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MORNING AND EVENING.
BY JAKE CRAY.
On the shore of a dim and misty sea,
With a broad green field before him, j
Stood a childish form, in the early morn,
With the blue sky hanging o'er him ;
And his heart leaped forth to the glad green ;
earth,
Like a fountain to freedom springing;;
For blossoming trees waved tbere IU the
breeze,
And birds in the boughs were singing.
But a voice from behind fell on his ear;
"Though bright .the sunshine o'er thee,
O, child, beware of the lurking snaro
That lies in the path before thee !"
And the youth went forth to the Field of
Life,
With a high soul's firm endeavor;
But the warning word in the morning heard
In his heart was treasured ever.
Years were gone—and an old man stood
On the verge of a swelling ocean,
And the foamy spray on his looks ol gray
Was tossed by the wild commotion !
The MORN -was past —and the glorious NOON ;
At the TwiLiutiT HOUR we find him,
With its shadows dim encircling him
And the Field of Life behind him.
But ho looked not back—his eyes were fixed
On the misty sea before him ;
For he knew if the sun ot life was gone
Heaven's starlight still was o'er him.
So he gazed with a calm, untroubled brow,
'Till the mist grew an angel's pinion,
And it bore him away to a brighter day
In the spirit's high dominion !
GUILTY, BUT DRUNK!
I
DAN. MARBLE'S STORY OR THE GEORGIA JUDGE, j
Not a few of our readers, West and South, J
who had the pleasure of an intimate acquain. '
tance with Dan Marble, will recognise the
irresistable etory tre used to i'tell" of the -to- I
len spoons and the Georgia Judge. Col. j
liradbury, we believe, once dressed up the
joke and set it agoing, and partially in that 1
guise we give it a place in the annals of .the ,
comedian:—
"Many years ago, while the State of Geor
gia was yet ir. its infancy, an eccrentic crea- {
tare, named Btown, was one of the Circuit ,
Judges. He was a man of considetablc
ability, of inflexible integrity, and much I
beloved and reppecled by all the legal pro
fession, but he had one fault. His social
qualities would lead him, despite his judg- !
ment, into frequent excesses. In travelling I
the Circuit it was his almost invariable hab
it, the night before opening the Court, to get !
•'comfortably corned,' by means of applian- J
ces common upon such occasions. If he
couldn't succeed while operating upon bis
own hook, the gentlemen of the law would
generally turn and help him.
"It was in the spring of the year, taking
his wife—a model of a woman in her way—
in the old-fashioned, but strong 'carry-all,'
lie journeyed some forty miles, and reached
tthe viMage where the 'court' was to be open
■eil next day. It was along in the evening of
.Sunday that he arrived at the place, and took
sip his quarters with a relation of his 'better
half,' by whom the presence of the official
dignitary was considered a singular honor.
After supper Judge Brown strolled over to
the only tavern in the town, where he found
many old friends, called to the place, like ,
himself, on important professional business, j
and who were proper glad to meet him. |
" 'Gentlemen,' said the Judge, "tis quite J
a long time since we have enjoyed a glass
together—let us take a horn all around. Of
course, Sterritt (addressing the landlord,) you
have better liquor than you had the last time
we were her£—the stuff you had then was
not fit to give -a dog.'
"Sterritt, who hod cherge of the house, {
pretended that everything was right, and so
they went to work. It is unnecessary to en
large upon a drinking bout in a country lav*
em—it will quite answer our purpose to slate
that somewhere in the region of midnight
the Judge wended his very devious way tow
ards his temporary home. About the time be
vu leaving, however, some young barris
ters, fond of a 'practical joke,' and not much
afraid of the bench, transferred all the silver
spoons of Sterritt to the Judge's pocket.
"It was eight o'clock on Monday morning
that the Judge rose. Having indulged in
Jbo process of ablution and abstertion, and
partaken 01 0 cheerful and refreshing break
fast, he went to his room to prepare himselt
for the duties of the day.
" 'Well, Polly,' said ho to his wife, 'I feel
much better than I expected to feel after ihfl
frolic of last night.'
" 'Ah, Judge,' said she, reproachfully,
'vou are getting too old—you ought to leave
off that business now.'
