A I'THE MI it i O HT...Tromthe Tusim. I heard * cook crj In the night, The ntdnlght lonely «nd ettU. I'H »-lt^-UtfhW*Uof f^^!tyai'5 2 r ’ f "' ■-v ■■fM«s@@l w ’' , :V' kssssaai. l itsi u %«,.iii t.atetfa«MpMn#y(>bi ■ ■ t ! .‘I-)- ltd ■/i! ’ ,: '" 7 j •mi tbe tiny bltdv'aCtfVjinMiVtrtM'Vi'ir. In » sbwth of tUrer gleuu. '’ ’" ,‘" OhOodl ho* lon* «V»U thodHßgWU# ! •"' Oi '-■• ''Whm trtft« fcrrondonot■ ■ 1 I ■•■ '• -'t 1 '.n-i >1 ;. /: ‘ •*S'- ,J *'’■ ’ : ' ■;,'"'' ■;i !.'' -■ Aaftldaglbcmynotba'cttnuh • A. TV.'tt -V .‘•". '.VV, Irool Ths 1 ' Beamy of thf fiia« Lift. • A loW,swc« voicewithte mo is saying,: White. 1 obey Its promptings; but sntodJd the carious' reader debird It) know what Spirit inspires me t’d-night, I can only say that no nhme is given, and'names can add nothing to the significance ef ideas.' -•Life'if not *ll a mere farfee or a vain de- Insibn Woven in sleep of such materials as dreams are made of, and from which we awoke with a feeling of disgust, or at best wiihoutany distinct'idea of What we are or to what issue life is tending. When first we are made to realize that human nature has divine powers of thought and action, that hu mao affections and relations are immortal, thW our consciousness in the “Book of Lifp” wherein the recording Angel traces every im pression that Time and all objects make on the senses and the soul, then, indeed, does; our existence becomes stupendous fact whose full import Gud alone can and elerni'y suffice to explain. It. is a pleasing or a terrible reflection—as life has been true or false—rlhal every thought, and word, and deed is registered, and that we can obliterate nothing from the record. We may improve from day to day according to the great pro gressive law of the universe, but no one can blot out the mystical hand-writing or go back to embellish the record of the fast. . That is sealed up aod preserved in the orchises of that world where alj things are imperishable. I would trace those lines with care, for they are everlasting. Down there in the unex plored depths of our inmost are great volumes which no eye hath looked upon or shall see its possessor bolds the golden keys of Paradise. To all the world beside they are sealed, books, and only a loving Angel can break , those seals and disclose the contents. No mortai .may .reveal the secrets of the in ner Life, and unvail the glorious forms that recline ;>o .-cejeslial .bowers or lave ia the crystal waters. Away from human observa tion they lightly come and go—beautiful as the morning light and noiseless as the even ing shades appear—come in the clear noon tide glory or descend from the Slarland to consecrate the midnight hour to silence and repose. They hunt the soul's paradisiacal gardens, and softly os delicate perfumes and melodious sounds move along the avenues of sense, I hey glide away through the love lighted arcades aod are lost to the vision of mortals. There are thoughts too mighty for expres sion and feelings too deep (or utterance. — Even the attempt (6 represent them by out ward forms and sounds were as vain si an effort to convert the soul itself into the ele ments or parts of speech. Such thoughts and emotions must remain in the great un written yet lucid and sublime language of the and no presumptuous mortal shall tempt the curious by offering a translation to the world. Sometimes the powers of HeaV en-msptred thought an(l feeling entrance the soul with their 1 ineffable tenderness, and anon, they cause it to tremble—not with apprehen sion—at the revelations of their strength and majesty. All who are ddbply versed in the great,, solemn yet beautiful mysteriea of the soul-life have experienced all ibis, and more than language can describe. Privileged to retire, almost at pleasure from the outer world, and to enter through the sun-lighted portals into the yasl realm of Day, they re ceive constant illumination. The shadows of celestial forms and divine ideas are gathered around the Spirit like soft transparent man ilea. While I write familiar forms walk be fore me clothed in soft splendors ; they touch me, and I am thrilled with inexpressible de light ; they smile serenely, and suns and atari rise in the Soul; where they 'breathe immortal flowers bloom by the river of life, while every thought is