0 FIRES OF ?ITS PAPER ij Tug Coarmia is published every Itonday norning, by HENRY J. Bt►ets, at $1 75 per lanai= if paid strictly tg tDri-NCL—SY 00 per orinuin if not paid in advance. No subscription bscontinacd, unless at the option of the pub until all arrearages are paid. ADVIIITISILYENTK inserted at the usual rates. JOB PILINTING done with neatness and die- ,natch. (isms in South Baltimore street, direal,y 4 )pp °site Wampler4' Tinning Eitatilishineut— •commsa" on the sign. D. McConaughy, 'ATTIIR.NI;I" AT LAW, l u'aice une door west of fittehler's drug sad book ture,Cham berebUrg Street-) ATTOIL:SY AND SuLICITOIt FOIL PATILIFTS AND PENstoss. bounty Land War -Ants, Hack-pay euApeude..l Clain:ls, and all siker el lIT4 againht the Got eminent a‘ Wash n.;ton, it C ako Anse rican Claims in England. Ln i Warrants located and sold,or bought,and prices given. Agents engaged in lo c .tiug warrants in lowa., Lllinots and other v , ,,.—tern States. ftrApply to him personally or by (Cher. tiott.+Jurg, Nor. 21, J. C. Neely, A TTOTISF.Y AT LAW, Will attend to (.611re /1_ Lions and all other business intrusted to 1,1., care with promptne,4. office nearly opposite I4linestock's Store, Baltimore street. Gettysburg, April 11, 1e59. tf Wm. B. McClellan, ATTURNEY AT LAN.—Office on the south side of the public vinare, 2 doors west of tht office. iettyiburg, August 22, '53. Edward B. Buehler, ATTORNEY AT LAW, will faithfully aid promptly attend to all business entrusted 111112. Ile speaks 'the German languatre.— office at the came place, in South Baltimore street, near Forney's drug store, and nearly opposite Danner k Ziegler's store Gettysburg, Karch 20 Dr. A. W. Do ul r toe r .a "iCCP rouuth ORIIERLY of Cerro! ounty, 11(1.0paeing perntnnentiy loe in Gettystostrg,loffers profeiiion - ices to the citizens of the is town and s round' g country in the practice of the varion branches of his profession. Office and residence, Baltimore street, next door to The Compiler office, where he may be found at all times when nut professionally engaged. k XXXXXX Cal. Prof. Nathan R. Smith, Baltimore, Md. Bev. Augustus Webster, D. D., Baltimore Md. Dr. 1.1.... Waiteld, Westminster, lid. Dr. W. A. Mathias, " al Jacob Reese, Esq., ft tot John K. Lowgwell,Esq., " If Geo. E. Wampler, Esq., " 11 Bev. Tkonias Bowen, Gettysburg. (Jet. 25, 18.58. lito. Z. Lawitnico Hill, X. D. IShis office one door west ot the .utueran church in Chambersburg street, and opposite Picking's store, where those wishing to have any Dental Operation performed are respectfully invited to call. Iltricasscrs: Drs. Horner, l i ter. C. P. Krauth, D. D., Rev. 11. L. Banher, D. D., Rev. Prof. 11. JAtobs, Prof. N. 1.. Stun er Gettysburg, April 11, 'f.,3. New Livery T 7 STA B LISIf VENT. C HACLes r j H. Tars has opened a new .. ,>4 l * . Li t•ry establishment, at the stables ll. on Washington street, occupied in part by the Eagle •Hotel," and has made such arrange "l. meats as will enable him to accommodate the pu'dic at all times, on reasonable terms. with Horses, Buggies, Racks, kc. His stock is good. On fwieral occasions, kc., he ail! be able to supp:r a want which has been much needed. Sta• fermi, CASH. []lay 24, '5B. . - - - Hero We Are Again! JUST from the city with the bcct and cheap est assortment of SYIWPS and Mt 'LASSES that we hare yet offered, calculated to plea,e all liaroous in quality and prises; SINIABS, cry large stock, low; COFFEES, TEAS. late hire, Cheese, Spieca, (aft kind..) Crackers and Tea Cakes, 'Cuellar, Pickles, Sugar-cored Al A MS and StlOr LIARS, Lard, Shad. Mackerel and Herrings, Salt, Cedar-were,Tulis, Buckets, lic.; Baskets, Flour Selves, "Itroomks. Brushes, kr.: all kinds of Cordage, Concentrated Lye; E‘t ra and Superfine FLOUR, all kinds of Feed; Potatoes, Fre.h Butter and Eggs roustantly on h uid ; Fancy Goods, Confectionaries and Fruit. give us a calL It affords us pleasure to show our large and inciting stock. NURBECK k MARTIN. Gettysburg. /fay 30, 1859; Groceries, WHOLESALIC ILETAlL.—Molasses and Sugar by the barrel, CulTec by the sack, and all Linda of Gvoceries, either by the quantity or in small amuunta. at prices that de fy competition. Call at once at April 4. FAIINESTOCK BROS'. Wood-land AT PRIVATE SALE.-1 will sell at priv;tte sale 52 ACRES OF LAND, on the banks of h creek. near Bream's Nilll, 40 Acres of which is heavily timbered. If not sold prior to tihe first day of July it will then be laid out in lut to snit purchasers and sold at public sale. May 16. 1839. GEO. ARNOLD. Globe Inn, MECIT.XNICSTOWS, Frederick connty,Nd.— Having been renovated and re-furnishi.4, the proprietor assures the public that a call is only needed, as he guarantees full satisfaction in every case. Charges moderate. HENRY HERR, Proprietor. Feb. 14, 18;0. tf Marble Yard Removed. TILE subscriber having removed his place of business to East -York street, a short dis tance below St. James' Church, would announce to the public that he is still prepared to furnish all kinds of work in his line, such as Noun !intents. Headstones, &c., &c., of eN cry variety of style ands finish, with and without bases and soi kets, to suit purchasers, and at prices to suit the times. Persons desiring anything to his line trill And it a decided advantage to examine his stock and prices before purchasing elsewhere. WM. B. MEALS. Gettysburg, March 21, 18.5'..+. Cheap Clothing. GEORGE ARNOLD. at his Clothing Em porium, has now got his stock of Spring and Summer Clothing—full and well assorted, all of our own make, and warranted well made. We have just received from the city, a large stock of Cloths, Cassimeres, Drillings, Jeans, Italian Cloth, Parametta Cloth, Tweeds, Summer Cassi meres, Linens. Vestings, kc., all of which will be sold at prices to Suit the times. We have hands constantly cutting and making up, and if we cannot please you iu a garment ready made, we can take your measure and make you up a garment upon short notice. As usual Mr. Culp i.,Cways on the spot with shears and measure in hand, at your service. Please call, as we will not be undersold by any other establishment in town. [April 11, 1859. More New Goods, T COBEAN k CCLP'S.