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VOLUME XVII.
IvoCkNITXO.A.ZO,
1112 Mu mum
Reprinted from the Cincinnatti Gazette of Sep.
temlter, I p 26. • '
What shall I be? Where shall I go?
I'd, give a thousand worlds to know.
Shall I exist 1 or Shall I note
Ceasing to be—l dread the thought—
Does death, in fact, destroy the whole,
And with the body kill the soul 'I
Reason ! I choose thee for my guide,
I'll hear thy voice and none beside;
Conte, A6siv, decide the doubtful str ife,
Twist endless sleep and endless life.
Some, who thy sole dominion own,
As Nature's brightest. eldest son,
• Bay thou hestlitught the iiOul will lite,
And. her accounts to God m ,st give,
o.hers deny that this will be,
And both for Moot appeal to thee.
Ift I liftoff that I hate sinned.
tear 'its true)—
Jove he the creature's conduct vietf
And if the soul immortal prove,
Can sinners ever taste his love
Will they have nothing then to fear,
Because he governs there and here
If he is good, wilt be destroy;
And banish every human joy ?
Are parents harried to the tomb
Merely to give successors room I
If he regards out actions here,
Why not revenge the oppressed's tear I
And crush the cruel rind. unjust
With pride and malice in the dust 1
These thoughts an anxious doubt create,
That this is not our final state.
If there's a God then who can tell,
There may be leaven, there may he hell,
The Bible doctrine may be right—
If so, I sink to endle..a light
I hate th.it Goirwhich they declare,
Big holiness is too severe;
I hate his law, which says I must
Be holy like him, or be cured,
Once I could laugh at what I feel,
Aud scorn the thought of heaven and hell,
But reason shines as clear as day,
Altho' my outward mars decay ;
Yea, it may shine and never stop,
And misery fill my future cup.
brew near my friends, if filen& indeed,
You will assist me now in need;
With you I spent the jovial day.
And cast the thought of death away;
I spurn at God, and Christ, and hell,
As flames that priest and women tell; .
I gave the rein to sin and lust,
Which hastened my retum to dust.
0, can you shield my soul from harm • .
Against the power of any arm
Alt ! wretches, stop--deceive no more,
I've heard all you can say before.
!corned the Christian and his God,
And trampled on the Savior's - blood.
With him L now no pail can claim•
r-still--1-hate-the-very-nam:
Yet he must be more safe than I,
Better prepared to live rr die;
If I were right, still he jis
If he is right,—l sink to hell.
LINES ON TIIB COPPERBEADN.
When the sweet roses blushing red,
In Eden their first fragrance shed,
A traitor and a copperhead
Game In disguise.
Diffusing knowledge; and ha said,
Eat and be wire,
And wisdom shall annoint thine eyes,
Anti when the Woman saw the tree,
So pleasant for the eyes to see.
She ate Mibidden fruit. Thus she
lath man misled.
Now 'neath the tree at liberty
This copperhead
Appears in blue and white and rid.
Ur der the silent grass she hides,
Among ihe weeds and flowers he glides,
'Down by the brooks he must abides—
A treacherous thing;
The stars and stripes that deck his sides
'Conceal a sting _
Venom and death are in his spring.
Satan seceded, and he fel,
In chains and darkness 'loomed to dwell,
With other traitors who rebel,
In act 88. d word.
Because he'd rather reign in h—il
Than serve the Lord,
Who guards us with his flaming sward.
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Pox AT Home.—Don't be afraid of a
little tun at home, good people. Don't shut
up your houses lest the min should fade
your carpets; and your hearts, lest a hearty
laugh should shake down some of the musty
old cobwebs-there. , If you _ want to ruin
your eons, let them think that all mirth and
social enjoyments must be left on the thresh
hold without when they come home at night
When once a home is regatdod as only a
place to eat, drink and sleep in, the work is
begun that ends in gambling houses and
reckless degradation. Young people must
have ten and relaxation somewhere;,if they
do not find it at their own hearthstones,
it will be sought ut other, and perhaps, less
profitable places. Therefore, let the fire
burn brig'itly at night, and make the home
nest delightful with all those little arts that
parents so perfectly understand. Don't re
press the buoyant spirits of your children ;
halt an hour of merriment , round the lamp
and firelight of home blots out the remeiu
brance !gummy a care and annoyance during
the day, and the bolt safeguard they eau
take with them into the world itthe unseen
intimates of a .bright little domestic circle•
.Life illustrated.
