part), We Nies Them Ever. A silken cap as 7 ope the draw, Oft meets my glancing eye, With its tasseled cord, and border white, And strings of cherry dye. 'Tis a tiny thing,,but the rushing tears Will ever dim my gaze, As I turn to it, for a fair sweet face I see in the blinding haze, And a dimpled hand and a rounded arm, And 'a *itching smile of .glee, Gleam ever forth entrancingly, s this silken cap I see. And a prattling tone, and merry laugh, Sound sweetly in my ear— As they sounded oft, ere the Saviour claimed My 'cherished babe so clear. Though I murmur not, and ne'er would call My boy from the sunny skies; Yet I miss him e'er, and Around- his robes, Are twined a thousand ties. But dearer far than each treasured one, Is this cap, with border white, For a fair, sweet -face it ever brings To my eager, longing sight. , TR=il=l rittrarg blurts. BOORS sent to ne for Notice'. will be duly attended toe , Tbeeatromeitblishers briPhilam dellihls, Blew Yeint 4e.,:rtd : eibt left at our Phliadelphia Otliceoll/ South 10th ht.tbelele Chestnut, in ears of Joseph 11. FABLES OF INFIDELITY AND FACTS OF FAITH. By , _Robert Patterson.' Cincinniti: American Worm • . Tract and. Book Society.. Pittsburgh : S. Rentout, No. 20 St. Mir Street This work consists of a series of tracts on the absurdity of Atheism, Pantheistn, and Rational ism, which were delivered originally in the form of lectures, in the City of Cincinnati, by the Rev. Robert Patterson, now pastor of a Reformed Presbyterian church in Chicago, brit at that time a pastor in the first mentioned city. The lectures attracted much attention, and the separate tracts were widely distributed: The subjects discussed are those which involve the infidel objections commonly raised agalust . the truth of Divine rev elation and the religion of Jesup Christ. These objections are fairly met and skillfully answered in a plain and popular style which will commend it to all readers, who wish to• be able to repel the attacks so often made against the truth of the Bible. It will be found particularly valuable for the compact-form in which it presenta manY of the confirmations of the declarations of the Bible given by the antiquarian add scientific disnoveties of modern times. A fine example of this will be found in the last tract of the book, entitled, Tel esoopio Views of Scripture." CONTEATS OF HALL'S J July': In the Long Bun;; Pure Air; , Sprains; Crinodne Dangers; Things said of Us; Borden's Condensed Milk; Sonnet; of Trouble and Joy; Heart Affections.; Sleeping ROOMC, Lean Poison ; Coffee and Tea; Core•of a Surfeit; Perfuming Sick Booms. One Dollar per year. Specimen numbers, ten cents. Address Hall's Journal of Health, Nev' York. • For the Preebyteilan Banner andAdvoeste. Lettertrto a Friend on the Doctrines and . Duties of the Bible. Letter LlF.—Heaven—Hell-- Conclusion. Death is swallowed up in victory.-1. Con. xv: 54. Mr DEAR FRIEND last letter ended with heaven. And HEAVEN is both a place and a state. It is a place. Thus Jesus saith, In. My. Father's house are many man sions : if it were not so, I would have told you. I go . to prepare a place for you. And if Igo and prepare a place for you, I , will come again, and, receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also, John xiv :.1.3. And when it is said that Jesus Christ is entered into heaven itself, now;to appear in the presence of God for us, it , is'implied that there, is some place' where the presence and glory f : of God are peculiarly manifested, and where Jesus Christ is, and where that is, there is heaven. —Reb. ix : 24. Hence heaven is spoken of as a houtie,A eity, &c. It is a most gloripris,'ltelir, and happy place. And it also a state. It is not in any place of itself to, mike us happy. Happiness depends not 'on external condition alone; but on the state of the affections. The hearts of all in heaven are right; add hence it is . a most glorious, holy, and happy state as well as place. It is a, state of perfect knowledge. The knowledge of every soul there equals its capacities, and liende-it , i's perfect :mend yet, as its ,capaci ties expand, its krtiledge will increase, and ever, advance toward the infinite knowledge ' of the beiti" — knowledge .there is without error too, and so; also'is perfect. And it is :state of perfect holiness as well as of knowledge and yet there is progress : the whole soul is conformed to the "All of God; and yet as< its capacities expand and its. knotledge