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Elijah's Interview.
BY THOMAS CAMPBELL.
On Hoieh's rock the prophet stood-r
TheLord before him passed, ' ,
A hurricane, in angry mood,
Swrpt by him .strong and fast.
The forest fell before us force,
The rocks were shivered in its coarse,
God was not in the blast.
Twa.i but the whirlwind of his breath
Announcing danger, wreck, and death.
It ceased. The air grew mute a cloud
Cane, muffling up the sun; 1
When through the mountains, deep and loud,
An earthquake thundcr'd on.
The frightened eagle sprang in air
The wolf ran howling from his lair,
God was not in the storm.
'Twas but the rolling of his car
The trampling of his steeds from far.
'Twas mill again; and nature Mood
And calmed her ruffled frame;
When, swift from heaven, a fiery flood
To earth devouring came.
Down to the depth the ocean fled
The sickening sun looked wan and'tlead
Yet God filled not the flame.
'Twas but the terror of its eye,
That lightened through the troubled eky.
At last a voice, all still and small, ..
Rose sweetly on the ear -
Yet rose so shrill and clear, that all
In beaten and earth might hear.
I' -poke of peace it spnke of love
it pnke a angelti spfak above1
And God himself was there.
But O! it was a father's voice.
That bade the trembling world rejoipe.
Mr. Editor:-As you were so obliging as to j 1 1'ac somewhere adverted to the circumstance
-ubiish the article solecie-." "On things that cost j before when in company with one who look
nothing," will you be so kind as to present youred like a farmer, I rated my own powers of
readers this week with 14 Old Humphrey out of his
depth." It is a capital thing. 1 think it will do
no one any hurt to study that article. If we would
only be as honest as Old Humphrey, we would all
: f us have to make as humble confessions as he
has done. But the most of people, instead of ad
vancing each day in wisdom, have never taken the
vrst lesson ; that is, they have never learned that
hey are ignorant. Consequently, they will never
confess mistakes They seem to think it is dis
graceful to do that; whereas it is not at all so.
ome one has said very truly, that it is honorable
o confess a mistake, for it is only another wav of
saying that we are wiser to-day than we were yes
terday. A. 13.
CSd Humphrey Ott off Ee!s HJepJh.
In my umo I have been a bold swimmer,
piking out fearlessly m the pond, brook, or
rtvKr, as the case might be. I have plunged
'oadlong from ihe high batik, bottomed the
deepest part of ihe water, remaining long be
neath the surface, and re-appearing far from the
point where I took my leap. I have played
utnt of the pranks that good swimmers dehgbt
mi; and once on a summer's day r not willing
ly would I part with the goneful remembrance
of the achievement I fished up fr.oin the bot
oni of the troubled waters a drowning fellow
rreaiuro, and was thus made a means in the
bands of God of saving humn life.
You may think, perhaps and I fear with too
iitich roaton, that I am speaking ptondly. Oh,
"he pride and fully of an. old man' jjean ! Eve
ry year, every day, and I had almost said eve
ry hour, do I increasingly feel how much the
voud opinion of my friends is owing t(, their
iw;i kiud-yapedncfe, and lo their ignorance of
STEOUDSBURG. MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY,
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my manifold infirmities; but to my subject.
Once, before I could swim, I got out of my
depth, and had not timely assistance been at
hand, the observations 1 am now making had
never been written down. It was in the deep
water thai 1 got out of my depth in the case to
which I have alluded, but often and often since
then have 1 got out of my depth in very differ
ent situations.
There is much diffidence necessary in the
j thought, word, and deed of a man when think-
f!i speaking, or acting under circumstances
that are new to him. He who has never been
at M;a should lie a little charv of his nautical
terms ; and the man who is not accustomed to
the whip, had better not attempt to drive four
! in hand in a crowded street.
Now, though these observations are vorv rca
! sonable, and of n kind calculated to impress the
. reader of them in favour of the wisdom of the
i urttcr; yet, with shame I confess that I am not
! entitled to unconditional confidence. In other
i words, it by no means follows that, because 1
'an lay down an excellent rule for another, I
always rigidly observe it myself.
Though usually on my guard against the as
sumption of knowing that of which I arn igno
rant, and always being desirous to keep my
standing in a creditable manner, yet it has oc
casionally happened that I have ventured out of
my depth in troubled waters, nnd been taken
off m' iegs. It may be that you may laugh if
I give you an illustration, but that will not hin
der me from continuing my rematks.
