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ADVKIITIFIEMENTS. malting not more than one 'square, will be inserted three limes for one dollar , and for every subsequent inset lion , wentyfive .cents.-- - Largeradvertisentents, chatted in the 'same proportion. Those not exceeding ten lines will be charted seventy-five cents, and those malting pis - lines or lesTthree tnsertions - for 50 cents. - - CV — A liberal deduction will be made to those who advertise by the year. rrOlfice in Hamilton St., one door East 01 the German Reformed Church. nearly opposite the "I•Wedenshole (Vice." poetical IZlcpattment. [From the. Home Jeurnnl.] My Childhood's HOme Time has fled—lone-ye:ars have :zone Backward to the shadifwv paKt— Years that in their early dawn Gladsome seemed a' they Caine en. And their hirms before them ens?. Viten the• Years ihat now.are uld Winged their flight all j..y..irdy— When the Nen tons swiftly rn!led. Arid the hours seemed link,. of go6l— I in m;ne infancy. E beam< tl ar , were few— trvr the year,. t.i life h. come Jlmme a veil that cited:v:l my view, 1•11,452 h britiht faces still peeped thrtthgli On uty happy chiltllit,ote,hoitie. Now a rain, grey and 01,1 siarnis wlicre ~ o r conaye Ivied arms ar,.utid II 1..1,1, A,,,1 dark water., dead and ~ .I, Cloilie vi It tii ,lie crumbling wilml Then, the Lucy, restless mill Checked the waters in their fliw, Aind llto 'inky water wheel held above the chafing rill, Ever bright a changeful bow. Yes the bow still lingered there, Like the . j'o' that fancy rears In the future dark wi.it care— 'Mid the spray as bright and fair As the smile 'mid childhood's tears Then, far round a forest spread Shutting out half heaven's blue lArhile the trees all closely wed, 9.aced their branches overhead. Letting checkered daylight through Now a swamp where reptiles grow :Spreads around its baleful breath, And the-trees all bending low, Not yet perished, seem as though Living in the arms of death. 'Then, dear friends made home more .Lear, Made the hours more smoothly Kept the mind from future fear; Made all dangers disappear, Gave all joy a brighier glow. Now, their much lotied forma nn'inore Shall he seen again by Life is past, their trials o'cr, And they live beyond its shore, Blest in immortality. On my spirit brominth tuttv That that tells of tt,min..z. rest, Soon the yew nod e‘,.pr,•ss b. uglt Shall hang way:,:t; ;ow, dyer my wont a;.d breast Much [ Wonder. linty uul Will feel aught of loud:l;es , , If the b? 11 of time e'er ton, Apd the pg,s- hqt:lcwari roll, Thai rest u'er thyloveliness. Or if I may lend my aid To remove the touch of time, .And make thee as when I strayed happy underneath thy shade, In my childhood's joyous prime. if I might, thy scenes should bloom With .a radiance never thine. Swift dispersing all th%• gloom, All earth's charms to fill its room ,Should their every power combine Flowers. should bloom where mosses grew Where were wrens should linnets Sing, Zephyrs breathe where north winds blew, .the scenes my childhood knew Should seem one eternal spring., rr Music is_a great substitute. for rest, March :a soldier out of breath on "'Rollin Castle," and the moment the band strikes up ' , Yanked Dotitilei" his Is just . as good tts new. • rirDan Russult, the mpg • famous sled tioneerer in -the United -Slates, once com menced a speech as foilow.s t .rise—,:but there'd no use tellinfr that--you know that as tr(7, t ! do.,"' A FAMILY NEWSPAPER. Z'clectio 119. DEAIIII-OE-ELICIRILTON.- Dknppointed, and all his hopes blighted, as he believed by Hamilton's instrumental ly Burt' became eager fur veng,eance.