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~ POEfii Y. _J
Human Life.
I walked che fields at morning'* prime,
The gram was ripe for mowing ;
The»ky-lark sung his matin rhime,
Ait.l all was brightly glowing.
V And thus," I cried, “the ardent boy,
His pulse with Capture beating,
Deems life’* inheritance his joy—
f The future proudly greeting ’’ ,
j .-.— so- -i’sLr-***
.i- —4 m mlBrtW forth at noon : alas ! .
On earth's mat»-nal W« —- ■
j The scythe had left the w ithering grass
And stretched the fading blossom.
And thus, I thought with many a sigh.
The hopes we fondly cherish,
lake dowers which blossom but to die, *
Seem only born to perish. - ^**•*1
. * •
Once more, at eve, abroad I strayed.
Through lonely hay fields rousing ;
While every breeze that round me played
Rich fragrance was diffusing
The perfumed air. the hush of eve.
To purer hopes appealing.
O'er thoughts perchance loo prone to grieve.
Scattered the balm of healing.
Tor thus “the action of the just,”
When memory hath enshrined them,
E’en from the dark i.nd >ilem dust
Their odot leave behinJ them.
The Secret,
* BY AJCHAKD Cot, 1*.
I told my wife a secret—
“And did she keep it r” 6ay you.
Ah 1 therein lies the moral, man.
To which give hoed, I pray you!
S’, kepi it but an hour Ar wo—
Sh. n >it on her bmnet.
And cal -«i »•' C *usin Sue,
That i oili might cohni hit >«n,*4 i
Am* ! • -:V‘tne\ ^ ns o’er,
V\ *st f t. y*M l b»o tt!
'' y Sue .o. * ’ ' ...re,
Athe; L ielki I it o’er ;
I hi-. :r. n; from »u* store
i i v knew it.
jT i a \. '
S i-f-Maiiu- • +••! Aef'. v i
Ur must have uii'an me.
EYT. S. AiiTHCR.
4 Ho tv do you like our new preacher?1 was .
h-Ki d i• v o *e mrhibvr ol another, as they !
Walked n«»?ne Irani church.
O ily so so,* Was replied.
‘lie cuis close,’ remarked the first speak- ;
‘I don t know altaiit that 1 lik* to see*^
the truth bought m*we to the heart ami
couscietice.’ ~ ~
‘So do I. But I uhj el tu p irsouahty/ t
‘Personalii^ !’
•Yea : 1 object to perso lality.’
‘So does every one. Was Mr. C- — per
. Bonn! ?*
*1 ibink so.’ 0i
‘Thar’s hardly possible, lie only arrived
lam week, tnid h is not yet had time r«1»e
come familiar with theta in the life of any
one Here. .Moreover, a personal allusion in
a first we-mon, by a stranger, is something
so out of place and indelicate,that I cannot,
for a motueiit believe lli«it your inference is
cornsrx/
•Wbde .T'«djve die best ol reason for be
lieving that 1 complain of lum justly. He's
been long enou^j. here to visit a certain fam
ily,fond ol titile-r^fciv^ijiat l could name.1
‘The Harrisons ^
•Yes* V
*1 ln»j»e you are mi'dh^V»n/
‘No, I am not mi^keM. C-was j
personal, a u! Ui-tn»cily\a. Ami <he Har
risons are at (he holt *Tii Hie matter. To
Bay the le >t. !ie !ms acted »\ very bwl taste.
- Hj|Jhr»ve fnui to wait,
until Ik id h-tvc hc.'db«nh sides o! Hie
•lory.’
‘I agree *♦' it' your illegal ion,
be correct, ^ ^ ,,,u* you .ire hi er*
«*/ S J* \
Thave il»e rfeaKons for wh.it ;
I allege.1 ^k^ •
‘To lify npf.lv ?*
•To nn sell", it' i^ufili must be *|iokeii '
•I. it |K>Miilile
'Yes—to mjsejlr
•Thai place^Me matter in rather a serious
light, Mr. (jirtiii.’ -
\ all ftliink I have reason to
"—■complain.' ’
'otf ought t* 'ie certain shout this mat
ler
m w r ymough. When a man treads
on your t UU are likely to know it.’ £
Ii is han y possible tlmi Mr. C-did
not intend to designate you, or any one, m
wlial he said.’
‘He must have meant me,’ replied Mr.
**rnnt. with emphasis. 'He conldn’t have
ani l what lie did unless lie had been infoPm
•ed of certain things that have liap|iened in
■this town. Had he . not visited the l.farri
*' iis, I tu'ghi hare doubted. But that fact!
flbice? the filing beyond a qtiesiiuti.* /
‘In what did ihe personality consist ?
‘Did you not ubserve it?’
‘No.’
‘IndefM.r
■*1 pur.-eiveH.no allusion to anyone.’
* There are plenty of others, uii doubt, who
■dul. I don't rarest sneak of it just now.— j
But, mvi’II near abogiit. I nmired iliree or j
lour u. it and look flL me while he was j
-■gir jt will lie TJilensant piere nlJ
gos-ip, ITui if Mr. C-?Hw8n t take care.
(HI make Hits pith ajoo tint t.iwnlil him. I'm
not tin- one to lie «-e: up as a target for any
wlii,.per-sn ipper 10 fire at.’
‘Dua’i get excited, friend Grant. WMt a
awhile. I still think there is some mfsieke.-1
‘I >>eg ymir pardon ; .here is no mistalte
nhnut it. lie meant tHe.', Don'il know ?
Can't I tel- when a mail points bia finger at
me in a public assembly ?’
‘In his opinion. M t.iCfttit was still further
eo .firinrii, rre lie renchapi Ins ho oe, hy the
perntiiir wav in wf,*e|r sundry members of
the congregation .fwfced tu t in. Of course
he was cnii-idetaMt disturhed on the auti
jert : tind felt a Aauuiiahle dm re of indigna
tion 1 mie-eeAi.utj h^feclined attending
wor-u. p asaii jfidiraiion of bis feelings on
1 toe jMitjhH not that the]
■Tfil absence and
Bits time, Mr 3mm
jeweller, was cali
d Kim to
It was to
_i l - -_L'_a
Rev. Leonard Withington.
linn. J. T. Buckingham, formeitv editor
sf the Boston Cornier, has written during
die year past a uric* of tiumlien for tltat
paper, filled with interesting reminiscen
ces. Its the Courier of the Sid u.'l., we find
one Of these, from which we iiove taken the
following extract:
In the crowd which walked around lira
bar of tlie Srlmie Chamber, u few days ago,
1 recognized n lamiibr face, hut liefvre I
could make my way near enough <o speak to
ns owner, it had vanished. It was the tnee
of a reverend clergyman, who occupies n
conspicuous position in the county of Rs-ex.
