% - , % ■, S* ' '1 1,11 4' . " 1 ' 1 Ji -' ~- " M 1 " fl " THE STAR OF THE NORTH. V. Wearer Proprietor.] VOLUME 3. THE STAR OP THE NORTH It published every Thursday Morning, by R. W. WEAVER. OFFICE—Up stairs in the New Brick building on the south side of Main street, third square below Market. TBRMS TWO Dollars per annum, if paid within six months from the time of subscci bing; two dollars and fifty cents if not paid within the year. No subscription received for a less period than six months: no discon linuance permitted until all arrearages are .paid, unless at the option of the editors. ADVERTISEMENTS not exceeding one square. wtUbe inserted three times for one dollar, ami j twenty-five cents for each additional insertion j A liberal discount will be made to those who ad l ertise by the year. THE SET! INC GIRT.. THERE was a cheerless fire in an empty room On a cold December day, And the biting wind, through ahroken pane, | Had cruelly forced its way; The chill of coming death was without, I •The sky looked gloomy and drear, / And the feathery snow -flake fell thick to the , eaith, Meet shroud for tire dying year. And laflies wrapped in warm furs went past, And men muffled up to the chin, And the heart of the city beat quick and fast, i And noisier grew the din ; Andchildren went up and down the street, And tiny BIIOW halls tossed, And delicate women and grey haired men Rejoiced -in-the coming frost. Still by the cheerless fire in tliat'hfnpty room, Oil lhal cold December day, There sat and sewed from mom to night, , One prematurely grey j She rises some hdifrs before the dawn, From a short arid troubled dor.e, And through Winters cold and Summer's heat, She sits in that room and sews. She hears the soand of no friendly Vdicb, j She meets no loving smile, More (one in that peopled solitfulft Than Crusoe in Ins isle. "She sees the gay and the happy pass, And she hears the ceaseless srir, And she knows not one in these lirtghing groups * ! Bestows a thought cm lrer. Aad there, from morn to evp, she piles That bit of shining steel, And grudges the few short moments she gives To snatch a scanty meal, lo make up lost time, more rapidly move Those fingers, shrivelled and tlliu, For she measures iier life by the yaid she sews, Hero rats arc work turned in. And Winter passed, with its frost and snow, , And Spring with its budding leaves ; , And Time in iiis fervid glory came on, Wim Ins wealth of Summer leaves; And out to the open country parts The human tide o'erflovvs; liut still through ihe long, bright Summer days, " I Stiu sits in that room and scivs. Some are up on the breeay mountain top. Some down on llie grassy lea Some s.iunleriug along die pebbly beach, Some are out on the open sea- Anil rivers roll on, through meadows green, And the gentle South wind blows, And wild flowers blossom in shady nooks. While she sits in that room and sews. | ! An.l her thoughts; oh, who can 101 l her, thoughts, As the needle goes out arid in ; Though calm and motionless, there she BIIS, Her mind is busy within ; For many a bitter question then^ Her overcharged heart will ask, As with aching head, and dazzled eyes, She pi ode at her weary task. '•lf Joy and Pain, in ibis nether word, Must fairly balanced be, Oh why not some of the pain to them, And some of the joy to me ?" But she chid that bitter feeling down, And knelt, and I heard her say; "The night cometh on when no man can work, I-el me work while it is day. Hit Light of Afi/iire—The celebrated Mr' 1 Hume wrote an essay on the sufficiency of the light or Nature; und the no less celebra-: ted Robertson wrote on the necessity of rev- J elation, and the insufficiency ef the light of Nature. Hume eame one evening to visit Robertson : and the evening was spent In i conversing on the subject. The friends of both were present; and it is said that Rob ertson reasoned with unaccustomed clear- i ness and power. Whether Hume was con- I vinced by bis reasonings or not, we canno' tell; but, at any rate, he did not ackuowl* „, J ~ his convictions. Hume was very • . v much of a gentleman, and as ue tl'ii about i ,t—bowed rtolhelv lo those in the ) room, while, as he retired through the door, \ Robertson took the light to show him the , way- Hume was still facing the door "Oh sir," said he to Robertson, ''l find the light of Nature always sufficient; and he contin ued,' Pray don't trouble yourself, sir," and so ho bowed on. The street door was open, and presently, as lie bowed along in the en try, he stumbled over something concealed, gr.d pitched down stairs into the street. Rob ertson ran after him, with a light, i a " he held it over him, whispered softly and cunningly, "You had beu r have a t a light trom above, friend Hume.' 1 " sing him up, he bade him good nigi."'' 8n returned to bis friends. A western editor was paid by a subscrl -I>er last week, and 1 vsae-ee' overcome, that he hue sir,oe been uuable to attend to bis usual duties. 