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Acrostic.
"y Eliza Kirhbridgc now wife of J. J. Gutncy.
"o find one virtue in thee noxious weed,
ne single excellence, were hard indeed ;
ut to describe the misery thou hast wrought,
Ltd nameless woes upon creation brought,
Consuming health and life from hour to hour,
Come not within the scope of human power.
Oa! may a blight destroy thee deadly flower.
ODE
BV REV. JOHN PIERPONT.
Tune Slow.
In Eden's green retreats,
A water-brook that played
Between soft mossy seats
Beneath a plain-tree's shade,
Whose rustling leaves
Danced o'er its brink-r-Was
Adam's drink,
And also Eve's
Beside the parent spring
Of that young biook, the pair
Their morning chant would sing,
And Eve, to dress her hair,
Kneel on the gruss
That fringed its side,
And m.ike its tide
Her looking-glass.
,-And when the man of God
- From Egypt led his flock,
They thirsted, and his rod .
Smote the Arabian rock,
And forth a rill
Of water gushed, , ,
And on they rushed
And drank their fill.
Would Eden thus have smiled
ilaa wine to Eden cornel
Would Horeb's parching wild
Have been refreshed with rum!
Ai.d had Eve's hair
Been dressed in gin,
Would she have been
Reflected fair!
Had Moses built a still,
And dealt out to that host,
To ever man his gill,
And pledged him in a toast,
How laige a band
Of Israel's sons
Had laid their bones
In Canaan's land
"Sweet fields beyond'" death's flood,
"Stand dressed in living green,"
For from the throne of God
To freshen all the scene, t
A river roils
Wheie all who will
May come and All
Their crystal bowls.
If Eden strength and bloom
Cold Water thus hath gjvenj. -.
If, e'en beyond the tomb
It is the drink of heaven, . :
Are not good wells, ;' -
And crystal springs
The very things
For our HOTELS !
Something for the Tcinptcraricd
Cause.
The following was read recently at a meet'
ing held in Wheeling. Ya. It was received
a Mi great enthusiasm:
THK DRUNKARD'S FAKEWKLLTO HIS F.OhlT.
'Farewell, landlords, farewell, Jerry;
Farewell, brandy, wine, and Sherry;
Farewell, horrors and hlue'devils;
Farewell, dens of midnight revels;
Farewell, shoes that have no soles on;
Farewell, fires that have no coals tin;
Farewell, sots and all sot feeders;
Farewell, rogues and all thief-breeders;
Farewell, cupboards that have no ment in;
Farewell, clnir that have no seats in;
Farewell, children with dry faces;
Farewell, n those pop-shop races;
Farewell, landlords and your spousos;
Farewell, jidijrs and your houses;
"Farewell, tn your noise and rabble;
Farewell, to yur foolish gabble;
Farewell, swash, and all swash venders;
Farewell, bums, and all bum senders;
Farewell, pockets hat are empty;
Farewell, landlords, you have plenty.
STROUDSB URG.
PUBLISHED BY REQUEST.
John Thompson, Esq. of Pu'keepsie, offered
ihe following resolution: "That the growing
disposition manifested of late to use the Bible
as a reading hook in Common Schools, is an
auspicious omen to our country."
After a brilliant exordium Mr. Thompson
said :
We are to contemplate these interests in their
connexion with the voting; and the youth not oft
Asia, or Europe, hut of our own land. Our
children! Ah! how the soul swells when they
come before it; our laughing children, with
hearts ail joy, and hope, and sunshine. The
father relaxes his care-worn brow when he
looks upon his son, who is to bear his honora
ble name to coming ages. The mother, how
she cherishes in her heart of hearts her chil
dren; she "who made her breast the pillow of
their infancy, who watched above their couch
with vigilant, fund, never-ceasing love." No
eflbrt is too great, and no obstacle too appalling
fur parental affection; and many a parent who
h,ur not to thn nnthnritv of Rod. vet desires
thathis children may own and acknowledge ! "P0!"1 ,0. both ihe demands 1 he young
him; and when the parental heart is renovated. ' ,,ul recf vcs ,I,e f laments ! upon
how importtmatelv will it hang over the mercv lru,l and generously confides until deception
seat, and prav tha't God would bo the God orit's "? P101' or condemnation wakens unbe
olfspring. There is nothing selfish or sordid, hf .JJ D,v",c ahlr,,0' auflicicnt for
in the ordinary gratitude of the Christian heart. ' ,whfl 13 h,8 ,han reaf )n ad f thc rest Vs
It is not simply the grateful remembrance or J laI d P he comprehension of a.l the inqm
personal enjoyments and favors; but it rises tn-1 r,nS- .iW has ,he r;earch ofr,he nerces
to life and energy as the unstinted waves of the investigation, ever lighted upon a fact to con
r:..: i ..,.t. ....... . ..r..i,i ' tradtct a declaration, or even intimation of the
LHlliu Uf lit; wicinji; cue -tern m uiinuu vtiiiiui
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upon which their munificence can be expended":
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country, our cntiuren
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snaw not mis leeitug nuu
:s.rtti n,fl nnccn ? IT nrlv: ihi Ri!llf Hllfl
tnnw nr ,!. v. w shall tP.neh ,t , r children, i
,i,o ,,u r;.L ., a,i wtw. li. ,w ; ihp
house and by the wayside; and this no i&ss be-'
M.i.s ii is ihn rnmman.1 i,f Rod . ll.an-diclale !