-All the new soles of HATS and SHOES--Trunks, Carpet age, Umbrellas, Wall Paper, Window Blinds, Saddles, Bridles, Fly-nets, Buggy. Harness, Ac i amp for eaalt, at the sign of the Big Amt. June 22, 1859. GRICTITURAL IMPLEMENTS, °camg kind, including the ' , traversal reel Cat- Intproved Premium Eagle Plow, Corn Shel ler. manufactured at Chicapoo Falls, Maas., for Sum's, 80-anima KURTZ. sale by • DAP S T 2JDDLES, for baking cakes, O.Nlia.„Any stove—for sale at adapted in slat '...,,,5t0ve Ware Room. each, Buehler k Netlike use ~0c reuse These griddles do abs ) rid re canting in A. baking of Piddle clikapV•VeL into general use. very CY BOHM'S and trianningw hadidsolland see them at the . GE D. AIM THR BY / . J. STABLE 41 YEAR. Pos - t'. Coriior_ DICILIE LEE. DT JRNXIE MARCH Oh, Diekie Lee Oh, Diekie Lee, Of the sunny days gone by; The bonny lad I called my lover, The bonny lad that loved no other, No other Ism but me Oh, we were in lore when our years were few, And our hearts were fresh as the morningde Six years was I, and seven was he: And 'since those days long years have passed— Long years of blossoms sad of blast ; But in them all there never grew A lore more sweet, a lore more, true, Than that of Diekie Lee I I often think of Dickie Lee, And the summers long ago— Of the old sehool-house and the little brook, With its mossy banks in the shady nook, Were we would fish, 'till the beU did ring, With our "home-maile line' of a bonnet string, And a crooked pin that served for a -hook, And learned more joy than the spelling-book. lint If we were late, and the teacher cross, The blow cud rebuke I ••eounted as dross," And during it all, I only could see The sparkling , dark eyes of my Dickie Lee • I wonder now if Dickle I.ee Looks back across the years, Smiling. perhaps, at the thought of me, And the loony tunes we ui•cd to see, In that school-honae dim of yore ! On the little bench close by the door, The little bench that would hold but four— Jenie, Louis, Vickie and me— And the lambs of the Mx* were we. I wonder now if heeler thinks Of the dreadful time lie stole the pinks And roses rare to give to me? And what befell poor Mak Lee? They tell me that my Ditkie Lee la a In.in of wealth and pride ; That he has ships upon the pea, Titles, too. of a high degree, And that a lady became his'bride Very a ell, go let it be, Fickle hale I been as hi. 'Tis many a year since he was my lover, Loving toe well, and loving no other; Ti's man) a year Alice the barefoot lad Rompetlclost. by my ~ide,making merry and glad; 'Tis uh,ny a year. 'tie many a year, That sea up the poet and briugi down a tear— But I think of him yet as a laughing boy, Knowing or dreaming nought but joy, Unless he dreamt - of toe And I would see the wan of care, Ths t calls himself Richard Lee; That has Irmsted cheeks and thin grey heir, For, oh ! he ',conk steal from me Something I love and cherish well, Au image shrived in a secret cdl, And it is dear to me; Though the fuer is freekled and plain and lean, Vet memory calls it bright and serene. And keeping the spot ot its dwelling green For the cake of Ifickie Lee, The little Loy that long tto Was really is love with me —Moore Ammo/ - Itill.c.-,cella.3aec)l 3 -3_ Thu "Try Company." A gentleman who was riding in the cars, noticed it bright little fellow, between five and .ix rears of age. sitting with his father and mother, and engaged in the aftern2t to uu .loose the 'kraut kit the firing that bound a small parcel. The knot had become well com pacted, and the child's tiny fingers seemed to make no impression thereon. The patient earnestness of the littleTellow was contrasted with the apparent indifference of Ws parents, who looked on, but made no attempt to assist him. At last the gentleman, whose sympa titles with children were warm, could bear the sight no longer; so. to help the child, and partly to rebuke the parents. he took out his knife and banding it to the boy said : " Ilere, my little fellow, try the virtue of a sharp blade. You can not untie the knot." Something to his surprise, the knife was not takeN; but, instead, the child answered with a smile— " Plasm.. sir, father don't allow me to say I mtn't; I_belon; to the 'Try Cutupany.'" "Indeed !" stud the gentleman. as he drew back his hand. "I never heard of that com pany before." "Oh, I've always Belonged to it. Have I not, father?" and the child turned, with an expression of loving confidence in his face. towards his father. . Ile's a worthy member of that excellent association, sir" remarked the father, now speaking to the gentleman, and smiling in a pleasant way. " Ah, I understand you!" Light was breaking in upon his mind. " This is a part of your discipline. You never permit your little boy to suy I can't." But, instead. I'll try, air." "Excellent," said the gentleman. "Excel lent! Here is the way that men are made.— It is the everlasting I can't, that is dwalling the energies of thousands 'yen thousands all over the land. A feeble effort is made to ov ercome some difficulty, and then the arms foil wearily, and the task is abandoned." " And who is the must to blame for this?" was inquired. " Parents," was the unhesitating reply.— "Parents who fail to cultivate patience and perseverance in their children. Parents who carry them when they should let them walk, even though their feet may be weary. I see it all as clear as light, and see my own fault et the same time. I cut the knot of difficulty fur my children every day, instead of re quiring them to luueen it themselves. Bat, sir, they shall juin the 'Try Company' after this. I'll have no mure kuut cutting in my house." How is it with you, reader, child or man? Are you a member of the " Try Company ?" It not, and you have any ambition to be something more than a drone in the hive, join it at once ; and from this time forth nev er let the aords "I can't" find a place on your 87te " Flu the lrack !" A Mississippi County Court Clerk, having issued& marriage license for a young man, shortly after receiv ed the following note from him : STa.