`cnn - tinoi'boix BY SAS. CLARK, [For the Huntingdon Journal.] A LONG ALLEGORY WITH A SHORT MORAL. About the noon or taglit,' Dreamo was somnambulizing, when all at once, After a very speedy transition, he found himself reclining in a beautiful cloud chariot, titirrounded with a halo of ever changing eolofs. The chariot seemed to be borne upward by two little; hides eribable, Protean Beingsi—Ratict and Phantazia,—ithose wings fanned the breeze and rolled perfume around. Far above the Mundane, twit Clouds end stars, amid the Empyrian, they sped in delightful undulation, until they arrived at the portals of a vast and gorgeous Palace,—substantial yet etherial, real yet invisible to the unquickened eye of mortal, 'The polished exterior appear ed to catch the star-light, and reflect figures and devices wrought out most beautifully, and rich with instruction.— In a semi-circle above the ample en trance was the name of the edifice— " Castello-Metaphysico," printed with stars upon a faint, rainbow ground.— Having been ushered in by Mons. Por ter de Cogito, breamo found himself within a spncionis Rotunda splendidly illumined. Here he employed himself for a While musing upon the emblemat ical and allegorical paintings which hung around,. Having seen these, his attention Wile drettei to the floor of Mo saic-work which was full of names which had been scratched there by the visit , ors. On scrutinizing more closely; he found that originally there had been en graved there names of great and good men, who had been founders or patron's, architects or builders, Teachers or Pu pils of the grand Institution ; or of oth ers who had been deemed worthy of having their names enrolled. But alas these were well nigh entirely defaced and effaced by scribblings of would , be , great visitors, who had gone no further than the Rotunda, nor accomplished anything except leaving their defacing, deforming tracks and scratches. Dreamo had just succeeded in making out sonic of the good old names, when Sapientia the Interpreter approached and pointing to the door-ways which led to the vari ous departments of the Institution said, '-Mark the name and embleth of each department, encircling the door-ways ; and particularly notice the entrance in scribed "Aula Juventus,'' the Hall of, Youth—with the device of "a blindfold boy with a world upon his shoulders." I Here let us enter at present and see illustrated three philosophic principles! upon which rests the great idea of this age, viz: 'the education of the Young,' moulding the world by moulding the boy, removing the bandage from the Youth's eyes that he may not stumble and blindly dash a world in ruins. This idea seems now to have been gradually developed by going back, or coming around, to first principles. It is coun ted by some a wonderful discovery, yet in itself most obvious and simple. It is merely beginning at the be-ginning. It is well that it is becoming so absorbing, for it unites so many other great yet simple ideas and influences and is so potent for good if rightly employed, as we shall soon see." Having thus spo ken, they entered the Aula Juventus.— Here Dreamo had first pointed out to him a row of minature garden-plats, each with its own tiney gardener. The soil of each was originally destitute of need, i. e. had no innate reed ; yet the properties of the soil had more or less, in all, a tendency to receive and germi-; nnte bad seed, which might either be,' sown by the gardener or be received like pollen from the unconscious atmos phere. 'the first garden was bright with gay flowers of etery flue wed odor, French and Flander. And the little gardener who owned the plat was vain and joyous with success. But alas, her plants were all flowers and no fruits. They were of little use and ere long as sumed a faded, gaudy appearance, grew sickly, drooped and died. Then decom position soon followed, the soil became corrupt and produced weeds and melt , ria. And now too late tears of sad regret are the only fruits of the foolish garden er. " Behold" said Sapientia " this plat might have produced useful flowers and good fruits if there had been proper sowing and culture,'but Panita, the gar dener, cared only for showy and fash ionable flowers, to catch the eyes and praises of the world. Well, she has found that, as the Book of Wisdom says, What a man soweth that shall he renp.' " Then Dreamo thought of Mo thers, for he perceived that the mina ture gardens represented the minds of children. The next pint which attract ed his attention was a tangled waste of noxious weeds and briars; no good fruit, not even a flower was there, only thorns to plant the pillow of the negligent gar-- dener, Inebrio. Finally among the oth ers he saw one garden surpassing all for neatness and loveliness, bearing a rich harvest of both flowers and fruits of immortal mould and fragrance.