1110 , 0oilfollUXIBLER.
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A SONG.
ME,THEOENTIMNIAL CELEBRATION.
.114%..EVA80 COLLEGE. .
'Astr'sh se4 nomeu.
Whet did Peißahl clime bier '
flat hills and 'main* to elect,
1 .. The moods nein catamounta, • • ,
And red as data
and scalping kukroo .
That mike kits' hinds look queer
Q ! ~q a j i 4w i ri.f roa4 England used to firing
trigs a year ,
The crow. cane dewing through the air
To pluck the pilgrims' corn,
The "Peers tame snuffing round Medan.
Wltene'ern babe was born.
The rattlesnakes wore bigger Tonna
Than the but of the old runes horn
'Tin dawns Wes at meeting time
On eno Pstlanth morn. •
~..ButiltelltheY AM*. kllf• wiswg!n" °°",
And pine tree trunk and limb
Sprentt anew* tho leases
In shape of alosplis slim ;.
And out the little whinres were stretched ,
Along the ocurn b a rim,
And up de little kind boater shot
TO .kOCR OsilAwffP in brim.
Andwhen at length the Culler rum.
The eschinn.cocked his eye .
'At km"' tutoes maitre Alm
Whose toil tail whisded by
Hut, when the Greek and Hebrew words
Came tumbling from their javti,
Thel copper colored children all
Raw scseeming to their squaws.
—Andmbmwal .
When College was begun !
Test nephews of the President,
And the. Peafeasn'a son,
(They tanned a liule Indian boy,
A. indwn as any'bon ;)
•
Loral ! he*, the senior knocked about
The freshman clan of one !
They had not thou the dainty things
Tat commons now attonl,
• 'But socenosk and , dessweesp
. , Were smoking on.the board , •
They dud not rattle roupd in gigs,
Or'dash in loci tail blues,
Butsilineys on Coreenenreenint Jeri
The tutors blacked their shoos.
God bless the ancient Puritans!
Their lot was hard enough ;'
, Bin bunt beset* made hos sneer,
And tender maid* era tough;
$O love 'nil faith have thrilled and fed
One true borne Yanke whiff,
And keep the kernel on the eholl
The British found so rough ,
WHAT IS CHARITY I
'Tis not to palms when at my door
A shivering brother islands,
To ask the canoe that made him poor;
Or, why he help &moods.
'Tis not to apunt that brother's prayer,
Por fiats he ones had known;
'Tie not to lemma him to despair.
A u ,i ma y thm I two woo.
Tie voice of Chanty is kind,
She thinketh nothing wrung;
ToAwry fault she wometh
Nor rauntoth with her tongue.
in penitence •he placeth faith,
Hope euvileth at her door,
Relieved:A first, than safely sayeth,
Go, brother, sin no more.
THE OPEN HAND
IT J. A. wierracmi.
"HA"' wpm/offal the commit:on street;
ha tutnalt its Wong,
The htitryitiii dr the thonsand &et
That bier Hies cares along."
For the love of Heaven, good friend,
a penny," said a feeble beggar one night
to a wealthy merchant in Chestnut street.
Bat the proud man, wrapping his rich
mantle around him, turned scornfully
away; and the beggar passed on.
You would scarcely hive noticed the
seem, yet there was is it a whole history
Oldie ; the calm, unfeeling coldness of an
inhuman apathy, and the agony of a break
ing heart. The one went to his lordly
home, where music and gladness, and the
bright facets of his happy children were
around the- hearth-stone; the other totter
ed along with trembling steps to the
wretched hovel, where his pale-faced wife
awaited his return. The light flashed forth
fives the rich man's mansion ; but the beg
gar's home was desolate.
Follow now and tell me which of the
two was above the other; the one in his
wealth or the other in his rags !
Through the whole of that weary night,
did the beggar and his wife sit musing
,over the past, and looking for some light
in the future. Above, around them, on
,all sides they beheld nothing but the gloom
.which do ray might penetrate ; nothing 1
Int,the impenetrable obscurity which is
.ever resting upon the: wretched 'and the
aaseemS.!. For. God knows, God knows, if
.ern do it* *CM all times, even at this
Ammon., in.asspy• at desolate: home, by
,tom niebeesiorte hearth, thete ereclitoug
Awentirturettlmemitthe weight °fan Oval
Avhottlidltir douptict Atutobliugrwontett,pl.
,plat 4tirei ~ iti-, treat . deipondeucy t. , and
itorighwijied-Huie i children • growing 'pale
alkiiirhilidlt 11 1 / 4 inil Went 'Of brelid ! ' ••• •
40d lino w 4, .tiod kaowil, that ovenupon
t apioseighbore .and our friends,.possibly
r 4, i 4 the Otte next door; there is reeling
' l l *elerittese hand *of povertY, that
rwkif of velyieh we can form no true
.gesolionicut, until we shall find ourselves
ilk them over dic last dead ember, and
illitqllitit like them for Coed.