ft scintillation of di vine love, and every emotion an angel’s tnel oa>. This is a haunted chamber! Mysterious powers are here to spiritualize my thoughts and affections. They search out the very springs of being, and wake strange echoes m the unsearchable depths to which ..reason can not go. They revive the most sacred memories and kindle immortal fires on de serted altars ; they warm the heart, enlighten IQe understanding and. beautify the They give us a mysterious consciousness of the latent yet illimitable pawerj of human nature, at iha «emu time they open channels and reveal source* 0 f the highest inspirnttoii tod the purest joy. My whole beipg w.petr vedad by their-influence , 0 that I am nm iy mywlf, Jell am more truly myteU* than ever before, because all the faculties of ths mipd jiave.jpermission to act. Th ef9 is neither ji.tpe. nor space with me now, and hence no separation of my Spirit from the objects I lovp. They sire with mo and I art with them—tpe (ire tdgeijier. lam noi con scions of feeling ’ anything, yet I feel a'con tciqusneps of qll thing!. Ido noflook through my eyes aiohe, but fhrough'ftll my roerafers, not a or fiber olf thisobtef form being impervious (a (he light- :i 6ut‘'a greater light sbipes within, as Lf above had fused a star and, poured ihdl'shin ing flood from Heaven. As daylighj ’stVearns through the eastern gates of. thb city (hat is 00 'he hill, ab docs', the tiffiritUaT' light fiood the avenues thbl lead td'lhosbbl. Thbofalli 'his little apartment,' which is not v «ore ’J*® 0 by fourteen feet; ean itbt dimit Joe vision. I look through them and peroeive >nsl they a re nothing, only as the ‘ vailed fTT' T?f' 0TlT ’ T^A I|] T ft J/; i <>'r <i >j i I •>is: fit;*l., I ,- w |. wnO —^—Sv ■i.- l ' ,t . i yt-,V-f’ T -' 1t 6 - *».»* ■ .MiMi-wrt.-vtibVfrti-n.ff,' .fa t ;. r ..i 1 .iVJtgt .« Ivi«7 tttUUl W'..U nIUKj ■'!" . id- ,11.14." i, A Mnllll iGOBBiSTURRpCE & CO., > < I tot. J. ~.. ; ft«?r I», liw. *4 yield tpmy .flesh so do ,denser. substpncM (jermit *ho 3p*t« to'come and go nt 4Vit(iqu!t Jin flffqrtl etknij puiside,’Wtiile wty \ cljai.r In the, haunted, chamber, £>tin *hl me. rjp.w, atad, the wil’d .vwnds XaR. mf iemplM,, People, in do not see nfe, though I am, in their "midal.; , Thqsein ihe house think lam there—Z dm not therer they at shadows and are deqeiyel. .The great .human ..world iswi rept,,, For a little season the. feverish strife is qv.er, ,saye Where some restless mortal cartjeg. hjt we*, king thoughts nod pursuits into the Land of; Dreams. Here and Jborf a homeless wan derer moves silently through lliedimly-lighi ed streets, and the pk Ip .watcher in an up per room keeps her lonely vigil. The world 'slumbers.: Bv this grearrepose I am remin ded.lbaiit is Nig hi lo those who are of the Earth. But the season is fraught with im pressive suggestions. The revelations, of Night 1 ape they not significant and glorious.! Only the Earth js ; visible in the icteose.light of mid-day, but darkness reveals worlds in numerable.. Auroral splendors are kindled around her, shadowy form, sod these fall in nebulous mazes from the starlit brow of. Night., Many suns shine through the great deep of. the silent ether;. guardian, angels come wjth noiseless footsteps to wa|ch)atuunJ, the pillow of the sleeper, or to baptize ibis soul in the peaceful, waters qf the {Spiritual Paradise. i Through that partiiioD T wall I sea a mortal sluing at ease, Passing his hand over his eyes he »ay* in his mind, “'ll is nearly midt night and I'must woo the “ restorer.’ ” His lips were motionless ail the while, but I heard his thought,: or felt his silent utterance, I know not how. Night belongs to the Earths s in the Heavenly Stale darkoess is unknown. To the illuminated. Spirit the shadows that hang to. the corners of that apartment are transparent and luminous as the taper that burns on the table. Jo the spiritual realms, shadows depend on moral states,end not.on physical conditions,natural darkness conceals njftliiug from the spiritual sense, fur the darkness and the light are alike to the Spirit-born. Ignorance and the perversion, of the human faculties constitute the night of the soul. Its shadows pass away in propnr lion as the affections are purified, the under standing enlightened, and the life of the indi vidual regulated by the principles of trueW dar and the love of Divine uses. Thus.ris ing above the earthly plane we ascend into tha Heavens.