BY A. BUBBLER
1 ' VOLUME XXVII.I
'The Ciyitig Mother.
We were weeping round the pillow,
For we knew that she must die,
was night. within our bosom—
„ ; It : woe, night upon the sky.
?.."There were seven of us children,
Tithe eldest one of all ;
894 tried to whisper comfort,
But the blindingttea, rs would fall.
Oa my knees, my little brother
Leoned his aching:brow and wept;
, 4ind my. sister's long,black tresses
O'er, lay heaving bosom swept.
:,.The etildow elan awful fear
.caitie o'er me eel trod
To lay ill burden of our grief
Before the . throno of God.
!"-Oh l be to one another,”
WaS my mother's pleading prayer,
As her hand lay.iike a snow-Bake
On the baby's golden hair:
Her latest breeth was borne away
UpOn that loving prayer,
r4Yertv hand isr4w heaVier, pallor,
baby s golden hair.
[From the New York Ledger.
"Rough is the Rood."
By ASS• BLISS
Travelers o'er life's rugged marl,
each other 1
If one bear n lighter load
Than his brother,
Or bath greater strength than he,
Jlr his' kindly sympathy
Ile should aid and cheer his way.
Life bath ninny a dreary day !
Many a path that seemeih fair
iLith, of *urns, a, double tihurel
Y who travel o'er life's rood
"In coach nud four,"
Know ye notyour parents trodo
That rode befonn,
Toiling, sweating, sad with earn.
Stinting aelf, thy wealth to spare?
'Now qt pedestrians scoff,
T,.!st thy coach wheels slicrild rue off,
Ana thou be brought, with fallen pride,
To toil and travel by their side.
Whitt is it ! mat point in duration
. ivhielt HOER the two eternities; that flit
ting torment whirl', as it emerges into the
'present, vanishes into the past. A - heat
of the pllife tnexenres it ; a heart-throb, a
*breath. While one utters the word, it
comes—is gone.
What of it ! Especially this. It is
*the accepted lima—the day of salvation.
As it flies God waits to be gracious.—
Listen ! Divine love speaks. slTato
' you. 0 Toon, I call. The great expiation
Itas been:inads. 'rho fountam_iv open.—
That blood is - sufficient. Whopoeve
41* lii"ty.:liVei . ;‘,fron death in ein shoe to
a' just God; and yet si ea Our.
ui delay not. Now -not to-snoirow.—
'rime rustles. Life ebbs. Death hastens.
What'sniiii are at the last nowthey aro
forever: Its moral hue colors the Mimi
nges."
Will eon waste it! What ! this breath
Juin which such haeresta crowd ! Oh
which hangs enternity ! Waste
Are yen mac! Must truth he neEeeded
love rejected t heaven lost Waste it ?
ZEUS.), pleasure, gold, fame—throw them
away, il need be ; not moments.—
Seize them—hold them. That undying
soul is to be saved, if ever, now.
Teach the Children Il stuns,
T,liere is a cord iu every human soul
win' is touched by poetry ; hence pie tea
sical power of ballads, national songs, and
religious hymns. 'Aston to the snatches
of popular ditties which you hear in the
„streets, from passers by, after you have
_gone to bed, and you will own that metro
and music have avenues to human souls,
and.. consequently, that they should be
largely employed in religion. There is
-reason to believe that versified truth has
peculiur force upon the mind, as is is in er
rain that it. affords aid to the memory.—
litther and the other reformers felt this,
.inii•tience arose the wonderful rich colic°,
ttion oft:Trts in the German language, to
smblehiltere is, perhaps, nothing compare
,hte on earth. To this stock Luther him
‘iielf contributed much. lie WAS aided by
Mans Sachs, the. poetical shoemaker. In
a• ;tater...period clime Paul Gerhardt, the
,greatest hymn-writer of Germany, if not of
, the world. Wherever there are pious
iderulana, yonfind them with their beloved
,hymu:boctits, 3 and from frequent use, they
igiMerally, know great numbers of these
ltypni.bY 110 ' 1 0!
4 A An error to confine children to the
)iiiimirig
,of , children's hymns, because,
whet) ,they hectorno older, these will have
lost much of their fitness. Why should we
notl fill , mar children's. minds , with the
tehniceat avangulleal , hymns in the lan
,guago 7 These they will remember after
we ace tleadand .gone. They should not
merely. be learned once, and then left for
inthitre o ,but repeated again and again. and
multi over, in , order ~ to fix theta in the
memory, and to lay a basis for the most las
ting tu,sepiatione. The old words and,the
r aid luntit;'coltie back to us' with i 'Mimi ba
i
itle'leisderte is: let the pious mother.,
'erhe,fi'eattiiii 'her' boy to learn some sacred
tig, iitf la erself, 4 Perhaps, jeers hence
in/ ithitillf`sraineinbei the diving truth - d i
Ancliymti. iii'lleving' been taught him by
filiutbtliii'.'Z-L Whiten Reformed Mann-
ger.
