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SELECT POETRY.
From the Miner.' Journal.
THE SUSQUEHANNA.
Brightest stream nf tlio
noble ami frer.
mounluins ! pure,
Here' a song thai Ihy chiMrcn
unto iIipp.
will sing
Unto the Susquehanna, whoso crystaliuo
tides '
From the clearest of fountains nil limpidly
glide.
All lirnnidly glide in beauty and pride
fly the feet of each cloud ridden hill ;
Ever bright, ever clear, since fiist the
wild deer
Fiom thy adamant wave drank his (ill.
Huzza, noblo river ! for thus thou hast run,
I-ona nes unsullied, unfettered by man ;
No barges may wanton upon thy bold brenst
Though orst on thy wnlcis the light canoe
prest.
The bark carinp prest w hore its dark own
er rests
Forsaken b-nenth thv srteen bark;
Ait.l hi- children are duad, fnrgo'lon n'fiml
From I tie iTdnra when their forefathers
dmiik.
Great ciffsprinsr of NVtirc! What ngps ore
thine !
Mighty utrearit of t lie? nioni:liii:s, ihy satire?
i divinf !
Fiom thy linm in Ihs fore', down the em'
raid pnth
Flow thy waters as silver, or fenm in their
walh.
Or foam in thy wrath like a giant of
(ia'h,
Pealinrr fear and destruelinn below
Vet sail is thy (ale of that "beautiful
vale."
Whete thy waters sceni tears as thsv
flow.
Ever go. prince
sia.
Anrl tell to ' Old
fi i e :
of livers ! flow on to the
Ocean," thy siie, of the
Till iis ('eep diapason her.r.l tivsr the earth
InM ire eveiv nation with
liberty's' worth.
1' iom the halls of the
comes forth.
north in tiiumph
llo ! prince? of nil stream", to the sea ;
In thy ho;iie, be il known, it liberty's
throne
Eternally fixed by the free.
Lvtti.
ritoomshirz, September 6, 1S52.
From t'.ic N. Y; Cornier an.t ICii-iiiirer.
OLE E'JLL, NET.V C0L0II IN PENN
SYLVANIA-INTERESTING SCENE.
Ot.no.NA, Potter. Cofxtv, Penn.,
September, 1S32.
Professor Cr-asy, in his diicrintion of
the victory of the Americans over Uur-
goyne, at Saratoga, Fpeakinj of the pro
gress ol this country makes this remark :
"Before a book on the subject of the
United Slates has lo.it its novelty, those
States have outgrown the descriptions
which it contains."
The truth of this is daily verified, for
new towns, cities and States are continu
ally springing into existence. The place
from whence 1 am writing this letter is one
ol these new and remarkable creations.
Oleona is but a day old, yet the circum
stances of its commencement and the activi
ty now manifested here, give assurance ol
its success. For sometimes we have had
rumors that a movement was in contempla
tion for establishing a Colony in the unset
tled, rich and heavily limbered lands in
the Southern part of this County, but no
one knew whether these rumors were true
or lalse, until the Gth of this month, when
the celebrated Norwegian artist, Ole Bull,
Willi an ljiigineer and parly of gentlemen,
at rived at this place, which was then
without a name.
From the circumstances that a larze
clearing had been made, and a hotel com
menced by the rormer proprietors of the
land, he determined lo commence his set
tlement at this p dnt.
it would be i. illicult to find a more ro
mantic or beantilul spot lor such a purpose.
The soil is very rich, excellent water pow
er convenient, the streams large enough to
float limber Id the market. A beautiful
valley shut in by hills on every side risinsr
in the niosi graceful manner, cover -d w ith
magnificent forest trees to their summits.
game of every variety plenty, and the
streams abounding in speckled trout. Jt
seems as if an allwise 1'rovidene had pre
served this spot for some particular display
of his goodness.
