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All day for us he Etnith shall stand Beside that flushing force; All day for us his heavy hand The groaning anvil t-cout gtt. Gee up!—gee ho :—Tlic panting team Fur us b 4 toiling near; For us the raft:qileti (IwAit the stream Their island barges steer. Rings out for.tis the In fOrests old and still— Fur us the century'-circled oak- Falls crashing ilovk it his hill. ! in nobler toil than cur No et:ol,mm' bear , a le t ; We rntikj ii Nature . : , , Glad, power the SiaN its of homan Art. I,;iy rib to rib 'and beam to beam, And drive the ttlrinek Tree ; Nor laithltiss joint nor yawnlioz team tcnipt the search:lig ,ea. I,Vhere'oer the keel of our good ship The sea's rough field shall plw— Where . er the_lossing sinus shall drip With salt spray caught below— 'cilia ,hip must hoed her waster's heck, 11cr helm obey hi , hand, And seamen head the waling deck, As if thq trod the land.. Ikr oaken rile , . vtiltnre-heak t 1 Northern tee may peel— ''The sunken rot:li :Ind coral 1c k May grate along her keel : -Aral know we well the painted shell We give to wind and wave, float, the sailors citadel, Or sink, the. sailor's gave ! fro! strike away the baq and blocks, And :. , et the good !..hip`iree ! ►s'hy lingers on the:re dusty rocks 'I he young brule'of the ! , ea ! Look !--how she droves adoun the grooves ill graceful beauty now! pow lowly on the breast she Ipves :.inks down her virgin prpw! bless her, wheresoe'er fhe breeze I ler :snowy %%dugs shell fan, A side the frozen Hebrides, Or sti v itqlottin Where . er, hi unit Or on the main, 11'ith peaceful Ilag unrolled, She helps to %%Old the chain 11f commerec wood the %%Lola Freed on the ship !—lhit let her hear No uu•rchandtze of sin, No groaning cargo of despair 11cr roomy ludd xvithin. No Leath...in drug for .I.:ast,rn Nor poison draught for ours, ,Uut lioneNt l'Eults or toiling hands And tiatuie's sun and showers. Co hors the Prairie's gulden grain, The Itesert's ,olden sand, - The clw-tired fruits of sunny Spain, The Fillec of niorningd and ! Iler the open wain allay bles , ings follow free And glad hearts welcome back Iler white rail flow the Sea! AIICELLANY, Tnt: WAsTim FLowEn.—On the velvet bank °fa rivulet sat a rosy child.—ller lap was tilled with flowers, and a, garland of rosebuds was twined around her neck. her-face was as radiant as the sunshine that fell upon it; and her voice was p.. 7 clear as that of the bird which warbled at her side. The little stream went singing on, and with every gush of its music the child lift : , ed a flower in its dimpled hand, and with a merry laugh threw it upon its surface. In her glee she forgot that lier treasures were growing less, and with the stn hi motion a childhood she flung them to the sparkling tide, until every bud and blossom had dis appeared. Then seeing her hiss she sprang to her feet, and bursting into. tears called aloud to the stream—'l3ring back. my flow- ; ers!' But the stream clanged along, regard less of her tears, and as it Lure the bloom-, ing burden away, her words came backlit a taunting echo, along its reedy margin.— And long after, amid the wailing breeze,' and the fitful burst or childish grief, was heard the cry: 'bring back m v flowers 1' Merry maiden ! who art idly wasting the precious moments so bountilitlW bestowed , upon thee—see in the thoughtless impul sive child, an emblem of thyself. Loch moment is a perfumed flower. Let its fra grance be dispensed in blessings all around 'thee, and ascend as sweet incense to its beneficent Giver. Else, when thou host carelessly thing them from due, seeing ittem receding on the swtil waters of Time, tl inn wilt cr y. in tones more sorrowful than those of the weeping child-:—'Bring me hark my f1 0 y,.. erS !' And the only answer will he an 'echo from a shadowy past—'Bring me back my fewers Tun Uttoes. 7 —The Reporter, of 11'as11' 7 in ton; (Pa.) rernarks that the araitt anti i fruit crops n that vicinity - hair not rd FO promising for many ears. •We may reinarli. ah.o. that inf.)hotition front all parts of i)lavvl.o , il is trios'l.lt.ti l a-, blc to ;.ibuntlutit CltTt. ,11.14145.H.L' The Mechanic's Change of Trader BY CHARLES QUILL There is something in the homespun philosophy of Lscm: BENJA,m, which al ways secures my attention. Rude as it is, it has that strength which is often wad nut; in schools and books. Lucie I3enja utiu Ints never read Lord Chesterfield, and therefore, has nut learned how exeeding vulgar it is to use a common proverb ; in deed these concentrated inorails of wis dom, handed down from father to son, form a considerable portion of his diseoure.