By HENRY J. STAULE. 38T 0 YEAR. Terms of the "Compiler." ate' The Republican Compiler is published every. Monday mornincr, by nENRY J. STAR LE, at $1,75 per annum if paid in adrunec-Ltit2,oo per annum if not paid in advance. No sub scription discontinued, 'unless at the option of the publisher, until all araearages are paid. se-Advertisements ,inserted at the usual rates. Job Printing done, neatly, cheaply, and with dispatch. Day-Office in South Baltimore street, direct ly opposite Wampler's Tinning Establishment, one and a half sqnarcs from the Court-house, "CONMER" on the sign- f2ocilbij. Prom the Boston Post SONG OF TIIE UNION. liaise the banner of the Union, Sound its music, keep the step, 'Tis the signal-flag of gli.ry, On the land and e'er. the deep.• Rally, freemen, round the 'Union,. ;lark ! the battle-cry we Lear, . 'Till the covenant of our fatherai Sound it far and'aound it near; Fight for it, our precious Union, • I ris the heritage bequeathed,_ Bought with blood ourfathers treasured, Dearer than the air they breathed. Strike a good blow for tiie Union, Ye who've loved it long and well, Old nien gray in freedom's service, Let your blows on treason tell. Strike a good blow for the Voinn, Ye whose hearts with passion glow, Yoting men panting fir distinction, Lead the battle on the foe. Ask ye who despise the Union ? ,Ask ye who the traitors ate ? They,wie those who seek.to break it; J'udge them by the fruits they bear : . 'latching hate between its seetionl, Bringing forth fraternal war, Under cover of religion ; Such as these the traitors are. Beat the long:roll of the Union. Wake the guards and man the walls, Raise the drawbridge on the foetnen, Brains for bullets, vptes for balls ! szit'def JAMES BUCRINAN AT HOME. We have' been permitted (says the- Albany Argus) to , take the follovikug extract : from a private letter.dated at Washington on the 20th of June: at Lancaster on professional business, -1-called-at-iiis,residencer a-mile_and a _half from - the - city, to see Mr. Buchanan, with . whom I had been sornewnat acquainted from his entrance into the United States Senate•in 18;i5. I ,finind him. at Wheatland, ~once a large farm noted for its yield of the cereal which conferred its name, now by sub-divis ions in passing through several generations, reduced to some thirty.ae,res._ He occupies an ancient but spacious brick dwelling, surround ed by a beautiful grove planted by an early owner. The cultivation is limited to a large. garden and a few acres of wheat and oats, while a cow is in full possessio . n of the most beau tiful hickory grove I ever saw. I found Mr. 13. in his library, the largest room in the house, which is well filled with books and very neatly and appropriately fitted up with furni ture of Pennsylvania oak. lie receives his company with a courtesy and simplicity that Inakes every one feel at his ease, though he never appears undignified. his conversation ise he uses, as Mr. idain /auguage to communicate his thoughts. Ile never con founds you with language, or words you di) not understand, nor does he ;Attempt to dazzle by striking impressions or applying pungent epithets. His is the clear, explicit Language of every day life, and which is most heating all stations. Everything about him indicates that he loves order and quiet, and that the tendency of his mind is in favor of utility. There is nothing gaudy or frivolous to be found in his house. Its furniture is plain, substantial and appropriate to its place and uses. His affec tion fur his friends is manifested in all parts of his house. I was much gratified in finding in his library alikeness of the late Vice Pres ident King, whom he loved, (and who did not?) lie declared that he was the most un selfish man that he ever knew, and that from f l u intimate acquaintance of thirty years he :A never kuuwu him to perform a selfish act, Bachanan's tastes are of the must simple kind, and he lives, like his neighbors, without attempting foolish ostentation or wearisome display. his uniform frugality has crowned his latter years with a liberal competence, never contaminated by parsimony. Poverty and affliction never solicited of him in vain. Ile has always been liberal and charitable. He is now G 5 years of age, and has never mar ried. His family consists of himself and niece, whose education has been mainly under his direction, and who accompanied him dur ing his late mission to England, and whose know:edge and sense, derived from books, study and reflection, peculiarly-qualify her to grace and cheer the firesides of the * Sage of 'Wheatland. Mr. Buchanan is very frankwith