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BT JOHN W. XORNKT.
Our country's call awoke the land
From mountain height to ocean strand,
The Old Keystone, the Bay State, too,
In all her direst danger true.
Resolved to answer to her cry,
Tor her to bleed, for her to die ;
And w they marched, their flag before,
Fcr Washington, through Baltimore.
"Our men from Berks -and Schuylkill came
Lehigh and Miiilui in their train ;
First in the field iTiy oaii'hi the way,
Hearts beating high ami .p'mts gay ;
Heard the wild yells of fiendish spite,
Of armed mobs on left and Tight ;
But on they marched, th-ir tlx befoTe,
For' Washington, ihtough Baltimore.
Next came the Massachuseftii men,
Gathered from city, glade sr.d glen ;
No hate for South, but love "for all.
They answered to rheir country's call.
The path to them seemed broad and bright;
They sought tio foe-man and no fight.
As on they marched, their flag before,
ter England's braves through Baltimore.
But when they showed theit martial pride,
And clo&e-l theiT flittering columns wide,
They found their w-elcoe in Ae fire
"Of maddened lues and demons dire,
Who, like the fiends Irom hell sent forth,
Attacked these heroes of the North ;
These heroes bold, with travel sore.
While on their way through Baltimore.
From every stifling den and Ftr et,
They ru.-hed the xaliaiit band to meet
Forgot the cause they Came to save
Forgot that those thry struck were brave-
Forgot the dearest lies of blood
That bound them in one brotherhood-
Forgot the flag that floated o"er .
Their country men in Baltimore.
And the great song their son had ptnntrJ,
To rally freemen and defend
Tl.e banner ol the stripes aird Vlats,
That makes victorious all our warn,
Vas laughed to scorn, as madly then
They greeted all the gallant men
Who came Irom Maa?hivseiss j-hora
To Waahiug;oi, throiigh Baltimore.
And when, wilh wildest gtiet, at lat,
They saw their comrades falling fast,
Foil on the hell-hounds in their track
They wheeled, and dtort Ihd cowardsback,
Then, with their hearts o'erwhelmed with
Measr'd their progres.sfetti and slow;woe,
Tbeir wouudbd On their shOuklers bore
To Washington, through Baltimore.
Yet, while New England moatn? her dead,
The blood by Treteon foully shed,
Like that which flowed at Lexington,
When Freedom's earliest fight begun,
Will make the day, the month, the year,
To every patriot's memory dear,
3Sous of great fathers gone before.
They fell for Right at Baltimore !
As over every hoiroted grans.
Where sleeps this "tm returned brave,"
A mother sobs, a young wife moans,
A lather for his lost one groans ;
Oh ! let the people ne:er forget
Out deep, enduring, lasting debt
To those who left their native shore
And died for us in Baltimore.
Collapse of lli c iccricaa Ciiioih
From the London Times of May 7th.
So shortlived have been the destinies of
the American Union that men who saw :ts
rise may see its fall. Lord Lyndhurt, who
is happily spared to as, was bora in Boston
a British subject,' for Massachusetts was
Then oue of the United Provinces. Indeed,
we are still pensioning the loyalists of 17?5,
vrheu the conquerors in that war are des
troying the work of their own hands.
But the collapse and ruin of this renown
ed political edifice is in itself a thing insig
nificance when compared with the pro
ceedings by which the work has been
brought about. It is difficult to believe in
Ihe reality of such intelligence which now
reaches us from the Union Civil war, or, in
uther words, war of the most frightful and
barbarious kind, has been accepted and
undertaken by a people amonjj the most
enlightened and be$t educated in the world.
To get to the days of ''civil war" in Europe
we must go back to the dark ages of histo
ry. No parallel to the American war can
found in mere dynastic struggles or local
Insurrection. This is a deliberate division
tf a great pnople into two , hostile camps,
uch as has not been in Westerr. Europe
fcinca the highest questions of religion and
polity were first presented to the half-informed
minds of those ages. Nor can the
proceedings of the Americans, sustain a
comparison with these ancient contests.