Before the completion of the New York
ami Erie Railroad, thisse.tion of country
was naruiy known llie great tides ol em
igration to the we.-t swi it nast us on the
North by the Erie Canal or Central 1 ines
of railway in New York, or followed up
the valley of the Susquehanna on the
sjutn, without turing to the right or to
the left to esplore the country they were
leaving.
But Ole Bull, after having spent several
months in visiting various portions in the
United States, has selected this section for
the purpose of establishing a colony of his
countrymen, and in order to carry out his
plan, lias secured by purchase and other
wise, the control between one and 200,000
acres ot land, situated about midway be
twveu the New York and Erie Railroads
on the North, and the contemplated route
of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad on the
South. The land be has selected is eood
soil, heavily timbered with maple, cherry,
beech, white asn, hemlock, white pine,
Sec, &c. It it one of the healthiest portions
of the United States, and, by the opening
ot these great lines of intercommunica
tion, easy of access to the N. Y., Philadel
phia and Baltimore markets.
It is his intention to have this tract of
country surveyed and laid out ii t small
farms, which will be disposed of to his
countrymen at prices which' shall cover
cost, making the terms of payment so easy
that each one can become an independent
landholder in his own right. That each
town shall have ill church, where they
i w.ii nb.vviuwjg iw itiv uiwimri ui
t.mt '. n nMN-.ltnr- In ill- .1 I nlnl ... C
I tbnr conscience, and each district its
school house, where the children con lie
taught in the Enrlish language and receive
a suitable education, to enable them lo be
come intelligent and useful citizens.
Before leaving N.w Y rk, Mr.. Bull ar
ranged with a number of his countrymen,
among whom were carpenters, joiners, ma
sons, and other artisans, to follow him, find
to meet ot a place called Augusta, this be
ing the point at which he first proposed to
commence his colony. At the invitation
of Mr. Bull, I joined his party, and accom
panied him to the above named place, some
filleen miles distant, where he expected to
meet his Norwegian friends. Augusta is
situated about the centre of a tract contain
ing nearly 20.0U0 acres of gently rolling
table lands, heavily limbered with hard
wood.
The immigrants had arrived beforp us,
supposing that was the end of their jour
ney had prepared to pitch their ti nts, and
ha t raised tin ir flng, which they had made
before h aving N. w York. t v,:s a beau
tiful device. The Oo of S.'orw in the
autre, surrounded ly the titers and Stripe
of fie United Still V.
As soon as Ole Bull appeared in sight,
the immigrants commenced the most enthu
siastic cheering, which we answered by
standing tip in our waon, waving our
handkerchief., and swinging our hals. C!e
Bull could n it wait for the slow motion of
the horses, hut leapt from the wagon and
ran to embrace them ; such enthusiasm and
manifestations of delight are seldom wit
nessed. After the first -reetin?s were over. Mr.
Bull addressed litem, saying, that aller hav
ing spent many months in t xamir)i:i" dif
ferent sections of the United States, lie at
length found a p!aee where l.is loved Nor
wegians could have a hone, where the
climate wat as healthful as tin-ir own Nor
way, the soil capable of supply ir.fr all their
wants, and where thev could cniov perfect
liberty, protected by wise and w ho'esome
laws, which would guarantee to them eve
ry right and privilege, so long as they re
mained good citizens. With tears in their
eyes they answered him with shouts and
embracings.
After the transports of joy had in a mea
sure subsided, we partook of a hasty repast
ol cold meat and bread, and harnessing the
horses again to the wagons, started for the
place selected by Ole Bull for the com
mencement of operations, which we reach
ed about seven o'clock that eveiiin".