— Pobr Richard is his favorite adthor, and if his son N;annny has nut hecome a ripe pro verbialist, it is ins own fault. 1 regret to say that is sadly des titute of thrift. Reing disappointed in the trade tb which he was brought up, he has been thinking of a change to sonic other lousiness. But no sooner did the old man hear of tins freak, than he hobbled over to his son, as fast as his legs and stall would carry him, and without ceremony opened the business thus: "Ay, tiatinny, so you are going to break ground in a new place, and [won life over again!" "Why, yes, father; I make out so poor ly at my trade, and the dines are so bad." “Let the times alone, Sammy. They will be as had, I dare say, for your trade. The fault is not in the horse, butobe rider; not in the, trade, but the tradesman. You will run through many callings belOre you outrun laziness. Look about you, and see if you can find one Wall Avho has Fbet tered himself by tOrsaking his business.— We have many such; jacks of all trades and masters at none. Von know the old s;m, 'a rolling stone gathers no moss:— adive to you is, to go forward in the road you are in ; it is waste or lire to open a new road and take a fresh start every few years.'' father," said Sammy, “the times are altered, and there are new chances . or starting in the world. A great many of my aegilainlances are growing tired of be ing little country ineehantetz. lam not lone in my notions." "Perhaps not. Sant !full fools wore ‘rhite cap, we should look like a lock of geese;, most of our working men scent bit ten by the gadfly of change. But they may turn and tarn, and gain nothing until they change their habits. With a good trade, good healdi, and a good wife, any ratan may grow wealthy. But pray, wliat has become of a man's seven year's ap prenticeship, when he goes into a new bu siness ? would you throw this into the sea ?" flithcr ! That would be :ill loss, if 1 were going to slave it again at the an vill ; but 1 mean only to superintend the k of others." •"That, indeed !" cried the ohl, man. %'.l IHl4,:in to see your drift. You are going to leave a trade to which you were bred, tOr one of which you linoW little or noth : . ing - . You are going front an old business, in which you have to work with your hands to a new one in which you expect to play master. And are you so green, ,Saninty, as to think it requires no skill to oversee the Works of others ? look at your gen tlemen-Ihrmi?rs, When they come ont of the cities, and see in what style they super intend their work. No, no ! take an old man's word for it unless you stick to your last. You may expect to go barefoot. Otid IllaV decant liquor from vessel to vessel till there be nothing left, Let well enough alone, You have ;toy thing but perseve-' ranee, now have that. Bentember the ep, itaph, •'I was well—took physic—and here I am." I have often heard it said, that three removes are as bad as a fire ; it is as .true of trades as it is of tenements. Remove an old tree and it will wither to death. To make such a change is at best bartering certainty for hope. Your bright prospects May turn out like those of the Country mouse ; you remember the fable.'' The conversation of the old man put me on a recollection oldie cases which have occurred in our own neighborhood, and I believe uncle Benjamin is in the right, I have seen the rise and progress of some hundreds of working men. Where' they have stuck to their business, observing e conomy, and adding little to little, they have in almost every ease arrived at com fortable subsistance, On the other hand, where they have been restless and versatile, c‘..ett though these changes seem to be lbr the better, they have, usually, lost it and died beggars In thi.free country, rneehanis arc not bound do , ,yn by lepl restrictions to the gate ‘chich they haye learned, but. may exchange one line olbusincss for another, at their pleasure ; and there are triar tem p -4itiO4S !