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    By D. A. & 0. H. BUEHLER.
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'VOL. ,Xll-47.1
Front the London Misting Time*.
The Child and . the Skeptic.
A little child was sitting beside a cottage door,
And with sl Bible on her knee, she conned its
pages o'er,
Wbee by there paired a traveller, that sultry
abrlirrier def,
And ‘ w r ig ied loam water and a crust, to cheer.hum
on his way.
. ',Come in, sir, pray, end rest awhile,' the little
•r. ' Maiden cried.
And while he drank the welcome draught and
• • . abetted merrily,
She sought assist the cottage door, the Bible on
bar knee.
At length refreshed, the traveller—a skeptic he—
. uprose
"What t nradingstill the Bible, child T—your les
son, I suppose I"
"No lerwora sir," the girl replied; "I have no task
to lova ;
But often to thou stories hen with joy and love
I Um."
*And wherefore do you love that book, my little
maid I pray,
And turn its pages oar and o'er the livelong sum
mer day 1"
••Why love the Bible, did you ask 17how angry ,
sir, you look 1
I thought that every body loved this holy, precious
book.'
The skeptic smiled, made no reply, and ponder•
log travelled on,
But in his mind her answer still rose seer and
11=121
"ll thought all loved the holy book," it MU ■ strange
"Why do not I, then, love it too !" he whispered
with • sigh
He mused, resolved, examined, pmyed ; he look
ed within, above ;
Honied, acknowledged it, the truth, and worship
pod Him we love.
A nobler life, from that same hour, the skeptic
proud, began,
Aud tired and labored many a year, a 13tble-lor-
Written at nay 3lotherVm Grave.
AY GEOROE D. PRICNTICE
The trembling dew drops fall
Upon the shutting flowers— like souls at rest
Tbe stars *lone Onionsly —and all,
Save me, are blest.
Mother lova thy grave
The violet, with its blossoine blue and mild,
Wave, o'er thy heal—u hen chili it wave
Above thy child
'Tie I sweet Sower—yet mud
Its bright leaves to the coining tempest bow
Dear mother— tie thine embleni—tlust
Is on Illy brow !
And I could love to die—
To leave unleaded lifr'e dark, bitter stream',
By thee, es eret in childhood, lie,
And share thy dreams.
And must I linger here,
To stain the plumage of my sinless years,
And mourn the hopes of childhood dear
With bitter tears .
Aye—must I linger here,
A lonely bnineh upon a blasted tree,
Whose last frail leaf, untimely sere,
Went down with thee
Oft from life's withered bower,
In still communion with the pest I turn,
.And muss on thee, the only dower
In memory's urn
knd when the evening pale,
Bows like a mourner on the dim, blue wave,
I stray to hear the night winds wail
Around thy grave.
Where is thy spirit flown
I pm above—thy look is imaged them--
I listen and thy gentle toms
Ii on lb. air
Oh come—whilst there I press
74y brow upon thy grave—And in those mi
And thrilling tones of tenderness,
Blom, bless thy child
Yee, bless thy weeping child,
And o'er thy um—religion'■ holiest 'brine—
Olt ere hie 'spirit undefiled
Trrblend witb thine.
ORIENTAL IDEAS OF HAPPINESS.-11 is
thought in the East that the perfection of
happiness bits) jive amongst plants and
Bowers, but they do not neglect gold or
gems either, for they are fond of descri
-1 ! bit* the trees not only of Paradise, but of
(9i qt. rp,y 0 garden, as having bodies of
gold istid leiveis of jewels. They seldom
sepsis :apt tha idea of the Deity from flow-
Iry Ina gdros ; a Persian , poet exclaims
*ham pencil made the tulip glow
,With color' of the rainbow's hue ;
' i Attd'On 'the rove had hang, a row
Of gems all rich in diamond dew 1
Who placed in heaven's blue salt of night
• 1 !A'illailest of starry light ;
And bade the ruby'e breast receive
. . The risky, tint of sunlit eve 1
Nonni phmed Om Alves moon an high 1
, „ :Who made the gander's inseam root
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ho'it 'tied out earth where watery lie.
' ', Aiiicbwatil bright peatisfreerweiming eldest
~ itile'S4W also isioeiated' With flitivers
~ 'AM . gains, in Oilentel image'. fitlee.'!
iiil
albed' en Italian' minstrel, "how MU
fslittit
, ii tbp young heron, exquisitely white r
' 'eh ',stifle Iptals s of the blue lotus ;be
rei 4 4 1ftle it ,Peatly 'Shell ,p(acod on a butt
of tnibTeinlehed sapphire." 1 ' '
' ';,lllittensiner miii AottoOwiar.—A dis
tinguished Oneida Chief,-named Skensn
don't, having Yieldid to the instrqction of
~, ~„ )thelitt*,, Me, Kirkland,)indliredariform
ciliostfiltA:(94'fiftY,')lfiror 41140111111*rit° he
ua ,14Nog i 4 , ,,his,lnmdreth and triontielk,tear
•^414 1 51 mnageif hemlock ; the wlntle,or one
,31,51 . ee‘k yea]. bare *laded through' my
'v'r.to ,Ijonli k,ionliescl rt . t ) llie top ; (be was
Ylm,,:blIall, 1 1) why lyet live, the greetgird Elpi ,
- ' i 'ilitAlialy:krtows. Pray tq my Josue, that
, •4^.1 , 111wol); with patience my. appointed
ANA 4 0 44* , ; and when I die lay me by the
-- *idiot Auty• minister and father, that 1 ma
'rate:en? +Mid him at the greatrestutreelion' " t
liri . 1:!..g, , 1• • ,
ritt I, , ,T'spin and weave, to knit and, sew,
wad ono, a girl's employment ; but now
1 '' Ito disie rind lamb a beau is anal' calls en
ti
JOIN 11YLOR,
The Timm of the Bickwoods
Bar and Pulpit.
BY CHARMS 8111111NERYIIILD.
