• BY • D.' A. & 0. H. BUEHLER VOLUME: XXV. Mtud,lllgller. BY 1: 0. Nave itt u Lu. on,a-aameter'. day,. Malted the meadow sweet with hay. .. Beneath - her torn &dented the wealth -Ofidenile &matt and rustic health. Singicg, she wrought. and her merry glee The eibek-blid echoed from hi" tree. But.etben she gletiiett t 6 the f.t . r.oirtorin, White fro& Me'hill•elope looking down: The sweet song died, and lingua unrest ..And a nameless longing tilled her bream— J►, wish . , that gibe barnly dare to own, Yer'at;tiietti:ng better than sbo'hid known. 'The Judge rode slowly down the lane, Antoothing hie horee'e chestnut inane, Ae drew his biidle In the shade Ot the apple trees, to greet the maid, And 'a draught from the spring that Hewed l'breetth the esiotm, across the road. She donned where the cool spring bubbled And filled rut him her.rmall tin cup, .And blu,tied militia gate it, Walking dawn . .6.1 her ktio barn and bar tattered '•Thanks'!" said the Judge.'•a sweeter draught Flom a fairer band was never quailed." He symke of the grass and dowers and trees, 'Of the singing birds and the humming bees ; They talked of the haying, and wondered Whether The qoud_in iha west would bring foul weather. , And kfaudforgot her brier-torn gown, And her graceful ankles bare and brown; Acd fleeced, while a pleased surprise Looked fruia her long-lashed hazel eyes. At last, like one Vidio for delay 4Ekreke a vain excuse. he rode away Vaud Mailer !oohed and sighed "A h, me! That I the Judge's bride might be ! 4"He would dress me up in silks so fine, And praise and toast me at his wine. -'Myfithsr should wear :a broadcloth cost; My isnatbet should sail a painted host. dress my mother so grand soil gay. And the fishy ehouhl have new toys each day. And rd feed the hungry end clothe the poor, And all should bleat MIS who loft our door.l' The!tole hedge,' beck as he climbed the hill. Aad eawkfautt Muller standing still. iferm mere fair, a face more sweet, Neer bath it been my lor to meet, ..*And her modest answer and graceful air Ants. her aiise and good as aho is fair. -.Would she were mine, end I (0..149 La.: her. ehervester of hey : ••Nodnabtfal balance of rights and wrong", Nor weary hiwyera With endlea's tongues, "But low of sot;le sod song oi birds. Amid health and quiet and loving words.' But he thoheht orbit tinter. proud and cold, Avid hie mother redo of her rank and gold, vloaiug hi* heart. the Judge rode on, • AO Aloud was lett in pie field's lung, to the law•ees crniled that aftemoon, When he hummed in court au old love lane; Ana the young girl mused beside the are% Abe 1.1111 I.n the unraked clover tell. ale wadded a wife o f richest dower, Who lived for fm.hion, am he for power Net oft. in hi, module hearth's bright glow, He.nratched.l a ieictuie come end Anil m. 4.41111141 Mullet's hazel eyes 11.noltetl•not, in their isulucent surprise sOft. when the Wine in his glass Was red, He teamed Teethe wayside well instead; And closed Ids eyes on his garnished rooms, To &rise of nseadovis ■nd elover•b'oams.' Awl tho proud man sighed. with a secret pain .-Ah, that I were nee again ! "Free as when I rode that day, 'hereat. barefoot:maiden raked her hay." She emadded . a man unlearned and poor, And inanytilddren played round her door 11lot care and 'sorrow, and childbirth paha, LeR tbeir traces on heart and broil.. And ad, when the summer sun shone hot Oa the new-mown hay in the meadow lot, Aiad she beard the . little spring -brook fall Os; the itisdaide, through the wall, • In the shade of the appki•tree again tibessaaw a rider draw his rein. Andowlitg down with a timid grace, t•be welt his pleased eyes read her face. Socattitoes her namtw kitchen-walls Strodtert sign jilt° stately ; lb. wait, wheal to a spinet tamed, The tallow coatne M iLatral,tairned. And forhim who sit by the 'chimney-lug. De *. g and giumbling oa r pipe and mug, , A Ms* form bee'shle se, paw, And jay waiday and love 'wee law. . .. . . Then she tw,ilt up her burden of life again, . inaying only. •-it might have heeri:' ~.. Alas for maiden, alas for Judger For rich:repiner arid honsehold drudge ! God pity them both 1 and pity us all, Who vainly tieAreami — Of youth recall. Foe sliced words of tongue or pen. Theardtlest are these 3 Olt might have been I! ! ): for na all sense 'sweet hope lies lisleyily buried from htimant.yee; , AM in the hereafte r, angels may Rdt the stood from its arta', away ! •GarErtier BOT11001).—GOd have mer •upon, , ey the koy who learns to grieve ear ly r eond46ll . it ai sentiment, if you niU; talkas you KW of the fearlessness said strength of the bey's heart, yet there belongs to it many tenderlY:strung chords of siceetion, which give forth low and gen . #45 .04, that cousOles and . riper . the ear for all die harmonies of life. These eltotlbi a little rude or unnatural tension will ; break, and . break forever. Watch your boy, then; if so be he will bear the amain try his nature, if it be rude or del ' Cats; and If delicate, in God's linME. do ;'not; as you value your peace and his, breed a harsh spirit in him, that shall tako pHs in 'subjugating and forgetting the' _Niter afections. 