Scuotcb to clitics, literature, Agriculture, Science, Jttoarlitw, au& (Seueral 3fatcHicicnrc. 'a 41 VOL 13. l; ' STROUBSBUKG MONROE COUNTY, PA. APRII 22, !S5Sr i i i i i ii j ii .i in in 1 1 gii ii p 1 1 in Published by Theodore Sciioch. TERMS Twq.lollars per annum in advance Two uolltrs an I a quarter, half yearly ami it not paid oeTircthe end of the year. Two dollars and a half. No papers discontinued until all irrcaragesarc paid Vronpt at the option of the Editor. . IE? Ailvctliscinctits not exceeding one square (ten lines) will be inserted three weeks lor one dollar, ami wenty-fire cents for every -subsequent insertion. The cUrge for one and three insertions the same. A lib r! dUcnunt made to ycarlv advertisers.. . IDT AtlleUers Addressed to the Edjlorruislbcnosl I I , How I Came It may be funny, i be Married. 'dcrs and her breath smelt of onions which but I've done it. she ate the week before. Well, to make I've cot a rib and a babv. Shadows tn. a lorn? storv short, she set the day. and .. j a j . ported oyster st-iw , brandy cock-tails, we practised for four weeks every night cigar boxcp, boot lack?, absconding shirt how we would walk into the room to be - From the Boston Courier, April 5. TheoSbre 3?arker on the Revival. The Mu&ic Hall was "rcatlv crowded c'rea-e of crime by the increase of charity. Other men would take the opportunity to make church members. So they st-t the yesterday morning, iu consequence of the revi7al machine in motion. buttons. Whist and dominoes. Shadows married, till wo got so we announcement that the llev. Theodore JOB PRIKTIXG. , Hiring asrcncralascortnient of large, clepnnt.plain audoniamctUiU Type. we sireprcparcd to eXCcuteevcry description of Cards, Circulars, Oil 1 Heads, Notes .niank Rcccip Justices, l.eqa l and other llianks, i'nttiphlets. &c printed with neatness and despatch, on reasona ble terms, AT THE OFFICE OF C. U I anger, AND HOUSE AND SIQU PAINTER. Shop in Aurachers building, on iMiz- and I stajed away from home because I abeth street, Stroudsburg, Pa., where was too bashful to face the music. I may be had at all times jhung around the house whistling Old S;iSh DOOI'S. OlindS & ShlliterS, jDa" Tucker, dancing to keep my feet Which will be sold at the lowest rates, -warm, watctiing tne ucaus nooning up Call and examine elsewhere. present hoop skirts, bandboxes, ribbons, careful as a couple ofMuscovia ducks gaiters, long stockings, juvenile dresses, iho night, the company, and the minis tin trumpets, kites, willow chairs, bibs, ' ter came, the signal was given, and arm pap, sugar teats, paregoric, hive-syrup, in arm we marched through the crowded castor oil, Godfreys cordial, soothing syr- hall. We were just entering the parlor up, rhubard, sena, salts, squills and doc- door, when down I went kerslap on the tor bills. Shadows future more nine oil cloth pulling Sal with rac. Some cus pound babies more hive syrup, ko. 1 11 sed fellow had dropped a banna skin on just tell you how I got caught. I was al- the floor and it floored me. It split an ways the darndest, most tea custard bash- awful hole in my cassimcrcs right under ful fellow you ever did sec; it was kinder, my dress coat tail. It was too late to in my Hue to be taken with the shakes, back out, so clapping my hand over its we every time I saw a pretty gal approach-( marched in and got spliced, and taking a ing mr, and I'd cross the street any time scat. I watched the kissing the bride op- rather than face one. "Pwasn't linftsiKn'nrnt.inn Mv nrnnmsman was tiVrlifc, and I . . ( - J c ' J didn't like the critters, for if I was be-(bo kissed her till I jumped up to take a hind a fence looking through a knot-hole slice, when, oh, horror, a little six year I couldn't look at one long enough. Well, old imp had crawled behind me, and pul- my si-itor Liiu gave a party one night, ling my shirt through the hole in my could Walk as p'.irkc.r wouia preach upon the Revival! trowsers, had pinned it to the chair, and After the usual exercises of singing and prayer, the text was read as follows: , But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion ou litem, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep liavihg no shepherd. 