'A.....4 -- .-,.. o;rrittoit, . • tro,t4ti.. • For the Democrat. P.RIkltr.DS HIP... BY S. W. T. . . Siveel, toned a& music of the spheres, Heard oikly - by celestial ears; Beguiling as the streamlets flow, Orrustle of descending - snow; Transporting as the dulcet strain, • • That rose fromlfetnnon's mystic fane ; - Harmonic as the linnet's trill, Or cool of the wbippowiil; Bewitching as the minstrel's flute— Soft as Pan's Arcadian's lute; Insinuating as a tune , .'Tost lovers warbtetneath the moon; Or music of a Wended shell, :Which seems of 'ocean deep to tell, • - Is Friendship's cheering voice - That mates the soul rejoice, . Like bints'uncag,ed, and bid to soar In boundless realms of once more. Blest Friendship !daughter of the skies, At thy approach, grim hatred flies; - Revenge conceals the treacbant blade, And seeks again his diimal shOe. Without thy presence, goddess dear, O 4 lives were only sorrow hero; Thise absent, where'd be human bliss?' In other regions,—not in this. Then haste, 0 Time! the joyous day, When all'shall yield re, Friendship's sway; Within her temple bout, And breathe the solemn vow, To keep the "golden' rule" in view, And be to self and others true. ' Sunny Glen, Pa. . ' • ' 1k waggish correspondent tells the fol lowing, and vouches for its truth. It is the hest joke We have heard lately ; It appears that a will osier in this town,of a somewhat gallnttlisposi tion, had been accustomed- to visit the residence of the widow —; whet hi-r to see the amiable widow herself, or her'daughters, our informant: did - not know. One evening he found the fami ly party hard at work on some garments of cloth. The girls were sewing,arid the was pres, sing the seams. The wild...!wer hung up his hat, as usual; and took his seat by the fire. Just nt thSt moment it happened that. the widow had .dose, with the pressing iron, [vulgo, a tailor's zom.e.l . She sat it down on the hearth and ctlled toiler-negro ruin in a loud voice, - -lake , sake, came and takeout tills goose." . The ower .taried *up with ..stonishnient, not.. konw. ingwh it to rinike of this'abrupt order. " Jake, d.i veil hear ow!" wririn exclaimed tlie, widow. I - bezt, yonr_plrditn, said-the virdnaL et ; aeitation,"liut pray dori't call for. 'Jake—if you me to leave your house,. I'll go nt ..nee-'ad without the iiiterforente of sec. The aitfi laughter,,.-..ind it some rr (orients to exjAnitt it. the poor man his mistalee That xis ltia last vAit. Lieut. Berryman in his.recent expedition .to tn.ike At:antic .•-ontidings, by tlirectien of the govern Meat. Aureetaieri In stitirwiing 'a depth . of roar tote-greatest-depth hher l'ellatly re. ported: He also established the sittgblar fact of a retrdlarly decreasing temperattire, according to the depth, reaching in the dhepest sohhtlibkr,lb to .20 degrees be!ow the fregting point. This phenotnenon is as . yet . unicenitoted for, the re, terse being tlid i..ise as we penetrate'-the earth. : lESiatiliii TO Hill FATE.—",I. shan't =be With y:on a-great while, Jan*" said lir. Metter, shan't stay here a`ureat Mt. Metter, how can you talk so ?".. said Mrs. Metter, with a lugubrious expression 'of face: Betribse," said he, " I &el as if f was 'most gone; and that I am just passing away, like a Fond before the rising , n." Mr. Melter tefified his prophecy the next day by running . away With a buxom and sympathi zing feminine neighbor: or I I've three cents left,' said a loafer, and I'll bay a paper with it.' 'What papir will.yon bay,' said a Mend, ea firms to trio* his literary taste. ' , A paper of Aollaceo; teplie4 die loafer. • Somebody has disotered a theihod bf taking pictures by moonlight-at quick - as by day light. '.A ScheneetadY dagriefteptYpist bas had overal "taken" from his shod fiatries that hang 'by the dOot, and says he don't like the. plan... • Or An Indiana paper says that daring a Uri. al in Lawrence Court, a young lad !silo warettl , ed as A witness, was asked if he kneaktbe obl- Lions of ati oath, and where he would go Ifibe 'told a lie. He said he supposed be should go —where all the laveyers Went! Am A romantic young, lady fell the , otlini day into the river, ,and waa near - drowning, but succor being - fortunately at hati - d, she was drawn out senseless and carried home. On Coming to, she declare& to her Airily that • sbe must marry him who saved her. "Impossible," said her papa. •- "What, is he already married l" "No." `;Wasn't it that inieresting young man, who ire here in our neighorhood 1" • • "Dear me, no--it was a Newfoundland dog'? iif - An old lady ; a professor of the *asb; er-woman's art, had managed to scrape to gether sufficient means to build a small hotise and .barn in the country; One 'afternoon,. soon after she was cerofortibly established in her new home, rt black cloud'vas seen in the west, and before Manx , ' nrintrter, a tctailtdo swept throUgh her smhil property; edattering the timbers of ber lilllP tiarn itt all direction; Coming out of her kitchen, and seeing the devastation the storm had made, the . oldlady , 1 / 2 at first could not find %Torii. to express-her in dignation, but at last exclaimed ; "Well, here's a pretty busipe.s ! No matter, though Pllpay you for 'this-111 %irsish on Sandtiy." - • jar Gen. Waliing,tOn seldom inaulge.d in iike - o"r'sareastn, but when be did he aiwais made a dbeCtied"flit. it .relait4 that be wait preNent itiOingre , s during to debate on the .establishtnent .'f a Federal ...army, when a member offend i a -re,olution litniting Abe-ar ia:ly - to tiller t r butvoiiii - 'which Wash jPgton sugges‘ted to a•toernheran amendment, Oroviding- bat •no etietnr should.ev . es invade the mossy with, more - 04n thret-Aomtenii. torlidirro ..Tik ! a" -laughter, which. ehsued: atnabered the .rei:iihitityit. . • • ' olitir :Two, wen,ell4 found an egg. "Let us riot fiOtt for it." said the elder weasel, "but enter into partnertlip." 