DL D . A. Sr. C. H. BUEHLER VOLUME XXIII.I .“Note the Might Hours Only.” A lesson in itself sublime, A lesson worth enshrining, Is this—.l take no heed of time, Save when the sun is shining." These motto•words a dial bore, And wisdom never teaches To human hearts a bluer lore Than this short sentence teaches. As life is sometimes bright and fair, And sometimes dark and lonely, Let us forget its pain and care, And note its bright hours only. There is no grave on earth's broad chart But has some bird to cheer it; So hope sings on, in every heart, Although we may not hear it; And if today the heavy wing Of sorrow w oppressing, Perchance to•morrow's dun will bring ihe weary heart a blessing. For life is sometimes bright and fair, And sum Mimes dark and lonely ; Then let's forget its toil and care, And note its bright hours only. We bid the joyous momenta haste, And then forget their glitter— We :aka the cup of life, and taste Nu portion but the bitter; Uut we should teach our hearts to deem Its sweetest drops the strongest; And pleasant hours should ever seem To linger round us longest. As life is sometimes bright and f a i r . And eometinies dark and lonely, Let us forget its toil and care, And note its bright hours only. Though darkest slisdows of toe night, Are just before, the Morning, Then let us wait the coming light, All boding phantoms scorning ; And while we'.c pairing on the tide Of 'rune's fast ebbing river, Let's pluck the blossoms by its side, And bless the gracious Giver, A. life is soincinnes bright iind . fair, And sometimes dark mid lon e ly We should forget its pain end me, And note its bright hours only. A CUILD'S EVENING PRAYER.. Jew's, II ly 'hephord, hear ine, Dhow thy little lamb to night; Through the darkneva he thou near me, Watch my +Jeep till morning light. All this day thy haul hits led me, Aiiil I thank thee Cur thy care; Thou halt watined, owl fed, and clothed rue, 146111111 to toy evening prayer. May my sine be all forgiven; Bleu, the friend.; I love so well ; When I die, take me to heaven, Happy there with thee to dwell. El= She iii• iu the lighted parlor, And wand for the tardy beaux ; She playa with her little huger*, Anil troll with her little toes— She calls for her Slootosh She calls or he: Cliiii• Inu ; tthr kisses her cured-puppy, And wilding; it was a wan. Her mother alayx in the kitchen, Dreamed io her omme attire; Nhe a (reeling over the ices, And TO.U/Ig over the tire,— Site's making some Hi, confection, Nume leheate kind of o treat; Wei...ails and venom.; rtlies, Fur her (laughter's beaux to eat. LOCALITIES OF HEAVEN AND HELL.- Some weeks ago, Dr. Porter, of the Cum berland Presbyterian Church at Memphis, (Tenn.) in the course of a series of elo quent astronomical sermons, preached a dis4.7oure on the "locality of lleaven, astro nomically considered," and located that place in the centre of our solar system—in the Sun. On Sunday evening of last week, he discoursed to one of the largest audien ces ever seen in Memphis, on the "locality of Ilell," and tixes the abode of the damned out of the solar and astral systems, in the "outer darkness," beyond the light of the sun and stars, where the planets, com ets, and lost worlds, which have violated the great laws of their existence, darkle forever on their returnless courses through eternal space. FEMALE SOCIETV.—You know my o pinion of female society ; without it we should degenerate into brutes. This ob servation applies, with tenfold force, to young men, and those who are in the prime of manhood. For, after a certain time of life, the literary man makes a shift (a poor one, I grant) to do without the society of ladies. To a young man nothing is so im portant as a spirit of devotion (next to his Creator) to some amiable women, whose image may occupy his heart, and guard it from the polution that besets it, on all sides. A man ought to choose his wife us Mrs. Primrose (lid her wedding-gown, for quali ties that will "wear-well." One thing at least is sure, that if matrimony has its cares, celibacy has no pleasures. A New ton, a mere scholar, may Lind enjoyment in study ; a man of literay taste can receive in books a powerful auxiliary ; but a man must have a bosom friend, and children a round him, td cherish and support the dreariness of old age.—John Randolph. To guard effectually your own interests, you must in the first plaoo attend to the in terests of others. The body, which is physical, is obliged to obey the dictates of the spirit. A wan may be so mean as to prevent him from venturing upon perfectly safe en terprises. Tux faxes—The mother and guardian of all progress. Commerce—The locomotivoi of liberal principles In the flashing of a mouieut the future betomes present. Life abounds in oases of brilliant resolts to generoue policy. A hard bargain ie ever a bad bargain for the ippirent gainer. Tim Paimit--rho mighty vehicle of po i gram A SION LAWRENCE AND 1118 CLERK.