" 'Ab, Polly, what's the use of talking ?'
"It was ot t&is precise instant of time tha?l
the Judge, having put on his overcoat, was i
proceeding according to his usual custom,
to give his wife a parting kiss, that ho hap
pened, in thrusting his hand into his pocket,
' BLOOItfSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNrf?PA., TfITURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1851.
to lay hold of Sterritt's spoons. He pulled
them out. With an expression of horror al
most indescribable, he exclaimed—
" -My God ! Polly !>
" 'What on earth's the matter, Judge ?'
" 'Just look at these spoons.'
" 'Dear me, where'd you gel them ?'
"'Get them? Don't you seethe initials
on them ?'—extending them towards l.or—
'l stole them!'
" 'Stole them, Judge ?'
" 'Yes, stole them !'
11 'My dear husband, it can't be possible—
from whom ?'
" 'From Sterritt, over there—his name is
on them.'
" Good heavens .' how could it happen V
" 'I know very well, Polly—l wa3 very
drunk when I oame home, wasn't I ?'
" 'Why, Judgej you know your old habit
when you gel among those lawyers.'
" 'But I was very drunk ?'
" 'Yes, you was-'
" 'Was I remarkably so when I got borne,
Mrs. Brown V
" 'Yes, Judger drunk as a fool, and forty
times as stupid.'
" 'I thought so,' said tho Jud;.e, dropping
into a chair in extreme despondency—'l
knew it would come to that at last. I have
always thought that something would hap
pen to me—that I should do something very
wrong—kill somebody in a moment of pas
sion, perhaps—but I never imagined that I
should be mean enough to be guilty cf de
liberate larceny.'
" 'But there may be some mistake, Judge.' j
" 'No mistake, Polly. I know very well
how it came about. That fellow, Sterritt,
keeps the meanest sort of liquor, and always
did—liquor mean enough to make a man do
any sort of a mean thing. 1 have always said
ifwas mean enough to make a man steal, i
and now I have a practical illustration of tho
fact.' And the old man burst into tears.
" 'Don't be a child,' said his wife, wiping
away the tears, 'go, like a man, over to Ster
ritt, tell him it was a little bit of a frolic—
pass it off as a joke—go and open court, and
nobody will ever think of it again.'
"A little ot the soothing system operated
upon the Judge, as such things usually do,
his extreme mortification was finally sub
dued, ane over to Sterritt's he went, with a
I tolerable face. Of course he had but little
difficulty in settling with him; for, aside
from the fact that the Judge's integriiy was.
unquestionable, he had an inkling of the
joke that had been-played.
"Judge Brown ptoceeiled -to Court, and
took his seat; but spoons and bad liquor—
bad liquor and spoons—liuuor, spoons,
drunk, larceny, and Judge Brown, was so
mixed up in his'worship's' bewildered head,
that he felt awful pale, if ho did not look so.
In fact, the Judge fell cut down, and his usu
al self-possessed manner of disposing of bu
siness, his diction and decisions were not
what Judge Brown had been noted for.
Several days had passed away, and the
business of the court was drawing towards a
close, when one morning, a rough looking
sort ol a customer was arraigned on a charge
of stealing. After the clerk had read the jn
diutment to him, he put the usual question ;
" 'Guilty or not guilty ?'
'''Guilty, but drunk,' answered the pris
oner.
" 'What's that plea?' exclaimed lite Judge
who was half dozing upou the bench.
" 'He pleads guilty, but says he was drunk/ !
replied the clerk.
" '"Viiat's the charge against the man ?'
" 'He is indicted for grand larceny.'
" 'What's the case V
" 'May it please your honor,' said the
prosecuting attorney, 'the man is regularly
indicted for stealing a large sum from the
Columbus Hotel''
" 'He is, eh? and he pleads'—
" 'He pleads, guilty, but drunk.'
"The now fully aroused,
i " 'Guilt)', hut drunk 1 This is a most ex
traordinary plea. Young man, are yon cer
tain you were drunk.'
" 'Yes, sir'
" 'Where did you get your liquor?'
" 'At Sterritt's.'
( " 'Did you gel none nowhere else V
" 'Not a drop, sir."