'Matthew, chap. 9, verso 36. I Mr. Parker said he should endeavor to give some thoughts on a false and a true revival of religiou; but the object was a great one, and as ho could not dispose of it in a single scrmon.he should preach on this occasion mainly of the false, reserv ing the discussion of the true for next Sunday. If a person would go into an apothecary's shop he would Gud an end less number of vials and jars and boxes, labeled with strango names, but all con taining medicine, for makiug sick men sound. He would also find many kind fpi... : . - ti j. iJ.ii is nil reaper, and of t gro gaze of the astonished multitude, a trifle more muslin than was pivasant. The women giggled, the meu roared, and I ft a ft I I . ... before purchasing ' nua oown behind the wiutlow curtains, got mad, but was hnally put to bed and anu wisi.mg tue tuunuermg party would there all my troubles ended. uooa healiu" of : . r .i: .i j .1 i i r . . i- . t iu juuipiiig up i ui!.piuvt;u iu iuu iiuuimug 0t suricai inbtrumcnts, ior me wounds, and riding men of the ills to which their flesh is heir. But if he should say to the unwholesome looking young man, prematurely bald and spectacled, jCake the fPapers. BY n. p. AV1LHS. "Why dou't you take the papers ! They're the life of my delight ; Except about election time, And then I read for pitc. Subscribe, you cannot lose a cent Why should you be afraid ; For cash thus paid is money lent On iuterest, four fold paid. Go then and take the paper, And pay to-day nor pay delay, And my word it is inferred, You'll live till you are gray. An old newspaper fru-nd of mine, While dying from a coub, Desired to hear the latest new?, While he was dying off. I took a paper, and I read Of some new Pills iu force ; He bought a lox and is he dead ? No hearty a a horse. I knew a "printer's debtor once, Racked with a scorching fever, Who swore to pay her debt next day, If her distress Would leave her. Next morning she was at her work, Divested of her pain. 33ut did forget to pay her Till taken down j break up so I could get to my room. I : Smoked up a bunch of cijars. and as iti nicht. Yours, J. W.33. W was getting late and mighty uncomforta ble, I concluded to shin up the door post 1 .TllCt hiifl fliun Ann nn1 c.tm Cswinrl mv. iiiii iyiui.u nil vuui tuuu vnca uuu acree Boys and Girls. with Life Illustrated, when must have trades and pro right. Every body should understand that ho is to learn well to do eo me kiud of business: that he is to earn his liviug, and make himself useful in tho world. That he has a rich father, is no reason why he should live in idle jncss. Train the boy to a useful occupa- whole raft of pirls ' 1 es lf ou WOuld bavc L,m haW a,,d TIipnLihin nnt 1 honoredi lf J0U would luake bilu of lhc a-- -i i i r.. l ii ' r . T-..1. . Ii .r. . t : least couseuueuce iu tuu worm, ii mm... f r .r . .. . i would i uuu tajic n luni ui iaui:uier. uki u mm I Mtug in I I T "V )1 Uauce I A m! m ilil tt Mir iim?.r miilt-j Mnmlwun 'grabbed me. I was dreaming of soft shell crabs and stewed trije, and was lhaviog a good time, when somebody 'knocked at the door and waked me up. "uap again. i laid low. lap, rap rapr 1 hen 1 heard I knew there was a outside. 'Hap. rap!' Then Lib you and . -r . . -r . rum Irani mill in limiisirv. n nnn in,' bays ue. l won t sas 1 can t you . , , ,. . 4, ., , . let a fellow alone?" 'Are von in hU ' sll0uM ,,VC 10 tLe WOrld W,lhUt S,iariDg W 9 save mm him in from vice, misery its common burdens and common joys :t.:i:.: r : i another laugh. Jiy thunder. I began to luu. reciprocal service ' W y , i or rw nnt Ii 1 Why are less dan fertile, 60 un says she. 'I am,' says I. Then came get riled. 'Get outyou petticoated scare-1 crows,' I cried, 'cau't you get a beau1 .. . - tint nit s arc bred to business. "trisi Are tneir minds in running to waste? less . . .. IIIII ivifhrmf hnnhmr n follnir nnf nf h.rl It fc .f i,- k-a i r ; that the evil which enemies scatter in t-oot atihe door I felt better. But pros- !cicuPlod soil, will not take root and yield ently, oh! mortal buttons, I heard a still ! a bNf vcst tarcS !, J . . , iu, us iuu v.unu is giria uau not uu perfectly pure without occupation. The unemployed mind is not happy. Every ii OUVUIV lUUUV 3 1 lit U I U U O U Ui IU" debt, again. small voice, very much like sister Lib's aud it said: 'Jack you'll have to get up for all the girls' things areiu there!' Oh. i . ... m . . . i mi IjOril Wlinf n niot o I J.ir.l.- nf mn i o O Vi.wt ..ti .,.t .r.:,i. i t. ...tr. i !du;try, should becomo skilfull in some uuu uti liu u. iu .1 Jtu sua. is. IUUUS. UUU- j.. i-i i .