— Humiliatin,g was the contrast between him self and Hamilton, to whom, in Ins anger, be- - his litical de- .le teas-lady to ascribe, not his poi o. feat merely, but his Wasted character also. Though fallen limn his former station of commandit e influence in the conduct of al [land-holt stuff enjoyed the tfitliounde-d -confidence of a party. utu•nunthered, in deed., but too respectable" to be despised ; while, of his bitterest opponents, none, with any prett mins to character or candor, doubted his honor, or questioned his integ rity. Burr, On the other hand. saw himself distrusted and despised by every body, and just about to sink into political annihilation and pecuniary ruin. Two months medita lion on this desperate state of affitirs.l wrought up his cold, implacable spirit to the point of risking his own life to 'take that of i his rival. fle [night even hare exterrnma tatted the insane hope—for though cunning and dexterous to a reinarkable degree he had no f , reat intellect—that Hamilton killed or disgraced, and thus removed out of the way, he might yet retrieve his desperate fortunes. A mon g other publications made in the coil rse of the late contest were two letters by Dr. Cooper, a zealouS partizan of Lewis, in one of which it was alleged that Hamilton had spoken of 13urr, as a "dangerous man who ought not to be trusted with "the reins of government." In the, other letter, after repeating the above simeinent, Cooper add ed, -1 could di tail you a still more despica ble opinion tt hich General Hamilton has ex pressedlof r. Burr." Upon thi. latter passage Burr siezed as the ire ans of forcing I lam Mon into a duel. For his :mem and assi-tint therein he elec. tcd illi 1 A :an \,,,, u plum:: lawyer, one of his t00.,:t atiachi•d parti,ths, ,ind not leis (krk, cool, and iniphicable than himself. Val; Ness was sent to Haut ihon with a copy of Cooper's printed letter and a note from Burr, insisting upon "a promptand unqualified acknowietlyttnent or denial of the ns. of any expression which would warrant Cooper's assertions." Perfectly acquainted with Burr and Van Ness, and pet cei ving, as'well from Van Ness's crinversation as from Burr's note a settled intention to fix a quarrel upon hint, Hamilton declined any immediate answer, promising a reply in writing at his earliest convenience. In that reply he called Burr's attention to the fact that the word "despica ble," however in its general signification it might imply imputations upon personal honor as to which explanations might be naked. yet from its connection, as used in Dr. Cooper's letter, it apparantly related merely to qualifications for political office, a subject, as nothing was said about the mole definite statement referred to in the same letter, as to which it si.eined to be ad mitted that no expl - ination w.is demandable Still Hantiltoq expressed a perfect readi ness 10 ittOW or disavotv my specific opin ion which he might be charged with having uttered ; but added thai he never woo Id bit interrogated generally as to whether he had ever said anything in the course of fifty years of political competitionoo justify the in feren ces which others miolit have drawn, tho: expressing his candor arid serenity t.) inju rious impressions on the part rit a!! \O.•) nii;l have misitpprehended "Mole !,' ;, ,L •frn;il rill . ; , p? (;1;1113', it can i..• shell en -11:•.,(1 a luiSj. !..() 1 ;ill 1. V,. 11 t lit tH o o. 1.V:.1 1:1:1;:••1 s o, ilr -..:.1.• if 1,01, I t'ait ()HIV rt•!:1.•1 .11 , ci lc di., oil,- 11.1011 e cusrt r.nd %yid' intirontinn- tbut larninnn's fll' .l lllY (11.1 ' 16 , tit in and which !, ,, 1 professr.d <u lunch to ra . .,2.•. 'll i , e pi t he t in question, iti the cot:1.111w un der,tandity, of it. irunned dishonor. it hav io, !wen to Burr's natoe upon I bun thou's out lint v, ho tens bound tosny%wheth er he bad atitburiz,...l 11. either directly or by uttering oxplyst,tote.; or opinions derogatoty to Burf's It was apparant from the letter, and it was subsequent!v ill-,titictly , stitted by Van Ness. that what Bair rt-tpii rod was. R gen eral disavowal owl lw part of I lamilwo of any intention, in any conversation he might ever have held, to etai ,,, .y impressions dero gatory to the honor of Burr. Granting Burr's ri!ht to ask this extra ordinary inquisition i to Hamilton's cotifi dental conversation 111.,1 correspondence, it would have been quite , out of the question, for Hamilton to make any such disavowal. His practice as a - lawyer had given him full insight