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Mart 16, 1 149 .-4m
SELECT POETItY.
SABDATIl CVCKrKO HYMN,
n T tin. sinouitMr.
We thank t'icc, Father, for this day
That, m!c1 in twilight sweet.
Doth linger ere it pass away,
And lead us to thy feet.
We tlmnk thee for its healing rest
To weary toil and care i
Its praine within thy temple blest
Its holy Imlm of prayer.
Vc tlmnk t!ice fur its living bread,
That ili.l our hunger stay ;
The manna, by thine angels shed
Around our desert way.
Forgive us, if our thoughis w ere slow
To claim a heavenly birtli i
If feelings t!ia'. s!uuld upwards gbw
Uid gravitate to carlli.
Forgive us, if these precepts pure,
Thut should our sins control,
And aid us meekly to endure,
Grew languid in the foul.
Forgive us, if with spirit cold,
Wc breathed the murmurcr's moan;
Or failed to grasp the chain of gold,
That links us to thy throne.
O grant, that when this span of life
In evening shade shall cIkso,
And all its vanity and strife
Tend to their long repose.
Wc for the sake of Him win died,
Our advocate and Friend,
May share that sabbath at thy side
Which never more shall end.
Fr nn B iwen's N rlh Amriran Farmer.
THE CIRCASSIANS.
Tiiclr Strnsirs itgalukt llussla.
A.L DOTES AMI I.M1DEMS-TIIE SLAVE
MARKETS.
The lone; and ja!lant strujrole of the Cir
cassians against (he "ijrantic pow er of Rus
sia, cannot but be rrraul,.(I with intcn-st,
by all who lot-1 sympathy for the weak
when "Toppling with thi' s'ror.jx, by all
who belk-ve that iiiiht dors not make
ri;jht, by all who r.joice in the triumph of
courage, (li tTinination, librr.'y ami justice.
A work on the Caucasus, compn-hendini
Circassia, has just been published in Dres
den, and has excited no little attention.
The author is Dr. Moritz Wainer, and we
find an elaborate re irw, with rxtracta in
the last numb- r of Dlark wood's Magazine.
The comparative relative strength of the
two parties Russians and Circassians, is
estimated at (i0,000,0l)0 against 600,000
a hundred to one a whole squadron ajainst
a single cavalier, a colossus opposed to a
piffmy. The odds are fearful, and yet the
struiple has endured, with occasional in
terruptions, for a period of twenty years.
The Circassians are described as not only
eallant and warlike, but remarkable for the
lofty bearing ol Iheir men, the srace and
beauty ol their women. Rut it is not only
in our dav, that this unconquerable ppople
have distinguished themselves in freedom's
llbt. The last five hundred years record
constant st rubles against oppression.
O.ten conquered, they never were fully
subdued. Their obscure columns are illu
mined by flashes of patriotism and heroic,
courage. The interior ot Circassia is still
a: unknown land. Rut few Europeans
have penetrated into the heart of the coun
try "r, if so, have rarely returned alive.
One case, however, is mentioned by Dr.
Ir. .1 f . l tv J ww.
uiiiT uiiu oi me mtssian mron jur
nau. It seems that by the emneror's command.
Russian officers acquainted with the lan-
euage are sent, from time to time, as spies
into circassia, partly to make topographi
cal surveys of districts previously unknown;
parity to ascertain the number?, mode of
life, and disposition of those tribe with
whom no inten-oursi is kept up. These
missions are extremely dangerous, and sel
dom succeed. Shortly before my arrial at
Ter.'k, four Russian stall-officers were aent
as spies to various part of Leshistan.
They assumed the Caucasian garb, and
were attended by natives in Russian pay.'
Only one of them ever returned : the three
others were recognized and murdered.
Baron Turnau prepared himself long before
hand for his dangerous mission. lie gave
his complexion a brownish tint, and to hi
heard the form affected by the aborigines.
