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PCATTURI,
THE BIRTH-DAY WISH.
What shall I wish thee I—that the rose
Upon thy sunny chock may stay,
Thy mild blue eyes may long retain
Undimn'd their liquid ray?
This may not be, my gonthi maid,—
The fairest things are first to fade.
That thou may'st tread the mazy round
Of pleasures path all strew'd with flowers!—
While crown'd with song and dance fly on,
Too swift the laughing hours I
Not so, not so. Alas, wo sco
Whore roses are, the thorns must he I
That thou may'ut prove sweet friendship's power,
Best solace on life's weary way,
While hope's bright visions cheer thy soul,
That basics beneath loves sunny ray I
May these be thins I—but better things,
For love and hope have fairy wings.
The bright the beautiful of life
Too soon will pass away
The lovely promise of thy spring,
May in the bud decay ;
Then let thy gentle heart ho given,
With sweet affections all--to heaven
From the Schuylkill Journal.
TO THE EVENING STAR.
Star of the evening, speak to me,
0 tell this warns and throbbing heart,
That bails thy light as . jovously,
As marker greets his bounding bark;
When seated on some rocky height,
While furious billows round him roar,
He marks the beacon's distant light,
That soon shall guide him to tho shore. •
Tell me, if in thy shining sphere,
Angelic beings radiant shine;
If all are happy, sinless there,
And smiled upon by love divine;
0 glorious thought I 0 fancy sweet I
That there the weary soul might rest;
0 bad I wings I'd fly to.meet,
Those beauteous seraphs and bo blest.
Dwell there those bright•winged messengers,
That often come to cheer my way;
Although unseen the harbingers,
My ministering angels they.
My father sends them oft to me,
I gaze into their holy eyes,
And oft in thought with them I flee
To see my home beyond the skies.
Perhaps thine is an orb like ours,
Peopled with those of mortal birth ;
Anil do they droop and fade, the flowers,
Like all our lovely things of earth?
The race, is it a fallen one,
Incarnate with humanity,
And did the blessed Saviour come
To save their souls from misery?
Sweet star, long months I've watched for thee,
As friend waits a beloved one;
The heavens were not so fair to mo
When thou the brightest one was gone;
But now again thou com'st to cheer,
Sweet spirit like thou smilest on mo,
When shall I burst my fetters here,
Assert my Immortality?
-- ITuA&S ,
Girls who want Husbands.
Girls, you want to get married, don't you?
Al,, what a natural thing it is for young ladies
who have a hankering for the sterner sex! It
is a weakness that woman has, and for this rea
son she is called the weaker sex. Well, if you
want to get married, don't for conscience sake
act like fools about it. Don't go into a fit of
the nips every time you see a hat and a pair of
whiskers. Don't get the idea into your heads
that you must put yourself in the way of every
young man in the neighborhood, in order to at
tract notice, for if you don't run after the men
they will after you. Mark that.
A husband hunter is the most detestible of
all young ladies. She is full of starch and
puckers, she puts on many false airs, and she
is so nice that she appears ridiculous in the
eyes of every decent person. She may gener
ally be found at meeting, coming in, of course,
about the last one, always at social parties,
and invariably takes a front seat at concerts.
She tries to be the belle of the place, and thinks
she is. Poor girl! You are fitting yourself
for an old maid, just as sure as the Sabbath
comes on Sunday. Men will flirt with you, and
flatter you, simply because they love to o it,
but they have no more idea of making you a
wife than they have of committing suicide. If
I was a young man I would have no more to
do with such fancy thou I would with a rattle
snake.
......
Now, girls, let Nelly give you a piece of her
advice, and she knows from experience that if
you practice it you will gain the reputation of
being.worthy girls, and stand a fair chance of
getting respectable husbands. It is all well
enough that you learn to finger the piano, work
embroidery, study grammar, etc., but don't ne
glect letting grandma or your dear mother tench
you how to make bread and get a meal of vict
ual; good enough for a King. No part of a
housekeeper's duties should he neglected, if
you do not marry a wealthy husband you will
need to know how. to do such work, and if you
do, it- will ho no disadvantage for you to know
how to oversee a servant girl, and instruct her
to do these things as you would have them
done. In the next place, don't pretend to be
what you are not, Affectation is the most des•
picable of accomplishments, and will only cause
sensible people to laugh at ytiu. No one but
a fool will be caught by affectation—it has a
transparent skin ; ee ily to be scea. through.—
lilt It till On. .7) LI Ulla
I SEE NO STAR ABOVE TUE HORIZON, PROMISING LIGHT TO GUIDE US, BUT TUE INTELLIGENT, PATRIOTIC, UNITED WHIG PARTY OP TUE UNITED STATES."