4 Very good," eaid - wensel tke younger. So taking the egg letireen thero,f each sucks- se " /Cy children," .said ,4ntitepes,-the Attor ney, thoughluu hay& vne. Ate , : veep you, malr,e :the most of bin)." ' A Romance of Real Life. The following incident which we extract from the Journal published it Bucyins, Crawford comity, Ohio, claimed to be strictly true, possesses Sufficient romance fior half a dozen novels: In Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, seven years ago, lied a wealthy farmer, who was blessed with a family of six children, the eldest of which was a beautiful girl of seven teen summers. A young man in the neigh borhood, of a good family, feigned attach ment for her. Young and Inexperienced, she fell into the snare set for her. Shortly after her ruin was accomplished,, and the young man, fearing the wrath of her father, when the consequence of his villainy should become apparent, absconded. The young girl now felt the horror of her situation, which she could not conceal but a short time, and her destroyer had fled.. She could not, dare • not, endure the shame and reproach that would attach to her when ali should be , discovered. She determined upon leaving the country also, apd, preferring to be consid ed as dead, rammed a plan to cheat her pa• rents into the belief that she bad been drown ed. . - A creek ran through her father's farm and emptied into the Susquehanna, 'sv short dis tance away. At this time of the year, (spring,) it was swollen by freshets, and it was dangers ous to venture upon the frail bridge of plank that had been thrown across it. One even ing when the water was very high, she pro. posed going to a neighbor's who lived across the creek. Her father objected on the ground of driver, but she insisted that she could get over safely, she seized 'her bonnet and started. Shia lied-previously secreted a few articlesof clothing outside,' which she took with her: Arriving at the bridge, she threw 'her bonnet into the stream, well knoW , - - ,Ing it* would be caught on the bushes that overhung the stream, and hurrying on, soon gained the road, and walked away iti,the di• rection of itarrishum The consternation of - the family, after the lapse of two or three hours, may ne imagined. One , went to the house she had started for, but she 'had not been there. It:was supposed immediately that she had fallen off the §,ridge. Search was made, and her bonnet was found lodged on some overhanging willows. Sadly they returned to their bereaved home. Doubt was put at an end. She -had fallen from the' frail bfidge, and had been drowned, and her ' body-carried lt . v . the angry flood into the riv er: Shortly after the supposed death, her Sather, upon whose mind the event iveiglezd heavily, wishing to leave the scene of his sad I efilietion, sold his farm and removed to this gantry. In rue mean time, she had retched - Haiti,- • busrg, taking the ears west, and in a few d:t, found herself at the only tavern in a secluded vilh4e in the interior of Michigan.. The land lady was a kind hearted woman, and at .that particular time was in need of an assistant. She,4reard the story of the poor girl, sympa thiZed with her, and liking her appearance, insisted on her making that her home. In this house she passed six years of content ment.. Her hostess introduced her as a widow ; she gained friends, and received many ad vantageous_offers of marriage. Otte morning, about six months ago , she *as in the sitting-room when the stage rove up. The -windows of the coach were down ' and she Gould see most of the passengers. Among them Was a face that seemed famil• iar to her. She looked again, and with a ,shriek iljll 'fainting to 'the floor.. It was her betrayer. The landlady soon learned hew matters stood; ~and determined that justice should be done. Sbe him, and told him tjte facts, and insisted that he should re- - ! pair t 1 injdry he bid inflicted by making her his wife. To this he at once consented. Three Months after his flight from -Pennsylva ll* seized with remorse, he started back with the intention of marrying her. On the way he had pi red ttp.a newspaper eentitining au iccotint of her tragical death. keeling that he was the cause of he untimely end, heart sick' and sad, he turned back, I changed and 1 better man. Ile had settled down, accumu- I lated property, and was a man of standing And influence. The joy of the gip when she -L-mat-her-repeutatit lover May be, ithmagined. They married that evening:, Ascertaining the address of her father, they ca'oe on to this plate as fast is steam could early them. 'Words cannot paint the raptures of the old men as be clasped to his bosoni a daughter he had tridurned as dead for sit king years. Explanations were made; all was forgiven, and after puking a few weeks of unalloyed happiness here; they returned to their thornes in the west WEBSTER'S REPORTS.