LEW BURG C EE h 1 Jo H. C. HICKOS, Editor. 0. N. W0RDEW7Pdater. LEWISBURG, UNIOxV COIMT, PENN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1851 Toinme-Vni, Wnmber 32. Whale Number 396. ON CL LEWISBUItG CHRONICLE a hmhxiiht rimer jorKti, limed on Wcibtcsitiy mtirning at I.cichburg, Uninn county, 1'cnn.iylvanic. TER VS $l.fO prr jrinr, fur oxh artually in lniv: t paitl w.Uiin Urn-.- months; $ J 0 if paid aijun a year; 2,00 ifliirt pi.l b..f.iri'tlie year expir.-s; 5 imt, fur single luulm. Salmrittiins f.r nil ni'iutlL. or an. tu I iaiil in advan.. Iis.iittuunti-tf otruual with tliu 1'uMlsher. xwpt when the vear i il up. AsrearisEWKxrs h,nlsm.!.r iu.rtl at SJ etits prr square, ouo we kf $1 timr wca. 6 a year: two niane. $t for sis ra-julh. 57 for a year. Mmit!e Mvrtiie. HI -tits, not extlm one fouiUl of a column, $'.U a year. I J' III WtlUK ami racial a!rLTti-mPUt-i to Le nail for wha han-U-d in or delivcrC'l. C .!ia:rir:0N ailicitou1 011 all Fu'j-Ttft of enTal htt frest niA. within, the nny .f party or wflarinn r.i:iV.a. All It-tt4r? must mma pxt-p:il, aivumrwntif-tl bv Um r -i "'I of the wriur, to rviv nttiniion. e-The te.aUuj oirlu.:irv to Uif K litor al l..tar:m'-nt t.U'di-rwt-d t-i llHKar 1:. ll.ctt. Ijq. Aiiiv-u.i tlioao on bu-lnss to O. V W.uu)k,v. iuU A e. Oili na Mirkot stent, he.-wo. ii M-rond and Thjrt. orer the Oilier;, o. s. WOHi'KS, l'ru.ri.4or. "I" AND "WE." Oork, May the 6th. y. nr niivtyf nr," Thus wrote a captain -nnw no mors To let hti owners unit, rttand V hy be war then in Erin' land ; For he ha.1 his departure ta'eu From Falmouth, boonj dir-Tt f-.r Spain.) "Good airs upon the firdt of Slav, J rot the E'tho aud..r way : sailed along the Knzli?a fhori. Weathered th. Wolf a league or more ; I found the wind none of the Inst T shaped my roars about mutliwcst saw a vessel hears in slight i made all cleas to have a fight i ran up on his weather side many skit ful tactirs tried J fooaht him li.r an hour or so J made him strike hi mrr low sent mr prize to I'iymouth Sound steered then as by order hound found the wind draw forward more s' braced sharp up to keep off lftre 7 ftjund the rale incrraMnjt fat riefe-1 tlie aailii, mnired rach mnst J tried, bat fouud she W4.i:!l iK.t stay J wore, but she Made uiu.-h Ur-WMy J pricked our course ujtou ihe inaK And lound preat daniri-r 1 f ini.liup; rV ealht all hands, who soon b-'rau To try thi-ir test iu msnv a plsn; lint all in vain. fi.r. truth U sav. UX'lost the ihip in Usutry D y." Independence and neutrality. xt is a great lauit witu the uewi-paper ?ress of the United State-, th.it it is gone- j r.tlly either partizan, or m'U'.ral; the first j having an opinion tin one sidj of public aST.tirs only, the second having no opinion at all. We Amcriracs have pletity of Whig newspapers, and plenty also of Dem ocratic ones ; we have also neutral papers, wishy-washy affairs, without the courage or knowledge to stak the truth: but what we want, is independent journals, which ppeak fearlessly and frankly their cousci- cutious sentiments. A newspaper of such a character, indeed, is worth more to an impartial man than a dozen which are political or even neutral, The editors, of course, must be men of in- telligence, and free from unworthy prcjn-! j: r.F !, t,.tt. l.n, n11 . . . ' mercenary temptations. An ignorant ect- itor may get along very well in a partizan journal,for but little knowledge is required , to abuse political opponents; but an jg. ; norant editor, in an independent newspa- t., r. soon betravs himself, beins unable to interest his readers by a sufficient variety jnot deceived her Meeta was very bcauti tif topics. Nor does it require much knowl- j ful. edge or ability to be a neutral editor ; I "Fie on thee for a dreamer 1" said the for, provided he never veuturcs an opinion, ! voice again.but more gayly and still nearer, all rrocs well. The advice which the fine ! while a woman, young aud also strangely lady pave to the footman she married, will siviily to him ; he has tut to hold his tongue, and look grave, aud pfopie win take him for a wiseacre. But the free and liberal minds of the ... i -1 1 country require something more than par tizan and neutral journals. They want newspapers in which honest opinions arc uttered, and in which error or crime, wher- ever found, are fearlessly denounced. Such journals