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ORIGINAL POETRY.
WR'.TTUI K THE rOU'HIll MMOCRAT.
Tho Starry Hoaven.
BY J. C. M.
I nil' andwondcr'ns! gitiM
Upon iho ipanglctl arch of nigh I,
And the fading, shadowy hnzo
Tlirowi o'efinv heoMn wlld.delight i
And tlion a huly wonder tlirllti
AnUrnw8 aivay all thougttli of cnrlli,
And, cli t how deep a rev'rciicc HI la
Aa 1 think U'hercJlEAvfcN Iian its birth.
If far beyond those dazzling Hpheri't
Cacti Jooua fouI will wend its way,
Ifpur.h bright gHlt'irlng woi Id appears
ThU Mdcof llcavctrtclori'ifis d.iy
And tlit n tho rapture th.it must drown
Tlicfloul, wtiun ruing in in tlijihl,
To fjet tlio burning dazzling crown
Uy God ptiied on ltd trow ui light,
Or in sr.mo Binning cvrurnl fjn.ee
Doth cungtra itii I hit Mint mid blcbl :
And worlili ihvir mighty inward itr
Still ?iivq afuuml this placu of reit,
Mayhap thu fo.it is fjncoiilnicd.,
(And gl.nl. y thus my Bcmi.doili tin itt..)
Its wan 1-ring ncr th.illbe ilt fined,
(JoU'u chain of Iovu'b no b hiding link.
'i'Jieit Come 3 a thrilling il.jcp doiirc,
That biii-iis and glows with'11 in) brra't,
And then tln'iriMi g panting fiio
Will soon and trndly niuk to rest,
A Ijkr.ow of i lulHunic lift!
Timt pin nly rista up tu vitw,
Wiihull its lWr nnd painful drill-.
With till ita b np lit ujij ihiitn U huu,
O.i I Iww ran man wlio'f pirturulfiuin
fllsfVUI gioriotld 4 od nti
nl hov canh.j, wjihvuieo ull dumb
u I ho.irt ull uld ol pr.iyciful h ve,
C.iza on tin) trembling n.ira of ititit
VVfii.h(hi is to nenrour heavenly homo ,
Au.ljet loosed thin glormui sight
Draw notn lmk'or wdi,tj (roin mubc.
ORIGINAL SKETCH.
wniTTiN fon int foi.t ua.A nrMorjui.
THE PAINTER'S CURSE,
I1Y KATE.
In tlio latter part ofjho year 1810, there
lived in what was thcu culled Happy Vtl
lcy, a po:r piiutcr, a Spaniard by birth,
named Gonslcz.
It was on a very cold day in December
that I was called to attend the death-bed of
this very unfortunate man. As I entered
his poorly-furnished abodo my eyes fell on
a magnilieent painting which huug on tho
wall. The picture was mado to represent
u beautiful girl, perhaps eighteen years of
ngc, in tho act of plucking a rose-bud, but
a largo wasp, apparently pas:ing suddenly
to prevent her from doing as slio desired.
After I had been in tho old man's opart
ment somo time, 1 turned our conversation
to tho picture which had so much attracted
.my attention on entering.
" Whom, may I ask,"aid I, ''was that
beautiful painting mado 'to represent, Qon
ealcz I"
The old man heaved a sigh, and turned
heavily in his weary ceuch.
"Perhaps," I continued, "you do not
wish to inform mc."
" Vcs, yes," he niuUorcll quickly, but in
n very subdued tone, "I will tell you
About ono year ago that picture was painted.
anai young gin you ouscrvo tiiero is
was my only child. Very soon after that
was painted, some, villain who, I know
not enticed her to leave me, and look her;
God kuiiw's where. Oh, doctor, when she
left my house, I prayed tp Almighty God
to eternally curse Iter ! Hut, sir, could I
bco her ouco more beforo I dio that awful
:ursc I .1 might retract. IJut tell mp,
do"you know anything of her, that you
asked so eagerly I"
This account tho old man gave mo in
very broken sentences. 1 replied in tho
negative to his question, and promising to
call the next day, I left him,
I icturntd to my office, but my mind was
wholly occupied by tho painter's story and
tho beautiful portrait.
