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IPdUIEITET.
TEE PEOPLE'S HYMN.
U, brothers, up ! the light begins,
Along the eastern iky.
To promise that the night il past,
i And better days re nigh i , .
A clarion voice rings o'er the hilll,
The valleys catch the sound, . .
And freedom is the stirring ery
j That fills the world around I , . '
. It pierces through tbe fading'gloom.
Its strength the pessant feels,
' And old oppression from its throne '
' With ihsrae and terror reels t '
, All men ItlVup their hearts and hand
, More fearless and more free, .
.'And loud ring out the common shout,. '
So more we'll bend the knee I
From smithy-forge, from fisher's cot,
From ploughs that break the lea,
Prom iron looms, from smoking mines,
" From ships that cleave the sea,
One voice unites, and mightier .
Sweeps on, and ever on,
. The tyrant's day, the vassal's work,
; Are gone, lorever gone I
Up t brothers, up f and share the light;
Rejoice, the day has come
When freedom decks the lowestshrine.
And guards the poorest home ;
Rejoice, and pledge with strengthening ties
The new-born heart and mind,
To keep the boon, and pass it on
- To all of human kind.
Rejoice, that ye have broke at length
The thng and heavy chain,
Which neither age nor human strength
Can bind ye with again!
Bejoice, and swear ye will not bend,
Nor give the guerdon back,
Though glistening steel disputes the way,
And flame is on your track 1
SELECT EE) TAHiE.
AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW.
I hope the day is not far distant when
drunkenness will be unknown in our
highly-favored country. The moral world
is rising in its strength eeatnst the all
destroying vice, and though the monster
still struggles, and stings, and poisons
with deadly effect in many parts or our
wide-spread territory, it is perceptibly
wounded and weakened; and I flatter
myself if I should live to number ten
years more, I shall see it driven entirely
from the higher walks of life at least, if
not from alt grades of society. ' for the
honor of my contemporaries, I would
register none of its crimes or its Tollies ;
but, in noticing the peculiarities of the
age in which I live, candor constrains
me to give this vice a passing notice
The interview which I am aoout to pre
sent to my readers exhibits it in us
mildest and most harmless forms.
In the county of , and about
five miles apart, lived old Hardy Slow
and old Tobias Swift.. They were both
industrious, honest, sensible farmers
when sober ; but they never visited their
country town without getting drunk ;
and then they were precisely what the
following narrative makes them.
They both happened at the Court
house on the same day when I last saw
them together ; the former accompanied
by his wife, and the latter by his young
est son, a lad anout thirteen, looms
was just clearly on the wrong side of the
line which divides drunk from sober ;
but Hardy- was "royally corned" (but
not falling) when they met, about an
hour by sun in the afternoon, near the
rack at which both their horses, were
hitched. . ..
They stopped about four feet apart,
and looked each other full iu the face
for about halfa minute during all which
time Toby sucked his teeth, winkad, and
made signs with his shoulders and el
bows to the' by -slanders that he knew
Hardy was drunk,-and was going to quiz
him Tor their amusement. . In the mean
time. Hardy looked at Tobias, like a
polite man dropping to sleep, in spite of
in
miuocii, uuaer a lung, uuu Divry. ; -At
length Toby broke silence: -
"How goes it, uncle Hardy?" (winking
to tne company ana shrugging nis snoul
ders.) . '
"Why,' Toby! U that you! Well
upon my why, Toby! Lord help my
soul and Why, Toby! what, in
the, wort', set, you, to, gitt'n, drunk
this, time b day! -- Swear, poin' blank,
you're , drunk! Why you must be,
an old fool to, get, drunk, right, be
fore, all, these, gentlemen a'ready, To
by." - v..::;::
Well, but, now you see" (winking),
"uncle Hardy, gilt-cup en't a quart
not, nor a quart-pot an't a two-gallon
jug; and therefore" (winkiig and .chuck
ling,) "uncle Hardy, thing Is a thing,
turn it which way you will, it just sticks
at what it was before you give : it first
ex ei ploit." .?. 5 i--.iv ',
Well, the, Lord, help; my - Why,
Toby! what," Is the reas n, you, never,
.wilt, answers me this, one circumstance
and, .that, is I,4 always,' find, you,
drunk, wheo, I come here.''