-, nets and cloaks, and twenty girls outside 1 f,uu , v"u lu,1 FJB'. j the door waiting to get in. If I had atop Ipcd to think I should have pancaked on the spot. As it was, I rolled out among the tonutl-wire aud ribbons in a burr'. 'Smash!' went the millinery in every di- "Flcre, Jessie, take those -silver wheel: And pay the printer now !" She clrpt and slept, and then awoke, With health upon her brow. I knew two men, as much alike, As e'er you saw two etua.ps ; And no phrenologist could find A difference in their bumps. One takes the papers, and his life Is happier tbau a king's; His children all can read and write And talk of men and things. The other took no paper, and While strolling through tbcTrood, A tree fell down and broke his crown And killed him, "very good." Ilad he been reading of the news, At home, like ueighbor Jim, I'll bet a cent that accident Would not have happened him. Why don't you take the papers I Nor from the priuters sneak, Because you borrow of his boy A paper every week. For he who takes the papers, Aud pays his bills when due, Gan live in peace with Go l aud man, Aud with the printer too. rection I had to dress iu the dark for there was a crack in the door, and the girls will peep and the way I fumbled about was death on straw hats. The critical moment came, I opeuded the door, and found myself rigjbt among the j women, -uu, my .uegiioru; cries one, i 'my dear darling wiuter velvet,' cries an other; aud they pitched in they pulled tee this way and that, boxed my ears, and one bright-eyed little piece Sal her uamo was put her arms right round my neck and kissed me smack on the lips. Human nature couldn't stand that, and I give her as good as she sent. It was the first time lever got a tasto, and it tvas powerful good. I believe I could have kissed that gal from Julius Cesar to Fourth of July. Jack,' said she, 'we are sorry to disturb you, but won't you 'I will.' 1 see me homer 'xes, paid 1, j did doit, and had auothcr smack at the jgate too. After that we took a kind of j turtle-doving after each other, both of us sighing like a barrel of new cider when (we were away from each other. J 'Twas at the close of a glorious sum mer day the sun was setting behiud a j distant hog-pen the chickens were go (ing to roost the bull-frogs were com mencing their evening songs the polly ' wogs, iu their native mud-puddles-, were preparing themselves for the shades of night and Sal aud myself sat upon ai lOL' licfntHTur f n flirt niM.ln nf n ft hi rn cmj.1i as tree-toads, roosters aud grunting pigs, and now aud then the mellow music of a distant jackass was wafted to our ears by ShaKp. Mr. Jeukius dining at a very t the gentle zeyphers that sighed among the liospitable, but a piece of bacon very near j mullen stalks, aud came heavily laden bita was so very small that the lady of , with the delicious odor of hen roosts aud the house remarked to him: jpig fctyes. The last lingering rays of the "Pray, Mr. Jenkins, help yourself to setting suo, glancing from the brass but the bacon; Don't be afraid of it." J tons of a solitary horseman, shono thro' "No. indeed, madam, I nhall not be. a knot hole in the hog pen full in Sal's I've seen pieces twice as large, and it face, dying her hair with an orange peel didn't scare me a bit." ' I by which she can support herself honor ably. JNo healthy grown girl should be satisfied to remain a tax ou her father. Are her parents' means 6mall! by the teaching and practice of xoinc art, she can earn her money, and add much to the comfort and charms of home. She will be proud to do this, if she has b;en trained to feel so. She owes it to her own soul, as means of its elevation and growth. Have the parents ample means? Still, she could not merely exi.