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CLE ABFLELD, PA., "WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER -22, 1862. . '. : .
VOL. 9 -NO. 8.
SALT good article, mod very cheap at the
store of WM. F. IRWIN, Clearfield.
WANTED. -All -finds of grain willbe talen
in payment of debts doe me, for.which the
iirheatmanfcet prices will be riven.
to. 11. 1S61. ' JAMES B GRAHAM.
SALT! SALT!! SALT !!! A prime arti
cle of ground alum salt, put up in patent
aaeKS. at $3.25 per sacs, at the cheap cash store of
November 27. : R. MOSSOP. ,
DK. LITCII'S MEDICI N ES. A fresh sup
ply of these invaluable Family. Medicines
are for sale by M. A. Frank, Clearfield", consisting
of Pain Cnrer ; Restorative, a greatcnre for colds
and cough ; wail Anti-Bilious Physic. They have
been thoroughly tested in this community, and
are highly approved. '. Trt them, v
TO THE PUBLIC The undersigned hav
ing purchased the entire stock of the late firm
of Moore A Etsweiler, and having made large ad
ditions thereto, is now prepared to wait upon cus
tomers. Thankful for the very liberal patronage
heretofore extended to. the firm, he hopes by
etrict personal attention to business to merit a
eontinuence of the same.
March 26, '62 -tf. D. F. ETZWEILER.
PROVISION AND GROCERY. STORE.
The undersigned keeps constantl on hand
.t bis store room in Philipsbnrg, Centreycounty. a
full stock of Flour.- Hams. Shoulders, Sides, Cof
ire, Tea, Sugar. Riee, Molasses, Ac. Also, Li
quors of all kinds, Tobacco. Segars, Snuff, Ac; all
of which be offers to purchasers on the most ad
vantageous terms Give him a call, and try his
rticles. iuar2IJ JfcOBEKT LLOrD. :
BOGUS TP. FARMS FOR SALE. One
containing 124 acres 85 cleared and under
good fence. A log house 22 by 26, plank house Iff
by IS. log barn, smithy and all necessary out-buildings
thereon. Large springand spring-bouse con
venient to house. The land is well watered and
has sufficient wood and fencing timber. There is
an orchard of larjre rrarteu trees, and a young or
chard on place, all choice fruit. . It is convenient
for pasturing droves. ALSO, one containing 90 a
cres 10 cleared and under fence balance well
timbered. This land has a log house and stable
thereon. For terms apply to
October 13. L. J. CRANS. Clearfield.
CLEARFIELD MUSIC SCHOOL For in
strantion upop the Piano, Melodeon and Gui
tar, and in Harmony and isinjrinjr.
Terms For pupils nnder six years old, $5,00,
for seventy two lessons ot one naif dour each ;
Sot all pupils over six years old. $ 1 0.00, for soven-
it-iwo lessons ot one nour ea.cn ; upon riano, me
lodeon. Guitar or in Harmony. -
l'ayable, one-fourth at the beginning and the
balance at the end of tne quarter.
Vocal music free to all Instrumental pupils.
Studied alone. S3. 00 per term.
Rooms at Mr. Alexander Irwin's. ' ? it ii't
Oct. 1. IS60. , E. A. P. RYSDER, Teacher.
VALUABLE TIMBER LANDS FOR
SALE. The attention of persons desirous
of purchasing valuable limber Lands is invited
to ibe following tracts of land situate in Keating
township, Clinton county, fa., known as the Lo
rain lands, vis : -A certain tract being No. 3469
warranted in the name of Thomas Wil line, con
taining about 1100 acres, situate on Birch Island
Kun.atthe distance of 3J miles from the river,
being well timbered with Pine and Oak. Also,
another smaller tract of land, situate at the mouth
of Birch Island Run. on the west side of the river,
containing 73 acres and allowance and having a
good rafting beach thereon. For terms apply to
G. L. REED. I F
July 30, 1862. J. B. GRAHAM; j fcxeeutorg-
milE CLEARFIELD ACADEMY will be
JL opened for the reception of pupils (male and
female) on Monday, Aug. 18, 1362. Tetmx, per ses
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Higher Arithmetic, Engluh Grammar. Geogra
phy and UUtory. $3,00
Algebra. Geometry, Natural Philosophy, and
Book Keeping. $4.00
. Latin and Greek languages, $6,00:
To students desirous of acquiring a thorough
English Education, and who wish to qualify them
selves for teachers, this institution offers desirable
advantages. Jio pupil received for less than half
a session and no deduction except for protracted
sickness. Tuition to be paid at the close of the
term. fmay30 C. B. SANDFORD, Prinoipal.
