BY D. A. & C. 11. BUEHLER
VOLUME XXIIL}
TUE DAY IS GONE:
BY LONO'ELLOW
The day is gone ; and the darkness
Falls frontthe wings of night,
As a leather is waited downward
From an eagle in his night.
I see the lights of the village
Gleaming through the rain and mist,
And a feeling of sadness come o'er ms,
That my soul cannot resist.
A feeling of sadness and longing,
That is not skin to pain,
And resembles sorrow only
As the mist resembles the rain
Come, read to me some poem—
Some simple and heartfelt lay,
That shall soothe this restless feeling
And banish the thought of day.
Not from the grand old masters,
Not from the bards sublime,
Whose distant footsteps echo
Through the cortithira of Time
For like strains of martial music.
Their mighty thoughts suggest
Life's endless toil And endeavor,
And tonight I long for test.
Read from some humbler poet,
Whose songs gushed from his heart,
As showers from the clouds of summer,
Or tears tram the eylolle start.
ho, through long days or labor,
And n iglus devoid of ease,
drill heard in his .°ul iho music
Of wondrona melodies.
Such songs have power to quiet
The rewires polio of cane,
And comes Meths benediction
That follows after prayer.
Then reed the treseurni volume,
Thr poem filmy choke,
And lend in the rhyme rf the poet
The beauty of thy voice;
And the night rhea! be tilled with music,
And the cares that infest the day
nail (Id their tents, like the Arabs,
And as si.erilly pass away.
FAITHFULNESS IN LITTLE
THINGS.
"Is Mr. Harris in ?" icquired a plainly
but neatly dressed boy of twelve or thir
teen, of a clerk; us he stood by the counter
ay. large bookstore.
The well-paid clerk regarded the boy
with a supercilious look, uud answered,
"Mr. Harris is in, but he is engaged."
The boy looked at the clerk hesitating
ly, and then said, "If he is not particular
ly engaged, I should like much to see him."
"If you have any business to transact, I
can attend to it," replied the clerk. "Mr.
Barris cannot be troubled with children
like you."
"What is this, Morley?" said apleasant
looking, elderly than, stepping up to the
clerk. "What does the boy want ?"
"Ile insisted on seeing you, though I
told him you was engaged," returned the
clerk, a little abashed by the manner of his
employer.
"And what would you have with :ne, my
lad:" enquired Mr. Ilarris, kindly.
The boy raised his eyes, and meeting the
half scornful glance of the clerk, said, tim
idly, "I wish you to look at the bill of some
books which I bought here about three
months since. There is a mistake in it
which I wish to correct."
"Ah, my boy, I see," replied Mr. Har
ris. "You have overpaid us, I suppose."
"No, n air," answered the boy. "On the
coetrary. I purchased moinc books which
are not charged iu the bill, and I have
called to pay for them."
Mr. Harris folded his arms across his
breast, regarded the boy earnestly for a
moonlit, and then asked, "When did you
discover this mistake 7"
"Not until 1 reached home," replied the
lad. "When I paid for the books I was
in a hurry, fearing the boat. would leave
before I could reach it, and I did not ex
amine the bill."
"Why did you not return before and
rectify the mistake ?" asked the gentleman,
in a tone slightly altered.
"Because, sir, I live some distance from
the city, and have not been able to return
till now."
"My dear boy," said Mr. Harris, "you
have given me great pleasure. In a long
life of mercantile business, I have never
mot with an instance of this kind before.—
You have acted nobly and deserve a recoils-
Pease."
"I ask no recompense," returned the
boy, proudly. "I have done nothing but
my duty, a simple not of justice, and that
deserves no reward but itself."
"May I ask who taught you such noble
principles ?" inquired Mr. Harris
"My mother," &rumored the boy, burst
ing into tears.
"Blessed is the child who has such a
mother," said Mr. Harris, with much eau..
tion, "and blessed is the mother of such a
child. Be faithful to her teachings, my
dear boy, and you will be the staff of her
declining years."
"Alm I sir," sobbed the boy, "she is
dead, It washer itiokneas and death that
prevented me from coming here before."
"What' is your name ?" inquired Mr.
"Edward Delong."
"Save you a father i"
"No sir. My father died when I has
an infant."
Where Jo you !wide f"
14 In the town of Linwood, about, afty
miles from this city."
usrea, my boy, what are the bOoka that
were tow:Maar
44 1 8mitaa.i.od title diotiotaty." .
