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of Wayoesburg ata vicinity, as a l'hysician and
lrions. °ace opposite the Republican office. lie
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April 9. 1602.
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LATE INTERESTING DISCOVERIES.
AT JERUSALEM. — Ari account ofSig
' nor Pierotti's discoveries in the sub
terranean topography of Jerusalem
has been published. Employed by
the Paella as an engineer, he has dis
covered that the modern city ofJerns
alem stands on several layers of ruin
ed masonary, the undermost of which
composed of deeply bevelled and
enormous stones, he attributes to the
age of Solomon. the next to that of
Zorobabel, the next to that of Herod,
the next to that of Justinian, and so
on till the times of the Saracens and
Crusaders. He has traced a series
of conduits and sewers leading from
the "dome of the rock," a mosque
standing on the very site of the alter
of sacrifice in the Temple, to the Val
ley of Jehoshaphat, by means of
which the priests were enabled to
flood the whole temple area with wa
ter, and thus to carry off the blood
and offal of the sacrifices to the brook
Kedron. The manner of his explo.
rations was very interesting. He
got an Arab to walk up through
those immense sewers, ringing a bell
and blowing a trumpet, while he him
self by following the sound was able
to trace the exact course they took.—
About two years ago he accidentally
discovered a fountain at the pool of
Bethesda, and, on his opening it, a co
pious stream of water immediately
began. to flow, and has flowed ever
since. No one knows from whence
it came or whither it goes. This
caused the greatest 'excitement
among the Jews, who flocked in
crowds to drink and bathe them
selves in it. They fancied that it was
ono of the signs of Messiah's coming
and portended the speedy restora
tion of their commonwealth. This
fountain, which has a peculiar taste,
like that.of milk-and-water; is identi
fied by Signor Pierott with the foun
tain which Hezekiah built, and which
is described by Josephus. The meas
urements and position of most of
these remains accord exactly with
the Jewish historian's description.—
Some of the Signor's conclusions are
disputed, but no one has succeeded
in so disinterring the relics of the
Holy City.—English Paper.
AT Romn.—lnteresting discoveries
have recently been mad.; in Rome.—
Signor Fortunati, whose name be
came celebrated three or four years
ago by the discovery of the anient
Basilic of St. Stefano, has been again
fortunate in archaeological researches
in a vineyard adjoining the ancient
Praetorian camp, having brought to
light, among other relics of the past,
twelve inscriptions of monuments
erected to Praetorian soldiers. These
epigrams are highly prized, as lUas
trative of historical and geographical
details interesting to the antiquary,
and demonstrative of the fact that the
Prwtorian Guards were levied in dis
tant provinces, such as Pannonia,
Mte ,- itt and Thrace, of which the pro
vinces, cities, boroughs and streets
are exactly specified.
AT PCMPIaI.—AII important arch
teological discovery has just been
made at Pompeii, of a mill with a
great quantity of corn in excellent
perservation, and an oven with 81
loves, arranged in rows, and but
slightly affected by the heat of the
lava, having been protected by a
quantity of ashes which had covered
the iron door fitted to the mouth of
the oven. These loves have all been
got out entire ; a large iron shovel
for introducing loves into the oven
has also been found on the spot, with
a remnant, of it wooden handle. This
is the first discovery of the kind on
record.— Galignani.
Ix ENGLAND.—A curious fresco
was recently discovered at Blunhain
church, Bedfordshire, England. rep
resenting the Descent from the Cross.
ft displays e3rtain exaggerations of
style and feeling which may indicate
it to be a work of about the end of
the fifteenth century. The drawing
is said to be excellent.
ousiosmEs Or THE EARTH.
At the city of Medina, in Italy, and
about four miles around it wherever the
earth is dug when the workmen arrive at
the distance of sixty-three feat, they
come to a bed of chalk which they bore
with an auger, five feet deep. They then
remove from the pit before the auger is
removed, and upon its extracation the
water bursts up through the aperture
with great violence, and soon fills the
new made well, which is affected neither
by rains nor drought. But what is
most remarkable in this operation is the
layers of the earth as we descend.—
At the depth of fourteen feet are found
the ruins of an ancient city, paved streets,
houses, floors and different pieces of ma
sonic work. Under this is found soft,
oozy earth, made up of vegetables, aad at
twenty-six feet large trees entire, such as
walnut trees, with the walnuts sticking to
, the stems, and the leaves and branches in
a perfect state of preservation. At twen
ty-eight feet deep a soft chalk is found,
mixed with a vast quantity of shells, aad
the bed is eleven feet deep. Under this
vegetables ate fotihd agaip.