Me alia tried to learn the language of the
Ubiches, but, finding the harsh pronuncia
tion of certain words quite unattainable, he
agreed with his guide to pass fur deaf and
dumb during his stay in the country. In
this guise he set out upon his perilous jour
ney, and for several days wandered unde.
tected from tribe to tribe. Rut one of the
works (nobles) under whose roof he passed
a night, conceived suspicions, and threat
ened the guide, who betrayed his employ
er's 'rret. The baron was kept prisoner,
and the Ubicheg demanded a cap-ful of
silver fir his ransom from the Rus.ian com
mandat t of Fort Ardler. When this offi
cer declared himself ready to nav. thev in
creased their demand to a bushel of silver
ruble. The commandant referred the
matter to Baro R sen, then commander-in-chief
or the army of the Caucasus; the
baron reported it to St. Petersburg, and th
Emperor consented to pay the heavy ran
som. But Roen represented it to him is
more for the Russian interest to leave Tur
nau for while in the hands of the Ubi
chei ; for, in the first place, th piym-nt
of so large a ram was a ba l precedent,
likely to encourav the mountaineers to re
new the extortion, instead of contenting
themselves, as they previously had don
with lew hundred ruths; and, secondly,
as a prisoner, Baron Turnau would perhaps
have opportunities of gathering valuable in
formation conct rning a country and peo
ple of whom little or nothing was known.
The unfortunate young officer was cruelly
sacrificed to these considerations, and passed
a Ijng winter in terrible captivity, tortured
by frot and hunger, compelled, as a slave,
to the severest labour, and often greatly ill
treated. Several attempts at flight failed ;
and at last the chief, in whose hands he
was, confined him in a cage half-buried in
the ground, and withal so narrpw that its
inmate could neither stand upright nor lie
at length. '
Thus immured, a prey to painful mala
dies, his cloths rotting on his emaciated
limbs, the unhappy man moaned through
his long and sleepless nights, and gave up
hope of rescue. No tender-hearted Circas
sian maiden brought to him, as to the hero
of Pushkin's well-known Caucasian poem,
deliverance and love. Such luck had been
that of more than one Russian captive;
but poor Turnau, in his state of filth and
squalor, was no very seductive object. He
miirht have pined away his life in his cage,
before Baron Rosen, or his paternal ma
jesty the Czar, had recalled his fate to
mind, but for an injury done by his merci
less master to one of his domestics, who
vowed revenge. Watching his opportu
nity, this servant, one day that the rest of
the household were absent, murdered his
lord, released the prisoner, tied him with
thongs upon his saddle, upon which the
baron, covered with sores and exhausted by
illness, was unable to support himself, and
galloped with him towards the frontier.
In one day they rode eighty versts (about
fifty-four English miles,) outstripped pur
suers, and reached Fort Ardler. The ac
counts given by Baron Turnau of the land
of his captivity could be but slight ; he had
seen little beyond his place of confinement.
hat he did relate was not very encourag
ing to Russian invasion. He depicted the
country as one mass of rock and precipice,
partially clothed with vast tracts of aborigi
nal forest, broken by deep ravines and
mountain torrents, and surmounted by the
huge icr-clad pinnacles of the loftiest Cau
casian ridge. The villages, some of which
nestle in the deep recesses of the woods,
whilst others are perched upon steep cra"-s
and on the brink of giddy precipices, are
universally of most difficult access.
Dr. Wagner describes many of the Cir
cassian Chiefs as perfect models of manly
neaul y.
In illustrating Circassian hatred for the
Rusans, it is slated that a fi w yean ago, a
slaviship sprang a leak out at S 'a, just as a
Kussiun st' uu.f r passed in the distance.
I he liitkisli s'ae di aler, who i.referr d
even the chill blasts ot Siberia to a grave i;i
deet) water, made signals of distress, cn I
the steamer came up in lime to rescue the
ship and its living cargo from destrui tion.
Hut so deeply is hatred of Russia implanted
in every Circassian heart, that the spirit of
the girls revolted at the thought of becom
ing the helpmates of gray-coated soldiers.