Tho following morning I attended my
patient, and found him very slightly im
proved. Idid not allude to our convcrsaiion
on thoprcviousjifiernoon, but promising to
return soon, I gave him sonic medicine,
uudjeft.
About imdnicht 1 was called tin to attend
a person who had been wounded with n
knife, and, following my guide, hurried
down to a dauco-houso situated about
where tho ".Bella Union" now ttands. I
found thowouudcd person t ,be a young
woman, and although tho cut was severe it
was not dangerous, It appeared that it
had been inflicted by somo drui'kcu wretch
with whom sho had refused to dance. I
attended tho young woman for several
days regularly, until rho was' out of all
danger, and each visit 1 mado I saw a
stronger rcscmblanco to tho picture at tho
li'iU33 of old Oojusalcz. 1 bevged her to
tell mo somo of her past history, and,'you
can imagino my surprise, when sho informed
mo sho was tho daughter of "Gonsaloz, tho i
paiuter;" Then, truly, I had been attend-'
ing both father and daughter at the samo
time.
In return for her confidence, I informed )
her that her fathor was alivo, and in this '
city, but was on his death-bed, (inking fast, 1
and it would be impossible for him t live i
nrire than two or (hrce days nioro,
She entreated mo to take her to fee him j
which finally, I consented to do. Sho j
thanked mo, and agreed to meet me next I
morning at eleven o'clock. I
According to her promise, Annette, (fur ,
mac was nor name,; met mo on ,iuc l-iazni
and wo proceeded to her father's house.
W'q entered softly tho front room, whore I
left my companion, while I introduced tho
subject to tho ding man. I asked him
what he would do, if ho was all iwed to see
his daughter once more. He s id he did
not Luow, ho ''might pardon her."
Annette, hearing thi.i, was unablo tc.
renuiu longer in tiloDce, and rushed into
the room.
Tho old man fairly kapc-Z up in his bed,
and gazed wildly about. Then ho stictolicd
out his arms as if to embrace his daughter ;
but, M sho approached, a horrible iti.m
of tlta 2ust seemed to pass over his wind,
and, fiercely repulsing her, he uttered an
j awful curst', and It'll b ick in his bed a
COIJliC fc if
boutc. tVLcl; after this sad scone took
place, 1 was called in haste to vii-it a per
son who hud taken prison. As we entered
tho house a terrible presentiment struelt
me, for it was tho residence" of tho erring
daughter. My miivingi were too soon
realized, for there lay tho body of Annette
Gonsaloz. Li lb was already extinct.
The curse of the father had indeed fallen
heavily upon the daughter..
Pomalo Intrepidity.
When tho warjof extermination betweeu
the Indians and Kctituckians was at its
hcighth, thoso who inhabited tho back parts
of the State of Kentucky were obliged to
have their houses built very strong, with
loopholes all around, and" doors always
fastened, so as to repel any attack from tho
Indians. AVhile tho owner of one of these
domcstio fortresses was with his slaves, at
work on the plantation, a negro who was
posted near to tho house saw a party of
Indians approaching, Ho immediately ran
to tho house, tho foremost Indian after him.
