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6 if Vol, XVII, THE DEMOOHAT is ruBLisiiF.i) evf.iit wr.DNnsDAt mokmino, nr OHO. W. NICHOLS. Office No. 9 Grantto l!ow, opposite the Stage House. Terms or the New Volume, 1852-3. To class Slfl If paid within the voart 12 1-2 cents will be ailded ir payment is delayed beyond tlio year. The amc amount will bo deducted when payments are mado , strictly In advance. Clubs of not less than five, paid at once In advance, $1,23. Singlo papers by mall 81,50, In all cases to bo paid In ad vance or satisfactory reference given. .... - w, . Vnij-snb.clibtfTvi5-ll.VirinrsltaTuir doors $2,00 per annum, payable at the end of the year. "UNCLE FKANK'S HOUSEHOLD, Oil Sm'KS IN THE OLD DOMINION," Is a neW publication. Wo liavonotrcad it. Prou y lias it for sale. Wo givo our readers a touching Extract, ft if a passage from Lettor No. 7, several of jfic surplus slaves of Uie plantation had just Leon sold "by Mis'ttcss Rcgina to a Texas speculator among them Hho coachman Ilafo, at whoso cabin the prayer-meet-ling Vas held : "OLD JOSEM." It was tho 'dVcViirig 6f the 24th Christmas Eve and all the week wc had been decorating tho church for the coming festival. Rosalie, Ruth, several olh 'cr young ladies, and myself, had made 'festoons of i leaves to our hearts content ; and a variety of ever greens, tastefully arranged, mado tho beautiful little chapel look charmingly. The exercises did not corii mencc till seven o'clock, and mcanwhilol had time to run intoa slave prayer-meeting, incog., of course, dis guised in a black hood and an old cloak. Twilight was deepening with shadows as I seated myself in a dark corner of Rafe's cabin. The coach man sat on a log that projected from tho fireplace, his face buried in his hands, and now and then groaning as if possessed by some mortal agony. His wife, Mar tha, a spruce, lively littlo woman, sat near him in a low ch3Ir7-!ioltllirgticrtieautlfut nanyriooklnjrariior' stricken husband, and wiping the tears from her bright, beautiful eyes. Only three or four had as yet assem bled ; there was scarcly a whisper to bo hoard among tho little group ; all seemed subdued to silenco by a sense of the great sorrow of poor Hafe. An old man now camo in, "leaning on tho top of lus staif," tlio very beau ideal of a patriarch, at onco humble, dignified and venerable. Martha led him to tho best seat tho cabin afforded, her hoine-mado rock ing chair, saying "Sit here, father, by do fire." I perceived that he was blind, and knew at once that it was Old Joseph, whoso praise was in every liody's mouth. Ho belonged to one of our near neigh Jiors, a very kind and humauo man, who, now that Joseph had become old, blind, and worn-out in his ser vice, did not leave him to die uncarcd for, but com fortably fed and clothed him, without the least cipceta Jion of reward! Indeed, a favorite old racc-horso could not havo been more set by in his master's household than was Old Joseph. In tho village he was known as the old patriarch. After tho blind man had groped his way in, the cab in was soon filled. He seemed to know that llafu was sobbing, and moved his chair beside him, and, putting his hand on his head, said "My boy, don't now, don't take on so. 'Member dcro is no trouble dat do Fader can't cure. If wo lias nothing bill IllCIIoim l.. JJ.i -l i;r-l . dat we lays up strcasuro in heaven." "Dat I will !" sobbed the broken-hearted coach man ; "but how ken I go away and ncbes5ec Martha an' littlo Charley!" There was scarcely a dry eye in the room ; grief gushed spontaneously from every heart. My own heart ached to bursting, as if the wrongs of a raco were crushing it. There was an interval of weeping, and at length Old Joseph, summoning his remaining strength, slowly arose and said "Children, de 'house of my pilgrimago' is de house of bondage, yet I do praise do Lord. Do Fader dn cth all tings well ; ho obcrrulcs all lings for do best. It 'pears like only a few years full o'troublo since I was a little child, in my country, playin' under do alms. One day,vcrry suddin, de stranger come and steal great comp'ny of my people. Dey tore me from iny old fader and moder ; I neber seo dem more. Dat was my first grief: since den, my life done has been full of grief, an' full of mercy loo. De trader did not mean it for good ; no moro did do brcdrcn of Joseph, dey reads of in do good hook ; dey did'nt moan it, but God done obcrrule it for good. Children, I done hear of do worl' boyon' the grave ; I done hear of do blessed Jesus. Isono house, no land ; Iscbcry poor ; Ise nothin' in do world dat I ken call mine ; butMas ' sa Jesus bcry rich ; Ho own Evcryling ; an' ho dono promise all His people shall live wid Him in do heav enly mansions. In a littlo whilo I shall go and dwell vid him Dcnmyjoy'llbo like tho river ; Is'll share pi .... :f M..II. ..i 1 dp riches of heaven, if de Lord be my portion at tho end of my journey. "Dere is somo on you hero like mo onct, when I was grieving lor dat I could not help. I mourns wid you j your grief is my grief; but while I mourn I cry to de Fader, oberrulc, oberrulo for good ! Ebcryting look bery dark in dish world, but it'll be bery bright at do judgment of de groat day. Dere all will he made plain j do crooked will bo made straight ; cbery dark ting will be mado light ; dere wo will know why wo have so many stroublcs hero. "'Children, I can't comfort ye no way ef I don't lead yo to the Man of sorrows, that was 