nous $llO A BARBZI; AT MIMILE.-
The Jsakson ffississipian, of March 12th
nays
"It is said that in retaliation for the order
efGeueral Pemberton stopping supplies from
being sent to Mobile by . railroad from this
State. Gen, liuelcuor has issued a similar
order in regard to supplies from his depart
ment coming, in this direction Hence we
icarn• that flour Advanced this city to $14.0
per 'Darrel."
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THE LITTLE FRENCH noy,
"The DO is my Shepherd, I shell not want."
dear' children, I wish you would all
come into My; sitting-room, 10-night. 'The
fire is roaring and Siring merrily ; and though
"Jack Post" is busy with ther o wtncloWs, and
busy with the hands acid feet of the oot lit
tle children, he,has no place hero. Now
am going.to talk to you as though you were
with me, Lulu and Carrie on illy lap, John
nie and Frankie sharing aericket at my feet,
and many Marys and Greeks, Freddies And
Georges sitting around the fire.
I shall ,not be very long , not near as long
as the miuisters are Sundays. I will not use
"big" wards, either, so Mary and Freddie
must listen, and I will tell them of 'a poor
little French boy, before Ilciss them allgoott
nigh t.
Miles and miles. from bere t over water and
over land, is the beautiful country called
Palestine; the air is much milder and warmer
o int! it ruins
very seldom there during the Spring or Sum
mer, the cold of Winter is not severe, and
the ground is never frozen think, the
little boys and girls there never beard of u
sleigh ride, and would open their eyes very
wide if they should happen to alight in Bos
ton on 'some very snowy day
Through the G reen valleys and triter' the
hills the shepherds lead their sheep; some
times the little lambs they. carry in . their
arms. Over these plains and valleys, long
ago, there went a young shepherd, by the
name of David ; he tended his father's sheep,
and we way believe that he was very kind
and g entle to them, as we ought always to be
to th creatures that our deur Father in heav
en has wade.
David loved God very much, and God
loved him As David used to tend his flock
by night, he would look up and see the little
stars shining over him; he . would think of
the good God, who is far beyond the stars,
who had watched over him and loved him
always.
The little French b - y loved and trusted
God, too. Shall I tell you—about him ?
Strolling along the streets of New York
one day, gazing into the shop windows and
noting the pass ers-by, I was surpiised to
hear a boyish voice at my side, chanting in
a low tone—
I looked down. A little ragged boy, per
haps thirteen years old, stood gazing
.atten
tively at an engraivingin a_ishopwin_de_w rep
resenting Christ when he said to Peter,
"Feed my lambs." Struck by his childish
curiositiand the singular fitness of his words,
-no Ile
. spoke to him. ie answered-me-very pleas
antly, and I soon learned from him his histo
ry.
He was an.orphan. His father and moth
er had emigrated from France, when he was
five years old. Soon after their arrival, his
father died from a fever contracted on the
voyage. The mother toiled night and day
.for hreselt' and fatherless boy, supporting
themselves cornfortab;y.by making shirts,
but constant overworking an d exposure
brought on a severe cough from which she
never recovered;, she lingered a few months,
and then her wayworn spirit sought blissful
quietude and rest-in-heaven.
"Who has taken care of you, since mother
died ?" I asked. •
—Granny Carpenter; she's very good—
she gave we money to, buy oranges with.
I've sold out now."
Aud I noticed for the first time, that ho
had a tin try slung over his arm
"(howl s sick uow,' he continued. "I
think she's going die."
And his voice sa to a whisper, and a
peculiar expression fli ad over his counte
nance.
"Why do you think so, Pierre I—that was
his name.
"Because—Because—she looks like moth
er just before she died," he answered, the
tears trickling down his cheeks.
"But, Pierre," said, "granny's home
may be in heaven; perhaps she longs to go
—it's all bright up there, no crying, no, sick
ness." . , •
"Yes, yes, I know," ho interrupted; Moth
er told me all about it before she died. She
used to read out of this.'