Some time ago, in conversation with a stran-
j ger, 1 made some remarks on the currency, one
of the many subjects on which I am profound
ly ignorant. The stranger appeared to assent
to my observation, and led tne onwards very
amicably, graduall growing deeper arid deeper
in his remark", till my situation became very :
critical. Willingly would I have drawn back,
but this he would by no means allow ; on he
pushed me, whether I would or not, till ho got j
me quite out of my depth, and then gave me as
complete a ducking as ever I had in my life.j
'The man understood the subject thoroughly : j
I he was ahone.her master of it, and .bowed me j I have be.u, too, sndly out of my depth in think- ,a Oaprifcorm ; its brightness about one-third , ken place in her dress, and she now i
Inn mercy. When, at ast, I succeeded in get-! "g on eternity, on the unnumbered orbs of heav- j lhal of Uranus, which would make it a star of ; straight up and down as a loon's leg Advan
cing oui'of his clutches and this I coulifnot ! en, and on God's intelligent creatures, as well ,he e,'?h,h "magnitude ; and he concluded that a j cing to the astonished dentist with a queer iook-jdol-erv
casilv-I -.cade up my mind either to as on the myriads of animals, the myriads and good ,eIesc0P f0l,st fcll0w il apprecia-j ing bundle under her arm, she threw down a
(obtain a Mule more knowledge' on the subject, 1 myriads of the finny and the feathered race, ' b!e disc' then wrote to Dr. Galle of Ber-; pencil, chain and locket, on the table, exclaim-
or never aain to converse on ihe currency.
j Have you ever met with any thing like this in
jyour own experience? If you have, hardly
; need I say, Keep within your depth! my
i friends, keep within your depth i
! On another occasion and 1 rather think that
conversation rather loo high and his somewhat
too low, so much so, that it was with great un-
tvillinnnpii 7 rilnrr5 ifitn r mi vi rn t inn tpith nrif4
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to whom 1 thought 1 could impart so much, and
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from whom 1 expected to aerive so little. True
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it is, that the fartner-Iike man began with pigs
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and poultry, turnips and the price of gram, but
ihe did not end there. On he went, taking me;
with him, talking of the produce of the land, of
population, of mining operations, of human la
bor, of machinery, of the resources of the coun
try, of exports and imports, of political econo-
mv and woveruuieti-, till I was not only out of
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( my depth, but absnhttelv over head and ears in
trouble. Vh) the man was one of our great
capitalists, and was on his way to a great con
vention, with his papers in his pocket. I could
have hid my face in my hat. If I was proud
when we began to talk, I was humble enough
when we left off. What he thought of me 1
know not, but I well know that I thought my
self to be a great Mtnpleion. A little humility
is better ihan a great deal of pride.
There are, however, graver subjects than
these, on which I sometimes foolishly ponder
subjects that are too deep for me to compre
hend. Only an hour ago I was thinking of sin
and of sorrow, and wondered that both should
so much abound in a world created and peopled
by one who is infinitely wise, and good, and
holy. The murdering Cains the betraying Ju
dasep, the hard-hearted Pharaohs, the haughty
Belshnzzars, the deceitful Delilahs, came be
fore me, wih all the evil inclinations of my
own willful heart. There came, too, the afflic
ted John, the bereaved Rachels, the mourning
hp m .Mill .i;yaUtfJUjfaUjllgjaiAUIUim&JL
Jeremiahs, the deaf and dumb, the blind and
lame, with all the bodily pains and mental ag
onies of those who consume the night with their
groaning, and water their couch with their
tears. I thought. I pondered in vain. I was
out of my depth, and could not comprehend the
mystery that engaged my reflections. The sub
ject was too deep for me ; it absolutely over
whelmed me. "Be thankful for thy mercies,"
said I, giving up the point, "and leave the mis
eries of mankind to Him whose 'way is in the
sea,' whose 4path is ' ,ne greal waters,' and
whose 'footsteps are not known.' Fear hint,
love him, obey him, and glorify him; and what
thou knowest not now, happily, thou mayest
know hereafter."
Often and often do I get out of my depth,
when reflecting on the evils that abound. 1 al
lude not here to sin, nor to the sorrow that
springs obviously from sin, but to such evils as
the plague, the famine, the wild tornado, the
devastating torrent, the devouring flood, and ihe
exterminating rolcano. The crooked-billed ea
gle tearing the lamb, the lion rending the ante
lope, and the scaly monsters of the deep prey
ing on their kind, tire mysteries that I cannot
unravel. You tell me that man's transgression
has occasioned them, and that the Most High
overrules them for good. I hear you, but you
make the matter no plainer. Mysteries they
are, and mysteries they are meant to be; inten
ded, no doubt, among other designs of Him
who does all things well, to baffle the wisdom
and to humble the pride of his creatures. I am
out of my depth when I think of these things,
and am glad to exclaim, "Oh the depth of the
riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of
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his ways past finding out !" And hence also
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I learned a lesson of humble adoration:
por
r him, and through him, and to him, are all
things: to whom be glory for ever. Amett."f
I have, l "nies, lost myself in thinking of
he almighty Creator and Preserver of mankind, j
and have been reproved by the solemn inquiry: '
Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst
oi: nnd out tne Aimigmy unto perfection! j i
and the myriads and myriads and myriads ofsu" ,XJ,jn ,u' 11 1,1 ,uc uo au ,u,eaiCU-
ih. iiuPH tvnrlH- KiMiur p9ii.m ofi,r ouM.Avalle found tt tne first night. It was a star of
j ing, and suffering ; all made by one almighty
Being, infinite and incomprehensible! How
wise it is to keep within our depth' Oh that
I could be more simple-minded on such subjects!