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I can never forget my first Olen of John
Taylor: It was in the• Court-house at
Lewisburg, Convey county, Arkansas, in
the 'seminar of 1833. The occasion itself
possessed terrible interest. A vast con.
course of spectators had assembled to wit
ness the trial of a young and beautiful girl,
nn en indictment for .a murder. The
Judge waited at the moment for the Sher.
iff to bring In the prisoner, and the eyes of
the impatient multitude all centered on the
door, when suddenly a stranger entered,
whose appearance rivitcd universal atten
tion. Here is his portrait ; a figure tall,
lean, sinewy, and straight as an arrow ;
a face sallow, Whines, and twitching in
cessantly, with nervous i ability; a brow
broad and massive, seemed filled with
tinkles, but not with age—for lie was
ecarce forty ; eyes reddish yellow, like
the wrathful eagle, as bright and piercing ;
and, finally, a mouth with lips of cast iron,
thin, curled, cold and sneering, the intense
expresion of which looked the living e.n
bodiment of an unhreathed curse. He was
tubbed in a snit of new buckskin, orna
men teelafter the fashion of Indian costume,
with hues of every color of the rainbow.
Elbowing his way slowly through the
crowd, and apparently unseonseious that
he was regarded as a phersoutenencneed
ing explanation, this singular being advan
ced ; and, with the haughty air of a king
ascending the throne, seated himself with
in the bar, thronged, as it was, with the dis
ciples of Coke and Blackstone, several of
whom, it was known, eswelne,tl them•
selves as tar superior to those old and fa
mous masters.
The contrast between the outlandish / e•Tell my mother that I am dead and
garb and disdainful countenance of the gone to hell!" and instantly expired.
stranger, excited espec/ally the risibility "lii the name of God, who did this 7"
of the lawyers ; and the junior members exclaimed the appalled spectators.
began a suppressed titter, which grew did it!" said die beautiful milliner—"l
louder and louder, and soon swept around i did it ursave my honor."
the circle. They doubtless supposed the j As may be readily imagined, the deed
intruder to be some wild hunter of iorrreauaed intense sensation. Public opinion,
mountains, who had never before seen the however, was divided. The poorer elsses,
interior of a hall of justice. Instantly the i crediting the girl'. version of the facts,
cause and object of the laughter perceived lauded her heroism in terms of measure
it. turned his head gradually so as to give ; less eulogy. • But the friend. of the dee'd,
each laugher a look—his lips curled with a I and of his wealthy funnily, gave a differ
killing smile of intinite scorn—his yellow / rot and darker coloring to the affair. and
eyes shot arrows of lightning--his tongue denounced the lovely homicide as a 'vile
protruding through his teeth, literally i criminal . Unfortunately for her, the offi.
writhed like a serpent, and ejaculated its I core of the kw; especially the Judge and
asp like le""" in'a single word : — " 88 ; sheriff, were devoted comrades of the duin,
ages !" Ni pen can describe thin '1'41,11 l and displayed their feeltitge iii revolting
force which lie threw into that term, partiality. The Judge com:nitted her
painter can describe the infernal furor w i t h om the privilege of bail, and the alter
el his utteranee, although it hardly exceed- I ifr chained her in the felon's dungeon !
ed a whisper. But he accented every let- I Stich is die brief atisiract_of the eireum•
ter as it were a separate emission of lire !stanres developed in the examination of
that scorched his quivering lips, laying the witnesses. The testimony closed and
horrible emphasis on the 8, both at the be- ! t h e pleading began.
ginning and end of the word—" Savages !" First of all, three advocates spoke in
It was the growl of the red tiger in the hiss !. , iteeese t oit , for the preaceu /ion ; hut neith
of the rattle-sitake•
er their names nor their arguments are
The general gaze, however, was divert
ed hy the advent of the fair prisoner, who
then Caine in surrounded by her guard.—
The apparition was enough to drive a saint
mad ; for here was style of beauty to be
wilder the tamest imaginatimh and melt the
coldest heart, leaving in both imaginati o n
and heart a gleaming picture, enameled in
fire, and fixed in a frame of gold from the
stars. It was a spell of enchantment to he
felt as well as seen. You might lest it in
the flushes of her countenance, clear as
the sunbeam, brilliant RS the iris ; in the
contour of her features, symmetrical as if
rut by the chisel of the artist ; in her hair
of rich auburn ringlets. flowing without a
braid, senor than silk, finer than gossamer;
in the eye. blue as the heaven of southern
summer, large, liquid, beaming ; in her
motions, graceful, swimming, like the gen
tle wafture of a bird's wing in the sunny
air ; iufigure. slight, etherial—a sylph, or
a seriph's ; and more than all, in the ev.
enacting smile of the rosy lips, so arched,
so serene, so like the star-light. and yet
possessing the power of magnetism to thrill
the beholder's heart.
As the unfortunate girl, so tastefully 1 He then changed Ids posture. so as to
dressed, incomparable as to her personal I sweep
the bat with his glance; and began
charms. calm and smiling , took her place 'brand and tear his legal adversaries.—
before the bar of' her ju,lge, a murmur of, Hi s sallow lace glowed as a heated fur
admiration arose from the multitude, which i nace, his eyes resirnbled living reale, and
the prompt interposition of the court, by a - his voice became the clangor of a trompet.
stern order of silence, could scarcely re- , I have never, before or since, listened to
press from swelling into a deafening c heer. such murderous denunciation. It was
The judge turned to the prisoner.—. I like Jove's eagle charging a flock of crows.
"Emma Miner, the court has been inform- ' It was like bin himself hurling red- hot
ed that your counsel, Col. Linton, is sick!: : thunderbolta stinting the quaking rank of
have you employed any other I" !conspiracy; of 'inferior gods! . And yet' in
She answered, in a Joke . as sweet as , o w how tempest of hi s fury lie seemed
the warbling of the nightingale, and as ; calin ; he employed no' Jesitire save one—,
clear es the sung Of
.thel skylark : I the 'flash of a lehg'forefinger direct 14 the
"My enemies his brihed all the law' ! eyes of his fn'es. He" printed their venal
yers--even my 0wn.44---to be sick ; b ut ity and unmanly meanness in enaleseing
God will defend the innocent." .: I for Money, in hunt dovirt it poor and friend.