The Indian wasitho flcutest and as the door
opened to admit tho negro, thoy both jump,
cd in together. The other Indians being
somo distanco behind, the door was instant
ly closed by the planter's wife within, when
tho Indian and negro grappled. Long
and 'hard was the struggle, for, as in the
case of Fitz James and Hoderick Dhu, the
ono was tho strongest and itho other moro
expert, but strength this time was tho vio.
tor,"for thoy fell, tho Indian below; when
tho negro, placing his knees on his breast,
and holding his hands, kept him in that
position, uutil tho woman, seizing a broad
axe, and taking tho Indian by his long
hair, at ono blow severed his head from his
body, Tho uegro, then soiling tho guns,
fired thorn at tho other Indians, ybich, as
fast as discharged, wero loaded again by
tho planter's wife, uutil iho party from tho
field, hearing tho firing, arrived, and the
Indims took to flight.
t& It is probably not known to most
of our readers that Get), ('ass is a past
Grand Master of the GranJ I.odgo of Free
Masous of .Michigau. President Duchanan
is al o a Past Master of a Lodge at Lan
caster city, I'cnn. Vico President, Hon.
Mr. Ilrcckiuiidgo, is a member of Webb
Encampment of .Knights Templars, at
Lexington, Ky,, and the Secretary of tho
Treasury, Hon. Howell Cubb, is a member
of tho Order in Georgia.
I- Riddlo.
Tt is tho beginning of Ktornity,
Tho end of time and epaee.
Tho beginning nf every cud
And the end of every place
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., SATURDAY, OULY 25, 1857
A- BEAUTIFUL STORY.
A BREACH OP PROMISE.
11Y A nETIUED ATTORNEY.
"Is it possible, Hose Loavittl" exclaim
ed 1, as I saw a lady whom I recognized
ns ono of tho most beautiful heiresses of
Boston enter my office.
" I daro sa,y ynu aro surprised ; but iny
business is of a strictly lcgl character ; eo
you need not waste any exclamations upon
tho event."
Iloso Loavitt was a beauty and an heir
ess, but sho was a strange girl, lor all that.
Her father had died when she was about
bo divided between her and her two W'?um?d ,Lat-,f C T1, .man f .b"3!"0S3
thors. Claries and Henry Leavitt were
much older than she, and both of them
had long been settled down as quiet, order.
ly business men. They were respectable
in the fullest sense of the word, anJ were
.......
never Unawn to be erratic in tuo slightest
Roso seemed to h? cast in another and
oniirely different mould from that in which
thoy had ticen f rmcd. At school she had
been so wild, that neither master nor mis
tress could control her. Sho would have
her own way a peculiarly to which, I
am sorry to say, very many young ladies
aro addicted.
Voi tho proprieties of life I mean for
those yet formalities of life, which pass as
such in the world of fa-hion sho had a
novcrcign contempt. Sho hated dandies,
hated belles, hated pianos, muiic books,
French and German ".methods," in fact,
alio hcuticd strikingly disposed to livo out
her existence after the di tatcs of her own
fiticy, or her capiices, as tho reader may
cliposo to regard it.
Hie had passed int 3 her twenty-first
year, without haingijl -lie anything to call
the attention of the world at largo to her.
Her whims had only been manifested in
the sehojl room, cr it tho home of the
brothel' with whom she resided,
Sho was n:w ttventy-two, and was in a
fair way to become an historical character,
as I shall soon inform tho reader. Of
course Kbso had a profusion of lovers
heiresses always find them as plenty as
snow flakes at Chvistm.is. IJut ltose very
summarily disposed of this crowd, by se
lecting fruin them one who was certainly
a very superior fellow. He was .u:t rich,
ami had not been very forward in his at
tentions, until it was plain to him, and all
the world, that she had taken a fancy to
him. Charles Carpenter was poor, but he
sincerely loved the wayward girl, and would
not have bent at her shrine, if ho had not
loved her.
Then lloso, after sho had secured him in
her toils, as the spider docs tho fly, seemed
a little disposed to play tho coquette. Now
Chas. Carpenter had not assuranco enough
to deal with a coquettish heiress. He was
not a -man of the world. Ho was conscious
of tho vast difference in their social position,
and when sho began to flirt with another,
ho did not resent it; but seemed to regard
it as a change of sentiment on her part, to
which ho could offer no reasonable objec
tion. Calmly yielding to tho fato which
denied him tho bliss of being loved, ho let
" concealment liko a worm in the bud, feed
on his damask check."
llso flirted. A now star had risen in
the firmament of that circle in which sho
moved, in the person of Mr. Satnpsou
Declo. Ho had lately come from Daltiinoro,
was tho son of a merchant prince, owned a
fine estate on tho Rappahannock, in Virgi
nia, with two hundred negroes; in fact, his
surroundings wcro everything that could
be desired.
