2.. istellantoul. ~_' •TI ~' ~ ~ Li o A TALE . OF,OLD LONDON BRIDGE -o-----. . The Thames, three centuries ago, liad mete/fides essentially different from those tbak - liiititiguish it at the present day. Gone the!. places and gardens which,- from Whitefriors to Weitminster, adorned its banks; :the six-oared canopied barge has -giyen, way to the smoky steamboat; the water -m:0 occupation, by the erection of so =soy bridges, like Othello s, 'is gonel ' and th e spirit ort6mance has fairly 'mashed from the now itnririp;'gasconi and 'tortured stream ;' in a wordiiitraything has ut_ccittr.lbsd to the march of triumphant utility. ' things, were not always 60. As still,on the waters -that vvish the marble paliceS of sea ,bor,n 'Fettle*, :nusic nightly sounds, and love 'breathes his sigh- so, in-the good old times that - shall never come again, did the gallant, ' gliding over the unpolluted' stream; woo his tnbilress. Loie assignations were made there. • The high_and the nobleidid not consider it derogatory to their dignity to touch the gui tar ; the woman's, silver voice_ was heard. s malting yet _more mooth,the unsexed and tai sparest - bosom' the the "gentle Father Thames." • • The-moon shed it good of light c!Exin the , single bridge, wiliest , spanning the noble river, bore on its granite shoulders a hundred 'lto:uses; long shadows were cast eastward this:tide, rushing through the arches, created slumberous sound; the Globe Theatre, ,on -the Bank-side, _where Shakspeare personated .lel4-1 - even:inameirtal creations, bad- closed its (lairs, when an individual, uho had lately flood *Uhl the Walls of that temple ' Theipis, proceeded to the nearest stairs, ;and springing . into his's/berry, rowed leisur.eli out into the stream. • .711.4‘11.an t whom 'we are about to detcribe, thotigh.on tenni of familiar, greeting: With F.sstx, Raleigh, and the. choice Wits of the ; day, did not belong to the aristocratic - class; .a.e, op his - person and bearing,_ nature's no bilitir:-Irsta stamped; that lofty forehead spake ad intelleetual seperiovity ; • the eye, though -subdued, - , And somewhat downcast; through j the mind's abstraction, 'had that searching glance which can -- .read,inen's soul-; the brows ' were drawn from their natural arch almogt to straight line.`,, and-gave to his physiognomy an expression of sternnen., which, however, was, redeemed by the humor that lurke,l rouna_the thip I.ippedlhanclionre mouth the jetty, beard was sthort and peaked ; conical hat, pith a single feather, adorned his head ,his doublet was sashed; Fahil of the finest - -bred?. cloth ruffles were of rich Flanders lice; and the hilt of bhi:straightAsword--a present trice the irreenwas'set with rubies. And•thig wig the deer-stajher, of Stratford on AVon—this iThe Arr4ai.t.iftitkatist was now m the summer tir hit days , and,if we litay be allowed the Metaphor, the of hii rtinown had began to pat forth those leave.s,the beauty and I-testi ness of which have otiduredlor three centuries,. Genius, as regaids its ularacion of. the IS ~ometimes cittait to feed ott ,r'e . .ims of ideal 'beauty,- But at this period of his life, the 'llard of.A.vort, it would F eern, was not antis Aau with worshipping phanta4y: • Tetrarch And lais,platanies afforde I nothing suited to hisltemperament, Und he 3)elded to the pas sions that will enthrall ordinary men. Love for to object, warm, breathing:, living; had kirCed its fire in his heap. "Cold "teemed the creatures of his plastic fancy, td this love ly incarnation orall his poetic dreamings— this sweet palpable shtlili iNs'imenortal . sptnt ; and to pour-forth his loe-'.•litlrg; -and to lines the lily hand oThis sweet .leAsy, did Shak4peaie; on the night in question, urge his whorl down ‘the.Tharnes. iessy was the daughter of the cfeiiiised people - who regard Abraham as their greet progenitor. Her father was an usurer and Jeweler, and hung out his sign on the Old ,boadonPidge. lit WES just above the third arch from the city• side, ere . the Dutchman Morris had erecttd his eater works, that old Manasieb -dwelt. 'Ebert ret /Alt t*O tli!hgs •the world dear unto hiin---bis money and his daughter. From her - extreme lovelioess, Jesey bad obtained •he - soubriquet of the "Beauty of London 'Bridge." Many of the Illustrious of her tribe bad sought her, hand in marriage; but Jessy was deaf to each over ture. Several Christians, also, offered to lay their -titles and rici.e. at bet feet; but hce Manaweb-ang,ily interposed, since,froni prin. eiple,ws well 10. inclination, he bitterly loath ed thefollowere otone 'whom his nation stig `matizei at. the fake I.kfek,ialt. •Yes, tho' Jew "meld have itcled, if possible,,r% steCher part 'than 'a'irirginius, be would liave strangled, his anti and beloved child, ere he seen' her pollatid by in_tmion with a Christian. - • abaltapeare's wherry, glided on, and in a few Minutes, Lavin°. entered the deep shadow cif -the iiret,heland a ed on the wide, projecting . starling... Icssy's sleeping apartment was fai above; bat. the girl, 'unknown to her father, had the; key , of,:a rdwer chamber which opened ,upon a small bra - cony; and thence br herself down into the aims of the enamored poet. Shalrepeare resigned his sculls7.to his young attendant, who knew his duty too well, to lis ten to the conversation. of the lovers. The beautiful Jewess -was wrapped in • a velvet mantel, bordered with . miniver. • Her large, dark; passionate eyes were now. raise& to the heavens, spangled with stars,. and now flied in melting tenderness on him who sat brter• aide... And thus they glided oitsoft light Above,m Lupin ri ng ‘ waters around—conversing in trunnions whispers, and experienditir in _those stolen Moments of reciprocated affection all the bliMthat man is