'ThiS best thingto give your enemy, is forgiveness; to your opponent tolerance ; '6:ralliand, your heart ; to a child, a good example ; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud disown ; to yourself, respect; to all men charity.; to God, obedience. Whatever difficulties you have to en s waster, be not perplexed, but thibk'only what is right , to 4o in the' eight of Him orbo;teeth' r4/1) tithigai and boar without impish% the result, • 1• ; MITTIE, Tim BLEU) 337 KART inyizio. . Did you over thank God for your eyes, dear children? Those two , br ight,'! clear, happy eyes, that He has given to drink in the plemant, sunshine,. :the beauty of the flowers; the .glory-of this rainbow, and the sweetness of your dear mother's; 'smile ! Listen, now, to the story tura. :ohileto whom lie never gave . eyes to • look upon any of these beautiful things. • • - It was on a •autuiliiny' mornin( some, where in the middle of the Atlantic ocean I —that a gentleman, whom sea sickness hall I imprisoned in his state-room since the first I roll of the ship, took oani•akti, froth a pup !of eoffee'and the calmness of the sea,' to, craivl.Opoodeek. As he stood at the 116 ad I of the'narrow stairway; ehitehiOrg:4 e t ipe to support his tottering steps he heard a glad child's laugh. Looking up; shw a little girl, about fi've years old, quite "at) her east. on the turning end . fiiior,! trying to "jump rope" • with a knotted euttof abig rigging, which bad befto given ! her by, an Irld • sailor. The brisk' breeze • had brightened_ her cheeks, and entled her ' fin ing hair in no very orderly manner.— ; Mr. L. thought alio own little daughter over the ocean, and his eyes filled., "Come to rue, My dear," he kindly call- . ed, reselling hie hand towards the child.— , She'stripped hei play, looked up as though half frightened, half astonished ; and then, began carefully to creep toward this' outs stretched band. Ile lifted heeto his • lap and kissed her caralaips. "Wham little girl . are you ?" he in quired. "I'm nobody's little girl," she replied; in a touching tone. "Only God takes card of me, and sometimes Captain "How, .where is your mamma'?" "Mamma is in Burratopeciter„ I'm not her little girl any, more," and bore a tear rolled down her cheek. .irtu 'going: Jo New York," she said, •ato be Vuele'slittle girl. But N3W Yirtk fil' emit `way isn't it sir ?" "Not a very long s way, my Child—you.' will soon see 'your anal° !" "I can't ateVsir," she said softly. Mr. L. started, and looked down into . those bright, dark,, intelligent eyes.—, Ales !it was too true they were darlcn ed s windows through which the seal could . never look ! "31ittie ! hey, blithe !" called a bluff voice. as the Captain's varnished hat ap peared from behind the must. "Eh, birdie, what new nest have you found 1" • With a-start and a bound, Ilittio jumped into hie rough arms, and laid her cheek upon the.shoulder of-his Amigo. (Mat sleeve- . • elatpebe•llraq" 4110,' cap. !tato, addressing Mr. L,, "you two aloft at last:. Nothing 'like a stiff nor-wester for taking starch out of your laudsfolk," and he laughed. "But this little girl, Captainl--,--, how happens she to be alone on the wide world Of waters ?" "Can't say," returned the captain, with a dubious shako of his shining hat. "She's a stray waif that I picked up on the Liver pool docks. Don't know her belongings ; she was labelled for New York it steins.--: Her name—what's the balance of it, sea- - bird ?" he asked. . "Mittle Wythe Hamilton," 'lisped the child, who had already found her' way back to her bit of rope, and bat against the ship's railing, tossing up her hands, at ov-• cry new dash of spray. "I was named, for Uncle Wythe, and ho told mamma to send me." Her face clouded for an instant, then brightened again in the sunahi no . "Poor blind pet! so far us I can make out her story from ono thing and another, she is the child of missionaries in India.— Poor creatures, they could not bring her over themselves, and I dare say she was getting no good in that heathenish land; sn it seems they put her in charge of an English lady, whose name I've forgotten, who set out to join her husband Some. where in Canada. But she sickened arid ' die I before the barque Sally readied Eng land, and the poor thing was left friend. less and helpless. What the captai n mid mate of the Sally was thinking of; I don't kuaw ; but they put the Child on dry land, with the balance of the passengers, and let sail without so witch as looking 4 a New York packet. Alone ii, Liverpool, and 1 let) no place for a blind child, sir, to say nothing of one that's got eyes--I found her ' amusing' herself pretty Amok as you ' see her now, with bits of chips, at the cor:: ner of a Ship's yard 1 How the creature, had lived, I can't Say: I'll believe after this, shipmate, there's aGod in the, sky, who as she says keeps watch over chi,- dren ; if Ho don't over , us growq up, iiivi ners ! It seems that she had never .svput ed for a berth nor mess. ‘‘.l want to go to, ew york," she would say to " .every stranger who spoke to her. -I .couldn't have left the little thing—butt don'tkno* *hero I'm taking her. If I ain't anchor her safely; I'll , keep her for first mate of the Down ; hey, ,sea-bird r , "What did yoa do with her in