►Ts or Miss July the 5 1859. Mr. Moody pleas let This matter stand over until farther orders the girl has Flu the track By ber own Bequest and Release my nape off of this Bond if you pled. Kansas Constitution. —The Wyandotte (Kansas) Argus says :—" All our reports from the Territory confirm the belief that the Constitution will be noted down by a large majority." alarDr. Haves, one of the companions of Dr. Kane. will organise, shortly, another Arctic Expedition, under the auspices of the American Scientific Association. Mir Tw o chivalrous bop, of Alexandria, Va- , aged rcapoosivaly 16 and 17, went out and fought a dual "about a lady," on War ,liay evaxing, week. ffltmorratir,/-Zittro ,and amk louxual. GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, AUG. 29, 1859. Curti for Hydrophobia and Poisonous I3nako Bites Thera have been a multitude of remedies published fur ktdrophobla nni for bites from posionous snakes ; but the medical faculty base not found tiny rt thorn infallible. This is particularly true of hydrophohir—the most terrible malady with which the human frame can ho afflicted. It, hast, me believe, come to be conceded that protest., drau4lits of ardent spirits, if promptly taken, will, in most, cases, prevent any fatal result from rattle-snake bites: but hydrophobia is still held to be in curable. We bare no hesitation, therefore, in publishing the folloniug, because even if the recipe given shall not prone all that is claimed,, a trial can do no harm : •• AtjANy. Aar* 13 1 "To 'At Edam- of the Albany Evening Jour nal : " In pernsing this morning'!" paper, I ob serve.! a ease of hydrophobia, which thus far has bmn a stumbling block for physicians in general to overcome. I feel in duty bound, gentlemen, as I am in poi.s. sion of an infal lible remedy for that moo to-be-lamented diss ease, hero to m:ike it public, especially when attended with scarcely any expense. hoping thuso of will make timely use of it : " Retire—Dissolve a pint of common table salt in a pint of boiling water, scarify the part affected freely, then apply the salt water with a cloth as warm as the patient can bear it, repeating the *ewe fur at least en hour. " The same recipe has been successfully applied for um bite of rattlesnakes. hoping thus to be instrumental in rescuing human life, " I am, gentlemen. yours most respectfully, ItElv.trvs I.3.tcnti.txx," - - Russian Babies It is said that Russian babies look like so many idols with their heads curved out and the rest of the body left in a block. The ap pearance is caused hr their being rolled up in tight bandages, (kitting only the lured out,) SO that they may be pot away nut of mischief and danger. On r t iiti , into a Russian house you may find one little fellow on a shelf, another hung to the wall on a peg, a third hung mer one of the main beams tit the roof. cud rocked liy the mother, who has the chord looped n‘er her foot. •• Why. that is a chill ?" you exclaim, look ing dom. , to lie sure 30t1 ore not mistaken. " Of course, what shuultl it be V' answers the mother. Yes, suro enough, it is s child, but so dirty that you cannot help asking--•• When was it 14-ttabed ?" •. IVashed !" shrieks the mother, "'washed! what, wash a child? You would kill it." Not Satisfied. Last week a hard-working sailor returned to Milwaukee, after a five years' absence in Calitornia, with but little more cash than he took away with him. lle left a wife and two children when he went away, and the first ttong on his arrival was to seek out his fami ly. rte found them in the Third Ward, and after kissing his wife, saw with astonishment that his children, like sheep iu the wheat, had doubled in the five years. as in place of Nu, there were now four, and one quite small. lie I , ot.cd at his.wife. He then looked at his habit*. Then at his wife, who stood si lently by. Back and forth, from one to the other fur full five minutes he gazed, then broke out with: " Well, Mary, for a small woman. without help, you've raised h-11 amazingly !" Gold. A cubic inch of gold is worth one hundred and forty-six doliars ; a cubic foot, two hun dred nod eighty-eight thousand dollars ; a cubic yard, six millions eight hundred and seventy-six dollars. The quantity of gold now in existence is estimated to be threes thousand millions of dollars, a cubic of twen ty three feet. The relative voilite of gold to silver, in the days of the patriarch Abraham. was one to eight ; at the period of B. C. 1100, it was one to twelve ; B. C. 500, it was one to thirteen ; at the commenoement of Christian Era, it was one to thirteen ; A. D. 1700, it was one to fif teen and a half ;„,whieli latter ratio, with but slight variation, it has maintained to the present day. skirA. French magistrate, noted for his love of the plevaures of tho tali!e, speakiug one (lor to a friend. said: 'We'llave just Wen ratings ttuperb it was excellent, staffed with truffles to the neok, tender, delicate, sind of a high flavor. We left univ the lmes.' glow milky of yuu were there?' said his kind friend. 'Two,' replied the magistrate, the turkey aad myself.' 111-Sorted Maicke.c—ln a recent letter on marriage, Rey. U. W., Woodruff, (of Ct.) said: 'I know of no more distressing thing than a large-hearted, noble, expansive man linkid to a petulitnt,little-soled, henpecking woman, or a noble woman ?inked to one of those sor did, mean little libels . upon manhood. If such is your case, why get a divorce in lleaven's name, and God help.' circus-rider, when standing on the back of a galloping horse, and occasionally leaping through hoops or over a banner, only jumps up; fur having already the motion of the horse, he goes forward at the same rate as if he sat on its back; if he were to add to this the force of a leap forward, he -would light on the ground before the horse's head. la•At a recent exhibition of paintings, a lady and her sou were regarding with much interest a picture which the catalogue desig n.ited as "Luther at the diet of Worms." Having discwited at some length upon its merits, the boy remarked : -Mother, I see Luther and the table, but where are the Worms." A Weed Law.