When Frenchmen fought Frenchmen at
Jaraac and Moncontoar, it was for lofty
principles of religious faith. When Eng
librnen fought Englishmen at Mars
loa Mcor and Naseby, It was for high
principles of political right,
la those days, too, war was not thoegbt so
tatefal as tsot. Nobody tbea doubted bnt
what tLa appeal to the sword was as allow
Ebla as arij.cihsr kind of appeal, and each
party lock cp arms, i;hont scruple or mis
giving in, defend of convictiD'ns vvbish
cccIJ net c.-srwUa have besa raaint&m&d.
I,i;:l3, he -rvsr, cf such exculpation can be
full Haze of day. They have no high pria
ciples'to fight for. The North may be jus
tified in its 'denunciation o! slavery, but it
iav.r. at u i -ri. o l l
, slavery out of (he land The South may be
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pee justified in 'protecting its independence,
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' but the independence was not assailed.
! Siring r ,.. .t .:..
la not Honiinn frtr tna nnrnnwn nf ilrivinn
content stands out as a mere quarrel for ter
ritory, or a struggle for aggrandizement.
The people of the South desire to ceille
new regions and organize tariffs without
reference to the wants of the North, while
the people of the North want to retain the
Southern provinces under the Federal Gov
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ernment as coninbutaries to the strength
and grandeur of the Union. We might say i
somethingperhaps, for either side, thougti
most for the North, but nothing that we
could Bay would be a justification of civil
war. ihe anachronism is dreadful. Bat-'
.
ties between such combatants, and in such
a cause, will be ih most 0'nr.atu ral and in
cTeditle of conflicts. Free, enlightened,
self-educatiugandself-govprning Americans
will be slaying each other like the very In
dians whom '.ley supplanted on the soil
like the very sivagea whose bona lie bur
ied under the Narrows, the monuments of
'"civil war" in lays wfaen nothing better
was known.
It is a mournfd thing to reflect upon
too mournful, iuieed, to allow of any mali
cious moralizing. We cannot afford to dis
course on the shipwreck of democracy, for
more than democricy, is involved iu the j
ruin. Every apjjiaiice and -advantage
whrch could reudir a cotaJntinity wise,
every institution whch was reputed to ren- i
dermenprude.it, his been found utterly '
insufficient to preseite them from even the '
woraitjf follies. Thfe is not one of lhe .
much praUed mstituious of ;he Union but '
appears in this day o'i trial in tm nnpriin t !
iua wrong direction. vTbe Ainericaus have !
comparatively no stading array and r.o
warlike esiimaies; bu'ttio result of their
usages n this respect that every man,
being a soldier on his urn account, takes
naturally to fighting, at that arraie are 8neereu a cona.
laisedforthe most sluing of purposes' "The pledge has a magic ptiwrer," ex
with a celerity that couUhardly be paral- c,airaeJ a third ; "it is so much more bind-
ieled under the most afcolute miliiarv ov- !
erumenis. lh Amerruus are habituated
to self Government, buthat only renders
them less amenable to control, aud comma-!
ti"rcats the passions of i popular insurrec
tion ro the proceedings a regular cam- '
paign. They are wealthy but that enables j
ti.em to support a war, ant!, the merchants
ami money dealers of the cpital have been
foremost iu their approval oltfje President's
proclamation. They are gin to those
pursuits cf trade which are htj to divert
men from ideas of strife, but ley outstrip
all the nations Of the Old WorUu warlike
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; fury. They have no aristocracy i "delude"
them into war with such a trentndous a
lacri y as leaves the scrupulous ad "drift
ing" policy of European nations ft- behind .
These enlightened Democrats fcve sent
across the ocean to purchase fromns those
very implements and munition: rf war
which we were reviled for providij, and
will probably impress into a fitncidal
straggle the great ship which we he built
as the most wonderful instrument i com
merce aud peace. Resolutions fromwhich
Old World ttatesman would have rcoiled
in horror have been promptly adojed by
by magistrates of a Republic. Ou own
great soldier, with all his iron mind ad in-
i flexible will, was fain to say that ther wa's
nothing which should cot be done or bme
rather than that the country should sow
an hour of Civil War ; but President ','m
coin and President Davis have closedab
ruptly with an alternative at whichthe
Duke of Wellington stood aghast. It ishis
contrast of position and practice which pn
ders the proceedings of the American! at
once so shocking and so incredible. Thse
free citizens of free States, to which re
were bidden to look with envy and admi
tion, are resorting to extremeties far me
terrible than the "last appeal" of Kings
They are commencing, not foreign cot
quests, but campaigns against country me,
The "bloody belt" is circulating throug
the States of the Confederation as it use
to circulate through the tribes of a Red In
dian league. Professed peacemakers areaware of lhe fac, but amdst all those lamps i
all in war paint; the hatchet U dug Dp.tiei's awaits tne result, uooa angels gath-
t ami the talk of model commonwealths
i of fccalDinz and tomahawking.