—One evening, not many years ago, while the Supreme Court was holding its sessio in Somerset county. down in the State f Maine, .some of the 'legal brethren were w r uing their tegs before a blazing Sire in a rur _ tavern, and conversing upon various matters pertaining to the-pro fession, 1.1..f..i1ac0n, Whose Jong silence inik cated that his mind was in travail with summa great thought, broke out by-asking if any of his brethren could from his trou ble. :, "lorish," €aid be, "to commence an action against a boy who was'oaught stealing ap pies. I find do ease of the kind in any of our Reports, and lam at a lota NI a prece dent." The landlord overheaid the 'question, and, informed the i?"erdant youth that he kmea , a case just iu point: ''Ab I" said Bacon, "zn whose reports shall I find it." " In Webster's,"said the landlord gravely, - " Webstees Reports !" replied Bacon.— " Wen, -noW you speak of it, I think •I do re•. member smarting like it there: Do yr;tt know the volume f" " Yes, Lib; ; 1 have a copy in the' house. if you-would like to see " I would he greatly obliged to sort for it; I have left mine at home." , The landlord stepped out, and soon. return ed with Welr-ter'.s Spelling _Book! rikl. turning 40 the slily, "An old wan found k rude boy. in one of his trees, stet/Hug appiet,' passed the book' to his legal friend, who threw it ,into the fire, in the -midst of roar of laugh tei, and speedily made his exit. _ sir A wester; papa! _says that the only two 4:lase of .trevelers - ;on our railroads this wiater.are thine who are running away and those'whe arisunitittg after them. Very few tidies Uwe :been IWO In the sari since the Millie, set in. A cifeumstattee beetarred during the gloomy winter of 11978-7, which has not found Its say into bistsiries, but which we copy from a late numberf the Democratic Reviefe. It was-one among t many during the Revolution,Which appeared to be providential allothrents in appeared to favo s . The writer received an account of it from the son of 'Richard IL Lee,*and from Franck Lightfoot Lee, who were members of Congress" and were in Philadelphia at the times These gentlemen were.accustotited to mention t as a providential interference lb behalf otheir country. When General Washington was retreatii3g -4 through be Jerseys in the winter of 1776, ct and bad crossed the Delaware;bis lead'and bullets h:d nearly failed; and be would be unable, without a considerable supply, to make the brilliant and successful-movements which reovered New Jersey, and re-inspired the coun try with new hope and confidence in their cornmander-in-Chief. In this darkest hour of t?e war, Congress bad made every ef fort to supply the so•much-needed article. MI the ]lead that could befeund in public and private places had been obtained. Lead pipes bad been' melted an the plates torn from the roofs of hotisesi but still a small quantity only could be obtained. Just then in the da kest nioments of despondency, Rob't Morris, who hark been called the "financier" of the Rev)lutionF and whose extensive credit and mercantile transactions in Europe, and whose t,ntlinching devotion to his country, has laidlthe country under never-ceasing ob ligations', received a litter from one of his ships which had escaped the British cruisers —inforreing him that the vessel was within the capep, and would reach Philadelphia at such a time, and was ballasted with lead, an& amounting to a very large quantity. This let ter the Patriotic Morris—fir such we de'eight to call ' im—received late in the day, and after Co informer morning, and maii ansiou.U, For so member. counten looked-f' Morris In the I str..in n the gee °whet fll r.r g the cap our raft a good resoive overrun g providence the vessel escaped the perils of storm and capture, and arrived 'at the exigent moment ; a large supply of lead was immediately obtained; and- our great Comm - sfide: re-erossed - the Delaware, and saved our country.—Laue Ded. requ Iv ho and i, forth Ho RIGHT Ine ray o ,their direet , favor: of tb pitaii fund. facto era to hoist Abe gates and start the wheel} of their machinery, and thus give hoslosclsle employments to honest hands. This .111 create s demand-' for agricultural produce., for 'home consumption,' put money into t se pockets of farmers, and they, imo turn. 74y-the printer, the storekeeper, thettais lot, b ack.mst.h. shoemaker, the schoolmaster, and ethers. Try it,—There is no less money it, th world now, but much_ more, than at Mil' i reyjous time . All that is necessary to j , re. , to I t business' is simply to 4estore confi dr.no,l;saracto put the coin now busied up pr tsing idle into circulation. If you owe the print r a dollar for his ; paper or advertising, pay I 're promptly, the whole, if you cap,, a !Art • nylsow, and hewilf, in 'return, pay those to. wl o I t rn he is indebted, and thus, through o „ tt h e rerniteations of business, new life aril iei t y will at once be manifested. Send us a ollar or two and . try•it. C . 0t..