THE STAR OF THE NORTH. Bj Weaver & Cllroorc.] • .11 rj • .■ VOLUME THE STAR OF THE NORTH ft published every Thursday Morning, by Weaver & Gthnore. OFFICE—Up staifs in the New Brickbuiiding on the eolith side of Main street, third squar*.btlom Market. TERMS TWO Dollars per annum, if paid within six months from the time of subscri bing; two dollars and fifty cents if not paid within the year. No subscription received for a less period than six montlvs: no discon tinuance permitted until all arrearages are paid,, unless at the option of the editors. AuvEjifisKMF.NTS not exceeding one square, will be insetted three times for one dollar, and twenty-five coots for each additional insertion. A liberal discount will be made to those who ad- j virtue by the ycqr. i .1 ' *, ! "J North. LINES* • Written on viaring the grave-yard at the ■ Presbyterian Church of Briarcreek, on the mor -71 ing of Ihe 3 d of June 1830. BY B. RVNYAN, 1 passed the lonely "round Where lay some father's bones, I thought 1 heard a sound Which spoke in Wanting tones. _ There soma in Jesus sleep In that lone quiet place : Bit others howl and weep, While banished from God's face. There many bitter tears Were shod o'er parting friends ; Vet God protracts our year's And still his mercy sends. u The old, the young, the fair, Are subject to that late ; A voice near says prepare To enter heaven's gate. ' if you neglect the grace Which brought us life and love, j Yon cannot have a place With Christ in heaveu above. ' I l'repaie, Oh friends prepare 'lo meet that solemn end! Oh ! will you all forbear, Your kind attention lend. 1 ask you not lo lend A listening ear to man. But oh your thoughts extend Aiid view the Gospel plan. OUT human bodies must Dissolve and then return Back to their native dust Cod's truth more to confirm. Dear friend, that rosy cheek Will soon in death be cold ! 0 come and daily seek Tuc lore that's ne'er untold. Tlien wlien our flays shall end, And we must bid t'orcwell; God will sweet comfort send, And all our fear's dispel. It is belter to go to the bouse Of mourning than to the house of feasting because by j the sadness of the countenance the heart is | made better. But laughter repelleth 6erious 1 thoughts and weighty considerations. ► SIIQRT PATENT SERMON. 1 shall give you a sermon to Jay, drawn ' Ito in the following text: The lady who before a tub, "ron the lloor ashamed to scrub, And cares no! who calls in to see Her laboring so industriously, Will make o wife for you or me. My hearers—it was ordained by Heaven— riot by the devil—that every man should I have a wile, and every woman be blessed with a husband. In the beginning, God roado two of the genus homo —of opposite sex. '%e one he elected positively, and the other one negatively; so thai when they "ap proximated, their mystical effect would fbe produced from the onfe to the other. The how, the why, and the wherefore, no mortal has yet been able lo understand*—neither is it necessary that he should. The sexes nat urally approach and adhere to each other, through some myslereoui influence that ad- 1 mite of 110 solution. Let it suffice that it is so. When the Creator made Auam, he saw that it was not good for him to be alone, so he mesmerised the man—dug a rib from his side without the least particle .of pain—and from it he made Eve, to be helpmate for him, as well as a fancy plaything. Now, w-ithoulknowiug what love was, they couldn't help loveiug the moment they set their eyes upon one another. He cast sheep's eyes at her at a distanootand she threw some hill ing glance in return, that fired his soul, and set his heart vibrating like a splinter upon a ehesiiut rail iw a sou' wester. They finally , fame together just as naturally as a couple of Hpple syeds swimming in a basin of water, fiutrilnia'.ed as they were at fltst, *nd(having little or no manual labor to perform—Eve i could be -of little real utility to Adam, and j Adam couldn't do a great deal for Eve. Still. rfiey ftved atid were ready to assist each other, in oase of any emergent casuality, " and so when they found that aprSns were necessary, they|sat to, and with the needle worked together for mutual good. Eve on ly wtalemtood plain sewing—she knew noth ing about your embroidery, laee working, and piano playing, and oared about the same. The couple were perfectly happy in their rude and rongh stum, until the old sarpint got among 'em, and even then stuck to each other through thick ami iMn—through all the bramWing vicissitudes of life—from Par adise td Perdition. 1 My brethren since you know that "mar riage is adivine institution, and that every one of you should have a wife, what kind of n rib would you sblect?A pretty little use. BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.i THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1850. ■ less doll, or a woman big and spunky enougi j to rassel with a bear, and come off first best I imagine you would care nothing for eithe extreme; but you would look for persona j charms. 