Oh that I could with truth say, "Lord, my heart
is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do
I exercise myself in greal matters, or in things
too high for me."i
I might allude to many other subjects, but
there is one on which I love to find myself out
to! my depth the boundleSs love, and mercy
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; and goodness of God. "For God so loved the
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i world, that he gave his only-begotten Son. that
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whosoever believeth in him should not perish, i
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j but have everlasting life." If, like me, you ,
j are given to speculate on things that you ean-j
not comprehend, here is a subject that will suitj ,ne work of omniscience : but Laplace only ar
us both, for it is altogether unfathomable. Here I r'ved by a new method, at a result knovn. be-
may we be bewildered without injury, nay, get
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itage. May this subject, then, be more fre-!
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queiniy in yuur minus, at. o increasingly occupy i
ihe heart, the intellect and affections-of Old
Humphrey !
Rom. xi. 33. f Rom. xi. 30. Job xi. 7.
j Pa. exxxi. 1. John iii. 16. '
MiHci'ism Outside.
A new sect of fanatics has appeared in Cin
cinnati. There are about sixty of them, more'
than half the number being females, and they
are followers, says the Commercial of that city,
of a big burly, half-Indian, half-Negro, formerly
u Mormon, who has proclaimed himself Jesus
Christ! He showed his disciples, one day
last week ! the scars of wounds in his hap.cs
and limbs, received on the cross! He d.oes
miracles with a golden rod, and professes, that
he was the cause of lhe destruction of Natchez
by a whirlwhird. He has already organized
sever.il apartment-? to his kingdom ; a nw Pe
ter, Paul, &c. The members of the rnvw reli
gion are solemnly enjoined to secfey, aitd hold
meeting? nightly. i
NOVEMBER 26, 1S46.
From the N. Y. Cornier and Enquirer.
The Newly Discovered Flauet.
Most of the daily papers have recently an
nounced a new member of the Solar System ;
but few scorn to ho aware of the really wonder
ful nature of this discovery. It has long been
conjectured that there might existother planets
yet unseen, perhaps beyond the present known
bounds of ibe solar system ; but no one till re
cently was able to assign any very good rea
son for such belief. M. Le Verrior, a French
mathematician, lately demonstrated the exis
tence of such a body, from the motions of the
planet Uranus. Uranus was first discovered to
be a planet in 1781 ; but it had been repeated
ly observed before bv several astronomers, and
mistaken for a fixed star. Nineteen observa
tions of this description are on record one of
ihem dating as far back as 1G90. Twenty-five
years ago, M. Bouvard of Paris, attempted to
construct new tables for this planet ; but he
found it impossible to unite all the observations
in one elliptic orbit ; and in order to reconcile
the modern observations, he rejected the an
cient ones entirely. But even then the planet's
motion could not be correctly represented ; for
in ten years ihese tables were found to be in
error half a minute, and since then the errors
have increased to two minutes of space. As
tronomers have been much. puzzled by these
discrepancies. Some conjectured that at this
immense distance of 1800 millions of miles
from the sun, the Newtonian law of gravitation
might not be strictly true ; while others ascribed
the effect to the attraction of some undiscovered
planet. M. Le Yerrier has settled the question.
1,1 a I)aPer read before lhu Fre,,ch Academy of!
Sciences on the 31st of August last, he demon -
s,ra,ed tnal all the observations of Uranus since
1690 could be perfectly represented by suppo-j
sing the existence of another planet at a great j and give 14 him the sack" or dismissal. 44 lie
distance beyond Uranus; and he proceeded to J turn him the presents, and give him the sack
assign its precise magnitude and position. Its j too !" said she. 44 Dod rot him, I'll doit. Yore
distance from the sun was 3o00 millions of i the hull crowd." She went out, arid a few trio-
m,,es n made one revolution in 217 years; and
llJs we,gnl was 3 times that of our earth. Heltons were gathered around the card tables cx-
-a r-
i the eiShlh magnitude 5 had an appreciable disc,
i aml was I,ear l,le SP01 wl,,cn Le vmer
conjP,,l- This discovery was made on the
j 2dd 01 ePtember ; ihe planet was observed at
! Lonofl lhe 30l. a"d has since been seen
at several plac.es in this country. There is no
doubt ,hal Le Verrier's u s a near approxi-
mation to the truth. The planet's place in the
heavens, its distance, and its magnitude had
been correctly computed ; and all from studying
e motions 01 anottier body distant Irom it at
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Hie nearest, about 1800 millions of miles. The
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annals of science, may be i-earched in vain for
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a discovery equally wonderful When Laplace
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computed the figure of the earth from an analy-
s's f 'c 'notion of the Moon, it seemed almost.