that terrible storm off Cape Clear T. • I shudder to recollect that night!' • . ' "Well, sir, while you wore lying flat on your biek,*and the rust of us were hu rying, hauling and rpullitig hither and thither, working'for dear life • against the winds and waves, the pretty, creature was rolling about the cabin floor, clapping her bands as though she worn in an apple treo swing and found it capital fun ! When: I tumbled down to my looker for five min• utes' rest, I found her upon her knees in her little night wrapper, saying `' , Our Father," and I felt sure that no. storm I would sink the ship with her on it." Poor mother of Mittie I how her heart was wrung at sending her blind, trusting !child from her arms But her brottiei in America'had written, tolling her that be would provide for Mittie, poor, sightless Mittie, who could learn little in that un civilised land. So, with many tears and prayers, that missionary mother bad paelt ed her Dilute's small trunk, and placed'her inAhe care of a friend—the Engiiifi lady before mentioned—to be ' transportild• to onr count?. What but a• mother'e pit* 7 ,1 --'--;:'oifTY,S , il,4l4 , ;:f . : . iti. - 1_,Viii..,;',,.•.g V,E.NIN.G,.'F,IiiIOOi . ,:. t 8.55.. gnirded' the 'helPhisi'dirlitial in all her_ lonely wanderinger? '' Our, arriving- .at ,New :York, Captain , ; made; Anquiry eieryivhore for My., Wythe. ,Directories ..' were `searched, streets nininielced; "and questions repeated huililieds of ilmeti no purl-kite. „No relative of the poor tie.muld.be found. ' "Leave her 'with captain," seidMr ------: am scion to return. to Londen t but before sailing; ritrill‘ plea her in an Asylum for the Blind, and ado - that she is comfortably eared for:" ..n • Instead, however,:of, plating , in the State Asylum of New • York ,-, her friend 'took her, to a southern. city, where he,, had, businesi'connebilotis; and ierc'her 'hi' 'one of those beautiful retreats which nature and art have combined to adorn for those *hese eyes tell 'not night 'Yrinn 'day; ,nor ' beauty frohi - defortitity. ' veleeti el eomed'the lulls 'Lltrabglii, hut ' theriere. Voices:She nor' ifepert', to hear.' For the' 'first' Once 'elle' had sobbed good-bye on her naether's'lliai ler hope'andfuith`,fultered. Site felt thaf Ohe was alonein'thO world, and stiescidght',434 ''' a corner to cry." Had t o perinten ent particularly interested'hirnielfin thdehild, he would' have "foiled ont'her s illst;dry, 'and probably sought some ecittimuniegion With her parents. But setting &We hor bathe as a charity scholar," he forgot that she Was not an, orphan. And Mr: sympathies had been strongly enli,,ted; and I he really intended to find . otit . the mystery. But was a man of the world and' iin mersed in its 6u,y cares'. 4 •Allaving, piked a sum of money for her use in the . ha9ds of the director with permissiou'to aPpik to him in any emergency, ho returned to his English horne—and'only remembered the blind child 'of the' voyage, at hioniento When his own laughin g Carrie elitubeliln to ' ' One, among a hundred Airdren, Mittie was well educated in all. that the blind cat' She was taught IMW to' Wed the Bible,from Wine! her tilLititerliatt,read.to her, by passiau her stnallfingeis over • the . curiously raised letters. .She 'denied . to Sew, to braid andte write, strange'thoughti that young head 'used to . friiiue for that un-' steady band to jut down oronk ed wituldring,iover the pAppi. She learn- I ed to sing sweet'llymosoiliersallooimates, and to touch for herself' the key's of tile piano, whose meledies had 'Utmost made her fancy her s elf; iuMayen; only she, had' been told thatin Ilea Me. she -Shenlil see like Other children ! Semeticnes in her ~. • . dreams, she would fiud herself on Li soft conch; with !strange peritonea , andisounds about her,- and would feel warm• teats drop: ping one by one, on,hercterellead,Ohile a r veaanna , wreavaitheritlee'4,c. - P,...v ""Mother!• dear luotlearksY Mitti4 cry, and wake—to find no mothesi ."Years had passed—ithen agnin a ship was neer; jug the.forest of masts in New York lihr. bor. On the deck sat a pale lady in deep mourning, .with traces•of tears upon her cheeks. Her children clung about her, with wonder iu their faces. "Oh, beauti• ful 'America! the Amerient you hive 'se of leo told us about," cricti a sWeet voieed girl of twelve. •"Mattnua deceit look, as it did when'you went away • I'Manona, did you live• in any"of these great houses?" . '. "Ma, Mal plenty Pr4o dna here ?" chinned in the 'yotingesi bey.. whose eye had taken it the nunterous church spires. All spoke at once, but the mother answered neither. Iler heart was too full. She had gone from that shore, a happy bride, and hopeful ; • she was re • turning ‘ a widow, broken in health* and sPirits, to place her children with .her'rel eaves, and then, He she believed, to lay, her bones in'the tenth 'Of` tier kindred.