Roso flirted with him, and Mr..Sampson
i Dcclc was as. constant cs the needle to tho
polo. Soon tho flirtation assumed a more
serious aspect. Tho elegant gentleman
was over by her sido, and sho never failed
to smilo upon him. Poor Carpenter gave
up all for lost, and never intruded upon
her presence.
For about thrco months, Mr. Declo had
clung to her, and thcu it was whispered
that ho had proposed and was accepted.
Uoso's brothers were in ccstacies. They
had been fearful sho would throw herself
away upou n poor fellow liko Carpenter;
aud both of them declared it was tho most
scnsiblo thing they had ever known her to
do; inasmuoh as they did not expect much
of her in the matter of matrimony.
1 had heard all about these things as
matters of gossip, tpiticd poor Carpenter,
with whom I was well acquainted ; but tho
wealth, position, prospects and magnificent
expectations of Mr. Sampson Ilcclc could
not bo gainsayed.
' How is Mr Dccle '" I asked, when
Mti was --caled
" Ho is a knave!" replied she, stnarUy.
I was utterly as onished at this ebullition
of feeling.
" Head that letter, Mr, Docket, and let
it explain my business in n lawyer's of-'
Cce."
1 took tho document. It was from Mr.
Sampson Dcclc. From it I learned, for j
the first time, that the engagement between
tho parties had boon biokon up. It ap
peared that sho had formally dismissed
hiui. Tho letter was a strictly business
document. If ha had written anything
moro delicate, if he had remonstrated as a
lover against his banishment he had dono
it before this was penned, lu this ho laid
aside tho character of tho lover, and as
,00,iw ,"u 61 ,ur """T "T
, rciU' 1110 substanco f 11 tua' &
: wnt0.r w1ul(1 VocMo her for a breach of
P' ,f 'Vf?011 ' Z
" hliaU ,Mr' Uo3kcl 1 sho
i nt.lrpri rvinr. in Innrili. Tm. T inn1i1 nTicrtrvA
. ' "" ' v.,v
I tho trepidation that filled her mind.
trepidation
" Really, ltose, this is bad business.
Why do you banish him? I can conceive
what a terrible misfortune it must bo, to
be exiled from your presence."
" I 'bacished him bcoausc ho is a knave.
I can prove that ho is a gambler a pro
fcssional gamester.'1
" That will not bo sufficient."
" I feared not, but ono thing is certain,
I will never spoak to him again, lot tho
consequences be what they may."
"Have you committed yourself!"
" I hive."
"Have thcrCjbccn any letters 1"
" Yes, he h is everything in blaok and
white."
" Dad, bad, Roie."
"I Jiitnw .tint, or I should not li.no
come to you with such an a(fjir."'
lqucstioucd her close as to all the par-
j ticulars of tho affair. Mr. Sampson Declo
could have no bettor case, so far as appear
uncos went then. It looked ju:t as though
everything ho had donulud been done by
design; uud beftnc tho interview was fin
ished, I was satisfied tint ho was a scouu'-'
drcl ; that all ho wat.ted was my fair client's
fortune. But Uuao wa completely in hU
power.
For two or'three days I fretted over tho
case and then decided to go to Daltimore
myself. Enjoining upou Ucso the strictest
sccresy in regard to my movements, I dc
pjrtcd, It would take much space to narrate
the incidents of my search in Biltimorc;
besides it would spoil tho storj ; therefore,
I withhold them.
On my return, I hastened to Rose and
desired her to send for Mr. Dcclc. Ho
camo and impudently staled the grounds
of his claim to tho baud of tho heiress.