" r tjtiif kttows that in the crowiled city,
dioneends die and are buried without an
4-epitaph, , whose path through life was
lornOofitorrow, who struggled on bravely
• i'le"vhiligi Eta cheerfully, and nbvei carne op
ttgiiili'd darkitess about them, but of
.nsti Ir, . tor , r '
bltcrMy, h ear t.
~,.,,cod. we enter into the homes so near
~uati.i g o like the angels into every haunt of
•we and grief, niiil touch the lips of the
wretched one there, what toles of agony
ihnuld we hear, one would tell us of
•
,sweet dreams of his sinless boyhood ; tell
us how lie started in Web all gladly and
ge y, pug nrjth no - l'ear oiibe:unkitOwn Cu.
tares how, for a time, the breeze was
fair, and the sky blue; and the ocean calm,
and, with his flag thrown' out 'upon the
gale, 'he sped along bravely and rapidly,
until his voyage was nearly over, when,
just as he caught sight of, thede,aiy4pert ; I
saw * temples and apirmtglittering in the
sunlight; heard the mead of the hop, and
the voices of the singers-wafted. hum its
streets- , -juirt as the list billeow'was bearing
hint upon its bosom to his destined anchor
age—just then, just 01811, alas I the
storm came down and the billow dashed
him back, and the rudder gave way, and
his gallarit vessel was carried out again,
all crushed. and broken, a4housand leagues
into, the sea. He would toll us, perhaps,
how that storm passed by, and the sun
shone out as brightly as before, and the
sea became calm' again, arid that once
more with blue sky above him, he sped
along toward tho haven, But again the
storm came down, and again, anii
until at length his brave andgallant barque
was thrown high up, upon the rocky reef t
and left, a solitary hulk, to moulder is the
-Another would tell his tale of love.--
How the sweet being whom he worship
ped, die idol to which his yearning head
gave homage, loved him and blessed him
for many a long and pleasant year ; but
that before long her cheek grew pale, and
her eye dim ; and that now his only solace
in life is to go at the twilight hour, and
bending over, the grave where she lies
sleeping in death; hold communion with
her spirit, and pray to meet again' in the
BOW
Still another, an old and feeble man,
leaning upon his staff, would tall per
haps the saddest tale of all—that of a boy
hood unblinieled, of a manhood waited, of
I
an old age comfortless an .wretc ted He
' would tell that from his youth up, as the
days and weeks and months passed slowly
on, the gloom had deepened, and the guid
ing star gone out, and that now he was on
ly waiting God's good time that he might
part and be at rest.
Such suffering ones ire all around us.—
Such tales of wo have come so often to
our ears that—God forgive us—we palm
them by unheeded and leave the starving
to their untold agony, even as the rich man
did.
Through the whole of that long and
dreary night, as we have said, the beggar
and his wife sat musing thoughtfully.
sometimes cheering each other with words
of hope, then again giving away to tears ;
at one time lured into forgetfulness of the
sorrow, at another. utterly desolate, as the
full sense of their situaion burst upon them.
A vision of the past came over them, and
in its light they looked again upon the
pleasant memories of old, and heard again
the love-legends of their native valley.—
Once more the woodbine wreathed the
cottage window, and through its leaves
the chequered light stole gently in upon
their home of joy. Once more the roan was
shedding around its rich fragrance, and the
meek lilt( bowed in the summer breeze ;
and as the lily bowed without, and the
1 light stole calmly in, they heard the prattle
of their child and were blessed.
But suddenly, amid their dreams, there
came a ghastly phantom form—the spectre
of their present and most woful poverty.
How it followed and haunted and cursed
them, peering into their very faces, driving
the warm blood back again to their hearts,
reminding them that the cottage was des
erted, and the window broken in, and the
woodbine blasted, and the rose withered,
and the lily trodden down, and their sweet
babe lying cold and lonely in its little grave.
Thus passed the solitary vigil—and as
the grey light came, stealing through the
casement. the beggar started up, imprinted
a kiss upon the pale brow of his wife, and
went forth into the silent street with the
spirit of sateen resolve upon hhet.