'Twos too *nuoh for him. Col. Benton has declared lhatjio t*tll not be a candidate for the Presidency. BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1851. SHORT PATENT SERMON. BY DOW, JR. TEXT.— Perreivest thou not the process OR the year? Bow the four seasons in four forms appear, Resembling human life in every form they wear ? MT HEARERS.—I shall pleach to you, upon this occasion, in a laconic style—well filled with meaning, or replete with nothingness— whichever you may choose. You are about to perform anotheranuual round iu your mor tal existence—or, rather, take another hitch towards the Dark Valley of Death, where beggar and king, friend and foe, lie down as cosily together as a oouple of dead rab bits. Don't be too aura of not slipping up,' and receiving a fatal fall before you reach the mile stone upon which is written Janu ary 1, 1852. Be careful what load you take I Consider also, well which is the bolter mode ' of travelling.—Putting a boiler in yout slom ; aclis, and raising the steam with alcohol, is ! very unp'easant and dangerous way geiting i along. You arc liable to run off the track and do irreparable damage to your reputa tions, if not to your carcases. Because why —Reason is not your engineer. If you rtraddle the high-mettled mare of fancy, she may kick up her heeliftelore you know it, ■and pitch you head-long into the dust of so ber reality. There is much beautiful scen ery on the road that leads from this year to the next. To see, appreciate and admire it all, I advise you to perform the journey on ; foot. Take lire staff of hope in your har.d j —have your knapsack well filled with faith : and fortitude. Thq latter article ip a first j rate under shirt when Wow the cold winds 1 of adversity. Put plenty of bread and j cheese of charity in your pockets—be eeo- | ttomical in yonr expense—and keep scratch ing the gravel, as industriously as an old ! hen with a family of fourteen chickens. You wiH go slow at the fastest; bul then you will hare a chance to behold the beau : tics of the eveochanging landscape, and , thus lar experience the pleasures of life's j pilgrimage. 1 know, however, that you will trot all take the same road, nor trot along with the same jog—Some will go one way. j and some another. Some will wander far ! away from the paths of propriety—ramble j through the woods in search of the wild i flowers Of pleasure, Which are fascinating i Vo the eye, bul as wanting in fragTAnCe as ] the blossoms that bloom upon the bonnetts of our city belles. Some will take short cuts j —some cut across lots, and find themselves j at last where it is impossible for them to he ( found. My friends, how many do you suppose of those arntntl us—say take the whole human live stock ot New York—will lack the wind to hold out till die first of January next? More, perhaps, than you imagine. Kra a single month shall hare rolled over you, hundreds of jour fellow creatures will have fallen by the way-side. Many and many who now fancy that they have got a good foothold, nnd have both physical and men tal strength to hold out for a twelvemonth, will be compelled to lay down to die, just as the buds begin opening and the birds commence singing. Its rather hard, hut it can't be helped—as an "old maid (an ac quaintance of mine) remarked when t told her that young men preferred external attrac tion 10 intrinsic Worth. My worthy friends! to come a little closer | to my text, the four seasons of the year are as emblematical of human life, in its differ ent stages, as any picture that could possibly be painted by the pencil of Nature. Spring, With her young buds and opening blossoms, is emblematical of youth—when the jessa mine, violets, and other flowers of joy and | happiness spring up as suddenly from the warm, rich soil of the heart as toadstools af ter an April showeb Summer, with her green leaves and thick foliage, is a fair rep resentative of manhood<swhtm man is in the full prime, vigor and vitality of being. He finds the loveliest of flowers surrounding him wherever he strays; but no new ones starting to bloom in the garden of Hope It is mid summer with him, and he must make up his mind to soon fade, as fades the most beautifulest (as my friend Shakespere would say) of American calico, whan dipped in a tub of hot soap-suds. Autumn is a capital counterpart, <JT