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POMTRT.
[Prom the London Punch.]
Punch to the Woods and Forests.
LINCOLN spare that tree
Touch not a single bough ;
Though in the way it be,
Oh stand up for it now.
Still let its shade expand
Where, round the social pot,
The HANSOM cabman stand—.
Oh, LINCOLN, harm it not !
If every ancient tree,
Because its green's gone brown,
Scrubbed up, perforce, must be,
What is th ere mayn't come down I
Though barren all it looks,
Both head and heart unsound;
Oh think upon the Dukes,
And leave It in the ground!
You ought to draw it mild,
You ought, upon my word ;
For cutting down you're wild—
Protection is the word.
The Piccadilly tree,
The burden on the land,
Is old—so let it be,
Though in the way it stand !
Thy sire, great Clumber's King,
Thou'rt certain to offend
His son do such a thing!—
The world draws to an end!
Old !Sias, old Dukes, old 'frees,
Delay, decay, dry-rot—
Let PEEL do as he pleasa,
But LINCOLN, harm them not!
The Collector.
The money collector of a prominent chartered
Institution in the city of New York, has a printed
circular, of i4hlch the following is a literal copy
With patient perseierance, I
Have called from day to day,
And, full as often as I called,
A promise was my pay.
Now, sir, my money I demand,
No trifling, sir, I pray,
If I'm not paid—and paid off-hand,
I'll call another day.
I\IICSV.MLia.A.:IIIO7I3.
from the Newark Daily Advertiser.
Exploits of a Gallant Young Zferser
man.
ARMY OF OCCUPATION', April 25.
It gives me pleasure to report, what I know it will
give you and your readers pleasure to hear, an ex
ploit performed by a young Newarker attached to
the Army—a young son of Gilbert Dudley, one of
the constables of your city, now only about 19
years of a g e.
Returning two days ago from ono of our most
advanced pickets, whither he had been sent to con
vey orders, ho came unexpectedly upon two Mex
ican soldiers, who bad apparently, just rowed across
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the river, and were refreshing themselves in a cool
shade. having placed their muskets in thoughtless
security against a neighboring tree. Gilbert was
equal to the emergency ; he sprdng to the muskets,
throw one upon the ground, and stepped upon it,
while with the other he menaced the lives of his
opponents. They cowered beneath his eagle glance,
and reluctantly pursued the course which ho indi
cated: He carried the two muskets upon his left
shoulder, drew his sword as a sort of pacificator,
rind thus marched them, at a respectful distance in
advance, straight into camp
From them some desirable information was ob.
tained, after which they were led blindfolded out
of camp; eel safely in their boat and dismissed.—
, When Gilbert was asked how he was able to make
such a double-prize, he gave the Paddy's reply, and
said, " Faith, I surrounded 'em !" This exploit,
clearly in the way of his duty, has rendered him
quite famous among us, and it will gratify you to
know, that he is so well liked, that he is not envied.
RECIPE. Con ► LADY's wriass.—Let your ear-rings
be attention, encircled by the peal Is of refinement ;
the demand of your neck-lack be truth, and the
chain Christianity your bosom pin be modesty,
set with compassion; your bracelets be charity,
naatented with the pearls of gentleness; your
finger-rings be affection, set round with the dia
monds of industry; your girdle be simplicity,
with the tassels of good humour; let your thicker
garb be virtue, and your drapery politeness; let
your shoes be wisdom, secured by the buckles of
perseverance.
From Morris's National Prom.
MANSFIELD'S LIFE OF
GEN, WINFIELVSCOTT,
Wa have been greatly interested in the recently
published life of Gen. Scott. It is not solely or
chiefly the distinguished part which he took in the
war of 1812, though with the exception of Gen.