-1, , MAW rtePC ) ! l 4. B art in, gee their,teii-
AMIVe. a ILLYIT iPq, fill ,beila.lo. - ventpre
.49fP. 04 1- 401. , 0PPN! 'A WeiiiiiMess with
!REMY' PAPPACP,,,EZT, for ,Pejals4 with
ORP- t ti l P9 Ir.iN n l i l i P9avgw , e s i r 41:1, Will ,keep think from suffocating, 'and no more s • and
some, alas, as at times is the case with di
1414,3itelMticleated in the
,experitsear.—
%Will Chimer; D. D. -
A French master, going on horsabitolt
1.414 1b tiailtiii.an +withiny for`ladios,
isnlethroirstof hie horse into a ditch.--
nWlieti. he' tittle hia appoint:ice before the
'mistress in oder to- apologias •for the dirt
At is4 . t71941:0 his, balliiiyuents, he said,
fifge,.!fallen'in do' dish I" "Oni,
jil i onfte'tr; 14et? it: you„.sis cowed with
#190 4 ,4 „
China and its Resources
During the lasttcu years, since the o
pening of the additional ports is China to
foreign commerce, an increased attention
has been given to all matters connected
with this vast and hitherto unknown coun
try. Much, it is true, has occasional ly
been written upon China ; but from the
period when the Catholic missionaries had
access to its interior, more than a century
and a half ago, to the present time, very
little has beep known of it. Since the 'o
pening of the ports, several travelers have
succeeded in penetrating the interior, and
their accounts of the state of society, the
progress of the arts and manufactures, the
internal trade, mail the extraordinary num
bers of inhabitants, have surpassed all that
had been before related of this secluded
people. Large as our trade is with China,
it is insignificant, when we consider that
she includes in her population full one
third of the entire globe, and that our in
tercourse is with but a few isolated sea-
ports.
The New York Journal of Commerce
contains an interesting letter from China.
upon the pry tent condition and resources
of that mini:mi. by which we learn mat
the British Alinister, Sir Join Bowritl,
has been collecting some interesting sta
tistics at the request of his countrymen.—
Among other subjects of inquiry, Sir
John has endeavored to collect the vital
statimties of this vast empire, a-topic of the
deepest interest to the world, and particu
larly to some of the over populated coun
tries in Europa, whose rulers are puzzled
to know-how they are , to be ettstained
Been in some agricultural districts, the
people often suffer for the necessaries to
sustain life. The question, therefore,
how so vast a population is supported in
China, with so trilling a foreign commerce,
and consequently so eutirely dependent
upon its own resources, is one well 'wor
thy the attention of political econo
mists
The population of the Chinese dominions
has been variously estimated during the
last half century at from three hundred to
three hundred and fifty millions of souls.
These estimates were based on returns
made by the several provinces to the gov
ernment at Pekin. end duly reported in
the official State papers; and although
these returns have been adopted by all
writers upon China, much doubt has ex
isted in the minds of many as to their cor
rectness. Latterly the population of Chi
na has been set down at four hundred
Onions, a number arrived at by estitnn
fing a small ratio of increase upon reliable
"returns, Made:scittdiferLY yearsiainne ‘, a n d
sustained by Ltio' ieporta of anioeo
themselves. This enormous number Sir
John Bowring accepts as the one most
likely to be oorreot. The writer before re
fer red to, iu speaking of the population,
and estimating the value of foreign inter
course with this people, snys-:
"In a commercial point of view, the
Chinese empire presents one of the most
inviting fields in the world. This people
aro justly celebrated for their skillin farm.
ing, anitfor their tact in trading Great
numbers gain their living and amass vast
wealth and become immensely rich by ex
changes of barter. The Chinese arc, a na
tion of traders, barterer and salesmen.—
The great majority of the population, di.
• reedy 3r indirectly, are so engaged.
• "Free intercourse with four hundred
millions of such people, even iu anotniner
eitd line, is a matter of some moment, and
may well be so regarded by the United
States. There are other considerations that
ought to be brought to the account, in mak
ing out the value of our relations with the
eastern world. There are things political,
religious, scientific, &c.; as well as things
commercial, which ate not to be disre-
ga rcie cl
"The people of the United States have
blade—have domain or extent of territory
enough to satisfy the most ambitious, but
the whole wide world is not too broad a
theatre fir the exorcise of their growing
energies, and their useful and benevolent
enterprises—ospeoially when thest are to
be exerted, op such great masses of men,
such vast nurabeni of immortal minds as
are hero congregated in our populens em
empire."
The commercial interest in. the United
States was never so well prepared as at the
present time to extend its trade with Chi
: nit. If a knowledge of the resources of
China aro requisite to an increased emu
merge, of which there can be no doubt, we
were never in so good a condition as at
present to obtain this knowledge through
our Minister of Legation there. Both Dr,
i Parker. our Minister, and Mr. Williams.
his Secretary, have long resided in China,
and are doubtless better acquainted with
the Chinese language and literature than
any foreigners living. The former, too.
from his gratuitous professsional services
to' the Chinese,,enjoyo a wider popularity
than a forsigoer eanr.before attained with
that people, and is perhaps the only foreign
resident who is personally known to the
imperial family.