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, ALL IS FOE THE BEST
. Repine not thou when dark days oome, ..
" For come they surely must,
" Nor let misfortune's surging storms,'
Prostrate thee in the dust L
But bravely stem the rising waves,
'- With hope within thy breast,
s Remember with a faithful heart'- " ?
That all is for the best.
, . 1 . - . l! ;.
Have courage in the dtrkest hour, '
And tears and moans despise, ' - V
For oft thy sorrows and thy woes
Are angels in disguise.
: Let hope and faith within thy soul
Be each a welcome guest, - -:
To whisper thee -cheer up ! cheer up!
For all is for the best.
' ' Then fling away all foolish fear, '
Be foremost in the van, . ' '
Trust like a child in Heaven's God, ;:.
While acting like a mun. ' t
' Confide in Him and freely tell '
The sorrows.in thy breast, ' .
Hope and be happy in the thought.. .,.
That all is for the best. 5
SLAVESY, AND ITS CHARACTETISTICS.
BV JOB5 F.BRESSAS,OFLODISV1LI.B, KY.
In all the Slave States,', said the Presby
terian Synod of Kentucky, in 1836, '-there
are not twelve men exclusively devoted to
the education of the slaves. . We know,"
continues the report to that body, o" ..which
this is an extract, "of but . five churches in
the slaveholding States Luilt exclusively, for
their use. They are unable to read, as both
law aud custom prohibit their instruction.",
To keep them in as nearly a condition of
barbarous ignorance as possibio, is the ten
dency of all laws made for their restraint and
coercion. The effect of this, upon the free
populuttOD of the Slave States, though, not
obvious at first sight, is disastrous. , While
every day we notice attempts made in the Free
States to alleviate the condition of the hum
ble and; more exposed classes of society,- no
such attempts are ever made in the Slave Stites
The poor white people are a nuisance and a
burden to the land, and are generally, it they
express the least inclination to go, helped out
of it. They are an eyesore to tbut wealthy
slaveholder. He can neither use them nor
abuse them to his satisfaction. If it was pos
sible for him to paint them black, and convert
them into slaves, they would at 'once become
objects oi value in his estimation; but, a k
is, he cares not whether they live or die. ' H is
own children he will educate by sending them
to a Northern school, or nav them educated
at borne by a Northern teacher, whose eyes
and ears must be blind and deaf to the wrongs
perpetrated by the peculiar institution, and
whose lips must be hermetically sealed, except
to praise it. With his disposition towards
the poor whites of his neighborhood, he.would
not be teacher for their children. ' What ben
efit is it to him for them to be taught ' any
thing, more than the negroes ( To illustrate
by figures this fact, I will take Connecticut
from among the Free, and South Carolina
from among th i Slave States, as most removed
from any disturbing influences, such as emi
gration, &c. -In Connecticut, there were, in
1850, 200,000 persons in round numbers over
twenty years of age. In South Carolina
there were, at same date," 120,000 free persons
of the same age. .Among those of Connecti
cut there were but 500 persons who could not
read nor write, while iu South Carolina there
were 21,000 free white persons, over twenty
years of age,' unable to read Or write. In
1837, Gov. i Clarke , of Kentucky, declared in
his Message to the Legislature, that one-third
of the adult population in that State were
unable to write their names. Yet Kentucky
had, at that time, a school fund of $1,250,000,
while South Carolina not then, nor at any time,
has had a dollar of school fund. Within the
past fifteen years, free schools have been in
stituted in the Border Slave States of Ken.
