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THE LIGHT AT HOME.
The light at borne ! bow bright it beams
When evening shades around ua fall;
And from the latlice far it gleams,
To love, snd rest, and comfort call.
When wearied with the toils of day,
And strife for glory, gold, or fame,
How sweet to seek the quiet way,
Where loving hps will lisp our name
Around the light at homo!
When through the dark and stormy night,
Wayward wanderer homeward hiea,
How cheering is that twinkling light,
Which through the forest gloom be spies!
It is the light at home. He (eels
Thst loving hearts will greet him there,
And safely through bis bosom steals
Tha joy and love thai banish care
Around the light at home!
The light at home I when ere at last
ft greets Ibe seaman through the storm,
He feels no more the chilling blast
Thst beats upon his manly form.
Long jears upon lite sea have fled,
Since Mary gave her parting kiss,
But the sad tears which she then shed
Will now be paid with rapturous bliss
Around the light at home!
The light at home! how still and sweet
It peeps from yonder cottage door—
The weary laborer to greet-
When ibe rough toils of day are e'er!
Sad is the sonl that does not kuuw
The blessings that the beams imparl,
The cheerful hopes and joys that flow,
And lighten up the heaviest heart
Around the light at home I
EFFECT* OF THE COMET IN ITU
The retura of a great comet had been
predicted to appear in 1712, which caused
great alarm in England. The following
amusing account is taken from an old pa
per of the period:
."In (he y—iir IT|S. Mr. CFliiuleu tm-riny
calculated the return of a comet which was
to make its appearance on Wednesday, the
14th of October, at five minutes alter five in
the morning, gave notice to the public ac
cordingly. with the terrifying addition that a
total dissolution of the world by fire was to
tako place on the Friday following. The
reputation Mr. Whiston had long maintain
ed in England, both as a divine and a phil
osopher, left little or no donbt with the pop
ulace of the truth of his prediction. Sev
eral ludicrous events took place. A num
ber of persons in and about London seized
all the barges and boats they could lay their
hands on in the Thames, very rationally
concluding that when the conflagration took
place there would be the most safety on wa
ter. A gentleman who had neglected fam
ily prayer for better than five years, inform
ed his wife that it was his determination to
resume that laudable practice that same
evening; but his wife having engaged a
ball at her house, persuaded her husband to
put it off till she saw whether the comet
appeared or not. The South Sea stock im
mediately fell to 6 per cent, and the India
(o 11; and the captain of a Dutch ship threw
all his powder into the river, that the ship
might not be endangered.
"The next morning, however, the comet,
appeared according to predictions, and be
fore noon the belief was universal that the
day of judgment was at hand. About this
time 223 clergymen were ferried over to
Lambeth, it was said, to petition that a
short prayer might be penned and ordered
there being none in the church service on
that occasion. Three maids of bonor burn
ed their collection of novels and plays, and
sent to the booksellers to buy each of them
a Bible ami Bishop Taylor's "Holy Living
and Dying." The run upon the bank was
so prodigious, that all hands were employ
ed from morning to night in discounting
notes and handing out specie. On Thurs
day considerable more than 7,000 kept mis
tresses were legally married in the face of
several congregations. And to crown the
whole face, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, head di
rector of the bank, issued orders to all the
fire officers in London, requiring tnenV to
'keep a good look out, and have a particular
ye on the Bank of England.'"
The Verdant Groomsman.
On no occasion do people seem more
prone to commit blunders than at a wed
ding. The following funny incident actu
ally happened in a neighboring town. In
the midst of witnesses, the clergymyn had
just completed the interesting ceremony
which binds, in the silver bonds of wedlock,
two willing hearts, and Stretched forth his
hand to implore the blessing of Heaven on
the union. At this point, the groomsman
seeing the open hands reached ont, sup
posed it was the signal for him to surren
der the marriage fee, which was burning in
his pocket. Accordingly, just aa the cler
gyman closed his eyes in prayer, he felt
the pressure of two sweet half dollars upon
his palms. The good man hesitated, ap
palled at the ludicrousness of his situation,
but cooly deposited the money in his pock
et, and proceeded with his devotions.
BLOOMS BURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1§57.
GNAWING A FILE.