Cows now , withmo ;to the hoine of the
nun who hail iWaioritfully refused , him a
pittance in,tha bqur of ltlicitrCninrieCes
situ. CelPe, sit hy, the Amide, odes*);
the rod lightilash back . frowthe polished
furniture 1;;look apon;all , .thejlorgenas apt,
of health khe'
e*k i
fratil theollellq# ll Peallerir b 0 1404
unbounded wealth can pn f rchaset.;:thiln
jutl~a,rebolhtir , r►~t~t'ill. hi wenieb,, 444,
blessing nwtedlepon that Oond Ind Wait.
leitUnlub,
,
Theo next, morning his magnificent
coach bore WM away to his eiliiiiintkOlitt:
4s palused - do*n the itiSY street,' he
caught 'sight *for,a momeiiiOf a men cloth
et . in rags, yet knew not it wee the Nary
one be, had !punted from him the night be ,
foes. Again; as le, stood at his.desk,' that
form • went' by the window—and again,
and again, until at length it became a fa
miliar sight to see that same forsaken, sor
rowful Man go past to his hunible'daily
toil. Ileforo long the merchant could per
ceive that his rags had given place to better
clothing, and his look of borrow changed
to ono of joy and thankfulness—yet all the
while he knew not the friendless beggar.
Meantime a change lied taken place in
, his own fortunes. Silently, but surely,
=MEM
,
day after day wealth was les.vipikhim.
His ships were ]oat at sea—the banks bad
failed-411s speculations were unfortunate
and ruin looked him in the Ike& The
curie tmd come ' •
'tiara passed away; when One winter
but, a few weeks Since, a beggar
stood !OP Ole, 4 0 9s.. 0 (ihai proud dwel
ling, and was admitted, and. clothed, ruid
fed. and rendered comfortable.. By some
strange magic s moat• wooderful. change
had been wrought:- The door which for
so long a dme had been dolled to every
form of human want; Which had 'a thous
and times denied atinaittance to the wretch
'ed And the outcast, was now thrown open
to welcome and ,awsist then.. . They Wws
greeted warmly and cheerfully, and the
best robes were put upon them, and every
disponding man and sad woman, and for
saken little 'child, as they 'crossed this
threshhold, prayed (Sr a benison' upon that
house and its occupant. ,
The miserable man who ,now stood
there asking alms had stood•there before,
but not as a suppliant ; had looked around
.upon the lofty walls a thousand times, but
not 'with his present tearful gase. was
once the owner , of that stately mansion,
within which be now so humbly honk ?ei.
bread; and the man to whom his urgent
appeal was wade, was the very man from
whom. in the days of his prosperity, he
had turned so carelessly away. Their
circumstances had changed. God's bles
sing had gone forth with him : whom men
would not assist : Gpcl's !urge attepdcd
him who left his fellow man to-die.
Axed thus it is, forever. • Say what we
will, deny •it as we please, the blessing of
God does • vest upon • the charitable ; the
curse of God. does 'folio* the unfeeling.
The bond of biotherhotsl may' not be brd-
So Heaven help us, now and ever, to
boar the bti . rdens of she poor-.-and do it
joyfully. For so shall' thousanda look up
from their wretchedness, and thank Clod
for the angels he has 'sent—the cheerful
heart—Tne OPEN HAND.
RESI4OI ATION.
"Amid the varying acenatei ills,
&XII stroke amne kind designs fultille ;
And shall I murmur at my God,
When sovereign love directs the rod I"
Resignation is an exalted Christian vir
tue. It is a plant that grows not up from
nature's soil. It is a grace that must be
cultivated like the rose tree, that it may
flourish and shed forth its sweet fragrance
amid the passing scenes of life. To pos
sess resignation, calm 'and settled, under
all circumstances, is a high attainment.—
Yet It is attainable': and blessed are they
who live under its benign influences. It
will shed a holy balm over the mor a l waste
of life. and cheer us amid the dukest hours
of our pilgrimage.
Life his its' cares and its afflictions, Its
crosses and its conflicts, its disappoint
ments and its sacraficee. But in every
scene of earth, resignation, like the strong
and faithful anchor that holds the ship in
safety till the storm is past, secures its pos
sessor peace and quietness, till the dark
nesse and danger of the tempest are over,
and the sunshine of tranquility and joy
again beams upon it. Nothing is ever lost
to the just by the exercise of this virtue ;
but it will secure to the anxious, the im
potent, and heavy laden, usuth joy, blessed
ness, and consolation. It will render our
afflictions, blessings: and crosses, plea
sures ; our disappointments, unexpected
good': and our sacrifices, either for our
own or the well-being of others, acceptable
oblations to God. Then,
Though Heaven raid, Fit not repine ;
Bach heartfelt comfort still is mitre—
Comforts that shall o'er death prevail.
And journey with me through the vale."
