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VOL.
P 0 E T Y.
from the Baltimore Patriot
I Could not Noy Farewell.
I:=
o. l who can say, Farewell!
When the heart is on thr , tangl??
'his sadder, than the hineral knell,
(ler joys departed rung.
J left thee—in thy bloom,
With n•hat anguish who can tell ,
.1 tore my heatt away from thine, -
.131/t could not say—farewell !
I narked the sini le upon thy lip,
I lilt
I:new it only mask'd thy g, ,
And could not !
I =ate the tear-drop in thine eye,
And I;ksed it ere it tell—
I thy velvet hand in mine,
Ilut could not say--rminwELL!
We think it gill do no body any harm to read
these stanzas until they are heart•learned. A goo d
man wrote theni and he must be a good man who
puts them into practice
Npeak Gently.
Speak gently : it is better far
To tole by love than tear.
Freak gently: let no harsh words mar
The good we might do here.
Speak gently : love loth whisper low
The vows that true hearts bind;
And gently friendship's accents How,
A treetion's yoke is kind.
Speak gently to the little child, -
Its love lit sure to - gain :" -
Teach it accents sort and mild,
It may not long remain.
Spell; gently to the young, for they
Will !Hive enough In bear.
Pass throuttli this life as best they riia
Tis full of anxious care.
Speak gently to to the aged one,
Grieve nut the careworn heart ;
Th e , an d s of life are netuly run,
Lot such iii peace depart. •
Speak gently, kindly to the poor,
le•t no harOt tone be heard;
They have enough they must endure
41rthout an unkind word.
Speak gently to the erring—know
They nitist have toiled in vam :
Perelmnee unkindness made them so,
Oh win them back again.
Speak gently! it who gave hi:4 life
Tu bend man's stubborn %%ill, •
NVbert ektrunits mere tierce , With ;trice,
t•zttid to them, "Peace, be still.".
-Speak gently : a little lying
nntpped in the heart s deep well ;
The good, the joy which it may bring
Eternity shall tell. •
31 1 S A INT
Prom the New lurk Observer.
S IV ARIZ° IV'S PASSAGE OF Till
GLARUS
11 V 11 EV. J. T. HEADILY
. Forty-six years ago, one night in Sep
tember, the peaceable inhabitants of the
Muotta Thal were struck with wonder at
the sudden appearance among them of mul
titudes of men of a strange garb and lan
guage. They had just gathered their herds
and flocks to the fold, and were seeking
their quiet homes that slept amid the green
jutsturages, when, like a mountain torrent,
came pouring out front every defile and
mountain pass, These strange unintelligible
beings. Front the heights of the Kenzig
Cohn—from precipices the shepherds
scarce dared to tread—they came stream
ing with their confused jargon, around the
cottages of these simple children of the
Alps. It was, Suwarrow, with twenty
four thousand Russians at his back, on his
march froin Italy to join the allied force of
Zurich. Ile had forced the passage of 8 .!•
Ilothard, and had reached thus fir, when
he was stopped by the Lake Lucerne, and
was told that Korsakow and the main'
Russian army were defiNited. Indignant
and incredulous at the report, he would
have hung the peasant who informed hint
as a spy, had not the lady mother of St.
JoscplCs nunnery interceded in his be
half. here, in this great Alpine valley,
the bold commander found himself com
pletely su rounded. Monitor and his.battal
ions look 41 down upon him from the stun-
In it (lithe Muotta Thall ; Mortier and Mas
t-vita blocked up its mouth ; while Lecon rbe
hung on the rear. The Russian hear was
denned, and compelled, for the first time
in his life, to order a retreat. Ile wept in
indignation and grief and adopted the only
alternative left hint—to cross the Pragel in
Glarus.