'quaintcd wid grief. His heart beat for his sufleriu' little ones, an' we can go to Him like de littlo child, an' tell him all oursor Vors, Ef we done have no kind Saviour tn go to, den indeed what sorror would bo like our sorrorJ But He stands wid outstretched arms, sayin', 'Poor slave como lo me ! Como to mo, poor slave ! I died for poor sin tiers liko you ! Como to mo, weary and hcabey laden, take my yoke and learn of inc, an' ye shall f nd rest o your souls.' " And tho blind old man sank on his knees anil pour ed out his full soul of burdened thoughts into the list ening ear of the compassionate Saviour. Ho seemed lo approach very near him ; it was as ifho had Ma ry's place at his feet ; as if, in earnest pleading, ho had caught hold of his robe in passing, and detained him ; and His glorious presence, so near to the hum bio, contrite, fervent petitioner, madolhoplaco of pray er a hallowed sanctuary. It was good to be there. I almost felt as if I had never heard prayer before, as tho childlike, trustful words of love, adoration, nd en treaty, overflowing from tho heart, burst from tho old man's lips. He was evidently no ordinary child of God ; he was endeared to his Saviour by his patient following in his steps, by his meek endurance of his baptism of suffering. Ho was evidently ono uf tho innumerable multitude coming up out of great tribula tion, who at last triumph so gloriously. And ho a blavo ! A member of tho body of Christ enchained ! by those, too, professing His name ! Old Joseph ceased, and one and another continued to communo with Him who "is no respecter of pflr bons." I Baid lo myself, "Happy people! happy in youi nearness to the high and lofty One, who dwcllctli with the contrito and humble spirit, to revive tho spir it of the humblo, and to revive tho heart of tho con trito ones." The hour had sped like a moment, and T as I hastened back to tho houso it was with tho pray er that I might never bo guilty of my brother's blood might novcr be left to enslave my Saviour in tho person of ""one of the least of his brethren." I was just In lime, and hastily laying aside my dis guise, proceeded with Cousi Frank's family to tho church, which was already brilliantly illuminated for the celebration of ChrislmasiEvo. Groups of well-dressed people were on their way to church wclldrcsscd, nut' gaiJy.;Vjrginian3i think; UrTTtrrrnrtolfpea7lhtl!qi'ov8Q ofTumFmtho. cost- ly and attractive attiro suited to a" solrco or a place of VI' . 1 puuuc amusement. Tho consecrated houso was like a vast arbor. In numerable wax candles lit up tho fairy paradise with their silvery sheen. Waves of jubilant music rolled and surged amidst tho branches of evergreens and pines, inai, witn mcir thousand needle fingers, had long swept so plaintively their harps of air. Hut all this Christmas psraphcrnalia startled mo with its cuntrast to tho dimly-lighted, mcagro hut I had just left. And as the exercises for tho evening, as detailed in the prayer-book, were performed, excel lent and beautiful as those incomparable forms are, there was an irrepressible out-going of my heart for the petitions in that soul-moving slavo prayer-meeting. And as all tho congregation reverently responded, "with ono voice," liko God's people beyond tho hoary ages, before tho Holy Mount, saying, "All that tho Lord hath said will wo do, and be obedient," I heard as if I hcald Hot." Another voice was sounding in iny cars, like tlio pleading of souls under the altar, "How long, O Lord, how long?" It was tho prayer of tho crushed slaves ; and it seemed to mo to outstrip tho stereotyped formalities of the proud worshippers, and to enter tho cars of tho Lord of Sabbabth. From tlio Olivo liranch. Men's Rights ! Women's Rights ! I throw down tho gauntlet for Children's Itichls. Yes. little nets : 'cm, too,' if you don't get your dues. Sho has seen you scaled by a pleasant window, in a railroad car, with your bright eyes dancing with delight, at the prospect of all tlio pretty things you were going to seo, forcibly ejected by some overgrown Napoleon who fancied your places, and thought in his wisdom, that children had no tasto for anything but sugar candy. Fanny Fern know better. Sho knew that the pretty trees and flowers and bright blue sky gave your little soul a thrill of delight, though you could not tell why ; and sho knew that great big man's soul was a great deal smaller than yours, to sit there and read a stupid political paper, when such a glowing landscape was before him that he might have feasted his oyes upon. And sho longed to wipe away the tear that you dare not let fall ; and sho understood how a littlo boy or girl that didn't get a rido every day in tho year sho'd not be quite able to swallow that great big lump in tho throat as ho or she sat jammed in a dark crowded corner of tho car,-instead of silting by that pleasant window. Yes, and Fanny has seen you sometimes, when you'vo been muffled up to tho tip of your little noses in wollcu wrappers, in a close crowded church, nod ding your little drowsy heads, and keeping time to the sixth-Wc and scvcnlh-'c of somo pompous theolo gian, whose preaching would have been high Dutch to you, had you been awake. And sho has Seen VOU sittinT likn lillln nnlnmnlnna HI u IKluiy emnaitir tciruui-iuu.n;-i iiii-juuriiwnwu liltle-toes at just such an anglo, for hours ; under tho tuition of a Miss Nancy Nipper, who didn't care a rush-light whether your spino was as crooked as tho letter