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The Miner's Revenge.
13Y BLUNDERBUSS
the sketch which I intend to give you now,
dear reader, is a true one—the main features of
Which will be recognised as more than a " mere
oinade of the brain," by thousands of persons
now residing within a day's journey of the spot
upon which lam sitting. Of the death of Fred
erick lioe at the hands of the populace of Sacra
mento in the spring of 1851—the reasons of it,
and of the circumstances attending, it—the
reader is still remindful, for it was one of the
most determined outbursts of popular indigna
tion and vengeance which any single individual
had, by his crimes, brought down upon him
self, since California had become an American
possession; nor has it scarcely been equalled
since.
The first time I ever saw Roo was in the fall
of 1850. I was travelling . through Bidwell's
Bar, a village of considerable note, on Feather
river; when I noticed a large crowd of persons
collected at the upper end of the town, assem
bled for the purpose of administering fifty lash
es to an individual 'in whose possession had
been found a couple of gold coins, which had
been identified as belonging to another person.
In addition to that punishment, the popular
verdict was that his head should be shaved and
two hours given him to take his final leave of
that section of the country. The man was a
perfect stranger to the village, having taken up
Lis residence at that place but two days previ
ous ; and from the fact that his accuser was a
gambler, and that it was at the instigation of
that peculiar class that he was king punisled,
aroused a suspicion in my mind of the justice
of his sentence, which was much strengthened
by the honest and open bearing of the man, and
the earnest candor with which lie avowed his
innocence. His name was Walsworth, and,
from the different statements, I soon became
convinced that the matter stood thus : That
morning Walsworth was standing in a gamb
ling-house watching a game of monte, when.
Roe; who was engaged in betting against it
with no success, managed to take from the
table, while intim act of " cutting" the cards,
two Bolivian ounce pieces, upon which had
been scratched, for some reason-, iv pecidiar
mark. These he handed to Walsworth, telling
him, merely to change his luck. Knowing but
little about the game, he at first refused, but,
upon being presSed, took the coins and threw
ono of them upon the table. The piece was re
cognized by the dealer, who inquired-of Wals
worth how ho came by it. The victim inform
ed Miff that it had been given him to try his
luck with, and pointed to Roe, who was stand
ing at the other side of the room, as the man
from whom he had obtained them. Roe was
called for, but, seeing how matters were, denied
that.he had given it to the man, or that be had
ever scon him before. Walsworth was instant
1y searched, and the other piece was found in
ids pocket, which he, of course, accounted for
in the same manner as the first, but which Roe
again denied. Circumstances were against
Walsworth, for it was certainly considered a
singular transaction for a man to trust his
money in the hands of a stranger ; and as Roe
was well known and the other was not, the word
of the former was taken in preference, and the
latter, after a hasty trial, was sentenced to the
punishment which he was, receiving on my ar
rival. Owing to the number , of persons sur
rounding him, I was not enabled to get a sight
of him, until he had received his sentence in
full, and was on his•way down the river, after
snaking an unsuccessful search through the
town for Roe. He left an open note for him,
lioweVer, which was read by myself and seve
ral others previous to its reaching its destina
tion, which tend as near as I can recollect,
thus:
" Mr, Ron—Sir : ThrOugh your villany I
suffered a humiliating disgrace—a dishonor
which will render my life one of .misery to
its latest hour. I am innocent, as you well
know, and, had not my time been limited to
two short hours, your dying breath should
have acknowledged it ere another day. I shall
now live for but one thing,—revenge. Go where
you may, my eye shall be upon you, 11 nil so
surd as there is a GOd above, my satisfaction
shall in less than one year be complete and
dreadful. " JACOI3 WALSWORTH."