This gentleman wax one ol my fuel brick of
apprentices. He wash unlive of Unrehse*
ter, and began his connection with me in the
autumn of 1S03, when lie was ahum filieeu
years old. His education was such as he
Had obtained at the district school. IIis ad
van, ages, such as they were, he had improv
ed, ami he was then what iniltht lie called a
good svlulur. He soon hecame a valuable
apprentice,—especially ns an assistant in
proof-reading. His taste was decidedly lit
erary. Ilj was foml of going to the theatre,
anil probably saw Cno|»er in most of hi* ini
portant characters- Shakspearealid Milton
were favorite authors. I mu not await that
he hail any attachment fur any oilier amuse
ment than the theatre. When lie was be
tween nineteen and twenty years of age, he
conceived the idea nf go ng to rsf/ege, and
I latgan the study of Latiu in his chamber, nml
| without any inaliucter. His dosuni in obtain
a liberal education was communicated to me,
and received tnv assent. After one year
spent at Phillips Academy, in Andover, ha
entered Yale College—worked Ins way
through the four years required, by keeping
school—craburned with the customary acad
emic huuors — pursued n, regular couoe of
ilmological study —and succeeded the Hev.
John Popltin ns the minister ot a church in
Newbury.—which position lie still retains.
Such was tiie early career ol the Rev.
Leonard Wiiliingion. He presents a beau
tiful example of the success that virtue and
lierseverance may command. Minus’ll ilepres!
! ed tiy poverty and suljectrd to all privations
and disadvantages that arise from the ab
sence of wenilh.
His acquirements in the science of theolo
gy are highly spoken of by those who know
inure of i he suiject than I do. As n critical
student of Huglish literature, I do not think
lie has many superiors among his clerical
I luethren. 'ihi works of the 'resi writers, in
poetry and prose, are as tsmilinr to him as,
— I bail almost said,—his Bible, lie is of
the ‘Oitbodnt’ school of theology, and as A
writer of sermons is not inferior to the best
of lliul class of theologians.
Land Monoroly.
BY REV. DR. LYSIAS BEECHER.
Hitherto the majority nf mankind. who
> hive idled (lie onrlk.have liern slave* or ten*
1 anls. The soil h.teheeM owned liv kings,
j ami the military rhteliaius ami not ice, ami
j hy them rented to landlords, ami by these
to still smaller dealers, nod hy these again
I it has been divided ami mdi livi led, until the
: majority who h ive paid the tent, sustained
| hy the sweat of their brow, not onlv tlietr
j own families, hut three or four orders of so
j cicty throve them ; while they themselves
have l>een crushed beneath the weight, and
I have lived on the hat.ten of starvation ; the
1 sirliuessof n week, and often a stogie day,
: tendering them piinprf?.
•r Tito mnj'hi*iHTr"ll of the sail has sent
►smtflher large ilass of the community into
j manufacturing establishments, to work out
! their days in ignorance mid helpless pover
I ty ; and anotlter to the army and navy, where
■ honor mid weal'll await the few, anti igno
, tance and an early grave the many.
The rotiseqpence of excluding such mini'
' Iters from the position and the healthful
f cultivation y»f the soil, has been ignorance,
* reckless indifference, iidfhuler.ee and crime,
i Tortured bv their oppressions and unrestrain•
| ed hy moral principle, they have been pre
i pared lor dueparuW deeds. Such a state of
I socTefy cantiorte HiSfe • f.j-pv ; the evil is
radical and can only he remedied hy giving
a new direction to the physical, moral, ami
intellectual enerc s of men. We might as
! «e.l hand With ir i the trees of l.io lores!,
aritV-expect tflejf- expansion, or throw upon
itiem ill gymey! measure Ike . light and run
of heaven, mid expect their luxuriant growth,
ns to cramp fhe human mind hy unequal
j institutions, and e*;>eci tiie developctnrut of
] its resources, in a happy st ire of society.—
! Room for acion mu-t ho tHorded, and
1 light must he poured upon the understand
iug, and motive pressed upon the heart.—
Out to accomplish tins the enttb must he
owned hy (hate who till it.
Tb s will give action to industry, vigor
to ihe hull, tone to ilie mind, and l>y the nt
I jem any I lessings of heaven, religion to the
| hrnrt. From agriculuire.siiinOleted hy p-T
i aonal rights, will result contmorce, scieuee,
j arts, liberty and tnilopv mlence.
Tlteauraction of gravit y is the great prin
ciple of motion in the material worhT; and
the possession of the earth in f-e simp e by
I ihe cultivator, is the great principle of ac
tion in the moral world- Neatly all the
' political eviis which have afflicted mankind
1 have resulted frotu the unrighteous motrpoly
' of tlie earth ; ami the predicted renovation
• can never Ire accomplished, until litis mo.
i nopolv shall have passed awity, and the earth
j ts exclusively tilled hy the independent
i owners ol the soil.
Ths working of our Govern
ment.
A French gentleman, who was at Wash
; itigmti when Congress passed through the
! transition state ot' electing a Speaker, thus
expressed himself in tegard to the mired to
I he drawn fiom the spermrle :
‘Americans are evidently mide for solf
; government, and ihe last twenty days passed
! in an nhaor nal state support this opinion.—
Yet l dmiretJ tire loresight ol the framers of
' the const union who placed the seat ot the
empire for from the operations of a moh.—
Mad ihe Congress been hel t in ^iovv \ o k,
r [‘.irrs or London, it would have been impos
sible to prevent die mob from assembling
'around die building, and die deliberation*
would have been inlluenced bv die pressure
from without
■Indeed the members wont to Congress cs
to a scientific meeting ; they aioically Imre
die ledtoosties* of sivy-lotir ballon, and
ended bv organizing the House. To an un
prejudiced mind, the calm and perfect qui
etness of id? the citizens of the Uoioo during
| that little struggle, shows the marked dirfer
I eure between the United States nod Ettn*
poaji.trovernments. Toe “resident waned
{Mliautly the organization of the House, and
' die ciltiniry did the same ; so certain are the
, A medians that they are masters of them
! selvcs.nmt that the noble and gigantic strtte
| lure of.ijje.gjeft^istrSt ilc, rnunot be wreck
ed on e vent of sand,’
i$Ff Aster's of Fatlict
is«U.