They had bid adieu to their native moun
tains with little emotion, but as the Russian
ship approached, they set up terrible and
despairing screams. Some spranp; head
long into the sea: others drove their knives
into their hearts : to these heroines, death
was pr f. rable to the brida!-bed of a tie-
tested Muscovite. The survivors were ta
ken to Ann pa, ; nil marri -d to Cossacks or
given to officers as servants.
Nearly every Austrian cr Turkish steam
boat that makes, in the winter months, the
voyage from I reluzond lo Constantinop'e,
has a number of Circassian girls on board.
Dr, Wagner made the passage, in an Aus
trian steamer, with several dozens of thes
willing slaves, chiefly mere children,
twelve or thirteen yean old, with interest
ing countenances and dark wild eyes, but
very pale and thin with the exception of
two, who were some years older, far better
Iressed, and carefully veiled. To this fa
vored pair, the s!ave-d' aler paid particular
attention, and frequently brought them
coffee. Dr. Wagner got into conversation
with this man, who was richly dressed in
lurs and silks, and who, despite his vile pr.v
f' S-ion, had the manners of a gentlen-.un.
The two coffee-drinkers were daughters of
noblemen, he said, with fine rosy cheeks,
and in better condition than the others,
consequently worth more money at Con
stantinople. For the handsomest, he hoped
to obtain 33,000 piastres, and for the other
20,000 about 250 and .170. The herd
of young creatures he spoke of with con
tempt, and should think himself lurky to
get 200 piastres for them all round. He
further informed the doctor that, although
the slave trade was more dangerous and
difficult since the Russian occupation of the
Caucasian coast, it was also far more profit
able. Formerly, when Greek and Armenian
women were brought in crowds to the Con
stantinople market, the most beautiful Cir
cassians were not worifi more than 10,000
piasters; hut now a rosy, well-fed, fitteeu-year-old
slave, is hardly to be had under
40,000 piasters.
Our author eives a very glowing descrip
tion of the endurance anil physical strength
of the Russians, but he remarks that the
grenadier stature and the immobility under
fire admirable qualities on a plain, and
arainst regular troops avail little in the
Caucasus. The burly Russian pants and
perspires up the hills, which the liht
(bote 1 chamois-like Circassians and Tshet
shens ascend at a run. The. mountaineers
understand their advantages, and decline
s'anding still on the plain to be charged by
line of bayonets. They dance round the
heavy Rus ian, who, with his well-stuffed
knapsack and Inn?, greatcoat, ran barely
nrn on his heel fast enonih to face them.
They catch him out skirmishin?, and slaugh
tr him in detail. "One might suppose,"
sid a for-ivner h the Russian serve to Dr.
Wa?ner, that the musket and bayonet of
the Russian soldier would be too much, in
singl combat, for the sabre and dagger of
the Trchetaea. The contrary is the rase,
Amongst the dead, slain in hand-to-hand
encounter, there are usually a third more
Russians lhan Caucasians. Strange to'say,
too, the Russian soldier, who in the serried
ranks or his battalion meet death with
wonderful firmness, and who has shown the
utmost valor in contests with Europeans,
Turkish, and Persian armies, often betrays
timidity in the Caucasian war, and retreats
from the outposts to the column, in spite of
the heavy punishment he thereby incurs."
The shyness of the Russian soldiers in
single fight, and irregular warfare, is not in
explicable. They have no chance of pro
motion, no honorable stimulus: food and
brandy, discipline and dread of the lash,
convert them from serfs into soldiers. As
bits of a machine, they ore admirable when
united, but asunder they aro mere screws
and bolts. Fanalic zea bitter hatred, and
thirst of blood, animate the Caucasian; who,
trained to arms from his boyhood, and ig
norant of drill, relies only upon bis keen
shaska, and upon the Prophet's protection.
THE INDIA MOTHER.
