' I ir nntLn BY JAS. CLARK. No Night but has its !Rolm: There are times of deepest sorrow, When the heart feels lone and sad TiMes when momory's spells of magic Have in gloom the spirit clad. Wouldst thou Lave a wand all potent, To illumine life's darkest night / 4 Tts the thought that e'er in nature Darkest hours precede the light. When the world, cold, dark and selfish, Frowns upon the feeble flame, Lighted from the torch of genius, Worth has kindled round thy name : When thy fondest hopes are blighted, And thy dearest prospects fade, Think, oh lone one, scorned and slighted— Sunshine ever follows shade. A Patriotic Song for California. COMPOSED ET SIX EDITORS. A yonnggentleman, poetically inclined, has attempted to write a poem on the California ex pedition. He got to the end of four lines, end there stopped : Ye sons of freedom who would shine On history's brightest story, Coma join with us mid take the line That leads to Californey. N: Y. Day Book There's numerous ways if getting there, By ship, or mule, or wagdn; Then haste while life has days to spare, And wealth has joys to brag on. Troy Post. And when we touch the promised .land,' We'll hasten to the "diggms," And scratch away among the sand; The biggest of the "big tins." Toledo Republican. And when we get our pockets full Of this brizht shinin' dust, We'll travel straight for home again, And spend it on a “Bust." Sandusky Clarion And when wer'e busted upend dead, Laid out upon the counter, They'll raise a guide board at our head To tell where all arc gone-ter ! Seiotrs Gaz. Yea wiser men will make your graves— And all your gold fall heir to, And eay-"poor fools, they're broke and goal W 6 know aot , - - eure not—where to." Franklin Tan. I:etiew. roa Tilt "HUNTINGDON JOURNAI.." OUR COUNTRY. A LITTLE INFORMATION ON A POINT OF NO LITTLE IMPORTANCE: A recent powerful Writer; on the "Wants and Prospects of our Country," , in appealing to Patriots, Politicians and Christians. to do their duty and aid the benevolent enterprises of the day, after giving many reasons and stating many evils, enlarges as follows on "the free circulation and perusal of a corrupt liter ature." Add to this the infamous issues of the periodical press, doing the mis erable work of scavengers of the po , ice o:fice, or openly desecrating the Sabbath ; or pandering to the worst passions or busy in undermining the Gospel. Of the extent of such issues few are aware. The statement of a respectuble English writer, that 10,400,000 copies of "infi del or polluting', newspaper sheets are circulated in the British realms, besides tnore than 18,000,000 sheets manilestly pernicious, 'is enough,' says an author who quotes from the "Power of the Press," any thing can do it, to send a thrill of horror through the whole nation, and to rouse into activity every Friend of his Bible, his Country, and his God. But is there not ground for apprehension, that with the greater number of readers and the cheaper rate at which papers cir culate in America, a much greater num ber of demoralizing papers are issue I here than in Great Britain. Nearly seventy millions of newspaper-sheets are published annually in a single city. Grant that the influence of four-fifths of them all is on the side of good morals and religion, and it would leave a resi dam of evil equalling one-half the com bined circulation of ail the corrupt prep, ass of England, Scotland and Ireland. Bet is this not too much to grant when 2,'/96,000 papers, or nearly a twentieth part of the whole number are issued on the Sabbath, and other periodicals leav hig each a total circulation of from 200- °Rote 1,000,000 annually, are filled with trash or porutionl The effects of such a wide;spretid df tnsinn of corrupting publications cannot be otherwise than disasterous. They are a blight on public morals and private virtue. Parental authority is weakened; the itnaginntion is unduly developed ; habits of mental ihtoxication are forme"; every-day duties are neglected; a disrel- - ish for sober, solid reading is ingender ed; religious books, and even the Bible are slighted; the Gospel is undermined ; the Spirit of God is grieved, and many, Very many souls destroyed; The pro cess is secret and unobserved, but none the less certain. Here and there the poison can be found beside the victim. Instance that youth (Spencrs) of respec table parentage and refined education, who turned away from a revival of reli gion ; his convictions dissipated ; and his course of desperate wickedness, which. ended at the yard-arm, chosen under the