into J.3urr's swindling!, pecuniary Amnsactions, Bad' he hao lime regarded him, in his_private as well as his politicial 'char- . cider: as a consumate , villain, as reckless and. unprincipled as he was cool.. aadacious liZell A Thrilling Sketch. the 'letter conchlt.d, "cannot ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., FEBRUARY 5, 1852. and enterprising—an opinion which he had found frequent occasion to express more or less distinctly _ while warning his federal friends against the arts of Burr. Desirous, however, to deprive Burr of any possible excuse for persisting in his murderous intentions, Hamilton caused a paper to be transmitted to him, through Pen dleton, a brother lawyer, who acted as his friend in this matter, to the effect that, if _praperlyaddressed— for Burr's second-let-- ter was considered too insulting to. admit of rereply— be should be willing to state that the enaversa.ion niluded to by 1)1.. Cooper. so far as he could recall it. 'was wholly in :relation - Co - politics-711nd - oot - touch'pt, Tr Burr's private character ; nor should he hesitate to make an equally prompt avowal or disavowal as to any other particular and specific conversation as to which he might be questioned. • But as Burr's only object was to find a pretext for a challenge, since he never could have expected the general disavowal which he demanded, this offer was pronounced un satisfactory and a mere evasion ; and again a second time disavowing in the sante breath the charge made against him of pre determinated hostility, Burr requested Van Ness to deliver a challenge. Even after its delivery, Hamilton made a further at tempt at pacific arrangement in n second paper, denying attempt to evade, or inten tion to defy or insult, as had been insinua ted, with particular reference to the closing paragraph of Hamilton's first letter, in Burr's observations, through Van Ness, on I toti's first paper. But this second paper Van Ness refused to receive, on the ground that the challenge had been already given and accepted. It was insisted, however, on Flamiltons part, as the Federal Circuit Court was in session, in which he had many important cases, and that the meeting should be postponed till the Court was over, since lie was nut willing by any act of his to ioxpose his clients to embarrassment, lass or delay. It was not at all in the spirit of a profess ed dinAlist, it was not upon any paltry point of honor, that Hamilton had accepted this extraordinary challenee by which it was at tempted to hold him answerable for the nu merous imputations on Burr's character bandied about in conversation and the news papers for about two or three years past.— The practice of duelling he utterly coo demned ; indeed, ho. had himself already been a victim of it in the loss of his eldest son, a boy of twenty, in a political duel some two years preVionsly. As a private citizen, as a man tinder the influence of inor al and religious sentiments, as a husband living and loved, and the When of a numer ous and dependant family, as a debtor, Imo. orably disposed, whose creditors might stif fer by his death, he had every motive for avoiding the meeting. So he stated in a paper which, under a premonition of his fate, he took care to leave behind him. It was in his character of a public man ; it was in that lofty spirit of patriotism, of which examples are so rare, rising high above all personal and Titivate considers. tions—:a spirit magoanimmis and self sacri ficing to the last, howover,:in tl:is instance uncalled for and mistaken—,t hitt he. accept ed the fatal chaPengo. “The ability to be in future useful," such was his own state ment of his motivea, "whether in resktitoi mischief or afrectine- Q00(1,411 I i3O:0 of our public affairs which seem to hap. pelt, vtootild probably be inscpnrahi- from tt conformity with prejudice in this particular." With that candor toward his opponents by which I lamilton was ever so nobly dis tineuislo 1...1 of which so very seldom, int Fee,!, to• ,tr experience airy, r tarn, he disay• w••.i it. t)is paper, the r coildihn ;:.ward -I- a• o. tt•!iilc .1 lb .t P•urr t against him by h of teimadversions in winch laid in ellll.