"Lot ton em the bill. Ha! ;signed by
A. C. Morley. I will see to that. Here,
Mr. Morley," called Mr. Harris; but that
functionary was busily engaged in waiting
on a customer at the opposite side of the
store, bowing and smiling in the most ob
sequious manner.
"Edward," continued the kind-hearted
Harris, "I am not going to reward you for
what you have done ; but I wish to mani
fest my approbation of your conduct in
such a manner as to make you remember
the wise and exoellent precepts of your de
parted mother. Select from my store any
ten books you may chose, which, in addi
tion to the ten you had before shall be a
present to you ; and henceforth, as now,
my boy, remember and 'despise not the
day of little things.' If ever you need a
friend, call on we, and for my mother's
sake I will assist you."
When the grateful boy left the store,
through his own tears he saw the moisten
ed eyes of his. benefactor.
Edward Belong wished for knowledge,
and though the scanty means of his mo
ther could hardly satisfy his desire, by dil
igence and economy ho had advanced fur
beyond most boys of his ago. By working
nights and mornings fur a neighbor, be
bud amassed what seemed to him a large
sum of money, and this was expended iu
books.
Scarcely was he in possession of his trea
sures when his mother sickened and died.
Ilia Lome was now with a man who regard
ed money us the chief end and sim of life,
and severe and constant physical labor as
the only means of obtaining that end.
For two years Edward struggled with
his hopeless condition. Toil, toil, early
and late was his doom; and to his often ex
pressed wish of obtaining au education, his
employer answered, "Learning never wade
corn grow, or tilled a field, and what is the
use on it 7 I can only read and write, dfid
there ain't a richer wan iu the place, not
excepting Squire Morrison, with all his
high larut notions."
"Is Mr. Harris in ?" inquired Edward,
as be again eutered the store of that gentle-
"lie is engaged," replied the polite clerk.
"Will you wait a moment, and he will be
at liberty ?"
"bid you wish to see me ?" asked Mr.
Harris of the boy, whose thoughts were so
intent that he had not noticed the approach
of his friend.
"Mr. Harris !" exclaimed Edward, and
it was all be could say.
"My noble Edward !" said the old man.
"And so you riceded a friend. Well, you
shall have one."
For five years from that time Edward
Delong was the confidential clerk of Mr.
Harris, and in three years more a partner
in the firm. The integrity of purpose
which first won the regard of his benefac
tor, was his guide in after life. Prosper
ity crowned his efforts, and happiness
blessed his heart—the never-failing result
el "faithfulness in little things."
Social Kindness.
How sweet are the affections of kind
ness How balmy the influence of that
regard which dwells around our fireside
Distrust and doubt darken not the purity
of its brightness ; the cravings of inter
est and jealousy mar not the harmony of
that scene. Paternal kindness and filial
affection blossom there in the light of an
eternal spring. It matters not if the world
in cold, if we can but turn to our dear cir
cle and ask and receive all our heart claims.
Childhood's, Teary.
There is sometimes a moral necessity for
the correction of children, notwithetand
lug the pain which a profusion of their
tears will often give us. The great rule is
to• never correct in anger, but with' firmness
which is founded on the deliberations of
reason. The sorrows of children, however,
arc exceedingly transient, and have often
been the subject of poetical remark, but in
no instance with more beauty than in the
following simile by Sir Walter Scott:
"The tear down childhood's cheek that sow.,
la like the dew-drop on the rose ;
When the next summer breeze names b 7,
And waves the bush, the 11.1wer is dn.'
With what a scornful disregard of wealth,
and the position of the moment, Almighty
God scatters the priceless gifts of genius
among his children ! Tho great poet, the
illustrious statesman, the eloquent orator,
is as likely to go forth from the brown-faced
laborer's cottage over the way, as from the
sumptuous palaces of the capital. The fu
ture ruler of an empire may be unconscious
ly digging in yonder field; and this very
school may be, under God, the appointed
means of -revealing his unsuspected destiny
to him and to the world .pry.
The expectation of future happiness, is
`the best relief of anxious thoughts, the
moat perfect cure of melancholy, the guide
of life, Mid the comfort of death.
To live strove our station shows a proud
hears, and to live under it disoovets a air.
row soul. • '
It is not lb. Ips4At to which men are
advanoed that MAN shom giddy; it tiMl
looking down with omakept upon Ikon
below thou.
GETTYSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, EVENING, JANUARY tB, 1853.
ANECDOTE OW NAPOLEON.
BY ABBOTT
The life of Napoleon is extremely rich
in well authenticated anecdotes illustra
tive of the peculiarities of his character.