Jackson no one acted in that contest a more honor
able and distinguished part. Amongst tho brave,
he was always foremost. He in fact might be called
the hero of tho Niagara frontier, so gallant was his
bearing on those hard fought fields. Nowhere,
during the whole war, was there such a succession
of bloody actions or so large a proportion of the
troops engaged numbered among the killed or woun
ded. The Battles of Queenstown, of Chippewa,
and of Niagara (called also Lundy's Lane) brought
into requisition all the personal courage of both
officers and men, while it displayed on the part of
the former, great military skill. In the first-men
tioned action, Gen. Scott was taken prisoner, and
in the last twice severely wounded. It was in con
sequence of the dangers then encountered that he
was enabled without loss of character, even among
his military brethren, to decline the proffered duel
with Gen. Jackson, a refusal which men of peace
must count not among the least of his well earned
honours.
Yet distinguished as Gen. Scott has been in the
field, he has gained rarer and other laurels. If It
is much to be great in war, it is more to bo great
in peace. If honor is duo to him who wins a battle,
or conducts a successful campaign, what is not due
to him who renders the fight unnecessary, who
averts the horrors of war and turns the threatened
campaign into rejoicings for Vence I do three sev
eral occasions, when the peace of the country was
threatened by the conduct of misguided citizens and
of inflamed partisans on both sides of the line, was
Gen. Scott sent into disturbed districts bearing the
olive branch, and on each occasion was greatly and
gloriously successful. Well may Virginia, whose
soil has been so prolific of great men, be proud to
enrol Gen. Scott on the list. Who among her
sons at the present day bears a more honored name?
Though a military man by education as well as by
profession, ho has fairly earned the title of pacifica
tor. In his whole career ho has been distinguished
by compassion for the unfortunate, and by courtesy
and
generm,o4 toward wes. For their prison
ego v, distinction bo with the genera;
government, and procured as a favor to himself,
their release or parole at a thne when such favors
were very rarely shown and very difficult lobe pro
cured.
Ho conducted with great consideration and hu
manity the very difficult operation of removing the
Cherokees to their distant home, and for his treat
ment of them deserves the thanks of every friend
of the red man.
His mission to South Carolina during the prev
alence of the doctrines of nullification, was one of
extreme delicacy and importance, which, if entrust
ed to the hands of a bold and energetic, yet impru
dent man, might have ended in bloodshed. Gen.
Scott's firmness, prudence, courtesy and tact, may
have saved the nation at that time from civil war,
as they had not improbably before done from a for
eign contest. No qualities of Scott deserve higher
commendation than his candour, frankness and
moral courage. Memorable also are his declarations
in favor of peace principles: It is the highest moral
obligation to treat our national differences with
temper, justice, fairness; always to see that the
cause of war is not only jest hut sufficient ; to be
sure that we do not covet our neighbor's lands,
nor any thing that is his ;" that we are as ready
to give as to demand explanation, apology, indem
nity ; in short we should especially remember,—
All things whatsoever yo would that men should
do unto you, do ye even so to them."
We cannot better close this notice then by en
extract from a publication of Dr. Channing found
in the able and interesting work mentioned at the
head of this article.
kV° may hereafter make other extracts—
" To this distinguished man belongs the rare hon
our of uniting with military energy and daring, the
spirit of a philanthropist. His exploits in the field,
which placed him in the -first rank of our soldiers,
have been obscured by the purer and more lasting
glory of a pacificator, and of a friend of mankind.
In the whole history of the intercourse of civilized
with barbarous or half-civilized communal., we
doubt whether a brighter page can be found than
that which records his agency in the removal of the
' Cherokees. As far as the wrongs done to this race
can be atoned for, General Scott has made the ex
piation.
"In his recent mission to the disturbed borders
of our country, ho has succeeded. not so much by
policy as by the nobleness and generosity of his
character, by moral influences, by the earnest con
viction with which he has enforced on all with
whom he has had to do, the obligations of patriot
ism, justice., humanity, and religion. It would not
he easy to find among us a man who has won a
purer fame ; and I am happy to offer this tribute,
because I would do something, no matter how little,
to hasten the time, when the spirit of Christian hu
manity shall bu accounted an essential attribute and
the brightest ornament of a public man."