— i ' This' said Sapientirt is the plat of the I happy and thoughtful Religio. Very early she htid sown good seed before en emies, or *hide could deposite any nox ious kind ; and if perchance a weed ap peared it was soon plucked out, her own plants nurtured and the celestial sun shine and showers invoked. Thus ice learn that wise Parents who diligently cultivate the minds of their children, sowing good seed from the beginning, will in old age be made glad with golden harvests. Their children will rise up and call them blessed. We have now seen an illustration of one of the three metaphysical principles which consti tute the great and good idea of the ace ; long since thus ettibletnatically taught in the Ancient Book of Wisdom—" In the morning sow thy seed and in the evening rut forth thy hand." Dreemo was thee conducted to an other part of the Hall where he snw an exquisite piece of machinery, with in tricate and beautiful wheels end weights ; all influenced by a chnin which seemed to wrap around all and connect with every part. From this main chain there were minor chains, branching 'and run ning in all directions ; and the little life-like links of this whole system of [ delicate yet powerful chain-work mo ving so rapidly, seemed to increase con tinually in numbers and efficiency. The trittehitie was an Automaton, partly self constructed and partly from external tle 'Tey. Materials were received throngli fiee appropriate avenues, not only to be incorporated in the fabric and composition of the machine itself by a mysterious assimilation, but finally to be wrought out into articles of utility and beauty. The Interpreter said that thirty-three years evas the avernge length of nperatioe for such machines before they were transported into a far distant country, where, if they had pro ved good, they would be retained in most delicate and useful employment ; but if worthless they would be destroy ed. The first half of the time of trial was by far the Most important for then materials were for the most pan taken in and formations so far completed that much of the great chain which influen ced all, was then forged and linked, and the trains of future netion set iii Motion. The' first sixteen years generally deter mined whether the structure shall be good or bad, the motiomr regular and smooth, or irregular and by jerks ; whe ther the workmanship be fine and deli cate and substantial, or misshapen, im perfect and useless; and whether the automaton tan produce' any articles of utility and beauty. Here we have, con tinued Sapientia, a representation of that mystery of the human mind, the greut law of association, the intricate chain work of thoughts, principles and oper ations. The five avenues are the five senses. Thirty-three years is the aver age of human life. The whole truth, with application and all, flashed upon Drenmo's mind. He saw another prin ciple which constituted the foundation j for youthful education. The machine, the human mind self moved, moves the world. And he mused on the first six teen years.' In the next place his attention was directed to n large pile of Bundles.-- These were of various shapes and qual. ities. A celestial Being was searching among them to find come, well propor tioned and harmonious iii their conctit nents, fit ter be Sound up in the sure Bundle of Life. Hut only ri few could be found. The others *ere then cast into a great ben4fre where they should remain in burninge forever, for they Were crooked, heterog,enious and unfit for a noble destiny. Evrenmo then learn ed that all this deformity arose from mill-construction at the outset. In vain was the attempt afterwards made with gauze and gloss and bandage to restore' proportion and beauty. }ere he saw illustrated the fact that "Man to a Bun- dle of habits ;":'' as you form the Youth, yen have the Man. And this is the third principle, distinct from, yet canning into! the others, which may With them be considered the basis of the ruling idea of this age. Hence it is " The Child is father of the Man." When Dreamt. o was musing upon these things and thinking, how important Sabbath Schools must be, Sapientis very suddenly chew aside a curt'a'il, and a new object attracted attention, it was a boy dimly seen ,in the distance. He seemed to have a bandage on his eyes ; and to be unconsciously and laughingly sporting upon the flowery verge of a most dangerous precipice, steep and high beyond measure, beneath