lucky, Missouri and Maryland, that is, in
the principal cities of those States ; but ' in
neither city nor country is such an institution
known in the Cotton or Sugar Slave States as
free school. " ' ' ' "- '"' '" - : ' '"' '
Not only is the common education of the
while people affected in the Slave States in
the manner -described, but their religions
education the doctrines taught them in the
name of God have an evil tendency by in
hibiting the truth. As in other lands prelacy,
monarchy aristocracy: appear in the public
teachings of Christianity in the Slave States,
and, to our shame be it said, in too many of
the Free States, submission to slavery is taught
as an ordinance of God, justified by Christi
anity, and proven by the Bible! Thna.asthe
public religion is elsewhere made to subserve
and, uphold kings, nobles, priests, so here it
is made to prove the justice of enslaving1 men,
women and children. ; Truly may it be said,
there are no chains so strong and oppressive
aa those wrought in the name of tJod, aud wel
ded upon their victims by the teachers of re
ligion. The efforts of the clergy in the
Slave States are thus confined to-polemics.
Conspicuous among their' sermons are those
in defence of slavery generally calculated to
leave the impression upon tneiri hearers that
were Christ now on earth, he might as con
sistently be a slaveholder as Abraham was.
While the Southern churches and ministers
teach that slavery is a Christian , Institution,
the Nortberen churches-and ministers in the
main, either ignore tbe.ubjeci or join in the
same teaching Here and ihere a pulpit voice
Id the Fre SUUs baa beea lifted up against
tt) bntoutside of iu" own : Circle, generally,
to meet with obloquy and dissent, acd, wher
ever heard of in the Slave States, to be cur
sed." ' The names of Parker, Beecher, Chee
vor, Bellows, Thompson and Tyng are held in
utter detestation by slaveholders; and if cur
ses loud and deep would destroy the lives of
these bold and strong men they, would all
have ceased to -exist long ago. Yet when
Southern ministers come North, they are
treated with all due courtesy and respect.
A slaveholder clergyman a few years ago made
the tour of the Free States, boasting that he
owned thirty slaves, and would wade knee
deep In blood to defend his right to . them.
He was recived, as he said himself, by the
Northern churches, with the utmost, co'rdial
ty, and invited on every hand to pulpits with
welcome from the large and powerful denom
ination to which be belonged. He returned,
he says, leaving that hot-bed of abolitionism
(Boston) without being once rebuked. ( '
' In some of the Stave St ites, it is a penal
offence to teach slaves the elenient of com
mon learning. By the more recent codes of
Virginia and Kentucky, anyone who under
takes to teach reading and writing to slaves,
or even free colored persons In Virginia, may
be fined from $10 to $100. The same is the
code of Georgia. In Alabama the fine is in
creased to $500 ; in Mississippi to imprison
ment in the common jail for one year. . Lou-'
isiana forbids teachings slaves, and prohibits
any one from using language in public, calcu
lated to produce discontent among the free
colored population, under penalty of impris
onment or ; death, at the discretion of the
court. We have 'seen,' within the past few
months, by the action of Governor Stanley,
what the law is in North Carolina. In fine,
both law and custom prohibit the education
of slaves in the most common rudiments ot
the language, as a necessity of the institution
of slavery. '
I will now touch upon the effects of slavery
upon law and politics. ' ; '
In the settlement of America, only the peo
ple came over. Neither royalty nor nobility
became an element of this population. "The
people, the third estate of England's institu
tions, brought to this country the institutions
of religion and law. They also brought senti
ments and ideas hostile to the national Eng
land habits, which, unable to find a resting
place in that country, werebrought here,
planted, and bore fruit; and three of those
ideas, in 'a short lime, became Incarnate in the
Institutions and 'laws of America. " The first
Of these ideas is,' that, by virtue of his man
hood, each man has inalienable rights not de
rived from men,' nor to be taken away by men.
but derived only from his Maker. This idea
is the natural and first fruits of religion. Sec
one, that in respect of these rights, all men
are created equal ; third, that the sole design
of political government is to place every man
in the entire possession of his inalienable
rights. . ' ' ' 1 -
- Those ideas,' I say, grew here. Nor priest,
nor king, nor nobility of England, or conti
nental Europe share these ideas. They were
mphatically of the people; and tbey became
the frame-work of that democracy,' that gov
eminent of all, for all, and by all, ' that the
mass of mankind believe to be,' as they desire
to enjoy it, the true government of the earth.