The National Intelligencer narrates the
following incident respecting oneof the Chin-
pewa Indians latrly in Washington. Her
name is Pam mavay-ge-one-no-qva, or Wo
man of th Marmerinrr Stream. She is the
wife of ibe orator of the party, and, when
she left Like Superior in October last, she
brought along her only infant, aged about six
mo iths On the arrival of ths party in Phila
dolphin, the child was suddenly taken sick
and died. The grief f the mother knew no
b.iunds, anil for several entire days did flie
hang over the child ever anil nnnn rrivino.
ut:ernnee to a monotonous wriil, and decking
iis bend with all the ornaments in lit r posses
sion. All this was noticed by Mnjnr Martell
who conceived the Hen of having a daguer
reotype likeness taken of the child, rind this
having been accomplished, the child was
deposited in n vault, and tin likeness given
lo the mother.
On Monday niu-ht last, while one of il.e
chiefs composing the Chippewa delegation
was rcliilins a story to th? wnter of this ar
tide, and in th:; p-esenee of the entire party,
an nl.usion wn made to the imt nr.-r of den'h
which caued the childless mother and her
husband, ra thev :it toi'etlipr epon the
floor, to bow lle ir lirnds ;md weep. The
story proceeded, but we walehe.l with btffrse
i iterest the movemei t-s of th - b le.ivcd
mother. Then it whs that we -.w her take
IVniri her b i (is if n, e. . ,,' th'
company p-ps-n ) . 1 1 - portrait al'n.le.l !, ami
shu p .. I it eonvu'a v I, i,i U r iip a n,i,
berof times, sle-neco iipnij.-il e;)r, m. vi-mei I
by iliis exclamation. 'O'j my poor thil l! my
poor child!' Slv then handed the picture
o h-r hii.-biu d, and. as hi keen black eye
suddenly tilled with tears, he also kised the
pieture a number of times, and reliimirg jl
to his wife, he- turned his face toward the
story-t 'Her, as if endeavoring lo follow him,
while the wife immediately dropped her
needle, end hi I her face in the hip of hei
husband.
A mi r loiicliiic pie'ure ol'giief than this
w.! have in ver witnessed, but Miijor Martell
tel! us tint what h; saw is only a repetition
of w h it h i Ins s -en u great many times since
ha left Philadelphia. Tim unhappy parents,
ho tell us, aie iilwiivs the liret to awake in
th morning, and they never lesume their
daily duties without lirst putting their heads
together over the precious picture, for the
purpose of uttering an innocent prayer. The
one idea which seems to absoib the mind of
tfu beniyhted Indian mother, is this, that she
may yet return to Philadelphia, and upon her
own back carry the remains of her offspring
to the burial place or her fathers in the re
mote wildernes.
A Reai. Heroine The Louisville Demo
erat s'ale that Mr. J .hns, owner of the saw
mill at I idiis'ry, n few miles balnw Cincin
nati!, wns stunned by tho stroke of a cable,
while endeavoijna to secure a raft of lo'.
nn I knocked into the liver. Ilia life was
aved only by th intrepidity of his daughter
a young lady about 18 years of age, who
plunged in after him, and held his head above
t ha water until assistanco arrived to Iheir
rescue.
TRY-KEEP TRYING
Have your efforts praved in vain 1
Do not sink to earth again ;
Try keep trying,
They who yield can nothing do ;
A feather's weight will breuk them through
Try keep trying.
On yourself alone relying,
You will compter j try fceep trying.
Falter not, but upward rise ;
Put forth all your energies ;
Try keep trying.
Every step that you progress
Will make your future, effort less j
Try keep trying.
On the truth and Cod relying,
Vou wi conquer; try keep trying.
Ponderous barriers you may meet,
But against the in bravely beat:
Try keep trying.
Nough should drive you from the track,
Or turn you from your purpose back i
Try keep try ing,
On yourself alone relying,
Vou will caaquer t try keep trying.
You will conquer if you try
Win the good before you die
Try keep tiyinj.
Reme.-ul er n i king is to true
As they who dare will never dot
T'X keep trying. "
On yourself arid God relying.
You will conquer try keep trying.
THE NEWS ritOM CANADA.