S or not, if the Great Mogul Committee, who marched in once a month to make tho 'grand tour,' voted her a 'model school inarm.' Yes, and that dint all. She has seen you sent off to bed, just at the witching hour of candle-light, when some entertaining guest was in tho middle of a delight ful story, that you, poor miserable 'littlo pitcher,' was doomed never to hear tho end of! Yes, and she has seen 'tho lino and plummet' laid to you so rigidly, that you were driven to deceit and evasion ; and then seen you punished for the very sin your tormentors helped you to commit. And she has seen your cars boxed just as hard for tearing a holo in your best pinafore, or breaking a china cup, as lor telling as big a lie as Annanias and Saphira did. And when by patient labor, you had reared an edi fice of tiny blocks (fairer in its architectural propor tions to your infantile eyo than any palace in ancient Rome,) she has seen it ruthlessly kicked into a shat tered ruin by somebody in the house whoso dinner hadn't digested ! Never mind. I wish I was mother to the whole of you ! Such glorious limes as we'd have ! Reading pretty books that had no hard words in 'cm ; going to school where you could sneeze without getting a rap i r..- .. .i : 7 :.... . i . T "cu" '"" yu'".'u church on tho quiet, blessed babbalh, where tho min ister, liko the dear Saviour, sometimes remembered to 'take little children in his arms, and bless them.' Then if you asked mo a question, I wouldn't pre tend not to hear; or lazily tell you I 'didn't know,' or turn you off with somo fabulous evasion, for your memory to chew for a cud till you were old enough to seo how you had been fooled. And I'd never wear such a fashionable gown that you couldn't climb on I my lap whenever p fit took you ; or refuse to kiss you for fear you d rufflo my curls, or collar, or my temper not a bit of it! and then you should pay me with your merry laugh, & your littlo confiding hands slid ever trustingly in mine. Oh! I tell you, my little pets, Fanny is sick of din and strife, and envy, and uncharitablencss ; and I'd rather, by ten thousand, live in a world full of fresh guileless, loving little children, than in this great museum full of such dry, dusty, withered liearts. ' Fanny Fern. A Patriot's Death. Tho records of ancient Greece and Romo do not exhibit a nobler instanco of patriotism than is contained in the following inscription found upon a gravestono in New London, Connecticut. No wonder our revolutionary fathers wcro invincible whilo they were actuated by such motives as are hero recorded : "On tho 30th of October, 1782, 1,000 Uritish fell upon tho lown by fire and sword, 700 Americans de fended tho Tilrt for a whole day, but in tho evening about four o'clock, the commander of tho besieged de livered up his sword to an Englishman who immedi ately stabbed him. All his Comrades wero put to tho ewdtd. A lino of powder was then laid from tho magazine to the sea, there to bo lighted, and blow the fortress into tho air. William llolman, Who lay not far distant, with Ihree strokes of the bayonet in his body, said to his wounded friends who were still alivo, 'wo will Iry to get to this line, and thus wo will completely wet the powder with blood, and with tho life that still remains in us, savo the fort and maga zine, and pcihaps a few of our comrades whd aro on ly wounded !' Ho alone had strength enough lo ac complish this noblo design. In his 30th year ho died on the powder Which he overflowed with his own blood. His friend and seven of his wounded compan ions by lhat means had their lives preserved.' After this narrative are the following words in "rge capitals: "Here rests William Ifotmam" I RATTLEBORO, Vt, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, The following article is from tho National Era.anl was written by Dr. Elder. It is well timed and wc uttered, and deserves a careful perusal. ECCLESIASTES. , , flvV i matter to ce?s6mir.lSvson-I il.Tnlr i n I i..i.:r.Sl. a iini. Nri,T r,. ,t.A -.!... i.i.t .t.' Jr. oral instructors of the people almost exclusively They limit their prelections to religious doctrinesand . worship, which tho volunteer corps of lay tcnhcrs usually avoid, but both parties meet congregation con sisting of nearly tho samo individuals, and th points of correspondence ate numerous enough to induce com parison and criticism, notwithstanding the preserved differences of topics and treatment. This is the case with Protestant preaching especially. As our relig ious exercises aro usually conducted, there is very lit tle of worship proper in them. Tho prayer is by tho clergyman, tho music chiefly by a choir, the discourse occupying two-thirds of tho time, and tho people are in cfliict the audience, almost as much as at a scienti fic or literary lecture. They go to hear, and the duly of the place is pretty well performed if they listen de corously to tho sermon. Now, whatever else thcro might he, or ought to be, in whatwc term divine ser vice, it results in a prctty close rcscinblanco to the better stylo of those popular meetings for merely in popular meetings for merely in- tcllectual entertainment, which arc coming into vogue bo extensively. Tho professional clergy and church going must ho affected by it. The practice of public teaching, with public wor ship, may have authority in its use and propriety, but I believe it has no example in tho practice of Christ and Ilii immediate apostles and evangelists. There