_() SO, particularly Ivhen the limes zzre unfavorable cessare, Ill.:ref:ore, to inculcate t ole that, as a general rule, perseverance insures :•success, and change brings disaster. Alen of lively genius often grog' weary of the dull routine of htts;tiets. :ind are temp ted to forsake :he beaten track - .upon new ml yen nires ; while your - dull plodding fel- lows Are hiving the: foundation for lasting wealth and usefulness. Mince the errone- ous adage, that fortune favors fools. .tiprk ling qualities anti elastic enterprise are not . . always coupled with practical wisdom.. Let me give the name of Rupert to a man whom I formerly knew. luis case is that ofhtindrcds. l Ile was indeniured,toa nyss-Inaker, with Avhom he svrvPil'his tirm4 withriut :In' rein:irk:o , lv oeurrence. Ile 1:` rf s l! VCry tradc J:ld lived with his first employer about a year as journeyman. At the end of this time, he thought f.t to leave his former calling, in order to open a shop for the sale of glazed leather caps and similar articles. Having little capital and less perseverance, he - had not been more than twelve months in this 'occupation before papers were seen in the windows purporting that the stock was selling off, &c., and shortly thereafter the house was closed. For several weeks Ru pert walked the streets, in the manner usu al with those who do nothimr because they cannot pay their creditors. When I next observed him, he was again laboring as journeyman, but this did not last lung, as he soon appeared among us as the agent of a line of stage co - aches. After acting 'his part for few months in this vocation, he was enabled by one or two of his friends to set up a shop for ready made clothing, and we really thought he was about to manage prosperously. But this unstable tempter again betrayed hint. Just about this juncture, certain' new resources were developed in the - water power of our creek, and several mills and Manufactories were opened. Rupert en tered in a paper-making establishment : was once More established ; sunk in the stream, and after a suitable time arose up on the surface in the new character of a lottery agent, This employment finally ruined him. It brought him into acqnain lance with idlers, sportsmen and blacklegs. Ile became well known upon the turf.-- His whole appearance and dress were ehanged, for it mar. be observed that sport ing characters strangely choose to be con spicuous. When f saw him last he was on his way to the Long Island races. Ile wore a white hat, plush vest. green, broad tailed, sin g le pressed coat, with lancv—but „ tons', colored stock y ; and had a whalebone wand 'in his hand, a paltry large iiing on Iris finger, and a would-be cameo, as large as a half dollar, on the soiled bosom oflus• striped shirt. Every feature and every motion indicated uneasiness and drink. low — vvas this catastrophe to have been_ avoided f The answer is simple : by sticking to - the shop. Keep your shop mud your shop will keep you. The patri arch Joseph gives his eldeSt son a very bad name . : 'J . :lst:ile as water, thou shalt not exeell.•' It is the character and the lot of many young mechanics. There are some eMploytnents which seem to lie open as snug harbors for those who have failed of all other ports. There arc occupatious which arc supposed, whoth, er truly or falsely, to need no foregoing apprenticeship. 'ln country villages it is tiro common to imagine that any man is fit to bo an apotheeaty, though our hat may depend on a druggist's knowledge of phar macy, and though more than one has sold arsenic for magnesia. Alost men have talent sufficient for vending confectionary or old clothes. Tavern-keepers are seldom such as have been bred to the craft ; though our hest hosts arc certainly those who have grown up in the bar. The same may be said of bar-keepers, hooking-clerks, and travelling agents.. The hawkers and other titer travellers who go about so importu nately 5111)Seri tions; pietures,German and Silver spoons, or cheap books wrapped up in a greasy pocket : hamlet:chief, have all seen-other days, etud w ood even now do better if they would return to their pro per calling - . The worst of it is, this is the last thin.. they ever think of doin.r. Who was ever known to marry a divorced wife The only safety is in dogged perseverance. Industry and time will wear away all the little disquietudes which prompt to change TI!K WAY TO Ip', IjAemr.--Cut your coat according to your cloth," is NI old maxim and wise one ; and if people would only square their ideas according. to their circumstances, how much happier might we all be ! if we could come down a pea. or two in our notions, in accordance with our waning fortunes, happiness would be always within our reach. It is not what we have, or what we have not, which adds or substracts from our felicity. It is the longing for more than we have, the envy ing of those who posses that more, and the wish to appear in the world of more consequence than we really are, which de titroy our , peace of mind and eventually lead to ruin: GREAT AGE.— In cold climates, per sons live to a greater age than in warm ones, although we hear of men attaining great age in the tropics. The' climate of NOW England has alwas been claimed as pure and favorable to old age. A Mrs. Blake died in Portland, Maine, in 182.1, Iw-red 112 vears, Mrs. Moody died in the. same year, aged 1 11. Jolin Gilley died in Augusta. Maine, 1813, aged 134. Mor-I ris Wheeler died in neadstield. Maine, ; iircd 115, The wife of the Indian chief; Orono, did in old town, 1818, aged 115. 1 Tier husband died a few years previous, ahout the age of 112. Richard Furniss ' died in Cushing, Me., in 1910, aged 110 g The olde: . “ person we have any record 01, whp died in this country, was Betsey Tranthram, who died in Tennessee, in 1834, at the advanced age of 154 years.— A neg,ress died in Pennsylvania in 41800,E sged 150. It is the more ne LIDERALITv. 7 --Peter C. Brooks, father in-law of Edward Everett, and the richest man in Boston, has sent a draft to the goy : , efament of Harvard College, for the sum o f $lO,OOO, to he appropriated to building a new 11011 , 4! for the r c s id enee of.the rm s . i(kul. of GETTYSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, EVENING, MAY .19, 184 Q. "FEARLESS AND FREE." - Tel!-: CROPS FOR 1845.—The report of ! -Disrimss l NG AITA; rt.—Death of a Mother a.d anti christian, and iyhateyer is opposed tg the. Commissioners of Patents makes the ' Three chi/di-01.-11 w following is fioa, a letter i Christ is anti-christ. If anti-christ, then, following estimates of the crops of last dated Pinekiiey,illf.•, Ga., 15th wt.: rhas attempted or does attempt to oversha ,_, Mrs;Sarali Donaldso,p, (formerly of S. glow the churchwith darkening spots of year :—Wheat, 106,548,000 bushels; Bar- ' c i arolina,) drowned herself and three c i - Icy, 5,100,600 bushels; Oats,t 63,208,000 deistical or atheistical clouds, it becomes dren - in the Chattahoochee- river, in — D,e bushels; Rve. 27,175,000 bushels; Buck- • . . •• the det^ or the church to purify -itself by Kalb county, a few days ago in the follow- - •! .'• • -'• i• • pe o rf iris ec t t , obedience to Its di v i ne taws. Set ' Wheat, 10,268,000 bushels ; Corn, 417,890 • nig manner: She first tied the two older . ; 000 bushels. Total, grain, 730,258,600 sons tngether, and threw them into the riv-Illis it glorious head and * goVernor, on bushels. Potatoes, 88,392,000 bushels ; er • then she 'tied the youngest one to her- •• Throne in its midst. One glance ! llay. 14,065,000 tons ; Hemp and Flax, i and • self plunged headiong into the agitated . from His resplendent eye !NNW dispell the :37,500 tons ; Tebaceo, 187,422,000 lbs.; • .-- • • , that' • waves it is said an individual wad - shadow - of arid-chits' 't. ' pne'Tay from ili Cotton, 936,088,000 lbs. ; Rice,89,765, 1 ; • ' ` •, , , * heavenly countenance 'would dissipate the 1 , standing on the opposite bank" witnessiria - 000 lbs. ; Silk, 486,530 lbs.; Sugar, 226,- ; . ° ` the scene, but found his situation unable to gloom that hung over it, 'nen would it 1 0`20,000 lbs. Pennsylvania produced 12,- prevent it • b occurrence. The reason 31. : appear in its,heavenly glory and bid defi 7 580,000 bushes of Wheat ; 141,000 of Bar- '; ance to all the inventions of Satan to re- Icy signed why she thus terminated the exist ; 19,826,000 of Oats ; 11,929,000 of • • ' - let them come from what 7 ence of herself`and children, is said to be a . • • • • , Rye; 3.:322,000 of Buckwheat; 17 1 126,- dread of . starvation. she had been heard , ever source they migitt l its Tower would 000 of Indian Corn; 5,197,000 of pc,fatoes; ~ .to say - that she would raher ' die with her i crust .' its foe ' 1,527,000 tons allay ; 535,000 pianos of , • i Al hat the objects of the antislavery so 7 enildren, than that they should die for lack ' tobacco ; 41,370 pounds of silk cocoons,• • , c iety at Boston are, they have not thought of bread. 