I Frotn Ptucho, to eato-riencc. lie sfTecis
' cd with any thing good or had, to suifer,
! v> feel, to he disposed or aflcctod in n par
ticular manner towards another, or he »
nv event. And from the same root Pa
thos. pAssion. afiWtion. that which is suf
fered ; love,- kindness, a disease, a men
tnl perturbation, a passive stale of the
mind or the body ; n condition, a disposi
tion ; and from which we have apathy
sympathy, pathetic, pilhology, ho.n
thy. hydropathy and pat'le is n,
Lotmo* Statistics.— London mm ,
2,500,000 inhnhimnls. There are 393 It
8*000 horrding-hou.se*. 770 wine mere?
and 790 lie■ r-shopa; 127 abb 1.79
geons, and 718 channels ; 3.795 s-terni
•ml to he imn-ually heavy
price whs mentioned, tire gernl
ed 10 ii as hieh. i,
‘Your neighbor, over His wsjf,
gentleman, ‘will make it [ora t
ilinn yon ask.’ ' .
Not of solid 2old,' replied Mr 5
'Olives 1 w mil 1 have no mb
Mr. brunt knew dial the rios
lie made ol fine, solid gold, for lliej rice his
neighbor luul agreed to loke. Ami t ‘knew,
also, tlint in ui.aimfo turiqg it, lus ■ igtibor,
if lie took the order, wonKlfitl up > cenire
of die rill* with solder —itgjoiumor.i raclice.
On the spur ot the inmneiu lietlrterj rued to
do the same lliifig, and ihsgefbrr te j ed—
‘Well, 1 suppose l must work gs f wr ss he
doe*.' ^ Kp j :
‘Tue rine must he of wMitjl g*M, femetn
ber. 1 will baveuo O'lier.J - i
•TIihi’s understood, of course,'re d led the
.ji-MrKVr'ITrftrt iff TA "TiTTK^dUr***"** I |as any
■II e mak s diem.’ v A 1
Tuering ws» iiiaiu4Uc*re‘ln» A trn-ona
’lo'prrrftt anti iAns rti:in'm»rtTi#"fntl VWariS 'ul'
hi* money ; I lit not of solid C«)^ Stiver
j solder composed the centre. B i| ns the
■ i nser met d count urn l»e demoted ay simple
j inspeeiion of weighing. Air. Grant Mt s*cnre
i in die clieai he li.ad pr.ie ised ; hii Kquieied
bis conscience In as<uijmumioy^44—
J e»*».tred •SfllllliWiITn'i die inimej* received
•Jle’-j ml •>» well olF .as lie wofdd have
{ been if lie h ul cone to my iieiglihot^orer the
i way, as he called linn,’ said lie tojhimsell.
I in the effort to quiet certain sen* it ri»«. ‘To
i >up|*)se dial In- was going lo get a rjitnl gold
ring at Mich a price! Dma he isilik we
jewellers steal our gold ? Men wdilie limn
Iiligged, an'1 there is no help 'ni>11. .
Yet lot nil ild* .Mr. Grunt coulitpot cast
out die unpleasant feeling, flejiad ,dmie a
thing so clearly wrons that no attempt at
sell-justification ;a\e lus ni'niif |ts jfonner
calmness. > i •
•Tlie riii" is solid gold,’ said lift man.
\\ lim lie came for ii. ■ r i
•That was the conirnrt,' replied Mr.Grant
with ajiulf oflenM air. nt 'he intpu it mu
conveyed ill llue tone of voiee, •!#*«! might
11oi lie as »gree«T upon.
|* ‘Excuse me,* remarked the nvm, njtologet
■ icaiiy. -B»«l 1 mil very |mtirul«r atom «l»«
mailer, ami would throw the ri t£ jto the
slreei ra'her if nib use it if not ol •solid gold.*
■Gold rin?s are mu given ihvhv.* lannieretl
: Gr uit ti> himself, ns die mini left lls simp.
S ine il lvm nlier tins Ir.ins iciiofh a o»i»*
named H«rneou,who belonged io Uy*rlniri*l«
ot whuli .Grant *sa>H u.i*inher,.mei him.
: when tins ti tle ronveiwiinn »6nk jitVre.
*1 seiu yiHt a customer hsi week,!said Mr.
j ilairisun,
‘All ? f * in v* rv much obliged nv
*A gentleman w ho «»• red « go!
j I le nsk» *1 itie to give him The uam^
flier iip’ii whom le could d« j
| ring, he * id, ttinsti Ik? solid, for .
reason mill,as lie was a stranger,
i know who wm 'O he trusted,
t’st I would guarantee \«»u for
in - li. Tn •! if you undertook To
j mu? unv article lor him, he might fp pon j
ils-l eiiig done according t«> agreenflB^t.'
I Nubile Hnrri>ou w as udefHig i
j ser%»il>Mtiipliii»en»% •» was with tUV u omit j
I d fficu tv Mr. Grant cottl ki*et» ahc tell
tale idoo : In.nr mis iup itflu his
‘Be *!in\v£lf ttir rhe lMljT* fHrtllfcrfa Sfi? j
Harrison. *lt is a very Hnnd-otne *ne.’
*\Vm» he K «i»sfit*d with it ?* asktdf|lr Grant. ;
*N n lidlv.’
.‘Why so ?’ F j
‘He was afraiih-it might not bej "did. Tn
'fhefc. so Rniuins wns he on this I] '»»»», that
he took the ring r« Vottr iicighbej over tlie
way _hU«»ii* »'/ '
As Mr. Harrison sti I di>$, Gran was cmS
scitins that a betrayal of the truth ra-> on his
coiimcAmre. ^_... /
‘A tuf; of course, Martirt twill thfc was
not Ikftid.'
‘No, he did not exirtly say tlgai I went
w;ttkitue peipTeui^i-^rhfir;
we|rjlieil itie ring, mid after dimij >, simply
sinted that the gold of the qualifiy >f whole*
the ring was made was worm a <5i*i ain pri-e |
per penny weight. By multiply ine l«e num- j
lier of pennyweights twitt at net! ‘4i t »*e ring, I
with the price mentioned. he sh wmJ that
yon either lost one ilu'Ur on the n g, or fill
eJ the centre w*tti sum ; b «*?f me 1/
‘Well?’ The fdooil had. by Vs time. •
ris*n to the very lirow of the jeive er.
‘Out ihe ring.’ said uty triem It was
done, him! to n»V-nn»riifi*?l»tinii and: istoni^ll -
men*, it provrd to he even as he I d said.—
The ring Was #w! so Ink?
Filt-jthtue m«Mi»en|s Mi*. Grant1 hmij his
head in painful contusion. The looking
up, hr said,
‘!r w is own fault T f
‘IJoiy so r wns^lnquned.
»Ile would out; p ry the price l»r a so’ul
ring, and | timid Juft give hill) rift work lor
nnlinug/ /??
iJji ■ you ask nun a taw prn-r ; j
Y«s : ami h« nii-wi ivil, iK.u-liV neigh
bor nventhe war, had ntf'crefi>i rtwkr tiiui n
solid ring 'utmost one ilMbtr le-d* I knew
past what kniiTTfWuriitg Martin toulih ami
would furnish U>r ihHi^amuev. |ud made
himonejost like it. I g«*»,himJiia mon
ev’s worth and a little over.^JJJ^vas not
cheated.’ i ** ^
‘But he was deceived. How [you could"
have done such a thing. hruthd| Grant, ia
more than I can understand.' •
•I hill to do it in setf-defenrd; and tlna
very Martin, who Ims boeu so ready to ex
pose the little deception, made tie act nec
essn r v."