— One hop 3 only made her heart boned, and her pale cheek grew paler, as she looked upon that shore of her nativity,' for the first time in twenty years. "Oh, God 1 could I see all my children before I die 1" she faltered. I pass over the scene of her landing, and welcome to the lionise of her brother. I will'not stop to tell you how many Wye. dem the Indittn-boin children found in an American city—customs arid sighti; must hasten to the'end of my stpty. "IC' is impoisible, sister," said her brother to the pale lady one "nominal, in! answer to Some eipression: 6 The'ettild conld'never liave reached this tiOnntry.... l We never, as you know, haieliated her farther than England, und if' Op had heen brought here, she could not hate' find tne Cr I her." ' ' The Widow Sighed.' "God's Will be Bonool" I she murmured:. ' "But it is haid to f fedl Lthat my little helpless inntmeat--MY old. est borh—was sent from ma' to parish a. llone. Often I feel as if it could niit'he'=. as' if alio ,vieri) yet alive, and I'Wonidfitid her sdiniday." ' '' I ' ProVidentially; ac it proved, the mOtll. I er was 'lead to searoh the catalogues of vti riOn4 iniiitutiona for the blind; long in vziiit. 'it length she obtained' a'oironisr from' a distine oity;and glance& over ft id dilibieutlY,'so often had ski been ditty. pointed , lid heart sprang to' her lips a's she saw they'name - , "Meta W. Hamilton:" “BrothOr," she gasped; and extended the paper' to hint. Ho looked , add Shook his head: "I am afraid you'aro expecting too much, In, poor sister. Matilda was your duller s nano, and then, how shduld she stray'' to that corner 'of the Unitdd States ?" But the mother'S hopes' were stroeger than her fetus. She, Jeitreely ate or slept, weak dough she sits, uncii - -roh4 reached the Southern city' whose 'name lire cats: lope had licorfle. "Aamiltoti 'yes, 're have by that mime'," rephed the bland snOrintendl ent, in answer toper first question of tied! bling eagerness. ' • "But she is tin orphan, madam "Ate you sure, sir ?' Oh, I• mint see her At once I" She followed him:to the door of large room, where fifty-giil4 sat busied with their' books aq'needieweik. The buzz of conversation died, as they heard the sound of strange footsaps---and a hundred sight. less eyes were turned ,titotards the door.-- Near a table on which lay a bunch of del ioatit'sttiti filaments sat Mittle ("FEAT LE AND FREE:' , She, had beer'brai .ng a bonnet, but her ' ' Orliln of Clim"p-'llloetiogs. fingers iced . eeittediheir work, and buries] tt sort of reierg,she was the only We hear now and then of the strange in' ( me' 'effects Which' were jorodueed upon persocs that did not tioticd 4o entrance of a atran• and whole communities in olden limes, by religious excitement, and the peculiar phe nomena..,which marked periods of peal. liar religious fervor among a simple peo ple. In a recent lecture before the Mer cantile' Library Association of Boston, Rev. :William H. Milburn gave a general; description of the early preachers of the! 'West. particularly of Kentucky, and made a selection of a few characters, to illustrate the 'preValling traits of the whole. No part-of the' country has witnessed 'such schisms. In tie churches and such wild fanaticel delusions in connection with re krona'. teaching, as'the States of Kentucky and Tennessee. 'l'lleatatements made by , Rei. Mr. Milbnre, Were doubtless correct.l so' far as they went: but the selection of ,a.few. Individuals as an index of the gen eral character o r the western preachers of 1 that time , gives a very, incorrect idea ,of the liCitlal NCI, :" ' I ''Striae years - since; durifig; a' teinperary residence of a few mouths in the State of ,KeTitturky, I nhariced.to here an opportw nity of examining a historical syitrk„which ! is, 'theiriackonsiledged as the hest author ilk, hi Which= Enetteed 'entity' of the Inci.! dents' described in _ilie lecture tot Mt. M..; and in which also are found many' interes-. I !jog statement!, with,,regard . ter that ,early nme, which go to indicate:that there was a I yogi amount Of iinperfeelian connected With mere); of thriselitnifie 'clitieUerit :were tie. ! lineated ,iander the hesidingl of ' , Saddle ,13agglt.!1•; Some :'of the litiudettto or that day end regum,,are, a , ..arcely eretlible.i MI account of pervursion o f human in. telleet Whieh theyithirtir: ' 'rho 'ilturcherr wore torn and -wasted fOr yekirsltiv Imes: tine fends,,..and . iiiimineequence of dui ells seitione then existieg among die eloureloce, / infidelity prevailed throughout . the whole region. Tit r e writer to whom: I have, re ferrediliaYi that "tierirlY' half tif the iiiinis- I ! tens of that' period, were lit 'One' dine and; -smother, alibied to church , emitters for vii-I rioua faulis.', . . • - Camp meetings originated among the PrershyterianS ' of' kihittleky. 4 Thefriist I cainli.nfeeting was' field , tillir'GrioireiterrY rivet,. in July.: . 1808 The ministers plea-- ent, were _Messrs. ; ;McCready, Williwn, .ki:Gee, and a 11 / IC. , tluge, The,. atlth- or w hose languige I genie, say's :-•••Camp! meetlngs'heiftg“ once intrbduced, the''plan _spread like wild:fire., ' The laborer quitted his task, the youth forgot' his. pastimes.- the : ploqh, was lelt,in' the furrow. age snatched ' hie crutch 4t the„ deer (Inlayed e, iiispitti upunthe moutitains. gutsiness of pill knouts was siispendek, dwelling lionaes evere•desuited,..,whole neailiberileMil, wc,'e ' tell, lielli hu Weill and . /Sher, matrons , I' it ilifal ;:arif)tiP I OW?OP l'4„ i iijiiii•ir: Kicked tio,lisy, common centre°, attraction ; every difficulty, wits ,eoeimutered, every risk ventured, to be present tot;tise camp- Meeting.",„,,„ ... .