capable of wringing frpui the Meeting boors of this fevered exist ence. We shall not detail at length the conver sation which passed•between Shakspeare and his leesy. Thus nightly they had met, and breathed their vows of faith, and -in each -other's presence had forgotten the world and its cold restrictions. Jessy only trembled lest .her father should discover her armour; ks'rarely a day passed without Manssieh'S bittecir main, sad heaping curses-on the • Christians. • . "if thou <teat late me," oil Shikspeare, lorem . eing, the Maiden's' hand, "thole wilt .never pas enter the habitation of one, who, 'lash, Isgititeeteend cni#l;. ix misforthy ty call thee &tighten -,teesy dear one, fond one, tpe one flee with me th 6, night ; I will 'protect 66 WE JOIN 017 thee against a thousand tither,. This bosom shall be th home ; and, in return, thy lo e shall be MY paiadise." "Not said the girl timidly,"l will pr to him—l will strive to heed his will—an , perhaps; he will relent. I§l4reover, harsh though be be, I gave my father, and woishi not desert him in his old age." ,- "Sweet one,4istress not thyself—be true to thy sew-- continue to love me,. its I wo k. ship thee, Iliad, whatever betide, I whin he t happy." The moon had nearly set,and a deep gloor# was failingl over the river. lessy was anxiotis to return, and the wherry - shot back to the bridge.' As they. Lapproacbed the bridge, ghakil -1 peare perceived the figure of a man standink I ou the brosidstarli,pg beneath . the Jew's resi dence. . I "It is only a waterman, love ; tlrere, he il gone ; he has sprang, I doubt, not, into bits ! 411:" Jessy trembled but the man bad indeed disappeared around the buttress, gicisg their reason to belte l / 4 ve that he was no otger tha n the indisidaal named. The beautiful Jewess was lifted ' y Shakspeare out of the wbeiry; the,starlin was damp throsigh the splashing g l of the tide, and he threw his rich docblet en tlie4oo' -work for s the girl to step upon. 1 - Farewell, love, forget me not," whispere the poet's 11 ivea,, kissing Jessy's fair for j , head ;.but at that instant Shakspeare started, fur he felt his arm seized and comrestda Ith in a rice by a sinewy hams, while wood's likir the following were hissed in his ear: I " Christian,!_ dog ! hell-hound ! have ifound thee!" - , I ' Shakspeare, by a violent efort; f.ung the bureau viper from him::: and as the setting 'moon shed i a glimmerinr , ray through the granite.arch, he recognized the father of his iessy'l Ifisl first impulse was to- draw hi sword, but he_inatantly placed a rein on h i inclination. The fiehrew was so convulse ,dry tire passion that raged within- him, that, for some minutes-, he Was unable to addres's his trembling daughter or her lover; the former taking licivantagesof the silence of her father, fell on Ater knees before _him, and be seeched MM to restrain his anger. But ilt Jew waved his hand, while his fury at lentil?. burs , forth in `w-ord.. i " Beg one .9 thou disgrace of thy tribe! WM; i reproac h e to thy father!, or 'I iliall slay thee!" The girh'sliadieri'ag and o'verawtd, crepi to the little balcony, and in a few minute I disappeared. The Jew seemed- suddenly Li i ,have formed a tesolittibn-, his e:•e,s; Ih thii darkness of IthiSiniglit, bfirned like coals of tire; he muttered incoherent words, and snatching,' from his gaberdine.a long,daggerl, he dashed forward, exclaiming i 1 . "Urtbel*er ! contemn'er.pt the l .aw 0 - Moses! oppressor of our-race !it will be Iqo crime to send thee now to that held Whither thou would't but go at last!" 1 "The dagger grazed Shakspeare's breas h e aultilitifi=ftieWit t rt,! aiGh4l4 , • ' '-'' bld man, t' Woo thy daughter honorably. i , \ " Son of Belial! even thy honorable 10 0 ' would be infamy ! nut my dagger is gone—r• can I have no revenge r . 1 With,the quickness of thought hesrnounted to the balcony that projected over the star• ling and dim the ladder, by which he had atcended, after him. Shakspeare althotlgl i. he chained not *hat the Hebrew's motive might be, waited the result of his action wit h, extreme anxiety. Presently he heard a faint cry like .a Supplication for mercy; then S shriek broke on the stillness of the nig4. , The father and datighter appeared at this top; most window which overlooked the Thamesi, Jesse's sleeping-room was there, and it wait fully apparent now what the incensed 24 maddened Jew Meditated doing. Strakspeare §lti'lt•d to him to desist, and began in franti ha=te P'i i.tlliblr to the balcony. . 1 j• hat bries on- thee and thy pa-ttmour!" e!; ~ ci aimed the Hebrew, dragging , forth his rstruggling child ; " thou_shalt not live to bring this disgrace upon my name." t It was over. The unnatural and atrociout deed had been committed. The Jew's flash ing eyes marked _his child sink into the r rushing sititgrs far beneatli; a fiendish eiult tation lit up' his countenance, and he smooth} ell his beard—and laughed. Sink/Teats wad thri!lt d wiAthoildi it what Ue . witinesied be plunged into the stream to the rescue ot her, the guililel one. He dived where sh e.ank, bet the tide was flowing so rapidly that the current had carried her through tb Rich., She ibtated now at a distance—sank again—the agonized swimmer reached her.at length, and succeeded in plkcing her in hi boat, "Jessy my own Jessy 1 ." cried Shakspeare straining the beautiful girl to his•beart, an printing a kiss on her cold lips.