to- Le Vcrrier, by studying the motions of
:i (lisfjint atwl nhcrMirn nlnriol (lpnirmi.i ,1 I
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existence of a body before unknown; told where
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11 " j"?uiug; anu now
many pounds it weighed. The astronomer had
but to point bis telescope, ond this distant body,
so long buried in the depi'ns of npace, and which
had caused him such perplexity, was caught at
once. The discovery confirms the accuracy of
the Newtonian law of gravitation, and explains
all the anomalies' i.(, the motions of Uranus.
New York Uuiverstty, Nov. 2.
E. Loomis.
Give XI im tEse Bag.
A female Michiganian was sent to Massa
chusetts a few weeks ago by her parents to be
educated at a boarding school near Boston.
Awkward, perverse, illiterate and very green,
she was at once the aversion and butt of the
other girls. It happened that a frequenter of
the boarding school was a good looking Boston
dentist of some pretensions, who wished to get
him a rich wife from among the pupils. Aware
of hit mercenary moiivm and deiermtned to
jpunibh him', tho young-ladies lsd hjm (0 believe
No.
that their new classmate from Michigan was an
heiress. This was enough for the handsome-
dentist. He immediately laid Mege to ht heart ':
of the " Wolverine," and confiding in her iiii
ranee of etiquette, made her a present, anionic'
other things, of some money to buy bur a bag' ,
with, meaning something of the reticule order.
Highly delighted with the liberality of the "lus
with the store clothes on" (as she at firta called
him.) the girl confided the fact to three or four
of her new companions. Cofl'ee bug-, had be
come quito fashionable for skirls, and her com
panions requested her to procura one, 44 to make
her dress stick out," a he was pretty smart
himself, and doubtless desired 41 hi girl" to ap
pear so. A few evenings afterwards the drn
tist escorted the Wolverine to an evening par-
ty, in which there was a fair representation
from the boarding school. Every thing went
I on smoothly with him, until his partner ihrer
off her cloak and bontet, and entered the mnm
where the company were assembled. Hero
his attention was attracted by the half suppres
sed li'tering of the school girls, and the wonder"
expressed in the eyes of the others. Glancing
inquisitively at his companion, who felt prutid
as Lucifer, he was mortified and enraged to
see her ague marked complexion set off in hor
rible contrast with a profusion of groen ribbon
bow knots on her head, while her dress tu'!c
out like the famous Spouting Horn at Nahant.
Mad as a March hare, he soon left her with an
expression of,disgust, and passed the remain-,
der of the evening at a whist table in another
suit of rooms.
The Michigan girl, who was clear grit, was
mad enough to tear the eyes out of her true-
1 hearted lover," but she was by her confidents
j persuaded not to do anything violent. Them
advice was that she should return his presents,,
j ments went into the room, where her compati-
, '.'i ..v.. .....n.
j U,S .uHsuipim.uBi, pn
Mr.
-, and there," continued the indignant
Wolverine, unfolding the mysterious bundle be
fore the astonished company, and throwing it
' over the head of the petrified demist, 44 there's
your old coffee bag ! I won't w'ar it another
minute."
Every body was convulsed with laughter at
this new method of" giving the sack," except
the unfortunate dentist. He sloped immediate
ly and he .has not been seen in the village since.
Boston, Star.
Keep Moving.
Don't stand there, young man, with your fin
ge.rs in your mouth, moping over your bad luck,
but hold up your head like a man, kick dull
care to the winds, and show that you are no:
made for a prop to hold up the buildings. What
if your last copper has burnt a hole through
your pocket and you know not where your next
meal is coming from, remember you cannot re
commend yourself to the notice of those who
need vour labor by wearing a downcast look
and biting your finger nails. Kick up a dust
and you may be something yet. If you are dis
posed to work you cannot long remain idlo.
Be not too particular. If you can't get high
wages take the best offer you can get, and don't
stand around the streets like a very loafer, a
single moment longer. If nobodv will hire vn
shove off ituo the country, work for your board
and go to school through th winter, and whpn
spring conies may be you will he prepared ir
cut a figure in tho world. By all means keep
moving;. Maine Enquirer.
Dr. Liber has said that women were born to be
married, and men were borq to marry them.
Query. What were old maida and bachelors born
for.
A man named John Henry, recently died in
the poor house of Trenton township N. J., wh
once owned one-third of the acres upon which
Trenion now stands. .