The next time I saw Roc was upon theocca
pion and at the time mentioned in the beginning
*of this little sketch. lie was then a French
month dealer, and carried ou his operations as
such in a disreputable den on the corner of
Front and J streets, in Sacramento city. On
the morning of the day of his death, he had
drank pretty freely, and being very irritable
when under tho influence of liquor, he ordered
from his table a miner, who had made remarks
to a bystimder in relation to the honesty of the
game: Tho miner refused, and a rough-and
tumble street tight in front of the house was the
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VOLUME IX.
rate them, when Roo pulled a revolver from his;
belt and shot him, causing a wound which
proved fatal two days after. Roo was arrested
and lodged in the station house, then located in
the basement of a brick building on the corner
of Second and J street. Thimble-riggers and
French monte sharps were then getting into bad
odor, and as soon as the circumstances of tlfe
murderous attempt became known—or rather,
as soon. it was noised about the streets that
such a ced had been perpetrated by a gambler
upon an " honest, hard-Working man," a crowd
commenced gathering in front of the station
house, which, in half an houi, swelled to the
number of some two hundred persons. Up
to this time but little excitement had been
manifested by the assemblage, and T have no
reason to believe that the thought of lynching
him had been entertained or even suggested by
a single individual present ; they bad collected
from motives of curiosity—a desire " to learn
the particulars," and nothing more. At this
moment the startling cry of " Hang him ! hang
the murderer !" burst from a single throat in
the crowd, but thd tone in which it was utter
ed was so lona, firm and decisive, that all eyes
were instantly turned upon the speaker, who
was a man of perhaps forty years of abe, with
a stout, well-formed person, and a long, heavy
beard, which covered his face to his very eyes.
He was a:stranger to those present, but his in
telligent-looking face and the garb of a miner,
in which he was clothed, entitled him to some
respect, and as he slowly mounted an empty
merchandize box, not a word escaped from the
crowd. Ho removed his liat and turning.
pointed to the mison and addrcs,ing the salt
ering i•
" To that prison," he sail " is a murderer,
a d.hief and a gmolder. He has mordent
noticeable citizen before your eyes:, rind is now
waiting for his money to buy his release, and to
stalk forth again in your midst with the ticcd
of his victim upon his hands ! There is no
such as law in California for the punish
ment of such villains, except it be administered
directly by the people. I say, brio; him out
and ham!, him as Haman. Who :.ays
Yes to it ?"
The miner descended from Ids rostrinn. but
not until he had tired the train. His words
hail the desired effect, and a Inindred voices
took up the savage shout, and " Hang him !
hang him !" resounded through the assemblage,
which was rapidly increasing in numbers as
well as violence, until the street adjoining the
prison became demCly crowded. Shouts of
vengeance and defiance of law now went up
from every quarter, striking terror to the heart
of the ironed culprit as lie heard his sentence
pronounced by the excited mob without. The
whole police force of the city was stationed
around the door of the prison, and the Mayor
vainly resorted to alternate threats and. prom.
ises to disperse the crowd. The only answers
were groans and hisses, mingled with cries of
" Break the door down !" " Bring a rope !"
"
hang the murderer !" •
The minerwho had ignited the flame,satisfied
with his work,-now withdrew from the crowd,
with his arms folded, silently , awaited the
result.
The streets near the prison now became a
solid mass of human beings ; saloons, hotels
and restaurants were deserted, and clerks,
waiters and proprietors, joined the excited mob
and lent their voices to the general cry. At
length, a demonstration was made towards the
prison door. Upon a balcony overlooking it
now appeared the May sir of the, city, who arrest.
edthe movement by again asking to be beard.
He appealed to them' as good citizens to dis
perse—pledged himself that the murderer should
not escape, but be tried, and, if found guilty,
hung. Citizens did the same, but nothing
could shake the determination of their. audi
tors ; the cry of " Down with him," and
groans; hisses and insults, now greeted all who
spoke in favor of the prisoner.