• I. ; k In connection! with these eampineetings . a great variety or totrangeeaerewes grew up. Children, ten or, twel ve years Wage, were • piorithient actiire:” Ifildrii:parec. I buns •of feeling, pennon fell.'ilnwn,' end ' , this was:called the;...lailing:Axereiser."— :There were else •,•diejerking,exercise," (nit .•reilling,'' the ••ru Tung," thee..eapeing," a nil ' the "ha Ain?: eierciltea" !nitride's ow. built"' and •itianeeir." " At Viiblit Creek camp:ineeting, , Alsy. '22,•18011 . swollen); fell on the third - ,eriglit4. that ito prevent their being trod em, they were lied mit on the meeting-house fluor, like so many corp. Sea. At Boon Creek 'Rarratnen i, two hun dred 'fell ; at Pleasant ?odd; three heti. l ielred, end Cane . Ridge, threei , thousand, August l .o. 1801. It ;is said that • children, i eight months old, ` terra alTecien by these strange influenees. . The first 'instance ' of the Iyerktngexer cise;" tvdef a Bircrilinent twE est re ittieloteet. Persons would be jereetrin all directions, aud Oyer whatever object !happened lobe ig II!!!W49• -Thr t ri.were, , always !eft •I° themselves newel,' e t h e people said that to oppoint them, Would be 'to' resiet the in -fluences' of 'the . BPirit Air ...'Grid. - : Sothe times, those who ,had long hair Ilan their benelti jerked so swiftly, that the hair suap ped, like the creek .of tt,whip. It said Mine were injured,' except those who re belled against the operation of. the Spirit. and. refused to comply chili the injunctions it came to enforce. . .Sona wile went to .the meetiege, with, whips in, their hand to '. , hands; ' . " . . - flog Milers,' had them jerked out of their lii the rolling exerciie. they doubled up arid pilled Covet-arid over i'aii It made no difference .whetfier there was mud -or filth of any kind inthe ,way.' In the.'srue (ling , exercise,", they would run over every obstacles end keep running till „quite ex battened: In' die I , l daricing exercise," e ernier . of• that: timesays. - they' bail the privilege - of , exhibiting, by a bold Nth, what i others were moved to by a blind ion. 1 11116/w . " In one instance. a' Mr. 'rho m pawl, a; M ' inister commenced dancing after meet , lug, aud,danced an hour and a half; and ' said he, . 0 11de is the Holy Ghost I", A gill danced for an hour, in an empty pew, and others danced in so violent a manner, that they could not be held by strong men. ' The writer whom I quote, says :"Onu might be tempted to think that the climax had already been reached, but there was a piece of extravagance to complete the deg radation' of human nature. The 4 barks frequently accompanied the sjerks' ; though of later origin. This exercise consisted of the individual taking the position, of a dog, moving about on all fours, growling. snapping his teeth, and barking with such : !exactness of imitation, as to deceive any one whose eyes were not directed , to the spot." All classee . became affected by - this de grading mania,' and the orly method brae• curing relief was to engage in the colun. tary dance. It , was supposed firat to be ! intlictefi as & chastisement for remissness / in 'duty. Su'h as restated the impulse, I , and declined the dancing, continued to be I tormented for months and. even . years.••••• From bonng'egartied as marks of guilt, the; barks at.lcogth CAI/18 h . ) kil regarded as til• . , , •• • kens of 'divine favor and ,loadges of 'special , hocor. .4idian,lous as it may seem to tut at this distance of time, to,imsf snob even, ger•_ ; ,_ 0 , • . , ")Vas there feeturo i by )(cid wouldreoegutze your daugh 'ter, my deer itfedi' asked the gentle man.. ( 1 1. Thb mother's p grou, ste,tttomh Um . ), of tier fears In/Yule site faltered. 1 AP the •Srritt vtirq tie ,Altd eprltrif baelt ,fed wandered over, the tut, dreaded the eetitintla ,lotise her last hope. tld Btyv4ottivotesi3Olti," 1 : I—L-lnit he etdproxlefor l a dy : had , Apokeu l Mit r.. Jer, PPAitinnf, and 1 -win fr - her floe, , careering ham.,enrls from turned'ardetti • "What°'she'cried?tiith oat stretched arms SttThat, claim...speak la-. Sein I+% "Mit S i Ff .11 1..r.,,M45 ra r 1/ 4 °1i 12 tun; Springing . ) ,* . ber s ;unking," overpowered, , .p her kueee. ' 4 4lothhr, !oh 4the r?. , Z-andlfittitt fell into the Ands *had cradled berin ,in fanoy 7 roV.II • That was s ant not to be tor gotten.; Uncle Writ, Harris fiti.' the ' tnigtake which bad doe . witty yehrs' bf 'the lifetime of.tue *and thild;••was- pat of fdittie io subs' . 'tang—child that' she. was first earn of 14n..uncle G r ;the lust) found ft 'please t_vottage ,on t h e liank's'of the 'Hudson f. this sister and *her now happy family. , i' Jiat a loving welcome the deargirbt a' eys t - whom Heaven bad. blessed with the er 4 of geeing , their, sis ter, gave to the 'nderer, How, she comforted, it i*the'r's heart, making her forget ber.gi . t beFdlivemedt=-Mok lug' her even; forgets otrow that tihe had a .blind child, iu h jayial tooling thei'-ahn had anchher darling 1 „ • , The sunshine Mittie's,girllmod came beek toiler The . dear blind girl;Was 'the joy' of the' ''How Obeid airy body , eh climb. a 'uoling of discontent .or pecvislmeae, ~,,baiglad voice was pour- ing out, its , 80D .ofthauk,fultiess from. morning" . until '" ht Qh, dear blind 3fittle; meter tft I=.