Dress plain, but neatly. Remember that noth
ing gives a girl so modest, becoming, and love
ly an appearance, as a neat and plain dress.—
All the flummery and tinsel work or the dress
maker and milliner, aro unnecessary.
If you aro really handsome, they do not add
to your beauty ono particle, if you aro homely;
they only make you look worse. Gentleman
don't court your faces and jewelry, but your
own dear selves.
Finger rings and folderols may do to look
at, but they add nothing to tho value of a wife
—all young men know that. If you know how
to talk do it naturally, and Jo not be so dis
tressingly polite as to spoil all you say. If your
hair is straight, don't put on the curling tongs
to make people believe you have negro blood
in your veins. If your neck is very black, wear
a lace collar, but don't be so foolish as to daub
on paint, thinking that people aro so blind as
not to see it, and if your cheeks are rosy, don't
apply pink saucers, for the deception will bo
detected and become the gossip of the neigh
borhood.
Finally, girls, listen to the counsel of your
mothers, and ask their advice in everything.—
Think less of fashion than you do of kitchen
duties—less of romances than you do of the re
alities of life—and instead of trying to catch
beaux, strive to make yourself worth being
caught by them. NELLY.
@appavii fatELIDEIZIC.
A Good Preoept.
"Give and it shall be given unto you."—
Luke vi. 38.
Give an expression of approbation where ap
probation is merited. Give a word of advice
to youth; it may restrain them from the paths
of sin, and save them from an eternity of mis
ery. Give a decided expression of disapproba-
tion wherever you witness immorality, or hear
profanity; fur you aro bound to reprovo tho un-
fruitful works of darkness. Give encourage
ment to the weak and desponding. Give con
solation to the sorrowful. Give instruction to
the ignorant. Give yourself to every good
word and work.
Givo to the poor; for ho that giveth to the
poor lendeth to the Lord. God bath blessed
some with abundance of this world's goods,
while in his providence others experienced pe
nury and privation. The poor we have always
with us, and when wo will wo may do them
good.. As it is now the season in which the
poor suffer most, those who enjoy abundance
ought to give themselves some concern about
the poor. Look after theM, go to their hum
ble homes, give your prayers on their
give them the things they need, relieve their
suffering, make them comfortable) and in the
form of gratitude it shall be given back to you,
good measure, pressed down, and shaken to
gether, and running over will they give unto
you. Abound in benevolence and acts of be
neficience. And if you want an argument, de
rived from a worthy example, think of Jesus
Christ. "Ye know the grace of our Lord Je
sus Christ, that though ho was rich, yet for
your sakes ho became poor, that yo through
his poverty might be rich."
Give your child encouragement, and give
your parent the honor and respect duo. Show
courtesy to all with whom you associate. Give
of your substance for the support of the Gospel,
for "it bath pleased God by the foolishness of
preaching to save them that believe." Give to
the cause of missions, for it is the cause of God;
and the promise is, that "the knowledge of the
glory of the Lord shall cover the earth as the
waters fill the sea." "Ho that believeth shall
be saved." "But how shall they believe on
him of whom they have not heard, and how
shall they hear without a preacher, and how
shall therpreach except they bo sent." Give
something to promote the benevolent societies
of the day, for thereby you may put the Bible
or some good book into the hands of a poor
benighted sinner, which, by the blessing of
God, may become instrumental in saving a
soul front death, and in covering a multitude
of sins. "Cast thy bread upon the waters, and
thou shalt find it after many days." If you can
give nothing else, give your influence at a
Throne of Grace. "The effectual fervent pray
er of a righteous man availeth much."
Give your children a liberal education, if in
your power; it will be more useful to them, and
to society, than gold and silver. Give them by
all means a religious education. Give your
Sabbaths to the Lord, by conscientiously dis
charging the religious duties of the Itacred day
—give attention to the public as well as private
duties of religion,—give your presence in the
sanctuary. Give cheerfully, for God loveth
cheerful giver. Give liberally, for "the liberal
soul shall be made fat." "Freely yo have re
ceived; freely give." "There is that seattereth;
and yet increaseth; and there is that withhold
eth more than is meet, but it teudeth to pover
ty."
And first of all, give yourself to the Lord.—
And having done so, "give diligence to make
your calling and election sure; for if you do
these things you shall never fail; for so an en
trance shall be ministered to you abundantly
into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ."—Pilkburgh Preacher.