At this response, so touching in its ! l ess wom a n , illl i shoot of stilled Vega a- 1
simple pathos, a portion of the audience ' rose f rom t h eor i t ito s ,• su id . s ven s eine 0 1
bussed applause, and the met wept*, ' !the jyry cried "shame I" '' '
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- -
n, tbe instant, however. the stranger, • j• ", /
, t t • • t
whose l appearance had previously, excited 1, n
:''c c ha ng ed" .1 the'the , .)on c ee mars. His
nful as a funeral' song.
ouch merriment, started„ to his feet, an. I voice glTiv, lP^llt'
remel t e d ) ins` p r i e d et e,,, mid whteper : d ',and his eyes filled with tiara; as he tree.
eomething in her. ear. She bounded six 1 0 a vivid picture of man's atuelties and
inehis from the door, engraft. it piercing
in'.w,°lltanval wrongs, ” with' peculiar illustra
shriek, ank then stood trembling, as if n t i k . ° L lB in 'II,)P case of hill client, till one half
thei'Vresence of. a ghost from eternity, :9,"AlleAuitlnce wept ' like children. But
ti Wallin the peroration that 'hi readied
While the singular being who] had eausedt,
her tutacemmtable•emotion, - addressed the tfle'r te nil ` at cmee.°C terror ' 641 • 9411191 *
cionet in 'his•shavp, ringing voice, sonorous' 1 7; ) 11 il rPaltirtii;titi 3 O livid all thollo 1;1 a
SS the sound of bell metal. - , , arlvpav,h-his very air alifarid to ifind on
• "May it" please' your• honor,' J will as. "I"_d iilr:verv,"o"B l ), 4 41." a i with a liit t ltlY tha
sume the task of defending dila lady !" , T e !l u u ", i ""i1!,V 1 , 111 , 1 ,,Y,,:if5itai., 46 ' • ittairey,
" What ! " exclaimed the astonished, ea ch,4, 119 T .49144 " .1 a P ai l :, i n u ' l t ul t r il l g,
Judge, "arittjellikilfdileend attorney I" , ,lie;liiti ' wik,,tif 'a • 1 0'add!ii,' ii' i ii 'e sell
I .
"That question is irrelevant and hums. .9 .1 t1i !hi!' alit Viii,tif i ihe'deillitiald . flyrani
twist," • replied i h e ei m age e im i t h , p time , :1 Bfl6fei : "Teli . iti i 64fi'iti ,- ifiiii n f, t isii" des&
moon sneer, "is the recent statute ahlitleitt ildrite to helll"`' ENS
acme
dli the
any persons to can ail 'counsel eto the 'm, Pruc it, ,41 1 •Pili 6 hoill. t(ii acme atulthleal of
quest df a party." • ' • ' •,- , !.- , •1 , a ti'norror ; jt, east i wail of inuntiaturabfe,
i
• "But dues the prisoner *quest it!" ie t ' '. 4 ,"2 9 sPr r i N6/1146:46 Can' dep ict the lg . '
,
quired the judge . .0 : •i .. , , b eet on ue Who heard it. en groaned,
"Let .her speak for her . se up said the females eoreamed, and one poor mother
, tratigei.' '.• , , .: •.•• -, ~ ,Illinoil;, and , vial barn out in coavutsions.
o i do,!' was h er ane wi to % ar e a iki e i r d rfata I •,T,hte iury returned a verdict of "Not e
sigh escaped, that seemed to maid her.very , Guilty; without leaving the box, and three
heart-strintra, • ' - :I , ..! 1•,• ' , ' OaArsOilta 11110C48411N0 roars of an earth.
Th e ease i mme di ate ly p roareise d, quakp, abosolt the old court house from the
as It' had sill* of romantic mystery' we 4 dofPo.P? the corner atone, testifying the
Gg''.fl,YS . Bllltai" . P'ii::: 'Fiit"*Y. EVES)111 ) : . J.A1ZA1Y..25,
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will epitotolie the tabstance of the evi
dence. • ' • " •
About twelve months before, the defen:
dint had arrived in the villege, end opened
an establishment oflnilliner. Residing in a
row connected . with her shop. and all alene,
she prepared the articles connected with her'
highly respected and honorable trade, with
unweaned labbr and Ciiiietimmete taste.
Her habits were occluded. modest, and reti
ring; and hence she might have hoped to
avoid notoriety. Lot for the perilous gift of
that extrierilinary beauty which too ellen,
and to the peer and friendless always,
proves a curse. She was soon sought atter
by all those glittering fire flies of fashion.
But the beautiful stranger rejected them
all- with unottering score and loathing.
Among these rejected admirer,, was one of
a c harecter from which the fair milliner
had everything to fear . Hiram Shore
was at once- opulent, influential and dissipa
ted. He was himself licentious. brave.
and ferociously revenirful—the meet fam
ous duelist of the whole south-west. it is
generally known that lie made advances to
win the favor of the lovely Emma, and
shared the fate of all other weers--a dis
dainful repulse.
At nine o'clock, on 'Christmas night.
1837, the people of Lewisburg were startled
by a loud scream of terror, while following.
with scarce an interval, came successive
reports of fire arms, one, two. three, with
a dozen deafening roars. They flew to
the shop of the mifiner, whence the amours
proceeded ; pushed back the unfastened
door, and a scene of horror was prosemed.
There she stood i i the centre of the room
e4th a revolver in each hand, every barrel
discharged, her features pole, her eyes
flashing widely, but lips ported with a fear
ful smile. And there at her feet, welter
ing in his warm blood, lay the all-dreaded
duelist, Hiram Shore, gasping in the hurt
agony. He articulated but a single In
team :
worth preserving. Orators of the blood
and thunder genius, they about equally
partitioned their howling eloquence be
tween the prisoner and the robed counst I,
as if in doubt which of the twain was then
on trial. As for the stranger he seemed
Ito pay not the slglitest attention to his op
ponents, but remained motionless, with
his forehead bowed on his hands, like one
j hurried in deep thought or slumber.
I When the proper time Caine, however,
he suddenly sprang to his feet, crossed the
bar, and took his stand almost touching
the Jury. lie then commenced in a whis-
per, but it was a whisper so wild, so clear,
so unutterably ringing and distinct, as to
fill the hull from floor to galleries. At the
outset, he dealt in pUre logic, *operating
and combining the proven pacts, till the
whole mass of confused evidence looked
transparent at a globe of :glass, through
which the innocence of his client shone,
brilliant as a sunbeam ; and the jurors nod.
ded to each other of thorough conviction ;
that a thril:ing whisper, and fixed conceit.
tration, and language aimple as a child's,
had convinced all.
dayto . PkEtl"
Joy Mille' people'.' After the adjournment,
which bccurred near sundown, the taunt
ishant hdrocate arose'and gave out atap
pointm;nt: HI will preach in this house
to-nigh at eight o'clock." He then gild.
ed off through the crowd, speaking to no
one, thfiu'gh many attempted to draw him
into colOersation.