In 'the Constitution of nearly all the free
States of : America, these ideas are thos em
bodied : while the Constitutions of the slave
States, these ideas are ignored but one slave
State, vis.y Virginia., in her Constitution, ex
pressing her belief in the natural eqnality of
man. Now, as this idea is,' consistently with
their possession ot the institution of slavery,
rejected by the politicians of the Southern
States, and consistently admitted by the poli
ticians of the Northern States,' it follows that
a constant and irrepressible conflict must take
place in the administration of the common
law which thrfy both inherit. ; "
The most prominent and important instito
tions inherited from England are trial by jury.
This involves the impannelment ol twelve
peers of the accused, and the presumption in
favor of innocence, life and liberty. Second
only to this is the right of every man nnder
restraint or accusation, in times of peace, to
have a legal reason publicly shown for bis con
finement, by a written parchment, styled ' in
law habeas corpus ;' in other words,' a written
reason why the body of an accused should oe
seized and held subject to law. -These insti
tutions have long been regarded as the great
safeguards of justice, and in the legislation of
the free Slates have been undisturbed, and
the benefits of; fheni are extended to every
person therein, irrespective of color or nation
ality; while, In the slave States, the whole,'
class of bondmen, constituting one-third of
the people of these States, taken as a whole,
are; deprived of them. Contrary to the com
mon law of England, the American slave is in
law regarded merely aa a thing. !- In some of
the slave States, trial by jury is allowed him
in capital cases. ' Bat in South Carolina, Vir
ginia and Louisiana, the slave is not allowed
a jnry trial io any ease.: In every stave State,
he may be1 punished to the extent of "thirty
nine lashes, well laid on," by the decision of
two or five justices of the peace ; while In no
case fa he tried by men who regard him - at a
man never by a jnry of bfa". peers, nop even
bj a inUedj jiirj of slaveholder and slaves, or
even free blackmen. A thing, the slave is
not allowed bis oath. ; No slave, free negro,
or mulato, to the fourth degree of descent,
is allowed to testify against a white man ; and,
as if this were not enough, in South Carolina
and Louisiana, if a slave is injured -or killed
when only one white . person is present, and
the presumption of guilt fall on this person,
be is allowed to clear himself by his own oath.
The slave has no right of defence against his
master's assult. The laws of Georgia direct
that, if any slave shall presume to strike any
white man, such slave shall, for the first offence,
be punishsd as the justices see fit, not exten
ding to the taking of his life, or the destruc
tion of his limbs ; for, the second o He nee he
shall suffer death., In South Carolina, a slave
may strike a white man on his owner's account ;
but even in this case the offence ia capital,
should he be guilty of. it a second time on
the same person. ,. The same .law. obtains in
in Kentucky, extended to free men of color as
well as slaves ;;, the penalty, however, is less
severe. . -. . . .: .. .
,, A - black man connot be a party to a civil
suit. Indeed, if his condition is doubted, and
the law recognizes that it shall be, he must ap
ply to a court to authorize a guardian to bring
an action in the case. But the burden of
pi oof . remains on the black man to show that
he is not a slave, but free. ; This is the rule in
every Slave State, except North Carolina,
where the lav code is more - humane than
elsewhere in the American Slave States; and
by statue ia South Carolina, this rule is thus
declared, "It, shall always be presumed that
every negro, Indian, mulatto and meztizo is
a slave.". No possession of himself, however
lengthy, may make a slave or his offspring
born while possessed of himself free. - In Ken
tucky, I have known men born in Free States
taken up, lodged ic jail, advertised, and but
for the intercession of some whitj man inter
ested in such persons, -tbey would have been
sold as slaves, in cousequence of being unpro
vided with means of proving their birth. I
con Id give names and dates, if necessary of
such instances. -. In Mississippi and Alabama,
every negro or mulatto not able to prove that
he is free, may be sold by order f the court
as a alave. -Nor in the matter of emancipa
tion are the laws less severe. The Roman
code, at well as the laws of England and Ger
many, favored emancipating slaves two thou
sand years ago. But in this the nineteenth
century, and. in the .civilized republic of
America, the laws are made to throw obsta
cles io the way of emancipation.;; In South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Miss'ssippi,
no man can emancipate bis slaves, except by
authority of a special enactment of the Legis
lature for that purpose. .. In Georgia, a Will
setting free a slave is null and void and any
person attempting to execute it shall be fined
tbo value otthe slave. In Virginia, Kentucky,
Missouri and Maryland, no man is permitted
to emancipate his slaves if he has not Hilly
paid bis debts, and provided for bis widow's
dower. No bargain made between master
and slave is valid or. recognizable by law, no
more than it would be if made between owner
and animal, horse and man.