Wesley's Argument.
I bog leavo to propose a short, clear, and
strong argument to prove the divine inspiration
of the holy Scriptures. The Bible must be the
invention either of good men or angels, bad
men or devils, or of God. It could not be the
invention of good men or angels, fur they nei
ther would or could make a hook, and tell lies
all tho time they were writing it, saying, "Thus
saith tho Lord," when it was their own hive.
lion; or of bad men, or devils, for they would
not make a book which commands all duty,
forbids all sin, and condemns their souls to
hell to eternity. I therefore draw this conclu
sion, that the Bible must have been given by
divine inspiration.
SW-The mild air gives birth to pestilence;
and the whirlwind, though it uproots trees, de
stroys the devouring locust. pod blesses in u
blow, nod punishes in a gill. To hasten the
ripening of the fig, we pierce it; and what b
sweet as the wounded pulp?
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1854.
T10WE11640120111.
Daniel Webster at School.
The 24th of May, 1796, was an important
day at Elms Farm. There had been more
than usual bustle in the house; clothes were col
lected, bundles tied; children were running to
and fro, asking questions and making all kinds
of remarks—the reason of which was Daniel
was getting ready to leave for the academy.—
As Mr. Webster had no chaise, or other light
carriage adapted to the journey, it was to be
made on horseback. It so happened that ono
of the neighbors wag desirous of sending a
borso and sidesaddle to the very town where
the academy was situated, for some female
friend to ride back to Salisbury. It was agreed
that this horse should be used by the young stu
dent. When the time of departure arrived, the
two horses were brought to the door, and Dan
iel, who was dressed iu a new suit of homespun
materials, was lifted upon the ono intended for
him. Imagine the scene! The affectionate
mother, who has all along had a presentiment
of Daniel's greatness, stands at the door with
mingled expressions of solicitude and joy de
picted upon her countenance. She has given
abundant good advice, and sealed it with not A
few burning kisses. Around are the other chil
dren and members of the family, some holding
the horses, others adjusting the bundles, and
all abandoning their mirthfulness, and becom
ing more serious as the moment of departure
arrives, The last shake of the hand and a fare
well kiss are given, and the two travellers-set
out on their journey—little Dan being perched
upon the lady's side-saddle, where he was des
tined to become, before night, more fatigued
than he had ever been before. After a roman
tic but tiresome ride, along the banks of rivers,
through valleys, and amid lofty hills and mown•
tains, on the third day they arrived at Exeter.
A boarang place was obtained for Daniel in
the family of Mr. Clifford, with whom his fath
er had some acquaintance. The day after their
arrival ho was taken to the academy. Benja
min Abbott, LL. D., was the principal. Ile
was a gentleman of the old school, and felt it
important to maintain great dignity and a re
gard to form, in the administration of the school.
All official duties were performed with pom
pous ceremony. When Colonel Webster sta
ted the object of his visit to the doctor, who
was seated in a largo hall connected wills the
academy, that important personage placed up
on his head a cocked hat, in order to make a
suitable impression upon the lad, and then
said—
"Well, sir, lot the young gentleman be pre
sented for examination."
Tho slender-looking boy modestly came for
ward, and, (though everything was new and
strange,) ho submitted to his examination with
great self-possession.
"What is your ago?" asked the venerable
teacher.
"Fourteen," was the reply.
"Take this Bible my lad, and read the twen
ty-second chapter of Luke," at the same time
pointing it out to him.
This chapter contains an account of the in
stitution of the Lord's Supper, Christ's suffer
ings in Gethsemane, the betrayal, the seizure,
and the examination of Christ. Its different
parts required a different style of reading.—
None but a good reader could do the chapter
justice. Daniel Wok the book, and read with
so much distinctness of enunciation, correct
ness of emphasis, and skill in tho modulations
of his voice, as to bring out the true sense of
the passage—the doctor had no occasion to in
terrupt him. It was a beautiful specimen of
reading. After he had finished the chapter, We
doctor, without asking any questions whatever,
said—
"Young man, yon are qualified to enter this
institution."
The new student remained at this academy
nine months. His diligence, and his capacity
for acquiring knowledge, secured for him not
only tho warm commendations of his teachers,
but, what was better, a good knowledge, of the
branches to which ho devoted attention, among
which, in addition to the usual English branch
es, was the Lntin language.