---" Have you anything else old r said a English -lady at Rome to a boy, of whorl. she had bought some modern antiques. " Yei," said the young urchin, thrusting for. j ward his hat, which had seen solve dozen sum meet " pry has is old." -- The _lady rewarded his it. -, v ,' - alvz Auk ALL EtttrAL - szttoue (lob Agivrjem CONSTIT*TION:99....Taisiet ontrot, Susgatilanutt steintt, Vtaitra,:tturshg arc 4, 1858 oident of• the sevolution. grew bad adjourned. He joyously the ,members he could see before. Early the next morning, Morris y members repaired to the wharf looking out for the expected vessel. e time Abe did not appear. The repaired to ;ho -ball with saddened nees, and on the assembling of the letferof Morris was read, and the 'r Supply wai eagerly expected. as too anxious to remain in his seat ou,e, and he returned to the wharf, his eves down the river. At lentrth ly vessel heaves in rigLt, and La; coguiies the stars and stripes. The ends rapidly through the eity and 'ongress, and a scene of joy fol. earn ;,antly succeed, and the hearts of 011010; brlovell men, send up - to their grateful tiinlr-giving, for the out ti be received in the hour of des- ip arrived ballasted with lead, F imp; of hi. own apparent will, (but as !E.'s 'dowdy believe, by the leading of Provddehne,) had for the first time i to use for that pdipose. By God's Braithwaite's Retrospect of Practical and Surgery, in its last number, , e particulars of a case of lead pois ivhich is interesting to printers. A • tor, whohad previously enjoyed good ad been for about a week using new kialt, from the sharpness of its edges, in the skin off. the extrentities of the .f his right hand. Two days. before grt to medical treatment, be begin to I 1 power of his right wrist, and at the be two days the pettily-Els was..com- From the local application of the and the local limitation of its restiks, ysicisitt deterenined to treat it locally ; ring in mind the strong affinity of sul . r lead, the ease with which the salts fare decompo'ed by sulphurets, add the •,‘ with Which the skin hoth.absorbs and Sulphur, be determiried to tOtiflne his 'ht to soaking his hand and wrist in a of sulphuret Of potassium, and thus inate the load. The solution was made l.trength of one ounce of sulphuret of um to ten- ounces of water, and the ordered to keep his hand , in it for 'ours at i time, thrice in the twenty ionrs—the solution to be tepid. -No reatment was adopted, and in a week ," 4 was as strong as the othet , and the I. left the hospital well. GOOD ADVICE follo*ibg honest piece of advice we cm Life Illustrated, and respectfully I t that all our readers, who are anxious , ling for time to mend , will "read, mail ardly digest " the subject herein set or their serious consideration : TO MAKE THE 'GOOD TIME' COMB ALONG.—Give all the - editors 'a dol carry in their poc.ikets, and-a hopeful mental sunshine will soon lighten up epressed and desponding spirit.; and y you may read it their papers of 'a lde change' iu the financial condition country., They ,will induce timid Z,u -s and bankers to 'put out all their 'which they have called in—insuu. - Beau Hickman in a N. Itl Court. The New York.crrresptindent of the Phil's Meiiury has the following in regard to that distinguished financier, Beau Hickman, Esq., who- visited New York lately to regulate Monetary affairs in that quarter: A rich scene came off the other day in the Marine Court. Your readers will all remem ber the Celebrated Beau Hickman. Beau has hien staying here for some weeks past, at the Florence Hotel, where his bills are paid by Weeds in the gambling and spotting lines: On Thursday, Beau was isubpittuted as a wit neat in the above court, The attorney on the Oppissite side was a regular Tartar. fie prides himself upon his skill 1w examining witnesses, and Claims that he can confuse a witness more successfully thin Any oth'er member of the bar. One of his methods of doing this is, when the witness hesitates, to snap at him like an angry terrier, worry and-abuse him for his hesitation, and then seek to -confound and embarrass him. Before this man, Beau was brought up ?or cross-examination. Beau took.tlie stand and, after giving his testimony in a very mild manner, was handed over for cross-question ing to this keen set lawyer. He bad in his direct testimony, armed that the sharp lawyer's cliput had "no , money Whatever." The counselor, with a look at Bean such as a hungry-dog gives at a bone, asked : " How do you know, Mr. Hickman, that my client lied no money! Are you keeper of his pocket book!" " He told me so, sir." . " When did he tell you eo 17. "This morning." " Where, sir I" "In this very room:: "What did, he say, sir! Come, give us his very - words—none of your impudence, sir." " I don't lik3 to answer that question." " Ho! ho ! So you're afraid to answer that question, are you! I knew I should drive you into a close corner. Come, sir, out with it, and. none of:your shirking here." "I should rather be excused." " I shall appeal to the court to commit you for cont Apt." - " Well, sir;if I must answer, he told me this morning that he had no money." ' " Well, sir, what language did he use?' " Why, I asked him to loan me half a dollar, and he told me be couldn't, for you had fobbed him of every cent of his monef, and if he didn't gat out o. r yuca,elat.hes very soon, his children would starve." The lawyer had no further questions to ask. A roar of laughter arose in the court which requited some trouble to check, and by the time the lawyer had collected 'his thoughts ;main, the case was decided against Tug Eapustrusles SNUFF Box.