of nature. Natural reason impels us to warn 1
r nff.nrlnn In ,,,,1,1 lU- ovil -,,,,1 pl,n(K I h
good; and man, wherever found, and in almost !
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l hi cnirititn not Mr n nn r a ? c 1 ri o inI r nnm M
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ortfaA n9? nnnoii'MruH f t instil 1 ft t 1 no mitlfl nl
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which his own feelings were directed. The !
Greek, the Turk, the Hebrew, and the Roman,
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commenced their religions instruction from the
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cradlc, and in the synagogue and temple; in
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lh urtwe frit r nn llio nprii!rniv hv n .
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:t r ,u r ;.t, t ,t . ii Sir, n is a Irite remark, and vet no ess true, i
principles of their faith, both nv preeppt and1 , ' , . , - , , i i
Lxample, brought to bear upon the intellect and 1 'hat that education which has respect only to ;
morals of the voung; and while Christian prin-i!hc Iccuial powers, leaves more than halfj
ciples had their ea?lv vigor and integrity under I xK w;ork mi,,m,c' . 1 ht! mosl dar,.n. and flam
th inn. ,r,ul .,ir;,.e i?r,mn,;i'beU against all law, human and dirmc, have
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nl Jjttther, and the no less blessed revolution1
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these same phtloxmhic practices were adhered , ua" v" u"" ucu' ;,s vu as l".B "'
to with a fidehtv which evinced their defence ! Panded a" I,,arRed or ,he ",a,l,h m,t I
to Divine authority, and their appreciation of! m.,l,,!'- ErI; ai,d instant familiarity with the j
the religion they believed. And many districts 1 D1shlfi a;npl'ales this training and nothing ;
of our own land, and in our schools of primary ! w, d" lf we ;'l!giccl lhc training of j
instruction, has the Bible h5,n placed in the h young for heaven, the Prince of the Power I
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hands of the voung, that their opening minds :
might come in contact with the elevating and '
purifying influences which a, a fact it ever!
sheds over all who become acquainted with its i
JrilIns j
Sir,' our resolution regardB this disposition to !
use the Bible in common schools as growing!
and increasing. And why bhould it not be so?
What book like the Bible to mould the charac-1
ter of the voung? What, intellectually, can sop" the mysteries of Cabalistic lore! the Greek,
exalt the mind, and chasten yet enrich the im
agination, lf the young soul dilates over the
pages of Milton, and revels among "hid superb
and glorious imaginings, how shall it not ex
pand and glow when it rises to the source
whence the blind poet drew his inspiration?
If the bounding spirit is mellowed and subdued,
when on the pictured page of Young, he meets
a
the august and solemn shades of Death, Judg-
ment and Eternity, and estimates the linscl glo
ries of earth, and more the substantial realities
of heaven, as he stands with the complainer
above the sepulchre of departed generations,
where" lhe "gray hairs of the mourner become
touched with the halo of the prophet;" shall it
not moTc deeply appreciate these things, when
they rneel hint in every living line of the sacred
Record? Do the young seek after wealth as
the chief good, when ihey see the glittering
god so idolized by the multitude? Here Dives
stands before him in purple and fine linen, and
there lifts up his eyes in torment. Is he ambi
tious of fame? True, his experience may fur
nish the corrective, when on the scene of their
labors, and the theatre of their triumphs, the
memory of the mightiest so soon perishes from
remembrance when he visits scenes redolent
of genius. When he treads ihe shores of Lake
Leman, once the abodes of Rousseau, Voltaire,
Gibbon, Byron, "gigantic minds that sought by
dangerous palhs a road to fame;" and well may
he ask, where are they? what now avails their
renown? Alas! the Swiss peas;rttt treads the
bowers they trod, unconscious that they ever
lived; and the boorish fisherman casts his net
in Leman's crystal waters, all unmindful of
its consecration by the poet's lyre.