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advice would go for nothing. As if to show
iu the most pointed manner their niter
scorn of all the qualities which have been
attributed to the Democracy - by a certain
section of our politicians, lhe Americans
have distinctly refused to accept any arbi
tration, aud have refused beforehand the
good offices of others towards a settlement
of the quarrel. They are resolved to fight
I it oughtj and they must do so. We deplore
their decision, but we cannot iuterfere with
it. We can bnt lament over the errors and
miseries of our own kinsmen. The Amer
icans may rest assured that England would
desire nothing so much as to see them once
mora united. They corns of our own stock
they speak ocr language, they reflect our
own faults, and op to this time they appear
ed to be continuing our national grandeur.
We cannot without the deepest sorrow see
such a people precipitating itself into civil
war like the half-braeda of Mexico. That
this should be the end of the great Ameri
can Republic, is a prospect against which
every friend of humanity and progress
would gladly close his eyes.
fI"T7:9 nan who minds his own bosi-
Tit lemptatiftBk
Past twelve o'clock ! sang out the watch-
man, as young Delamere stagered down
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elegant toilet was now most inelegantly
disarranged. Still he was not drunk, by no
means. It was the street commi&sioner's
fault, there were so many abstacles in the
way. How could lamps burn brightly in
such a smoky atmosphere 1 He would
complain to the mayor, to-morrOw tnornmg,
ttnil Kftva W r 1 1 K iM r trA.1 t ,i m Inoidllnrt
UIIU S4V W O k. 11 V ICIuUVCU 1W1 HIBUlllll
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uim. crnow nim 10 nis lodgings f lie was
; paid to mind his own business, and not for
, troubling gentlemen. The watchman how
ever, guided him home, assisting him in
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i-usttiy. -rasi iwetve o ciocic, ana a cloudy
morning!''
Late in the rooming t)elamere wo"ke witn
a bad "headache a parching thirst a sense
of weakness-loneliness. The boarders
were all gone out. The servants were busy.
He washed in cold water, drank copiously
of the healthy beverage met the landlady
in the ball, who, instead of scolding, mild
ly said
'I m glad your mother did not Bee you
last night."
"So am I !:' ho lightly said, but the ex
pression was like a dagger in his heart. He
was then an object of pity. .
At dinner some of the boarders jeered
him, some cautioned him, a few a-Jvised
him to persevere until he became more
seasoned. Turning to one who was his
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Tr.'end ,ndeeJ' he askeJ what
in this m.eresting case.
he would ad-
" Sign the pledge," his friend bluntly
replied.
Thid was recei'6d with laughter by all
! the rest.
Oh 1 yes," said tone, singing ; "we have
no confidence in your resolution."
"Does your mother know you are out V'
,n ,nan yur word ol honor."
"Sign," said his friend earnestly.
"Yes do," added the landlady.
"I will' he exclaimed, '"this very
tf th3 meeting."
night
All was silen!, now they knew his re
solve was taken.
"How did you get home last night?''
jocularly asked the doggery keeper, as Del
amere passed his door in the evening.
"Your business is infernal," replied Del
amere ; "you drained me lat night of
twenty-five dollars, and then sent me home
unattended, caring not whether 1 was lodg
liberty sireet towards his lodgings. His at- the key that unlocks her destiny. But
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tire was w the finest material, but from ; while she has a Tight 16 be beautiful, she
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i there was none. lie had been drinking, has tfo right to be us opposite that is an
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t anu haJ fa,!en once ice, so that his ; 1r.juM.ce to society, nh.ch has a right to
ed in the watch-house, or crushed by the i succeed, naturally, by the matured grace of
locomotive. How did you treat other vie- j womanhood, and these by the dignity of
tims?" middle age. The affectation of pretty co-
Boaiface was taken aback. Had he been ! quetries and juvenile timplicity by shallow
a man, such a speech would have excited specimens ol ancient spinister-hood or,
repenleute, or brought on a fight, but 6iich worse, by women who bear the name of
creatures are half friends so he merely re- wife and motherhood not only outrage all
marked, "Come in and take a drink ; we true ideas of taste and propriety, but de
are all friends here." i prive those who indulge in them of their
"Drop the r from the word friends," con- ! natural claims to attention and considera
temptuously added Delamere, and you lion. When all Women are natural and
accurately describe your crew." i true, then they will all be beautiful.