" 'You got drunk o.i his liquor, and after
wards stole his money ?'
"Yes. sir.'
" 'Mr. Prosecutor,' said the Judge, 'do mo
the favor to enter a nolle prosequi in that
man's case. The liquor of Sterritt's is mean
enough to make a man do anything dirty.
I got drink on it the other day myself, and stole
all Sterritt's spoons—release the prisoner, Mr.
Sheriff. I adjourn the the Court.' "
The mission of Washington—Union A.
mong Men.
BY C. 11. WILEY, OF NORTH CAROLINA.
For nearly six thousand years the world
was without one pure patriot ; for nearly six
thousand years our race had been making
progress before it produoed a soldier with
out ambition, a statesman without guile, a
ruler who preferred to live under equal laws
rather than be the law himself.
He had been looked for: through the long
years of injustioe and misrule, of fraud and
force, his expected coming shed a hope in
the hearts of men. And often it seemed
that be had come; but they who ran to
meet him and laid offerings at his feet were
smote with iron rods and delivered into bon
dage.
Still this hope gathered strength, and the
race advanced in the attributes of him who
came to redeem it from its fallen estate.
"The Lord plan ted,a garden eastward in
Eden," and there he put roan, formed in hie
own image, the possessor of life and happi
ness. But he was templed and fell, and his
estate forfeited ; and, with a curse upon his
head, he was driven from paradise. West
ward, his face was set ; and westward his
children were still driven leaving their pater
nal estate, the happy mansion of their fath
er behind-
| Westward, still westward they continued
; to go ; but though they were ever leaving
; their ancestral abode still farther in the rear,
j they were all the time coming nearer to the
1 condition which man onc9 there enjoyed.
] Their exile was designed to chasten, soften,
and purify their [corrupted natures ; and at
each remove, instead of dragging a heavier
I chain, their yoke beoame eaeiet and their.
burdens lighter. Still onward they went in
| their pilgrimage, forbid to look: backward or
turn back, the avenger pursuing at their
) heels; but they carried a covenant with
them, and they often stopped to read and
scan and study its promises.
' Thus they fled until they reached the
shores of the Great Western or Atlantio
Ocean; and on its borders they multiplied
! and increased in comfort arid knowledge
i But the spirit of Cain still pressed upon and
j scourged them ; and then they took ship
i ping and with their covenant and its promis
es bade adieu to eastern land, committing
themselves and their hopes to the wide sea,
steering westward, though nothing but the
bleak sea was before them. They found
land, a new world of primeval forests ; and
here their hopes grow brightor and their
hearts stronger, while their minds expanded
with new ideas and happier fancies. But
the oppresror still pursued and overtook
them ; and they looked again to be driven
westward to find their expected champion
and their resting-place. But he arose in their
midst : and they prepared to stand their
ground, and to fight here the battle of liber
ty and of right.
They heard and heeded a word to which
human ears had .been strangers since the |
strife betweeu Adam's sons : they received I
and cherished a counter-charm greater than j
'bat "divide and govern" maxim which since 1
'.he days of Nimrod, had worked such won- 1
ders for kings and politicians. That precious
6ecret, that potent talisman was the word
Union —it blended the hearts of the common
people into one mighty heart, whose pulsa- ;
tions sent a healthful 1 glow over the whole I
country ; it ombodied the just impulses of
our buter nature into om living mnw of op- i
poseless principle, that spoke the same uter
nal truths with a thousand voices of thun- j
der, atld it bound up in one resistless arm |
the whole patriot-strength of oppressed hu- i
mqpily. This compact heart was a heart of
power and courage ; this blended sentiment
was a consuming fire; this united strength
an over-match for any human force.
"Divide anil enihve shouted old Oppres
sion from beyond the sea: "Unite and be
free I" whispered the spirit of Washington, j
They did unite : and this compact humani- j
ty, like a mighty Briareus with a thousand |
arms, struck back at pursuing tyranny, over- I
whelmed and trampled on it, and shook off
the chains from its sturdy limbs.
The mission of Washington was fulfilled ;
he laid aside the sword and the insigna of
power, he enthroned law in the seat of jus
tice, in the seat which he himself had filled
and resigned, and he bowed to it and hailed
it as his ruler, and the ruler of all—God's
only vicegerent on earth.