Above the crag of the Neapolitan sleep, tow
MONROE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1842.
TESMSXEaSTT
ers the tomb of Virgil; but even there the vine
dresser carols a lay in a barbarous accent, that
would have grated on the ear of the fvlantuan
bard; and 'neath the rosy skies, and in the smi
lingf alleys of his native land, tin; piping of the
Lazzaroni has succeeded to the departed music
of his song.
But the Bible is crowded with instances of
poets, warriors, kings and philosophers, whose
warning history it there engraved as with the
joint of a diamond in a tablet of adamant. Does
he need to be prepared fur patience under
wrong and forgiveness of instill; there David,
the Lord's anointed, flies before his enemy and
refuses retaliation, while the deep glens and
lonely mountains of Judea echoed to the tones
of his melodious harp, and many a sorrow sha
ded his brow ere it Has fitted for the crown.
It has been asserted that all religious feelings
rest upon one of two grounds: that of authority,
or conviction; that the heart either hows to the
one or yields the other. That of the Bible rests
upon both. It has truth Jor reason, and truth
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aoovc reason; ana me uusuputsucateu nean re-
- .
-sacre(1 R'ord. I rue, we have often heard the I
chlIck U of anticipated triumph as geology pet.
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contradict his Word, ueoiogy, skeptical ue-
olgy traversed the bed of the river, and went
mo ,he ltssure of the rock: but Geology return-
ed a j'ever; for from the dim aisles of the
mo,,ll,a,n Carern a,,d Peaks f 1 ,e
mountain summit she brought in her hands the
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tiny shells of the deep, or the mammoth bones
of the huge Leviathan. Astronomy, skeptical
,ne h"Se Leviaihan. Astronomy, skeptical
Astronomy, turned her telescopic gaze upon the
I Astronomy, turned her telescopic gaze upon the
'heavens to track the radiant orbs that ight up
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the far off immensity. And Astronomy return-
J
cd a be lever; for every where, amid suns and;
s-stein9; 8.he sa lhe lrJcfr' "f ,he Dlvmo flM:
8", ad lhe evidence or the D.vine eve: and
thus have all the discoveries of art and science
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acted as too exponent and witnesses ol rcli-
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gion. bha not our children know this, and
s
know it eaily and well?
lowered in mind above the -common stature of
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-"fir fellows. J he moral powers must be
0,r A,r lral,,s ,nyl f ? ow- f . Pr(;ce,ss
f ed"n js ; constantly going on, which looks
t!,c W !,,.,hf ""P.11""' or ll,c aS"y of lhe
Uil )"uch sl,alll11 be? . . .
Mr. 1 hompson then spoke at some length ol
!he soc,al d political hearings of the subject,
bul m,r ,,m,ts forb,d Us 10 ,oll,nv h,,n'
Slr our resolution speaks of omens. The
Chaldean read them in the stars! the Egyptian,
in the responses of the Oracle! and the Roman,
in the flight of birds, and the entrails of slaugh
tered victims! and now, the home of the Magian
sage, he who gave tho elements of astronomy
to the world, is the howling desert, where the
lion roams and the Satvr dunces.
The philosophy of Plato is unknown in the
home of its first promulgation. Desolation
i a '
stalks hideously over broken shaft and moulder
ing column, and worse than all he bows to the
sceptre of a foreign king, whose Bavarian ban
ner flotits the sky, above the very ashes of
Thcmistocles; The Roman the fire consumed
his dwelling, and the sword of the barbarian
drank his blood, and over the grave of Roman
valor settled a thousand years of night which
is lifted but to show a race of supine and effem
inate figures, stealing round the crumbling mon
uments of ancestral achievement, and battening
on a heritage of fraud and licentiousness. West
ward the star of empire took its way, and u;e look
for omens here! (lo the Bible) and wotildthe
Greek look here, and the mournful genius of
that cradle of art nnd song, might yet rise from
the dust and stand revealed in as pure a light
as circled the eloquent Paul, when with' out
stretched hands and burning zeal he preached
Jesus and the resutrection, in the Mars Hill of
her own haughty Athens. Would Egypt look
here she might lear from the faco of her Isis,
the veil dark and inscrutable, whioh ages of ig
norance and crime have let fall upon his gigan
tic wonders; and lift to heaven the song of de
liverance, as the cross of Christ glittering in
the sunbeam from the summit of her mountain
pyramids. Would Italy but look here, and a spir
itual leprosy would lay at once upon all the do
ings of the Vatican. Panal Bulls would ihun-
der in vain, the Genius of Liberty would pour
new life-blood through her veins, and nervr, her
heart with the stirring memories of departed
virtue. May our country never look elsewhere;
may she ever cherish in the hearts of her citi
zens from the earliest infancy tu inaturest age,
the principles of the Bible. May her policy,
legislation, institutions and manners ever be
saturated as now with the spirit which the' Bi
ble breathes and then whatever solemn and
trying destiny is yet before her; through what
ever fiery ordeal she may yet be called to pass,
she will not palsy by contact with the superan
nuated errors of the false prophet, or wither in
the rank steam of her corrupted breath she
will never sink down, guilty and atheistic, crim
soned with the stains of foreign or fraternal
blood; but if in the lapse of ages, the stars and
stripes must go out to make way in earth's
drama fur some higher purpose of Jehuviih, they
will not be lost in the din of arms or the san
guinary terrors of the battle field; but borne
aloft by some angel hand, they will glitter with
an added radiance until they melt away into the
light of heaven.