0 you foolish idolatois at thi ' shrine of beauty!— Know you not that hun I dreds of husbands are made misetable b; handsome wives and that thousands are hap I py ill the possession of homely ones? home Ily without, but beautiful within. Alas I what is beauty 1 It is a flower that wills ani I withers almost as soon as it is plucked, i I transient rainbow, a fleeting'meteor, a deceit , ful will of the wisp sublimigated moonshine j The kind of a wife you want is of good mor I ala and knows how to mend trowsers, whe ; can reconcile peeling potatoes with practi eal or flxshtoiiablo piety, whc/caojwallx with the ohura-dash, and sing with the tea-kettle —who understands brooniology, and the true science of mooping—who can knit stockings \ without kniting her brows, and knit up hei husband's ravelled sleeve of care—who pre fers sewing tftres with her needle, |to"eowing the tares of scandal with her tongue. Such is i decidedly a better half. Take her if you can get her, wherever you can find her—let her j be up to her elbows in the suds of a wash I tub, or picking the geese in the cow stable | My hearers—my text speaks of a lady be fore a wash tub. You may think it absurd, but let me assure you that a female can be a tody before a tub or in the kitchen, as much as in the drawing room or in the parlor. , What constitutes a lady ? It is not a costly dress, paint for the cheeks, false hair and still falser airs ; but it is her general deport ment, her intellectual endowments, and tha' i evidence of virtuejwbich commands the si lent respect and admiration of the world. She would be recognized as a lady at once , —it matters not where or in what situation she were found—whether schorching bed ! bugs with a hot poker, or hollering hallelujai at a Methodist camp meeting. All that 1 have farther to say, [fellow-bachelor, is that, I when you marry, see that you get a lady I inside and out—one who knows how to keep the pot boiling, and looks well to hei household. So mote it be! Dow,[Jß. Character and Integrity. We havo somewhere seen a notice of a Rotterdam thread merchant, who had accu- I mutated fifty .thousand dollars by his Own in dustry, punctuality and integrity; and it was 1 remarked ot him that he never let a yard ol bad thread go out of his hands, and would never take moro than a reasonable profit. By these means he acquired such entire pub lic confidence, that his customers would as willingly send a blind man or child to buy for tbem as to go themselves. We refer to the case not to intimate that , We have no instances among ourselves, but for the purpose of suggesting the great value 1 to any business mao of such a character, and ! the exceedingly [agreeableness to dealers 1 with him of the confidence he inspires. And we affirm nothing.extravagant in sayiug, that the characterjfor strict, integrity acquired is j of as much real worth to its possessor as the - the pecuniary saving of his industry. Let j such a man lose by any misfortune all his money, he is still a man of capital, of weight j rf influence, and is the superior, on mere ca'culations, of many a man of .large mon -1 eyed means. ' But the beauty of the thing is this, that any man, however small his business and ! limited liis capital has just as good I an opportuity as a millionaire. Integrity in small things is e York Dry Good! Reporter. A GAME AT "DEFINITIONS." THEATRE.— A homeopathic hospital, where small doses of society are given to cure so ciety. The chamber whereiu old bachelors receive curtain lectures. MISER —An amateur pauper. A lovei i who is contented with a look. BACHELOR. —A man who shirks his regulai ■ load. . | NAPOLEON. —A naughty boy who was pui , into a corner, because he wanted the work 1 to play with. AMERICA.— Young John Bull, working will his coat off. ! TOBOCCO. —A triple memento wort —dust loi the nose ashes for the mouth, and poison foi i the stomach. XW The Albany boat had just arrived, and the landing was, as usual, crowded wid: ' cabmen, porters, loafers, &c. When the passengers commenced landing, a coloret porter stepped up to a country looking chap saying; "Carry your baggage sir ?" "No, I rather guess not," was the reply. "Shant 1 carry your baggage?" ''No! darn ye! I aiu't got any baggage!' The porter looked at him for & moment then very coolly stooped down, and takiuj hold of his foot, said with an air of astonish ment: "Why, massa, that's One! of ycrar fact ain't it 1 hang ine if I did.