• Her dar even were closed, her fair ams dropped lifeless and her long wet tresses enreloped her a 4 with a veil, What to the lover now wa. vengeance on the :destroyer f—he though only of the destroyed. In desperation he con veyed her to the house oft medical man on th Bankside ; but every effort to effect resuscita tioo proved abortive,. The light of life wa. quenched; the late warm heart would throb with passion; rio more; and the.sweet flower+ which had bloomed on the arid soil of th.! desert, was Plucked, by death, in the spring' time of its brightness and fragrance. The Bard ;of Avon knelt at the tomb of th once lovely Jessy. His poetic fancy hear.] her gen s tle voice in every- passing wind; an ;, the flowers ; that decked her Wit seeirikl hreathe the; perfume - of her sigh. In aftel time, when grief for her whom he had loved softened into a hallowed worship, he embalm', ed mernOty ,imperishable verse. Yes ; the Jessy tif Old London Bridge—and le. none Irarshis gainsay our assettion—is th: sWeetJessica r in the " Merchant of Venice" and Lei diabolical father is the avaricious tinreienting sbylock. Age An Old 'woman raising, in rather en thusiastic terms,. the sermon of a certain Rev Dandy(luck,' who had acquired a great nam for depth and sublimity: The suspicions o her suitor vv*re a little Loused, and she yen, tured to propose a question to her— " Jenny, do you understand him r "Understand him 1" holding up her hand in astonishment at the question; "me under 4 seand him 1 I would I have the presumption . ...- ......:- , ki* A fepetiods_felfovi, teilig very anxioutl for the acquiiition of Cubtotais h'i(tit Willing td help pay for ft., 'to help fight Kir it, and, if that won't do, he'll go tot is tawitti o g to hew. . Flee -4: .1' or . cool, more coos; cool 144. LYES TO NO PARTY THAT DOES NOT CARRY THE FLAG AND KEEP tiiP 14 6 7tHE NUS* SV Ale 1UNIIIIA.;." Montrose, cSusluetranna Count , Dortiil4, #ol,l - ember 10, 1850 WllO TUE DEUCE WASITI--Brown tells us a Vermont story which,he says, is as authentic as the best of the Post 'anecdotes, and, cer tainly nothieg swore can be required. A re spectable gentleman in Windsor county, many years ago,had an ambition to represent his tows in the State Legislature. Though a man of good character, and every way good enough for the once he souchr, he happened ) , as Aunt Peggy used to say, to have "a great many winning ways to make folks hate him," and was in fact the most unpopular man in the town. Going to 'Squire X., an influen• tial man who hajspeaed to Ise ((lei:it' lly to hiss, he laid his plans before him, and asked his influence; saying thrit he didn't expect help without paying for it, and declaring that if be could gel X.'s influence he was sure to be elected. The squire " pbt in his best jumps" for his man; but when the baLlot•bot was turned,anotherbilin was declahli elected. The disappointed man called Oat to know bow the votes stood, and learnedthat he had'got , just three votes! "But i don't *Unde'r - stand it," Said he, turning to the 'Squire witt chopfiillen countenance. "Nor I ..either," said the 'Squire, " I put in my •ote i you put in another; but who the put in the third is more than I can imagine r —Boston Post. -- - A FATTIER'S ALVVICE.—Many yens ago I remember of a young man kaving his patern al roof tolook. out (or himself. On the eve Initling his-native vil!age,his father placed a roll of bank notes isrhis hand, with the fol lowing advice : "Josiah, you are now about to go cut into the wide world, Where it's a good deal wider than 'Lis here, and no fence round it, neither. Take them hills, and min.! yer Engers - onto 'em tight, for the witid's mighty apt to blow 'em where you'll never see 'ens again. You hai&t gtt it hard finish etlitistioo, but I tell Jou, Josiah, eonsnion-schOol learning is jist as good as the harj finish, if you oQlv know how to handle it. Don't swear, don't throw the dips—don't play keards—don't hang about taverns--but yes. may chew ter barker some; 'cause yer dad does. • Don't cheat anybody who can't afford to stand it; them as can, you may put the hard finish onto as thick as you like. K'eep a stiff upper lip-, Josiah, and 'eon% let anybody impose on ye. If they.do, fait. you bring out them hard finish licks what yer old dad has guy ver for 'heritance l" SNQIIING.--A Western statesman in one Of his tonrs it! the lat. West, stopped all night at 4. 116 1 .ts'd 4 .:.e.e.re lie was put .in the same room with a or strangers. He was very . - much annoyed by the snoring of two persons. The block boy of the hotel entered the rtio&, when ode naritter said to him I,will give you five dollars if you will kill that man next to me who snores so dreadfully I" "Can't kill him for five dollars, btit if massa will advance the price, I'll' try what I 161br0." iiy etialvd fury. The'otber was - now ,to be s quieted. So stepping up to him, be awoke him, and said: "My friend, (he knew cisho be wasj you're talking in your sleep, rat are exposing all the secrets of the Brandon Bank ; (he was , a dieector ;) you had better 4 carful." He was careful, for he V. List go to sleep that night. _ PRINTING sOrs - Ices.—When Dr. Franklin's mother in law erst cliscovered that the young man had a hankering for her daughter, that good old lady said she did nct know so well about givinr , her datlgiiier to a printer; there here 'dreary two ,printing offices in the 'Unit ed States, and she was notertairthe coun try would support them. It was p i rtin young Franklin would depend for his support on the profits of a third, and tins wis doubtful chance. If such an of was urged to a would-be, son-in-law when there Were but two printing oelces the United" States, how Can a printer hope to ge't a wife now, when the present census-shows the num ber to be 15;007-. jar Judge Moore, who many years ago presided in the courts of several western counties of Pennsylvania, was frequently flud- ing fault with the lawyers for bringing on. itnEortant suits in his courts. On one opcasion he thus sharply addressed the plaintiff's couniel, ii` young and .hopeful or the laws: "Mr. R.. why did you bring this suit to our court I Why did you not leave it out to be decided • by three honest men of the neigh borhood f" "Your honor," replied R., "I prefered that hdneat then shouldn't try it." WEIGHT OF A MILLION DOLLARS IN GOLD. —ln answer to the question, "what, is the weight of a Million dollars in gold I" an of ficer of the mint calculates as follows : , "The weight of one million of dollars of United States currency in gold _is 53,750 troy ounces. This makes 4479 pounds, 2 ounces—ot nearly two tons and a quarter, reckoning 20b0 RA- only to, each too. As weighty as this is we have no doubt that, if the amount were offered to anybody who sltould lift it, there would be enough persons found ready to break their necks in the vain attempt'. DOIiESTIC DISEASE.