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ispol the darkness, gracious Lord,
, t Nor let me sink in sin ;
kip mo,to understand thy Word,
And take delight therein.
me.thy gracious smile once more,
:4!‘ ! let me taste Thy Grace ;
Grant when I die that'l may soar
On high, and see Thy faCe.
: Wlti life and, health, let me be Thine,
in sickness, and in death;
!!!z': And cheerfully to The resign,
My soul, and latest breath.
',trim - ism - an, PA., May It, 1,450.
•
The lecture of Rev. J. W. Cummings,
()ISt. Stephens, (Catholic,) d'edivered on
Friday evening in New York, at the Tah
ernacie, on,"slai,•ery, the . Union, and the
Catholic Church," appears at length in the
'`Y... , ,nflay Herald, and is a production of
luarkable eloquence and power. 11 7 e
,„
4. ,,, diced a few days ago the able sermon
.1 Mr. Wadsworth, of the Presbyterian
• urili of this city, in laver of the Onion , • '
. I
now we have pleasure in giving the 1
m i n i,. extracts from the lecture of this 1
and accomplished Catholic divine.—
:4
-,. 4 .!y are full of point and beanty.—.Penm:
..;
..1-, ~iberty is the gift of God; and, though
t •_,Y• ;)
:re's freedom may be restricted by Int
' idn laws and the eirennislaw:cs in winch 1
i 4
`4 It: is placed, there is no earthly bond can
ot
,
''•:.. '.ntorti!re between man and (' I. As well
thorn
has a
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rfierel
rnt r
puh
' cents
L ei the
.n the
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1 ht it be attempted to tie the. mind of
iaight
man. when, by its magic spell, it calls up
:se ,c,,,, of his childhood, or reverts to the
events of past ages, which he had learn
' eu from the pages of history. Freedoin,
c ncreiore, cannot he controlled by men ; 1
it is the divine gift, and all am equal be
tore the Most High. As it is true, that
he who is outwardly a slave, nny not be
,•`? a slave, so it is equally true, that a man on !
-.) t throne, with millions bowing doers 11
;',i iiin and kissing his scepter, may be the
veriest slave that ever tut , ,ged at the oar ofd
4 1 a galley, or rattled the links of a convict's
1 chain. (Cheering.) The mind and the
..,-;
4 will know no bounds but the law of the
Creator. I might refer to the fanatics in
rt i
t London, who talk about the American pco-
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41.117.
C , a
1p
aka
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ple as the friends of' slavery. They say
the night issue an order for the redemp
tionr'slaves, and that they are chargcit
i. ble with guilt in not doing so. Without
stopping here to enquire into the practice.
bility of the redemption of slaves, or the
supposed guilt of the American people, let
ns just look at the consistency of these
gentlemen. Wc do not find them aband
oning their speculations 'in slave-grown
cotton, rice, tobacco, end sugar. Instead
'4 of pulling down their cotton litetories, they
re increasing their number and enlarging
their extent. Their clashing machinery
with iron jaws, cries out for more raw
food. (Chebrs and laughter.) Those '
4 1 •
gitators have no otjection to sweeten,
'f !
with molasses, the very threats that arc
hoarSe.ifi crying out against the slave la
hot froth which it conics. (Roars of
Laughter.) When an A morican is tray
. !ling in England, they abuso hiin, because
c will not plunge into the horrors of a
ti civil war to put an end to slavery. They
Iyould not admit poor Sawbo to a seat in
their cushioned pew, yAlithey accuse us
cf
inedizi2
• fly ear.
onoretl
phlek.
• I that
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•ed Cr d
re caul.
'lre mitt•
la uiuc
111 cam
scrriap4•
jour dd.
• RANT:4
tle; and
g, Fvut
. there.
Wee and
".re tho
, t rue.
" much
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a apccl•
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of crueity'in not givikg them a seat in the
Scalate, or in the Hoke of Representa
tives. How very. slow they arc in remo
ving the yoke off the necks of their fellow
subjects in the sister country, (vehement
cheering,,, which lasted several' minutes.)