age. His gray hairs and frosted whiskers plainly tell to his cotempo taries, tho men of years, that the rosss in life's wreaths f.. Sn i that nothing save the sun of immortality can re new their brightness and beauty. Winter whispers death and the "> mb - Tbe snow flakes that so lightly fall, HZ" feathers, upon the graves of our kindred, remind ii* of the snows that gendy descend upon the already hoary head of extreme old age. But the old man soon dies, and goes to his long home, about which we living mortals know no mora than a caterpillar does of future butterfly ex istence. My dear friends! a new year is now before I you, make the most and the best ot it you i can. So mote it be! tar Several persons concerned in the spiritual knockings in Milwaukee city, have been indicted for deception and obtaining ( noney under false pretence. GRACE thinks that Gen. Hous ton would fill i-he Presidential Jchair pretty well—only let him ik put under bonds not to whittle the arms off. E7 The Spring trade in Philadelphia baa been unusually brisk. Trati ai* Cn¥try From the Scientific American. Progress of Discovery During the last Half Contary. It is related that one of a party of travellers while standing on one of the mountains of Switzerland, Was so transported with the beauties of the scenery spread before him, that in a burst of enthusiasm he declared "he never had seen the equal of such goenery, and he was sure there was nothing like it in Europe, for lie had travelled through every Country in it." A German at his side said, "he had never seen its like with but a single exoeption," and he named a certain moun. tain in the Highlands of Scotland, which he had visited a few weeks before. The for mer gentleman hung down his head, merely remarking "that, although he had been on that mountain often, he never thought much about it." That mountain was on his own { estate. j There is no common sayings which con j tains more truth than familiarity begets in ) difference," "'tisdiatance lends enchantment to the view." We live in an age of wonders and the last half century has witnessed a ! succession of the most mighty events and the most astounding discoveries which have ever made, at least during any such period of the world's history, and yet, living as we do, in the midst of such develope" ments, with new leaves of the book of in vention still turning over, we do not wonder —for it is just like human nature, that the majority of mankind are calous to the mer its and importance oj the discoveries made tu their own day, even although they are reaping untold benefits from them. Let us look bark to the beginning of this century, and see what mighty Works have been done by inventors since that time. In 1600 there was not a single steamboat in the world. Our inland seas and noble rivers 1 were lying grand and silent in primeval lone- j liness, except when enlivened by the clum sy batteau, or the rude Hatboat. In 1807 Fulton launched the Clermont, which made a passage to Albany in 32 hours. At that time the mode of travel was by schooners and sloops, which were frequently six days on the passage —The improvement was cer tainly great, but what would Fulton now say, to see steamboats running the same distance in 8 hours—and some of them large J euough to stow the Clermont on their for ward decks. No steamboat had broken the wafers of the Mississippi previous to 1815 ; the voyage from Cincinnati to New Orisons was a tremendous undoitaking, and occu pied more time than a steamboat would now take to circumnavigate tho globe. At pres ent, it is calculated that there are no less thau 3,000 ■itoamboals of all sixes in Ameri ca, and the time saved to travellers, by the invention of the steamboat, is at least seven ty per cent. 1 that is, a perron can travel a greater distance in 30 days now, by steam boat than he could in 100 days in 1800. Just fancy Benjamin Franklin being almost wrecked in going frum New York to Amboy, and the vessel In which he was in, occupy ing 32 hours on the passage—a distance which is accomplished every day by our steamboats in one and a half hours—a great change, truly. Tn Europe, steamboats were unknown un til 1811, and no sea was regluarly navigated by steamboats until 1818. The progress Of Marine Navigation is remarkable. In 1838 no steamship had ventured across the stormy Atlantic to establish ocean navigation. Now we have communication every week with Europe, by regular steam mails; ar.d to show the advantage of steam over mere sailing vessels, within a few days from the present date) sotne of our finest sailing pack ets have come in after a passage of fifty days, while our steamships have not been out more than sixteen days. If the last half century had given lis no other inventioothan the steamboat, that alone, Considering its im portance, is enough to immortalize it. If in 1800 there was no steamship in the wide world, where is the country now where they are not seen) and where they are not exerci sing a most important influence ? No coun* try in the world.