afford constant food to the mind, aud, even if occasionally wrong, aid the cause of truth on the whole, by their frauk discussions. For, as human reason is not infallible not even the sinccrcsl and most intelligent editor can alway3 be right : thouph he is apt to be more so than his readers, in exact proportion to his greater : knowledge and his wider sphere of obscr- j vation: and hence sensible, not to say ' charitably-minded subscribers, are cautious in condemning him. It is a very common ' practice for men, when they sec something they do not like in their ncw.'paper, to or- ; dcr it stopped. They approve, perhaps, of its sentiments iu cinety-uine respects, but disapproving in the huudredth, cease their ' support What is this but proscription ? If an absolute monarch finds a journal in his dominions, expressing cpiuions he does ' hot like, he stops its publication, and this J is called assailing the freedom of the press; but how does that ac t differ from this of the subscribers, except in degree? Both seek to force the editor to couceal his opia- ion ; both wish to stop free discussion ; onlv, in the one case, whin?!, fi tters, and , duntrcons arc called in. while m the other it is the pocket that is attacked. Of late years, independent newspapers are becoming more common in this coun- try. We are glad to see this. In private life, all sensible persons like best the men of liberal, independent minds ; and jour- nals, with similar characteristics, are des- tined also to become most popular. No one, who is not a dupe or a dunce, cares to converse with an individual, who has no opinion of his own, but merely echoes the ipse dixit of others ; and no really liberal mind, in search of knowledge, but will prefer an independent journal to a parti xan, or even a neutral one. We have endeavored, for instance, to make this paper an independent one. We laf, at all times, freely spoken our opia- ion. Uften wo Lave had, in consequence, me ? You know you know what scpa to encounter local or other prejudices ; but rates us. Leave me to my simple, humble ' ' never have we lost anything thereby. In every affair of this kind, in fact, wc have gained subscribers ; for where ouo narrow- minded man has said "stop my paper,1 dozen have said "put down my name; like your honest and independent course. fhilaJ. L'ullrtm. Counsel The Evil and tie Gooi ET ALICE B. KEAL. "3IEETA ! Mecta I" It was not the voice of the reeds by (he margin of tho pool that sounded so clearly above the whir of her spinning wheel SO: clearly, that the maiden paused in her t .... 1 1 1 WW 1 ousy ia, ana looted upwaru ana arounu iu the "Iimmerinj; twilight, liut the task was l"ug, and the day closed swiftly; there was no time to seek for the intruder. "Meeta ! beautiful Meeta !" Close at her very side, as if it had crept along the green sward, trembling through the ground ivy aud the blue-eyed sparrow grass, murmuring over the light ripples as musical as they, came again that soft,clear whimper. "l'es," said the maiden's heart, "I am beautiful. Ho waves tell nie so as I j gleaming; but not more brightly than the wounds, that burn and rankle; its plea gather cresses every morning; and the j ej-es of love that will welcome thee ! Such eures have a wild unrest, more fearful for roses prove it, for their hearts are not J wild, fervent devotion as thy hilly heart ' their passing oblivion of care and sorrow, clearer or richer in coloring than my cheek, j never dreamed of.'Gking up the very Then the brow is wreathed with flowers but The lily tells me so ; for am I not as fair ? j l0Ve of Heaven for thine ! Living for thee ' to cool the throbbing paia, and behind the aad the Coaling swan, swinging silently on : dying for thee, Meeta !" I false smiles tears are prisoned. Ask Noma the margin of the lake with its gracious j The pur8 white baud trembled, the mai- if she is happy, save in foro-etfulncss or . ' auu luc su,ulnS lurpaus 01 uax lUM ' not sufter or more silken than my tresses ; the violet, my eyes are the same hue as theirs. Yes, I am beautiful." "And all things beautiful are loeeJ" said the voice. Hut the maiden did not heed it. The long shining threads passed more slowly through her fingers, her head drooped for- ward as one whose mind is filled by vex lnS thoughts. JNay, in her moodiness, the. psalter Iroiu whien sue had