—The French papers have not, under the influence of the alliance, ceased to have their jokes up on Englishmen, and one of the drollest, is told as follows, by the Union'lfretogne, from which we translate it: Lord C., well knowh for his eccentricities, wi•nt lately to the establishment of one of out most celebiated workers in fancy ar ticles. "I want you to male me;" said he, a saus•bot, with a tieWof my chateau on the lid.", • "It is very easily done,' was ihis reply, "if my lord will fetni - sh- me with the design." "I will; but l want, also, at the entrance of my chateau, a niche in which there shall be a dog." "That, too, shall be provided," answered the workman. I want, also, that some Means should be contrived by wElcl),.. as soon 30 any one looks at the dog,. he shall go back into the niche, and oily reappear whoa he is no longer looked at." The workmen looked inquiringly, as if to aicertain. windier his costumer was not the victim of some mystification.: Reassured by his eiamination; and like a clever man, under standing liOw to take advantage of the affair, he said: "What yOU, asl of ine;. is very hard to comply with; such a snuff-box will be very expensive; it will cost you a tbotvanffcrowns: "Ve•y well ; pay you a thousand crowns." . . "Then, my lord, it,, shall be inatip. according to your wi,hes and in a month I shall bare the.honor of delivering it to you." A month later the workman presented himself to lord C. "My lord, there is your snuff-box." Lord C. took it, exaroined,it, and said : "That is my chateau with its turrets,.and there is the nick bt die doorway. But s ! see no dog." • "Did not your lordship say that you wishgd the dog to "disappear, when he was looked at I" • "i,did,;' repliEd 61's fordsfilp. that he should reappeat when he was no longer looked at I" • "That is true , also." - . "Well, you are looking at,it, and the dog has-gaffe into. the niche. Put the box in poor pocket, and the dog will reappear." Lord C: reflected a moment, and then exclaimed : "All right, all right." He put the box in his pocket, and took out of his pocket book three bank bi!ls of a thonsond francs each, and handed them to the skilful! workman. SOP The creation of the sculptor +may moulder into dust; the wealth oftbetard may wither—thrones of conquerors -may be shir .ered by an oppositiou power into, atoms ; the fete of the warrior may no longer be hymned by the reeording, minstrel; the hopeful may be disappointed, but that which hallo Sis the _cottage and sheds a glory around the palace —virtue shall never decay. It is celebrated by the angels• . of , Ocxl—it is v ritten on the pillars of heaven, and reflected down to earths jar We saw a. fellowi the -other day with a bundle of Judge Douglas' speeches under each arm, a likeness in his hat, half a dozen autographs, in old franked docubsents, in his pocket. A year or so ago we saw bim with, his bail' badly singed by the fire he had kind led under bia effigy We, who ,battled for the Judge through -his whole" Kansas fight," were hardly allowed , to look at his "picter.' `tar A , bAchetor. in Detroit having ad vertised for "-a wife to share lot," an an:- , 'roue inquirer has solicited' information as to the site of said " lot."' t'Ai indiscreet lierookislike an unicafell letter, which.eferYbodY 11111 ° Peril" The Art of Printing To no One art is the ,World so touch in debted for ha present advatichnfebt as to that of Printing, and we have, thought " - that a short skedh itChistOry Might prdve inter esting to our readers. • ..etter Press Printing tiekinyeuted in '1440 by John Gt.ttetili'erg., in &ayence on the. Rhine, Long befhie this, however, different means welts made use of to make impres sing. They approached so nearly to-print ing that it is a matter of some wonder that the art was not discovered at an earlier day. For instahce, the Hebrews, Greeks lied-Rom ans, used 'cast or cut seals and sealing With' .which they made impressions on soft sub stanbes, or with paint the latter"piople had starbps cut, which Were used in the Tibiae of signatures to of f icial and other. dOeunienta. Tit the-12th century Xilotraphio printing or the•art of cutting in wood, had attained a high degree of perfection in Gerniany. Passages from the Bible were printed in this manner. • • • The Chinese, as far bath as 1084, B. C., were acquainted, with Xilographie printing, but the Japanese claim the merit of the in vention. The prezeu which they adopted. was to write on paper with red ink, glue the paper on a plate of soft wood, and moisten it. Alter allowing it to dry, they separated the lupe; from the wood by wiping it with a sponge, leaving the.characters reserved on the wood. They then cut the wood froni around the letters, which were thus left prominent. The Emperor Fanti had a book pribted in this way as early as A.D. 605. The real art of printing--that is, the em ployment of movable, separate letters, as in the present types—is unquestionably due to Alm Guttenberg, born is Mayenco in 1397. Soon after coming of age, he removed to Strasbourg, where he followed the craft of stone-cutting -and polishing mirrors: Soon aftet wards, however, he conceived the idea of making improvements in the printing. all, and commenced his experiments ou as extend ed s`scale as his means would allow. He at first used wooden plates; and in 1424 printed A. B. C. plates. His resources, - however, .soon failed, and he was compelled to leave Strasbourg—not, however, until he had sun. cesfully carried out his early conceived idea of using moveable letters, made of wood, with which he printed Oesta Christi, and other works. • We next hear from him in Mentz,ln 1416, where he continues his experinients on single letters. His fortune was wholly exhausted, but with the preseterance of true genius he still endeavored to push forward.