Then commenced one' of those despe
rate marches unparalleled in the history
The passage of the St Ikruard
'by Bonaparte was a comfortable marelt
compared to it; and linnuilial's world re•
nowned exploit a mere child's play beside
it. While the head of suwarrow's column
had as oonded the Prag,el, and was lighting
desperately at Nietels, the rear guard, en
cuinheredwith the wounded, were strug
gling in thii .. Alttutto Thal with Massetia and
his battalions. Then these savage soli
tudes shooNt to. the thunder of the cannon,
arid the roat of the musketry. The star
tled a Val:melte came leaping froln the
heights mingling it sullen thunder with the ;
roar of battle. The frightened chamois
paused on the high precipice to catch the
strange Uproar that tilled.the ''
The shnple-hearted peasantry snit . .their
green pasterages covered with battlingar
mies, and the snowcapped height erirn
soned with the blond of men. Whole coin- If ever - you find
patties 101 l like snow wreaths from the looking savaged take
*As, while the artillery ploughed through Bredled—at a lots for
the dense mass of hutium flesh that dar- don't trouble him.'
kened the gorge below. For ten succes-1 GOOD NATURE.
sive days these armies marched and cons- IL-ill the misery of human life might be
batted ; and yet here, on the eleventh, they extingaished, would meh alleviate the gen
struggled with unabated resolution. Una- oral curse they lie under, by mutual offices
ble to force the passage to Ntetels, Stywar- of compassion, benevolence and humanity.
row took the desperate and awful resole- There is nothing, therefore, which we
lion of leading his *eary and wounded ar- ouitlit more to encourage inourselves and
my over the mountains into the Orisons. ! ofllol'B, tIMn that disposition olmind which
Imagine, if you can, an awful solitude of in our language goes under the 'fiat' ol'good
mountaMs and precipices, glaciers piled nature.
one • above themther in solid grandeur. I Good nature is more agreable in conver-
Cast your eve up one of those mountains, ! cation than wit, and gives a certain air to
7,300 feet above the level of the sea, along' the countenance which is more amiable
whose bosom in a zigzag line, goes a nar- than beauty.. It shows virtue iu the fair
rdw path, winding over the precipices and est light, takes off in some measure from
snow fields,. till finally lust in the distant ! the deforinity of vice, and makes even.
summit. 171) that difficult path, and into and impertinence supportable.
the very heart of those fearful peaks, was There is 'no society or conversation to
the bold Russian resolved to lead his 21,- be kept up in the world without good as
000 men.
lure, or SOlllething which must bear its 10, ,
To increase the difficulties that beset pearance, or supply its place. For this
him, and• render his deslruction apparently reason mankind have beets forced to invent
inevitable, the snow fell on the morning a kind of artificial humanity, which is what
he set out two feet deep, obliterating all tra- we express by the word good breeding.—
ces of the path, and formingos it ,were, a For if we examine thoroughly the idea of
winding sheet for his army• Its single file what we call so, we shall find it to he no
and with heavy bearts, that mighty ~host, thing else but an imitation and mitnickry
one alter another, entered the snow drills of good nature, or in other terms, fallibility,
and began the ascent. Only a few miles complaisance and easiness of tel re
could be made the first day, and at night, dueed into an art.
without even a tree to kindle fir light around These exterior shows and appearances
their silent bivouacs, the army laid. doWn of Iminanity render a man wonderfully
in the now, the Alpine crags around them popular mill beloved, when they are found
fi)r sentinels. The next day th e h ea d of oil upon upon a real good nature ; but
site column reached the ridge, and lo! what without it are like hypocrisy in religion,
a scene was spread out before them... ..Nu. ona bare form of holiness, Ivhich, when it
one who has not stood on an Alpine sum- , is discovered, malA a makes a man more
snit can have any conception of the utter detestable - than professed impiety,
dreariness of this region. The mighty Good nature is generally born with us ;
mountains, as far as the eye can reaeli, health, prosperity, and kind treatment from
leaning along the solemn sky, y'hile . the ! the world r .are great cherisherS of it where
deep silence - around is broken by no they find it ; but - nothing Is capable of lin--
ing thing. Only now and then the voice ! ding it up, where it does not grow of itself.
of the avalanche is heard speaking in its ; It is one of the blessings oft happy • eon
low thunder - tone from the depth of an aw- ; stitution, which education may improve
MI abyss,' or the scream of a solitary eagle- lint not produce.—.lddison.
circling-round sonic lofty crag. The bold
Russian stood and gazed long and anxious
:lV on the scene, and then turned to look
on his straggling army, that, as far as - the
eve could reach, wound, like a huge ana
conda, over the white surthee of the snow.