We ought not;therefore, let
,the oppor
tunity pass while, we have the- litellities,
to procure .a . . better, n,(7,130gpi, of ,the• re-,
eeoureea of ,3trina, . tkou4h, zealou s
and accoglelifhid i rgPreeqq ll . o ,j'e,
They. haxe*o - for,yeirs 4t1n t ,e9P, 1 1,0044 4
with - the missionary „qatahlilOioppis in
'China i.spd,,best4es the adreetiges thew
ionsietip from long intercourse. the !
are 4POP lel t
and a .l,loTie 441, 0 04 !.11 1 !"11
theyunuushi. with
~the. „snipe zea l in
.
ex,!entl,ing the
,Phriltlau, religion ned mod
ern eiviliaittiOn 'among them,.l4o ,
the indefatigable% Lnyola 114 asimet
ates!„to, ACCIAIDOiSh so ,lnuch,—Ropng.
Repoeitory. : •
LOOK WIT4IIII. herr e : I4hardiy, a ,hat
ter way of understinding roankind,,,han
that of narrowly ourainini our own bean%
Cotrostonotti a ' little
endured. ,ii lit tle talerateilas a foltile tied
lo elle jagged Atoeta At. Aka 'awl:both- ,AH'"
GEMYSBURG, PA., FRIDAY H.*ENIN,G, MARCH 29, 1866.
Preach,log the Gospel.
Dr. Spragne tells the following anecdote
of an evangelical clergyman of the Eng
lish Church, named Jones. The story
wag told to hip by the Rev. George
Eurder :
Mr. Jones, had a' college classmate, who
entered,the ministry at the same time with
himself, butwas a mere man of the . world,
and knew little and cared nothlitg of' the
true Gospel. This man, conversing one
day with Mr. Jonessaid td him, half jo
cosely, half seriously :
"Why is it that you are so popular as a
preacher, and so few come to hcar me,
when everybody knows that at the Uni
versity I was tionsidered greatly your su
perior ?"
-"Why," said Mr Jones, "the roman is
that I preach the Gospel."
"The Gospal ?' said the other; "so do
; almost every text I preach upon
is selected from Matthew, Mark, Luke or
John."
Said Mr. Jones, 'you may do that, and
.yet never preach Jesus Christ."
"Well,. said the other, "lend me one
of your sermons, and see what effect it will
have."
Ho actually did lend him one, and he
preached it, as ho had engaged to do, and
as he was coining out of the church et the
close of the service, ho was accosted by a
young man, who in listening le the bor
rowed discourse, had been thrown into
a state of anxiety in respect to his salva
tion.
Sips the Milliliter: - somewhat - poninged
by the strange result of his preaching—
" Wait, wait, say nothing about it until the
people have gone out.'!
After the congregation had retired, the
anxious inquirer began further to explain
himself, when the clergyman interrupted
him by saying :
"Bul what is the matter with you? I
see tie occasion fur making yourself so un
happy." )i
"Matter," rpliod he ; "why your preach.
ing has wade sue fey) like a conikumeil
criminal, and I four there is no mercy for
ma."
“Well, really,” said the tninister I am
very sorry that I have wounued your feel
ings—l had no intention of doing it; but,
since you have got into this, uncomfortable
state, [ advise you to go and see Mr.
Jones."
illahomedun Illone
Illabouledan honesty is what t eitrikes the
Christian iu the East more forcibly than
any °their trait .4i:thane:Ur- Ttiere
to be no diatr-Asc -et. dea f "; mud nu Temple;
tion so great, as to induce a follower of the
Prophet to take what does not belong to
him, or in any pecuniary way to wrong
friend or foe. The history of human soci
ety does not show an instance where the
teachings of any one tuau has mode such
lasting impressions as Mahomet's in this
particular. Centuries have passed since
he has gone, but his standard of honesty
has not been lowered among his followers
—and no Christian community in Europe
or America, can,in this, begin to compare
with them. Theft, is a crime unknown to
them ; and but one single instanae of rob
bery has happened in Turkey (or twenty
years. A recent writer speaking upon this
point says :
"W bile traveling, it is not uncommon to
see n Janissary enter the Cafino, heave
several bags of gold in a corner, and . go
out to sleep with his horse I A merchant
returning from Smyrna, traveling early in
the morning, sa w a .Itorso tied to an olive
tree, and several hags lying on the ground.
Curiosity led hint to examine them—he
found they al: contained gold, and that sev
eral of the pieces 'bad nearly worked
through the, cloth. Ott looking around he
saw a Janissary at some distance in a pro
found sloop. "Pritind," said the merchant,
on waking him, "whose gold is that 1" '"I
have the charge of it," was the reply.—
"But are you not afritid to leave it there
"No." said tho Jainsatiry, it can't run a
way." "But travelers 'may steal it," said
the Frank. " They inn'/ stent it," replied
the tTerk, "for it belongs to a num in
Smyrna:"
Song.
ny GEORGE P. MORRIS.
Thank God for . pleasant weather!