What is the reason they, do not send re '
to the down : trodden but noble people
- Ho scat
Ire rooks
o use of
'ter :rode.
effect ma
hilt] Sere
t yoar—ho
unable to
ncdlcal td•
to no goal
d to besia
urslchger, '
rtER. ills •
Ireland ,(ltenewed cheers.) .You will
find many, very many Americans, and
those, too, ' belonging to slave-holding
States, who have contributed to alleviate
their sufferings, but My word for it, you
will rarely nciet„one wild has done so, a
mong these: 4 !philanthropists.',' We shall.
now proceed to consider the question in
' relation to the Ameiican constitution.—
The framers of that great chart of liberty
Aid pot introdfice the institution ofslavery.
They, had: to deal with it as already in 0.
1 iStOLCO . „None of them o denicd that it was
hut evil:, 'Prior'to the passing of the con
': astitution, it existed in,'so formidable and
aspect, that they found that
they :Mist either let jt. alone, or., give up the
ide4 Of 'freedom fez white Men.: (Cheers.)
iti the - Constitution of the', United States,
there, is nothingopilosed to Catholic doe:'
trine. 'ln that document slavery ispnly trien
tioned three times. lst: came upwhen:the
second subdivision 'of article first; section'
YILLI eaten
ho breathed
ound that it
°Wing by_ti,
by trvo4n
roan'a kind,
y. TEus, he
offcnritt OF
bcr and full
t skilful phy
,.e day beans
. w. ezzau•
icira in Our
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havv , ,tho
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..eZ 130 , ..rn
.`.'EN other
ryt spbdivision three were to be framed,
:thug the apportienntentefrepresentaoes'
• 4tfestion' °finite(' difficulty, and rliielt
origin to a, treat deal of discussion
1.-the:convertion.' : The 'sliive ; holdini ,
itites—Nvished''to have represented the ,
40 el s e j" , ". gond' a nd' ire The I
'Tort . hern wit kited. • the.' whites'. :only
o vote d settled •by compromise;:
Onti!tion;sitt . V . eholdihg Statesz'agreettrg)he I
three.fdlhs of the number of ''slaves should
0
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be added to the freepopulation, to the num-
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00,11E;Editbr Propiietor.
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iVEAR IN AIIVANCE slzoo
YEAR IN 3 MONTHS 125
;'FEAR IN 6 DO 150
YEAR IN 9 1)0 1 75
YEAR IN 12 DO , 200
No paper will st , i,t to those ?eh,/
2 . 7/ Cri . M72ICC offer the p ail ion if the'
fini,l.for.
- Ail letters on Imsb,rss.,. cohne , :led
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IIE PIIRISTIAN'S PRAYER UNDER YRIALS,
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By 3. II
RELIGION AND TILE UNION.
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A WEEKLY PAPER : DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, DAGRICULTURE, RIORALITV, AN D POREIGN AND DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE
Volume
the pi which !)';: uoi. •••' in • iew ti • •'; ihQ under her tread, ll '
;1 1 ; i tor tit "Nr Pri‘ i. 40. of • ; wi:d !mows of the savage be voczil
!:. all wiHu say, with the p. at of the di , op-toned 0r0.,110, that
'm i l.. . I .d c • • "Wit!, of \\ Proviso, tiff tit. , men who know s , J 11(11V to . !IVO in
tt 1,, i. II IA sue , ~ I Lr (r;;;.,!h eer i lig.) Thi: I ci•w.t. ear thl ; r;,ppines., may learn how to die
Sttiu. le, , l•Lui.re • •, , r Hi , der iv- practical r,snit of nit . tore-1‘) in the hope of that tt }deb is eternal.—
win, nhn .1. \ -trine by the Union. '1 here is no appt al Love for tl e nil( rii, tiLtd love for the laws
every i rr,lt e‘ent 14- conior iht , n tii:"_ 4 ol.lllP'rn litt , rusi.s. I sat' we are hound of our country, in ol.cdien ce t o t h e precepts
assist the ul, 'i'ii • .I.l.!i'ion ter- as good citizens, to take high conservative of the Creator, which constitute the basis or
ritory will a3sist 1.11.;,11 even, (or it \III! grounds. This is moreover the (hide of cur union , w ill justify the AlllCrit'Ntlii in
"Se.ction 9, subd. st.—Emigration, or spread theslavesovera larger area. Catholics. It . 1:: doubuid w ()eth e r the . Eed- inv o ki n ur th e a dv ent o f these blessing s in
importation of such a, any of is no reason to believ e that the increase of oral Government has a constituticrittl right Th e words '
of the poet
w °
the States no existing shrill thin I
k pro. territory, without the • importiition of to legislate on slavery unle'ss in cxception- hr ;;hl in pror on t h e ear Itme,
per to admit, shall not be prohibited by ri slaves, will multiply the e
y faster. A- al eases. It is crtain one Stitt( te
has no ' Ar.,l 1111 p thy ite%%•horn world trio' elitni , tr, dint,'
Congress prior to the year 1898; but a I mong so many schemes started for the good ' right to interfere except by gentle and in0r.:1:!' ) ,',1, i ',"„ d e ";;,",':,, r .,, 1 ,"," 1 ,1 11 ,.,', 1 `;',, r r Y e
tax or duty may be imposed on such in). lof the black population—schemes that r, al means, with the institutions or another l oi. !ma., wi e re courts st , al ah:rtg.