‘I'm aorry you should have Bone so. It
was wrong,' seid Mr. Halrison, ‘
•J‘m rendy to acknowledge fiint, bat its
too late now, to repair ine error} 1 wish I'd
had nothing main with tlm inaifr.'
•So do I,' return kml Harnsdnl
This fretted the timid of Graff, and he re
plied rather impatiently— Q
•Hereafter, I hope you'll sera.all custom
rrs nl this Imd to Martin. ylLic knows. I
don’t want them !’ .jB| y
‘I slmll certainly he careful ia this matter,'
coldly replied llanisim, and Moving Inruinf
|y, ns lie rpnke, liirneil n'vidrMid ietl Grant'
III no very pleasant Ira me li'iiiind From
ilia! lime there was a t-nldufas lietwean the
two church memlier*.
' When Grant went to cltiafk »III die next
Sat’haili lie noticed, ns lie |J>|J‘nnri>ril dim
meeiing-hoHse dnor, Ha rein a standing." in
close conversation with non jur two .pronli
nent menit-ers. As he approached. tfcty
limited tow.«rd*hi»n in a ce'}*ni Way tu.it ln
did nut like, mid then, eemrttling, entered
tlm house belore he camegnp. It ««> ton
evident that Harrison laid Wen cuimim iicni
mg tlm. incident id ill* flog. But Grant
was not awrprised ; lie haJ expected nmh»
fog less. Still. lie tell ibngliis brother niem
tier hnl noi ihute towards* him in the mat
ter ap lie wi.uld ltnve likerthimself done hy.
Oy entering 'he chprcli hafa dozen prsiuis
turiiad and looked ad .liimljBariiestly ^ while
two oTvbree wlusperMttCrther, glancing at
turn cveryntia' and limn, Cod (hup. allowing
that lie was vlfe snlijectfSt epiurersaiinn.—
As to the theiiKNif dts ojrsfrW^ween them.
Ilia mind was ut no douJ. IlhtSgold ring!
Yes, that was it. NjJj “i \
But Utile edified hy sarnoq xgke Mr.
Grout on that momiugodnAulirQ itMtgper
vices were andeil, Ini wv it tpiirkly front'site
church, and took his at < iinmewaid With>
mat stopping, m* on fg.fier oeeaaions, io
shake hsivU and paaeti fear word* with
m _ Jl_ ..J L...LU_
li tm<I been the eternal of several leading j
members ol the church to drop in occasion*
ally, (luring ilie week, lo chut with Grant fur j
ten minutes or half an hour. Bui the time
from Soud ly to Suniliv passed without a
single cull from any one of them. Tl*c re** j
sou tor tins was no jgvsieiy to die jeweller's
niind.
•I don’t see ihat I’ve been jgnitty of such*
terrible crime,, said he to liims^h, feeliiig a
little indignant on the subject. ‘The man
gni his money'* worth ; am 1/ moreover, was
served perfectly right. Did he suppose that
he was going to gei fine gold for the price ol
Bidder ? It so lie tumid himself mistaken.—
As for Harri nn^Jie* made hitmelt remark
ahhjrJ^Btfdmui the matter. I would not
tapMSPln a similar case. But, it is >o
tmoisant to discourse on evil.in our ueiglih »r.
S* very pleasant ! The good he does is left
to find its own way to the light as best ii
ciftiy low fe> farm ciumiiii a mistake or make
a single fnl*e step, and it is preached from
the lnHHe*ti>|K'
When Gsuit amf-Haseinop met, there was
a mutual re*erv« and coldness.
‘He is conscious i am aware of his wrong
dealings,* said the latter to himself, ‘and
therefore shuns me.*
ere I ure^ n ui el
me as of old.*
Two or three weeks passed lie'ore the j
frteiuis who used to drop in to see him nl
mo*l every day, showed themselves in hi** !
shop, and the" ilnre was a moevident change '
of maimer. They appealed distant and re* j
se.ved, and lie met them with a like exterior, j
His pride was touclied.
•Just as they like,’ he said to himself. ‘1
can get on wtllpom iliem. -.J presume, lie
found quite as good as iheir's. As for Per- ,
kins amt Marvel, ilicy needn'l set iheiuselves
up over me. I think I know them. Men i
wtio cut us close as the*, do in dealing gen
erally cut a ill<ie Iro n the side ilnM doesn’t
belong 10 them.1
IV, ki.sand .Marvel hete alluded to, had
long been on friendly ter * s with Mr. Gram, ;
visit tig ai Ins simp—for tl»e purpose ot n
tneiolly clut—cIini every lew days. Hut a
to.duos now look place, and, m a low weeks,
they ceased tlieir trieiid y calls.
In various oilier ways was Mr. Gnnt con- ,
sciousot a leaction upon himself ot ins im- ,
proper conduct. Hundred* ol limes did he
mental I v regret tl»e weakness and love of
g m which had pipmpted linn to so far lot*e
sight of wliai Was Jrftkt and iionorahle as 10
jloce ve a ctdiuriper.$o p iimtil w a> I ts
s»e«se of mofi.iTCf.i mi. itiai, for a time. he
omitted* to attend church oil Sunday. Not
niift Was InMrtl'idled tli^ every o::e in the
-.congregation knew about ihe ring, hut lie
cou!d„cleatIv peicewe a * hatige in the mati
nee of li* u»o*t intimate ncrpiatnunices who
,»ver tienth* rs ol ilie duiicii.
\f*«ai'l \ as not a in ni entirely *n»ld to sel
fishness. Il»* was not a deliberate wrong
doer, h ding bis e\ . purposes and act* under
a Jiv po« iitic I cxteiior. He bad «•onscirnre,
a U at t.iii*’', bs vokc was loiidapd fftsliorl.
He w is, llierelore tmubied a4*»f7t ilie ring, :i6
a |«i* l tndicnffiig_ ihe-STate ol ins affections ;
•*^velf--«s troubled ahoni ibe condemn Uor\
jtjdg i entnl It'S Igetbrel*. There W'Klfe tbH*~
iu t lions ol sui'e^ ol course, ns 'Imre are with j
'hI• ui u*. Subnetones be Was til a state ol
i.mhTfmiffWr^Jti nreoutN of lln* v\ i| "be had j
aniie, and s mieilines in a state ol indignation j
ai Harrisn.i for h tving been so eager to puli- !
lisa his b«ul •* Iro n tbe lu*u-e-top.
