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BY W. LEWIS. THE HUNTING-DON GLOBE, Per annum, in advance, $1 50 4t 44 if not paid in advance, 2 00 No paper discontinued until all arrearagcs are paid. A failure to notify a discontinuance at the cx -pitation of the term subscribed for will be con ilsidered a new engagement.. Terms of Advertising 1 ins. 2 ins. 3 ins. Six lines or less, 25 37i 50 1 square, 16 lines, brevier, 50 75 100 2 " IL 1 00 1.50 2 00 3 " 1 50 2 . 25 " 3 00 3 in. 6 in. 12 rn. " $3 00 $5 00 88 00 " 5 00 8 00 12 00 " 7 50 10 00 15 00 " 9 00 14 00 23 00 1 square, 3: 4 tt 5 %. " 25 00 40 00 .60 00 Professional and Business Cards not exceed. ing 6 lines, one year, f,;4 00 " Agents for the Globe The following gentlemen a - re authorized to receive the names of all who may desire to be come subscribers to the GLOBE, and to receive advance payments and receipt for the same. noxav Esq., Coffee Run. Wm. CnaireEir.a., M'Connellstown. Dxss. F. PATrox, Esq., Warriorsmark. JOHN OWENS, Esq., Birmingham. R. F. LIASLETT, Spruce Creek. H. B. MYTINGER, Water Street. z•lii.As A. CnEsswr.LL, Manor trill. DAVID BAnniex, West Kt rree. Thos. 021301LN, Ennisville. GILBERT CHANEY, Esq., East Barree. Dr. M. MILLER, Jackson tp. SA MUEL VITTY, Shirleysburg. S. B, Yousc-, Three Springs. F,CAMPBELL, Esq., Mall/10.0D. J. IL HUNTER, Petersburg. J. S, HUNT, Shade Gap. D. 11. CA . 11PBELL, H. C. WALK ma, Alexandria. 3. S. GERETT, Petition for License : TO the Honorable the Judge's of the Court of :Common Pleas of Huntingdon county at April 'Term 1855. Your petitioner George Randolph 'laving rented that well known tavern•: - t.and in :the village ofSaulsburg, Ertrree township, situ rate on, the great leading road from Lewistown to Petersburg, now occupied by . John G. Stew. art. Tim petition of Georg , .. Randolph respect fully represents that he is well provided with - house room and conveniences for the 10-iging and accommodation of strangers and travellers, lie therefore prays your Tionprs to grant. him' 'ilflicenSe for keeping a public in or tart_Tit t,nd ,19 will ever pray., ' mh 6'55.r cnonet IZANDOLPIL 'We the undersigned subscribers, citizens of tarree township, in which the a hove !net - alone(' ,acnt or tavern is prayed fur to be licensed, do eel.- 'kify that George Randolph, the ahoy,: applicant, is of good repute fot• honesty and tinuperance and is well provided with Lease room and con -Venicnces for the lodging and accommod,,tion a strangers and travellers, and that said inn or tavern is necessary to accommodate the public and entertain strangers and travellers. Samuel Coen,'Thomas Stewart, Jas. Car mont, John Houck, John Harper, Reuben Duff, John Corven,- Joseph Forreste, John G. .Stewart, Richard Brindle, James 'Fleming, R. J. Massey, John Peightal, Peter Living ston. Petition for License. TO the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the county of .-! -21untingdon : the petition of John Montgomery respectfully shewcth that he has purchased the well known stand known as the Jackstown Ho tel, and is desirous of continuing to keep a pub lic house therein, he therefore prays your Ho nors to grant him a license to keep a public house at the. place aforesaid for the ensuing year and he will ever pray, &c. JOHN MONTGOMERY We- the subscibers, citizens of . .Brady town ship in the county of Huntingdon, recommend the above petitioner and do certify that the inn or tavern above mentioned is necessary to ac- Vnrnmodate the public and entertain strangers Ina travellers, and the petitioner above named is of good repute for honesty and temperance, and is well provided with house room and con. -veniences for the lodging and accommodation of strangers and travellers. Andrew Wise, John Vandevander, Adam Warfel, Philip Holier, Samuel Sharer, Fr-an d§ Holler, Daniel Gray, James Simpson, J. K. HampsOn, James M'Donald, John M'- Diinalcl, James A. Simpson; Samuel.G. Simp sdn, Richard Meredith, Jesse Yocum. Feb. 6 , 1855. Petition for License 'l' 7 Q - the Hon. the Judges ofthe Court of Quar. Arz. 