.(„;,,y4q, g,EHLEL EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
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lIINGS - SEMIN.,UIY
FOR FEMALES.
VirtilliS,Schoril is located in a healthy
../IVAi t tpsof the country, within of a
ttlailleittrYork Springs. and 20 miles west of
-Ylielaretwltiolt place persons arriving in
due Monde" train of Cars. by applying to
lisiosidsd . flays, Will meet with ready con
trayissibisolthis place on the same day, and
iliolort‘ootning in the afternoon train can
Cleuyiburg Stage immediately for 1
41hafer - Taveenvon the York and Gettys-
lfiltiottefrnpike. where they will be accom
.fisodomtlover night and conveyed hero the
toextday. The School is also easy of ac
velli.ficitnAlaltintore, Carlisle, Ilarriebarg,
4soefileittyeberg,as stages from each ofihese
planes .pess.through Petersburg (one mile
aurrthoriltia) every other :day of the week.]
bstfittrcotirse of instruction comprises all
thetwenehes of a solid liberal English,Eth
ateation4 together with the French and Ginr.
intattilanguart, and Ilmwitig.
tyrbe,surninerSeuipn will. commence , on
she Om second day in the 6th meituh,:and
ditittfor the winter on the first iteeentklay
Int the-Ll* month, and each:continue 22
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Tnition,Suanlings.Wash.
11160,,'per easesiott a 22weeks,
iinti•half prvable^bt .ailvance:ands. the:re'
estailider4l3thoof Atte -terscr—N d 'ex=
itts,ohergeo except for the:French and (ler.
tolohtlitalgthlre, - osal - Drawing. The' use
tot Illentling ; Stooks , autt , Library without
.eltagra a other, Books and Stationery:when
isepiedifunrishikEat thciasual prices:. •
• •-klitehpupil mein furnish her ow nwneh
basin and toweloint have each article of
etkitbiltiontrkedwith her entire name.
JOKt WIERMAN,' •
, • ~; LYDIA; 8. 1•1 1 1EILNI AN,
York Springs. Adams Co.
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..OW.i..(kKIPA F:k!.i;
Prim 1014161,
11111 E Subscriber tenders acknowl
*No lodgments forth, liberal
Aaad.ssteadritsttsmage with • which he has
been &vend for a series of years ; and re.
,speoifully Announces that. he has just re
am/vitt,. ,at:hkii old established stand in
,Vlhuarrsligrg tree;, A large and-, fresh
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.WILGS
4.4fAdwigouo.v.lioalamoo ' ,
PaintsiVarnish,Dyestuffs
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int! tivery ihrietypf artieles usually found
in `i.Drug store, to which he invites the
attention of the public, with assurances that
iher•will runtisbed at , the most reason.
'.able prices. , '
the subscriber has also largely increas
-eel' his assortment of BOOKS, by an midi.
•tiosaf itapply of
Tkolog ;cal.
SEW?, 'and Ali:-
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png Opiost, eFlty, variety, of'Btuit
,arilist4l',lipttlar Liierature u4o,
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1114a004 Soaks, sad Stationer,'
n4)1'411)(4)44 U 0 I f t) PE4 , ll4'Pauella.
Tatating Oudo t Oard Cages, Ink
) allimtia.4a.ottr.tall.ofoldtdi uvula,
tfalidditi;Rdr Tli,N 14011 R ST Pill
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I:,, , AKlntAatanotemante-have linen-014de -by
-whklli g anything nut included in hie assort
fruitaptiy ordered. grout the
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r. !licrlarave,at framer an heed es excel
'AßlA avriariment a 8W1.1..:5, plain and fno
oey,Cer school lied fatuity usep-et very low
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Eaters - , „. 1 7;t 1 irTZ . 'nut' 110 W recEdePd
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.rsof, *ENT ENTAIL, WA,1012:N1'1INIE8,
millaietbil fialrOlegalutoordesigocluniuty of An.
,tioi spieidoT and chalfuleelleare unequalled,
- Alotue of whiehnre On the 4nnolt mailllincont
Miler , perforated, enchaaed and embossed.
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AllkitAlieitittl:l l llMelleiliiii love,
, lel
Vl' diatribe peeve it bit that lidellil day ••
•- *lama. !Vokaticis resistless sway t
14 istaalhisong mak Kemal* Ku sers'a shivering. store,
-Awes crowds of beauties, thronging 'round Lis
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XlO l / 4 may sae); Oohing arlit and sighing swain
•.*isacKtritta's 41, nor blush not sigh in *aim
lAistritay he gently point the flowery way
• ililMA.leads•to:blias on that eventful (lay.
h Anil,lang easy he behold his. precepts prove •
~..,:lkliketpukiost only is the seal of love.
„, I.meapectfully invite the Public to call
Nmull examine the large supply new open
leAlduat they may see with what taste I have
prepared this unsurpassed itsortment fet e '
liirilllianey, quality and cheapness.
KELLER KURTZ,
Llooktiater and Stationer
Srirradi: I
''HOUSE SPOUTING
• 11,,V ILI, be made and put up by the
.üb.c ri her, who will attend prom pt
stirlito all 'orders, and upon as reasonable
* . Y)its*Ons as 'eau be procured at any establish
:4l*kt in Ofe eounty.
CEO. E. 111TEIII.ER.
o Gellyaburg, October 15, 1847.