his friends, and is always ready to avail himself of their suggestions, when appropriate. I was much struck with the attachment of his old neigh bors and friends, and, indeed, of all Pennsyl vanians, to him personally. I saw no man in Lancaster who VMS n6t his devoted friend. You would be surprised to learn the-large number who voluntarily tell you of his numer ous acts of kindness to, them, or their parents, relatives, .or neighbors. Ills old clients are universally attached to him, and many speak of his gratuitous professional services in tight ' ing the battles of the poor. A stranger would suppose that the entire population were his friends. During a stay of two days at his house I found him thron4ed with company,, from early morning till a late hour in the eve ning, who came to congratulate him, up.in his -safe-rztarri frcan--gu nomination. The numerous calla from the Pennsylvania farmers seemed to afford him great pleasure. There was an earnest sinceri ty manifested by them that tonehed the heart. This deep feeling of attiwiimat vas striking,- . - + . . + ' V t. -- _ __ _ _ . ' l . 1 ) 1: . . . . - ~, . ..• r I - ,-• . . I , , ... 7 ..c/ . • ' 'Wt ‘ ri l l • ' o - 1 • .. ,_.•,.,:--,,.,t,..:.,,,:•,.„...:,,,.,,.:„ ________ ________ , k . , • .. ~. _ ~ .0 ,1 ...„ ~ _.... _ 7, Ett . ))4 Yeiwopei----babota io X.iichtiqiie, i)j*kcis, eceANA‘4l jmiel4ediice, Sce. ly illustrated when I was present. A Ken tucky drover had been to Philadelphia and sold his cattle to a city dealer. When the bu siness was closed the latter came with the for mer to Lancaster, a distance of seventy miles, apparently for the sole purpose of congratulat ing Mr. Buchanan and introducing his Western friend. I was told of other us striking instan ces of attachment. I saw many prominent Whigs at his house. and others on the way, Who openly avowed their intention to vote for Mr. Buchanan, The reasons for scvdeing were either personal attachment, or an a-vowed strong desire to re press ell agitation and action tending to disu nion, and a wish to destroy, national harmony and quiet. They seemed to be confident that his election would'produce this desirable re sult. Some referred to our foreign affairs, and expressed the opinion that his experience, wisdom, and prudence, would keep them from falling into confusion, or resulting in con tention or a stain upon our national honor. Mr. Buchanan is a large, muscular man, who enjoys the most perfect health, and is ca pable of enddring as much labor as a young 'man. During the time I was with him I heard of no subject of controversy with which he was not familiar. Ile was early - d istiuguish eil as a sound lawyer. Ten years' service in the House and ten h the Senate made him fa miliar with the legislation and policy of the country.. Three years' service in Russia and three in England as minister, and four in the State Department as Secretary, made him more familiar with our foreign relations than any °ill er living man.—From this you will readily be lieve that it is a treat to -converse with hini on diplomatic as well as on other subjects, and that those who spend much time with him de part greatly wiser than they came. lle in structs without making one feel that-he does so, and you - regret when he is called off from the subject in hand. Had the state of my business permitted, I should have been but too _happy to have enjoyed his hospitality and society for a longer period, and to have profit ed by conversation: with one so well qualified to impart wisdom and knowledge. Like Gen. Jackson, he seems to have noth ing to conceal. Ile remarked that the time was when he was anxious to be elected Presi dent,' but years and the loss cif those who had served long with him in public life, and who would have rendered him theameded support-, had changed his- feeling upon the subject.— He-had now been made a candidate without .an effort of his own, and ho felt bound to sub -mit to the wishes of his friends, and therefore consented to become the representative of their principles and wishes. When referring to the fact that all who entered public life with him had left the , stage, and he was alone, he seem en' deeply affected. A new generation had sprung up around him, to many of whom he was mush attached, but they had not been his companions-in-arms in the political conflicts -of- his-early-life. But the smut-of his early friends had demanded his services, and he had no right to refuse. lie inquired with empha sis, why should I, after forty years turmoil ,and cment of public life, wish to. leave my quiet home, and assume the responsibilities and cares