'essions- of the Peace for the county of Hun tingdon: The petition of_ Ezekiel Sr- Nathan White, respectfully showed] : That your peti tioners occupy a commodious house, situate in the town of Coahnont, in the township of Tod, which is well calculated for a public house of entertainment, and from its neighborhood and situation is suitable as well as necessary for' the - accommodation of the _public, and the en tertainment of strangers and travellers. That they are• well provided with stabling for horses, and all- epriveniences necessary for the:vnter tainment of strangers and travellers; they there ,:.e, respectfully pray the Court to greet them a license to. keep an- inn or public -house of en tertainment there : and your petitioners will ever.pray &c..; _ _ _ Coalmont, February .28, A. D. 1855. We, the undersigned, citizens of the town ship or Tod aforesaid, being personally acquain. tcd with!Ezehiel & Nathan White, the above n tined petitioners, and also having a knowledge o , ' the house for which thelieense is prayed do h ;reby certify that such house is necessary to la :eCirtmodate the public, and entertain .stran lers and travellers; that they are Persons of cod repute for honesty and tempe.-a,-ce, and that they 'are well provided with house room and. conveniences for. the lodging and accommoda. tion of strangers and travellers. We therefore beg leave to recommend them for a license, agreeably with, their petition. . Andrew Donelson, Samuel G. Miller, James s: Reed,,David Flack, Jaines P. Reed, JOseph Barnet, Jesse Cook, Thomas CoOk, George Hor ton, William Carr, John W. 'Whitt, Enoch Shore, Levi Evans, Samuel B. Donelson. ag ,-.. ) --,?4, -fr-- --;* :4,.. ..-4.- ;417 0 .r.k. \7•4" `t.'i ' ', ......e., -,V. ~,4*. - .. 7;07_ ;K. • 7:":.•,-, A,.,f, •:-,.--7 , -..',.-. i . ,' , ; ,-. 3.: •::-.-', g:f: .5..--- :-,,, • ...,..-, - . . 25 00 38 00 " 15 00 EZEKIEL WI-EITE, NATHAN WHITE. Educational Depar Wien t, BY It. 11VDIVITT. Read by Miss NARCISSA BENl:incl. ' before the Hunt ine:don Countl, Teachers'.Thst Insti tute, Dec. 22d, 1854. I teach, thou teachest, he teaches. We teach, you teach, they teach. So says the the conjugation of the verb to teach ; and it is but the reiteration of the truth, that lessons of profit ac taught every where and iii every thing. If it were not so, why has God placed us here amid so many things too great for our comprehension. We are but the poor tools in His hand to be wield ed as he pleases, and as long as it is in our power to further His commands and desires, should it not be our greatest aim in life to do so ourselves, and teach others the same? They teach. The planetary system teaches the almighty power and wisdom of God. Who but a spirit infinite and eternal, could place in the - heavens such beautiful lights to guide the weary traveller as he treads the un beaten paths of the desert ?- The wind and storm teach us that we must not always ex pect the. soft and gentle zephyr's to soothe our wayward spirits, but must sometimes feel the chilling blast, if it be only to teach the pow er of, endurance. And deservinc , all our pity is the man who when assailed by the wind and storm, cannot stand bravely up and let it pass over him, as it does over the mighty oak, having him as firm as before. If we are fortunes favorites, the good opinion of the world is ours. Our power can only be known when we encounter, resist, and en dure the storms of adversity. It is enough to ennoble a person to see the rnighly forest tree bend and creak, but in the end raise its. head as lofty and proudly as before, saying, "I have been well tried, I have passed through the stern ordeal unbroken." The balmy zephyr teaches. It appears to say, be not discouraged ; soothing indeed is its cooling freshness after its day of toil, to feel as it were the hand of God gently passed across the brow, saying, "well done good and faith ful sen;nt." It appears to breathe in our spirit the word onward, onward, and still on, cease not till life ceases, and then sink into the arms: of your Saviour, knowing your time was well spent, that you lived not for your own good alone, but for the good of those around you. The swirly oak and tiny harebell teach the lesson they were intended to ; they show ma jesty and dependence. The oak appears to say, let the thunder roar and the lightning flash, I challenge them to do .the worst, and see how the brave will bear. The tiny hare -bell hides behind a plant better able to pro tect it frinn the strong wind, it seeking the gentle zephyrs as if courting their society.