CTnes Sugguttd by thought of my Siottri, on* dead, tie other ebtent. Dear aiatSm, oft my- mind go** back' • , To childhood* glad and aunnybonb, * When hand In land ’noalli the Oo«|:*hadt' . We gaily wnjlavfing’* gnymh flbwer*. I Long year* hade paaacd, where jin, the Ifcfeb' Who never left eadb,olhar»Vrtde, In Ua glw bqura ot chUftittb glee T Ah, severed fir by hill and.lido. The lomly grave hide* one dear face— She. whu did. gnidc oar youthful feet Ha* pouted to her last. reating-placs, ■ And nevermore onr ryeajhe’Jl greet. _far, far away she *K'Cl>» in peace, Whore no kind friend], their vigil* keep; Yet often yearns one rislet's heart, Beside that l oyely mopnd to. weep. And thott and I, my pislcr dear. Are left to stem the "fotld’s cold strife; Yet other sutler*, kind and near. Mow cheer us in the path of life. DnL. oh, my heart finds none mors true Than Vhon, and she, beneath the sod I Ye, who with me in the bright dew Of youth's freah morn togel her trod. She is et rest—and than away; Thy smile makes glad onolhor’s home. NeVr shall oar feel at close of day, As oil of yore, together roam. Oh, often al the twilight hour, (bright memory with its magic train Of happy thought*, conveys my mind ‘Back to our childish haunts again. The mossy rocks, the dewy glade. The music of the rippling stream AH pset before me—hut I wake And wi-em for it is all a dream 1 Pita taut Valley, Inca, tfoUUcal. BRIEF OF IT HE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. foreign relations. —central axkrica. Whilst relations of amity continue to exist between the United Stiles and all foreign powers, with some of them grave questions are dependin';, which may require the consid eia'ton of Congress. Of -such questions, the most important is that which has arisen out of the negotiations wch Great Britain in reference to Central America. By the convention concluded between the two governments on the 19lh of April, 1850, both parties covenanted, that “neither will evp-” “occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or as sume or exercise any dominion over, Nicar agua. Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or anv part of Central America.” It was the undoubted understanding of the Uni ei) States, in making this treaty, that nil the present Stales »f the funner republic of Central America, nnd the entire territory of each, would thenceforth enjoy complete inde pendence; nnd that both contracting parlies engaged equally, nnd to the same extent, for the present and for the future; that if ei'her then had any olaimof right in Central Amer ica, such claim, und nil occupation or author ity under it, were unreservedly relinquished hr the stipulations of the convention ; and that no dominion was thereafter to be exer cised nr assumed in anv pan of Central America, bv Great Britain or the United Sluter. This government consented to restrictions in regard to a region oi country, wherein we Did specific and peculiar iiileres's, only upon the conviction that the li*e restrictions were l in the same sense obltgi'ory <m Great Brit an,. Bui of this understanding of the force and effect ol the convention, n would never Its vo been concluded tn us. So clear was this uiiders'imdingnn the part of the United Stales, th it, in corresp imience contemporaneous with the ratification of the convention, n was disiincily expressed, that the mutual covenant uf nnn-oecupnii *n were mil intended in apply lu the Bittish establish ment at the Biltzc. This qualification is tu be ascribed to the fact, that, in virtue of suc cessive treaties wiih previous sovereigns of the c'Unify, Great Britain had obtained n concession of the right to cut mahogany or oie-wooda at the Bahze, but with positive ex clusion of all domain or sovereignty ; ami thus it confirms the natural construction nnd understood import uf the treaty as to all the rest of tbe region to which the stipulations applied it, however, became apparent, at an enrlv oav niter entering upon Iho discharge of my present (unctions, that Great Britain still con tinued in the exercise or nas“rlion of large nuin-iriiv in all that part of Central America commnm called the Mosquito coast, nod coverma me entire length of the Stale of Nicer igua, nnd a part of Co»ta Rica; that me regarded the Biltze as her absolute dn mim, nnd was gradually extending its Itm - 11. n, the expense of the Stale of Hondo r", nml that she had formally colonized n cuno.lerable tu«ular group