1,600,000 pounds of sugar. Our own - •• proper to tell r ps in their resolution; but State stands third in the list of airricultural they have told us that they consider them products. Olio stands second, y N: York of more vital importance to the American first. people than the present American Church, or the present AnnericanUrijon, and worthy to to established upon their ruins, This ' sounds very much like destroying the Nev; Testament and on its ruins building ! Paine 's - Age of Reason. i All Christian, moral and civilized corn- . munitics . must and will view such send ' ments as dangerous to the well-being of die community at large, because they-must ! consider them as a ' bold step in a retro ,r' etade march back to' the dark' ages:orthe ' world, when all the fine feelings of hu elan . ity were_erushed beneath the savage, inhu man passions under . an unholy influence. f Man not only represented but far surpassed 1. the savage beast of the forest in cruelty ; . for while the beast of the wilderufess prac ticed cruelty and death on the inimatworld to satisfy the craving nature of his appe 7 . tire, mankind, prompted by ambition find vain glory to acquire wealth and 'fame, - involved the whole world in -rapine,- war, and bloodshed.' To gratify 'and obtain the unrighteous objects of his vain desires, the noblest productions of art were wrap- . tied in Ila Mes ,• the . finest countries on the. globe desolated ; the aged and infirm, wo-i men and children, TitiAeredin cold blood —in short, all that was calculated to render the luiman family happy was' destroyed— and whyl Because, Tor the wickedness of the people God had given them over 0 l a reprobate mind to be governed and pun -1 ished by their own wicked pasaions, which threw down all their moral and civil insti• tutions, and instituted in their places the right of force to make conquest and that, conquest law. During this stage of the world's exis tence, man had placed the human fami.. 13, - in a most deplorable condition. Having lost sight of a living God, and all that was good, they had - to guffer all the righteous ---7 judgments of heaven, which they brought For the. Star and Banner. down tipon themselves for worshipping Mn. BITEnT,En ::--In looking over the t Baltimore Daily Clipper, dat6ll the 16th 1 the idols that their evil passions and af fections had created. And'sqc4 Will be the of February, 1846, I was astoniihed to SP' natural consequences that . will inevitably the following publication : I arise out of like circumstances whenever sA nott•ri ON ISM.—At the late annual meeting . of the I\ !assachm errs Anti-Slavery Society, held f mankind assumes to be governed by reason in Boston, it was resolved that the only path to without a divine influence tQ control it. the accomplishment of the objects of the Society Whatever is ;lone by individuale . or . sOcie. : was over the ruins of the present American Church ties, to create improper excitement, has a and the present American Union." j tendency to create civil, moral and religi • Aly• astonishment arose out of the bold, !ties contentions; and animosities must, fearless, anti-Christian and revolutionary i from the, very, nature • a their influence, sentiments expressed in the Resolution.— have an evil effect Upon the community There is no church established by law in 'at Isrcre. And I know of no sentiment that America, but all are permitted by the Con- could be agitated that wqnlcl be better cal stitution to worship' God as conscience i ee,.. 1 -:te d i t 9• produce that effect than those may dictate, It must thee have reference expressed in the above resolution. • They to the Chtirch which is composed of all : strike at very foundation upon which sects and denominations of professing stands the civil, Moral and religious, insti 7 Christians. So far as my knowledge ex- r tutions of the country ; and consequently tends, all the different sects and denomina-' if carried out, w0u1.4 - destroy the peace, tions,, by whatever name they may be' happiness and prosperity of the people.— called, have instituted for their moral FWhatever may be theopinion Of the Socie 7 church government what they consider to ty that passed the resolution upon the sub be in accordance witb the preeept4 and ,ax- , i s . ject of dividing the Union, it is believed • ample of.feStis Christ and'his Apostles, as, by a very large majority of the people, rettorded in the New Testament given by ! both in the North and South, that it would them ler the general instruction of . the huJ t not have a salutary effect upon the happi, man family. Thy also acknowledge the ness. and prosperity of the whole. An Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to be the amicable divisinn could not be effected; supreme head and governor of the Church, ,it must, then, if