—On the Hudson, Mississip pi, on all our lakes, rivers, and seas, ard on all the oceans of the world; On that sea where the waters rolled up in walls to allow Moses and the Hebrews to pass over shod ; on the ancient tfile, where Cleopatra's galley spread its silken sails to the breaze ; qugJhe Ganges of Indus in the East, and the Sacra mento in tho West, there may bo seen rs merpn; •ognuments to inventor of the steamboat—the steamship "rules the waves." The steamboat is not the only important invention of the last half century—the pro grass of invention is just as marked in other departments of discovery. Look at the Iron Horse moving out of his stable, screaming anJ panting to start upon his journey. That is the steara engine in its most perfeot state —it is a near apprcaoh to the spiritual and physical combination. Behold how easily he drags the ponderous train at the rale of thir ! ty miles per hour thus conveying hundteds or ! passengers in oonoert and safely, to a dis tance in an hour which, but a few years ago, would take them nearly a whole day to ac complish by stages. Within three months the Queen of England was transported from the interior of Scotland to London, a distance of 400 milas, in ten hours. In 1800 the same journey could not be be accomplished in less than eight days. If the steamboat has revolutionized intercommunication by river and sea, the locomotive has done more to revolutionize travel b y lan(1 - ,n . 1800 there was not a sirijde locomotive- in the j world, nor for 29 years after, viz , the 6th J day pf Qsmbsr, 1829, op which the Rocket ran on the Liverpool and Manches ter Railway, at the average rate of IS miles per hour. From tlim moment we date the commencement ol a new and most astonish ing era in the hsstery of discovery. In Eng land there are now 6,600 miles of railway constructed, ahd as many more proposed, at a cost of more thsn $500,000,000. In the United States there are at least 5,700 miles of railway constructed, and there cannot be less thap 20.250 milesef railroad now in op eration in Europe and America, for neither Asia nor A fries can yet boast of a single line completed. What were the oh! Roman roads in comparison to the footpaths of our iron horses. In 1835 there were only 15 milee of railway in New York, now thera are a beat 1.500, and a twskr(Ml now jour- j ney as far in one day as he could in eight days in. that year, The wealth invested i* railroads is enormous, sad their inflnence upon mankind, in every respect, is beyord calculation. But this grand invention is not the limit of the great discoveries made in our day, Who, if he wete told, twenty years ago, that the sunlight would be used tor a lim ner's pencil, would have believed it I Not one , and yet this has been done. When M. Daguerre, a distinguished chemist of Paris, first published in 1839, that he had discov ered a method of taking pictures on metal plates by the sun , the public regarded his metal tablets with feelings of wonder. And if this discovery has not yet produced such important results, nor affected the custom of society so mucn as the steamships and tail ways, still it is a beautiful ar.d wonderful discovery; and the time may not be far dis tant when it will be applied to paint the planets as they roll in '.heir courses, and thus impress the warm kiss of the star on the pale cheek of the artist's metallic canvas. j From the Lycoming Gat tile. SMILES AND I'EARS. What a pleasant thing it is to watch a gradual smile steal over the territory of tears-, and usurp the sovereignity of n beautiful face. It is like the morning radiance that gushes through the eastern clouds, or a hap j py summer sunset after a mid-day storm, ; glorifying and beautifying every object on which it rests. But nothing short of child hood or womanhood may attempt the sud den transition from overwhelming grief to ewtuy. W ilk man it it Mwly We noted a little youngster the other Jay in an "agony ol tears," the picture of abject sorrow, all of which was so suddenly dis i pelted by an application of bread and butter that we almost doubted his identity. It was him, though; and his face was sown so thick with smiles, and he attacked the' bread with such indomitable will, that we