-hiippy spirit that s he' was—mour ' given her. eyes to see. pack -my mother," al ms precious, t brothers ang let me see ihe'ai all iu flgrifn. • I knew a c,bild•tWlro; at 'an ,:early' ago, ':loved-to hear kfitoo 4 s.:lbe :silent T voloem.-- 1 , 142 dark. ey.4,twi? 40411:14 ,eich, i ti on„ e . delight, when I pa, , him what voice,:lie b'eardin'his'beit: .* ' ' ' ' I had toid4 -11; •when 'diapOsed . td `do .astoth ins-rove,* would stati'iszat4.l ten, and think Wi would always bear sothi thing that would say i. i!is bor! , he . m,ust. not do it,; aud tbat was hie .conscience,' Which was Gad's voice, aid which he Jiiast always be sure to obey, wherevet he might ~Aptir w hen be heard another voieeteopt ing hire to do'wrong, and urging . Min „to disobey, wiekod and ho Inuit not iiitefiltirti'inenient. ' ' ' • , was: truly gratified. arith the influence which skknowledge, of :conscience 30=0 to, have over. hint, and could ; not but rojeice m that elt' iNoicna were . given . to us that we may 'crier itisoii% the wa y. . wee very bthiyond Saturday afternoon, and had not Seen tile:children for some ,tilnVbut thought that they, were. still in the -yard at heir glay,, ,they, had uu vor left' it 'Without junto ssi on. `Vcry'snon Willie made his appearance locikingas if he .111 d something 'of "great insereatv tell.ttie.. I called him, and , he itt?itotttly began ; . r. "Mother, I ran away this afternoon, and never biopPecl ,f,desk my censcieped. I did 'not'think of itr•iisitit''F Ai (ia' there, and: then Lheaiti it lay,: you bit'A 'done wrong,;. you An moat go from ho we without brat asking Jeaie; ,stni i , mother, I wined right about'and minded the voice, and Banta' eosin as ever I. kissed his.dearaheili,' and 'coinduitid. ,od kis' returning tears of joy dist god's Y9iPoltad! , bltmt hoard aniid strong toniptatipt, and beet obeyed by yip, little child qisEggr , ,,illtqe7-2110..4ifforcttee be. twang rising nyery morning at six, arisi,ot - eigh't, in, the of forty yetirs amounts to' 9,2`oo l haiiti,'or 'thrCe'yearit drod ;Jandl'twenty-one days Mid sixteen hours, which are eight houroadai for ex gCkl r i i,:yottre,,,so that, rising at.six, ,will be the same as if tin years of life wore adled,t wherein we play eight hoitra' twee"; ciay the "cultivnthii of mir minds, and for the dispatch of business.; • • ••Ti.s t g OV X . ll l . l ' 2 WEr " Link `the particulars 'pirlieulare of a liaftle'ideitilie weliie 'the very time -of •warp wheretua of battles 'paartarti -bear notbiog ; but • the nuanber., of Abe slain:— Jost as for ihe ,donth,pf a man;. whew be trill of how he slept tbl , " night, Orid'tbat 'night, what lio'ate-atid:what he vlionk; when ia'dtaii, we ouly say 'he died of a fever,.or name his disease, and there is, the en& . • . "Doee. my , sun William that's in the army got plenty to eat .P" said an old lady to a, recruiting sergeant ,the other, day.-- “Ho,sees was tho Leonia reply. "Thess . his heart, then, I know he'll hero it if he can see it ; he always would at hoine.”' A reverend sportsman was once boast ing bf'his infallible skill in finding a hare. "Ili" said a Quaker who was present, "I were a hare, I' would duke my seat in A place whore I should be sure, of.aot . being disturbed by thee. from the .first day of Jdneary tti the' of Decernber. '-- 4 Whi,"wh'ere would you go f" "Into thy study!' ' ' ' Be' that doea not :knoiv those things which are of uso and ,necostnty for hirn to know, is but an ignorant man, whitevor ho may know,besidea: - CokNonniin- T to re a t email fortona in an nnitioky have ,all yinittrianda wonder Oa* haii, Win "idol iefiair ordinary sounds as how wow, wow. inter spersed with pious ejaculations and quota tions of Scripture, we arennot at liberty to, doubt the truth of the assertion that then the effect. or at leant one of the effects was, to overawe the wicked, and excite the minds of the impious." In the Midst. of these disorders, .those preachers who labored to (Wert the minds of the people to true ;titmice of graee, were, denounced MI drixtiell , and thus theirin &once was greatly ditninitilted. - Stich was the staioul thing*, as iheY iPted among all denominations in .Ken tacky, in the beginning of the present 'Bob Wadden's Horne Trade) • "You know Hob Waddin, I guess," said ur.cle Mike. • "Not that I recollect," I replied, .Bob wag' an. amazin t ,hynd traditit horses. and :generally came out a head'too. I' Dever knewhim . really girdled ail& the underbrush 'Cut hot once.' , 'elflow was that, tinele Mike'?" ‘; Why you tree, Bob had been gettire a gray hose in Inoue of his dealins, that was G irt as nite a hoes ta look at ever put his•nose through the reek sticks. He was hunian lookhe hose ate lonian' shorter. • Hewes illWAyt look in' :trier stars, and ear rigid his tail like the National Flag on the 4th of July. But he wouldn't work—he wee above it,:• • Dimon stop when he saw his shadow fidlerint him for Tear he might be dra win' ' • "Noiv,lhen;" say Bnb { ''annte tndivid ttal