chanted her moruing hymn, with a heart full of praise auJ innocent adoration, slipped to the 'ground, and lay, with all the treasures of tue Iifo to come, unheeded at her feet, And there slept her faithful Leon, his long cnrlinscMi o'crlappinff Oiww wbito and .1: e..i i.in,..:..,i """".J" im, i. uu.. .u ..v.. "f I'C river bank; and the sleeves fell "om uer rounuea arms as sue cia.rcu her hands bitterly, and they gleamed forth like ivory to the soft light of the crescent j moon juit floating upwai rd. Her heart had ; lovely, sprung from her concealment be hind the brake of flowering shrubs, whose ; thick stems and tall uplifted spires of ! blossoms had hidden her. Meeta started to her feet, and the sil ken tresses broke from their fastening, fal- ling over throat and waist, and abiding ten-; fold to her delicate beauty, j ''Thou child !" said the gay intruder, j clasping her waist half caressingly, half in playful anger. "So I have found thee at ; dast, dreaming over thine own beauty, and weary of the daily toil it can not lighten. 1'rettj .lccta, no wonaer mai mis graceiut form shrinks from such coarse garments, I and these delicate limbs hnd no rest on tne' straw of thine humble pallet. And these hands, so cmseicd, so uaintuy coiorcu, blushing to tho fiuger tips of their own perfection ah, there arc cruel marks of toil upon them ! Look at my hair, Meeta, wreathed and flowing. What would not I j give for tresses like thine . yet never uetorc has even the moonlight looked upon us heavy waves unfolded. Thy feet should be daintily sandaled. Sec !" and she trod a light and springing step, as one that bounds through an airy measure. "Thou here!" said the young girl, slightly shuddering. "Nay, nay, girl ! is this thy greeting to an old friend, who has left soft lights, and gallant cavaliers, and the merry dance, to come in search of thee ? See, there they are, the gay revelers ! The prince him- self does not disdain to mingle with them; these very roses in my bosom were plated there by his hand. And he has heard of jthec! So, blushing ! Well, mayhap it !was a little bird told mc tho tale, how a ' fair maiden spun in the sunshine, and sang 'so merrily, that the very thrushes came to ! listen, and the brook danced to the music, j But another than the thrushes came, aud thought the singer wondrous fair, and 'sought her side to tell her so. And the ! maiden blushed, but would not smile. Her ! blue eyes were veiled and downcast; bat a new light burned therein, kindled by those kindly glances. Ah, thou scest I know the talc; and now he waits for thee, to make thee his own, amid all that splendor; and I come, thine old friend, a willing em bassador, to bid thee join our gallant com pany." 'Huih, Noma. Wlijr luye jou come to life. Leave me to peace and obscurity." "leac, iia: ua 1 . n tr 1 the stran ger, gayly. "Such peace as tloj hast known since then ! To wuk wearily with I ! the day's dawn, every limb aching wi:h the labor of yesterday. To go about house - hold tasks, disdaining even the lightest, because ot thu servitude 01 wh'ca it is badge. Loathing the coarse dark brerd, longer uttered. Am I not right, Meeta?" and the crisp watcrcresses, with visions of j The listener gave no response, but still flawing wine aud dainty cheer, that come , stood drooping and downcast, as the foun ly right to others far less beautiful than ' tain of penitence and contrition welled thee. Turning the heavy wheel without a fjrth in her soul at these gentle words, sonsr. w hile musin" unou all these thino-a. I "These rocks are rohl ami Lir. Tim and dounins this coarse robewith thou-rlita of the silken softness shrouding forms far ! ,uore coarsely moulded ! If this be peace!" llie girl pushed back the heavy hair, which seemed to stifle her. She no longer resisted; she stood passive iu that soft, vet compelling clasp. "Come with me,' said Aorna. " Tis' but a step. A light wind will waft us to the other shore. Come nearer, and catch !na wooed thee to with her wild eloquence, the soft breath of perfume gushing from j The world lures thee with all that can do thosc fragrant groves. Hear that burst of light the eye or charm the sense. Its flat- festal music, ravishing the very soul as it j steals over the water ! See, the lights are bosom heaved with alow, shuddering "Come come away. I can not wait murmured, longer