Solomon miya ; ..There js modting'new
under the sun. ;" and X , may , illustrate this
by showing that, Ai probably Paley. bor
rowed ninth Mint the 44Edifes"'bf Ariatm
boviii*ed from oth.
er ileums, A, Jew, siS k4t
came one day to my roomy to oxiiibit
bill of hie geode.' He saw a volume' of
A risiOtla icing ipoii‘ the bible=tettok
0 , 104*d,k 4 #0**4 6 ,03'
Aga by*. 1 4 4 *, ; ,60i..Rivi,A 1 4.9,
minters were once,very•femiliat to merit
Does ft 'Oak" •Itel continued, iiisometiMer
strike you thil 'you 106 Ygad much ofthis;
ib vie**, phi4s r t ., i
liSinelittionl -think tliat3lol§Are Prti lir the,
Bible very, like what I occasionally•Meok
with in'llsitt-botoke!' so;" istd
he, "and 'n6' Wunder I 'When Alexander
visited Jeininfteeft,it 'is:not 'probable that
biwould fr i srpl hisAttiorlikilestio send
ItIM the leamed:':woilts' of the nations, he
conquered. ;We may, therefore, readily,
suppose that Aristotle was not ignorant of
the writings of tdolosnow; and there. are
obvious reasons why 'he should not, ye
knowledge the sources whence ho derived
whatever he might choose to borrow front
our sacred books." I have frequently,
since thought of the Jew's remark, and it
seems very possible that he ins not far
wrong.--Church mid Mite Gazette.
Yon oiler hear of s man itbeing in ad
vance of his age." buryou never heard of a
woman being in the same predicament.
ArrTylipivg-91::-r.A.,..y.UPAX.:..11.',Isfili% "J-. 0 L;Y7:13i,„.15,4-!c.;
ARISTOTLE AND SOLOMON
of EARLESS AND FREE?'
YOLTAIILE ,
~ ,HALYBUFTON.
I will contrast 4,oselings of the prince
of infidelity with,lboie awl humble, yet
learned and *ea alereet of (lod- •
Voltaire says :AA Who can, with out hooi
ror; consider the *bible *mid as the em
pire of destructiimir L lt &ballade with'won
dent ; It sheen& :aliikwith victims. It ii
a vast field ofeavitgre and contagion.—
Every species is witlicatt pity punned and
torn to pieces throulk.lke air, and earth.
and water- 4n, 41141714!reji mots wretch
edness than in 44.1 Other animas Put to•
gather. He loves alfe, and yet he knows
he must die. If Jay enjoys a modem
I good, litratillbneenehier evilwand is -at
1 last devouredbyati#lo. This; knowledge
is hiee - Nal liiiiiiii*. ' Other inintibi
harn it not. Hi tiiittids the transient me
meats. of his existesee .in _Aliening the
Wearies which heAllefers ; ut muting the
throats of his follewihmtatures for pay ; in
cheating,'and beineefksted; robbing, and
being robbed ; hi eitteing, that he ;night
command ; and in rang alrhe don.
The bulk of mat* are nothing more
thane crowdef.. ' equal)! WW l '
nal and unfo
c * *l 4
the globe ens
taint rather ' *se ones. ' I trent
ble at the - ravioli Oftlitis dreadful pieurea;
and find that it conlei a complaint evilest
Providence itself.' , 44; I had newer
been born." This in; a testimony of him
i t
whom kings ,courted, nations flattered.
This is, the sum of_ to him, G , I wish I
had never been born. •
Tura we now to alybunon, a good
mail, whcelornd liiiildaker and his Ma
ker'i 'veiiril. lif th midst' of pain,' he
said : “ l shall slioitlTget a very different
sight of died from elf% I have ereirlted,
and ;dual he made toeitto Faint him foe.
ever and ever. 011, , ilia thoughts of an in
carnate Deity •aro st4et and ravishing!
' Oh, how I wonder-army-self that I do not
love him' more, thitrl do not adore him
more! Whai a 'welsh' that I enjoy such
composure under all my bodily pains, and
iu view of death . itself ! .What many.
that, having lilo usei , nfremion, 1 can de
clare him goodness to My void I long for
his salvation. 1 blase his name that I have
found hini, and I diqroieing In him.—
Olt , blessed be God' Ma' 1 was born! 0
that I was where hp;! I have a father
and mother, and ten brothers and sisters
in heaven, and I shall be the eleventh. 0
there is a lolling in this providence, and I
shall be tolling it forever. If there be seeh
a glory in his conduct towards me now,
what will it be to see the Lamb in the
midst of the throne ! Blessed be God that
I teas' born I "
Here is a contrast, indeed—a contrast
n which the blind themselves may dis-
cern between'the righteous and the wicked,
between the matt that downs, awl the man
that hates the word of God.—Rco. Dr.
Plumer.
GIVE ME YOUR BABY
The .Cincinnati Commercial tells tbo
following
We saw a_ poor woman sitting on the
steps in front of a hotel on Fifth street, the
other morning, holding a pale yet beautiful
infant in her arms ; in one hand she held
a saucer containing a few pennies. She
was apparently about thirty, and neatly
clad, although the dress was of the cheap
est material. Ono could see that her pas.
sition in life had been better, and perhaps
a happy one for years.