•ed, a:01 whicil• as Usuai:y a, gist probably haVe been a.:gravattol it, il,e report. Those animadvt i. ua .in hfillie ca!•e:. mitiht have been occasioned by mis cal.:l:ll42mm or misinformalion, yet his evil -1,,a not proceeded on light grounds nor from unworthy modves. From however. that he iniolit have iiijur ed Burr, as It ell as front his general princi ples and temper in relation to such affairs, lie fi n d c if oln Io t h e. resolution which lie left on record and communicated also to his sec ond, to withhold and throw away his first fire and perhaps even his second, thus giv ing to Burr a double opportunity to i•ause and reflect. • IBM 'rho grounds of Weehawk on the Jersey shore, opposite New York, where at that time the usual field of these single combats, then chiefly by rnsen of the inflamed state of political feeling, of frequent occurrence, and very seldom ended without bloodshtd. The day having been fixed, and the' hour appointed at seven O'clock in the morning, the parties met, accempanied only by their seconds. The barge men, as - well as Pr. Hosack, the surgeon mutually agreed upon, remained, as usuril,:et . A distance, in order, if any fatal result sliould occur, not to be witnesses.. *. The parties havintr_exchanged-salutations, I them. On the other hand, the Guerrier the seconds measured the distance of ten was a mere rolling log—almost entirely et paces; loaded tha pistols ; made_theeother_i_the_nuercy_of.the-sea, Her colors nll shot preliminary ie errangements ; and placed the; away : her main-mast both gone by the board combatants. 'At the appointed signal,. Burr 1 and her lore-roast standing Ey the mere took deliberate aim, and fired. The hall honeycomb the :hot had made. Cept. Da entered Hamilton's side, and as he fell, his cres stood, %%Hi this officers, surveying, the e pistol too wes unconsciously -discharged scene—all, all iii the most perfect aston- Burr approached him apparanfly somewhat j ishment. At this moment a boat was seen moved ; but on the suggestion) of hi; second, i putting oil from the hostile ship for the_ rthe_sungeon end_barge men- already-op- -Guerriere; As soori - ris within speakino ! preaching, be turned and hastened away, distance, a young gentlemen, (Midebipmeen Van Ness cooly careering him from their Reed), hailed and said, "1 wish to see the sight by opening an umbrella. The Sur- of fi cer in command of this ship." , • geon found Hamilton half lying, half sitting At this, Captain Dacres stepped forward .. , _on_theeground, 611pported In-the arms of his I and-answerede ,-M idshipman Reed---then second. The pallor of death was on his said, “Commodore Hull's compliments. and face. 'Doctor,' said he, 'this is a mortal wishes to know if you have struck your flag?" i wound ;' and, as if overcome by the effort At this, Cantain Dacres appeared ama::- of speaking, he swooned quiet away. As ed, but recovering himself and looking, tin he was carried across the river the fresh and down. he deliberately replied : I breeze revived him. His own house being "Well, I don't know—our mizeen-inner is in the comely, he teas conveyed at once to gone, our main-mast is gone—and, upon the I Ithe house of a friend, where he lingered fur whole, you may say that we hare struck our twenty-four hours in great agony, but pre- flag !" - Lserving- his composure and self-command to "Coro. Hull's compliments, and wishes to , the last. know if you need the assistance of a eur- I The news.of his death, diffused through germ or surgeon's mate ?" !the city, produced - the greatest excitement. Captain Dacras replied, "Well, I should Evenehat party hostility of which he had I suppose you had oe board your own shit) been so conspicuous an object, was quelled business enough for all your medical offi ' for the moment. All were now willing to cers." admit that he was no less patriotic than able, Midshipman Reed replied, "0, no ;we and that in his untimely death—for he was have only seven wounded, rind they were only in his forty-eighth year-:-the country j dressed half an hour ago." had :011fored an ineperable• loss. 