could not help join issue with him in a display of ivory. Smiles and tears are both contagious. Some jovial souls lease themselves to laugh ing jollity for merry life ; while others have the blues from the time they cut their leoih until they cut their jugulars. We like the laughers. In fact, we could never see any thing peculiarly interesting in a tear-drama, unless we except the closing act. We had rather submit ourselves to the most sublime activity of a thunder shawar, than the soft patter of a tear-shower, from a pair of pret ty eyes, On our hand or handkerchief. We are opposed to tearing hair and bursting blood-vessels. But the "clearing up,"--that happy Conjunction of storm and suilshirie, when joy sparkles through the tear-drop, and returning gladness attempts a dimple on the cheek ! Ah, there. Mr. Bachelor, is where they have you! If you Withstand that, you shall be set down as a savage whose hard heart has defied the assault of woman's most potent ami of attack. You can regis. tCr yourself aa Candidate for Barn urn first, and purgatory afterwards. But Allah keep us from the shady side 1 Give us the cloud dispelling sun, the care-dispelling smile. Let bandannas and umbrellas stay forever where sunshine is a plague, and a smile a nuisance —a benison to their profund inventors, the sage Chinese. A Philosophical Hitmbog. The Veteran Matthew Carey tells the an nexed oapital anecdote df a distinguished Judge of Pennsylvania; in the Knickerbocker Magazine: ''He stole his grandmother's fan, and covered it for a considerable time in a mud-puddle. Having disguised it as com pletely as in his power, he sent it to the So ciety, with an elaborate description to prove that it was the wing of a bat, and a vote of thanks was passed to the donor. A debate ' arose as to the species td which it belonged and a committee of seven was appointed to ascertain whether it was the wing of a Madagascar or a Candia bat. The commit tee sat three weeks—and after consulting Buffon's Natural History and Goldsmith'd Animated Nature, they reported that it, must have belonged to a Madagascar bat. If was pronounced the greatest curiosity in the Mu seum, except a large shoel of brown paper which be hang up in the chimney, and dis guised with snot and end dirt, and palmed upon the Society aa a {fart df Brahmin's shirt!" BT The fantily that never todk a news paper haa moved into Illinois. The old gen tleman was surprised the other day to learn that gold had been discovered in California; and the eldest daughter wasrejoiced to learn from a neighbor that Webster had been hung, and now she'd never again be troub led with "them pesky spelling books!" lie The following poem "by MARTIN F. TUPPER, the author or "Proverbial Philoso phy," has been kindly sent us for publica tion, Many of our readers will be pleased to learn that Ma. TUPPER has just arrived in this country, and is now in New York. TO THE UNION. Giant aggregate of nations, Glorious whole of glorious parts, Unto endless generations Live united, hands and hearts 1 Be it storm or summer weather, Peace Ail, Calm, or battle jar, Stand in beauteous strength togethci, Sister Stales, as now ye are / Kvery petty class dissension- Heal it up as quick as thought : Every psUry ptwe-pretension- Crush it, as a thing of naught: Let no narrow, private treason You r great onward progress bar, But remain in right and reason, Sister States, as now ye are I Fling away absurd ambition ! People, leave that toy to kings : Envy, jealousy, suspicion- Be above such grovelling things I In each other's joys delighted, All your hate be joys of war, And by all means keep united. Sister States, as now ye are ! Were t but some scornful strongur : Still my counsel would be just— Break the band, and all is danger, Mutual fear, and dark distrust; But you know me for a brother, And a friend who speaks Irom far : Be as one then, with each other, Sister Slates, as now ye are! # • * # • So a peerlessconstellation, May those stars loterer blaze ! Three ami-ten limes threefold nntion, Go ahead in power and praise ! Like the many-breasted goddess, Throned on her Ephesian car, Bo one heart in many bodies, Sister States, as now ye are. MARUN F> TCPPE*. AlbOry, January 15th, 1851. banal and Rail Road Bridges. We publish, in another column of our pa per of to day, a Report made from the Com mittee on Inland Navigation and Internal Improvement of the House of Representa tives at liarrisbiirg, on the subject above mentioned. It embraces a matterjWjjich is daily becoming more interesting®' those people who live in the neighborhood ot Ca • Oats and Railroads. The bridges thrown across our public works, that have been some years standing, are beginning to dilap idate, and, in many instances, are 110 longer safe for crossing / and when either the State, er a company, neglects to repair those bridges, and the townships through which they pass, feel that they are not bound to re pair or rebuild them, the danger, to the trav eling community, becomes most apparent— hence, it is time the public should be advised in relation to the matter.