•,"` 'One of the most important discoveries
• , k iiatthe age,: in ameliorating the condition of
large class of suffering humanity, is
8.1.18.4.11 OF WILD
listgignny, What time establishes and con
.wsetratea, what experience adopts and con
"firms, what all men in all places unite in
:,;Is4Ping is good and valuable, is so, no doubt.
PA popularity of this sort fixes in society
roots so deep and so strong, that time
aq
feantuit destroy it, The success which
attended this medicine for several years!
ao, •
,iphat t has overcome the prejudices of ill re-
. Tspititt.table then, and the article has taken a
among the first class of discoveries !
441 'fiteisings of the age ; and when re- I
;i 4 lidetl'itt in se ason, eradicates the disease !
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or which it i.e reCommended.
None genuine, unless signed I. BUTTs
fit the wrapper: .
111.7Woussle by SAMUEL. 11.
1.11 , 1% , 0n1y hgont fur Gettysburg.
IPeli. 11; 1818.-2 t. •
11312 , 21 4 221% NOIII. 1 129
NOTICE is hereby given to all Lep
" atees and other persons concerned,
that the JIDAIINISTII.I7IO2Ir AC
COUNTS of the deceased persons herein
after mentioned will be presented at thpOr
phans' Court of Adams county, for confir
mation and allowance, on Tuesday, the
2'2d day of February ;mg, viz :
The first and final account of Henry A.
Picking. Administrator of the Estate of
Christian Picking, deceased.
The first and final account of Silas M.
Horner, Administrator of the estate of Au- .
drew B. Miller, deceased.
The first account of tollinger;
Administrator with the will 'annexed' of
• . •. •
John Myers, deceased.
The first account of Jacob Piszer,
ministrator of the Estate ofJoseph,Pitzer,
deceased.,
Time account of John Shull and timid
Administrators of thepotato of Fred
erick Sind', deceased.
Tip account of Henry Etißet; Adininis
water tit estate of Jun Entlet, deceased.
`l he, and final account of Entwine!
Brotigh, A.dministrator: ofo"the Estate; of
Johnßrunei, decease's),
The first and trial account of Michael
HU& in, Jun., Administrator of the Estate
of Michael Christ, deceased. • •- • -
The:final account'Of ,Flemming Gilli
land, one of the Administrators of the Es
tate of William Gilliland, deceased.
The final account of Jacob Parr, Ad-
Ministrator of the estate of Catharine Plan
kart,dmeased.
The first account of Ihniel Bare and
Andrew M. Deardorff; Administrators of
the estate of Peter lloover, deceased.
The final account of George Deardorg,
one oftheJtd:ninistrators of Peter Dear.
dorfir, deeeesed.
ROBERT COBEAN, Register.
Itegistei.'s Office, Gettpiburg,
Jun. -28,-1848.
4100111. SIIRVFICR' Subpcena in
BARBARA OAI.BR. his Divorce.
wife, now Barbara Sheffer.
TrIAKE notice that an Order of the
-Otturt•of Oonsmon Pleas of Adams
County hiss been Made, fixing
Monday Me 21(1 day of February next,
for the henrini and determination of the
said,entise,. and that the enialtespandent
is hereby required to apiwar on said day,
and answer the complaint of the Libellant.
IiZNJAMIN't!CHRIVER, ttilkAtirr.
141te r itris Office, Gettysburg,
Jummry 21, 1847. S
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A ll ItA SIIEF'FER, (Carpenter')
of Tyrone township, Adams county,
Pa., having executed a deed of voluntary
assignment to the subscriber, residing in
Straban townalkip, in said county, in trust
for.eruilitors, indlso is hereby given to all
persons indebtAl I" said Shear to make
payment without delay to the subscriber,
and to all persons having claims to present
Wpm, properly authenticated, for mettle-
Mind. DEARDORFF.
• Jan.l, 1.848-61. .Issigner.
wDzc.
JAcop B. 11A 1i TIAN, of itfountjoy
township. Adams county, having ex
ecutett 4 deed of voluntary assigginent to
die subscriber, rot:Wing, in Straban town
ship, in said county, in trust for creditors,
he hereby requests all person; indebted_to
the staid Hamden, to snake payment int
inediately of their respeettio dues, and all
persons . having clahni - w 'present than,
properly anthenticateel, for betttlement.
JOHN DEARDORFF, .4siigner,
iati. 7 1848.—.13t
COUNTY TEMPERANCE
CONVieNTION.
/int Adams County Temperance Cun
t 'tendon will assemble in St. James'
("hitch; in Gettysburg, on Tuesday the
224 day of February next, at 10 o'clock,
A.ll. TheAlirdrelll Temperance Societies
in the. County are requested to adopt mea
surns-mumuse the attendance of full dele
gations,, and runtish the ususual Tempe
rance statistics. •
,The friends of the cause and the public
geaeraily are invited to ,be presentat theses
sloes of the convention. ,
Anniverstuy Address will be
delivered by the Rev. Dr. Mknuseuxsa.
1). A. 13U
D. fiI'CONA.UGDY,
Jan. 28, 1848. , 4840.0.4644.
LITERARY NOTICE. -
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THE .PHILOBIATHALAN SOCIETY of Pa.
College, wil I celebrate its seventeenth
Anniversary on the 18th of February nazi,
in Christ's Church, at 13.1 o'clock, P. M.;
on which occasion several Orations will be
delivered by active members of the Socie
ty. !'he friends of Literature and the pub
lic generally are invited to attend.