— Note the growth of the oak from the little acorn, as with steady perseverance it fights its-way through the hard wayside, is tram pled down only to re-commence with more vigorous aim is to renew its es proffrs and e, • see how well it is repaid ; for in a short pe riod it has grown so much that to the stron gest wind it only bends its head. The fragrant , r , rse and the falling leaf teach us a lesson of the goodness of God in pla cing such beautiful emblems near us. Puri ty may be learned from .the, .opening bud to the dying flower.; its very breath inspires one to holy deeds. While the falling leaf -teaches us we are passing away, and will soon be forgotten—that our "summer is past and our harvest ended ;" as the leaf falls to the earth and mingles again with the same, so shall our bodies return again to their na tive dust and we shall be spoken of only as things that were. The seasons have their lessons. Spring tells us that now is the time for action and warns us that summer is ap proaching and that the flowers are iii bloom, showing that we are still remembered by our Creator. Autumn has come, with its,seared and falling leaves, telling us that all things are passing away leaving nothing but old w in ter to follow in the rear, to improve and en rich the earth with her frost and snow. When the year's profit is • summed up, how little have we done deserving praise ; on • the con trary how much worthy of censure ; how much have we learned, that the closing scenes of life are coming, that the frosts of age will soon freeze up the fountains of our heart, and hope. You teach. In the school room, yes 'tis there you teach and there you are repaid by seeing your very mind as it were instilled in to others, your every, thought returned, and your appearance greeted with smiles ; there you have the pleasure of thinking it was you who introduced light into chaos, and saw it diverge in splendor as the light first dawned on the untaught brain. It was there you first noticed the difference in children, with what aptness some hear, and with pleasure receive instruction, while others dull and, stupid, will . not be entreated to learn those things which are for their own pleasure and benefit. Your example by the wayside is an ever open lesson to the passing world. In social life youleach, and what a wide sphere you occupy there : your example, your words and your works teach all those that come within your atmosphere. At the fireside your influence is greater than anywhere, else, except the school.— There you have been taught and there you must teach, kindness, submibsion obedience and love. In your hours of loneliness, you first learn ed that all wag not sunshine, but the sun is not less bright, obscured by clouds. When you feel lonely and forsaken think not it will - be ever so. "But when your heart is pining, _Hope that your future bath, Each cloud a :jiver lining One rose in every path." „ In your life and in your death are impor tant lessons to be learned. If you have liv ed well, yOu have taught those who come after you how to live. You are all, and each and at all times teachers, and what and how you have taught will be a question for you all to answer. We teach. What a field for teaching is here exhibited. What a sphere for our pow ers. As teachers we first note the upward ESSA*Y, steps of childhood from its A. B. C. till it masters the the pi oblerns of Euclid. What a pleasant study is a child. To feel that it is dependent on you for a lamp to its feet, and woe be to the teacher who neglects to train the youthful mind in ways of virtue, truth and honor. But what do we teach? Of the cares of life and the issues of immortality. And those lessons must be so given as to draw the attention of the wildest and most wayward. By a steady perseverance a loving desire to improve your charge, and yourself, order and regularity, a firm govartiment, remembering that order is not always preserved by the frowning brow, the stamp of the foot or the uplifted rod, but by a steady rein, as the dri ver controls the spirit of a vicious . hot I teach, .Are you karning- liom me now an humble effort to perform a duty. There are no lessons I teach in my school room to my scholars of more importance to them, than is this lesson to you ; for duty by the poet is said to be tEe stern daughter of the voice of God. Thou art victory and and law, When empty terrors overawe ; Give unto me made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice. We copy the following letter from the Pittsburg Christian Advocate. - h contains the sentiments of hundreds of foreigners who have come to our hand.- The sentiment is patriotic, and it is written in a spirit that all who read it must admire : BROTHER CLARK:—The providence of God so ordered my destiny that I was born out of the limits of the United States.