oi h o und icrbit'pinketi up." "So Makin' an excuse' Hitt old Gray's shoes wanted figin', het sent him. to the' blacksmith'i, harnessed up his other' bosses, hitched 'em' hi' a wagon load oii. diove down to•Samfie'W ii". ped before the dour, oat the near hoss e j and harntred . up . , the gray An its place, went in; took a drink. and waited around till' snrne r;)Ni should curiae along Who I wanted .to "111 hadn't waited iting when tie Seen 'Smile' feller cumin' •up.the road like all creation, his hose de( a full.yuth while lie was eawin' the , bits and loillerits: we ! wo;! with allhis.might anil . htiti. He manage 4 In sli p 'im atter he got him a little by Sam He wits, and turn. im crime up a slapiiint hie hands and In.alearing . paYsiou with his, "Ile's never teed) , to stop," flays tie, "that Miss ain't-81i' thihigh.lte's the best hos'a I ever ottiaell,'yet 'I in determined to get shot of Itim.". : '. • • ' . = Myell, just then out (4units Bob, and. ' lll ^tutlell iii ‘l'slf9ll•lust us it he was.goile to drive off, when say a he, , Ba Illy; iranger, 1 perhaps you'd like to ileal l With'me fur v . algal*/ nit, 1' ,:.'- ' .....:,,... ..,.... 1 .= - ' l lvii--;--ili."-.'-iiir.' , ll .; - -o"tretigili, ~..I I would !lite itonetliinia 'lithe more quiet then' that go-ahesd snap-dragon'meal oft .mine.". .-, ~ .- . ' , • , —., • ..do Bob lgokiiiret the sorrel, and found him, a fine squareb ,uilt , animal. his, eye of fire every - muscle eve - muscle in play. "Well," says'' Bob, Lifter a few Words with me, "Aliere's my gray—berea your terra!,' W 114's 'Vow. proposition 1" "Now yoti'reValliing " said the stranger, examining' the gray. as' he mood hitched to 'the lost Of stone.. "I'll girt., you sorr el' , . and the hest forty dollar clock in my wag -I tin for the gray:" ' ' ' • , '"•`..fhirie.' said Boh,*;just unhltelt." "Neither nn 'em had asked ettiher gees titnie, 'cause neither on Pent wanted-tri-an- ewer. any., ; The busies, were e.ehanged: Koa had got hie chick, and ; the stranger tin* up hie line% mid bltidele"em gutid 'day.' was about Vi emit, when gray • put , ' keior to it, atuJ woUldn't • budge ...hair. -.111 'yam dhf the airaitger whip and ; coax —not an ; inch would he gut. 'there, eat, Bob laughing in ,sleeve al.. oiiieiieadY to burst, to see briw tho strut. ger wile try in' to start and Not a:word•did die stranger saj, however, but eller ho hail quhalired, an' had given up tryin' it any more, he came an' eiak duwu the llosn block." ''Bob thought lie might as ,wel . Iv so piekin' up his 'ribbons:--"ti skink." says Se. The sortll turned „Ids head and and !nuked blink at hint, eo much as ,to say “don't you wish I would r". , hut didn't stir or puff. In vain Bob coaxed nod patt ed. Sorrel was there and wasn't no where else." . • . reukon it's Any turn to _laugh now," 'laid' the: airinget; *oppose you'll call again when inti . annie to town ?“ never mind o " soya Bob, * 4 #:turret Will gn;:or elan you couldn't get horn with , him." , "Oh, yes," says the stranger, 4.you can start him if you'll ottlyhring aerate sheviege, and kindle 'a fire under him. as I Jid." Aiid then lie laughed again; . end whelt 1 came pway,they were pl4yne, a .game, A.) see who should - take , .Bass asp Pam Tassa.-qt 'writer in the literary Jouroal of Pads, styles that the bets greatly initrave the freclt64alion cif Iruit' trers Orchatth'iii which be'venil hives are kepi. alw - ays firedure shore fruit than those in which' there are none. In the Provinces tnt the Rhine. the fruits are more abundant ant i finer Man in any other, part of Germany, 'and there it is the. ell A lolll to keep large - quantities of Irqqt.— Plautoi too, which Nees 'visit, thrive better inthe neighborhoodi ighivea. • • In Pekin's newiptiper it printed witek-: ly on silk;and„ is`ten yarda . lotigi An cor once inserted unit w in t e raw hue& race, and lie was. iinittediately,executed .A teaspoonfurof salt dissolied in three pails of water, tea wake it soft enough fur all purposes. It - is, said 'to be' indisputable' fact, that taking the. whole United. States to gether. much more money is expended for the single' attiele of cigars than for all the cpcumon seboola in the Union. " • At Aleppo one of the best . endowed, in stitutions a an hospital for eats, which was founded many years ago, and to which the Alussulmen carry their sick and disabled eats with greater' care and streetionthio wounded soldiers receive in an 7 Christie* , amp, , . • ' TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM: ITITIIBEI 47. ( , The Biter Bit. lAt seven o'clock the dinner Was eared . nu, and "a better one never *as given in Climate :.but as every pleasure must come to en end, so this excellent dinner Was al last finished. The dessert was alsoserited up, and the Hookahs began to emit their gutters, notes.' Many were the subjects broached and got rid of; many he toasts, which enlivened the fashionable resit... , 41 length. by the moat skillful, ,mancedvcrlng, and with infinite tact, Macaulay brought the beauty of the new tables on, the' tapia. 'Every one admired them arld'ielt grateful to thew for having so lately supported the rich dinner of their limit. "They are of . the finest mahogany Lever ea w," . said 4.1 , 1'aj. Br biome. , ..They are perlect." said another. . 