Five o'clock came; the crowd was still con
gregated in threatening numbers around the
prison ; hour after hour had . been consumed
in listening to speeches and suggestions, which
bra been received" by groans, or shouts of ap
proval, according to their character. Jhe mob
was growing impatient, and in a few minutes
more would have forced the door of the prison,
when a proposal was made which received the
almost unanimous approval of the assemblage.
It was, that a jury of twelve men be dejec
ted, that witnesses should be examined, and
that the prisoner should be tried and a verdict
pronounced within two hours. The jury was
selected, who repaired to the Orleans hotel,
and the trial was commenced. The evidence
was conclusive of the prisoner—there could be
but one opinion.. Yet, for hour after hour the
announcement of the verdict was withheld by
the jury, in We hope of the dispersion of the
crowd as the evening advanced. Eleven o'clock
drew near, and still no diminutlon of the num
ber • could be observed. A great portion of
them were collected around the Orleans, and the
cry of " Verdict! Verdict ! Give us the ver
dict !" now greeted the cars of the jurors, who,
A nrlUll.l . UDIIIIDAI - TAIIIIIIIAI lID HIIIIP2IIIM3
ALLENTOWN, PA., JUNE 27, 1555.
seeing the uselessness of longer deferring the
announcement of their decision, came forward,
and from the balcony of that hotel pronounced
tho virdict of " Guilty,'.! upon tho prisoner,
which was received With a shout of triumph
by the crowd. '
A rush for the prison was made ; long lines
of armed' police were stationed on each side of
the door as well as *inside the prison, who had
orders to shoot down the first man who at
tempted to force an entrance. This, for a mo
ment, seemed to check the infurited mob as
they gathered round the door, apparently wait
ing for some one to take the lead. But it was
only for a moment that thay quailed before the
determined front of the police ; for the next, the
bearded miner, who had first applied the match
to the train whose flames were now about to
devour the prisoner, stepped boldly to the door,
and was followed by a score of strong arms
bearing a huge beam to be used as a battering
ram in breaking through the wall which divided
them from their victim. The hands of the
officers were upon their weapons, but the miner
stood unterrilied in their midst, and calmly
infor:mai them that to draw one drop of blood
at that niument would be but to bring upon
themselves a punishment as dire as that which
no earthly yowez ecula now prevent tho prison-
er from rc:!eiviu;,... The crowd et:Lt.:rad the
words of the speaker with a most terrific yell
—the iicliderotm beam was brought against the
door With a crash that shook the building to its
very centre--the police gave way—and the
pla coaled nob stood in the presence of thei:
victim, who, paralized with fear, lay prostrate
in his chains. TM irons were tiled and broken
feom Lis limbs, and an escort, followed by the
whole of the immense assemblage, hero him in
trim:lll +.3 a large oak near the corner of N and
E.•r:htl: sts., beneath a sturdy branch of which
he was 1,;11:1.11ed while the . preilaraticim for his
c.secutiun %Vat) progressing.
Thu night was intensely dark, not a solitary
star looking down upon the plisonei to cheer
him with a smile :or the future, and the frown
or Him who has said, " Vengeance is mine, and
I will have it," seemed to hang iu the back and
loweriug clouds which hovered over the solemn
ocene. Torches were lighted, which cast their
dila glare iiitso the pale featues of the ismer,
disclosing to him the determined faces of the
executioners, and the vast concourse of specta
tors which surrounded him on every side. A
rope Ira; at length procured, the knot adjusted
over the neck of the culprit, the ropo passed
round the limb above, when ho was asked
if lie had any requests to make or any
thing to say. He replied in the negative, and,
when questioned concerning his nativity and
relatives, he had strength only to answer that
he was a native of England, where his mother
was then residing.
The - word was given to man tho rope, and the
first to step forward was the miner. He passed
within three feet of the prisoner, and, when op
posite him, turned and gave him one look. A
mutual recognition passed, and, with a groan,
the murderer sank upon his knees, and the
other grasped the ropo as he hissed, almost in
the very ear of the prisoner :
" NOW comes my turn I"
The order to " haul away" was given ;
dozen men gave a pull on.the rope, and the
corpse of Frederick Roc hung dangling between
the heavens and the earth.