— I “There is ho night there.’! A Beautiful Sentiment. —Shortly be fore the departure of the lamented Heber for India, he preached a sermon which contained this beautiful illustration : ‘Life bears us' on like the stream of a mijgbty rh*r. ' Our boat at first glide* down' the narrow channel—through (he playful murmuring of thp little brook and the wind ing of its grassy borders. The trees shed their blossoms over' our young heads, the flowers on the brink seem to offer themselves to our .young hands; We are happy in hope, and we grasp eagerly at the beauties’ around us—but.fhe stream hurries on, and still our bands are empty. Our course in youth and' manhood is along a 'wild and deeper flood, amid objects more striking and magnificent. We are animatedat the moving pictures and enjoyment and industry passing us; we are excited at, some short lived disappointment. The stream bears us on, and our joys and griefs are a’ikt left behind us. We may be shipwrecked, we cannot be delayed ; whether rough or smooth, the river hastens to' its home, till the roar of the ocean is in our ears, and the tossing of the waves is beneath our feet, and the land lessens from our eyes, and the floods are lifted up around us, and we take our leave of earth and its inhabitants un til our further voyage there is.no witness save the infinite and eternal I" N*w Abgument fob Laziness. —A mer chant who is noted for his parsimony and his outward observance of religious forms, com pelled one of his clerks, recently, to read the Biblp through, when he-first entered bis ser vice. Soon aAdr,.be took occasion to lect ure the clerk for bir indolence, when (he youngster replied that he was afrsid to work very hard'in his employ, for fear of losing his .situation. The merchant wae‘ struck aghpst at this answer,and demaiided, in a loud voide, thattheyoung mao should inform him-instantly, how industry could prejudice his interests with such an employer a* him self 1, ■ - ■ •- i “W^jy, 1 * replied tbo saucy clerk, ip plain, -from a-passage I read iatbevß&Ja, (hat such would be the snse.” . - . “flaw,- younggieri ■ Hnw does, then Bible encourage your. laziness 1 ... Answer. pap— quick,l” - .' , i ■ W n il«ay«(h*» bethel i*~diligenti in business shall: stand; before Kings.j/ho shell not amndbefpre, meatmen.” . It is needles* to, add lhst (he young'ipan was looking for.a new ,s itu/Uionibo iiesjtd*y. “CujkßLEg," said a father to iiiq son'while working ‘m a “What poiSeMf you lo associate with'such' glrlsas I was bf yoiir age I could go_with tho first 9 u k" “P ul '’* said, (Juries, U ihojslab./ ~, ! Igrtoraitee and oruoltyar® a* closelycooi fiecled as ttomOhrand Pythi« ; Whomever saw r did not spell “ph'iloso* i»hy wUh We pdase fbrvireplyi'i, Then nn many that doyise. ha\f tKe .world; but if then be. any ipeti deapise.ihe whole.oTit* is because tte otber half de* pises them, M. L o PIPRSPAY TTOBITO, Jff 80. wmmi 1 “ »■■■?.-.lt * ~ *,, ~_ .:. , ,*» 4 * >.. *t i JStoV Stoat and Deaf Wife. „ i r-r>:r .;-nrr->n—,i -i,! ■, . tm aunj.comipu me fu^the P'.nflitimfrfHWP (nylon fringe, jinfi, 1 ,oon’t nor .whaimriit geniusprompfed ihew.icked newt; which Jperpsuuod |oward«;n>yj wife and (n? ueknib wlaiiytfi-.MiM . ... ■;.■■ ! MUf. dear,"a«id I’ to'my wife.ondav before.-my aumVarrl»il,f“yoaknow . Aunt Mpry is<cdftiingito.mor(o« forgot to mention rather' an annoying •-circumstance auhougjj.sbe canhearroy yqtqe to. w h ten she isaccustomed, in its ordinary tone*, yet you will be to apeak extremely loud in order to te'heardi It willberather incon* will do everything ini your to iiiake tier atay agreeabtei" Mrs. S. announced her makeiteradlf beard if poiaible.- I then went to JbhnT 11 ■ >, who loves a joke, about as well as any person I know of and told him to be at the house at 6P. M„ on the following evening, and felt compara tively bpppy. I went id the railroad deppt with a carri age next night, and whan on (be way home with my aunt; I said— .r “There is doe rather annoying infirmity that Anna (my wife) has, which I forgot to mention. She’s very deaf, and though she ean hear my voice, to which she is accustom ed, in its otdmilly'tones, yet you will be ob liged lo epeafc extremely loud in order to be heard. ' I am very aorry for it." ~ Aunt Mary, in the goodness of her heart protested that she rather liked apeaking loud; and to do ao would give her great pleasure. . The carriage drove up—on the steps was my wife,—in the window was John T——— with a face ts solemn as if he had buried all bis relatives that afternoon. 