.1 .
portation, not exceeding ten dollars for !have not stopped short at rebellion, rob. State. It in certain that none of us as in. Ar , l the drra,llo d:an elmuntsa diStunls , ong.
mt i lit , terou. VTIIIIII Ilnik.„
each person." ' I bury, and murder—none has ever been pro- dividunls have an 4 rnn~ niiry business to attempt lonvtlffl , % h ;
Numerous efforts were made in the con.: posed to effect it through the will of the change of the Federal compact or of S tate
Ti.pc` thy Ilorlo on eery xirtty.
A . o h,h e itherds donee ,:,11111111r S .11 cuss vention to prohibit at once the importation ' slaveholders themselves. These slave- 'legislation, beyond the means or petition
rgetnu , the :Imo glen,
lof slaves. The South consentel that it ; holding
o vntlemen are abused, traduced, and the in fl uence of opinion. It is certainl i,„li vaoi „ hsmat nl n,eu ;
should be dime, but not earlier than the cursed, it fact; every means is taken to moreover that the Federal g o v e r n m e n t th e
. \!.q •1 , 10 won't.. nn wo nand hei g ht orownl
• • rlt., chum: It, it
year mentioned. In IN O7 , l aw was p as . amaty and to exasperate them, and thus otate legislature and everY American ct:l-
sed, prohibiting their importation, under rend. r them cruel and reckless. We utzen, native and adopted is hound by every
severe penalty. The law of 1820 enactedlthe North have a Very high opinion ofour- j tie of justice, honor and interest to main
that if any person belon g in g t o a v en,pl selves. Are we to hold our Southein 'thin inviolate that Union which is the Stlfi•-
the service of, or in any part owned by a brethren in such bad repute, as not to deem guard to law and liberty in this country.
citivim of the United States, should s e ize it possible that they can be induced to act (Tremendous cheering.) There are me,,
or decoy a negro or molattoon board su c h kindly towards their slaves? The Milo-appointed to arrange these q uestions,—
vessel, with intent to make him a slave, owe of a gcniztl clinic, and Of a balmy at, , ,
They are noble and the A merry part% w as assemble,] a t i t,
he should be adjudged a pirate and stiffer • mosphere, would scent to be productive of, Let us pray that God may dir e ct their parlor of a merry friend of ours, not long
death. The transportation of slaves from I mildness and ncialeness- The Southern- counsel , . and (Table them lu prt pose sit , 11 ::ince, and a merry time had the g uests, it'
the United States, to any foreign c ou n try Cr,i among ()trier nations, is hell as gay, measures as may insure the pr.-nervation we may judge from the continual excite
was prohibited by acts of 1791 and 1800., imaginathig, rluiek, \ indictivP4o:rhaps, yet of peace. And it' there are persons w kin 111(')t winch wail kept 111) LI; die pri nc ip a l
This fact ought to be remembered hy E n . not itantonl . „ cruel and cold.bl6oded. Wetry o gain not , irity by en ite„ , rittlitt; of flv• occasion. l itany a g ood jok e
glishmen who boast so loudly ofwhat their speak often Oldie chivalry of the South.— ,
'against the Union, or hindering its Ares- p,:rpetrated, and Marty a b a d o ne w as
government has done for the suppres s ion : We love, the Southerner who conies ut-!ervation, may they he (Inserted by ;;hl good enjoyed at the expcns e (11 L,OlO, on e pies.