The hope of hutnanity was reached—its
Washington had come—and as he descen
ded into the grave, he called his followers a
bout him and gave them his parting bles
sing and his, dying counsel. He told them
how much they bad gained, anil how they
had gained it; and he told them how they
could retain the blessings they had achiev
ed.
His eye surveyed the extent, the beauty
and gtealness of the country which had
been partially redeemed from the curse pro
nounced on Adam; earnestly and affection
ately gazed at the busy and happy throngs
that watched for his last benediction ; and
his heart swelled within him as he solemnly
uttered the last promptings of his patriotic
spirit, "Be united and free !" and then pas
sed forever from the abode of mortals.
So far we have obeyed his injunction and
inherited his blessing. The wilderness has
given way to fields and meadows and gar
dens ; cities and towns and villages coverall
the haunts of the deer and buffalo ; our riv
ers are crowded with ships and boats; our
people fly from province to province on the
wings of steam ; our thoughts and wishes
are communicated to our friends scattered
ail over this fair land, by the viewless mes
sengers of the olouds. We are thrifty—we
are free—we are increasing with amazing
rapidity in strength, and substance, and
comfort. In the midst of our abundance
we are se6ure : we are sovreign, owe alle
giance to no man, and pny tribute to no
man. We make laws to suit ourselves—
we fight no man's battles, wo reap where we
sow, and go whither we list. A healthy,
vigorous, and intrepid humanity has sprung
from and taken the place of the deceased
bruised bodies that offend the eye in other
lands ; and it has spread its thrifty branches
to the limits of the continent.
I said that at each remove of our race
from its birth-place, its cqqdition was im
proved ; that lrom the beginning of its ex
ile it had bean slowly regaining some of the
precious things lost by the grand shipwreck
of Adam. Modern science has revealed
another faot: we now know that in our pro-
TntS ul RigH-~os.ua r CMBlry.
gress westward we have been in fact on the
road—a long and weary one it has been—
but we have actually been on the road to
the east. And now, from the borders of the
western sea, the children of Washiugton ex
tend to the Southern or Pacific; and just be
yond this Pacific is the east, the starting
point. We have arrived in view of this our
first abode; we have made the circuit of the
earth in exile, and are now 'approaching the
paternal hearth, redeemed, regenerated, and
disenthralled. Happy and pround, erect and
hopeful, the children of Adam gaze across
the Pacific, upon the scenes of their fathers'
glory and disgrace ; and with free limbs,
and renovated hearts and joyful reoollections
of perils past, or dangers overcome, and
crimes expatiated, hail the old ancestral
home. Nature there glows in all her
ancient glories ; there are still the golden
skies, the spicy groves and the unfading
flowers of paradise. But a brooding curse
inflicts the air; the flowers still bear the
stain of Abel's blood. And they who have
lingered there are still branded with the
marks of Cain ; death moral death, still hov
ers over and about litem, and the dreadful
doom pronounced on the first sinning man
and woman has, with aggravated horrors,
been their constant portion. But now, from
the east of them, a light has dawned upon
them ; from them the light of Christianity
has dawned upon their long long night of
gloom. And with the name of Christ and
the Christian's hope comes a new name; and
it is whispered in the dungeons and castles,
in the dens of wretchedness and the places
of pride. It kindles an unwonted glow in
withered heart of philanthropy ; it strings
tho nerveless arm of palfiolism, and awa
kens a new song on the lips of eastern
bards.
Like the shadow of a great sock in a wea
ry land it is a refuge and a comfort ; and
they who have heard it, look out and are a
mazed. They see a silent coast become
suddenly alive with a new and noisy and
bustling race of people, building cities, cov
ering the waters with travelling palaces,
founding great states, and administering jus
tice and keeping order without the aid of ar
mies or of soldiets. And they see among
these people men, with something of the e
reot bearing and majestic presence of Adam
and women in whose faces shine glimpses
ol that spiritual light of those morning hues
which graced the first mistress of Eden.