Gradually, however, the ever-recurring |
new purposes and interests a\ hicli come to
nl>1n passing through life, threw the past j
with its iutluemV into die shade and the re- j
turns ul states ol moitifica itnt on account ol I
Hie mig were less ami less freipient. Mr.
Grant resumed his aitendance at church, and I
mingled, as ol old, with his; brethren ; though j
iH a-rather more subdued ahd le>s confident I
spirit. That affair of the ring could not be j
entirely forgotten. ^ I
VVhf iime lire minister on the
swlioii 4i ia to lente, aritf a ii^g one was np
^fcltire»M»y*ff>VC.niferer»cc fotiitH Irs fdace.
The Rev. Mr. C-arriv.d early in the |
week, ami during ihe peri d that elap-ed he- I
tvveeu ttiat and the Sahi.nfh, visited a good I
deal aiming h.s brethren. During that tune,
an evening was spent at Mr. Harrison’s, hut
no rue brought. ^ u» •
Vo^Mr. Gfiu.r TTfrjeweller ft X ilus, and Ins
uiiiid, in searching about lor reasons, rested j
very naturallv. «|»on the affair of the gold
rift*?, Mud lie (Ini ii«»t (.3131.11 hill Ilia! timuTeiU'e
lw«,l Itoen lully rehtl. il t«» Mr. C
-Umler .liie teehn*?, Mr. (! nil! went to j
rbtirell. Ills first siutil (H ilie ne.v preacher
WHS when lie arose in ■ lie | lllpil I" "ive ntit
ibe hymn. Ills i-oiniienanee tlnl Inn make
u vert litvur.il, e impression, Itnt his voire,
when Ite rnmiltefteeil le.-nlnn? tfte hymn. Itini
;i' iii:.e, anil h Mi.slnlmtoii that were plensinj?.
rim Stiljert ul the ilisnmr.e which Inihnteil.
w.is pranirnl, soil lul l reterenre Inman's
rsnilnrt towitr.ls Ins lei low men in Ilie rom
mmi (irtilirs nl Ilie. From "enernl proposi
lions, the it,in,'ter, .il'ler eiiterinj? upon his
'*9*111011, came m wu l«» things p.imcm.ir.—
Ife • I o t*li 11(1011 t* e love of tliinuiiion so deep- j
lv rooi.ed in (lie human heari, anil showed in
various vv»vs, how it was exercise*! by null'
vidua Is m all lb * grades of common society. j
*A more deeply rooied evil than this/ he j
Tmif mi 10 saV* ‘,s Mivfr. We all ii*her i, 111 j
u degree, the desire UT possess j
our neighlH>ri“^WH»lspniitlt with t linear I ie>t I
devclope:neni ot ihe licTfrk comes tlt^activi
ty of ilwi desire. It is seen in* iHBL, clidd. ;
when he appropriates the pi iyiliiog*j|f »n<»Th--i
er clril*T.*#tiid in llie so railed good wild hon
est ciiiaten, when, in h rg.lining, he secures
an advantage nt the expi use of Iti*vl»rother.’ |
Descen<Utt4%grad*i tl y, »o lie introjti**limi of
particular hums of overreaching as practised
ill trifle, all of which Mr. C-designated
as instances of tliefi, he finally brought for
ward an instance so nearly resembling the
one t.n winch Mr. Grant had been, engaged,
that ihe Jailer lek himself, as lias been seen,
particularly pviiited out. anti leIt ihe church
at the ’close td ihe service 111 a slide ol excite
ment and indignation. To have iltr old mat
ter. about when lie hail itlr«•ndy suffered
.enough. N aked over"n> he said,.baud expos
ed lo light again,’ was a little* more than he
was disposed to *u' um ttiwitli patience. As
has been seen, he did not conceal what was
in tiis iiiiiul.
On Monday a brother member of the
cltijrcli *li«,y>pfd in in see 1 lie jeweller.
y*»u like Mr.*C-?’ was die
SW^r^iiuy.
•Notnl idif replied .Mr. Gr.iin, in a positive
tone.
‘You didn’t? M'liy, 1 was delighted with
him ! Wh.11 is vonr ulijertinii ?"
'He was peisorwilin Ins discourse.’
‘1 perceiv. il iimliing persona!.*
‘Though l di I, and of the grossest kind.
‘How was it pus.ihle for a si ranger like
Mr. C-10 lie personal ? He knows noth
ing of the character or conduct ol iudiyidu .Is
here.'
•Strangers generally hnv+ quirk ear., ami
there are always plenty of liews-venders to
fi I them. He’* been with die Harrisons, and
we all know what iliev are.’
•To wlirnn didbe refer?* was asked.
•He re erred to lire.’
‘To you ?'
■t'erinmlv lie did. And I don’t like it n! all.
Thai M not the way to preach llie gospel.—
This running nil" with one side of a story, and
inkin f all fur grant#*, holding a man up to a
puMtc odium, is liof, on I conceive, following
>u. fooiaiorta rtf mir format MmIapJ
•I’m sorry you should have taken up such
an impression,’ was replied to this. ‘I can.
not helievejlwt Mr. C-really intended
to lihld yon «p 10 public udiilni. He couldn’t
hove tnemit to designate you.’
‘lie must have meant me. Don't I know ?’
So nuotlier £nd mini Iter objection was
made to Mr. C--on the same ground ;
and before die w eek was out, it was pretty i
widely known that the net* preacher had in’- I
ilulged in tt'prrhensible personalities. Some |
saiil this was atl Wor in the preacher ; oth
ers, that he Was highly hlaineahle; while Olli
ers affirmed tin (there must be some mistake j
a limit i he matter.
On the following Sunday, Mr. Grant was j
absent from Ins usual place in the church.—
li would do hun no good to sii under the
ministry of Mr.C-.
During the week that followed, two of the
official niMinlieie railed ugioii tiie jeweller to
make inquiries about the alledged personali
ties. Grant was by this lime, preny sore on
the subject, ami when aUti-ion was made lo
it lie gave biwopinioa SF the preacher in no :
very choice language.
•In ivlint did Hi is personality consist ?’ ask
ed one of die visitors.
•It’s hard I v necessary to ask that question,’ I
■rephed-GrmU*, .
•It is for me. No one, whom I have yet I
seen, has been "hie to give me any informa
tion on I he subject.
‘If you ask .Mr. C-he will enlighten
von.'
•1 have already done so.’
‘Yon have
•Yas:
•Wpai was his rcplp ?’
'Turn lie is innocent of the personality laid .
to IvW charge.'
‘Bn vou mention my name f
•I aw’.
•w*i;.’