And it is difficult to find any anecdote res
pecting him, bearing the impress of gen
uineness, which does e n/t indicate a sprit
humane, generous, and l 4 ftge
One day Napoleon was traversini, the
camp, attended by two officers, when he
met a very pretty suttler woman, weeping
bitterly, and leading by the hand a little
boy about five years old. The Emperor,
who happened to be unknown to the wo
man, reined up bis horse, and inquired in
to the cants of her grief. The woman,
much disconcerted, made no reply ; but
the child frankly answered :
"My mother is crying, sir, because my
father has beat her."
"And where is your father I"'
"Ho is close by. He is a sentinel on
duty with the baggage."
Napoleon again addressed himself to
the woman, and inquired the name of her
husband. She refused to tell, being fear
ful that the Captain, as she supposed the
Emperor to be, would cause him to be pun
ished.
"Your husband has been beating you,"
Napoleon said. "You era weeping ; and
yet you are so afraid of getting him into
trouble that you will not even tell we his
name. This is very inconsistent. May
it not be that you urea little in fault your
self ?"
"Alm! Captain," the forgiving wife re-
plied, "he has a thousand good qualities,
though he has one .very bud one. Ile is
jealous, terribly jealous ; and when be
gets into a passion he cannot restrain his
violence. And I love Lim : for he is my
lawful husband, and the father of my dear
boy !" So saying, she fondly kissed her
child, who, by the way in which be return
ed her caresses, proved hie affection for
his mother
Napoleon was deeply touched by this
little domestic drama
was with the cares of empire, he could
torn aside from them, to dry up the foun-
tain of sorrow in the heart of this humble
follower of the camp. Addressing the wo
man again, he said, "Whether you or your
husband love each other in not, I do not
chose that be should beat you. Tell me
your husband's name, and 1 will mention
the affair to the Emperor."
"If you were the Emperor himself," she
replied, "I would not tell it you ; for I
know that be would be punished."
"Silly woman:" Napoleon rejoined, "all
that I want is to teach him to behave well
to you, and to treat you with the respect
you deserve." That; shrugging his shoul
ders, he made some farther remark upon
female obtinacy, and galloped away.
"Well, gentlemen," said ho to his com
panions, "what do you think of that affec
tionate creature ? There are not many
such women at the Tuilleries. A wife i
like that is a treasure to her husband."
Immediately he dispatched an aid to de
sire the commander of the escort to come
to him. He inquired very particularly
respecting the woman, her husband and
the child.
"He is," said the officer, "one of the best
behaved men iu the company. He is
very jealous of his wife, but without rea
son. The woman's conduct is irreproach
able."
"Try and ascertain," said Napoleon, "if
he has ever seen me. If he has pot, bring
him hither."
It appeared that Napoleon had never
been seen by the grenadier, who was a use
looking young man of about five and twen
ty, who had recently joined the army.—
W hen he was conducted to Napoleon, the
latter said, in a familiar tone :
"What is the reason, my lad, that you
beat your wife ? She is a young and
pretty woman, and is a better wife than
you are a husband. Such conduct is die.
graceful in a French grenadier."
"If women ate to be believed," the man
replied, "they are never in the wrong. I
have forbidden my wife to talk to any
man whatever. And yet, in spite of my
commands, I find her constantly gossip
ping with one or another of my comrades."
"Now, there is your mistake. You
might u well turn the course of the Dan
ube. Take my advice ; do not be jealous.
Let your wife gossip and be merry. If
my order be not obeyed, the empkor shall
hear of it. Suppose his majesty were to
give you a reprimand, what would you say
then ?"
`The man, not a little irritated at this in
terfetenoe with hia marital privileges,
:
'•My wife is mine, General; and I may
beet her if I choose. I should say to the
Emperor, Look you to the enemy, and
lapel:es to ma ukge sny wife."
Napoleon laughed, sod eeid ; "My good
fellow, you see woo oPookillii to the Bolo'
roe."
The word toll upon the ioldiees hart
like. magic. Much ontneed, 10444
dopy hi hells /9 1 1 0 W hi5'.7 43 4144, 1 1/4 1 :
"Ohl aige, T h at gabs alters Ilea cow-.
Made year Majesty . anuesalk I•ofeame
obei.ol.
uFEARLEESSAND FREE."
"That is right," Napoleon replied, "I
bear an excellent character of your wife.