The Mouse in ILiquor.
Mr. Smith, the reformed drunkard from Lou
don, apologised for much of the folly of drunk
ards' by the following story of the Cat and the
Mouse:
A mouse ranging about a brewery happening
lo fall into one of the vats of beer, was in im
minent danger of drowning, and appealed to a
cat to help him out. The cat replied it is a
foolish request, for as soon as I get you out 1
shall eat you. The mouse piteously replied,
that fate would be better than to be. drowned in ,
beer. The cat lifted him out, but the fumes of
beer caused pussy to sneeze ; the mouse took
refuge in his hole. The cat called upon mouy to
come out "You rascal, did you not promise
that I should eat you?" "Ah!" replied mousy,
"but you know I was in liquor at the time."
If none would say or do foolish things, Or fall
a proy to their great adversary, let them take
care never to get in liquor. We are willing
now to receive this apology from the reformed
drunkards for much of their course, which has
been so foolish and destructive.
Warniiigf to Uiitiiitifu! Husbaml.s.
A farmer in Bristol county, named Lumbem,
was very neglectful in preparing fuel to cook
dinner with; he would leave the house early in
the morning, seldom splitting wood sufficient
to bring his dinner to a suitable) Mate for mas
tication. His better half, tired of wielding the
axe, and finding expostulations of no avail, de
termined to administer a practical rebuke.
One morning before leaving home, old Luin
bem told his wife he wished her to cook a
piece of salt beef for dinner. 'If you will split
some wood I'll cook any thing you want,' re
plied his spouse. '1 can't stop to split wood,
I've something else to do,' satdine larmer'you ,
mtiit boil the meat the best way you can.' Off:
tramped the farmer, leaving his wile to cook
dinner as best she might. Dinner came round,
and with it came the farmer also, as ravenous
as a shark. Seating himself at the table, and
taking a hearty draught of cider, he seized a
knife, and gave it a few touches upon the stool
Becoming impatient, he cried out, 'Come,
where's the meat, I'm as hungry as a wolf.'
His wife brought the meal and accompaniments,
and set them before htm. With astonishment
strongly depicted upon his sun -brow visage, he
loudly vociferated 'what in the uame of pan
cakes and watered milk does this ero mean7
Why did'nt you boil that are meat?' 'You told
me to cook dinner the best way I could, and
after looking at thb fire place and the uncut
wood, 1 put it in tho warmest place I could
find, in the corner of tho yard next the barn,
where the sun has shone upon it dreadful
strong.' Farmer Lumbem replied not to his
helpmate, but taking some bread and cheese he
left the house, inwardly resolviug'never to leave
his dame, without preparing sufficient wood for
all culinary purposes at least.
A utci Ropiiig-iBK Gainc
Der Deutsche tells a good thing about a fel
low who went into a grocery store and called
for a quart of molasses. The molasses was
brought,- and the purchaser demanded to have
it poured into his hat. Tho grocer's clerk off
ered to lend him a measure, but no the pur
chaser insisted upon having it put into his hat,
at the same lime laying down a piece of money
which required change. The shopman, much
wondering at so odd i whim.hesiiiated no lon
ger, but doused the molasses into his custom
er's old half and then pulled out his money
drawer lo make change, 1 n a twinkling the
rascally purchaser dropped the hat on lhe young
grocer's head, grabbed all the money within his
reach, coolly put the grocer's good hat on his
own head, and walked off whistling, while the
shopkeeper was blinding, choking and smother
ing in a bath of molasses.