No - eolumn of sinolie rose in the desert
wilds to elteerthe•sight, but all was silent,
mournful, and prophetic. The winding
sheet of the army seemed unrolled before
them. No path guided their footsteps,
and ever and anon a bayonet and a feath
er disappeared together as sonic poor sol
dier slipped oft' the edge of a precipice and
1U into Ihu abyss below. llondrcdo,
vercome and disheartened, or exhausted
with their previous wounds, laid down to
die, while the cold wind, as it swept by,
soon wrought a snow shroud for their,
forms.
The descent on the southern side was
worse than the ascent. A freezing wind
had hardened the snow into a crust, so that
it frequently bore the soldiers. Their
bayonets were thrust into it to keep them
from slipping, and the weary and worn
creatures were compelled to struggle to
;
• I c ing borne away over the prcei-
Ipices that almost momentarily stopped their
passage. Yet even this precaution. was
often,vain. Men saw their comrades, by
whose sides they had fought in many a
battle, shoot, one after another, over the diz
zy verge, striking with their bayonets as
they went, to stay their progress. The
beasts of burden slipped from above, and
rolling down on the banks, shot a way in
wild eonffision, men and all, into the chasm
that yawned at their feet.
As they advanced, the enemy appeared BE OF Goon Cm Et: rt.—.PuEss
on the precipices around, pouring a seat-I Though the hour be dark, though the dun
tering, yet destructive th'e, on the straggling geon door be bolted and barred upon us,
multitude. Such a sight these Alpine sol- strong hands and stout hearts can and will
holes never saw—such a march no army cause light to shine upon the darkness, and
ever made before. I n looking at this pass ntake a way of escape. Then be of good
the traveller cannot believe an aria Y cheer, oye of little faith, hope for bright.
21,000 men were marched over it through jen days, when misery and ruin, and pov
die fresh !linen snow, two fret deep.-For, city, shall no longer Mantle the earth in
live days they struggled amid those gorges sack-cloth and ashes ; when the oil of joy
and over those ridgeS, and tinall'y reached , shall he given for mourning, and the gar.
die Rhine at Jianz. For four months al.! uncut of praise for the spirit of heaviness,
ter. the vulture and eagle hovered inees- when bright roses :411;111 grow over the
santly along the line ot march, and beasts grave of despair, and die placid breeze of
of prey were gorged with the dead bodies. morn and even wall naught but happiness
Nearly three thousand men were scattered and love. But with all thy hoping, labor
:11110114 the glaciers and rocks, and piled in ; to aecomplish the desired aim. • Work as
the abyss, and the bones of many an'unbur- if the glittering object were full in view—
ried soldier may still be seen bleaching in and though oftentimes the heart may faint
the ravines of the Jattser. 'under almost insuperable difficulties, learn
to labor and to Wait. Press on—look
not back until the goal be gained, and thy
reward will be sweetened ten thousand
times by the difficulties which have been
in thy youth
A DREADFUL OCCURItENCE.--A corres
pondent of the Michigan 'Washingtonian,
Taunts, IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS.--
writing, from Flint, relates this dreadful .
Loxorm.Low says—The little that I have
tale of crime and suffering. At the distil- I seen of the world and know of the history
Ivry near this place, the venders sold their!
1 IsorsTay.—Alan must have an Oceupa. of mankind, teaches me to look upon the
poison to an Indian—got him intoxicated ,
lion, or he miserable. Toil is the price of ! errors of others in sorrow, not in anger.-
-then toqk his rifle as security for the . sleep and appetite—of health and enjoy- When I take the history of one poor heart
debt. Ruh when the Indian partially re-' "sot. The very necessity which over- that has sinned and suffered, and represent
covered from this lit of intoxication;he re-' comes our natural sloth is a blessing. The to myself the struggles awl the temptations
collected that the ritle,was a borrowed one.
