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VOLUME XVII.
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Voettrat.
KEEP AT WORK.
Does a mountain on you frown?
Keep at work;
You may undermine it yet;
If you stand and thump its base,
Sorry bruises you may get.
Keep at work. •
Will Miss Fortune's face look sour 1
Keep at work;
She may smile again some day;
If you pull your hair and fret,
Rest assured she'll have her way
Keep at work.
Does the cold world lift its heel?
Keep at work;
Whether it be wrong or right,
May be you must hide your time,
If for victory you tight.
Keep at work.
If the devil growl at you,
Keep at work;
That's the best way to resist;
• If you hold an argument,
You may feel his iron list.
Keep at work.
Are your talents vilified?
Keep at work;
Greater men than you are hated,
It' you're right, then go ahead—
Grit will be appreciated.
Keep at work.
Every thing is done by Labor;
Keep at work,
If you would improve your station;
They have help from Providence,
Who work out their own salvation.
Keep at work.
ffaintiv etrcte.
Beautiful Thoughts.
God has sent some angels into the world
whose office it is to refresh the sorrow of the
poor and to lighten the eyes of the discon
solate. And what greater pleasure can we
have than that we should bring joy to our
brother; that the tongue should be tuned
with heavenly accents, and make the weary
soul listen for light and case; and when he
perceives that there is such a thing ;n the
world, and in the order of things, as com
fort and jny, to begin to break out from the
prison of his sorrows at the door of sight
and tears, and by little and littl2 begin to
melt into showers and refreshment—this is
glory to thy voice, and employment fit for
the brightest angel. So I have seen the
sun kiss the frozen earth, which was bound
up with the images of death, and the cold
er breath of the north, and the waters
break from their enclosures, and melt with
joy and run in useful channels; and the
flies rise from little graves in the walls,
and dance a little while in the air, to tell
the joy within, and that the great mother
of creatures will open the stock of her new
refreshment, become useful to' mankind,
and sing to her Redeemer. So is the
heart of a sorrowful man under the dis
course of wise comfort; ho breaks from the
despair of the grave, and the fetters and
chains of sorrow; he blesses Gocii and Ho
blesses thee, and he feels his life return
ing.
Order at Home.
Ono great sourso of evil to children, is
the differences between their father and
soother concerning their faults, and the
quarrels of which they are sometimes wit
nesses. Children cannot honor their par
ents when they see them quarrel; and if
when the father corrects, the mother will
fondle the child, or the reverse, the child
will have his way, and will be sure to re
peat his fault. Many a child's soul will
rise up in judgement against its parent on
this account. Wherever there is a dif
ference, God has given authority to the
husband, and the wife must not let the
child see her oppose that authority. All
differences must be privately settled.
GOOD TOASTS.—The following toasts
were drunk at a celebration on the Fourth,
at Winchester, Muss.
The Ladies—The real rulers of the
world, though like the heavenly bodies,
they let their influence be rather felt than
seen.
114 e .Printing Press—The voice of
public opinion, mightier than the rush of
armies. Let it ever seek the words of
truth and freedom.
pitticeitaticOnti.
For the Journal
INIn. HALL :
When I sat down to write
it was my intention to discuss, at some
length, the following proposition, viz :—All
those arts, discoveries and inventions, which
serve to increase, indefinitely, the wealth
and power of nations, and which render life
in enlightened countries, comparatively
comfortable and happy—are the legitimate
offspring of educated minds. But find
ing this would occupy too much space in
your paper, I shall assume my proposition
to be true, and merely notice, a little, two
or three of the multitude of particulars
which it contemplates, briefly notice two
or three of the many means sought out by
mind to ameliorate the condition of our
race.
Living in an enlightened age and coun
try, it is impossible to appreciate properly
the value of the advantages which science
has bestowed upon the world. So accus
tomed are we to enjoy the accumulated im
provements of ages, that they aro as com
mon to us as the air, and about as little re
garded.
_ .