known as the Iff Islntds, and belonging, of right, to that b ni- AH these nets or prptenshns of Great Brit ain, D-ing contrary to the rights of the States of Central America, and to the mailhst tenor of her stipulations with the United Stales, as unaers'ood by this government, have been made the subject of negotiation through the American Munster in London. I iransmi' nerewp)i tip. instructions to him on thu sub ject. and the correspondence between him and the Bri'ish Secretary for Foreign Affairs, uy which you will perceive 1 bat the two gov ernmenu differ widely and irreconcileablv as '"the construction of the conveniion, and ns effect on their respective relations to Gen tral America. Great Britain so construes the convention, »» to maintain unchanged all her previous pretensions over the M' Squilo coast, and in different parts of Central America. These pretensions, ns to'the Mosquito coast, are founded on the assumption of political rela tion between Great Britain nnd the remnant of a tribe of Indians on that quasi, entered into at a time when the whole country was a colonial possession of Spain. It cannot be successfully controverted,.that, by the public law of Europe and America, no possible act of such Indians nr their predecessors could confer on Great Britain any political rights. Great Britain does hot allege the assent of Spain as the, origin of her claims on the Mo squito coast. i. Bha has, on tbe contrary,thy re peated and successive treaties, renounced and relinquished all preterfsions of her own, and Wqngqised the , full and sovprejgn rights of P«tn in the, most unequivocal perms. Yet hese Pretensions, so without solid foundation 1 ! "iy : '• •-»£»■ 11811-n- v’.iHhi.'Bi'"' a J •'''■■ jet. Ml: MPU- • -■ ;l ‘* -4ii‘ i'2*£! v .err* • i l '. i !)•' rM"'.r i -j . • •’" * '-■!— i j'» i ■«. | jj 1 ., ■ * 1 - ‘j. 1 ■■ ■ | COBB, STURROCK & CO., VOL. 2. in the beginning, and thus repeatedly abjured, were at a recent period, revived' by Great Britain against the Central American Stales, the legitimate successors to all ilia ,ancient jurisdiction of Spain in that region. They were first applied only to n defined part of ihe coast of Nioaragua, afterwards to the whole of Us Atlantic coast, and lastly to a part of the coast of Costa Rica ; and they are now reasserted to this extent, notwith standing engagements to ihe Uniied Sin es. On tin, eastern coast of Nicaragua and Cosiu Rica, ihe interference of Great' Brit ain ; though exerted at one lime in the form of miliniry Occupation o f Ihe port of San Juan del Nope, 'hen in the peaceful possess inn of ihe appropriate authorities of the Cen tral American Stales, is now presented hy her as the rightful exercise of a protector ship over the Mosquito tribe of Indians. But ihe establishment ut the Balize, now reaching far beiond its treaty limits into tint State of Honduras, and that of the Bay is lands, tipped lining of right to Ihe same Stale, are us distinctly colonial governments as those of Jamaica or Ctnadn, and therefore contrary to the very letter as well as Ihe spirit of the convention with the Uniied States, as it was al the lime of ratification, and now is, understood by this government. The interpretation' which the British gov ernment, thus in assertion and act, persists in ascribing to the convention, entirely chan ges its character. While it holds us to all our obligations, it in a great measure releases Great Britain Irons those which constituted the consideration til this government for en tering into the convention. It is impassible, in my judgment, fur the United Slates to ac quiesce in such a construction of the respect ive relations of the two governments to Cen tral .America. To a renewed call by this government upon Great Britain, in abide by, and carry into ef fect, the stipulations o( tha conveniion accord ing In its obvious import by withdrawing from the possession or colonization of portions of the Central American Stales of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, the British gov ernment has at length replied, affirming that he operation of the treaty is prospective only, nnd did not require Great Britain In abandon or contract any possession held by her in Central America at the dale of its con clusion. This reply substitutes a partial issue, in the place of the gi-nerul one presented by the Untied Slates. The British government pas ses over the. question ot tha righta-of Great Britain, real or