- Prof. Tatlock, in a lecture before the North Adams Lyceum, lately, related the following anecdote : "About forty years ago, a young man with limited capital commenced business in the city of Boston, and was obliged to do with a single clerk, on a small salary. A lady called at his store one day and made some purchases, which she wished delivered at her residence.— The merchant requested his clerk to deliv er the bundle as required. He declined ; the merchant inanixliately took the bundle and delivered it as directed. The clerk never was worth one hundred dollars in his life—the merchant was—Amos Lawrence —now a millionaire." Ifosons OF Whn.—Near St. Senier (in France) there lives an 01l soldier with a false leg, a false arm, a glass eye, a com plete set of false teeth, a silver note covered with a substance resembling flesh, and a silver plate replacing part of his skull.— Ile was under Napoleon, and these arc his trophies. THE PRAYER. OV FAITH -A little boy and his brother were lost in a western for est. 011 giving account of the eircumstan stance after they were found, the little fel low said : "It grew dark, and I kneeled down and asked tlod to take care of little Johny, and then went to sleep." How touching ! bow simple I how sublime ! That was true faith—that was genuine prayer. I/avid himself did not exceed it when he said : "I will both lay me down in peace and sleep ; for thou, Lord, only makes we to dwell in safety." Perhaps the little boy learned his lesson of trust hi tlod from the royal Psalmist. Sunday School B ailer. ELJEN Kossmnt.—The question is of ten asked, "What is the signification of the phrase, 'Eljen Kossuth ?' " It means "Live Kossuth !"as the French would say, "Vive Kossuth !" - The word elgen be longs to the Magyar language, and is pro nounced like the English word alien. The word Magyar is pronounced as though written 3.linljar. The a has the sound of o in dodge: the . gy that of j, or dj. IN THE REIGN or Lows XVl.—"What," said the king to Mr. Yerj, , enes, "110 you take to be the difference between a twig aid a tory ?" "Please your majesty," re plied the minister, "1 conceive the differ ence to be just this—the tories are twigs when they want the places, and the Whigs are tories when they have got them " NEvEit talk of your parentage, fur, if it is honorable, you virtually acknowledge your claims to rest ou the merits of others; or, if it is mean, you wish to show that some thing good has at length come out of Naz areth ; or, if it is neither, your conversa tion can be interesting only to yourself. NATURE has her best mode of doing ev erything, and has somewhere told IL Use has made the farmer wise, and the foolish citizen learns to take his counsel. You must expect seed of the same kind you sow. N EVER hesitate to engage in a noble en terprise fur fear you have no power to ren der it important aid. There is no position so humble where a man may not be a bene factor in the cause of truth. I have yet to learn that the man who is ever prepared and able to assert his cause and take the side of justice and right in re gard to his neighbors, is more liable to a tight than a sneaking and pusillanimous fellow. So long as despotism lives, men will be found to calumniate thaw who are oppos ed to despotism and tyranny. But suppose was the vilest man in the world, would that alter the cause of Hungary Take away the feeling that each man must depend upon himself, and be relaxes his diligence. Every, maw comes into the world to do something. A man's worldly success is best promo ted by so conducting himself as to secure the good will, instead of the ill will of his &Hof men. Adhesiveness is a large element of suc cess ; genius has glue on its feet, and will take root on a marble slab. Unjust riches curse the owner in getting, in keeping, and in transmitting. They curse his children in their fathers's mom- Profligacy is not in spoudiug time, but in spending it off the line of your career. May no nation on earth have reason once to repent words only because it was I who said them. 0:7 - The New York Tribune is among the proscribed newspapers in France. Copies aunt by mail to that Country aro confisca ted. Bodily infirmities, like breaks in a wall, have often become avenues through which the light of heaven has entered to the soul, and made the imprisoned inmate long for release. Always be good natured. A few drops ofoil will do more to start the most 111111). born machinery than all thy vinegar in the world. GETTYSBURG, PA. FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1852. CLEAN HANDS AND STRENOTIL-A. jlittle boy (whose name was John) was obseir ed to wash his hands many times a day— a most praiseworthy exercise. The un usual frequency with which he repaired to the hollow stone by the well, led his el der brother Henry to ask him why he washed his hands so frequently. "Because I wish to be strong." "Do you think that washing your hands will make you strong ?" "Yes." "I hope you will hold on to that idea." At evening, as the two brothers were sitting on the porch of the farm-house, listening