. , Y „., . . . ' . • , ..ti :, . .144.144:: 'P '! 4.4443 . 0 f . . bI • .. . .. ~,.„,,.,..:.:4:::,.,......„....„..,.„ • ~..:, .... , , . , .r t • , .. .. , , II .., ... i ! ...n.,,.. „..,...„ ~....,,......,„.:. ...„:„..,...,...,„.....;,.. .;_._,.. _. „,....,,,,...:....: • . . .__... , , . , - . I • "n .. , . [D. A. BVEIILER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR VOL.. XVII.-1 G. } POETRY. The Bull erfly. BT Mlle. sloorrnsEr A butterfly bask'd on a baby's grave, Where a - lind• chanced to-grow : --- Why art thou here with a gaudy dye, Where she of the bright and sparkling. eye Dina sleep in the churchyard low ? Then it lightly soared through the sunny air. And spoke from its shiny track: I was a worm till I won my wings, And she whom thou =tiniest like a seraph sings : Wouldst thou call the loved one heck? TheMothees Love. Number thy lamps of love, and tell me now, How many thou canst relight at the stars • And blush not at their burning? One—one only-- Lit while your pulses by one heart kept time, And ted with faithful fondness to your grave— One_lam p—thy mother's lore—amid the stars Shall lift its pure flame changeless, and before The throne of God burn through eternity— Holy as it was lit and lent thee here. - Love's Language. There's a language 'that's mute, there's a silence that speaks, There is something that cannot be told, There are words that can only be read in the cheeks And thoughts but the eyes can unfold. There's a look so expressive, so timid, so kind, So conscious; so quick to impart, Though dumb, in an instant it speaks out the mind And strikes in an instant the heart. This eloquent silence, this converse of soul', ": In vain we attempt to suppress, More prompt it appears from the wish to control, More apt the fond truth to express. And oh! the delights in the features that shine, The raptures the bosom that melt, When blest with each other this converse divine Is mutually spoken and felt I TSC EL L ANY. SLANDER.—Show us an individual, ex empt from the poisonous'breath of theslan derer, and we will show you something new, under the sun. The seeds of this vice have been strewed broadcast over the earth, desolating families and neighbor hoods, and blasting much that is lovely with the mildew of 'death. No character is so pure, no talents so distinguished, no post of honor so elevated, as.to be exempt from its contaminating influence.. All have felt its withering breath. As men ; immortal men—children of one Father— how assiduously should Ave:labor to crush this - besetting sin, and try to build up rath er than destroy the character of our fellow creatures. When a neighbor suffers we really feel the effects of thatinjury, although unnoticed by us. There is a connecting link bet Ween man and man, which cannot be tarnished or broken without affecting the whole commupity in a greater or less degree. Debaise our families—our neigh bors-our villages—and the curse is on ourselves, and on our children when we aro gone: Elevatebuild up one another —and virtue will flourish, and peace and pleasantness will attend closely upon your ste,s. 4 1 CAN'T, DO IT."7—Yes you can. Try —try hard, try ofton—and you will ac complish it. Yield to every discouraging circumstance, and you will do nothing worthy of a great mind.' Try .and you will do wonders. You will be astonished at yourself—your advancement in whatev er, you undertake. ..ssl can't" )las ruined many a man ; has been the tomb of bright egpectatiOn and ardent hope. Let "I will tiv," be your motto in whatever you un dertake, and if you press onward, you will steadily and surely .accomplish your object, and come off victorious. Try— keep trying—and you, are• made. for this world. . I was walking with 'Wilberforce.. in his verandah, says a friend, watehing, for the opening of a night-blooming. Ceres. As we stood in expectation, it suddenly burst wide open before us. It reminded me as we admired its beauty, of the mysteries of divine Providence first breaking on the glorified eye, when they shall fully unfold to the view, and appear as beautiful as theyare complete. - • ISIBLE'FOR TJ U ARMY.—We are gratified to learn that the army in Texas .applied to_ the American Bible Society for the Scriptures — and that four thousand copies of the New Testament have been forwarded for theii-use. - Wit is 'desirable to inCuleale the kive of peace among sol diers, the New Testament is the best ofull books'for them. ...A YouNo.SrA =krt.—When the son of the gallant Hoe, ..who lost his arm in ,one of the engagements, aylad twelve years . of, age, was told of the serious wound - his father Itad received,'his oyes filled w' after a few moments silence i . inquired f his tather,would b. tho arnay.on that account; the en.to him was, not unless it. should be, his wish. ‘` 2