand millions of hamon beings which vast number rather outnumbers the second? of time that have passed since creation —English Paper. fgff" A rchoolboy of abont six years of age approached the master with a bold look and self-coufident air, when the following dialogue ensued : " May I be dismissed, sir?" " What reosoo have you for makirg the re quest, Tboraae ?" " 1 -reef to take my woexu out f'esg+'og, VOI.. XX. —xo. •>. MORTAMT V OF Cuit.DßEx ix KISSIA.—A ter rible picture of the mortality of ciii!dreu in Russia is given in a joumai culled the Ilo*sij Dnrmik. It appears that H vai-t proportion of this premature death i*> assignable to that caru- Itssness of mothers, which continually expos® children to fatal accidents. " The indifference of our pea c utry, M observed a writer in the journal above mentioned." with respect to their children exceeds ail belief. They give them selves not the least concern about tbeir off spring. The consequence is that only u very small proportion of the children brought into the worivi reach maturity. The mortality of chil iren tinder livo years of age is, no doubt, considerubio in all countries, but in Russia It is frightful. .Many more than one-half of ths ci iidreu t>orn in this country die in the very earliest period of infancy. One-eighth die be tween the ages of five and tea, uad another eighth between ten and twenty ; thus threu fonrths perish before reaching mature agw. Where ure we to look for the cao.se of tbis mortality '{ It cannot be referred to climate, f<-r throughout the whole extent of Russia there is no cliuiute more inimical to health than that of St. Petersburg; and yet iu the capital the deaths in infancy ure not. es in oth er parts of the empire, in ibe proportion of one half, but only of one-third, to the births. The reasou is that the children are more cared for, and their physical development is better at tended to iu St. Petersburg tbun iu the prov inces. The ignorance a-d superstition of the lower classes of the people have, iu many In stances. a most fatal influence on the manage ment of children. Of this, the following facts afford a melancholy example. Last Aogast small pox of a very maliguaut character broke out in several villages of the govermeut of Vo ronetz, and made fearful ravages among th® children of both sexes. The activity of th® disease was considerably heightened by the bu mid climate, the uncleanliness of the people, the bad quality and ecantiness of food, and the ig norance and cegl.gence of mothers iuthe treat ment of patients. A physician residing iu one of the iufected districts found a young cbiid suffering under a most terrible attack of small pox. lie offered his professional assistance, which wus obstinately rejected by the mother, who observed that if it were written that her child must die, no doctor could save him How ever, the poor woman was fondly attached to her child, and at length she yielded to thedoo tor's recommendations, and 6aid : " Well you may try to cure bim, and may God help you • On being a-ked why the child bad not been vaccinated, she replied that when the men came into the vlllcge to vaccinate the children she hid her boy, and though the men came into her hut several times they could not find him Yac ciiia'ios., she observed, was an impious practice, and she could r.ot charge her conscience with the eiu of making her child a victim of it ' But,' said the doctor, ' you could have b®eu ccmjK-lied to have your child vaccinated.' Th® woman shook her head sorrowfully, and wept. Another woman who happeued to be present, said that she had a child, and that if any doc tor were to vaccinate it she would suck th® matter or tveu bite out the piece of flesh with her teeth to prevent the diabolical operation taking effect This opinion on the subject of vaccination is gatieral among the Ruskolmks, or schematics, of thedistricl of Kcrotoiak; but it also prevaiN in districts in which there ta BO schism The Russian peasantry generally look upon a doctor with distrust : and, iu cases of sickness, they invariably prefer the assistance of the village sorcerer."— Bulletin. Work —There is a peculiar nobleness and even saeredness in work. Were he ever so benighted, forgetful of his high calling, there is always i:ope in a man that actually and ear nestly works : in idleness aloue there is perpet ual desinir. Work, never so mammonish, mean is in communication with nature ; the real da sire to get work done will itself lead one and more to trutn—to nature's appointments and regulations, which arc truth. Consider how even in the meanest sorts of iaoor, the whole 60u! of man is composed iuto a kind of real har mony, the instant lie sets himself at work.- Doubt, deire, sorrow, remorse, indignation d m those of worMl* creates art thosa of f .acfintsesr ted pea-*