"Welf. how; bntuncle ' Hardr. r von
always know circumstance alter eases,
as the fellow said, and therefore, if one
circumstance alters another circumstance
how's your wife end cbi drenT"
"I swear. poinV blank. 1 sha'n't is
you 'cause: you r'allv. Is. ton HrunV
to know, my wife, when, you, meet, her,
in me street, all, day, long, and, she'll
tell, you, the, very, same, thing, as, all
these, gentlemen, can testimony.", ,
"Well, but now you see, uncle Hardy
thinking's one thing and knowing's an
other, aa the fallow said; and the proof
v me puumng a cnawin the oag, as thi
fellow said; and you see toll-doll-did
dle-de-doll-doll-day" (singing and cn
pering), "you think I can't dance?
Come, uncle Herdy, let's dance."
"Why, Tobyl you come to this?
didn't mako.you, drunk, did 1? You
an't, took, a drink, with, me, this, live,
long, day baa vouT I. sav. has von
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"No, uncle Har "
, "Well, then, let's go, take a drink."
"Well, but you see. uncle Hsrdv
drinkin's drinkin'; but that's neither here
nor there as the fellow said, (aineini.
"come, all ye yonntr sparkers, come llatrn to me,
And I'll siiif yoa a liilli of a preiti ladee.":
"Why. Toby! ha ha ha! Well.
r'ally, did, think, you, was, drunk, but
now I b'lieve blast the flies! 1 h'lieve.
they, jest, aa li'f, walk, in my, mouth, as
in, my, nose." (Then looking with his
eyes nan ciosen at lODy lor several min
utcs.) " Why.Toby. you. soit 'bacco-sDit
all over, your jacket and, that's jist
the, very, way, you, got, in your fix."
At this moment Mrs. Slow came ud
ana immediately alter, swift's son, Wil
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ism.
"Come," said the good lady, "old r
el's go home: it's Eettine late, and ih
I man
here
a cieuu noing; we u get wet.
"Why, Nancy! what in the worl' ha
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got into you! Is you drunk loo? Well
'pon, my word, honor. I. b'lieve. everv.
body, in this town, is got drunk to-day
Why, Nancy! I never, did. see. vou. in.
that fix, before, in, all, my, live, long,
uvrn, nays.
"Well, never mind," said she; "come
I -Ft .
ei a go nome. xon t vou see the rain
coming up?"
la .a
"wen, will, it rain, upon, my corn
field, or my cotton-patch? Say, Nancy!
wnicn one, will it rain onl But. Lord.
help, my, soul, you are, too, drunk, to
tell me, any, thine, about it. Don't mv
corn want rain, jsancyl iow, list, tel
me, that?"
"Yes; but let's go home."
"Then, why. unon. the face, of thr
earth, won t you, let it, rain, then? I,
i -
ratner, it, should rain, than not." .'
"Come, old man." said several bv
standers, touched with svmoathv for tha
gooa lauy, -come, get on your horse and
go home, and we will help you."
"Oh yes, uncle Hardy," said Tobias,
affecting to throw all humor aside, and
to become very sober all at once, "go
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nome witn the old woman. Come, gen
tlemen, let's heln 'em on their horses
they re groggy mighty groggy. Come,
old nun, I'll help you," (staggering to
naruy.)
"Jist look at daddy now!" said Billv:
he's going to help Mr. Swift, and he's
as drunk aa Mr. Swift js. Oh, daddy,
come, let s go home, or we'll get mazm
wet."
Toby stooped down to help Hardy on
is norae toetore tne norse was taken
from the rack), and throwing his arm
round Hardy's legs, he fell and so did
Hardy. :
"Why Lord, bless, my. soul." said
Hardy, "I b'lieve, I'm drunk, too
What, upon the, face, of the earth, has
got, into, all, of us, this day!"
"wny, uncle Hardy," said Toby, "you
pulled us both down togethei. ' .
"The old man's mighty groggy," said
xuuy iu me, in b nan wnisper, ana wiin
an arch wink and smile, es he rose up,
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happening to be next to him at the
moment. "5 pose we help him up and
get him off.. The old woman's in for it
too," continued lie, winking, nodding,
rid shrugging up his shoulders very sig
ucaniiy. "
"Oh no," said I. "the old woman is
perfectly sober; ar.d I never heard of her
tasting a drop in all my life."