-.'t think it was i leather trunk!" E V Mr BUR* has retired from the Edi torial Department of the Washington Union tl FARMER BLAKIC'S FIRST LESSON. When I firat went to live up at the Grange [ Farmer Bake took me into the fields to talk | to me. I was young then, but quite old e nough to understand what he said "My lad," said the farmer, "if you are to learn farming, and we are lo go on tidily to gether, either I must teach you or you must teach me. Now, as I happened lo know I more than you, it will bo but reasonable ( that I should take the lead, and it will be time enough when you arc the wiser of the two to alter the -plan." " Farmer .Blake said this in a kind tone of ! voice, but the firmness with which he spoke, convinced me at once that his word was to be a law. "You have picked np a little knowledge at the school house," said he, "and now you must try to pick up a little at the Grange Farm. The first lesson that I will give you to learn, is this— a little at a time, and go on- Almost all great things are done on this prin ciple. The rain from the skies comes down to littlo drops, and the snow comes down in little flakes; yet both of them, by going on, cover the face of the ground." ; "Look here," said Farmer Blake, stoping at a bush, on which a spider was weaving I his web, "see how the little creature is em ployed. First he fastens one line, and then j another, withouOfwasling his time by idling between, and it will not be very long, I am thinking, before he catches his fly. The weaving spider, is following the rule— a lit tle at a time, and go on. What Farmer Blake said appeared so very clear to me, that I wondered the same thing had not occurred befo e. But the farmer de iermined to impress his first lesson deeply in I my mind. On turning round a comer we came sud denly npon a woodman, who was felling an elm tree, and the dry chips flew around him as he dealed his lusty stroke with his axe. "Oh," thought I, "the farmer will be at me again now, about his first lesson;" but no, not a word did he speak . I saw, however, j that his eye was now and then fixed upon me. Though the woodman did not appear to get oil very fast yet by repeated strokes | he made a great gash more than half-way through the tfunk of the trei; and not long ! after down came the elm with a lond crash, j Farmer Blake walked on in silence, and I was silent too; when suddenly he said to me, "Well, my lad, what arc you thinking of?" "I was thinking sir," said I, "that the woodman has brought down the tree, by do ing a little at a time and going on. "Just as I expected," he replied ; "and noxv I see that you have learned my first lesson. When left to myself I thought over every woid that Farmer Blake had spoken, and felt sure not only that he was the wisest man I knew, but also that I could rot do a better thing than attend to his remarks. In the course of that day I could hardly look around without seeing some object which brought before me Farmer Blake's first lesson. A bricklayer was building a wall near acotage; a shepherd with his crook, was climbing a high hill; and two men were filling a cart with gravel. By laying a brick at a time and going on, the brick layer would build the wall; by taking a step at a time and go ing on, the shepherd would get to the top of the hill; and by throwing a spadeful at a lime, and going on, the cart would be filled. Many have 1 known who were not satis fied with doing a little at a time ; they must needs de a great deal, haste to be rich ; but they fell into snares, and their riches did them no good. And some have 1 known who were very zealous In holy things, but they did rot go on. Oh, it is an excellent thing to feel tnat we are dependent upon our Heavenly Father fbr all we have, even I our daily bread. 1 feel myself much wiser I than I was before. . j 1 lived many years at the Grange, and have great reason to be thankful for the ma ny use fill lessons that the honest farmer taught me ; but not a singlo day of nil these years is belter remembered by me than the first tiay that I entered on the farm, and not a single lesson is more deeply impressed on my mind thdn the very first tHat he taught me. I know thSt FUrmet Blake in teaching me his firat lesson, intended to apply it especial ' ly to farming ; but I have learned to apply it to other things. Thousands would have l been benefitted had they understood und 1 practised the lesson with humility— a little at a time, and go on. i ~,,, ftf WE cut the following quaint compar , ison of the olden time with the modern, from the Detroit Free Press: FARMERS IN 1777. Men to the plough, Wife to the cow, Girl to the yam, , Boy to the barn, And all dues settled. FARMERS IN 1837. Men a mere show, Girl. Piano, Wife, silk nod satin, Boy, Greek and Latin, And all hands gazetted. FARMERB IN 184?. 1 Men all in debt, I Wives in a pet, Boys, mere muscles, Gide, snuff and bustles, And every body cheated. I ty A wife once having boasted of hav ing cut and made a shirt for her husband in - one day. "Yes," replied a wag of a fellow, . "and he wore it out the next. Truth and Right—God and our Poultry. A Story of the Highway. e Not many years ago, an Irishman, whose k finances did not keep pace with the demands i- made upon his pocket, and whoso scorn of honest labor was immensely unfavorable to 0 their being legitimately filled, borrowed an - old pistol one aay, when poverty had driven it him lo an extremity, and took to the high v way, determined to rob the first man he con -3 veniently could, who was likely to havo a heavy purse. 