- The view taken of the subject, by the Committee, we think, is ft liberal ons, and one that should govern all cases of the kind : they think the State is bound to keep these bridges it) traveling or der unless a different contract was made when they were built j or, unless, when damages were allowed by the State, to in-! dividuals, in .which agiount Of damages, also, was included the stipulation that they were not to keep them in repair, no Such stipulation could have taken place with re- I gard ts public roads : and, we presume, (f! there Were any such, they applied only to bridges built for farm use. The sum and j substance, therefore, of the report is, that in all cases where the Statn has built btidges over their public works, either, on public roads, or private property, and where there was no understanding who should keep these bridges in repair, the State is bound to do it; and, of course, whatever rule the Legis lature enforces on the State, will be equally applicable to companies who have made , Canals and Railroads. There is, then, but one matter left unek- j plained, and that is: what is to be done, | if, when any of theße bridges become dan gerous, the State or the Company neglects to j repair them t The Supervisors, in every- j township, having charge of the public roads j passing through their respective townships, and we should think they were equally bound to see to the condition "Of bridges on the roads, at the road itslf. Now, if the ] Supervisor finds any Of the bridges in a , dangerous condition, he should 1 give notice thereof to the State Ager.'is, or the Company to whom the sam.'e belongs, and and if they do not, after reasonable no tice, proceed to repair jt -( Supervisor should do it, and brine; his action against the owners for Ihe lull amount of Cost and trouble—the rune rule of proceeding would apply als/o to individuals, Tot whom bridges have, built. We cottimfend a perusal of the '.dport.— Xorrutown Watchman. AIUSTOCRATIC PENMANSHIP.— The Princess Augusta or.ee asked Lord Walsinghatn tor a frank. He wrote One for her in such unin telligible characters, that after having travel led half over England, It was opened and returned "Illegible." The princess com plained to Lord Walsingham, and he wrote another so legibly that it was returned to her royal highness marged "forgery." EST" John Neal says, in an article In the laat number of Sartaln's Magazine, that to bacco costs the world more, yearly, than all its ware and of education. VESSELS FOB THE MEXICAN NAVT. — A ship builder in New York has five vessels upon the stocks for the Mexican Na^ Original Letter Of I)r. Franklin. [Tlie following leller, says the Christian Register was written by Dr. Franklin to Alex. Giles Frobiehar, with whom he cor responded for many years. It is believed that it has never before been published, and it is certainly very interesting as giving a view of the spirit of benevolence and ac tive usefulness by which br. Franklin was governed, and also of the general tendency of his religious opinions. We are greatly indebted to the friend who has allowed us to publish it.] rHii.AnEt.PinA, June 6lh, 1^53. Dear Sir -I received your kind letter of the 2d instant, and am glad to hear you in crease in Strength 1 hep* you will continue | mending till you recover your former health [ and firmness. —-Let "me know whether yon still use the cold bath, and what effect it has. 1 As to the kindness you mention I wish it could have been of more servico to you) but if it had, the only thanks that I should desire is, that you would be equally ready to serve any other person tbat may need your assistance. 4M so let good offices go round, for mankind are all of a family. For my own part when I am employed in serving others, 1 do not look upon myself as con'emng favors, but a paying debts, (it my travels, and since my settlement, I have received much kindness from men to whom 1 shall never have an opportunity to make the least direct return; and numberless mer cies from God wbo is infinitely above be ing benefitted by our services.