" GUILTY, or not guilty 1" said a judgo to a
nativo of Emerald islo. "Just as your honor
planes. It's not the like sine to dictate to your
hunour's worship," was the reply.
MiV a 41E1041.
"Courting" vs. "Attention."
This is a subject which, always Important, is
daily becoming peculiarly so and we design to call
the attention of the young people to it occasionally,
in the hope of arresting an alarming end destruc
tive evil.
Young ladies are bound to fall in lore as soon
as possible, and bound to be bound to a partner for
life, as soon as the necessary preliminaries can be
made—such as getting a lover, fascinating him
thoroughly, being courted, having tin. question pop
ped, getting the wedding garments in array, and in
viting friends to eeo them prettily married. The
young man is bound to be gallant and polite, and
to admire, without stint, all the pretty young girls
known and unknown—to doff the beaver, offer the
arm, invite to the ride, the pleasant saunter—in
short, to do all tile sundries needed to show his do
votion and gallantry towards the sex, until some
enchantress throws the spell around him, and he
sinks, subdued, into a common-place, indifferent,
careless, Benedict.
Now out of these things grow difficulties. A
young man admires a pretty girl and must manifest
it, he can't help doing so for the life of him. The
young lady has a tender heart, reaching out like
vine tendrils for something to cling to, she sees the
admiration, is flattered, begins soon to love, expects
some tender avowal, and perhaps gets so far as to
expect that the she will choose a white satin under
a thin gauze, &c., at the very moment that the gal
last, that she half loves, is popping the , question to
another damsel ten miles off. Now the difficulty
lies in not precisely understanding the difference
between polite attentions, and the tender manifesta
tions uf sighing 1 . 6)e. Admiring a beautiful girl
and wishing to mako a Wife of her, aro not always
the same thing, and therefore it is necessary that a
damsel should be on the slat to discover to which
class the attentions paid her by handsome and fash
ionable young gentlemen belong. It is hard to
draw the exact line of separation between polite
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attentions and downright courting, but our great
age and extensive experience have enabled us to ob
serve enough to old the young and artless in deci
ding this matter.
First, then—if a young fellow greets you in a
loud, free, and !tarty voice—if ho knows precisely
where to put his hat, or his hands—if Ire stares you
straight in the eye with his own wide open--if he
i'e'lis:yru who made his coat--if he squeezes your
hand—if he eats heartily in your presence—if ho fails
to talk very kindly of you r mother-if he sneezes when
you are singing,criticises your curls,or fails to be very
foolish in fifty ways every hour,then don't fall in love
with hint for the world; he only admires you,let him do
or say what else he will. But if he be merry with
every ono else, but quiet with you ; if he be anx
ious to see that your tea is sufficiently sweetened
and your dear person well wrapped up when you
go out in the cold ; if Le talks very low and never
looks you steady in the eye; if his cheeks aro red,
or if he be pale and his nose blueish it is enough ;
if he romps with your sister, sighs like a pair of
bellows, looks solemn when you aro addressed by
another gentleman, and in fact is the most still,
awkward, stupid, yet anxious of all your male
friends, you may go ahead and invoke the shaft of
Cupid with perfect safety and make the poor fellow
too happy for his skin to hold him.
There aro also a thousand other minor particulars
which a lady's wit will need no prompting upon,
but the foregoing are sure and safe tests. There is
no such trouble made in the world for want of un
derstanding this, that we have kindly volunteered
our advice in the matter, with the admonition to
keep their hearts in a case of good leather, or other
tough substance, until the .‘ right one" is found,
beyond doubt—after which they can go on and
love, court, be married and happy, without the least
bit of trouble.--Bodon Slat.
Spanish Magistrates.