-A couple (not long married) where contending about what Chould !:;48 the name of their trat Idol only _ "William, my dear, I want to name him Peter." "Oh ! no, Inv !ore ; 1 dOn't like Peter—he denied his Master. Let us call him .16- seph." "Why, I can't bear Joseph--he denied his mistress." THE DEVIL-A spea'ker in a meeting, n'et long since, enlarged upon the rascalities of the devil, hit of the following pithy words : "I tell you that the devil is an old liar ; for when, I was about get rejigion,_ he told me that if I did get religion I Gould nht go into' gay eatitparty. eteat A'r do any suet, ding% but I have found him out to be a great liar or It is better to hug a pretty girl than a bare illesioti'; sets So' e*bange. Of orufrso it mi Oefty girl will nitato the coniliti• taint,- irme illusion, will not. Fe s ti, OYetai Ifot t eigi'2664 . that the WI of the Weather mit be greatly Mo . - dified after tinV iletroi+notimi• of so many 4,460,• Agricultural. Cultivate the Farmer, as weft is tie What Mailers) shall i buy? This not ea *amnial a question with Western sveltiwittA,where there is an abund ance <if rich orgiale mattes it A. virgin soil, though, as we have already shown, and shall stiH farther show; it behooves those baying even the beet of tictils to husband the wealth already in theirlind, instead of, wasting it and thus imp:Sl - visiting their estates. But lb all the older Stitet r and in the newer regions where the soil is toktli moderately good, the preseryktion-as 110 as theprocering of ma muses is a esattei of .the utmost importance. 'Scarcely a day liallscs during the entire year, iu which we areldbt asked by a Treater or less number of Rtisons :• "Which one of the many fertilizers Deed in market—all backed up by abundant Certificates—would you ad vise me to -bur r On this point.we ale somewhat radical, and consequently not in very good odor with the Manufacrt*ers and sellers of artificial Mantires; AIN asivvill be seen, generally steer pretty clear of our advertising columns. We know also, that o'fir ViewiCrit not accord with those of the great mass Of so-ealletl"scienti& writers ;" but having deVoted, perhaps, quite as much time and expense as Most of them, both on the farilaad tie 4 :aboratorb to the careful investigation da this sukteet, we must adhere to our own views oil the Matter, unless they cart be shown to be erroneo&- Our invariable rule is, to inquire or any new 'fertilizer, first, how much organic matter does it contain ; that is, ilow great a propor ticri is its- animal or vegetable material Second, how neatly does the organic matter approach, in its compositiori; .4 (;' !ean desk; or, in other wordl,- how mi ld iiiirogen does it contain. Otkeis lay great stress upon the phosphates and other mineral matters; while we attach comparatively little sable to these, ft.t• reasons foinierly set foith and to be dis. cussed hereafter. luding by these rules, we rank first,.flnely I ground unhunted bones, not those merely ••• broken4e•we buy nothing else, ecept for fruit trees or sines, when those well broken are good. Next, we rankgennine Peruvian guano— but no other kind, however high standing a pame it may bear. Of course, substances resembling the above .110111 ales LIOUCI, „neStl, wool, haft, fishilicAid Mid liquid excrements of human Mid otter animals , when these sub stances are not mhed up with too great a quantity of wortVess materials, as is often the case when they are Pet up for market. But of this subjectAnore bereatter.-•Arnerican subject .} more Economical Hints. yOth' Itifixiatiisd;or la a little - Toodi,itt otrb one of your barn. There are mane sins!! jobs in the course of a year, which ally man , of com ma lSPenuity can do as *al ;As a-professed , carPenter. And there are,' many rain days and "odd spells" wheii ti*ie Jabs can And bow tilueh rtinnlng to the village, and bow much waiting and patience this would save. 2. Have alace fpr everything, and eeery thing lit its f ihfe.' Those to:oB. 7 —wby should they he laying around, tbo anger here, the jack'-plane there,and the saw yonder, and the ads and screw driver nowhere 1 Doh't put away a shovel, hoe, spade or any implement without cleaning it. This Mal seem need• leas care, but in the long run it is a saving 01 and money. Porrodes and weakens the best Made too!: T here gre men who leave their ploii itaßclini in the furrow, Or lying besiae-of the felibb froth one year to another. And tire bran new scythe is often left dangling from the crotch of an apple-tree month after month. Hear what a sensible farther says "Iltlrive in stout pins to bang . yotir 'y okes Upon, nail stripe of board from joist to joist., to hang chains npon, make a rack overhead for pitch-falls, rakes, turning stick," ikc. To all which we respond—so let it be Keeping Cabbagos. There are a variety of good methods of keeping them for family -use. Storing them in the, house eellitr *AA *orlit: ;It is always do wart for that, the outer leases drop off, they