1 handed mil my aunt—she ascended the steps, t'jii) ■ .. •, - , “I am delighted'to sec you,” shrieked my. wife, and the policeman on the opposite-side weld started, and my aunt nearly fell down the steps.. ‘.‘Kiss me, my dear,” howled my aunt,— and the hall lamp clattered and the windows shook as with, the fever and ague. I looked at-the-window—John had disappeared- Hu man nature could atand it no longer. I pok ed my head into the carriage and went into strong convulsions. When I entered the parlor my wifeewas helping Aunt Mary to take off her hat and cape; and lhere sat John with bis sober face. Suddenly, “Did you have a pleasant jour ney went off my wife like a. pistol, and John nearly jumped to his feel. “JUiherf dusty,” was the response in e war-whoopAond so the conversation oontio ued. ■ The neighbors four b(ocks around must 'have heard it Mvhen I was in the third story of the butldiggpFhe'ird every word. la the course of the evening my aunt took occasion to say to me— . “How loud your wife speaks, don’t it hurt her,?” 1 told her alldeaf persons talked loudly, .and. that ray wife, being used to it,.w«s not affected by the election, and that Aunt Mary was getting along very nicely .with her. Presently my wife said, softly— ‘•Air., hqw very loud your aunt talks.” . “Yes,’’ said I, ‘tail deaf persons do. You’re getting along with her finely ; she hears every word you sav.” And I rather think.sbe did. Elated by their success si being understood, ■*f-i s;fi! .it i-i tl*’# i'.h *7 f •' 'i’( fU fT It ,v r :■£ ’■ f r.;i.<rTT MIM-RiViKls.C I. fc ; , e *!.!(«. Ji Ji» r ; ! ‘ ;‘fTH* AS|TATIOn OF THQOBHT I 8 THB »BDIHtUS» Qy wIBDOM.’' .., they went at it hammer and tongs, till every • thing on the mantle-piece clattered again, and I wassariously afraid of a crowd collect ing in front of the house. But the end was near. My aunt being of an investigating turn of mind, was desirous of boding opt whether the exertion of talking'so loud was oot injurious to my wife. So— “ Doesn’t talking so loud strain your Jungs'?” said she, in an unearthly whoop, for her voice was not as musical as it was when she was young. “It is an exertion,” shrieked my wife. "Thu why do you do it?’, was the answer ing scream. “Because—:because —you can’t hear if I don’t,” squealed ray, wife,” ’ “What 1” said njy aunt, fairly rivaling a railroad whistle this time. . I began ,to think it time lo evacuate the premises, and looking arqupd and seeing John gone, I stepped - into the h ac *? parlor and there he .lay, bat on his backj with his feet at right angles lo his body,’rolling from side to side, with fils face poked into his ribs aud'a most agonizing expression of counte nance, but pot uttering a sbund. I immedi ately arid' 'in'voluntarily assumed a similar aitmiifet and I think that,' from the relative position of otir fkif and hnnds.and our al tempts to 'restrain' otir apojiletfy miist'.'have inevitably ensiled, if a hofrihle groan,'which John gavevdnt w in his bit deavtir to 'auppfes'S his risibility, bad hbt betlrayfe’d bur Hidifig plkce, - l! ■ • ■ fh : fusljes' rhy wfo'h fid 1 #n nfwho, by this lime,' dbmjffeheDtied’ ihd joke, difd'YueH 'a scoldingas i'tben 'gtii'l never gofbeforehand f hope never to get again. ' j! /■’know hoi %hai the endwouldhiVebeeh if John, in his endeavors to appear respectful end sympathetic, had nofgiyeh veot.lo spich ti group apo ye :jmreamed in ,co~ng’eri., , , t ,, -.We cut'(fie 'fi>l)oi*|ng> advertisementfrom publiiKed itfthe ' 'Hbasfc on Melriileavenoe; lobal«<rimmediaiely’aldng"iirfe’afine {Hum ge¥d«6, froth; which 'bn'iibUnddßt 1 supply of lire mojf dellci6.ua fruii'Tnay'be slUtert during thoiWaloftii 1 Runt lb#, aodihegreater pan lafcelf'ift jfllilMi* I 'JV*. 1 ' tifi'W; *j rf il , <*C .Oibflrs^rjft, ttnay,«b|MW«i: tu : .fly -to; SWO-ftSWf ' ~..„■ A '.Bl '}??