E. MILLER,
J. E. SMITH, I Committee
H. S. KOONt.i, of
S. TINGLING, Atrang l int.
A. 0. SCOTT, JJ
Jan. 28, 1847.—td
LITERARY NOTICE,
THE PIIRFINAROSMIAN SOCIETY Of Pa.
College will celebrate its 17th Anni
versary, in the Eng. Ludt. Church, Get
tysburg, on the evening of the 22d of Feb
ruary inst., Several Addresses will be de
livered by active members of the Society.
The friends of Literature and the public
generally arc respectfully invited to attend.
E. M'PnEasoN, COMMULCC
J. F. Cum:Keit,
J. BARRICK. of ,
W. J. T. CAKROL t
F. Putnam .2rra% o l.
Feb. 4. 1848.—td
CIIOOL BOOKS AND STATION
° 11Y, of all kinds, constantly on hand
and (Or sale, at the lowest prices, at the
Bonk and Stationery Store of
Dct•. 10, S. 11. BUEJILER.
GETTYSBURG, PA, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1848.
Prom the Universalist Watchman.
EARTH'S ANGELS.
War come noekpirite from the realms of glory
To lilt earth as in the days of old,
The times of sacred writ and ancient story I
Is heaven more distant! or has Earth grown
• cold !
Ott have I gazed when sunset clouds receding
Waved like rich banners of a host gone by,
To catch the gleam of some white pinion speeding
Along the confines of the glowing sky.
And oft, when Midnight stem in distant chillness
Were calmly banning, listened late and long;
'but Nature's pulse beat on in solemn stings,
Bearing no echo of the seraph's song.
To Bethlehem's air was their last answer given,
When'telhaptaire before The One grew dim I
Wastheir last presenoeftnown in Peter's prison?
Or where ginning martym tidied' their hymn I
ANA 4re they aU srithiq the vcil departed!,
Therc gleams no wing Along th'empyreen now ;
And many a tear from human eyes has started
%ice angel touch has calmed a metal brow.
For earth has angels, though their forms art Mould;
But of ouch clay as fashions all Wove;
Thotgb harps are wanting, and , bright Pinions
Abided,
We 'know them by the love:light On duttt &ow.
f have teen angel!' by the sick one's pillow; ' •
Thrice WaFtWli• ott tone and the sotittitteritroad ;
Where smitten hetiiii weieilroolAtig lice the Wit.
low,
They stood ,"between the living, and OK dead."
Arid if my sight, by earthly dimness tdadevid,
Bobeld no hovering cherubim tu air,
I doubted not—fps spirits know their kindled—
Thity smiled upon the wingless 'watchers there.
There have been angels in the gloomy prison—
lit crowded balls.-by the kW* widow s hearth ;
And where they passed, the fallen have uprisen—
The giddy patJaed•—dio 1/10111110711 hope has/
birth: 1 • • •
I have seen one whose elequence commanding
' Round the rich echoes of the human breast,
The blandishments of wealth sad ease withstand-
That Elope might reach the suffering and op
,
• Pred
,
And by his side there moved a IPerm of brainy,
Strewing sweet flowers along his path of life,
And looking up with inoek. and love.lent'duty.:
I call her angel, butlns callcd, her Wife,
Oh, many a spirit walks the world unheeded,'
- - T-hat,‘Wisso-its veil of sadness is laid down,
Shull soar 8101 with pinions unthipeeded,
And wear its glory like a starry cvown.
. -
. A. SISTER'S LOVE. ,
There Is a clear anti precious gem
' Not brilliant like the star of day,
ret clustered In that diadem
owns not time% rekntleas air ay;
Its radience - sparkles from above, .
Its earthly name.--ar eik,ter's love •
Though .orient Pearls, by friendship strung,
• A..round tby prow are peadant;
And though by loves own 4liger
Ormdianiteirlshinse,Fesplenden
Yet which that Potent spell 'can prove'
'l'list Wet which trice a sister's love"!
Blest wits that spot which owneilits power,
Tina conseenatell spot, * l ;tel : e 11 01
Whom' the' iingetiie host ittintho, •
indulged 'in sweet wiehityi..
And bade the stiolte Of death VemOve,
'go sanctify wailing's love.
Bind on your heariVilsjelvel ram
Oh ye to whom this prim is given:
Norilet nude hands your tresteum tea;
Hut hoW it o,e t . ito gilt of heayen !
Till death its shininf worth improve,
And angels eruivn a atater's love! •
Teem' the Arti4tiiiti Medier)get. '
"GOD HELPS THE HEAVY nsTirAti
i• Just before Napoleon headed hie a rmies
• . .
for th e invasion et Rusin?, some one ;pi
Marked to one of his veteran Generale that
God would never lend his blessing to Ninth
!en enterprise. The.wertwora_eoldie'F..re.
plied, 01 hitye always obiletiVed that God
'helps the heavy baitidlOne."
!, With •thiiisent men n p rang hie min d,
Napoleon antembled his liests on the banks
of the Niemim It Was the Moat brilliant
spectacle' of irti itary pomp 'at!dpdwer.