fascinations of the "Pirate's own Book." Or the case of the young burglar of six teen who stole away front a kind parental roof and was caught in the vaults of a government-office with the implements of his unrighteous craft ; and nn his person the Memoirs of notorious villians, detailing the process of successful house-breaking. And who has forgot ten that tale of passion and crime, invol ving the life and the peace of parties high in public confidence ; and the sol emn testimony of a fond father, that his daughter's fall must be attributed to the 'impure works of Eugene Sue and BulwerV Flow many more revelations of the de- ! striictive influencti of an unprincipled press are needed, before an dutraged and indignant community Will seal • these fountains of pollution I—The plagues of Egypt were tolerable, com pared with the coming up into our dwel lings of the losthsome swarrnS.Of liter ary vermin to corrupt the land,' to de prave the hearts; and ruin the souls of our citizens. The eloquent and earnest remonstraoce, of an English writer, Rev John Angell James, should be made to ring in American ears. "Let it be im agined" he rays "if imagined it can he, what must be the moral state of multi tudes in this country, when nearly thir ty millions of such pestiferous publics tious are annually going out among the masses of our population. Let the minds of all Christian people be fixed upon these facts. Let them dWell itpoii the insult offered to God, the ruin brought upon souls, the injury done to morals and the mischief perpetrated in the nation by such a state of things. Friends of Christ, lovers of your spe cies, professors of religion, you must pause and ponder these statements You must not read and dismiss them - as you would the statistics of political e conomy. The writer of these facts has led you to the door of Satan's work-shop and has thrown open to you the scenes of that awful lahoratory of mental and Moral poison: sic has shown you, au thors, compositors, printers, engravers, publishers, booksellers, venders, by myr iads, all busy and indefatigable, to do— What 3 To destroy the Bible 4 to pull down the cross, tb dethrone God, in sub vert religion, to uproot the church, to turn man into a thinking and speaking - brute, and as a necessary consequence to overturn all morality, to poison the springs of dothestio happiness, to dis solve the ties of social order, and to volve our Country in ruin. Is this so; or is it not 3 If it be you are summon ed to ponder this awful state of things, and to risk what can he done to arrest the tide of ruin, this awful cataract of • perdition; which is dashing over the pre cipice of infidelity into the gulf of the bottomless pit, and precipitating millions of immortal souls into the boiling sur ges and tremendous whirlpools below." And where is the remedy I Do the Pulpit and the Press dh their duty 1 Where is Parental Watchfulness 3 Is Public opinion healthy or poisoned 3 Will indiiiditals knowing and admitting, the evil or pretending not to see it, cm, tinue to take the poisoit because it is sweet, or because others around take it? (That would be a foolish reason for Chinese continuing to sihoke opium. I3ut he is only ti heathen !) :Audi not "the vigorous emplOyment and univer sal diffusion of a moriit arid healthy press' be encouraged 3 will persons neglect , their own presses and send to the cities • for vapid, trashy, sickening sheets of rotten ruin 1 Are not the benevolent societies of the day to be liberally sup ported and aided in their struggles and efforts against the evil Shall the A merican Bible and Tract Associations, • the American Sunduy School Union, publishing houses of good moral tone, and Sister Institutions, languish for want of support For a moment sup pose these remedies are neglected, who bear the consequences 1 Answer, th.e victims themselves individually and our Country in the aggregate! A CDEROkEE'S IDEA OF REMOVALS FROM ()Rms.