At eight o'clock the court house was a
gale thronged, and the stranger, according
to prontiae, delivered his sermon. it e
vinced into same attributes as his previous
eloquenie at the bar, the same compact
logic. the same burning vehemence, and
increased bitterness of denunciation.
THE TIGER AND 1)00
In Saigon, where dogs are cheap, we
used to give the tigress one every day.—
They wire thrown alive in her cage, when,
after 'dialing with her victim for a time,
as a cat dues with a mouse, her eyes
would klegin to glisten and her tail
to vibrato, which were the immediate pre
cursors ef•death to the devoted little pris
oner, which was immediately seized by
the backed' the neck, the incisors of the
sanguinary beast perlimating the jugular
arteries, while she would traveriiii the
cage, timbers of which she lashed with
her tail, and stick the blood of her pray,
which hung suspended from her mouth.
Cne day, a puppy, not at all remarkable.
or distinguished in appearance from the
common:herd, was thrown in, who imme
diately on perceiving his situatiim, sat up
a dismal yell, and attacked the tigress
with great fury, snapping at her nose from
which ho drew some blood. The tigress
appeared tb be amused with the puny rage
of the puppy, and with as good humored
an expression of countenance as so fero
cious en animal could be supposed to as
sume, she effected to treat it as all play ;
and sometimes spreading hersell at kill
length on her side, at others crouching in
the manner of thu fabled sphynx, she would
ward off kali her paw the incensed little
animal till he was finally exhausted. She
then proceeded to caress him, endeavor
ing by many little arts to inspire hint with
confideneeia which she fluidly succeeded
and; in a short time they lay down togeth
er and Wept. From this time they were
inseparable—the tigress appeared to feel
11w her puppy all the solicitude ef a moth
er, and the dog in return treated her with
the greatest affection; and a small hole
was left open in the cage, when the tigress
would manifest great eagerness to get at
it ;.her adopted child was then thrown in
on which site would eagerly pounce ; but
immediately discovering the cheat, she
would eareis , t with great tenderness.—
The natives made several ruts uceetibful
efforts to stea, the dog.
THE EARLY DEAD
BEAUTIFUL TUOUGIITA.—I knew a gen
tle girl whops eye was bright with the
light of her kid heart, and whose lips
were weft :gibed with the /trails of happi
ness. The flowers of spring are fair. but
she was us lair at they. Kind fr.entis
re
joired to ilte sun light of her presence. and
her voice like sums• sweet hi rd 4,1 melody,
filled the air with untold delight. Yet
while the sun of hope shone with beauty,
she teas called to depart from this world
of sorrow. where she had spent so many
hours of pleasure and of pain. film had
gone like sons transient Mond, which a
rude blast has swept over, and it had gone
forever. Friends who liad delighted iii
her prosperity in life now looked ,in that
cold form, still beautiful in death, for the
last time. She was born to the grave and
laid in the narrow house where all must
one day he laid. A plain headstone alone
marked the grave in which slumbered
what was mica the beautiful form of my
friend.
And who would not thus die? Whoi
would remaio in the cold woad. till die-;
appointment has blasted ail their hopes
Surely the fate of the Burly Dead is a bles
sed one. They have gone to the haven
of eternal rest, where disappointment and
sorrow eau, never enter, and the rude hand 4
of time Gan make no impression. It is a
sad thing hit. young persona to think oil
death, to think that they must give up all ,
their pleabures. and enjoyments of this
world ; not think in 4 what pleasures there ;
are in the next. or what unalloyed happi
ness is in reserve for the pure beyond the
grave.
A SWEET PIOTUR E.—Sitting, yesterday,
towaro evening, at the bay-window, in
grr Ittlibstraction of mind. oppressed by n
sense of my lonely condition, I did weep,
unrestrainedly, not knowing was per.
eeived by any, until a little hand was put
• ilitl) mine, and fizzy's face was riistd up
to 'kiss the.' Sorrowful thoughts could
not at once be set aside, and i dill not
speake to her for a time, for my heart way
heavie. • She sate quietly downs at my
feet, with a gentle, loving looks, and. so
remained. The rain had ceased, end the
auntie shone In through the side casement.
The light, as it'lell upon her golden 'wire,
made her seeme like In the holy- children
in the Italian' pictures. •Of such, me
thbught, are the kingdom of heaven : thins
Idokethr hapely is even now unto twee;
separated 'only 'by this veil 'cirflesh, the
Spirit of triV Weimer child ;as the-flower
of the field' so. he-Perished, end my heart
'yet 'yearnsith sifter lYim,
dog flat barn ~—
Arosesnd. soak Lissy iti-oty ernes, and
'field keetip to thowindoer: , t 1 4sw* , pate
fiberfill Of thereonsk rose smelled'' sweetly .
afilif the mine. ' 'Ds and Filmy were ruts:,
`Hinton 'the' terrsee :Slits -went out tO,
illOnVendl rlte wereitit teethe air birds . ; .
B'lol did Pitt liOnf sneeirny'liwtt ;Sake—
'TAW
, so. • < . .
A ciert "wpm. otmecro4.-11 11,0 been
1 1 1 1 1$ sehtly, that ,if
spitylwerq , .oo ll 44 lll o lchfrosb the
trinneiont of Ifte ,great, Alte ocodenties of
pittlesophersh the halls of ; legislators, or
the throngs .ol busy , men, .we should find
Isar last. roue* with wanton at the fire
side. , Her last audience would be the
thildren, gathaing around the knees of a
met Farrifire, iltepecret pray
er, escaping it silence from tier lips, and
I heard perhaps only at the throne of Pod !
BARNttal is trllleliCti at last ; he is unable
to find the kills with which the printers
cut their pi.
