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)`.The following, which we find in the
Itniekerbacker Magazine for September, is one
of those gems of poetized Truth which gibe
back echoes to the heart from the excellences
of literature :—En. JOURNAL.
STORX Ol f A DEW-DROP.
Ida hare-bell cup, at the break of day,
Sparkling and bright a dew-drop lay;
When ruddy morn the east o'erspread,
The dew-drop caught the rays it shed s
2nd blending with them the flowerets blue,
It rivaled the gem with its delicate hue.
But the sun, when he rose, was wroth to see
A dew-drop could shine more brightly than he )
So he sent down a beam to the hare-bell cup,
And dtank the dfdp, in its beauty, up.
And such is the law iii Nature's plan ;
Subject to it is the fate of Man :
Life is the dew in the hare-hell cup,
And Death the beam that shall drink it up.
THE LOVER AND THE ECriO
The following elegant bagatelle was the
production of Dr. John M. Harney, who died
at Bardstown, Ky., in 1825. He has published
several light pieces of uncommon nferit.
Lover:
Echo, mysterious nymph, declare
Of what you've made, and what you are—
Echo: Air!
Lover:
Mid-air, cliff, and places high,
Sweet Echo I listening love, you lie—
Echo: You lie!
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Lover:
Thou dost resuscitate dead sounds—
Hark I bow my voice revives—resounds 1
Echo: Zounds
Lover:
I'll question thee before I go—
Come,'answer me more apropos!
Echo: Poh I Pohl
Lover :
Tell me, fair nymph, if e'er yon saw
So sweet a girl as Phebe Shaw l
Echo: Pshalc !
Lover:
Say, what will turn that frisking coney
Into the toils of matrimony ?
Echo: Money!
Lover:
Has Phebe not a heavenly brow!?
Is it not white as pearl—as snow?
Echo: Ass! no!
Lover :
Her eyes! Was ever such a pair? •
Are the stars brighter than they are?
Echo: They are!'
Lover :
Echo, thou liest ! but can't deceive me!
Her eyes eclipse the stars, believe me
Echo : Leave me!
Lever:
But come, thou saucy, pert romancer,
Who is fair as Phebe 1 Answer!
Echo : Ann, air!
ajwite Zralaing.
THE CLEVELAND MYSTERY-ITS LESSON.
Death of Et T. Sterling.
A Sermon Preached at St. Paul's
Church, Cleveland, on Sunday Eve
ning, August 14, 1859, by Rev. Dr.
Claxton, Rector of said Parish.
From the Cleveland Herald, August 15
Never have I been called, my friends,
to so painful a duty as that which is now
before me. Never have I known—God
grant I may never again know—such al
struggle of mind and of saul, as that.
through which I have passed since on last
Sunday morning it was told me " E. T.
Sterling is dead." Dead? Can it be ?
My friend ! counsellor ! my brother
Ile whose kindness I had so often proved;
whose unselfishness I had seen so -iibuud
autly manifested; ivhose generosity I had
so largely experienced; whose sympathis
ing tenderness had soothed my hours of
deep personal affliction; whose hand was
the first of all the members of this par
ish to give me the warn, grasp of greet
ing, in my then - distant home on the
banks of the Ohio, and afterwards, when
drawn largely by the magnetism of his
noble nature, I came to seek a home
amongst you; he with whom I had -seen
many of the most pleasant hours of social
intercourse that I had ever enjoyed; he
whose business tact and far-reaching sa
gacity had made him an invaluable ca
worker with me in the Vestry of this
church, in the Convention of this Dio
cese, in the trusteeship of Kenyon -Col
lege, (an institution whose present pros
perity is largely wing to his faithful and
disinterested labor in directing its admin
istration); he 'whom his fellow-citizens
(by whom he was so well known) bad ad
mired, and honored, and trusted; be,
whose presence in any circle was wont to
mid to the satisfaction of ail with whom
he mingled; he, whose camel had so of
ten mentioned, in places near pad far off,
as one who was a treasure to we as apse ,
tor—lto is dead
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That our thoughts, may take a more
profitable shape, let - me seek to link thew
with a passage of God's own word. Gen
esis iv. 9,10 :
is And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is
ilebOtea to tide ciples of Ifiie, El koch 09, 4110 the 01,siellititioir of ijoh4Otg, g.itirqttire qio
COUDERSPORT, POTTEA COUNTY, PA., TRURSDAY,"SEPTEMBER 1,',1859
Abet r thy 'brother? And he said, I know not,
am Imy brother's keeper? •
"And He said, What hast than done? the
voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me
from the ground." -
It is a fearful.thought that the first hu
man death of which we have. any record
was a death by violence: death by mur
der—and that by a brother's hand.
But I cannot dwell on this thought.
Yet does one ask rue whether I do not
overstep the bounds of propriety—wheth
er I do not trench on the prerogatives of
the civil tribunals when I even infer eon- •
corning our departed brother that his was
a death of 'violence, inflicted by another's
hand? Ido not accuse here any man - of
the wilful murder of this ray friend. I
have my own opinion as to the propable
agency that immediately caused his death.
But as God's messeuger, I cite to answer
at God's tribunal every man who, know
ing. the weaknessess of the departed, act
el other than a brother's parttowards
him!
Beloved friends—it would be a false
charity—a tenderness which would in
deed be a weakness, not to say chargeable
with unfaithfulness to God and to man,
were Ito seek to cover up"the past. Had
the history of the deceased during the
past few months been hitherto concealed,
it would not be my part' to give it pub
licity. Gladly would I, if I dared, imi
tate those reverent, loving sons, who,
with a garment laid on both their shoul
ders, walked- backwards, and covered up
their father's shame. No man in this
eJrnmunity (save, possibly, those nearest
of kin,) loved E. T. Sterling more than I I
loved him . None admired mote his non
ble qualities. None, perhaps, was under
greater obligations to his generosity than
myself. When death, once and again,
entered my household, his brotherly sym
pathy offered me not only consolation, but
a resting place for the remains of my own
loved dead. By the graves of my own
childten,•in his own burial place, I stood
on Thursday last, to deposite his remains.
Cad I speak otherwise than tenderly con
cerning him ? I will speak as he (for I
knew welnie heart) would have wished
me to speak. God give me grace to be
faithful.
E. T. Sterling was one of the founders
of this church. He was, pecuniarily, its
largest benefactor. He gave not only his
money, but his time, his thoughts, his
watchful care to its-well-being. Twelve
years ago, under the ministry of the first
Rector of St. Paul's, be professed, in Ho.
ly Baptism, to be hrist's disciple; and
the tongue would deserve to be forever
palsied which should charge him with
having made that procession in wilful hy
pocrisy. When I first knew him, almost
seven years ago, I thought .I had seldom
seen his equal in all that makes the high
minded, liberal, Christian gentleman. He
was a warden of this church ; a regular
and faithful teacher in the Sabbath-school;
an exceedingly punctual attendant on all
the services of the Sanctuary. His hand
was ever open to the cause of Christ, and
to the relief of _His poor.
I found him just what the venerable
Bishop of this Diocese, who had known
him kr twenty-seven years, described him
to be—"a most perfectly confidential, and
large-hearted, energetic man, as staunch
a friend as ever was." A Man, wrote the
Bishop, "whose mind is one of great in
fluence." And on Friday last; I received
from this eminent Christian minister a
lament from which I must read a few ,
words "I have no heart to write—but
to be dumb—except to say 'lt is the Lord'
in reference to this most awful death of
our poor friend. What "a blow to you as
his Pastor. For nearly twenty-seven
years has his house been my kind and af
fectionate home, and never anything but
the most generous and affectionate hospi
tality did I receive from him, and never
did I see anything in him inconsistent
with, his profession as a Christian." I
need say no more in his praise: Many of
you knew him well; if any knew him bet
ter than myself, he knew more of the no
bleness of his nature. Yet this is the
' man whose name has for a week past been
in every mouth; whose sad, sad end we
can never cease to deploile.
More than two years ago, as his pastor,
I could not but see and lament the be
ginning of a change in the aspect of his
Christian character. Business troubles
annoyed him and called him often from
his home. I feared that he was forming
new and injurious associations. Soon his
attendance at the Communion table be
came irregular, and erelong it ceased.
At last the fearful truth was made too
apparent that there were tempters about
his steps, luring him to his ruin.' I shall
not recite what took place in the reheat
ed interviews between the pastor and this,
his erring brother. He ever took kindly
my admonitions and my oounsels, He
ingenuously, and wlth'self-loathing, ac
knowledged his faults. He" wept, he
prayed, he resolved, he struggled, he
promised, be tried; but the arch tempter
bad many willing helpers, watching, lay
ing Enarea for the destruction of body and
of soul.
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Where were the men whePught to hive
been this Our brotber'h kcePerl •
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' God only knows hoW , fare was resptin
sible-; God only ktiowo", irli tiiler by ii min. 1
acle of grace, in the last h iirS, after the '
fatal injury was received,-When, perhaps
seemingly unconsciots„hesh sought Gods
mercy, in Christso belietied- 7 auti the
work bf God's • Spirit wits so wrou 'ht es
to rescue his precious SOL ' That soul is
now in the hands 'of thelSldge`of till 'the
earth who Will *rely "do ri ht." -'Happy
is it that man .is not the Fin 1 judge of his,
felloiv-mortal. But ,here I arraign ; its
guilty of his death, every m n who, know
ing his • weakness, phrtonk with "him in
that most debasing of Ickes, in which on
ly when reason was dethretled by alcohol
ic drinks he could stoop to indulge I These
men—druggists, saloon kecipers, hotel
keepers—who, kuowitos; the first glalss
would open the fioodigat4 of evil sup
plied him with the maddening poison,
must answer to God when ' l nc maketh in
quisition for blood,;, and .Woe to them if
they, dare say with tile qrst murderer,
"Am I my brother's keeper?."
Those men, who, masking themselves
as friends, lure their , rictiMs into their.
lurking dens, and when they have des
truyed-fur the time all selicontrol, 'plun
der them of that which belongs to their
families, it may be, their creditors or their
employers; those men must meet. the' in
vestigations of an'Omniscibnt, inflexible
Judge, who has poier to least soul and
body into hell. There will they find whht
is the guilt of him who, no't his brother's
keeper, has been his brother's • destroyer.
There they will find what; is God's esti
mate of conduct like that Which the past
week's investigations have disclosed; what
the decision of Heaven's Supreme Court
will be as to the man who, professing
friendship, could take to his own room a
companion who, he knew,' lost his self
control as quickly as he partook of the
first intoxicating glass; who made of that
room what the just verdiet of society's
unanimous execration call a hell; who
with a malignity that, one:might have
looked for only in the realm 'where the
devil—tho first murdereri—rules, plied
his companion with the draught of moral
death ; who won from Ihiml (so the world
describes this trade{ of robbery) all the
money in his possession ; and -who (if his
own tale bo true) opened; his door, led
forth his victim—a+ incapable of stand
iug unaided—and, as though he would
ensure his injury if Uot his; death, extin
guished the light and left-him in dark
ness on the stairs to grope and to stumble,
and to plunge headking to destruction ?
-To each one of us, my hearers, the
Providence of God in this calamity has a
voice.
It speaks to each of uS of the sin. of
drunkennes. There is mbt one word in
this sacred book, from firstto last, of the
disease of drunkenness. I-do 'not say it
is never a diseaso, ostr everi to be treated
as a disease; but where a, man has such
use of his mental and moral faculties as
enables him to know iright from wrong; he
cannot excuse hiinSelf before God, if,
whatever be his appeite or propensityhe
yields to the temptation. God : classes the
drunkard with the naurderer. He'says
that for such there I no Odd in the kint
in -
de of Christ and o God: I Not that it
is an unpardonable sin; - but it is like any
other sin of the flesh, and poe which the
Divine justice cannot let go unpunished.
The current conversation Of society, the
common laiaguaoe . of; the press deals alto
gether too lightly with this silence against
God and against man. Even , Christian
men and women are too ready to. make a
jest of the drunkard and !pf his habits, a
fault which may well, remind us of the'
Divine Declaration=.-' Fools make mock
of sin."
Of the other vice.into which our friend
fell, I can'-scarcely bring m yself to speak
at all. - Drunkenness. drags a man down
to the level of a brute. - Gambling, per
severed in, degrades him to the baseness
of a fiend. - It was only byrde'stroying his
moral sense through the intoxicating cup I
that he could be mad,'to 'stoop to such
degradation... The essential nature of
gambling is seen in the revelation that
has been even partially made in the in
vestigations of the past week. It is worse
than theft; worse than highway robbery;
worse than a hundred other crimes for
which the law sends' culprits to the Pen
itentiary. So even the imperfect legisla
tion of most well ordered, communities
deals with it. Why; then, let me ask,
has it been tolerated in this city? Why
has not public sentiment demanded the
enforcement of existing
. laws ? Why
have not those iu autbority felt them
selves under continual pressure of public
opinion insisting that the laws, both as to
this vice. and as to the traffic in poisonous
drinks, should be vigorouSly executed?
Rave any of us said "It isl not my busi
ness?" Have any said, "If Ido not
drink and gamble I have, nothing to do
with others who may tlinS Offend ?"
But where is - Sterling', our brother?
Dare I, dare you,- say, '''' am not my
bather's keeper V' Nay, 'we are verily
guilty concerning ourbrothei." Every
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one- of tie! ought' Au bave . ' ; „been : - "his
keeper," his guardian, Mil' true, watchful
friend ! : I
There are other men irtilike peril at this
hour! Other brethren, fathers, sons, W
izens, are iddatig,er of being plundered,
degraded, ruined—it may, be. murdered,
-throtigh the allarement,of these destroy
ers., Alen and brethren,':—'before God, I
char you, save them. Let the :
rt than,-
de'of public hulignation expel from eur
city all who 'would contiette to: ply- this
trade of death amongst us ! Let the, voice
of our brother i tztbkiod be heard—if not
crying for venOance on his murderers—
yet crying for protection, mere] protection,
legal protectionl—for oi4 own sons, for
your husbands, Christian wives—for your
fathers, young Umn—for all. who aro lured
into the society of those vampires who
would pl _Hider and destroy them:
The day.before this deed was done—
eight days ago—' ; sittingcii my own table
with the venerable Bishop Of Kentucky,
I was giving vent to my feelings of strong
detestation of everything that has the re
motest semblance to gambling—and even
the experienced Bishop seemed to think
me in danger of taking an extreme view.
The nest morning he understood why I
spoke and felt as I did. '* * *-
From every pack of cards in your
offices, in your parlors, in your chambers,
the voice of E. T. Sterling's blood cries
to you. Touch them not; except to con
sign them to the flamesi Every spot
upon them is a spot of blood—of soul
blood. Teach your children to abhor
them. Here, before God, I thank my
own revered Christian parents (now in
Heaven)-that they never'sUffered me to
tirfle with the gambler's tools. If my
sous perish as our loved friend has
perised,.they shall not have to charge me
with- being even the unwitting occasion
of their perdition. Happy was I to hear of
one of your most honored fellow-citizens,
(Nor a Church communicant,) say this
week, "I have never played a game of
cards in my life. f ! lo not know one card
from another." Would that every man,
in public or private life, could make the
honorable avowal I No respectable house.
hold—not to say no Christian fatnilv—
should ever tolerate what'a distinguished
citizen of Alabama not long since describ
ed as "the well-known implements of the
gamester." It' heretofore you have used
them thoughtlessly, hereafter when you
would touch them, think, of E. T. Ster
ling, and let them alone. 1 If one so gen
erous, so' unselfish, so truthful, so noble,
could not resist the fascit+tiens of evil in
this form, who* can safely make an ex
periment of going so far and no farther ?
How fearful is the 'description which
Mary Hewitt gives 6f the I votary of vice:
" Ile is one self-conducted to sacrifice; a
captive who rivets on his own fetters,
while he groans for freedom ; for the in
dulgence of those vices miscalled pleasure,
while they deaden the- will, leave quiver
ingly alive the sense of degradation. * *
Alas ! the spirit writhing under the com
punctious sense of evil, and the hopeless
ness of good, is a sight upon which the
angels of God might drop tears of pity."
aditital
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Circular of the Republican Na-
-1 i
tional Commttee
The Republican National Committee,
at their meeting, reeentlylheld in Albany,
N. Y., issued the following circular to their
Republican iriends throughout the Union :
"In the judgement of the undersigned
members of • the Repubtlai National
Committee, the time has arrived for
consultation and preliminary action in
regard to the approaching struggle for
the. Presidency, and they,-bee, therefore,
to call your attention to ;the suggestions
which: follow. The Republican party
had its origin in the obvious necessity
for resistance to the aggressions of the
slave power, and maintaining for the
states re:spectively their reserved rights
and sovereignties. In the contest of
1859, by the presentation and advocacy
of the true science of government, it
laid the foundation, of a permanent poli
tical organization, although it did not
get possession of the power to enforce
i:s principles. When the result, adverse
r' to its efforts and . its hopes, was declared,
it unaffectedly dequiesced, giving to - the
victor; for the sake of the country, its
best wishes for,an honest and fair admin
istration of the government.
" How far Mr. Buchanan's admin
istration has realized these wishes is now
patent to the world. , With the executive
power of the government; in his hands,
his administration has failed_ in every
respect to meet the expi.ctaions of the
people, and has presented the, most
humiliating spectaple . of (corruption, ex
travagance imbecilit, recklessness and
broken &A. , So apparent Is this,-even
to oar opponents, that the so-called demo
cratic organization, always distinguish
ed for its discipline and party fidel
ity, is utterly demoralized and distraeted,
without any reoognised Or accepted party
principle, and ihreatene.' with disruption
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by, the, rival aspinteions'an : of
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Its leading: partisans . te • mink •
tratiou hag been thus;jothstrAts ditto
interests of the countryand bet ea
disorganized the party wistoli:plaendlillis
Pewei t ! the!Republican ParAy,,h0 . 0,4,151
constantly mindful of tite,,gosit,
necessity which called it into. exidettc
and faithful. to the fundamental prhriple
upon Which it was erected. i.'F4x*tenoo
has only served" toatrengtheri3Vit
don. Of its abioluto neoessiti t
formation of the natibnai , goreriunent;
and of the wisdom and Justice - , of its
purpose and - •
6 4 Although some of the ezeitingitiet
dents of the election of 1856 have • been
partially disposed of by the energy, ester.
prise and valor of a free people, the duel'
of Republicans to adhere to their
.print=
pies, tut enunciated at lPhilailelphia,,and
to labor for their establishment, was never
more pressing than at this moment. The
atti ude of the slave power is persistently
insole'n't and aggressive. It is not Content
with the absolute control of the nationsl
government; not content with the dia• !
pensation of the honors and employineets
of the; national administration ; not eon.
tent with its well-kown influence—always
perniciions over the legislation at the
national capital—but it demands, fresh
concessions from a free people.' for. Ate
purpose of extendingend strengthening
an institution local in\ its character, the
creature , of state legislation, which the
federal government is not authorized to
establish or extend by and grant Of del..
egatedl powers. It demands, by an,
unauthorized asumption of poser—after
having, as occasion required;
,adopted
and repudiated all the ernda theories
for the extension of slavery = of; the am.
bitious politicians who sought; its , favor
-the' establishment and protection of
slavery in the territories by aoi of Con.
b n•ress,tand the revival of the African
slave•trade.
- - . .
" 'Upon no organization except tnat,or
the Republican party can the county ra•
ly for successful resistance to these mon.
strousl propositions, and for the correction
of theigross abuses , which have charectas•
ised the present national administration.
It is the duty, then, of all patriotic men
who wish for the establishment of Rai:
pnblician principles and missives 1 . 4 the
admidistration of the national: govern
ment,l to aid in perfecting and strength.'
coingithis organization for - the coming
struggle. There is much th be_done in
volving earnest labor and theexpendi
tureslof time and money. There should ,
be: j
" First—A thorough understanding
and ii3terchange , of sentiment!. and views
between the Republicans of every section
of the I country. ,
" Second—An effective organization,
of the Republican voters of each . state;
county and town, so that our party may
know its strength and ita deficiencies,
its pewer and its needs, before wo engage
in the Presidential struggle; 1:
" Third—The circulation of well-aut
sidererl documents, making clear the
sition of the Republican Tarty, .and ex.
posing the dangerous charaoter of :z the
principles and policy of the adtainistrafion.
" Fourth—Publio addresses in leo&
ties where they are desired and needed,.
by able champions of the Republican
cause. - , _
44 Fifth—A large and general increale
of the circulation of Republican journals'
throughout the country.
44 To give practical effect to these seg.
gestions, an adequate amount of money
will' e required, for the legal and faith
ful expenditure of Which the!undersigned
will hold themselves resnonsible. The
vast 'Patronage of the fedeiall government
will be wielded against us "to which':WO
can oppose nothing but. earnest and et.
cient ;devotion to the Republican canoe
and the voluntary peettniari offerings of
our Republican friends. • -
. 11 In conclusion, the undersigned may
be permitted to express theiri opinion that
the stems of the times are auspoions fel
the Republican party, and that, 'in their
judgement, discreet and patriotic action
throughout the confederaoy i promisee to
secure a Republican victory in 1860. Ile
however, to encourage •hopes
whicht may be' disappointed, and to place
theitl appeal for aid and co-operation upon
the assurance of success in 'the rented
that islapproaching, the undersigned are
constrained to say that their rely , *est
confidently upon the patriotism and seal
of tb l eir. Republican brethren for nob aid
and cooperation; meanwhile we have t h ey
honor to; bo, very respectfully, your- obe
dient aert , ants, -
I •
E. D. Morgan, N. Y. 0. N. Schoolffeld, 20ms.
WaLl 31: Chase, R.I. Thos. Spooner,. Ohio.
Jos. Baitlett, Me. Norman B. Judd, .121.
Geo.! G. Fogg, N. H. Jas. Ritchie,
J. Goodrich, Mau. Each. Chandler, AL
L. BFaioard, Vt. And. J. Steam:Ls, lowa.
Gideon Tr, ells, Conn. Tn.. N. 'Fweedy,
J. NI Sherman, N. J. Cornelius Cele, Cale'
Thos. Williams, Pa. M. F. Conway,
E. E. Williams, Del. Lewis Clephlatis, : ni
Geo, Tiarris, Md. • Asa S. Aneai - ifo:'
Alf Caldwell, Va. Alex. Ramsay, Arisas„-
I Cassius IL Clay, ity.
Republican 'National ComsaittSi.4
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