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1862.
! TERRIBLE SCENES AT SEA
NARRATIVE OF A SURVIVOR FROM THE
GOLDEN GATE
Mr. A. Bates, a steerage passenger
on board the California steamer,
Golden Gate, furnishes San Fran
cisco paper the following interesting
narrative of the scene on board that
vessel when she was burned at sea :
"The day was very warm, and I
was sitting on deck forward. This
was about half-past four o'clock in
the afternoon; all was quiet. I sud
denly saw smoke issuing from the
deck, about midships, and near the
smoke stack. I watched it a mo
ment, when, becoming convinced
there was fire, I cried out. Just at
this moment others saw the smoke
too, and we all rushed toward the
pumps or brakes, forward, which
were chiefly used for cleaning the
deck.
We used the pumps as best we
could. We took turns working. I
worked a few minutes, when, seeing
it would do no good, I went forward.
All then began to crowd forward,
and had no life-preservers, for they
were in the boats behind, and no one
could go thrcugh the fire after them.
In about five minutes front the time
I saw the smoke, the flames burst
through the decks. It seemed as if
the means for extinguishing a fire
had been neglected, for the pumps
would not work,
€. The flames kept coming for war d
eyery minute, and all pressed still
closer to the bows. Ropes were now
attached to the vessel and thrown
over the sides, to hold on to. Some
were so frightened that the moment
the fire came near them they plunged
wildly overboard and were drowned.
Others climbed over and held on to
the ropes as long as they could.—
They got exhausted, and dropped
off,• singly and in pairs, and were
lost.
" There were ten boats on board—
enough to save every soul on board
--but only three of them could be
got at, two of these, loaded chiefly
with the crew, got safely to the
shore. The other sailed away for
Manzanillo, and has not been heard
from. The men that got into the
boats leaped overboard, and were
picked up. The officers seemed to
do very well, and the men were not
insubordinate, but appeared to obey
orders and work well.
"I secured It rope, and determined
to stay aboard to the last • moment,
and then swim for the shore lam a
very good swimmer. I had stripped
myself of everything but my shirt.
I had about my waist a belt with
some money; but a large sum which
I had in my trunks was lost.
While thus standing at the bows,
grasping my rope"—continued Mr.
Hates—"a little girl, a lovely child of
about eight years of age, came up to
me and asked me to save her. Her
name was Addie Manchester, and her
father lives in San Francisco. She
said:
" 'O, mister, can you swim ?'
" I told her I could. She begged
me so hard to save her that I deter
mined to try to do so anyhow. I
told her I would try to save her if
she would do just as I told her. She
said
" will do just as you tell me.—
Save. me, do, please—l don't want
to be drowned.'
"I showed ber how to act—to get
on my back and grasp me tightly,
but that she must not choke me. She
promised to do just as I told her.—
She was quite cool. just as the fire
got up to us, the vessel struok the
bar. I got over, taking Addle with
me. She held on to me tight, as I
told her to do. I struck for the
beach, not , far off. The breakers
ran very high. I got past the first
one in safety with my burden. I got
past the second one also. After I
passed the third one, I found that
Addle was gone. I turned round and
saw her going down behind me. A
man on a plank, who was passing,
grasped her by her hair and pulled
her on his plank. I saw she was
safer than with me, so I continued
on, and was dragged on the beach.—
I lay on the beach insensible' for
about half an hour. When I came
to, I saw Addie, she was lively.
" I dug a hole in the sand to keep
warm in. We buried the dead each
in a separate grave, which we
scraped out with our hands and pieces
of board.
" Next morning we traveled in
land. About five miles off we reach.
od a spring; here we rested. Some
of our party then started' across the
mountains to reach Manzanilla ; oth
ers, including myself, were to remain
until assistance reached us. We had
nothing to eat. That afternoon, and
after our friends had left us, the St.
Louis came along and took us
aboard."
gar As nothing can be more con
ducive to security, so nothing can be
better to insure a quiet and pleasant
life, than to live innocently, and up
on no occasion to violate the com
mon covenants of peace and proprie
ty.
Health ie another word for
temperance and exercise.
( A GHOST STORY.