crack open and rot, making an unpleas ant odor from cellar to garret; Better throw litter over them and let them stand in the gardim than to do this. When you i‘atit to keep them only a few weeks the heads may be cut off and put in a common flour harrel, sunk half way in the earth. The to of the barrel - should be kept as closely covered as prevent chan ges in the temperature inside. The heads will bear a very bard freezing if the frost ie • drawn out gradually. ' - The beat method on the 'whole, is heeling them in on the nort-h side of a fence or build ing; where they will have as little sun as pos sible. Dig a trench a foot deep by'the fence, the length proportot'ed to the nut*er of eatiliacre you desire to store. Put in the cabbage an d cover roots and stumps with earth, making a second trench for a second tow of heads, - and so on,until the whole is dnibl4. 'the nearer square they arp left, the !ess it will take to etiltir them. Place rails or small poles over them, so• that they will not rest on the heads, and cover with any old straw or litter a foot deep. 2p mild weather ventilate. remoa ing iha litter You can' get et: ttie &tic?' and remove few or deny as „ pits your conve nience. Some Martet garaners to this way keep their cabbages until April.--Ameiicart ilgr. keepinggCltioi A Dutchess county correspondent, Mr. S. T. Belding,-of Dover Plains, writes to the N. Y. Post : "I have found by elperiencethat: the P est Way of saving winter apples is to Pitoic - thern in lacers with ry#s of wheat straw: Nit straw should never be used, as it ap to collect dampness. Rye or, Wheat straw has this effect, that if an apple becoines ten, it aboitos the moisture, leaving the n'ppre fit W reatiove without any soft rot." Mr. BelditlEs apiSliee (es - Orliti this hest me thods of keeping, rot' tile) , are verTiarev ad:d i fine, and' attest I ttie fertilityi or ate gion iii whiCh 'they are produced, as well al this care of onitivation.—New - Folk ADDgESS.; OrLIVERYD MORK . SUSQUEHANNAGOONIttiteM.VCROOt —sr— ' • . . K. B. LITTLE , 'Esq., On Tuesday, Noe. 9th. c iiT ,'• r: llateativots to Youtlttot lUittlitro.n LADIES SSD Glivirizmax :. "Knowledge is power." Irani:tad, by universal content . , hate laid this away as an aziorn,—a , . postulate. Still the power of this truth is paver .fially appreciated. By the side of this Viet, Vance this olber 466,—that, ever ain't. ehe'Odine fell ,upon Adair, mail society has t einlivided by great walls of caste ?. separated in daises, between whom exists inetnal repulsion, non. symif.ratty aid aversion. The law or brother hood is broken,and man,sees sn.ene.uy in his fellow-tiliaw. The world's history, "%tiro' all her blood-stkined paigett ? youthafeeloAMpair ing philarithr4ty 'not one exception to this lamenlecl order of being. ' Against it,philoso phy and religion have written anP sPiten i'e vain. to some of the alternations of"power, i incident to this eternal clash between the i privileged awl unpriceleged classes, hTe has ! sometimes dawned upon the world. hist only i to be extinguished by the next wave of rove- lution; and leave her wrapped is deeper gloom. The lower CURIA of igeteranee, and toil with its immense physical power hais muuered, and surged, and upheaved, in vain, I —monopolized wealth and learning would 1 still rise to the surface and bask alone in the 1 air and inn, as soon as the storm passed and the convulsion rested. Shall - the surface of life be never planed, and mankind stand up on one level I Virough all the vistas of time, the burdened breeze wafts to our ears the sigh, "Dever, never." !tin turns away from this imagined taw, and asks for submis mision, patience and consolation. Philoso phy tells him that happiness is very equally apportioned between the high and low, and religion points him to a higher state of eing, where, with amended natures and improved faculties, the vain distinctions of this world will no- longer exist. Discouraging then -as the- effort may seem, may we not inquire after the cause of this condition, and so apply the . remedy. If this order were God-m r i de, the n eubcnission is virtue, but if it be man=made, then haste to unmake it. God's. law is 'brotherhood'!--4 love the word—it means human equality. Distinctions of wealth are got the cause, be cause the_y are triilinu.:ehe4s&ir.=*••“.. , 6ln, uestaes,"they depend very much upon distinc tions of mihcl and kB - P,l'e'dte: this rich have been-educated, and h ence they retained a mystic power over poverty, toil and ignor ance. I)isparity of condition always attends disparity of knowledge. These are power. Infuse into the -lower conditions of life the same knowledge that pervades the stiperior strata, and you need no convulsion to con found them together,—they will, "like kind-' 'swea=shswsisspl.......”---„La-1.-siwass. r ee.se I r ma abamasos yr ,p-chor es. f , - is to transform the world ! Think you. my friends, if every shivh was a Fred Douglass in knowledge, all tile chains ever forged in all theme furnaces of earth, or 'hell, would retain theminPop4sti Theo, as yon can't ,bring i ritiwledie _.do,rn, any More than you pluck its hrightnipis from the sun,the remedy is to raise ign'ciFiCh up. The grandest results usually eprini trom 'canqes that appear simple. It would he inter ' eating, if I had time, to illustrate this. But I pail tit l oiilitto . the reigedr, iiiiel yea have alreafly . anti yins i ted,- 7 it , is a,Jriatera freeofeducation. It is die tanner. that i.atreamil in light, the music of universal brotherhood, the song of peace on ,earth,very like that Chanted' bx , angels 1 'The Common School Fillinteg at ev ery 6aii'l.i ileei,tliit' edu cates Sligo the children of tb:i POor and rich, that raises up Democracy of aiihd, that ;air evels the world I This 13131,_ principle, just diecoveixid after ages of groping in darkness; that the rhiihi3 t y of Net °country shall educate ice Minds of the iieuntry i will prove the great i antidote to the ills of butnin sOciety,thtlei thashall lift man out ot lAA darkness; dearer (cd; ' " . • 1 . 