'Tie gent- Captaio Dacres then turned to me, deep eral feeling exprteesed itself in a public core-' ly affected, and said, -"1-low have oursitu loony, the mournful pomp of which the city ations -been suddenly reversed ! You are has never seen equalled. now free, and I a prisoner !" All the boats of both ships were now The Guerriere and Conslitution. put in requisition to remove the wounded The following account of the capture of •on board the Constitution. So dreadful was the Britis.h frigate Guerriere by the Amer. the condition of many of them. that two ican fi ignite Coustitution, was recently cons-' days were firefly consumed in the removal municated to the New York Evening, Post after which- the Guerriere was horned, with by a medical gentleman wino was a prisoner all her stores, armament, etc. The Consti on board the Guerriere during the combat. tation having recently come out of port, had no roost to take scarcely an article. It is a paper which deserves a place among the historical archieves of the country ; Who can Mint:eine the joy I experienced Ale. Eneront : flavin , been an American in finding myse•lf again under American prisoner on board the Guerrier, during the colors or the pride I felt at findiner Conn famous battle between that frigate and the manure [lull down to the most 'humblc United States frigate Constitution, I p ro p ose , ; inan on board, an entire absence of eve'ry givinfe you an account of that important ac- : thing like a boastful, err even a triumphant Lion which took place in June, letl-2. look, at their wonderful victory. Captain ,Ibout twit %%WAS previous to the engrme- ' Dienes kept his state-room till we arrived ment, I left Boston in ant American "ship, , ill pin. About two hundred of his men which was captured by the Guerriere some were necessarily ironed, as the ship %vas SO five clays before she Mk in with the Coin. crowd-d. Charles Morris, (now Ciehino stitution. It %ens about tern o'clock in the tkro), the first officer of the Constitution, morning, when the Conititution was discov- . had a he e l' through his bddy, and for sever al days his recovery was doubtful; during ered. The Guerriere hove to, to erudite her which he sent for rite to come to his room to come up. As the Constitution neared us, Captain Haores handed me his glass, and I well remember his perfect unconcern :and asked that I took her to Ee. M y re- for hiineelf, although the surgeon had ap ply was, "She looks a frigate." Very soon prised hint of his danger. Every courtesy elie came within reach of the long guns of and kindness was by Captain [lull cud his the Guerriere, which were fired, but with officers extended to their prisoners. no effect, as the sea ran high. The Consti- 0 i Sunday about noon the Constitution a ration made no reply, but as I saw, wasrrived in' Boston harbor •I was sera on shore in the boat. The harbor between manceavering, for a positlon—during which Captain Dacres said in ate. I the ship and wharves %vas now covered ..Dr scat think she is pine* to strike I with home to learn the news. To the first eith..m. Trine 1" 1 replied,-I think not sir." I boat that we neared, we hailed, -1..1},. Cemstitution has captured the Guerrie re." At Cnite menent, a seeing contest was ahem commencing, in which I Cou ld ?e h, j Instantly the two meet in the boat toek oil their hats and violently struck them on the no pat: 1, , i,14 only a prisener,l I remised my lent to Ceemize Li ti;rits, and said to him— side of the boat, and, ris:ng, gave cheer With your permissian, sir. i Will E. , 0 he. 111 ) 011 clle"r. Tin'Y hailed " 111 " b'''ll.' and thus the air was rent eRh cheers, and the bey. as I can take 110 pally" ''o, ce'rtain victory passed along till it reached the wharf 1%.