upon thee. Every hour shall bring I "So the heart this wild, re&tless, flut sonie new joy from tho love that has no tcring heart hath other teachers, and our law but thine own sweet will. Away with ' Father sends us the message. Toil is toil, aud care, and servitude ! Away, tasks uuinfd ior uiee ; jewels suau sninenpou this fair round throat, and loop back the rich drapery that will add a thousandfold to thy charms, and flash in thy floating hair. Come away, Meeta, and be" i "SucJia one as ttou!" said another , our own fostering. Beauty is His gift, voice, coldly and sternly, to the beautiful, ! Meeta, and shall we make His gift a min guilty creature. I ister to unholincss, offering it npon the "Once more," cried Noma, with a wild jltar of sinful passions T Oh, Meeta, the impatience, st--""r;s r '" "pni at, angels are beautiful, but they are likewise her rver, while a fierce gleam shot through 1 Pure ' ' the pleadine softness of her languid eyes I "And on, too, pure in heart, for "wilt thou come, Meeta?" A quick gasping throb, one beseeching ; glance to the serene heavens, one thought 0f prayer, a pang, and the struggle was ended "Nay, leave mc, for thy very touch is pollution, sending a strange fever through my brain; thine eyes thrill me with fear ful thoughts ! I can not go with thee ! I may not even listen to thy words ! Leave me, Noma ! leave me, for the love 0f ; Christ !" And then, with a loud, insulting laugh, the baffled temptress had departed, aud j Meeta stood with hands unclasped and eyes ! lowered down, listening to another voice, the counsel of one wha had been her guide from childhood. "Follow mc ; for I have never deceived thee," she said. "This is no place for thee, a the very sight of such mad revel ry. Ah, wa3 it wise to leave the shadow of the cottage roof, aud plant thy j wheel where sounds like these float past ? J3 it maidenly to stand there with thy gir- die unbound, and the Wind toying with thy hair f Uind up tne scattered iocks, and let mc lead thee." The rustling foliage of the "grove, the ripple of the waters, the gleaming of dis- tant lights, the faint gushes of song, and mirth, arid laughter, the perfume of flow- crs all these were left far in tho distance; for their path lay beneath the shadow of a huge-cliff, past tho ohapel with its silent spire, down the rugged steps hewn in the living rock ; a rough, toilsome way, and Meeta's delicate feet were torn nnd bleed ing when they reached the smooth, hard beach. They stood there alone, with but the heavy shadow of the cliffs, the light step of the fail hful Leon, and the deep, solemn roar of the waves breaking at their very feet The cool salt breeze came freshly to the burning forehead of the maiden. It was this deep calmness, this solemn voice of the sea, this cold kiss of it3 waves, that her fevered heart had need of. . "Look, Mecta, far out upon the wide expanse. Wave after wave rising, fulling, stretching out to the horizon, bounded by only what wc have called Heaven. It is thus with our lives. Standing upon the narrow beach, we look out to an eternity boundless as the sea would seem to thee. Ever its waves are rising, falling. Ever we hear the deep warning voice of its wa ters. Look, child; I do not chide thee. "Look in thine own heart, Meeta. Thon hast been sorely tempted. How was it that thy heart never throbbed rcbelliously before? Ever since thine orphanhood thou hast eaten the bread of cheerful labor. It is no new thing to thee ! Probe more deeply Mill. There waa a day wten an evil shadow fell upon thy path ; then was it that thy dreams began. Sitting hour by hour beside the still waters of the lake, - laving thy white feet, thridding the tresses . that fell around thee, enamored of thine own beauty ; so pridcaiue, and by pride i the angels of Heaven arc debased. Pride , that would not let thee kneel to ask,purely, j "this day thy daily bread :" and so the a , needful petition which follows it was no Va has ahoarse murmur, the wind is shrill. ' but it is more like ouY life than the scenes I : thou hast left behind. Its lessons are of- tentimes cold and harsh, its paths rugged ; but no poisonous breath comes in such an air as this, strength onlv to nerve the ( frame, and lightness to raise the drooping spirit. I have brought thee here to show thee paths of happiness not such as