— While yet a mere lad, read of the struiggle of the heroes of the Revolution for freedom: nor did I fail to observe, that prominent among their• grievances, was the effort of their tyrannical rulerto prevent the popula ting of this crantry,-by restricting the emi gration laws: I traced them through the-va ried scenes, from the first pistol-shot at Lex ington, to the final consummation of liberty at the siege of Yorktown; grieving at their defeats, and rejoicing at their success; I saw Lafayette, DeKaib, Steuben, and others, from every nation of Europe, battling side by side with Washington, Greene and Gates; prompt ed by no motive but the love of liberty, ho ping for no reward but its triumph. In that crisis there were none to charge that the stain of foreign birth polluted their souls; they went down to their graves in peace, rejoic- I inn- that by their blood and treasures they had assisted in establishing on the footstool of God, one asylum for the oppressed. ' Inspired by their examples with an•enthu siastic love of liberty, and encouraged - I?y the noble generosity of the American people, I emigrated to this country at an early age, and here ventured my all, of hope, fortune and aspirations. You will not think it strange, then, that I become uneasy when I see arol organization growing • up among us, whose 'object it is to blight my hopes, ruin my for tune, and forever defeat - my aspirations— when [ see the religious presses of the coun try fostering_ and aiding this organization— and, it was with regretl learned that the Ad vocate was among its • apologists. Would not the Iferoes of the Revolution lie uneasy iu their braves if they knew their names and their labors perverted to accomplish such an end ? Would not their blood cry out for vengeance, being spilled for equal rights, to be thus bartered for privileged classes and birthrights —the initiatory steps to aristocra t cy I have taken an oath to "renounce forever all allegiance to any foreign prince, potentate or sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly to the one whereof I was formerly a subject." This oath makes it perjury for me to claim any other country thau this for My home.— And can I call this a home where 1 am not, nor ever can be (should this order prevail) recognized as possessing, full privileges of citizenship? 1 am recognized as such by the laws and Constitution, but this order, countermining both the law and the Consti tution, deprives me of my rights.. Caught in this trap—robbed of the privileges which were held out to, induce me to swear allegi ance.to this country. what place on earth may I call my home? I have renounced,ott my oath, citizenship in all other countries,, and am I then to be denied it in this ? The Arabs or the Tartars might refuse to admit me to' their rights, but even their sense of honor would forbid them thus to ensnare me. I must be lost to every country, and every Country lost to me, save that country where the arm of man cannot sway the scales of justice. 1 read my Bible in the language of Luther, and learned to be a protestant, and- from-my Bible and Wesley I learned to be a Metho dist. No one asks me to disbelieve the Bi ble because it came from India, Protestant ism because Luther was a German, or'Meth odisrn because Wesley was an Englishman. No one refuses me a membership in the church because I was born in a foreign laud _ r _ I can join them in praising God for his favors, and invoking his blessing on our country; 1 can commune with them at the sacramental board, and yet refusing me a vote, they will cast their ballot side by side with the vilest scoundrel that ever disgraced the soil on which he was born. Ministers of that ospel denounce-me (with all foreigners) from the sacred desk, and for their proficiency in the work of the older, are bribed to abandon their profession, and mock the call of God, by entering the polluted arena of political warfare; and even endeavor to make the church subservient to their schemes. The lambs of God, which they were called upon to feed, must be left to the mercy of the wolves, whilst they return to the flesh pots of Egypt. The voices which one day pro claims the unsearchable riches of Christ from the sacred. desk, on the next may be seen wrangling in legislative halls of politi cal caucuses, about some schemes for party aggrandizement. Of these things you cannot but be aware. Many of your correspondents are rejoicing at it, and yourself either commenting or si- T-T LNTING DON, 7Z3: - '. Good Sentiments MARCH 28, 1855. lently acquiescing. I hope for the sake of the church of which I am a member, for the sake of the reputation of the Advocate as a rdigious journal, and for the sake of Him whose cause it professes to sustain, that such things may hereafter meet the condemnation they merit. A_ METHODIST. Woodstield, Ohio, Feb. U. From the