As he spoke , he drew from his pocket a
small French
"She read all about Jesus, and the New
Jerusalem, and when her coughing spell
came on, and I would stand crying, not
knowing what to do. she would say, 'Pierre,
it is peace here," and he laid his hand across
his heart, "all peace. here." She's gone now,
it is very lonely, sometimes, but then I try
to think how happy she is, 'and when 'l'm
very cold and hungry, I say softly to my•
sell; 'They shall hunger uo inure neither
shall there be lift more pain,' and I think
of those words 1 I almost forget I'm weary
or cold. I reiriliber one day last , winter,
the coldest day had. Granny was sick,
we had no fire r liuthing to eat. I stole 'out
barefooted— L A snow was frozen hard, the
sharp ocigNeutting my feet, making them
bleed I 1 went' up Broadway, asking the
few passers-by for something, but no orie
took any notice of me. I went in under
some steps, wondering all the time what I
had' done .that I should be so poor. -I fell
asleep, and oh, tl..e dream I had I I wasn't
cold then or hungry. I was in a beautiful
country, with sweet music; there were voices,
and they sang so beautifully. While I-was
/rendering, a . sweet. voice maid, Pierre, don't
you know mother!" looked and sure e
nough It was !author, all bright and beauti
ful, and no cough. I fell on her neck and
wept for joy Then some ono said, 'Come
up higher' Mother said, 'lt is Jesus.' Thou
1 saw onelhat looked like Jesus. lie smil
ed very sweetly, and lid, 'Dear lamb of my
flock, on the lope niuuntainA, in the desert
Witininr Mirervireiviiipleipi a Mite•viifirta ElFlLdettea2lloo 3 s ll 4,l, „j;
WAIN - E'SBO . FRANKLIN', COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA MOAT 1 1101011110 ./AhlL
SY JULIA PERCKY.
“The Lord is my shepherd.”
places, I struggled for thee; iti. Gethsemane
'I sweat for thee; on 'Calvary thought of
thee; 3n she cross.' died for thee: The Rear.'
ly gates are opened tir thee, thy sufferings
are ended, thou hasCcome victorious' through
the dark valley. 'He that overeotneth shall
inherit alb thingeThen my mother kissed
me, and retied me in white, a crown (tad a
harp were given me, and we sang together
around the .throne."
I was much affected by his simple story;
so mush hive of Gam, so much trust in him.'
He '.haul two good
~teachers, hitt !neither and
his Jesus .1 said goodibye' to 'him telne
tautly, probably never to 'meet on earth t .
gain, but to meet-sornetime abotro. Add if
thought worthy to enter through the gate
iato the city, into the blissful rest of bottle,
I feel assured that among the redeemed
shall see Pietro, the orphan boy—for he
loved much. '
Deatehildren, good night. In pleasant
omes with loving fathers and mothers ; in
, :abhath School and in church, Jesus; the
- 'cod Shepherd is preached. Pierre had
tone of these. Shall he sing before Jesus
•e: e ! .
erearrrer
to-night—truPt him and love hiin. Life
will only be the happier for it, andi death the
sweeter.
General Jaokson , and a Colored Sol
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diery.
HEADQUARTERS ' 7TII MILITARY DISTRICT,
310litr,E,September 21, 1814.
!' , To ihe•Ftee ,Colored Itiliabitatais of Loo
s':ono : Through a mistaken policy you have
heretofore bum deprived of a participation
in the glorious stuggle fur national tights in
which our country is engaged. This' ,no
longer shall exist.
As sous of freedom, you are now called
upon to defend our most inestimable bless
ings,
"As Americans, yotir country looks with
confidence to her adopted children for a val
orous support, as a faithful return for the
advantages enjoyed under her wild and eq
uitable goverment. As fathers, husbinds
and brothers, you are summoned to rally a
rou:nd the standard of the eagle, to defend
all which is dear iu_existence.