—The Cherokee A dvocnte, speak ins of the net* appointtnents by Presi dent Taylor adds " We are tit-rinsed tit the tone of settle of the papers opposed to Gen. Taylor. They cry 'hypocrisy,' 'party,' 'party,' 'prosd'ription,' and persecution too. It reminds us of boys playing marbles, one cries, 'Vence rontidance ; knuckle down ; no fudging ; if you fudge,• it shan't count. It shan't count you Mg, ed !"Well,' says the other, "didn't you fudge firstl" Just so with the Lo cofocos. They fudged first, and if they are fudged out of office, they make a great ado. Gen. Taylor, we guess, is the best judge of who are 'honest and competent.' ' bon I_ Li IN TINGDON, PA., TUESDA Y, JUNE 26, 1849. runt Little's Living nee. CHILDREN. "A little Child shell lead them." One cold market morning I looked in to n milliner's shop, and there I saw a hale, hearty, well browned young fel low front the country, with his long cart whip, and a lion shag coat, holding up somc little matter, and turning it nbout in his great fist. And what do you sup pose it wnsl A baby's bonnet! A lit tle soft blue, satin hood, with a swan's down border, «hilb ds the new fallen snow, with a frill of rich blond around the edge. By his side stood a very pretty wo man holding with no small pride, the baby—for accidently it was a baby.— Any one could rend that fact in every glance, as they louked nt each other, and at the little hood, and then at the large, blue, unconeious eyes, and fat dimpled cheeks of the little one. It was evi dent that neither of them had ever seen a baby like that before. "But really, Mary," said the yonno, man, "Is not three dollars very highl" Mary very prudently said nothing, but, taking the hood, tied it on the,lit tle head, and held op the baby. The man looked and gri ine 4 ; and without another word, down went the three dol lars, (all that the last week's butter came to;) and as they walked out of the shop, it is hard to say which looked the most delighted with the bargain.. 64 Alt, thotight I," a little bhila ihall lead them I Another day; as I passed a carriage factory, I saw a young mechnniC at work on a wheel; the rough body of a carriage stood beside him—and there, wraped up snugly, all hooded and cloak ed, sat a dark eyed girl, about a year old, playing with a great shaggy dog.— As 1 stopped, the man looked up from his work, and turned admiringly towards his little companion, as much as . to say, tt See what 1 have got barer_ Yes," thonght - I, " and if the little lady ever gets a glance from admiring swains; as sincere as that, site will be lcky." Ali, these little children ! little witch es, pretty, even in all their thoughts and absurdities! winning even in their sins and iniquities! See, for example, yonder little felloiv in a naughty fit; he has shaken his long curls over his deep blue eyes—the fair brow is bent in a frown—the rose leaf lid is pushed up in infinite defiance—ntid the White shoul ders thrust naughtily forward. Can any but a child look so pretty even in their naughtiness I Then conies the instant ehanze---11risti intrsmiles and tears—as the good comes hack all in a rush; and you are over whelmed with protestations, promises nod kisses. They are irresistible, too, these little ones. They pull away the seohlar's pen—tumble uhout his papers —make summersets ovor his books— and what can you do They tare up newspapers— litter the carpets—break, pull and upset, and then jabber unintel ligible English in self defence—=and what can you do for yourself if 1 had a Child," says the precise man, " you should see!" lie does have a child—and his te a rs np his papers, tumbles over his pulls his nose, like all other children—nail 'AO. has the precise man to say lOr. himself Nothing! lie is like every, body eles—" A little child Shall lead him I" . . Poor little children, they bring and teach us human beings more good - than they get_in return. llow does the in fant, with its soft cheek and helpless hand, awaken a mother from worldliness and egotism to a whole world of a new and higher feeling. How often does the mother repay this, by doing her beet to wipe off, even before the time, the dew and fresh simplicity of childhood, and make the daughter too soon a woman of the world, as she has been. The hardened heart of the worldly man is touched by the guileless tones and simple caresses of his son, but he repays it in time, by imparting to his boy all the crooked trieks and ltatd ways and callous maxims, *high have undone himself. Go to the jail—the penitentinry—and find there the wretch most sullen, hru tal, and hardened. Then look at your infant son. such as he is to you, such to some mother was this man. That hard hand was soft and delicate—that rough voice was tender and lisping ; fond eyes fol lowed as he played—and be was rocked and cradled as soinething holy. There ins a time when his heart, soft and tin worn, mig ht .have opened to question tags of his Maker and been ,sealed with the seal of Heaven.' But harsh hands seized it--and all is over with him for- ever. So of the tender weeping child—he is E Made the callous; Weariless it6n ; of the 'lllll, believing child—is Made the sneer ing skeptic; of the all beautiful end modest—the slvitneless and abandoned, and this is what the World does for the little ones. There was a time when the Divine One stood upon the earth, and little children sought to draw near to him.