Ezu,ton Argus. The Know-Nothings Religious Profes- Mr. EDITOR : I propose saying a few words, if you will allow me the space, to our midnight friends, on their professions of love fur Christianity. They pretend to be governed, in all they do, by their admiration 4-of- t!Te Christian - religion—a desire to put down Popery. I intend to speak pretty plain, though hope to give no offence. My first proposition is, that this religious element in politics is corrupting to religion. Is not this true 1 Is not any connection of Church with State necessarily corrupting to the purity of genuine religion 1 And does not your order force such connection when you make belief in Protestantism a qualifica tion for office? Permit me, gentlemen, to inform you that history is far from being si lent in its teachings on this subject, and that those teachings contain a lesson and reveal a warning, which, you would do well to heed, True religion should be pure from the soiling contact of politics—as white and stainless as the vestments of its ministry The mandate from the creator to his creatures—the revela tion of God to man—it should never be dis torted into the turbid stream of earthly am bition, or, made to mingle its waters of life with the muddy waters of the politician and the place man. Its voice like the voice of its Great Author, should be heard only upon the mountain top and in the wilderness— afar from and unmingled with the busy hum of the selfish and grumbling multitude in the valley beneath. Such is religion as it came from the Father and was exemplified in the Son. Such is true religion, and they, who would prostitute ifs holy instincts to the base purposes of political ambition have abun dant reason to fear that their fate will be the fate of Ananias and Sapphira. Every fact upon which infidelity has ever fastened in its impious assaults upon christianity has been the offspring of the connection between church and State. It was this connection, which gave existence to the inquisition. It was this connection which produced the per . - secution of Mary. It was this connection, which, in every age and with every denomi nation so unfortunate as to be connectedwith government, has con opted religion, weaken ed its influence and given an impetus to' infi dOity. In the name of religion, then, I .ap peal to you to pause in your career—to reflect that in your miserable sectarianism you are giving a fatal blow at religion—and furnish its - :•-s with whole of arnmu- its enemies with a note arsena. nition, with which, to assail it. "Render unto Cmsar the things that are Cmsar's"— "my kingdom is not of Earth but of Heaven," —these and countless other passages studded over every page of the New Testament should warn you against this sacrilegious at tempt to connect religion with politics. My second proposition is—that this triter est of Know-Nothiugisrn in religion is hyp ocritical. This, gentlemen, is quite a plain and an complimentary allegation. But I think it susceptible of the most complete demonstra tion. - The membership of your order proves it. Look at them. Are they religious ? ,On the contrary is it not a well known fact I that the most of you are among "the ungod ly," and that you daily "sit in the seats of the scornful ?" To come right home, do not a majority of your order in this very ! town daily and habitually violate the laws of God ? You know such is the fact. How ri diculous then to talk about your being actua ted by any sincere interest in religion ! How hypocritical: such a profession ! That in your searching the scriptures your atten tion as rupturously enlisted in the miracle of the "leaves and fishes,"'and hope to see the miracle repeated, and yourselves allowed to gorge, is-extremely probable ; but, that you are particularly imbued with the precepts of the sermon upon the mount is a proposition I utterly deny. You would doubtless like to have,a grant in some land "flowing with milk and honey," but I doubt much whether You would be willing to bear the yoke, or carry the cross. You would be much pleas ed.to look forward to ahome at last in the new Jerusalem, but I rather fear, that you have neither "fought the good fight," nor very rigidly "kept the faith - ." For shame s t, I , oe ulemen ! Dark lanterns won't light the way to heaven, nor, has Know-.Nothingism in its changing ritual the password to enter among the patriarchs and the saints. Vitality of Democracy When the winds blow fiercest, the light , flings flash brightest, and the waves roll highest, then it is that the true, tried and faithful mariner