is hb instanco, and thero is no notice, in the Now .lestarncrit; til arelmious service or.cxcreisc in whirl. ttiuaiuii unit icAi-piciiuiuug, ur any oilier iinm ot u; dactic discourse, were cdirlhined. This is worthy notice. Tho Catholic and English Episcopal church es seem to have recognized the difference, and nrovi ded for their severance ; both of tllerrl make a large! part of the sanctuary service consist of prayer; p"eni-. e.....b ., jusmuw, ,u ma-'government, just now becoming ol popular lectures and their nowsnannr rfinrii-tJ''Onvoritlcal than nvnr Unr,.. -nr. " such an exteht that it tmiki.lmvn AnMAnl onmiilrielrtefiir,iiiil." i --SiL8.ey tencc and adoration, and both aro able by their forms' 01 in" of no use to us. If the world were con to dispense with pulpit discourses in their principal i verted, and tho Millenium had already come, they solemnities. Hut the dissenting churches havo a very 'm'8'lt oe a' onco popular and worthy; but until then, different drift and policy, and tho older establishments 'hose that the world loves are its own. The nation usually conform to tho later lashion, perhaps from a '8 'n imminent peril of wars of ambition and oppres- necessity which arises out oi ino great controversy which uas uruugui ineir respective creeds into debate. I" rom one cause or another, tho pulpit has become among us a sort ol popular forum, cnoiich liko that of ancient Romo to bring it within tho jurisdiction of pub-' lie opipion, and subject it to comparison and criticism, in common with the ordinary forms of lay teaching. Am I right in the belief that wo remember less of the thousand sermons which wo hear, than of anything else to which wc givo our attention in a similarwav? Am I right in the opinion that preaching is regarded with less earnestness and interest than any other kind of public discourses ? What did Dr. Roccher mean by saying that tho Devil appears to hold a mortgage "1C manner ol life of tho early settlors of that town, upon the educated mind of the country ? Tho pulpit, one hundred down to fifty years ago : I suppose must suffer or improve greatly under tho in-i many of the inconveniences and comforts of fluenco of the new method, which is now growing in-, "fet ,no hardy generation then on the stage wero to i. y.,. T----- -' ' "',!." nf "it cnc!?rr..i,I3,yTeis ...Their, dwellings wore Jog houses, with- Tfietccttuors havo advantages "of the clergy in this , rivalry, which must bo looked to. I ho lecturer has all the leisure of the year fur the preparation of half a dozen addresses ; ho has, besides, tho chance and choico of his best points, and may he always strong and fresh. An itinerant ministry has theso advanta ges in a good degree, also ; but tho pastors of all our churches in tho thickly settled communities aro sta tionary : and two sermons a week, with a multitude of calls for addresses upon the benevolent, missionary, ! and literary movements of the times, amount to a heav- j ier draft upon them than they can creditably answer. Devotional feeling and sacred associations afTord them' some protection ; but thoy will bo compared, never- ( thcless, in pitch, power and interest, with the best of i their rivals, wherever the now usage obtains. ' Thev have taushtusto look for the matter and man- cr of eloquent performances. And they must fall un der tho judgments of the rule. There is the whole of Sunday, ono day of tho week, allotted to them, and they must cither bring us back to unmixed worship in our churches, in which they have no rivalry of office, or they must fill up the time with such occupation as it may bo the fashion to de mand, or thoy must fall behind tho requirements of the times. Tho magnificence of church buildings, tho i -c A 1 . -1 r r ; ti -ii parauc ui uruss, aim uiu rouei oi luicncss, win come in timo to contrast badly with pure devotion on tho ono hand, and elegant literary entertainment on tbei?"11 hajley broth wcro inconstant use. In many fam- olher. Tho Catholic Church seems best adjusted to 1 llles l,ast)' lidding with mills, if milk could bo had, tho exigency, and its recent successes aro in this mat-1 was alm,,st ll'e standing supper. For a lunch in tho ter very instructive. Thcro is nothing in tho spirit ! intermission of public worship on tho Sabbath, install of the ago, nothing in modern institutions, in its favor, j ces wer0 not wanting of men carrying in their pock but Protestantism is losing its fitness to the progress cls a rew coIu "oiled potatoes, and nothing else, which it belongs to and depends upon. "Sometimes, in winter, families were conveyed to Tho cssenco of Catholicism is authority ; tho spir- meeting through deep snow on an ox-sled; in summer it which it dentands is reverence. Protestantism is ' tho man, if ho wero an owner of a horse, rode to meet but another name for liberty ; and, by its own terms, 1 ing with his wife seated on a pililon behind him, and it must earn all tho respect it gets. Thero is no di-' 4 c,,i,u seated on a pillow before him ; and sometimes vine right in it ; it is only a candidate for popular another and smaller child in the mother's lap, encir clection. It docs not rely upon an ancient title, but i c,eJ by one of her arms. A party of the smart young claims, by improvement, right, and is always arguing people once assembled at a neighbor's in early times, its claims it must thereforoarguo them well, or lose for a social interview. The supper, what was it? tho verdict. Tho