2" Again, ti »i sebjeet,. apeeks_p jouth, the forming period of lire; the seed-Pixie. Of the soul. Joyous, happy youth ! Bow !title go jot! retinae what out-reaching consequences are to P r ictrit themselves. into the future, from the head-springs of li'f'e ! Inionr brief, sunny days, you enwrap i destiny I' The thought staggers me: Be siir; your harvest will be according to your sowing,in this your spring-time. Be sure that something will be rimplanted then. Guard , your youth. . Age may he hitless, we::;:i4did, and yet recover, but the errors of youth grave theinselves im perishably upon the rill. A young spirit, bliitted, Marred, perverted, isat wreck over which angels might weep ,: Compared i ssrith this, every other ruin is ihsigniecant and trif ling. Oh, there is a deep meaning iii the Divine injunction,—"rernember thy brother in the days of thy youth." , The troVIA. is that tle,youngi . magine they can reclaim, in the strength of age, the vices of youth,and that in the sober twilight Of eve ning, they may atone for the mis-deeds of the morning. Vain deluSion ! Cah you exor l'ise the past; or t i a6 What on Medieiry is written, or wipe oh' froth' th.e gll•retaining soul. what is ithprinted there I Can sloth, passion and vice etch themselves upon the forming spirit, and yet not dee r and More it,- eita6ll,l6 with tigiiii l thli Wit is not, recall; r ed; and age slut miens did iigei .04 Was sown in youth. The playsieal; m anta ii . nd moral nature sire to be effA i Egted t o birin i co . nl, _ous development, in order to a self poised, stione maehood. Suppose tirj o 4.7l/ 00 F7 fined and cramped throng* All CbildliiAd, 1 and in' n'i'aldre iegi its disCipline begins: : B a . oti, 1 siY he will die before he reaches age; or, i f he lives, At will be to a life of _feebleness And pain. The time to' cultivate Mir "Miffs! p6Wein is in youth, that time lo'st, can' never be reclaimed. It is so-with the mind and ' he4 rt. ,bie threefold eeture is to be diicillAimid; then, in youth. Education indiscipline. All discipline involve" self-denial and effort.. Nye, inset never shrink from ; Wise'. providnu'ck ordained' them 'as the ,oilly , nieana.or irowth. El'e ligni a' 80. destiny for tis; only "a little lower than the angels." Ile bids us climb, end the steps of this ascent, from ,the dark gulf wherein we are b9rwie . ptofi:eltonter-.. silire glory ; ore daps of toil. Tift "litet!iti t loi 6 dowb, but 40 most work who wonid cl imb ' up those dizzy steps whereon ~t read \the angels: Thertie a philosophy in work; I mean Qs ~ . .. . , effort, physical, mental, moral, of, deeper. aieaning.than the world considers. Men k 0 ;Ito 14,r0i,kr. work shop - by.coinpulsien, Ass sleves_andar-the necessity merely of a.liveli- hood. True,ontlaboireturns to us the com forts ofjlifif," tu t these are Its to uses. Back g tids,,, _the pesience, the effort, the trial; the ticipline, pore' is education in its hi,gytist,iense. A man's heart should go With torn ittlo his work. VA should shrink fm no dirculty, for. the resolution with wiehibst overcomes one, adds so his power, r w t 'en 14 Comes to te zreitier, o Ever, sue'. carafe* - grapple' wit h. an obstae]c„, hecnines its an element of 'trek/ib and chi'rester,— an,added pinion to.the sonl-wiwg., ~- 3 . , *hit a cella, 'eie r icple e f dieCi r pline and poimpatbrotight i torth, in the wreck of ta steamer ',A:rctif..., , ! ifi r the moment t otipiful alarms, with *halfwit] ,41fisheesi o thatepos. • • I ~. ~ semen men *hen lifism,to. peril, ,the of rushed iOtp,tbet fffit-beate, leaving their posts elt-dufy, when ! it. was post neegssag they shoulterand Erni. STZWAIitrifoLLAND might have r dnies the sage, thing; but We world not puichistliti f,t, the ,experise of xtet . ..y.„ Oh, .v . rtptt,;. moment of trial ! Every Moment the galltynt vessel , wa expected to go, down. Slope wasiono.. trong men ley, in every k t, direction; faulted— .- is...women sat 'cowering together, in the istOPor , of desp ai r. • There was not a single peison, , a mong those hundreds ; to blip, to pheer, of to ,encourage. Sublime in his, solitary heroism, Holland wood, for three dreadful hours, at his post, firing the minute gun of distress. Away swept the litxriiiiiig cannon over the dark waters, but it bru't no answering steals. , ilie powder failed,and he we6t lo the .negazlne for a fresh supply. this was locked, :and the key was gone with the faithless locked, I eers. N seines en 19n end breaks dow'n the d00r.......N0w be returns to his ffily, and each successive_min ute, the_great gun thunders over the sullen deep, their awful distress. So, he stood, until the fated vessel sunk beneath- the unpitying waves, and all on board were food for the monsters of the deeP.- .. . My frieuds t we are' all , mariners in that trlt vesse l, iti4f is aching . upon the waters of line! Proiridence,bas assigned to each one of us a post, ifdttt7.. , And all true-edu cation wil!, make us faith!'ul , there, in storm, as well as in 'calm, in tte presence of death, as well as in the jay of life. . geroism in • duty puts to sliame„lhe, false heroism of blood 1 and contfuesc •ftwiftliapclece si4., out of 1 sit, by the si d e Stewart r.olland. ' If • LI to return from this digression. There I, are no insentions to che"Pen, knowledge,,— I no soft lady-paths to science,.for, then the ob i ject,itself would be of ao ra l .ue,,to nit; fc'r ;rant of :=4Pacity to receive and poises" it. What a mistake parents make, whoi to'l ito amass wealth fur their children ! The child very early..learns that be is an heir to wealth and ease, andie that way knowledge finds no-excuse for indolence, which soon be gets vicious indulgennit.,. ii.t,hest;,-,he grows .....enereated. !lei lined .paixesitet, a. ".l2.tehasolot ' or n ir m. ~- I ney.ati setter pta qrvo em,, ,py 1 earl% disc ipline and trial,to Meet life's storms, and bullet its billows, like strong, self-poised men, tlpin . to lay for them a coach of ease w4, 121 .