Every body speaks well of her. She bra
ved my displeasure rather than expose you
to punishment. !award her by kind
treatment. I promote you to the rank of
seargsant. Apply to the grand marshal,
and he will give you one hundred dollars.
With that you can furnish your enttler's
store, which will enable your wife to carry
on a profitable business. Your son is a
fine boy, and he shall be provided for. But
mind : never let me hear of Jour beating
your wife again. If I do, you shall find
that I can deal hard blows as well as you."
Several years' Ida this, the Emperor
was with the army' in another campaign.
Napoleon, who had a wonderful power of
recollecting the otiantenances of persons
whom he had once seen, met the "daughter
of the regiment" aid her son, and imme
diately rode up to bier, saying, "Well, my
good woman, how.dte you do t Has your
husband kept the primise he made me."
The affectionate torife burst into tears,
and, throwing beraegat the Emperor's feet,
exclaimed : "0, sive I Sire ! since my
good star led me iota! the gracious presence
of your majesty, I hive linen the happiest
of women."
..Then reward meJ' said Napoleon, "by
being the moat virtuous of wives." With
these words, hotoo+ a few pieces of gold
into her hands and /ode away, while the
whole battalion rai.4sn enthusiastic shout
Of 'Viva l'Erupereurir
As the Emperoest party were crossing
the Alps, on their way to Rome, after the
coronation, Napoleon, after alighting Irons
his carriage, proceeded on foot iu advance
of the party. He %het a peasant woman.
"Where are you htunening so eagerly this
morning ?" "To one the Emperor," she
replied , "they tell 'ate the Emperor is to
pass this way this molining "And why do
you wish to see hint ?" said Napoleon ;
"what have you done but exchanged one
tyrant for another ? You have had the
Bourbons, now you have Napoleon." The
woman fur a mowea was staggered, and
then replied : "It is no matter ; Napoleon
is our king, but the Bourbons were the
kings of the noble" "This," said Na
poleon, "comprehls the whole mutter."
Burdened as he
i MARTIN LUTREIOI WEDDING RINO.—A
correspondent of the New York %Imes,
states that Lieut. D., an officer of the U.
States Navy, recently net an aged Ger
man in a jeweller's a hop, near Broadway.
who had ED old gold ring, which lie idler
ed for sale. The ring attracted the anon
, Lion of Lieu:. I)., and he purchased it at
an advance of its hominid value. On in
apection. it was found to be :he wedding
ring of Luther. It is.in good condition.
bearing little mark of chafing or extraor
dinary wear. It is by no means massive
—but, on the contrary, slight and delicate
in form. Previous to its being shaped to
the finger, the plate was chased into a fig
ure of the crucifixion, most delicately and
beaatifully wrought, Io that the Dross and
the paraphernalia appertaining, are dis
tinetly visible. On the centre of the body
of the Savior is inserted a ruby. The in
side of the ring hears this inscription, in
h o ld letters. in German text.
"MARTIN LUTHER. CATHERINI DL BOAS,
13th Jan., 1525."
An old toper in Boston. offered to bet
that lie could tell each of several kinds of
liquors presented to him. blindfolded. The
bet was accepted, and the toper suffered
Iris eye. in be bandaged so that it was im•
possible for him to see. A glass of brandy
was handed him; immediately upon tast
ing it. he pronounced correctly that was
brandy : lie next tried whiskey, gin, and
other drinks. and he we. equally success
ful iu deciding each kind; at length a glass
of pure water was presented : lie tasted
it. paused, tasted again. hesitated and
shook his head doubtfully ; he war puz-
zled.
"Gentlemen," said he, '1 give it up,
take the wager, /tun not used to that
kind of liquor."
COURT ficetsa.—"Sir!" said a fierce
lawyer. "do You, on your solemn oath,
swear that This is not your hand wri
ting ?"
.reckon nqt," was the cool reply.
"Does it resemble your writing t'
"Yes. sir, I think it don't."
"Do you swear that it don't resemble
your writing 1"
"Well I do, old head."
"You take your solemn oath that this
writing does not resemble yours in a single
letter 1"
sir !" •
"flow, how do you know t"
"Cause I can't write."
-, Ott Lovino.—The more tenderly and
warmly one loves, so much more does he
discover in himself deficits rather than
elierms, that render hint not worthy the
beloved. Thus are our little faults first
made known to us, when we have inva
ded the 'higher atop. of religion. The
more we wttefy the demands of conscience,
the stronger they become. Love and re
ligion ere here like the sun. By mere
daylight and torohligtit, the air of the apart.
meat is pure and undisturbed by a single
particle ; but let in a sunbeam; and• how •
much dust end motes are hovering &boot. ,
—4. P. Richter.