I will not describe that scene, although it
was the most solemn and impresiive I have
ever beheld; my intention is to show whether
Jacob Walsworth fulfilled his oath, which I
think he did to the very letter, for the miner
and Jacob Walsworth were one:
311i5rtlininoul
HOME EDE MEN,
Mr. Edward Bates, one of the most anima
lawyers and wisest statesmen of the West, thus
wrote a few days since to a committee of the
Missouri Legislature who invited him to become
a candidate for the United States Senate:
" My habits arc retired and domestic, and all
my sources of happiness are at home."
Well indeed was it for him that it was. so,
and well indeed for others ! Mark the differ•
moo between the influence of the homo. made
character and that which is made out of doors !
History . with its coarse pen dwells, it is true,
almost exclusively on the latter class, but in
that great book in which the incidents of all
real life arc written, how predominant will be
the former ! The example of gentle tenderness
at the fire-side,—of manly .and yet delicate ad
herence to trnth,—of severe honesty in private
business,—when coupled with such ethinent
SUCCESS as that of Mr. Bates, tells ou the com
munity far more elfeetually than the dashing
exploits of the General or the brilliant oratory
of the Senator. Viewed in personal or a public
light, the history - of the home made man stands
in strong relief. " I have watched two races of
politicians to the grave," said a late eminent
judge, " and.' have seen nothing but vanity and
wretchedness." • It is the fashion, it is true, to
sneer at the " slow" dulness of xacla y
home
life. But it is by the fire-side that
practical
genius,—that genius which helps itself • N , A , Ae.
helping others,—takes its origin. Watt }vas
watching the pot boiling in the chimney when i
the action of the steam on the lid brought
gradually home to him the great discovery
which immortalised his name. And this, in
deed, may bo taken as an apt illustration of
that wonderful influence which radiates from
the centre-table where the children arc gathered
together under the light of the astral lamp, and
which leads to these signal discoveries by the
young philosopher,—how self conquest is the
greatest of all conquests,—how loving others is
'the best • way of loving self.— and how the
no-a; awls heart is the only heart which, by
being independent of tho world makes the
world both its servanCand its beneficiary. And
then while home becomes thus the best repre
sentation of heaven on earth, it becomes the
best preparation on earth for heaven. 'The
worldly man has no points,—wo speak with
reverence,—at which divine grace can reach
him. Take away the oltiect of his ambition,
and he is soured ; add to it and he heroines in
toxicated. Send him sickness, and ho only
writhes iikc the wounded snake. But the un
aling of the home-hcart by cutting oft' its
earthly elects of love, turns the fountain of dint
love direct to heaven. The bereaved soul looks
its heavenly parent in the face all the more
clearly because of his chasti:ement. Sacred in
deed then is that hearth-fire whose presence,
gives happiness on earth, and even \rims° ex
tinguiskinent serves to open the vision to the
eternal glory of heaven !---Ei.itcorul Bcconicr.
Hydrophobia.
Some seeds have beta received at the Patent
Office frau New rleant, fu ;tri bution, which
aro used in St. Bernard's Parish, Louisiana, for
tho cure of hydrophobia. The plant, originally
came from Mexico, and the seeds clone are em
ployed fur effecting a cure of this ptculiar dis
caJo. At) way to t:su it is, to step the seeds
in wino fn• about twenty-four hours—three
seeds is a full dose—and three doses are given
to a patient every day, for nine days.