which seemed to be the abode of darkness and destruction. Now Drenmo also thought he saw a world upon the shoulders of this blinded hoy, yet there was no one to take ofT the bandage or warn him of danger. He even appeared heedlessly HUNTINGDON, PA., TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1849. to be approaching the ago. One More step! He bent. Did he stoop to pluck a flower or did he stumble'? Ala's, he disoppear.ed,—and the crash of ft World's destruction rang through the abyss be neath ! Dreamo, shuddering at what might be, ceased froth somnambulizing. A Panther Hunt. Incredible as the following account May appear to our readers, the incidents related are strictly true, and the hero of the tale still walks the earth in a green old ages In a certain section of our own good ly state, the first settlers were obliged to depend, for a part of thej, subsist ence, upon the wild animals they might take with the aid of their trusty rifles. Many of them could eye a rifle, or take a shot of white-eye (corn whiskey) without blinking ; and it is to be regret ted that some of them have suffered se verely from wounds caused by the lat ter. In the autumn, after the leases had fallen as a light snow lay upon the ground, our hero, who rejoiced in the cognomen of "Cal," (Calvin shortened) started, with two companions and a dog, to spend an afternoon on a hunt for deer. Note Cal etas title of that coil, sel-pos sessed, athletic, yet reckless kind of men often met with in all new countries; end on training-days, at logging bees and at raisings, always ready to climb a sign -post or stippling, feet foremost, or walk a ridge-pole from end to end upon his hands, with his heels in the air, and then, by way of showing that he was capable of even greater feats, would descend a rafter to the plate of the building in the same manner. The party did not forget to curry their canteens well charged, and as they pur sued their way into the recess of the forest, from time to time refreshed the inner man by liberal draughts there from. Not meeting with any game in their progress, it was agreed to separ ' ate and pursue the hunt, and if either fired his rifle, the others were to hasten to his assistance. They had not been • long separated, When one of them fired • his rifle, and the others soon came up. The one who fired had discovered a re cent track in the fight sneer,. which re sembled a tat's,but Was nearly an large as n man could make with his hand, by slightly bending his fingers inward, as in the act of grasping. They knew it tcibt a panther's track, and ; though the day was far spent, re'solied to follow it, and if possible to secure the animal.— On they went, plunging deeper and deeper into the forest, till the shades of night gathered around theta, when they came to a huge hemlock, and perceived, by scratches on the bark, that the ob ject of their pursuit was treed. It was too dark to see him through the thick foli'age,, and they dared not fire at ran dom ; they therefore conclude to build n fire at the roots of the tree and watch till daylight, when they might secure their prisoner. Accordingly 1113 fire wns built ; and after again Wetting their throats • they I commenced their night's watch-. ' About six or eight feet from the roots of the tree lay the fallen trunk of another.— Owing to the fatigues of the day and their experiments with the canteens, as the night wore away sleep weighed down their eye-lids, and they sunk into her embrace. Cal, however, had one eye open for adventure. The fire had gradually declined until only a few faint flickerings shot up at intervals. Hear ing a scratching above his head, he roused himself, arose, and by the light of the nearly extinguished fire, discov ered the panther, about fifteen feet tip the tree, gradually descending like a cat. His long tail swung to and fro, and as soon nP it entne within reach, Cal seized it with both hands,. shouted to his companions; nd gave it n desper ate pully which brought the panther di-- rectly down into the burning embers.— I Bewildered, and taken all aback, as the sailors say, he started full jump around the tree, while Cal, shouting and hold tng on to thecandal extremity, followed round and round, raising a fine dust it the ashes. His companions had snatch= ed their rifles ; and, at a safe distance, called on Cal to let go, that they might fire without danger of hitting him. But Cal thought that a panther caught by the tail was worth two running in the woods ; so round they went as before, till the panther, not liking the "circus," dnrted off, trod just art lie was leaping over the before-mentioned fallen tree, received a shot through the heart and fell dead on the other side. Cal, still retaining his hold, went over after him, and his companions were duly notified that the animal was his game. He was of the largest size, measuring over nine feet from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail.—Syracuse Union. 7 Blessed is the man who has no money, for he is not obliged to mend his pockets. CALIFORNIA GOLD REGION The Liberty (Missouri) Tribune had the following letter, dated SUTTFRSF'ORT, U. Cxi,iFoicNtA feb. /, '4/ Cot. A. W. Do'Nirrth; i I am here at this point having been attracted hither by the unlimited gold regions of Califor nia. . 4 * Men are here nearly crazy With the riches forced suddenly into their pork: ets. I have had sotne opportunity in the couse of my life to study Ultima ria: turei but the ii";liool here is upon a grander scale than you or 1 ever saw before. Perhaps a few anecdotes rtfay illustrate the state of thingsi and afford you some atriusetitent. - An honest, close-fisted shoerrialiefi by the name of Spec, came from Ore gon to California about a year ago.— After the gold Was discovered, he went into the mines, and was soon Making his hundred dollars a day. A quiical shrewd fello* from Philadelphia met hit) one day : "Well; Mr,pe6; Ina* do you get along I" "First rate, sir. I would not he n member of Congress with his eight dollars a day, nor the President of the United Starers I can make more mop ney than they." "Well, Mr. Spee, I suppose you will make no more shoes." Our shoemaker thought himself in sulted, and indignantly replied, "No not I. Let those make shoes who will —I make no more." He is now a mer chant, and deals in goods, wares and merchandise. 1 was here during the Christmas ho lydays, and saw a great number of young men, who had never worn.a cloth coat before, with at least one thousand dollars worth of finery upon them.— They were almost loaded down with trinkets. I saw one fellow dressed in a splendid suit of black, over which he wove a superb black cloth cloak; and instead of drawing his cloak around him to shelter him from the cold wind then blowing, he was careful to let it be unfurled, like a flag in the passing breeze ; that fie might catch the admir ing glance of the passers by: Another gay fellott, dressed equally as well, save the cloak, was strutting up and Ow" before the door of a large tavern. In his right hand he held a large bell, and at short intervals he would stop and tinkle his belt, as mach as to say, "Look here—this is me !." Another dandy went into a store, and took out a fine silk handkerchief and commenced wiping the mud off his boots. The merchant said, "You will spoil your handkerchief, sir." “Oh, that's no difference--I have another. I wipe my boots with one, and my nose with the other. Some time during the last autumn a young man was at work in the mines, who had his heart set on marriage.— Whether he had courted the fair one, and she had refused hi's offer, or whether he had always considered himself too poor to tfilit upon hinaself the support of a family Ido not know. At all events, he one day rolled aside, by means of levers and props, a large stone, under which there was a deposit of several hundred dollars of pure gold, in smalil peices the' size of flax-seed. The mo ment he cast his eye upon the shining treasure, he threw himself flat upon his back, in an extacy, among the rocks, clapped his hands, kicked up his heels. and exclaimed,. "A married man, by gosh f" . . Colonel you have been through co, and elsewhere, but you never saw Anything like the state of affairs here. The accounts you have seen of the gold region, are not over colored. About 4525 per day is the amount of the produce of one hand. I was in thy irrilies forty days; and was careful to make nn accu: rate estimate. The gold is positively inexhaustible'. One frundred millions will betaken out annually in the'course of two years. Town lots at San Fran cisco are Worth .$lO,OOO,- for the - best; and no title tit that. PETER H. BURNET. THINK a THAT, Boys !—Daniel Web ster says, in his autobiography, that when at school, he could not for his life, get up and speak. When his turn to declaim came, he' sat down and wept with mortification at his inability. Novi he is one of the ablest speakers in the country. A CLEVER Bor.