Early on the morning of the 8lh, the
carp-iii.-rs commenced working on the
new hotel lots wrre selected, on which
to build a blacksmith's shnp, barn, store
house, &c, and Ole Bull was busy
with his engineer, taking a cursory survey
of the country for several miles around the
settlement. About ten o'clock, wagons
loaded wilh stoves, provisions. Sec, arrived
from Coudersport, which Mr. Bull had en
gaged to follow the emigrar.lv ; also, a yoke
of working oxen, and a line fat ox for beef,
which was soon slaughtered and taken care
of. After dinner, Ole Bull selected a site
lor a house for himself, and also sites for
some twenty-five other houses, which are
to be put up immediately, to accommodate
his Norwegian emigrants as fast as they ar
rive. Following the Creek down about
a mile we found an island, containing about
twenty-five ceres of excellent land. This
-Mr. Bull instantly selected for l.is garden
er ; where nurseries for every kind of fruit
tree, suitable to the climate, will be com
menced, and the cultivation ol garden veg
etables and the raising of seeds will be car
ried on in a skilful and scientific manner.
Whilst Mr. Bull was enmed in this
way, some of us were busy preparing for
naming and inaugurating the new palace.
As a flag stalF was needed, a beautiful
straight evergreen wasculilown which the
Norwegians trimmed, leaving the topmost
branches as an ornament to the flagstaff.
This they taised from the top of the Hotel ;
as soon as it was elevated and fastened, a
large flock of birds cameard perched upon
it, and commenci d singing in the gayest
and most delightful manner. It appeared
as though thej. were inspired by the scene,
and were giving utterance to ih-ir feelings
of joy at'd wclcometo the great Norwegian
and his followers. Regarding it as a rood
omen, we all united in giving the birJs a
hearty round of applause.
It had been arranged that the new name
by which the town was herealter to be
known, should b pronounced as soon as
the flag had r. ached its pioper elevation.
The cords for raising the flag were now
adjusted, and all waited to hear the chosen
name. The flaj ascended slrrwly and
gracefully to its place, a gentle breeze
floated it proudly in mid air, and the name
of Oleona was given to the new home of
the Norwegians. Thirty-one cheers one
tor each State were given, and three more
for Ole Bull.
Mr. Bull then started with his engineer
to select sites for mills. They found an
excellent water power; and a saw mill,
grist mill, cabinet maker's shop, &.r., will
be erected in season to meet the wants of
the settlers; a suitable place was also re
served lor a tannery ; proper places for a
cnurcn and schoolhouse werealsi selected.
Everything passed under the eve of Ole
Bull ; hisinluitive quickness of perception,
untiring energy, soundness of judgment,
promptness 01 decision, and capacity ol
physical endurance, are beyond that ol any
timiiBii oeing i nave ever seen.
The evening was nowdrawing near when
the celebration in honor of the new town
was to take place, The Norwegians had
been busy piling up log and brush heaps in
the clearing, and large piles ol shavings
and dry brush on the hill in front of the
hotel, for the purpose of illumination.
We partoott of our supper at half-past
seven. After supper Ole Bull went to a
room by himself, with his violin, to com
pote some music suitable to the occasion.
At nine o'clock we all- arranged ourselves
in the road in front of the hotel, a chair
and lights having been placed in the upper
balcony of the piazza lor Mr. Bull. The
bonfires were lighted in every direction,
which made it as light os day around the
hotel, whilst the unbroken forests and lofty
hills which made up the background, ap
peared in the dread gloom and matiiti
cence wilh which they wpre clothed by
the contrast of light, lo be tlie solemn spir
its of a bigoted und tyrannical age, who had
held humanity in bondage during long cen
turies, come to take their last look of the
scenes of their former oppressions, and Ihen
to vanish before the light of Christianity
and Liberty into ('arkness and desolation
forever.