incident to the Presidency ? A sense of duty alone has induced me to accept the nomination. They tell me that the use of my name will still the agitated waters, re store public harmony, by banishing section alism, and remove all apprehension of disu nion. For these of I would not only sur render my own ease and comfort, but cheer fully lay down my life. Considerations like these have imposed upon me the duty of yield ing to the wishes of those who ninst know what the public good requires, I could not doubt he spoke what he strongly felt: It tank' a deep impression upon my mind." I shall long remember this visit, and whatever may be the future course of his political fortunes, killialLnever cease to admire . and venerate the Union loving Sage of Wheatland." - Present - Tntirslatioa of the Bible. The present. translation- of the Bible was made at the command of King James I ; the translators were tifty-fOur of the most learned men of that time, who were divided into five bodies, of which each was to labor on a par ticular part of the Bible, which was thus divided :—The Pentateuch, and the Books of Judges, Ruth, Samuel, and Kings, to the Deans of Westminster and St. nulls, Doctors Saravia, Clark, Lavfiel , l, Leigh, Messrs. Stret ford, Sussex, Clare,Bedwell. From the Chron idles to Ecclesiastes, to Dr. Richardson. and Messrs. Sirlev, Chadderton, Dillingham. Har rison, Andrews, Spablin ,, , _Binge. All the Prophets and Lamentations t(i`Drs. 'Harding: Reinolds, Holland, hilly, Messrs. Hereford, Brett, Fareclowe. All the Epistles to the Dean of Chester, Drs. lintehinson, spencer, Messrs. Fenton, Rabbit, Sanderson, Dakins. The Gospels, Acts, and Apocalypse, to the Deans of Christ Church, Winchester, Worces ter, Windsor, Drs: Perin, Ravins, Messrs. Savile, Harmer. And the Apocryplius, to Drs. Duport, Braithwaite, Ratcliffe, Messrs. Ward, Downes, Boyse, Warde. They met at - Westminster, - Oxford, and Cambridge, as it was convenient-fur each body. The method in which they proceeded was thus :—Several translations of each part were drawn up by the Members of that body to which it was al lotted, who then, in a, joint consultation, se lected three . of the best, or compiled them out of the whole number. Thus, in three years three translations of the whole were sent to London; then six deputies, two from each place, were appointed to extract one transla tion out of the three, which was finished and printed in the year 1611. Generous.—A writer in the Burlington Sen tinel says that in one of the hack towns of a neighboring State, where it is the custom for the district school teacher to "boai-d round," the following incident occurred, and is vouch ed for by high authority: A year or two ago. an allotment being made in the usual manner for the benefit of the school mistress, it In.ppened that the prrpor tion of uric Mall was just two days and a half. The teacher sat down to dinner on the third and war hegirming• to- cat, when the man of the hou ,, e addressed her ac full ilcs : "Madam, I SU prp,se your 10) a rding time out wheo you have eaten half a ditimir, but ft , { I don't want to be mean, you may cat, if • - nee, u _ te-In the reign of about the year 11:;, sheop could f. _,r and wheat en,,i1;411 fur the feNing of IUU wen a whole day cost but a single GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA : MONDAY, JULY 28, 1856. - Traits that index the wlrole - character of a man are sometimes seen at a glance; a word, a look, a single action, tells the whole story, either for good or evil, of a man or woman, to all their fellow voyagers through life. We witnessed an incident a few days ago, which is certainly worth recording. The stage was nearly full when it pulled up to the curbstone to Ow in an old man and a young woman. Who will move, thought we, to give, the strangers room? Nutt 'the four silks on that side ; not the proud, selfish—so we thought, judging perhaps from dress— young man on this side. How we wore mis taken. "Be careful, father," said his tender guide, as he'essayed to place his toot upon the step. •In a moment, the youno• man sprang forward with an assisting hand, delicately tendered, with an "Allow me, sir," as ho led hint to a seat. The poor old man was blind. h ow. that little act of kindness from a st anger must have thrilled through the daughter's heart—she was so extremely, sensi tive to. the wants and necessities of her be reaved. father. Still more when the stage stopped for them to get out, which for a tot tering step unguided by sight, was more dif ficult to do unlittruied—just as are all down ward movements in life. - "Allow me, sir."