Chant it, merry rills I
And clap your hands together,
Ye exulting hills I
Thank 'Bim, teeming volley, !
Thank Rim, fruitful ,platn I
For the golden sunshine,
And the silver rain.
'Thank God, of' good the Giver!
' Shmit it, sportive breeze 1 •
Respond, olattneful 'river
To the , nodding trees. •
Thank Him, bad and birdling
As ye grow And. sing I
Mingle in thanksgiving
Every living thing
Thank God, with cheerful spirit,
In a glow of love,
For what we here inherit,
And'ottr hopes above l— • •
Universal; Disarm:o
Revels in her birth,
When God, in pleasant !Feather, , ,
Smiles upon the earth I
bAROR ICRLIGIODS BEQUESTII. — In the
west of Scotland, Mr. John Ferguson, of
Cairnbrank, near. Irvine, lately died, leave
In ..e1,280,000 to• be employed, with the
exception of few thoussed, Jo his relit=
Oyer and friends; eemb'ethei tsist , to the
IrMal 'charities of 'lrvine, iii promotitii ed ,
ucation tad religiOn' o4er western •cOun
tries—ihitt 'Prustsocand Managers
of the Free Church, United Presbyterian
Chutolt.,Reforited :Presbyterian .Church,
Qongregationalists.. And „he has so
regulated the disposal of this mighty !um,
That dimple, unseetarian gespeltritth shall
tje diffused In oonnection with a solid ed..
uertiiin; not eitly'vtioong:_the Prilent but
futurogertera tons.
A GR MAT' TRuru.—By education lien'
‘,l3egooloootyto,lowl, bot,aifficluit to drivo. 7
easy to govern, Nat imp:oaths tp otodoTo.
giFEARLESS A TD !MU,
A BeautlNl,Eztract.
It was night.. Jerusalem slept as quiet
ly amid her bills as, a child upon the breast
of its mother. The noisiest! Bantinol
stood like a statue at film post, and the phi
4niopher'a lamp burned dimly •in the re
cess of his' chamber.
But a darker night ,
was abroad on the
earth. A moral -darktiess involved the
nations in its unlighted shadows. Reason
shed a faint glimmering .over the oxhide
of men, like the claldAttioffleiest shining
of s distant star. The iondorality of man's
spiritual nature was unknown. his relations
to heaven undiscovered,' and his future
destiny obscured la a, cloud of 'mys
tery. •
It was at this period two forms of othe
rial mould hovered rider the land of God's'
chosen people. They seemed like sis
ter angels sent to earth cin some embassy
of love.
The one was of majestic stature. and the
well-formed limbs, whickher snowy dra
pery hardly concealed; in her erect bear
ing and steady eye, exhibited the highest
degree of strength and' eonfidence. Her
rlght.arm was extended in au impressive
gesture upward, where night appeared to
have placed her darkest pavillion, while on
her left reclined her delicate companion
in form and countenance, the contrast of
the other,, for she was drooping liken flow
er when moistened by' refreshing dews,
and her bright bill troubled eye scanned
the air with ardent.but varying glance.s.--
Suddenly a light like the sun flashed out
from the heavens, and Faith anti Hope
bailed with exulting sotigs the ascending
Star of Bethlehem.
Years rolled away, and a stranger was
arm in Jerusalem.. Hs was a meek unas
suming man . whose Milkiness seemed to
consist in acts of benevolence to the hu
man race. There were:deep tracea of sor
row on his countenance ? though no one.
know why he lived in tics pro dice of ev
ery virtue, and was loved by all the good
and wise. By and LS , it was rumored
that the stranger worked miracles ; that
the blind saw, the (teeth spake, arid the
dead leaped ; the wan moderated its cha
fing tide, and the ray thuiiders articulated,
he is the Son of God. - Envy assailed him
with the charge of emery, and the voice
of the iu.pieus judges condemned him to
death. Slowly and thickly garde/ lie as
cended the hill of Calvary. A heavy
cross ,bent hint to theearth. But Faith
leaned uptin his arais,lind Hope. dipping
her piuioua iu Ilia blood, mounted
skies.
The litoeijUtllelln.
---The - thView tab
_l(M'school
moralß, but Out vast majority who enter
RR Walk finds it.a school for vice. Amos
Lawrence lestifieit. that of the young men
swung tits early atitiociatus who frequented
the theater, not one prospered in a world
ly point et view. or enmo to a gnoti end.
Such tee 'immix might be multiplied in
dcfelitel3. A rsietit incident published
in one the New Y. papers, illustrates
the iollience or theaters upan the actors
behind the scenes.
"A.nuing the twelve who were punish
ed for drunkeness was otte—.a female—
who,eltistory is truly melancholy, though
by ii ko merwe mulatto!. She is not yet
old, and was once pretty, courted and ad.
mired by all. She was born in the South,
of wealthy parents, and her early yeare
were blessed with all the privileges of
one in her situation. Her eduCation was
thorougly complete, and sho early gained
a good. reputation as a writer. She soon
evinced a passion for the stage--a pas
sion an uncontrollable that, despite the en
treaties of parents and friends, she be.