—Those kind nesses from men, I can only return on their fellow men ; and I can only show my grat itude for these mercies from God by a readi ness to help his other children and my brethren; for Ido not think that thanks and compliments, though repeated meekly, can discharge our real obligations to each other, and much less those to our creator. Vou will in this see my notions of good works and that I am far from expecting Ileavcu by them. By Heaven we under stand a state of happiness, infinite in degree and eternal in duration. 1 can do nothing to deservo Buch rewards. He that for giving • draught Of water to a thirsty person should expect to bo paid with a good plantation, would be modest in his demands compared i with those who think they deservo Heaven Iby the good they do on earth. Even the mixt, imperfect pleasures we enjoy in this world, are rather from God'b goodness than our merit, how much more so then the fe j licity of Heaven? For my own part I have | not the vanity to think I deserve it, the fol ly to expect, nor the ambition to desire it; but content myself in submitting lo the Will and disposal of Him that made me, who has hitherto preserved and blessed me, and in whose paternal grtodrtess I may well con .fide, that he will never make me miserable, and that even the afflictions I may at any lime suffer shall tend to my benefit. | The Inith ytra mention has doubtless its ' use in the worid. Ido not desire to see it diminished, nor would I lessen it in any | man, hut 1 wish it was more productive of I good works, Wotks of kindness, charity I mercy and public spirit; not holiday-keep" ing, sermon reading, or having performed church ceremonies, or making long prayers filled with flatteries and complintonts, despi sed even by wise men, and much loss ca pable ol pleasing the Deity. The worship of God 1* a duty, the hearing or reading Of seter.ons maybe useful ; but if a man in hearing or praying as tOo many do, it is as if a tree should Value itself upon being watered and putting forth leaves, though it never produced any fruit. Your great master thought much iess of these outward appearances and professions than many of his modern disciples; he pre ferred tho doors to the rrtcte hearers; tho sOn who sOemingly refused to obey his fath er, and yet performed his commands, to him that professed his readiness, and yet neg lected the work ; the heretical though char itable Samaritan, to the uncharitable though sanctified priest, and those who gave food to the hungry, drink to the thirdly, raimen, to the naked, entertainment lo v.'.ie stranger, and relief to the sick, (hough they never heard of His name. Ha declares shall be in the last day accented, when those wlTo gjy Lord, t Ord, Vho value themselves on their fattli, Vnough great enough to perform miracles, but have neglected to perform tho works of benevolence, shall be rejected. He professed he came not to call the righ teous but tinners to repentance, which im plied hit modest opinion, that there were tome in his time so good that they needed not hear even him, but now-a-days we have scarce a persort who does not think it the duly of every man within his reach to Sit un* der his wretched ministrations, and that whoever omits them, offends God. I wish to such more humility, and to you, sir, more health and happiness, being, <kc. U. FRANKLIN. ty We learn frbm the Lebanon Courier that the appraisors in the estate of Miss Molly Sholly, deceased, an old maid of that county, in looking over her property and ef fects, found stdwed away in some secret drawer or recess, the sum of twenty-one hundred dollars, sixteen of which was in specie. IT LOOKS NICK —To see a hearty, athlethic man, going from door (o door with a hand or. gan. Such fellows deserve to be blown out of evety town With a tin boat hotn. ty Fifty coaches are now making at Paris, to carry passengers across the Isthmus of Suez; [Tw DiUin ptr Abb NUMBER 9. THE LAW (IP tstJRY. To constitute usury, it is tint necessary that more than the log al rate of intetbst should be stipulated for, and agreed in terms to lie given. It is sufficient if more than that be taken at the time of the loan with the know ledge of the parties lo the contract. The pnying and receiving of more than legal in terest, would show the implied agreement) and the true intention of the londer. It, howevor, the excess was paid by reason of miscalculation, or mistake, it would, of course, afford no evidence of a corrupt ugreeineut. There can TO no usury withbnt an intention to take more than legal interest, and it cannot exist if either of the parties remain ignorant of the usurious reservation. Even where more than lawful interest is re served with the knowledge of the londer, but without that of the borrower, the trans action is not usurious. Ignorance of the law. however, afiords no excuse, if the par ties are aware of all the facts: and where more than legal interest is reserved) or taken by a party to a contract, upon a mistaken supposition of a legal right lo do so, it is nexerthelesß a corrupt agreement within the statute.