ADVICE 'TO VOL 4 .: LiillE,l3.',
FIZI2
BY rrDia:3l.Nlefilkutolf:
"D o not. as yon life and its corn•
Dirt's, marry a man Who lensturallY:nruel.
If he. will. wantonly torture a poor dtanb
dog or * cat, or riven nen:eke; lly from him
la you would from cholera. .Welvriuld
sooner Ode, our daughter 'dying of cholera,
thaW married to a Cruel-hearted Man. 'lf
his nature' delights in torture, he'will not
spare his wife, or his helpless children.—
When we see 'a' man premising Cruelty on
any poor helpless creature, or beating a
fractious horse unineretfully, we write ov
er againts his name—devil, aturshun him
accordingly.
"We mice knew a man, aye. A gentle
man, who, during a rifle for pleaaure, be
came so demoniacally enrOked at liib horse,
which reluied to go, that' lie Sprung from
hie carriage, drew his knife; and cutout
an eye of the poor brute. Thi, lady who
accompanied lain fainted, differed a lting
nervous Morse, and will never recoeer
ruin the horror the outrage gave her: 4 And
we know the young lady Who, knotving
this of him, was 1001-hardy enough to be
come his wife. And we know how he tor
tured tier. How he initiated all her feel
ii e how he delighted to destroy what
ever lie prized, or took *attire in:—
How in hie tits of passion he broke up her
furniture, se.zed her by the shoulder and
shook her till she COUld mit crawl to bed.
How he beat her; how lie kept her poor
babe black and bloc with blow/, and pinch
ed her until her parents took her home, and
sheltered her from his cruelty.
you have a suitor whom you feel in
clined to favor, look narrowly into the
temper and dirposition of the man. Love
may soften it for a while, or it may
to restrain. or disguise it, but be as.
mired, the natural temper will remain, and
Mellow will come when your presence
will be no restraint upon him. We have
heard wives complain, was so deceived
in my husband ; men are so deceitful,'
&e. But wrybeliere in 'nine cases out of
ten, these women deceived themaelvea----•
They suffered the /maitre of thetr own
foolish heart to adorn their lover will all
the excellencies w hieh their lattey attribu
ted to n perfect mattly character, and to
draw a veil over all his viten and defects,
which if it did not conceal them, greatly
softened or disguised their features.
••Nlen are not perfect—women are not
perfect. la all cases there must exist a
ueoessity to hear and forbear, but it does
nut tht rolore hollow that you should mar
ry a bad man, knowing him to he a bad
mum It you do so, you deserve. ehinitiee
went ; but a life-long misery is a terrible
punishment. A bad man's wile must eith
er live iu a continual torment of fear, ap
prehension. and the bitter disappoin:lllerll
Oi her fruilleva etrorta to I leatto ; nr she
must become callous, cold. inaensible to
pain, and consequently to pleasure. Will
you tai,e upon youraelves either of diese
terrible alternatives! We loupe nut."
SIGNOR BLITZ IN MARN:T.—Blitz WWI
in the market plait, lust week, inquiring
fur those hnle deliescies, the lady apples
with which he so well understands how
to please the children ai hie exhibitions.
On passing the biall of a very plain fur.
oust, his attention was altruetud by A raili•
yr sickly looking Aix week's pig. and he
inquired the price.
"Cite waq the answer.
**Tie too much," said Blitz.
"So it it," joined the grunter.
°Whitt is tout I" said the startled seller.
••The pig," say s
i Blitz.
..Yea, it's toe, echoed piggy.
"•%Ve are told that Satan entered the
swinish herd," said the now evidently
binned seller, "hut apeakingout is certain
ly WO much l'or balker—out I cuitaitily
heard it."
••Su did L" saytthe pig.
idler waa e%idently more excited
and desirous to sell, U. , ..T.ske it at 75
cents." said hr.
~Did it die?" said Blitz, inspecting it
more closely.
Alarmed lest another answerfrom the
pig imght expose and coque mi a him. the
exasperated. seller suddenly seized it by
by the snout, jerked it from the shambles,
and 1111111841111( It at Blitz, said
4•TMsre, there, take it at thine ,own
price. " r - -•- •• • -
Blitz, however, not being in the pork
way, waa off in a twinkling--; and the last
lie saw of the affrighted wee
standing erect, piggy tightly gripped by
the scout et length. ,
ELecriticat. OLocir.--;41. Peyrot, of Si.
Etienne, has arranged aii electrical clock.'
atter, we believe, American invention
which, at small expense, and means of
communicating wire. , , will indicate the
same moment 'Upon a — myriad of clock
ttcee. In this manner, ode clock will
serve a Whole city, and the inhabitants
may take Time into 'their houies, and pay ,
by the Innitill'as we tfo for gas and scalar.
What 4 vista of inaccuracy in arrivals—
no more being' caught at home; by difier‘u
enee in clocks, at hoar% arranged,' fur.
friends or creditors to call. ••
Singular Circumatanaver On Monday even
ing week ' s widow lady, named Smith,
the Etai, ; wins, j:las beep sink
abort, time with, pleufiey, otpparentry tilt*, end
preptiitbins Were begun to Si the body fur tittiv
lel. , During the niget,'howaircriMitia of life
were discerned, a nd iltituatoly thane too,
kild.litse4 until Thursday whoa eke re
ally
After her revival, , she discoursed with her
dangliterite Gelling 1110[13 thus. she Would die, and
giving .them direcilona shunt their mourning:
Oro Petty, hearing of the circumstance, called
allow her, and upon leaving said that he would
th
0411 again e Next morning. She replied, how
ever, that eho should' not then be alive, and she
did die during the , night.—Boston 7'ranscripl.
.
Lutheran Female Seminary.--Tha project: of
establishing a Female Seminary at Hagerstown
Md.,tindor the atispices of the Lutheran church,
appe3r3 to meet with very general favor from
all classes and denOntinationl. A town meet
ing 1113 been held upon the subject, and the
amount of subscriptions already obtained con
sidembly exceeds $7OOO.
Sudden James M. Shelman, a
universally 'beloved citizen of Westminster,
Md., died suddenly on INiesday last.
AGRICULTURAL , GEOLOGY,' Oterhe fallowing Paragoleht , are totataeUall
~, .