Delamere signed the pledge, and wonld
have kept against all temptations save one.
On earth no influence, save one, could
have shaken his resolve. Poor fellow ! unguarded in the marks of her favor, that
One being could overcome any resolution of reports where spread abroad injurious to
his. Delamere was in love! One of the her reputation. Party spirit has continued
prettiest sprightliest of Eve's daughters had the discussion up to the present time, ihe
woven a net of s'lk and gold arojnd him, j advocates of the hapless Mary maintaining
and might have led him anywhere ! This ! that the lover of Leicester, and Hatton, and
beautiful creature had heard that her lover ' Essex, wa3 not entitled to make any over
had signed the pledge, and wa? proof virtuousallusions io the levites attributed
against all temptation, and conceived in to their heroine. Her defenders appeal to
ber silly heart the desire to show her influ- the little influenc exercised over her by
ence over him was paramount. I the suspected sharers ot her guilt ; and say
!'Take a glass of wine wilh me, Dela. 1 that in all likelihood the friendships of Eli
mere," she suddenly 6aid, at a party; ' I zabeth went no further than ihe gratiflca
feel fatigued. J tion of her insatiable love of admiration and
"My dear, I cannot, in honor ; for I have ,
signed the pledge."
"Cannot ! Fiddlesticks i do yon think I i
would ask you to do anything unreasona
ble!" Neither of these young creatures were
ufred anxiously around the side-board. She
F8W b,:n relnctlanlly to the fatal spot, and
'hile the fiends gibbered, and the angels
ade signs of warning, she pouted out the
4dly poison. They drank. In one mo
rant she repented of her triumph, for he
In&ntly filled again, saying, "Drink now
to y dishonor !" Laughingly he led her
to teat, and poured out all the eloquence
of le in praise of beanty and wine. She
bece restless, feigned illness, and he
tookfer home. .Returning, the old land
lord eied him. No resistance now ! His
taste excited . Honor no longer guard
ed thevortal. Late at night the watchman
assisted im to his lodgings. Next morn
ing notng bat liquid fire would drown his
consciere. His career was rapidly down
ward. The laif what of her I Ye angela and
fiends wh witnessed the temptation, what
of her f A, ladies who read this article, as
you fear Ot and love humanity, sign the
pledge. J
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Mon may bli the root of all evil,
but vie thoid have no objection to a trunk
ofit. j -
CS4n oil toper oik West says the two
Host VpfifM" If-fT"" " n '.VJP'I r s a IJ
ficactiful Women.
Every woman has a right to be beautiful;
that is the secret of her power, her mission,
exact from her its lovliness, ire grace, and
' ts attraction. There axe many different
kinds of beauty, and It is a great mistake to
imagine that it consists wholly, or even
mainly, of color, form or texture. There is
the beauty of innocence and the beauty of
chtldhood and the beamy of matron, the
beauty 'of wisdom and the beauty of sim
phcit3'. The lowest kind oi beauty is o'f
merely physical perfection and splendor,
which receives no aid from voice, look, or
expression, but it is marred by the action
of the 'mind upon its fair and smooth sur
face ; jus; as the mud is stirred in a shallow
pool by any slight circumstance that touch
es its depths.
The ideals o'f the ancient poets are aft
beautiful, but their characteristics are dis
tinct aud separate, so that ihere is no flat
and wearisome sameness ; and the beauty
of form with which 'they are endowed is
simply the vehicle or expression oi the
mental idea they wish to convey Thus
the serene matron, the brilliant coquette,
the imperious queen, the delicate maiden,
tne timid young wife, and the thoughtful
nurse,have all an individuality of their own,
to which their outward appearance is the
visible Sign or index. There dress should
naturally correspond to those mental and
physical indications, so as to preserve a
sense of musical harmony and fitness
throughout the entire structure.