It is not easy always to predict the man from
the indications of youth. With some there ap
pears to be in early life, a deficiency of the very
traits in which they excel in later years. This
was true of Webster. Although his fame as
an orator is world-wide, yet, when a boy of
fourteen, ho could not summon sufficient cour
age to attempt to declaim before the school.—
His own account of this singular fact is in the
following words:—
'•I believe I made tolerable progres in most
branches which I attended to while in this
school; but there was ono thing I could not do
—I could not make a declamation; I could not
speak before the school. The kind and excel
lent Buckminster sought especially to persuade
me to perform the exercise of declamation, like
other boys; but I could not do it. Many a
piece did I commit to memory, and recite and
rehearse in my own room, over and over again;
yet when, the slay came, when tho school col
lected to hear the declamation, when my name
was called, and I saw all eyes turned to my
seat, I could not raise myself from it. Some
times the instructors frowned, sometimes they
smiled. Mr. Buckininster always pressed and
entreated most winningly that I would venture
—venture only once; but I never could com
mand sufficient resolution."
From any other witness, this would appear
almost incredible. It is dillicult to conceive
how one who has been so highly distinguished
for self-reliance and moral courage, should
have been so singularly &Limit in these traits
when young. It was attributable, probably, in
a great degree, to his physical debility. Ho
subsequently surmounted it, and, as wo shall
see ; became in college one of the most popular
speakers. What eneouragement does this fur.
nish for the young to set themselves resolutely
to work, to surmount any difficulty that pre
vents their advancement? By frequent repe
tition, by firm resolution, they may overcome
embarrassments which would otherwise prove
fatal to their success. Nothing can resist a
determined spirit.
When Webster first entered the Philips Acad
emy, he was made, in consequence of his un
polished, country-like appearance, and because
he was placed at the foot of tho class, the butt
of ridicule by some of the sholars.
This treatment touched his keen sensibility,
and he spoke of it with regret to his friends
where ho boarded. They informed him that
the place assigned him in the class was accor
ding to the standing regulations of the school,
and that by diligence ho might rise above it.—
They also advised him to take no notice of the
laughter of the city boys, for after a while they
would become weary of it, and would cease.—
The assistant tutor, Mr. Emery, was informed
of tho treatment which Webster received. He,
therefore, treated him with special considera
tion, told him to care for nothing but his books,
and predicted that all would end well. This
kindness had the desired effect. Webster ap
plied himself with increased diligence, and
with signal success. lie soon met with his re
ward, which made those who had laughed at
him hang their heads with shame. At the end
of the first quarter, the assistant tutor called
up the class in their usual order. He then
walked to the foot of the class, took Webster
by the arm, and marched him, in front of the
class, to the head, where, as he placed him, he
said. "There, sir, that is your proper place."—
This practical rebuke made those who had de
lighted to ridicule the country boy feel mortifi
ed and chagrined. Ho had outstripped them.
This incident greatly stimulated the successful
student. He applied himself with accustomed
industry, and Itoked forward with some degree
of solicitude to the end of the second term, to
see whether he would bo able to retain his*rel
ative rank in the class. Weeks slowly passed
away; the end of the term arrived, and the class
was again summoned to be newly arranged, ac•
cording to their scholarship and deportment,
as evinced during the preceding term I Whilst
they were all standing in silence and suspense,
Mr. Emery, their teacher, said, fixing Isis eye
at the same time upon the country boy, "Dan
iel Webster, gather up your books and take
down your cap." Not understanding the design
of such an order, Daniel complied with trou
bled feelings. Ho knew not that he was about
to be expelled from school for his dullness.—
His teacher perceived the expression of sadness
upon his countenance, but soon dispelled it by
saying, "Now, sir, you will please pass into an
other room, and join a higher class; and you,
young gentlemen," addressing the other schol
ars, "will take an affectionate leave of your
classmate, for you will never ace him again!"
As if he had said, "This rustic lad, whom you
have made the butt of ridicule, has already so
far outstripped you in his studies that, from
your stand-point, ho is dwarfed in the distance,-
and will soon bo out of sight entirely. He has
developed a capacity for study which will pre
vent you from over overtaking him. As a class
', mate, you will never see him again."
It would be interesting to know who those
city boys were, who made the young rustic an
object of sport. What have they come to?—
what have they accomplished?—who has heard
of the fame of their attainments? Scholars
should be careful how they laugh at a classntate
because of his unpolished manners or coarse
raiment. Under that rough exterior may be
concealed talents that will move a nation and
dazzle a world, when they in their turn might
justly be made a laughing-stock on account of
their inefficiency.