-f i l find,, man and their - own souls, pi l l demand t env° work,..work, work. Oh no, givede t e men and women that entered up-, on life, the tiled and diegihfined heirs of honest toil. , From such sources "preng nil that has been great and good in - toe world. From hence trickled, hose„lstieams y ;of zetormation and progresp- , at grew afterwards till they pour ed their road waters beside, the cities end I t palaCei of earth. Not only does all human experience vindicate this fact,, but, higher still, the God-man - taught it by his life and p ! efsionoaught itiralie temple, by, the way side, and On this' mount. .... I , - In these general views, it would.:ct be ex pected that., the details,,of youthfUl celtufe should be emisideopd: Matheniati'cid stUdy is necessary to eudtinste eh?. i.c.:,1411.i the , fibres of miu'd, - so as to give it a close grasp, the study of the languages gives flow, orna., meet and richnsss to tbs skeet', del, it is on ly the drinking at youths rho , de , ep, fnuntai;is a' Nature that inspires you,, with the diyieer thirst to knoti,—iii itself an . instinct of the skies. • ' ' if f l would inspere i could, a love ler ,, Ne : hind Science; hitherio so .. .qtAirrion s r,i` in the Coalman School: Why not introdcen there elements of Astronomy, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Geology, Botany ? and 4 I 4101 ogy I Such stgily,,9pands and ptuiffes both the Mental and moral nature. How dark t are those minds that stand in this o great Temple ofNature, unused to contemplate hir works." We live ,on a theatre of wonders, dod's own temple , of ecience i ,Hirselt the teacher ; where men' eat, and" , sie:,p, and dream, and die—too stupid to !earn. too self ish to gii ' cut o f diet: own dark narrowness, even to meet God. Self is thneternal chain, • tii,t binds the strugglin,,soul to the 'smoke and dest . of ibiS Cabin ia life. All tight edu-. cation takes us out of self ; and so 'fits us for duty.. Besidei, no manwasq7er nappy with ; in himself; no man 47114 ever unhappy out of self ; and We . may etip pose that ie the highest perfeetion J ig being; . the life is not in find ter self; b& 15 anif', for the criotriitt, and the te,OlV.d. Let us Stand 13 moment in the ve.aihule of this Temple, add behold its glory. Let roe ' quote thus! "The earth on the one side. end the, sir, with'ifs 14tili Can'4y, on th'e plter, shite out tr'iig ni, daring the day; the visible universe:. 'then let:4s leave this earth, and tafninrie tar stitia; where telescopic vision is unobstructed. As we rise away abOve our monntlin tops ] . how the verdant fi elds, the cities, rivers and forest" grow dia l and yet . dimmer; until they fade away, and . we see the &it's' ibid . ( wheeling on its resistless course, and reflecting from its surface ; a sil ver* light. As we get beyond the laic' wave Of its atdospVere; it, is all unbroken night; With a sky stretching all aroud us,_and,bring ing to view, in every direction, innumerable and interminable vistas of u sters.,, They look fainter and fainter in the dtetanie, until they are lost in mearinrelessamace. ~I n one quarter Ohtp i nce - 44 do indeed - see sour, sun, Shining matchless in his glory, but as ihernis no at• mosphere around us , to reflect pis s rays, they reflect no general ight, and the daiiling e tendor ' of hie disk beams out (tons . a dark ' . The ail beeond, i ! send to , qs ttestr &Mk iiii'oesViAtia l tti'llis igiyi., oh; lyrist i 7 , 1,.., • • a panoramisof power, wonder and glory! In another qisartei we see alive planet; whose surface we could not trams In a lhousind 7ssrs, but it beams mildl7 tiros us from its . . mt Itinutrir' _ . . s ., • distant orbit, like sfittle.gilded bal,h ~Thers are four_ br,ight' uts, i ii,Alse skii• , r it, two . cm each side, so minute . a 1 ac Maly to FT . •• be seen * rid Yet shining with ii. 'a oaf. aria steady li * rid ght, exceOt• when in. their Moiler revolution aiounditheir pareinyvrb„ . .9. ; die- vi er I,4 l {Wit. .biro, . 'WO iiire,,,ltra.;iiii shadow. The,Wholpgropp, the mpg Aid Alto planet around wbilch they revolve, eep;on in their annual eir6it, with nearly t relocr ity of lighintogiAttit tert ir trisesut ess 4 7 tance their-enottOn is so itoperceptib a. to. , us, _that we nluit watch them days and eakik; to t discover that they Move at aIL hi *hiss distapcel .pq l 4.,ilistqrapttir trY titemovotge bas snae a a min capable 'to in l iar the bounds'of their - orbits. Its distaaei sitanAr.- i ad, and its mass wsigbeitl; as accuratei y its itty . 1 lar ir k 413. any weight can be * ascertained, unta, cafeillisnoi Will -tell. biefif, i inets whit situation at any instant, hui titrixls of • years hence; the lanet itself, ati4 every Om of its satellites Wihois . :ptakets,. „The Meier of this machinery * t it mmotion at tenet 6000 years ago, and yet IBCt il ' eoniaa iind,extict is the regularity with which he carries it ii...441t 1 I ts motions are now the very standar,pf.ex 7 actness.amoegtom II:. By these rev Intipa, an observer in the emotest landa,lni'rns iiittt. is the exact, time a his distant holm., ,ItAS, as it were, an ilia inated clock, wb ch God has placed in :t ~1,4 , ,,,r1 , , q . rege atediby iti s as to 4 ,.::e an narnngguide toittinl'' ljut {'et us desc nd firm thin t rapt. and took into her inilter.Wtirks; to only th e casinos.