Our attention was arrested by a crowd
of well-dressed ladies, who were standing
around and endeavoring to beg the baby.
"What a sweet child !" said one.
"Poor little dear !" said another, "how
I should love it if it was my owe I"
The mother drew her shad clam to her
bosom, but said riot word.
Allotln:lady. in. whose foot out could
sonar a glanse a fountain , of charity and
lave, "earned mare latent on thee:had than
an,* othei. '
nie your baby" aid she, o•autd I
will mile good care oiler
The poor woman looketinp forthe firm
lime, with' a Sam, so luslotosholy. mut the
,uwre trembled in bar eyes.. madam.
I thank- yowfor your Bud leslingu; but I
cannot: *ileitis*, emit thing I base left
on earth t"
d' Thy. ou'ipoih r *tidy drappes
Walt eag(b ietu,the sanyie l 480 - ,iiijened *war
teneer,ttn Oleo .91 1 44,4 their Pur
sos, aptlOactot*air cdreinlPiis chizilab4
scobiabilitypith ttle gold piece.- We added
our Might,inand-vrillned , away - s happier
and Aro,
'tare ettatalnad in
a Paßaga frata ,a Pwet, suotetl
by,Sit.iY,. Jones, the Imaginal of Atha*
is embodied .itt the following Wes
• Thesandni tree perinmeitehes riven
The axe that laid it low :
Let man who hopes to be &mime;
, Firgive and rola* his lie..
"Jet yorir house warm !" risked a man in
Remelt of a tenement, of•n landlord. "lt
ought to be, the painter gays it two coats
recently," was the respomm.
i is onty necessary to grow old to be
cause more indulgent. Ime no fault com
mitted that 1 have not eousmittod myself.
—Godhe.
A 111011WATMANi CinirtEISION
Boise twenty-diwyeara ago two young
eintiWire hung at Baltimore for robbing
the gmat Southern Mail and killing the
driver. 'OM of the'highwaymen was a
boy bet nineteen years of age, the son of
a repeatable 'physician it Utica in the
State. The other' was an older offender.
Th& following is an extract from the
WSW( of the latter;whicb wig published
at the time In a pamphlet
Pay, fast exploit on age was
to nib an obi flootclunan whom I,4gad
perceived in the afternoons. from my lurk•
ing place s d Dg s flitted obw"•td a »efgh•
boring market. wu
littleut ,wey
Sod waited hita with• oGood 4tvealog old
ullow
Ma rote ootr , ,ab „,,
(Hicielift)l, •
"How moth t" • :t
NToo lee*, up ketle ; only twenty .a:
ver dollars."
mw.n. shell,"
"libell 1'
wYem shell antis and di* it.qukkly;
or l'U make daylight •abitta .throaglidyott
with an tame ball.“- • '" ' l ' • "'
"Ok! rot.ooi sake;
- J-Itt •` ..) t 44
OKI
"Na but fix my own aake--to. bithwief,
I am a gentleman in &trate, and will take
year money as a ham from_yno.' s "
sweat. awed; Abell iiiiriMe; 4 'aitid
apparently sobered, "midi ,Neel emiet.it
ou t ta ye." . I
So saying, be pet•bid ihitid. Inds' tar coat
Pcbg behind= 3 0 546'ini, - ,iii*P"9
ready cocked , he Prelpeuo b meat ob
verting; vely cooly— • •
lice !emit 8 ' eitli browin' folk t ae
ye T iteie Devi; and sae
id w' ie rea4ylsw PlaPi
*d
!4 0 14‘,"' .r 7 „,r.i
• Such a noviewinia I. Writhes Ails% bogie,
nese that hid net iikent Pldtblithert
my belt. *bele they WertiiiMfi&l'lihtlar:i . :
a buttoned enati besii4e ß ifiltie),, , ll4l.9Ao
not have availed ale l / 2 .19C1 badttegletsdlo
provide flints far-theta. ;
"But:" continued be, "as vie atty ye ate(
a pair redeem°, (and putt tilMyglb9uat!,
kegs,) just step sir a ikw,y,a4,,i14.74, po t
dance a Scotch jog. or a, hornpipe t.stid
make the musk we yere airr‘whaitle
or rem a deed men.' '
! my friend. itupottsilde;serely you
do not insist on my dancing p, jig itt 144
half way up to my knees r , I
ye client at it we a' ylciret might t
less time than I eau snip my lingetkihreit
times, by the sea o" Elihay (wile l'lnfend
to thenk they (tied' mosiles the'
o' a gold load o' Niel:shot * to' ' 1 '44 1 ,
many boles . through ; ye asycootdd iot l 4
in as said tea huithorne-44m1.111 make,
hot led ran through ye, fors' ;the , world)
like queek-selver tlirout,th' te,
Scotch fan, an ye ditto* deuce right .tir,the
reel, •like a hen upon a hot, ceddle. l ) -Nuw
What could do Feeling It • was 'tin
time to trifle. and alitiost fancying die',
buckshot was already perforating pte,,l.
bethought me .of a waltz..and whistling it
in less than three minutes,. belabored my
self into a perfect foam of perpirinion in
the deep sand. Tired to death, I paused
to breathe, and asked the old tyrant if that
would not do for this time.