supposed, in Central Ame.ri ci, nnd assumes that she had such rights at the date of the treaty, and that those rinhis comprehended rho P'oiecior-llip of the Mos quito Indians, the extended jurisdiction nnd limits of the Belize, nnd the colony of the Bay Islands, and thereupon proceeds by im plication to infer, that, if the stipula'ions of the treaty be merely future in effect, Great Britain may still continue iq.hold the contes ted portions of Central America. The United Stale* cannot admit either the inference of the premises. We steadily deny, that, at the dale ol the treaty, Great Britain had any possesa ton* there, other than the limited and peculi ar establishment at thn Dalize nnd maintain that, if she lud any, (hey were surrendered by the convention. This government, recognizing the obliga tions of the treaty, has of course desired to see it executed in good faith hy both parlies, nnd in the discussion, therefore, has not look ed to rights, which wo might assert, independ ently ol .the treaty, in consideration of our geographical position and of other circum stances, which create for us relations to the Central American States, different from those of any government of Europe. The British governmen', in its last com mumea’iiin.all though well knowing the views of 'he United Stales, still declares that it sees no reas m why a conciliatory spirit may not enable the two governments to overcome all nhstnclcs to a satisfactory adjustment of tbe SUlj'CI. Assured of the correctness of the construc tion, of the treaty constantly adhered to.ity this government, and resolved to insist on the rights of the United Slates, yet actuated also hv the same desire, winches avowed by the British government, to remove all causes of serious misunderstanding between the two nations associated by su many |tcs of interest amt kindred, it bus appeared to me proper no l to consider an amicable solution of the cun ruversy hopeless. There is, however, reason to apprehend, that, with Great Britain in the actual occupa tion of the disputed-territories, and the treaty therefore practically null, so far as regards our rights, this international difficulty, cannot long remain undetermined, without involving in serious danger the friendly relations, which it is ihe interest as well as the duty of both countries lo cheri-h nnd preserve. It will af ford me sincere gratification, if future efforts shall result in the success, anticipated here tofore with more confidence than the aspect ■ of the cose permits me now to entertain. TREASURY. The statements made, in my last annua) message, respecting the anticipated receipts and expenditures of the Treasury, have been substantially verified. li appears front-ihe report of the Secreta ry of the Treasury, that the receipts during, ihe last fiscal year ending June 30, 1855, from all sources, were aijciy five million three thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars; and that (he public, expenditures for the an die period, exclusive of payments on account of' the public debt, amounted to fifty six million three hundred and sixty-five thousand "thise hundred and ninety-three dollars. During the same period, the payments made lit re demption of the public debt, including inter- v:> i J i'. '■ u! V .VTv'O-il ni rcil Cllw A \v/x ffaiv t ft WEI.LSBOROTJGH, TIOGA COUNTY, PA,, THURSDAY MORSISO, JANUARY 10, 1856. i ‘ estand premium, amountedto ninorndliun eight, hundred and forty.fuur thousand five hundred and-twenty-eiphtdollarsv ■ ■ • The balance'in the Treasury at the begin ning of the present fiscal year. July, 1,1855, was eighteen million (tine hundred and iliirly one thousand'nine hundred and seventy six dollars; the receipts for the first quarter, and the estimated receipts for the remaining three quarters, amount, together, to sixty-seven million nine hundred and eighteen thousand seven hundred and ihirty.fiiur dollarsj thus affording in all, as the available resources, of the current fiscal year, the sum'of eighty fix million eight bundled and fifty-six thou sand seven hundred and ten dollars. ll'tlo the'actual expenditures of the first quarter ot the current .fiscal year, be added the probable expenditures for the remaining three quarters,as estimated by the Secretary "f the Treasury, the sum total will buseven ty-one million two hundred and twenty-six thousand eight hundred and forty-six dollars, thereby leaving nn 'estimated balance in the Treasury on