— Those words again. How their pleasant tones thrilled again from that good heart which prompted the young man to spring out forward of the blind man, and take him gently in his arnis down the steps. . "Thank you, sir," whispered the daughter. "God bless you," spnke the father. That old man—that only young man were taut the only ones made happy by -this little act of genuine politeness. • There is a society in existence 'WA); like most - other associations of the kind, has a stauding rule that all members who come late, or absent themselves, shall be fined a certain sum; unless they are able to give a sufficient excuse tOr tardiness or absence. On one oc casion, a menil•er came in after hours, and the chairman asked him his excuse fintbeing late. "Really, sir," said he, "I was not able to get here befere,- - -- Domestic troubles—perplex ities of mind. I cannot-say wl die first, thy wife or (laughter." - "Ah," said the chairman, ex - pressing, much connnisseration for the father and husband, "I was not aware of that. Remit-the fine, Mr. Secretary,- the excuse is a good one."' The Member consequently took hics seat.— The next morning another member met him, and, with feeling, asked him how his wife and (laughter were? "In excellent health," replied he. "How! I thought you said last night that you did not_know_Arlich one w_auhLdie first?" -"I did ; and am still in a quandary. Time, however, will decide the question.". Shermin, and Randnlph. : ----Mr. Sherman .was representative in Congress from Connec ticut ; his business had been that of making shoes. Joha Randolph, who had Indian blood in him, rose, and with his usual squeak ing sounds, said, should like to know what the gentleman did with his leather apron be fore he set out:for Washington." Mr. Sher man replied, imitating the same squeak, 'I cut it up, sir, to make moccasins for the de scendants of Pocahontas." ". 11l gratulution.—Maloun, a celebrated French physician, it is said, was remarkably fond of drug7ing. Once, having a patient who diligently and punctually swallowed all the stiff: he ordered, he was so delighted at seeing all the vials and pill-boxes empty, that he shook him by the 111111(1, exclaiming,:—"llly dear sir,.it r - eallyords me pleasure. Cu 1 --- 7. tr - yuu, and you ‘l,-, , ;(2rre to be ill!" An holnlyent .Ifdlirr.—Mr. G. W. Kendall, of the New Orleans Picayune, is answerable for the following: —The most indulgent mother I have heard of lately lives smite two-and-a-half hours' drive from San Antonin, on the left. It teas a long time before she would admit that her eldest and 'Jest beloved boy, l a refractory and turbulent little fellow, riefily merited a flagel lation ; and when she finally gave in that he was entitled t o 'a, eourse 4,1 . :Trews, she con tended that he should br! put under the influ ence of eldornthrm before the saplings Were applied. Sol+mum, with.all his wisdom, was bt:hind the presimt f:e-t age in administering to juvenile delinquents:" Ac.o-Pre,::entatiouß are getting common. Th e captain of- a canal boat out we...t has just been presented with a service of five years in the penitentiary, in consideration o the dis tinguished with which lie plundered a passenger and kicked him overboard. Lle"'A. country girl corning from the field, was told hy her cousin that she looked as fresh as a daisy kissed with dew. "Well, it wasn't any feller by that name, but Bill Jones that kissed rue; confound his picture, I told him that everybody would find It uut." "What's the reason you've the wrong side of your stoking turned out?" said Jim to Pat the other day. "The raison—the raison it it?" said Pat, "it's bekase there's a hole t'tother side uv it." r l - 7 X."Pa, I planted Rome potat.,eg in our Arden," said one sd the smart y outlis of this ; vmer a tion to his father, "and lvhat do vou think came up?" "Why potatoeB, of course," "No sir : There came up a drove of hogs and eat there all." PC. -- .2^oite Of Our exchang,es . , in <noticing the pre,entation,of a b iker cup to a cotempurary, says: "He needs no cup. He can drink from any vessel that contains liquor, whether. the neck of a bottle, the mouth of a deinijoltirrt - lre sidle of a keg, or the bung of a barrel." tqi:;' - Speaking of “seatnless skirt , ," whioli re now adverti , ed, the Times say -4 that 'anything that will make skirts seero-leo, will us. ........