"Uh, said loby, assuming the grav
ty of a parson, "loves it mightily, might-
ly! Monstrous woman for drinking!
it least that's ray opinion. Monstrous
fine woman though!, monstrous fine!"
"Oh, daddy, for the Lord's sake let's
go home ; only see what a rain is com
ng!" said Billy.
"Daddv'll go presently, my son."
"Well, here's vour horse : set uo'and
let s go. Mammv'll be sure to be send
. , , r
for os. .
. "Don't mind him," said Toby, wink
ing to me ; "he's nothing but a boy; 1
wouldn t take no notice of what he said
He want's me" (winking and smiling)
"to go home with him; now you listen."
" Well, come,", said I to uncle Toby,
"get on your horse, and go home; a very
heavy rain is coming up." .
- "I'll go presently; but you just listen
to Bill,' said he to me winking and
smiling. .-. - -.r . . , .
' "Ob, daddy for the Lord's sake let's
go home." ... , , . : .,
; Toby smiled archly, and winked at
me.1' v.'- - .
"Daddy, ate you going home or not?
Jist look at the rain cominV':;,,! . ,,v ;
' Toby smiled and winked. 'v
"Well, I do thinkdrunken man Is
the biggest foal In tbe county .'? said BUI,
"I donrt care who. he la," :'
' f Bill! ' said the old man, very sternly,
'"honor thy father and, moiherTt bat
that the woman's seed may bruisVlhe
serpent's head.''.. .: ' y
"VV 11, daddy, tell me, if you won't go
homel iYou see it's going .to rain pow
erful. If you , won't 8 mX Iio1 ,
' 'BilI! Leave not thv father who U
gat thee; for thou art my beloved son
sau, in whom J am well pleased.' ?;
. " Why.daddy.lt'adropping rain now."
Here Bill wes reltevod from his anxi
ety by the appearance of Aaron, a trusty
ecrvani, wnom inrs, oiow naa despatch
ed for his master, to - whose care Bil
commuted. him, and was soon out of
sight. . ,' . .. ; . , ', . ;
Aaron's custom had lone been to oick
up his master without ceremony, put him
on his horse,' and bear him away. So
used to this dealing had Toby been, that,
when he saw Aaron, he surrendered a
discretion, and waa soon on the road.
But as the rain descended in torrent tin.
fore even Bill could have proceeded half
miie, me wnoie oi them must: have
been drenched to the skin. ,
As lo Hardy, whom in the nroner or
der we ought to have disposed of first,
ne was put on his hprse by main force,
ana waa led oa by his wife, to whom he
was muttering, as for as I could hear
him, "Why, Nancy! hovy, did, you, get,
in, such a fix? You'll, fall, off, your,
norse, sure, as you're born, and I'll have
in pui you up again." as thev were
constrained to go on a walk, they too
must have got wringing wet, though they
had a quarter of an hour the start of
loby. HALL.
How Many Hours to Work.
This has been and continues to be
mooted point, but we think the truth lies
in the principle laid down bv the Lon.
don Quarterly Review, that the limit to
mental work varies not only in various
! I ! S . I . a a
imnvkiuais, nui according to the nature
of the work itself. Dr. Johnson assigned
eight hours a day as sufficient for study ;
Sir Walter Scott worked four or five ;
mathematicians, and those who do not
tax the imagination much, may and do
safely study ten or twelve hours daily.
a a a a . '
as a general preposition, it may be sta
ted that those studies which excite the
feelings ere those which can be least
borne. On the other hand, the tranquil
auors oi me minu nave a marked ten
dency to prolong life. "Ou meurt de
Bertise" is perfectly true : the unemolov
ed brain, like the unused muscle, decays
unu perisnes quite es soon as the over,
wrought organ. Benard. in his "Tree.
tise on the influence of Civilization on
Longevity," shows the effect of brain la.
bor of an unexciting kind in those who
are protected by an arsured income from
the inroads of care. He took at random
the ages of one hundred and fifiv-two in
dividuals, one half of whom wore mem
bers of the Academy of Sciences, the
other half of tho Academy of Inscriptions.
and found that the average longevity of
uiese maiiiernaiicians ana antiquarians
was ninety-six years ; Sir Humphrey
Davy seems to have had in view only
those who have "battled" with life when
he elates "that there are few instances in
this country of very eminent men reach
ing old age. They usually fail, droop,
and die before they attain the period
naturally marked for the end of human
existences; the lives of our statesmen.
warriors, poets, and even nhilosonhers.
offer abundant proofs of the truth of this
opinion, whatever burns, consumes
ashes remain!"