These are the people who cherish that
name which has awakened hope in tho east
tho people in wfaeao Amm *e engraved tho
greal name of Washington. In the centre
of their country stands .'he city called for
hitn ; and from it, to the remotest extremes
of that extended country, radiate law and
justice, protecting, governing, and support
ing all the vast multitudes of people who
cover that wide country with the improve
ments, the comforts, conveniences, and or
uamenls of art and science.
And over them floats a meteor flag which
none dare insult or tonch with irreverent
hands; a flag which on the Andes und Him
malayah mountains, in the deserts of Ara
bia, and in the polar wastes, renders secure
from the hostile or plundering hand of ma i,
savage or civilized all who repose beneath
it. It is a charmed flag ; on its starry lolds
is fixed a charm more powerful than ever
adhered to sacred stone or relic, to letters or
firmans or passports of kings and potentates.
It is word which made us* free ; it is the
word which lias led us to glory and to pow
er—it is the ever-blessed, the all-powerfuli
the all-conquering word, UNION.
E. Plunbus Unum, that is its motto ! one
out of many, that is the talisman ic sentence
which protects the American citizen, the
citizen of the United States, in all quarters of
the earth. He is never alone, he is never
unguarded ; like a great monarch, protect
ting hosts march by his side, hosts that are
belter than the guards of kings, for they are
hosts of his brethren. And on ho goes,
withersoever his interest or his inclinations
lead him ; he pushes his researches in all
the corners, and nooks, and holes of this i
planet; he plants himself and bis customs,
and takes his comfort, and follows his de
sires, a free, vigorous, inventing, managing,
cheerful man, sovreign and independent iu
all zones and all latitudes, all fearing, re
specting, and giving precedence to him over
whose head is emblazoned that warning sen
tence, E. PlurUnu Unum I Harm him not,
lor he is one of many bretherent That is the
language which our banner speaks ; that is
the language which the divided and fratric-!
idol tribes of the east look on with wonder
and delight. With hands red with the blood j
of brethren, with dejected mien and scow
ling faces, our ancestors srarted on their ex
ile westward lrom the pleasant site of "the
garden ol the Lord ;" with bands of music,
and cheerful songs, and majestic stride, they
approach again their paternal hearthstone,
while upon their flaunting banners flash (ho
wordß "Liberty and Union, one and insepa
rable, now and forever!"
A SENSIBLE REPLY. —During the exami
nation of a witness, as to the locality ol the
stairs in the house, the counsel asked him,
"which way did the stairs run ?' The wit
ness, who by ihe by is a noted wag, replied,
"That one way they ran up stairs, but that
I the other way they ran down stairs." The
learned counsel winked both eyes, and then
took a look at the ceiling..
HP The Evening Post says whole rows of
new houses in Ihe upper part of the city of
| New York, are now standing unsold and tin
' tenanted.
EXTRACT FROM
THE LIFE OF DAN MARIILE.
Towards the close of Dan.'s apprentice- 1
ship, lie became what is called stage struck.
Hartford afforded few incentives to study the
profession, or means of judging what it was
all about; but Dan. had caught the fever,
and it affected him in about the same way it
affects thousands who get into that way.
Everything around him assumed a dram
atic hue, or was turned to stage account. A
journeyman "Smith," at work in the shop of
Dan.'s master, was an old stager; that is, he
had ieen the foot lights often, if ho had not
exactly snuffed their exhalations. This man
kindled Dan. Marble's "penny dtp" ol stage
enthusiasm into a perfect flambeau of drea
my longings for a glance at the great actors
and immense play-houses of New York.
Dan. caught "snatches" of tragedy, drama,
and farce, from his old friend, and the con
sequence was, that everything touched, look
ed at, or turned up, was converted into a
weapon oj defence or onslaught, and theat
rically addressed or dismissed. As he bur
nished a piece of silver ware—
"Out, out, damned spot!" would accom
pany his frictional efforts with buff and pow
der.
One day, Dan.'s master came in, in the
midst of a great harranguing of the "greasy
citizens" of Rome, by Brutus and Marc An
thony : the journeyman and apprentice, some
half dozen other operatives and idlers look
ing on, and the whole functions of the silver
smithery being in a State of suspended oper
ation.