11 world does not contain a briar or a thorn 1 it has passed through—the brief pulsations
gain Ile then attempted to gainadniittanqpisto that Divincinercy could have spared. We. of joy ; the feverish inquietude of hope
the building to obtain his property, and be - 1 1 , are happier with the sterility which we' and fear ; the tears of regret ; the 'feeble
jug overtaken in the act by One of theowni cannot overcome by industry than we * :less of purpose ; the pressure of want;
ers of this sink of pollution, he.was pound- could he with the most spontaneous and the desertion of friends ; time scorn of a
ed and- bruised by this monster, in the unbounded proNsion. . The body and the' world that has little charity ; the desolation
worst a way imaginable ; so much sp, -that! mind are improved by the toil that fatigues , , of the soul's sanctuary, and the threaten
he became alarmed ; and took the poor sul--I,tbemt that toil is a thousand times reward- 1 ing vices within 'I . health gone, happiness
fere: into the garret of some bnilding, and! e d b y the pleasure which it bestows. '.lts gone, even hope, that remained the longest,
dressed his wounds for fear he would die.: enjoytnents are peculiar : no wealth can . gone ; I would fain 'leave the soul (minty
But the weather being extremely cold, his ! purchase them, no insolence can touch fellow man with Him from whose hand it
legs were frozen, so that they were ampu- ! them. They only flow from the exertions , . came. -
tamed above the knee. The ; poor fellow i which they repay. ' I
lingered a few days in the most agonizing i ' ..._
torments, and died a most horrible death. •
....
-----,---------..---• I skiing at Watertown, was' waited upon, a
_....___________ ' . •
1 Dr. SELar, charged with. being access°. ' few days since, by the assessors' of that
write fire is very cold," said ani old O
f . .
per, who was trying to warm his toes in rv, to the offence of procuring dead bodies town, to ascertain the amount they should.
I — or - . dislection, in the neighborhood of Ash- assess him toward the expenses of the town.
the moonlight on-a wow bank. - ' '
an editor abrapt, or ' tabula, Ohio; was recently convicted. in After inquiring and being told the ,amount
, _
it .for granted he is .` SENATOR YULEE IttA married Miss Wick',
and to be imprisoned twentv d thin county, and sentenced to pal , a fine of of the whole taxes . to.be raised, he desired
a word or idea-and We., daughter of the ex-rostmaster Gen. ! dam* i n the assessors to 'charge the % - hole,aituount
I .
l; evil. I . I the •common jail.
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GETTYSBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1846
•
LovE Oxf: AxoTitEn.—Do we not often
fail to manifest that Love . we : proless, and
which serves as the central link in our
symbolic chain and is .emblazoned in let
tors of gold upon our proud and lofty ban
ners ? Do we cherish the principles as
we ought,—do we practise it in our conduct,
our speech and writings towards our breth
ren when they walk uprightly and when
they wander from the path of honor and
sobriety? We *iliould remember• that the
follies & false steps of a brother should call
forth our love more strongly, and,our-mor.e.
zealous exertion that we may win him back
and encourage him to walk uprightly and
surely. It is not unfrequently that we
are friendly to the pure and honorable and
that we love those who love us, and whose
conduct is in unison with our own concep
tions of what is really good. But if such
men falter through weakness, are found in
dulging in one evil habit, or speak or write
in a tone that is offensive, we arc too like
ly to withdraw our friendship—suppress
the love we cherished for them, and mani
fest a coldness toward them, au entire in
ditrerence to their respectability and wel
fare. In this respect we are prone to turn
from the example of hint in whom "we
trust," to fOrget the power• of love kindness
to reform and bring back, and to exercise
that haSe principle which drives the wan
derer farther on.
When ereatore: stray
Farthest from God, then warmest toward them
horns
Ills love, even as yon sun beams holiest out
The earth when most distant. [Corcartnl.
"FEARLESS AND )FREE."
. . ._ . . .