—The Ohio Filmier calls for the passing of a stringent law to compel the destruction of noxious weeds by every person un the land he owns, before the seeds are ri pened, the penalty of non-performance to be a fine, to gu to the school fund. The same paper says that traveling threshing machines are "evil munsters"—they distribute vile seeds everywhere ; and that the farmer who employs them regularly, will soon find that by their free earner system he will get weeds among his grain. A Queer lavenhom.—.Among the list of pat ents granted last week, by the United States Patent °Zee, we notice the following : Theodore Lipshuts and David C. Jones, of Balaton Spa., N. Y.—For self-acting battery for soaring crow, a.c. Wonder what will come next. A awl Idea.—Oce hundred street lamps,. labeled wish the names of the streets, are to be placed on as many principal coma in new York, by way of experiment. Arrow pity as for our misfortunes idioti sm& hate us for our success, COMPIL ER. "TRUTH IS MIGHTY, AND WILL PREVAIL." Communication. Ma. Enrroa :—Allow me. through the col umns of your paper, to call the attention of veer readers to an incident that will doubt less be read with interest. A contemporary not long since, was furnished with several original Poems of modern date, bat said that he nould ant pnblish them, particularly the first one, fur it was very imperfectly written and not in accordance with , poetic laws. And ' a ntler being very politely requested to point out the imperfections which he had spoken of, was unable to do so. And as all would very readily suppose, to make it appear that he was disposed to act the part of a gentle ' man, immediately recanto4, and said ho would gladly make room for them in his pa -1 per. The first one published, which was riven as a fabte, *in Mine& the "%Vomit) Choosing fur tier Three Sons," over which he inserted what we wish to call attention to, and to which we will shortly refer, the first sentence of which is a gross falsehood, and the remainder we doubt not, cannot, help but render itself perspicuous to the mind of every intelligent reader, as a mixture of un meaning sentences and palpable absurdities. It is as follows: "sferWe have been earnestly solicited to give the following verses a place in our col umns. We publish them terbediut,wnd if the reader, in wading through the length? effu . , encounters difficultier, he will have to allow the author more 'license' than poets gen erally claim, and mate up the deficiency as he Roe' along. Here goes:" (And then inserted tht poem.) And after haring his attention particular.. ly directed to the fallacy in the above article, and like many others, the dist:sash' n therein manifested to depreciate the merit in another that they do not possess themselves. And then in a subsequent issue, we find written over a production of the same author some thin., equally destitute of good sense, anti in which envy and malice yet shone more con spicuously. It is this : "Se h l—We refresh our readers again with some poetry from the pen of Mr. Joni A. MILLER. We have the best reason in the world for making room for it. A person is In a terrible fix when he I%ants to say some thing and eaN't, or to hare an idea without words to express it. Those who admire the style of 'li use's Version' mill Le pleased with the following. Again we say—Here goes : " (Alter which the poem followed.) And since these ably written productions, and beautiful gems of thought, have attract ed much attention, and the painful recollee tion of the opprobrious reception, indubitable exposition of fallacy, and the contemptuous manner in which they were disposed of by the writer above referred to, has aroused the indignation of many intelligent and respecta ble friends of Mr. M., who are impressed with a just sense of his superior moral and intellectual worth. They hare determined to Lear his head above the waves that threat en to engulph him, and the storm of envy and malice which seek to ruiu him. Through thoir urgent solicitations, he has been induc ed to reply to his antagonist through the me dium of Your paper in pectic language. 111 v. M. is a gentleman 04-iieraltle birth, sterling integrity, uneurpasseal native genius, and an ernameut to society—may lie live loup e in the enjoyment of peace, health and pros. perity, and valiantly wield his able pen in de fence of truth, morality and virtue, and prove a powerful auxiliary iu the spreading of use ful knowledge. A CITIZEN. For Tbe Compiler IN A TERRIBLE Mo. IT JOHN A. HILLER. All in a fix most terrible, Sc know most any person be, Who anxious is a fault to find, Hut nowhere can an error pee. Or, when abroad would laud hip name, As faithful, houest, true and kind ; Maliciously will speak of that With which lie could no error find. It to accuettplish will recant, But in the operutiou ler very earnestly BALL he, One did to him fur aid apply. Solicited most earnestly, Topublist full the poem long, Which is as destitute of truth, As was the fable in our sung. And then again we hear him say, had in a its a man must be, If something wishes he to try, But right to say it cannot he. Or if nn idea he should bare, Which to express no language knows— Like one when he run out of gass, Could nothing say then but—here goer- Of his grand insignificance Gould make our poem very long; Too trifling think to mind At he, And deem it best to end our song. But if conceit should Inge him on, And thinks we've not therewith to go, Just let hint then to this reply, And more about it than he'll know August 16, 18.59. IThe apple crop, bays the Laneastea (Pa.) Ezpress, is progressing finely. and the orchards are everywhere leaded down with this luscious fruit. .111..