— But harsh human beings stood between him and them forbidding their approach. Ah, has.it not always been so I Do not even we with our hard and unsubdued feelings—our worldly and unscriptural habits and maxims—stand like a dark screen between our child and its saviour, and keep even from the choice buds of our hearts, the radiance which might unfold it fur paradise 1 "Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not," is the voice of the Son of God--but the cold world still close round and forbids. When the old deciples would question their Lord of the higher mysteries of his knigdoM he Welt n lit tle child and set in the midst, as a sign of him who .would be greatest in the kingdurn df Heaven:, That teacher still remained with us. By every hearth and fire side, Jesus still sets the little child in the midst df us ! Wooklst thou khoW, el parent, what is that faith which unloCks heaven 1 Go not to wrangling polemics, or creeds and forms of theology; bot draw to thy bosom thy little one, and read in that clear and trusting eye, the lesson of eter nal life; Be only to thy God as thy child is to thee, and all is done. Bles sed shall thou he indeed—"a little . ehild shall lead thee." SWEETNESS OF HOME He who has no bowie has not the sweetest pleasure of life ; he feels not the thousand endearments that bluster around that hallowed spot, to fill the void of his aching heart, and while away his leisure moments in the sweetest of life's joys. Is misfortune your lot, you will find a friendly welcome fuom hearts beating true to your own. The chosen partner of your toil has a smile of ap probation when others have deserted, a hand of hope when all others refuse, and a heart to feel your sorrows as her own. Perhaps n smiling cherub with prattling glee and joyous laugh, will drive all sor row from yout care-worn brow, and en close it in the wreaths of domestic bliss. No matter bow humble that home may be, how destitute its stores, or how poor ly its inmates are clad : if true hearts dwell there, it is yet a home—a cheer ful, prudent wife, obedient and atreetion ate children, will give their possessors more real joy than bags of gold and win dy honors. The home of n temperate, industrious, honest man, will be his greatest joy.— Tie comes to it, "weary rind worn," but the music of the merry laugh, and the happy voices of childhood cheer him. A plain but heathful meal awaits hint. Envy, ambition and strife, haie no plate there; and with a clear conscience he lays his weary limbs down to rest in the bosom of his family, 111,1 under the pro tecting rare of the pour man's friend and helper. Enemies. Have On enemies' Go strnight on, anti mind them not. If they block tip your path, walk around them, and do your duty regardless of their spite. A man who has no enemies is seldom good 1 for anything; he is made of that . kind of material which is so easily worked, that every one has a hand in it. A sterling character—one Who thinks for himself, and speaks what he thinks—is always sure to have enemies. They are as ne cessary to him as fresh air : they beep him alive and active. A Celebrated character, Who was surrounded with en emies, used to remark-" They are sparks which, if you do. not blow, will go oat of themselves." Let this be your feeling while endeavoring to live I down the scandal of those who are hitter against you. If you stop to dispute, you do but as they desire, and open the way for more abuse. Let the poor fel lows talk; there will ben reaction if you perform but your duty, and hundreds who were once alienated from you Will flock to you and acknowledge their error. THE DIFFERENCE.