"Your country, although calling for your
exertions, does not wish yon to,, engage in
her-cause without amply renumerating you
-tor the services rendered. Your intelligent
minds are not to be led away by false repro
sentations: Your love of honor would cause
pa to despise the wan who should Attempt
to deceive you. in the sincerity .4 asoldier
and the language of truth 1 address you.
lery-tioble-hearted-generousi—free
man of color, volunteering to serve during
the present contest with Great Britian, and
_no_lange_r,_there:w_ill_he-paid-the-saino-boun
ty in money and lands, now received by the
white soldiers of the United States, viz : one
hundred and twenty-four dollars in- money,
and one hundred and sixty acres of land,—
The non-conpissioned officers and privates
will also be entitled to the same monthly pay
and daily rations and clothes, furnished to
any American citizen.
"On enrolling yourselves in companies,
the Major-general commanding will select
officers for your mivernment from your white
fellow-citizens. g overnment
non-commissioned of
ficers will be appointed from among your
selves.
•llue regard wilt - be paid to tlfe — fe - 611 4 ,
of frecuien and soldiers- You will not, by
being associated with white men in the same
corps, be exposed• to improper eoinparisoui,
or unjust, sarcasm. As a distinct, .ndepou
deut battalion or regiment, pursuing the
path of glory , you will, undivided. receive
the applause and gratitude of your country
men.
"To assure you of the sitiverity of my in
tentions, and my anxiety to engage your in
valuable services to our country, I have com
municated my - wishes to the Uovernor of
Louisiana, who is fully informed as to the
manner of enrollment, and will give you eve
ry necessary information on the subject of
this address.
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- ANDREW JACKSON,
Major-General Cotumandiog
At the close of a review of the white and
colored , troops in New Orleans, December 18 t
1814, General Jackson's,address to the troops
was read by .Edward Livingston. A portion
of it was particularly addressed to the color
ed soldiers, which we append :
"T o the men of Color: Soldiare!. From
the shores or Mobile [ collected you to arms
invited you to share in the perils and to
divide the glory of your white euuetryinep,
I expected much from you, for I wits,not
informed of those qualities which must • reu
der you so formidable to an invading I'o°, 7
I knew that you could endure hunger and
thirst, and all the hardships of war. • -,1 knew
that you loved the land of your nativity, and
that, like ourse:ves, you had to dufmd
that is most dear to man. But you surpass
niy hopes. I have found in you; united to
'those qualities, that noble enthusiasm which
impels to great deeds.," . , .
31AKE THEM HAPPY.—A pastor. hi Con
necticut, in a recent sermon.; gave this us an
all-important element in good . goverment
and training He says : - - .The great art in
child-like culture is to keep the little ones
happy, having all things as-,pleasant and
bright about them
.as possible. „Children
will have trials enough in spite of you. God
will try them ; and you yourself will be com
pelled to try them 'now and ,then. It cannot
be helped. That is life,; but the
,less the
better. The worst men began early, and
had tumults, and, angers; and abuses when
they were little, and ought to have been just.
laughing the days away . Howes or .diseon
tout, sour homes, ; cloudy homes,
,irritable,
seolding,,undivine homes, make rOctlious,
and restless,. au d unsuccessful li ves,''
'Why is a 'windio -... ratutl: likd a whale 7--
Beetuie he often rtes to spout.
=MEE
A Soldiergiidp -14)n
An itssh so:dier, of the 14th IV,lusetiohu
,setts Regiment, writing •to,,a,frietni
i n, New
York front the camp .4t, Marylama, 'fleights
on St. Patriek's,Day, expresses his opinion,
of the "peace'' , men and, their schemes in ,
very free style, thus : • , . , •
* * * l4 l cannot imagine ,anything more
mean and despicable than a cowardly, sneer,
king, snivelling,,eringing, whining, soulless
copperhead, A copperhead bas as much
. patriotism :as a lobster,' and, as much • courage
as, a ,ball.freg. He would: sell his grand
mother,into slayer, if he; got a, good price
for her : , and ,wouldsive his children a cent
.each to go to bed without their supper, and
then steal the cents from them, when they
got ,to sleep, po as to have ; them to operate
'within the same way ; the night following.
"Any person, who keeps himself at All ,post,+
ed ou the news of the day cannot help ace
ing that the South don't want pew:woo, any,
terms of compromise that the North- could
'offer. Their papers, day after day, iterate.
and reiterate this. They want separation,
and. nothing more or less. They have stak.
a e .0 :rm o••
to fightit hbliet tberthe'..war
wilt be so, conducted,on our. part that, they
will got fighting to their hearts' content.