Of course Dan. felt flat ns panoakes, and
got a moral lecture a yard long. But the
next day or two gave the boss another ink
ling into what was going on during his ab
sence. Entering the shop rather hurriedly
tho boss, in a state cf agitation better concei
ved than described, sees his apprentice stret
ched out upon the floor, the journeyman
standing over him, and in a voice and with
a face terribly worked up, screwing the po- j
ker into the dying body of poor Dan., and ,
in an awful long guttural, gasping—
"Down, DOWN (giving the poker a savage- j
rous jcretc,) to he-e-e-tf (another screw,) and I
say I sent you there !"
The first impulse of the "boss" was to run !
out—nobody else than those described being
in the shop—call in the noighbors, and se
cure the murderer; but changing his mir.d,
the boss was about to pitch into the blood
stained jur. and secure him himself, when
UD jumpa Dan ami ananltoJ to wk.
blushing like a boiled lobster/
"Dan. Marble," says the "boss," feeling
much eisier in his boots, "this won't do.
Now, sir, you must quit this infernal non
sense, or you and I'll have a settlement. And
yon, sir," to the cheap feeling jur., "may
quit my shop if you are to turn it into a
playhouse, sir!" '
Like the boy caught in the thief trap, ihey
hadn't a word to say, but "ripped" into their
work like a bouse afire.
Not long after this, the moral ears of the
boss were saluted with such a storm of sai
lor talk in the garret, on Sunday, that he ver
ily believed a dozen man-of-war's men had
got up there ; but crawling into the precincts
quietly, he found Mr. Dan. Marble, and his
crony the journeyman, going it like bricks—
Dan., as a sailor, talking about swinging off
the yardarm, and confrere as a dozen ship
mates, receiving shares of "poor Jack's—
"poor William's," rather—goods and chat
tels.
The next day the journeyman stepped out
for New York, and Dan. Maible was caution
ed not to do so any more! Whether Dan.
left on "French leave," or a Paddy's furlough,
or whether he ws s bound apprentice for a
specified term, without referenoe to age, we
know not ; but certaiu it is, Dan. Marble
stepped ashore one morning from a boat on
the North Riverside of Gotham shortly after
the above noted time. And as he was only
about nineteeu or twenty years ot age, he
was probably set a little ahead by his father
in his identures to his master. This, we
take it, waa the true version of the case.
WEIGHT ANO MEASURES.— The following
table of the number of pounds of various
articles to a bushel may be of interest to our
farmer friends;
Of wheat, sixty pounds.
Of shelled corn, fifty six pounds.
Of corn in tire cob, seventy pounds.
Of rye, fifty-six pounds.
Of barley, forty-eight pounds.
Of potatoes, s : xty pounds.
Ot beans, sixty pounds.
Of bran, twenty pounds.
Of clover seed, sixty pounds.
Of timothy seed, forty-five pounds.
Of flax seed, fifty-six pounds.
Of hemp seed, forty-four pounds.
Of buckwheat, fifty-two pounds.
Of blue grass seed, fourteen pounds.
Of castor beans, forty-six pounds.
Of dried peaches, thirty-three pounds.
Of dried apples, twenty-four pounds.
Of onions, fifty-seven pounds.
Of salt, fifty pounds.
ur We never knew ol a sagacious, en
terprising business man but what advertised.
All who do this systematically make money.
CF Every man has three characters, one
which his enemies give him ; one given
him by his friends ; and one which he real
ly merits.
John Case is about to remove his
quarters to Milton with his newspaper.
The Has-trtth n Brick in his Hat.
I'll tell you a tale quite flat,
(But the first one on the docket,)
Of a man who stood with a brick in his hat,
And his hand in his breeches pocket.
He stood in a mournful way,
And muttered a single d n,
Then sung out a doleful lay
'fwas the drunkard's song of tho dram
"Dram ! dram ! dram !
Morning, noon, and night;
Dram ! dram dram !
Till I've almost lost my sight:
For my eyes are running—red—
And my hat's without a crown;
I've a terrible pain in my head,
And my boots are alt run down ;
My boots are all rtm down,
And I am run down too;
I find I've been done brown—
Jewhiiikeus I what shall I do I
I am out of credit and cash,
(He sang it with a sigh,)
If 1 had it I,d cut a dash,
And drink this grocery dry."