Franklin in France.
Is a gallery of paintings in the Louvre,
was much gratified in perceiving the
portrait of Franklin near those of the
king and queen, placed there as a mark
of distinguished resoect. and. as waa tin.
derstood, in conformity with royol direc
tions. Few foreigners have been pre
sented at the Court of St. Cloud, who
have acquired so much popularity and
influence as Dr. Franklin. I have
seen the populace attending his carriage
in the mariner they follow the king'a
His venerable figure, the ease of his
manners formed in an intercourse of
fifty years with the world his benevo
lent countenance, and: hi famn aa
philosopher, all tended to excite love,
and to command influence and respect.
He had attained by the exercise of these
luaiittes, a powerful interest in the feel-
ngs of the beautiful QU66n of France.
one, ai mat time, held a strong political
influence. The exercise of the influence.
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urouiy Directed by r rank in. tended to
I . 1 aa .a.
produce toe acknowledgement of our
independence, and the subsequent ef
ficient measures pursued by France in
itS' RUDOOrt. Forthcoming "HUmnir.
oj jbixancn watton."
Prater was not invented ; it
waa born with the first sigh, the first joy,
the first sorrow of the human heart ; or
rather man was born to pray ; to glorify
God, or to implore Him, waa his onlj
mission here below ; all else perishes
before him or with him ; but the cry
oi giory or acmiratton, or oi love which
he raises towards his Creator, does not
perish on his passage from the earth ; it
re-ascends, it resounds from age to ago,
in the ear of the Almighty, like the re-
uskuuii ui ma own magnincence. it Is
the only thing in man which is wholly
divine ; and which he can . exhale with
joy and pride in an homage to him. to
whom homage alone is due the infinite
and eternal being. Laroartino. J ;
Owiiro to- thedeath tf StoirtT
C. BartoM, the indictments bending
against Lraua Cole,' Captain Cvmnirs
and others, charged. -with burning the
steamer Martha Washington, have, on
motion of the attorney for the defence,
been quashed.1 "" ' ''' j.' J '-" ;
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: ' tSf. Ret. Dr; FvtLCR,of Baltimore,
dociinaa the office of ;Vice-PresiderU of
thefiible.Union, and atatea frankly tha
ha has nd confideneein it. ' ThiaUriinn
is laborin for near IransIatioiLof tbl
Bible) ai the Baptisti onderata'nd it. i
't V. -.The FrMont,..
i PL crouch to day, and worship . ,
. Tbe old Past, whose life U fled
Hush your voice to tender reverence i .
Crowned he lies, but cold and dead. " ' '
'"'n4 Present reigns our monsreb,' ;
With an added weight t f hours
Honor her, for she is mighty I , ;
1 Honor her, for she is ours ! " ' ' .
See the shadows of his heroes'! i 1 -1
Oirt around her eloudy throne I ' "
And each day the ranks are strengthened
By great hearts to him unknown I -Noble
things the great Past promised,
Holy dreams both strsnge ar.d new.
But the Present shall fulfil them
What he promised she shall do. '
She inherits all his tressures, ""
She is heir to all his fame,
And the light that lightens ro'ind her
Is the lustre of his name j ,- - :
She is wise with all his wisdom,
Living on his grave she stands, "
On her brow she bears his lsurels.
And his harvests in her hsnds.
Coward I can she reign and conquer, '
' If we thus her glory dimT
Let us fight for her as nobly
As our fathers fought for him.
God, who crowns the dying ages,
Bids her rule, and us obey
Bids us cast our lives before her,
With our loving hearts to day.