- Then let us think for a moment of the
effects produced on society at large icy a
single discovery in the powers of nature, or
a single improvement in the arts. Who,
for example, can calculate the value of
steam as a motive power? How many mills
and factories does it keep in operation?—
How much cloth and hardware does it
manufacture ? How much grain does it
grind I How much merchandise does it
transport? How many travellers does it
convey ? How many books, newspapers,
and periodicals does it print ? What would
be the consequence, were the use of steam,
at once and forever abandoned ? What
would be the present state of manufactures
and internal commerce, had its powerful
agency never been discovered or applied 1
But again. Who can estimate the worth
of the Mariner's Compass I Consider, for
a moment, the effects of this discovery.—
What has this little instrument not done to
increase the wealth and power of nations?,
It furnishes to every enlighted people the
luxuries, the conveniences, and many of
the necessaries of life. It cements the
great brotherhood of mankind in comforta
ble union, and sends the gospel of ever
lasting truth to every region and every
clime. Who will presume to price this
priceless invention What would be the
condition of the world, what the state of
civilization in America, had Education not
added this invaluable discovery to its ten
thousand triumphs of a similar kind I
I will call your attention to but one oth
er production of educated mind. I mean
the art of printing. It is impossible to
form any adequate conceptions of the im
portance of this "Art of Arts." Its in
fluence on civilization, on morality and re
ligion, transcends and overshadows the in
fluence of all other human inventions com
bined. The press has preserved and hand
ed down to posterity, the accumulated
knowledge of by-gone ages. The press
spreads the history of the world, the re
searches of philosophy, the deductions of
reason, and the triumphs of religion, before
every mind willing to receive them. The
press kindles the fire of freedom, arouses
the spirit of patriotism; awes the demagogue
and arrests the restless career of corrupt
ambition. The press has placed the Bible
in the hands of every believer and furnish
ed uncounted thousands of that invaluable
book to perishing heathen lands. What
would be the condition of human society ?
what the character of civil government ?
nay, what would be the fate of religion
itself, had the omnipotent power of the
press never been employed to multiply
books, to disseminate knowledge and illu
minate the world.
We are all disposed to value ourselves
on our literary attainments. Let us re
member that had the art of printing never
been discovered, not one of my intelligent
readers, not one in ten thousand of this
enlightened nation, would ever have known
the alphabet!
While we exult in the blessed liberty we
enjoy, let us remember that the press
taught our forefathers the sweets of free
dom, and the art of self government; pre
pared their minds for independence, and
nerved their arms for a contest of death or
victory. Let us remember that had the
press and the compass never been invented,
instead of bearing, as we do, the proud ap
pellation of American freemen, we would
bo the degraded serfs of some European
despot.
We all pride in the beauty and prosper
ity of our country, the equity of her laws
and the purity of her religion. Let us re
member that the compass directed the mar
iner to the discovery of this land of which
we boast so much. Let us remember that
the press liberated, beautified and enriched
it. Let us remember that had not Educa
tion produced these invaluable instruments
of human improvement, the whole length
and breadth of this happy land; this land
of intelligence and refinement; this land of
HUNTINGDON, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1852.
religion and law; this land of peace, plen
ty, patriotism, and virtue; this asylum of,
the oppressed of all nations;—instead of
being adorned with cultivated fields and
populous cities; instead of being decorated
with works of art and industry; instead of
being irradiated by institutions of learning
and sanctified by temples of religion; would
present one unbroken wilderness; the abode
of wild beasts; the theatre of savage war
fare, and human sacrifices. Let us remem
ber that these inventions are the chosen
instruments of a wise and kind providence,
especially adapted to the civilization of
mankind; especially designed to promote
the mental and moral emancipation of the
world.
Are any of my readers parents ? As'
such, you no doubt, prido in the intelli
gence of your children. You watch with
virtuous delight the gradual developement
of their immortal intellects. You look
forward with inspiring confidence to the
period when they shall be respected for
their knowledge, esteemed for their vir
tues, and cherished for their services to
the world. Let me tell you that to the
compass and the press you are indebted,
under God, for whatever is gratifying in
the present persuits or future prospects of
these deserving objects of your love.