—Therefore if a mode of calculation be adopted which gives to tne creditor more j than legal interest, and the lender knows it will have that effect, he is guilty of usury, although he may not suspect that he is vio lating law. Where a pre-existing valid debt is incor porated in a security, given in part for a usu rious loan, the instrument is void. The law ful and usurious considerations cannot tie separated so as to uphold the security in part, in proportion to the amount of the valid indebtedness. The wliolo is a nulli y. But the legal debt is not affected, Hnd may be recovered, without regard to the usurious contract. Whero, on (ho loan Of money lliore in an usurious agreement, It is not material wheth ier the illegal premium he actually paid, or j only promised. The contract is entire, and ■ upon its terms, taken togethor, depend* tile ■ question of usury, lie amount of money, j therefore, in lad paid, is of no consequence j whatever, provided there is an nudeistand j ing between the parties that the illegal pre | rnium shall in futtlre ho advariceil. Nor is I it a matter of any legal importance, whether I the contracts is contained in a single instru ment, or embraced in several writings. The ! law cannot be eVided by any attempt at ill. ; visibility. All the acts of tho patties at the , time, are regarded as a single transaction, | forming but one agreement. Consequently, | if Or.e note be taken for the the sum actually i loaned, and atlother for the usurious premi ■ urns, both securities are equally void. , The contraci may be par.ly in wrt ing, and j partly by parol, in which case oral evidence I is admissable, to show tho real agreement— |So that if a notice is given merely for the : sum lent, with a lawful interest, if there bo ! n verbal agreement to pay usury, the instcu i ment is illegal ami void. | XV A tavern keeper, once upon a time, ; having acquired considerable property grew 1 very Careless, ami so offended the lawyers [ by Whom his house had for many years ! been Visited, that during a crowded session of the Court thoy with on i accord forsook him, leaving behind thnin the following Parody on the Dcclnrntlou of ladcpcn* dcncc. When In the course of human events it becomes necessary for a half hungry, half- 1 fed, imposed on sot of men, to dissolve the bands of landlord and boarder, a decent re spect lor the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which have impelled them to the separation. We hold these truths to be sell evident i all mcu are created with mouths and stom achs; and tiuey are endowed by their Cre ator whit certain*innlienable rights, among wliion nre, thai no man should be compel led to starve, otit of mere compliance to a landlord, and that every rtian has a right to fill his stotaach and Wet his whistle With the best that's going. The history of the presbht landlord of the White Lion is a history of repeated infctilts, exactions and injuries, all liavtng in direct object the establishment of absolute tyran ny over our stomachs and throats. To prove this, let facts be submitted to acandid world. He has refused to keep anything to drink but bald face whiskey. He has refused to set upon his table for dinner anything but turnip sOup, with a lit tle rough beef and sour-crout, which are not very wholesome aqd necessary for the pub lic good. He lias refused to let Ids only servant, (old blink-eyed Joe) put more thar. six grains of cnflee to one gallon of Water. He has turned loose a multitude of mus quiloes to assail us in the peaceful hours of the night and cat Op our substanoe. He has kept up, in Our Deds and bed steads, standing armies of merciless sava ges, whose rule 01 warfare is uudistinguish ed destruction. He has excited domestic insurrection a moag us, by taking bitters belore breakfast, and making his wife and servants do the same before dinner, whereby there is often the very deuce to pay. COMFI.IMENT TO THE CIERGY—The Spring field Republican states that the Hon. Geo. Thompson, M. P., recently remarked in an address at the village of Union, N. Y., as follows: "Your country is not visited by the calamities of Pestilence or Famine, or what i s worse, God has rained down upon you mor e than thirty thousand recreant. Priests."
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