At half-past nine Ole Bull appeared on
the balcony, and the hills resounded with
echoes from the loud shouts that went up
to fireet him ; he appeared to be oppressed
Willi (be greatness and solemnity ol the oc
casion, and while he gracefully and mod
estly bowed his acknowledgments, the
tears were choking his utterance. As
soon as he could command his voice, he
addressed his countrymen in substance as
follows:
Brothers of Norway ! From the clime
w here the north wind has its home, where
the Malestrom roars, and where the Auro
ra for half the year takes the place ol the
genial sun, we have come to find a home ;
when we were among our mountains, and
war was bringing want and famine upon
us, we heard there there was a country in
a milder climp, where liberty dwelt and
plenty reigned. Upon looking over our
records, we found that our countrymen,
under lliorun, had discovered that and
more than eiht hundred years ao, but
that Ihey were irn t by cruel and savage
Indians, and had b-ft no record cf Ihem-
s-Ives, excepting some traces of their lad
Inslory engraven m the rocks at Fall River;
and one temple which thev had raised to
God on an inland at the mouth of Narra-
ganset bay, all other record of them had
parsed away.
But since thpn we learned, other events
had transpired, other adventurers had sought
that shore, and one of the great nations of
the faith had been successful in planting
colonics there. That these colonies had
grown and flourished, and that, when the
mo'.Iu r country had endeavored to impose
tyrannical laws upon them, they had rebel
led, and standing up btd lly in the presence
of mankind had declared before Almighty
Cod, that they were free and independent,
that they had been successful and had es
tablished a government with a written con
stitution, based tipjn the principles of jus-
lice and the eternal rights of humanity,
that Ihey had spread over almost the en
lire continent, anil had become one of the
leading nations of the earth, and that there
a home could be found for all who sought
it, that the right to labor fur oursdves
would not be denied us, and that our "in
alienable rights" of "iife, lib 'rly, and the
pur.'iiit of happiness," would be secured to us.
Overjoyed with Ihe light and hope which
this news gave us, we have sought this
country to be partakers of this liberty, to
enjoy this freedom, and here in this beau
t;!ul valley we have selected our home.
"The resounding echoes ol every tree you
cut down will be heard in mother Nor
way, and bring our brothers to us, and we
will here establish a new Norway, conse
crated to liberty, babtized in freedom, and
protected by the glorious (lag of America."
How different is our reception from that
which Thoifin and his foil iwt rs received.
No savage Indian startles us w ith bis war
whoop; but kind friends meet tison every
t-ide, taking us by the hand and giving us
welcome to our new home.
Brothers of Norway : We must not dis
appoint this confidence, but by lives of in
dustry and honesty show to our new bro
Iheig that they have not misplaced their
friendship.
And now, to these gentlemen of New
York and Pennsylvania who have so kindly
assisted by their counsel and advice in this
work, I return mj' mod sincere and heart
felt thanks, and casting ourselves upon the
goodness of our II -avenly Father, resting
secure in his promises, lei us go on in 'he
daily performance ol evtryiiuty, and he
will bless us.
The emotion with which this speech
was received (of which the above is but a
faint outline) cannot be described ; the Nor
wegians with bare beads and hands raised
to heaven swore they would obey Ihe laws
of the country, and do their utmost to be
worthy of their protection.
Alter silence was restored, Ole Bull took
his violin and commenced an anthem suita
b to the occasion. No I ingmige can de
scribe this music the audience, the atten
dant circumstances, and the occasion, ap
peared to have given a new rn I unearthly
inspiration to the great artist ; be touched
every chord of every heart in his audience.
At times the Norwegians wept like chil
dren, as the strains reminded them of kin
dred and friends far beyond the ocean, and
then the strains of liberty would pour forth
from the enchanted instrument. In a mo
ment, understanding the language of the
music, they woulJ thotit loud huzza and
chant in unison the war songs and hymns
of liberty cf old Norway.
o ' a lundinK nile. of dim wotxt. raiij,
f anthem of the free."
be music ceased, and when the
.ion had subsided, a gentleman of
Pennsylvania went forward and welcomed
Ole Bull and the Norwegians to the ancient
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and to the
United States of America, and in a few el
oquent and well timed remarks, promised
to them the protection of our Republican
Government and the peaceful enjoyment
of our free institutions.
Such was the beginniug of the new town
ol Oleona. May "its progress be onward
and upward," and long may its distinguish
ed founder live to bd a blessing to hit
countrymen, and to "enjoy the luxury of
doing good.