The discovery of a perfect antidote for hydro
phobia would really be one of the most import
ant ever mado in medicine, for although many
substances have frcni thno time been brought
forward as curatives, still no one was really
proVed so. Thu case of a patient who died in
the New York hospital on the 15th of last
mouth, proves that this disease is not altogether
well named. Thu physician found, that the
most distressing part of the Malady is the dif
ficylt y (I;4d pain in swallowing, arising from
sharp spasmodic action of the muscles concern
ed in this function, extending sometimes even to
those of the neck and chest, anti producing a
feeling . of alarming constriction of the organs of
respiration, causing almost complete, though
• temporary suffocation, and thus aggravating if
not actually exciting the convulsions, with the
more or less violent contortions and discolora;
tion of the countenance, protrusion of the eye
balls, and other active and painful symptoms.
But ho experienced no dread of the sound of
water, and even took sonic in his mouth, but
found great pain in an endeavor to swallow it.—
lle Was carefully treated, with cool cloths ap
plied to his head, mustard poultices to his feet;
and the administration of anodyne and nourish
ing enemata, but he died in twenty hours after
ho was admitted.
The peculiarity of the hydrophobia poison is,
that it may slumber in the system for some
time, and then begin to exert its terrible power
in somo unexpected moment. This patient
was bitten five weeks before he was taken to
the hospital, and the wound was perfectly
healed, but, although the poison slumbered so
long in his system, it at last did its fearful
work.—Scienyic American.
City of the Bead
Greenwood Cemetery, New York, may be
called such. The register at her gates, where
many enter for lodgment, but none return,
numbers bard upon'2o,ooo —a dumb population,
cold and silent as the Marble over their beads,
on which vanity and ambition have written
words, hoping thereby to scare away oblivion.
City of the Dead, P'opulous with forms—rich,
poiir, young, old, biave, beautiful, and gay—
once animate as our own, but now crumbled or
crumbling in the embrace of decay. What
hopes, what aspirations, what secrets arc buried
ther . e—and many a grief, too, for which life had
no nssauger. And what pomps crown the
the green turf there—urn, obelisk, and temple
tomb, as if these could survive when the pyra
mids are passing away. Grim Death, thou
alone bast the rand that dispels, mortal illu-
Sions; measurirk the true stature of the beggar
and the king, am t writing on the brow of pride
and presumption, , " how little is man." Where
the winds sigh or' ge out there in the beauti
ful City of the 1)e and the murmurous voice
of the sea forever f.st s nature's anthem, man
may learn how well . could be if the lives of
tho living were ten' by the lessons o
Death.—N. Y. Mir.
NUMBER 88.
HOME AND WOMAN,
Our homes—whaV aro their corner ofonei
but the virtue of a woman, and on what does
social well-heingrest, but on our homes ? Must
wo not trace all other blessings of civilized life
to %lit iloors of our private dwellings ? Aro not
otir beam -stones guarded by holy forms, coif
i n g al ; t11.1'41, and parental love, the corner ston
of Church . at. ` l StAto,....more sacred than eithe
more necesgtiryi 114 1 111 koth ? Let our temples
crumble, let o '4lte edifices, our halls o
justice crumble, a cmiltslitits of state be lev
elled with the dust ; but spate h I
our Mlles
Let no socialist invade them vviuillis wild plan•
of community. Man did not invent and he
cannot improve or abrogate them. A : in : ; , u
shelter to cover in two hearts dearer to cat
other than all in the world ; high wallg to
elude the profane eyes of every human being ;
seclusion enough for children to feel that mother
is a holy and peculiar name—this is home ;
and hero is the birth-place of every secret
thought. hero the Church and State must
come for their origin and support. Olt! spare
our homes ! 'rho love we experience there
gives us out faith in an infinite goodness ; the
purity and disinterestedness of home is our fore
taste and our earnest of a better world. In re
' lations there established and fostered, do we ,
find through life the chief solace and joy of ex
iiience. What friends deserve the name coin
pared with those whom a birth-right gives us?
One mother is worth a thousand :Fiends ; one
sister truer than twenty intimate companions.