-t, of no more account than a china toy or a bit of gilding. She can share the mother's du ties, becoming her right hand, and the light of the father's eyes. At the same time, she should be thoroughly versed in certain branches of either Art or Science, that in case of reverses, so common now-a-days, she can gain an honest, indepen dent livelihood. All girls should be thoroughly taught all necessary details of housekeeping else, they shame their mother's and they will bring misery on their own families. The needle, broom, and duster are not the sole implements of industry adapted to woman. The pen she has taken. By the pencil she has surpassed her brother. The marble beneath her fingers, gives birth to beauty so exquisite as to draw tears from the eyes of stern men. Let her go on. She can with perfect propriety, as, she becomes conscious of in clination and capacity, became physician, merchant, lecturer anything good for which God has endowed her. But some steady occupation she should have. Train girls to definite aud useful em ployment, if you would render them good and happy. hamilianzc them, early, I with the idea that thoy are to, become skillful in some art or profession that they are to be adepts iu some useful work. Thus they will be help-meot for their brothers, and the blessing of humanity. but still wearing a benevolent face, who is in attendance. 'I will have some of the best of your medicine cnougb'to do my business," he would be answered, "We have all kinds of medicine; you must discrimitate and select that which fits your case, for most of these medicines would kill a well man; you must consid er what kind jou need, and then use it with the greatest discretion." It is with ministers' stuff as with doc tors' stuff. Men are told that they muit have religion or they will perish everlast ingly, and they seize any of the things la belled "religion" which may bo within their reach. Oatmeal and strychnine arc both mcdiciucs; and there is no less difference in the various things called re ligiou. There is the bread of life and the poieOn of death. If we go back into the history of the past, we find that all sorts of things have been held sacred as religion. Abraham would have sacrificed his son to his reli gion. Stephen was stoned to death be- cause he gathered nrcwoou on tae sev enth day, in the name of religion. Josh ua slew the Canaanites, men, women and children, in the most barbarous manner, because his religion commanded it. 18 31 years ago last Thursday a band of' Roman soldiers surrounded a man whom thoy had nailed to the cross, not because i i he was a murderer, or a Kidnapper, or a well' known as MePorisMck's -. .1 - i . I j T uueus not to be described; it requires only a spark in one place to set fire to tho whole country. If a regiment runs, the whole army will riiu. The1 meetings j are gathered in tho ssimn ivnv as eattl- shows and musters are. tt is advertised in tho newspapers the llev. Great" Talk will preach on such a day, and placards, are posted iu the stiect3. It is a business operation, and reminds me of the pla cards of the clothing dealers in North street, the Park street church having be come the Oak Hall of revivals. Men with full pockets were not to be scared by talk about hell, but the panic in State street, which ruined the warehouses, fills the meeting houses. If the cholera or yc.low lever, or smallpox1, should , break I sequences in whi:h the act will involvo out, the revivals would Le greater than - iheni. Such was the case with our hero-now- i and when he saw the foe nlaccd nntirpW Some good will doubtless be done by at his mercy, hb levelled aud discharged s movement. There are wicked men his rifle. The ball pierced the heart of r ,- -r- bao'e'Tuer lie elo.-e to hitp. Mere ho prepared his. rifle for speedy action, and then .at; j,, profound sileucc, anxiously listening for the :tpproach of his'pur surers. Three Indians had followed after hi'm, although at a considerable distance be hind. When tiiev Hint n w w - ' ' - ' u m v put lavJU c wood which was so thickly ovcr n with underwood, they generated. in order that their search might be more 'successful. Their pace was slow and stealthy, but plainly audible to the list ening car of our hero, who wa3 trembling ly awaiting the issue. The moat athlet ic, savage was passing within twenty yards of where Marsh-was concealed, and Would have gouc on, doubtlessly expect ing to find him further toward the inter ror of the forest; but, there are timcsin men's lives when they act as it would seem blindly, without thinking of the cou- this who are only roused by fear, and some of the Indian, and them will be converted. Dread of hell thrilling fchriek, is stronger than fear of the gallows. Some will desert their evil ways and their crimes, and that is a good work. But it i.i . t i is oniy tnc men wlo do the small vices are converted. The doers of heavy