UllCAO AI BLTTLR.
Mr. Jordan was a bachelor, on ihe shady
side of forty, and consequently was subject I
lo the lender mercies of botiiliuc-house-keepers.
CiicumstanctiS had kept Mr. Jor
dun an inmate of Mrs. Wipijiiis' boarding
house for a long time, and Mrs. Wiggins was
a l.uly of one idea namely economy. Her
experiments in economical philosophy and
phi'osophical economy were, for Ihe most
pai t, brought to bear upon the stomachs ef
her boarder, as "vittles" is tho principal
item of expense in mediocre b mrding-hou-is.
Mr. Juribtn had been startled by some
of the aforesaid e.vpciitneuts, but he had
bfffne with patience tho piesent and ceitain
evil "lather than fly ts l lie others he knew
not of," Muiil onn day, when butler was
scarce and biyh, Wiggins, hit upon the eco
nomical plan of .pleading with her own eco
nomical bands the butter upon the allowance
of bread she doled out lo her boardeis, ex
cusing herself for this interference in their
affairs by slating, in the blandest manner,
that she assumed that task, cheerfully lo
save them trouble !
Mr. Jordan eamo to tea rather late upon
the first evptiinj of this new dodge, sat down
in Ihe pretence of all ihe other boardersj
and received n slice fiom Mrs. iffyins,
who had- cone through the rtirnmony of bnt
teriiia it before bis eyes. Mr. Jordan eyed
the bread inquisitively, and brgan to turn it
from side te side, and scrutinize it closely
llirnnah his spectacles.
"What is the matter with your bread
and butler V demanded Mrs Wisu,ins.
"Nothing nothing no-thinn," replied
Mr. Jordan, still turning the piece over, and
persisting in bis scrutiny.
"I'm passitivp, Mr, Jordan, that yon do
seo something. Now 1 want," said Mrs.
Wiggins, Iter face bocorniug flnhcd with
excitement "I want my boarders to tell me
riyht out when their vittles doesn't suto '.
Now, Mr. Jordan, what is it '"
Mr. Jonlan laid down the slice upon his
plate, raised his spectacles to his fore
head, and rpplied, with great delibera
tion :
"Mrs. Wipsins, there's nothing the mat
ter with the bread, I assure you. But, Mrs.
Wisuins," and here Mr. Jordan glanced mis-
cbieviously down the vista of attentive faces
"I have lived in this world eight and forty
years, and I find myself this evening such a
simpleton that I can't tell, for my life, vhich
side of viy bread is buttered .'" Literary
Museum.
FortTIXE MADE BY ADVF.RTISIXtl.
From a small pamphlet, entitled "Tho Art
of making Money," an extract has been taken,
and is going the round of Ihe provincial press,
pointing out tho facility of making immense
sums by Ihe simple process of continuous ad
vertising. Doubtless large sums have been,
are, and will be made by such a system by
certain persons of ability, who no doubt would
make their way in I ho woild if callpd upon
to play different parts on ihe great stage of
life; but lo suppose I hat man in general must,
as a matter ot course, acquire wealth by such
means, is as absurd ns to imagine that all the
penniless and shoeless of Loudon are capable
of rising to the dignity and wealth of an al
derman or the lord mayor of London simply
by reading the "Young Man's Iksl Compan
ion." Jluney is not so easily made as ihe
writer of tbeaiiiele referred to would lead
people to suppose ; if it be so, few need be
poor. But lo our text : fortunes made by nd
veilising. Undoubtedly the greatest man of
t lie day as an advettiser is Ilolloway, who
expends the enormous sum of twenty thou
sand pounds annually in advertisements
alone; his name is not only to be seen in
neaily every paper and periodical published
in the British Isles, but a if ibis country was
too sniull for ibis individual's exploits, he
stretches ovor tho whole of India, having
ageu's in all the different pirts of the uppes,
central, and lower provinces of that immense
eotinlry, publishing his medicaments in the
Hindoo, Onrdiin, Onozratep, and other native
ino.na2.es, so that tho Indian public can take
tho Pills and t'se his Oiutme it according to
geneinl directions, ns a Cookney would do
within the sound of Bow Bells. We find him
again at Iloug Kong and Canton, making his
medicines known lo the Celestial by means
of Chinese translation. We trace him from
thence to the Philipine Islands, where he is
circulating bis prep.uations in the unlive
languages. At Sii anpore he has a largo do'
put: bis ngents theie supply nil the Islands
in tba Indian Seas. His advertisement am
published iu most of the papers at Sjdney, j
Hiibart Town, Launeeotoii, Adelaide, Purl j
Philip, and indeed in ahnnt every tounef
that vast portion of the British empire. Re- J
turning homewards, we find his Pills and !
