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
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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-
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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-
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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
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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,
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NO. 25.
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"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.