There is nothing that disenchants so soon
as the discovery of folly, ignorance, stupid
ity, bad temper or vile passions beneath a
fair and seductive form. The possession of
any fine and noble qualities, on the contra
ry, illuminates the plainest features and
tiulle-t complexion much belter than scores
ofcos'.ly powders and cosmetics. Women
who desire to be beautiful make a great
mistake in trying to increase their attrac
tions, or to make themselves charming,
after any other person's pattern. What is
adapted to one style would destroy the ef
fect of another ; and for every woman to
adopt an arbitrary mode or standard of dress
is fatal to the aggregate of feminine beauty
whose great charm is variety..
It is natural to love admiration, power
and influence, and almost all women may
not only obtain these, but retain them, by
being themselves in the very highest and
most perfect sense of which they are capa
ble ; instead of a weak, diluted imitation of
somebody else. When freshness of youth
and girlhood has departed, let them be
Queen Elizabeth's Letter of Flattery.
With many of her attendants she was so
appetite for fuUorhe praise. Of all these
temporary and capricious attachments we
have only to dwell ou that toward Esx, for
it was the only one that influenced her
public acts, and seems to have been really
sincere, but at the time of his greatest
favor she was nearly seventy years of age ;
and even after his unhappy death, when
her own demise was near at hand, she is
repotted by the French Ambassador to have
been captivated by the looks of a tall young
Irish earl, and to be as anxious as ever for
flattery and devotion. The habit of being
courted became her second nature, and the
same person who as Queen could withstand
a coalition of all Europe against her throne,
was wretched if she had not a handsome,
designing cozener at her side, to tell her
her brow was not wrinkled wilh seventy
two years of toil and care, and that her
locks were as rich and auburn as when her
earlier adorers had assured her they were
sunbeams woven into ringlets, and cluster
ed round the forehead of the chaste Dana
Rev. James While's Hhlory 6f England.
t3r'The times are hard,' wife, and 1 find
it difficult to keep my nose above water."
. "You could easily keep your nose above
water, husband, if you didn't keep it so
often above brandy." -
"Quoth Smith to Jones ' really ia s sin
You do not get your house fenced in."
Quoth Jones, "You're wrong, the place is
fenced, confound you :
My wife is all the time a railing round."
JST At a concert recently, at the conclu
sion of a song, "There's a Good Time Com
IF YMJ LOVE ME, S1Y SO.
You "praise the color of my eyes,
You say my face is fair,
And that the raven's wing atone
, Can match my waving liarr,
Aud oft you linger by my side,
I'rav what 'can mkt vnn s'av so1?
Why can't you speakyour mind at Ortcel ,
Do, if you love me, say so ?
You say no music sounds to you
So sweet, ho silvery clear,
And when my joyous laugh 'rings 6u't
Upon your eager ear ;
My voice is sweetest in ihe song,
And charmeth care away to,
There's magic in it you deciare,
Yet if you love me say so !
You Often hold myfiaftd in y6urs,
Your voice is soft and low ;
And when you come you slay and stay,
And still seem loth to go.
I wonder if you love me, Tom,
1 wonder why you stay so,
Why can't you tell me what you mean 1
Do, if you love me say so 1
I love yon love you dearly, Tom,
1 'often '.nink with pride.
That soon the happy day will come,
When ( shall be your bride.
1 know 'tis love ihat makes you come,
'l is love that makes you stay so,
Love speaks in every act and look,
Yet, O dear Tom ! do say no.
The ianfcrer.
The slanderer ! the slabber in the dark !
ihe venomous serpent whose trail leaves
poison, and whose slime conupis even cr
rouption! O! who can count the tears that
have been shed, the sighs that have been
utttired, the hearts that have been broken,
the souls that have been lost through tt)6
ag'oncy of this moral destroyer of goodness
and virtue. I had rather live with a mad
man, break bread wilh a murderer, keep
aim win a iiaMiiiJia'.a man uivon uio wn
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pi oiaiiueror. mis oreain is noiier 1na.11 iiie
fires of hell, his eyes are wanton as the
wind, his tongue cruel as the grave. He is
the human infernal machine, filled with
sharp razors, into which his poor victim,
Borne stainless character, is thrust, and cut,
and hacked and hewed, and ruined, so far
as his agency 'can do it. We are command-)
ed not to hate, but I trust we may dipise
so foul a thing. There is no merit in effort
made with a view to do him good, because
the very act, he blackens and daubs, a a
fool would spoil a fine picture with unsight
ly paint.