•H* iad not even heard of you as n mem
ber outlie ebnrcli hrrelf
<f**ui hardly credit that, afier what he I
saidm
wiM, at lea at, cijre liini the chance of
viiitWatinp. He iamw ut my house, ami .
has ex n wi*)» t«Jsee you.’
know that aii* Lron«| will yro\V out
uftofring 1»im/ s• if Sir. Grant, who felt !
bill little incltuei) to rule I the preacher.
To. !^>rrv\t»> lusi.r yui sny; that, Mr. Grant. ,
Vuu h u e ^n.ule a citu|ilaiuc ac-iirst Mr. j
C—-\ an^ when hetaijhe* to confer with ;
yon on the subject, yoi|tiecime under lite a**
*iiiup|^i» iImt no good can arise from it.—
This is not rig.tt ; uinf 1 iiuj>e yuu will think
better of it.* i v
‘Perhaps it isti’t rig*! ; tint so it is. At j
pr» sent. ! do not wish'.tn see him, I may
lee! differently ttMiioi^w.*
•Shall we raU upon you in the- morning ?’
’ll you please 10 do so^
•Very f*
And the two dTfteinI members departed. ,
No jiWMirr were ihqy gone^th m Mr. Grant
put on his Imi and left the shop. lie Went I
direct o the stoic nt M r. Harrison.
‘You are just the* mm I wr»s ihinki.ig 1
about.' s»i«l ibt* l jtieija* the jeweller euiercd.
•Wiiit i* aM^ilns trophic about you and Mr.
C-yj-hear some rumor of it at every
tin o.’
‘That is just wb4t Thave come to see you
ale Kit.'
** ’ ‘Very weTi; \vhnt VnrPT^ifo in the tiwifter ?
Mr. C——.you alledge; 1ms held you up
in «lie cong egaltou lo puhlhr odiun. ?*
* i do.’
'In what wav ?’
‘Suattge that you should ask the ques
tion. * j
.♦Why so? What have I to do with it T
‘A gp at deal,'said Grant, his brows falling j
as lie spoke. . -
*i must plead innocence until shown my ]
guilt. So far, T have not even been aide to
learn in what the allusion to yourself con
sisted.’
* You have not V
‘No. ;
Gram stood, tightly compressing his lips,
for some moments- He then said :
‘You remember that affair ol the gold .
ring ?*
•Very well.*
•Yon mentioned this to C-•*
•No. Nor to u living soul since the occur- j
tPWt TtTTtie" ftuu^if*r
‘Wlint ?*
‘Nothing on that subject has ever passed
my lips. I believe that you saw and repent* :
ed of your error, and in lioiior and in con
science. refrained from even the remotest :
allusion to the subject.’
‘How, then, did Mr. C-become cog
nizant of ibe fact ?'
•If cognizant at nil, it «m« from another
source than the one. you supjn»scd.’
‘1 never mentioned it. You were the only
one in whom ilie circumstance wn* commu
nicated. How, then, could the matter have
gotten nhinad !’
*J don’t believe n single member of the
congregation ever heard ol u.
•O, ve* iliey have. There has been a
marked change in the manner ot very many
toward* me. So apparent was it at one time
that I alisented myseii from church, rather ,
(ban encounter it
‘All your imagination, brother Grant, and
nothing el*e. I believe that l mingle as
freely with the congreration as any one, ami ;
1 know that I never heard a breath against i
von. A: present, every one is at loss to
know in what wav Mr. C-pointed you
out; he is equally in the dark.’
“I was sore lie meant me. It was so plain,’
said Mr. Grant, his countenance tailing, and
Ins manner becoming subdued.
•Tlieie was nothing ot tlie kind, you may
depend upon it/ Mr. Harrison.
‘And you never spoke of it?*
‘Never/ 5f
‘A gni.iy conscience, it is said, needs no
accuser. The*t>k«’ness to me was so strong,
that I really thought the picture was sketcli
ed from n»yse$£as toe original. Ah, me!’
‘Had you iif>4 belter call on Mr. C-?*
asked Ha nisei.
•No no. Sfee him for me, it you please,
and tell turn dm! 1 am.convinced of my error
in supposing he jmmted me out in the con
gregation. A*s to tiie p^ricuUr allusion that
I frit to he offensive, 1 -d|ope yon "ill still
keep yourcoen-el.- I dntwiong. under temp
tat .on’, and llive sotted mid repented m
consequence* it can *$lo no good io bring
the matter tfy:light now:* . i
•None mill/ I wiijfcot speak of it.’
Nor ihu-fe. Mnuyjkol various were the !
suggestion^ Mnil >uppppitioos ol t.ie coogre
gntion TooaJiing t!ie jjytnry th*1 pceicher s
personal hHusoom to flte jeweller, and some ,
nozeh' of Jttafe gos'itraH siories got into cir
ctflntion : Ret the tr*ET <li<l not find its w.iv
to the lisht. And n^pmlil the day of Winch
tie was leaving the sjpion for a new field td
Jalior, tliil the preajjSftr liintself understand
the iimner: and yjK he hail it from Mr.
Granf#oWn lips."^
This life is lmr»e |*re*l school. Front
the cradle to theSihve we are all schol
ars. The voicssreef those we love, and
wisdom of pas; and onr own expe
rience nrp our teit£hers. Affliction gives
us dicipline. "^he spirit of lep^he'd
Saints whisperous, “come up higher.”
A patent has listen issued for art entirely
new and verv important Invention, the Elec
tro-Thermic Telegraph. It *aa application
i>F hast tn tefevraDhinc. ~' e.
From the Home Journal.
Ralph W. Emerson. •
BT !». t. WILLIS.
The announcement that Mr. Emerson was
to lecture at the Mercantile Library, n few
evenings since, was a torpedo touch, even to
iltai most exhausted and torpid thing on
enrih, editorial curiosity—lor. though the !
ioipregnntor of a whole cycle of Hosti it!
mitirl, mid the father of thousands of lesser j
Emersons, he is th t most unapproachably
original and distinct monotype of our day’;
anil, strange to sav. wo Iml never to the best
of our knowledge, laid eyes U|ton him. For
this Iiiiaecountaiiie want of recognition anil
smglitica:ion. living in the same town aa we
were, when Emerson firsl began 10 preach
mid write, and never taking the trouble In
go and behold him as a prophet, we must
own to tardy perceptions—hut it tvas doubt
less due 10 his belonging to a sect which wc
supposed had but uue relish, and which led
ns to dismi-s wlmt wo heard of him, of
rourte, with the idea lliat he was hut a new
addition totlie prevailing Bo*tou beverage uf!
Cli.-i lining-am!-tv rnrr.