Tbete was once an old home, and in that
house lived an old rat. By means ot cracks
and koot-boles, and sundry kolas of hia own
making, be bad an axtansive circuit through
the whole house. From front to L., and Irom
cellar to garret, wherever there was anything
that would minister to tbe comfort of bis
outer man, he was rare to find it and help
himself. One room was used aa a granary,
and ibe door was keptoarafnlly closed. The
old rtt used to bear tba sound of tha grain,
aa it was poured upon the floor, or into tha
barrels, and a strong desire possessed him
to know, from peraooal observation, what
was iu the room. But there was no way for
bin to gratify that desire but by tasking an
entrance through ae oak bo*Td paMltiea-—-
So, pae night, after all waa quiet in the
bouse, he cat himself vigorously about the
undertaking; and ibongb be louod it rather
a jaw-aching operation, yet he kept np aueh
an incessant nibbling, that long balore day
light hit task was accomplished, and hit
hard toil was rewarded by a plentiful rapart
at the pile of grain. Fcr aome days and
nights be passed in and oo: at pleasure, and
enjoyed high living, without let or hinderance.
But the proprietor nt length discovered the
hole which he had made through the parti
tion, and at once concluded that be would
lay an embargo upon that sort oi fun; so he
Ibrust a file into Ibe bole.
Tbe next time the old rat essayed to paes
in he fouod a slight impediment in hit wty;
and he tried in vain to remove it. At last
said bis ratship, "1 know what I bave done.
I can gnaw ofl that stick, for it isn't half as
thick as the oak board through which I
gnawed tbe bole." 8o at it be went again.
He thought the file was a good deal harder
than the board, but be was not determined
not to give it up. ludeed, it was a proroi-
I nent article in bis creed, never to back out.
"Ah, a workman is known by his chips,"
said he, as he looked nnd discovered quite
a little pile, that looked very mnch like
ivory saw-dust, though he wondered that
his chips should be so light colored. "1
shall fetch it yet," said he, and be applied
himself with renewed vigor.
But at length he discovered some blood
on the file where he had been gnawing.—
He instantly clapped his paw to his bleed
ing mouth, when behold 1 be made this
discovery: that instead of gnawing the file,
live Tile had actually gnawed bis teeth down
to the gums. For a moment he stood quite
made a lood out of myself." And so be
h'd ; for he was not only obliged to go sup
perlese to bed, but what was of vastly more
consequence, he had lost a good set of teeth
which would be quite indispensable in pro
curing his future suppers. And here we
will leave bis ralsbip, in order to make an
application of the story.
Men ought to be wiser than rats; but tbey
are not, foi tbey also frequently gnaw a file.
A person gnaws a file wben, just for tbe
sake of having hi* own way, he obstinately
persists in doing that which is against his
own interests —that whioh injures himself a
vast deal more than anybody else.
Here is an illustration : A boy carelessly
bit his foot against a alone, and as a natural
consequence it ached dreadfully. He In
stantly made up bis mind that be would
bava hia revenge. So he sat down and
went to beating the stone with his fiat; and
he only desisted wben he oeased to feel any
pain in bis fool, in consequence of the more
severe pain in bis braised knuckles. Now
he had his own way—he look bis revenge,
bnt it was gnawing a file.
Here is another: A boy whose name I
feel a little delicate about mentioning, once
got a little gronty at something which his
mother required btm to do; so wben be was
called to dinner, to show bis independence,
said, with pouting lips, "I don't want any
dinner." Now he was hungry enough, but
he was determined he would not eat, out of
spite. He ovetbeard his sialer say, "Guess
he'll get hungry by supper time;" but he
thought within himself, "You'll see." So
be nourished bis wrath to keep it warm, and
whan hia sister called him to supper, he
grunted out more grouty than ever, "I don't
want any supper."
Bat as be turned to go oft he beard his
mother say, "You'll bs a cheap boarder at
this rale." Sd be bad tbe blessed satisfac
tion of having bis own way, and went sup
perless to bed, where he repented at his
leisure. There be lay and thought the mat
tar all over again and again. He finally
came to the "unanimous conclusion" in bis
own mind that be was a great fool for hav
ing done as be bad; for be had injured no
mortal living so much as himself. It is al
most unnecessary to add, that be had a re
markable good appetite for breakfast; and
that, from that be was of tbe onsbaken opin
ion that it was miserably poor policy to gnaw
a file.
We might give illustration* equally perti
nent from those of riper yeare, but wa for
bear.
MONEY HOARDED.— According to (he Treas
ury estimate, there am in ttis country about
$260,000,000 in gold, of which little more
than a fifth is in tbe banks—leaving little
short of $200,000,000 to bo found olaewbere.