In all ages persons of weak intel
' lect have believed in apparitions;
yet we may confidently affirm that
stories of ghosts are mistakes, or An opportunity was afforded me of
impositions, and that they may al- seeing Pekin early in the present
ways be detected by a proper exec-
month, a little before the relaxation
of
cise of the mental faculty. In all re-
send you this brief account of some
the restrictions on passports. I
' lations of this kind there is manifest
ly an endeavor to make the events of the things I saw.
The streets and gates are singular.
as supernatural as possible, to prevent
The Tartar city is square. There are
the suspicion of trick, and to silence
two gates in each wall, placed oppo
. all objections which might be made
site to each other; but the south wall
to their credibility. In compliance
has three gates instead of two, the '
with this custom, we will recount a
middle one being in front of the Im
story of a ghost, which seems to
perial Palace. Conceive of walls
possess all the desired requisites.
from forty to sixty feet high, and
At a town in the West of England
thirty-five feet wide, crowned with twenty-four persons were accustom
lofty towers of several stories, over
ed to assemble once ' a week, to
the nine gates and at the corners.—
drink, smoke tobacco, and talk poll-" Had not the Chinese Government
tics. Like. the academy of .Rubens,
yielded, our troops would have found
at Antwerp, each member had his
' peculiar chair, and the president's ,no little difficulty in forcing an en- ,
was more
the members had been in
elevated than the rest.—
trance through such bulwarks. So
As one
said a colonel of one of our regiments
of
to me lately, and with reason.
a dying state for some time, his
The Tartar city is three miles and
chair, whilst he was absent, remain- !
' a half across. In its centre is the
ed. vacant.' Imperial city, which, within a triple ;
4 , hen the Club met on the usual
wall. incloses the palace. The ap- night, inquiries were naturally made !
after their associate. As he lived in
proaches to she top of the walls con
the adjoining house, a particular
sist of gradually rising slopes, suita
friend went toinquire after him, !and
ble for cavalry to mount, and close to ;
returned with the melancholy lute]-
theates. Some of them are open,
g
and 'invite the visitor to ascend them. '
ligence that he could not survive the
From the wall in the vicinity of the
night. This threw a gloom on the'
south central gate, there is a fine '
company, and all efforts to turn the
view of the palace. A succession of
conversation from the sad subject
i yellow tiled roofs are seen stretching
before them were ineffectual. About ;
midnight the door opened, and the far to the north. Beyond them is
"Prospect Hill," or "Hill of BeautV!
t0r,,,, in white, of' the dying or the ! ,
„ rtifii4 . l
„,,,,,,,,,
made" to beans ,
mat., walked into the room, and ~,the palace.
took his seat ta i,; B accustomed chair. I Let the reader suppose himself t
There he remained la -;lence, and in 'be walking from this spot off the ;
silence he was gazed at. Tin. ~p , ,
p ,_ !
handsome terre-ploin to the eastward;
ition continued a sufficient time in'?
he will observe the English and
the chair to assure all who were IFrench flags , waving on his left over
present of the reality of the vision.
0-ay, green-tiled roofs which once
At length he-arose, and stalked to- ;
; protected princes of the Imperial fam
wards the door, while he opened as , ily. He win also notice the lilvssian
if living; went out, and shut the; church near them, and nearer yet to
door after him. After a pause some ;
;
one, at last, bad the resolution to say, the wall he may observe a street
If only one of us had seen this,
!! jthere a crowd of Coreans are con
" ; but
would not have been believedhe :gregated. Their clothes are of white
!
icotton, manufactured by themselves.
it is impossible so many of us can !