" How much will you buy off, Mr.
Declo?" I osked, with all appcaranco of
deep anxiety.
" Well, sir, I do not -wish to prosecute
the hdy. If sho has ceased to love me, it
is not iny fault; but it is not right that I
should bo a sufferer by her change of sen.
timcnts. She is worth, I am told, some
threo hundred thousand. I will not be
hard with her. Give me ono-sixth of her
fortune, and I will return tho letters."
"No, sir; we will not do that."
"Very well;" and he coolly roso ti
depart.
" Ono word more ; do you think your
claim upon tho lady is good ?"
" Undoubtedly."
" Wait a moment, then, and I will con
vince you to the contrary."
I opened the door of an adjoining room,
and Itoso conducted a lady who had eomo
from Daltimore with me, into tho apart
ment. " This lady will bo an excellent witness
for the defence," I romarked.
" Helll " shouted ho, as he sixzcd his
hat, and .rushed from the house.
Roso threw herself on the sofa nud
laughed till I thought sho would go" into
hysterics the crazy girl I
In u word, tho straago lady was Mrs.
Sampson Dcclc, wife of tho aspiraut for
Rose's ht,ud and fortune, whom tho wretch
had deserted several years before. So
much for my visit to Haltimorc, Roso
handsomely rewarded her for her trouble,
nnd it was a profitable journey to her,
About a yoar after, Charles Carpenter was
mado happy by receiving tho hand of
Rose, and lam pleased to add, tho has
mado a very steady wife.
SALT. Tho annual jtfoe'uct of tho U.
States is 12,270,000 bushels. Of this New
York produces six millions of bushels.
Virginia thrco millioiuTivo huudrcd thou
sand. The mauufatture is ranicd on iu
eleven of Iho States, thf bpno heme
drawn froa dei-i wells
Toot's Heads.
Sir Wal.er Scott's hat w.13 always tho
sjiallcstin any company ho happened to be
in tho head was pyrainidioil. Hyron's
was the same Sir Charles Napier in hh
diary thus mentions his meeting with Byron :
" Lord Byron is still here a very good
fellow, very pleasant, always laughing and
joking. An American gavo a very good
account of him in tho newspapers, but said
his head was too largo in proportion, which
is net truo. He dined with mo tho day
beforo tho paper arrived, and four or five of
ui tried to put on his hat, but nouob'ould ;
ho bad tho smallest head of all, and ono of
tho Bmallest I over saw. Ho is very com-
passionate andliiud to every one in distress.''
At tho opening of Burn's mausoleum in
1831, (or the interment of his widow, the
poet's skull was tiken up and .oxainincd.
Nino gentlemen wcro present, and every
ono tried his hat on tho skull. Only ono
of the nine could cover it, and that was tho
hat of Mr. Thomas Carlylo.
Pomalo Heroism,
Among tho noteworthy incidents of the
Montreal disastor, wa3 the saving of her
two children by Mrs. Illoomfiold, whoso
husband is iu tho employ of tho Grand
Trunk Company at Toronto, Sho held
to a r"pc with ono hand, keeping tho head
of one child above tho water with the other,
and holding the other up by fastening her
teeth in its dress. So heavy was her load,
that two of her teeth gave way and wcro
lost; yet she still retained her hold, At
last a boat came towards her, and men
were screaming all around her to be taken
on board ; she could lut scream, but a man
seeing her situation, brought tho boat to
Jicr telling them she needed aur tho most.