And then, loos at him alter he has ac
complished his work. An infernal joy sits
triumphant on his malignant face. His
eyes gleam with horrible satisfaction.
Sometimes the person distills through the
lips of woman ; it is a smile ; it is a shrug
nay, sometimes it is a tear.through which
the red of her cheek glistens mockingly.
O. God, can woman then descend to slan
der ? Can crimson lips drop toads, aud
newis, and spiders, and vipers ? Can wo
man's heart gloat over the withering spirit
she ha3 brought to the duet 1 Aye ! "pity
;tis true," she can, and she does ; aye, like
the royal murderer, she can also pin inhere
with the shall of malice, and gloat over the
quivering pulse of agony.
It is said that ttrong drink is the world's
worst loe. Not so 5 it is heavenly to slan
der; there is no vitrol that will eat and de t
blrnv l'lba ftlanitr If Aatan' rrnuiL anil t
, ... , . . ! remain and accumulate, as evaporation in
hells choicest ornament. Tne slanderer: , , , ,
. . . i creases the proportion 61 the salt to the wa-
fcbould live iu 6wamps, where his misera- .,, , i ...
. . T i i ter. The salt mar have been carried to the
ble existence might be passed in the midst i , L - . t , . .
.... , ,,; lakes over a hundred miles, and it hamper
of congenial society, only his breath would ! , , , . , ,
... .. , l haps been accumulating there a thousand
poison every living obiect, and the trees , , , ...
r . . . I years : and thus it must conliune to accu-
and water ana the very serpents are inno -
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cent, poor things !
What will be the hereafter of the slander
erf Merciful Heavens ! what? Thronuh I
the gloom of his despair shall gleam no
light of mercy. That he denied lo other
shall be given to him-justice. God see.h
9nmalrihtl Inlv rrv ihat h
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hath rifled ot their most precious sweets,
their good names. God seeth all ; trust
him, poor victim of destruction ; thy tri
ump may be slow, but it shall be.
A War Sign in the Heavens. Gov. Black
of Nebraska, gives the following descrip
tion of a remarkable display witnessed at
Omaha, at the close of last year .'
Shortly alter the moon rose, a very dis
tinct and bright crofs was risible., of which
the moon was the centre. The arms of the
rrnsa oi-fpiidpil on either id. ttpral-pntl v
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about one degree : at the extremity of each '
. . . , .
arm was an upright column, seen through1
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thin clouds. The pillars wefe variegated !
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like a rainbow. When the moon was about I
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disappeared and several bright and distinct
circles succeeded ; at one time as many as
fix great circles were visible. From ten io
eleven, (when I went to bed,) two circles
only were displayed, but those were very
bright and beautiful; and what io me,
seemed most strange, part of the circum
ference of one ran through the centre of the
other a clear and complete belt. I am not
able to describe the manifestations as they
were seen, but they were quite enough to
excite our 'special wonder.'
An old Dutch lady, at a religious
meeting became Tery much concerned for
her soul, and went about sighing and wo I'd
not be comforted. Upon being asked by
the minister what the matter was, she re
plied ;
"That 6he could not read English, and
6be was afraid the Lord couldn't under
stand Dutch."
EST" Old Abe's wife is big, but Old Abe is
Great Salt Lake.
Among the great natural curiosities of
North America, the great saline body ot
water in Utah Territory, known as 'ihe Gieat
Salt Lake stands in the first order. The
Lake itself is not in Jividuafly so great a
curiosity as wben viewed in connection
with surrounding Correlative indications,
which give us a combination 6f natural
wonders truly astounding. The water
marks show that the lake is now a mere
remnant of what was one of the mighty
water collections of the earth perhaps of j
a body of water that spread itelt through
'out the whole Utah basin. Provo Lake, a '
body of water distant perhaps 75 miles j
irom the great Lake, is surrounded by indi
cations of like character, that directly point
to an early period when its individuality
was lost within the limits of a mighty sea
that absorbed bdlh its"elf and 'Great Salt
Lake. Along the base of the mbuntaTh"
walls of the valley, if we may so term the
limits of the basin, are distinct water-marks
tf various elevations 7b'y are clearly
discernible at a distance of 25 miles, the
more elevated order bein from 75 to 100
feet above the level of the valley. They
( are almost conclusive evir ence that a great
j sea once existed in Utah valley, whose
breakers have left the marks ol their power
indented upon the rocky front of their
; mountain confines as a monument o'f their
, power. The different elevations of these
j water marks show the gradual declension
i of this sea from a body of water covering,
may be, tens of thousands of equate miles,
I to the pre.-ent ealinas body of about 60
I miles in length and 40 or 50 irt width. This
j presumption is strengthened by the exis
! ter.ee throughout the entire valley, of equa
: tic deposits, such as shells, petrified fishes,
.