- lar-Tbe cannonading abler was heard at Trieste, a distance of one hundred and fifty miles. sarSome descendent of Solomon has wise ly remarked that they who go to law furdaw ages are enre to get them. lia`The artesian well at Columbus, has reached a depth atm) thousand and ten feet. Truly something of a bore. lildr•Otho Harlan, of Blair county, Pa.. has been sentenced to eighteen months imprison ment, fur poisoning horses. Served him right. lAt the Queen's ball in London, recent ly, the Duchess of Richmond carried $150,000 on her head in the shape of a diamond tiara. flierlt is estimated that the wheat crop of Ohio, this year, will amount to 30,000,000 bushels. serA young man who received a blowing up from his sweetheart, reverted by calling her a wihd-lass. Mir There are now in Ohio eight revolution ary soldiers, the youn;;ent, aged 93 and the °Unlit, 101 years. stir Tho Grape Crop around Cincinnati is said to be the largest ever grown there, and is estimated as worth $1,0*0,000. lllarNew wheat is selling in Muscatine, Tows, DA GO cents per bushed. mar Rev. Mr. Gleizal, a. Catholia priest, died in SL Louie on the dth hut- • SEPEs-President Yen Bursa is witting his " Life and Tines." - ..a..7.7ITYIELIIIISMS TU. TILE MUSICAL CONVENTION, UNITY3DURG, JULY 30, Is, BY REV. S. S. SCHMUCK/R. D. D 'llursc-ren Arnirotts:—We are .told in the good book, which I trust you all love and of ten read, that on a certain occasion there was a large and noisy assemblage of people in the sueient city of Ephesus, which the Town Clerk dispersed, because they were in danger of be ing cited before the civil authorities, u there Was "no cause Whereby they could give an ac• coant of this concourse." Now itis true, our meeting is more orderly than was that o f Ephesus, and in this flee coon. try, we are in no danger of being called to ac count for the noise that is made to-day (if un fortunately our music should by any be mista ken for noise ;) yet it is always proper, to bare a clear idea of the reason of our actions, if not to answer to a human tribunal, yet to a high er one, to onr conscience and our God. If then I should interrogate you, why you are assembled here today, some of you would reply: We have COORS to cultivate mneic ; others, we have come to enjoy the pleasures of w musical entertainment ; and others still, Ire have come to spend s social hour with friends and acquaintances. Should you ex pect me, as the appointed speaker of the occa lion, to answer this question, I would say: Gentlemen, your replies, though various, are all correct; but they are too subjective.— There is another reason that underlies all these, and it is this : IVs are here 10-tloy, be cause God in good." Should this solution appear remote or ob scure, let us noalyze it and you will all under stand, will all assent. We reduce it to the ((Mowing propositions : 1. It is God who taught our orgaus to artic ulate ; 2. It is God, who taught our minds to dis cern and enjuv the relations of sound ; and 3. It is God, who taught us to apply :hid Sac. ultJ to useful purposes of lick:. Now Li Gal implanted ir.to our mental structure a desire and an intlnte impetus to seek the pleasure, which this faculty affords; and as his goodness prompted him to do all this; thercluro we are here to-lay because God is fpg4. I. Our first inquiry therefore is : Did the Creator confer on its such an organic strut• Yore as to isk:lie‘tte ii 4 see sine! design Of this there can be no doubt. God so form ed us, that the organs of mar. can make a eel , tain circuit of elementary sounds, vowel, gut tural, dental and labial, which constitute the oral alphabet of language, and combined into • won't' serve to express our thoughts. As these organs of speech are alike in a men, these elementary sounds, or oral alphabetic let ters roads by them, are also nearly alike in all languages, although their written names and their combination into woris, are very differ ent. These sounds, when combined into words, forth human language, which is and ever has been the uniiersal and most impor tant vehicle of thought amongst men in all ages and uationi. But they are designed and may be employed for another purpose, which is of inferior, yet of great importance.— By being pronolinced variously in regard to time, pitch, and force of utterance, the differ ent notes constitute music,. and you all know bow the feelings of the heart are excited by singing, and by instrutnontal music, which consist of the sane variety of notes. These notes differ from each other chiefly in .being higher or lower, that is, coarser or firer, graver or more acute , which difference is made by the different vibrations of the elastic 'membrane at the top of the windpipe of men and other animals, and of strings or wires in stringed instruments. Ily various most inter esting experiments, conducted mainly by aid of instruments invented for this purpose, it has been. established, that the range of sensi bility of the ear for musical sounds, extends from seven viblations W X 4,000 per second I • Mors are other sections of the vocal organs, which together with the relation of the notes to. time and force of utterance, distinguish the music as grave or cheerful, as soft or loud, ' ascending, deecending, Ste. Some irrational animate can execute notes more grave or acute than man. The lion can sound a deeper base, and the titbird a higher and finer note than we. Some birds can give a warbling tone to their notes. not fully attain able by the human yoke. Who does not re member the universal admiration, with which the far-famed JenSy Lind was heard, in her almost supernatural imitations of the warbling of feathered songsters, especially in her bird - - song, which filled with ecstacies the admiring thousands that crowded her performances? The science of music is Lased on the alas. tie ity of the atmosphere ) and the impressions .made on it by the vibrations of musical strings or pipes, or of the elastics membrane at the top of the singer's windpipe. The number and frequency of vibrations and consequent snasse mess or fineness of the notes depend on the length. thickness and tension of the strings.