'A.....4 -- .-,.. o;rrittoit, . • tro,t4ti..
• For the Democrat.
P.RIkltr.DS HIP...
BY S. W. T.
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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."
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• 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.
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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.