have been decieved." The cos an y A handkerchief is tied round their
bde rees, recovered their sp,
unshaven heads. They wear laced
y g p eech,
ishoes, In all these points differing
and the whole conversation, as may ! from the Chinese, they exhibit also a
be imagined, was upon the dreadful k bustlin _,
g disputatious, quarrelsome
object which had engaged their at- dispoeition, which scandalizes those
tention. They broke up, and went; who watch them. But this may wear
home. In the morning, inquiry was i off on better acquaintance. They
made after their sick friend. It was ! drive bargains with ginseng, the root
answered by an accout of his death, i whose tonic virtues are so celebrated
which happened nearly about the A n China, in stout paper and strong
time of his appearance in the club ;:calico all of them products of their
room. There could be little doubt : peninsula
before; but, now, nothing could be After turning the angle of the wall,
more certain than the reality of the the Astronomical Observatory comes
apparition, which had been simultan- ; into view. It is an open terrace where
eously seen by so many persons. It; are displayed the beautifully cast ob
is unnecessary to say that such a ! Rerving g instruments of Verbiest.—
story spread over the country, and They are of bronze, and appear to
found credit even from infidels;
for ; have been executed with great ac
in this case, all reasoning became ; curac y. The large celestial globe is
superfluous, when opposed tc a plain feet in diameter. After a century
fact, attested by three and twenty ' tuid a half of exposure to skiey influ
witnesses. To assert the doctrine of ' antes, they look fresh and capable of
the fixed laws of nature was ridicu- ; being used to advantage. Below
lons, when there was so many people ! this "terrace for observing the stars,"
of credit to prove that they might 1 there are seen lying on a slight °lo
be unfixed. Years rolled on, and the vation at the bottom, the astronomi
story was almost forgotten. pal instruments made in the Mongo-
One of the club was an apothecary.l
Ilan dynasty, nearly six hundred
In the cow se of his practice he was ; years ago, by the Chinese mathema
called to an old woman, whose bus- I tician Kwo-sheu-king.
iness it was to attend sick persons.— Near the Observatory is the Ex-
She told him that she could leave the amintion Hall, where thousand of
world with a quiet conscience, but
i students gather to acquire distinc
for one thing, which lay upon her ! !tion in a struggle for literary honors.
mind, "Do you not remember Mr.—, I met several candidates who had
whose ghost has been so much talked! just arrived by steamer from Canton.
of'? I was his nurse. On the night I
.Lower degrees are granted in the
of his death. I left his room for some- 4 provinces; but that of Doctor in. Lit
thing I wanted. lam sure I had !erature is only given in the capitol.
not been absent long ; but, at my re- ;They were Masters of Arts who had
turn, I found the bed without my pa- braved the inconveiniences of a sea
tient ! He was delirious, and 1 fear
'voyage rather than be checked by
ed that he had thrown himself out of
the disordered state of the interme
the window. I was so frightened diate provinces in their -purpose of
that I had no power to stir; but, 'reaching Pekin. Only 200 out of
after some time, to my great aston- 5000, they told me, can receive the
ishment, he entered the roam, shiv
coveted honor. Their own chance
ering, and his teeth chatering, laid was sat a bad one, because, coming
himself down on the bed, and died! from remote provinces, twelve or -fig
Considering my negligence as the 1
1 teen hundred miles distant, they
cause of his death, I kept this a se-
would share in the advantage gained
cret, for fear of what might be done by the equitable distribution which
to me. Though I could have contra
the Emperor makes of the 200 diplo
dicted all the story of the ghost, I
mss among the provinces to which
"
dared not do it. I knew by what „„ ndidatee belong.
had happened, that it was he himself _
who had been in the club-room, (per-
baps recollecting it was the night of
meeting); but I hope God and the
poor gentleman's friends will forgive
me, and I shall die contented."
THE FINISHED GARMENT. —A Chris
tian man's life is laid in the loom of
time to a pattern which he does not
see, but God does ; and his heart is a
shuttle. On one side of the loom is
sorrow, and on the other is joy ; and
the shuttle, struck alternately by each,
flies back and forth, carrying the
thread, which is white 'or black as
the pattern needs ; and in the end,
when God shall lift up the finished
girment, and all its changing hues
shall glance out, it will then appear
that the deep and dark colors were
as needful to perfectness and beauty
as the bright and high colors.
There is no readier way for a
man to bring his own worth into
question than by endeavoring to
tract from the worth of ottiermor
DESCRIPTION OP PEKIN,
BY AN ENGLISH MISSIONARY
COULD DE RECONCILED. — The Duke
de Roqulaure was one day told ths
two ladies of the court had quar-
reled and very much abused eseh
ether:
"Have they called each other ug
ly ?" he asked.
"No."
"Very well," said ho, "I can recon
ile them.
oar An eminent physician has dis
overed that the night mare, in nine 1
see out of ten, is produced by ow
' g a bill for a newspaper.
phrases especially when
ade use of by woman, which they
ften are, are disgraceful--not to say
sgusting.
ser When some people make a,
at deal of you—you may be sure
they mean to make a deal out of you.
theyuung man who Mob;
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El
INTERESTING PLOTS ABOUT IRE
LAND.