Apart, then, from the elevated dignity
and rational enjoyment which a sound ed
ucation affords; apart from the high aspira
tions with which it swells the bosom of ex
panding youth, and the gentle solace it af
fords to the period of declining years; apart
from all these important considerations, and
regarded merely as the parent of those im
provements which serve to make life com
fortable and happy—Education merits the
highest mede of praise that tongue can ut
ter or thought conceive. May, then, its
onward progress be accelerated, its benign
influence be extended, till every mind is
brought to bask in the soul-cheering efful
gence which it ever sheds along its glori
ous path-way. It. A. M.
lluntingdon, July, '52.
Information for the People.
TILE PLAIN "WHY" AND "BECAUSE."
T' Why is linen disadvantageous for
wear next the skin - 1 Because it retains
the matter of perspiration in its texture,
and speedily becomes imbued with it; it
causes an unpleasant sensation, is very
rapidly saturated with moisture, and con
ducts heat too rapidly.
[l-, Why is woolen cloth advanta
geous? Because of the readiness with
which it allows the perspiration to escape
through its texture, its power of preser- 1
ving warmth to the skin under all circum
stances, the difficulty of making it wet
through, the slowness with which it con
ducts heat, and the softness, lightness, and
pliancy of its texture.
5=P• Why are blankets so called? Be- 1
lcause they were first made in 1340, byl
one Thomas Blanket,, and some other in
habitants of Bristol.
ar' Why aro muslins and cottons
thrown into pump water after being wash
ed in soft'? Because of the astringent
properties of the hard water, which gives
the fibres a peculiar firmness, whilst the
soft water would leave them lax.
UJ'' Why do the properties of soda and
potash differ in soap making! Because,
with soda, oil forms a hard soap; with pot
ash a soft one.
[t Why do pearl-ash and water re
move grease spots? Because the pearl-ash
unites chemically with the grease, forming
a species of soap, which easily washes
out.
B 7" Why is pipe clay used for scouring
cloth? Because of the alumni which it
contains.
Why is alum used in dyeing? Be
cause it cleanses and opens the pores op
the surface of the substance to be dyed, ren
rendering it fit to receive the coloring par
ticles; (by which the alum is generally de
composed) and at the same time making
the color fixed.
[t Why do combs stained to imitate
tortoise sheik, soon become dull? Because
of the load - used in the dye resuming its
usual metallic appearance.
Why, in cementing, should bodies
be heated before, and closely pressed to
gether, after the cement is applied? Be
cause very little of the cement may be loft
between the pieces, ea the thinner the ce
ment is spread, the firmer it will hold.
Tr" Why should plated articles bo
kept dry? Because the coating of silver
on them is so thin as not to prevent their
speedily becoming cankered or rusted by
damp.
II Why is charcoal the best dentri
fice? Because cf its antiseptic properties
and its destroying the smell of various sub
stances; thus rendering it a ready sweet
ener of the breath.
William A. Graham, of North Caro-
lina.
The Secretary of the Navy and nominee
of the Whig party for the Vice Presiden
cy, is a native of Lincoln county, in that
State, and was born in the year 1804.
His father, the late General Joseph Gra
ham, was born in the county of Chester, in
the State of Pennsylvania, in the year
1759, of parents who had emigrated from
the North of Ireland, though of Scottish
origin; thence, by the removal of a widow
ed mother, he was transferred in early
childhood to the vicinity of Charlotte, in
the county of Mecklenburg, North Caro
lina. Here he grew to man's estate, and
received such education as the country ,
could then afford, at an academy in Char
lotte; called Queen's College. He was
there the associate of Jackson, Adair, and
many others, who subsequently became
distinguished in the history of the country.