Nor. ; teries are sweet, its pleasures clow in the ! distance. But the soft words are hidden mad revelry. Do I grieve thee, Meeta?" "Oil no thou art too kind!" th: lightened when we take the task as from 111s nana; ana sanction is put a passing cloud, whose showers bring blossoms from the earth. To some are given lowly ways to tread, though brightened by a cheerful spirit, and made rough only with thorns of this is far greater loveliness than symme- 7 of form or the wealth of flowing tresses, Guard it tenderly from every evil thought; let no vain imagination, no selhsn longing dwell there. For none but the pure in heart are pure in word and life; and with out purity there is naught of peace." Oh, it was a gentle pressure, far more kindly than the thrilling clasp of Noma ; and the voice had a touching cadence more musical than the wild melody the revelers sang. So they turned ; and, with the sea before her, an emblem of the eternity in which the sands of life are merged, and the chapel cros far onward pointing to the serene heavens, the humble, struggling prayer for penitence cast out Pride, and i :...ti....j ...J. ...... .l . ! luciuiuucu iucaiiHi;a.uuiLugiauitiuut'ab of old Content. Co ley's Lady's Book. Kossuth's Address to the Democrats of Marseilles. The London Tines, of the Cth, contains the letter of Kossuth to the Prefect of the Department of Marseilles, on his arrival at I ranee, asking for a tree passage to Eng land for the purpose of placing hischildren at school, before taking his departure to the United States. The demand being re fused, M. Kossuth published the following address "to the Democrats of Marseilles :" " Citiicns : The Government of the French Republic having rcfttsed irre per mission to traverse France, the people of Marseilles, yielding to the impulse of one of those generous instincts of the French heart, which are tho inexhaustible source of the nobleness of your nation, has hon ored me by s manifestation honorable for its motives, manly for its resolution, pea ceable in its ardor, and as majestic in its calmness as nature, the grand imago of God, before the tempest. I .have heard my name blended with the hymn of the "Marsellaise," and with the shouts of " fit la Republique " a cry wbich is the only legal one in France ; the only one whose legitimacy has been won by the blood of the martyrs of liberty ! It is so natural to love freedom ! It is so light to suffer for it ! It is almost less thrn a mere duty : bat there is, indeed, a supreme glery in the thought of being identified with the principle of liberty in the mind of the French people. I have 'no desire for glory but this glory I accept, in order to merit it I accept it as a pledge of common interests, (soidarite,') and I accept it as a testimony of the fraternity of the French nation with all nations. I accept it as a sign of salvation for my beloved country. To yon, Frenchmen ! Republicans ! is the honor of that salvation ! Tons, poor Hun garians, the duty of meriting it ! We shall merit it ! My nation will understand the appealof your fraternity. It will be proud of, and bravely respond to it, as those ought to do who are honored in being called "brotherS,, by the French people. These are the only thanks worthy of the people of Marseilles worthy of that mani festation with which they have honored ule--yct not me, but tny nation ! and, in my nation, the past less than the future ! Permit mc not to speak asj riiore of the refusal of the government of the French republic to grant me a passage through its territory. I know that the French people are not responsible for, and are not identi fied with its acts. I know that neither M. L. N. Bonaparte nor 31. Faucher are the French nation. I knew, and I know, that the executive power is delegated to them j but that the honor of the French nation is not in their keeping. I shall no longer bear in mind their refusal, and I desire that humanity shall not remember it, if by any chance those who have been already in exile, and who, to all appearance, have forgotten it, should again be so. Last evening, one of your brethren, (of our brethren,) an operative of Marseilles oh! I know his name, and I shall not forget it, came, in spite of the cold, and swimming through the water on board the American frigate, to press my hand, I pressed his hand with pity, with emotion, and gently reproached him for Lis temerity. " Que voulez vous f he answered, ''I desired to touch your hand, I could not find a boat, I took to the water, and here I am. Are there any obstacles to him who wills ?" I bowed to these noble words. The love of liberty, the sentiment of duty and frater nity, were mine before coming to Marseil les ; but it is at Marseilles I have found the motto, "There are no obstacles to him who wills." That motto shall be mine. Vive la republique ! Health and fraternity! Louis Kossuth. Marseilles Boads, on board the frigate Mississippi, of the United States, Sept. 29, 1851. 