Philosophers say that shutting the sins
makes the sines of hearing more acute.-
4 t, wag attlisau. that this lIMCOUEIIi for the
many closed eyes that*no -Own in our
Shumate* on Sunday.
A boy eights's months old, wsixbiax
twels* hundred pounds. is is, of sixhibi•
Jim at Oxisio6 Nina do etsaOs six fist
six tooliss 41 , 04 sod Ow six flist sight
(!tom the Dublin Nation.
A 1411111 e Illwastet.
There is a little bonnet,
I see it about teem.
And a little Anther on it
That tows op and &mu,
Beneath this litds booms
Are two such jet-block 'yew.*
Oh ! thole cosy hula bonnet—
Oh ! Pll waste myself in sighs !
And what wonder I—ese it moving
Adown the crowded wrest.
The little feather bowing o'er it
Nodding to the fairy feet.
Proudly goes the little bonnet,
Proudly trip the little feet.
And laughingly the oyes beam out
On leery thing they meet.
Ho ! clear the way. files curls.
• With your faded beauty tricks :
Ho ! clear the way, ye sucker..
Of the whim nobs of your sticks!
Ho ! smokers of Havana.,
Stop your polling WAD that eye
Puts a stopper onyour fi ne
With its liquid brilliancy.
Proudly goes the little bonnet.
Proudly step the little feat,
Arid laughingly Swope beam out
On every thing they meat !
Japan ■nd the Japanese.
/pit consists of a large cluster_ of
islands, situated at the eastern extremity of
Asia. The islands are mountaineous and
very difficult of access. The largest of
the group is called Niphon. It is 700
miles lung. hut quite narrow, in the centre.
not being more than 48 miles. 'rlie Japan.
eve area mixture of the Malay and Mongt•
lien races. The present inhabitants came
either from China or Cores, or from boll t .
but separated by tempestuous billow.froni
the real. of the world, left to themselves,
and free from the invasions of neighboring
natiims. they became and remained an in•
dependent nation.—Thefr language is a
dialect of the Mongolian;
,the Chinese is
the language ol their learned men. 1 re•
recently tell in with an account of the habits
of the Japanese. and particularly in rela•
lion to dress, which interested the much.
It was given by ime who hes recently
been to Japan, and its truth can be tiepins.
ded upon. I will copy a portion of this
account, for your perusal
....
The. clothing of the Japanese exhibits
the sante .peeelutritier which characterize
their lit`ei end cum ((((( s. The Dutch have
adopted the japan. their outer protein.
whit:lolas some into general use among
them, and is now worn in Batavia and the
principle • Dutch cities. Tile japon is a
sort of e gown, open in front. felling in
many Itilds. front its width. and confined
by a scarf or girdle. It is the universal
garment of men and women, high and low,
rich and poor. Fur a women it descends
into a tram bellied ; the melt wear it of
equal length all emelt. It is made of
crape, silk or coition stuff ; the women
',toady choose brilliant points, sod their
*ms are frequently enibmidered with
flowers, or bordered with costly fringes of
gold and silver. In winter, silk or cotton
lining is sewed into the wadding. Sotne
times two or three japans are worn, one ,
over the other ; the females reach even 12.
which are then ntede of the finest crape or i
silk. The sleeves are very broad, and
partly sewed or buttoned up to the' hand,
sit that the ends hang down like pockets,
and are frequently used as such. The
men wear their scarfs end girdles of a
hand's breadth ; but with the women the
hand is broad and tapering at the back in
two points. It is always made of the most
costly materials.
Shirts are nut among the necessities of
the Japanese. The men wear a cloth
around the loins, and the women a broad
apron. which reaches to the knee. The
nobility and men of rank MOO wear a sort
of pantaloon, etarched very stiff and hod
in regular folds. In cold weather. snacks
of colum nr Ithen. reaching the calf, arc
worn. The shoes or rather sendala. are
made of straw. or varnished wood. fastened
by betide peering over the top of the flint
the lower order wear a•japon reaching on•
ly half•way to the knee, under which are
long trousers.