The Rebel papers ridicule' and abuse the
copperhead peace party of the , krerth, and
assert that the South(when its independence
is recognized).will uoteven trade with Yan
kees unless hard pushed, and not even then,
without holding their noses ! And yet these
'cringing sycophants• will get down. on , their
marrowbones to the 'aristocratic .chivalry,'
and implorelhom to accept of' their peace
.offerings. - • ,
* * * "Peace on their plan- would he
peace of short duration indeed. The battle
of freedom and slavery has tq be fought, out
on this•cootinent, and now that we have our
'sleeves rolled up and our loins girded. for the
combat, what is the use of trying to defbr it
to some other day 7"
This soldier Writes warmly, but he evident
ly feels what he says; and, like other bravo
men in the field, cannot see the propriety of
enduring a fire in the rear from malignant
reactionists while, a deadly foe is Winn:it.—
He closes , his letter with the,remark that he
can "hardly stop writing whoa he gem on
this subject."
A TOUCHING INJIDENT.—The war has
given birth to many gems.of poetry, patriot
humorous and pathetic, illustrative of the
spirit and varied impressions of the time. A
volume compiled from tha newspapers of the
- day - would prove a rich contribution to the
military literature of the oountry.—l send
below a touching morceau from an unknown
-pen ; eopiell-f:rom-the—Philidelphia-Botieti ,
suggested by an affecting scene in one of
the army-hospitals. A brave lad of 16 years,
belonging to a New England ,regiment,.mor
tally wounded at Fredericks buig, end sent
to the Patent Office Hospital in„ Washington
was anxiously looking tor the coming of his
Mother. As his last hour approached and
sight grew dim, he Mistook a sympathetic
lady who was wiping the cold alloy perspi
ration from his forehead, fur the expected
one and with a smile of joy lighting up his
pate face, whispered tenderly. 'ls that moth
or r 'Then,' says the writer; 'drawing her
towards hirti with all his feeble strength, he
nestled his head in' her arms like a sleeping
infant, and thus died, with' the sweet word
'mother' on his quivering lips.
"18 Tali? MOTIIIIII, r
Is that mother bending o'er me,
As she sang my cradle bytnit-;-
Kneeling there in 'tears before me,
Say 1--my eight is growing dim.
Comes she from the old home lowly,
Out among the Northern hills,
To her pet buy flying slowly
Of war's battle wound 4 and ills !
' Mother! oh we bravely battled—
Battled till the day will done;
Whit the leaden heil•etnt+m rained—
Man to man and gun to gun.
But we failed—and I ant ds ing—
Dying in my boyhood's years—
There—no weeping—sSll•denying,
Noldu deaths demand no teem !
• Fold, yens anus again around me; .
Press again my tiepin* head,:
Sing t h e lulabiyou sang 'me—
Hiss me, 'nether, ire I'm dead. '
There is pathos In this incident=—one wi
ly_ of hundreds sintilar--fo: inspire_ the ar
tist's peneil.----Vooresponflence, of the Prei)i:.
dcncc Journal.
.When Naplean, utanti• .104 I desired to
build a palace ler thaKing of, 'Wale, • near
the barrier de ,Passy; Alm shop *;:d• a pour ,cobz
bler,naineci Simony stood in-: the , vtuar.J. ,Si
mon having learned. 'ttiha,t, Itas gain , * an, de-.
manded twenty/thousand; francsiferlistenn-'
merit. The administrator • hesitated ,
few
days and .thert decided to give. it ; but Simon,
goaded by the god lot gain, now asked forty
thousand francs.. „This sum was wore than
two hundred times its value and tho.dciraand
'was scouted. An attempt was made toehann
the frontage, ' but . . being bend impossible.