"Na, na ; dinna flash yourself, dear.—
I am na tired o' lookin on, gif ye aro na ti
red o seollopin. Sac gao us twa or three
jerks more, and when ye Imo done, I'll re
ward yo wi twa or three o' the sil l ver got
larl
renewed*, dreadful *meet etace.ottr i
with a rooful.beortiood, whoa I *tapped
spinout of wind, be , phoned thiVellviVui
sue, owl rocatoinortsdlitantibotiit mating
borrowing bide on.e Oci i .,KY!!!lfr 4 , v : l o
it is seam is pay 144 ~,, :.0
It was ;sow dook,.stod 1 tuniodiotto. au
road that led lato tho'iotoilOtV llt h' it
M[ 0'804144 irtreiliNiiiriii*iwn'ir, t rir
, by nom. puwincitioxy tin , l.k..*:tho.fr 0 ;
, grasp of two itiotham goodouout of, (up
8. Stand inidilidliirei," abide Stahl illicc:
«, I 'bate kat Been lielfiireir olYsett"
uttit.t "lrealtgault ; Mid hy Wy , honesty,
you may as soon draw blood from a tur
nip, or milk Ironie stone, as enrich your-
IN:bpi withopoils from me."
6 No palavering," said my bleu* in
cognito, talkie name , time quite uneareme.
1 nieusly thrusting his itsilds into at? pack
ets, while the other held me, until deliber
ately drawing forth tho fruits of Atwell
Prim
have a few of the tiltinerv,",
“ Yes--atad if you have uo objections, 1
will make doe of your gang. . . .
- •• None or yourtiekt uptia l ottesi lc:Ar
abia," said he. • .
1 however gave 'them rhuptlait .pFostbs
of my sincerity and wait admitted,
We were is an jun,tYie trat eittaiutf in
dig lags 01--.---,ift4 * lifemOrsiolga
arrival. It required -'but half the, inns it
I was ehangiotto push out hall a mile on
its rente,badd a fence gated the Oced, anti
Ancert *aims, other meitsurdi fur the
robbery o f the mail: 'by which we 11:untr
ied ourselves with fortunes. • In the mean
; time, my comrades entertained me with a
' bricf.itount of their course of lift. ; and 1
beautiful
=IEEE
could. perceive many similar points to
those of my own short histOry ; and prin
cipally springing, in the first instance, from
Parental unkindness and mal-administra
lion and example.
The mail was carried iu a coach or
stage drawn by four horses. There were,
we knew, six passengers and the driver to
content! with. Fearful odds, bet nothing
to bur cool and determined daring. My
comrades were informed by advices the
daY'hefore, reeeived by nn accomplice' in
Philadelphia, that considerable remittances
were, expected there from Lancaster about
thin time, ' •
It whts arranged that the instant the
IMMO should 'stop at the fence (it was
dark) one of my comrades should present
Mittel:lf on ,either side of the stage, with
pistolaleady,:whilst I kept, driver in
chock•lvidt , mine.
. "DOn`t fear, gentleman," said Clifton
—for fiat was our leader's name—. we
intentl,to subscribe for stock for the ha
protement of these roads; butbeing rath
er ittOrt' Of funds, are , going to borrow a
sinhil t eist frOm'the mail; so condescend
tetttepottl, one at a time, and I will tie
you to separate trees. But if more than
:ono ofyiuu appear at a time, or it' you lies-I
MU ono moment, or make as much noise
ali 4 4lMltt be heard from the mouth to the'
eir.l.ll s e ed 'a
coupleofof b .1 .
~ -
shetamong you that will not leave one of
you Well the tale."
. out s . 7 tumbled in dumb show, one at
af tithe; and while Clifton tied the last, I
tiettl't`itreiiiiiiiiig driver. We now elmve"
.
. .
theetage off into the wood, and availed
oh:Mello of tho contents of tho mail, by
.the help 6( a daritiantern, while Smith—
Othlitl4e.pt; guard outside the coach.