HOUSB MlMORIES In tha Hnnaa al
length, a man finds his own life ra-wrii
ten, Dumb and inanimate thing forget
uion iiHiure. anu both live anil anaak
Wis joys are recorded all over' it. His
sorrows are registered therein. To tha
stranger, there is no hand-writing on the
wan. io ine owner every inch is cov
ered with invisible recorJs of past ex
perience. Nothing will ever efface the
rememoerance of the ear v dava of wad.
ded joy the mysterious sense of a
double being : a double heart heatinir
love's perpetual reveille ; eveninzs that
seemed bright as mornine. nichts. aa
light as day ; hours that ran in musical
numbers through the day and framed
time to a harmony of wonerous joy,
What if none other eye can see these
things painted on the walls ! The owner
sees them I Memory can fresco the
plainest walls, and empty spaces even,
ss no outside article, working with pig
ments, can do. We have domes in our
house mighty as St. Peter's. We have
pictures beyond Raffael's. But we can
not show them to others. It is not our
eye that see them, but our soul ! The
doors recall days and evenings: the win
dows are perpetual ministers, whisper
ing the airy memories of old days. The
floors have a meaning. The sounds of
latch, the different echoes of shuter.
ing or opening doors, the creak of the
plank, the hum of the winds in different
rooms, all are suggestive tni historic of
domestic life. And, as the early Chris
tians covered the dingy walls of the
catacombs with rude sketches, and
journalized there their hopes, and joys,
anu iaun, so aom tne neart, everlasting
artist of beauty, inscribe its fancies and
its feelings through all the dwelling.
SaSf Or all the vanities which eoto
make up the great Upper Tendom of
.ew xoik, prooabiy none exhibits mora
extravagance and extreme folly than the
system of the bestowal of bridol pres
ents. A wedding in the "ciiclaa" i a
vanity Fair in tha most perfect sense.
Speaking of this subject the New York
Mirror says : Hymen still continues to
be the ruling divinity in the upper cir
cles of the town. .Every day there is a
grand wedding, and the carriages of
guests fill the streets of the neighbor
hood. The rivalry at these weddings
seems to be in regard to bridal prdsents,
and every succeeding nuptial show far
eclipses all previous exhibitions. One
entire room is devoted lo these gifts
(some malicious person calls them tem
porary loans,) and the articles of bijou
terie are spread out and labeled with the
names of the donors, and frequently with
the accompanying presontation notes.
The display looks like a jeweler's shop.
There are knick-knacks of use end or
nament ranging from $5 to$5,000 and i
the aggregate cost of the presents often
swell to a fabulous figure. We have
heard estimates as high as $25,000.
A mercenary wag remarked, on get
ting at one of the shows, that "it was
really an object in these times to get mar
ried.", Amoing the latest of these bridal
displays, we noticed a novelty in the
shape of sacred vestments, (to be worn
nearest tne person ol the bride,) a mus
lin mystery of lace and embroidery that
baffled all description, but the subject
is altogether too delicate we think for
public exhibition. . Besides, to find such
a ruffled bosom in the nunlial paradise.
is not exactly the thing.
Laughter. "Ride ii tavit. Be sensi
ble end laugh,'! says Martial, and in
another place, "Learn by laughter to
smooth down the wrinkles of your fore
head." And Solomon in his proverbs
says, "Be not over wise, lest you become
stupid' "Laughtei appertains to truth,
which is always cheerful and gay," says
Tertullian. "I neither admire nor love
sadness," says Montaigne, "though the
world usually honora it with especial
favor. They clothe wisdom and virtue
with it, tho horrid, ugly dreis 1" - v ,,:
Said a distiguisbed city oastor
to a young member of his flock . ''Bro
ther we are alwaya plessed to hear
vou apeak in prayer meeting, and we
hope: you will continue lo do so ;. but i
would advise you to be as brisf aa pos
sible,, and if the brethren think you are
too bruf they wili teli you of it."
mis was spoken irj love, Md had lbs
desired effect. Charleston Mercury.
wbish is, gathered from one's own, in.
rli.atr ' ..'i.:...- '. '
-t."-.-; viC!SNti,i;,i .vt.-n.ta ' ;
snaisaipiEi7.
DEATH OF BED JACKET.