, Take ail the slave laws of this nation togeth
er, connider the .race of human beings who
have made them, their religion, the political
ideas of their government,, and the era in
which tbey exist, and tbey form the most re
volting work of legislation to be found in the
annals of any pacific jor civilized people. The
codes of the barbarians, the Goths, the Van
dals, and the Huns, who. sat amid the ruins
which they had wrought at the Roman Em
pire, the . Burgundiana, the Bavarians, the
Allemamic.with tbe Visigoths and their north
ern kin,, have left enactments certainly . more
terrible. But the darkness of that period,
shrouding as it did all legislation in a gener
al and .homogeneous gloom, must plead for
them. , While here, with as, it is "tbe freest
and most enlightened people in the world," as
we call ourselves, who keep, extend and in
tensify these dreadful laws . which, making
men and women things', buy and sell them as
the beasts that perish. ; . .. ... -:. .!
. A Definition of a Yankee. As the Yan
kees are creating no little excitement, in the
commercial, political, and military world, I
hope my definition of a real genuine - ma
Yankee, may not be considered a missi "
- A real genuine Yankee is full of animation
checked by moderation, guided by determine
ed, and supported by educallon. ,; ,yJl "'
lie has veneration - corrected by toleration
with a love ot self approbation and emulation
and when - reduced to a state of aggravation,
can assume the most profound dissimulation
for the purpose of retaliation.' always com
bined, if possible, with speculation. ; ,; 4
A live Yankee, ! just caught will be found
not deficient in the following' qualities : "
He 1s self-denying, self relying, always try
ing, knd into everything prying 5"' o;
11 is a lover of piety; propriety' notoriety
and temperance society. " ' 'ti vf liS
? He ia a dragging,' gagging, ' bragging,' stri
ving, thriving, swopping, jostling, bustling,"
wrestling, musical, quizzical, ' astronomical,'
poetical, philosophical, and comical ' sort ot a'
oharaoter,' whose manifest destiny is to spread
civilizatiop to the ' remotest corners ofthe
earth, with tbe eye always oh tbe lookout for
the main ebD$e. - -iV-': "-f
, IMPORTANT WAR NEWS.
...THE REBEL'S INVADE PENNSYLVANIA.
As announced in our last issue, a rebel force
Of about 3.000 cavalrv invadtil Pen nsv Ivan ia.
f and advanced to Chambersburg. A confer-
ence was held between tbe rebels and some of
the prominent citizens of the place, and the
former had declared that they did not come to
molest or destroy private property under this
pledge a goodly number were suffered to en
ter the town of Cbambersburg, without oppo
sition. . I u "... .. vg ;
On Saturday . morning the rebels, fearing
that our forces would be after them, left tbe
town suddenly about 9 o'clock. They, viola
ted their given pledges not to disturb private
property. They entered a Khoe store and took
about two hundred dollars ,wortb of goods,
and entered private bouses just its they pleas
ed. .The ' cashier of the bank was held as a
prisoner daring -Friday night and compelled
to open the vaults of the bank," but the barik
officers had been more vigilant than others
and removed all the valuables they !bad to
leave the premises without plunder. 'In ad
dition to this some five hundred horses were
stolen from the citizens, and before they left
. all the property of the Cumberland Valley
railroad was destroyed by fire, consisting of
the machine shops, a large house used for the
ticket telegraph and other offices of the com
pany, and also as the residence of the Super
intendent, Mr.- Lull. The warehouses o
Messrs. Wundcrlicb & Meeds .'wete also de
ittroyed, In these buildings was stored a large
amount of ammunition, captured from the reb
els a shoit ti tne before tbe battle near Sharps.
