COLUMBIA
DEMOCRAT,
AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER.
LEYI L. TATE, Editor.
"TO HOLD AND TIUM THE TOUCH OK TllUTII AND WAVE IT O'ER THE DARKENED EARTH."
$2 00 PER ANNUM.
VOL. 14.--NO. 11.
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA-, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1800.
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TUu drink tlu tuji. iay soul for Uii'f,
M bout for tliae.
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"Ob w liy h.it tli'ii furs ' '"
He buwa Mi h ill Haiur h t ;
ua, Mi'iiJ'riu butil, li.' du-ti for Hums
He uics luc tli 'c ' j
Ana rir our, with jti.Tte I huniiti,
I'u li.ui;f uun tin turned tr'1''.
1! U uv. lay i'iiil, in U :ii-u li" t,tndi,
A.i AdW.Uj, t.) pl.-iid r.-r tli'.'. I
Tu i-lc.il'ftir th'. !
IU di.'d.h t r hii ltr h nil I114I1,
lix.tltl, rnnri', Hfdi-fin. r. Kiag,
,uw iliru' In-t Mud tu tin I lruu';lit nili,
Ki-'juici: Liy tul. In I't'tiK Mii,r,
THE 1NOAS DAL'liHTElt.
A I'CUL'VI.V.N I.KUEN1).
at tlie begliniiii of tliu si&toi'iitli cuntury.
Jiiiid wlio was. rcmiirkalilc for his lovu of tlie
nrt-i, uipucially tlio'c eonnci'tuil itli tin
itiiprovoiiicnt of liis capital, proclaimed
,'thut vlio.-ouvur would find nicaiii of eou
vcying water with facility to hU palace
mid to Uu.co, tliould receive in marriage
Lis oungett itaughtiT, then a heautil'ul
''girl in thu fii-ht bloom of womanhood.
"j'l'hi.i offer was no jooner made, than a
f'younj man appeared, called H.i.-r.aii, ,-ho
dcclarud hinujlf capable of pLrformin the
great work, lie was iinmediatcly funii-h-?ed
with as many men, and all the niateri-fHal-j,
which ho thought proper to demand,
hjid the work wa commeiiCLd,
3, i 11110 ine won;, noHever, was in pro
gw, an incident occurred which d-imV'd .
the ardor of tho youth for tlie aceompli.h-1
-mwit of what he .had uudertakeu, audi
(.u,.ii,,,. ,'i . 1
ueeijeu to overtlirow ail expectations ol its ,
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over being completed. Among toe nuiuur-
a.,. .1.. i.iiin.itj , ,1 .. i' . ,. i
OU3 uttv'Uilauts unun thu warlrinn i ini tn
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j.iijjui.mwii u. iiiun iuu'i, ana tuu earo Ol
the camp in which thev dwelt, there an-
neared a nirl of irraat liennKv ivlm svl.ili. .
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uttendl Hf iinnn in r !.it.iir. v;is nlw.'f'iI
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Jjy the youtiilul engineer, wlu becama so
violently enamored that hi, attention wu
distracted and turned from the object upon '
which his mind had been hitherto bent-
He saw that the accomplishment of tho
work he had undertaken would result in '
his marriage with the daughter ofthe luca, .
imd this, though accompanied by all the
liouor.) tlie sovereign could bestow, would '
depiivo him of that which ho valued more l
than life, and tie him to a bride whom ho
bad never seen, and had now ceased to
desire to know.
. i Owiug to this state of Hassan's mind,
neglect, languor and disorder reigned in
the encampment of the workmen, which at
first seemed to every ouu to ariso from a
conviction on the part of the ongiueer that
tho accomplishment of tho work was be
yond his power. Soino timo pasaed with
out any change, during which Hassan had
frequent opportunities of meeting tho young
attendant to whom ho had become attach
ed. This however, was by and by remark
ed by tho peoplo in fueh a manner as to
induce the young girl to retire, and return
119 more to the camp distracting still more
the mind of tho engineer, who was uuable
to' obtain any further information concern
ing her.