Oiu'meut selling at Valparaiso, Lima, Cillao,
and other ports in the Paeifiij. Doubling the j
Horn, we track him in ihe Atlantic Monte
Video Buenos Ayies, Santos, Rio do Janerio, i
Uahin, and Pernumbuco : he is advertising in I
those parts in Spanish and I'uitngneso. In I
itl I tho Biilisb West India Islands, as also in I
the Upper and Lower Canadas, and the
neighbouring provinces of Nova Scotia and
New Brunswick, his medicines are as famili
arly known, and sold by every druggist, as
they are at home, In Ihe Mediterranean we
find them telling at Malta, Corfu, Athens,
and Alexandria, besides at Tunis and other
portions of the Barbary States. Any one
taking the trouble to look at the 'Journal'
and 'Cornier' of Constantinople, may find in
these, as well as other paper, that Hollo
way's medicines are regularly advertised
and telling throughout Ihe Turkisk empire ',
and even in Russia, where an almost insur
mountable barrier exists, the laws there pro
hibiting tho pntieeof ptenl mcdieins, II illn
ways's ingenuity has been nt work, arid ob
viates this difficulty by f irwaiei.ig supplies
to bis Hgent nt Odes, n poil situated on the
Black Sen, where Ihey filler themselves sur
reptitiously by various channels, into the ve
ry heart of the empire. Africa has 'not been
foigoltcn by this indefatigable man, who has
on agent on the Tiiver Gambia : nlso at Sierra
Leone, the plague spot of tho woild, the in
habitants readily avail themselves of the
Ointment and Pills; thus we can show our
readers that Holloway has made the complete
circuit of the globe, commencina with India,
and ending, as we do, with the Cape of Good
Hope, whete his medicines are published in
the Dutch and English languages: and while
speaking of Dutch, we have beard tint ho
has made large shipments to Holland, and is
about advertising in every paper or periodical
published in that kingdom; we might odd
that ho has also started his medicine in some
parts of Fiance ; in some portions of Germa
ny ; ns nlso in some of Ihe Italian states.
We have been at some little Iroublo lo collect
all these facts, because wo fear thai the nr.
tide before alluded to, ,!lh Ait of making
Money," is calculated to lead people to spend
their means in the hop (as the nnthor states)
of making n hundred thousand pounds in six
years for their pains, by holding up ns an
easy example to follow such a man as Hollo
way, who is really a Napoleon in his way
Many may have the means, but have they
the knowledge, ability, energy, judgment,
and prudence necessary t Failing in any one
nf these requisites, a total loss is certain.
Holloway is a man calculated lo undeitake
any enterprise requiring immense energies
of body and mind. Ho has made a large
fortune by his labours; and is, we should
suppose, every day greatly increasing his
wealth. Of course it is not to our interest to
deter the public from advertising; but, as
guardians of their interest, we think it our
incumbent duty lo place a lighthouse upon
what we consider a dangerous shoal, w hich
may perhaps sooner or later prevent ship
wreck and ruin to the sanguine and inexpe
porieneed about to navigate iu such waters.