! probablyinver witnessed on earth.. Fire
hundred . thatnted Men, glittering with a
furtniilable iinginery of ' war; were tinnithal•
ed befOre,thew Emperor,' whose very name
wain Pansphri td Victory: As bithalion
after battalion, in their'dolid strength, Made
thevery earth, seem' to tremble' beneath
their Napoleon fele, and 'all &rope
felt with him, that there 'was no earthly
power which could stay his victories.
'the armieVolAlextuttler ere assembled to
wain idle loaders; but al ticiiity 'point 'they
are met and routed - by -the Conqueror of
Europe, and the Russians, though contend. ,
ing for the protection of their own homes,
invariably flee; eller ii senile ofttivful
ter, before-the heavy battalions of their
.foes. At every river's aide; and at every
mountain pass, the *discomfitted troops of
Alexander snake' a stanth to repel the in
vading army, but it is all in vain.; the vet
eran armies of the South mow them down,
and ride impetueusly over them, as they
march unimpeded on their way from vic c
tory to victory. In the course of a few
weeks the dinnes and the palaces of Mos
cow were seen glittering in the rays of the
betting sun, and the soldiers, with shouts
of exultation, rushed forward to revel in
the halls of the Muscovites. The heavy
battalions of the invaders had triumphed,
and the Capital of the liwpire was in their
hands. But the end was hot yet.
Napoleon, intoxicated with power, stands
upon the balcony of the Krimlin, gazing
upon the resplendent spectacle before him.
It was the dead of night. An unclouded
moon illuminates the gilded domes of two
hundred churches, and discloses to his en
chanted eye a boundless expanse of pillar-1
ed palaces, and magnificent streets, and
tiarks, and gardens, and rivers, all decora
ted,with Moorish architecture, and render
ing the whole scene peculiarly fascinating
to a mind still alive with dreams of Orien
tal conquest.
Suddenly a bright light is seen to shoot
,up the northern sky. Thu cry of tire re
sounds through the streets. With loud ex
plosions and meteoric glare, new volumes
oil:flame and smoke burst forth, with al
most miraculous rapidity, in every part of
the city. A rising tempest fans lhe flame.
' And as the gale increases to a hurricane,
the whole horimin is tilled with the terri
ble conflagration. The devouringelement,
I ruphing,, roaring, crackling on its way,
strides along front street to street, until one
wide, Westing sheet of fire envelopes the
!city. Napoleon and his officers, and the
"FEARLESS AND FREE."
whole army paralysed with consternation,
gazed upon the resistless march of these
heavy battalions of flame and smoke, and
hastily retreat in utter discomfiture. The
victorious fire takes possession of the city,
and the vanquished troops, in despair,
throw themselves upon the frozen ground
of the black heath.
And now inclement Winter darkens the
sky. Cold, and winds, and snow, and dis
ceases and famine combine, and with their
heavy battalions, as the allies of Russia,
pour down upon the unsheltered hosts of
France. They sweep over the dismayed
army with whirlwind fury. Resistance
is unavailing; the drifting snow is the
winding-sheet of tens of thousands who,
iturinedte wintry night, freeze on the storm
swept plains. The driving storm is piti
less. The piercing cold knows no mercy.
The sleet Which fills the sky, and is whirl
hy the howling wind, has no ear to hear,
and no beak to feel the awful wail of dy- ;
ing men, which swells louder than the roar-'
ing of the storm. And gaunt Famine and
torturing Pestilence come. in rushing squad.;
roes more terrible than, Polish Lancers or
Mamelukes, and no solid columns or brist
ling squares can repel their charge. God
has raised the heavy battalions and equip
ped them, and commissioned them, and I
nerved them for His dread work of retribu-
tion. And now he helps them. and before
their inareh the army of invasion
scattered like chaff by the whirlwind. j
Irifidelity gazed upon 'the carnage of ,
tOdi and Rivoli ; upon the battles 'of the
Pyramids and Mount. Tabor r and the
slaughter at Marengo and Austerlitz, and
exclaimed, "There is no God who , Cares
for Man. The weak perish. It matters
not which is right or wrong.". ,But in the
flames of Moseoww44 : theliorrorzof those
wintry nights ott dig Agfa of Russ la, - vithez.
uncounted- IliousandS 4 funed in the, snow
their ileatli-pod s , and An,. the, howlini of
We tempest Meir, reeeyrn, even Infidel
ity was abas hed, and,m4aiined ? "(And has
at disposal batta lions heavier than Man
can marshal" And Widen' the reireaemg
armx,_ haeing eirtiWit its 4ead, like snow=
'flakes on 'the frOilin ground, alt along he
pith, Undertook 'Me mini passage of thq
Beresinvis.Lias the 'dark 'flowing waves et
theity river - wet,. - befoririliem,- and , . the
iur clad squadrons of the North behind
•them, with artillery . end, musketty,.. and
gleaming sabresouad penitence and fitarva,
Lion and benumbieg froat,ned flAlPeirs Per!.
vaded the cap:point! the storms of winter
were shrieking overAheir Olat .