wick- pierced with an agonizing and he fell to the ground. Jhe report of the ri8o soon brought hii comrades to the scene of action. Marsh, no longer trusting to his rc-f treat, emerged and prcparped for tho' combat. Adiu?tinL' his hunting knifp. o r- i cdness are never converted until they are and raising his rifle ready to deal a dead too old for anvthiiig hvnoerisv. Mr. Polk and Henry Clay understood that trick perfectly. And, on the contrary, much evil will be done. Learned and cultivated men will turn with disgust from the hideous form of Deity presented to them, and will have no faith in God or immortality. The actual atheist is to day cunninger than ever, and will entrench himself in the church. There is no fortress against the ecclesiastical artillery, like the pew. Thorc is much in the revival that is en couraging, but in the conduct of it there is very much which is profoundly melan ly blow, he stood motionless, and as vet unprcccivcd. Tiger, seeing the situation of his master, commenced a low mourn ful howling, which at once revealed his master's position to the savages. One of their tomahawks came whizzing through the air but left Marsh nnhurt. Tiger sprang upon the oue who began the at tack, and Marh, leaving the dog to deal with him, began a vigours assault upon the other. The tomahawk of the latter was well directed, and would undoubted ly have prostrated Marsh had it not been for a dexterous movcrncut of his rifle which brought the weapon harmless Art cholly. The idea of God aud the religion his feet; and gra?ping aud summoning all .i:..i. : .1 :c t 1 1 . i.: -a t -.. . - , uuiuu is lucuicuteu, 11 ic suouiu convert uia strengiu, wuu nis usual expertncs9 everybody, including the Administration he threw the weapon with such force as of the Democratic party, the Supreme to bring his enemy senseless to the ground, Court, and Congress, would not add one the instrument destroying an eye, and ounce of humanity to the converts, but fracturing the lower part of the froutal would weaken and deadon the piety and bone. Tho wound was indeed a mnrt.il morality of the people. A Won&srfhr Escape,- BY L. D. VINCENT. ' one; and Marsh now considered himself tout of danger. During this time Tiger" j had been fiercely engaged with the dno that first threw the tomahawk, who, being" : unarmed, found the faithful dog a severe' and almost equal antagonist. They wertf now rolling upon the ground in the midsf .Marsh consider- It was in the year 1745, that the story about to be related occurred. During this and the proceeding year the colony of a desperate struggle; hypocritical 'of New Hampshire bad suffered intense- ing this a favorable opportunity, at once' suizeu Lue lomanawK witu WUICU uo had been so successful before, aud with oho tlf 'It .aft. a. cause lie naq taunt a religion 01 love, cy LU -w.v r.wv-.f iiUUi which a man could be saved without the out .parallel in the annals of our couutry s body. t 1 r ! .i T .1 .t . ... blood of hulls; because he was esteemed uitorj, aud lurnisu us witn striKing ex-, weaving tneotner wcitenngin bis blood a blasphemer of the priests, who did uot amples of true heroism. Indeed, wo can- and undergoing the agonies of death, he - 1- - A- 1 1 t -1 , t, n r mir. !'iin ih ii .ikifi 11 I ir: v nrr f i. qul uun ni-iiiiv rx n i.ipii rn nit fim piipvr! 111 a rcnrrion 01 tove anu cnariiv. w-.w, - - j vu u.iuc deeeitlul no itician. or a priest who thought one thing in his study Hy from Indian atrocity aud outrage. with and said another in bis palpit, but be- i tne enormous wrongs auu evns perpctra- but "passed by on the other side" haps because they were in a hurry to at tend a prnyer meeting at Jerusalem. Christ wa- crucified as an act of religion and the high priest Who directed it, lifted up his robes, ou the phylacteries of which were inscribed the whole of the 13th chapter of Djutcronomy, and shouted, Glory to God! not but admire the slml and bravery dis- sat uown nearly exhausted, to per. , played by the early settlers, in the de- dawn of day. Notwithstanding the exci- lencc ano proicciion 01 meir lives and uug inm mrougn wnicu ne hau just pass property, while perusing the pages of our e(l although fearing the approach of more early history. ; of his deadly foes, yet so overcome was While a boy I havo sat and listened,- he by the powerful efforts he had made, with pleasure and astonishment, to the that he uuconsciouily fell asleep, oft repeated recitation of an adventure, It was 8 o'clock, A. M., ol the succce in a forest, situated between Gilnianton ding day, when he was aroused from bia slumber by the barking of his faithful and Winnipiseogee Lake, as it fell from Just now there is a revival of religion, j tlie ''Ps of one ol tuc adventurers, named : dog. Placing his rifle upon his shoulder, The newspapers are full of it. There are . UlcK Mt a haruy pioneer, and one ot ; he commenced his journey homeward crowds of men and women at the meet- ! lbc first settlers of this colony. 