July‘l, 1856, of fifteen million six hundred and twenty-three thousand eight hundred and sixty-three dollars and forty-one cents. In the above estimated expenditures of Ihe present fiscal year arc included three million dollars to meet the Inst instalment of the ten millions provided for in the Into treaty with Mexico, and seven million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars appropriated on ac count of the debt due to Texas, which two sums make an aggregate amount of ten mil lion seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and reduce theox|>endilures, aciual or estima ted, for ordinary objects of the year, to the sum of sixty million four hundred and sev enty-six thousand dollars. The amount of the public debt, at the com mencement of the present fiscal year, was forty million live hundred and eighty-three thousand and thirty-one dollars, and deduc tion being made of subsequent payments, the whole public debt of the federal government remaining at this lime is less than forty mil lion .dollars. The remnant of certain other government slocks, amounting to two hundred and forty three thousand dollars, referred to in my last message as outstanding, has since been paid. i am fully persuaded that it would lie diffi cult to devise a system superior to that, by which the fiscal business of the government is now conducted, , Notwithstanding the great number of public agents of collection and itintiurjiiMiwil, it- ii (edtuvod *but «4ra tlim-tw and guards provided, including the require ment uf monthly returns, render it scarcely possible for any considerable fraud on the pari of those ugenls, or neglect involving hazard of serious public loss,-to escape de lect ion. I renew, however, ihe r.cccommeii daiion, heretofore made by me, of the enact ment of n law declaring it felony on the part of public officers to insert false entries in their books of record or account, or to make false returns, anil also requiring them on (lie ter mination of their service to deliver to their successors all books, records,and other objects of a public nature in their custody, J Derived as our public revenue is, in chief parts, from duties on imports, its magnitude affords gratifying evidence of the prosperity, nut only of our commerce, but of the other great interest upon which that defends. The principle that all moneys not required for the current expenses of the - government should remain for active employment ini the hands of the people, and the conspicuous fact that the annual revenue from all sources ex ceeds, by many millions of dollars, Ihe amount needed for n prudent and economical adminis tration of public affairs, cannot fail to suggest the propriety of an early revision and reduc tion of the tariff of dulies on imports. It is now so generally conceded that the purpose of revenue olone can justify the imposition of duties on imports, that, in re-adjusting the impost tables and schedules, which unques tionably require essential modifications, n de par I ore from the principles of the present tar iff is not anticipated. The report of the Secretary of the Interior will engage your attention, us well for useful suggestions, it contains, as for the interest and importance of the subjects to vw Hich .they refer. The aggregate amount of public hind, sold during the last fiscal year, located with mili tary scrip nr land warrants, taken up under gran's for roads,and selected,os swamp lands by Slates, is twenty-four millions five hun dred and fifty seven thousand four hundred and nine acres ; of which the portion sold wasififieen million seven hundred tind twenty niue thousand fivo hundred and twenty-four acres, yielding in receipts the sum of eleven million four, hundred and eight v-five thousand three hundred and eighty dollars. In the same period of time, eight million seven ,hun dred.nnd twcniy-ibree thousand eight hun dred and fifty-four acres have beep surveyed; but in consideration of the quantity already subject to entry, on additional traefs have been brought into market, The peculiar relation of the general 'gov erqnaent to the District of Columbia renders it proper lb commend to your core hot unit its material, but also, its moral' interests, in cftid'ng education, more especially in those parfS’ of the district outside of the cities ol ' Washington and Georgetown. The commissioners appointed to revise and codify the* la«s o£ the District’ bayfe .made such .progressfh.the> performance of theii task, as to insure its completion In tbe tinu prescribed byi iho, act of; Congress. . ; Information has recently-been received, that the peace'o'fi the' settlements id tHSTer ritiWie*;»f Oregon add (Washington! ti*dis turbed by. hostilities on the' part:of thefhdl- I T ST f I ' ivt >»*.