•" said he, "and you had better go Into ; i n , fee k- p i t , an d s e oi dd [th y „f oar meet and then spread like is ildfire all over the city chance . to get wounded, 1 shall feel °MM. and country. It is now nearly forty years since the ed, if you will assist the surgeons inn dreS sing them." eCertainly. sir." said I. and transaction of that day proved,to the Amer 'tlikp de:vended into the cork-pit. T here , cans that British frigates!were not. inritiCi- Who eau remember that day with w.4' Inct sureedns, 3:11i 1011 , 1`01 - oi' mites i'le ma feeling a gluey of pride, that so early and to eda nos. • eeeee around li. limey table „eats and all tree, :es-a- in the war, awl in a manner so Impreten • ' ~.-! .. e ! o e %reminded, as still as it ding, a victory so perfect should have been ! • , ••• • e• achieved ! I-write this statement without . Wi!.'.... 0110 moment after my Mot wer round of tine ladder, the •Con- notes, but believe it to be in the main ac -are that double broadside, which curate. Bale =EI cock-pit over in a heap on .:ide of the ship. For it ota.ielit it appvared as if heaven struck together; a more ter ,i,i.oic camiot he M:3 'Med. Bef o r e th liad adjosied them run down from the deck fri e:v as if a full lind born turn ed over, the dead, wounded, i.nd dyirez were handed doom as rapidly as ittemcould them.. till the curl:-iiit %vas filled, tvilia hardly room for thesurgeons to ‘vork. ;\ we It littridvd dutv t) ‘vali one leg. snitte with one arm and others wounded int almost every shape and eolith um ing his arm amputated, would sing out to a comrade coming down wounded. - • shipmate, how gees the battle ?" Another would utter some joke. that Would Make even the dying,, smile, and soconstant and freely were the playful remarks from the maimed and even the dying that I al most doubted my own senses. Indeed, all this was crowed into a space of not over fif teen or twenty minutes, before • the firing ceased. I then went upon, deck, and what a Scene Awls presented, and how 'changed in so Amin time I -The Constitution looked perfectly fresh and, even at this time, those on board the Cluerxier did not know what ship had fought =II2MII An officer who veps on the table hay- NEUTRAL IN POLITICS. The Bonapartes. Louis Napoleon may be said to be; in one sense, says the Cincinnatti Gazette, the le 2:al successor of the Emperor Napoleon.— His election, at this time, is ,doubtles inten ded by him to be the restoration of the Em pire under the lionapart dynasty. Hy the decree, or Simatus-consultutn, which con stituted Napoleon Emperor in ISO!, imper ial succet4sion was thus prescribed : Ist. To the heirs, male, Napo:eon, in the order of pritntmzenitu re. 21. Failing these, to such son or veld snit of his brothers, as Napoleon mi ht des ignate, and the heirs, nale, of such son or grandson. 3,1. To Joseph Oonapart, and his heirs, male. 4th. Failing these, to Louis Bonaparte, his heirs, mule, each in the order of primo geniture. '• The only son of Napoleon, the Duke of . Reichstadt, died in 1832; Joseph, ex _ King of Spain, the'eldest brother of Napo leon, known as Count de Survilliers, and who resided for many years in New Jersey died in 1845,1eaving . tWo daughters, but no son: Louis, 'ex-King of Holland; the fath er of the present .Louis Napoleon, died in 1840, shortly after the escape of the son from the fortress Ham. INIBER 18. Two elder sons °lois and flortensei died. one in infancy. ether at the age of 1 27. left in;;sur.. vivre, and the last Me prescribed sue cosskn. To this . claqf quasi legitimacy it is probable Leuistpolcon alludes in his proclamation to aeople of France —lt you believ. , in tnuise of which my mine is the symbol, t France regen erated hy_the revolutof 'NI, and organs ized by the Empt•rer o cloim it, &c. Jertne. the NOllll:Orrilthrr of Napole on, sometime icing u'estplialiii, has ad dressed a letter to b nepheW, "in the name of the incm , .re' my brother, and partalcin7 his horror civil — war," urging a republican and conatory policy. Na.' poleon, a son of Jr - eo - ; or wis a member of the French Cloneragsembly. Lucien EonaportePrince of Canino, died at ROMP, lea' iniiiinK . ous family one of them tho ornithgist, new or lately prominent in the adaiof