'''Tho confusion into which everything was
,now thrown becamo known to tho Inea,
who soon learned also the real causo of
.tho engineer's default, and determined to
take his revenge by putting to death the
subject who had ho grossly and so openly
insulted his sovereign. Tho character,
'however, of the offeuce was Mich that Hub.
au wa fent for beforo ht exoeutiou, and
appeared, guarded, in the presence of tho J
Inea, who sat upon his throno, Mtrroulid-1
cd by his nobles. Huaca, liappcning to j
bo a uiau of moderate passiom, asked the ;
culprit, in tho presence of h'n nobles, i
whether ho had anything to say before his
execution in extenuation of the eiime ho
had committed by treating his sovereign I
with contempt.
To this tho young man replied, that ho
j had only to thank hi-j sovereign for all the
favors ho had received, and more especial
ly for that ho was about to receive, which
would place him beyond tho reach of such
Mitloring as ho had endured since ho had
became acquainted with tho innocent cause
of his lnKtortuno.
At tin iiiom.Mil that tho Inea was about
to commit him to the tender mercies of tho '
executioners, tile girl w. havo incntioird
suldcnly appeared among the crowd of
nobles, dressed as sha hid bjon in the
camp of the workmen, and, rushing into
the centre of the ball, exclaimed :
" iitay, Inea! Arrest the hand of ju.
tiee for a moment, while I put one que-tiou
to thu unfortunate culprit. It shall bo
such a. tho Iue.i will not disapprove.'' '
i'Vom tlu moment of this strange app tri
tion, until the demand of the giil, thore
was not .1 sound to be heard. The whole 1
of the nobles present remained motionless '
and i-ilent. lint, had no embarrassment
oorhelmod them, the provenue of ihcir
sovereign would have retrained equally
th.ir words and their acts. lluasca, who
alone seemed unmoved, nodded assent to
tho demand of the girl, win now walked
up to the youth, and laying her right hvind '
upon his left shoulder, and standing a lit- 1
tie on on') .-i.le, that his countenance might 1
bo well seen by the lue.i, said : ,
" Young man of tho hills where the Inea I
is ever known: subject to lluasea! hast
thou ehoaou tho child of the vales in prof- !
orenee to thu daughter of thy sovereign ';" I
To whhdi tlu youth after steadily re- '
ganling the luca, replied : I
"The uill of tlu- great source of light
be done. Tlie sentence of the lue.i is I
just." I
Then turning to the girl, ho said :
' I go now with joy to dwell wh tj I
shall await thy coining, to po-sess thee for
ever.
' liat wherefore eouldst thou not," then
said the girl, "accomplish tho work which
thou hast uudei taken ("
"It had been done," .said the youth,
"had the labor been accompanied with the
hoiie of iposie-ain ' thee."
At this reply the young girl, su Ideiily
throwing oil bur upper gtrments, which
had hidden those which would havo be
trayed her tru' diameter, and taking the
' entranced youth by the hand, advanced
ul tu tl,u.loot 01 tUu U,ra"u ot U' 1UMi
a" ' ef;l!l""c"
" ' lathur f tLo C "I,U'L'"
sun, I who:u thou lovest as thyself, demand
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the reims;ion of t ho ."-elitenco against the
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youth, now bowed down before thee, until
J ' '
it is known whether
tho 'treat work h
; has uudertakeu can be accomplished or
)t."
Inea Iluasea, who;o alfection for his
'
daughter was beyoml all other leeliiiirs.
J
uk'ctrlli!;'1 h! t,,J cmirrciieof signified his
!lul,t t0 tho Prol'"Bl- A w "101!tlis
turltl',is 11,2 fcid il'l"cd,UCt Wa3 1
Vj"' Vm,
' ' '
OLD AGE.
How beautiful is old age ! Tho sun is
over brightest when it is about to sink bo
low the hori.ou and hide its r.idnnt brow
behind the eurtaiusof a peaceful sleep. It
i3 in tho evening that tha nightengalo sings
its swcctc.il songs, and it is in the autumn
time that nature is ripest and looks inot
golden and beautiful ; how can it bo then
that the sun-et of life should be less joyous
and eluci'ful than its meridian.'
Ago is a mighty thing. It has triumph
ed over tho trials of life, and flushed wit'1
victory it awaits its reward. From blood
less lips, tho youth, as ho sits gazing into
the wrinkled features beforo, hoars the ex
perience of the past i ho ij warned of tho
shoals and quicksands of life. Thus ago
is mighty again, for in tho hot blood of
rising generations it sends its own genius
and directs ita course.
Age is a holy thing ; it is tho sanctuary
of well spent lives ; it is the tcmplo at tho
top of tho ladder of existence, where totter
ing limbs and wearied hearts may (ind re
pose, whenco thoy may look back without
regret upon tho great world they are to
leave, with smiles of encouragement to
thoio who aro still struggling amidst tho
stormy waves of fortune.
t"r Simplicity, veflned and chafto, has
beauty's charm to miudi of taste.
TI1E .1ACKSOX-DICKINSON DUEI,.
I'rom "lMttwi'a i.ifu nr Andr'w j.-ukxin."
Tlio famous duel between Jackson and
Dickinson h generally known, but I'.tr-
ton,s recent life of the former gives an ex-1
eclleut account of the affair, w.th some cir -
euiiistances that are new.
Dickinson's second won the choico of
pOMtion, and Jackson's the office of giving
tho word. Tlie astute Overton considered
the giving of thu word a matter of great
important, and he had already dctcrmin
ou now no would give it it tlie lot fell to
him. Tho eighty pieos were meaMired olV
and tho men placed ; both were perfectly
collected. All the politeness of such oc
casions was strictly and elegantly per
formed. Jackson was dressed in a looso
frock, buttoned carelessly over his chest,
and concealing in some degree the extreme
sleiiderness of his figure. Dickinson was
tlie younger and liand.-omer man ol the i
two. ISutVTackson's tall erect figure and !
tho still intensity of his demeanor, it is
sain, jgave mm a most sup.uior anil com
maudiiig air as he stood under tho tall
poplars in tlie brightjMay morning, silent
ly awaiting the moment of doom.
".Are you ready ?'' saidOvcrton,
" I am ready,'.'' said Dicki.ison.
" I am ready," said Jackson.
Tho words were no sooner pronounced
than Overton, with a .sudden shout, cried,
in ing his old country pionuuciation,
"Feare !"
Dickinson raised his pislol quickly and
fired. Oveiton, who was looking wit'i
anxiety and dread at Jackson, saw a puff
of dust fly from the breast of his coat and
saw him raise his arm mid place it tightly
across his chest. "He is surely hit,'
thought Overton''and in a bad place, too
but he docs not fall." Erect and grim as
fate he stood, his teeth clenched, raising
his pistol. 0ertou glanced at Dickinson.
Amazed at thu unwonted failure of his aim
and appalled at thu awful figure and face
before him, Dickiuou had uucouciously
rocoiled a step or two.
"Groat God V ho faltered, "have I
missed him .'"
"Dick to thu mark, sir!" thundered
Overton, with his hand upon his pistol.
Dickinson recovered his coinpouro,
stepped forward to thu peg, and stood with
eyes averted from bis antagonist. All
this was but the work of a moiiiciit,though
it requires many words to tell it.
General Jackson took deliberate aim
and pulled the trigger. The pistol neither
snapped nor went off. llo looked at. the
trigger and discovered that it bad stopped
at. half-cock. He drew it back to its place
and took aim a second time. He tired,;
Dickin -oil's face blanched ; ho reeled ; hi.s
friends rushed forward, caught him in
their anus, and gently laid him ou the
grass, leaning against a bush. They strip
ped off his cloths. Tho blood gushing from
his side in a torrent. And alas! hero is
thu ball, not uecr the wound, but above
the opposite hip, just under thu skin. The
hall had passed tlnougli the body, below
the libs. Such a wound could not but be
fatal.