'Ce Not aili)UBa" IT Baals koasaU. Be not faithless, ye who tread O'er a hard and thorny wy T.mpted o t to tarn aside In tome easier path to straf ; Be not faith!, bat belle re. lit who trod the self-estate road, Knows, the best, the aaieat way Leading to his owa abode. Be not mithteaa, ye who sen ssarksome clouds abore your head All alonic whose dreary way Be noTfc-ithlehS, tilers 8 Iflfllt," Thourh it meets not now your cyai J Boon thsee elouds will disappear. Learing bright and pleasant skins. Be nnt faithless, Te who bend 'Neath n heavy load of care, S'.nKMne on awhile, and theB Almost tainting in despair. There u help He'll gie youtrenictlv Strength to bear the weighty lid ; Grace will snake the burden light Cheer your heart along the road. Be not faithless, unto each As 'tis needed strength is geren And when earth is dark and drear Steadfast Si yonr eye on Ilearen: Still abore the thkkest clouds Shines a purs, undying ray ; -Faith alone may pierce the fflonro Hea'en'i brightest glory to display. Don't waste yonr Time. An Anecdote for Fsnona Seating their Fortune. This caption is applicable to all, but more especially to youth ; and the incident ; we are about to relate is one of so forcible i i it. . . .1. : .. V : .iT! i g (.naraClcr mat WU luiua ib fr.v- ductive of good. Two young clerks in a large American and French house in Pearl street, were par ticularly intimate ; so much so, that altho' they boarded in different houses, yet they were constanntly together during the hours of recreation from business.' One of them had been presented with a ! little French poodle, and he at once set about instructing it to perform all those little tricks for which the breed is famed. For some days his companion witnessed his persevering" efforts to make "Grotto" bring his handkerchief, catch pennies, stand upon his hindlcgs, and do many other tri fling bTrt amusing tricks. At length he got tired of being a looker on at so much waste of time, and resolved that whilst his friend was being the tutor of. Grotto, he himself would be a pupil to a French teacher, and endeavor to master the French language by the time Grotto's education was completed. Without saying a word to his friend, he commenced-his studies and beifig diligent, fast acquired a knowledge of the language ; he also improved from hearing a good deal of French spoken in the store, though he carefully avoided nttering a word. At length Grotto was finished, and had Tery truly acquired a knowledge of an infinite number of amusing games, and his owner prided himself no little on his acquirements. The owner of Grotto was a little the sen ior in the store of the other, and of course ranked him in promotions. One morning he came out of the private room of the principal of the firm, and looking very much downcast, approacned his friend. " Tom," said he, "the firm want to send one of the clerks this summer to France to buy goods,and they have offered this chance to me providicg I could speak French ; bat as 'Oui' is about the extent of my French, it's no go for this child. What a fool I was in not studying it when I was a boy!" : ' . ' "Well," said Tom, "whoso chance is next?"