WORK AND ITs 11I.EINGS. 1 The following statement, says the National In-
C. Al.elligeneer, l. Clay's "True American" comes; which we Mid in
N. I-. the regular Wash
in an improved dress. The follow in ton ( orrespondeneeof the N Tribune, agree
.s- ! Ill f . •
I so p,tanaany %% oh what we have heard/ related
sage closes a short article upon a : nect, ' here, and have ream») to Nelieve correct:
tieipation of manv.men :
which comes home to the business and an- owl Al 1r I It he
"when ..a I% t I I:INTER .e.t. State De
- - I 'partment, in place of being a delimiter as
I
it appears that there was
"Gladdentin! with its sunniest features, and gloss ' 1 1: i s been chf ir .r e d,
it over with its richest hues, and it becomes apoor 1 , a halumu., paid to him - long after he
and painted thing, if there be in it no toil—no c
t When Mr. Webster left Mr. 'Tyler's
hearty—hard work. The laborer t•iglis for i epw-e. ; left 1
"
; Cabinet he requested the Clerk who has
Where is it' Friend, whoever thou art, know it '
is to be found aton e i n work. No good, no we:it. the care of the contingent fund, to settle up i
Hess, no progress, is gained without it. Work,' the account and see how it stood. The
then, and faint not, for therein is the well-spring uf clerk wrote to Mr. Webster that there was
human hope, and human happiness. -
I the sum of $l,OOO lbr which their was no
Mr. Clay is young to know that.. Not voucher. Mr. Webster said that the prop
to know it young, is sometimes the heart's . er voucher would vet be found, but in the
case of the Young aspirant. To force it • mean time h e w i s h- e d. the accounts o f t h e
out when habits of constant labor have 1w- Department fully' settled up, and for this'
egine fixed and have produced what con-' purpose he sent on $l,OOO, and the ac-
stmt labor and economy generally produce, counts were settled. The proper-certif . :-
cdinpetence—to force'it out then, seems to ! cafe afterwards appearing, the .thousand
belie all former premises of hope, and the dollars were refunded to Alr. Webster.—
suiTerer sees that his labor - to produce that 'BO that, in place o f being a defaulter, he
which will allow of hoiurn and rest. has al-' had actually - overpaid the Department, and
so produced the habits of mind :old body, 'this overpay was refunded."
that will admit of no rest front toil: 'foil-' _
some days and tiights arc appointed to the I • A GENUINE COMPLIMENT.I I is said
I industrious and the enterprising. Wart- ! that a lady Of extraordinary- beauty once
some days and nights are 'appointed unto : confessed that the only real compliment
him who has no einployment.' But Mr. ' she ever received was from a foal heaver,
Clay is right—work, work, work,;"there- i who asked permission to light his pipe in
in is the well spring of human hope mid her eyes. We have met with another corn
human happiness." This country has no' Aliment paid by .a sailor, who was directed
place for the . . idle but the almshouse.— by his captain to carry a letter to the lady
There is no c'las's pith which the Unwork z . of his love. The Sailor_having pertained
ing - indi' affiliate. Th ere i s no resp ec i a . ' his errand, stomigazing in silent adnaira
bilitY for the man that does nothing—no , lion upon the countenance of the lady, for
place for him who has nothing to do, In she was "beautifttl, exceedingly." "Well
England, in Cermany, in France, the spir- I my honest man," she said, •"for, what do
it begins to work. There was once, a' you wait? there is no answer expected."
place in''all these countries for those who "Lady," said the sailor, "I would - like to
had no occupation—a place where one or i know your name." "And why?" she re
two generations rested from the labors a l plied, "why should you seek .to,know my
their ancestors, whose toils won that place.i name ?" "Because,'' said he, "because I
But the time of labor is so far back, that re- ' would mil upon it in, a storm and save
ne wed labor is necessary, and now no man I some ship from sinking ."—N. E Eve- I
can -have deserved distinction, no man be I stint; Mirror.
regarded there, without labor.. The idle
THE IV .tV THIEF TREAT AN EDITOR
'DOWN EAST. —1 he happy editor of the
Hingham Patriot has not only, 'in spite of,
his being an editor, persuaded a pretty girl
to take him "for better or worse," which
were bliss enough for one life, but his lady
neighbors, in admiration of the mutual cou
rage of the contracting parties, have sent
in a few donations toward the house fix
ings of the adventurous couple. The edi
tor announces that he will keep.his
open "a few weeks longer" to recei fur
, ther donations, and acknowledges a ready
GREAT MEN 01 , OUR COUNTRF.—The the receipt of the following, viz. a hand
. •
New-Buryport Herald states that Daniel I some centre table. a parlOr stove, a set of
China ware; a solar lamp, a handsome car-
Webste
friend Europe, to guess whose were the
American names better and more univer. boxes pails
and buckets, .
together with a
I vanity,
of small articles.
sally known and admired in England than
all other American names put together.— I The Chamlier of Commerce of N. York
His friend answered, Washington and j has sent to Washington a protest against
Chief Justice Marshall, No, said Mr. i the Sub-Treasury Bill, of which it says;
Webster, I mean living persons, and they "It will be found extremely difficult, if not
are Judge Story and Peter Parley ; for impossible to carry out;" and which cannot
while the former is known to every law- fhil to exercise "an important INFLUENCE
yer in England, and generally among the FOR EVII, upon the various interests of the
educated classes, the latter has entire pos- country!"