Ovcitou i.'eut forward andjearued the
condition of the wounded man. Rejoining
his principal, ho said : "He wont want
anymore of you, General," and conducted
him from tho ground. They had gone a
hundred yards, Overton walking on one
side of Jackson, tho surgeon ou the other,
and neither speaking a, word, when thu
surgeon observed that one ot Jackson's
shots was full of blood.
"Oh ! I believe," replied Jackson, "that
he has pinked mu a little. Let's look at it
Rut say nothing about it there," pointing
to the house.
llo opened his coat. Dickinson's aim
had been perfect Ho had scut thu ball
preciscly whero ho supposed Jackson s j capo of steam shook it, and caused a pecu
heart was beating. Rut tlu thinness of liar noise, nearly enough resembling the
his body aud the looseness of his coat com- chirping of somo in-ects to suggest ihi
billed to deceive Dickinson ; tho ball had ' name by which it has now been known in
only broken lib or two and raked tho 1 the family for a very long time our "crick-breast-bone.
It was a somewhat painful tt on tho hearth," Liko the tablo and thu
lad-looking woand, but neither 6ovcre nor 1 watch, this kettle has been adding divi-
dangerous, and bo was able to lido to the
tavern without much inconvenience.
Upon approaching tho house ho went
up to one of tho negro women who was I silver. It has suug its song so regularly
churning,and asked if the butter had come? I and cheerfully, that not only the kitchen,
She said it was just coming, llo asked ' but tho whole houso would bo lonely with
for some buttermilk. 'While she was get- out it. It has gives ui its fragrant bless
ting it for him, she saw him furtively open ing morning and evening, aud has come
his coat and look within it. She saw that ! almost to bo regarded as a living and talk
bis shirt was t-aturatcd with blood, and
stood gazing in black horror at the tight,
dipper iu baud. Ho caught her eye, and
hastily buttoned up bis coat again. Sho
dipped out a quart measure of Buttermilk,
and gavo it to him, He drauk it off at a
draught, then ho went in, took off his coat
aud had his wounds carefully examinod
and dressed. That d no, ho dispatched I
j one of his retinue to Dr. Gallct, to inquire t
respecting tho condition of Dickinson, and'
Uaid that the surgeon attending himself
would be glad to contribute his aid toward 1
1 3Ir Dickinson's relief. Tho polito reply was
I returned that Mr. Dickinson's case was bo-
yondurgery. In the course of the day
j Jaekson tent a bottle of wino to Dr. Callet ,
. for the use of his patient,
iut thcro was one gratification which l
1 Jackson could not, even under such cir-'
cumstanees.graut him, A very old friend
of Gen. Jackson's wiitcs me thus: "Al-
though tho Qoneral had been wounded, he
did not wish it to bo known until he had '
left the neighborhood, and therefore had I
concealed it at first from his own friends', j
His reason for this was, as ho once stated
to mo, that as Dickinson considered him-
self the best shot in the world, and was j
certain of killing him at the first lire, he'
did not want him to have tho gratification J
even of knowing that ho had touched him.'' i
SELLING OLD THINGS.
Sell that old table 1 No ; 1 11 not sell
it. It's only a pine table , that's true ; and
it co-t but eighteen shillings iio years ago ;
but your 810 bill is no temptation. And
I'll not swap it cither, for,, tho prettiest
mahogany or cherry table that you can
bring me. If it has four plain turned legs,
instead of a pillar in tho middle, with li
on's claws, and if the marble top is only
varnished naiicr, still I will not swan it.