In the street newly all the males wear
dark colored mantles with sleeves, tud
open in front ; the women wear a similar
garment, reaching to the feet and provided
with a cowl, which can be drawn over the
head. On festival days and all great oc
casions, the men also wear a parade man•
tel, finely starched and folded. fastened at
the neck and falling over the shoulders
obliquely, before and behind. In front,
on both sides 01 the breast, and between
the shoulderblades, the'ooat•of.arme of the
wearer—or his master, of a servant—is
worn. Each Japanese. to whatever rank
ho may belong, has a rost-of•arme. The
married women wear the insignia of their
'husbands.
The great pride of the people, since they
wear no jewels or ammonia. consists in
the richness of the Japon. The emperor
wears a garment only once. the princess
for a few days, the next in rank for
longer period. and so down to the commute
people. his a custom among the nobility
to give their cast-off Japans to their favor
ites. The fact of the donor having worn
the garment enhances its value. The
people mostly go bare-headed. and much
care is therefore bestowed ou the hair.—
wh• men keep their hauls cleanly shaven;
the hair is sheared on the mown, but allow.
ed to grow on the back Per. of the bead.
when it falls in a long gamic—The Ira
men comb their hair to the crown. "We
it is fastentd in a knot. The tombs and
needles which adorn the heir are made si
tortniee-sbell ; and thus, which am whwe
or yellow. without the mixture of brows
spots * are rl3lo4lffeji most valuable. The
women meo dust their face with. while
, 1 10 0mr , thy lips sr. Painted. drat With
crimson, and thep with , purl dust. which
gives them a Inutsparent b Ilianey. 1m
most parts tbeempire. the wonten Mai:k
en their meth. If a maiden floes this., In.
mediately after her betrothal, it is herd 110
very balmily compliment to the bride
groom.
Neither men nor women cover their
heads in general, whether in or out of
doors; whine, the use of umbrellas as a
protection against the , sin and rain. A
napkin. or veil. is worn veer the head by
women of all clams. to ;Meet the hair
ornaments from rain and dust. Sedan
chairs are in general use in the cider.—
They are of two kinds—the norinsono.
used by the higher orders; and the hungo.
or basket. for the lower. Oa longer jour
neys. horses are incettl7 used, both carry
ing men and merchandise. 'the fold, of
the japon at the .breast serve as a pocket
for carrying money, papers, and the like.
as well as a quantity of clean, fine paper.
the peens of which are used as handker
chiefs and then thrown away. Pipes and
tobacco pouches are indispeniable both to
males and females, and sometimes snuff
boxes are carried. The sabre is the most
expensive article of costume to those, who
have the right to wear it. The rem which
is s foot long, ie carried in the girdle. and
used by the Japanese, except the common
laborer.
Children are not clothed; but from birth
allowed perfect freedom in all their move
ments. Sinai it is customary to wit cross
legged and leaning forward, their statue
becomes crooked, and their feet turn in.
ward. The girls are brought to the tem
ple to receive a mime, when they are
thirifdlys old t. with boys this ceremony'
it performed on the thirty.finst deY. As
soon as the latter have attained their Of
teenth year. they adopt enother, name. 11
is itso very customary for men to , change
their names. When a new governor or
other official is appointed, sill the Oboe-,
dinates binding the same name, who.lice
in the district subject to his giivernment.
are obliged to lay a *ride, and selectsome
other. Sometimes the Emperor bestows
• new name on his prioress or generale.
When any one change. his rank, he takes
a new name ; and the same process is fre
quently repeated after his death.
There are three important periods in the
life of a Janpanese youth. On reaching
the third year, the boy receives he t girdle
for con fi ning he !spun ; in the 7th veir,
thr festive mantle is hung upon his 'flout
ders, and he receives the blearing of the
priest in thotemple ; and, in the 15th veer,
the hair it clipped from the crown cirhie
head. and arranged us it is worn by men,
Uc is thus created a citizen.
'rile bodies of the dead are placed cross
4egged, in it siding posture, aril enclosed
in a box whiith serves a. a coffin. Alter
the body is-carried ont of the Imuse, ell
the rooms are cleaned an yurified. The
blood-relatives and friends, with the priest,
attend at the cemetery., which is always in
the neighbOrkond of r temple. The
ies•are frequently burned, in which ease
the bones are enclosed in an Arn.
All (*wields. whether religious or not,
are celebrated at stated winch of the year.