Tbe Tree vary hoards vary commonly from
twenty to twenty-five million*, leaving prob
ably $176,000,000 to bo sought among lbs
people. Allowing $50,000,000—a liberal **-
timiae—to be in actual use, there remains
$125,000,000 which is hoarded by the peo
ple, and to an eatenl six times exoeediug
the Treasury.
■ir BIRTH OA*.
Many tra (be gay end alio ead associations
interwove* with.this name—with (hia day—
which can never be eraaed while reaeon.ee
aerte ber empire. There aeema tobe a talia
nan in ii, that can call imagee from the part,
with a qnickneaa and clearneaa that almoal
overwhelm 01. The deep fountaina of mem
ory are atirred, and aa wave after wave rolla
oa, diacovering aome long-forgotten treas
ure rising np from its hidden depths, we
gate and wonder that they remain so fresh
and nndimmed; and rejoice that they are
ttill in onr possession, not havir.g been swal
lowed up in the nark water* of oblivion.
We remember the heart-felt joy with whioh
we were wont to greet the annual return of
tbie day, in years gone by; whan, free and
wild aa the bounding roe, we were eager to
spring forward through the bright vista of
years, impatient of the alow progress we
were making—and imagining that when we
should reach the wished-for goal of sixteen
or eighteen summers, that was spread out
before us in all the rainbow colore of yoong
fancy, we should enjoy perfect, unbounded
; happiness.
But alas I those childish visions are too of
ten doomed to destruction. With years, ad
vance care and trouble also; and when we
| reach that desired period, we find the glo
ries we so much admired are wanting.—
Tbey have vanished like the rosy tints of a
morning cloud; and we exclaim, in the bit
terness of our feelings, "Give ns back the
days of childhood." And we experience a
i sort of dread of odvancing farther from those
happy hours, and anxiously desire to slop
our rapid progress. But no, it may not be.
Another year is fast hastening on, and we
are irresistibly impelled forward with a speed
we never before sufficiently realized.
The reaeon of these feelings is, not be
cause we are so much more unhappy now
than then, but our anticipations were too
highly colored, 100 glorious by far, to be ev
er consumed here—for we expected nought
but happiness; and it is this billet disappoiat
raenl ot our most glowing hopes, that causes
our regret. Those fairy dreams of bliss live
but iu memory's magio halls, where tbey
will still be treasured as records of the past.
We dislike to thiok we are indeed growing
old—that the titne it coming when we shall
be no longer young; and our feelings are
similar to those that nsturslly arise oo quit
ting the pleasant haunts of early years; we
would rather stay where we know it is pleas
aal, than wnjn* ••Uisk
cr, in search of others more so, though we'
teel obliged to make tbe attempt. YVsbave
received such a sad lesson, that we feel
afraid to venture on—lor we know not wheth
er success shall attend our steps, or not.
On, who can lift the dark veil of the future
and tell what is in store for us, whether good
or evil, happiness or misery I Who can tell
os how low we may sink in degradation and
woe, or bow high we may rise in the scale
of moral and intellectual being I Although
many may pretend, there are none that can
pierce the thick curtains of oomtng years,
and gaze with unclouded vision on soenea
that are yet to transpire. The present alone
it unveiled—we read what it presents, but
even what we there behold, we cannot un
derstand. How many chapters in our his
tory we find strange and icexpiicable. ''Mys
terious are thy ways, O Lord," and mysteries
though they are, tbey wil! ultimately be ex
plained to onr perfect understanding. Though
darkly clouds may gather over cs, and tbe
fury of the wild hurricane be madly raging
around, and the fierce storm-king, with
voice of thunder and eye of fire, be threat
ening us with instant dissolution—still fear
less and undismayed we will trust in the liv
ing God who has :ht power to still tha tem
pest and preserve ns unharmed. Tbe olouds
will toon disperse, and sunshine end glad
ness will tgaip cheer and illumine our hearts.
Thus with the eye of faith and light of
hope, we can perceive a Being to whom we
can trust the events of Ufa, and believe
them wisely ordered. May this faith, this
hope, ever be ours; and in the workings of
Providence, may we behold a father's band,
a father's love. And as we advance in years
and knowledge, may we realize the troe val
ue of time, and rightly improve it. 11 vain
! repining* and useless regrets arise over tbe
day* that are past—even over childhood's
happiness and the beautiful but faded pros
pects of youth—may we have strength to
check and destroy them, learning to be oon
tent with'our lot, whatever it maybe.