laughs at the storm, nerves' His heart, redoubles •his efforts, and magi-• fests his confidence in the worth of his no ble craft. So it is with • him who is deeply iinbaed with the spirit of genuine democra cy, and has an intelligent and enlarged ap preciation of its glorious ,principles. Politi cal elements may toss and foam and rock with the wildest discord—clouds and dark ness may hang around him with the gloom of Erebus, and still unmoved he stands,• and with un blenching eye and a spirit undismay- - ed, awaits the sunshine'of "the sober second thought." The mission of the Democratic party is inseparably identified with the des tiny of our continent, and its truths are so deeply seated in thl great national heart, that their sway can be submerged but for a brief period, and then only to arise with re newed power and increased splendor. Nor would we here be understood to refer to De mociacy in that general ' sense, as distin guished from monarchy or aristocracy, but to that creed—that loved old Jeffersonian creed—vital with the genius of our republi can institutions, and which has and must • ever, so long as we remain a free people, control the policy of the government. It is only in the atmosphere of such political ~... ,:„.;‘,,!,..,...„..,,...,,.-...., tu -)...) . •. , eqai .4. .., •••., : litt 1'''i1 t ... .. 4 . ~,,, , Fi5L: .se , :,„ . 44. - e..., ' "': . i . .',. -- ‘,',.::" 1 • 7.i ° 4.' 4 41*44, „„ 21- *- 1' ,'• . , ~:- -... 0 . , .. .4.. v i.1 4 ):: ., i r ....,..„,.,::,4_,,,,. '. , . 17 .-4 A ---. '4'..e.y , V. 6: • fir ::::.i. 1 . : ...,.., S (f: ' .....4. sions truths as were dear to JEFFERSON and JACK soN, that any can hope to attain the full and perfect stature of republican manhood. We are not of those who contemplate recent po litical results, seemingly sc inimical to the interests of out party and the country, with downcast look or saddened heat t. There is a Providence in politics as well as in religion; there is a faith in political as well as in reli gious creeds. The man who has faith in the principles he profeses, and in the integrity of the noble masses, 'will ever have the con soling assurance that "the darkest hour is before the breaking of day," and that all our reverses have come upon us to remind us that we, as a party, are fallible, and that as a party, in some instances, we have erred; that it is bnt,..a.test-of the strength ofour in tegrity, our devotion to the laws of the land, and our reverence for the contracts of our fathers. No—the foul, proscriptive and intolerant spirit animating this modern Ilindoo organi zation, cannot bear the blaze of a mucking eve, the calm in vebtigation °fan honest mind, arid it must melt away before the burning in dignation of an awakened , and patriotic American heart. The truckling demago , ues and unscrupulous knaves who have fanned, with poison breath, this !reason flame, will only leach the surface to sink. and rise no more : and we say to them, "You are not worth the dust which the rude wind blow:. In your face," The experience of the Democratic party is too full of hems dark as this, and its princi ples have survived too . many trying ordeals to permit us now to despair. - It has seen the rise of every party or organization that hes ever graced or disgraced the pages of our na tion's history, and -we have an abiding trust that it is destined to see the end of them all. One after another have !hey "gone up like the rocket, and fell like the stick and such will be the early epitaph of the "Snpreme Order of the Star Spangled Banner." Let the tide of Know-Nothing victory rush like a scorching sand blast from ocean to ocean— let the note of proscriptive exultation re sound through every State, and these immac ulate patriots will yet discover that "Glory is like• a circle in the water. Which necer - censeth to enlarge itself Till by broad spreading it disperse to naught." Sensible and True The present agitation, throughout the country. on the subject of foreign immigra tion, has directed our attention to the follow ing passage in the great speech of Non. JOFIN L.flAwsoN, on the Homestead Bill.. The language quoted is pertinent, and throws new light upon the subject of the iiilhts of, and advantages to be derived from, adopted citi- That emigrants will come to this country to seek for bread and liberty, cannot be denied—our Government has repeatedly declared that the country is open to receive them; and it is a selfish policy—a base, un charitable policy that would deprive them of their privileges. We command the extract to our readers: zees "Another