horrible day, when ail, that wastnereileatt
in "merest fury was combined w ith all (lint
was terrible in the warrings oldie
the horreit-striekin fugitives' fell that'Grid
was` ndeed'helping tho'heat'y batalideit
It was' On the '2;(1 of Jutie;.,lBlt;'aifil
One of 'The ItiVliest 'Mornings - that
&tined upon mankind; when Needles:ln,
with's More niagnificaut array- thadvartlt
had ever before witnessed, .erossett-.the
Nader', for. the • invasion of
that time,- Napoleon, was on -thelighamt
pinnacle of griminess everitimieed by mor
tal man. Aud as the resplendent ream of
five hundred gionvond..with gorgeomilian
nets, and glittering steel, awl soul:iPliPyiNg
..peurod-acreev: 4q114p.n.. .``finch
vrtanoeit the, sirefort,,eyery lino #l9Wed
with nefftirsoce
of the arins,,the splendlir of the dices, the
loud shunts; lulthe 'men, filitiirteirtiriiieritil
einhurilitirn, and treemedlo afford certain
preinigeofeticcestf.7 ' '" •
- - 'ln the middle' of December olthe same
year, tv rabble-r Out of , about twenty thou
sand Men re-appeared upon the banks of
the latne " scream , haggard, squalid,cmaci
ate. with cold and 'nervation, the sole sur
vivors of the hat host which. but five
months before, had crossed the river in all
theimoip and pageantry of certain triumph.
'When.this miserable band of fugitives,'
says aeon, .arrived at a Certain point
Where the passage had been effected five
monllis before, when they beheld those
flights, then crowded with splendid What
ions, now covered by a miserable band of
(highly* and passed the remains of the
bridges, 'now deserted,' which then iroait
'ed under the march ofglittering squadrons,
the magnitude of the contrast, notwithstand-
ing . their present sufferings, brought tears
into the.eyes even of the common soldiers.
Cleting _a last look on the shores - ocher
,flefeie regions,—llteu so ardently. desired.
since the scene of such grieWotl3
—they plunged into the forest, and aban
dolling every appearance military order,
ditipersed like private travellers over the
• I
boundless plains of Poland.'
The lesson will not soon be forgotten in',
Europe, that God helps the heavy battal
ions. And woe be to that individual, and
woe be to that nation upon whom God
lets loose, in an avenging hour, his Ileavy
Battalions !
FALSE STANDARD 01 FEMALE BEAUTY.
We are so accustomed in the present ago
to behold'delieute women, that for want of
good models the ideal image which we
form of them has been very much changed.
What are the characteristics of beauty,
as represented in modern novels ? Instead
of a bright and healthy complexion, a grace
ful activity, and youthful vivacity, we hear
of a slender wrial form. a sylph-like figure,
an interesting Taleness occasionally. reliev
ed by the shade of earnation, an expressive
countenance gently tinged with melancho
ly. But it must be at once perceived that
all these characteristics arc exactly the in
dicatives of delicate health ; an extremely
slender figure, a lining color, and a languid
expression ;Alford no very favorable augu
ry for a future mother or for a wife, who
may, perhaps, be called to assist her hus
band in adversity. Yet the imagination of
mothers as well as slaughters, is fascinated
by such descriptions ; they are afraid of
destroying these interesting charms; and
We will meet with sonic girls who will nut
eat for fear of growing fat, and others who
will not walk Mr fear of enlarging their feet.
Can any thing be more pitiable.
A true comforter must often taken away
from the mourner all ordinary- topics of
conversation, and lead hint w,liere only the
highest can liro of any avail.
Those who most tlotibe c ' friendship, tiro
precisely those the least calculated to ex
cite or feel it.
A MOTHER'S LOVE
Who is there that does not acknowledge
and bow in reverenee to a mother's love ?
What is it that causes the eye to fill ? that
refuses utterance to speech.aud overwhelms
with utter loneliness in the midst of life t
Deny it not, truant heart ; it is the sacred
ness of a mother's love—felt through long!
years it may be, yet always pure, ever sa
cred, blessing end refreshing ! Gentle
mother ! tenderest, truest, and the best ofi
friends ! constant in love, in weal or woe
—in deformity or health, in honor or
shame, through evil end good report—thy
affection knows no change nor the shadow
of turning ! Blessings on thee ! Earliest
memories link together and throw holiness
on thy name. Sacred to the heart is the
memory of a mother's love !
Such were the reflections suggested by
an incident in the great drama of life. A
poor victim of intemperance was stagger
ing homeward—no, he knew not whither
—when he fell heavily to the earth.—
Stunned and bruised by the fall, he lay for
a moment insensible, but assistance soon
restored him to consciousness, and to a
sense of degradation.
"I thank you, gentlemen," said, he, fal
teringly, "it was a hard fall, but I ant bet
ter now. I have many such. It is with•
ing when you get used to it," and he laugh
ed as he prepared to start again on his way.
"\Vhat a pity." remarked a spectator,
"that you should thus debase your man
hood, by such selfish indulgence in strong
drink."
-••You're a temperance lecturer, 1 sus
pect," sneered the idebriate.
..No, friend," replied the gentleman, ‘.l
am not a temperance lecturer—at least not
tine professedly. But 1 neglect no oppor
tunity to speak a word in favot of that hon
est cause.'
"Vntern a preacher, then, may be ?"
”No.".
Well, whatever you are I want none
of your advice."
"1' Merely meant it'for yourgood,"
mild
ly answered the gentleman. -Are yuu
married ?"
"No."
'"You have sisters and brothers ?"
"Yes—but they don't know mu now."
. : "Have yenta father r
"No—rhe died long !Ince."
"A mother ?"
1.- 7 41" here was a deep, silence:
. ."YOu"do not'answer ! have you a moth
er ?
t r 'rho eilenee that ensued was broken by
the sobs of the wretched man.