to the notes of the whippoorwill, Henry asked John why he thought that washing his hands would give him srength. "Becanse I read it in the Bible," was the reply. "Where did you find the passage 1" "1 will show you." He got the Bible, and red the latter part of the ninth verse of the seventeenth chap ter of Job: "lie that bath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger." John was sure that his position was a firm one, for it had the support of Scripture. Hen ry proceeded to explain to him the mean ing of the passage, and convinced him that lie had taken in a literal sense that which was intended to be understood in a figurative sense—that the passage taught that those who do right shall increase in strength to do right. The truth thus ex plained made a deep impression upon John's mind, and I wish it may make a deep impression upon the mind of the render. Boys love to be strong. The! highest kind of strength is to do right. A WONDERFUL PRESERVATION.—The following very interesting story is taken from a Devonshire (England) paper : '•lludiei g h Sal has been the scene of a most thrilling incident. Six little children, on Wednesday morning, got into a boat on the beach, and a mischievous boy shoved it off. The boat drifted away to sea before the children were missed.— Terrible was the agony of the mothers when they knew it. A number of men went out in all directions ; every boat was on the lookout until far in the night.— Daylight returned and still nothing was heard about them ; they were lost either iu the expanse of the wild ocean, or buried within its insatiable depths. A Plymouth fisherman fishing early in the morning saw something lloatiug in the distance ; he bore down to it, and discovered it to be a boat, and in the bottom the six children,' all huddled in like a nest of birds, lasi asleep, God having mercifully granted them that solace after a day of terror and despair. He took Mein abroad, feasted them with bread and cheese, and gladdened their despairing hearts with a promise to take them home. Between three and four in the afternoon the fisherman was seen in the Othlig with the boat astern.-- All eyes were turned toward hint; the 'Jest spy-glass in the town was rubbed again and again, and at last they fairly made out that it was the identical boat. The news dew through the town, the mothers came frantic to the beach, for there were no children discovered in the boat ; none to be seen in the sloop. Intense was the ag ony of suspense, and all alike shared it with the parents. At last the boat came in, and the word went round 'they are safe,' and many stout-hearted men bu roin to tears, women shrieked with joy, and be came almost frantic with their insupporta ble happiness. It was indeed a memora ble day ; and a prayer, eloquent for its rough sincerity, was tittered up to Almighty God, who, in his infinite mercy, had spar ed these innocent children front the perils and terrors of the sea during that fearful night. Five of these children were under five years of age ; the sixth is but nine years old " TIIB GIRLS OF CALIFORNIA.-SOlllO young fellow, writing to his sister in Zanesville, Ohio, says : "It is a rare treat in this country to en ter a house hallowed by the presence of a lady, where, instead of a floor covered with dirty boots and later peelings, you see it nicely carpeted with coffee sacks neatly stiched together ; and then to see in what trim order they keep their cup boards, whilst we men, miserable house keepers that we are, pile everything yell melt on one shelf; bread, meat candles. soap, grease, hats, and cigar stumps, all together. "We take more interest here in a love affair than you do at home in a presiden tial eleCtion. If a gentleman is courting a lady, the precise time when lie popped the question, and what was said on the oc casion, is known through the country in the short space of time. Men are seiz ed .with the hallucination in regard to fe male beauty, that bewildered Don Quixote when he invested a red-faced, tub-shaped city wench with the comeliness and charms of a Venus. An °id maid was lately mar ried in our neighborhood, who had, no doubt, been singing .why don't the men propose 2' for the last twenty years.— She was red-haired, squint-eyed, and freckled—sans teeth and sans money—in short, she had about as little pretentious to beauty as the old gal whose husband had to practice kissing the cow a year, be fore he could screw up his courage to give her a smack." ' The St. Louis Republican of a late date, mentions the following curious feet: "A gentleman in the vicinity of this city, a few weeks ago, informed us, that in fill ing his ice-house from a pond, a number of small fish (chiefly cat and buffalo spe cies) were discovered frozen into a block of ice. The block was about three feet square by ten inches thick,and quite trans parent. Means were then taken to extri cate the fish without injuring them, when they were placed in fresh spring -water, and in a short time they wore completely resuscitated from their torpor, and com menced swimming around." A wise man , never rusts out. As long as he can move and breathe, he wilt be do ing something kw hitnaslf,.his neighbor, or fur posterity. "FEARLESS AND FREE." Tne Mount Holly (N. J.) Mirror thus notices the change in the good fortune of Prince_Murat: "There are very many in our country who remember the Prince Lucien Murat. the sporting, good natured soul, who for mally dwelt st tine of the late Joseph Bo napartc's estate, at Bordentown, living no one knew hardly how—wild and reckless —to-day flush with motley, to-morrow not a shot in the locker. "Well, this same jovial Prince has giv en a practical illustration of the trutlitu!