- Accident made Lim acquainted with a rich goldsmith:in Mentz, an Englishman, ,by the name of John Faust, whii, becoming inspired With. the pic tures drawn by the ardent enthusiast, and hoping himself to benefit by the important discovery, lent his name and means, and in 1449 theie two persons established' the first typographical press of which we have any account. From this time improvements were made in rapid succession. At first Gutten berg used metallic letters of a mixture of lead And tin, but it 1452 they commenced casting their types. The printing press and ink tin proved Puri pas u, and the world- saw the dawn of the light, which was to illuminate its path to . knoivledge and Science. In the neit Y - ear, Guttenberg having charge of the printing house, commenced the publi cation of the Bible in . Latin. Twel'e sheets had been prepared,When the partners quasi I ed. Faust sued Guttenberg and obtained possession of the wh,ole apparatus, with which he continued successfully to print Bibles and other works. The Bibles he sold at Paris, for sixty and finally for fifty gOld gliders— theirfurmer price having been from 400 to 800 gilder The good people of Franke; un able to see how a thing could be at the same time good. and cheap, speedily resolved that Faust had connection with the Evil dne, and he was compelled to leave; subsequently he returned there, and in 1466 died of the plague. After which, Sheffer, the of Faust; continued the printing on his own account: Guttenberg was again redu s ied to poverty ; but in 1456 ho succeeded in starting a press in Mentz, rind published so . ,Me • Important works. He continued thereafter still im proving in h;s work until his death, in 1468, when his press and type was delivered over to his partner. The worknieri of Menti soon spread the new art: over the world, and befdre the end of that century books became abundant, and presses were established in must of the capi tols of Europe. . • , . Thus the great engine of toutual:imProve ment in the world, grew from infancy to ma turity, in the short since of half a century. Unaided by they patronage of princes add kings, that power sprung up, which this dei tined to crush all tyrants. The dai• dawned which was to teach the people Of the world that their rulers were created by them—not they by their rulers. The treakres of know ledge were made free to all, and all were, en abled to press forward in the /ace of:intellec tual advancement. r e A who'd( teacher relatektka following amusing incident: One day I pia , a little fellow with his adrift around a little 'witch of a girl, endeavoring, if I interpreted the mani festation right, to kiss her: - "Tommy,"said 1, 6 what are yoti doifig there l" • "Nuthin sir.' "Yeth," said the bright eyed little tritch,lie wath tryin' to kith me, that he wath, thir," and eyed him keenly. "Why, Lucy, what prompted hitt to id so ungentlemanly right here in the school r I asked, anticipating some fun. • "O, he bitched up here, and be wanted me to kith him, and.' told him that Uwouldn't kith such a thumtliy boy ath he ith; then he thed he'd kith me, end 'I told - him that be darthn't, but he thed he would do it, and I told him I would telt the rnathei, if he did, but he thed he didn't care a thump, for the wither, and' he tried to kith me bard ;" and the little thipg sighed. "Why didn't - you tell me as Yeti said you would I" asked in a pleasant manner. "0, she replied, with an Ai of -itairette, I did-not often see, I died% cartimuch if did kith me. and •tho I let him." Here the whole school, which bad been listening attentively, broke out in - an uproar ious latiih, while odr little heio..and heroine blushed deeply. s /far 'Mist 'drift of a. plaster sho6ll a doe tor recommend in case of love si citaisif Courtplaster of course. rk,nreivers Address to Tarts ere. Donald G. Mitchel (11e , Marvel) recently delivered the antnal,addreser'before the Con necticut State Agriquiturai Society.—From a condenied report in the Marlford' papers', we select the following admirable 'closing paragraphs: • "But there is something worth living for, besides money. That is Very good, bat it is not all. With the rest, let us , raise a crop of good ideas. While you are linnets, remem ber that yoO are then, with duties and respods ibilities. Live down the old brutal ttotion that a: farmer must be uncouth, uneducated, and unthinkiUg—a mere plodder. -You are brought into immediate contact with the great heart of civilization. You canna get, out, of thb buzz of the 'toiling world. The trill of the wonder working wires and the rtimbre-of the locomotive (the thund er-threat of natiotis) cotfl to poet, mice se cluded hill-side. Alois toward a better life. Do not keep your boys corn•shelling in the long winter evenings. Make your farm a place that your sons and daughters cannot help loving. Cul tivate the trees—they are God's messengers. Don't say that you care nothing for looks; You do care, else why did you build that iwo story white house, with green blinds, and a cupola, into which_ you never go! Or wty did you, years ago, carefully brush 'your coat .and pluck up your shirt collar, when you wero starting, on a Sunday evening, to visit that goo- woman Who now sbaies your home Care much rtiore for books and pictures. Don't keep a Goiania parlor into which yon go but once a month with thi3 parson or gos sips of the sowing society. Hang around your walls pictures which-shall tell stories of mercy, hope courage, faith and charity. Make your living - room the largest and most cheer ful in the house. Let the place be such that when your boy has gone to distandarids; or even when, perhaps, he clings to a single plank in the lonely waters of the wide Ocean, the thought of the still hotiistead shah come across the derplation, bringing alWays light, hope and love. Have no clunzeons, about your hoti=e—no room you never open—no . lz)linds . 