Ha waa taken ill . in the . Counci
House( of cholera morbus, where he had
gone that day, dressed with more than
ordinary care, with all his gay apparel
and ornaments. When he returned he
said to his wife,. "I em sick,. I never
shall recover, 1 could not stay till tbe
council naa nnisned,
?a a . a a a a
He then took off all his rich costume
and . laid it carefully away reclined
nimseii upon bis couch and not rise
again till morning, or speak except to
answer some sugnt question. His wile
prepared him medicine which he patient
ly took, but said, "It will do me no
good, I shall die."
The next day ha called bis wife to
mm, and requested her and the little
girl he loved so much to sit beside bim
and listen to his patting words :
"I am going to die." he said., "lahal
never leave the house again' alive. I
wish to thank you for your kindness to
me. You have always prepared my
food, and taken care of my clothes and
been patient with me. I um sorry I have
ireatea you unkindly. 1 am sorrv I left
you because of your new religion, and
i am convinced mat it is a good re
ligion, and has made you a better wo
man, and I wish you lo persevere in it
I .1 1.1 III. ." L ,. .....
j buouiu use to nave uvea a little
longer for your sake. I meant to build
you a new bouse, and make you more
comfortable, but it is now too late. But
I hope my daughter will remember what
i nave so oiten told her, not to go into
the streets with strangers or associate
wiin improper persons, she must stay
with her raoiher, and grow up to be a
respeciaoie woman.
When I am dead it will be hosied
abroad through all the world, they hear
oi across the great water and say. "Red
Jacket, the great orator is dead." And
white men will come and ask Tor my
body. They will wish to bury me.
But do not let them take me. Clothe
me in my simplest dress, put on my lee
gins and my moccasins, and hang the
I f L
cross wnicn i nave worn so long around
my neck, and let it lie upon my bosom.
inen oury me among my people.
neither do 1 wish to be buried with
pagan rights. I wish the ceremonies to
be as you like, according to the cus
toms of your new religion, if you choose.
Your minister says the dead will rise.
Perhaps they will. If (hey do. I wish
to rise with my old comrades, I do not
wish to rise among pale faces : I wish
to be surrounded with red men.
Do not mske a least according to the
customs oi Indian. Whenever my friends
choose, they could come and feast with
me when I wss well, and 1 do not wish
those who have never eaten with me in
my cabin, to surfeit at my funeral feast.
.When he had finished he had laid
himself upon the couch and did not rise
again. He lived several days, but was
most of the time in a stupor or else
delerious. He often asked for Mr. Har
ris, the missionary, and afterwards would
unconsciously mutter,"l do not hate him,
he thinks I hate him, but I do not.. I
would not hurt him." The missionary
was sent lor repeatedly, but did not re
turn until he was dead. When the mes
ganger told him Mr. H irris has not come,
he replied, "Very well. The Great Spir
it will order it as he sees best, whether
I have an opportunity to speak with him."
Again ne wouiu murmur, "tie accused
me or being a snake and trying to bite
somebody. This was very true, but 1
wish to repent end make satisfaction."
Whether it was Mr. Harris that he re
ferred to all tbe time he was talking this
way, couia not De ascertained, as he did
not seem to comprehend if any direct
question was put to him, but from re
marks and his own enmity to him, this
was the natural supposition.
Sometimes he would think be saw some
of his old companions around him, and
exclaim, "There is Farmer's brother,
why doe he trouble me why does be
stand there looking at mei" then he
would again sink into a stupor.
The wife and daughter were the only
ones to whom he spoke parting words
or a parting blessing; but es his last
hour drew nigh his family all gathered
around him, and mournful it waa to think
that the children were not his own his
were all asleep in the little church yard,
where he was soon to bo laid they were
his step-children the children of his
favorite wife.. ..... , '
These he had always loved and cher
ished, and they loved and honored him
for their mother had taught them.. The
wife sat by his pillow and the two
sons, : who are now aged and christian
men, and by his side the little girl, whose
little hesd rested upon his withered hand
and trembling palm. His last words
still, "Where is the missionary?" and
then be clasped the child to bis bosom,
while she sobbed in anguish her ears
caught his huiried breathing hi arma
relaxed their bold she looked up, and
he waa gone. , - .. ( ,. '
A Bad Effect of BpUtnalitnt. v .'