Thojihcr strength gave way, and she camo
near drowning ere she could be lifted into
the boat. She is a slight delicate woman
in appearance, and occ wonders how sho
was able to do so much,
A Fitting Monument to Franklin, Tho
tomb of Franklin is ji plain flag-stone
even with the earth can be so called is
eoncealed from public view by a venerable
brick wall at the corner of Fifth and Mul
berry ttrects, Philadelphia. Tho rcmaius
of tho lightning philosopher aro deposited
there, in the old burial ground belonging
to Christ Chpdi, An appropriate monu
ment has been accidently reared above
them, iu tho shape of a telegraph post, and
tho lightning is at constant play over, if
cot under, the eye of tho man who first
chained it to the cirth,
Hallway ami Steamboat Jtccidejits, It
appears from a list of the most serious rail
way accidents (except those resulting from
tho carelessness of passengers) which havo
occurred in tho United States or its imme
diate vicinity during the first six months of
the present year, that forty-five lives havo
been lost, and ninety-nine persons wounded
on railroads, aud sixty ono killed and
twenty wounded by steamboat acciflcnts.
CQf A train of cars on tho Slarietta snd
Cincinnati Railroad, whilo crossing the
dangerous trestle-work, twelve miles west
of Marietta, met with an accident that
might have been foreseen by any person
acquainted with the road. A ear ran off
tho track, and fell a distauco of fifty-thrco
feet, dashing it to pieces. Tho car con
tained thirty passengers, four of whom
were killed, aud twenty wounded.
iSy A man's woalth depends more up in
his wife, than upon his inoomc. Some
women will cause their husbands to bo
come rich on five hundred a year others
can carce keep out of jail on five thou
sand. Saving has made more fortunes
than getting. If married men aro poor,
in nice cases out of ten it is their wives
fault.
jt- Dear Maggie.
She found tho discipline of life
More than her heart could bear,
And so she turned her to tho grave,
And sought for refuge there.
And now sho lies with folded bauds,
In an unbroken sleep;
With peaceful heart, and tcarle33 0)o,
Whcro nono can mako her weep.
''I think our church will last a good
many years yet," said a waggish deacon
to Lis minister ; "I sec tho slcqers aro very
sound,"
S&" God is on tho nidc of virtuo ; for ho
who dreads punishmont suffers it, nnd ho
,lirt flnsorviva it drnnila it.
..w ..v..,v .., ........... ...
ST If you havo a ten dollar note,
aid desire silver for it, what puUio build
J nig would vnt nddr'" -X-elnnt.
SABBATH READING.
"I Iiavo,Lost my "Way."
" I have lost my way," a littlo child said
to mo this morning. It had wandered too
far from its father's house, "i want to
go homo," tho littlo child said, and her
toars fell thick and fast upon her little
hands. I led tho liitlo lost one home, and
it was sweet to witness tho rejoicing of tho
parents over tho restored lamb.
I have lost my way, I repeated sadly to
myself, in these deep labyrinths of life
my feet wander iu strange paths the fruit
which I had so fondly coveted, liko tho
apples of Sodom, has turned to ashes on
my lips memories of my glad, prayerful
childhood come sweeping over my soul I
havo left my Father' s house, and I, too,
want to go home.
God has made tho parent a typo of his
own infinite love ; and if an earthly father
.can say, " it was meet tint .wo suoum ue
merry and glad, for this my son was dead,
and is alivo again, and was lost, and is
found," how much more will our Heavenly
Father welcome tho waudcrcr's return to
his protecting love I Tho sweetest tears
shed aro those of penitoucj, Some of tho
noblest steps trod aro those which return
from wanderings. A greater than a fa
thcr's love waits to embrace tho prodigal.
o
Tjie Stream of Life;
Life bears us on liko tho stream of a
mighty river. Our boat at first glides
swiftly down tko narrow channels, through
tho playful murniurings of tho little brook,
and along- its grassy borders, trees shed
their blossoms over our young heads, and
the flowers and tho brink seem to offer
themselves to our young hands, wc axe in
hope, and grasp eagerly at the beauties
around us, but the stream hurries us on, ' future home,
and still our handj are empty, 0urcnur0 Egy ''Wild Cat," tho Seminole chief,
in youth and manhood is clong a wider . whogivc the Uuitcd StatC3 so much trouble
and deeper flood, and amid objects more ! 11'rlda' i3,aJ: Ho with forty others
' . . J . 1 of his people, fell viciims to tho small pox.