After leaving Exeter Academy, Webster was
placed under the care of Rev. Samuel Woods,
D. D., of Boscawen. This change was proba
bly made for economical reasons, as Dr. Woods
gave instructions and board to lads for only
ono dollar per week, which was less than the
expenses at Exeter. He was now in Isis 15th
pear, with a fair knowledge of the English
branches, and a considerable acquaintance
with the Latin.
On his way to Dr. Woods', an interesting in
cident occurred, of which Mr. Webster himself
has given the account. It seems that his fah
or, through the kind suggestions of others, who
had discovered the innate powers of Daniel,
had come to the conclusion to send him to col
lege. But this determination he did not reveal
to his son till ho was on the way to Dr. Woods'.
The announcement, deeply affected him.
It was in the depth of Winter. The ground
was covered with deep snow. Webster and
his father were travelling in a New England
Sleigh, commonly called a pung. As they were
ascending a hill Mr. Webster told Daniel that
he wns a going to send him to college. This
sudden and unexpected announcement over
came the lad. This was nn honor to which in
his most ambitious moments, he had never as
pired. To be "college-learned," in those days,
was a passport to the most intelligent and rel.
noel society. It was regarded as a preparation
for any of the professions. It nt once gave an
individual a respectable position in society;
and whilst it developed all the capacities which
he possessed, it was supposed to impart others,
of which he was previously destitute. The rel
ative position of a college graduate, at that
time, was far higher in the community than
now, when their number is so greatly increased.
A lad of fourteen, who had been acquainted
with but very few who had been favored with a
collegiate education, and who regarded them
with a veneration above that which ho cherish
ed towards other men, could not have been
otherwise than deeply moved at such a commu
nication. To use his own language, "I could
not speak. How could my father, with so largo
a family, and in such narrow circumstances,
think of incurring so great an expense for me?
A warm glow ran over me, and Paid mg head
on nig father's shoulder, and wept." He wept
front excess of joy I How different were his
feelings from those of many at the present day,
who, when the privilege of a collegiate course
of education is offeted them, regard the props•
sition as a grentafflictiou,and cry from sorrow!
They arc unwilling to avail themselves of be.
nofits which others would highly value. They
do not appreciate them; the golden opportuni
ty they throw away; and, probably, at some fu
ture period, when it is too late to repair the
disaster, they will deeply regret their folly.
If this book should fall into the hands of any
such youth, wo would say to them, Look for
ward to the future. Remember, you will not
always be boys. You are, in a few years, to
take your place amongst mon, and, in order to
bo qualified to exert much influence over then),
you must bo educated. You are now placed in
an on"iablo position; by rightly improving your
advantages, you will qualify yourselves to oc
cupy important stations; you will be fitted to
move, and to feel at home, in the most intelli
gent circles. Your opinions will be respected;
they will have weight with others. Your ad
vice will be sought in important matters. You
will honor yourselves and your families. And
it is not imposslble for you to attain to high
distinction in any of the learned professions, or
to reach some of the most honorable and re
sponsible positions in the state or national gov
ernments. Who would have supposed that,
when that puny lad from tho backwoods of
New Hampshire was made an object of ridicule
by the "city 'boys," that ho would ever reach
the exalted stations ho did, and,after filling the
world with the splendor of his eloquence and
statesmanship, would bo followed to the grave
by the regrets of millions? It is no more un
likely, now, that you may acquire distinction,
than it was in his ease, when be was of your
age. But suppose that ho had disliked study;
suppose that, when his father, as they were as
cending that hill in a cold Winter's day, infor
med him that he might go to college, he had
expressed an unwillingness, and had dissuaded
his father from his purpose, what would Dan
iel Webster have been now? Re might possi
bly, by the force of his natural talents, have
excelled in any kind of business to which he
would have devoted himself; but is it probable
that he would ever have been a Senator of the
United States, or a member or the President's
Cabinet? Indeed, on ono occasion, his own
fatherassigns as areason why he was not elected
a member of Congress, instead of his successful
competitor, was because of the :cant of &Inca
tion.—Dancard's Life; and Character of Dan
iel Webster.
Spring—The Natural Season of Love,
BY BERRY BRADY.
That Spring is the Natural Season of Love,
no one wo think will attempt to deny. It is,
truly acknowledged to be so, by the inhabitants
of theentire globc,nu matter where born; whellt.
er in Persia or in Finland, in Pekin or Archan
gel, as well on the banks of the Indus and the
Tweed, as on our own Delaware and Hndson.
And opaque and dreary must that heart be
indeed, thatdoes not!fbel the influence, of sweet
and glorious Spring, laden with perfumes from
Heaven, making an elysian of the Earth. We
hail thy return once more with every variety of
joyful feeling; and wherever a rose-bud or a
blossom unfolds their leaves to the light of day,
to sweeten the atmosphere with their fragrant
exhalations, whether among the firs of Siberia,
or the palms of Palestine, men of all classes
and conditions, rich and poor, sick and well,
greet thee wills a smile and a welsomo.
It is now the dog-days in the far South. The
brilliant and fiery orb of day is directing his
mighty powers against the frozen regions of
that part of our world. And already our Plan.
et—true to the helm as a new frigate—bath
begun to swing round, to meet his warming
rays: and in a very short space of time, we of
the North temperate zone shall find ourselves
in the precise position, and sufficiently distant
from the action of his rays to feel them most
agreeably.
Then will wo have Spring,—calm, invigora
ting and trelightful Spring, the natural Season
of Love. Spring, that unlocks the ocean and
navigable rivers; that opens the highways, by
land and water; that gives the rich and fash
ionable a wider field for enjoyment, by bidding
them leave the crowded atmosphere of their
saloons and drawing-rooms for the fresh air of
Heaven that murmurs in the grove; that bids
the farmer urge the plough-share into the fruit
ful soil, and whispers hope and consolation in
the ears of the bed-ridden and afflicted.
When the deep-red sunbeams nro gilding the
house-tops and steeples; when the pure air is
pregnant with the delicious odor of the season,
with the unceasing carol of birds, the bleating
of sheep and lowing of cattle on every hand,
over hill and plain,—no doubt giving thanks to
God in their own ways—who will deny that it
is a season to be happy,ns also it should be ono
of thanks to Ilia who gives it? Who that is
blessed with health and vigor; who that has
one redeeming quality in his soul, can fail to
swell with gratitude for the blessings ho en
joys?
It is in this delightful season, when Angels
visit our earth, that all the pure affections of
the heart of man disclose themselves. Then it
is that candour, generosity, innocence, sinceri
ty, modesty, heroism and holy faith, express
themselves in every movement and feature of
young lovers.
The city is abandoned for the silent walk
and shady grove, that away from the crowded
paths of tumult and ambition, they may be at
liberty to express their vows of eternal attach
ment.
Tho mute fishes in the quiet lake jump to
the surface, to enjoy for a moment the beauty
of the surrounding scenery, giving evidence of
their gratitude to the Creator.
The feathered tribes array themselves in
their brightest plumage, and it is then they are
most melodious, making the woods and valleys
reecho their exquisite and delightful music,—
music, as superior to all ether music in point
of sweetness, ns the midday sun is in bright.
ness, superior to the faint glimmering of the
Aurora Borealis.
When the forests of the world are uniformed
in their liveries of green, and the plains are
spread v;th n many colored carpet of flowers;
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when the nimble steed frisks across the plain,
and all nature is young again, then it is that
the goodness of God is really seen and felt, awl
all tho eons of mon should bow in meekness
and sincerity to the great Author,
It were wise whilst we've time, ore we sleep
'noatli the sod
As the laws of our nature demands,
If, whilst we inhabit the footstool of God,
We shall study the works of His bands.
Yes, Spring is fast approaching, with all her
smiles and sweetnesS; her mild sunshine, and
transient showers; nothing dimmed by the re•
volving ages she has passed through, but clear
and beautiful as when first the mighty planet
of the heavens shot his brilliant rays through
the infinite darkness, and diffused his splendor
over the thee an newly created world.
Attic Reveries.
BY NORTH WELLER.
To think of it! North Weller to get a value.
tine—a beautiful rose—scented, embossed by
10 sentimental valentine! Ido wish I had
some ono to show it to! I wonder if our friend
Goodall got any? yes, I warrant ho did. Per.
haps a leandank cadiverous printor,or may be a
bugle santa-clause—paunehed—Daniel Lambert
—sort-of-au-editor. What a beautiful design mi no
has! A lady with her arms resting on the lat.
tice-sill—with the words "Why don't he come?"
beneath it. Why don't ho come! Who in the
wide, wide world over thinks about North Wel
ler? Who would ever wait for him with im
patience in the quiet moonlight air, or say, as
her rich curls fell around his neck, that his
voice was rich and musicial, or that her car
loved to drink in the impassioned conceptions
of a poet's soul ! Yes it is unmistakably for
me. No. 1' slammed his door shut with disap
pointment, and the little grey eyes of No. 9
twinkled with jealousy as the Post-boy passed
him so unceremoniously by. What kind of
eyes shall my ideal image of the donor have?
Let me see. I like a rich black eye—not a rest
less, poireing, calculating black eye—but an
eye soft and mellow-like. Then I like a blue
eye, tool—a sweet pensive eye—set apart for
softness and for sighs—an eye beautiful "wheth
er it swims in liquid light or whether it swims
in tears." A largo eye, too, is captivating, es
pecially one that makes us ask with Bulwer—
"From what divinest star did yo drink in your
liquid melody. Tell me, beloved eyes."
Pshaw! I believe all kinds of eyes aro pret
ty, except green, jealously tinged eyes—or vil
lanious, parsimonious ; povcrtyringing grey
eyes!
Those eyes—among thine elder friends,
Perhaps they pass for blue;
No matter, if they but tell of love
What more have eyes to do?
Then what kind of hair shall she have? Au.
burn ? no, though auburn sounds very pretty
like, it still very often means plain, blunt, "red
and carroty." Her hair shall be black. Shall
it be parted plainly over her brow, or shall it
fall around her neck in ringlets, unconfined by
pin or comb—shall it rise up behind like the
towerof Babel for a Babel tongue,or have those
queer, odd-gotten-up—what-the.deuce.do-you.
call-'em-sort-of-things, that curl so stiff and
staid on the cheek and forehead ; as if they had
each started out so their own hook or were all
drawn up with an attack of the Cholera.—
Pshaw I I can't conjure up anything in ideal,
so I must read the verses over again. How
she runs on
Dear North, my brave hearted lad
Where'er you go, God bless you!
You'd better speak than wish you had
If love for me distress youl
To me they say your thoughts incline,
And possible they may so;
Then once for all, to quiet mine,
North i volt love me say so!
•'r * * * *
The omission implied by the rister;slcs is not
confidential—but either the machine got out of
order,orclso it was written directly after dinner,
fur Willis says:
True love is at home on a carpet,
And mightly likes his ease;
And true love has an eye for a dinner,
And starves beneath shady trees;
But to continue—
Whatc'er of yours you chance to seek
Almost before you breathe it,
I bring witliblushes on my cheek
And all my heart goes with it;
Why thank me then, with voice so low,
And faltering turn away•so
When next you come, before you go,
North—if youiore me, say so:
Dear me I How I would like to read a homi
ly on matrimony, study a code for the most
certain way of popping the— oh I Ah I but
it would be difficult to wind me up that far!
A Catholic View of America,
A Catholic writer in franca furnishes in the
Univers the following philosophical explanation
of the prevalence of spirit rapping in the Uni•
ted States:—
"Eminent theologians explain why the devil
has more liberty in the United States than in
Europe, where the holy sacrifices of the mass
are celebrated at vast distances apart, and
where so many millions of men, descendants of
Protestants, have no religion whatever, and are
not even baptised. This rarity of the sacra
ments leaves the devil greater sway over men;
ho dares to come nearer the earth, not being
driven afar by the frequent immolation of the
divine victim, and he enters into cotnmunica
tion with the human race by the mysterious
means which God leaves open to him."
Goon.—Wo heard, lately, a atle story of one
of the lawyers. flu was engaged in an impor
tant case and was cross-questioning a witness,
whose character was unimpeachable, and
whose testimony was rather bothersome. In
vs* did ho crisscross—the witness was first.
At last he exclaimed—'Well Mr. —, isn't
there something else ? Haven't you forgotten
something?' Tho witness paused a moment as
if deeply reflecting, and answered, "Well, real
ly, Mr. —, /can't recollect anything I hare
forgotfrn: The lawyer was decidedly
Rrookcille Anmer•ican.
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NO. 10
An Eccentric Belle,
The marriage of Bodine, the obese old Rua •
sian Minister, to a young and beautiful girl,
near Washington, some years ago, created quite
a tall. All wondered at the strange taste of
the girt. We must confess woman is very oft
en an eccentric creature, especially after read
ing Othello, and the following facts of the Bo
disco love serape. Says a writer :
The old hairy Russian was one day walking
with a friend out to Georgetown Heights, when
he passed a boarding school for young ladies,
and was attracted by a fair girl of sixteen, who
stood swinging her bag, and talking with great
animation to some of her companions.
"Who is that beautiful girl? Who is she ?"
eagerly asked he; but hie friends Could not in
forms him.