session of the young hearts °fold England i The body,thus addressing Congress, is
—that wherever he went into an English composed of men of both particular parties:
and the children were brought in But will Congress listen? There arc move
and presented to him as Mr. Webster, an moots in that body, which show a dispo-
Mneritan gentleman, they would be sure, ' sition towards independence, but these are
with scarcely a single exception, to ap-f atllowed by other expiatory acts of evident',
proach him, and looking him in the face, submission ; so that it is difficult to tell in
with the utmost anxiety expressed in theirs, what temper the Sub-Treasury may find!
would say, do you know "Peter Parley ?" the "Deinocratic party" at the time of vo
-1 ling.
BENEvoLENcE.—"Not for ourselves but I
for others," is the grand law of nature in- ; SHOCKING OCCURRENCE ON THE READ
scribed by the hand of Cod on every part Exo RAft.noAn.—About two o'clock on
of creation. Not for itself, but fur others, Tuesday morning, a train of burthen cars
does the sun dispense its beams ; not for while in motion, came in contact with a
themselves, but for others, do the clouds stationary train near Pottstown. , The
distil their showers ; not for herself, but for force of the concussion caused live of the
others does the earth unlock her treasures; cars to be thrown oil' the — frack ; the death
not for themselves, but for others, do the of the engineer named J. Hill, and the•
trees produce their fruit or.lhe flowers dill breaking of the leg, Mr. Geo. B. Sterling.
fuse their fragrance and display their va. The latter was fien to the Philadelphia
riot's hues. So not for himself, but for oth- Hospital on Wednesday evening.
crs, are the blessings of God bestowed one Mr. Bill was from Salem, Mass., where
man. He who lives only to himself, and his family reside. It is said that he was
consumes the bounty of Heaven upon sus, a worthy man.
lusts, or consecrates it to the demon of The cause of the disaster resulted from
avarice, is a barren rock on a fertile plain I neglect on the part of the officer having the
—he is a thorny bramblestationary tpain in charge. We learn that
van grave o f
' ; he is thein a fruitful vine- i
god's blessings the company promptly discharged him
lie is the very Arabian desert of this mo- from its employ. '
rap world. •
SOLEMN REFLEcrioxs.—Preily good.
—"Robert," said ,rosy the other day, very
seriously, "what d'ye think ?"
- "lion% know."
After a solemn pause,—"Brawdklawth,
the tailor's dead."
"ls he Josy !"
es."
"Well, don't be so sad about it . .rosy ;
was lie a relation of yot , rs ?"
"Oh no, but--" a long pause and a
heavy sigh—'l owed him a bill Robert."
"bid ye though, Josy !"
"Yes." Anotker pause, and sundry'
apparent inward compunctions ; at last Jo
sy got it out, and said, "Robert, you don't
know any other tailor that's in ill health,
do ye. P'
nobleman is thelaughing stock of his age,
if such a person is to be found. Those
who, will not toil in the thousand ways of
improving themselves and their kind, have
to leave the scene . of labor and travel, trav-
el, travel to avoid work
We repeat itoliere seems to be no place
left in Europe or America for the idle.—
The spirit of the age is one of movement,
of work; and }Hunan hapiness is depend-
Pu,t upon the fulfilment of the work
A LIBERAL TAX PAy:R.—'l'hc Haver
hill Banner states that Mr. J. I'. Cushing,
agentleman of handsome fortuni!, now re-
TERMS—TWO DoLVATtS PER exam. ]
I WHOLE NO. 838
FLOW r.Rs ix BED ROOMS-CAUTION.-- ,
Recently* in London, a young lady weurto
bed in good health, and was found the next
morning dead ! The physicians who were
called in declared that the sole cause of
this catastrophe was the poisoning of the
air by the exhalation of a quantity of
Mlles found in two ° large vases ou a
low fable in the room.—Rose,s tuberoses",
jassamines, and in fact, most flowers
may in the same way, produce effects,, if
not mortal, at least very injurious.. Their
influence acts most powerfidly on nervous
persons.
JACKSON THE PEDESTRIAN.—:/ nis great
runner says he will give any man that can
be produced a half mile in twelve, or three
quarters in twenty, for any amount above
$5OO. Or if any gentleman will bee him
$lOOO to $7OOO, against dee=
en miles in one hour, he will remain and
close the match, and run it about the mid
dle of May, either at Philadelphia or Bal . -
timore.