In a late number of the Foreign Quarterly He
view, the following anecdote is told to illustrate the
corruption of the magistracy :
A rich miller in the country was Axed upon by
three persons as a lit object to be plucked. It no
chanced that shortly before the time appointed for
the attack of his house, a party of travelling soldier.
had requested lodging. of him for the night, which
he had granted; and these soldiery were sleeping
above, when the robbers arrived and de.nanded hie
money. The miller told them he would ga and
fetch it; he awoke the soldiers, and with their ne
rd:Mince killed the three thieves and left them lying.
The next day, as it was proper the authorities
should be made acquainted with the circumstances,
he went to the house of the alcaile—rongistrate—
of his village, to call him to make his examinations.
The alcade was not at home; on finding which he
proceeded to the next in office, who was not at
home either. He then went on to the third, neither
was this one to be found, nor did any body know
anything of the three. At last, therefore, ho re
turned home and prepared to bury them himself,
when on taking oil' the masks which concealed
their faces, 10, and behold, there lay the three
akades.
A rune CIIANCE.-A young lady in Aberdeen
(Miss.) silvertiasso, for a decent, honest, moraj
young man, for a husband—rm./or/tine required.
The lady says she is about five feet three inches
high, eighteen years old, fair complected, bluc . eyeo t
block hair, nose a fittfe projected, with a slynder
make, and has a furter, of several thausand dollars!
The last qualification is irresistable;
The following important news from the Army'
wns issued in an Extra from this office, oh Wed
nesday evening last, 20th inst.
FROM THE ARMY,
Highly important from the Rio
Grande—General Taylor at
Point Isabel—attack on his
Camp—repulse of the .11Irxi-',
cans--and destruction of
Illatamoras !
700 MEXICANS KILLED!
From the Philadphia Daily Times, Extra, of '
play 10, ha past 6 o'clock, A.
This morning's Setehern mail brought us New
Orleans papers of the I lth lust., containing the
following glorious news from the Army of Occupa
tion. In the language of the Commercial Times,
its reception " will copse the National pulse to vi
brate from one extremity of the Union to the other."
From the Daily Pi , lytine Extra.
The steamship New York, Capt. Whiffle, noel•
sod in port on Sunday evening, having loft Brans
Santiago the afternoon of Wednesday, the 6th inst.
Her news is important, and of the most gratifying
description.
Our last previous accounts came down to Wed-
nesday the 29th ult. Capt. Walker, of Texas
Rangers, having come into Point Isabel on the e,.en
ing of the 28th ult., from his desporate encounter
"with tho Mexicans, had volunteered to Carey de
spatches, o Gen. Taylor. We now jearti by the
New York that in that desperate attempt—so des- 1
perate as to be thought fool hardy-he fully succeeded.
Gen. Taylor Taylor learned from trim the critical
situation in which Point Isabel was placed, and the
imminent danger of its being carried by an over
powering force of the Mexicans. He promptly de
termined upon a movement which should protect
Point Isabel, and re-establish Iris communication
with his supplies. Accordingly the evening of
Friday, the Ist inst.,ho left his camp, opposite Mat
emotes, with the main body of his forces, determin
ed to cut his way through, leaving behind trim for
the defence of the works opposite Matamoros be
tween 700 and SOO troops.
OlfeVlEß.PWiftfiteObalmlering a sirigie roe
icon. Its place of molesting him they concentrated
their troops about the camp which he had just left.
On the morning of the 3rd, Gen. Taylor de
spatched Capt. Walker back to the Camp for intel
ligence. The gallant Ranger executed his commis
elm with success, returning to Point Isabel the af
ternoon of the sth. Hereported that the Mexicans,
taking advantage of the supposed weakness of the
camp, commenced an attack upon it in front, the
morning of Sunday, the 3rd, with all their batteries
from the opposite side of the river, and simultane
ously with a detachment of their forces on this Bide
the Rio Grand, in the rear. The Americans hotly
returned the fire. The attack in the rear was im
mediately repulsed, and in less than thirty minutes
the Mexican batteries were silenced, and the city of
Matamoras battered down. The loss to the Mexi
cans in the action is variously set down. While
no account makes it less than 200, the latest report
in regard to it, which we find in the Golve,tton
News, carries it as high as 700. The Americans
lost but a single man, it is said, who was killed by
a shell. None were wounded—so admirable was
the state of the works before Gen. Taylor left them.