DEBT. —Blessed is he who can slap bis
breeches pocket in the face of the world, and
triumphantly exclaim—"Behold, ye good
people I Lo, ye heavily laiden debtors i come
and look upon a man—who owes not a dol
lar!" We would travel far to sea such a
creature; we would contribute liberally to
wards providing a glass case in wbioh bis
embalmed remains should be preserved after
death, a* a sacred relio to posterity—a speci
men of an almost extinct species in tbe nine
teenth century—the Cash Philosopher! Him
no dun* oan bars**, nor Ibo apptoaob of in
evitable pay-day disturb. His rabettnee no
avaricious lawyer can devour, nor their ruth
less myriad* seize He, securely aimed
in specie, smiles al tha dread sheriff, and
defies his power. He is cheerful even on
the awful eve of quarter-day. He alooe is at
free citizen—only be oan feel unly independ
ent 1 Happy mortal!
OT A good conscience is better than two
witnesses; it will consume griaf as the BUD
dissolves ice. It It a spring wben you are
thirsty; a stall when you are weary; a sot sen
when the eon borne; a pillow in desth.
Troth light Cs4 as4Wcosstry.
I 1L L
STL Mr 8 LEAKING,
In alluding to the ehsllmge of Judge Wil*
mot to General Packer, io'"stump" the State
together, the PhiledelphlaWtd/stti seya atump
speaking
"Is by ell odd* tha fairest mod* of present
ing candidates, and the jfinciplee they rep
resent, before the people' Both parties ere
heard in the persons of their chosen standard
bearer, and every aide of a public question
ia exhibited, instead of on* side, aa is usually
the ctee at political meetings." |
We doubt whether stump speaking is tbe
fairest mode of presenting candidates and
their principles to the people, and w* deny
that every side of a poblic question ia exhib
ited so fairly or *o completely es may be done
Ihrodgh the newspapers. /TP"public speaker
pleases a raisceltaneoni dnlience more by
his address then by the sulatance of the dis
course. A flashy speaker! who oan tell a
good anecdote will come of) with flying col
ors, when a strong-minded man who search
es a fallacy to tba core and logically present*
the reasons which are not tha foundation of
political action, ia voted a bore, and is lis
tened to with impatience. A dexterous de
bater, familiar with a single question of pub
lic policy, will bave the address to keep
that question uppermost whether one of ab
sorbing public concern or not, (bough on
others he may be a child in argument, and
would lamentably fail. Much depends up
on the temper of an audience whioh is be
ing addressed, and where the audience al
lows its feelings to prevail, reason works just
so mnch more to a disadvantage. Political
differences ronse feelings more strongly than
any ether influence, and political discourses
are always tinctured wilb the bitterness of
partisan animosities. People, therefore, do
not go out to publio political meeting! for
fair diecuseion ; but to reason and meditate
aa partisans for a parly triumph, their minds
thoroughly prepossessed, and their determi
nation already made. Pablic political gath
erings, as they are known in ibis quarter,are
only "'demonstrations" intended for effect,
to rouse tbe dormant by excitement. The
reason of '.his is that Ike minds of voters in
this country are reached by means of the
newspaper press. Every man nearly reads,
and in time of political excitement be de
lights in political discussion*. Newspapers
address tens of thousands of readers, while
the best stump spearker, endowed with sten
torian lungs, could not make himself heard
by that many hundreds.' It is in the news
puftAxa thai L Rati* every phftM of • |Uom-
Ttort pWSetiMre,lira * (It'll lb 1116 pub
lic meeting he is familiar with the reasons
for and against a public measure as any
stomp speaker can be. If a people having
access to newspapers of every shade of po
litics! difference do not make themselves ac
quainted with all sides of a public question,
it must be from prejudice or menial laziness ;
and how would oral discussion move such
people to a full and candid investigation of
public questions.— Phila. Ledger.
Rising in tha WorM.