they wentitgaiu to the'cubbler,'
who hud • tt'•-
ed'his Tirice'to sikty thensancl'' tree HO
was offered' fifty thousaiid,'bitt refused."' The
Emperor would
. fiet give alraile - ' mere;` and
preferred to changehid plans. The specula
ting son' of St. Criapin• then saw his mistake,
and offered his property fifty thousalid fraiies,
tbrty thousand, thirty thousand, - couiing
dowd at .laht 'to toil thousand.- The disasters
of 1814 happeritit'and all thought of a . ' pal
aCe for the King of Home las abandrined, r —
Some months niter,
Simon sold shop for
one 'hundred 'fis'tyt franc's, ind • a few
days after the sale he tras'rentoved - to an hi-
Mine WAIN; j dimitippoiatetl - avarice=- 7 that,
which can' never tom = satisfied—had 'driven
hito'crazy, 11 'hate fevsoi4mh ibis teach
as 't •
Greed ,of
.doa.
'
, Judge Petligit,ii : of CakedltiC'
etliioi of the hini . .toOklifeksidel'
' Nit/'
Washington oorrespoiniesitein Ilia' iamb ,Of
this date, states (in substance) that it was
• well:known in 'Washington' that
,the late , Mr.
Petegru of:Oharleston, had joined ,the, cause,
'of secession , siao President „Liinaoln issuefl .
his emancipation proclaination. have seen
'letters written by hint' since 'then, "Which
prove 'this td great:l'63oAG. , • In , 'One of
them he says : ~•..; '..)1)7.1;
"Those who said I,hatl ohai?geii, terrier,
'of secession aro wonderfully 'mistaken. gra
'ry day convinces me more and Inure Of ' the
soundness of ;ha opinithrivhieh I. expressed
at the tan° and have °ref since arowed."
,
Thelma letter tioeiveti , (L believe): is dit:'
'sod Februnry 6; 1863; and; it , eontstinsi a re 4
mark whiuh r although it ie net sp
•as.that aboye quoted, shows
,that
'Wye 'for the Union ids 'unaltired. ' The'
whble'bOuntry Shotildilra 'proud , suoh , ra
man as Petegrii, and •We shouldjealously
preserie his reputation •from any slood.- 7 ,
The man who in Charleston the fier fur-
nace of Secession) colt wu unscathed;
and yet singly and, alone avpw bit abiding
lovo of the Union, is, w orthy to be called the
'bravest patriot of his day., , We ought to 4-
reet a nonalutint to hii'ineworyin our Cen
tral Park. ,These linos frdin Jlitton would,
be:a fit insaciption—
faithful found
Among the faithless, faithful only he ;
Aifinorn; innunteratile fal4 Unmoved,
Unshaken. unseduced, uuterrilled.,, ,
His loyalty he kept.liis lime, his zeal;
Nur uuniber Jim eidnipla Ikith"him - Wftitlghlr
To swerve from truth] or change :his;oonatant
mina.
, Yuu will confer a great favor if you will
publish a correction - of tlio report referred
to. Yours, lidspectfully, ,
CAMBRIDGE, LIVINGSTON.
Rebel Inhumanity in Lexiittiana:
Terntite condition, of Che poor the
federacy.'.
Tho Now Orleans Era of the 13th inst.,
,publishes a narrative.of Rebel barbarity in
the arish of St 'lawman • Louisiana. which
more than confirms all previous statements
of the suffering among the people , of the
South and the tyranny of the Confederate
rule. The Era derives its information front
a refugee, who, with his family, by long and
weary marches, succeeded in reaching ±'earl
river, and thence escaped by a canoe to the
seacust, and FO reached Now Orleans. Wo
quote :
"Tke - peOple of St. - Tammany have been
living from hand toniouth for about a year.
The Conscription law has driven all males to
zefßk refugnin_tho_wnods, white the poor wo
men and children are left at home, on the
very verge of starvation. Rebel officers
scour the country continually with 'blool.