— Mach human voice is capable of making with ease seven separate and distinct notes, each higher, or finer, or more shrill than the other. Female voiase are fiaer.than those of males.-- The key note, with which fernalea naturally begin to speak or sing, is eight notes, or an octave, higher than that of males. But whilst the human voice can naturally make little more than ono octave of notes with ease, vari ous musical instrumenta are so constructed as to make many more octaves. Thus ordinary piano -fortes contain seven repetitions of these seven notes, that is. seven octaves. On string ed instruments each one of all these forty-nine notes, is caused and distinguished by a per ceptible difference in the vibrations of the strings, arising from their length, thickness and tension. Cords sad discords arise from these vibrations of different notes, striking the ear together, or at different and irregular limes. When they strike the ear a: the same instant, the effect is pleasant and is termed a cord; when at different an , l irregular times they make a discord, which jars the ear. On this general scale of forty-mue or more notes (7 octave s ) the loser class of notes is termed the base, the tenor or air the next higher class, then the alto, and finally the treLle or highest class. Yet neither of these classes or parts is absolutely confined tc any one octave, but each one occasionally runs into higher or lower notes. Tho question here arises, are there not, properly speaking, only seven radical notes in nature, namely, these made by the tenor voice, or natural pitch; and are not the other higher and lower octaves of notes only repeti tions of-the natural octave, by voices or instru ments of higher or lower pitch 7 We leave the decision to those who have made the philosophy of music their special study. 11. Let us now inquire into that musical faculty width God has implanted into our minds, in order that we might be enabled to enjoy and play on those various musical in struments, which he has attached to our bo— dice, and scattered far and wide over the mate rial world. This talent is an integral part of the human mind. Although it is found in every possible gradation, from the mus i ca l games of a Beethoven, a Haydn, a Handel and a Yoaart, to the untutuesi Ktquirneaux, who TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR scarcely knows whet music is; yet none are entirely destitute of it. Ask even the man who professes to have no musical sense at all, whether he does not take pleasure in the affec tionate tones of a beloved sister or mother's voice; and his confession will involve the truth, that he is not tota:ly insensible to the influence of sound. This talent, like all others, is susceptible of cultivation. Sometimes also it is enhanced by loss of sight ; for it is an acknowledged fact is psychology, that the loss of one sense adds scutesess to the operations of the others.— Music has accordingly been a favorite led successful study with the btind ; and some of them have melted an extraordinary delicacy of ear. Thus the celebrated blind mathems ticiaa, Dr. Seendersos, could readily distin guish the fifth part of a note, and would have become an eminent musician, bad he not preferred to devote his life to mathematics. lint is it not wonderful that the mini: of man should receive thoughts and feelings from cer tain vibrations of the atmosphere, caused by the human voice or some stringed or wind in arument t Yet the laws and results of these vibrations are reduced to &science, whose dis cussions and principles are marked by mathe matical precision, whilst the cords and dis cords can be witnessed by the eye in the can cidence or conflict of the vibrations on a mu• sical string. a A string or wire made to vibrate two hue• dred and forty times, will produce the note C, or Do. which coincides with the note on which a man naturally begins to speak or sing, be cause in making this sound the membrane at the top of his windpipe makes the same num ber of vibrations. Place your finger on the middle of this string, dividing it into two equal parts, and each part will vibrate twice as of ten in a second as the whole string did, name ly 4rio times, and the note thus made by each half of the string, will be in octave higher than that made by the whole. It is remarkable that all notes which see octaves of each other. that is, are eight notes apart, harmonize and produce a pleasant impression on the mind, probably because all strings when struck, brnte not only in one ellipse between the two ends, but have also au inferior vibration from elm middle to each end. And even within these inferior vibrations, other 'vi brations still smaller are mad by sub-divis ions of the string. Thus the seven notes are made by the sub-divisions of a string. But it is very remarkable that whilst the octave of any note, is made by cutting into halves the string that makes it. the intermediate notes of that octave are not made by further bisections, but by cutting the atrir.g into unequal parts marked out by the sub-vibration of the -longe•r string, namely into 3rds slid tabs and Bths, not into 4th. and 6ths and 7ths I And it is e qually remarkable that the human voice ex hibits a tendency to change on the same cords, namely on 3rds, ;els and SOLI as is witnessed in the city cries of fisher•woa:en, oyster. nee and chimney sweeps The elements of music are thus impressed on the atmosphere around our entire globe, and together with its implements are furnished by