{ Iqnyvjj " TIIE AOITATIOS OF THOUGHT IS THB BEOINJfIJVQ qj._ wj?DOM.” INTERIOR isi'Hif) r%ssi Inmi?/ L'l ] KurJ ,' ’i 9 ■'•-« iT ,'iH '9 uriHt'; Ir.'ls ,1 - ■ 1 1,1 < Jg/. , t .•V ,p - *■>*% Ik'.v e;!i Jf fw;:'•.•■/; r' aiigj with indications l of extensive corabinn tibns, of o hostile character among the tribes' in thil quarter,'the Wore serious in their pos sible effect by reason of the undetermined for eign interests existing in those Territories/to which your attention hasalretidy been espec iallv invited. Efficient measures have *btjtn taken, Which it is believed, will restore quiet, and afford proieeiidii to our ci izens. In the Terrrqry'of Kansas, there having been acts prejudicial to good order, but as yet none bare occurred under circumstances to justify the interposition of tlie federal Ex* eebtive. That cou'd only be in case of ob-’ si’ruoiiqn to fedr rn | iaw, or oT organized re- territorial law, assuming the char ade; of insurrection, which, if it should oc cur, it would by my ditty promptly to over come and suppress, I cherish the hope, how evef, that the .occurrence ,oC any such un toward event will be prevented by the sound seme ol the people of the Territory, who, by its organic law, possessing the right to de termine their own domestic institutions, are entitled, while deporting themselves peace fully, to the free exercise of that right and must be protected in the enjoyment of it.— without interference on the part of the citi zens of any of the States. The southern boundary line of this Ter ritory has never been surveyed and establish ed. The rapidly-extending settlements in that region, and the fact that the main route between Independence, in the Stale of Mis. souri, and New Mexico, is contiguous to tins line, sugeest the probability thut embarras sing questions of jurisdiction may consequent iy arise. For those and other considerations, 1 commend the subject to your early at tention. Hints Cor Home Comforts. We clij> from Graham these practically important suggestions ; which will beget a saving of time, money and health, if strictly adhered to: “Exercise in the open air is of the first im portance to the human frame ; yet how many are in a manner deprived of it by their own want of management of their time. Females with slender means are, for the most part destined to in-door occupations, and have but little time allotted them for taking the air, and that little time is generally sadly encroached upon by the ceremony of dressing to go out. (l may appear a simple suggestion, but ex perience will show how much lime might be putting the shawls, cloaks, gloves, shoes, gums etc., or whatever’ is intended to be worn, in readiness, instead of having to search one drawer then another, for possibly a glove or collar, wait for shoes to be cleaned, etc.; nod ibis when (probably) the out-going persons have to return to their employment at a given lime; whereas, if all were in readiness, the preparations might he accomplished in a few minutes, the walk not being curtailed by un necessary delays. <• “Late at breakfast—hurried for dinner— erosi nt tea.■ “Between husband and wife little attentions beget much love. “Whatever you may choose lo.give away always be’ sura to keep jour temper. “Feather-beds should be opened every third yeare, the licking well dusted, ioaped and waxed, ihe feathers dressed and returned. ■ “Personsof defective sight, when threading a needle, should hold it over something white, by which the sight will be nssis'ed. “In mending sheets and shirts, pul the pieces sufficiently (urge, or in the first wash ing Ihe thin parts give way, and the work is all undone. “Reading by candlelight, place the candle b“sid" you, that the rays may pass over your shoulder on to the book. This will relieve the eves. “A wire fire-guard, for each fire-place in a house costs but little, and greatly ((imin ishev-the risk of life and property. Fix (hem befoce going to tied. “Be at much pains to keep your children's feei'dry urn) warm. Don’t bury tln’ir bodies in heavy flannels and wools, and leave thbir knees and legs bare. "After washing, overlook Jinen, and slitCjh on