'that are always shut. Don't teach your daughters French before they can weed. a flower-bed or cling to side-saddle; and; daughters! do not be.aslia med of the trowel of the pruning-knife. Bring to your door the richest - flowers from the woods; cultivate the friendship of birds; scorn the scamp that levels his murderous gun at the blue-bird or the robins. Study botany, learn to lose nature, and seek a higher cul tivation than the fashionable World would gi l ye you. • —tea LOOK OUT FOR TUE BRIDGE - A THEATRICAL INCIDENT. Some years ago, the manager of a "well, rogulatedstheater' somewhere along the line Of the Erie Canal, engaged a good looking and brisk young lady as_a superntimary. It happened that the young lady in question had Formerly officiated in some capacity as a "hand" on board a canal boat, a fact which she seas extremely anxious to conceal. She evinced Much anxiety 'to master the details of ber newly cliosen profession, and soon exhibi ted a uiore than ordinary degree of comic talent, She was duly promoted, and in time Weenie a general ftvorite with both manager and . pablie. One night she was announced to appear in: a favorite part, and, a' couple of boatmen found their way into the pit, near the foot lights, particularly anxious to see the new commedienne- The. house was crowded, and..after thg subsidence or the' general ap i lause vidiieh greeted' her appearance, one of Ile boatmen slapped his companion on the shoulder, and with an emphatic eipletivel exclaimed, loud enough to be heard over' the hOuse "Bill, I know that uall" !" said Bill, "dry up." "But I'm d--:c1 if I don't, now, Bill. It's Sril FJukins, as sure as you're She's old Flukins' daughter that used to run the Injured Polly, and She used to'sail with . him." "Tom," eaid Bill, "you're a fool, and if you don't stoil'vour infernal clack, you'll get ptit out; Sal Vlukins! You, know a sight if you think that's her V' Torn wai.silenced but riot convinced. Re watched the actress in all her'inotions with intense interest, and ere long 'broke out a. gain— . 9 tell YE', tbat'S her—l know 'tis. Yob can't fool me—l know her to well i" Bill, who was a good deal interested in the play, was out of all patience at this persistetit interruption on the part of Touti. Ile gave hini a treinehdtM nudge in the ribs with 1i elbow, as an emphatic hint to keep quiet. Tom, without' minding the admonition, said, "Youjuit'wait, I'll fix her—keep your eye on her :"' Sure enough, he did fix her. Watching his opportunity when the actress was deeply absorbed in her part, he sung out in ayeice which rang thrti,ugh the galleries: / "Low Bridge I" _ From force oiliabit the actress instantly and involuntarily ducked her head to avoid the anticipated • collision.; Down 'came the' house with a perfect thunder of applause at this,"palpable hit,'! high above which Tom's voice could 'lre heard, as he returned Bill's punch id thel ribs with interest: • . "Dind4 I .4ell ye, old boy. - Iknow'd ewes her. Yoticant't fool me." A MißitOl t B or'lloazert.—At a party one evening, several contested the honor of hav ing done the most exyaordinary thing, and a reverend k csJ3tlemen was - , appointed the sole judge of their respective Vretensions. One of thia party prodtfaed fdas tallor's . bill, with a receipt attached tb it. A buzz went through thetroom that could not be outdone, when a second_prc_v_ed -that he had, pirrested his tailor for money lent to him., The palm was his 'wits °the general - cry, when a third put in his, claim—. "Gentlemen," said he, "I cannot boast of the feats of either‘of infpredkessors, bin I have retorped to the owners two unibrellas, thatlimy had left at tity;kouse." "This is the very nepluittaira ofbonesty,and unheard of deeds, it is en •act of virtue of which :I aerier knew any person capable." "Bold oii,",,asitt-si fourth. "I ain a Gut% scriber to all ray . Orinititervirpc(pertiand here "la aro receipts of ntitionr,S. ymerits t to MA for dul last five years." - - ' 1• - ill I hear no more." "klite prnk'', ixufra str, 4 ! exclahied the'Judge. ilottlut.ls,....Tfltintii- :11:, Moral Cult - aro. From the Annual Report of Prof. - J. F.'S tod- Ord, County Superintendent of Schools in Wayne Cokuty,in 1855. The condition of our sahool hobses and Os& general deportment of our pupils, speak in.lt _language not to be-misunderstood, of the in creased attehtioh paid to the principles of pro priety, respectability, and morality. In most of our schools protium and improper language of all kinds, is entirely prohibited and`in A few, I am happy to say, the exercises of the day are opened by reading 'a chapter in the Pale: . While,' am pleased to notice these im provements, which could 'scarcely be other wise iti4he midst of a people distinguiehed for the, high tone of, their moral sentiment i still; I fee! " s though there is yet a . great • lack of attention , tc,r this subjeer •and: that %bi t tendebetr is t ,"cause it to beeome still less'. Flenbe, the imp rtance of diricting :the. pub lie 'Mind, more ii•ticularly-, to this neglected aepiirtitent• of education. . Moral instriictlob\is deented an indispeal sable 'part of Out Di ~ bational education. - most instances, if bar -Ycuth do not receive moral trainin,,,7 ,while at s'eliool, they will be let loose ib the community; semi•barbarians, calculated to work out deep, wide spead; and incalculahre.evil. \ The spotless virtue, Ithe pure, moral and religious character of our people, 'aided by free, literary and scientific iustitutio s, have hitherto impressed upon the taiinfs\of all who have Nutlet upon our shores , the \ spirit of freedom, the spitit of Americans.;. and have caused them to discard the tiion \ of State and 'Ctitircli. - and to deny man's superi.