~ have to f;ass through hoop-frequented streets." Frmiklin tt , •-iA to say that rich w•i'f ows were thi; oily IPIUCC of occuud-baud goods that bold at prime coot. "TRUTH IS MIGHTY, AND WILL I'REVAIL." Scene in a Stage Coach. A Good Excuse. The Disaster on the North Pentea. Railroad. Imposing Funeral Ceremonies— The Dead— : !at:ideals, AT. The late terrible railroad disaster is still the übsorbing,topie of interest in Philadelphia. We-make up from the Bulletin and the Jour nal of Saturday evening the following addi tional particulars : THE SCENES AT THE CTIVIICII St. Michael's church was the scene this clowning of a most intense excitement, it hay • ing been announced that the obsequies of the dead were to be performed this morning, and that a high mass was to be celebrated. The body of the Rev. Sheridan lay in state in frodf, of the altar at the end'of the main aisle, and the church wm shrouded in mourning. The body of the deceased priest lay in a coffin cov ered with black cloth and studded with silver. The body Was clad in white flannel, and there was a small ebony cross placed upon the breast.. The face presented much its natural appearance, but it bore unmistakable marks of the &rad blow that deprived it of life. The throng commenced pouring into the building by little after five o'clock this morning. The people were admitted at the front door, MO after passing up the main aisle and around the body they left by another way. The people crowded m immense numbers to take a final look at the flwe of their beloved Pastor—rich and poor—well dressed and those who were clad poorly—the hard-fea tured laborer -and the sac, delicate faces of young girls—were there, all bowed down by the solemnity of the occasien. There was scarcely a tearless eve. Out in the vestibule a small party of the mouthing people were moaning—not loud, lint in suppressed sobs, qlle poor holy. over conic with grief, could be heard to sob "Olt, 1 could not see my two boys, and now I'm sorry , I've seen him !" The coffins containing the bodies of Ryan, Campbell and others were subsequently brought in and laid across the tops of the pews near the altar: During the time the iodic§ were being brought ipte, the (rhumb frequent masses for the dead '*vrere - said. The high mass, was celebrated- with imposing ceremony. The oration of I)i'. 3loriarty was listened to with: intense interest;—the-,e:ongregatiow-i_was fre quently moved to sobs and tears. The crowd outside the building was immense, and thou sands who were anxious to obtain admission to the church were denied the privilege. THE SCENE DUHINU THE DELIVERY OP VIE DIS During the rendition, of the discourse, which was smoothly - end gracefully delivered, the audience appeared to listen as to the-words Of inspiration. Never had an oration more believing listeners. - At an allusion to the character of the-de ceased pastor, as a pries, as a comforter of his people, as a benelhetor to the neighbor hood, low thrills of sobbing passed through the still air of the elrurch like wailS ; when the orator pictured the _priest at the bedside of the sick and fhe children, this dreadful 'sound intensified, increased in force, though not in loudness, until every heart in the church appeared to be struggling with au emotion too powerful for concealment, and every bosom swelling and sinking with grief. When the death of Father Sheridan was spoken of— "dying as a priest should, at the head of his flock—at his post of duty like a man—pre pared, as a Christian"—these sounds of grief broke forth again with equal power. We never experienced so general and still an ex pression of sorrow in our life—and one had to struggle to withstand the current. A number of females were forced to be taken out of church, (hiring the delivery of the ora hot , althouglthe_ll eat_was_nut_sainten so 6.9 it frequently is at similar gatherings. Some confusion : also occurred at the arrest, of a youthful pickpock . et who was caught exercis ing his }vocation while in the main aisle of the building. Immediately after the cOnclusion of the ser mon, the corpses were borne to the adjoining graveyard and there interred. As they were taken to their last resting. place, the crowd through which the proceAsilm had to pass gave utterance to their feelings - in the most violent lamentations. 