ground of opposition, much in sisted on by distinguished Senators, is the ft vor shown by the bill to American residents of foreign birth. But what is the condition of things under the existing system .3,, For eigners, not even citizens, are allowed to set tle on the public lands under the pte-empt ion laws of 1830 and 1841, and it has been dee med sufficient if they have become citizens at the reception of the patent for their loca tions. And by the very liberal provisions of the graduation bill passed at the last session, and approved August 3d,1854, "any person" can enter as an occupant, and settle upon the lands, and acqiiire a title and a patent at the graduated - and reduced rates. Upon v. hat reasons of policy, of justice, of humanity, should more rigorous conditions be imposed upon any of the subjects_ upon whom the provisions of this bill will operate? It is pro posed to exclude foreigners altogether. Then you must repeal the -naturalization laws, and adopt a policy worthy of ancient Egypt, or modern Japan. But let us be careful in do ing so, that we belie not the great principles which lay at the basis of ow government, and that we prove not ungtatful to the memories of our fathers, and to those noble and self-sacrificing spirits who were prodi gal alike of their money and their blood; throughout the two wars ,viiich secured us, in the establishment of our independence ; and to the thousands who since have come to cast their lots with ours, incorporating their lots with ours, incorporating themselves with us e becoming assimilated to our institu tions and usages, and infusing an element of incalculable strength into our republican sys terii. "I believe ; sir, that it is a futile notion that ; by any policy, short of a repeal of the naturalization laws, and perhaps even a pro hibition to the exile of a °home and a coun try," you will be able to stop the influx of foreigners. The premium held out by our republican institutions will attract crowds ; till the population of the cobtinents shall at last be equalized: you"cannot stay this rest less wave of immi , rration. The over crow ded, districts of the Old World will heave it upward and onward, and it must struggle for a subsistence and a borne. It is ; then, far more' philosophical to seek such a disposition of it as, from a source of misehieveons irri taticn; shall convert it into one of profit to the State: and while assimilating it to our institutions, shall make it tributary to the general prosperity. „ I Ain't Going to Leai•n a Trade!” Ain't you? I should like to know why not. Thousands and tens of thousands have learned one before yo u . and many More will do the same thing. A trade tvell learned may make'a name and fortune well-eartied. if you ever get either without working for it, you will be either very "hicky" or very for, tunate. I don't think much of a boy who says he is not guing to learn a trade. If his placa tIl in the world is such that he can learn a good tiade, anti have a good situation, he will be very unwise not to seize the opportunity.— A boy who goes to a trade, determined to make himself master of his business, and to be a well-informed and intelligent workman, will soon rise to the head of his profession, if he pursues the right path. The faithful apprentice who delights to do his day's work' well, and to the best of his ability, so as to earn the praise of his employe,-, will feel happier, and be a mete 1 - winnable man than he who does just enough to shuffle along though it were a nuisance and a curse. I knew a boy who was too poor to go to school or college ; although he would have li ked that course very well. But he had to work. So he went to learn a trace. He tried to do his work always to the best of his ability. He went to a piece, and the first day his master came to look at what he h'td done, and after closely esarnining it, he tur ned round and said to his foreman, "James, this is very excellent work for aiiew boy.— It is about as good as any of our journeymen do it." Did not that little fellow feel as proud as if he un a triumph He was tewanied from tiw start with the good opin- - ion of his employer, and he never forgot the pleasure with which he had licaid his mas ter's enoomagina words. He alwayes tt ied to du his work ‘‘ ell—to do it, in fact, the very best; and while other apprentices did not seem to c•ire how their work was done, as lona as they could get their pay, he tool: a pride in working as though he was in a high er post than that of a mechanic's boy. He' is in a hieher post now, and is doing ell,• in more ways than one, in the A. few days since I was present at a mar riage which had some things about II so new and romantic that I am tempted to give you a short deset iption. There had been an incessant fall of rain, which added to the deep snow in the moon tains, caused a rapid . rise of the water. Parson B—, of Bath .county, had been invited to perform the eur colony. An ticipat Mg. difficulty —and, per haps, remembering defeat in the days of yote, he set out from home early in the morning, with the hope of passing the' water courses before they were ton full. Vain hope.