the Creator for man, for birds and other ani mals, whenever they choose to employ them. Here we see that God is the author of music., and the capacity to derive pleasure from-mu sical sounds, is a striking proof of his good ness. God could have made us capable of language, without deriving any pleasure of sound. As in the organs of taste, lie might have so formed us, that hanger would drive us to eat and thirst to drink, without our deriving pleasure from either, but has supenulded pleasure to both ; so also he added the pleas ures of music to the sense of hearing, showing that the design of making life a state of happi nes, to ell sentient creatures, entered into his original creative plan. This structure of the earth, with its slack atmosphere of 40 or 50 13211P11 depth amend it, presents it as one grand musical instrument, with myriads of rational and irrational al/finale over its surface piny-lug on it, and drnwiug forth streams of pleasure in the tones and bar monies, the symphonies and melodies of which it is capable. On artificial pianos we play duets, but here is a grand piano, the workman. ship of God, on which millions of men and birds and other animals can play together, whenever and wherever they please, and praise that august Being, who taught their organs to articulate, and their minds to perceive and ap• preeiate the relations of sound. lint music is of earlier date that even the creation itaelf, - The mornin¢stars existed.before it, and sang together, whilst all the sons of God shouted for joy when earth's foundations were laid. And if, as we have some reason to believe, and as Sir Isaac Newton himself conjectured, other planets or worlds are constructed likeour own, we may regard the myriads of worlds which 611 the regions of space as one great harmoni can, carrying on a grand united concert, as they revolve in their orbits, "forever singing as they shine, the band that made as is divine." It appears then that music is a native of every chine, and has been found in all ages and nations. Among the antediluvians we hear of musical instruments constructed by Jubal,the father of harp. and pipes :* Gen. 4, 21. Among the Hebrews music was employ. ed in religions worship, as well as at secular and social celebrations, bat its - nature seems to have been little more than a recitative chant. They bad no musical notation or notes, ex cept a mere accent, and the well-known belah in the Psalms, which indicated a pause or re petition, or some other musical movement.— In Europe musical notes were not used until idler the lith century. The English monk, Dunstan, in the tenth century, is thought to have compos ed the first piece of music,,, in which the several parts are carried *simultaneous ly. ' In modern times the Italians, Ger mans and French have most distinguished themselves in this department. Special advantages resulted to this science from the fact, that in the middle ages it was in cluded in the quadrivium, and studied as a regular part of the Acadetuio course of education. The use of written marks or notes to designate musical tones, was im proved and brought into general use by John de Muria in the 14th century. But it has been only within a century that mu sic has been reduced to mathematical preens ion, and discussed as one of the exact sciences, chiefly by the labors of lluyr,ens, Saveatt, ltameau and Euler. In our own age the science of music has been brought to great perfection, whilst vocal music as a practical art, is beginning to command gen• oral attention among all classes, and is re garded as a necessary part especially of a complete female education. But let us hasten to inquire, to what useful purposes can music beapplied. Let it be remembered that music is not an end, but a means, and should be em ployed at such times and to such extent, as the contemplate' end dictates. The person who spends all his time at music, —*pipes, but not organs asr common version readers it, for - organs sr Rens ot inveu ted until the 7* il'oeatury. either vocal or instrumental, unless it be for professional purposes, makes it an end instead of a means. He thus wastes muck time given him for other purposes, and neglects the active duties of life. keen Miss Hannah Moore warns yeang ladies not to devote too much time to music, to the neglect of domestic duties. Music should be employed to soothe and elms us in adversity, to relieve the mind by diverting it from severer studies or avocations of life, and to aid us in elevating our ft clines of gratitude and love to God, in our daily devotions. But, many, it is to be feared, abuse this wonderful tnlent to purposes of levity and revelry and debauchery, to the eternal ruin of their souls. M2sie in itself has no moral character, and May be applied to sinful as well as holy purposes. It affords us no knowledge either religious or secular; it only excites feelings, and becomes sinful or holy when connected with thoughts sacred or profane. Nero. the pri neo Of imperial tyrants, was pas• sionately fond and studious of music It is a well known fact, that the musical bank, which traverse the land, and per form at operas and theatres both in this country and in Europe, are by no means among the moat moral portions of the oom n itv. NO. 48. Music may properly be employed ass means of education, to cultivate the finer feelings of our nature. It has often been used to calm the raving maniac, to cheer the melancholy, anipeven to tame and quiet the wild beats of a menagerie. It richly deserves to be regarded as a proper branch of popular education. Singing should be generally introduced among the daily exercises of our tree sales's, and is- • strumental music may justly claim a rea sonable portiOn of atteution in female edti cation. M Ore teals to reader mere acute the sensibilities of our nature, to impress on the mind the sentiments to which it is played or sung, and-to- enlist our feelings in behalf of them. And whilst