Came an actress. In this sphere she was
very sucress(ul, and after a time made
her appearance on the boards, in this city,
where, she created no link furore. Her
appearance was always failed with ennui
giasin, but after a time her lame and for
tune began . 'to wane. She fell, as many
.of her profession had done before, a vic
tim to drink.. - Beioming daily worse, no
manager would rim the risk of engaging
her. Fora time shigive evidence of an
intention to refdrm, but the terrible 'pal
'ion predominating, the again fell. The
'formerly Wittily womait, talented author
est, and' fine actress, sleeps to-night's rag.
abond in the Tombs
A CHARM.—Tbe following singular
and ingenious collocasi?n of words four
of them being Latin, Ws been used, it is
said, as a charm against certain diseases.
Doubtful as their effisaoy for this may
be, they may at !emit Serve, 5,0 amuse :
sA:roa .
AREPO
TENET
OPERA.
ROTAB
Read,ea:h line in ;housed , way, from
left to right, then from fight to left, then
from top : to bottom, and from bottom to
t
top, and the effect. ill vice°. Still fur
ther, the fi Nt ,syllables ; f the four lines,
Ktoludfog, the ,n3ididle c, read . forteArd
with the same syllables.if the' correspond
ing lines, (as.the first aid fifth, the second
and fourth) read liaolnritl ' will' produee
OM same words. And ilia mime will. hold
good'hy,treginiting,aiiththe latit syllables
read bank ward, Ora tholist Syllables of the
corresponding lines :read forward. Our
young readers May innocently amusethent
selves. with trying this:
An ofd man andbia ont,heither of them
very well infonn3d as to the Failroads and
their uses, chanced one :ay to beat work
in a field near a railttad track.. Rail.
Rads WerelA novel ‘i.a#tution" to tboor -
and when a train of cars,ahot by aihought
was suggested to the bd i who said to his
parent ;:'"Dad; why den't you take a ride
in tho cars some day , ?' . "Why, I' helot
got time,My ion." "Got time.! Thunder I
`Ye can gO anywhere violier than ye can
stay at home !" ' Dad'ti reply' is not on
•Tbe father's ,iirtuejs the beet ieberi:
tepee a, child ete kave,
hebucbeduessar Exhumed.
So 'irts sate 1••••11 •ir stated that Colon
tlßxwlinson, who is at present engaged
in prosecuting the discoveries commenced
by Layard and Bona, and in exhuming
from the mounds of the long lost rival cit.
ies of . Ninneveh and Babylon, the instruct
he. remains of this once gigantic power,
hart lately discovered in a state Of preset
vatiun, what is' believed to be• the mummy
of NebUchednezzar. 'The face of a rebel!:
foes monarch 'of Babylon, covered hy one
of those' golden masks , usually found In
Assyrian tombs, is descrbed as very hand
some—the forehead high and command.
ing, the features marked and regular.—
, This interesting relic of remote antiquity
is for the prepent preserved in the muse!
um Of the East India Cumpany.
Of all the mighti.empiree which have
left a lasting' impression on the memos',
none has so completely perished' as that
of Assyria.- More than two thousand
years have gone by, since the two '.great
cities;' renowned for their strength, their
luxury. and • their magnificence, have
crumbled into dust, leaving no
trace of their existence, there very sites
being forgotten. A chance traveller, laay.
and riding thiough the. Mesopotamian yel
-1 ley. discoVered 4 .the buried city," end
, with a success that -will immortalize hie
name, has commenced to unroll the book
of Assyrian ' history and ciiiiiittinn„
which of all the histories of the , first per
iod of the world; is most clearly connect
ed with the - subsequent destinies of the
- human race. The dist:tit/ogee -already
made, furnish ample testimony to refute
i s thi tioepuo nnd Unbeliever Of wripture
truth.
Beautiful Extract
V e take the failOwiug striking extra&
from Sydney Smith's Charity Sermon in
behal‘of the Blind
_
llhe author of the book of Reclesiastes
has tolgits•that light is sweet, and that it
'-is a pleasant thing for the eyes to behold
the sun.' The sense of sight is indeed - the.
Whist bodily - priVilege, tife - pureit physi
iilil pleasure which man has derived &oat
his Creator; to see the wandering fire, .sf
ttir.hehtts fiaished his journey through the
nations, coming bank to his eastern hea
verik, the mountains painted with light : the
floating'sple .dor of the sea, the we.
king from deep slumber, the day flowing
down the aides of the hills till it, reached
the secret Aalleys the little insects retained.
M life, the bird trying her wings, man go
•*ng forth to his libor,—each created being
Moving, thinking, acting, contriving, ste
pot-ding to the - bubentuktiknomp.m of its,
tiiiliiii,•by force; -by - timing, by reition,
,
by necessity.