—A farmer's• wife, in speaking of the aptness, and intelligence of her son, a lad six years old, to a lady acquaintance, said, : , He can rend fluently in every part of the Bible, repeat the whole catechism,, and weed onions as well as his father." "Yes mother," added tbe young hope ful,•"apd yesterday I licked Ned Raw son, tlirowed the cat into the well, and stole old Hinkley,s gimlet." - 1 4 0 0tirttai i HUSBAND CATCHING tif a certain ditine an anecdote is told, whichlloak used to say exceeded any specimen of cool assurance that he ever exhibited. A young clerical friend of his, staying at his house, happened to be sitting up one right reading, af ter the tardily; as he supposed, had re tired to rest: The door opened, and his' excellent host re-appeared in his ,dressing-gown and, slippers; "My dear boy," said the latter, sea ting himself, and looking pathetically dt his geust. "1 have a few words to say—don't look alarmed—they will prove agreeable enough titi you, rely bpott it: The fact is Mrs.------and Myself hate for sonic time observed the attention you pay to Betsey. We can make every allowance, knowing your excellent principles as we do, for the diffidence which has hitherto tied your tongue, but it has been carried far enough. 1e a Worldly point of View, Betsey, of course, might do better, yet we have all the highest esteem for your character and disposition—but then our daughter—she is dear to us--and where her happiness is ut stake all minor con , siderations must give way. We haire, therefore, after due deliberation---1 must own not altogether without hesi tation--made up our minds to the match. What must be, must be; you are a worthy fellow, and therefore, in a word, you have our free and coreial con= sent. Only make our child happy and tve ask no More." The astonished divine, half \ petnfied, laid down his book. "My denr sir," he begun to murmer, "there is some dreadful mistalce. I re= idly never thought,. that is, never intenz deti—" 'No ! no! I know you did not. You modesty, indeed, is one of those traits which hat Made you so deservedly a favorite with us all. But my dear boy, a parent's eyes arc chary. Anxiety sharpens them. We saw well enough what you thought so well concealed.— Betsey, too,- is just the girl to be so won. Well ! well! say no more about it, it's all over now. God bless you both t Only make her a good husband —here she is. I told Mrs. to bring her down again for the sooner young folks are put out of suspense the better. Settle the matter as soon as you like; we will leave you together." Thus saying, the cosiderate parent bestowed w most atTectronate kiss upon his daughter, who was at this juncture led into the room by her mother, both en dishabille, shook his future son-in law cordially by the hand, and with a "There, there, go alon g , Mrs.—," turned his wife out of the room, and left the lovers to their tett a tete. What was to be done 1 Common hu manity, to say nothing of politeness, demanded nothing less than a proposal; and it was tendered accordingly ; and, we need scarcely add, very graciously received:--.Memoirs of hook. Editorial Difficulties. Next to poverty, c!e!inquent subscri bers, and duns—to which most editors ' are subject—the greatest difficulty is . to please the public.. For sty great is the variety of public taste and feeling, that had the conductor of a periodical paper as many heads and as many pens as his paper has renders, he could never hope to please all ; for they cannot please themselves. Does ho speak out in language plain and simple It is, mere common place; the taste of the! learned is not gratified ; it is fit only for the vulgar: Does lie aspire to elo- (pence 1. The unlearned Cannot under- I stand ;" and the learned re'gard' him as a pedantic fellow, dabbling in what lie has no pretentions to: Does he show hts colors and boldly contend for his ground T He is too severe. Does he hide himself beneath a mass of une quivocal matters 1 He is a temporizing hypocrite. IT he ptNrshes extracts that are better than he can write, he has no talents of his own to display ; and if he fills his paper with original mat ter, he might have given something bet ter from the works of others. If lie attempts to philosophise, it is dull and uninteresting; and if he *rites on plain , and familiar subjects, every body knew then, before. Does he attempt to in- • struct He needs to be' instructed.