It has been to niu a very profitable invest
ment. From tlie day it eamo homo it has
been increasing its own capital. My chil
dren made a play-house and drank tea in
their toy cup3 under it, for which I thank
the four legs ; and when thoy got tired of
that way, they turnad it upside down, and
made a four post bed with curtains ; or
pulled it round tho carpet for a sleb'h.
Then they climbed on it for an observato
ry ; and never counted the glorious romps
they had round it. And so along for i!.-;
years it has paid its dividends of happiness
to my family circle. These dividends nev
er could be separated from it; but they
have become added to it, until its value is
not to be told in money. It has had its
quiet use alo ; for nobody could tell it
from a round table with its salnion-bord-cred
green cover.
Nothing lasts forever. Tho top of the
table was loosened by tho bard use it got,
so I took a punch, drove in tho eight penny
nails below tho surface, added a few screws,
puttied them over, and pasted marble pa
paper checkers over tlu top. Then it was
really a pret'y table. It has had hard
usage since, but bears all ; and the check
ers waul renewing, which will make it
worth more yet.
My watch is .'ill years old. It is one of
tho-c thick silver levers, which some poor
wits call "lurnips." It has been several
times suggested lo me that I might exchange
it for a thin modern j,old watch, that wears
easier in the liocket. Wlieu'l do, voumav
set mo down for a barbarian. Not tho lest
! gold and jeweled " hunter " m existence
would tempt me to swap. That watch
walked tho time when my children were
bom, and tho record u set down in the
Family Bible ; it has ticked in their ears
when thoy could only speak by laughing at
' it, and kicking up their little heels. It
' has marked tlie timo when tho doctor's
I medicines wcru to be given, and counted
, their little pulses when these were low at
i midnight, and when tho heart ached. It
has made many records that aro fast scaled
up to be opened only when another timo
comes.
Twenty-seven years have passed since
my wife and I went out ouo evening and
bought our tea kettle. Tho filling of tho
lid was a little imperfect, so that tho cs-
dends to its capital ever sineo tho first day
of its purchaso, and tho' nothing but iron,
it could not bo bought for its weight in
iug creature,
It is never a good fortune that sells such
old friends out of a family, and takes iu
uew ones that havo no history and no
tongue. Iu all tho changes that havo so
far taken placo, I havo kept these silver
bowls unbroken, and suroly no changes in
the future shall break them,
SOUL'S SOLITUDE.
It is the lot of some novcr to bo positive
ly happy j their nearest approach to it is
resignation. They are resigndd, Imt nev
er glad. These are tho beings who think
profoundly, feel a cutely, whose discerning,
spiritual eye penetrates thu abyss of the
past and of tho future. Their mental and
moral faculties are broader and farther
reaching. Their sensibilities more sen
sitively strong, more keenly alive, and
thoso belonging to beings cat in a common
mould. They seem to hoar all things, see
all things, suffer all things ; and to this
soul, to whom is given tho power to seo,
and feel, and comprehend, dwelling as it
docs, in the bosom of uurcaled mystery,
often shrinks back, sad and battled, bear
ing upon its heart too great a burden of
profound thought to be ever lightly gay.
This soul encircles all things ; it turns in
sadness from the unsolved problem of tho
physical universe, to mue and marvel over
the phenomena of man ; upon tho pro-
spects and posibilties,upou the being and i
destiny of the imprisoned and alien soul,
winch for a little time sojourns in fleshy
tabernacles. Vainly it asks science and
philosophy to explain. Height and depth I
say, " Not in us." Th" universe of stars 1 nients m youth, though lie may seek to
is cold, and dead, and tongiuIess,and they I niako them white again, can never wholly
exclaim as Pascal exclaimed : " Tho Jo it even were ho to wash them with his
eternal silence of the infinite spaces aff- le:xr:i- When a young man leaves his fath
rights mo." cr's house, with the blessing of his mother's
To such a soul religion only can bo a i tVM wut ul)0 his forehead, if hs once
comforter. Ilannv is it if it receives this loses that purity of character, it is a loss
livino consoler. She says : "Now thou
, art embosomed in mystery, but in tho
hereafter thou shalt understand." If it
nnn nnlv lnnn in.Ati
great soul is content to wait amid tho
blended harmony and discord of this
transient life, until the glass which reveals
darkly shall be removed. Then it knows
that it shall " see eye to eye" with the
Father of all mystery and of all know
ledge. LiJi.MUiU I.