The town of Matatnoras is a complete ruin; there
I are scarcely houses enough loft standing to serve as
hospitals for the wounded.
'rho attack and repulse, however, is considered
but the opening of the campaign. Cannonading
was distinctly heard at times, down to the hour of
the departure of the New York. Gen. Taylor set
forth on the 6th inst., to return to hls camp with
ample supplies. The Galveston News shres that
when he left Point Isabel there was not the slight
est doubt entertained that he would have to cut his
way to his entrenchments through vastly arlparior
numbers of the enemy, wino were known to be posted
in large forces among the almost impassable thickets
of chaparal on the road, with a determination to
cut hint am if possible, in his attempt to regain his
other forces. The number of the Mexicans Is en
tirely vague and tincertriin, thought ll the itOtements
agree in estimating them at not less than ten thou
sand, While many accounts put their numbers at
15 ur 2t) thousand. All accounts agree also its sta
ting that the Mexican forces were rapidly flocking
in from all quarters. How many crossed the river
could not be told, though the News thinks it would
be reasonable to presume that a large part of their
forces would be brought into requisition to dispute
the march of Gen Taylor. rimy could not but
see rho importance of cutting hint off; and would
doubtless employ all their advantages of local knowl- ,
edge, skill in horsemanship and all their acknowl
edged resourcee in stratagem to accomplish their
object. Gen. Taylor anticipated a formidable and
desperate opposition to his march, but he dd.:reli
ned to accomplish it or perish.
Tina reasons the News, and accordingly antici
pates intelligence of a decisive general action. Wo
are greatly inclined to doubt whether the Mexicans
would venture to attack Gen. Taylor's whole force,
although they e o outnumber trim; hat should the . j
do so, wo or confident that we shell have ious
victory to recount. Ono account before ua ewes,
howeve:, that Gen. Taylor had Lot left i'oint Label
and probably would slut leave there before the ani•
val of further re-inforcements--he having full con
fidence in the ability of the troops 101 l in camp to
maintain their position against ovy odd.
The arrival of the New York at Point Isabel tvas
most opportune. It will be recollected that sho
had nearly 200 regular troops on board under Lieut.
McPhail, as well as several field pieces. These
were all safely landed. Even without the arrival
of further reinforcements, the poet at Point Isabel
must have been so strengthened as to place its safely
beyond reasonable doubt. Martial law has been
proclaimed there and at Santiago, and every man
pressed into the service. But ere this, further sup-
port has reached Point Isabel front this city and
Pensacola.
The accounts from Texas in regard to
volunteers are by no means satisfactory.
The greatest apathy seems to prevail tiro'.
out the country.
Col. II ay s, of the Rangers, with his force
of about 400 men stationed in the San An
tonio country, determined to march at
once for Gen. Taylor's camp as soon as
he learned that it was in a critical situa
tion ; nor asmild it surprise us to hear that
Harney, with his dragoons, had done
the same thing.
While Gen. Taylor was ai point llsabel
he despatched a sclwoner to Vet-a Cruz,
with intellegence of the proceedings upon
the Rio Grande. We PresuMe that Coin.
Conner will at once formally blockade
every Mexican port on the Galt.
With great pleasure we see it mentioned
in the Bulletin that tile commander of the
U.S. schooner Flirt having observed a
small encampment of Mexicans on the
island at the mouth of the Brazos Santiago,
and knowing the great danger or the point
at the .entrance of the harbor bring in
possession el the Mexicans, landed with
his men and dispersed the camp. The
Ireader will recollect that the utmost feat
war felt that the Mexicans might fortify
a position here which would command the
approach to Point Isabel.
Gen. Taylor's Army,
The New York True Sun has formed a statisti
cal table of Gen. Taylor's army of occupation,
which is of interest. The force is thus divided:
No. Companies. Officers. Privates. Total.