abuses of Mother Church did well 1 Not a modern supper of corned turkey and oysters, but during the insurrectionary stage of reformation ; but hasly pudding and milk! There being but threo spoons, for the fixed stago of positive organization, it must be one division of threo guests sat down to tho table, and adapted. Tho timo has come that established ropub-' another division, and so on till all were served. All licanism wants a religion, and that of the age of re-1 wJnt off well and it was considered a fashionablo and hellion will no longer answer tho requirement. Let , well-managed afTair. our clergy look at it. Popular revolution now runs ! "That age has well been called 'the age or home back into arbitrary authority with portentous facility, 1 RP"rt.' It was an age of hard work, and simple fare, Tho separation of Church and State does not work interspersed on tho part of the men with trainings, well for Government, whero at tho samo timo religion musters, raiiings, huskings, wrestling matches, chop is iltvnrmil from nulitici. Tn Snuthimi Eurnnn. thn. ! pine bees and piling bees i and irt the female world low the 50th decree of north latitude.) tho mischief has its power in tho character of tho people, perhaps j l the rudo dwellings were not often animated with tho the Impulsive who do and sly a thousand things witli but even Anglo-Saxcndom, on neither sido of tho At- fai;C3 f visitants, they were daily enlivened with the out a shadow of a motive. Thero are tho Peppery Untie, will bear a religion which rests upon opinion, and at lliesamo time fails below the advanced ideaSTSf that opinion. Our pulpits ought not to stand bv nui- ctly, much less conscntingly, white the obligations the "Higher Law" aro derided by the men in author ity. Theirfunction is reformation, not conservatism ; and if they lose their uso they must lose their place. Tho Protestant religion was not made for submission to authorities, but for tho ministry of freedom. The Catholte Church may well hold by tho old martyrs whilo sho is making new ones ; but the priesthood of ptiyate judgment and progressive frcedorrimust not re sist the very spirit of their calling, The Church of the Crucifixion stands upon its memories; but the Church of the ftcsutrcction rrtust address iuelf to our hopes, or it has no appropriate function. Protestantism, from thi first, opened it3 mlpit for tho propagation of liberal oyinions in government, learning and morals; when ijoses this drift.it is be ginning to dio. When it allows political legislation to decide all questions of social duty, it sinks from a worthy priesthood into a servile police. Aspiration cgud.es ,Ue State, tho uprUi.'Ln not to tho Church, but ni- r,m n. i ' w4 u warp ana lorwnr.l ;r in. m i T , ' MU iiy irnm ncr to UOd mu uieso words under a tin in fill onntni;HH Hvo chnnot hopo for efficient interposition, by thoclor- I w uuuniry, tor tho restraint of injustice in r. a ntM 1 - ! T'l mi uiu restraint ol injust co in our nfnSlnn.. vTT-trrfr ."-.""l,;"'.,'!:,:;vVrV.C' 'U'JKS"0'1"1 JJX. scroiula.was ro vur nt,.. n.t ... l Tr,1 lnce, when we shall take the altitudo of aggressors ! Jursclvcs. Anglo-Saxendom will strucclc lonir and ' bravely before it will consent to tho formal reunion of Church and State ; but tho Germanic blood is rnlio ious as well as metaphysical, and will not consent to Ipnish God entirely out of the civil government. Tho best of our battles for liberty wero fought whilo relig ion was part of the civil constitution of England and 6f theso Colonics. It happened just then lhat the church had the idea of the age, and served it well. Since then we have been killing Indians, extending 5lack slavery, and conquering our neighbor's territory, intil it has become our manifest destiny to spread and Jorrupt until we split. Our clergy must lako this matter to heart ; they must recollect that they aro not the successors of tho Apostles, but tho ministers of tho neonle : and that vhen a mere hierarchy is wanted, the old one 1ms ibn i ipcttcr right, and the better chanco too, as all current i ithangcs seem to indicate. Preaching against Cathn-1 icism will not any longer servo the purpose : thev lave been losing by that game ever sinco tho contro- ersy between Hughes and Urackcnridge. The revi val of Romanism began in this country at that time, jl'hoy must do something which tho age requires, in all quoslinns of national and economical conduct; that j ts, tney must answer tho uses of the times; thev must mauo uj better; they must begin to suffer again. iV Christian minislrv without nnrsnnnlinn fur rioii- of'0."3"' '''y Inlls' ta,Jo up their cross, they must uiqiuM, uiu cvii iii ino worm, aim carry ine marus ol the conflict They must not be calling othdr pcoplo infidels, hut they must ox cxposo themselves to all man- i ncr ' cv" speaking for Christ's sake, or they aro none 01"", muir crimes, suuerings, anu norrors mud tho system of righteousness j ing to say to that, or, one way so shed will bo required at the ' mn wl.n mv nnt ,!, -,1r,rm. I ,li"ii'u ou8"1 ln liavo 6nmetl1 or anotner, ino uiooa so sued will bo rcq 'unt's of those watchmen who givo not the alarm Tho uppermost thought in my mind is tho present ! peiil and prospective ruin of the church of the coun try, tho church twin-born with civil liberty. I think of it despairingly; would it wero otherwise. Pioneer Lift, in New England. Rev. Dr. Win- ton of Antrim, N. II., has just published a History of 