,sussiss r ., - I • „t irons um twenty.th ire annu ii report of thee Pre
,
-in joszaj soullgollig. .. afdent and Dirertors of the Baltimore and Reit
,. ,„ , ' 1 777”; ~ „, i , quettinna Railroad Company, lust pahliabed 3
No OIDS B 0 1 the commonitY, Mira lee" 1, The Haneser Branch —l'his road has 1;4,'
qual interest In getdogY Witif (athlete: ' No, ',laced la ;vier contract. The respoisibility and
etienee ifi' so itriefeitiltr t 6 fanners Rise. energy of the contractor', with the ability df
.ology o in unitneetion , wielt ohtmisesf. Mee = th e co, p 4O l. o ill , iN • af ,, its eionpletiorrhefOre
twit Stiellet3ll Call NMI 06,,stiparatiwt, end kiii. me clime of the.precient final! I ear. • It rieeses
dee drum to either. White the elemental ° • ("lama° of tiortee f allies, through a highly
ar
ear
globe,
especial l y
at
soils,
i . e.:ll4re productive and thickly appal lied portion of
allimical tests to ileitiroitne their elearartee,l l Y r ol l a -aoenty..conoectinl the fl ied
towit
, n snorer with the Minim ore and 4unounh HI.
,
the eery. elements are alwolately owientlat ltd nrad at Smytier's shone. 13e.blesatifief
fur eXperiments to tleserinine the luntle. , I trite to the Mato Stein a her tominees treat it's
atentat principles , cd elionestry. Os) gen, linsf;trWill taken. the trade and travel tro mid
the most powerful cheinieal agent in I
rrea. from Getteehork, the county se a , orAdtuft.
ilea, is also the most abundant inaterod ir i ' , The 4Ptt i tThisote, Brenrh.- , -The citizens of
reek , 0 . 1 . -wile. The''one' pa ',pp a lap, ap t . C i a l troll county. ; elite to the i m pert unee of "a
the other as an agenh are Mike essential ! , , , ,,, , , W .. A.T h ati i. tl i nth:nom a ith the city . fll iltimore,
to each oilier, .rid unlit finlispentiltle, as e',;;;;.1,-,1„-eh,11,1e,,,',If t i l l i V o t li g y e ::l or a i
I I gi 4 in „ procuring
to
at the roundation ofulliigtiftelteral seitneb. 1 e oni ;s e tlii g o , ,,gi m i ns i, fail ,l i ir e rn a l a i ;,,,,,, r ,:V o t t::
A knowledge of etieh is es feasible as it try with Bono prat on the line tit' this road.
is importunt—eirtirely within lit , ermine. Front it istenenobeionca which hex been made
herismn of a•child six yenta old.o Ent+ sr•the” th`vond nin4eti, e line eon he procured
is a science of fecui mord thnn of shetto4 ,IhitthiY . a dv a ett la et "if°C the ' he 'll' r e tettractlan
reasonifig—Of facts, toil, equally firstrec- , its4a " h " lanti , ll rnilt% ay' The ime"t'ulel;l3f•
tide and dettglitlut tit evory }retitle. mind. r 'r tk r i I F, t ' r m r e e n mrrivr" of the city anti 1 •
Take tot 'exam pfe t The chill has file i i l i e h o r et l o ° ' a
a i".i nnlY ' '' "l secure r l! ' l .4a ugn.
eet an ear ! t• .ty. Ones rompattc... to
ced before him • two glass Inwiltlere 4 the Westrolieiter. the hilethit mt.; ef the western
oho containing quattf, the other hind nr portion' rd Carrell, Fri otert-k niid Weithlngem
sand and chalk. The itain - e of (melt is of ' 06entivis will aid lamely in its extension to
course at readily learet hi the 'name of liar, t Bl °`,e ll ,_. et which Pim° it o ill tams coo
iron, lend, gold. tree, hottire, err any ' ahea,"" w i th th e Ptatlktia road . whiehhi now
other object in Nature or Art. Into each h , e '',.„ e h t r i lll 4 ' - ',,,i The if lii " ee helween Phu
miter
is poured mune eutplfurie tir mitts. J ., ( ItE Ari d 6" r i te °r nalti u m nit 1 1 this
u e, I only about ninety trifles.
t .
atm aci d, In the tural t ger of lime the pti.i • -...-si.. . '
int ohserees an action—in that of 'quartz ' The Ng Is,pikitth of the united Slefes.ssai"be
no action. Hu is told this triton is called ' ("Howl ot hible.'oomitiled by Grand Represen
t,' Ire Kinenherv., ef *tine, for the Portland
offer% eneener. lie lietice lenrior to reeng:
s e( egretot,, , r it y p. ll
id o d i
c i g e u t
1 1 1 1 . 1 e ,, ,,r4 : ,,,,,,,,,,,,„,,,,,,,,.. 1: ,..
laze lune and quartz, Cud the more certain ' 444 0 :::
ly from the reeollertioil dint the'one offer.
"mites with the acid and the other does tu ß ence r P r ms Intl eby auto °rjet during 111
p Pt
Ilot. ' Netmbpr ot ihstltutiene 80.579. lett vesteg3.-
Hero is NO example of gentility and 640 pivot/me af trithantinite Lodge* 151,900,.
chimi.try alike useful to the firmer 's ehild, 896 74# , lest veer-80.174 00; contributing
or any child. 'f Ile same simplieny and members,
direct hold imenial %i m
ntiation roil through 1 ' 3414t4th'ea174495 ; last yen, 1 39.rtlet
i'l l te" the eteds , it' 41 thfut Pa:"
Mlle „lA,. ,f l ot h of these eleeethes i y
rg ro gnoi alt m e t f i t r li err ,O lie rd r t e r r . nri T r it n e , 2;e_lto N it i l ,l74: l r in o w f a u . i t r h no.