'lite vast concourse of persons, after the obse(plie4 were finished, dispersed without any disorder. On Saturday morning the funerals of e_ight other victims touk place, and were all largely attended. The total number of dead and missing is about GO. of the wounded, Bernard 6reen, Thomas Kelly. a son efJames Dugan, floury O'Brien and B. Ilonneghan, have died since Friday morning. A portion of the hotly of a female way * reoovered on Friday morning; it was taken frolu: Ilene:lth a fragment of sheet iron that hail been exposed to intense heat. INCIDENTS OF THE DISASTER. Near the scene of the accident stands Mr. Bitting's hotel. At this house there are sev eral hoarders, ladies and gentlemen, who have secured summer lodgings there to avoid the heated city. The boarders at this hotel were early at the scene of the disaster, and.rendered every service in their power, but what was calculated most to melt the stoutest heart was the following incident: A little, feeble infant was found in the ruinsof oneof theears,pitoons ly crying for its mother. No mother appear ed to answer the summons--she was doubtless crushed to death. Quick as thought Mrs. 0., One of the boarders at Bitting's, seized the little sufferer and placed it to her '- own breast, and there, under the burning rays of the stir', this 'Miim', robbing perhaps her own infant of its nourishment, was sustaining this orphan while all around wag; noise and confusion, and groans, and suffering, and death. Among the strange inehrents of this disas ter was the following: A boy, 15 years of age, was in the foremost car of the wrecked train. When the crash t001.....p1a44e 1 --he thrOWn out through a breA in the car, and esajo inain;ur~ al. lie was so much scared that he ran all the way to the city, and he was the first to carry tlic intelligence of the calamity to C. I;. Esq., whose family was on, ts-ho , upoothr: tri ii. The"%, all esearted it jury. Another. bov about the same a,e had father awl !waler upon tin. train. rpm bear ing the news he stUrtod from the rity novAlk to tior svel t e. lie was picked up by the fl o'clock traiu, when about tea miles from the FURTHER PARTICULARS counsn. THE lIVIII AT, OTHER FUNERALS. THE DE 1D city. he was nearly exhausted when discov ered. THE BURNED BODIES. An eye-witness descrihes,one car which took fire and which was in Patties in an instant, As soon as possible the ear was broken open, but no living soul was left in it. The inmates wrre all dead and enveloped in the fierce flames. Ex-Lieut. Davis, searching among the ashes under some portion of the machinery, found a few calcined human bones in two plaees. They were, without doubt, all that was left of two human beings 1 The remains q' both eould readily be held in the palm of the hand. At the Cohocksink. Station there were Rix bodies unrecognized. Four of them were charred so badly that they never can be known ; the others were those of a boy and - a woman. The limbs of the female were burn ed. entirely of and the remains were in a shocking condition. The boy appears to have been crushed to death and then badly burned. All were burned in the most horrible man ner, and of the whole number there were inn ny that were so mutilated that there is not the slightest hope of their being identified. Very few had'any vestige of clothing left on their bodies, and the heads and limbs of many were entirely off. , CONDITION OF TUE FAMILIF 4 .I OF TUE VICTIMS. Most of the sufferers belonged to the hum bler classes, and their means in many iustan- COS are illy competent to meet the exigencies of the occasion. „Exertions are being made,to provide for thepresort wants of the afflicted families, and John 'Welsh, Esq., the president of the•Nerth Pennsylvania Railroad Compa ny, has contributed $5OO towards the fund. thier $l.OOO have also been subscribed and handed in at the Inquirer office. A Man of (lounge. Brigandayc in the Public St rcets,—Thonins Anderson, a young nano from Philadelphia, while walking from the Bowery through the upper part of Canal street to Broadway, late on Monday night, was set upon by two robbers.- Hearing footsteps .rapidly approaching him from behind, ho partially' turned round, when they accosted him with several questions about the city, and finally demanded his money or his life. Mr. Anderson, not at all -intimidated, jocosely remarked. hat she limo! little of the one and did not care much about the other.- - The -robbersianeing that-his-object was to par ley, hoping tliat the !Nice or some one else might come to his relief, immediately drew and cocked their pistolS, Tiointing "them, the one at his head, the other at his heart, 'and reiterated their demand, giving him two min utes to- comply with it. The two minutes past,-and, Anderson only laughed nt them ; they appeared to consider, however, notwithstanding theie threat, that it would be better to rob the stupid follow by free than to fire upon him, which would prob ably bring the-police-upon them—so, dropping their weapons, they approached him for that purpose.. Anderson sprang back afew steps, and, in an instant drawing a revolver -upon them swore that the first man who moved a hand or stepped a ,fort he would shoot dead. His tone and manner were unmistakable.