"Oh, God? uh, God,!" ho excluimed—
latte too, isztlead! I broke her heart many
.y9t4 ! eiNice by my misconduct. My poor,
petOnotlter So good, so kind,-80
,tle and forgiving!" and he smote his breast
iu ihe bine rues of his anguish.
D` • lihappy
.Man—eli, how unhappy at
diat"nitilitbsift Through all the Vieissi
tildes of Bee; 'a mother's love had followed
filintintreating, urging, imploring him to
'fOrsake'evil; and clang only to that which
ittiglit: In vain had she striven—lie had
gone on blindly, perversely, recklessly, till
now he was broken down in health, for
.Unte and reputation, all outcast from socie
' tv, disowned by his own flesh and blood !
Yet 11l the'toidst or this accumulation of
• Utreihetliniss, there eanie reproachfully,
though full of love, across, the wea
ry waste of years, a mother's voice. sweet
and sad, and the heart bowed in grief to its
mute appeal.
Minor to woman Without her smiles
the world would loose its brightness—so
ciety's charm would exist no longer.—
Christianity would languish without her
aid and approval. whose principles,"
said the dying daughter of Etlwit Allen, to
her skeptical father, "in whose principles
shall I die—your's, or those of my Chris
tian mother I" The stern old hero of Ti
conderoga brushed a tear front his eye as
he turned away, and with the same rough
voice that summoned the British to surren
der, now tremulous with deep emotion,
said—"ln your mother's child, in your
mother's
SYMPATHY is sweet to turn from
the chilling and heartless world—the world
that so Oen misjudges our motives—to
seek in sonic sympathising heart for con
solation—to find congenial soule that can
feel our joys, can• understand. and appre
ciate the feelings which actuate us.
In sorrow how consoling is the blessed
voice of sympathy. In our greatest trials
it lightens our burdens—making smoother
our pathway before us, and pouring a heal
ing balm into our wounded hearts, and our
lesser afflictions are forgotten in its pre-
Blessings upon those kind souls who go
through life with a cheerful glance and
kind word for the desponding—who are
ever ready to extend the hand of friend
ship, and whisper words of consolation to
those who have fallen out by th in wa y._
Though they may sometimes be deceived,
yet they have faith in humanity ; they be
lieve that no one is so degraded but he' has
some germ of indwelling goodness—that
the warm annshine of kind sympathy may
yet call forth the sweet, though perhaps
wild, flowers of truth And happmees."
PaAcTicm. Ii cxv: voixseu.—llenevolence
says Di. Chalmers, is not in word and in i
tongue ; but in deed and in truth. It is a
business with men as they are, and with
human life as drawn by the rough hand of !
experience. It is a duty which you must
perform at the call of principle, though I
there be no voice of eloquence tb give s pie n
tlor to your exertions. and no music of poe.
try to lead your willing footsteps through ,
the bowers of enchantment. It is not the
impulse of high and extatic emotion. it is
an eNertion of principle. You must go to I
the poor noun's cottage, though no verdure
flourish around it, and no rivulet be nigh to I
delight you with the gentleness of its tour
tours. If you look 'Mr the romantic sim
plicity of fiction, you Will be disappiyinted ;
but it is your duty toTersevere, in spite of
discouragement. Benevolence is not mere
ly a feeling;but a principle ; not it dream of
rapture for the fancy to 'indulge in, but a
business for the hand to execute: . •
A perpetual calm would hinder the free.
ti4eation of llowern. Let, 04a couaele uy
under rulreriug. . '
I , ,
THE SPANISH WHIOW.
IT DT WALS&C.
Turns lived in, the ,proviee of Galicia,
a lady so perfectly, beautiful, that slle Was
culled, by all traveller:to and indeed by all
who beheld her, the "Flower of Spain."
With these excellent charms, she posess
ed all the virtues which so rarely,are to be .
found united to such extreme personal love
liness. She had, therefore, many wooers,
but especially a certain old knight of Cas
tile, as coarse in mind, as lie was ungainly
in person. Being very wealthy, he fully I
expected this beautiful creature would glad
ly become his wife, the more particularly as
she was of poor,thongh well-born parentage.
But she preferred to allow her affections
to rest on a young gentleman of small es- 1
tate, but amiable character, and, being mar
ried to him, they retired to the provinces,
and spent three years of as perfect happi
ness as is permitted frail mortals to enjoy.
At the end of this period, he was obliged
to go' to Madrid, on the business of a law.
suit, and was unfortunately murdered on,
the way, leaving his unhappy widow with
one little boy, and in rather straitened
eircumstances. Shortly after, the ofd'
knighragain proffered his hand, which she
decidedly rejected; he neither respected
the sacredness of her grief, nor her forlorn
state, but molested her so continually, with
letters and presents, that, but for her lath
! erless child, she would have been content
to die. At length she determined to with.
draw to some remote village, to free her.,
self from this odious persecution. A few
days behire the time she had fixed on to
remove to her country lodging, her servant,
Maria, happened to open the dour of .a
closet in her mistress' s hed-room, when
out fell the dead body of a man ; and the
police being summoned by her shrieks,
1 they son recognized it to be that of the old
knight of Castile, though his countenance
was so blackened mud distorted, us to ap
pear scarcely human. It was evident
that he had perished by poison ; and as
dm unhappy lady couldgive no account of
the matter, in spite of her hitherto fair and
Unhlmnialied reputation, she was thrown
into prison as his murderess: The perk!.