The door opened, and in sho went to her
slates and books, all unconscious of the dagu
erreotype that glance had left on the heart of
the bravo Russian minister. The next day,
and the day following, saw him taking the
same walk, which subsided to a very slow step
as he approached the building, oud looked
earnestly at every door anl window. May-day
was at hand, and was to bo celebrated in the
school, by some simple festivities, and the
choice of a Queen from among the number;
. and this year the floral royalty happened to
fall on Miss Harriet Williams, the very girl
who had so instantly enthroned herself in tho
admiration of the foreigner.
"Just before May-day, the Principal was
surprised to receive a note from the Mission
Envoy at Washington, expressing great inter
est in education nod begging permission to be
present at the festival of May-day; which it
would give him particular pleasure, as a stran
ger to the customs of the country, to witness.
Consent, of course, was very graciously grant
ed, and the occasion was as charming as youth
and flowers always make it. At the end of the
term, Miss Harriet announced that she would
not attend school any more. "What! not grad
uate? oh, why not? Are you going away?"
But sho shook her head, laughed, and kept her
own counsel; and in a few weeks was the wife
of the Russian Ministei. She has accompanied
her husband once or twice to Russia, where she
was very much admired, and known as the
"American rose." Her face had regularity of
feature, but was particularly distinguished for
exquisite colouring. Nothing could surpass
the chesnut brown of her hair, the bright blue
of her eyes, nor the hue of the lily and the rose
so delicately blended in her complexion. Per
haps her figure had too much ESI DON rolxv
for perfect symmetry, but she moved with grace
uutl Alan/NO. tit‘to .414 utcut
ity of years, and great difference in appearance
and character, between herself and husband, it
seems to have been a very happy union."
A Young Nan Wanted.
"WANTED—A young man of industry,
ability and integrity," &c. . .
This meets our eyo daily in the column of
"wants," and it is as truo as the Pentateuch—
Wanted 1 Of mere they are—always wanted.
Tim market can never bo overstocked; they
will always be called for, and never quoted
"dull," or "no sale." Wanted for thinkers—
wanted for workers—in the mart, or the main,
in the field and in the forest. Tools are lying
idle for want of a young man: a pen is waiting
to be nibbed; a treo to be felled, a plow to be
guided, a - village to bo founded, a school to bo
instructed.
They talk about staples and great staples.—
Honest, industrious and able young men are
the great staple in this world of ours. Young
man, you are wanted, but not for a doctor.—
No, nor a lawyer. There aro enough of them
for this generation, and ono or two to spare.—
Don't study "a profession," unless it be the
profession of brick-laying or some other of the
man-nal professions. Don't measuro tape if
you can help it. It's honorable and honest,
and all that, but then you can do better. Of
all things, don't rob the women. Its their pre
rogative to handle silks and laces, tape and
thread. Put on your hat then like a man, don
nn apron, and go out doors. Get a good glow
on your check, tho jewelry of toil on your
brow, and a good set of well-developed mus
cles. We would go, if we could, but then we
were young, longer ago than we like to think,
and you know when one's "old he can's."
Besides, if you become a doctor, you'll have
to wait—"because you haven't experience,"
says an old practitioner, "because you are too
young," say all the women. If you are a law
yer and likely to rise, they'll put a weight on
your head, ala Swiss, to keep you under, or
if you make a good argument, some old oppo
nent, as grey as a rat, will kick it all over by
some taunt or other, because you were not
born in the year one. And so it will go, until
you aro tired and soured, and wish you had
been a tinker, perhaps an 'immortal' one, or
anything but just whaeyou are.
Bo a farmer and your troubles are over, or
rather they don't begin. You own what you
stand on, 'from the centre of the earth,' as they
used to say, 'up to the skyi' you aro indepen
dent all day, and tired, not weary, at night.—
The more neighbors you have, and the better'
farmers they are, the better for you.
There's one thing more, young man. You
are wanted. A young woman wants you. Don't
forget her. No matter if yes aro poor. Don't
wait to be rich. If you do, ten to one if you
aro fit to be married. Marry while you aro
young and struggle up together, lest in tho
years to come,somebody shall advertise 'Young
Men Wanted,' and none to be had.
Montesquieu says ; "I never listen to'
calumnies, because if they are untruel run the
risk of being deceived ; and if they be true, of
hating persons not worth thinking about."
)pi ' A California paper gives the following
as a bill of fare at a Chinese restaurant in that
"Cat Cutlet, 55 Cents; Griddled Rats, 6 cents;
Dog Soup, 12 cents; Roast Dog. 18 cents: Dog:
Pic, 6 cents.