- nese of Shakepeare's saying' that "there's a tide in the affairs of man, which if taken not at the flood, leads on to fortune." The election of Louis Napoleon was the flood tide with him—for he and his family are now at the head of the heap in France, rich, courted, living in grand, royal, sup erb style. "He has risen from his obscurity at Dor dentown—where he so often enjoyed his punch and wine with boon eonpanions, or started the wood-cock along the low banks of the Delaware—and been summoned to the height of whatever fame the French surper has to lend him. lie wears the vel vet uniform of a Senator, his finances are said to flourish, and his offspring are greet ed with every promise !Whaling a position and making a noise in the world, as the following notice taken from a Parisian pa• per will show : "...rile baptism of the infant of Prince and Princess Murat took..pktee at the El ysee. The infant was held 'it the baptis mal font by the Prince President ald the Princess Mathilde."' G/1011Ts tS WAsIIINGTON.—The Nat ional Intelligencer of Saturday says : "The rappings at the Navy yard, of which for several days there has been a ' good deal of talk in the conanuitity, had not ceased at our last hearingfrom the "in fected district." The faun!) of Mr. Fran cis Keithly. whose house is specially hon ored with the deinonstratiota, has been daily and nightly visited by numbers of persons of all classes, many of whom unite with the family in leellying 10 the facts of the rappings. They have been heard for a month front Monday evening last, at all hours of the twenty-four. Sonetimes the raps. as represented tn. : tff, are loud and strung ; at others low Mil beetle ; some times as few as three or five ; at others, going as - high as nineteen. :3.r. Keithly states that the first intimation his family received of these noises, was tie apparent walking of a heavy man in lis stocking feet across att upper floor. This was succeeded at, greater or less ittervals, by noises in closets and cupiniank knockings on stair-steps ; striking and shaking of the bed-posts 11A-stews at night, when the faintly retired, aid in sundry other it aye The house ipecapieil by' )l r. Keithly is his own, and teas viirvilasetl a bout seven months since ; soiliat it would seem he hail no pecuidury,interests in these visitations." NVe understatcl that many,listinguislied political characters are an the spir its, amain; theta, perhaps, Cats, liotigl..ss, and others. THE RI'SSIAN AI/ay.—'lle Trie ster Zeitung has a correspondentit St. Peters burg, who seems to be untisially well in ai ilt formed. He furnishes sot interesting statements as to the strengt of the Ras sil military forces. The a iial strength of the entire Russian army olk :town to no one, not even to the Govermlent, because the numbers in the list are always greater than the corresponding nujobers of the troops. If. then, we make tistaleinelit out the subject, it is with the milerstatiding that it is what oughl to be, aid that what is is a great deal less. •I'lle isinlier of the foot (Guard corps, Gremlin!' corps, six Infantry corps, special Catiasian corps, recruits, Cossack Infantry lin the Black Sea, Greek Battalion.) is 110,581 men. The regular active cavalry (I uards, Gren adiers, six Infantry corps. Rebrve Cavalry, Caucasian corps,) is 2014 men. Ad ding the engineers. (poimmirs. pioneers, I workmen, &c..) and the stat e &c.., the en tire active army will !moult to 810, 0 0 ( 1 melt. A calculation made beige the cam. paign in Hungary, is said 4 have shown' that there were on paper 211.000 men of of arms who could be emileyed to cross the European frontiers. This number ; was diminished by 10 per eat, when the march actually begun. Oahe miler hand, by calling out the reserves nil the men at all the depots, there are 240)00 additional, on paper. After all, it my be assumed as certain that, for a Eurpean war 50. 1 yond the western frontier, between the Baltic and the Danubian Principalities, Russia has not more thanloo,ooo men, and of those a quarter mst be kept in Poland. A pebble cast into the Mantic makes itself felt on the opposite sore. So it is with pebbles cast into the ast sea of New York commerce; they me themselves felt to the remotest extremies of the coun try. Soon after Kossutll landed here, some hatter invented and isied the "Kos suth hat." We heard inciuntally yester day that Kossuth hats hay been sold in this city, and sent throughut the Union, to the value of Arqf a an illia of dollars.