Yon should bear constantly in mind that
nine-tenths of ns are, from the very nature
and necessities of the world, bom to gain
onr liveli bood by tbe sweat of the brow. What
reason have we then to presume that our
children are not to do the same? If they be
as now and tben one will be, endowed with
extraordinary powers of naiad, those powers
may bave an opportunity of devtlopiog
themselves ; and if they never have that op
portunity, the harm is not very grest to us or
thorn. Nor does it hence follow Ihet the de
scendants of laborer* ere always to be labor
ers. The path upward i* steep and long; but
by industry, care, skill, and excellence, tbe
present parent may lay the foundation of a
rise under jn ore favorable circumstances, for
his children. The children of these take en
otbnr rise, and by-and by the descendants of
tbe present laborer become gentlemen. This
is the natural progiesa. It by attempting
to reach the top at a single leap that so much
misery i* produced ; end the propensity to
make such an attempt has bean cherished
and encouraged by tlie strange projects that
we have witnessed of late years for making
the laborers virtuous and happy by giving
them what is called eduoation. Tbe educa
tion whioh I apeak of consist! Ia bringing up
to labor witb steadiness, with care snd with
skill; to show them how to do as many use
ful things as possible; to leach them to do all
in the best manner; to set tbem an example
in industry, sobriety cleanliness, and neatness:
to make all theee habitual to them, so that
they shall never be likely to fall into tbe con
trary; to let them always see good living
proceeding from labor, and (bus to remove
from them the temptations to get at the goods
of others by violent and fraudulent mean*. —
[ IF. Cobbett.
The Atlantic Telegraph Cable.— -A letter Irom
Captain Hudson, to tbe Navy Department,
■ays tba wire intended lor bis vbip was all
ooiled in lha Niagara, and tba probability
was tbat tbey would alert for tho Cove of
Cork on tbe 27th nit. Tba work of laying
the cable would probably begin about tbu Ist
of August, and h was expapled tbat the Ni
agara would run out bar half first and (ban
aocompaoy the Agamemnon cn ber way to
Newfoundland, the other end of tha line.—
BF" Flowers have bloomed in our prai
ries and passed away, from age to age, un
seen by man, and multitudes of virtues have
been acted ont in obscure places, without
note or admiration. The sweetness of both
has gone up to heaven!
FARM LIFE.
" 0 Friendly to tbe best porsuit* of man, 1
Friendly to tha thought, to virtoe, and to peace,
Domestic life; in rural pleasure passed 1
Few know thy value and few tuts their sweets;
Though many boast thy favors, and affect
To understand and choose thee lor their own
Cowper.
Education i* by no means confined to
schools. These are bot rudlmental and aox
iliary to Ibat training wbicb i* begun in Ibe
cradle and finished only at death. Tbe nnr
sery days of onr life, nnd its buainaa* pur
suits, bave an important bearing upon the
formation of character. What a man does,
a* wall a* what he studies ia books, educates
aim. The eoenes amid which bis boyhood
is passed, out of school, the objects which
occupy bin thoughts, (he problems he daily
solves in earning his bread, quite as much
shape character as tbe scenes and problems
of a school room. Agriculture is tbe largest
and most important of all our malarial inter
ests, the occupation to which the largest por
tion of our countrymen era born. It i* a
matter of interest to eonaider tbe bearing of
tbia pursuit upon tbe obaracteis of tbose who
are engaged <u it.
There are tbose who consider this a meni •
al occupation—degrading to the body by the
toil it imposes, and belittling to Ibe mind by
tbe attention it require* to tbe mute details of
its business. They regard its implement* ae
the badges of servility, and look wilb disdain
upon the plow boy's lot. Tbey deprecate tbe
influence of farm life upon the soeiel and
mental culture, end look upon the rustic man
as a type of boorishues* and ignorance.—
Tbey think it mainly a business for biute
muscles, where mind can achieve no con
quests, and where skilllul labor find 6 a poor
reward. They think the way of men of gen
ins it inevitsbly hedged up nponthe farm
that there is no heroic work to be performed,
no laurels to be one. If he would do the
deeds worthy of his manhood, gain weal'h,
gain bonor, make himself a name that will
live, he must lorn to nobler occnpalions.
If those who are s'rangers to the farm alooe
cherished this view, we could abide it in si
lence. Bat when farmers themselves admit
Ihis impeachment of their coiling, and the
pestilenco of this heresy finds its way into
onr firesides, and makes our sons and daugh
ters discontented with our rural homes, it is
time to speak out. If comparison* must be
made, which are invidious, the shadows shall
not fall opon the farmer's lot. It is lime that
other callings were stripped of that romance
in which tbey ere veiled, and lhalth* eons
Of Ute farm itoU knw otul Aw h—f to
prospect when they turn their backs upon the
homes of tbeir youth. It is meet that they
should better understand the blessings of
their lot, its capacities for improvement, and
its superiority to all other occupations. We
would arrest that feeling of disqniet whioh
keeps so large s part of our rDral population
perpetually longing for new fields of enter
prise. We would have them settled, at least
a portion of them, in the old parish, and bend
their energies to the improvement sad adorn
ment of their homes.— Rev. Ch/i.