our esou lar "social lyres" and giber music books, d contain many sentiments which the true christian must deplore, especially such as excite admiration for mere military bra very, for war and blood-shed, as well as feelings bordering on licentiousness; yet, as a whole, the sentiments embodied in the most respectable and generally used works of this class, may be regarded as favorable to virtue, and the nobler feelings of our nature. Here it affords me pleasure to bear testi.. mony to the moral character of the musics hands of our town and vicinity, so far as my knowledge extends; and espebially to the sing ing schools assembled here to-day. The do , sign of these schools is to cultivate sacral music, to prepare the pupils to apply the musical talents which Clod has given them to the praise of the great Author of music, and to prepare them to unite intelligently and as. proprietely in the public devotions of the sane- • teary, as well as in the social worship of the , family. Those schools, when conducted with " the propriety and decorum, which we are u snred are always maintained by Professor Harry, are not only a source of rational enjoy. . ment, and a means of preserving the young from vicious associations but of cultivating the higher, the religious feelings of our nature, whilst the sacred truths thus imbedded in the heart, cannot fail to prove a blessing through life. Again : music may appropriately be employ ed to enliven and entertain the social cards, after the graver and more important duties of the day have been dispatched. But here also it is a reproach to christian &malted / that whole evenings are often spent in listen ing to mere secular music, whilst Zion's sougk i stre forgotten. It is unworthy the character of a cl,ristiau lady, to spend evening after evening at the piano, contrcding the feelings of the listening circle around her, and never to otter' a note of praise to her edeemer, to .wkos angelic choirs tuned their harps; to him, to whom she professedly owes aft li C hopes; who taught her mind to appreciate and her hands to execute the sweet harmonies of sound I Ilow mneh more noble and ooneietent wag the conduct of the British nobleman's diugh. ter, of whom the following thrilling incident is related : Iler father was a wealthy man of the world, and derived his pleasureafronsidu riches, his honors and his friends. His daughter was the idol of his heart. Much had been expended in her education, and well did she repay by her intellectual endowment. the solicitude of ber parents. She was WO ly accomplished, amiable in her dispeentatet and winning in her manners. But tbey ware all strangers to God. At length the details. ter attenaed a Methodist meeting in London, was deeply awakened and soon " - happily conj. veiled. Now she delighted in the earrinuot the sanctuary and social -religious aseatingp, To her the charms of Christianity were over. powering. She fraluented'the place, when she met congenial made. animated with ghat lar hopes, and was therefore often found in the house of God. The change was marked by her father with great solicitude. To see his daughter thee intimated, caused him great grief, and be resolved to correct her erroneous notions eta the subject of the reaLpleasures and business of li fe. He placed at her disposal large same of money, hoping she would indulge in the flunking and extravagances etothers of her birth, and forsake religious meeting. but she maintained bar integrity. He took bee on long and frequent journeys, in order,, to di vert her mind from religion • but she still de lighted in the Savior. After failing in all his eforts to subdue her interest in religion, he introduced her into company in such cm cumstanes, that she must either join in the recreation of the party, or give high offence. Hope lighted up the countenance of the in fatuated but misguided father, as he saw his snare about to entangle in its meshes the ob ject of his solicitude. It had been arranged among his friends, that several young ladies should, on the approaching, festive occasion, give a song accompanied by the pianoforte. Several had performed their party to the great delight of the company, who were in high spirits.—The nobleman's daughter was now called on for a song, and many hearts beat high in the hope of victory. Should she decline, she was disgraced ; if she complied, - their triumph was complete. This wan the moment to seal her fate. With perfect self possession she took her seat at the piano forte, ran her fingers over its keys, and awn menced playing and singing in a sweetair the following words : , •tio room for mirth or trifling here, For w oddly hope or worldly fear, If life so soon is gone ; If now the judge is at the door, And all mankind must stand beton The inexorable throne; No matter which my thvghts employ, A moment's misery or jby ; But oh, when both shall era, Where shall I tend me destined placel Shall I my everlasting days With friends or angels spend ?" She arose from her seat. The whale party was subdued. Not a word was spoken. ]Ter father wept aloud. One by one they left the house. The father never rested till he be- CIIIIIO a Christian. Ile lived en example of Christian benevolence,—having gives, to Christian institutions and objects of °Minty., at the time of his death, nearly halls million of dollars! We are thus naturally led to the LA and moat important use for which music is de signed, namely, Memorial', of God—for se. eompanying those panlms and hymns and spiritual songs, the singing of which is soak. mended in the New Testament. The doe trinos or truths of these sa d t irma enlighten the unders and enlist the feelings of the heart when read ; but we are commsadod to ainc them, that antenna -by the charms of mew, they may no w t atiU higher those feelings of resserx i s t.: sad l to God, whOoh tact put of tree devetion. milla rs (Omindlikispipg ; WI
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