1Uat townt in which the following picture is given of bcc" fl,r tl10 a"nff fires kept up in tho winter in tlio huge fire-places, fed continually by great logs, whicl they wcro glad to bo rid of, tlio inmates must havo suffered. Wood and timber wero so abundant that tho faster they would consume them the better. Their farming utensils wero clumsy ; their clothing home spun and coarse, but durable ; the men wore tow shirts, striped woolen frocks, and leather aprons. The best suit of coarse woolen cloth was reserved for Sabbaths anJ speoial occasions, and lasted year after year. In ,h0. " inter they wore shoes, excluding the snow by a P3'r"f woolen leggins, fastened over the mouth of the slu)e by brings. Hoots wero rare; great coats and surtouls rarcrstill. A pair of boots would last a man many yeiirs. "In summer neither men nor women wore shoes at homo; on tho Sabbath tho women often Carried their shoes in their hand to savo wear, till they came near the meeting house, when they would nut them on.- Thev wPm rla,l. whnn r,,;,l ! ,i n! !., . sliOrt gown and petticoat of some coarso material, with a striped apron, calicoes being thought unite a dressy article. Tho household furniture was rudo and coarse ; carpets, sofas, pianos were unheard of; in stead of them was the spinning wheel both small and great, and the loom articles if less ornamental, cer tainly more indispensable. Tea and coffee wero al most unknown; broths of various kinds, corn, bean, with quillings, apple-parings anil carding-beeis. If buzzing oi wiiecis ana ino ciauer oi looms, ii ino ".mates had fewer moans ofhigh-wrought excitcirient, ''ney wero not destitute of the sources of contentment of!and tranquil enjoyment. The editor of a western paper having lent his axo to one of his subscribers, tho borrower unfortunately Woke oil the handle. On returning it, tho man said, "You can easily get it fixed." "Yes," rtplied the editor, "but that will cost at least a quarter of a dollar" "Well," replied the bdrrowpr, "if you aint rather small for an editor! Hero's the quarter, but I'll thank you to stop my paper at onco !" Whon any man speaks ill of us, we aro to make uso of if as a caution, Without troubling ourselves at tho calumny. Ho is in a wretched case that values himself upon other people's opinions, and depends up on their judgment fur the peace of his life. The apprehension of evil is many times worse than tho evil itself; and the ills a man fears he shall suffer, ho suffers in the foar ef them, 1853, "Ilave wo a JBouriod among us.' In Putnam's Monthly February is nr. interesting and ingenious article under this title. Thcro have .pen in the papers from time lo time, brief Items sta- l"a ey- 'ewnr Williams, a mis: among U.Indjans at Green Bay, AVisconsin, was tho !f7,l,!. P'u.Phln Chdrlbs Louis, son of.IuU XVI. Swt."1?'1'0!!?' "ipso death by serofulaw w, ;.r . r u ,j,"n r1 in' . t concerning s,i" '''''v The evidence produced in tliis dtticlo, to s'",w ''iat "l0 Kv- Mr- Williams is, tho son of Lou- ls is very remarkable. Tho chief point in it rests upon the assertion of Williams himself, that the Prince de Joinville, when he visited this country had art interview With him and endeavored to obtain from him a resignation bf the crown of Franco in favor of Louis Phillippo. Hut there is other evidenco strong ly corrobating this, from other sources. AVo give tho summing up of the evidence by the author of the ar ticle (Rev. John H. Hanson, an Episcopal clergyman of New York) and shall hereafter quote the account of the alleged interview between the Prince and the clergyman : 1st. That tho Prince do Joinville, on his arrival in this country, inquired for Mr. Williams, and sought and obtained an interview with him at Green llav. in which after demanding a conditional pledge of sucro- cy 1,0 "quired of him a resignation of the crown of i,rance, as its legitimate heir in favor of Louis Phil- "PPG and afterwards corresponded With hint thro' tho secretaries. 2d. That after tlib Priri'cVc.return, Louis Phillippo rmu ;iui ins own nana to jur. u imams. 3d. That Rolanccr. a Frenchman who died at NVw rlcans 111 1818, confessed v Hen dying that lie brought "'"..V ""l""" "lls coun"J 4th. That the French ambassador. Genet, in tlm. presence of Dr. Francis and others, acknowledged that in the Stale or New York, in IBVf. 5th. That the Le Ray dcChauuiont who, according ,0.thn Gcnct slatenlcnt acquainted with the af- ' """"; "" mine, uuigii- uiiriiuuu wucre nir. uuams was orougnt up, onco in conversation with lain, mado a remote allusion to the Dauphin. (itli. That Col. de Ferrier, one of the body guard of Louis XVI. married, and resided among the Indi ans, at Oneida, wheio a considerable part of Mr. Wil liams's life u-as spent, and that he Lo Ray believed a meml)er "f Louis XVIlh's faniily, lobe in an indigent c1"10" America. llie Abl)C ,,e Co1ni'o, resided at Trois Riviore near Caughnawaga, believed tho Dauphin to b? a,ivB' and in America, and that Bishop Chcvreuse did tho same. 8th. That efforts wcro made to induce Mr. Wil liams to return to the Romish communion', of a nature only explicable on the supposition of his being a moro than ordinary person. 9th. That the name of Elcazer Williams is not on the baptismal record at Caughnawaga. 10th. That ho has none of the characteristics of an Indian. 11th. That ho closely resembles Louis XVI. 1-th . That various marks on his body correspond exactly with those known to havo been on the body of from tho solemnities for tho departed Bourbons, in the reign ol Louis XVIII. 