This is also the case with the sports of the
children and the pleasure of grown per
sons. In their daily ieterconorel the Ja.
panes. treat each other with the greatest
delicacy and rifinetnent. Manifold -cere
monies and exhibitions or lx.fitenese are
prescribed for all occurrences and emer
gencies, of social life ; and no one. wheth.
sr he be small or great, rich or poor. mean
or elevated, dare violate them. Only two,
nations are permitted to have any inter
course with the Japanese. and these two
are confined to tbir city ot Nagasaki. where
places of residence *reassigned to them in'
different quarters. Theo two nations are
the Chinese. whose proximity in Japan.
as well as the kindred character of their
language and religion, renders some com
munication nee ; and the Dutch.
whose prudence and 'Otiosity, as well as
their knowledge of the European arts, re.
mined for them the privilege of eommer.
vial intercourse, alter the expulsion of the
Purtugese.
The Dutch are allowed the artilinial is.
land of Peelle*, in the Itlrbor of Nagasaki.
where they are surrounded by guards and
watch-houses, and every step is•scrutiods-
The•ships. on their arrival, are the
.
most minutely inspected ; every word tn.
tared he the crew is 'waived and camper ,
ed t and the powder belonging to the ship
is carefully kept under a lock and seal. till
the time of departure arrives.
Oaken VINO WOOD. -1t is stated that a
German named Meyer, has invented a new
process for preserving wood from decay.
It is similar In the Hyanising proves. hut
the compositioninjected into the thither
while in the green lisle, to difirent from
that used in this country. Litibeg, the
celebrated chemist. thinks it is the re.die
covery of the embalming process, and that
the materials used by Meyer to prevent
the decay of wood and those employed by
the embalmers of human mashie are the
same.
DISMOTOL MORTALITY FIRM OUOLSRA.
—The .hrig Zebra. from New Orleans.
hound for Liberia, with emigrants. put
into the river below Savansh, on Saturday.
She sailed on the tat hurt., with 110 color
ed emigrants. who were shipped under
the auspices of the Colonisation &witty.
On the third day out. the cholera made
ha, &Misnames on board in a moat mmHg,
ant form. The captain and S of the PM.
igranto have died. and others of the officers,
anew and paseengem are seriously ill.
lets an editor. duty always to toll the
truth.--Washington Union.
Alu but that's a specific duty, and you
know that the Democrats are all opposed
to specific dutiso.-.-bruisailk Journal.
• The eelebrated will of R. T. Hairston.
of Henry county. Miss.. by which his
wholewmate; antounting to half $ million
or 'dolhos. is given to a Rule negro. was
admitted. to record. we see. at the last term
of twenty court.
Why an 160 Uplift rods like a decay
ed toodil::Bessuse it is an "sker." - Lei
gamy hair. - Bill Jones.
Why are country girls' cheeks like
French Calico 1 Because they are war
ranted to wash and raisin their color.
The key to a Mother's heart is a baby.
Keep that well oiled with praise, and you
can unlock every pantry in the house.
That is a fins imagination of*, Nees.
in which they see the spirit. 44,4. an
cestors play in the beams of the Nu:theta
Lights.
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TWO DOLLARS PZ11140011ML:
1 NUMBER 46.
AgrlittuiHare he Peons,Waste.
This subject is attracting more and more at
tention every day in Pennsylvania. Fors .
long series of years, as timeommon saying is.
every farmer worked on his own hook, but •
change hes taken plate recently. Within the
last two years a State Agricultural Society and
some twenty County Societies have been
organised. Highly creditable exhibitions have
been held by both State and County necktie*.
and everywhere the snbject is attracting the at
tention ofinialligent and able men. These im
bibition. ' hive brought to the notice of the
farmers of Pennsylvania the finest stock, the
most approved machinery, and the best grains,
seeds,l Mune, dto. The articles exhibited or
othemlike them havegenerally been purchseed,
sad taken, into different sections of the Com
monwealth, then that from which they come.
1 This of itself tends to great imprnvements ; IMO
whilst this has been done we still list. flitted
its Pinnitylvante, to some extent, in applying
science to the pursuits of agriculture.
Goireipor Meer, in his late message, has
milled attention to this subject in a very happy
manner. He points oat the fact that our soils
' have been exhausted of ther productive ele
ments to en alarming extent, i and sugge.ts the
propriety of appointing a scientific man in
Isynapse them, and suggest remedies to correct
the rapid exhaustion that has been going on
1 sinew the diseovery of the country. Other
1 Stodeehave &Mathis with marked success, and
It is time that Pennsylvania, one of the great
est agricaltural States of the old thirteen, should
take some steps upon thin subject.