The eye sometimes reverses, and always
more or le«s qualities, the judgment formed
without its md; and we were very much!
disappoint?d, on arriving at ihe II ill, to find
the place crowded, mid no chance of a ne.tr'
view of the speaker. The only foothold to I
lie laid was lip against Ihe tartherest wall,
mill a row of unsheltered gas-lights blazed
lielwern usnnd the pulpit, with one at timer'
e.ir-t p of ihe occupant,drowning the expres
sion of his tare completely in the intense'
light n little behind it. To look at him m all
was to do so with needles iliroogli the eves,
and we lake the trouble to detine ihis. by
way of a general pro’est against the unshad
ed gishnrners of ihe Tahernac e, Stuy vesmu
lii'litiue.and other public rooms —where an
nphiliulmn is very likely 10 he added to the
had air and hard seals with which the ‘even
ing* enieitainuient’ is presented.
'1 lie single look we were enabled to give j
Mr. Emerson, a? ilie applause announced
Iliac lie Ind come into die pulpit, revealed to
its that it was a man we bail seen a thousand
times,and with whose face our«memory was,
familiar; tinman, iu the sidewalk portrait
taking by which we lmd treasured In* physi
ognomy, there was so hide resemblance 10
the portrait taken from reading l.im, that we
should never have put the iwo together, j
probably, except hy personal idem ideation.
We remember him perfectly, as a hoy
.whom we used to see pi tying about Cliaun
cey Plaeo-Miid Summer sweet—one of tUnse^
pale.lirde moral sublimes with their shirt
collars turned over, who rye recognized by
Boston school Imivs as li.ivflig ‘fathers tint
are Uni ariana#—and though lie came to his
first short hair about the time that we came
to our first tail-rout, six or eight years behind
us. we have never lost sight of him. In the
visits we have made to Boston, qi late years,
w e have’Wen linn ill the street arid remem
bered having tilyvajs seen him ns a Inn —
verv little suspecting that there walked,in
a form long tunuli.tr. the deity of an inteilec
tunl aluir, upon which, at ilwu moment,
burned, a Jifte iu out Ihishii.
Efnerson’is voice was up to his reputation.!
It a as a curious contradiction, which he
tried iu vain to analyze satisfactorily—an
nutwuMtv repehiint Vmt iTYWrtffifjf l%*€rt*TT-'
rial mingling til qualities, which n musical!
composer would despair of blending into (
one. It bespeaks a life (hat is half contempt,
hall* adoring recognition, and very little he- j
tween. But it is nolle, altogether* Audi
yrlistf. seems arrange is to hear such a voice
proceo ins from such a body. It hf a voice,
with shoulders ir it, which lie hairnet—with4!
lungs in it far larger than Ins—»\vith a walk
in it the public never see—with a fist in
whieli his ow n hand never gave him the mo
del for—and with a gentlemaif in it. which
fits pi»ro;hial anil ‘bnre-neeessnries^of life’|
sort ot exterior gives no other hell aval of.—
We can imagine nothing in nature-^which
seems too, to have n type for everything)—
like the want of correspondence between the
Emerson that go. s in at the eye.and tlie Em
erson i hit goes m at the ear. We speak,(is
we explained.) without having had on oppor-j
tunity 10 study his face—acquaintance with ,
features, as everybody knows, being like the
pealing of an artichoke, and the core of the
face, to those who know if, being very un
like the eight or ten outside folds that stop
the eve in the beginning. Cm a heavy mid
vase-like blossom of a magnolia, with fra
grance enough to perfume a whole wilder
ness, which should he lifted hy n whirlwind
and dropped into a lranch of nu aspen,
would not seem more ns if it itevei could
have grown there, than Emerson’s voice
seems inspired and foreign to his visible and
natural body. Indeed. ^10 use one of his
similitudes,) his body seems ‘never to Imve
broken the iinhilieal curd’ which held it to
Boston, while his soul has sprung to the ad
ult stature of a child ot the universe, mid
his voice is the utterance of the souf only. —
It is one of Ins fine remarks that ‘it makes a
i.ifference to the force of any sentence,]
whether man is behind it or no*—but, with
out hi* voice to make the eir stand surety
for Ins value, the eye would look for the first
time on Emerson and protest his draft on
admiration, as not ‘passable at sight.’
1 lie hrst twenty sentences. wnicn we
heard, betrayed one of the smaller levers of
Emerson's power ot style which we had not
ilelecteil in reading him. lie works with
surprises. A man who shoulit make a visit
ol'clinritv. nml, sfter expressing nil proper
sympathy, sliouhl hid adieu lothe poor worn
no, leaving her very grateful lor his kind feel- j
mgs. hut should suddenly return, afier shut- |
ting ilie door, and give her a guinea. iVotild j
produce just ilie elTect of Ins most electric
sentences. k ou do not observe it in n a.it.ig. ;
hcciii'.ae ton vviilmld the emphasis ti l you,
come to ilie- keyword, But, in delivery, his
cadences tell you lift the meaning is given,
and the interest of the sentence all over,
when—flash ! come* a single word or phrase,
like lightening after listened-out thunder, and
illuminates , with astonishing vividness, the
cloud yon have striven to see imo. Wnrnii
give, perhaps, a partial.exemplification of it,!
hv a description-rather iliau a ipiotiiunn of n
droll and graphic sketch, which he drew in
his lecture, of his firs; impression ot Eng
li-hiiiert on the road. The audience had al
re idy.hu'ghi-d in two or three places, and
tvifh the -iuli-tition t trite lunger attended toon
tharpoint quite gone out ol his eyes—he was
fmniilitig with his manuscripi to look far tin-:
next lies I—when the closing word, just niuli-j
Mggthrew us all into a lit of Uu jliter. The j
Eaghshiiian. (if we may paraphrase rather j
than quote , for it is impossible to recall the]
Sil'thfeo lin-ntion of his works.) ’dresses toj
please himself.- He puts on as many coats,
trmvsers and wrap|iers as liefikes, and. while
he respects Olliers' rights, is unaffected by,
and unconscious of, the observation of those
around hint. He is an island,ns England .is,.
He i»n bulky and sturdy mass, with his
elothes-bufli up about his body, ami be lives
in, gunk* in, and speaks from, tiislmild
ing£ To the listener, this last word, which
was dag out, smelted, coined and put away
lujie produced ami gped with cautious sud
ttigtslic effectiveness,,Meins an accident ot
tluti.uioment's suggestion—as new a thing to
tfte orator a* to himself, and which he cscie
very near ,#ot hearing, as it came very near
not Iveing said.