done, be done by revolu7 directing them, individually and collectivel tion and civil war, with all its desOlating, ly, to live soberly, righteously, and godly, I destructive and immoral tendencies ; which in this present world, as the only essential would in these respects far surpass wars means of securing eternal peace and hap- waged between foreign governments. But piness in that which is to come. this is not all; for weakening the strength . In these vital Principles all will agree, al- and resources of the government would though ceremonies, ordinances, and testi : make it a prey to the ambitious designs of monies of diderent characters may have } some foreign power, which, taking adran 7 given rise to the present divisions of reli c tar' of - that weakness, might place upon gions sects ; yet all look forward to the it s ruins some 4ristogatie es despotic Welfare of the whole, and all that are truly crowned head that would rule our once Christians must equally despise any at- free, happy and prosperous people with a ' tempt that is made either individually or rod of iron or a golden sceptre. collectively to destroy-a general system ofi When questions like those contained in . social, moral and religious instrtietion, far , that resohitign, intended nq doubt to excite surpassing any other in purity, chastity i the public mind, are presented to the pea and refinement, that has been given to the i ple, it becomes their duty to examine the% human family—the power of which has i well before they subscribe to them. Un been felt in every Christian land. ft has der the view that I have taken of them the so far withstood every attempt to crush it. ! query arises, how fax a bhristian of any Neither the deistical writings of a Paine, r denomination, not opposed to war, but be l • a ntitne, and many others, have acCOnt-! lieving it sometimes necessary, can eitne 7 plishcd the destruction out; They have fal--: lion such sentiments ? If not, how can len almost harmless at the Christian's feet.: those that l ,ear a testimony agains3 vary—, Another attempt to crush it, however, is ' i teliteiegi; unnecessary, subscribe to them I ~. made bythe Anti Slavery Society at Bos : . And, as I presume all the faithful follpws ton, and to build upon its ruins the objects' of that Society! era of Christ, without respect to name, be ! The Church has but lit 7 tii re that:lN:ape. with" its nps,winpanying tle tQ fear from such vain imaginations ; • happiness, is a blueing intended:J*4Fr . they appear like bubbles on the ocean fill- idence . for the enjoyment of all ckrisPine ed with empty air, When compared with both in time and eternity, let tne,.thetiijoi, .:...: ..k, the declaration of Jettus Christ himself who can adOpt the sentiments of that het isit* when lie told i Peter that his Church would lotion r I must, ,for one, aubse * be built upon rock against which the,. self a friend of . •-,:.:, i ..!... , , , . gates of hell could never prevail. . " ?/, I 'PrACE AND 0104 - , ,•4: :•`..--.' Whatever is opposed A xerritmt DOG STORY.—The, greatest Mall no v-a-days lOr telling dog stories, is the editor Of the Nashua Telegraph. Ile has probahlv given the world more of them and better ones and harder ones to believe, than any other man alive, One of the Boston editors has recently thrown the Nashua man the following bone to pink : "One of the light-lingered gentry suc -1 eeeded in abstracting a valuable gold watch. irons a gentleman who was the owner of a most sagacious dog. The animal having ob served the theft. at once renounced his old 'master whose companion he had been for years.and, in spite of all coaxing & entrea ties, fullowed.the pick pocket. Ilis new master was highly delighted,and retiring for the night, took puppy to his sleeping room. The rogue, has Mg put aside his dress, placed the watch snugly in his pantaloons pocket, and railed himself snugly in the blankets. But no sootier was he its bed, than the dm , . who had watched air the'op crations with a great deal of anxiety, seiz ed the pants, aml With one spring jumped through the window and made for his old home,learhurthe thief minus both watch and pants !" SINGI'LAR SnciDE.