~ .Is it possible to join in this animated
scene, and fool no pity for tha eons of
darkness ? for the eyes that will never see
light? for the poor, clouded in everlasting
gloom 1' If you ask me why they are mis
erable and dejected, I turn you to the
plentiful valleys ; to the freshness and the
flowers of the earth ; to the endless variety
of its colors ;to the grhee, the symmetry,
the shape of all it bears ; these you have
forgotten, because you have always enjoy
ed them ; but these are means by which
God Al:nighty makes man what Ile is—
cheerful, lively, erect, full of enterprise,
glancing front earth to heaven, prone to la
bor and to act."
A very good widow lady, who was look
ed up to by the congregation to which she
belonged as an example of piety, adntri
ved to bring her conscience to terms for
one little indulgence. She loved porter,
and oneday, just us she bad received a
half doted bottles of porter from the man .
Who usually brought her the comfortable
beverage, she (oh horror I) saw two of
her grave elders of the church approaching
the door. She ran the man out of the
hack door, and put the bottles under the
bed. The weather WWI hot, end while
conversing with her sage friends pop went
a cork. ' '
"Dear me!" exclaimed the good old la
dy, "there i.ees that bed cord ; it snapped
yesterday the same way. I muss have
a new rope provided." In a few moments
pop went another, followed 4y thu pecu
liar hiss of escaping liquor. The rope
would not do again:but the good lady was•
not at a less. "Dear me 1". said ahe, "that
black cat of mine must be at some mischief
there. Scat I" Another bottle pupped
off, and the porter came stealiug out from
under the bed curtains. "Oh dear me I"
said she, "I bad forgot—it's time yeast I--
Here, Prudence, come and take these bet•
tlea of yeast away I"
Be Equal to the Crisis
When a oriole befall/ you, and the emer
gency requires moral courage to meet A,.
be equal•to the rcquirentents of the tno.
maul; and rise sukrior to the obstaelel jo
year path. The universal testimony of
men, *hose exporience exactly coincides
with yours,furnishes the•tionsoling reflec
tion that diliculties may !wended by •op
position. There it no blessing equal' to
the stoat heart. The magiiitude of den
ger needs nothing more than a greater ef
fort than ever at your hands. If you ere
rt.mreent in the hour of trial, you are the
worst of recreants, and deserve no compul
sion. Be not dismayed or unmanned
when you should be bold, daring, unflin
ching and rebolute. The cloud who.4e threat
ening murmurs you hear with fear and
dread, is pregnant with' bleesing, W and the
frown, whose sternness Makes you 'thud.
der and tremble, trill, ern long, be succeed
ed by a smile of lowitehing sweetness
and benignity. 'MA be strong and man
ly, Oppose egaal force to open difficulties,
keep a firm reliant*, on your ability to' over
come the obstaeles and Cruet• in Novi
deuce.
WORTH RKRIKeIBBRING:—The great
secret oti tlitappoitament. is not
to / upset to much. Donsir follows im
moderate hope as things fag
,hardeat. to
the ground that isaye been, ileßfefl lo the
sky,
The. Ilachelor.
A Bachelor eat by his blazing grate,
And he fell into 'lnane /
A.nd he dre.arood that o'er his wrinkled pate,
Had, been thrown the nuptial noose,
•
And a rosy boy came to his side,
And bounded on 'his knees
And back from his beaming face he shook
Fair curia in chi dish glee.
.
Then clear rang out his we'll Toicet
ite shouted aloud "Papa, _
I doti't love 'anybody able • ' • '
• But you' and 'dear Mamma •
Oh I tte bachelor's heart o'errao, witkji7, • '
So long by love , • • , .
And from his unseen depths pour'd out
Affectiou•inftnite. • ' .
,
Outstretching 'arms of strength unshom, •
Be hagged- - aii OLD TOY 06T,
Which, as,itwait wont, when master snoozed,
Bad leaped into his lap.
David. Alchivon.
The Now York Timex- preeente the fol
lowing true picture of thin favorite of the
Administration—the third plumber of the
firtn'tif Pierce, Douklinei Atehieon &String
fellow : • -
' "Comparative physiology has no difficul
ty in classifying such. obstructor; as Matt of
the ex-President ; of the Semite.' He
long , i to a species faMillai ell'resitionta
in the West. They are found in'tivery
bar-rooni - And up aDevitt:My ut poliii
_
cal meetings pr the County Clout t.
• They
are nerially small lawyera, of bemocralm
profession 'and vile habits ; affecting val.
gorily of dress; nialiners and association,
in Order to xid themselves of any suspicions
of aristocratic praten,sionc-against which
the unhewn and unkemptsonsof the prairie
have an iMplicahle prejudice.'" They may
be seen lohering front their log'effices to
the blacksmith shop, or the 'squire's, or
the tavern, stesakingletut, shomulown at the
heel, vitalism, a hoge quid of tobacco in the
cheek, or a eigur flaming from one corner
of the mouth. They may be heard
;tering and Mitigating Wfierever a lazy vii
loge audience can be gathered•together. an
sparieg in profanity, and as - ready with • a
blow or a bowie-knife.as. with the tungue.