burg, . While the fire was raging tbe shells
exploded and flew through the town, but we
heard of no accidents by them. The damag
done to the citizens and Cumberland Valley
Railroad, must amount to a large sum, and
we must confess, that if the oitixens had' used
a little more energy their houses at least
might have been saved. " We also learn that
some fifteen - hundred government muskets
were sent to them some time ago but that the
citizens of that borough had not energy enough
to take them and the boxes, hence they were
burnt. 2 If these muskets had ! been properly
used and the' citTsens'drllled'asj ihVy should
have done, they might' have resisted any cav
airy force. " The number of rebels at Cham
bersburg - is .variously estimated j some say
that but eight hundred entered the town and
that another force joined tbem yesterday when
they left, until' it was estimated from two
thousand to twenty-five hundred strong. ' The
rebels left in the direction of Gettysburg, but
when they got ' within five miles of the town,
the citizens made some show ot resistance by
capturing one of tbe advance guard, and send
ing him on to this city as a prisoner. ' This
had a good effect, no. doubt, as tbe rebels did
not deem it prudent to enter tbe town of Get
tysburg, but went in tbe direction of Emitts-
burg, Maryland. , . .' : r- . . -;
Gettysburg, Oct. 11,10 o'clock, p. m.-
Stewart's Rebel Cavalry, estimated at 2,500,
came by the Chambersburg turnpike as far as
Sashtown in this county to-day, and took the
road through Carrol's tract to Fairfield, taking
from the farmers all their horses. Pickets
were thrown out within three miles of our
town, and one of tbem was taken prisoner by
our home guard and sent to York. From
Fairfield, the rebel force this afternoon went
again iu the direction of Waynesboro'. Tbey
are crossing into tbe valley. A large number
of horses were taken from the farmera.v i
. Hanover, Oct. 12 10.05 a. m.-We heard
a message from Gen. Emory to Gen." Wool
read, stating that tbe rebels from two to three
thousand strong passed through Woodboro;
Liberty, New Market and Urbana, and then
made for the river. Tbey come from the di
rection of Gettysburg, destroying' small por
tions of track at New Market. General Pleas
onton, with' about twenty-five hundred caval
ry, passed through Frederick this morning
in pursuit. . ?-., o tfiti k"'1
Chambersburg, Oct."18 1 p. m.-Mr. Camp,
of Stevens Furnace, has just sent a messen
ger with Information that rebel cavalry were
at Cashtown, Adamscounty,' at the foot of
South Mountain,' this morning, in' considers
ble' force.' Tbey have been driven back from'
tbe Potomac, and are trying to escape. Eve
ry effort Is being made to cut them off here
and at Mercersburg, but they have Logan, of
Franklin county, with.them a superior guide,
and the greater portion ot: tbem may escape.
. It appears, however, that tbey succeeded in
crossing the Potomac safely, at .or near the
mouth of the Monocacy having made a march
ol. 90 miles in. 24 hours.. Gen. Plessonton'a
troops arrived at the crossing just as the last
ol the rebels had passed over.-. :-j ; i: ? '.
Frederick, Md., Oct. 13. Special dis
patch to. tbe Baltimore 'American Tbe es
cape of the rebel cavalry across the' Potomac
is' folly confirmed. After being driven frorn,
U. Davis' Ferry, they divided and crossed the
river in small bodies at different points. Far
mers taken prisoners at1 Mercersburg and pa
rolled at the river arrived hefe to-day." They
report that Genl's Stewart and Hampton were
both with tbe expedition. The cavalry con
sisted of detachments from Virginia and Sooth
Carolina regiments. 'Tbey- seized no horses
in Maryland, but swept tbe parts of Penney 1
td! through which tbey passed ol f very
borse worth taking. Mr. Clark, the newspa
per expreia man; Vaa 'captured; ;buf escaped
after tbey had crossed-tbe river. -
" It was said that the' rebels bad burned the
bridge over the Monocacy after crossing it.
If so, they most have passed through McClel
lan's lines in making their: escape a most
bold undertaking, surely'.' I ' ' . ,
' THE SOTJKCE OF HAPPIHESS.
The prominent idea Of intelligent life ia the
desire of perfection in. happiness." Earth Is
proved by experience and. observation, to be
inoapable of furnishing means to tbat topmost
object of intelligent desire. ' Hence, men
cotne to look.elsewhere. for complete satisfac
tion. - Christians know of a religion,' a heaven
of , bliss,' where the spirits of just men are
made perfect.' Human depravity cannot des
troy this craving after the peace and. content
ment wb ten : constitute happiness- at: least in
part. It often affects, ihe. choice of moans to
that . end; and-generally . misleads into the
wrong path It is a complete ' hindrance to a
realization of tbe desire, and therefore happi
ness can not be fouod'ouly, in connection with
holiness.! The natnral man wonders into the
variegated fields of pleasure, and. becomes a
votary T voluptuousness. ; He climbs the
steep and i rugged ascent of. ambition, .and
thinks that at tbe top - ia the object of his de
sire, flu , clutches at the wealth- within his
reach, and hopes thereby to reap satisfaction.