There is a dreadful ambition abroad for
being "genteel." We keel, un anpearan-1
ccs too often at the expense of honesty ;
and, though we may not bu rich, yet wo
must seem to be so. Wo must bo "re-
, , ,
spec-table, though only in tho meanest
sense in mere vulgar outward show. We
havo not tho courage to go patiently on-
ward, iu the condition of life which it has
ipleasedGod to call us; but must needs
mu in some i.isniouauio state to wlucu we
ridiculously please to call ourselves, aud
all to gratify the vanity of that unsubstan
, tial genteel world of which we form a
jpait. There is a constant struggle and
' presrurc for front beats ill the social ampi-
theatre; in the midst of which all noblu,
self-denying resolves is trodden, and nia
I ny fine natures aro inevitably crushed to
death. What waste, what niiserv. what
, , , .. ., . r. . iu ..in uo una me to use tiiat arm for at
bankruptcy, come from all this ambition to iotet a couple of mouths or probably more.
I .l.,ln nil, ;.!. i. ..i.... r ....Ia: n 1 J
worldly success, wo need not describe.
The mischievous results show themselves
in a thousand ways iu tho rank frauds
'committed by men who dare to bo dis
honest, but do not daro to see them poor ;
and iu the desperate dashes at fortune, iu
which the pity is not so much for thosj
who fail, a for tho hundreds of innocent
families who aro so often involved iu their
ruin
Mr. Hume hit the mark when ho once
stated in tho House of Commons though
his words were followed by laughter that
tho tono of living iu England is altogether
too high. Middle classes of people aru
too apt to live up to their incomes, if not
beyond them ; affeeting a degree of f-ty lo
which is most unhealthy in its effect upon
society at largo. There is an ambition to
bring boys up as gentlemen, or rather
"genteel" men ; though the result fre
quently is, only to make them gents, Thoy
acquire a taste for dress, style, luxuries,
and amusements, which can never form
any solid foundation for manly or gentle
matily character; and tho result is that we
havo a vast number of gingerbread young
gentry thrown upon tho world who lemind
one of the abandoned hulls sometimes
picked up at sea, with only a monkey on
board.
Sy-' Jim,' said ouo youngster to ano
ther on tho Fourth ; 1 Jim, lend mo two
cents, will yer ? I got up so early that I
spent all my mouoy before breakfast. 1
didn't think the day was going to bo so
long."
ItSf Thcro arc but three rouuds in tho
ladder of a negro's ambition a banjo,
bossbarbcr and a white wife,
BSy" The victory is not always to tho
strong,'' as the boy said when he killed a
pkuuk with a brickbat., ,
DURITY OF CHARACTER.
Over tho beauty of tho plum and tho
aprioot there grows a bloomand beauty
moro cxqtiisito than the fruit itself a
soft, delicate flush that overspreads its
blushing cheek. Now if you'striko your
hand over that, and it is once gone, it is
gone forever ; for it never grows but once.
The flower that hangs, in the morning Jut
peailed with dew arrayed as no queenly
women ever was arrayed in jewels onco
shako it so that tho beads roll off, and ou
may sprinklo water over it as you please,
yet it can never bo made again what it
was when the dew fell silently upon it from
heaven 1 On a frosty morning you may
see the panes of glass covered with land
scapes mountains, lake, and trees, blend
ing in a beautiful, fantastic picture. Now
lay your hand upon the grass, and by tho
.-.cratch of your finger, or by tho warmth
of your palm, all tho delicate tracery will
be obliterated. So there is in youth a
beauty and purity of character, which
when once touched, and defiled, can never
bo restored a fringe more delicate than
frost work, and which, when torn and
broken, will never be re embroidered. A
,lu" who lias spotted and soiled his "ar
i '',at 'lc ean never make whole again.