of the slave trade, and denounce its. Ou r inoiigst us, for his sprightliness, and bold-'citizens, end left to repent in solitude, of, cut.
government has dune m)re, under far ncss why act wish hint us if he had no the folly of thecourse. Thi s much is eon- Among the fairer portion of the guests
grcziter difficulties, to restrict th e - tv it s o f gen ero s ity, or as if we had monopolized I soling that if there be such strong advu- was one Miss. Strait il—, uho was be
slavery, which Englishmen intr o du c ed, ' all the milk of human kindness? litters.) cates of anti-slavery further North, that loved by all ihr her accomplishments and
and which existed on
.the spot. I tire we to believe that the planters of the they will take action destructis o of the' naturalkiuihnessofheart,whllesheisdr'ead
''Section 2. sub.]. ;W.—Enacts th a t South are ready to love slavery for slave- Union, rather than give up their schemes ed for her keen satire, and r,pti l ei,s at th e
gen. t am, ...at the South others who demand'so execution (I:C. rue! and rinitteal
slaves escaping tog non-slaveh e ldid g St a t e , ry,, sake ? Were it really with the
shall be delivered to their owners if they ; tlemen of South Carolina end Geor g ia a s much litr slave-holders that they will en . Mi ss. If had , reigned Sulu Cmll; tin.
claim them." it was with the rich farin. rs of Ohio—as danger the Union, neither will they find ring the ev, nine, and neari‘ every
This clause is Me% if slavery be, 1 sonic think it is with the wealthy proprie. • any sympathies in this old Knickerbocker had sulli2red iota her wit. Anion' thoEe
allowed to stand at all. Every clause' for of Kentucky—that his interests, in 'State. (Loud cheers.) w hum she had treated in the most one'
therefore, except the hist one, which is in. I place of being, forwarded, were injured by H ow strange—grow manner was Charley E—, tthu was not
dispensable, is in favor of the slave. I (ere the presence of a numerous .daNn populti-, soun d s th e b are %run t o f di, nal i un, to one bad at such innoe( at amitseincurt
I then, we have examined the principles of. non, are we to belie\ ehe would still up• w h o cares a t a ll f or hi s countr y' s wea l ;Ind who resolved to pny Jriss,
the church and of the American constitti
hold is_avcry ? We ere toaghl itt the St l e o ll such an i ncre dihk, e y,•„ t a , her own coin.
Lion, in rebttion to slavery. It is a lar g e North gentle- to consider every Southern sion takeplucc—should the proverbial nou n The eta% ersion was turneul upon mess
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black mass covering the country, and ni. men as a brown f u 'ed indi‘idual v, ith a Hess of our people, even when excited, al- Incr . 's" ( . I "tri'-'\• said he Put ' 0 61ts(1) any
ding its blessings from view. People are straw hit „nil t t rat.6.11,11e-tails in his hand, I l ow ;IA in;,d to b e folk), —oil quantity of pretty young ladies and strong
;areal to speak of it. Some furiously at- I and in So d o i ng, w 'r' ale about a ; just as w bleb side of the line would be the United minded a (Jung gentlemen, in his day, and
tack it, and others as furiously attack! the numerous people in England,. w ho, 'States? Where would tower he n , cliwa rd facetiowdy remarked that he flattered Inni
e g
them for doing so. gcltiug rid ()fit, it having 'taken their id. a s o r in e ricins in up the cast!( het:4lc, Lupin which the proud self on b lug as nail at it as Pzirt,eti
is not necessary to put so many hogshead s general from hooks of ravel, think that a cynosure of tho stars et• our cou ntry' s b an . " With It pair of plates," sal,! t hark. ,
of powder under it, to blow it up, f o r in native of the United must tier cs3a- nor Would he des c rib e d fro m all ir — N% heist,. " , '%ll ; 1, '' , ll/Iih:•11 as 11111(11 111 tjle
blowing tip the rock, people may blow tip, rile be a siim specimmt of humanity, who the brilli a nt, strip e s w o rld r a di a l,. o p, o tl. ! 1 i di p 14: as the par:tun can with (TO of
something (Ise, and, perhaps themselve3, is always in the act of di , witig tobacco, ranks of freemen, ranged i n m il p a rra y dullest s.a•mons."