striking and magnificent. Wo arc annua-1 ,r ,, ... , , ,
, , . f , ! y Hath any wronged thec! bo brave-
ted by tho moung pictuio of enjoyment , ly revcugcd) Bylsht it) ana tbo work it bo
and industry passing before us; we are j gUn; forgive it, and 'tis finished. Ilo is
excited by short-lived success, depressed
and rendered miserable by short lived dis
appointment ; but our energy and our de
pendence are bath in vain. 1'ho stream
bears us on our joys and griefs aro left
behind us; wo may be shipwrecked, but
cannot anchor; our voyage may be hasten
ed, but cannot bo delayed ; whether rough
or smooth, tho .rivor hastens -towards its
haven, tho roariijg of tho waves is beneath
our keel, the land lessens from our eyes,
tho floods aro lifted up around us, wc take
our last lcavo of earth and its inhabitants,
and of our future voyage, there is no wit
ness but tho Infinite and Eternal,
Tlio Lord's Prayor.
I know that my mother taught it mo, for
linked with each petition is her presence
and her love. But I do not remember
when, I cannot recall the time I knew it
not. With my first best memories it lias
place My mother and " Uur Father which
art iu Heaven" havo watched over mo to
gether with protecting care, united iu their
love. And though 1 have learned to know
that my Saviour's lovo availcth more for
mo than mortal's can, yet still I feci iny
mother's as true, as constant to blcsi, far
as its power extends, and those dear names
aro linked together in my memory forever.
And how cau any child that has had tho
lovo and tho prayers of a mother, scorn a
Saviour's love, so liko to hers, self-sacrificing,
yet, more than hers, all powerful
I'hus it would seem that every heart should
be given to Christ. But alas, great as the
anomaly, every mother does not teach her
child to pray. Ah 1 'tis sad, yea, awful to
know it. But those who havo a mother
who teaches of " Our Father,' can cover
show enough gratitude and obedience, both
to the ouo and tho other ; for earth, with
all its sunshiuo aud its flowers, were but a
gloomy waste without the hope of heaven.
Love aD Ciuiuty. There is much
vaguo talk in these latter days about lovo
and charity. Men profess to admiro and
desiro to see them increased, and yet hato
the principles which alouu can produeo
them. Let us stand fast iu tho old paths.
Wc oaunot havo fruits and flowers without
roots. Wc cannot havo lovo to God and
man without faith iu Christ, aud without
regeneration. Tho way to spread truo
lovo in tho world, is to teach the atonement
of Christ and the work of tho Holy Ghost.
Teaiis and Lauqiiteu. God mado
both tears nnd laughter, and both for kind
purposes; for as laughter enables mirth
and surprise to breatho freely, so tears
cuablc sorrow to vent itself paticutly.
Tears hinder sorrow from becoming de
spair aud madness, and laughter i3 one of
tho very privileges ol reason peine; eonlineu
to i lie human W 5
VOL. XXI;
VARIETIES.
t& Keep Cool.
j6Sy- Gen. Cass, iuvariably goc3 to bed
at 10 o'clock, in tho evening.
EST Tho warm wcathoris driving peoplo
from tho cities into tho country.
r Gen. Walker, of Nicaragua notor
iety, ii 35 years of age.
f Ripe poaches aro among the luxur
ies at Mobilo and New Orleans.
JSJ Lovo is liko a river ; if ono channel
be obstructed, it seeks another.
D3F Accounts from tho north, west and
south, say that c;nps aro abundant. Oos,
wheat and potatoes in Canada never better.
Car Mr, Everett's oration has already
netted 823,000, to bo devoted to tho pur
chase of tho Mouut Vernon estate.
V3f Tho man who mado an impression
on tho heart uf a coquette, has tat en out
a patent for stone cutting,
S&" Spider bites can be cured, it is said,
by wettiu tho place affected with cold
water as fast as it absorbs or dries up,
BSy We nave heard of a fellow who
was determined to commit suicide, oven if
he had to perish iu the attempt.