water-worn rocks, etc
Upon this theory
the inference may be drawn that Great Salt
Lake is gradually diminif.hi.lj; ; but this is
not the case ; it is now reduced to a basis
of fixed causes which will give it perpetui
ty in its present extent. The moisture of
the atmosphere of tho latitudes is suffi
cient to always keep it supplied with a uni
form quantity of water. The melting snow
of the mountains 6well the river- in the
spring and summer that empty into it, and
when this melting is prevented by the cold
necs of the fall and winter, those rivers fall,
and by evaporation the lake rapidly declines
the evaporation carrying off more waier
than the stream deposits. It is in this de
clining condition that coarse salt is obtain
ed irom the beach of the lake in quantities
ad ihtnilifni. Now, so long as the same
meteo-ological system prevails, the lake
must continue ihe same as now.
No theory is settled upon by scientific
men as to the canse of the salty nature of
the lake. We have an opinion of our own.
which we b'.ieve to be rational. The rivers
emptying into it Canaan, Jordan, Webber,
Malade, and numerous smaller streams
head in the mountains, where they are sup
plied by numerous mountain brooks, some
of which undoubtedly have their source in
t'alt springs. These brooks impregnate the
great wa'.er earners of the lake with salt
to so small an extent, though it be, that it
t is not perceptible to the taste; and they
carry it into the lake where it must forever
' ,
! rnnlain
rnulatB forever should the supply be inex
haustible. The volcanic indications surrounding
i lhH ,ake are Pecullarly '"ipres.ive, and
! cou!d weM be ,he fcubjecl ' lhe naturaI Phi
i 0S0PhCr's study. The whole face of the
! country appears to have passed through
I caioric influences ui me iniensei cuaracier
i-- - n r.i :. - . i
Enormous rocks Iringe its margin, which
are chared as black as ebony from the op
I eration of heat, and their fragmentary con
I t! it io ii bespeaks the mighty vuisions which
they have at some time passed through
Near the lake's centre is quite a large island
upon which these volcanic indications are
equally emphatic. This island is very fef
tile, and is owned by the Church, which
institutions holds it for the exclusive pur
pose of grazing. All the stock which comes
into the tithing office (all Mormons are
compelled to pay onetenth of everything
r ' J
that they make or raise to the Church) are
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taken to this islana, and there must be
, ... . ,
thousands of head upon it. It is reached
,
by small sailling vessels. So extremely
; salt is the water of Salt Lake that piscatory
1 lite is impossible. Its average depth is 50
leet.PorunJ (Oregon) News.
Dodging a Hatter. An individual pur
chased a hat in a shop kept by a tradesman
by the name of Dodgion. The article was
got in the absence of lhe proprietor, and ihe
purchaser left the shop, entirely forgetting
(by mistake, of course,) to pay for the
aforesaid "tile." The tradesman, upon
bearing the facts, started after him, in hot
pursuit of the delinquent. Upon overhaul
ing him, the following scene occured:
"See here Bir, 1 wish to speak with you."
"Move on."
"I am Dodgion, lhe hatter.'
"That's my fix."
,4I tell you I am Dodgion, the hatter."
"So am I I'm dodgin' the hatter, too
and very likely we are both of us dodgin,
the same chap."
The 6cene ended with a "striking" tab
leau, in which Mr. Diddler found himself
The difference.