£'* :f*;sf ;T?»iJlS*fi f i. v’rTv’ff U ,vh t-5 a <t TS& Tdiikee Tinier Whlk in, 1 gfemleutfert', 1 Valk ra ! ' Gbrmt trf, ldykoyS dahfeeT’ ll’s ’ddr'diis—‘ Vquwuh’tfcish hadn't’ if bnce, 1 bufybd bill Wish you ttMW&fttfifiiMu* frybodbiTt'dee itl”' i ‘ ll '•"'■ 'TSrfceyi tfandfri 1 ? ; Piict abdf tibrniitakfeT 1 “Saltern s«,’ if^oirdoh’t irftitdi io,' jfqii caa“hay« &bk' nwp wiih yqu like' tii cpijie in, leif. ll’s nnly, tew liV|llJnl’ any lieqwT' Tni* was a dialogue which. I |p»rd befbfp thq door of a ‘(sqneial ,T|f«in(b*—an October gathering m opo of the interiofiqatDa of (he .Empire siaia, in ope pf -iiia rpidl^d^coupiie*. i warone of • ibem other gentlemen.' re fercad to, «od I disbursed the ‘V two ahillin,’ referred to, and entered,, as did many others, who* similarly attracted, folloWbd us into the shanty. “Wal, gentlemen,” said the eshibitor, who was an out.au.oui Yankee, “expect we might as well begin. You see that ’ere long coop of turkeys, Wei, I shall Teed ’em fust, and preity soon arier, when they begin to feel (heir oats (but ihai.’s a juke, ’cause we give ’em corn,) you'll see ’em, as soon as the music strikes up, you’ll see ’em' begin to dance.” The coop, which ran along the fend of the shanty, farthest from the door, was about fif teen feet long, and iqttst have contained some twenty or thirty turkeys; happy fellows they were, too, most of them—perfect treasures, for a Chrismasor a New-Yeaf’s tabid.' - Into this chop our exhibitor threw perhaps a peck —or pt least half a peck—of corn.’'’ This was soon gathered up, not without muchsquabbling and lighting on the port of the leathered recipients who wanted to see fair .play—that kind of “ fair play” meaning which would give to the complainant* the larg est hglf pf the ‘-prqyant.” . Presently it.tfs* all devoured ; and the‘no dieitcq” called for tha “pprlormauce,” as promised. “ Yes, yes," said the “don’t be in fetq big a stew. Give us lima if yon please. Strike up, music—give;,’em a lively tewn !” A>. this, a cracked flute, an old black, greasy fiddle, “ manned" by a thick-lipped negro, and an “ ear-piercing life” started ofl" with “Yankee Doqdle,” at. very quick time; and sure enough, every turkey in >he coop began to dance, hupping from one leg to another, crowing over, balancing, chasseeing—doing everything in short, known to the saltatory art except “ joining hands” and “ turning partners.” - - “ Well that it curious!” exclaimed lha auditors, simultaneously. “ never saw any thin's Ilka ii before!” _" No,” sajd the exhibitor, “ expect you didn’t It’s all in education,” as the poet says. I edicaied them tuikevs ; and there ain’t One on ’em that hasn't a, good ear for music.’ Here upon he turned to the audience, and added: “Wal, you’ve teen it, apd see how natural they do it ; now we want you to vacate thd* room, and give,, them a chance that’s on thfe outside. There’s new customer* out there awaitio," and if ypu only, tell ’em what you've seen with your own eyes, you’ll be coin’ a service to me, apd give to them an equal pleasure wjlh whal you have enjoyed," This was soon done; the audience retired, and another took their place—including how ever, one who had been an .auditor at the latt exhibition. The same scene was gone through with; the same feeding, “music and dancing,” only it was observed that the mo tion of the’ turkeys was even mote lively than before. It struck the twice-observed that just be fore the music began, a man was seen to leave the room on both occasions; and, un noticed, he stepped out himself at the last time,- and saw the man busving himself with putting some light kindling-wood under an opening beneath the shanty. The mystery was now out. The turkey cage tested over a'alow fire, witha tin floor, and when the music struck tip, the fire had become so hot that the turkeys hopped about —first on one leg, then on the other—and changed position's; 1 “seeking rest end-finding none,” tilt the fire bad gone down, and they were ready for another feed !■ ’ | I> is proper to add that the aothonof this invrniion was h Yankee of the first wdter— Ihd Orpheui of 'Turkeydom. Going Thbouok this Motions.—-We were amused with on affair, says a New York paper, which happened a few Week* aince id this city. A young gentleman 'celled upon the leader of a cotillion band, and ordered five musicians for a Certain evening. There were but fobr in Ihb’band, including the- lead er/whb 1 iViforrned the applicant that he could not corpply ijiih his 'requeaf. "You must have five;" said the young gen tleman. 