1 and, as he passed the first Indian he was inrs and they cannot get enough of I It was at the close of a sultry day in ' thrilled with horror at the sad spectacle The poorer the article, the lu0 lsmtr Palt 01 uSUar wueu arsu, ierorc him; and not until then did he ful S. . - . 1 i. .:i. i,: i.i ......i r..;t.r..! 1.. ii: ii. r 1 .1 1 , want or it. Wondertul con- - g111"1-1 ",lu ",0 ",u "m" mm iy icuuzu me awtuiuess 01 tue ucea 01 mo A Bacon Pressntation, The Washington correspondent of Richmond Whig says : the "A Virginia gentleman of the namo of ! hue, and showing off my thread-bare coat Welch, from Shenandoah county,prcsented "Grandpa, did you know that the Uni ted States have been in the habit of en couraging tories!,r "Certainly not, Simon, what kind of to nes?" "Terri-toriefl. Now give me some pea uts, or I'll catch the measels, and sake you pay for 'e." w - . r 1.1 . t ,u . . .. to a bad adfantage one of my arms was' ua jjuck ine otuer day with a bam that around Sal's waist, mv hand resting on 'knocked the fat of Wise's jowl complete- 'the small of her back she was toying'ty "to the fire. The hag from which the I with my auburn curls of jet-black hue bam was taken weighed nearly a 1000 (she was almost gone and I was ditto. 'pounds; the ham itself weighed ?aiba. JShe looked like a graeshopper dying with Tbc presentation was accomplished under 'the hiccups, and I felt like a mud-turtle the auspiees of Hon. John Letcher, and 'choW .if.it n pnrl.fi.l, hl! the present was received by Old Buck Sal,' 8ays I, in a voice as musical as ' with graceful and benign suavity. Mr. the notes of a dying man, 'will you have Welch also brought with him a lot of mtV She turned her eyes heavenward, small, horned elephants supposed, by a n l t,QO tkr,r,K rinsed mt hv th hnnJ fcnri an nfinek imaginatea Duicuers, co ue nceves." . . Al f . t f 3tl . north of the UUio and ot tne neaves ana diibo staggers, ana sa-ys wfth a sigh that drew her shoe strings to (rThe house of Itepresentafivcs, at fifteen counties Misfliswinni Railrnad. in Indiannff. .nnnD,n.A r i,o linf fiplrla is vcrv hnrnnlatft gaid Yes.' She sriva olear out Washington, has passed a resolutiion fix ftTorable The two moat .trying months then, and squatted in my lapshe cork- ing the first Motiday of June as the time sre over and a very lare vield of wheat sorewed and I ourumfluxed, and rolled in or the final adjournment of the present if likely to be had this season it. I hugged her till I brok my suspen- session of Congress. preaching, more they versions are orcts of ths . .Joe, wandered forth iu quest of deer aud 1 proceeding night. The corpse showed by 'other valuable game. Thoy travelled on I the horrible appearance of the face, 110" eyes of the gossipcr and to tho pen of the chatting merrily, tittle thiuiung ot the , deep agony he bad undergone before the reporter. iho whole told of. heart The iueruiost sc displayed to the tning skillfully got up, aud with the greatest has been 'serious difficulties in which they were in- i body had yielded to the nrMtnif 1 volved. and the trying scenes through hire's antagonistic law. well known that ecclesiabti- i whlcb tbcJ wcre t0 Pass beJore thc a" gam entered the thresuhold of their hap py and cheerful home. With joyous anticipation they pursued their journey, aud were soou lost in the forest, in1 which they expected to fiud, and pursue the object ot their search. It was late iu the evening when they arrived at, a rippling brook,- which was rapidly weeding its way townrd the no ble Merrimac. Here they stopped' to quench their thirct, partake of a repast, pains, it is cal institutions in England aud America decay. Tho number of church members in America is about three million and a quarter. There are