—A gentleman from Boston chanced to find himself sifting a little party of young Indies away down east; and while in the enjoyment of some innocent social play, he carelessly placed his arm about the slender waist alas pretty a damsel as Maine can boast or, when she started and exclaimed, "Be done, sir ! Don't insult me !" The gentleman apologized and assured the half offended fair one that he did not in tend to insult her. "No r = he replied archly. "Well, if you didn't—you may do so again," she added, to the no small amusement of the company. ~. v , ~. I ~ /~ ~'~\ ~ ~ ~~ ~ r ~ ~ ~ ~ i From the rev York observer. The Ravages of the Destroyer. A TALE OF TRUTH, During it brief term of missionary service in which .1 Wris engaged, some years since,l Met a family whose history,l and especially an incident in it, affords another striking example of the degra ding influence of intoxicating drinks. Upon entering their wretched abode, I perceived at once that I was in a drunk ard's home. The hovels of intempe rance have an aspect too well known to., need description. Upon engaging in conversation with the different members of the family, I found that with one ex ception they were all suffering from the effect's of recent indulgence. The father, 1 a man quite advanced in years, and a son Who was just in the prone of his life, , were too far gohe to make a sensible reply, and when they volunteered a re mark it was : humiliating td listen to., it. A datighter•in•law who had an in- 1 feat in her arms, shorted by her idiotic stare that she too was besotted with rum. The mother alone did not give the evidence of recent ind lgence; but, even she, as I afterwards learned, had long been addicted to the degrading vice. Finding vary soon that 1 could ' not benefit them by tarrying, I left it. The only one who Was in a condition to profit by a religious conversation was altogether averse to entering into it. Of two neighbors, one of whom was an elder in the Presbyterian church, I learn the following particulars. Several years before, the father of the cannily teas the owner of a large farm situated in the Vicinity of his present abode, and was prospering in the world. l Like multitudes of others, he became , addicted to intemperance, and his farm ' , was no longer able to yield him supfrirt,l and. the tnenns of griititying his unnat- I - mai appetite. It was mortgaged and 1 the money thus obtained was spent for • ram. Soon it became necessary to sell the farm, and the balance, some hundred ' dollars above mortgage, being pail in ready money, was in a short time expen- ded for that which was friSt ruining his estate, himself and his family. He had now become a confirmed and degraded drunkard, living only for the grat ification of his vicious thirst for strong drink. His wife, too, became his bosom conpanion in his debauchery. Nor did his influence end here. He not only taught his childern, by his example, to court the vice but he compelled them to think. Unlike most parents who are drunkards themselves, he seemed de sirous to render them degraded as him self. Only one out of a large family, broke through hia father's influence, and he becattie a respectable and tespee ted member of society. The rest, male and female, fell tinder the influence of tile destroyer, Incredible as it may appear one dins children actually died of intemperance, n miserable drunkard, at the age of twelve years. Willie he was in a dying condition the father sent for a supply o 's f the poison which was causing his death, and when he breathed • his last, his family was in a state of beastly intoxication. His body remain ed upon the lied, in ,this same state in a which he died, for day, or two and nothing was done, nor were they able to do anything to prepare it fur burial. A neighbor tecidentrilly having pre pared n coffin, placed the remains of the i child in it, and the family started for the place of burial which was inure than a mile distant taking with them the jug, of rum. Arriving nt the grave-yard they found that no gave was dug. Oh . taining tools, they went to work to pre • pare one, stopping frequently to make a drain upon the jag. This was soon exhausted, when one Of the number was • despatched for a fresh supply. Again they commenced digging, and they dug I landI and drtink and drank and dug, until a grave was opened, into which the coffin t was placed, and having hurriedly filled • it tip, they all returned in a state of , intoxication to their miserable home. Sneh facts show how completely the demon of intemperance not only blights the fairest, and brings !Min and disgrace upon families, but also roots tip and tramples upon all tender sensibilities, and affections of the heart. Under its influence, fathers, and mothers too, be come monsters, And losing all sympathy for their own flesh and blood, can revel in debauchery around the dying bed and lifeless remains, and on the e rnve of their offspring. It is worse titan bru talizing in its hellish influence. A CLIMAX.