Their practice in more exteivive at the bat:-
ramie and 'the barrel than as' birristerii:—
They take the only`iiiity paper received in
the town und are always on hand to read it
when the mail arrives, tu an admiriog•au
dieue.e, who accept the text and running
commentary of the Villcige politician with
equal' docility. `Thev'ean talk;enti ate there
fore delegates to all sort of conventions;
-they elm' quarrel, and are therefore, the
inen to '"stump" a Distriot or,tha, State,,
as disputents,Western-wire, Whero oppos-.
ring timid idatellitirirfor - TOWS in - couples:
•• The only Capital. needed' fos entire sue.'
cees in the trade is impudence, volubility.
black-guardism, profanity, drunkenness,'
ferocity, the reverse of any picture repre
sentative Oa gentleman ; and so
the frontier lawyer and politician is, a ris
ing man.
"And such a man is this Atchison—a
poor specimen of the chow. however, be
cause wholly void of that talent which 'ls
not one of its rarest characteristics.
can recall no record of any public) Mal so
destitute of nieritas.his. Nni.y And bra 4-,
ling in the lobby, he his been notelese for
anything wise or , well-said in the Senate
Chamber. The , Congressional Globe
would have helped his fame by leaving
blanks; alter each tee uffence of 'his name.
His presence bullied is a perpetual tribute
to the long suffering of the Senate. It his
experience of entail Men. Pe ttit, 'of ludi
tro
-
ana, has been there, %s
ell in name , and'
kind ; Norris, of New Hump.hire , was
there. Men have been there, like Jane
gin; of Tennessee, whose' luckleas•vote on,
the Tura killed him and itwhose geod
name has been told for nothieg ; block
heade and bullie t have . been , been there,., like
Borlaod—a human extract of bath ; • and
mean men hnve been tiMre, like diet Pena.
aYlvuoia statesman whose devotion to rail
road speculation contributed to the loss of
KRUM, and Nebraska to • freedom. But
the history of the Senate. records no it?-
stance where it ham enjoyed the 'society ,
and sweet counsel.of 111901136 r 11911110rOlIgh•
ly accomplished in little, mean, stupid,
Illffial3ls , attributes as dila frontier pettifog:
LONOMIITY or QuAtiats.--Acenviling
to the late English census returns the us
eifige sge attAined by menibers of tbir
peaceful sect in'Great Britain is 5! yearn,
2 . mondicand 2l days. Half of the pop•
ulation of the country, as.ta seen, by the.
same returns, die before reaching the age
of 21,-and the average duration Of heman
life the world 'over is but 33 years :.Quak
era, therefore, live , a third longer than the
rest of us. 'fits reasons
. are-obvions e.
Hough: . Quikers are temperate anti Orin!.
ent, are flatfeet in a' tiiirrtf. and itever'lli
pepunon. :Qtnik'ers, in the very imidot of
the week's business; on. Wednesday uteri'
leg. retire from the world,. and spend an
hour or din in silent meditation at the
meeting house. Quakertr are dilligent ;
they• help one sninher. and the leer
`want does net corrode their iniudi., The
journey•of life to them is *walk ol peaae-
MI Meditation. The) neither suffer nor
enjoy with intensity, hid preserve a coo.
posed demeanor 'alway s. Is it snrpris.
ing that their days should be lung in the
lane(' flea( tutu! JO(etlfge4cer.
Bracts IN 'lsualrev.-.4. box of New
Teettimenta in tits' were ps be
shipped toThPasalonia. were recently
sent from the Bible depot .in Constantino
ple to the cam:it-house. As . they were
books, some copies had -,to be .sent io.the
Government candor te •be examined before
they could pass. They soon , came:hack
with the Government• seal on the &Ft
blank leaf, authorising their free cirenla
tion In Turkey. • -
Old broad may he mode se good so new,
blttlpriug 'tis Ithq hi cold Water, t ben
putting it to the oven after 'ten broad is
drawn, or a move, und o letting , it bs well)
betted thenuilli;
TWO DOLiAIII3'PER.A.N*UM.:!,III
itiumma 3
How we did H.
Sitne twelve yearif since, atrtittik.
bought . farm whioh was "worked to
death" as the neighbors said. ?t,p i
fnund out how it had been worked; VOA
we put a heavy teem and "a new plow,. $,
work, sod the virgin soil was turned op sit
inches below the Purr inches worked. WI
death. Our neighbors prophesied a falfr
ore, and when our crops vied with and eX4
celled their own, they were lune" suidicso
OA the wonderful itratgere siistietiittdl(
in renewing such soil.
!'Whet • manure did you put on that
field ?" it neighbor asked my father one
morning, as they were looking:it the'dier
green waving corn, growing so rankly vita.
. •
in. ,
"Plowed deep, plowed deep," aniweiett
he ;.f.therois nothing like plowing deem
aid thoroughly pulverizing the soiltp briny;
good crops in all kinds. of weatitor.!'