- " Why, yours of course. Ha, ha, La they will put the question all round, out of politeness ; and as none of us can parley otu ha, ha, ha! why, somebody will be engaged, and all of us headed off. Is ths course of the morning, Tom was called before the firm, and in glowing terms were the advantages set forth, if he could only have spoken the language of the coun try they wished him to go to. Tom listened with delight, and inwardly chuckled at the surprise he would give them. "Of course'said one of the firm, "you should have the situation, if yon could only speak French ; but as you can not, we shall have to employ some one else. Very sor ry, great pity, " 4c. " Well," said Tom, "it can't be helped, and there is no time, I suppose, to study now, so I must just do the best I can. Mr. Toutctte, shall you and I have A little chat, and perhaps I may pass muster." Mr. Toutctte and Tom entered into an animated conversation, very much to the surprise of all present, which having been kept np, in double quick time, for some fifteen minutes, Mr. Toutette very candid ly told his partners that Tom waa fully competent for tho place. Tom was a great favorite, and the firm were heartily glad that he was capable of holding the situation ; and he was instruct ed to prepare himself for departure by the next steamer, with the privilege of peeping into the World's Fair. Tom now returned to his friend, who met him with a right good ha, ha, ha ! j " Well, Tom, no use; I told you so." i "Ah," replied Tom, "you are out this time. My French has been approved of, and I am done here I sail in the next steamer." " You don't say so ! But, Tom, when did you learn French ?" " When you were teaching Grotto." A new light flashed across the vision of Grotto's master. ' What !" said he, "whilst I was fooling orer that dog, were you stud- " Just so . and yon know with what suc cess our time has been rewarded." By the judicious disposal of time, one young man is on the high road to mercan tile fame and fortune, whilst by throwing away time, another, equal in abilities, is dOOtbeu Ui uruogctj BkU&Kasuusip fjwMfw all his days. An UnbelieTer. It is said of Miss Harriet Martinean, whose name is now rarely mentioned by the press, that when young, she recipro cated the affection of a most estimable young man. and a clergyman. He was suddenly attacked by a prevailing fever, and while yet suffering and weak, a scaled letter was put within his hands. , It was from the woinan be believed the best, the truest, the fairest in the world, coolly in forming him that, from prudential conside rations, she had concluded to break off the match. The young man folded his hands, groaned, gasped, and fell back a ghastly corpse. . And this is the woman who has at last wrecked all her hopes and joys of the future, by denying that there is a God. With a heart of such adamant a philoso phy so calculating and freezing, she was the very one of all ethers we should aspect to renounce every thing of good report ; tenderness, there is none in her nature ; g,e tppears like a stern, high rock, riven apart from a great mountain, gloomy and isolated, beneath whose black base no sweet flowers dare grow, and upon which nothing rests save the shadow of the mighty mass frowning down eternally up on it Poor Harriet Martineau ! we were lately reading a little story, long ago from her pen, in which she paints the beauty of a Christian faith, and how it enabled an in digent, ignorant creature to' beeonie the instrument of doing incalculable good to the wicked and vicious surrounding her. Now she shrinks with horror from the thought that she ever believed in the re formatory power of religion. We do sin cerely trust that she may return to the old paths, before she dies; for, strong-hearted as she may deem herself, there will cornea time in whieh, amid tie pangs of dissolv ing nature, she will hear the whispering of a small, still voice, reiterating again and again, "am I sure that I am right ? am I certain I have not wrecked my soul for e?cr?" Boston Olive Branch. Yankee Inquisitiveness. In one of my solitary piscatorial wand erings last week, I passed through a mead ow in which a couple of juveniles were making hay. One of them left his oecu pation and came towards the brook where I was fishing. The following remarkably interesting conversation ensued we being strangers to each other. Boy. "Fishing ; ai'nt ye ?" " Ya-a a s, something of thai sort" Boy. " Got many?" (he lifts the lid of the basket)" Oh creation ! what a lot ! Where did you get all on 'em f' " All up and down the lot." Boy. " Guess ye know leow ! What kind o' pole's that t powerful han'souw one, aintit? What's made of V Finding I had awakened an inquisitor 1 "Very han'some, indeed inade of aU wood twelve feet in length in three pieces mounted with brass four inches round at bottom tapers gradually to lulf an inch circumference at the