Jack, your wife is not so pensive as she
used to be.'
'No, fthe'a left off, and turned expensive.
No. 13.
Elijriilcen Years Old.
There is a period in the life of every young
man over which to pass safely, requires the
most skilful navigation. To double this point
is more dangerous to the moral character, than
for a navigator to double Cape Horn.' The
whirlpool of pride and the qiiirksand.i of self
conceit yawn upon them, aiid are to the young
man what Srylla and Charybdis were to the
ancients. This period is from sixepn to ihvi tnv
one years of age, and during this time a vu ij
man is subject to what is commonly allttl ''i
eighteen years old feuer,' though owing tn the
precocity of some, they are attacked n e.ulv
as sixteen. The effects of the disease are al
together different from thoe morbid complain:-.'
to which the human sy-tem i subject in
stead of wasting away, it produces a general in
flrition of the intellect, if I may mi ;xpres- it,
which renders the subject more. like a bladder
filled with wind, than a rational being.
Important 3T. IS.
A young Miss, it: writing to her hivrr,
ail adjoining couiuy, to this city, seems n n
forgotten to say something about home a (Furs,
and after scaling tip her letter, breaks it open
to add the following :
N. B. 1 break this letter open to let you know
that our calf runs after folks.
P. S. So no more at present, only her horns
ain't large enough to hurt aily body, if she war
to butt 'em.
A student in one of our colleges, on his way"
home during vacation, stopped for the night at
a tavern in the country. Alighting -from his
g'g, he gave the following very clear and order
to the ostler: "Boy, extricate that quadruped
fiom the vehicle, stabulate him. donate him an
adequate supply of nutrioiis aliment, ami when
the Aurora of morn shall again illuminate the
oriental horizon, 1 will award you a pei -notary
compensation fur your :i:tiable hospitality .'
Selecting Cabbage Pa;it5.
A correspondent of the New tene-re Fif
mer advises those, who on a rainy day, t ik
from a bed of Cabbage plant", -'"inn fur im
planting, to select the blur, shnrt legged on?s
because the long legged 'onrsntti mostly sculltunt
and won't have any heads i
A Sharper Served siti
A man the other day got a crowd ofcoun'ry
men around him near Uie. old market, and at
tempted to 'surprise the natives' by a few
heights of hand. After acco!ttp!t.hin ? i ffjt
or two, and winning some bets. lie toM i u- o:
the spectator, a tall, raw looking lel'ow. h::
he could turn a nine-pence into a dollar, if he
could be furnished with one. 'file spectator
out with his leather punch, handed the exhibi
tor a nine- pence, which the latter readily, ap
parently, converted into a silver dollar and han
ded ii to the spectator to examine. The coun
tryman, on receiving the dollar took off his hat
and made ;t low bow to the exhibitor, exclaim
ed, 'Welli I'll be darned if you ha'ni dune it;"
and then pulling the dollar into the puueh from
which he had taken the nine-pence, he added,
"lui you a'int a going to to turn it back into a
nine-pence, no how." Providence Chron.
Slander.
It is a poor soul that cannot hear slander.
No decent man can get alung without it at
least none who are engaged in the business
pursuits of life. Have you had a had fellow in
your employment, and discharge him he goes
round and slanders you; refuse another some
very modrst boon which he haft askd, he goes
rotind and slanders yoU let your conduct bo
such as to create the envy of another he gne-
round and slanders J'ou. In fine, we would not
give a cent for a person who is nut slandered;
it shows that he is either a milk-sup ur ii Fool.
No no earn a had name by a bad felltiw, (and
you can easily do so by correct conduct,) tt is
the only way to prove that you are entitled to
a gOod one. Portland Mc, Tribune.
Absurdities. It is very ahmird for a per
son to suppose, that in this world he will meet
with no injustice
It is absurd to think that all beautiful women
will make gdod wives.
It is absurd in expect decency of a foul, or
brains of a dandy,
U is absurd to think of passing through life
wiihnut adversities, or that lobsters will not
turn red after hiring boiled.
It is absurd to expect a re'ttm of good fur
evil, or to hope for assistance from a relation.
It ',s absurd to think of acquiring a reputa
tion for honesty, and, at the same time cheat
your neighbor.
That Beats the JBugg,
The Crescent City tells of an artist who
painied a mouse so naturally, that when a cat
happened to enter the room it started from the
canvass with its tail at half-mast, and in Us
fright, jumped down the painter's throat, that
being the nearest hole it found open.
They have introduced cut granite curbstonei
in the borough pf Harrisburj.