The Outbrrnk at Mautr.al.
We published yesterday a brief t-degrapr i
despatch, announcing ihe beginning of Iron
ble fn Montreal, occasioned by the Indem
nity bill, to conipensnto thu "rebels" for
losses in the late rebellion, becoming a law
through the signature of the Governor. Wo
have nddi ionol intelligence from that quar
ter to-day, which f-hows that the tiot was a
very serious matter, and may lead to distur-
b tncjs in other parts of the Piovince, where
the measure is equally objectionable tn the
Biitish loyalists. The following are the par
tietilars received by telegraph :
Montreal, Thursday, Apiil 566 P. M.
Adah-shave reached a crisis sooner lhan
was finlicipaled, in this city. At a lute hour
yesterday af o ino ', the Governor Goneral
went down to the Legislative Council and
sanctioned forty-eight bills, amongst which
was sneaked that of the Rebellion Losses.
Upon this being made known to the mob
outside, the Governor, entering his carriage)
was pelted with rotten eggs, dirt, tc, amidst
a shower of which the vico royal cortege
drove off.
An egg struck his Excellency in the face,
fn a few hours the excitement in the city be
came uncontrollable, and by seven o'clock,
printed notices of a mass meeting to be im
mediately held in the Chomp de Mats, were
issued. Persons were commissioned lo alarm
the people, by driving through the streets in
calashes with lartre bills. The fire bells
were also brought into requisition.
At eight o'clock, a crowd of 4000 persons
or more assembled, and, after strong resolu
tions bad been passed, tho cry wns raised,
"to the Parliament buildings !;' The enraged
multitude immediately rushed ot a run
through the streets, and by nine o'clock the
first slone was throw n through a w indow into
the midst of ths Legislative Assembly, at
the time in full session.
A constant shower was kept up into the
windows, till every thing was smashed. In
thu meantime, the mrmbeis assembled into
the lobby. A baud of twenty-live of ihe
leaders of the mob inched iido the chambeis,
and one having plr.eed himself iu the Fprr-.k-er'schairaui.
ounce 1. "Gontl -men, tho Fierch
Parliament is dissolved."
They then bolted wi ll ihe marr, to pre
sent it to Sir Allan MeNab, at Donnruran's
hole'. The civ of lire was now raised, i.nir'
i: w.:s soon found that the l'uil, annul Huues
were iu llainrs in a hu.'.drtd places. Th
the spre.id tt.lhticnt ispidiiy, r.i.d in Inl! j
an li-.iur the Li.Ldii: ero lino sheet ol
llames.
The mob had now augmented lo 7000, mtd
;hc bun.ii, g bi ildiigs were snrvejed with
the most stoicid indifference on thu part of
the spectators. At first the firemen icfnsed
to play, and only altc mrtt d lo save the build
ings close by. Eveiything has been lost
all the archives and recoids of the colonies
for several hundred yeais. Not 100 worth
of prnpeity has been saved.
The military weie called out. and were re
ci ived with loud cheers on the part of ihe
mob. No fie.-h digtuibnncrs i:p to the pic
sent time, have taken rl.ice. Tho popula
tion, of nil classes and creeds, had determined
lo Maud by the acts of the past i.i-U. The
windows of Mr. Hicks" house were broken
by a small section of ihu rioters. Military
gourds were placed duiing the night over all
Ihe houses of the ministers. No lives were
lost.
Sir Allun MeNab, thu Hon. W. Cadgely,
ar.u G. 15. Turner, Esq., one of the editors of
the Montreal Courier, w ere cut out of the Par
liament House with axes. A message was
sent to Mouklauds, the Govetnoi's residence,
a mile or two from the city, and tho Cover
nor uud family immediately camo into town,
nnd are mow nt D.nir.egana's,
A council was lull during the night.
One hundred and fnrtv-eijht warrants fxr
airets were issued, among whom, it ii men
lim ed are the names of Messrs. Montgomery,
Melleward and F Smith. The St. Andrew's
Society met this morning to expel Lord El
gin as I'ntiou of the Society. No new yet
from the upper Piovince.