Ireland has of late years been un
dergoing greater economic changes
than any other portion of the king
dom. When I tell you that, within
the short period of nineteen years—
since the period of the Disruption--
£.30,000,000 worth of land have chan-
ged hands in the Encumbered. and
' Landed Estates Court, involving a
change of property, and introducing
an immense amount of capital, en
ergy, and agricultural skill, that are
telling confessedly upon the aspect
of the country—assimilating Ireland
more to Scotland and England than
in former times; and that these
changes like those which Dr. Begg
brought ont so admirably the other
evening in his "Report on Houses for
the Working Classes," will naturally
tell .upon the people—you will easily
see that they give us facilities of a
peculiar character for the introduc
tion of the Gospel concurrent with
these economic changes. Changes
as great in the population have been
going on no less extensive. Two
tides have been streaming over Ire
land—one in the direction of Austra
lia and America, to some extent also
to Scotland and England, going out
of Ireland; and another, chiefly
coming into Ireland from Scotland;
and I trust in its character and . con
sequences, like the gulf streams,
which bring fertilit y and health.—
Generally speaking, the outgoing el
ement hatj been a Roman Catholic
element, the incoming a Protestant
element, and especially a Presbyter
lan element from Scotland. We
have no doubt that these two changes
"together, the outgoing and the in
coming, will tend to make the South
and West of Ireland somewhat like
Ustler, and like changes which took
place some years ago in our own be
loved land. In 1848, the population
of Ireland was in round numbers
eight millions and a quarter; in 1861,
it was live and three-fourth millions.
making a decrease on the gross pop
ulation of two and a half millions, or
nearly the entiro population of Scot
land,
if you except Edinburg and
Glasgow. You may thus have an
. idea, from the decrease of the popu
lation on the one hand, and the in
troduction of capital on the other,
of the economic changes that are
going on in Ireland. The great mass
of the population who have left home
consisted, as I have said, of the
Romish element ; while of those'
who have come to Ireland, there
have been hundreds from Scotland,
tending to change still more the rel
ative proportions of Roman Catholic
and Protestant, giving accessions
that constitute centres of light and I
influence to the Proteitant Churches ;
in that dark land. I have here a
map drawn up by Mr. Miller, Prince's
Street, Edinburg, with red dots
:iliowing upon it the places where !
Scotchmen had settled and I put it
!nto the hands of the Moderator for
information. This map is indicative
'lt once of the migratory and also ;
the gregarious character of our
Scottish countrymen. You will oh
)bserve that a large number have !
some from Scotland, and that where-
Wm. a Scotchman has fixed himself
thers have come and settled down
vside MeiVaughton's
laress.
DO THE RIGHT THING.
Whenever you are in doubt which
Xtwo things to do, let your decision
for that which is right. Do not
'raver, do not parley; but go square
up to the mark, and do the right thing.
'by, when you divide that apple
tiitli your little sister, be careful not
keep the largest half for yourself.
.outig man ! do not sneak out of the
'asement door because you wish to
aoape your father's eyes. Maiden !
'et not the most trifling deceit pass
!urrent in those little acts which
make up the sum of your life.
No matter who you are, what your
lot, or where you live, you cannot
afford to do that which is wrong.—
The only way to obtain happiness
yourself is, to do the right thing. You
may not always hit the mark; but
you should, nevertheless, always aim
at it, and with every trial your skill
will increase. Whether you are to
be praised or blamed f'r it by others;
whether it will seemingly make you
P cher or poorer, or whether no oth
,?,r person than yourself knows of
your action, still always, and in all
sees ; do the right thing. Your first
essons in this will grow easier, until
unity doing. the right thing will be
,ome a habit; and to do a wrong,
'will iteem an absolute impossibility.
RESIGNATION.—No man can be hap
y who does not stand firm against
di contingencies, and cannot say, "I
E
thould have been content if it might
n ave been so or so; but since it is
Itherwisc, God's will be done ! for
ilia dispensations are unquestiona
tpkt, and his decrees not to be resist-
W."— &neon.
y.Nir-If you are thwarting a person in
ob) not a
oboos
lion.
NEW BERIES.--VOL. 4, NO. 18.
KNOWLEDGE.