EST" A sprightly littlo girl being asked,
"what is nothing ?" replied, "shut your
eyes and you will sco it."
CST Lightning, rods, should bo put up
beforo the barns arc filled with fresh steam
ing hay or grain.
CST Tho hoop question, liko ma'iy
others has two sides to it. The ladies take
(ho inside of course.
taJ- Gather fruits in dry weather," and
when the sun shines, and placo them cart
fully in the baskot as if they were glass.
Tbo smallest bruise comtncucc3 a decay.
loir Tho Czar of Russia has authorized
the erccliou of c church in the cemetery
at Sevastopol in Inuor of the brave men
who fell iu defeace of that place.
E5J- Col. Cummioc, of Missouri, op-
pointed Governor of Utah, will tako his
family to that territory and make it his
below himself who is not above an injury.
Cr A Piu.NTEii's Toast. Woman.
Tho lUrcst work of creation. Tho edition
being extensive, let no man bs without a
copy.
jtgy A Vermont mechanic has invented
a machine by means of which writing'inay
be done in the cars. Th machine is work
ed by a set of keys.
The highest price ever given for a
horso of which there is any authectic ac
count, was paid in 1851, for a race horso
thit brought 832,500.
tSS" According to an Iowa paper, there
aro -00,000 more males than females in that
State. Fine country, that, for marriagea
ble young ladies to emigrate to.
Caf A genius has discovered that tho
reason why ladies wear whalebone hoops
is, that tho whalebone being a noa cjn
ductor, prevents them from being struck
by the young iucu.
t&" Some genius his conceived ,the
brilliant idea to press all the lawyers into
military service, iu case of war because
their "charges" are so great that no ono
could stand them.
JCy Iu tho woid abstemious, the five
vowels of the alphabet stand in their gram
matical order a-e-i-o-u. Tho word l'ACE
xious presents the same accidental sing
ularity, add i'aci:tiously brings in tho v.
toy- Cincinnati, on Friday, was devas
tated by a series ol disastrous fires, thron
ing nearly three hundred operatives out cf
employment, and involving a loss of nearby
a quarter of a million of dolhrs.
Cay- A Washington letter states that
several of the President's housch Id aro
sick with intermittent fevqr caused by the
fogs arWngfrom the i'otomuc, which makes
the Whito House damp and unhealthy.
C2f "I never complained of my cjndi
tiou," says the Persian poet Sadi, '-but
ouro, whou my fect wcro bare, aud I had
no money to buy shoes ; but I met a man
without lect, and became contented with
my Iji."
C3Sf Dr. 1'rauklin was ouco endeavor
,iug "to kill a'turkcy by an electric shock,
v hen ho received the whole force of the
bat cry himself, .Recovering, ho good
humorcdly remarked, that, instead ol kill
ing a turkoy, ho had put an end to a goose.
Cay- Tho following is Prentice's last and
best squib. An old woman up in Henry
is col cctiug all iho Republican pipers tLo
cau lay her hasds on, to make soap of.
She sa s thoy aro desput slight better tlun
ashes thoy arc most as good as clour 'lie.'
EST Tho graves of 3mucl Adams asd
Johu Hancock, two of tho signers of do
Declaration of Indi-pondaneo, from Mas
aohusctts, aro in ,the Granary Bu.al
Ground, in Boston, without monuments to
mark them.
Cy A Fact. Many r. young ma in
making his first entrance into society, so
ignorant as to imagine ho is tho objee of
unusual attention, and that ovcrytbiu ho
docs or wears is subjected to tho mo1 ri
gid criticism, Of course, under suclcir
cumstauccs ho is sLy aud embarrasse, or
iusolcut nnd overbearing i hr acquit' his
cast and finds hh place as ho beWS
h'viut oi his ininfieancr