thirteen negro slaycs tosixte.cn ehurch members. The slaves iucrease and the church members do not. The number of births increase rapidly. The number of baptisms falls off. The belief in ecclesiastical authority is fading. Men begin to tbiuk that God is not so ug ly and develish as ministers paiut him. They are applying their common sense to religion, as well as to their business af fairs. This Htato of things the ministers peck to change. They oannot manufac ture ecclesiastical doctrines to suit the people, for the day wbeu the best taleut sought the pulpit has passed. Now there are a hundred men in every congregation who are superior in talent and learniug to their pastor, and can beat him in ar gument or reasoning, So the minister tries to scare his men into belief of his doctrine and membership of his Chcfreh. Attempts at revivals aro no new thing. Two Winters ago the Unitarians tried and got nothing only a few sprats and minnows, which ran out through the net before they could be hauled into the fishing-boat. It was not an attempt to make bricks without straw, but with nothing else. As well might we expect to pro ouro fire by friction of ioe-blooks as to ex pect a revival among tho Unitarians. Nothing came of their attempt,- and their vanity in the begrnning of the Winter fumed into vexation of spirit in the 'Spring. There was another last year, but that was unsuccessful. Now the case is different. The great commercial crisis turned men out of busi ness. Men set themselves to look after the poor, then to prevent the expected in- mastery ofna- He took a har ried glance and then passed ou. Sad and melancholly were his muw'ngs while pur suing his rapid journey homeward. Emerging from the thick wood, he' heard a low moaniug a short distancebe youd to his rigb'; he paused, still it con tinued. Who csa it he V he muttered. It may be a eiMre fo entrap and capture mo ! bu ftca he heard a word hurriedly spo ke, which sounded familiar; turuingbo ieii t his footsteps toward tbo spot from and thenncamp for the night. Every-, wbid) tbc sound proci.e(ied, and there bo thing passed oir nuictly, and they we"5 soon wrapt in. protound slumber; anf't tie did they think when they wrap' them selves up in their blankets, uud'd own to seek rcfQto that, that 'ht would form the mo-t eventful p6'd Ju tbeir cx-istefic'c At midnight . the were awakened by the tierce growling aI,tl barking of their faithful and cv oonatout dog, Tiger. Old Joe w the first to discover tho cause and "u ut 0DC0 communicated bis worst f'J,rs io his. -master. In the dis tance could be seen by tho moon's pale light, tho glittering tomahawk in tho hands of the hated aud dreadful foe. But little time was taken to determine the mauuer in which they should pro ceed. To return Iiotoc was impossible; and for both to pursue the samo direction would without doubt, end in the oapturo and massacre of both: hence they chose to acperate, each pufKueing a different course. Marsh, calling T'fgor to his assistance, bounded fleetly to portion of the wood which was thickly covered with under brush, there to find a safe hiding-place. After a hurried search ho himself in a luxurious gro"wth of dense laurel?, and r it- , t" iouua nis endeared servant, joe, appa rently more frightened than hurt 'Vy ! Massa Marsh 1 Tpcctctf you was1 dead long 'go! How de ginger you ged away ffota them tarnal red skins, hey ?' t ho asked rising, for he was not fcriously hurt but unable to walk without aid. Marsh fold his manner of escape, and then supporting Joe, they went on tow ard home. 'Joe, how did you manage to get off so easily 7' enquired Marsh, when t&6y wefe out of danger. 'Vy, you see, I jes run'd and left all behind,- but one of the farnal villains hi me here, (putting his hand upon bis shoul der,) with a tomahawk, but didn't hurt' me niuob, I hollored out kilt, and fell but ho didn't believe me, for ho flung" a big stone and hit me on tho knee. He' took out his ucalping kuife, and I guess be meant to scalp me, but thought my wooly one no good, so he left me I 'spoae, for dead; 'but Old Joe's good for any teii on 'cm yet' ho exclaimed with a shrug of the shoulders, and a defiant laugh. Old Joo trick 'cm better dan day trick himrbut I guess he won't go in dat ar' woods a deerin'-anytcore, wedder Masaaf Marsh do or not !'
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