Alas, all his labors, and attainments end in
disappointment, and s'ill he goes on seeking
rest, and finding none. : " - ";
The securing of happiness depends on some
thing bibber than earth holier than man.
Success in.' this depends npon the favor and
aid of a Divine Spirit, who sanctifies that He
may bless and make man possess rest and peace.
He only can minister the comfort which con
tinues happiness. By reunion with God who
is the independent f ountain of happiness, and
in whom are all perfections, can the soul re
gain her, original powers, and acquire the.
blessedness for which she was. created. Je
sus, the Son of God and one with God, tbe
Father and the Holy Ghost,' Is the way, the
troth and. the life. -"Only inJSinjlcan we bg
regenerated and3 made perfect' By" the belp
of His Spirit we may be transformed into his
image ; and to taste tme happiness we must
become new creatures in Christ Jesus v ' '
His blessings are adapted to our immortal
nature. ' What is of earth, Is at best, only fit
ted to this perishing state of being. It was
never intended that immortal man should find
true peace and satisfaction in the echoes of
renown, ob- In the purple robe of honor, or in
the constituents of worldly wealth, or in the
facinating lap of pleasure. ..But it is intended
that be should rise superior to these, and con
demning them, to find a sublime, enjoyment
in God, tbe supreme good. Tbe whole plan
of redemption bas refference to this glorious
end, and the consummation of our salvation ia
in our restoration to the image of God, that
we can enjoy him. forever. In this day of
life, we must obtain the favor and reconcilia
tion of God. Beyond this mortal span, all
will be unchangeable for weal or woe. , Here
the preliminary work must be accomplished.
Here we must begin to. love God to be like
bim. . Here heaven may be begun by as.
What ft J lows? Yon who are seeking bappi-J
ness, must go on in the right path to tt-raast
use the right means to obtain ft must begin
tbe work now, or never can yon succeed io
what is now your desire and oontinnal bopeij
Are you a person of judgment? Then con
sider well these tacts ! If you da consider
them, surely yoa . will use tbe only correct
means to the end you desire.". i t
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, A frfcind of oura waa traveling a day or two
since iq. the vicinity of Buxton, i While cros
sing bridge he was stopped by some young
men, one of whom addressed him as follows i
"Say ! mister got any whisky with jer?"
5 No r," politely responded our friend.' - X
s Doo't yer everdring whisky f" "No, sir.
"Wa-a-H that's too bad.' I-should like
mighty well to get some good whisky ; but we
can't get none here. Tell ye what 'tis, stran
ger, it's dangerous stuff tbey have here about,
We are bound to drink it,: asy bow,: but we
draw lots to see which aha 11 drink first -Tbe'
one tbat draws it goes in and sdrinka and. sits'
down. , We all wait an hour, and if be ain't
dead, then we. all drink ; -. if be is, we try an
other place." y s;.,a i j -. . i
Tbe other day a little Fienchmau, just ar-
rivtd, vbo had been taking English, lessons,5
on the voyage, from a fellow-passenger, com-i
plained much of the difficulty of our grammar,'
especially tbe irregular verba. for instance,
says ho, "Ze - verb foovDid you ever see
one such verb V 1 And with the 'utmost grav,
ity be read from a sheet of paper : J go i Tbon
departest ; He clears out j ft We cqt stick ; Ye?
or you make traok r Tbey absquatulates "Hon
Dieuf mon Dieu f ' ! What dbiregular Verbs yoo;'
bave in "your language!" -': - - T lJ - '
A Germantowa - storekeeper - bating" -oooe:
sunk bis shop floor a fewje4t, announces that,
in ccnaequenca. bt recent - improvements,
goods will be sold mncTT tower tha,u formerly,"
A reaping macblne worked ly electricity,
reaps uid shocks tbe wheat at the sama time.'
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