The Form of Continents Determined bf
the Nun.
raorxesoa PIERCE'S DISCOVERY.
The sciennfio eiicles at Cambridge have
been recently interested in an observation of
Pierce, not yet published, upon tbe form of
the Continent*. If we elevate a terresteai
globe until the Arolio and Aotarolic circles
are tangent to 'he wooden horizon, and then
pause the globe slowly to revolve, we shall
find that a majority of the lines of elevation
in the earth's crus' —i. e., coast lilies and
mountain ranges—will, either as they rite or
as they go down, coincide in passing witb
tbe wooden horizon. For example, tbe
main coast of the United States tending north
east, will, if carried on in a great circle, graze
tbe Arctic cirole, and (be coast of Florida and
Labrador lending northwest will graze on tbe
other *ide. The same is (rue of the east
coasts of South America and Africa, the
coaete of the Red Sea, of Italy, of Ibe Black
Sea, of Hindoeian, ol Now Zetland, &e. The
Atelio and Antarctic circle* are also coast
lines, being always tangent to tba horizon.
It is almost impossible to exaggerate the
importance of thie fine discovery, proving, es
it does, by geological facts, that tba obliquity
of tbe ecliptic bet been esteolielly unchanged
■iooe >be dawn of creation, and that solar beat
waa the agent to carry out the second day to
let the dry land appear. The lines of separa
tion between light and darkneea, between
solar heat and the coolness of night, traveling
deily for two months in summer, and again
lor two months in winter, ir. such a position
as locoinoide in passing with the lines of up
heaval, indicates unmistakeably that it was
connected with the determination of tbose
lines; the slight expansion and shrinking
being sufficient to determine the line of rup
ture of tbe crust. From a comparison of tha
forms of lbs continents, Professor Pieree also
draw* tbe order of tbeir upheaval; showing,
for instance, Ibat the Western Continent is
older than Europe, and that ibe Galf Stream,
daring tba second day of creation, caused tbe
great variety of outline in thai continent.—
Christian Examiner.
SPOTS ON THB SUN.— According to obser
vations made by M. Rudolphe Wolf, Direc
tor of the Observatory of Berne, it appears
that tlie number of spots on the sun have
tbeir maximum and minimum at the same
time aa tbe variations of the needle. It fol
lows from thie, that the causes of these two
changes on the sun and on the earth must
be the same, and oonseqently, from this dis
covery, it will be possible to solve several
important problems, in connection with
' theee well-known phenomena, the solution,
' of which has hitherlo never been attempted.
at A M"
SIB JOHN BOWRINO baa giveo an account of
SIAM, and tbe two king* of that country. He
say*:—
"Persona who know little of tbe state of
Siam, will be surprised to learu that the first
king is well verted the works of Euclid and
Newton; that be writes end speak* English
with tolerable aocuracy; that bs ia a profici
ent iu Lalto, and bat acquired the Sanscrit,
Cingalese and Pagan languages, tbtt be can
project and ealcalite eolipeea of tha tun and
moon, and occnlations of tbe planets; that
be is fond of all branches of learning and
ecienoe; that be has introduced a priming
prats, with Siamese snd English type; and
that hi* palace and table aw supplied witb
aH tbe elegancies of European" lite. He lived
twenty-seven yeare in retirement before be
came to the throne, and during that lime be
acquired ibe accomplishments which make
his reign a memorable and most beneficial
era in Siamese history. He was born in 1804,
and is now consequently fifty-three year* of
age."
The second king, (his brother,) appears to
be equally estimable:
"My intercourse with the second king was,
in all respects, most agreeable. I found him
a gentleman of very cultivated undemand
ing; quiet, even modest in manners; willing
to communicate knowledge, and earnest in
search of instruction. His table waa spread
with all the neatness and order that are found
in e well regulated English household. A
favorite child sat on bis knee, wboee mother
remained crouched at tbe door of tbe apart
ment, but took no part in the conversation. ,
The kiog played to hi* guests very prettily
on the pipes of the Lens portable organ. He
had a variety of music; and there was an
exhibition of national sports and pasttimes,
equestrian feats, elephant combats, and other
amusement; but what teemed moil to inter
est the king was bit museum of models,
nautical and philosophical instruments, and
a variety of scientific and otber curiosities.,
These kings reign, each in prescribed limit*,
in perfect harmony. This double monarchy
is an old institution of Siam, and is popnlar
with the people.