Five leading conservatives were arrested
on a charge of arstir, uud ur er undergoing a
short examination before tho police magis
trates, were remanded to jail till to-morrow.
A multitude uumbeiing ubout 3000 accompa
nied them to prison, amidst continued and
(It afening cheer.
They were escorted by a guard of 100 men
of Ihe 19th Regiment. Tho w hole garrison
are under arms. A memorial to Ilia Excel
lency Kir Benjamin Dunbar, praying leuj to
order Ihe troops to remain in quarters and
leave the peop'e to settle their own affairs, is
in course of signature, and wil be sent down
with a deputation to Sorell to-night.
A mass meeting takes place in the Champ
de Mars al 2 o'clock to-morrow. The Hon.
Geo. Ma flil is to be the chairman. The
French are enrolling themaclve a a body
fiinrd lo protect Lord E'gin. It i rumored
that the juil will be burned to-night. Des
patches have been sent by lelegraph lo the
upper province The government attempted
lo gain possession of ihu Canada telegraph
wire for the day, but were promptly denied
ihem.
Fauitcr is Lowea CajiaDa. In conse
quence ot the great rise of the St. Lawrence,
a large portion of Ihe land between Derihier
and Quebec, a ditui.ice of upwards of one
hundred mile, wn under wuier. At Three
River tb inluibiUi.t wt re rai'ii g ihrouyii
ihe street on ThtuaJay last and Ihe bridge
between that pluee uud Q.itbeo bad been
wept away.
a tbntv STORY.
Wo hive had fish stories, dofrs'orie.. mml-o
stories, gold stories, etc., in abundance, of
late; now lor a corn story that "flogs" them
all down. Some editor down South tell us
the following tail one :
"Being one day in the village of Y ,
S. C. 1 listened to several plant: stating
the amount of corn gal tiered from an acre,
the numbsr of ears produced from a single
stalk, &e. At length one, who had remain
ed silent, commenced :
"Well, I'll now tell my tale. Last spring
while walking iu our corn-field, I observed a
nlk growing very luxuriantly; and being
curious to know if it would produce better
ihait otheis, I stuck a slick, which I had in
hand, bfside it I thought no morn nlinnf i.
until, being in the field one day about gather
ing lime, I observed a very extraordinary
stalk of corn, and on counting the ears, I
louml thirteen full grown, beside several nub
bins. It now occurred to mo that thin mni
bo the stalk 1 had marked in the Spring, and
on looking for mv stick. I found an ear crnu-
ing on that 7"
DcRtNQ the exhibition of a menarwls in a
country village in Maine, a real live Yankee
was cm the ground, with a terrible itehinr to
"seethe elephant," but he hadn't the de
sired "quarter." Having made up his mind
to go in "any heow," he stationed himself
near the entrance, and waited until the rush
was over. 1 hen, assuming a catient. almost
exhausted tone, and with thu forefinger of
his right hand placed on the rijjht corner of
his mouth, he exclaimed.
"For God'n sake, Mister, aint ve poire to
give me my change?"
"i our change!" said the door-keeper.
"Ya-ees! my change !' Imvm .lniw
as much as a half an hour ago, and haint got
any change yet ."
The djor-kecprr handed over three ouar-
ters iu clniige, and in walked the Yankee
"in fundi." Knickerbocker.
D.'osiTr. I dread tho ororoach of one of
your men of dignity of manners-ane who w i:h
no real dignity of i h iracter endeavors to tup
ply its want by an affm.-tation of superiority
in his depoitment. He is stiff, awkward
vastly wis? and foibidden ht take ycu by
the hand if he can stoop to s'.ch a condes
cension and eiinkcH it wiili il.e f,,rm:iHi-
iiul preeiio:i of a piece of mechanism. He
'n.k'uv us to impirt uigni'v to his conversa-
i ion, and sneaks, of i-i,:i!,.. i;,,:.i ... ... ,r
' . ? - '.-..,..M
hey were udii.'i:U of
J .-. III lull. U.