We firmly believe that more moneris spent
annum' ly in a in isapplination of ma num. and sup,
poised restoratives to be soil, of our State. than
won Id pay slithe State taxes. How fweluently
do we heerlthitirre say that they have applied
sixty, eighty ot a hundred bushels of lime to
the aenh otthey fend, *lthaca its producing a
visible offset. This hai been done by sow
twig!s in oar ittunediate neighborhood not
long sine. Hoehn little seientifio knowledge
would'guard 611DIMI against errors of this kind,
and Point out the kind of teetotalism' necessary
Coding particular soil.
A few yean ago the Hon. Ideverdy Johnson.
of galtininie. purchased it tract of land near
that city, that would not produce five bushels
of wheat to the acre. although it had the ap
pearaticti. of being lend eanceptible of high
im
provement. Not bei n geel. to produce eropa
upon (Mho employed the State Chemist of Mary
land to analyse' is, when it was found that it
needed but onto ingredient, (the phosphate of
'HMO' o mike it produce wham. He, there
firm gave It a good dressing of phosphate,
sowed it in whest, without any other manure,
avid obtained 's' tier; of thirty buthals 'to the
sore. Here was a practical illueustion of the
importance of scientific knowledge in serif:ni
ters. Hundreds of • like examples might he
given, hut they would only tend to extend our
ankle.
We troll. therefore, that the Leginhume may
adept the Ramatlone of 'Governor Bigler; end
provide for the appointment of a 'knife' Agri
cultural Chemiet„ !red we feel well seamed that
the greatest Pod wiil.ruwlt to Illeigfieulterai
laureate' of Ofd stets, from , the examinetione
end publications to be mete by thie
Harrlaburg
The Crr%U►l Pal!sier .
We teem from the Now York Titers that
the foreign department of the Crystal Palace
Is being actively mended to. Tenors from
*grotto in &rope and. debt communletat deify
the fact oi.eontributions of a moot interesting
naturalising got in medinese by various nations
for the **position. We learn from Constanti
nople diet' the Aaiun has expressed his itrten•
tiori of diet - Wag a war steamer to the purpose
of son•eying the contributions to this country.
kle has else •isthed a Annan. ordering all the
merchants of Conotantineple to prepare samples
of their wares, which be promises shall be ewe
'eyed hither free 4f esperum. The German
soniptor, far, whoa, splendid amuse of the
Amason attracted such notice in the English
exposition, has determined on sending some
of his works, and several otherhontneut
sculp
tors have consulted him as to the best mode of
contributing also. It is probable that among
other works of art, we Orli receive from Get
away some very AIM plaster casts of antique
and modern elletues. Dante MAnOOI4CTII. who
lies Juat completed hi* colossal statue of Wiwi,.
moron. bee catered into eonarnunioatios with
the Committee of the Crystal Palace. ats to
what site has been determined on for his great
Work. Under the centre dome has been sag.
gritted BA I an appropriate situation, but no Anal
decision has as yet beets moo to on the matter.
The building itself is progressing rapidly, and
they we already engaged in elevating the frame
work of the second story to its proper plate.
Woliderfal Gold Stories from Aus-
Italia.
The,Locidon Mercantile Gazelle of Dec. 16th,
contains accounts tro:n Austrians to Sept. 7th,
wltly particulars of the wondrous PUCCPIIII of the
athlete Nealltn6 the fabled stories of the riches
of the! East in olden theca. These accounts
woeld hardly be credible were it nut that the
actual receipts from the mines fully corroborate
theca. Not only do the old diggings continue
to yield freely, but lIPW ones ore found of
treat extent, anthracitic districts one hundred
miles in ' , mirth and of en unknown width.
Rich diggings have been found within 1$
miles of Adelaide, South A oritollial The Ophir
diggings, which were thottalit to be rah:mord,
yielded to an old wen and buy neatly *3OOO
for nine months laberoffter paying all expenses.
'At Braidwood, parties have gathered three
hundred ounces on i ons'. week. In the honest
Greek District, four Adelaide men dug out one
hundred and fifty pound* weikritt of pent gold
between breakfast and dinner. and other genies
there have dug nine, twelve and even twenty
pounds weight in a day.
At Pe ley Gulley, Bendigo. twenty Adehr)do
men took out 196 pounds t. at New Nmsdilllw
Flat ?9 poeuda ;in Spring Flat 16 porstle s Paill
70 pound* at another part of tha
altogether netted nearly 816000 *pith
fortnight.
To pbow that these atones meat Urn sisal
emblem's of truth. the rottelpte from Om Mk
Alexander sad Stillent diggiop *Ma SO
liven in the Arteaalian repan at mai 111001111