We are gnssipping only—not trying to es
timate or crithdw. What Mir'reader* might
not otherwise cat at. is what we aim to give.
in this as in moat else that we describe edi
torially. Emerson is ion great a man to be
easily or triflingly appreciated. The more
studied as well as more properly deferential
views which we entertain, of his naiore and
power, we leave unexpressed, because others j
nreliktly lo rip u better, and because we I
\vrile, atans- in uno pear, and can let the irk !
dry on nothing. \Ye ran only savofth'is
Lecture on England that it was ns all is
wh,chlie doe-, a compeer mass pi'the expon
ents ol fur reaching thoughts—stars which
are tnc pme-puints ol universes Itevond_and
ni each close of a sentence, one Wanted to
stop and wonder at tl.ut tliouglu liefure being
hurried to the next. He is a suggestive, di
rection-giving; soul-fathoming mind, and we
are glad there are not more sneh, A few
Emeisous would make die everyday work of
one’s mind intoierah e.
Let us close by giving our readers an ad
vance taste of a grand stniihtuda with which
lie closed his Lecture, and which we see i
not given in the newspaper re|torts ot it. It
is one ol those I itnnie thought* tint would
airiue make s rej u-ntien, mid a prophetic
metaphor of England's |Nider for which Vic
toria should name me of iier annual babies
Emerson. After some very hold and fear
less comment on the croaking that predicts
the speedy downfall of England, he cmti| ared
her to the kani/an (rtt, whi* li, it will be re
membered, si ml- up shoots from its roots
that become, themselves, huge trunks of
parent veeetuion. ‘She has planted herself
on th.it little island,’ he said,‘I,ke iheh.mv.in
tree, and hoi roots have spread under the
sea, and rente up on far away continents and
in every quarter ot ilie world, flowering with
l.er language nnd laws, and foiever perpetu
ating her though the first trunk dismember
and perish,' In his own winds; this i hong In
will have ns tmnyan eternity a* England.
Supposed Discoveries in Grav
itation.
A correspondent ofclie Cheltenham (Eng.)
Journal, in .1 scientific cnmmiffitcaiioii, states
that his Attention lias been directed to two
iacts in connection with coo j»ar«t:ve!v re
cent discoveries, ihat «p]K»ar to he subver
sive of the Newtonian doctrine of gravita
tion.and remarks, in relation to certain points
which'Frank hn^Cox worthy had already treat
ed. as follows:
From the first of these farts, it may he de
duct*! that tnaticr is not in variably attract
ed towards the centre of the eartfr ; it being
only nt the^pi b s nt»d at the eqo nor, that
^iie direction of a fading body is precisely
towards the centre of the earth; for ,n our
latitude it miw lie towards a point ‘remov
ed from the centre. At ail times, however,
1 lie line of de-cent is nt right angles with.,
the S orison—a fact itself established hv
ematieal data, ami about which no doubt can
Ijt ruistd.
At tlte pnifis nnJ nt the equator, the hor
ilzon is at right angles with a lint* drawn to
the centre of the earth; and, therefore, a fall
ing body imist, vve assume, he necessarily
under tne direct infl icnce ot the opposite
electrical condition of the centre of the earth
atyd Ripper regions,; which is reconcilable
to ottr W*SH«irt» t t^e u*i;|ii. d gravitation
is the effect of the negujivc coadTno*i of »ht>
ceippe of the eartis nmf the poaiiiygiy eiec
iricaf condition ol the upper region*. But,
in the latitude of 45 deg., a line drawn from
die surface to the centre of the earth, is not
at rigin angles with the horrizon; whence*,
it must follow that, ah hough the tailing body
will he attracted hv the negative condition
ofthe earth's con;re apparently towards that
point, its descent being also influenced by
the -highly electrical condition of the upper
regions (the direct fo re of which is always
at right angles to the horrizon) it must lend
10 direr! the fulling body from the accurately
direct line of attraciion towards the centre
of the faith.
If, then, attraction of gravitation be refer
able to two equal forces, acting in flu; same
direciion, hv parity' of reasoning, in our Ini
litude, where the atmospheric influence di
verts 1 he influence of the terrestrial line, the
electrical influence of the earth should also
divert the line of the tiori&in from it* per
pendicular. And hence we stt-pect that, if
iIre dicta of the mathematician he sustained,
it is clear that w hat vve h »vj$ been regarding
as, ‘attraction* must he ‘repulsion*—the el
ectrical condition of the upper regions alone
acting in the niattei,ihe earth being neutral ;
to which latter proportion v.e aie perfectly
prepared to accede.
We have already own those influences
which we attributed to heat are referable
to cold. It is not, therefore, improbable,
that in ignorance of electrical condition,
outward appearance!; in this question may
h ive misled the astronomer.
The pec and (act is, that attraction of grav
itation, is greater a; the poles of the eaith,
than tt i-s at the equator, as determined hv
the vibration of the pendulum. Our globe
is not a perfectly spheroidical hotly, hut
what is termed airohiate spheroid,’ of which
the fqiiatori il diameter exceeds the polar by
130.206 feet, or 23 geographical miics—a
difference equal to more than nine times the
height of Mount Blanc, or five times the
height of the Himayhi chain.
we arc not, However, witnout iiMisiranvc
aid, prepared to give so satislm-tory a solu
tion of the second as of the first Inct, al
though, from there being less aitractiou
where exists the greatest amount of matter,
it may be ron«istenliv received as a proof
equally subversive of the Newtonian doc
trine. But if it ho allowed th I at ihc
equator there is a greater thickness in
the crust of the earth, and that, conse
qiiently, the nttrnrted body has interposed
i greater mass of tinn-ennthicting tnntter
beta ran it a id ihe negative centre of at.
friction. the prohlem s at least partly solv«
ed irrespective ot the distance. The excess
uf temperature, also, at the equator, as com
pared "iih that of ilie pole--, by reducing
■ be electrical condition of the air, may
have something to do with the question.
And, tinder any rircmnslnnre*, the entire
sulject is deserving of the serious consider
ation of the npr be tun lie ini i, as well ns the
.natural philosopher, upon the assumption'
that •attraction of gravitation' is nt rilura
b!e to electrical condition, since we |iiiȣj
now obviously lost ‘ntsrnctitn of^jyKp'iMf.’
-:-.-'
(.duration and Dein^eVAry.
Think you a Democracy can stand
withunl the rducatiwj'bF all : not barely
the smallest pitbpfsr' thereof which wilt
keep a live svqf'Within a live body. Inn a
large, geq.&0<?ifs gpitivation of mind and
conscience, fietjMTnnd soul ! A until,with
half aftr'eye, ca/v see how we suffer con*
TfJljtics lor lack oF educSilon
among the/pifeple. Sonte nations are
priest-riddjfn'i some king-ridden, some rid
den cf n**Ies : America is ridden by pa*
liiicinnsV* heavy Wfthen for a foolish
neck.—'Fheo. Parker.
Benton uses bold figures. -AlSi- Oe>
nevieve, Missouri, denouncing certain
traitorous friends who had clung to his
skirts that he might elevate them toofbee,
he said he would “throw them off as the
impatient buffitlo does the «ra— «ew of
the prairie I*