I ueh is the consequence of crime. Its of-
' frets cannot bo eradicated, it can only bo
THE GREAT FIGHT.
In a letter lo Wilkes's bpirit of the
Turns, this week, tho editor says : "
" I have only to add that, however un
willing Englishmen may be to see the belt
of the British Champion clasped around
the victorious loins of au American, thev
I must, unless their boast of 'fair play' is 'a
delusion and a snare,' reconcile themselv-
c to "'c spectacle; for the 15 mica Roy
mmo Ior " cau wl " a"u will hav
it. G. W."
orririAi. dkcisio.v of the kcfuukk.
Hell's Life m London, April 18, '(10.
j-mv. t.ivis.uu ui luu euiioroi icil s Jjiie
in London," who acted as referee in the
( match between Ilceuau and Sayers ycstor
imy luo i"-'-) was that the men
1 hhwh Hht ".Saiu tIlis wuck n "'0
"' K Cr.
SAVER'S CONMTIO.W
The following is a copy of the physician's
certificate concerning the condition of Say
c.'s :
l-'EHTIFICATE VllOM TUB SUrtflEO.WS OF ST.
THOMAS'S IiOSl'ITAE.
Ilavinsr examined Mr. Thomas Savers
this day, wo are of opinion, from thu eon
i tiisctl state of tho muscles, tendons, and
" ' , "o ngut loio-ariu that
Svdnkv Jones, F. R. C. S. M. D..
E. Claitox, M. D., M.B. C.I'.jF.R.C.S.
6. Thomas's llosjiiltl, April -'1, I6U0.
A.nt trir-ATi.Nti Evir.. Enjoy the pres
ent, whatever it may bo, aud not be solici
tous for the future ; for if you take your
foot from the present standing, and thrust
it forward towaul to-morrows ko, cuts you
aro in a restless condition. It is liko re
fusing to quench your present thirst by
fearing you will want drink the next day.
If it bo well to-day, it is madness to make
the present misjrable by fearing that it
may be ill to-morrow. Ho therefore, is
wise who enjoys as much as possible ; and
if only that day's trouble leans upon hiui,it
is singular and finite. -"Sufucieut to the
day is the evil thereof;" sufficient, but not
intolerable. Rut if wo look abroad, and
bring into one days thoughts the evil of
many, certain and uncertain, what will be
and what will never be, our load will bo
as intolerable as it is unreasonable.
I'ltovEiins uonnt I'nESEiivJNG.- Has
ty people drink the wino of life scalding
hot. Death is the only master who takes
his servants without a character. Con
tent is the mother of good digestion.
When pride and poverty marry together,
their children aro want and crime. When
hard work kills ten, idleness kills a hund
red men. Folly and prido walk side by
side. He that borrows binds himself with
his neighbour's rope, Ho that is to good
for good advieo, is to good for his neigh
bor's company. Friends and photographs
novcr flatter. Wisdom is always at home
to those who call. Tho firmest friends
ask the fewest favors.
6SS" Why aro nhcpherds and lishormau
liko beggars ? Bocausa thoy live by hook
SABBA'mjlEADIM:
WE MEETAQAIN
BY MOH1 flOMERY.
Jovri-L word., we meet njtain I
Love's own language, comfort Jartini'
Through the louts of frliiHj at partli .
Life in death, c meet again 1
U'hito we walk till. alo of teat.,
Compass,., 1 round with care and ami my,
;loom to day and dorm to-morrow,
"Meet aguiu I" our botom cheer..
I'ar in exile while we roam,
O'er our lost cudearmcntH eepmj,
l.unily, mlcnl vigil. keepulB,
"Meet again I" transport, u. home
When this weary wotld ia past,
Happy they, who.e (pint, (oatins.