top seven teen ounces in weight cost five dollars. and cheap at that ! Bought it of Bfartid L. Bradford,in Washington street. Boston: Massachusetts, United States of America, last spring. Basket from him; too cost nine shillings holds when tali, twelve and a half pounds of fish when half full or empty, can't say. Col lines and hooks' from him, too lines linen aad silk, ari- ous hooks Limerick, and difierent hanged on gut This straw hat coat me two dollars.three years ago. This old coat; , twelve, about the same time. Can't ear what these ventilating pants coat Have forgotten what the vest came to. Botta made for fishing, and cost five dollam. Got an old wallet in my pocket, to keep spare hooks and lines- ia. Have a jack, knife also in my pocket, and a purse with a half a dollar, a ninepence, and two cents in it There teas once half a pint of good brandy in tlat bottle. Paid thirtv-two and a half cents for that pipe. Got this tobac co at the store above, part of a pound of very miserable stuff. That box I use to keep my bait in, which is generally earth worms. 1 hat handkerchief I got, I can't tell where it is old enough to speak for itself. I live at the Corrier, above havci been there some months intend to bo two months longer there. More about myself I shan't tell you. And is there anything more in particular you have W ask?" Rusticus, junior, looked amazed the' while I rattled off, with the volubility of a Caleb Quotem, the abore inventory of facU aad recollections ; and to my great surprise, seemed to take the hint that I would duett, further enquiries superfluous. Happy id having furnished one individual, at bast; with a quantum tvfficit ot information, I turned about to renew my sport Sean.ely had I inserted my fishing lines ia the brook; when this vision was broken np by mf "Say, stranger, where cTyedigyer iaiV.iT I felt completely flummoxed ; and did not leave myself time to reflect until ni least an eighth of a mile stood between me and the insatiable querist. Correspond. ent of the " Carpet Bag." In a neighboring county, the Democrats' had for over twenty years be.n in the hab it of holding their county nominating con ventions at the house of astauch old Dem ocrat, Mr. G. He happened on a recent occasion, f..t the first time, to be in when they hi finished their business, and heard a litt.j delegate from R. move that this convention' do now adjourn sine die." "Sine djc,'said Mr. 'G. to a person standing near, " where is that 1" Why that's 'way up in- the northern" part of the county," said his neighbor. " Hold on, if you please, Mr. Cheer- man, said U-, with great earnestness and emphasis; "hold on, sir. I'd like tub heard oh that question. , 1 have kept ' public house now for mor'n twenty yean. I'm a poor man. I've always been a Dem ocrat, and never split my ticket m my Iif. Thia is the most central locetiwi in tha county, and it's where we've uVers bcl-i our caucuses. I've never had, or iskd arf office, and have worked night and day fir the party, and now I think, sir, it's mean, it's contemptible, to go Us adjourning thia convention way vp to sine die." Spins of the Times. Bow to get Sleep. now to get sleep ia to many perrons st matter of high importance. NervoTW per sons who are troubled with wakefulness and excitability, usually have a. s'trofig tendency of blood on the brain with eul.tf extremities. The pTessmre of the blood on the brain keeps it in a stimulated or wakeful state, and the pulsations id the head are often painful. Let such ri4 aad chafe the body and extremities with a brush or towel, or rub smartly with tha hands to promote circulation and withdraw1' the excessive amount of blood frortf xUn' brain, and they will fall asleep in a few mo mcnts. A cold bath, of a sponge bath and rubbing, or a good run, or a rapid walk iu the open air, or going up and aotfa stain" a few times, just before le'-iring, will aKf in equalising circulation, and promoting sleep. Thee rules are simple and ray of application in castle of ia calm, and may minister to the comfort o thousands whv would freely expead.aoay for an anodyne to promote "Natu'sweMteslfcrcr, balmy slcP- ' -'" ' - Y- . Unjust richeacae the eCSS'm gettia in keeping, and fcraassctutisj. TVy owr his children ia tl-si tathes aseeSkj. I : ts If u A IT I h
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