1! • “But (here are only four of us, air,” re plied Joe, ‘ 1 ■ ' '*Noi less than five,” pe^lsted‘lha plhiir. The gentleman .was* about’ lehvibg, when a ; P|rtar, well, knpwn lo our citizens, volun. leetpa milf ing the number .Corn - arp you g<j|ng |o pjay/’ asked Joe, *ll®. “The flute, replied .t|w,|>arber. . r,^ “The flute!—why you don’t know one nburfront'anrihar.?* - >. it-. ' i «T ■“Yea, but i can put a cork in the mouth* hole and go through'the mmionsi” •--» ■ --w ' The'plan suMeeded, and the ’barber was Bap. |>ai| to'palch a wife,—Poverty,BUS reel noise. ’ hali—BraM wtc^ h 'a'i' (e.w .«9W»9ffl ;P itep.of dq!|arf £ apod »uh ot.cwilwjjiiha JiU /w'lbp.ifidjpjt being unreceipted. . .. .. -n o.[ T * m LiV ■ *loHi-'--1. i W, : J£| tsdiWl if Vt’ojijßltV v t i (r'i*- • •Ti.#*-'** fiLht'A AmlSfo /■ : nm ■m r pc :li > PUBLISHERS * PROPRIETORS. AdVaAlagea bfEafly Poverty. T|tP of early povjtHy c«nnbt be fully; esnm»iedi'. A«k ine the philosophnr~*aak the ykillful mathematician, why it la that they baye becoliSe so great, *0 eminent? A roa. jjorily wjJJ tell!,yop that their only inheritance was extreme penury, .but by dint of perse yerence and energy- they have burat the f hackles of early poverty, and inscribed their pamet on .the tablets of fame: yet how few regard with sufficient difference the true mer it of those who art compelled*ta.loiffor theiV daily sustenance! Hpw few-do we ace even in enlightened America, who recognise that equality among men that a just God haa as signed f How few are enabled to make that world-wide distinction that exists between the rich block-head and the poor genius I Indi viduals rising from time to lime from the low. esl levelaof social life to lake, occupy, and adorn the loftiest posts, have irreaistably shown that there is no depression in society which the favors of God will not reach. Men have learnt more accurately to know and more powerfully to feel the genius and spirit of oppression. Teach the hard-fisted, honeit plebians of our soil that the inculcation of sound princi ples with sound knowledge is the only .true source of elevation. that!.the ordinance of God which decrees that mail by the sweat of his brow shall eat the fruit of his labor,'does not prevent high intellectual effort. Teach them >hac to be truly great is to be truly virtuous. Teach them that the development of sentiment, feeling, and prin ciple, depend upon the culture, direction and government of the mind. See that bold ac tive, .pioneer boy,' an imitator of nature, the true prototype of man, at ho bounds from monqd to mound on our western prairies, or as he leaps from cliff to cliff in the untamed liberty of backwoods life. Who can doubt but. that boy is the possessor of faculties, wliich if fully roused by proper culture, would rank him among the leading minds of the age, for success does not attend upon those who have teen nurtured in the hot beds of a brainless aristocracy but on the toiling milliA'ns-iihature’s true nobility—the support of human' society. What contributes most to success in many of the professional pur suits I Some succeed by great talents; some by-the influence of friends; some by a mir acle ; hut the majority by commencing with out a lanhipg. Who are the most noted counsellors of the law—the most skillful phy sicians—the roost eminent divines—the most critical and rhetorical wrilera 1 You will find that they have almost invariably sprung from the laboring classes. Who have been the most distinguished seff-made men’—the most illustrious philoso phers and statesmen of the present century 1 Sir Humphrey Davy, though the aon of a wood-carver, became the first and moat dar ing chemist of his age.