1 prertieal sciences. • ' 1 d
1 theta retwer .11.189 ; Taut t ear. 19 1161 nem
-1 may hereafter point out it few of the bpi a u•tdowert Ortultlce relieved. 9 Sf.'"f" : last
lea mg principles of. them/ twit scienrea,: year. 1fr.1199 Ametint pnid tor relief etr broth.
their coilitertion with each other ; their I ere. Ilitil 4s i oo l n't Not vent, $913.591 06.
exeential Import:owe to all Onsmen, end ,1 Ammon mail to laish wed families, 849.39101;
most, Of all, farmers ; Ilia ekeeeiling fitness'% t °& 1 11 4 . 1 '• 10 ,.. 3 • 390 la. Attonet ;4W rut edit.
for thu early nisirueton of ettildren, midi ? ia l i ce t ,l l 44 7, l l / 7: I.l7,herttl9,l,4hiatrvlainest the ap p al,
the entire leasibility of haviortitem *allow sg-1 ,tgs gill! i ,„ t o ' ‘ ,„4, th g .l i t 65 : vfi ni '
the nlirat lessons t 'light in elicit of The eight ' ern ' o b ent oi'rii 1ef,111113b,25.7 97; last y r 53915 °
thous and Antertetin school." ' SSA 60. ' • ea
'.
Ostia is the Greek word for acid, giii. 4 -A FFtere were nni . "4"7" from No:0 Chirotliaa.
oftlai, in Greek, incline pl eke i 15.4554. 'hal Varaatiat-loartriflrt. Paliforah.Minors's
literal manning of xygen is acid
l e a k ei .,.l la. or the Ftendwirli ichimitt, in ell ,of ' , whit+
O
Combined with sulpha it forms sulphuric* I, P e‘ l t ti . e r i s t i l ' i t r e ° o .7 t ;,, t .r i a s i fi ra e c a n tl i t h e i r a s. gi e
s T t hW ai r t T w ilf,
acid ; with nitrogen, nitric arid ; with mu.' he' r ed ed thousand. '
bailie acid, ite. Itesptretion, ruministionii t
and fermentation are the three principal
operations producing the comb:loin tins
or oxygen and carbon ; the retells, cur.
1 holm acid.
Aultla combine readily with metals,
earth and antrpotash.
lay chimiets lbeae combiiitoriMis are celled
snits, designated by the termination ale.
eniplitirie acid combining with various ha.
bet', producea bulphates ; nitric, nitrates ;
carbonic, Carhoilaws. Solpitale of lime
gypsum or plaster of P . aris ; antplfate
41
of 1,11 , copperas of soda gl sober sills
or magneria, epaufn salt+. cartintiMe
of lime, is cummait liutestrito. Mitthisti.
chalk, and many beautiful ''' , hiyittifi•-•'
rbmistes . Of iron, cuppiii,' and lead' aro
ore/ of those rm;nile. •
About a century ago water was found tn,
be composed of oxt,gen and hydrogen, and
commonaienf ONi‘till a lid ei trOjis I/. About
half a century Slone oxygen, was founil by
He in prey 1./avy to be an element of rocks,
of course of soils, as jt was,of ; the akkplies.
combined will; exygon.., were , foolld by
the sa u te greei chnotiSt f. lii bc metala Spiry,
peceliar in character. , ,,, ii • . '
It hence appears that oxygo4ls.an „ele
ment iitsir t earth and • water, enliflllg sT
hundantly in solid, liquid:spa 'atrial (brute.
In the who'd it conatituteit nosily half our I
globe... It is, of course.. the, mart ishinfri
dent elerneurt. in the inekeroAl world, Ii is
Cottfileelreif ff.
aiiii th e most itoportwoegoot ie. prodeeilig , a , tititiqtrit i m -,, . . . ~.. t
n r frrlrer) 6,1 010 Farris'
(Menges in matter essonlislAt , humlif icX"!' 'liiit f a t r
tbinfrioitlit - tfliffilit g ion.' 'llialleiflibut
Banco. 11 ill' very ill ) Prnfoid,it'lY c" 31 . 144 :ri . ''
'AltnOileati dPsiiiibee Illltiops s tfifti ifigrititin he
ti a
gal air, as neither l li f e mar., 'MY ,,
ad. et• nnia•in.th• ciet that the apses between the
ran exist without it. It IS 110 , /roB ..i.ttseu- , t•rn.issle",mitt iln ., 'fineAdooleisiontlf; agar AR
d a l to nombustno u tl ino tap life. It :OW Belt! ' Wrow as titer.nuine..-- In-itte.tetter theni fa an
with great energy upon utinals atiti other I•ntSinN Space brtweitil tit. iterne hf,tisi(lnow on
solid substances. In nos :onion it pcodii. i Ott 0..4! ii1.1 , 4,:l hinbt is not jp dm,ncoptu r .
cot thrAter very large end ion lon-tan t elitsaetti. r fe j o l ' oi , s ii : l P o ';: . ::"::, l l lt at ,!: ( `., h t "! l i;, l l . ) :iut i ' n i , 4l l: l : c i n `.4 l :Le we 'l e e
...
of bodies--oxy des. acids, 1111.1 sidle,. •Li on i : 4 (hp
rin t t
; ...i o i
idisit , t t , i , ,,t . th6ettl ;. l
the
cud is it's w.tPle mf. Lr'in : .II'" dros tf ' fell ere iin F roniatly gt 0t1.1 1 .1'164"i t' lii thtligen--
lead.:oxy de of teed ; burnt lime, tlteoXYdo . nine a gb.4416 %of Wven the: tbtwee--dii ' An left
of ViJit•illin ; pure poia?4, thu tpxytlepl put, i ltand.itilit the' lino , tor small'.+ stew-40.11. In
attium t pure- soda, Ilse laYth , of s?tliolii; , the coaiderfnit , the .ilatver . ttileheePtleilltikbore
SlieX Or (lint, the exyde. of silieinin. l'he I alfdbehlW.--1; 1 0 , b4014 1 4ife of the el* is stiff.
combination of ime part ol oxygen soil lour!, . c i :r ..l 3y i h , ,, richir r
0/ .. iti i i . h e lle .
or . iii five
4 , 1. 1 ,1 44 , 1144.41 calibilti4le 141 ,I `"n 9 e litle. 4 4 sii- r ' lidiltd. - ' . 11.1 PW it'73 it, ") 4 ''‘V;iffi"i's r a nt last.
three parut or oxy en and one iiitrogyiforin •-f ~- .`..1 .., , o•r r , 4 lt .t , '. l .g
intro: arid,'ea;ctiefor,ts. Combined with' it i d, " o "M' Il l u t .Y"P I .Y‘! 0( tl3 1,I l!r!fIN. A
other substel i c u s, it forms nunierinis acids. i - 10 (g" RY 4o 4 o ,tut ., `PC lloo l, 4 ft ertlfleffP/tuf. [llaigred•
Siilyeter is the nitrate of potash; 'rho i i lir is , auppwed.timc 0. agaiafg.; itb.lit" rettuli of
largu,quandAyof oxygen it rcceivis front" ili•onlileas mortai .ustal, in thp snation'tsf the
the mote acid , fis it. tur th"'lnaterial in g u ll
. 1 buildings. . , ~..., -• ~ +. • •
IntWOOP T —gisilig , to
,tittit powerful sen vets -
principil pcitvet
.