The Sisroese, by the report of Sir John,
are an amiable and intelligent race, with a
high degree of civilization in all ibat relates
to social institutions. They profess the faith
of Buddah, and seem affectionately, though
not bigotedly, attached to it. Tbey are will
ing to engage in controversy with our mis
sionaries, and show, much acuteness in their
arguments. The author relates*.
, "I fnimS -no fiuitopo-iHnn juqg?? the Pto
mese to discuss religions questions, .and the
general result of the discussion was: "Your
religion is excellent for you, and ours is ex
cellent for us. All countries do not pro
duce the same fruits and flowers, and we
find various religions suited to various na
tions." The present king is so tolerant that
he gave tbree thousand slaves, (prisoners
of war) to be taught religion by the Catho
lic missionaries, saying: "You may make
Christians of these people." Pallegoix, the
Catholic bishop, who is a great favorite with
his majesty, reports several conversations
witb the first king, which do honor to his
liberal spirit. "Persecution is hateful," he '
said; "every man ought to be free to pro
fess the religion he prefers;" and he added:
"If yon convert a certain number of people
anywhere, let me know you have done so,
and 1 will give them a Christian governor,
and they shall not be annoyed Jay Siamese
authorities." I have a letter from the king,
in which he says that the inquiries into the
abstruse subjects of Godhead, "we cannot
tell who is right and who is wrong; but I
will pray my God to give you his blessing,
and you must pray to your God to bless me;
and ao blessings may descend upon both."
THB VATICAN.— The word "Vatican" is of.
ten need, but there are many who do not un
derstand its import. Tbe term relere to a
collection of building* on one of the seven
hills of Rome, which cover* a space of 1200
feel in length, and about 1000 in breadth. It
is built on the spot once occupied by the
garden of tbe cruel Nero. It owes its origin
to tho Bishop of Rome, who, in the early
part of the sixth ceatary, eretced a humble
residence on Ks ait*. About the year 1000,
Pope Eugeciut rebuilt it on a magnificent
scale. Innocent IL, a few years afterward*,
gave it op as a lodging to Peter 11., King of
Arragon. In 1606, Clement V., at the insti
gation of the King of France, removed the
Papal Sea from Rome to Avignon, whan the
Vatican remained in • condition of obscurity
and neglect for many years. It is now tbe
repository of rauliitodinous treasures of art.
Spxulation in the New Crops of Wheal.—
Great competition, the New York Courier
stya, exists in tbat city, in buying up tbe
new crop of Southern wheat, which baa re
sulted in prices being paid higher in propor
tion than present prices of flour, and aa tbe
general expectation on 'Chauge is, that floor
moat decline when the new crop begins to
come in, this movement exoites much com
ment, for it i* fell tbat no effort of speculators
can sustain prices in the absence of a foreign
demand and wilb a full crop. The abund
anee of the present season cannot be controll
ed by (peculators, no matter how tnooh tbey
may be favored by the paper credit system.—
Ledger. _
SINGULAR.— It is taid that tba roau of Flor
ida, tha most beautiful of flowere, emit* no
fragrance; the bird of Paradise lha moat
beautiful of birds,gives no eonge; tha cypress
of Greece, tha finest of trees, yields no frait;
dandies, the shiniest of man, have no seaae ;
and ball mom belles, th* loveliest creatures
in tbe world, are vary often ditto—and a little
more soI
[Twe Dollars per ioaui.
NUMBER 32.