Every worj is weighed before it comes out
ol hi mouth every expression cleliveied ns
; f , ... .
ii ne wtrj delivering an oration. Themes-
ence of such a man is cold, chiliine and re -
puisivu os mm oi an lceD.uj
soon avoid one as the other.
I would ns
IRISH DREAMINC
Djwii in Aroostook county, Maine, a Scotch
man and an IiMiman happened to be jour
neying together through the almost inlermi
liable fore: of that region, and by some niis
h :p had lost their way, and had wandered
about ina starving condition for a while when
ihey fortunately came across a miserab'e
i i . , " .
ii'jei w men wa deserted, save by a jane
chicni-ii.
-
Ad Thta rt l.m.,.1 , .1 1..
umy
ihin!r eatable to bu olit iinnd ilwv
1 J "t?'"J
despatched and prepared il for supper. When
laid before them, Pat concluded that it was
insuiiicie.it for the support of himself nnd
therefore made a preposition to his companion
lhal they should spare the chicken until the
next morning, and the one who had the most
pleasant dream should have the chicken, i
which was agreed to by the Scotchman. In
the morning Sawney told his dream said he
Ihu't angels were drawing him up lo heaven j
in a basket, and he was never bei'oro j hap-!
py in his life. Upon concluding his dream, j
Pat exclaimed, "Oi h, sure and jubers, I saw j
you going, and tho't you wouldn't come beck j
sifther the chicken, and I got up and ale it I
myself!"
A domestic, newly, engaged, presented to ; ments of mankind to be variou. The gene
his master one morning, a pair of boots, tho j ral wisdom or this arrangement ia apparent
leg of one of which was much longe r than ; in tho adaption of all classas and events lo
Ihe other. i each other, and the ability of the Gospel to
' How come it, you rascal, these boot are ! give contentment iu life. It is the duty of all
not of the same length !" to render to each other that assistance w hich
' I really don't know, ir but what bother , God may put it in our power to grant. In
me the most is, that the pair down Caiis aro
In the lima fiv " i
A gentleman tent a lad will a letter to the
Pot Office, and money to pay ihe postage.
Having returned w ith the money, he said
"Guess l'e done ihe thing slick; I've seen
a good many folk puttin' letters iu tho Post
office through a hole, and so I watched my
chance and got mine in fot nothing."
Two FttT or Snow. A Catskill piper of
the 20th, say, "the Western mail due at 0,
P. M,19.h. did not arrive till Hi, P.M.,
having been detained by the snow on the
mountains, and beyond, it being two feet
deep."
Mr. toit The Nashville Whig in noticing
the arrival of Ibo Ex President in that city,
iy of hira :
"Mr. Polk looks broken to a wonderful de
gree sinca hi elevation to the Piesidency,
hin hair having become w hite, and to look at
hi worn face, muiked by the lines of care,
it i enough to convince any one that the
honor of office are but a poor compensation
for ths anxieties and toil biuJo.d 10 public
!a:ior."
I never yet found pride in a noble nature
nor humility iu an unworthy mind.
A FIRM RELIGIOt BELIEF.
Sir Humphry Davy, who was no recluse,
no fanatic, but a man eminent as a scholar
and philosopher, said : "I envy no qualities
of tho mind or intellect in others, nor geniu,
power, wit, or fancy; but if 1 could chooo
what would be most delightful, .and, I believe
most useful to me, I should prefer a firm t.
ligiovt belief to every other blessing; for it
makes life a discipline of goodness; creates
uew hopee when all earthly hopes vanish ;
and throw over the decay, tho destruction of
existence, the most gorgeous of all lights,
awakens life in death, and call out from cor
ruption and decay, beauty and everlasting
glory."
Womak's Love How many bright eyes
grow dim how many soft checks grow pale
how many lovely foims fadi away into the
tomb, and none can tell the cause that blight
ed their loveliness! As the dove will clasp
its wings to its sides, and cover and conceal
the arrow that i preying on it heart, eo it
is the nature of woman to hide from Ihe
world the pangs of wounded affection.