3 A jolly old farmer came jogging along and Pat put him down instantly as a party who f possessed those roquisites he so much stood in need o r himself. Presenting the pistol, he ordered the agriculturist to stand and de liver. The fifty dol begged a five to take him home, a distance of half a mile by the way. The request was complied with, accompanied by the most pa tronizing air. Old Acres and Roods was a knowing one. Eyeing the pistol, he asked Pat if he would sell it. "Is it to sell the pistol ? Sowl, an it's that same thing I'll be afther doin'. What will ye be afther given for it ?" "I'll give this five dcllars for it." "Done ; an doiie's enough betwane two 1 gintlemen. Down with the dust, and here's - the tool for yer " i Ihe bargain was r.iade by an immediate i transfer. The moment the farmer got hold . of the pistol, he ordered Pat to shell out; and pointing the pistol, threatened to blow , his brains out if he refused. Pat looked at him with a comical leer,and buttoning his breeches pocket, sung out "Blow away, ould boy ! the divil a bit of powder's tr. it!" We believe the old man never told the last part of the story but once, and that was by die purest accident. Pat moved on, and 'once away forever away' has since been his motto. So VVc Go. The American Mechanic, published at Poughkeepesie, Me., justly remarks: A man growls at paying a shilling for a loaf of bread, thinking he ought to get it for eleven pence, and the sa me evening takes his fatoily to witness the feats of a magi cian, for the purpose of being humbugged, knowing they will be humbugged; and willingly pays a dollar for the privilego I A nother is too poor to pay for a newspaper, but can spend a levy brw'quarter,- torervrf* poppet show or other foolish exhibition that travels the country, and not miss it. Another is toe poor to pay a few dollars, but can attend concerts and negro performances that come aloog.—Another wants a mechanic to work for nine and six-pence, when he demands ten shillings and watches him to see that he labors faithfully, and the next day hires a horse and wagon, at the expense of two dol lars, to travel ten miles to see a horse race. Another "beats down" an old woman a pen ny on a bunch of radishes, and before get ■ ting home spends two three shillings in • treating his friends, The Two Flower* ol Creation. Women love flowers, and flowers are 1 like women in their beauty and sweetness, 1 so they ought to grow up together. No flower garden looks complete without a 1 woman in it; no woman ever seems so 1 lovely as when she is surrounded with flow ' ers. She should have her fragrant bouquet 1 at the paity; window plan.s in her parlor; 1 If possible, some rich and rare flowering ' shrubs in her conservatory—but, better than 1 all these, and supplying all, every woman 1 in the world should have a flower garden. r Every man who has the least gallantly or paternal feeling should make a flower gar ' den for hi* wife and daughters. Every liouso—the smallest cottage in the country, r as well as the largest mansion—should have ! around it the perfume of lilacs, pinks and ' other hardy oderiferous flowers that cost no 1 trouble, but bring with tnem every year a ' world of beauty and fragrance. > A Doctor's Advice to a Patient. A man of property had for years been de clining Nature could endure it no longer. I He went to consult the celebrated Dr. Spring, , of Watertown, Massachusetts. He stated the symptoms of his case so clearly, that the learned physician could not mistake the na ture of the disease. "lean cure you, sir ■ said he, "if you will follow my advice." , The patient promised implicitly to do so. 'Now,' says the doctor, 'you must steal a horse.' 'What—steal a horse i' 'Yes, you must steal a horse.—You will be alrested, then convicted, and placed in a situation where your diet and regimes will be such that in a short lime your health will be per fectly restored.' Woman's Rights. A large Convention of Wdmen was held at Salem, Ohio, OH the 19th inst., and lasted two days. About five hundred were present. The whole business was conducted by the ladies, and in a most orderly Manner. Miss Betsy M Cowles, of Canton, was President The object, we believe, eras to take taeas ures to secure for thetoshlves equal rights with the men in the making and adminit - taring of the laws. They intend to present i their cause to the Convention to meet at , Columbus to reform the Constitution of the State A Modern Lear. - I An eminent trader of Lyons, France, who s : acquired a'defrtrp'efenoy, had two har.risome f ! daughters, between whom on their marriage ' | he divided all his properly, on condition that i j he should pass ihe summer wilh one, and 1 j the winter with the other. Before the end of • | too first year he found sufficient ground to - j