— Manufacturers, inoreover,wel able to work up into this new shape larg quantities of material which they could 101 use in any other. Ribbon-dealers furtlermore found a ready sale fur a great at nt of ribbon which had gone out of fa h on for other uses, and dealers in ostricl eathers alio shaiedsetibstantially in the tfw movement given to the waters of aormerce by the incidental dropping of this a all pebble. Very trifling causes sometime make them selves felt to a great distano in very im portant results.—New Yorkrimes Mrs. Boggs says that eh/observes the people in the Legislatureave put_her poor neighbor, Mr. Brown, n a standing committee, which will be eadtul trial l i ar to him, as he was,alwayi Eery weak in hie` legs, and never could keep his feet Emig at a time. i ' t Now-Twrianwrioits-Anrilpht that cannot be 1110001111endod Itto Wrongly in all matrimonial wars ! noutbs' Departmmt. "To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, to lix The generous purpose, and the noble thought." I WILL TRY. If all girls and boys would exclaim "I will try, 'when requested by their parents or teachers to do anything, instead of whin ing, "I don't want to do it," or, "I can't," as we hare sometimes hoard children say, they would be much happier. bid, you ever think of this, my young friends ? And you can make others hap py, too ; ypu can make your parents, nod teachers, and playmates, happier by your conduct. 0 ! it is such a pleasant thing to be the means of giving happiness to any one, that I am sure you must love to engage in it. ya l g But how, can Idoit ? you may ask. It Lancaster county, under the ro o vern! may be accomplished by trying. Read a- mont. In the revolutionary contest, how bout Alice, and learn how she succeeded:.( ever, he. was on the side of the colonies, and The same motto which she used will also proved himself a true patriot, althoug too, enable you to accomplish what seems hard- far advanced in life to aid by his personal i ly possible at first. !services. His son Robert, the father . of the "I will try," was the motto of Alice !subject of this notice, partaking of his an Morton. When her teacher gave a dif- ceatral spirit, engaged actively itr the sor licult sum in arithmetic, and asked her if !vice of his country; but bow long, or in she could do it, she always said, "I will what capacity—whether as an officer, or a try." And she did try, and usually sue- I private soldier, we are not informed. Du eeeded• ring his absence with the army, an incident- Iler teacher once gave all her scholars is related of the remarkable preservation of some verses to commit to memory. Some his sen!HAviu, then about two years °far, said, "U, I can learn them easy enough;" !showing the special providence_ot God, in while others said, "0 dear, I shall never !rescuing from death one who was destined learn them." "Well, Alice, what do you ! afterwards toeceotnplish so much for Christ. think about it ?" "I will try," was the ' . and his Church. His mother being tetupti simple response. I rarily absent, DAVID, 111 company with the The n!!xt day they were called to recite. !child of one of the laborers, wandered off Those who were so confident in their own ! to a will-racein the vicinity, and falling success failed, and the rest did no better. ! into it, remained there for some time.— At last it Mlle to Alice. ;411e repeated When discovered and taken out, lifo ap-i every verso without a single mistake.— peered to be extinct. But after hours of, She reveiveil the approbation of her teach- !unceasing efforts, suspended animation was or, and the congratulations of her school- I restored, and be was Ivan back, of God, to mates, who assured her they would adopt ! parental affection, to tired for high and her motto. led 's in the kit om of his Son. Now, Alice was by no mans quick at learning ; but she applied herself closely, and became the best scholar in the school, awl won, at the examination, a medal, up on which was engraved her favorite motto, "1' will try." • if all young persons, instead of becom ing discouraged at difficulties which con stantly present themselves, would say, "1 will tr 9," they would generally I,oircuwo every obstacle. For the "Star & Danner." Enigma. am cvmposcd of itrem/y•scuers tru en. My 1 9 10 14 3 13 is an ancient city of Europe. Sly 9 1 I 13 3 is pan of the human body. My 3 1 8 is pout ul the human body. Sly 4 I it is a ellflia 13 any natiun who may in dolga in it. My 5 14 1 9 is an American cola,. Sly 67 2 14 is a weight. NI y 12 9 11 IS a premntion. Mt 0 113 is a flower. 