Mr. Frank, who was a gentleman of good
humor, used to with much pleasantry relate
the following 'anecdote, as having occurred
to himself when a y6utig man. A lady iu
the neighborhood had won his affections,
and he had commenced paying her 'his ad
dresses. Daring ihe co'urihip he some
limes supped with'the lady's family, when
he was always regaled wilh a homely dish
of mush ar.d milk, and being of a serious
turn of mind, was generally Wifed fo bay
grace over t'he meal. The Vu'pper Frank
did not lake amiss, as the family of the fair
one was in but moderate circumstances. and
being himself poor, he much admired do
mestic economy ; besides he was satisfied
provided he could obtain the affections of
hi
o uuitmoa. -iua course ol true love," is
said, "never runs smooth." and Frank
. iin . ...
is
ch
anced to have a rival who was richer
th
an hirasetf. One evening when he was
vi
siting his charmer, after lhe board hi.it
been spread wilh the frugal meal of mush
and :niik, butb'elo're the family had taken
tbeir seats, some one spied Frank's rival
ridii.g up. Immediately a "change came
ver lhe substance of the meal." As if by
agic, the table was cleared of its load.and
ought remained lo tell the tale but the
lean white cloth. !ft the course of a short
me, however, the table was again furnish-
d, not as before, but wiih the suitable id-
peudages for making tea, and with warm :
bread, such as is hastily baked, and in com
mon parlai.ee called '-short cake." When
all was ready, as was the custom, brother
A ; "" was invited to say grace, who,
wi h a due solemnity, hands folded and
eyes closed, pronounce the lollOwing im
promtu benediction :
"'The Lord be praised,
How I'm amazed,
To see how things have mended :
Here's short cake and tea,
For supper I see.
Where mtisn 'and milk were intended."
It is almost uuirecssi'ry to add, that after
this grace Frank never returned to woo his -lady
love, but left her to the undisturbed
pofsession of his more favored rival.
Night Hath its Son$s
Have you never tood by the sea side at
night and hear: the pebbles sing, and the
waves chant God's glories ? , Or have yon
never rUen from your couch, and thrown
up your chamber jvindow. and listened
to these ? Listened to whit ? Silence
save now and then a murmuring sound,
which seemed sweet music ihen. And
have you not fancied ihat you heard th
harp of God playing in Heaven ? Did you
not conceive ihat yon stars, that those eyes
of God looking down on you, were als-i
mouths of song that every song was sing
ing, as it shone, its mighty Maker, and his
lawfull, well-deserved prai-e? Night has
its 6ong. We need not much poetry in our
spirit to catch the song of night, and hear
the Fpheres chant prai.-es which are loud id
the heart, though they may be Silent to the
ear the praises of the mighty God, who
bears up the unpilliared arch of heaven,
and moves ihe stars in their courses.
CPf he Devil Kepulsed. Luther says :
' One upon a lime the Devil carne lo me
and said ; "Martin Luther, you are a great
sinner, and you will be damned !" "Stop t
stop !" said I, "one thing at a time. I am
a great sinner, it is true, though you hare
no right to tell me of it. I confess it. What
next ? "Therefore you will be damned !"
That m no good reasoning. It is true I am
a great sinner; but it is written; "Jesus
Christ came to save sinners;" therefore I
shall be saved. Now go your way." So I
cut the Devil off with his Own sword, and
he went away mourning because he could
not cast me down by calling me a sinner."
A Freak or Natckk. 1 is said that a
child was born in the upper part of the city
of Harrisburg a day or two since with teeth.
Few instances of this kind are on record
6mce the days of Richard II , and we think
lhe war must have something lo do with it.
It would have been in accordance with the
times if the younster (providing it is a boyj
had been "ushered into this breathing
world" with a knapsack on his back, ar.d a
musket in his hand, but even as it is, bring
ing forth children ready supplied with teeth
is enough io lerify Jelf. Davis, "or ai:y dia-
er man
7 The great rock upon which all ouf
for-tunes rise is "rock the cradle."
lJT A good man is kinder lo his enemy
than bad men are to their friends.
V-tT A piano affords a young lady a good
chance to show her fingering and her finger-ring.
t"A real lady never gossips. She is
too thoughtful, loo amiable, too modest, too
wUe, to gosip. Gossippicg women are
not womanly ladies.
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EP"Happy Folks. A child wt:h a rattle
schoolboy cn a holiday -two lovers walk
ing by moonlight and a boy socking cider
through a straw.
l V In reply to an an ve Rise me at headed.
"Use Cooper's Tooth Brnh," a wemern
editor 6ays : 'We II ee Cooper hanged first,
the dirty fellow ! How woold he like tri
use ours?'
m m
That was a wtee nigger, who id
speaking of the happiness of married1 peo
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