hounds, enter houses without ceremony,
search every nook and coiner, and if the
terrified woman protest against their rude
ness they are kicked out of their own houses
and coarsely assailed and cursed by these
brutal minions of Jeff. Davis. •
"The people subsist entirely on cracked
corn;which is parched and eaten dry for
bread, and soaked In hot water for coffee.—
occasionally they get hold of a little fresh
meat; but 'as their is hot a paktiele'of salt to
be had short of a dollar a spoonful, this
meat cannot be kept, and is very unpalata
ble without Salt. - •• - -
' IDEAS EMPEIUSHABLE.—Abrahomit4 dead ,
bat a race survive to call'him father. Plato
these twenty centuries or more; departed
from the porch and tim.lyceum but. phantom
like lives to , teach the 'youth of endless gen
erations. Christ is gotie far from earth, but
Christianity bus lived to,edueate' the world,
and bring many sous of earth to 'glory. Hu
man worth and influenee , and character and
example have an earthly immortality. /heir
are great forces which-eammingle themselves
in the world's life, and live and work through
endless changes affecting the character and
the race fur goad. the anthithesis of this view
of human influence is that which invests huna•
ati responsibility with its appallin g interests;
for bad men likewise' live when dead,land live
in. evil expanding in volume, and endless pro
gressive intensity.
A clergyman in these' times who refuses
to pray for the success of our arms,. tau of
fer no comfort to the sick and wounded sol
dier, from the justness of our 'cause. . -He
cannot tell the hardened widow that her
mar ed son has died for a noble object—.
he ca of thank - God-for any -victory.—
Inowi; ,, ho will be forever despised it our
ease t iuwph3, he has the moat powerful
temptation. by intrigue, whispering end pre
tended lamentations over,the horrors of war
tb campase, if possible, the ."defeat of our
&Oka man is dangerous in. any
coinrutinity,--:-Americo' n, Presbyterian., ‘•
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I have heard persons:condemn fairy :.tales
ati , "trash unfit for children." But uo.prop
-erly balauced mind can subsist orboar facts ;
they mast be varied by fancies, as the land
scape by lights and shades. , - Tho rainbow,
spanuing cloud , or cataciet,-is .not ,tangible;
the frost•piotures on the.panelkremtnreai and
evanesecutr) •the -world that trembles? , in the
dew 'drops. does 'not exist therebi jr die .111104
of the flower, even—whasare,thay bus the
fantasies of light These nre,naturces fairy
tales; yet in all her fictions she hides- rcali
tics; nod from the creations of the,ituagina
tion, truths exhale, as. perfumes froiwithe
lily and the rose. • 1.:
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Believe oil& half : the ill ouo ifficalos spooks
of Rllitther ! : but, crodit twice
_ttie good she
reports
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h in , hood :upon , hor ahoo4or,zooy,bek,t,hquot
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MATRIMONV.I4Iary.4Ig4IB thajnother of
the world, and preserves kingdoinso and
I cities, and churches and Heaven iteelf4 An
nemairfed initn like a fly iu the heart ohm
lierfetital aWdatifeila,' bur'
dwells alone, add iediiiiatied and dies: in sin
tularity. , But, marriage, like the useful bee
builds a house, and lab Ors and' unites' Into.
sciclictlkift'and'repliblies, midlands out osoloa
jeApAnd feetkatt l he.world with delioaoies and
exercises many virtues and iircutiOtai the in
lorest-Of maukittd, and is that state of ;good
things to,whieh God 'lath desi.nect the con
stitution of the worki.
An army correspondent says that the wife ,
of General - limier ibliSys goes into battle
with him. 'She is se 'much beloved by the
'isoldiers'as he hitaself. • , Soldiers have told
'me that a.carriage filled.with bandages, lint,
Inoeossafies, and restoratives of all kinds for
Wounded men, with juit" room enongh hit
her to sit doWn - is over lioverhig around what--
itle where her husband's Meg f are engaged and
thi4' iiiirsalf With cheering words
.thingitblidtiattendespOfrand relieves the suf
. ' t:: _ obla woman -V
If mortal man, •
that,brief
lies, between_ his first aiiiife and his last, avails
h . huself of the opportunity tn'thinkloi Whitt
purpose he is come into the World, foe •
what puipose he is to leave it;l mutt if, be.
tweba thelmt lighting up .of life and its of.
dilation by deatlidie finds, has ,
has attained din - great . obyeet of' life. - '
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WITNESS THREE.--Shortly before he died,
, Ntrick Henry, laying his hand on the Bible,
" • ' • •
Here is a Book worth. more, than, all others,
yet it is my sad misfortune neveito,have read
it, until lately, with proper attention.'