eutiou she had suffered from the deceased
knight, was generally known, but was now
attributed to a dishonorable emte, and the
morder of her husband never having been
cleared, up, she was considered by many
persons as guilty Of built crimes, and the
whole province was shocked that so beau
tiful a creature should have thus brought
disgrace upon her soiiind upon human !m
-oire,. At her trial, the court was crowd
ed to excess, and the lady hail nothing to
'offer but assertions of her innorence ; the
servant, Maria, having suddenly distil.-
peared, the piddle advocate proceeded to
pass Sentence of death. It was the etistinn
in tints° days, fur a woman who had Com
mined murder, to be first strangled and
trout burnt in the market-place, but before
this sentence could he pronounced, a wit
ness ‘'vas moved by remorse to conic for'.
ward in her behalf. 'Phis was dtb servant
Maria, who had hitherto been disguised. in
the hotly of the court. She stood on one
()I' the twitches, and earnestly 'entreated - to
be heard. She then confessed that she
had been prevailed on by the bribes nod
promises of the old knight of Castile, who
declared he intended to ITElay her mistress,
to secrete him in thi! closet in her lady's
chamber; but solemnly declared she knew
no other cause of his death, except, that on
one of the shelves she had glared sonic
sweet cakes mixed with arsenic to poison
the rats, and that the knight, being rather
i gluttonous, might have eaten them in the
dark, and so died. At this probable ex
planation, the email was instautly moved
to declare the lady's innocence with tine
voice. She, reviving a little at the noise,
and being told of this providential discove
ry, only clasped her hands, and then in a
le tv words, commending her son to the
guardianship of good men, exclaimed—"l
; can never sur vive the shame of this un
worthy reproach," and, with a deep sigh,
expired on the spot.
Tut: Rev. CLESMI OTWAV, in his recent
ly published paper Co ..The Intellectuality
of Domestic Animals," gives the following
anecdote, which is by far too good not to
receive the benefit of a, wider circulation:
At the flour mills of Tubbera : keetia,, near
Qlonnel, while in the possession of the
late Mr. N e w hold, there was a goose, which
by swop accident. was left solitary, with.l
out mate Or offspring, gander and goslings.
Now it happened, as is common. that the
miller's wile had set a needier of duck
eggs under a hen. which in due time were
incubated ; and of course the ducklings, as
they Caine forth, ran with natural instinct
to the, water, and the hen was in a sad!
pucker—her maternity urging her to fol.'
low the brood, and her selfishness dispos-1
ing her to keep on tlry land. lit the nican-
while up sailed the goose, and with a noisy
gabble, which certainly (hieing interpreted)
meant, leave them to any care, she swain
up and
,down with the ducklings ; and
when they were tired with their aquatic
excursion; she consigned them to the care (it
the hen. The next morning down came
again the ducklings to the pond, mud there
was the goose waiting for them, and there
stood the hen in her great thistration. Ou
this occasion we are not at all sure that the
goose inviter/ the hen—observing her ma
t urns( trouble—but it is a tact that she, be
ing near the shore, the hen jumped on
back, and there sat, the d u cklings swim
ming, and the goose and ben alter them,
up and duwn the pond. And this was not
a solitary event : day after day the lieu
was seen on board the goose, attending the
ducklings up and down . , in, perfeet eontent
ethiess of good humor; initialers of people
coming to witness the circumstance, which
continued mad the dneklings, coining to
days of discretion, required no longerthe
joint guardianship of the goose and hen.
Bow does litintan love still pit:l.4er,
still stretch forth its urtns •to ,clasp the. ha-
ding images that. stilt elude its gosti.l..• It
would make for itselt'srt eteruity oat o( the
tratinitury airtd thh pet;isliing •
A goad action shines Dui, upon I►s in the
deceased—it is the precious stone which
the Nldxibitus place amid the ashes'or the
dead; tliet it way represent the 'tend.
TWO DOLLARS PER,,A{NIyU,*.:,;;,
MEWI'SERIES--- , 140.1W-
.It6IIISGE4.-It probable thi4 bf sit,
the vtu s ses, which have injured the, health ' ,
of women the principal has been the . p , r,O- ;
digions umitiplicationof romances
the last century. From the erridle to tile'
most advanced age they re athem.with an
eagerness which keeps them ahuos i t
out motion and without sleep. A youuk;
girl instead of running stunt and plaYT.Wr
reads, perpettially reads, and at twenty be- 1
comes full of vapors, instead of being quell-,
ified for the duties of a good wife or nutie: / '
l'hose causes, which influence the phitiir,
cal quality, influence the . moral ern. ; ,
have known persons of both sexes, whose
,i
constitution would have been ro4tt, 'bui
were weakened gradually by the too strong
impressions of im passionate writinge,- 7,
! The most tender romances' hituler tniiir="
riages, lest( ad of prom otin„a thein. 'Woman,,
while her haart is warmed by the iunguor
of love, does not seek a husband
ro must lay his laurels at her feet.' the
lire of love .dons not Warm her, it only in
Ilanica her imagination.
QuEsTioNs W ELI, A NSW ERED,-,A
ist wishing to puzzle Thales the billetien,
ono oldie wise teen of Gree de,prhpbserlt
to him in rapid succession, the 'firliowitvin
questions. The philosopher replied Is,
them all, without the least hesitation,.Andl
• with how much propriety and precleitne.
our readers can judge for themselves i • • •
What is the oldest of thingal •
(hula-because he always existed.