--- Does lie use Iris endeavors to amuse It is too light and trifling. People gen erally are fond of being praised ; and one would suppose this might satisfy But let an' editor try the expedi ent, and he will soon find out his mis- , take ; for suck is the power of an en emy that no one will thank him for praising Mm, and every one will hate him- fot praising another. Most people are fond of hearing their neighbours ; slandered ; but if you matte an attempt tio' point out either the vices or follies of mankind ; every one will find something VOL. XI V, NO, '23 applicable to hint:l6lf, and here again you enteunter thri litttred of the whole mass. Eery person can tell you how to conduct a paper to please himself; and of course, to offend every one else; These beim! stubborn facts there is no alternative but for tin editor to please himself, if he trite; Mid hitzerd the con• sequence: If hei do this he will be cer.: to saisfY one, Which is more than he cat, Say, if he tries to pease all. THE FAMILY. No earthly circle can be compared with that of the family. It comprises all that a human heart most values and delights in. It is the centre where all human affections meet and entwine the ' vessels into which they all pour them ' selves Oillt sad) joyous freedoM, There is no one word which contains in it so many. endearing associations and pre cious remerhbrances hid in. the heart like gold. It appeald at once to the very centre of man's being,—his 'theart of hearts." All that is sweet, soothing, ten: der, and true, is wrapt up in that ono name. It speaks not of one circle or one bond, but of many circles and many bonds, all of them near the heart. The family home, the family hearth,- the family table, family habits, family voi ces, family tokens, family salutation, family melodies; filthily joys and so, roWs what a mine of recollections lie nnder that one word take these away; and earth becomes a Mere churchyard of crumbling bones; rind man as so many grains of lodsened sand, or at best, but as the fragments of n torn flower, which the winds are scattering abroad. All that is beautiiful in relationship; or tender in human affection, or gentlu in human intercourse ,• all that. is toVa ble" nod precious id the moVethenta of of !IMMO heart from its lowest depth to its Uppermost surface, all these are wrapt up in the one name of family. For closeknit bonds, for steadfast faithful ness in love; for depth of sympathy, for enduenee in trial and danger—where shall we find anything can be compared to the story of earth's Wilily circles I Conjugal love, parental love, brotherly love, sisterly lave,—all are here. The Malik g,trearrritef hatruin affection empty thenselreS info it, or flow out of it for the fertility and gladness of the earth. A GOOD REPROOF.-A certain lady sent the celebrated Dean Swift an invi tation to dinner; but, having heard that he was not easily pleased, she had taken a month to provide for it. When the time came, every delicacy Which coal be purchased the lady prepared, even to profusion. The Dean was scarcely sea ted, when she began to make a cer emonious harangue ; in which she told him that she erns srncerly sorry she had rot a more tolerab'e dinner, since she was apprehensive there was not any dung there fit for him to cat: in short, thitt Was a bad dinner'. , 'Dende ltike you," said the Dean, “why did you not get a better then! sure, you had time enough !. But, since you say so hod, I'll e'en gO home and eat a herring," Accordingly he departed, and left her justly confounded at her fully which had spoiled all the paint and expense she had bren at. A New RAti?..—A lirtherto unknown race of people has been discovered, it is said, in the interior of Africa. The men are tall and powerfully built, stand ding seven nod a' half English feet ire height, and black iticoloe, although des-• titute of the usual character of negrocs in features. Mehemet Ali sent an ex pedition up the White Nile in search of gold, and there found this raceof people —fifteen hundred of whom, armed to the' teeth came doWn to the shore of the river where the vessel lay.. The mime of the kingdoatecdupietf, b fhks people is Bari, and its capital Patenja. They raise wheat, tobacco, etc, and manufac. , cure their own wenpons. SPEAKING OUT IN CHURCH—. 4 FAdT.-- A young lady of . this eity,•*ho is en gaged and Will s hortly be united to t gallant son of Neptune, visited the . Mariner's Church a couple of Sundays since. During the sermon, the pastor' discoursed eloquently and with Much earnestness of mariner on the trials; dangers and teintat ions of the profession of a sailor! He concludedby asking': the following question : "Is there one who thinks anything of him who wears terpanlin hat ; a blue jacket, or a pair of trowsers made of dack—in short, is there any osme who , cares aught for the poor sailor A little girl, a sister of this young lady, who was sifting by her immedi ately jumped up, and looking archly at her sister, said, in atone loud enough. for every one to hear : “Yes, sir, Beck does!" The audience were convulsed with . laughter; the minister bit his lips, and concluded the services by requesting the congregation to unite with him in prayer: