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DAll letters addressed to the Editors must be post paid. jron PRINTING. flavin? a general assortment of large elegant plain and orna mental Type, we arc prepared to execute every des cription of Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, Notes, Blank Receipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER BLANKS, PAMPHLETS, &c. Printed with neatness and despatch, on reasonable terms AT THE OFFICE OF THE Jcffevsonian Republican. From the Xew York Tribune. Stanzas. BV WILLIAM H. BURLEIGH. I. Stormv passions with a pen of steel, Write their record on the human heart ; Grows the tracery fires of sin anneal Deeper and deeper as the years depart. II. Perish hopes that holy made its youth ; Fades the promise of its golden prime ; Meek affections, sympathies and ruth, Sweepeth over all the tide of crime ! III. Downward presseth evermore the soul ' That is wedded to its hideous sin Downward madly to the dreadful goal, Spirits hating purity must win. Ir. In the path that leadeth from the light, Every foot-fall soundeth like a knell! Darker o'er the spirit gathers night Blackest horrors thick around it dwell. V. Lost the brightness of its earlier day, -All its longings for the Holy lost, ? Like a wreck, whose helm is lorn away, " On the waves of Error see it tost ! Hapless spirit! heedless of its birth Mad to drink the bilter cup of woes ! Dark hath been thy pilgrimage on earth, . . .r Darker still that pilgrimage shall close ! . "VII- Ye who linger on forbidden ground, Dreadful is your recompense, and" sure !"-?' For the blessedness of Peace is found Only by the holy and the pure ! Counsels io the Toutig I1V HORACE GRF.ELY. Three millions of youth, between ihe ages of tix and lwe;it'-one, now rapidly coming fur- ivan! 1m I jit p. rank n liin future himlmnds nnd fathers , legislators and divines, instructors and gm-rrnors, politicians and voters, capitalists, and laborers, artiz?ns and cultivators of llii vast country, whose destinies are even yet so faintly imagined, much less developed. No. one h so humble that he wilLnot certainly exert an mfh.M,ce-ii may be an immense and im- perishable' influence on ihe happiness and ele union of his country and his race. The hum- ble,t cottage maid: nonfiling ihankfuliy as j,! household servant of sorne uroud family by wlioin she is regaided as nobody, may yet be the mother of a future President or nobler Mill, of some unaspiring but God directed' man, ttln as a leacher of righteousness, an amella, ior uf human sufferings, a successful reprover if wrung, sensuality or selfishness, may leave hi-i impress on the anuaU of the world as a love: and a server of his race. Nearly all our now eminent men, politically ; Jackson, Clay, " an Buren, eic, were nofTncrch of poor and humble parentage, but left orphans in early life, and thus deprived of the support and counsel which seems most eminently necessary to suc cess in the world's rugged ways. In the higher walks of genuine usefulness the proportion of those enjoying no advantages of family influence or hereditary wealth, who Jitiain the loftiest eminence is very great. Call to mind the first twenty names thai occur to you of men distinguished for ability, energy or philanthropy, or loffy achievement, and gener ally three-fourths of ihcm will be those of men born in obscurity and dependence. AH literature is full of anecdotes illustrative of iheo encouraging truths ; a single fact now occurs to me which J have never seen record ed. I have often worshipped in a Baptist meeting; house in Vermont, whereon at its con Mnieiion some thirty years since a studious and exemplary young man was for some lime employed as a carpenter, who afterwards qual ified himself and entered upon the responsibili ties of ihq- Qhrisuan Ministry. Thau young man was Jared Sparks, since Editor of ihe N American Review of Washington's voluminous Writings, &c, and now recognised, as one of the foremost scholars, historians, and critics, in America. I propose here to set forth a few important maxims for the guidance and encouragement of those youth who will hearken lo me maxims based on my own immature experience and observaiion, but which have doubtless in sub stance been propounded and enforced by elder and wiser men long ago and often.- Siiil as they do not appear to liave exerted their full and proper effect on the ripening intellect of the country as thousands on thousands are toilsomely, painfully struggling forward in the race for position and knoweledge, in ihe palpa ble defiance of their scope and spirit I will hope that iheir presentation at this lime cannot be without some effect on at least a few expan ding minds, rhev are as follows : I. Avoid ihe common error of esteeming a college education necessaryj to usefulness or eminence in life. Such an education may be desirable and beneficial to many u is doubtless so. But Greek and Laiin are not real knowl edge ; they are only means of acquiring such knowledge; ihere have been great and wise rind surpassing useful men in all ages who knew no language but their mother longue. Besides, In our day the treasures of ancient and cotemporary foreign literature are broughi home to every man's door by translation which embody ihe subaiance if they do not exhibit all the beauties of the originals. If your circum stances in life enable you to enjoy the advanta ges of a college education, do not neglect them above all do not misimprove them. But if your lot be different waste no time in idle repining, in humiliating beggary. The stern, self-respecting independence of your soul is worth whole shelves of classics. All men cannot and need not be college bred not even those who are born to instruct and im prove their kind. You can never be justly jqeni, oi deep sigmnceiice, ana more nnpres deemed ignorant, or your acquirements con-1 sive than the profoundest Volumes, tempiible, if vou embrace and fully improve ihe ' But grant that greau-r or more varied means opportunities" which are fairly offered you. j of culture than the individual's narrow means II: Avoid likewise the kindred and equally j can supply arc desirable, has he not still modes pernicious erTor that you must have a profes- j of procuring them 1 Is he a solitary, and our sion must be a ClergymanfLawyer, Docior or goodly landjiis isle of Juan Fernandez? Are something of ih'e sort in order to.be inlluen-! there not others all around him, if not already tial, useful, respected or, to stale ihe case in . of kindred tastes and aspirations, at least in its best aspect,- that you may lead an intellectu-1 whom kindred aspirations may be awakened ? al life. Nothing of" the kind is necessary j Way ho not gather around him in the rudest very far from it. If your tendencies are intel- ' township or vicinity some dozen or more young lecttml if you love Knowledge, Wisdom, Vir- men in whom the celestial spark, if not already tue, for themselves you will grow in them, j glowing, may kindle lo warmth and radience 1 whether you earn your bread by a profession, j And by the union of these, may not all their a trade or by ulling the ground. iNay, it may be doubted that the Farmer or Mechanic who ilnvntP his inwil.'fiiinl nursiiiu frnm mirft love of-them, has not some adraniages ihere- in over a professional man. He comes to his book in the evening with his head clear and his mental appetite sharpened by the manual labor taxing lighily the spirit, or brain ; while the lawyer who has been running over dry old books for precedents, the doctor, who has been racking his wits for a remedy adapted to some new modification of disease, or the divine, who immured in his closet, has been busy preparing his next sermon, may well approach iho even- ' "JS volume with senses jaded and palled i re are lew meu, anu peruaps lew won en, ! ho do not spend uselessly m sleep or play, j 0r frivolous employments, more lime than ! woulld be required to render them at thirty ' tt c vereLd " I,1's,or'' Pl"s'i Ethics, as fellas Physical Sciences &c. ri. r l r ... .. 111. JNeilucr is any advantageous location essential to'the prosecution of ennobling studies, or lo an intellectual life ; on this point misap prehension is very prevalent and very pemici ous. A youth born in some rural but thinly Settled district, where books are few and unfit, and the means of intellectual culture apparent ly seamy, feela within him the stirrings of a spirit of inquiry, a craving io acquire and know, aspirations for an intellectual condition above, the dead level around him. At once he jumps io the conclusion that a change of place is necessary lothe satistaciion of his desires that he must resort lo the university or the seminary, at least the city or the village. He fancies he must alter his whole manner of life that a persistence in manual labor is unsuit ed to, if not absolutely inconsistent with aspi rations awakened within him ihat he must become, if not an author, a professor, a lawyer, at least a merchant or follow borne calling un like -thai of his father's. Wrapped in this delusion, he bolakes himself io the city s dusty ways, where sooner or Isier the nature and exient of his mistake breaks upon him. If he finds satisfactory employment and is prospered in the way of life which he prefers, ihe cares and demands of business al-mo-a constrains him to relinquish those pursuits for which ho abandoned hi"s more quiet and natural life. If he is" less fortunate, anxieties for t her morrow, a constant and difficult struggle for the mea'ns1 of 'crediiable subsistence, and io avoid becoming a burthen or a detriment io others whoiiave irusied or endeavored-to sus laiu him. crowd out of being iho though! or ihe hone of menial culture and advancement. Nay, more, and far worse ; in the tumultuous strife of business and money getting, whether suc cessful or otherwise, then every desire of in tellectual elevatipn is too ofien stifled or greatly enfeebled, and that death of the soul ensues in which satisfaction of the physical appetite be comes the aim of life the man is sunk in the capitalist oMrader, and ihe gathering of shining dust made the great end of his being. But what shall ihe youth do who finds his means of intellectual culture inadequate to his wants ? I hesitate not lo say thai ho- should create more arid beiier just where he is. Not thai I would have him reject any real opportu nity or proffer of increased facilities which may open before him. 1 will not say thai he should not except a university education, the means of studying for a profession, if such should come fairly in his way, and be seconded by his own inclination. But I do insist that nothing of this sort is essential lo ihe great end he has 'or should have in.view namely, self culture ; lu this end it is only needful that he should put forih all the powers within him and rightly mould the circumstances by which he is sur rounded. Are ihe books within reach few and faulty ? let him purchase a few of the very best and study them intently aiid thoroughly. He who is truly acquainted with the writings of a very few of the world's master spirits can nev-., er after be deemed ignorant or undeveloped. To know intimately the Bible and Shakspeare, and the elements of Hisiory and the Physical sciences, is to have imbibed ihe substance of all human knowledge. That knowledge may be presented in a thousand varied, graceful and attractive forms, and the variations may be highly agreeable and useful nay, they are so. But though they may improve, refine, and fer tilize, (so lo speak) they do not make the man. If he has the elements within him, no future hour of solitude can be lonely) or tiresome, or profitless. The iriild moon and the calm high stars arc companionship and instruction, elo- mutual menial wa::is be abundantly supplied And herein is found one of the pervading ! advantages ol the cause I would commend. me awakened youin wtio lias witnurawn I mi iii it youin who lias witnurawn to the seminary or the ciiy may have secured his advancement ; but he who has remained con stant to his childhood's home, its duties and associations, will probably have attracted others to enter with him on ihe pathway of life. The good thus accomplished, time may not measure. Doubtless many a village Lyceum, many a township Library, owes iis existence to the impulse given by some poor and humble youth, inspired by the love of knowledge and wis dom. IV. The great ccnlral truth, which I would impress on the minds of my readers is this promising a genuine energy and singleness of purpose the circumstances are nothing, the man is an. we may ue uie siayps or toys oi circumstances if we will; most men probably are so; and to these all circumstances are alike evil that is rendered so, if not by rugged diffi culty, then by soft temptation. But that man who truly ruleth his own spirit and such there is, even among us readily defies all material influence or bends them to his will, lie Hope ful, be confident, then, O friend, if thou hast achieved this great conquest, and believe that all else shall follow in due season. A R'cw OrJeaEJS Dandy. A dandy sporting a pair of fashionable dress boots was thus accpsted yesterday by a friend whom he met in phartrcs street : " Why Frank, how is this' How did you make the raise of the new boots V I thought ihe boot maker whom you patronised had shed vou r " Ye-es," said Frank drawingly, "the fell-oio had ihe the pwesumption to bwing me belore ihe court ; but father has sent me a wemiitance since,- so you see" our difficulties with mowocco (morocco) arc settled. Picayune, The poets are not all dead yet, witness the following, perpetrated by the genius who pre sides over ihe Hagcrsiown lNews" " For winter's hoary head appears again, And Boreas sweeps across the smiling plain;" The Bees and Ladies to iheir homes repair, While we remain in our office, hard at work, in the corner of. the Public Square. According lo the mritt at politeness, a " high dmy" is when a tall man takes off his hat to a lady, lie can Lund, himseti oniy wuen tie gets married; ' ' Tlae Fountain. - BY JAMES RirSSELIi LOWELL. Into the sunshinc, Full of. the light, Leaping and flashing, From morn to night.! Inio Ih'e moonlight, Whiter than snow, Waving so flower-like, - . - When the winds blow ! Into the 'starlight, Rushing m spray, Happy at midnight Happy by day ! Ever in motion, Blithesome and cheery, -4 rk tl. ' 4- .'-as Still gushing heavenward . : -. Never aweary ! Full of a nature . Nothing can tame Changed every moment,' Ever the same 1 Ceaseless aspiring, - Ceaseless content, Darkness or sunshiuo Thy element ! Glorious Fountain, Let my heart be r, Fresh, changeful, constant, - Upward, like thee ! S5xlraordinary Case. We were informed of a case of insanity in tliis county, a few days ago, circumstances con nected with which are so extraordinary as to be well worth recording. It seems there has been in the Ipswich Alms House, or House of Correction, for about twenty years, an insane man who was sent there from Salenv, and had always' gone by the name of "Captain." Of his real name atjd residence nothing was ever known by the authorities, nor has any thing been discovered until within a few months past. The man is perfectly harmless, his malady tending rather to idiocy, and he has long been allowed to go about freely, sometimes wander ing into the neighboring towns, but always re turning in safely. A few months ago the: keeper presumed a card to him, and said, "Captain, will you give me your address V The captain very readily took the card, and vriiing upon it, in an ele gant hand, a gentleman's name, with the name of a town in the stale of New York, returned it. As it was somewhat uncertain it this was really his name, a few days afterwards another card was handed to him with the request that he would give his father's address. He imme diately wrote the same surname and town, with another christian name. It was then supposed , that he might have given his real address, and, to ascertain the fact, a letier was forwarded to the place mentioned, directed, to the person whose name was given as the father, with a request to the postmaster, if such a person had ever resided there and had removed, to forward the letter to the present place of residence of the gentleman or his family if it could be ascer tained. . Nothing farther was heard until a few weeks ago. when a leller was received' fro nil New York on the subject. The letter was shown to the "captain," and as soon as his eyes fell upon the superscription, his countenance changed, his eyes were suffused with tears of joy, and he cried out in the most touchiug tone, "my mother! my mother!" It was in fact aletter from his mother -the father having been dead a number of years. She wrole that noth ing had been heard of the son for twenty two oAwenly ihree years and he - was supposed m he on? deceased. 1 ne "captain was ex tremely .affected On perusing the letter. The mother is at present residing with another son in the city of New York. A farther corres pondence has taken place between the parties, and some ol the relatives are expecteu to come on shortly and take ihe lost restored home. With what fervor can this mother exclaim, when she greets ihe wanderer--" For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost and is found." Keen Shaving". Handy Andy says that when he sailed on a oyage of discovery with Capl. Perry, they found that old Boreas had established a barber's shop in the Northern Ocean, and used the Norih Pole for a sign. We should think, from iho keen weather we have had for a few days, that the old gentleman had established a branch of his concern in this place. " Rachel, my daughter, why don't you learn as fast as your sister Hannah!" "why don't every stalk of clovor bear four leaves, mother " Go and bring in a basket of chips,- child." Wo find in the Iowa