2d dragoons, 10 41 555 506
Ist Artillery, 4 21 215 23
2d do 4 20 213 233
3d do 4 19 200 219
4th do 4 21 214 235
Total Artillery, 16 81 842 923
3d infantry 10 41 492 633
4th do 10 40 471 511
bth do 10 40 533 572'
7th do 10 40 4 0 2 442'
Bth do 10 39 436 477
Total Infantry, 50 200 2336 2567
346 3737 4979
199 915 1114
Grand Total,
Sick and absent,
2818 26 66
Effective force,
This 2965 comprises the whole force of General
Taylor, and out of it he 101 l a small command at
Corpus Christi, and another at Point Isabel. De
has lost by desertion, captured and killed, '2OO more;
so that the whole command by the works in front
of Matamoros cannot exceed' 2,400. The whole
army of the United States consists as follows:
Stall; Pay Department and General Officers 55S
2 regiments Dragoons, 1264
do A riillcry,
8 do Infantry,
Recruits unattached,
'Neat Point,
Twat
Alraost one-half of the whole force was, there
fore, ie Tomei, 'rh o testainder is disposed as fol
lows:
Office.. Men. Total.
•
Eastern &v., under Gen. Wool, 135 146 1660
" Gaines, 183 1723 19ihi
Western
4111 mil'y " " " Brady 26 206 296
Aggregate three divisions,
This force of 3,708 men is stretched over 4000
miles of frontier. Gen. Brady's command is in
Michigan ; that of Gen. Gaines stretches from Wis:
cumin down the Mississippi and along the Gulf to
Florida; that of Wool from Niagara down the Ft.
Lawrence to Maine, and along tln atlantic coast
to Florida.
A Feathered Pal.-one 4 of the Newspa- .
perF. —The Marion (Vs.) "ioneer Oates
that it as a subs, ether, 1 lad of eleven
years of age, who pays his s'abscription iu
and riaving but ow?. hen, he ..exp..:elf
her to do her duty." This is certaihty a
hen north having, and it is to be hoped
that her ooner's over anxiety for ..asefol
information" may nut le. d him into the
temptatio , i of overiasking his literary
biddy—at any rate to forget the ilisas•
trims example or the classial fn E that
laid the gol len eggs in ()Wen' time. Let
him be vs are of looking for eggs faster titan
they come in the natural and customary
older of things.
CO' It is a popular delusion to believe that because
a little dog's toil curls tight upon his back, that it is
goiiig to aft hint off his hind INN.
tsw•aticr:Dacso s;3®v ex:ocrap.
.4 4CE.IVE.
The tiiihor of the follooing (Mike
11 ) alShythough a harum•sthirtini,' reckless ,
being, bririgs out a gdod thiiigoccusionally'.•
ir.stanCti the subjoined :
A Prttsosi I)oli.—Who can paint it?
I-low much of bitter anguish;' hojtelins;
dissolution, and heart chilling Inuitcri is;
contained in that brief sentence! Wlit4
the reflections of the prior forialten' aid
unfortunate are, during the few hours itn
mediately preceding final dissolution, no
human being can ever imagine. Stretched
on a bare board, or miserable sup of dirty
straw, in a dark and dreary cell. scattely
largrr than the narrow link Willett is'oi . bc! -
hi , final resting place—With no one tr,
commune with btit his own troubled and
corral iti. heart, and the God before whom
he is renrut to be shortly summoned, what
roust be the reflections of the dying pris
oner's mind? ‘V hat 'he cheerless, with
ering agony el his sat moinents? Nu wife,
no parent, na thild, to much with words
of deep tiii: pitying concern, his stormy
passage from a life of sorrow, 'suffering,
and shame, to a doubtful and' ;walling
eternity, he groans fotili'. lia - troubled
spirit, unheard and unheeded by ally fel
low being, while the hideous ghost el his
crimes sits upon hint like the nightinare . ,•
and trLmpets through his r.tcked & 3cliii4i
brain that it has been summoned by
the Recording Angle to accompany hint
to th , judgment scat of I....aven, and there
bear (Limning tc“ timony against his soul.