Vast eternity exploring,
"Meet again 1" in heaven at last
SPUItGEON'S GEMS
Ir you want truth to go around ti.
world you must hire au express train W
pull it; but if you want a lie to go rouu.i
tho world, it will fly: it is as light as u
feather, and a breath will carry it, It is
well said in tho old Froverb, "A lie will go
round tho world while truth is pulling on
its boots," Nevertheless, it does not in-
juro us; for if light as a feather, it trawlj
as last, its effect is juit about as tronien
dous as tho effect of down, when it is blown
against the walls of a castle; it pr 'rcos
no damage whatever, on account of its
lightness aud littleness. Fear not, Chris
tian. Let slander fly,' lot envy send forth
its forked tongue, let it hiss at you, your
bow shall abide in strength. Oh 1 shield
ed warrior, remain quiet, fear no ill ; but,
like the eagle in its lofty eyrie, look thou
down upon tho fowlers iu tho plaii tuin
thy bold eye upon them and say, "Shoot
yo may, but your shots will not reach half
way to the pinnacle whero I stand. Waste
your powder upon me if ye will; I am be
yond your reach." Then clip vour wings,
mount to heaven, and thsro laugh them tt
scorn, for yo have made your refuge God
and shall hud u most sccuro abode.
What would her Majesty think of her
soldiers, if they should swear they weru
loyal and true, aud wero to say "Your
Jlajesty, wo prerer not to wear theso regi
mentals ; let us wear the dress of civilians?
Wo are right honest men and upright ; but
do not care to stand in vour ranks nr..
kuowlcdged as your soldiers; wo had
rather slink into the enemy's camp, and in
to your camps too, and not wear anything
tiiat would marl us as being your sol
diers!" Ah! Some of you do thu s.irn
witli Christ. You aro going to bo secret
Christians, aro you and sliukinto the do-,
il's camp, and into Christ's Camp, but ae.
knowledged by none I Well, ye must take
the chanco of it, if yo will bo so; but I
should not like to risk it. It is a solemn
threatening, "of him will I bo ashamed
when I come iu the glory of my father,
and all his holy angels with me." It
solemn thing, I say, when Christ sajs,
"Except a man take up his cross aud fol
low me, he cannot bo my disciple."
Le.VUX to look unou God ag bni'n,. .
, o
severe in his justice as if he wero not lov
ing, and yet as loving as if ho wero not su
vere. His lovu does not diminish his imt.
ice, iu tho least degrco, mako warfare up
ou his love. Tho two things aro iweetly
linked together in tho atonement of Christ.
liut, mark, wo can never understand thj
fullness of tho atonement till wo havo first
;raspud the Scriptural truth of God's im-
muiise justice. There was never an il.
word spoken, nor au ill thought conceived
nor an ovil deed don", for which God wil.
not have punishment from some one or
auothcr. llu will cither have aatisfaetim
from you, or else from Christ. If you
havo no atonement to bring through Christ
yoa must forever bo paiug the debt whi.h
you never can pay, iu eternal misery ; foi
as surely as God is God, ho will sooner
lose his Godhead than suffer one sin to go
unpunished, or one particle of rebellion un
revenged. "Feau not, thou worm Jacob, and yo
men of Israel ; I will help thee." Cuuit
bring your fears out to-night, and ajrvu
them iu the worst way you ean. Hang
them hero upon tho scaffold. Como now,
aud blow them away ut the great guns of
tho promises, let them be destroyed form
or. They are renegade mutineers; let
them bo utterly destroyed, and let us go
and sing, "Therefore will wo not fear,
though tho earth bo removed, and though
the mountains bo carried into tho midst of
the sea ; though tho waters thereforo r-iar
aud be troubled, though tho mouufa i
shake with tho swelling thereof." u
help thee,', saith the Redeemer
Till, suu will sbino on tho duughill, but
C hrut will not 6hiuq onth9h3 eVjjJij