(Loud cheers.). The 1611 , ,• of these rash whiffing a piece of pine wood, and draw. b ema .l ) folds? T o whom would belon t z " Nonsense!" cried Miss
and inconsiderate men n . llllllllB one oldie ing unintelligible jargon throtcli his nose, th e w zis l i i i , g t, it di v id e " ?" echoed ChNrlcv, ziss u
anecdote of the Italian who got up int o a (Laughter and cheer;.) Ii it be t:ate that our hells or hi-tonic 1: no .•, so th a t Vi r . ming a stald: n e..rncsincss ; " perhaps )ou
tree to saw elm branch: He sat tip o n the noble physical deve!opment and manly g ; n i a ' s sons m a , think I ei:Li't pot you t o sleep.”
braneh he was cutting, but he never tl i o't proportions are ft.'ually• the eeniii,mi mem magi c name oi• „t o .,- 1 " Perhapa I do!" lau g hed
.J./iss. 1 1---
till it was too late, he was sitting on th e of a ! good m ine, th- and w (mull of of sarato, , a and Trenton, and ill I think l roul,l ron \ ince 101 l in a f, w
w ro n g skit o f th e saw, ; I nd came down a- Maryland :nil ir g in'a, et - Kentucky o f M a ,:acl e e:;.:!., Ii i n m i nd. minutes !"
lull with the branch. (Laughter.) st d . mi d Eoni.iana, wrdd !, a ,. ! say to the Vork!ow num i fTht " Thm cold pot me 'o ell
very arty be considurcil—Firzl—A th e the It'ast. 0 ,111 1 1 !I. • w trio ! Wlll r t.,1,:,.. our i I L e , .• •s•iui I %%VII admi
!s'ave trade, or importing slaves rrouo cur. rogiand • ',V r.
ti!oi countries. 'Phis tidy of the qtiestion .
need not lie discussed, for it isalreadv set- People st, nt to In ~1 titoen, that a
tied. Secondly-.4t may•be consi.k.rol a n Sinclt; re riait i,t 'aver
domestic slaveryilmtlitiat in a double view very, that In' will montain not only that
!—first, as the mad attempt to a complex; it is a necessary sta'.: !sit tll ll
lsecond by itself. - The difficulty of speak• it is the best sulk; oft Intigs,so that he wool!
• !
11 Mg on slavery is, that it is mix, sk up with not have it ehan„ , d, , . , 11 ,
otherinterests; and the dangers of w o und. gain by it. I don , ,t pr._i t 2..! ha%• in o :e
ing,"not ylavery itself, but other thingse o
xperi( nee, lilt as u , Y 'dot hs
connected with it. The abuses of slavery it n to in ',but I nulls! ;
are unfairly urged as arguments agaite:t man that I
xr.e travei!. I I • o
slavery itself. The most perFe,:t inst:ru- tis to ;lit ;
Lions in the world halve h!F:C'. h
the refojmation beg
the rulers oldie chi
but they objected to blow up wilt :I;
buses the rock around whos, b t--•
Were accumulated, bid who s p.n.:. -
and stability they 'did not alltuct. I. the
wholesale reforrners had succeeded, they
would have anulled the church alto;_ceth
er. I recollect an anecdote of a young
sailor, who said to an old one, while at sea
that he wished a gale spring up that
would blow the leathers
. off the chicken's
backs.' The old tar replied, that the
young one should recollect, that if such a
' violent wind as that came, it would carry
him away with it. (Laughter.) More e
vil has been done in-Europe, in three years
in the name of liberty, than in ten years
in America, in the name of sla yry.—
(Cheers.) The question occurs 1 fere, is
there anything practical in this—any - thing
to :be gained from the experience of the ,
church'and her ,history? I think there
is.: The church; in the first crew of chris
tianity, before talking of the extinction, of
slavery, made all that could be inade out,
of it for good: Site improved the condi-1
tion of the slave, working on the hearts
both of masters and ofslaves,fillslavery 11, 1
nally died out of itself; without violence,
and all were, pleased at tiro
The only plan which-scents to me a prac.d
ticul one for the abolition of slavery, is filo
hnprovement of their , morel faculties,fir,st,
and thetr of their minds in their , present ,
condition. This intaQ, be done . pot by.agi- I
tuition. It must be done by the authori
ty of the slave trade States themselves, in
a donstitutionamanner. • Let the grossest I
abuses.be torreeted,first, and the laws.pfl
Leh State. ia regard to slaVes.enforeed---. , • 1
Let those who :are friends to the black(
Man do What they can by word and exem-1
plc to proteet.,him, and to obtain for him
Ler of free white persom, in fortning the
basi3 or representation, on condition that
they be computed in the assessment or di.