--The Oswego Ga zettee, has the following particulars of a strange 'suicide :—"Edward Baldwin of Nichols, shot himself on Tuesday last. He had been out hunting, and on his return, met a couple of girls, and while engaged in con ver-.4:tiou with them, asked if they would like to see him shoot himself. They an swered yes. At tliis, he put the muzzle of the gun into his mouth, and placing his foot on the trigger, blew out his brains !" We are very accommodating where girls aro in question, says the Philadelphia. but, really, Mr. Baldwin is ahead of our gallantry. NIOT EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—Captain Mulhollen, an old and respectable planter of Rapides, whose death has been announ ced we believe two or three times, was still alive some few days ago—having been forty seven days without a particle of food or nourishment of any kind. A litle water put into his mouth by means of a spoon, is the only thing that has passed his lips. ir # all this time. The ease is said to baffle the skill or comprehension of all the mcdi 'cal men in his neighborhood.--N, 0. B . A certain Judge, meeting a minister mounted on a very fine horse, said to some gcutkemen with-him; "Do you see what a tine horse that priest has ? shouldlike to crack'a joke with him." "Doctor," said he to the minister, "You do not follow the example of your great Master, who hum bly contented himself with riding on an ass." "Indeed," returned the minister, "that was my intention, but of late so many asses have been made judges, that a poor minister, though ever so willing, can hard ly find one to ride on." The Baptist Register tells a good thing. A loafing vagabond called at a houSe in a neighboring town to Concord one Sunday, and begged thr some cider; The lady re fused to give him any, and he reminded her of the oft quoted remark, that she might entertain an angel unawareg. "Yes," said the lady, "but angels dtin't go about drinking cider on Sunday." ScALDL•'D tN e, Rum VAT.---4t Cincinnati a few days ago, one of the hands employed in the large distillery of Messrs. Hatch & Beck, on West Front Street, near Mill, fell into a vat of hot Liquor, and was so badly scalded, that it is thought fie cannot recov er. Rum scalds thousands—burns up hearts, brains and souls—but not qqite so speedily as in this case. A SHOCKIXC AFFAIR.---Ai the Philadel phia house of Refuge, ..,en Wednesday, a boy was grinding a sharp knife, when a nother lad came' behind, and pulled or struck him; upoi this the hoy at thegrind stone threw his hand back, and inflicted so severe a wound in the breast of the other, that . he died in a few minutes. The afThir was altogether accidental. TYPICAL PLUNDFIL—The Cincinnati Gazette has tile following correcgo4;"— In the city item of yesterday's paper head ed. "RoV,").he word 'fools" was errone ously printed for qoets." CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN TIIICHMAN. — Tile Logi:4o9re of: '4O:ltigari havn abolinh c.l Caritul l'unishintot in that tztate. Crx. Scovr.—The Richmond Repuhli-: can, noticing the arrival of this gallant offi cer at that place, says: '!Ile has may warm friends and admirers here as well as in other parts of this country. He well mer-. its the admiration that he excites and the attention that he gains, for in addition to the brilliant services that he has rendered to his country, there-has never been a mo ment,-from the commeneer,nent of his mili tary career to the present hour, at which he would not have been Iliumd ready altil willing to liazar,d his life in defence of his country's rights " PItoPIIRcv AND FULFIL3fENT.—HENRY CLAY, 111 his patriotic letter against the An nexation plot in 1844, used the follotying prophetic language: Under these circumstances, if the Gov ernment of the 1.):. States were -to acquire Texas, it would acquire along with it all the incumbrances.iyhich.*Texas is under, and aniwig them the actual and suspended War between Mexico and Texas. Of that consequence there cannot be a doubt. nexation and War with 211exico are 'Wen t fed," The NeW york Tribune justly observes that the result furnishes another illustm-, lion of Mr. GLitv',s wisdom and foresight ;as a Statesman. Would that his warning voice had been heeded. MR ! CLAY AT Homn.—A eorrespondent of the Nashville Whig, wlm recently visi ted Ashland, speaks in glowing terms pfits beautiful lawns, its fine flocks and herds, and above all, the hale appearance of its distinguished proprietor. He found Mr. Clay in the midst of his agricultural pur suits, andrepresents liirtl a,s- having- retnrn ed from his trip to the South in fine healtl; and spirits, and looking as young and vig orous as he did six years ago. DPLLARS rza ANIVVM WHOLE rO. $43.,
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