conclude that he was not an acceptaclegnest 1 ' to either. Of this, however, he took ro no- I lice, but hired handsome lodgings, where he ' resided a few weeks. He then applied to a ' friend, 4n'd told him of the matter, desiring 1 the gilt of 200 livres and the loan of 50,000 > in ready money for a few hours. His friend readily complied with his request, and the the next day the old gentleman gave aspleri ' ( did entertainment, to which' his daughters J a fid husbands were invited. Just as dinner ' was over his friend was in a great hurry and '' ; told of an unexpected demand upon him, " | and desired to know whether he could lend 1 | him 50,000 livres. The old man told him, 1 without any emotion, that twice the amount j was at his service, if he wanted it, and going into the next room, brought him the money. ' | Afier this he was not suffered to remain any longer in lodgings; and his daughters were I jealous if he stayed a day longer in one 1 j house than the other. At the expiration of 1 three or four years, spent in comparative comfort, he died. Upon examining his Du reau, instead of livres was found a note con taining these words: "He who has suffered ' by his virtues has a right to avail himself of the vices of those by whom he has been in jured ; and a fatr.er ought never to be so fond of his children as to forget what is due to himself." Imaginary Hydrophobia. In a memoir of a learned professor is found recorded a strange case of imaginary 1 hydrophobia. A Lucehess peasant, shooting sparrows, saw his dog attacked by a strange and ferocious mastiff. He tried to separate the animals and received a bite from his own dog, which instantly ran off through the fields. The wound was healed in a few days, but the , dog was not fotlna, and the peasant after a lew days began to feel symptoms of a ner vous agitation. He conceived that the dog, from disappearing was mad; and within a day or two this idea struck him, he began to feelsymjomsofhyprophobia. They grew hourly more Virulent; he raved, and had all • the evidence of this most rlotenv distemper. As he laid wilh the door open tb let in the last air he was to breath, he heard his dog bark. The animal ran up and frolicked a bout the room. It was clear that he, atleast was in perfect health. The peasant's mind was relieved instantly, he got up with re newed strength, dressed himself, plunged his head into a basin of water, and t-us re freshed, walked into the room to his astonish ed lamily. It is not improbable that many attacks of disease so strongly dependent on the imagination might equally be cured by ascertaining the state of tho animal after the i bite was given. It is not so easy a task to write for a news paper as people suppose. A man majr be a good scholar, a profound thinker, a vigilant observer of passing events, without being a ble to write for a newspaper. The power of writing d leading article for a newspaper is a tac: whickfew possess, and which we have known mmy, with all their learning and dil i igencb, unable to acquire. It requires a ve j ry large amount of information on a variety j of subjects, and a readiness of application ; that must never be at fault, or the writer will 1 fail. For, remember, the editor is always writing against time, and the inexorable prin ter must have his copy, so that there is no ! time to revise and amend ; but as slip after slip is written, the 'devil' snatches it away, ' and one half is usually set up in print before : ; the other half is written. This exacts a de cision of thought and a facility of writing, i , which, like poetry, secm6 rather a gift of na . t tilre than acquired facility. A LITTLE IIEATHEN.— "WiII you please to mand my trowsers ?" said H little fellow the other ddy to a lady friend of his mother, the rags exhibiting themselves pretty clearly a bout the knees. "Why, no, you little mischief you; why ddn't you go and ask your mother to do it?" "dh, she don't have time for that—she belongs to a Sewing Society, and goes to it every day almost, to make clothes for the heathen, nway off somewhere arridrtg the Indians, 1 reckon. AN IRISHMAN'S INDIFFERENCE.— Paddy who was arraigned before a court for horse steal ing after having pleaded riot guilty, the judge asked him by whom he would be tried? 'By the twelve apostles, r answered the prisoner. The judge told him that would not do, for if he was tri ed by them he could not hßvri . his trial until the day of judgment. 