31y 9 1 12 9 is an Oasis in the Great African Desert. My 11l 6 13 9is a noun of multitude. Sly 1 - 4 13 is a pron oun. My 13 1 8.1 I u is a maidens 'lame. Sly 14 I 1 IS a domestic animal. • .Nly %%bolo is momethitig Adams cum* stands greatly in need of. HOME. PltuM,Ell A gentleman when shout ,to leave the world, Is-ing aware ill the situationot his wife, and worth kit n will with 1.6 following conditions: • If she was blessed with a son, she was to halm but moo-Nord of the estate. and the stilt tWO-thirds; hilt it with a daughter, site was to have two-thirds, and the daughter one-third. linexlmcledly, sbe %vas the mother urn son and daughter. Requir ed, the division of tle evtate ? rnouuni There ins conies! polo erected, whose diameter et the base is 23 feet, end terminates in it point 40 feet from the base. Now if 8 fist of its top be broken square ME what would be the solid contents of the part remaining? ARITHMETICAL QCESTION Find the content's of a granary 9 feet 3 inches long, 6 11 3} inches wide, and 5 ft 6i incite* high, ono bushel being 2150.42 cubic Indies. ARITHMETICAL PUZZLE Find out how to multiply the eight figures. I, 2 3, 1.5, 6,7, 8. 9, so as all the figures of the first product will be ones, the second twos, the third area, and so on. PHILOSOPHICAL %vitas xi • Why does the wagon maker heat the tire, and put it on the wheel while hot ? What is it that makes water rise in a rump 1 A word there is indicative of mirth. On being altered by a single latter, Will tame all women at their birth, The pride and hope of many a linker • .Inswers go Qum lea in the lasi number. Pui I.OIIIOPRICA 1. —A vessel of water placed in boiling water Will not boil, because water can never be heated above a. boiling point, or 212° ; all the heat absorbed after it boils is carried off in steam. A heat of 219° can not pass through • vessel in boiling water. • Salt water does not boil till it has reached a heat of 213° or 220° ; hence, whatever is put in. to it when boiling, must cook quicker than in fresh water. Clouds are composed of moisture evaporated from the earth, and again partially condensed in the upper regions of the air. They differ from fog only in one respect, Clouds are elevated above our heats ; but fogs come in contact with the earth. Other answers inour next. MATHEMATICAL "QUEIUES 1. The circle is 942.377 feet greater. 2. With a force of 6.630 tuns. 3. 15 years. Answer to the Arithmetical Puzzle, in our last paper--Teeth." Answer to Charade--4Ringohl." Answer to The Eeigme—.•Morsel Magnetic Telegraph." Masan, EDITORS: You appear to be somewhat puzzled to solve the problem, in the Star of the 12th last., "To plant four trees equally distant from each other." Allow me to give you a solution Plant three trees equally distant, from each oth. er, i e. in ilte, three angles of an equilateral triangle. Describe 4 circlo'itimut this triangle, on the centre or which, throw up' a 'Mound of earth, until the distance froai the top orate mound to any tree is equal to the distance between the tress Outbid.: The 4th tree planted on the sentatitti this emend will complete the work, The problem can be easily dtunottatrated on geometrical print la , Yours On. Never earry i _empul in your touitue wound the reiffitation of any c a n. THE LATE DR. mcs,ooNsuemr. The Rev. DAvin MoCostatuanv is dead ! The venerable and venerated ex-President of Washington College is no more! lle departed this life at his late residence in W ashinston, Pa., on Thursday evening, the year of his age, and the fifty-filth of his 29th of. January, in the sevouty•soventh ministry. He "died in a goed old ago, an o ld man and full o f .yeam P having passed the ordinary period allotted ' to human life on earth. . . Dr. filceortAuritnr was a flatly° of Penn.. aylvania. lie was born in Menallen town. If Ili!, York county, (now 4dants) about six miles from Gettysburg, on the 29th of Sep. tember, 1775. His grandfather, David MeConaughy, had settled in that region when Pennsylvania was a colony of Great Britain, and held the office of Sheriff of lioly 4118 hOl4, In the vicinity of his w paternal home, un der the tuition of a Mr. _Monteith, he re ceived the rudiments of his early education. When about ten years of age, ho was sent to a grammar school in the neighborhood, taught by a Mr. Boggs, which was one of the earliest classical schools established in - i the interior of the State. This school boy lug continued but a abort time, - he was re moved to a Classical school in Gettysburg, taught by the Rev. Alexander Dobbin, a Scotch minister belonging to the Associate Reformed Church, and who ig represented to have been a gentlemiffl rif extensive learn ing and devoted piety. In this school he continued in the diligent prosecution of his studies, until he was prepared to enter Col. ICliege. What degree of talent or aptness in' the acquisition oQcnowiedge, he (liscovvq, during dila :jui& ce period of 'dente; we' have no information. But his friends who knew him in his boy., bolsi, represent. him as possessing the same: leading traits of character which he exhibi• ttsl in after life. Quiet., patient and (inch. trusive, though food of the amusements usual with boys of his age—his conduct was ever marked by genuine politeness, and