But the rain was falling fast,
And the wind was getting cold,
So he laid htm down at last,
With his story half untold.
| Next morn he was seep, lying flat,
And O, 1 think 'twas a sin—
This man we left with a brick in his hat,
Was found too dead to skin !
Young man, when taking a horn,
Just think of this drunken youth,
And I think you'll "acknowledge the corn,"
That I am good at telling the truth. i
WM. I'. DAVIS.
Paris, Tenn. July 27, 1851.
THINGS WORTH KNOWING,
Lcwenhock says that there are more ani
mals in the mill of a single fish than there
are men upon the earth.
Herodotus, a Greek Historian, states that
w lien he was in Egypt, the Egyptian priest
• told him that they had a tradition, that the
sun rose twice in the west, and set twice in
the east! x
Cotton was firs t planted in the United
States, in the year 1789.
Isinglasr is made from the entrails of a
fish.
The ancient Persians trained their chil
dren to speak the truth, and to live strictly
temperate.
All bodies or substances, have impenetra
bilitJL axtsn,iaa r tjgii.o' .Ui/utbtltiy, invrtt*,
and attraction.
Holbach says, Liberty, to man, is the fac- i
ulty of doing, for his own peculiar happiness |
everything which does not injure or dimin- (
ish the happiness of his associates; and
that 'rights are every thing which society,
by equitable laws, permits each individual
to do for his own peculiar felicity.
Night is composed of seven colors—red,
blue, green, violet, orange, yellow and in
digo.
Aniisthines, a Greek phylosopher, who
lived about four hundred years before Christ,
taught that virtue consists in being indepen- j
dent of circumstances, and that, to maintain j
this, our wants should be reduced to the i
smallest number.
Sago is produced from the pith of the lun-!
Lan tree ; which grows in the East Indies.
The senses are—sight, touch, hearing,
smell, and las'.e ; they are the means by
which wo know the qualities of objects.
Gunpowder is composed of saltpetre, sul
phur and charcoal.
The words, east and west, north and south
are merely relative terms.
Pythagoras, the great philosopher, being
asked his opinion of a friend, replied, he is
a second self!
Aristotle recommended prudence as the
foundation of all the virtues.
Musk is produced from an animal abou (
the size of goat, a native of the East Indies.
Gas is extracted from oil ; but nioro gen
erally from coal; it is air, but much lighter
than common air.
Tho ancients represented Venus, the God- !
dees of love and beauty, as treading upon a
tortoise, indicating that virgins
ought not to ramble from home ; and ilia'
married women ought to be silent, love their |
own home, and govern their family.
Mr. Dick says, that since the creation of j
the world, about fourteen thousand millions,
of human beings have been slain in the va- j
rious wars that man has waged against his
fellow man !
Charity and hospitality ate tho first duties
enjoined by Mahomet in the Koran.
The mahogany tree grows in the island of
Jamaica, Central America, and the southern
part of East Florida.— Saturday Courier.
(7* The most interesting sight is that ol a
young lady, with eyes like a '-gazelle," a
voice like a "silver trumpet," with "lips
like rubies," and with "cheeks that have
stolen the carnation from the deathless rose,' |
and her mouth full of—gingerbread.
SIGNIFICANT. —Most of the factories in
Connecticut nave stopped, on account of low
water — Fact. .
'Taint so ! The Whig papers say it ain't
so. They say it's the "I.ooofoco Tariff,"
and don't they know l—Philada. Argus.
ty A friend of ours says he would have
always remained single, Out he ooulda't af
ford it. What it cost him for 'gais and ice
cream,' is more thai he now pays to bring
up a wife and eight children. Bachelors
should think of this.
[Two Dollars per Araa;
NUMBER 43.
RELIGION IN THE tNITEh STATES.