That fleldhasbeen U its sed n meado w Some
fifteen years, producing half eton of hay to
the acre; We broke it up deep, : plagted
ono year. sowed oats, the next, with...clover
and' timothy; and the third yeir,'Out t* v o
toinli'to 6tio aero. • • •
Another field had beer. used for oats the
4100 icnith of tithe. We•plefred, .bp;
poor oats, as suited) deep nemt soil !rap
turned upl'pever exposed' to
the weather, a lord and almost'
crest havitig.beeu. formed, at the deptit
of throe orfour itches, . . where 'ilut-plow
had 'sotaped for years. •
As sooll as possible wo grassed ir u
,and
had excellent Meadriws, wherii 'others
thought nothing but a had reed called tletell .
gut could grow. • •• yr
All the pasture land• had tt vigorous.
growth of elders On. but we fixed them. bx
ploning, and carefully picked up ttai roots,
draiing'thern in piles to. sumo large log "or
ratios' heap sit& enjuyiog a boatitiful
Are atter they bed beoltie well dried. So
coded,a4l trouble with our Aielders:', but
not betters, as they had failed to establ ish.
t beanie! cos . in our ostiuintion.--Cotrhpoit.
•
dem Ohto , Farmer.. *
e
•A Aqlllo?ittiLli. PARTY IN ( - flora/14.- 7
A . gentleman of this cit.); was at a pert
given by Oul.'t divartf Plialtiri; the sir a-'
Ihritted `Chemist and Perfumer' No*
York one night last week. at - hit
informs oa there wai upwards of 'soup
hundred guests-4n the Rosiest choir w ere
some of the best' performers novv in this
country. The display of japonieas'and
Mher exotics was immense. Iztesigtono
great feature new to Philadelphiatts, non.
r slated of several elegant miniature Nun.
I reins which "continually gushed
sweet perfumes of various flavrirs: `'Col.
'Pholon, previous to his party, hod the •lei
and sooty clenred,from the entire.squarein
which he resides, at an expense of ,near
$300.. Our informant saps the entire cost,
of that part:) , was ever five thousand'ilid
lars. Titer will live in Gothatn.-4Miki•
delphia Time 9., , i.
A pedagogue had two pupils ;'to obe he
Was very partial and in the other he' wit,
eery. severe.' One morning it heppeneil
that those two were late and were called
out .10, Account for it.
''You have heard timbal'. boil' •
why did you not come -'" f .f
• • o.Please, eir," . said his favorite:
ilvemnin! that I was going to OnlifOrop.
nod I thought the; school hei) was, ',tiptoe)!
of tie steamboat that I was going in."
f•Very well; err, (glad 'Of any pre'teki . tn
excuse." favorite ) ntive,'•
(turning to the other,) what have yotr to
''Please. sir,'' said the pussled 114,1
w as wailing to 'see Tom, oht"
A PROFITABLI Cow.4-Mr. It G. Ma".
of 'Fredyffrin township. Chester comv.
ty, informs us, !lays the Record,
that he . hail a cow which he thinks is hail
to heel: She his had her third doff. Intl
will not weigh more than 450 potottli
She •hatt beeiL milkdd for forty weeks.
tun Anis averaged nine pounde of hotter
per week, which makes 300 , pounds, 'be
sides supplying the family,' constalinehf
five Footle, with cream and milk, 'The
salt of SO pound; it 30 chi. par itonntl.
Would: amount to 4108.
A. ,WiLL.--The the
law Mr. Thomas Cubitt. ;he eminent Lost
don builder. is one of the longest tipon re
cord. end 'extends to 3 . 136 chancery (oboe,
covering thirty sk ins 'of parchment.. Tile
personal estate exceeds 41.000,000,s and
is cblrged with the highest amount io the
scale probate duty, the stamp bedig
415,000. The widow has an immediate
heti-neat of 010,00. and. an' a niteifY)4l.-
4100. Mr: Cubits began life as wilarlab-
A GRAY l Esatis OAIIO/17.--Thii Cot
sicohious iournal says that's bird 'of this
kind was caught on the 2211, fogs . Wigs
south of Lontion, (Ohio ,) He ti!td .ew
fetttil
hiniself with some young lainba anti
was'so sitqiitied alto he easily eapisiti'd.
'Hi tiles:lived quite eight feet with WhtiOs
extended, and was considered:One of the
.fittest atteciutens in that septioo•of coax.
,ul. • • • •. •
A Pitoresesosai. Plurreitarics,-- 4 .110w
do, pot like the character of St,. P,sol,f"
asked '
: a parson of his landlady nitishey.
duringa cOnseriation abOns the old sain,te
'and the ' "All, he attire wand
clever old soul. I know, for he owee said,
you_Anow, that . we must, eat wfutt.ie ies
before us, and ask nit questions abens,,ii
fur conecienee sake. I always thought
altould bite for • boarder,"
•. • •
•A' pretty girl was lately complaining
to a Friend that she•had a cold, anti iris
reJly
,plageett to her lips by -,et1•1 004 7""
"Fria° (I,!'s.tid Obadiah, ihse sboeltiketer
to 't hit chaps to 'tome 'near thitifro.4.
..Difficultieedibsolve beta * ode! dip'
it litc#PnovfArifis ket. ,
A wan ill/slap*
then, oat. is Ilk. the 1.00 , .41..„4,,,, e 4
sio co. a &yes.
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