When a youth about fifteen years of age,
ho was present at the famous "Declaration
of Independence," on the 20th of May,
1775, by the people of Mecklenburg; and
late in life furnished his testimony in re
lation to that event, when its authenticity
was called in question; and this certificate
will be found appended to the published
accounts of that remarkable occurrence,
so honorable to the patriotism and valor of
the people of that country. With two
elder brothers, he entered the Revolution
ary Army at an early age, and served sev
eral campaigns in the Carolina and Geor
gia, in which he rose to the remit of a Ma
jor of Cavalry. In a sharp action on the
occasion of-the entrance of• the British ar
my under Lord Cornwallis into Charlotte,
in September, 1780, Major Graham, com
manding a corps of cavalry under Colonel
Davie, was cut down, wounded, and left
for dead, a short distance from that Till
, ago. Recovering from his wounds, he
participated .actively in the campaign of
1781, and continued in the service until
the end of the war. After its close he
filled many important public trusts, and
was for many years a member of the State
Legislature, and of both the Conventions
which deliberated in the adoption of the
Federal Constitution by Forth Carolina.
In the war of 1812 holding the office of
Brigadier General of Militia, ho volun
teered his services, and commanded a bri
gade called out from North and South
Carolina against the Creek Indians, and
joined the army of General Jackson, soon
after the battle of the Horse Shoe, in time
to receive the submission of that powerful
tribe. Ho died in 1830, at the advanced
age of seventy-seven years, beloved, hon
ored and respected by the people of the
good old Whig State of North Carolina.
William Alexander Graham, his young
est son, was educated in his native State.
After the usual course of preparatory in
struction, he entered the university of
North Carolina, and was graduated with
the highest distinction in a class of unusu
al merit. His professional studies, in pre
paration for the bar were pursued in the
office of the Hon. Thomas Ruffin, the pre
sent Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of that State, and one of the ablest lawyers
of America. Ile commenced the practice
of the law thoroughly prepared, and fixing
his residence at Hillsborough, in Orange
county, soon attained the highest distinc
tion in his profession, and was eminently
successful as an advocate. Mr. Graham
always had a right appreciation of the char
acter of his profession and its noble aims.
Pure in heart himself, benevolent in dispo
sition, and generous in all his impulses, he
early became the friend of the poor and
unfortunate. The oppressor and wrong
-1 door found no advocate in him; but ho was
always ready to give his aid to the widow
and orphan, without foe or reward; and his
happiest efforts in his profession were made
in their cause. In him are happily blend
ed the graces of the Christian gentleman
i*d the virtues of the pure and upright
man. All wile know him love him for these
qualities of the heart, which eminently dis
tinguish him, and which obviously manifest
themselves, even upon a slight acquain
tance. Accustomed from earliest recollec
tion to look upon the wounds in his fath
er's face, received in the battles of Inde
pendence, and to listen at the fireside to the
legends of the Revolution, he had more
than ordinary incentives to take part in
public affairs. Ho was elected a member
of the lower branch of the Legislature of
the State of North Carolina in 1833, and
was continued, by successive elections,
down to 1810. At the session of 1838, ho
was chosen the Speaker of the lower House,
the duties of which office he discharged
with great ability and impartiality, in which
station he remained until 1840, when he
was promoted to the Senate of the United
States. During the seven years ho was a
member of the Legislature of North Caro
lina he acted a conspicuous part. The
consideration of questions of currency and
finance, arising out of the expiration of the
charters of the first Banks of the State; the
adoption of a system of internal improve
ments adequate to its wants and exigencies;
the calling of a convention to revise the
Constitution, with a view, principally, to
equalize representation. '
a revision of the
whole body of the local statute laws; the
establishment of a system of common
schools, with many other subjects of great
importance, came under the consideration
l of the General Assembly of the State dur
ing this period. On all these subjects he
was regarded by all parties as one of the
ablest and most influential members,
and
rendered essential service, as is now being