De Tocqueville's work on Democracy in
Americn, has enjoyed a very great popularity
in Frandfe. The thirteenth e<!it : on ha* j.ist
been published. In reviewing it, M?Ch'ova
ler, who is himself acquainted with this
country, has the following paragraph :
''lt is easy to show how much-the succtss
of the Democratic Republic in the United
States i* doe to the relig ou< reeling of the pto
pie. In Europe most of the disorder in soci
ety has its origin in the domestic circle, and
not far from the nuplual couch. Frequently
the European finds it difficult to submit to
the powers of the State only because tumul
tuous passions agitate his own dwelling, and
that he is there a prey to tire uneasiness of
the heart or the instability of desires. In tho
United States the residence of the citizen is
the image of order and of peace. North A
merica, according to the unanimous opinion
of all who have visiied it, is the country
where the conjugal tie is most respected,
and where conjugal happiness is the rtjost
appreciated.
This good state of morais in America has
'•s origin in religious faith. Religion would
probably be powerless to restrain man in
presence of the temptation with which he is
assiled by fortune; but it reigns supreme
l over the mind of woman, and it is woman
who forms public morals. As long as Amer
icans shall preserve ihe severity of their mo
ral conduct, they will preserve the Demo*
crane Republic. If their morals become re
e ' tbey become vicious, it will be be
cause religion has been deprived of ii au
thority. Instead of a free nation, there will
bo a dogiuded mass, governed by the corr
upt rich. Republican institutions may exist
in name, but the name will bo a deception.
It will be like the Roman Repulic, which
existed in name under the Passant, but the
reality of which had completely disappeared-
In the United States religion also governs the
mind, restrains it in its abberratione, and
thus becomes a guarantee of the duration of
the Republic. Everybody in the United
Wales professes religious dogmas. Tho small
number who are not sincere Christians affect
to be so, lest they should be suspected of
having no religion. Christianity, therefore,
has an external adhesion which is unani
mo us.
The resu i t of lhig is (hg mQral
world, everything is fixed, althongb the po
lineal world may appear to be entirely giv
en opto discussion and" rash experiments.
Tho human mind in the United States has
not before it an unlimited space ; however
bold it may be, i, feels there are iusurmoun
table barriers before which it must stop
Hence it happens that, in all classes, there is
a certain restraint, either voluntary or tho
result of fotce. In this manner, men qf rev
olutionary tendencies are constantly com
pelled to profess, if they do not feel, a res
pect for Christian morality, and consequeut
lyfor equity, which is the sobstance of
Christianity. If they could rise above their
scruples, or if they had no scruples, they
would still be restrained by those of their
partisans. Thus, in the United States, there
is no person who will dare to put forward
the maxim that everything may be permit
ted in the interest of the state and of society
—a tyrannical maxim, which prevailed for
our misfortune in the French Republio, and
which the second has, hitherto, notwithstan
ding its imperfections and its faults, impera
tively rejected."
A Clincher.
Sovoral individuals were discussing lire
merits of temperance and anti-temperance
in this ci#, not long since, among whom
were two Irishmen. One of them was an
unscrupulous advocate lor the ' liberty" to
get drunk, and make himself and those
around him miserable. The discussion was
animated, and when tho other Irishman got
a chance he said—"Now, friends, I'll tell
you a little story. Once the divil offered a
gentleman a large sum oT money, if ho
would commit one of the three crimes, and'
might have his choice—to get drunk, com
mit adultery, or murder. An' faith he chose
to get drunk, just what the divil wanted him
to, for after he got drunk, he committed the
other crimes without the asking Tbis was
a perfect clincher, and the discussion ended*.
To be a woman of fashion is one of
the easiest things in the world. A late wrr*
ler thus describes it—buy everything you
don't want, and pay for nothing you do,
smile on all mankind but your husbSnd *
be happy everywhere but at home; hate the'
country; adore l'aris; neglect your children,
and nurse lap dogs ; go to chtirfch every*
time you get a new shawl to show the Lord'
and die without fuss whenever the physlbihh
makes out your warraut.
rr A cross old bachelor says that girls
"aint" handsome, hate those who are
while those who are handsome, hate otie an
other. Which class has the "best time of it? *
IV Beware, girls, of falling in love with
a pair of mustaches, till you have ascertain
ed whether their wearer is the original pro
prietor.
Lately, in Michigan, two neighbors
agreed to an exchange of their families
one giving his wife and two children for the
other's wife.
IJV" 'The last ROSE of Summer,' is sup
posed to mean getting out of bed on the 31st
of August.