a regard for the feelings of others, which knew no distinction of rank or position. His collegiate education ho received at Dickinson College, Carlisle, where he grad uated on the liOth day of September, 1705, during the Presideney of the Rev. Dr. Charles Nisbet, so celebrated for his various 'and extensive learning, and his salient and I sparkling wit. He had the Latin Salutato ry assigned him, which, according to the usage of the Institution, at that time, was I considered the first honor. Arming his lelassmates were the present Chief Justice Taney, of the Federal Court of the United 'States, and the late Justice Kennedyoxif the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, both distinguished rt.s learned and able jurists, land the late Itev. Joshmi Williams, D. D. !of Newville, equally distinguished as a pro , found and skilful theologian. To have been the sueeesafel competitor of' such men, was no mean honor. But, even if we had not this testimonial of his scholarship,. we !might safely infer, from the _iceuraey and j extent of his attainments in subsequent life. that he had laid a solid foundation and in dustriously improved his advantages, during his preparatory and collegiate course. Immediately after leaving college, he en tered on his theological studies, under the direction of the Rev. Dr. Nathan Grier, of Brandywine, who had an extended reputa tion as an eloquent and popular preacher, and with whom many young men pursued their studies for the ministry. There he remained two years in the prosecution of ibis studies, when, on the sth day ;if Oetb bor, 1797, he was licensed by the Presby tery of New Castle, to preach the gospel.— The next spring he received permission from the Presbytery to itinerate six months with out their bounds, and particularly within 'the, limits of the Carlisle and Philadelphia Presbyteries. In accordance with this per missiou, he preached frequently in Phila., delphia, and also iu New York, whither - he had gone, and where he was detained a eon siderable time by the prevalence ef yellow fever in Philadelphia, where it raged during the latter part of the summer, and the fall of that Year. What proportion of time he spent in the Preebyteries of Carlisle 11011, Philadelphia respectively, is not. known.— But the spring following, April sth, 1709, he took his dismission from the Presbytery of New Castle, and on the Oth of the mime month, plabed himself under the care of tbe Presbytery of Carlisle. Having received and tmeepted a Call frim the united churches of Upper - Marsh Creek and Great Conowago, within the bounds of. that 'Preaby, tory, li r e was 'Ordained • and in stalled their mister on the Bth day of HetOs' ber, 1800. in that same year, thir'fbisna: lion of Adams intd a.separaos satiety; took Place, and Gettysburg became:the • county seat. This town was situated abont'threO Miles from the, site of the Upper Marsh' Creek. Cher* • ,.iot4in the Ibutts of that congregation. : Increasing in, wealth and ptis . j pulatlep, and erabracting within it a number ,of Presbyterian fainilioe s Wwas deemed toe 1 03 161;0 4 3411 OWN; k4lie,rift without the sta ted Praugng of 40 ,094 by rrerikfteli ins. For a tame was supplied with oast elotial preaching by Dr. bloporrAuttur TWO Do4LARN Prig ' 24 1NumB . , 2 ..' Iself, and also,' by Dr. PA rrom, the talentel and eloquent pastor of the adjacent therrill 1 of Lower Marsh Creek, one, or more of , tithe, fernilfee 'belonging to whose church , resided in the town. After sane 'pant, borrower, the congtegation of Upper Marsh• Greek determined to remove - their canoe to town, and in the year 18/8, Pr. 3lotkinsuntst I preached his last sermor. in the oliPehureli, I previous ' to its demolition. From vitiate causes, the new edifiee was not re:tarter occupancy for:several rant' In the'reilitai time; tho congregation were kindly aliened the use of the Associate Reformed chuieh, then Yainust,"nittil a' paistot should ber.prixrd red. Afterward, 'they worshipped in ithe (Vert House until the completion of thole edifice. In the month tit' Augutt, 1.8147, I'the house having been coMpleted, vaisl'oel- I emnly dedicated to the worship of the Mi. uno God. The congregation still retained its original chartered name of I "Upper Marsh Creek,"Snd still remained in tine% with Great Counter), , under tho tektite' pttet. tend care as-before.. In ' these' neited'ytett‘ gregations i Dr. MeCovAutlitrcontietied4tl the faithful and acceptable ditichihrgh Of idil ministerial dutiee, Coil the springofkat when ho was dismissed, , at hie', own terPreil, to connect himself, with the Peetitilterynr"K Washington, and to enter .upon tithfhee!, and in same respects, a more extendodtfihrd' of labor. • - - , •'' '', 7. 