Rolm"' and Italy. Pierre, another son, fired in the French 'Nationl,l Assembly ; also Murat,'a sou of the Marshals an'Caroline, the sis ter of Napoleon. Oiof the_daughters -of Lucien is the wife of nil Dudley Steer: an English nobleman Parentage of Lis Napoleon., Louis Napoleon Botparte is the nephew of the great Napoleon maparte, and grand son of Josephine, his tst wife. The cap tivating wointin had tar children, both by her first linsband—Evne and Hortense lientiliarnois. Louis lonaparte, lather of him who is 110 W at thihead of the french people, was the third trother of the great Napoleon, and born e Ajaccio, (Corsica,) on the '..2d of Septi)rribr, 1778. His mar riage with the dangler of Josephine was not his own choice, in brought about by the joint labor of Ntrileon, and especially Josephine, who artfuly accomplished many objects by which she toped to make certain her own position vs Empress. The first proposal was made to him in July 1800, shortly after tlie return of the First Consul from the campaign, cte of the conflicts of which was the battle of Marengo. He then s;a% r: Jt a ale bided negative. Not long -11. it was renewed, but ;vith no better success ; and to escape further importunity, Louis Bonaparte made a tour of several mouths in Germans. In October, IS3I. Josephine, not at all discournm.,l by the two previous refusals to comp.y wall her proposals, made a fresh as sault upon Louis. One evening, during a bail at Ma!maison, site took him aside; Na poleon joining the confe:ence, and after a bipg conversation, "they made him give his consent," in the language of Louis himself, and on the dth of January, ISO% the con tract, the civil marriage and the religions ceremony took place at the private residence of the First Consul, in Paris. Hortense 13eaulittrimis had just left the celebrated boarding school of Madame Campan, and had no different part in the aflldr then her husband—both being instruments in the hands of the First Consul and Josephine.-- "Never," wrote Louis, "was there a more gbently cortnnony ; mver had husband and wife a strongeL presentment of the bitter ness o f a reluctant and ill-assorted union." And Madtme Campan, who WLIS at a ball triC'en in honor of the event, states that "ev ery cluistenanee beamed with satisfaction, save that of the bride, whose profound mel ancholy formed a sad contrast to thu happi -1)083 she 'night have been expected toevince. She seemed to slum her husband's very lest he should read in hers the indif-• ference she felt towards him." A Wife's Sphere. The powdr of a wife fur good or evil is irresistible. Home must be the seat of hap piness, or it must be forever unknown. A good wife is to a Irian wisdom and courage, and iirength and endurance. A bad one is confusion, weakties., discotnfiture, and despair. No condition is hopeless when the wife posssses firmness, decision, anti economy. Thew is no outward prosperity which can counteract the indolence, extrav agance, and folly at hOme. NO spirit can long endure had domestic influence. Man is strong, but his heart is not ackimant.- Ile delights in enterprise and act u, but to sustain hint he needs a tranquil' mind and whole heart. lie expends hit whole moral a force in the conflicts of tho •wl Id. To re cover his equanimity and co osure, home inust.be to him a cheerful 'pace of repose, of peace, of cheerfulness; r comfort ; and his cool renews its strengt" again, and goes' forth with fresh vigor to e own.er the lubor' and troubles of the world But if at home he ands no rct, riml is t .Iro mot with bad temper, selfishness, or g om, or is assailed by discontent, or compl:, nt, or reproaches, the heart breaks, spiri are crushed, hope' vanishes,'and the mid sinks into despair. CM" We speak 4.0 of being settled in' life—we might as idll think of cast,ipg aY l ' cher io• the midst • or the Atlantic . Ocean, talk of the porma nt situation of a stones that is rolling do .shill.'; ia"The citizens of Savnnnah, Ga., area . Luxuriating on fresh had.• 3 Eli=
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