% f.creative power, skill, industry and taste, displayed yond microscopic vision, in the atoms. Nyonderfe ~. whether_sle. a continent with th earthquake, or lightning , froim' el ud to clobd, o out, like - .banners from, the battle 44 heaven, gorgeous certaina over * or clothes , a fonts with . verdure, an out-its Millions '0 buds, or paints, and cautious'tou hes, the petals floweromd the .wit of every ins ect. 1 , is a. ; wonderful in ,stars.. Cain . . gases; either one eparate, or 0,4! ed in different pro unions, instankly I all\ animal, life. ut they are unt exaciproportiOns- uited to respirati I will quote one more: There is , with its„stopiith, . tight skip,, So , ; frfim . rain, and en hie it to grow a, W . bat design is ev rjyrbere! It is s ib ; hard, u4itil . viiti b glee it.:, ‘ writ! then I I soft. What i cti a ge bare yoii . 611 . i i `interior? A pie e of wood, or sto no t b e 8P..-A°4Pe by 140.wi., f!Y I the juice tuns out; bad . you done a 6 4 I a 'drop would hasp fal t len. The sw bad been. carefully' elaborated, and litEle,cells, syh t ich, itom.pesedtbe sti 1 Is tiza huh, and they s afe l y , be,ld it u ' bruising kit broken .tberr, all a miugled.their. qpntinta totether. tit how busy 2,i,ature is every summer' ten thousand orchards, ' carrying th into every tree, apportienimkts p r, ta.msscirssoss.AWata4paiOwsf,aa , to isr,wwc rzonwse;itairunst. e r i t - Tbevine ramlilds about in steadli on which to cling. i It puts out, jus point. most needi g sapport k little that grow quite long,atalltraight, u touch an . ot/rt, th.cs Ate,.w.i . pd roe often, thl4 they ill bread. rather ' loc .. .rae ;heir hold. !How delicate rnechanismpf fibrcis, so oontrived tit contact curls then 4 into n 61113 grasp . There lies a cirnof dew, in a litti i „ tetion on. the leaf i f that vine. Its exact, not by clurcr3,..fo . r . every clt of slew iri . i ttre *garden, .ntiy, tr; all has,.,thlit „saint spheric fornh . aud it rainbow, tears' tsucli..the NaNr, an. away withitslit4 mimic world of and is law., Yet tilos . spot ou that le it lay many hours, is (try: IhOu , downy fibres had held it-up; and ev ' d -.. - . I the a 014 f an stepy..n a vey , raut,-e...a 0.. jcee4red i inth the; same deliesite din . 1,1 14 .1eaf itself is! a great study:ll' is micer than art; can tint, and is adapted to the contort and healtbo t ther serve n tliei e sturaior; ergs. a ' 61 table life, led tak from th,e‘air, e tatted ti. animal respiration, / tbeir` t a grace, and their ;structuie;a(psyster Once more. The water:in this gl . very common ancf s i mple, and- set . would nut unfoldllte Wonders of its,* ism. . This very' mechanism adopts Itt"'V . l.: sll h, 5.4,te 1 a it performs in t ow, Il i r0 . 41,0n ;n beauty and maje we call it ii river. Now, it heaves a I in great , white. billows, that dash i the proudest slru tures of man, ,and it ocean/ Now; i takes an irresisa that hy its expa i sive - powei, driv migktiest enginery with resisttess fo ws calf jt stekiii: .. llow; it takes the f blight, fleecy .cl o ud, and evolves al and forms \of Keitiity, and decks th eler.y.ive and . lending of light, c shade, ever Changing, ever,,sew. , A falls in pure, while fiates, until it en the earth, and eslery one of these c 4 flakes is fashioned in the likeuess of every one ,s toad In tit, same ela every part s icle in iis precise place, eves of the beautiful star , has its proper AC no one of these cou'ioless initlions o Bakers n'eltie.'liel;VU't arch is form( as much care as( if e!cprw:4‘); desigi human study and iqilmirstioit. Vet ' al congealed,. ; is and thin change of i requires utor,e sac • than7.lien lq‘ii,l,. the ice ,cryst4iin tafe: , ha . ped . lllto a They must take tliat t, , tiape;,and if tes see the tremendouf power of - Foos:F. But, in conclu4on , let me add, all lion is •vaiO the does not point th oit,tu pi! t , o T i t ri: quii.., ii. s iyoutiop,pri k .s our ironic:agility; 14nd a life starred an ous-where,we groiv into all knewled learned infilel—What a paradox! . the vimment will s .came, even in t when his faith will fail him. Etlia was gloriousla ,w l.,tis, physical, strength; Ws mental imi; hq, ,he wrote an . ook. }lts dang,iter,..whom he loy thelate, of death. , she called j 1,1 . i side, and said "dear father, I am just the dark river, chi tell me, shall Efean, dreadful Motnentj on , the faith of my medlar, or tilionl, the doctrines you The strong m*rt *sa weak in the pres the dread viAti*nl. -,,Her i bes s itMed.a diet} said, trust. to.your .mother:a f and wept in Itisdesolasier! ofApirxt;;„ T hope the youth preliani will he la a study of Nat*, and so enrieli.usi heart, by * better" knowledge of it* At • ' - '. ram goners see, not' ien, bey odd of na.kr'''‘‘ crartirituif hangs logiito of RIPPels ~i)ripgr. I tl i itaclr ("irony Iwo oimbiek: fatal to d in the , n' apple, 9.1 6 0 4 -„:( ,tua4,y rc. )ottriJar.c l ., t is 'Aiart.t' in the 444 put it, , 6fore not, etliquid utoip in , fatice of tif,your ay, aud. • day, id Jules -3 atislesaye °Net; t. 4 at ttiii tendrils, til they d it c`o ban ,ua is that simple 'Olll3 is er drop ardens, _ - n ? reflects . it rolls , onders„/ f, who , ' ands •9( .., ,/ Ir , ry. lof / tl,are' - • r olor. • - cisely - the eve, )1' rege- ,aiot in- ;otion is e a week eCtil,D. tiP.t to • • world. I.ty, and ° L d‘ tow;e4 precei we call k 'Orth, ce, athl riff of :i shapes ,m with tor and gain; i iNbroudt. l/untlesi a star, •t. (oral; y point tene“, . `d with Ined Co; aim,it form it ted, W educn • moral 'Stases lumin 1... The I•urb its lifr, Allen and in Infidel lay at tering I in this . • sainted hold!" lice of. oment, it' ~ ed to ad and tbor.
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