—The Provincial Scecreta- Py of Novin Scowl, in calling the atten tion of the Legislature to the spread of the small pox, said the disease was a loathsome one, destroyed life, created a good deal of terror, and injured the looks of the inhabitants! VOL, XIV, NO, 24 THE ANTI•EVIL•SPEAKINO SOCIETY. ,Almost one hundred years ago the fa., mous John Wesley and others, formed an association, the principles of which are very little regarded ,111 our day.— Perhaps.there are so many other some, ties whose objects, claim attention, that. ouch a plani afthir as this.of Mr. Wes ley's will scarcely be, thought of a sec-. and time, and yet wd know some sociF ties that would do more good if ,they would just dissolve their present organ ization, and adopt the rules of Wesley's little society, and do what they could to give t h e m countenance and currency all over our land, JANUARY 20, 1752 It is agreed by us, whose names are undersigned— I. That we will not listen or willing ly inquire after any ill concerning each other. •: . 2. That it we do hear any ill of each other, we will not be forward to believe 3. That its soon as possible we will communicate what we heard, by speak. ing or writing to the person concerned. A. That till we hitve done this, we will not write or speak a syllable of it to any other person whatsoever. 5. that neither wi!l we mention it aG terwards to any other, person. 6. That we . will not make any, excep tions to any Of these rules, unless we think ourselres obliged in conscience to do so. s- • (Signed.) JOHN W CHARLES WESLEY, and eleven others. CHASED BY A LOCOMOTIVE, The following is a " Hoosier's" de scription of his first sight of a locdmi-, tive, and his adventures consequent thereon : " I came neress through the country. and struck your raiiroad, and was ply,. ing it at about four knots an hour. Now, I heard tell about locomotives, but nev-. er dreamed of seeing one alive and kick ing: but about two miles from here I. heard something coming, coughing, and'. snezing and thundering, and I looked around. Sure enough, there she comes.. down after me, pawing the atilt' up, and . splitting the air wide open, with more smoke and fire flying than orto come Ott .. of a burning mountain. There was a dozen wagons follerin' arter her, and to save her tarnal black, smoky noisy neck, she couldn't get clear of them. I don't know whether they scares her up or n 0 .,. but here she comes feitin:rig at the motitb, with her teeth full of burning red coals,:. and she pitched right straight at me like a thousand of brick. I couldn't stand it any Ithiger, so . I wheeled round and broke down' the road, and began to make. gravel fly in every direction ; no sooner had I done that than she split right at'- ter me; and every j imp I mtde, sl& squealed like a thousand wild cats ! She began to gain on me comin' up a' little hill, but we come round a pint to a straight level on the road. Now, thinks 1,. gih yell ginger, as great On a,. dead level : so I pulled to it, and got an tler full speed ; and then' she began to yelp and cough and stamp, and come ort' full chisel, and made the whole airth shake. But I kept on before, bounding at the rate of twenty feet at every step, till I got tit a" non in the road, when [- was under such headway, that I couldn't . torn ; so I turned head over heels down, a bank by a house, landed cosmolick in-, to a colt spot of ground, touch to the disfigurment of my wardrobe. Just at. the time the locomotive found that I. hail got awns fr:oni it, it commenced spit-, ting hot water nt me, and I thought in, my soul that Mount Vesuvius had bus, ted in sonic place in the neighborhood. But dO you suppose I staid there lorig No, sir, 1 did not. Nov, here I am, a rale double revolving locomotive &lolly . Gloster, ready to attack anything . bot,a combination of thunder and lightning, smoke, railroad iron, and hot water." IMMORTALITY OF 1%1 AN.—:-WIT yts it that the rainbow and the cloud come over us with a beauty that is nut of earth', and then pass away, and cause as to muse on their faded loveliness? Why . is it that the stars, which hold their fes tivals around the midnight throne; are ' set above the grasp of our limited facul ties, fore:rer Mocking us with unap protichable gioryl And why is it that bright (Orals of human beauty. are pre sented to our view and,thea taken from us, leaving the thatts'and streahs of our affections to flow back in ktn..AlPine tdr rent upon our heard We,are born fOi a higher destiny than that of earth., There is a realm where the rainbow' ne-.. ver fades, Where the stars will be spread out before us like Islands that slumber : on the ocean—and where the beautiful' beings that now pass before us like vie; inns will stay in our presence fOrever.'-, Geo.' D. Prentice':