buttons, hunics-and.eyes, etc,; for this purpose keep a “house-wife’s friend," full of miscellaneous threads, cottons, buttons, hooks, etc. “For ventilation, open your windows both at lop and bottom. The fresh air rusites in one way, while the foul makes its exit at tho other. This)is letting in your friend and ex pelling your enemy.” • ■ Tub Enjoyhbnt of Occupation. —The mind requires some object on which its powers are exercised, and without which it preys upon himself and becomes miserable. A person accustomed to n life of activity longs for ease and reiiremeht, and when he has ac complished this purpose, finds himself wretch ed. The pleasure' of relnxnatioh is known to those only Who have regular and interest ing occupations. Continued relaxation soon becomds a weariness'; and on this'ground, we may safely assert that the greatest degree hf real enjoyment belongs not to the luxuri ous men of wealth, or InU listless votary of 'fashion, but' to the middle class of society, who olapg with the comforts of life, have con stant and important occupqtinn. Yod.no men should' never go into places of business .will, cigars in their mouths, piif. 3i)'g smoke over ,theB ( |inuldora and'iriio iha faces of people, hot khdwirig Whether, it, ispf fensive,pr ; no|.,. Nowell-bred. persori wil) go ,'P'o, n .strpnge pltjqe, ,)us' dedicated or for, fgcn cs frying ,a habit with, him that may- bp 'ofleq.hve to,lhe,oocu .. n aah jL" .^vjfr 0 l L itm lt Li , Ml i •'■..-.•I ‘.'i f‘j (.11 ;./• , Jlr-J <3‘ f PUBLISHERS. &' PROPRIETORS. ©omwimlcatlonsi. For tht Agitator. Types of the Unseen. BT HBXRT KENSWORTB, AU that meets the bodily sense I deem Symbolical,—one mighty alphabet— Colsrimi, All thought finds expression in language, and ihe unseen reveals itself io types. There 'is.an invisible world, in which nc have an existence, not loss real and palpable than the visible, where brighter stars gem (he shy, streams toll through sunnier lands, and sweet er flowers Jive .in perennial blpotn. J[ is the home of Ueitius.' \y))li .u more potent wond and magic book' than those of Prospero, he makes the hidden known. The poet's glow ing verso symbolizes his more glowing ideal. Upon the strong wings of imagination bis thoughts, like angelic guides, lead ynu boldly into nn unseen land more gorgeous than eye ever beheld. There millions receive the visit ings of inventive fancy, bright ns the minstrel's roseate dream» .or inviting us the pictured tabernacles of Philosophy. Upon the globe we inhabit, once plastic, ns the potter’s claypimo has silently.laid strata upon strata, till it bus-grown solid, rocknbbed and adamantine like nothing but itself. The geologist saw not its mysterious formation, he is merely its interpreter. In symbols the earth reveals her own secrets, the hoariest mountains tell their own ago, and the history of the dead centuries lies before us real and tangible. The truths left untold by Revela tion, the geologist finds chronicled in endur ing granite, till now, every stone is a hook and every hill a prophet. In everything, the essentially beautiful is invisible. In ihe most sublime creations of Art there is it beauty and a glory—which we see not but which 'hey represent —beyond the chisel’s pnXver and brighter than Ihe pencil’s hue. The most perfect statue of a Michael Angelo, (it indeed for the shrine n( an angel, only foreshadows a loveliness diviner than itself — pictured by the spirit pencil on the soul—ns much nobler in its “true perfection’’ ns ihe mind is superior to its clay tenement. Thai splendid model of physical perfection—the Apollo Belvidere—si’cntly whispers of the more perfect soul. And like ibis, nil Art is suggestive. Underlying all forms and colors, the canvass embodies a sentiment which is felt by thu beholder. In this consists the artist's true greatness. Hence the study of Art, in iis hajipiest developemenl, is refining, enno bling arid elevating, vvtitle, then, he has the magic power to debase, or elevate the mind, in the language of lloraee, ,r \Vo u> the muni whoso vicious pencil taught, In graceful tints to urge a guilty thought.” The lonely pillars of Hercules, the column of Luxor—standing amid Paris' gay popu lace, like a prophet of old ; the solemn pyra mids, crumbling temples and mouldering ru ins all convey n most impressive lesson. Rel ics of “oblivion’s mighty wreck,” they cull around us the antique wo’ld. The mounds of our own country, in their mysterious silence, speak eloquently of a race, “forgotten and unsung” long ages before a Plymouth frock had been consecrated to liberty, and religion had traced the path of empire across the New World. No legends cluster around them to shadow forth their history ; even tradition is dumb, and their only inscription is mystery. Poetry oud Mythology once peopled every mountain ami stream of the classic Bast, with Naiads, Nymphs and. Dryads; the beautiful legends of the Indian h ive given spiritual inhabitants to nil our bills and valleys, rivers and lakes; •‘and their associations have lent a charm to our scenery which will make it attractive forever.” Shrines, monuments, and tombs, toll ns of the departed.—And Bngland has no greater glory than the Westminsier'Ahbey 1 Then lio mighty kings, statesmen,' philosophers, orators and poets, mouldering back to dust. “But yet their spirit walks abroad.” Mil lions have visited that mausoleum, and who shall eslim'aieUhe teachings of an hour among those noble dead ! Consecrated spots are the legacy of every land. But dearer, more hal lowed than all, is Mount Vernon ! There (he genius of the'icorld weeps and worships! At the mention of thv name, 0, Washington! kindly memories kindle ; at the recurrence of thy birthday, congenial spirits gather, and call it sacred lime in the calendar of great ness !#«•*♦** The visible creation is the glorious type of the invisible. And that the essentially beau tiful, great and good, is unseen, is felt more deeply in our communion with Nature. — Said Wordsworth, who through a long life loved her its a bride: u Sature never did betray tho heart that loved her.” The loveliness that lies all about u<, becomes reflected on the inner life in all the hues of heaven ! The whole boundless universe is a “paradise of mysteries,” affording unlimited scope lor tho unifying energies of mind. Yet how many a “fjeler Bell’-’ walks among the fairest of ennh’slcharmst looks upon tho star ry curtained blue above him, and feels no impulse, no inspiration from the scene! “A primrose by ft rivcrVbrhn, A yellow priamyse is to him, And it ts nothiiy; more," The'idea of an Infinite presence in nil things seen; in the'glnd'sun and brightstarh; in the gl.ow of morning and the blosh 6f evening; ih’the rushing wind arid flying cloud; how does it breathe new life into all the hues and forms of nature, load the air with har monies, and crowd the rri'ost dreary scene with' beauty ! To think' of every dew-drop and.snovy-fluke, every ray.of, light'ilrid breath ‘pjf pir, n?,a qhrine fot the jnjtniie Xtnij how 'dope if Invest, these natural. fornis' with rin inexpressible grandeur apd loveliness, impart a lofty dignity to life, shed a halg of glory .oyer tbo jnaosi raralliars;;eops,and draw grains of adoring melody from God’s least tuneful works 1 Thus nature rolls on her sublime. Is there not a holiri£M,’a Sdmelhing that the poet ■ 'calls 1 nh 4, tittereaied' beHuiV M ' beaming through the timble ljp* teachingus.' ;l! ■ “T is not' the otrtxoard garniture of things Ihatmake* CrdaifOofsirl" ;Thie enthusiastio' lover of nature is mysteriously hid 11 diviner influence and 'beauty, 1 if through all her visible forms he sees not the invisible' God —that-benificcnt! Being,-whois the Au-' thor of an unsrrn power, more potent in its' iofluemje, more sublime in itsrevelaiionsthan aught else in earth nrheaven I Christianity has-not only a paradise'in 'he (ar-dff past, and a millenium'in the far-off future,'bur a* Heaven near at hand I The treasured mer cies of an'eternity that is gone, is poured upon it, while the rays of an eternity to come, light it up with hope and promise! With this glorious Chrisiinnity a living possession in >he heart, every immortal soul may hopefully nspire to n place, ; t w p ! i NO. 25. -C.V'-v "Amid th* augoßt and never-lying light Of coatte Hated who have gained A nam« In Heaven, by power of heavenly deod.