1 L11 Dr. MeCondunltY wattled-Over Milfldbk with a shepherd's care, and *ain't.4eilltly` to. bestow hitt leberstilLelert_. for the advancement, not Only of thelfhpft‘ itnal, but also of their teinpdril intaiiiitid A few years before hieremoVid flone/Oiii. - tystiurg, the church' in thet Vie*: liar ketft Pored their debt to iteeinaidatei'utittlit 1 bit reached a larger yrum than their deitillstiitil WAS werth. " Under the prelinrettlittelft debt,-nothing but the most'. ergetic efforts could save t reftlitd"liiitilti. ruptey and ruin. At thii i 1 ; ,„,,, CONLUOHY, with vivre *MANI 11.- - - interests of the chligli; tut Witt** them; and br his Wiring itrdnettl;t t personal efforts , and the exercise of hill —- 4 influence, succeeded iti eititigibillitit - ' . it debt, with the exception of i loalseitilli to insignificant sum, which "Witspdateftiifulifit removal from Gettysburg: - --Wthli t sishifia plishinent of this objeet, he spettlaithiio Ykl In addition to home etertiondanditifittelleW ' be visited the cities of Balthrian i 'llfillibliii phia, and New York, for thiffin=lt _ curing funds. - He elsrfirtiblfi edition of "Doddridge's Brimmed ; ' forildllifili he procured a largo subscriptionyfran this avails of which ho realized - a *ollhalilinfilifei stun towards the liquidation of theikflik.LX l'revideuce smiled upon hik efforti,tilintifift gregatiou was relieved, alid hpfetillikidelitlit he had the satisfactien to see it, kinglotilio, dad and , alone, able, to support s• pastor'ttel ,- hole - Q _O. ' 11111:4 i'4l:lloliaii„. Termites , steWso 7 "7" anent 'people itif his , pitaterarchinvii not bowie had time, or opportunity doipros cure the necessary information, we ocantieti speak with confidence. But, if •clear , and a hitt expositions of the gospel of -the. grate of God ; if faithful postural instructioavand , prayers, and if the persuasive.inQuenetuof al heavenly spirit o and a holy life, furnish sup ground on which to greet a hope r ireccati: hardly doubt, but that. many were) brought , to tlrist, through his iustrumentalityli mud , will appear, as his "joy and crown nf eciehe ring, in the presence of our Lord , Jesuit, Chriet at, his coming." , _ Dr. hiceostanour was the pioneer In , the Temperance reform, in his nativotentii,' ty. Preparatory to the formation of Betio ety, and with a view of.gaining access leaf chows, he appointed meetings 'to be 'lntl* at the Court Henn in the evettitigioset which he road the Temperance essays di Drs. Rush, Beecher ' and ethers. In , dila way, ho diffused information, awakeued Alto tendon in the -community to the subitietie and thus led to the formation of the &OP Temperance Society Adams oetilityl , anik of which he was elected firuPresident: In; aid of the Cause he preached a sermon frank , 1 Car. vi. 10, "Drunkards shalt notiltheiiii the kingdom of God," which win published,' and extensively circulated throughouVi,litt , region. It contains an accurate deseriptiOn't of the character of a drankard, and ghetto less and faithful exhibition of the certainty and justice of his exclusion from hesven.L.--, Its delineations are truthful and , elocivento eminently adapted to mote and impress than heart. .1 rts.. In the year 1807 Dr. MoCoxernswireetkiii. mended a Grammar school in Gettyebthit fur the purpose of tholoughly training 'abut men to enter College. This eehoot lerc& , tinned till 1812, when he' relinquishedolk: in favor of a. county organisation;. Altleirc the organisation of the county institution? , however, his services were 000ssionally , *Pt licked, and cheerfully rendered, npottlhel failure of therßoard to secure ether silted's teachers. In this respect he lord nothitie of the fastidiousness of some weaktinilvaiti men, who disdain to render sod to Ihinfierai tans institutions or enterprises, runlemtker are clothed with official Ira* or their siattiO ty, flattered by some •titulat tiktinetionAwa His heart and his hand' weretiweyttpest tie the claims of learning and religiarr; andifri by any practicable serviee; he lmuldittre them increased force, - he , was ever reatipirs , ' , do it. As a teacher of youth, 'as well - 4% minister; of the gospel, he did muck trt , elit- Vete the.elmracter of his native trOunty...—r , , Ilia pupils weregenerally, distinguished its , the colleges to which they resorted, forgo , accuracy and extent of their attainments...". Many of them afterwards meet) atetienestf , eminence and distinction in the different departments of society. Among these will not be deemed' invidious to metitiovi .the late Jeremiah C'hatuborlain, D. .1)., Pre. sklent of Oakland College, Miss. ; the IMo Reif. Johp B. Annan, Professor of Mathew Inatiintin the Miami University, 0.; and, , . his brother, the nay. Win. Akan, the,Welf known editor of the Presbyterian Advoeatc.; the Bev. John Holmes Agnew, formerky Professor of Laugusges in Washington , lege, and now Prufussor in the Univentity,;.', of Michigan ; the Rev. 11. L. Binagber,,D,,, D., President of Pennsylvania Coilegoost„ Gettysburg ; the Hon. Daniel M. thpyieg y , President Judge of the Ducks and Mnotril,,, gomory District; and the lion. Jar r it g •••• Graham, President Judge of the District, in this State. These, and ado* ' n hie% ; li.tta
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