RISING TIIE. WORLD.—Wheri. some
one was lamenting Foote's unhappy fate
in having been kicked in Dublin, Johnson
saidthe was glad of it. "lie is rising ; in the
world," said he, "for when he was in Eng!•
land, no one thought it worthwhile toklek
him." .
For the "Star and tanner.'!
Reflections a Grave Yartt.• -
Conic, gentle reader, take me by the
hand, and let .us go in yonder gratie-yard,
and there learn a lesson upon the moulder
ing tombs, where they have laid for ceti
tunics- untOuched, unharmed,. save by the
hand of time. Trace back the years,
when they . were first foma by the hand
that lies mouldering Within them. He wag
a being, endowed with life like ourselves,
perhaps contemplating the mvstery of life;
death or time—wondering. Mid anticipating
generations 'that were to come and pass
away as he has done,. unknown and
forgotten even:by those with - whom :there
existed" the *tenderest associations. 'Who
eau say that human being has passed-,a;•
sway ? None. lie will rise like one of us:
An all-wise God has watched over him as
he does over every living thing upon
the earth.. Nature was then robed in all
its glory, as now.; there were as. many
stars softly beaming from the heaven's then
1 1 as at the present time; the same dazzling
sun shone upon hint ttat, now, shines upon
us; the pale moon shed the same lustre at
night; the earth moved with the same reg:-
ularity and on the same course; and all
things present the same -aspect as when .
this world first sprung into being. Amid
the impressive stillness of-the place, while
an unearthly awe conies stealing o'er sad
dened spirit in the silent dead, is there.niat
a 'power, some "still small voice" that whis
pers in your car, that reaches the: inmost
recesses of yoniheart there is a GOD, and
all things animate-and inanimate are gov
erned by His power.
Can there be a human being who in the
exercise of reason and with sincerity: of
heart can doubt ? No, there cannot. The
very' words. in which the thought is con
veyed, Would be uttered with fear and 'in
sincerity. There is a Power-whose agen ,
cy and influence must ever be recognized
even by the most reckless and abandoned
Atheist. This Power gives us light, teaeli
es the reason of man and guides him iii
the hour of darkness to a hat 4n of safety.
When guided by spiritual influence and
divine lightonan's soul rises higher than
earth ;- he is the son of God made after his
own image, and his spirit shall ascend to
the starry beavens t and add /one more to
the countless thousands of Heaven's bright
luminariestliere forever to shine in glory
increasing and increasing in dazzling ex
cellence, even until the consummation--of '
all things, when a new - heaven and a new
earth shall appear and. the old pass away.
This is man's Eden !
But let us pursue our meditations. Here
we see a new tomb stone, erected to the
memory of an Old, well-known, but depart
ed friend ; one that you have known from
childhood. You'pass . ed through the pe
riods of innocent childhood and buoyant
sunny youth, hand in hand and heart bound
to heart. He now lies• numbered with the
dead. Is your heart chilled by the specta
cle of the inanimate body, reposing in the
cold embrace of death? Does your heart
yearn for' the departed ? If-he-was-a—chris
tian, learn to imitate him, You know not
but that your departure maybe close at
hand, and ho may be an angelic messen
ger to welcome you to bliss and joy inheav
en. The ways of Providence are inseru
table,and past finding out by. the wisdom
of man. , We have been placed hero by
the divine ruler not to waste our time .in
idleness, but with industry to learn to know
ourselves and contemplate his•glory.- Few—
approach ii?is silent earthly home, but must _
acknowledge that throughout their earthly
pilgrimage, t h ey have. been • more or less
under the influence of the two:great Pow
trs of good and evil, and 'that their ':liVes
have been controlled brone puthe other. '
As death approaches,thehopeebf rewards
or fears of punishment are.increased.' How
many are there in the world,whosb, hearts
at one time-beat. high with hope but who,
through the bitterness and ealumn3r.- et an
unfeeling world,:live, in silent , grief, , Aucl
hope to find peace for the ir,hr . uised . hearts
in the deep lovideep of the -nap
py are they who:die thedeath of the right
eons. ,
4Ltatingdou foutttaltip-'2._
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