The Editor of the "Edinburg Review,"' in
a number published ubont three years ago,
stuted that he considered he was makin", a
desirable betpiest to posterity, by handing
down to them the amount of talent and ability
required by the present class of large adver
tisers. At that period Hollowny's modo of
advertising was most prominently set forth:
and if theso remaiks, conjointly with his,
should descend lo a generation to comp, it
will be known to what extent the subject of
this article was ablo to carry out his views,
together with the consequent expenditure in
making known the merits of his pieparations
to nearly the whole world. 1'ictoriid Timet,
a London Weekly Paper.
WEBSTER. OX THE EVIDENCE OF CHRIS
KAMI Y.
A few evenings since, sitting bo his own
fire-side, after a day of severe labor in the
Supreme Court, Mr. Webster introduced the
last Sabbath's sermon, and discoursed in ani
mated and glowing cloqueuco for au hour on
the great truths of the Gospel. I cannot but
regard the opinions of such a man in some
sense as public property. This is my apology
for attempting to recall some of those re
marks which were uttered in tho privacy of
tho domestic circle.
Said Mr. Webster: "Last Sabbath 1 lis
tencd to an able and learned discourse upon
the evidences of Christianity. The argu
ments were drawn from prophecy, history
with internal evidence. They were staled
with logical accuracy and force; but, as it
seem to me, the clergyman failed to draw
from them the right- conclusion. He came
so near the truth lhat I was astonished that
he missed it. In summing up his arguments
he said the only alternative presented by
these evidences is this: Either Christianity
is true or it is a delusion produced by an ex
cited imagination. Such is not the alterna
tive, said the critic; but it is this: The
Gospel is either true history, or it is a con
summate fraud ; it is either in reality or au
imposition. Christ was what he professed lo
be, or he was an imposter. There is no
other alternative. His spotless life in his
earnest enforcement of i be truth, his suffer
ing in its defence, foibids us to suppose thai
he was .ulleriug au illusion of a heated
brain.
Every act of his pure and holy life shows
thai he was tho author of liuth, the advocate
of truth, the earnest defender of truth, and
Ihe uncomplaining sutlerer for truth. Now,
considering the purily of his doctrines, tho
simplicity of his life, and tho sublimity of
his death, is it possible that he would have
died for an illusion 1 In all his preaching the
Saviour made no popular appeals. His dis
courses were all directed to the individual.
Christ and his Apostles sought to impress
upon every man the conviction lhat he must
stand oi fall alone he must live fur himself
and die for himself, and give up his account
lo the omnisuent God, ns though he were tho
only dependent creature in the Universe.
The gospel leaves the individual sinner alone
wilh himself and his God. To his own mas.
ter lie stands or falls. He has nothing lo
hope from ihe uid and sympathy of associ
ates. The deluded advocates of new doc
trines do not so preach. Christ and his
Apostles, had they been deceivers, would not
have so preached.
If clergymen in our day woulJ return to
the simplicity of ihe gospel, and preach more
to individuals and less to the crowd, there
would not be so much complaint of the de.
dine of true religion. Many of tho minister
j of the present day take their text from St.
rani, aid -rnrli from the newspapers.
When they do so, I prefer to enjoy my own
thought- rather than lo listen. I want my
pastor to come lo me in the spirit of the
gospel, snyinc, 'You nre mnrtal; your proba
tion is brief; your work mu-t be done speed
ily. Yon nrn immortal, ton.
tening lo the bar of God ; the Judge standeth
before Ihe door.' When I am thus admon
ished, 1 have no disposition lo muse or to
sleep. These topics," said Mr. Webstbr,
"have often occupied mv thouchls : and if f
had time, I would write upon them myself."
me njova remarks are but a mensre and
imperfect abstract, from memory, of one of"
the most eloquent sermons to which I ever
listened. Cortgrrgnfroiml Journal.
DEATH OF KIXGS.
William lha Conqueror died from ener
mous fat, from drink, and fiom ihe violence
of his passions.