What is the most beautiful r 11 I
The world—because it is the work 141
God. .
What is the greatest Of all things? ,n
tip:we—because it counties all thatiji;
cromed. • ff
What is the quickest of all thine • „
Thought—because in a mouton it
fly to the end of tfiii universe,
What is'. the-strungestl
Necessity*-because it elakesimettliten
lathe dangers of life. ;;
Whitt is ihe most difficult 1 ,
To know yourself. ' • I;
What is the most constant of all *Magid ,
Hope—lit - waits° it still ireinaies is daii
after he has lost every thing else. ,
Emu xi; llito•romts.—Would ypu threltlio
a brick-bat at a . friend who had fallen (her
board T Would you gather stonos and
then) oil a bauk that had falliot iihrotherl
Would yos throw a keg (if tioWcler ;tell
rrieud who 11:1(1 fallen hi Ilic bre? ',filen
why heap words of reproach upon Fain wiid
has erred from the . path of duty Whf
n o unce himoil ;t ;Tori A y o ur
since t',. Can you 136 steander to dieleti
man heitrt—yon' who haV'e stiollite - falletet
lle casu a l loww the humad heart .
Who', when' a weaker I:n:other Colt;
' I , h. , ,n1 of at'ling Mere . ‘'nlitirt,
Each bd.e, muligllnnt 17.0.4i0n
'Harsh words SUM t•pithcti blll-111 , 08
lie.hiulnell in in thq , ~,.;
first lu uvedn a InottlFis luvC, ,
To nervy his heart and guide hin'totagUe.
• SLAKDER TILE TONGOE I OF ,
At the court of the lion wus a noble horse s
who had long and faithfully served his king,
and his master prizdd and loved Ids fithil
fol servant as he deserved. Tith, was die.
tasteful to the L•rpWd of inferior: couniers.
and the fox undertook to undermine Alm
trusty servant and rob him of hitcmonarelt7s
favor. lint his insinuations were nobly
and wisely met by the king of beasts : "I
need no stronger proof of the worth t of my
good horse than that he has such a the
wretch as thou for Ilia encety.' . '•—Lansing.
A INEwsrAmitt.-- , -Therei is nu book so
cheap as a newspaper ; none 140 interest
ing, became it 0011100 S 0111 variety messmied but out in stitialtie portions n's -time
and. quality. Being new every week, or
day, it invitee to a habit tit reading,i end
affords an easy' and :i , ,Tvecsible tootle of ue
(miring knowledge so essential to the in
dividual and community. It causes many
boors to pass awav pleasittlyiand profita
bly, wltirh would otherwise have , ;been
spent in idleness and nosebief.
Tank: Womp..--The trtie r ri9o—
she be the modest the,gru
tient wile or careful matron---is morpkr•
vicenble in this life than all the', 4i:rainy's
of novels since the day of Peryante,o l olio
who makes the lire of rirtuotis eninto t ion
spring in the heart of youth-74e
rears a family in virtue and lionesVlrett
ders a nuttier ser v ice the world } than
was ever d011t! In a Joan of Are.. WOrfien
arc not formed (or the severer'iltreit'Of Ve
lma to sontothen tlWbrow of those Win) Tieitt
the "Iteat and bUrdett
she who ItrforitiS her 'appropriate'
Sphere does tineenly. YIUt W hen Dllb ,ud4es
out of her 'sphere she moves' iraeolea aj td.
loveless.
A lit:n Enos. Fccviii„...."Christ did
much work for God in a very silva man
ner: be labored diligently, but did not
work, whim lie hail wrought it, by vain 98—
tentation. When he' had expresse4, bis
charity in acts:, of musty 014 imuuty
men, Ins ivonld hinnbly :veal up the, glory
of it with this charge : "See ye tell no
Matt.. vtt :4. Ile alrected no popular air,
0, imitate your panorn; hafti r tfor
(;inl, and let not pride blow upottit
you; have dime,: It. is dillieult tpr ,a 1 min!
to do much, aUdr MK value hitunelf tuy4titieh
for it
FREDERWK 'Ottetaat AND 7itsplnt
MAN.-11r. Zimmerman, the ianthot , tlnd
physician of celebrity, known by his hitorks.
on : Solitude and N ntiestul Pride, went frost.
Hanover to attend Frederiek the , Urestirin
his lust illness: One day . the King , suid , to
hinvul'ein have, ,, l presume, helped
Many a , Man into another world ;71 111. his
was rather u bitter pill fur the doctor+ ltut
the dose he gave the King in returq, wets a
judicious mixture of Arndt and. flattery—
.. Not so tunny as your • majesty;ttpr with
so mut+ honor to myself." r r Sa.
11'031 A.S . — . rhetv 6 tto ett:trylfliP "q.t .
1111e111C111, 1:0116411qi: and eXpallSitni jor t hipen
the uniol, never Ceettt but il) tholrifliP
of 4 rt`n 4 thkt, 41tCrtliting wiwort.. l ,,,,X(WUc
Vrt
011,fricitylt)ii;p.utir , ouotrit ,& b ~.
proper ot?ftystut,.ttor itfirtvfiff ~ i 'i
and our sµ)4ls ft;o1 IR plif"„ > , , it •
Thpy w_ 1 10,44 k dcliKailit 2'
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