6 1 . never mate any so well proportioned in rar life. I must have some matle,like them. ' ' "They are , toobigh,".,chitned in Char. my Macaulay, with affected indifferenuir-- just a little to high. Dou't you think so. Gordon?" ' ' "On the contrary," , replied the. hqs‘ ,"f1 any thing I consider them a shade too loW." "You are mistaken my,dear fellow ; I have an excellent eye, and I ant sure I sou tight.' No table should exceed ,two feet six. and these are et least one inch,higher. "You are in error; they are not more than two fest and a hall." . "• Don't bet Jatnes, don't bet, for Ira mire of the fact. I tell you I cannot be deneived ; eve is , always correct." "Not het 1, It the "tables were not, my own, and consequently I should.bet ,on certainty, I'd lay you a lee of rupees that th.:y - are not moire than thirty inches in height," "Oh, if you are willing. I will make the het, but remember Gentlemen, I yott beforehand, that, I , am certain of the feet. I say these, tables are at least thirty-one lushes from the ground," ! fur attic of rupees I" cried Gor- Wee re-achoeti ChortaY• The Wager was duly registered,. A vant,was,orderedere4 to bring in 8,4 anl mem.' `sure, when ,Charley Macaulay _turned round with Pm air Dr triumph and said-, !'.Yon may save yourselves the, trouble:' of measuring ha!" and ha chtickled with' dedight, "I: warned you fairly :hail( het on certainty, and so }be bet must. be binding, „lames." • !stand to my , bet," said Gordon.. Well. then, pay, me the money. I measured the tables this morning while shaving, and here is the memorandum of height—thirtv-one Lichee - And the Colonel burst into a roar of laughter, as ,he produced the pocket book with .the memorandum in, it. *now' futt said Jame.: 0 1. AIM you do so in your looking glass,"., And the flol. started. . I,; "Yea. I saw ; you dolt; and /don as ,you had gone away. knowing well. our object. I hail an inch 'sawed off: of every leg ;, so for once, my knowing friend, the tables are turned _ !", The, roar that shook the table' mould have .drowned Niagara. .Charley Macau., lay left Calcutta , the , nest day ten thou- .saud pounds sterling poorer than he was the day he arrived ;. and what was drill worse, the very. youngest ensigns trt the army quizzeo him forever afterward.--, Perhapv was richer in the end, how ever ; it wee hie last bet. t vAn Aluctioneesing Judged, The.lion..P. MeKenna, the wall known Pittsburg; auctioneer, who Was almtait as iiillll , llo3 to the "going,-.going—gone": heed. tress as Robbins . , 'the great' London Knight of the H isomer, watt sometime agri sp. ; pointed :Associate Judge of one of the court+ of Allegheny county, Pennitylvenia, !and the wags of the Press were telling sonie,eapital stories at his expense, among them, the.lollowing is going the rounds et our exchanges, and if it makes ~the reader gutfaw.as it did us, we pity the neighbor- . hood he lives in : .• it appears that during the delivery of an unconscionably- long,. prosy speech balite jury, his houor who for several nights pre vious had been .broken of rest, fell into 4 comfortable doze, which fur sometime he was.perwitted to eujoy,.till- the attorney. commenting on the prices of certain articles involved the controversy, had occasion to use the term "sixty-two .'and a hall,"-t Thereupon his Honor becoming partially aroused. and fancying hlmself in' his' tion,room. !laminar in hand,-sting . out: in that. stentorian voice-lur a hie'' , he is rd workable. "Sixty-two aif 'all, all dune, gentleman 1----un"alf, 'all, an' 'alf,--not a third the value of ate; 'elf, an' !all, att"all, why, gentlemen; is:it, pow.-- . .'!. At this stage of the "rale," his-Honor. was suddenly restored rot: consciousness by the uncontrollable , niertt Hemet of the -audience. the has lteveti since engaged in the business of tinettitni.i eetring'on the bench. t -.‘ 1••-•1. • • • HIS tlaaT 0011 TOR FRUIT TRIIIII4 - -t-r The . Editor of tke.Rinerican 4grit44414": , nisi, good authority by the way,aayst 'After almost, a half a century .of rience . w in rinsing fruit, e are decidedly of ignition, as a general rule, ,that the , beet toil which to raise fruit., is that= just (leered of a forest. 'rho surface 40414 rolling or descending. and moderately ; dry and rich. Such ground needs little or no 'preparation; the roots• of the forest trees, as they decay, keep it loose *MY mellow, and afford the exact food necesse-`, ry fora rapid and healthy growth of the fruit, trees ; and the soil abounds pleptlfef; Iy in those elements which ire regalia' lot form the most perfect fruit. Another tien-' sideration, and a very itnporiant'one that fruit trees grown on 'recently.eketted . forest land, are touch less diseased ' those grown on old land, saddle' I. not near so liable to be at tacked byiosecti." , There is nothing that taw tho:00•Ift, - ..... :, out of an aristocrat so soon sol000itillt*: him to some office that coumfrrt people. He's atirfatinlia* polite and neiglibewlysu ' ' EhmtiMito Oho pooOlf:dtir , • to takedho Ittwoh of 411044#44 footri than milthief Wm. • •
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