William Rufus died the death of the poor
slags that he hunted.
Ilonry the Firsl died or gluttony, having
eaten loo much of a dish of lampreys.
Stephen diexl in a few day, of what was
called iliac passion, which we suppose may
be a royal word for prussic acid or some
thing like il.
Henry Ihe Second died of a broken heart,
occasioned by the bad conduct ef his chil
dren. A broken heart Is a Torv or lit com
plaint for a monarch lo die of. Prhapa
"rat's bane in his porridge" meant the same
tlnug as a broken heart.
Richard Coear de Lion died like the ani
mal from which his heart was named by aa
arrow from an archer.
John died nobody knows how, but il is
said of chagrin, which, we suppose, is ano
ther lerm for a dose of hellebore.
Henry the Third is said to have died a
"natural death," which, wilh kings in pala
ces means the most unnatural death by
which a mortal can shullle off his "mortal
coil."
Edward the First is likewise said to have
died of a "natural sickness," a sickness
which it would puzile all the college of phy
sicians to denominate.
Edward the Second was most barbarously
indecently murdered, by ruffians, employed
by his own mother and her paramour,
Edward lha Third died of dotage, and
Richard the Second of starvation, the very
reverse of George ihe Fourth.
Henry the Fuuilh is said to have died "of
fits caused by uneasiness," and uneasiness
in palaces at those times was a very com
mon complaint.
Henry tho Fifih is said to have died "of a
painful affliction, prematurely." This is a
courtly phrase for getting rid of a king.
Henry the Sixth died in prison, by means
known only to his jailor, and known now
only by heaven.
Edward ihe Fifth was strangled in tha
tower by his uncle Richard the Third, whom
Hume declares to have possessed every
quality for government. This Richard the
Third was killed in bottle, fa i r ly, of course,
for all kings were either killed fair, or died
naturally according to the court circulars of
those days.
Henry tho Seventh wasted away, as a mi
ser ouf lit to do, and Henry the Eight died of
caibuncles, fat and fury, whilst Edward the
Sixth died of a decline.
Queen Mary is said lo have c'ied of "a
broken heart," whereas she died of a surfeit,
from eating too much of black pudding her
sanguinary nature being prone to hog's blood
or blood of any sort.
Old Queen Bess is said to have died of
melancholy fiom having sacrificed Essex to
his enemies.
James Ihe
First died of drinking, and of
the effects of a nameless vice.
Chailes tho First died a righteous death
on the scaffold, and Charles Ihe Second died
tfuddenjy, it is said of apoplexy.
William the Third died from a consnmp
live habit of body, and from the stumbling
of bis hurso.
Queen Anne died from her attachment to
".strong water," or in other words, from
dn. likeness which the physicians politely
called the dropsy.
George tho First died of drunkenness
which his physicians as politely an appo
p!octio fit.
George the Second died by a rapture on
the heait, which the periodicals of the day
termed a visitation of God. Il is the only
instance in which God ever touched his
heat I.
Ccorye ihe Third died us he lived a mad
man. Throughout life he was at least a con
sistent monarch.
George the Fourth died of gluttony and
drunkenness. .
William the Fourth died amidst the sym
pathies of his subjects.
It is estimated that there remain in Francef
notwithstanding Ihe late slaughter of 20P,.
000, 4,000,000 of dogs. The skins of those
killed this year sold for $37,000. A Yankee(
during the massacre, went into a restaurant
and was asked if he would have soup. "No,
I thank you," be replied, "I do not bark up
lhat tree."
A traveller who bat been over the ground,
says that people who cross the Isthmus carry
along too great a variety, viz., bed blankets,
pork, stew pans, and valises. Iu bis opinions
all a man wants fur the whole voyage is, a
bottle of brandy and a revolver one to kill
time, and the other "Greasers !"
A resurrectionist was shot dead at Cincin
nati last Thursday night, by Mr. Swein, sex
ton of the city burial ground.