* A friend of ours, whom we call Ben, is one of the most enthusiastic Individuals in regard te females we ever kneVv. Ben was married to a lovely young woman about a year ago, but before he was married was very nearly the wildest fellow imaginable. Marriage has sobered him down some. He was always most blissfully started by a pretty female foot, and indulged himself in a variety of innocent supers)itions, such as “the fool is the index of the soul,” and "a well runted ankle is prima facia evidence of general anatomical symmetries.” Yesterday, coming up Main street in the rain, just in front of him wolked two very neatly dressed women, shielded by ntf umbrella, and one of them very careful of her skirls and embroideries, revealed enough of a charming font and rounded ankle to set Ben half mad with curiosity to know the fair damsel who was the possessor thereof. Ben followed closely on up the street, occasionally sinking a ptiraljilc alti tude, ns more or less of the before mentioned fool and ankle were revealed. They went into several .stores, but he modestly stood without, hoping to catch a glimpse of n coun tenance deliriously corresponding with that blessed fool. Bui ns they came out the en vious utnbtolln would be raised, and Ben fol lowed on, unsatisfied in his pursuit. So olien had he tried to see her face, and so often had he been balked, that his determi nation was aroused, and he vowed to see it or perish. lie walked in front of them—at their side—and in every position ; but what ever slatinn he took, there was that infernal umbrella intervening, like a cotton rampart, between them, and his feelings were not in the least soothed by hearing an occasional unmistakable titter from behind the cotton hippodrome. “By heavens, they’re laughing at me,” exclaimed he. "Now for a bold stroke.” He then attempted to cross sudden. Iy before them on a cross-walk slippery with mud, and thus btush away the umbrella. Me did'it—but, horror of horrors I jusl as he did it, he slipped on the smooth stones and mea- I sored his full length in the mud! Gazing I lugubriously up, he saw four eyes laughing down at him, and two red mouths shrieking with laughter. He looked at that ankle fol lowed it up—ard—before him stood, almost dying with laughter—whom do you think, reader 1— why his own wife. Ben was picked up by his wife and her friend, sundry white handkerchiefs were in busy operation for n few minutes, a hack was cal'ed, and in about an hour our unfortunate friend appeared on Main street with his "otherclothes.” He lo’d us in n whisper that, he never knew his wife hud such pretty underpinning before, and confidentially added, "I'll ’tend to it hereafter." Ben is perfectly stolid on tbo subject of oilier folks’ ankles, and say* he is proprietor of the only pair that ever caused him any particular uneasiness. Poverty runs strongly in fun. An Irish man is never so full of jokes as when he is reduced in one shin nmt two pn'atoet. Wealth is taciturn and I ret ful. Stockholders would no sooner indulge in a hearty laugh than they would .lend money on a “second mortgage." Nuuire is a great believer in compensation. To those she sends wealth, she saddles with lawsuits nod dyspepsia. The poor never indulge in woodcock, but then they have a style of nppelite that converts a number ihree mackerel into a salmon, and that is quite as well. i Great Men never swell. It is only your ihree-cenl individuals vvho arc salaried at the rule ol'lwn hundred a veur, and live on pota toes and dried herring, who pul on airs and fln*hy waistcoats, swell, puff, and blow, and endeavor to give themselves a consequential appearance. jNo discriminating person need mistake the spurious for the genuine article. The difference between the two is us,groat ns (tint between a barrel of vinegar and a totfla of the pure juice of the grape. Night.—flow absolute and omnipotent is ihe silence of ilie night ! And yer the still, ness sceins almost audible! From all the rwu-ureless depihs of air around comes a h>i!f-B(>und, a 'hulf-nliispci 1 , ns if we coold hour the crumbling and falling away of Ihe earl It and all Created things in the great mira cle of nature; decay and reproduction ever beginning, never ending—the gradual lapse and running of the sand in the great hour glass of time! ____ ‘ 1 "Sambo, enn you tell me whaldifference there is between a northern and a. southern man V” « No.” Bones.” “Why, the norlhernwan blacks his own boots; and the southern man hoots his own blacks.” . Gratitude is the first blossom which sprinat from the spui ; ! and the heart of trnn knouwi nQne t more fragrant. —While its op. ponent, ingrnli|ude, is a deadly whed 1 ; rfi.t only poisonous in ilself, but impregnating the vgry atmosphere in tvhich it grows with foetid ivapflr. . , , , ‘ , ‘ • A child, when asked why a certain : tree grew crooked' rejilied “Somebody > trod upon It, rsuppose, when if Was liuls,” ' Fiom the Buffalo Republic. How Ben got Cured.
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