This par. Of the business through, we un- :
Iratisjiltr of tlio horses, tuounted them
antl,..stntelt ,pir throqlt i the wood in'a by
path,,at a. sound , gallop, After riding all
thelbre. pan o'f the night, we turned the
likiniiii'lhoittend footed it.,
A,,tioi:iiio.l,)l43ry, vv , l would disperse; pro- 1
Med•to some city, change our disguise for
au•entirely ',different 'one ; and after spend-
itig4' toilt .of:our funds, meet at a preemi
es Vied iiini,t,' and 'proced as before: I will
:-:,f .. y , 1 , , t t i s . . t
hul'?" iotOr
~. lint ter , l'opeted ae 8 such
.514.1-havojt,*44:liogibol, I discovered such
inlipininarindncoeUchearing,.. that, my as-,
' - imane'it' i vbintibirity :apritibmre — nio their
•
cA pf;q4,t tihdOrt` . eni inontentit'of drunken
. , .
.rgitt4y,iitt 4
certain e Aep,: .. ;dark.
, cavern .
,whielt•iimat WV, citiel4aCOMElrefug° and,
rindezvous; s tyled
_ Pm .h - thet , Reurrend
list• A d l eo::t N.q,.., , ,i ~ ,',..n :it
4 ~,, i.
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~,k, tc r overe.i ~,t ,I ~ ~,t', . ~.
„ Stop,' said Pl•toe•yoacmoooy oggynor,
life.. l 3!s•Withoututterimg , za:orlalAe,. Wit in
tile meittevillent altiritt; the old men made
ii iiii iv ti , b i.... 0 ii g : in o:i.:niOilt, antl'seented to
grasp something,in the bettont of, the Se
hicle. and fearing '1 liad.another Scotch
prize to deal with, for the first time in my
life, •I tired on a lone • man. •'' • .
'Witt acorivuli;ive and:shivering:me‘ve.
ment, accompanied by .a . groan, hp pitubed
'from the carriage
,a lift:lel* trunk. al, ,tay
r. ' t t
My•tiotior arm,' onotterably InecincelTva.
lit!rtkea ? 4
found 1 tku4 ifnPr4g4 i
fattealosit Old team. •Llvanine the.body-to
one side, with the view offeiatingit in the
OTthelnilelitOOW Tell
rr.M l- 1.c . °4 4 i 6 i 1 74 h1. 1161114 (:;?
boitiOrttln dificavere,4l lt was my aged
,fi k ihur.l4A ,tt ,
iTighnr trib'coonnott enough in Philadel
lible.:bet"the:banses and occasion for fight
it Babe n'ebirming variety. The follow
ing. ease is by no means a common one
and may be thought worthy of oommomo
ration.
John Dikeman is a "practised phreuolo
gistc and his an office, we think, in some
part of the Arcade, or somewhere else in
the neighborhood. Andrew Mead,—a
stout middle-aged country ' gentleman, see
ing an announcement in the philosopher's
window that the character and capabilities
of any man would be sifted out (or the
moderato aunt of twontY-five cents, enter.
ed the sanctum and submited his poll to
Philosopher Dikeman's scrutiny. The,
.
Licw,,oler. ,4ating,4iapieruts, payment in
• ,
advance, and receiving the specified sum,
prOcceded at' 'Chic to busineas.
. 4. Yuliliti4l; a Very:bad head; sir," said
~
ItO,t6Mr. Mead. '"A very villainous head,
sir. Facial angle almost as low as that of
a 'Monkey, ' dir ! . l'Signifitis that' yon are
t;eo,•ll,nod,, sir, 'ainl. very foolish. You
hatqt etwygi; , conorpFtiv.enpis to make a
1 pig yokeenor.cuough.w it to make a conun
drum. nor enough judgment to know the
differtece beititen pea-sour trodcider-ror ,
81, 'Aiid what's all . this haek here, sir?-
'Phase busignify that you will cheat,
tis
lie. end a worse titan a Louisa nig
ger. Iw. dn't
dn't trust you with a mom
hill of scrap-iron or a yard lull of mill
moues. t 4 uct, .t ,counditny he.id I ,5,,,,,
PHRENOLOGY
TWO DOLLARS Pl= ANNUM. j
INN SERIE
Sid handle since I was a professor. lett
pose you came to hosexatnined in order to
know what pursuit you ought to 'take to.
My candid opinion is that you had hetet'
start at once •to California, where ther.ii's,
no laW,—for if you stay where thece!a
judges. juries, state prisons, and gallowses,
and these sort of things, there's no chance ,
for yon.'