There is a deep depth of heart torturing
wo—a desolate and despairing desbratihn
about the whole picture, from the contetii- .
plation of which the mind involuntarily
shrinks with shuddering horror. Ile dies,
with the full, bloc I-freezing euuscielsness
that even his dishonored name will never
be thought upon by his nearest relative (if
relative he have) without blushing at the
disgraceful connexion, and' cursing the
hoar that first introduced him as an aCtov
on the wurld'iristage, When at length Ise
sinks into the long dark sleep of deatli; so
little mitide is taken of the event, Iftut nof
unfrequen•ly his next door neighbour re
mains totally igniii•se , ,..A th e feet. A
1 to e tuscov e l.o- or , , i s”reilily . brougiit after
ids
cold
c0,,,: c
4, !Si demise, into si Welt
cent carelessness'WWll with Mere ierde
, the most worthless clog.-=-,s' -4'
. th a t o f
and disgusting jests, or a few beastly ao
brutal remarks, as may Le suggested by
the peculiar circumstances of the case;
are usually passed b e y the hardened attach
es iti at teruntice, en Very often respond- -
ed to iv roost of the prise within lie9.e
ing, tiller which lie is hastily borne ofr—
Willi as cetiinohy as' if a . Paton of
G'od's et iit had Helier animated him—by
some of his fellow prisoherS, for one or
inure of whom, although they little Oreanb
it, the same hapless and dreadful destiiny
is perhaps reset ved,
Thinking of the Deict
The tWi.es ceeni to get more and more worldly. - --
The world is all around us, and open before otit
eyes. It is a scene of care and fretfulness. of
tears and misery, of business, and of selfishness ;
every man making haste to be rich, and one man's
felt clsly milking way for another man's advance
ment. Day by day it is sinking deePer and deeper
in that covetousness which is idolatry in Scripftire
language, though men may call it by the fair phrase
of commercial prosperity. It never stops &moment.
The sound of its going is perpetual, day and night,
like the throng of a crowded city, It is never out
of our ears, and the eight of its populous Multitudes
makes us dizzy, and sick, and confused; as'We
them hurrying up and down die various paths of
life, hot and weary, jostling and being
What time have they to think about the dead? how
should quiet, serious thoughts find their way into
hearts so full of worldly i'Migs ? But a churchyard
is in most unWorldly place; like a cool rf4d stet ,
seat by clear freSh fotintains, Where all things kilt
of another ricnid, of death, of heaven, of eternity.
We helve not lost die dead. )<)..,h is but a Word.
They have sot really died: They have only gone
to live in another ;duce. And we ..mrselvei never
go to the Lord's altar Without blessing bail for &I
those who have departed thithei in his faith anti Arae.
Stirel:7, if We thought niece about them,
Or t let the world break in upo . our set:lens medita
tions with its vein amid idle fa.,: 'ens, wo shmitt
realize more than we do Of the commun:on of saiiite.
Our thoughts w.:uld t. so high ,ntt heavenly, that
earth', ti.,rigr won't! seom Mean and worthless oZ
Icomparison of them. They v oak be like nwass,- ,
to us Irons another rod a happier world, :dl fats of
Peace and spiritule.Msora.l.ms.— J. P . Puler.
T. P/1M ETE.-A modern writer gives the
following enumeration of the e:epreesion of tho
female eye . -- the glove. the stare; the leer, the slteer,
the invitation, the defiance, the denial, U • conseut,
the glance of love, the flitch of rage, the spackling
of hope, the languishment of saints, the seuint of
suspicion, the lire of jealousy, and the lutro of
pleastr. 0.
cc_'` it is nu error, though but few ere guilty of
if, to think that all religion Iles in minding only tho
lilt, to come, and di•aegerding nll things to jaesent