The edifer of the Irrna, miblished Til.
lingly, Ct., complains that it i hard work to
edit a country paper, on account of the lack
of local news and incidents. He av he ex-
pected to have
p ' sauftw "-
death for the laM Daner : bnr ifc .,i,uM
A r .j a UMMbll
thaw kicked the wedding into the middle of
next week; and tlw doctor was sick himself
and could not visit his patient, so tho patient
got well and thus both announcement were
lost.
. Mlvisota Tho correct definition of thi
word, as given by the Cincinnati! Despatch,
issemi-ti-ar.spareut water, or water not en
tirely clear. The Indian name of the Fall
of St. Anthony is Menc-ka ha, or the laugh
ing waters.
Ship Wn.DriRt Captcred bt Pirate.
The Bermuda Gazette, of the 17th insl., con
tains a letter announcing that a bottle had
been picked up at the Fort near the entrance
of St. George's Harbor, on ihe 13lh in!.,
which contained a note of w hich the follow
ing is a copy :
Ship Wildfire,
Lat. 23 C N, Lon., 29 J5 W. f
'Taken by Moorish piiatc, we ate to
walk the plank, o they say. Tho captain
just ovorboatd ; thsy are coming for me ; no
time more.
'Jotix Smith, 2nd Mate.
January 17th, 1849."
We publish the shove for w hat it is worlh,
with lii tie confidence, however, in the state
ment of John Smith. N. Y. Courier.
.. -- --
! ,he couraP 10 ow" t you are poor,
i mm ; iiiitarm i uveriy oi nersnarpest ting.
nave mo courage -to speak your mind when
it is necessary that you should do eo, and to
hold your tongue when it is better that you
should be silent.
"Ah, Mr. Simpkin, we have not chair
enough for otr company," said a gay wife to
her fiug.il husband. "Plenty of chairs,
Ducky; but a little too much company," re
plied Mr. S., wish a knowing wink.
. ..- , , ,n iienry coiiniv,
....
Tlir rfr r, v C. J.I.
u.mon, are manufacturing a line article of
linen cloth, made of water-rolted flax, suita
ble lor summer wear. It is described as a
beautiful uiiiele.
Massachvsett Railroau. Seventeen
millions of passenger have been carried
over the Massachusetts railroads within th
past three yeai. Fifty-six killed, and aixty-
1 ive injuied.
LIBERTY AD LOVE.
You ask me for a lock of hair,
That shades this brow of mine ;
Help, help yourself, my charming fair
My wij and heart are thine!
-V. Y. Sunday JlfrrCKry
Iir.Ll OME ANOTHER.
! i I I .... r.r t : i r. . i ,.
the language of Sir Walter Scoit, the race of
v. : i .....i i .;..v, .1:1 . . 1
mankind would perish did they cease to aid
each other. From Ihe time that Ibe mother
binds the child' head, till ihe moment that
aome kind assistant wipes the deathdamp
from the brow of tho dying, we cannot exist
without mutual help. All, therefore, who
need aid, have a right to ask it from heir feli
low mortals; 110 one who hold the power of
granting can refuso without guilt.
Social Advancement or Woman Ma
dame Jeannie Deiuin, a Socialist lady in Pa
ris, has announced herself as a candidate for
the National Assembly at the approachltip
election. The toat of thi lady at a fecent
Socialist banquet was to ' The Social Ad
vancement of Woman." and he arpued a
gainst there being any longer delay in freeing
women from their slavery, and in allowing
them to enjoy the same political right a aro
potsested by men. She warmly maintained
her candidalehip, and complained that A
great fault had been committed in lha revo
lution of February, in not proclaiming ths
enfranchisement of the fair sex the men
having, she said, kepi all the privilege to
lhemelvc.
A FlOT Somebody rati, "b!eei ar
they that do not advertise, they tdjull iary
J troubled with eutero'i''