With voiao and gegure, pertinerit, and all
bis own, John lianddlph said:
'A. terrible proof of our deep ',depravity is,
that we oan relish and remefober; i anythig bet
ter than "TIIE.
When the shades of death were gathering
around Sir' Walter Scott, he said to the
watcher, - "BEng•the Book" • ; -
'What book; B asked Lockhart, his sou in
law.
There is but one 'book,' said the dying' man.
With such' testiMouy as to the villa(' of
the Sacred Scriptures, reiterated by the great
and-good, in all ages, it is a sealed buok. Pt.)
many., , ,
. A PERPLEXING PrctottA3ttrcr.--athe''
canseriptiort Bill; which has boon reported - 7
by the' Military,Committee of,the U..S. Stn.' -
ate, provides that all bachelors between tho
ages of thirty and , forty-five; shall bo ertrat'
led in the first class - whit:di is liable to do
• litary-thity.----No-or&baelislot—catrhoielfe—
tet,to exempt Trout performing, military. Au,
ty, unless ho avails hitoself of the terrible
alternative, getting married. So choose
this day, whom ye will servo. 'To the music
of which Union will You-march v • ' )
The Joe , Miller raen,are again trying to
raise an eseitenient., They uow sot the 17th
of August as the day on which all sublunary
affairs are to be closed' up •
A head• properly constituted cam tieeonlint>,
date itself to whatever, pillows the vieiset
Ludes of,lortuou way. pleoe under it. ,
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Wlty-ie-thelotter,A-the_beat remedy .f()r a'
deatwomap?
,Beeapieit Makes her'heaY'
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WV is a woman deformed, when she ,is
weedier , stockhrs ? .Because her. heads are
whore her feet ow , ht,
b ,t 1 `i, : •
'Oh, Jacob,' said a roaster to his apprentice
boy,., 'it is wonderful to son what a quan
tity you .can cat.' 'Yes, inester,` said the boy;
'1 have been practicing it since 1 was
'What is that puppy barking at?' asked
fop, whose boots were more polished tkan
his ideas. 'Why,' replied a bystander, 'he::
cause ho seas another puppy in yOttr boots.
Sir," said one of the Barbary-ShUictara to
a crusty old captain, "Did you ever know
coffee to hurtany one, "Yes, you .lubbe . r,"
was the response, "I knew - a bagful to
on a nian's head and kill him t"
A man in Germantown, sayahe has - a little
machine, in his house which has' 'aOptireil
perpetual motion. It is a simple contnvarree
requires no weights, lines nor springs to
make it go, but go it does, and not only will
nokstop, but to save his life : be eannot atop
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COL. BLAZE ON GREgNII4OI,B —An hon
est soldier the Ath. Indiana regiment,
whose mind bad been paisooed by the Oft.
ionable - teachings of thitincinnati Enquir ,
Cr, came' one, day , to'headqtartera ann en-
Anired if graenbacks were-really going down.
'Greenbacks wi . llzoidow9 p ,',veldied the, gal
-1 lant Colonel, 'when goii,g6 down. The blue
,eoats and;tho, greenbacks_ara, in the same
'boat', and. mn.4,t, sink or swim. tagether.',-
‘Then','„said the seldier,A>diisootutroligiem.
bieksin a dhiehiint eaktus.l*- I .l.•That's akaot
'ly,' said Wel Colobel;l 4 and: as tong as we, win
victories, in the Alcd,gramablieks w be, svortit
a pretnium.%Llafayeete tourer. '
'A infinity etiftnr-tlenoithees,' these
floes fupou hint ,r;lto Peglects to pay the .prin.
ter:--May 243 nightmare; trot 'quarter rit=
ces over his stomach:emry night. May his
bootslealciihisigito.,hang fire, *Pd./ fivhiug
lines ,bronit,, .144. y. ajri?op9f,printor's, devils,
luau, laulci.aud huovy, dog his heels so*
day, mid a'regiiffents `eat s caterwaul un
der his Window- luta:night. May the fatu.
ino.strieken ghost of au-editor's baby haunt
his slumbers. and hiss-murder in his dream
ing bars) In short, may his daughter
I/ a eue l eyed editor„ and his bushies go t
ruin, and ho go to-41m , I4egislatur4. ,.;
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