Why, can't Ido any good at all e' *A- f..,
al Mead, with much seeming anxiety,,,
"Good 1-.-not the least," answered the e,^
' philosopher. "Stop I.—let 'fleece. Cun
biitiveness, large. Yes ; you canfigAt.l
then Lean flog an itnputlentltutabug
on occasion- 0 4 guess," said Mr. , Mciatl.-- ,
•.I supposo you might," answered Pro
lessor Dammam
"Well, if that's all I can do, here goes,"
and Andrew r immediately applied his feel
ers to the professor's cranium, crowding
on' more btimps than Spurzheitn ever found
names for. Here was an affray odd enough
in its origin but quite common-place in its
termination. Mead was arrested and
bound over, and the professor was supplied
with another proof of his science. "For,"
said Ite, in his evidence, "I knew the man
would mike me, as soon as I saw his,
head ;—his bumps of combativeness were
almost as big as rutu-baga turnips !"--
Penury/run i a n.
'NOTHISO is LOST.—The drop that min
gles with the flood—the sand drop* on
the sea-shore—the word you have spoken,
w ill not be lost. Each will . have its in
fluence and be felt, till time shall be no
more. Ilah4 you ever thought of the ef
fect that might be produced by_ a single
word f l)rop it pleasantly among a group,
and it will make a dozen happy, to return
to their homes and produce the same effect
oft a hundred; perhaps. A bad word may
arouse the indignation of a whole neigh
borbood ; it may spread like wildfire, to
prodnce disastrous effects. As no word
is lostbe careful bow you penk-- , speak
right—speak kindly. The influence ynu
in . ay exert by a life of kindness—by words
dropped among the young and the old—is
incalculable. It will not cease when your
bodies lie in the grave, but will be felt, wi
der and still wider as year after year puss
es away. Who then, will not exert him
self fir the welfare of millionst—thislon
Olive Branch.
PECNTICIANA--Prentiee; of the
Journal, is responsible for the follow
ing, squibs :
The Washington Union says that oittie
democratic party was never iti a better
state orhealth than at present." May . be
so. Exercise on foot is said to be favora
ble to' health, and we perceive that some
of the prominent men of the patty are
twain. errry day. •
, 'l'lleDoyleslOWllVDeinocrat makes itself
merry at the idee, that the choirs `s
tliditot-inalte its appearttriceiiiihis einift
try Andm , Mr. Administration, WS
suddenly broke out under Gen. Taylor's:
Why - - do you not thank God;" said an
Arab'chief to his subject, dun sineu
have been your ruler, you have never been
afflicted With the l'hagoe I" •• God is too
good. to send two scourges upon us at
once," was the reply: ' • . •
FOOTE ON BENrrom.
'MN Senator Foote, a gentleman who
has acquired some distinction since:his ap
pearance in the - ptibik :coutieds:
ten a letter in reply to , Mr. :Denton's' re
coat tqatecti l i which occupies nearly as
many columns of the, Union as the Tro
jan wisr did , years. 1t is chareeterristhi of
and'ainde:a ireit deal Of 'Olio
Imo yen, me wf upon r.
effort. ,wp. consider .it only fair di t. M.
-wlicrisy a °Democratic" Senator,.
should have his opinion of its merits
demon& 'The following extract (umiak-,
as, a tolerable idea of the temper in which
tholetter is conceived and of the clastdeal
elegance with which it is indited. Refer
ring.to Mr. Benton's speech, Mr. Foote
says; .
"It is evidently a long-meditated, labor
otily-preparml, and diligently-memorised
discourse, upon certain national topies
most surpassing interest ; and yet do I reel
that t can observe of it justly and without
the smallest exaggeration, that its feeble
and confused reasonings, its tawdry grau
diloquence in some places, its coarse scur
rility in others—its awkward and clown
ish attempts at a sort of Ciceroni° face
tiousness—its unmannerly dogmatism—
its nauseating egotism—and that infernal
spirit of malignity which it breathes
throughout, and which would have been
far better suited to animate the outcries of
some "goblin dantard," or devil broke
loose from hell, than to give grace and
dignity to aught of human mould and tem
peratnent-.--would be sufficient to, extiu
guish, the glory and blast the fame of the
most distinguished orator that either an
cient or modern times have afforded,"
It would scent from this frank criticism,
that our' Democratic friends are not
.did
posed to mince phrases, in meastiiing
each other's ,merits. Mr. Fouts aserilns .
the motives of this opeeelt to a &aim rat
• the Presidency, which he prtdirlir - Vol.
Benton will never realize tttf lu *hick
dnion we fully
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huts IMAM Med down esitai• art ir tieryldsa"..
Oant liulnotitular kor a ptiotei'eAlei4 - it•'to
Alt ife
bit tout ie We music of •diet jOiglisif at
d o om* :-.. . I w •I - W
. ..‘VO ' ll sagy char Junco» awe', ••,.••: ,•
And b.mioli every swop— t ' ,•.,
. etri.vfilwro fly 'our tea w 4147,
And nvll ply our'. uk.toutro....' •