11th. That the Indian woman, his reputed mother, docs not acknowledge him to be her child. 15lh. That boxes of clothing and medals of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette, weio left with the child, one of which is still in Mr. Williams's possession. I Gih. That an unknown Frenchman came to see I Mr. Williams in youth, and wept over him. 17th. That his board and tuition wero regularly I paid at Dr. Ely's, when it was known that his repu ! ted father had neither means nor inclination to do so. 18th. That Williams remembers a conversation, on I tho subject of his education, between Thdmas Wil- Hams and his wife, in which it was stated that means i wero provided for tho purpose, and another between 1 ' V ""Ti a"U, anaetncyaen' 1,1 I fact.of a y bc'"f? committed to the care of I "0 lornwr in wim, was menuoiieu. iOth. That ho recognized tho portraits of Simon tho jailor, and of Madame Elizabeth, when unexpectedly placed before him by Prof. Day. 20tlf That Williams was idiotic at tho ago of 13 or 11. 21st. That the Dauphin, at the ago of 10, was re duced to thb same condition by ill-treatment. 29d. That sinco the recovery of his reason, faint dreamy remembrances of tho past havo returned to tho mind of Mr. Williams, corresponding to known scenes in the Dauphin's history. 23d. That the decree, for tho banishment of the son of Louis XVI., passed the French Convention in 1701. 21th. That the President and ecclesiastical digni taries uf Franco havo written to Mr. AVilliams, mak ing enquiries concerning his history. 25th. That there have been various attempts to per sonate the Dauphin. 20th. That Rochefoucauld Liancourt WaS at Onei da, Albany, and Saratogo, in 1795, under circumstan ces which create suspicion of his having some agency in the transaction, and also in close communication with various persons of the name of Williams, and that shortly after, Louis Phillippo and liis brothers were amon the Indians in Western N. Vi so iri New Orleans, in tho vicinity of Bela York, and al- anger. 27th. That the Rev. Eleazer Vv illiams has been frir 20 years a laborious Missionary in tho Protestant Episcopal Church, and Is at present a clergymah in good standing. Extract from an article in the Knickerbocker Magazine on Women. There are thoso who are of no value ill themselves considered, but aro used as tools by others. There are women who pice lilo t eoino wiio ar Always writing little billets; some who have a mind of their own, and occasionally ono who can tell What she knows ; some who overrate their literary abilities, and somo who indulge patience until it becomes indolence. But there aro many, very many, walking with and around us who are the true-hearted and tho good. Such a one may have talenl or not; she has what is better gooi sense. She lives to bless and bo bles sed. Her high destiny is not to achieve any great or wonderful work, or to provo the perfection of her sex, but to do what she can ; daily fulfilling daily duties, daily experiencing daily pleasures; hor homo hor kingdom ; a few loving hearts tho object of her unlit' ing care ; sho moves on, and her influence will be folt. Silently compassionate toward human weakness, na tively sympathizing with human suffering, tho tribunal of neighborly criticism awes her not ; for she acknowl edges a higher, and bears about within her the testi mony of lief own integrity of purpose. With her there are no jealousies, no heart burnings. High- miudod principle hag no need of polioy or manoauyer- No, 20, ilig, and a soul capable of relying upon itself lias no . lh ng to do with tho affairs or opinions of others, but calmly evenly pursues its course. Whether foun-1 in the bright circle of social enjoytnerit, or in tho jcv cr ending routine df domestic drudgery, ll.ero is that ill voman's character ttllich can dinnifv wr Which can lighten hor monotonous labors, as with a t "g ,r-1' a.,'yinS "carl, sho oxiUu Ji!catlim.by fulfilling ull its dullts in a perfect wayi - labors, what wonder is it tlldt women arc imperfect creatures ? Their sphere is a"small ono ; tho greater part oi tno time and thought of our Amctican wo men is taken up with domestic duties ; in considering and making practical application df the great ques tions, 'What shall we cat!' 'What shall We drink?' and 'Wherewithal thall we be clothed?' Whatever tho ptipuUr opinion may bo as to the necessity of this state of things, tine faBt is certain that no breakfast or dinner ever camo by nature; and wo doubt not, that IV the truth were told, the expression of thankfulness 'for the food now set before us,' which we rejoice lo say is heard in so many American houses, is often ac companied with the lurking femaie dciite that He who sends1 food would also send cooks. This employment, with a share of dusting and sweeping' arid taking caro of children, is one of no extravagant realizations of enjoyment, varied as it may lib with the restoring bf buttuns to tlio right place, and the making shirts tc go willi tho buttons; Tins tendency of thi3 life is naturally toward a stale of 'masterly inactivity' of tho intellect. A blight sunshine wakens thoughts of good drying days; a grassy bank is but a good bleaching place ; a waving field of grain, with its bowing beard ed beau's, wakens ilo thoughts but of bread loaves, and a clear rippling stream sdggests no idea savo that of pan-fish. Before tho 