both seen and fell, in the improvements of
the State and the adoption of the policy
which he enforced and advocated with so
much ability and enlarged patriotism. A
decided Whig in political opinion, he dep
recated the too frequent introduction of
Federal politics into the Legislature to the
neglect of its appropriate functions. At
the session of 1834, when resolutions were
introduced to instruct Mr. Mangum to vote
for expunging the Journal of the Senate,
Mr. Graham greatly distinguished himself
i by a speech in opposition to them, which
was much admired and commended for the
eminent ability and soundness of its views,
and the great Constitutional learning
which it evinced. Taking his seat in the
Smote of the United States in December,
1840, the youngest member of that body,
in which were Clay, Webster, Calhoun,
Wright, and others, Mr. Graham deferred
to the superior age of his associates and
participated but little in its general discus
sions. We find, however, in reports of
that day, a speech by him on the financial
policy of the Administration of Mr. Van
Buren, and another in favor of the bill
directing the several States to be divided
into districts for the election of members
of the House of Representatives—both
of which are highly creditable and able ex
hibitions of Parlamentary reasoning, and
replete with sound conservative Whig sen- I
timents. Having much experience as a
presiding officer, he filled the chair of the
Senate as the substitutei of Mt. Sotithard,
the President, (then in his last illness,)
during a considerable part of the session
of 1841, with great acceptability to that
body. Occupying the laborious post of
Chairman of the committee on Claims in
the 27th Congress, he participated but
little in the general debates; but he had
the entire comfidenco and respect of the
Senate in the business committed to his
charge. j and Gov. Wright, of New York,
and Judge Woodbury, of New Hampshire,
who served under him on that committee,
took occasion, after his retirement from
the Senate, to refer to his decisions, and'
publicly to attest their confidence in his
ability and impartiality. The Denocratic
party having elected a majority of mem
bers to the Legislature of North Carolina,
in 1842, for the first time in many years,
Mr. Graham was not re-elected, and retir
ed from the Senate of the United States
on the 4th of March, 1843. Resuming
the practice of the law with his usual ener
gy and eminent success, he had but renew
ed his relations with his old friends and
clients when, to redeem the State from
Democratic rule and ascendancy, to aid in
securing her vote for Mr. Clay, he was
prevailed upon to accept the nomination
for the office of Governor of the State.—
In 1844, he was elected the Chief Magis
trate of North Carolina, by a very large
majority of the votes of the people, and was
re-elected to the same office in 1845, from
which he retired on the first of January
1849, being no longer constitutionally ele
gible. Returning again to his profession, he
was, in a few months thereafter, offered by
President Taylor the mission to Spain,
which, for reasons of a domestic and person
al nature, lie promptly declined. After the
death of Geo. Taylor, he was appointed
by President Fillmore, who was a member
lof the House of Rrepresentatives during
IMr. Grahams service in the Senate, the
head of the Navy Department; a station
which he has occupied for two years with
great usefulness and eminent ability and
advantage to the country, and much honor
and credit to himself. At the late Na
tional Whig Convention, which assembled
at Baltimore on the 16th ultimo, Mr. Gra
ham was nominated, with almost unexam
pled unanimity, the candidate of that
great party for the Vice Presidency of the
United states. A purer nine, an abler
statesman, a more honest and devoted pat
riot, could not have been selected to fill
the second great office of our Government;
and such the people of the United States
will find him to be, the more they inquire
and become acquintanted with him. At
the South where he is best, known, his
name is a tower of strength to his party,
and every where throughout this broad
Union where virtue, integrity, honesty,
ability, fidelity and devoted patriotism aro
appreciated and esteemed, will he be hon
ored, beloved and respected, as his pure
and spotless life and eminent worth and
ability are made familiar to his admiring
and discerning countrymen.
117 - One half of mankind pass their lives
in thinking how they shall get a dinner,
and the other in thinking what dinner they
shall get; and the first are much less inju
red by occasional fasts than are the latter
by constant feasts.
NUMBER 31,
Vendor Column.