,
A plate, tumbler and seta rt f papqr, with
a little water.W,ill ; sothlp.a parent toppifornt
an caPqitnQat on ' o xYgtAyinally
instructtve and itttursaliak lll
plate
,puur some ; wa r ier, on tint water tlaca
4 1 4).
* 50 ( ,thick ots,or Q i i
9thur Ojec° l
: 01 Pirr:Ore 0 A3 0 * 1 1 4° 1 *Ielrtr ! 0 4
. 1 1 011+
Qo lighting,the paper or cotion t illicit over I
1.4 a,l4cll*;fulltltYduta4lf. Th. ,6.4htts•
lion eitationrelor a law aceinuli, and when
it is extitigins4d, the / water. occupies about
cl o lle fifth of, the space.in Ilte tont blei, Show
ing the neceasity of oxygen for, combos.'
lion, and that it constitutes about on'e fiftli
of the air we breathe. What man, woman
or child 'would nu; like to he familiarly at ,
a - usinted with an element no abutliint and
tin agent ay ao:ive as oxygen, espi;cially
when such an nevaintanee equally
simple, useful and delightful t
A DANDY observed that he had put , a
plate of brass on his bdius to keep theot
upright: "Well balaimed, by jing, said
all Irishman, "Insets at both ends."'
•
b•=e
fOrri (trim tits. bombes,.
burg A 1 hi, that Dr..W.'IT. 4r,,yTrr wits threw*
Triatilds t;'orsa'ritt Stushlit ask, 6y sifiliti Its
Nen was Irightfolly laceratill, anti Alit
'Arad - Vr .Istul Lana hod
FooTs, the celebratad curruidian, being. :..4 •ll b f 4111114
scolded by, a woman , said in reply,..l hare, a n ';' s embrip°,,-,811 and Mr. Philip -I /Trews
heard nitrtar ,and brimstone t.yutt are Mu l y Injured 'y
Wiling from tie behest Air Opo
cream of ow sod thoilogrer of the other." Mali,' Hat•L •
TI49:Ri:!LLARfi . PEA' ANl!i
I NEW, SERIES, -NO,
•t liteilrond Accident:.
rAeste Rot/gee. el rkleaci rielailain
aroidoot op,,tlie Railroad on Moodily 4,,laar
avitek, which oatiaefl hiq'tienth few houraf
terweria., The particular,q ottlweireuinstatice,
WEI ore inforrot;d. NO 714 Nlnwit t it appear!.
nq the horcheri trilti or ,nra n err on their Bray
from thin shirr to fish Hoorn, the onfottehater
men was Jost hi aril sot ()lemming the railroad
hridtre. et Brilhert's, about fntir nillescfrom
Vora. where !texas I ivertaken by •!beerßiblin, 4
t before be rob Mike , elicap o , - helipt !OP=
or reveht by the trein and pt'earrilMtedleli the
fritter 61001 flyidi a brillih6 oqf 611460164:11164.
MI 'Wail ME both
Itita briiiroof arid his intitAltefieid::
, ettreived ,, lnewnientsorehrio mak Me. how..
We, a ndreere nit *ere 4*Aaultitnie
fid 10
NYti , ng NIA!: ^Y ,a cu rv e itchy
randjustQra inter!pii :F!' o 01*
mar, flew, N o n.—+T hp .. e ztkre of the
itinvtiohuseito tiensto. Mr, ; (-I'pory: Wilson, Was
V Nilifir Of 'the nnsion lteouhlirwn. The
&irk thnflenito,Ohilincey L. Knniiri, was
Miens elfin lowylt Ainetlein: 1440 1,154 of
rtha Lwials Josspttn, was forinerlyi ed
hos tho.linyi 51X41 , 1 Dosnocrat.,onhlisitsd in
Unstent.uand if% now 4.llitor,nt,thts. Bay, Rptte,
I ts)9o4.ll;:iii: o
Jr Iris.• t! 11 1.0.1.1 men, Pi legs
talents of a lug I onlsr. nod. r !pinion', to
OtIPO' Of enosot hshlis whit' in alai Owns
'4Eown Icididanly
t it rif
.4'.nots t han Nis tii
tilinOtriintnent in I°l4 atfatia =pie at
the taittom et 11,
A Degree livelffre.J.-4,d Net uhtftere.
rldtvd ilts t6rlr instset...ssys thalqh,t. as.
.tsniar‘t.',l.iril 01l astrinttidil4 taitbri'srhfisses.
'Grose's rot Ertitrich w i the
141 :4 96 Y 14 :17W1' 4 "? 1ai1 l dt*trlqH4 by fir r lass
Aboor 441/.01) lbs. id' 14rd tt ere.in the
buiW/ng,, 44.11 lose is ,rtb‘ett 6101,000 s
half 0( whichAisinsonsli: „,t
'ltobbeTy of 31,,Ctporclu.
" thnpllo . o ut 'sl(;unt, Si. Mary's Cdllep i
ti•a? ' *as 'rohtleit - Vs an
infoinced . , 'off Wednesdny 'night fret, of frkper•
Vrmalatql at ona thousand do
ertteifix, golden goblet,. Ate. e ondanten4
that* , rowan! of one hund red .and 614.410 1 / a rs
is offered for the
.dctetnion /Jtr fir
thieves,
thieves, and thq reeort.r3 of di() prokeTts.
Monument'to • Gut. Jackson,i—A
the gitizeTni OrlCaria, boo, hero rolled
by the Mayor of OW oily,. ;4) devildr MO* to
erect a monutuont to the !oratory d Mineral
JaekoOn; ' •