Ou RIUHT,
! A wealthy merchant remarked a few days
since that he was fully convinced from his
own experience, that the wrens to achieve
success lay in a nut shell—no rioht. 'When
I say success,' said he, 'I mean not only the
accumulation of fortune, but lhe*abiliiy to
enjoy it—to live a useful, happy life.' What
is the use of much wealth if we know that
it was obtained by wronging the widow and
orphan, by the tricks of trade, selliag arti
cles for what they were not, and a thousand
modes of unfair dealing? Can a mau be
happy if he knows he has stripped a poor
family of its last dollar, sent a digger to its
I very heart, drawn away the final drop of
I blood, leaving their bodies writhing in throee
of untold agonies, pinched by banger and
I cold, their spirits dejected and gloomy
hope crushed out and dispair fast hurrying
them on) on to ruin ? Granting that men
grow better by doing kindly acts, and feel
the better for seeing others do them, how
sickening it must.be to the true man to
know that by false dealing he has curled the
milk of human kindness in one breast, turn
ing it to bitter gall! If wealth cornea by
such means let it not come at all. Shall an
active man, possessed of God-given powers,
at his dying hour turn beck to his past life
and be able only to say: I have done noth
ing to add to the wealth of the world in gold
or silver, or In artistic productions, but have
coveted the labors of others, heaped treas
ures sordidly to myself, foolishly supppos
ing that I might trample down all feelings
and sympathies not directly productive of
gain ? Or shall he rather be able 10 say that,
while I have industriously gathered wealth,
I have done it with cheerful looks, kindly
words, warm sympathies; I have done it by
making things which have added to the
comfort of men, by bringing within the
reach of the poor great means of present en
joyment, the opening of a brilliant future,
by throwing lights of sympathy on the dß
jectod, lifting up the down-fallen, strength
ening the weak, infusing in all a fervent be
lief in the brighter part of their being? Such
a life wilt enable a man to throw off his
wealth as a scale, at the last day, bearing
away only the imperishable soul which has
accumulated strength along wiih the mass
of worldly goods justly and usefully obtain
ed, would you, young man, belong to the
latter closb, do right. How much better to
do right, if you die not worth a farthing, and
feel that yon have rather added to the good
faith in the higher life on earth, than to die
jrhile rollina jn the luxury, pomp, ynd pride
of ill-gotten gainst* Then do right 1 and if
tempted for momentary ease and vanity to
abuse your better nature rest assured that
both the body and the spirit will suffer in a
ratio corresponding to the transgression—
There is but one road to happiness and con
tentment—do right.
Peacock Aristocracy.
There is something in nature on which an
aristocracy of blood or of talent may be pre
dicated. But the aristocracy of wealth is ri
diculously absurd, while that of dress is sub
limely ridiculous. The peacock aristocracy
of this country was handsomely rebuked at
Washington not long since.
While Lord Napier, the Engligh Minister,
was busy at Washington, his lady sojourned
at the Gitmore House, Baltimore. The fash
ionable circles were agitated by the pres
ence of a live lord, and her ladyship receiv
ed numerous calls and party invitations.—
The American ladies of fashion, elaborately
and gaudily attired in flounces and jewels,
were surprised to find the English lgdy in
excessively plain drees, totally free from all
display, glitter and nonsense. Not a single
jewel was visible upon her person. The
wife of Lonl Napier, however, is a lady of
high birth, who can trace her descent from
a long line of illustrious ancestors. She is
nevertheless remarkable, though born and
educated in the heart of European refine
ment and civilization, for the plainness of
her apparTel, the simplicity of her manners,
and the entire lack of ostentatious preten
sion She administers a severe rebuke to
upstart, peacock vanity which distinguishes
so many of our people.
A Beeaiifnl Idea.
Away anions the Alleghenies there is a
spring, so small that a single ox, on a sum
mar's day, could drain it dry. It steals its
unobtrusive way among the hills, till it
spreads out in the beautiful Ohio. Tlianco
it stretches away a thousand miles, leaving
on its banks more than a thousand villages
and cities, and muny thousand cultivated
farms, ami bearing on its bosom more than
half a thousand 6teamboals. Then joining
the Mississippi, it siretches away ana away
some twelve bundled miles till it falls into
the great emblem of eternity. It is one ot
the tributaries of the ocean, which, obedi
ent only to God, shall roll and roar till the
angel, with one foot on the sea and the oth
er on the land, shall lift up his hand to
heaven and swear that time shall be no'
longer. So with moral influence; it ja a
rill—a rivulot—a river—an ocean—bonud
less and fathomless as eternity.
Original Anxcdotc of Burns.—A* Lord
Crawford and Lord Boyd were one day
walking over the lands in Ayrshire, they
saw Burns ploughing in a field hard by—
Lord Crawford said to Lord Boyd, " Do you
see that rough looking fellow aoross there
with the plough 1 I'll lay you a wager yon
cannot say anything to hun that ha will not
make a thyme of"
" Done/' said the other, sad immediately
going up to the hedge, Lord Boyd cried out
" Baugh!"
Bums stopped at once, leaned against the
plough, and surveying the assailant (torn
head to foot, he quiokly answered*—
"It's not Lord Crawford, hut Lord Boyd,
Of grace and manners ne is void>w
Just like a bull among the rye,
Cuee 'baagfc!' at folks aa they ge by."
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