We who have played on the game hearth, under
the light of the same smile, who date back 'to
the same scene and season of innocence and
hope, in \those veins runs the same blood, do
we not find that years only make more sacred
and more important the tie that binds ? Cold
ness may spritig up ; distance may separate ;
difl'erent spheres pay divide, but those who can
love anything, who continue to love at all, must
find that the friends whom God himself gave,
are wholly unlike any we can choose for our
selves, and that the yearning for these is the
strong spark in our expiring aaetion.—Ex.
lie's Nothing but a Mechanic
" He's a poor boy and a mechanic !" contemp
tuously sneered a village belle as her compan
ions rallied her upon the attention of a young
blacksmith. And so American aristocracy
sneers at tho hardy sons of toil. This belle's .
father had risen from hostler to shoemaker, and
front shoemaker to pork speculator. A fortu
nate land purchaso carried him clean into the
".upper circles," and his family put on airs
about as natural and becoming as the colors of
the homely-footed peacock.
The blacksmith asked the hand of pork spec
ulator's daughter and was refused. Sho look
ed higher. She scorned a mechanic ! She be
longed to an aristocratic family !
The said belle soared high and, lit low—she
married a stranger who proved to be a pen
niless loafer—a penniless loafer—a journeyman
tinker. • '
The blacksmith has been in tho American
Congress, and enjoys, an enfiable name ns a
statesman of talent, integrity and raro moral
worth.
let ho is nothing but a mechanic !
Strawberry Cakes.
Sift a small quart of flour into a pan, and cut
up among it a half pound of best f . resh butter ;
or mix in a pint of butter if it is soft enough to
measure in that manner. Rub with your
hands the butter into the flour, till the whole is
crumbled fine. Beat three eggs very light ; and
then mix them with three table-spoonfuls of pow
dered loaf sugar. Wet the flour and butter with
the beaten egg and sugar, to as to form a dough.
If you find it too stiff, add it little cold water.
Knead the dough till it quits your hands, and
leaves them clean. Spread some flour on your
paste board, and roll out the dough into a rath
er thick sheet. Cut it into round cakes with
the edge of a tumbler or something similar ;
dipping the cutter frequently into flour to pre
vent its sticking. Butter seine large square
iron pans or baking sheets. Lay the cakes in,
not too close to each other. Set them in a
brisk oven and bake them light brown. Have
ready a sufficient quantity of ripe strawberries,
mashed TO made very sWeet with white sugar.
Reserve some of your finest strawberries wholii.
When the cakes are cowl split them, place"
them on flat dishes,. and cover the bottom
piece of each with mashed strawberry, put on
thickly. 'filen lay on the top pieces, pressing
them down. Have ready some, ieing, and
Spread it thickly over the top and down the
sides of each cake, so as to enclose both the upper
and lower pieces. Before the icing has quite
dried, ornament the top of every cake with the ,
whole strawberries, a large one in the centre,'
and the smaller ones placed round in a close
circle.
These are (tendons and beautiful cakes if
properly made. The strawberries, not being
cooked,. will retain all their natural flavour.—
Instead of strawberries you may use raspber
ries. The largo white or buff4olored raspber
ries is the finest, if to bo eaten uncooked.
Does the Ikon affect Vegetation.
Very many practical farmers will be prompt
to answer this query in the affirmative. Pliny
says that if we would collect grain for the pur
pose of immediate sale, wo should do so at
the full of the moon ; because, during the -
moon's increase, the grain augments remark
ably in magnitude ; but if we would collect the
grain to preserve it, we should chose the new
moon, or the decline of it. This masiM May
find some feeble support in the fact, that, as a
general thing, more rain falls during the in-
crease of the moon than during its 'decrease;
which may account for the augmentatkin of
the grain in Wilk, or size of the kernel ; but it
assuredly requires a robust faith to suppose
that the moon at the distance of 240,000 miles
from the earth's surface, can have any appre:- .
ciable effect upon thO grain, either in increasing
or diminishing its bulk. The same author .
also prescribes the period of the full Moon for .
sowing beans, and that of the new moon for
sowing lentils.