Reporter, art invitation to the young ladies of New England" to take boat for Iowa," and find husbands, who will welcome them with ope.n arms." Howard streoi flour in Baltimore; $375; First Jinprcssiow oS the 3anj;ii-. Every thing is strange lo him; groves of palm trees meet his eye on every hand ; ho sees the fool-prints of the lier upon I lie irtii.l deposited by ihe last high lide ; jaikalfs-meet him on his walk, and hardly move out of hn irack; and monkeys mimic the cries of dynflj innocence in the adjoining corpse, ho ees iho alligator basking upon the sand-bank like a loj of wood; vultures and adjutant flapping eucft other with their wings, as they float by hhji rafted on a dead Hindoo; vampire bats sltfiji, silently through the evening air in .Ncrtrqh'iif prey; fireflies glimmer and gyrate anmHjh blossom-laden forest trees; Ids ear ia jissnib-ii and stunned by tlie noise, lli& buzz, and luhn. and hiss, and chiller of tun Mhouaud iitsocu. The native tomtom sounds from the ImzaarVrflt neighboring viilagu. The houses nra ihuft? wigwam-i, shrouded in most luxuriant vegerjf. lion. The people are almost naked, orclothtjii in muslin robes, with silver rings upon iJffcrV ankles and their arm's-, their fingers and' rlie.tr toes, and golden ornaments in lihVir eatsTa" noses-. He is agreeably surprised to find iheiii so fair; and more so to find them more hand some and with more regular and finer luririfci features than his own countrymen ; graceful' fti their gait, easy and polite in iheir manner?.; and in their intercourse highly polished and civilized; speaking an unknown language, anl yet making themselves understood ; knc.e!lrt in prayer along the highways, regardless of ilni turmoil around them, and pouring oul litfalrdfa into the sacred stream. " ' - A certain gentleman told a young milliner" that he had been informed she was in the hal it of setting scandal afloat, and causing unhd cessary disturbances. "5 " I '" said Fanny, with a look of surprise " I never made any disturbance in all my lift's?' " Well," said the gentleman, you havii'dften been known io make a bustle.'" . ' - -h " 0 you, go 'Jong." JFaStesaaasg Hens. Paine Wingale, in the Maine Farmer; sayS experience tells him that the following process is the best mode of fattening hens. Shut iheih up where they can get to no gravel. Keep cdni by them all the time, and also give them dough once a day. For drink give them skim milk. With ibis feed they will fatieii iii teri days. If kept over ten days, they should have some.graVi el, or they will fall away. The New Bedford Mercury informs its ri ders that lard oil is no new discovery. Tlfb French have made it many years. A great many dozen glass bottles are imported, every year, labelled " Huile de Bordeaux," whichis sold as olive oil y?t the olive is perfectly iniid cent of any part or lot in the matter it is rioih in more or less than the veritable " lard oii." " i'hi in good spirits," as the fly remarked when he fell into a "lass of Jamaica. A Ion of lard is consumed daily in the mat?; ufacltire of lard oil, al Marshall, Mich'igan.-" There is now every reason to believe thai this new article of American manufacture will soon be exported to Europe in large quantities. During a discourse on matrimonial righi, a man remarked to his belter half, " What?s your's is mine." " I'm agreed to thai,'1 stml she, " and just take my toothache, if you pleaJg along with the rest." . -iSf-1 XjOVC at First Sight. ' BT BULWEB. Into my heart a silent loojc Flashed from thy careless eyes, And what before was shadow, took The light of summer skies. The First-born Love was in that look-, The Venus rose fronfout the deep ; Of those inspiring eyes. My life, like some lone, solemnspoi1 ' A spirit passes o'er, Grow instinct with a glory not ' . In earth or heaven before. ,1HP ft, Sweet trouble stirred the haunted spot, And shook the leaves of every thought ; Thy presence wandered o'er ! My being yearned, and crept to thinej' As if in times of yore, Thy soul.had been a part of mine,, , Which.claimed it back once more. Thy verylself no longer thine, But merged in that delicious life, Which mado us one of yore There bloomed beside thee forms as fair, There murmured tones as sveat, But round thee breathed th' enchame.dair, 'Twas life and death to meet. ; And, henceforth, thou alone wert fairer And, though the stars had sung for-joyh Thy whisper only sweet !. 4 I 4 a f I 0BV
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