'Faith,' cand I have no objection to that neither, for I am in no hurry about it at all, at all.' An absfclfi Minded gentleman on retiring at night, put his flog to bed, and kicked himself down stairs! He did not disoorer his mistake till he went to yelp, and the dog tried fo snore. I He is rich who receive* more than he ) spends; he, on the contrary, is poor, who spends more than he receives. TTIE SI'RTNG OF LIFE IS PAST. | The following lines, frojn the Louiivilic i Journal, are above all praise—surpassingly i beautiful. The spring of life is past, With its budding hopes ard fears, And the autum time is coming With its weight of weary years— -1 Our joyousness is fading, Our hearts are dimmed withcare, Hud vouth's fresh dreams of gladness, All perish darkly there. While bliss was blooming near us In the heart's first burst of spring, While many hopes could cheer us. Life seemed a glorious thing! Like the foam upon a river, When the breeze goes rippling o'er, These hopes have fled forever, To com'e t6 us no more. 'Tis sad—yet sweet—to listen To the, soft'wind's gevtle swell, And think we hear the music Our childhood knew so well; To gaze out on the even, And the boundless fields of air, And we feel again our boyhood's wish, To foam, like angels, there. There are many dreams of gladness That cling around the past— And from that tomb of feeling, Old thoughts come thronging fast; The forms we loved so dearly, In the happy days now gone, The beautiful and lovely, So fuir to look upon. Those bright and gentle maidens Who seemed so formed for bliss, 100 glorious and too heavenly For such a world as this; Whose soft, dark eyes seemed swimming In a sea of liquid light, And whose locks of gold were streaming O'er brows so sunny bright. Whose smiles were like the sunshine In the spring time of the year- Like the changelul gleams of April, They followed every tear; They have passed—like hope—away- All their loveliness has fled— Oh! many a heart is mourning, That they are with the dead. Like the brightest buds of summer _ They have fallen from the stem— Yeh Oh ! it is a lovely death, To fade from earth like them! And yet the thought is saddening, To ntUse on such Us they— And feel that all the beautiful Are passing fast away; That the fair ones whom we love, Like the tendrils of a vine. Grow closely to each loving heart. Then pomhtni thtrrr shrttlS ! And we can but think of these In the soft and gentle spring, When the trees are waving o'er us, And flowers are blossoming ; For we know that winter's coming, With his cold and stormy sky— And the glorious beauty round us, Is budding but to PIE ! Religious Feelings. This excellent extract should be read by every one. The Author used to live in Phil adelphia! The impression entertained by many, that to enjoy rbligion it is necessary to forego ev ery species of amusements, to deny one's self every pleasure, and wear a face as long l as your arm, lias proved to the progress of genuine piety. It is opposed to the best impulses of human nature. Many of our readers doubtless remember the Rev. Win. Barnes, for many years Pastor of St. George's Church, and though some what eccentric, ajvory devout and pious We recollect some years ago, when he was stationed at Harrisburg, that at the close of one of his extraordinary discourses, he took occasion to reprove the membership of the church for their uniformly long faces, and ex ceedingly redate deportment. He had no objection to it, if they felt in that way, but he protested in the name of the gospel he preached, that it enjoyed no such repulsive bearing. He pitied them—from the bottom o( his soul he pitied them, if they felt half as bad as their looks indicated. They looked, he said, as though memory of some great crime were weighing on thehi, and no matter how they might labor, they must not look for any revival of religion until these long fa ces were laid aside. He then read an old familiar hymn, which the choir commenced singing.to a mournful funeral tune. He re quested them to slop, and, addressing the audience, said he had no idea that the devil should claim all the best times. He desired the whole congregration to join in singing the hymn, and wished it sung to the tune "Old Lang Syne.',' It was sung, and never did tlio walls ofpliat spacious edifice resound > with louder praise. THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD. —The Green field Democrat says, the following verbatum el literatum, was seut to the presidint judge of a court in that county recently: to the lloriable cort • Sir youi juris canter Gree. fourman. EF" Captain Alphouso M. Duperu, late Captain of the 3rd Dragoons, who was re ported to have been captured and shot, at Cardenas, denies the charge. Ho is alive, and well, and at Washington, D. C. (T One of the heaviest mining and man-1 ufacturing firms m Schuylkill county, has failed for a very large amount. ET Experience is a torchlight in the ash es of our illusions. [Two Dollar* per kumvm^ NUMBER 21. A Beautiful Character. \Ve extract from a volume of Lectures apd Essays, by (he Rev. Henry Giles, the follow ing beautiful picture of a just man. T1 a two volumes are filled with similar passages of eloquence and truth:—"A just man is al - ways simple. He is a man of direct ains and purposes. There is no complexity ill his motives, and, thence, thdre is no jarring oi discordance .n his character. He wishes to do right, and in most cases he does it j he he may err, but is by a mistake of his judg ment, and not by perversity or intention. The moment his judgment is enlightened, his action is corrected.