There is also an approximation to something
like an established principle observable, in the
practice of the Agrinomes of South America lit'
their treatment of the two classes of plants dis
tinguished by the production of fruit Oh these .
roots, or on their branches, but we are unable
to indicate ant • I -* • • • • •
-Gs though they were susceptible of the clearest
and most positive proof. There is scarcely cf,.
single detail embraced in the wide • routine of
agricultural enterprise and effort, into whicli . .
this superstitious prestitnption of lunar power .
does not more or less extensively intertwine
itself. Tn some respects, it is perfectly harm
less ; in others, its effects are more momentous;
and positively, detrimental to the pecuniary
interests and well-being of those by whom it it
indulged.—Germantown Tclegraph.
Ricl► Men in New York.
Ilere are a million of people nearly, most ot
whom aro trying, or at least strongly desiring
to be rich, and the number who have succeeded
in that object is but ten hundred and sixty !
Of these, three hundred and fourteen are put
down at one hundred thousand. Two hundred
and five have attained the rank of nine hundred
and fifty thousand. One hundred and fifly-nine
enjoy the distinction of two hundred thousand.
Seventy-nine have risen to the height of a quar
ter of a million. Seventy-five have reache ' d
the grade of three hundred thousand. Eigh
teen have the rare facility of three hundred and
fifty thousand. Thirty-seven have Itvon the
commoner glories of four hundred thousand.
Three individuals only have paused at four hun
dred and fifty thousand ; while seventy-three
have pressed forward to the grandeur of a half
million. Twenty-four have proceeded to six hun
dred thousand ; twenty-five to eight hundred
thousand ; and sixteen have attained the giddy
height of one million. rive have gone on to a
million and .a half, six, to two millions ; one,
to three millions ; two, to four millions ; one,
to five millions ; and one stands, solitary and' .
alone, on the pinnacle of six millions.
FIDELITY.
... Never forsake a- friend. When enemies'
gather thick and fast around him—when sick
ness falls heavy on his heart—when the world
is dark and cheerless, this is the time to try
tme friendship. They who turn froth the scene'
of distress or offer reasons why they should bo'
excused from extending their sympthy and aid/
betray their hypocrisy, and prove that selfish
motives only prompt and move them. If you
have a friend who loves you—who has studied .
your 'interest and happiness—defended you"
when persecuted and troubled, be sure to sus
tain him in his adversity. Let him feel that his
former kindness is appreciated, -and that his'
friendship was not lavished on you for naught;
Real fidelity may lie rare ; but ft exists—in the
heart. Who has not seen and felt its power ?
They only deny its worth and power who have'
never loved a. friend, or labored to make a'
friend happy. The good and the kind, the af
fectionate and Abe virtuous, see and feel this"
heavenly principle, for heavenly it is; it is
fruit gathered from a sacred germ implanted by
heaven in man's bosom. And true fidelity has"
its reward. In may be slighted by some, over
looked by others ; but pure minded men cul
tivate and cherish fond andtmtlying love for it.
As the diamond is found in the darkness of
the' mine, as the lightning shoots with most
vivid flashes from the gloomiia-it cloud, sp does
fidelity proceed from a heart susceptible to the' .
calls of deepest melancholy, and shows itself
brighter mutt stronger in the adversity of to
friend.—Alirror the Times.
DOlell do It.
Neve• make use of an honest woman's name
in an improper time, or in a mixed company: -
:". , ;ever make assertions about her that you'
think are untrue, allusions that you feet Ore .
herself would blush to hear. When you meet°
with men who do not scruple to make use of s'
woman's name in a most reckless Manner, shun".
them, for they are the very worst members tri r
the community—men lost to every senSe
honor, evtry feeling-of hi vanity:'