— They tried to apologize, pleading poverty, etc., and asked him toporn*, thorn to go away about their business. 'Andersen readily grant ed their - regtiest, - and took himself suddenly away, right glad to have escaped from two robbers with loaded pistols, having himself only by chance an old revolver in his pocket which he was taking to a friend.—N. Y. Post. Costly Bird; Rev. John F. Edwards, of Richmond. •Vit., now in Geneva. Switzerland, visited a jeweler in the city, and says: sidle set out on the counter a box. mounted with massive gold. on the top .there was a large - ertameli ed - tul - iva ppa-rently--j ma-burst iug, into full bloom. Ile touched a little spring, and suddenly the flower expanded into, full blossom, and right in the heart of it there sprang up o sweet little bird, of golden plumage. which began to flutter its tiny winn , s,and sing as I have thought nothing bat a real bird of flesh and bones could do : so cheerful, so bird like--= opening its little beak at every note, and really singing a hird song, such as is sometimes heard singing out in the dewy copse at early morn. The price of this bird was *one thousand dollars!" tte'On the banks of the Niger, in Africa, they have a tree called the Shea, from which excellent butter is obtained. The tree is like our oak, and the fruit somewhat resembles the Spanish olive. The kernel of this fruit is dried in the sun•and then boiled, and the but ter thus obtained is whiter, firmer, and of a richer flavor than that obtained from the cow, besides keeping sweet a year without salt. The growth and preparation of this article is one of the leading ol t iects of African industry, and constitutes the main article of their com merce. A Library qf "Perfect Brick.i."—Col. Raw linson has just discovered among the ruins of ancient Babylon an extensive library not, indeed, printed on paper, but impressed ou baked bricks—containing many and volum inous treatises oti k astronomy, mathematics, ethnology, and Several other most important branches of knowledge. These treatises con tain f:u•ts and arguments, which in his opin ion, will have no small operation-on the study of the sciences to which they relate, and which throw a great light on biblical history and criticism, and the history - of our race. :lirThe plan put in operation at New York some week's-ago for the disposition of unpaid letters addressed to persons 'within the United Slutrs, being found to work satisfactorily, the Postmaster General has given directions for it to be extended to all other offices as early as practicable. The plan is that when an un paid letter is dropped into the post office, the Postmaster-is to in_forifi the person to whom it is directed, and on said per,,on remitting the required postage, and prepaying his not,. of reply, the letter is to be forwarded according to its direction. r!=;;, ,- The poor pittanee of seventy years is not worth hoinr4 a villain for. What matters it if y ou r neighbor lies iu a splendid tomb? Slee i vuu in innocence. ue-It seems that the municipal arrange ments around the north pole are very strict. Dr. Kane he was kept from g, , ,ing any farther by the uurth TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR* Fremont and Buchanan Platforms---The Con trast. TAE FREMONT PLATFORM. . . "I look forward to the day when there shill be a servile insurrection in the , South ;.. when the black man, armed with British bayonets and led on by British officer% shall aseerthis freedom, and wage a war of extermination v,' against his master ; when the torch of the in. cella i4.zry shall light up the' towns and 'cities of , the South, and blot out the last vestige orals- . very ; and though I May not mock at theirca ltunity, nor laugh when their fear cometh„yet I will hail it is the dawn of apolitical milieu ium,,,—Jositua 1Z Giddings. • "The Whig party is not only .4ead, but slinks."—Benjamin F. Wade. . ' "1 am willing, in,it certain state-of.circum stances, TO LET THE UNION suns."—Nat. 1 -1 ; Banks. - "On the action of this Convention4cpends the fate of the country; if the Republicans fall at the ballot-box, WE WILL RE FORCED TO DRIVE BACK TOE BLAVEOCRACT WITH FIRE AND SWORD."—james' Watson Wibb.- ' "The times demand and we must have en ANTI-SLAVERY CONSTLT UTION, • AN ANTI- S LAVERY RI tIVE,'AND ANANTI-SLAVERY 00100.AltsOniftir lingame. • "I pray daily that this accursed Union may be dissolved; even if blood hive to Black Republican Clergyman of Poa9h4vepsil. "The Uniou is not worth supporting in connexion with the SonthP—iforaee "The • Constitution is, a reproach , and a league with Tophet."