—Sotting before hirtt self, always a clear and worthy end, he will never pursuo it by any concealed or unwor thy means. We may cariy our rtmarks fdr tlturtfatJOn, both frto private and publlh lifeJß Observe such a man in his home; therts nr a charm about him which no artificial grace has ever had the power to bestow; there is a sweet, I had almost said a music in hft manners, which no sentimental refinement has ever g ven. His speech over fresh from purity and rectitude of thought, controls that are within its hearing, with an unfelt aud yet a resistless sway. Faithful to every domestic, as to his religion and his God, ho would no more prove recreant to any loyalty of home, than he would blaspheme the Ma ker in whom he believes, or than he would forswear the Heaven in which he hopes. Fi delity and truth to those bound by love and nature to his heart, are to him most sacred principles; they are in the last recesses of his moral being, they are embedded in the life of his life; and to violate them, or dven think of violating them, would seem to htai as a spiritual extermination, the suicide "of his soul. Nor is such a man, unrewarded, for the goodness that he so largely [gives, is largely payed back lo him again ; though the curent of life is transparent, it is not too swnl ow on the contrary, it is deep and strong.The river that fills its channel, glides smoothly a long in the power of its course ; it is- the stream which scarcely covers the raggedness of its bed; that is turbulent and noisy. With all this gentleness there is exceeding force ; with all this meekness, there is imperative command .* but the force is the force of wisdom, and the command is the command of love. And yet the authority which rules so effectually, never gathers On angry or Art irritable oloud over the brow of the ruler; and this sway which admits of no resistance, does nrtt repress ope honest impnlw of na ture, one moment of the soul's high freedom one bound of joy from the heart's unhidden gladness, in the spirits Of the governed." < YotritC MEN. The idea is prevalent in some communi ties, that young men are fit neither for gene - rals or statesmen, and that they must be kept in the back ground until their physical strength is impaired by age, and their intel lectual faculties become blunted by the weight of years, Let us look to the history Of the past, and from the long list of heroes and statesmen, select some who have dis tinguished themselves, and we shall find that they were JreUng men when they per formed those acts which have won for them an imperishable, meed of fame, and placed their names high on the pago of history• Alexander, the conquerdr of the then whole civilized world, viz., Greece, Egypt, and Asia, died at 33. Bonaparte was crowned • Emperior of France when 33 years of age. Pitt, the younger brother, was about SO, years of age, when, in Britain's parlament he boldly advocated the cause of the Amer ican Colonies, and but 22 when made Chan - cellor o/ the Exchequer.—Edmund, Burke, at the dge of 25. was first Lord o" the Trea sury. Our own Washington was but 25 when he covered the retreat of the British troops at Braddock's defeat, and was ap pointed to the command in chief of all the Virginia forces. Alexander Hamilnton, at 20 was a Lieu tenant Colonel and aid to Washington—a t 25 a member of Congress— at 53 Secretary of the Treasury. Thomas Jefferson was but 23 when he drafted the ever memorial Dec laration of Independence. At the age of jjd years, Sir Isaac Newton accupied the math ematical chair at Cambridge College, Eng land, having, by hit scientific discoveries rendered his name immortal. We might continue the list to a greater length, bet nj nough has been said already, to show that young men are not capable of performing great and ennobling actions, or of taking a high position In the counsels of a nation, is chimerical and visionary. And what has been said, may well serve to encourage the young to set up a high standard and press towards-it with ardor, suffering 'nothing to discourage them from soaring "onward and upward" in the paths of fame, or iu the pur suit of literature and science. Car We never like to say a man is drunk ' unless we have good evidence of the fact nor then, if we can help it; but we must concur wirh the Boston Herald in giving it as our decided conviction that the hero of tho following anecdote was "very drunk." A few ev lings since a young married gent, who had just commenced house-keeping, went towards his house on Beacon street, and mistaking his neighbor's door for his ! own, fumbled away some fifteen or twenty minutes, trying io find a hole for his night key—bnt he ooulilnt, for there happened to i be none in the door. In despair he finally exclaimed—" What—ni c—is coming next— !.'omtboJy has stolen my—hic—kryhote,