root taxes also. For this, Lowe \ r, the
North twver rceeived au ad , wile com-
pensation, direct taxv:i Wero
sorted to by the general go\ ernnillt
ny considerable extent. Probably
mode ofrai.•;ing revenue will never In'::•
wail :
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ppu , II i„ tit- c-tattli, thro'
the milneno% At, tin 11161 , 1 ti 11 - 14 - :
by the Mate goy/Aliments ; It•I them report
upon the state of slavery, its abuses, what
might be done to remedy the evil, what
the planters would ..consent to, and what
they would rofttse. This would be a step
towards ellitcting good for slave's, which
would be worth a great deal of declama
tion. I said in the beginning I did not
wish to make any allusion to party politics;
still the reflections we have dwelt upon
may suggest u principle useftd to all par
ties.
I I h 111
It is folly to make the question of sla
very a Rubicon, as it were, on one.side of
which is the Republic, on the other
As Ills as I have studied I have not found
any nation dissolving on account of this
question, thoughlt come before all of them
as it has dond . befgre us. Shall we be the
first ? It is a problem- It was-for them.
They all g ot over it. Cannot we,.who
pride ourseves in our superior advantages,
do as much as they did ? Whatever'prin-.
ciplo is brought to bear upon the admission
of the new. territories, the principle ofinod
eratioil will 'lot:be sacrificed. 1r they
„jp.
admitted .with the proviSo, thepr'
s9rnething gained by, the •fi,
manciption..
none will beConipkii*?
I t will operate,, om
beg at presfavagn4'y
have . 114 3 / 3
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double' •
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Sellt illl tlith 1,0a(:C and
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which
and N‘ hick the elnir.th sanetil'tc by her
benediction, strike deep ant in all ben ric,
how brillisinc a prospect presents itself to
, the people of this favored land ! ifcr
marts will resound with the busy Item OI
commerce, bringing plenty to the doors of
her children, and her coasts will open
hundred havens for the friendless and per.
scented of every land. Distance will van
ish, as for her advantage; the iron bands
will draw every portion of her vast terri
torics near to the centre, whether they
stptch along through the air, bearing the
voice of city to city, on the wings &light
ning, or whether th sweep around the
base of the mountain, and along the shore
of river and lake, to whirl onward in safe
ty the steaming locomotivethe triumphal
car of modern improvement. But not
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crown which sits upon the brow el
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bii sfAcciiiin of plates, and the Com,
piny, chose appetit(i liir fun and oysters
mu, becoming ver:,' acute, bcgnn to grow
At lcu:2;th, however, charley re-appear
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serious tour:— .
" I could'in find any plates to suit the
exactly, but I mean to have a trial at any
rate. The hest I could find were sonic
dirty ones, piled away in a corner, which
Jilts. S— is washing for the .purpose.-
Whilershe is producing them, we may us
well make choice of a good position, Miss,
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Of crery drprrtption.pi.tnlrd tr fir
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'' According to nly improved method ot
mesmerising," said Charley, It ith impertu
ra Me gravity, "you will lie required .to
look me intently in the eve and to Minium:
my motions invariably.''