increases, it will also advance in holiness. And it - is - a" state orperfent baPpi— neia. There is no imperfection hill:re bliss of heaveri-4he happiness of the saints in glory will' ever equal their eapacities,and at.' tainments, and so will he perfect, But as the soul expands, so will its happiness in crease. There will be a const4up_ i progne . s sion in the degree of its happiness, yet it will ever be perfect, ever equal its capacities and attainments; so that at no period Could its happiness exceed what it really is, nor will there ever be a period when it _shall have reached its utwost limit. It is ever perfect, and yet ever increasing. In some respects the future world , may be analpgetni to,this. We are born infants, we grow add become, - men and women. So 'we enter heaven-is it were, infants, we grow and ad vance, our .powers expand, knoidedge and happiness' increase, but never reach that point bayond Witich there is no further pro gression. There, are degrees of glory and of happiness, but etu;lt'soul is as full as its" ca. pacifies will allow, and hence its bliss is per. feet; hut' as' there io no limit to the expan sion of its powers, so 4ther,is there to the. degree of its blessedness: everadvancing.:--:: never,etationary—eye hath I:Arleen, nor ear hearknor eau, the' heart of'nfan ,enneeive, nor the tongueof angel describe, the things which" God hath prepared fiir thenithat love him.-1. Cor. ii : 9. The society of heaven is exalted. There is God triune. There is Jesus iThrist,,the God man, our Elder Brother, once dead, now alive for ever I There Are the.angels,whieh have :never sinned, and who have been 'nig.' istering.spirits.uu,bd the ; 44, 5 1 salvation. —ileb. i : 13; 14. An'd there is the gene-, ral assembly and chnrch.of the firsiihoEl2 the armies of the redeemed from the 'earth =and the holy and 'pure from other. an innumerable throng, all free frdni every stain, clad in white robes, , the, entbleni6of • OURNAL OF HEALTH, for Patent Medloines ; A /Medical Myth; Model School Boom; Oure for Drunkenness; Taking Medicine; Cure of Troubles; True Courtesy! Clerical Habits; Hard Study Beneficial; Hot Weather, Advice; Concealing / Prices ; Plans for Churches* innocence, joining their glad voices in an thems to God and the Lamb.—Heb. iii : 18-24; Rev. vii: 9-17; xxi: 1-27 ; and xxii : 1-7. And the employments of heaven are holy and ennobling, such as to meet the wants and the capacities k,f our natures as redeemed intelligences. Its joys are satisfying, and they are eternal; there is fullness of joy, and pleasure for ever more.—Ps. xvi : 11. Yea, there are rivers of pleasure. Pa. xxxvi : 8., The employments and pursuits of heaven, (for it is a rest of activity as well as of joy,) are either the expression of enraptured feel ing, or such as to produce or promote that feeling. We love variety, and there is va riety in heaven. There the praises of God are sung, and his works and his word are studied. The scenes of earth will then be reviewed-;---the dealings of God with his saints be recapitulated—friends will there converse with each other of all God's won derful goodness to them—prophecy will be studied in the light of the world's consurn.- mated history, and the angels, and prophets, and apostles, and martyrs will be our com panions and our teachers; but in all, and above all, redeeming love wilt be the great theme of !study and of song. There is a oneness and yet a variety in the occupations of heaven—a unity in diversity. .They are the' occupations of holy and happy beings who are ever active; occupations that ex press, atthe same time that they: give de light ;. and just such as meet the cravings and fill the capacities of our .iminortal na tures. "There is a hind of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night", And pleasures banish pain.! "All is tranquil and serene, Calm and undisturbed repose; There no cloud can intervene, There no angry tempest blows. "Ivory tear is wiped away, Sighs no more shall heave the breast; Night is lost in endless day, Sorrow, in eternal rest." Such is heaven, and this is,the end of the righteous. Read Hymns 06, 667, 677. But there is, also, a HELL, and that is the end of the wicked. For the wicked shall be driven away in •his wickedness; these shall go away into everlasting punishment.—F'rov. xiv 32 ;: Matt. Xxv 1-46. The rich man died and was,buried ; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torme,nts.