- Herchel, once a poor fifer’a boy in the army, has fixed his name nm.ohg the stars. Franklin the great philosopher, .though a bumble apprentice to a printer, acquired the first honors of his coun try. Sherman, the poor shoemaker, was honored with a seat in Congress, and then among the wisest nod best of his compeers, proclaimed that America must be free. Were it .pot true that some persons through a wise dispensation of Divine providence have been born poor, we could never, have been bene fitted by the numerous discoveries and inven tions which have blest our race. The rich who enjoy all the necessaries and convenien encies of tile, do not strive' to excel in those mental and manual exercises Which require great toil, consequently, their minds being emasculated for the want of proper discipline and their bodies enervated for the lack of aufii cienl exertion, they suffer themselves to live stupid slaves to Mammon, and finally die as thpy have lived, unhpnored and unwept be cause ihgy have lived for themselves alone, unmindful of the high responsibilities which are enjoined upon them, . But the poor who are compelled to toil for their maintenance, are driven to tjhe necessity of creating means, to improve their.condition, and consequently it behooves them.to become ingenioua and in genious and- industrious in the consummation of their plans. Necessity begets a spirit of improvement and urges a mao on to deeds of noble daring.; it.causes him to investigate the arcana of nature, and explore the hiddeo mystery t>f mind. If you have-been so for lunate as to inherit poverty, rest assured, you must depend upon yourself if you ctar expect to be ranked among the great and good as' An exponent-of-true principles. You must expedt to be opposed by the emissaries of op pulence and Ignorance because you are poor. Yoni 'lttust ekpect to be ranked with (hose groveling'herds who scarcely' know they have a 'soul within, but remember; that yob are yet a min bearings the impress of a 1 Deity though yotj ire hot s millionarei Address yourself 16'your busfifieSs whatever may he your call* ing. Beware of the influence of fawning sycophants Who flitter the people. ■ Pix'ydur eye 'bn the 1 pole-star and dan’t fdrget' yoor recktihidg. You'may encounter Wrecks arid ifcebergsbn the. broad ocean of'life.baf -you willnliiraa'iely reach tha desiidß(fportitv iife lyi Lei ybur Witdh-woft) be peirseverende anrf ybu Will find that esitMy I 'pbveiffjt jpiresehta no obstacles inihe paih of him', wh6 willg'tci be truly jjjeat. 1 ... ' X J. W. gjftif ehop in this .’city/recehily fffr hoqiig.Tlocka; Ipnoconco. to, be in-iJw wlw.ii, ’ 1 V v 36; ' Far du Agitator. Insect Power. Dr. CiwtmerSi Id aim of hi» Astronomical disedumwiaUiuJes finely to.tha microscope. M wallmof c teflon, os the tele ■cops unfolds it in iHa wdnfjersofihd heaved*. Tbo I* in ram of ftVnlcroicdpic insect proclaim 1 bn ail-wise and omnipotent Creator. Ttie following extract from thb Ex celsibr, anEngliah Jdurpal/gives an insight ' into.so me of (He marvels of the insect world's ; K THe mai(wlar r etrepgih of insects is im mehse.? We oncA were surprised’ by a fiat perlortndd bydcomftion beetle id the Doited States’.;' Wb insect, for want of any, bo* at 'harid. beneath a quart bottle full df mllk ’dpS&ibe hbltow at the bot. lord allowing him' ; rqotn lo'dland’upright, Presenliy. ro surprjdS', the bottle’ began ; slowly* to by the muscular ' power of the: imprisoned' insect, and contin ued for some yine.io peratijbulate the surface, to’the astonisbineht-bf all,who witnessed it. Tho 1 wfcightdf the bottle and its contents could not bave'been 'less,than three pounds add s halfj while that'dr’lKe Ifeetle'was aboul half’ an ounce, so .that it rbadjly’ moved a weight many tithes exceeding its own. A better no tion than figures can convey, will be obtained of this Cent by supposing a lad of fifteen to be imprisoned under the great bell of St. Paul’s, which weighs 12,000' pounds, and to move it to and Croppon a bmooth pavement by push ing within! “Mf. Newport has given other instances of insect power equally remarkable. Having Having once fastened a small kind of Cara~ but, an elegantly , formed ground beetle, weighing three and a half grains by a silk thread, to a piece of paper, he laid a weight on the latter. At a distance of ten inches from its load, the insect was able to drag af. ter it, upon an inclined plane of twenty-five degrees, nearly eighty-five grains ; but when placed on a plane of,five degrees inclination, it drew after it one pound and twenty five grains, exclusive of the friction to be over come in moving its toad, as though a man were to drag up a hill of similar inclination, a wagon weighing two tons and a half, hav ing first token the wheels off.’’ According to the same excellent authority, the slag beetle —Lueanut cervut —has been known to gnaw a hole, an inch in diameter, through the side of an iron canister, in which it was confined, and on which the marks of its jaws were distinctly, visible, as proved by' Mr. Stephens, who exhibited the canister at one of the meetings of the Entomological Society. Let us look at the powers of insects exer cised in (be act of flying. The house flies— Musca domesliea —that wheel and play be neath the ceiling for hours together, ordina rily move at the rate of about five feet per second; but if excited to speed, they can dart along through thirty-five feel in the same brief space of lime. Now in this period, at Kirby and Spence observe, “a race-horse could clear only ninety feet, which is at the rale of m6re than a mile in a minute." Our idle fly, in her swiftest flight, will go more than one third of a mile. Now compare the immense difference of the size of the two ani mals—ten millions of the fly would hardly counterpoise one racer—and how wonderful will the velocity of this minute creaturo ap pear! Did the fly equal the race-horse iu size, and retain'its powers in the ratio of its magnitude, it would traverse the globe with the rapidity of lightning. Some of the flies that haunt our garden's shoot along so rapidly shat the eye cannot Follow them in flight. Nor are these tiny creatures less masters of the art of running and leaping. DeLiole mentions a fly so minute as almost to be in visible, which ran nearly six inches in a sec ond, and in that space was calculated to have made one thousand and eighty steps I This, according to the calculation of Kirby and Spence, is as if a man whose steps measured only two feet, should run at the incredible' rale of twenty miles in a minute. Every one has occasion to observe, not al ways without an emotion of anger, the leap ing powers of the' flea —Pulix irritant. A. bound of two hundred times its own length is a common feat, as if a man should ‘jump’ twelve hundred feet, or a quarter of a mile I What A pity that insects were not allowed to be competitors in the athletic games of old !” I Wondeb.— When a young man is cleric in a store and dresses like a prince, smoke* ‘Coin ciga’s,’ drinks 'noice brandy,’ attend* theaters, balls, and the like, 1 wonder if ha does all upon the avails of his clerkships Whena.young lady sits in the. parlor all day with her lily while Angers covered with rings, I wonder if her mother don’t wash the dishes and do the work in the kitchen 1 When a deacon of the church sells strong butter, recommending it as excellent nml sweet, i wonder if he don’t rely on the mer its of Christ for salvation. When a man goes three times a day to get a dram, I wonder if he will not by and by go four times ?. ■When a young lady laoes her waist a third imaller than nature made it, I wonder if her pretty figure wil) not shorten life some dozen years or more, besides making her miserable while she does live? | When a youngman is dependent upon his daily toll, for his income, and marries’a lady who does not know how to make a leaf of bread,'or mend’s garment, 1 wonder if be is not lacking somewhere, say towards the top', for instance 1 '.When a man receives a periodical dr news paper weekly, and lakes great delight inf. reading'them, but neglects to pay for them, F wonder iThe has a soul or a gizzard. ', j’[ Thb WitFß.—lt is not unfrequemthat a' wife mourns over the alienated a Sections' of bet 1 husband, when she has tnade do' effort herself to increase his" attachment. Sb« thinks because he once cloved her he ought always to love her, and she neglects those at tenyons whidb first engaged hia heart. Many a wife is of her oWn negh-ct and sorrowi That Woman deserves not *t huslband’slovo who will not greet him' with smiles oaitie returns from the labors.of the day t who frill hot try to chajn him to.his homelby the' gweeLenchaniroent of a cheer* ful bearll 3'here is not one ima Ihoosahdsui unfeelingiaS to withstand such anidfluenco andbreakaway from such a home. 1 j.i.l _ Me» of the noblest think themselves ,|he happiest share their happiness with theta, ; r -
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