\ ority over his fellow man, except.tirat supe.: riority which ratisesl from Superior intellect u 4, al attainments, combined with integrity and uprightness of purpose, deep moral ,princi: pies, en innate love for justice and truth, and as true a hatred of immorality, vice and des potic -rule. The mighty;power th;s' Qation possessses in moulding all classes of men that come within its influence, to its lik ing, and of transforming them into a4iibStatt tial part of itself, arises from the intelligence and the deep moral and virtuous principles of otir people: ' In proportion as our nation increased-in population and extent .of territory, in the same proportion must our efforts to develop the moral and intellectual nature of the ids- Hing generation increase, otherwise ; we are -losing that power which has made tis all we are; and if properly guarded, will make us all we ever, hope to become. Notwithstanding . the weekly accession to astir population of thousatids add tens of thousands; 'composed of the discordant element's of eVery nation in - , -the wOrld; still by a due regard to `the-mor al and intellectual culture of o_uryouth,'We shall not only preserve the noble distinctive features of republicanism;, but shall burniili -- them to a brilliancy not conceisid by any nation of fowler times. - The main energy of otir - system of educe= Lion, at present is devoted . to - deieloiing the.' powers of the intellect: while there is pin,-, rient (legit° on the part of many to mina - the 'Bible, the book . of literal precepts and teachings. from our echcel. • Mature the intellect, bring forth its pcliverti; giire them tone, variety and scope, while the` moral powers are allowed td slumber; and'• its possessor will - as readily engage, in the • propagatiod o error; the Conindersion of vice and dee& of cruelty, Mid assist to rend as: sunder the bonds of society and civil gov: • ernment, as to engage in sowing broad cast; the seeds Of justice, morality and Cbristanity the sourcle"frcitn which. individual and nation' al prosperity and happiness flow. On the' other hand, if the Moral- and ve• ligious part of our nature alone, be eduCated; the man is liable to become a superstitious fanatic,,a being at best, capable of discover ing aed enjoying but a_ small part of the Itisdom an gocidnes of the Creator, - display 4 ed •in all his Work 4. Hence, we argue the importance of a thorough;eysternatiCculture of - these two prominent prinCiples of man's nature, which can never tail to produce the noblest work of (od, an honest, intelligent mar.. The two eyes, the two arms, etc., are,. in accordance with nattire'l laws, developed simultaneously; so should. the moral and in- - tellectual faculties of man be developed, other-. wise he is not prepared to act well hispartin the broad arena of man's &Wes as a reasona ble, thinking, accountable 6eing. The' intellect is the mighty :engine that plans and carries forward . , every politiCal_ change, every national revohition, _an& the moral power, the directing. agent. Hence, in proportiOn to the development_ of the morals . of a nation, (their intellectual' pow-. era being the same,) in that proportion its government conduce to the prosperity and happiness of the people. The immoral tendencies of Fectarianisni ate too generally known and felt, tai elbow any on,e, for a moment, to suppose dig I am favorable to inculcating doctrinal or, seetari; an views. This I am aware-would Rove a withering' currn to our 5i.:(11601 , ,, now the guard ions, of truth, ;justice nud: liberty; should stheretose, be' carefully avoided. But - I da argue that the Bible should be read in, the presence of our youth, daily, without .com- . , went. • The great truths respecting mans position here, and -his accountability hereafter, should .be impressed npon the minds of'every youthi as a knowledge of these truths alone, can prepare liitn fur usefulness and. happiness here, and pave his way to an eternity of in , creasing joy hereafter. Among, these truths which,' iii our opinion, should ,be taught in our schools, not as a set lesson ; but, when cir cumstances are the most 'invertible, are the following: The existence of God; his infinite goodness ; his , omnipotent and overruling power; and man's accountability for all . his doings and sayings; the immortality of. the soul ; that misery and degfadation_are the result of vicious habits; and happiness, use fulness antl gobilricis'of!iirtue, integrity and inddstry ; and that the only passport m re spectabiandlity _positions .of hnner and trust; are virtuous primiiPleiaiuthnbits; which-may he acquired by every youth, however hureble his circumstances. - Nl' An English writer says,. in his ads dress to-young married women, that theic mcither Eve "married a gartiner.", it might, tiddektitegaruner, in consequence Of hill math, lost his situation'. -pride is a wild beast, that requires , terjr costly food—tha happiness of its keeper * and all around him.
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