--Luke xvi : 19-31. As the rightemis are happy imme diately after death; so are the wicked mis erable—miserable immediately after death— their souls do immediately pass into torment, as did the soul of the:rich man; but their cup of misery is not full till the resurrection of their bodies and their sentence in the judgment. Then they receive the full measure of their deserts as sinners, for the Wages of sin is death, the second death, eternal death ; for their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. The wrath of God abideth,on,them—im,the .present abideth, and berme will ever abide ; hell is eternal. As the happiness of the righteous shall never 'end, solhe miser3r'of the wicked shall ever endure. "They will feel a warm of conscience that shall never. ; die,, and the fiery wrath' of God' upon their Souls W and bodies that shall never go out:"--Cruden. They suffer, the vengeance of, eternal fire.— Jude ill; 'Rom. vi : 23 ; Isa. 24; Mark ix 44.-48. John : 36. Read Hymn 680; and Fisher's Catechism. " The breath of God, his angry breath, Supplies and fans the fire; There sinners taste the second death, And would but can't expire. "Cimseiene.e; the never dying, worm, With torture gnaws the heart; And woe and wrath in every form, Is now the sinner's part." "Sad world, indeed'!" And this. is the desert of sin—the wrath and'curse of God and to this.the impenitent sinner is exposed; to this all are, expoied who are, yet out of Christ. Is there a way of escape ? and what is it? What does God require of us that we may escape his.wrath and curse due to us for sine? • Remember, " every sin de serVeth God's wrath and curse, both in this life, and that which is to borne." And "to escape the wrath , and curse of God due to us for sin, God requireth of us faith in Jesus Christ, repentance unto life, with the dili gent use of all the outward means whereby -, Christ obtrimuriicateth 'to - us the' benefits, of redemption ."—Short Cat.,Ques, 84, 85. 'This is what God requires. He has given his Son to redeem frointhe curse and save from sin and,wrath ; Jesus Christ has died to pur chase redemption for the lost and perishing; he has shed his blood for the' remission of sing; but you must receive . Jesus Christ es your Saviour, or' remain under the curse. You must believe, or you can not, be saved. —Mark xvi: 16. And what is it to believe? What is faith? " Faith in Jesns; Qiirist is a saving grace, whereby we receive' and rest upon hint alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the Gospel."—Short. Cat.„ Ques. 86. This is faith; it is receiving and, rest ing Upon Jesus Christ ; is . feeling our need, of him—seeing a fitness,in then embracing him and trusting in ' him= a leaning, a reclining, a resting, a.recumben cy of Soul, upon Jesus Christ. This is faith. And "repentance, unto life is a sav ing grace whereby a sinner, out, of a true sense of his sin,' and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavor after, new obe dience:'—Short Cat., Qaes. 87. And faith and repentance: are always, onnected ; where one is, there will also the other he. True repentance therefore is au eVidence of 'faith; and both faith and repentance are evidences. Of t reg,eneration. they who repent and be lieve, are born again, and will lead a, new., life. This then is what God requires -- a sav ing` faith and evangelical repentance ; faith in Christ, sorrow for sin, and a life of obe dience as a fruit and evidence of faith. , Believe and,obey; faith first, and then WOrks; union with Christ by faith first, and then good fruits as the result, and ,demen-, stration of' this union; for the living branches of the true vine'must ands will be fruitful.—John xv ; 1-14.. Receive Christ Jesus as your Saviour and live to the glory of God; and then, heaven shall be your home. See Hymn 627; and Fisher's Catechism, Part "Where the saints of all ages in harmony meet, Their Saviour and brethren transported .to greet; While the - attthems, of rapture unceasingly roll, And the smile of the Lord is the .feast= of the soul." And here I close. My dear friend, God has kindly spare,d your life, restored your health, permitted, you to profess your laith in Cling and partake with his people, of the miablems Of his body and/blOod„to frequent again his house and the Sabbath School, and enjoy all the inetins Of graze; be faithful to him and to yourself; show your gratitude to God by serving him; make it your meat and your drink—your highest pleasure and , happiness—te, do his 'will; and Wag: seek . enjoyment in glorifying God and doinggood to men. You are not your own ; you are `bought with "a pi - lee, and you have givhn yourself 'to the Lord. Live' to Ocid'and not to yourself) ; seek your happiness in serving God, liidOing good and trying to be useful ; lryTO - 6;wfh - frgegfrkl and dying, 014 behitivtififere; 'his for ever haritiftO:4,4l: rilE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND ADVOCATE. for this world and the next, yea, "perfectly blessed in the full enjoying of God to all eternity !"—Short Cat., Ques. 38; 1. Cor. iii : 21-23; and vi : 19,.20; Rom. xiv : 7-9; 1. Cor. xv. Read Hymn 679; and Tnx BIBLE. " Who were these? on earth they dwelt, Sinners once of Adam's race • Guilt, and fear, and suffering felt, But were saved from all by grace. "They were mortal, too, like us ; Ah ! when we like them shall die, May our soul translated thus, Triumph, reign, and shine on high !" Youns, TRULY Traireling Correspondence. NEW YORK, May, 1858. Happy once more to stand on freedom's soil. But I mist tell you more about Ha vana, and some incidents of our voyage home. The population of Havana is estimated at two hundred thousand. Although a great majority of the inhabitants are Spaniards, yet; the most superficial observer will soon perceive that a mixed Multitude dwell here. It is no uncommon thing to see large groups of Yucatan Indians, Coolies, and native Africans lounging _ about the streets and public walks, apparently in great poverty and dejection I- Caste is _said to= prevail in Havana with almost the iron rigor of India. The old Spaniards are exceedingly aristocratic; quite grave in their manners, and proud .of their.,birth , and :rank ; cour teous to one. another,. but cruel, to all the lower orders. .They,are vain of dress and have a childish fondness for gold . chains, jewelry,'and costly ornaments of all kinds. Their religion is the rankest Roroanism ; and they delight much in music, dancing, mas querades, and bull fights. The Sabbath is the great day of . amusement I They lead an indolent, useless, voluptuous life. The women lake but little exercise; are seldoni seen on the streets except in their no/antes, and scarcely ever notice, much less nurse, their own children, Degs with these donnas are more .prized ,than babies. Their pets are poodles 1 What a pity that this disgust ing habit of pup-nursing-should be followed by any one claiming to be a lady. Affecta 7 tion in any woman in any laity is repulsive, but this manifestation ot it is perfectly con temptible. &d nil disputandem de gusti bue. The El Paseo is the Broadway,of Havana; a very beautiful street, three hundred feet well improved, and filled with a great variety of trees. These, are planted in four rows, andT run the whole length of theatreet. Many of them are of the palm, species, ,and others, belong to families unknown to a seiolist in botany like myself. This, ignor ance of their scientific names and class, however, did not; in the least, prevent me from frequently availing myself of . the ben efit of their shade, a most convenient and grateful retreat from the scorching'rays of a vertical sun. Many of these trees are as singular as they are beautiful. The bark-is as smooth almost as polished marble, and shines.as:though Wiled beescovered,with,a coat of copal varnish ; and if the trunks had been turned in lathes their tapers could, not have been more uniform, nor their bulbs more complete. Fish pools, jets deau, and flower gardens meet the eye everywhere iu this part of the city:; and.no one need wish to see anything more lovely is the whole kingdom of Flora, than the plazas and the royal grounds around, the Captain ; General's palaces. Serpentine walks and shell-paved avenues meander amid a wilderness of shrubs ,and trees too numerous to be named, and: too beautiful for me to describe. One might almost fancy these tn be the hyaninthine bowers, the hyperion,„, gardens, or elysian :fields of the ancients. The culling, trim ming, fostering care of art is everywhere apparent; and it is really impossible to decide whether the rainbow hues of such a. limit less variety of flowers, or the delicious flavor bf so many kinds of fruits, or the combined sweetness of both in the form of, the richest fragrance, is most to 'be . admired I • Two marine bands play the most lively Italian airs in tbese places every evening; and hun dreds of, fairy dressed ladies ride around in volantes driven by gay ealisaros in costume as noticed in my.last'letter. I have seen no flower that equals the mag ,nolia in beauty, sweetness, and magnitude. It is as fair as the lily, ,fragrant„as a pink, ;',and as large as a full blown sunflower. It is called by the Spanishyllgt Fier de Cuba. ~ Of the fruits, I am at a loss to know which give the pre-eminence. Here is a pine Apple. It weighs twenty pounds. I bought it for as many cents. ,How.sweetit smells ! llow delicious it looks It is sweating nee - tar. Peel off its rind, cut it in thin slices, i sprinkle over it, a little crushed sugar; now try, it. 0, ,isn't it good ? But look here; did you ever see as large oranges as these ? .They •cost only onelialf,,,cent a piece. I got twenty fora dime. , Hew, sweet and juicy they are. I scarcely know whether to eat t •theiii or difilkthern' 'Let US - try a Ciiban banana. It is as yellow as gold, and ex ceedingly rich flavored. To a stranger it jtastes rather too luscious, but on acquaintance lit becomes perfectly delicious. These plan tains are a species of banana. They grow on trees twelve or fifteen feetliigli, and are the great breadfruit, of the tropics. These huge clusters are freSh loaves from Nature's oven to . feed the poor. Thousands find them to be both a necessary and luxury of life. Taken fig.; much better these are than the mouldy, dry, unwholesome things ,we buy for figs in the ,States. This May.ntsple is Inrge, soft and ripe; but I." do not like it,; it is too insipidly ,sweet. Here is another, kind of fruit, .What do you call this? Well—l almost forget, but. think it is named gra,ndeta,. No difference about,the 'nude ; taste it and you will find it very good. It is larger than alarge -apple, ,and has, a rind like a banana.. 'Set it on the palna'of your left hand, .pull off the skin; ,now, see, there is a most delicious pulp, and tastes as much like ripe peaches mashed in rich cream as any one need wish. Which of these to prefer to all the rest, I` cannot 'tell- The plaintain is deubtless the most useful as a common food; and the orange for trafiio . Oar Captain to ship several hundred bushels, of oranges on the Black Warrior g to New York this trip. I have learned from' a gentleman that the orange tree is used extensively in both med icine- and perfumery. He says .that per fumers distill the rind and from it obtain an otto which is called eau de' Portugal . ; that the perfume known in the fashionable world as Le Petit Grai7t, is from orange leaves; and that the 'oil of neroli, one of the chief ingredients in the emiimort eau de Cologne, is nothing but a distillation of orange Mos. soma. Indeed the plaintaircand orange are to Cuba what the potato is to Ireland. - It may seem strange but I saw but few lemons:here in.market. Being thirsty, we dropped in to> a saloon and .made , signs , to the keeper.that we wanted a drink of lemonade. We. had some difficulty. sto make him under. stand ,us. At last he ff , fixed up the bev. erage. But as soon as .I tasted mine I threw, with a}. frown, on the:giver.. It was to abominable ,as a cup of dirty dish water t rr#ed,with a little'yinegar would ,he TttOfellow.lauglied at me ancleahtsomething which I suppose meant, "Can't you go it, sir ?" I said no, no—bah what's to pay? It cost one fourth of a r'al, about two and a half cents. Some of us got a pretty good dinner at the La Grange for Tres media, pesos (three half dollars,) a piece. The Spaniards eat but little meat. Three reasons arc given for this—lst. It is very dear; 2d. Very poor ;. and, 3d. Very un healthy. They never fatten their beef, but kill it lean from the yoke. An old ox thus slaughtered and afterwards fried or stewed in rancid keg lard from Cincinnati, is neither delicious no: nutritious. The beautiful Queen of the West is known in Havana as the "hog city." Not a city of hogs, but the hog city, which sounds even harsher than the - Smoky City. We rode a few miles 'into the country to see a coffee farm. The plants are set In rows from five to eight feet apart. They grow about six feet high; are' kept trimmed to make them grow bushy. The spaces be tween are often plaited with' flowers; shrub bery, •and shade trees. A coffee plantation looks beautiful. And were it not so hot, I think it would be nice ,work gathering coffee; far more so, at' least, than making sugar or pickinguotton. I do not believe that any white man could stand either. These Afrioans and Indians seem; constitu tiorially'fitted for this climate by the God who made them; and it .is wonderful how the labors of these poor fellows conduce to the individual and domestic comfort and convenience of the eivilized world. Just think of its; .cotton, coffee, 'and sugar—the three great staples of the South; how could we do without them ? - The sable sons of Ham are:indeed our benefactors, - , and it is the very height of cruelty for any one to treat,them illy. ' .• The slave in Cuba, is in a wretched con dition, far more so than in the States. Thousands of native Africans are smuggled in here annually. This is done by _British and• French, .as •well as American kidnappers. A ship fits out from some of these West Indian ports.• for (it is eiaid,) Liverpool, Havre; or Cadiz, but in reality for Africa, for a cargo , of negroes.-. -This iskcalled'" ins to the coast for blackberries!' It re turns: The American flag is 'hoisted, and the cargo clandestinely 'set onshore. Great Britain has tried for years to suppress this. So have the United States. Both have pro nounced it piracy. It is said that British marines have just •been landed on this island to-hunt for Bozel negroes, put ashore -by a vessel under the American flag. Many gun boats have been stationed around this coast to suppress r if possible, this nefarious traffic. Others are cruising in the Gulf and among tholslands. ,This, is likely to lead to difficulty between our government and England ; for' oftentimes our innocent merchant, and mail ships are overhauled by these cruisers in search of shiver& This is a very great annoyance and is highly offensive to the com manders and owners, of such vessels - as well as to the passengers - . SorneWhat different grounds are taken by the two 'governments on this subject. We contend that the deck of an American ship is as much American soil, al the spot that holds the mortal remains of Washington;` and are, therefore, deter Mined. to resist these' provoking outrages from , the power across the waters. But they reply, how can a slaver be known or •apprehended under our flag, unless all vessels 4coming into these seas from Eastern ports be searched indiscrimi nately, -So this, matter hinges upon the old 'much mooted question of the right of search. The Britisk government assumes the ri4ht to search ; but it has never yet shown it to be just; and it is not at all likely that so strong and independent a government as oars, will allow such insults, on the part of English cruisers, to pass with impunity; and, hence, it is hoped that the offensive pelicy so boldly taken by' England may be abandone.d once and forever; for the evil to which it is . likely to lead, is far greater than the good it would seek to secure. "[The claim is now abandoned.—ED.] • When We were akout to leave the harbor a matter of some moment occurred. A bus iness house in the city had failed for a large sum. A clerk in the employ of the firm was charged with embezzling the hinds. It was supposed lie had 'escaped to our sbip. A number of. officials came on board to make search. After much time was spent in the •ransacking of our vessel, our Captain's pa tience began to fail, for I think ship Cap , tains generallyhave but a small modicum of this grace at best. So these officers and Iheir posse were told to leave the ship imme diately if they did not wish to go to New York. They left with much reluctance, and scarcely had the Black Warrior got beyond the range of the guns of old Moro, *hen the 14 clerk" made his debut on deck 1 He had secreted himself between two mattresses, and thus escaped detection. The Spaniards would ' have put' "him to 'death, had they caught him. We are now again= at sea. We were a shorter time in Havana than we could have "desired; but long enough to see - 133 - ost. Of the city and a specimen, of the eou.ntry. We have on board more than one hundred Spaniards. Most of them are on their way. to Spain. They are said to 'be' a sample of Cuban aristocracy. The clatter and confusion on deck as.we left the Island, were intolerable.• The next day after we left . Cuba, was the Sabbath. We had but one minister on board.. he was asked to preach, but was not able., All night before, we had a very rough sea, and the "poor parson" was seasick ; in that this was one of the gloomiest Sab ;baths he ever spent. His state-room was as hot as a dry-house. If he attempted to open the little circular window in it, in dashed the salt brine, wetting every thing I If he tried to go on deck he soon found that he couldn't do it • so he lay on the broad of his back nearly all day; or, as the ship would give one of her awful pitches, he would raise his - head', and"' * * * * * and with a guttural forced from deep recesses, he would cry out, New Y o•r-k—IT e.w ! Poor fellow, but I did pity him; for it seemed that no one else did. When it watanOised on deck that." the par son " had , turned in ' his old friends only heard it to laugh,-.and run to " 54," to tor mentAirri I I felt that this was no fun, and the-" parson " felt as I did. In the evening he crawled on deck to get a breath of pure air, and a distant glimpse of the coast of Florida on the left, alid of the most Western of the Bahama Islands on the right. The most Eastern of this group, is St. Salvador, the first land discovered by Columbus in the New World, in 1492. Sight seeing was now a burthen, and the parson soon went below, turned in, and staid in, until - the_next day. More than three fourths on board were as sick as he;. and the very 'sight of so many, sick Spaniards, was enough to sicken a well man. The ladies' cabin was a squallid looking place. On Monday at.noon, our latitude was 30° 49', and , long. 78° 37'. We 'were off the coast of Georgia. Had made• three hundred miles, during' the last twenty four lieu& Trieiday s wiis a beautiful day—sea calm. The parson ventured on, deck, but could not eat a 'mouthful.= We passed twelve vessels {in full sail to day; Lat. 36° 34', off Wil ,rhington, North Carolina: We have been ‘followidg the Otilt.stream.,. Have /dude .a run of three hundred and twentyfive miles since yesterday at noon. We have gravity, wind, and steam, all in our favor. Saw one whale, many porpoises and flying.fish. Caught one of the latter. And thus from day to day we traveled on, and came to Sandy Hook on. Thursday morning. The scene in getting our pilot aboard during a gale, I will nqt describe. We stop an hour in quarantine, in New York bay. The Doctors come aboard, ex amine, pronounce " all well," and on we go to meet the Custom House officials; who politely request us to let them take a look into our trunks. We did so, and many funny incidents occurred. One Creole lady along, bound for Newport, had a large trunk, lin which there was said to be one hundred fine dresses 1 About noon we got on land again, thankful that our sea voyage had so happily ended. , And now, if the reader will have patience to read another letter, about Goshen and some Other matters, 'we promise then to bring also to an end, this already too pro tracted traveling correspondence. ttt goung. Jack and his Neal Bag, 'The mill was doing a great business that day, when Jack and David Jamiiitson rode up with their bag of corn to be ground. They lived on a small farm five miles off the main roads, and were therefore not sorry At the prospect of waiting several hours for their grist. It gave them a chance of see ing something of the liveliness and bustle 'of .‘ The Corner," as that part of the vil lage was called where the tavern, store, and mill stood. They ran about here and there, and saw and heard a great deal. At last a heavy shower coming on, they went back to the mill to, eat their lunch and see when their turn came.. The miller's son and the squire's son were, engaged in a brisk talk, which soon took Jack's attention. David went to look after the corn. The miller's son was urging upon the squire's son the importance of finding what truth the Bible enjoined, which the squire's son par• ried by saying . it.," .was no matter what a man beliews, provided he's, sincere." The rattling, off-hand tone of the young man pleased jack, and he wished he could talk so. " Wouldn't he shut up his grand-sir ? Yes, that he would." "R matter what a man believes, provided he's sincere," said Jack-to himself, bridling np, and bracing. his conscience against the godly conversa tion of his relations. "He'd fix 'em now," he said, with a sly cant of his. head. It was not until late in the afternoon that, the boy's 'grist was ready; when the old mare was brought out of the shed, the bag hoisted on her back, and Jack and David both mounted her—bag, boys, and ,mare homeward bound. " You've got a longer ride ahead than I wish you had, boys," said the miller, casting his eyes toward a black cloud which was rising and darkening the Western sky. There's plenty of water up there for my mill." The mare set: briskly off, and was soon lost to sight among the windings of the forest road. But the gloom gathered faster than the horse trotted, and it was quite dark when they reached a fork in the road, where it Might make a vary considerable difference which path they took home. One was the traveled road. This way there was a good bridge ovet Bounding brook, a mountain stream, which was often dangerously swelled by, the Spring rains. It was the, safest, though the longest way home.' The other was a . wood path through the Pines, often taken in good weather by, the farmers living on the East side of the town, to shorten the distance to the Corner. In this, road Bound ing brook was crossed by fording. "Father told us to be sure and take the traveled road, if 'twas late," said David. "Going to," said Jack; and the mare stopped at the fork as if le let the boys be sure which to take. In fact, Jack: was ; .a little confused. The windings of the road' with nothing but woods on each side, and of course no distinct landmarks to govern him; the gloom of the night hiding what objects might have served to direct him, together with his small acquaintance with the road, did puzzle the boys, although Jack, being the older of the two, with a dash of pride about him, would: not own it. As the mare stopped, he came to a .eoriclusion, and, whippe&up. "All right," he cried. • " Are you sure ?" asked David. " This way, I know," -answered Jack. "1 don't know," said David ; "let me jump off and run down to that light yonder, and ask ; there must be a cabin there, and folks." "Oh we can't stop for all that," said Jack. " I honestly believe this is the traveled road, David, and that's enough ; can't you trust, me ?" " But your honestly helieving it dot% make it so," muttered David. "I have n't a doubt of it, Dave; you be still," cried Jack, angrily. "I thtnk we ought to ask, so as to be sure," persisted David. Bat Jack whipped up, and poor David's fears and words went to the, winds, as gust after „gust of the coming shower roared through the 'forest, and Jack urged the horse to all the speed which her heavy load would allow, on and on through the dark woods. ~Jack was well pleased with the car , neatness of, his hasty decision about the way; and the farther he went, the more and more confirmed was he that it was the right. way. Presently the roarings. of Bounding brook arose above the rattlings of the woods. A switch over the.mare's haunches, and "we shall be over the bridge in a jiffy," cried Jack; " then, old fellow, what'll you, say ?" David privately muttered, " He'd like to feel himself over," when, a few more can ters, and—Jack, David, meal, and mare were floundering in the raging waters of the swollen stream, pitch dark,the storm on them; and, miles from human help. The first few moments of horrible suspense it were in vain to paint. 'Jack at last found himself anchored on a log of drift-wood, the icy waters breaking over him, and the bridle still fast in his hand; "David 1" he shouted at the top of his voice, " David !" " The Lord have mercy," cried David, " I'm somewhere." The , meal? ah, that was making a pudding in some wild eddy of the Bounding brook far below. " No matter what a fellow believes; pro vided he's sincere," cried poor' Jack Oar- oughly drenched and humbled. "It's.the biggest lie the devil ever got up. It, is matter. *Being right is the main thing. Sincerity do n't save a felloW from the tre mentions consequences of being, wrong, that it do n't. Then what's the use of all a fellow's sincerity? It can't get him out of the scrape; he's got to take it. Lord help us. Did n't I honestly believe I was on the bridge of the traveled road, when I was likej going to perdition in the ford of the wood path ? Lord help us I" And the woful disasters of that night completely and for ever cured poor. Jack of a 'popular error, which.hat pitchedlinany a poor soul in the wilder surges of unbelief and Ohikr Paper: for Ot Yabitg. A Word to Young Ladies. We wish to say a word t 3 you young la dies, about your influence over young men. Did you ever realize that you, could have any influence over them? We believe that a young lady by her constant, consistent, Christian example, may exert an untold power. You do not know the respect, and almost worship, which young men, no matter bow wicked they may be themselves, pay to a consistent, Christian lady, be she young or old- A gentleman once said to a lady