— William Lloyd son. - • - • • • DeCIIANAN PLAriOll2l. . "Tho Federal Union—it must, be pteserved:" —.Andrew, Jackoon; "Disunion is a 'word Which ought not - to he 'breathed amongst us, even in a ivAisiker. !The icol:a ought to be considered one:-.Of dieci4ll . 4 'omen, and our Cleildrii shinctil be tionOht Melt is sacrilege topronOunce Buchanan. Politics in - the Pulpit. The Philadelphia - Ledger of the Ist, lays Quito a: scene of Incitement 'occurred int 1.4 Church of the Epiphany on Sunday night. during a sermon delivered by Rev:Paley . A. Tyng,. The reverend gentleman had previ ously announced that he would , preach a-seri mon on Kansas affairs, and a large audieneo gathered in consequence. True to the an nouncement, Kansas' was the - subjee t'of hie discourse, arid in the course of has remarks, - 4 * we are informed that the speaker was 'severe not only in his reprobation of slavery; but on the conduct of those who wished-to introduce ' it into Kansas. Ho" denounced -the .federal _ government in a style which was , anything but decorous, and , certainly very unfit in a pulpit. .Some portion .of thercongregation sat very uneasily under these remarks, and final ly a respectable membevof the• church felt called-upon to interrupt and-recall: td1;!;t ter to his reason. Hnspoke of the sermon as objectionable in point of matter and in :point of fact—that it was adeseeretion'oftheirdpit and the sacred calling-of the clergy : to Intro- _ duce such subjects, and to treat. theni , in 0.. style suited °ill, to political, and partiian harangues. This' rebu ke Seethed* rather' to ' astonish and disconeert the tlergymanjt lIIp ° paused till the speaker had finished 2his,.,re marks, then looked upon his vvritten sermon, skipped . over severalages, and finished diseourse. The gentleman who adminibtered the rebuke, has the reputation of Intvingsman- - • omitted a number of slaveS,. that would have been worth to him, in money, had he chosen to hold them, at least $20,0p0. The sermon has created'quite a disturbance in'the - church. Some of-the leading members denounce it. -an an attempt to substitute political tirades in the pulpit for the teachings of the word of, fled. We cannot but endorse the Ledger's re-° marks whefriVadds cannet agree_ with them in opinion, and every calm, and sensible man must see that the sacred office of the ministry is in very great'danger of be ing defiled by being blended with partisan politics. .The pulpit is no place fgr discus signs, the nature of which, joined with the in firmity of human temper and judgment, ne cessarily leads to intemperance of thought and speech. If they aro touched at all it should be in soothing the angry passions which they generate, with a view to restore the mastery of reason and judgment. This is the proper office of the clergyman, and in matters per taining to his particular vocation the world defers to his teachings from respect to his character and the sacrettoffice he fulfils. But there is nothing in the pursuits and profession of a clergyman which gives authority to his judgment in political questions, or makes 'it superior to that of any of his congregation,. There every man stands upon his own private judgment. He defers to no authority but his own reason, and presumes to settle the prin ciple of conduct which should guide him, ac cording to his own notions of right and wrong, - of expediency or interest. In nine cases out of ten the secular judgment in secular affairs, is more enlightened and correct than the clerical, because men mixing with the 'world are better acquainted, with the business of the world and the principles of human action which its strifes and interests call continual ly into play. Hence it is unwise for cleriv teen to bring themselves in conflict with men' so much better able to grapple with the exciting questions of the day, and in which their interests, pursuits and aspira tions are so much more deeply centered; It is a, mistaken judgment to suppose that the authority which appertains to his divine teachings carries weight with it into other and different channels, and the clergynian must have a very imperfect conception of his olSie when he attempts to dictate where such 'au- thority does not exist." tharShstrizlliaing.—A — 4 am a stranger in a strange place," said a der , gyman on entering a printing office. "And you'll be a stranger to a better place," replied typo, "if you do not practice adorer what you preach." .4tte , t , j,? .7 , • (; , r,", ‘•‘ En s 4> N 0: X 44
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