How shall we estimate the value of
knowledge? What arithmetic can calcu
late the advantages possessed by educated
over uneducated mind? The great philo
sopher, who seems to have perfectly ana
lyzed human nature, declares :
"Ignorance is the curse of God ;
Knowledge the wing by which we fly to
Leaven."
They who dwell in ignorance are in the
region and shadow of death. Ignorance
puts man in subjection to nature, causes
him to tremble at the elements, and ren
ders him the sport of the wildest supersti
tion. Knowledge puts nature in subjec
tion to man, renders all its powers the
ministers of good, enabling man to control,
direct, and combine them at his will.-,.
Knowledge invests man with his proper
dignity and gives him actual dominion
over the earth on which he treads. In
ignorance, he is in slavish bondage to
earth, air and sky.
About four hundred years before Christ,
the Athenians, in the days of their pros
perity, made war upon the inhabitants of
Syracuse. After an unsuccessful battle, it
was manifest that safety could be found on
ly in hasty retreat. Preparation was made
with all possible speed, but when the mo
ment for departure arrived, to their utter
consternation, the sun grew dark, and
night fell upon the earth. "It is an ill
omen," said the sooth-sayers, "and we must
remain until the next full moon." They at
tempted to remain, but the result was the
almost utter destruction of the army, and
the fall of the supremacy and glory of
Athens. They could have escaped a hos
tile army, but superstition's grasp was the
grasp of death. They perished through
ignorance of an Eclipse.
What is meant by the Dark Ages? A
long night of a thousand years of the dark
ness of ignorance and superstition. A pe
riod in which there was
"Nolight ; but rather, darkness visible
Served to discover scenes of woe,
Regions of horror, doleful shades."
In 1476, a large comet appeared. Of
course it was sent to destroy the earth.—
All believed the day of Judgment at hand.
Pope Calixtus ordered all the church bells
to be rung daily at twelve o'clock, and that
to the usual form of prayer should be ad
ded, "Lord save us from the Devil, the
Turk and the Comet."
No longer ago than the beginning of the
eighteenth century, more than one hun
dred persons were imprisoned or executed
in Massachusetts under the charge of be
ing "bewitched." Man has ever mourned,
and the earth has been drenched with blood
and team, through the reign of ignorance
and superstition.
Great advance Las been made. Man
has not only ceasad• to regard the elements
with superstitious terror, but begins to
look upon them as placed at his control
for the most beneficent ends by the All
wise Creator. Intellectually, he is "cloth
ed and in his right mind." The fountain
of knowledge is unsealed, and its heal
ing streams, in this land, bear blessings to
every hamlet. And yet, even here, there
are many to speak against books and
schools, and who are so stupid in their ig
norance, ss to think it would be better for
society if the whole system of education
were swept out of existence.
Knowledge is a good thing, but knowl
edge is not righteousness. Education is
good, but education is not religion, Man
has a head and also a Atari. His moral
nature must furnish the motives and prin
ciples to govern him as an intellectual be
ing. Without this divinely appointed reg
ulation and subordination of his powers,
his existence is a failure so far as relates
to the accomplishment of good. Ambi
tion as proud and unholy as that which
reigned in the breast of Satan who drew a
part of heaven's hosts into rebellion, may
reign in the breasts of the most gifted ones
of earth. Such has too often been the
case. Such is now the case. We have a
practical demonstration of it.—C,'. Pres.
MAC:BING Cutwass.—Do till in your
power to teach children self-government.
If a child is passionate, teach him by gen
tle and patient means, to curb his temper.
If he is 'greedy, cultivate liberality in him.
If he is sulky, charm it out of him
by en - couraging frank, good humor.
If he is • indolent, accustom him to exer
tion. If pride makes hie obedience reluc
tant, subdue him by counsel or discipline.
In short, give your children a habit of over
coming their besetting sin.
A COMPRICHENSIVII PRAYER.—On the By
leaf of Rev. _Dr. Bethune's Bible, was
found written the following :
Lord pardon what I have been ;
Sanctify what I am :
Order what I shall be;
That thine may be the glory,
And mine the eternal salvation.
For Christ's sake.
*WA soldier, who was in all the bat
tles before Richmond, remarks that "it is
astonishing how indifferent to danger, a
man becomes in action, after being in - a
short time. While supporting the bat
tery some of our men lay down on the
ground and slept soundly, utterly regsak
leis of the shells that Were bunting arellitta
t hem. If I hail not seen this, F certainly
never would bave believed it."
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