— When he reached the neighborhood, he was told that the river was swollen beyond any possibility of crossing with any safety. It is often hard to start a wedding, but when started, it is a great deal harder to stop it. r The parson having secured the company of a friend in the neighborhood, determined to make every effort to accomplish his mission, and if there must be a failure, let it be after a fair trial. By a circuitous rout, he and his compayon succeeded in reaching. the bank' of the river, opposite to, and only a few hundred yards distant from the house.• A loud halloo soon brought the wedding party to a parley on the bank of the river. The whole difficulty was before- them : the par son could not advance a step further without' swimming a dangerous mountain torrent, covered will; huge sheets of floating ice.— But "where there is a will there is a•way," though there be neither bridge nor boat: It was proposed that the parson should marry them across the rolling flood. This proposition was acceded to. Yet the parson' declared that it behooved 'them to act lawful ly, and insisted on - his warrant being trans= milted to his hands. Happily- for us in this free country the law does" not prescribe how this is to be accompliseed ; neither' does it state at what distance the officiating officer shall stand. In this case the license was bound close round a stone of suitable size, and the whole being 'wrapped with thread so as to make it tight avid compact, was th•tow n across the river. The feat of throwing it was performed by the bride-groom, while his young .binle was standing by him. And it • was a throw wish a heatly good will. That man knew he was throwing .for a'Wife, and the only question with him was, wife or no wife. There stood the anxious ernep—w hat suspense ! it might miscarry—it might be turned by some °vet hanging limb, and find a watery grave ! With a powerful swing of the arm it started, and mounting high, took its onward and airy fliryht. I h a d learned before, that "whatever goes up must come down," but I felt son ei misgivings as" to where the come down might be in this case. The moment of sus pense was soon over. The little Missile, freighted with a document so importarry sped its . way through the air in a most beau tiful arch, high over the wide waters, andu shout of triumph announced its fall upon terra firma. To univtap and lead. was iltie work . of a moment. The patties were already; ar tatwed, with joined hands, and Parson 8., with uncovered head, stood as 'gracefully and as lightly too, as he could upon aquick= sand at the edge of the river, and with a voice distinctly heard above the roar of 'waters' the imuria,7e was consumatcd. Well pleased at so favorable a termination of what a little before seemed a forlorn hope; the: groups - on either bank took off their several ways. ' Dem. Union Whatever else I may forget. I never can for.. el that throw.-• Staunton (Va.) Spectator. GOING TO KANzAs.—We clip the following from the St. Louis News of the 12th inst. "A, small army of passengers left here on Saturday on the different packets for the up per river. Three Missouri river boats left port literally covered with people—jammed and crowded tiff they, could hold no more. To look at these boats as ri.e.y started out, one of . the uninitiated would siippose that St. Louis was being deS-ited, ~ ind the People all leaving for IVest....rn Missouri, Kansas, and Nebriiska. The cabin of the Jacob Stra der or F.elipse, could nut have accommodated with bei ths, all the first class passengers hat %veld 011 the Polar Star ; and the Kate Swinney and Genoa, were crowded to dis-' comfort. The Keokuk packet Jeanie Deans,' the Illinois river boats, and packets for the' Ohio, went out with cabins full of people: 17" In an old booksellers catalogqe ap peal s the following article : ='Memoirs of Charles T., with a mezzotintt , head capitally executed." r -7".'S %la • 1p -4 ATI N-7t5" +4,7' VOL. 10, NO. 41. Marriage Under Difficulty