'kitten was spoiled into the cal,' thero wero moro romantic thoughts; but to pursue ro- .nianrp after womanly life has begun, wero as vain ai iar-3rsr.rmirjrt tir iti(r'teinia-t3aiiiVKXM, -,. .T -. , . her circling whirls.after her own terminating append- aSe- . v. . To what end is all this ? Sintply and only to bpg mat we poor women may bo left to pursue our courso in peace. We have had a surfeit of advice ; wc aro gorged with excellent suggestions; We dry 'hold' hold! it is enough'.' But in vain is bur cry ; our supplication is but further proof of Mi ricca1. Then, good sirs, wise gentlemen, hear a little theory of our own. Despite Mr. Caudle, the wiso Mrs. Ellis, that traitor to her sex, the 'Looking-glass for Ladies, etc., ad infinitum, we beg leave to suggest, that though the hearing of the car may bo a good thing, the sight of the eye id better; and that rtlari can bring Woman to his niodel of perfection far sooner by tho fdido of ex ample, than by the force of words. A woman's heart and countenance aro perfect mirrors. If sho scos a cheerful smile, and hears a pleasant word, thcro comes to her lipa the words of hopefulness, pleasure lights her own bright eye, and her trusting heart will rojoico in the present, caring neither for tho past or future. If man would liavo womm a reasonable being, let him treat her reasonably. If he would give her loftier ideas than household drudgery, or have a companion rather than a plaything, let him aim at companionship. If he would have hor act from high and holy principles, let her first see them actuating him, and unconsciously she would grow like, both from her own approval of MnWlmivw--Qd.0fOTn-JMulAQUY ed lo the strong by the weak, and no woman loves tlio man she docs not respect. Would you havo her cheer ful and happy in your presence! As well might you expect to see bright-eyed flowers spring from tho white snow bank, and rejoice in the cold, chcerldtS light of a wind cloud, as tri look for this with an averted oyo and indifferent heart, bo you husband, father or broth er. Oh ! tho dreary winter man can (and docs) mako of woman's life, and that without, one worii of unkind ncss, ono specbh of bitterness ! Wo maintain that even the faults of women arc not redd aright. TJio seemingly incessant Worry of a nfother is but the misguided manifestation of deep, de voted love. Tho forever 'putting to rights,' which makes homo a sort of stinging bcc hive, is impelled by a desire to make that home more comfortable. In an unwillingness to assume untried responsibility, noth ing may appear but the avowal of incapacity ; but that incapacity is caused by a deep sense of personal obli gation and an ardent longing for tlio perfect fulfilment of duty. The annoying fault-finder is endued with a fastidious, refined taste, and one may read in the glis tening tears of a woman's eye, at tlio recital of want and wo, sympathy and heartfelt pity moro plainly told 'than the avowal of credulity and undue sensibility; Let but the experiment of a good example be mado ; let tho 'Aids,' 'Guides, "Letteis," and 'Scrmoos,' did of their own heaviness. Try but for six months what confidence, afTection, ami intellectual companionship will do, and hopeless as your domchtie inalttrs may seem, we will engage, that, instead of a house you will have a home ; instead of being simply a married man, you will havo a wife; if you havo children you Will find that they havo a father, and you yourself will not again mistake resignation for contentment. I Love that Chicken, I do. Now what caused such an expression fo gusli forth from tho warm heart of a littlo child ? That chicken which he loved, showed a remarkable sympathy and kindness towards a broken Winged of the same brood. Tho brood had becomo old enough to take to the roost but the ono injured in his wing could not get lip there, and was obliged to content himself with climbing up the side of an out-door wood-pile, sortie distance from the comfortablo resting place of his fellows. One ot the brood went with him to his Wood-pile rob3t, nes tled by his side, kept him company by day and by night, taking his part When pecked at by others, and showing in various ways great siinnathy and kindness, till the injured ono had outgrown his misfortune. The child noticed, and was greatly interested irt this.striking manifestation of friendship, and could not well help exclaiming, "I lovo that chicken, I do,' and well he might. There was something in that chick en's conduct toward his unfortunate feUiu), worthy of being loved worthy of man's imitation. There are, so td speik, many broken-winged ones in the human family, who cannot reach the comforta ble, places of rest which others enjoy. They should rccoivo substantial tokens af synlpalhy and kindness from the mora favored. Let such opportunities be well improved. By so doing we shall awaken in many bosoms, emotions of love toward ourselves, call forth hearty benedictions upon tis, and find in our ex perience the truth of tho inspired declaration, thtt it is moro blessed to give than to receive. "dive and do good be Uud to all The- humble and the poor. True blewlngs on your liead laall fall, Which kindnou can secure." Christian Watchman. "I'm afloat ! I'maioH!" rcreamod out a jj-qjing lady of powerful lungs, and. finger to match, s eha exercised both at the piano. "You're afloat, oh I" growled an old sea captaim "I should judge you w afloat-by the sjuall yott have just raised." . .