Yes,sir " said
rinalcv then tank hold of her wrists,
a nd looked her in the eve, while the ladies
rind gentlemen present gathered about
!hem, eager for the ftin. t.
" The plates !" echoed hiss. H— with
equal gravity. Mrs. came forward
with a pair of the required articles. Char
ier took one and held it in his hand on. his
lap, Miss. H— made a similar use of the
other, still looking Charley in the eye.
A tier a pause Charley withdrew his
rit Ili hand faun beneath the plate, and
II it'll a slow, mystical motion, passed his
(TV r S across his face.
Miss. ll gravely imitated the move
uncut. As she drew her dellicate hand
Irian her brow to her chin, a yell ollaugh•
ter horst from the spectators. Without a
stifle 'barley replaced his right hand tt ,
dor his plato;'antl rubbed the left over his
face. Miss. 11-- as gravejy followed this
examplo. runt : n umber burst of laughter
Cita Hut , then turned . the plate
around in his lsold • and with his fingetS
made passes across his brow, crosses •on
a lon g lino I.IIM ,he middle of
his nose, circles about Ids eyes, and all
sorts of imaginary grotesque figures.oa
his choek, changing his hands occasionaly
11ti 11 . 10 111 V - 51 the CeIVIIIVIIV with addition•
nil sten - . Miss. ll imitated him with.
scrupulous exactitude and imperturable
gravity, Is bile the mirth of the spectators
breamo more and more excited, and it
SN'ined that some of them would die with
latOnOr. Sony! rolled <upon softt,
:-.0111(` 111111 V powerles ()tier tho chairs, al:
most dett<l with mirth, and .tell upon .019.
floor aod hold the it sides.
'11;0 continual to make the loyste.
!ions passes across his lace, and Allss, 1I :
imitate his movements, until- the.luirt4
rose to such a pitch that the, poor giri'bo..
gnu 1,, suspect that it was 'Occasioned by;
sotnething I),—;ides the mere oddity of Char.!
Icy's niotion , ;. :She grow I.lllCaSy
arid s, 11;1' io k j)l:iyed 1111011
The mirth iiirrotittl. Sho could enduru
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ev,iers. Amid roars oflaughter she cried
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" '1 licre! .tood titisiongpnaugh!
Now (,itig to hiow. 'what there is to
s' Look in the ! Look in tho-glassl"
cried the inirrh-sidli wilted spectators.
Miss ll before a mirror in a •mo.
mem. :1 rig ado :Tait. and shame burst
loon her lips. I ler thee ! her pretty, be
witching thee ! it ous coN ere(' with black
strealis of cs ry imaginable
t.tticr her nose, around her eyes, across
her forchei,d, up and down, diagonally,
and cross‘% ise, on every portion of her
were the mark, 01 her Own' fingers,
just SI:(2 lied tuticlicd them on her deli,
cute Skim
buttui;i of • li; r late had 1)(1211.1,illo.
1\ hilt: c,)%crit)g her l'ettturcb:
room, and while the company was near
giving up the ghost in a perfect (testacy
of laughter, ('hurley said %about a smile.
I won this dine ; but I think can tit:
lord to oysters at any rate."
ov:itcfs were brought at Citadel, 's
eNruse. (:littrlcv kaid het:mild not alibi;
of tasting his until Miss ll re-appeared,
and sent 0 committee or the girls to bring
hot. in. These roported that The litir vic
tim had a A succeeded in getting the smoke
oti her Beer , upon which Charley bade •
them rcturn and bring her in at any rate„
In a ti.,%+n ) inukis the- committee once „
more returned, accompanied by Bliss
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Tice smoke still showed itself upon hint
fiieeiii spots,a ad licti•\(;p:s glistened with
tears ; but :ilk.' ad VII need with admirable
Irankness and a cheerfill snide, and taking
Charley by the hand acknowledged the
tinniest; of the joke, and complimented
ingenuity and skill. . .
'he merry company:then Litt don''n•to
the oysters, none enjoyed"
keener relish than she who , had.contrihtli,
ted so much to . the entertainment' of thee
guests that night. ,
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