OUR LITTLE GIRL.
When the evening elation. gather
Round ahont our quiet hearth,
Comes our oldest born unto us,
Bending humbly to the earth !
And with hands enelasped tightly,
And with meek eyes raised above,
This the prayer she otters nightly
To the Source alight and lova .
"Bless my parents, 0 ray Father !
Bless my little brother dear;
While I gently take my slit/fiber,
Be thy guardian angels near !
Should no morning's dawning greet me,
Beaming brightly from the skies,
Thine the eye of love to meet me
In the paths of Paradise !"
Now a glad "good-night?' she gives us;
And she seals it with a kiss;
Naught of earthly sorrow grieves us
In an hour so full of bliss I
Then our arms about her wreathing,
Ono NM kiss before site sleep;
Soon we hear her gentle breathing
In a slumber calm and deep !
I WILL HE GOOD TO-DAY
" I will be good ; dear mother,"
I heart la sweet child say;
" I will be good, now watch me,
I will be good all day."
She lifted up her bright young eyes
With a soft and pleasing smile;
Then a mother's kiss was on her lips,
So pure and free front guile.
And when night came, that little aim
In kneeling down to pray,
Said in a soft and whisper tone;
" Have I been good to-day 1"
Oh! many, many hitter tears
'Twould save us, did we say,
Like that dear child, with earnest hem L,
" 1 will he good to-day."
Vulgarity.
Boys, guard against this shameful vies.
Nothing is so disgusting and repugnant to
the feelings of the noble and the good, as
to hear the young use profane, or low, vul
gar language. The young of our towns
are particularly guilty of profanity. In
our day it seems the "boy" does not feel
himself a •man" unless he can exool in
this great sin. _ _
"We would guard the young against the
use of every word that is not perfectly
proper. Use no profane expressions—al
lude to no sentence that will put to blush .
the most sensitive. You know not the
tendency of habitually using indecent and
profane language. It may never be oblit
erated from your heart. When you grow
up, you will find at your tongue's end some
expression which you would not use for
any money. By being careful, you will
save yourself a great deal of mortification
and sorrow. Good men have been taken
sick, and became delirious. In these mo
ments they used the most vile and indecent
language imaginable. When informed of
it, after restoration to health; they had no
idea of the pain they had given their
friends,' and stated that they had learned
and repeated the expressions in childhood,
and though years had passed since they had
spoken a bud word, they had been
indolli
bly stamped upon the heart. Think of
this, ye who are tempted to use improper
language, and never disgrace yourselves in
this way."
IRON PAPER. -At the Prussian Indus-
trial Exhibition, Count Renard, a large
proprietor of iron works, exhibited sheet
iron of such a degree of tenuity that the
leaves can bo used for paper. Of the finest
sort, the machinery rolls 7,040 square feet
of what may be called leaf-iron from a cwt.
of metal. A book-binder of Breslau has
made an album of nothing else, the pages
of which turn as flexibly as the finest fab
ric of linen rags. Perhaps books may here
after be'printed for the tropics on these
metallic leaves, and defy the destructive
power of ants of any color or strength of
forceps. We have only to invent a white
ink, and the thing is done.—Sun.
OUT DOOR EXERCISE. —One Of the old- ,
fashioned sons of Esoulapius, on being ask
ed by a patient what were the best means
for preserving health, replied, "out-door
exercise." "And what is the best way to
avoid taking cold ?" asked the patient.—
The doctor again answered, "out-door ex
orcise." "And pray, doctor, do tell me
how I shall get an appetite ?" "Why, by
out-door exercise." Nothing so true, be
cause it is the voice of nature. Franklin,
who well understood the rules of health,
observed, "dress moderately, and take
plenty of exercise, and you won't blame
the climate for sins of your own making."
Do You SMOKE 1--A dog, with a grea
sy bone in his mouth and a boy with a ci
gar in his mouth, running through thb
streets, are nuisances which ought th be
abated.