The Buffalo Post of Monday ssys !
We learn from unquestioned authority
that a very respectable arid worth young
man, a box maker, working on Jackson
street, in this city, we taken on Sunday
to tha Insane Department of the Erie
Co. Poor House, in a skate of most rab
id insanity, produced by Ihe Operation
of ha Spiritual Rapping delusion and
pretended ."msnifeststioas," ;We lVo
that lbs young man ( whose name we Can
give it necessKy, is strictly temperate
man "w i 'aWious, poa no, aouor,
whatever exists ia the minds of those
conversant with the circumstances of his
ease,; that bis Uruble insanity: ia direct
la .si.'.k..(s.l. a aL ..!. a 1 ' '
aia.liroblaaaadla 0.1
. .in&ABSAir,
He lived forty-two years, In which pe
riod be underwent every species of per
secutinn, was accused of every sort of
crimes inrown inio prison, seventeen
times by virtue of as many leres-ds
cacoei, procured chiefly try his own
father, tried, condemned, exiled, execu
ted in effigy, ; He tasted the aweetneas
and tbe bitterness of every individoa
stream which flows from the fountain of
human passion he gave the Immediate
impulsion to a mishtv revolution: he
created and directed tne dominant opir.
ions of twenty-fife millions of men for
- . . ... V . . . -
two years together, by the sinsle mszic
of intellectual superiority: he was hated.
and feared i and courted by antagonist
iscuons j ne triumphed, over every ob
Steele, and avenged himself of every en
emy j he died an exhausted debauchee,
professed Atheist, amidst the tears and
groans of thousands, in the bosom of an
immense popularity ; and representative
France bore bim the first to his tomb
within that solendid monument, which
she bed raised in gratitude to tbe lovers
oi meir country I
r ranee has not equalled England in
poetry, science, or philosophy; but in
nothing has she come so (ar short of this
island as in political knowledge and
in political virtue, in contact with
Hampden end Lord Chatham, Miraboau
is nothing ; the moral grandeur of their
characters is not even understood by
Frenchmen.
No man ever mastered the reason and
the passion of all classes of peoDle with
such certainty and such steadiness as
Wira beau : he led a mob or an assembly
oy dinerent means, but with equal facil
ity ; be wielded the demociecy with one
hand, and could, and would, if time bed
been given him, have wielded the aria
tocracy with the other : he hit his coun
trymen between wind and water: he waa
for a season the intellectual dictator of
France.
A man gifted with great natural tal
ents, possessed practically of almost ev
ery Kind or knowledge, stimulated by
passionate tempor and an ambitious
spirit, was, during the twenty years im
mediately preceding tbe meeting of the
States-General, driven, aa it were, by
moral necessity to add himself to the
mighty and still incressing multitude of
tuoso wno aiterwards enacted the Jtevo-
ution.
Mirabeau bad lived in England, read
the English history, end studied tbe
English constitution ; he was ambitious
and coveted power; he was profuse and
wnted wealth ; he waa vain and pant
ed after renown. But Mirabeeu had
also injuries to revenge ; the most golden
yeara of his life he had wasted away , in
prisons, a victim sometimea to his own
crimes, but more frequently to tbe un
natural persecution of a peevish father :
he had meditated deeply on the iniquity
of a system which authorized such tyr
anny, and he had inflicted two severe
blows upon it by the publicetion of his
Essai sur le Despotisme, and hia work
Sur les Lettres-de-Cachet. He lived to
destroy both the one and the other. . It
cannot be doubted but that much of his
political conduct at tha close of his ca
reer was the result of the indignant ani
mosity, which the gloomy walls of a
dungeon had cherished in' hia youthful
btem.Knight'i Quarterly Review. ,
Self Reproof. There are various
sorts of reproofs innumerable correc
tions to which man, in the course of
his life, is necessarily subject ; which
he feels deeply, yet,, which appear not
to the world ; but there is no reproof so
stinging as self reproof; and for a man
to be conscious that he has baffledjhim
self, is for him to bo as unhappy as man
can he,
Even the most unprincipled experi
ence a disagreeable feeling, which re
sembles remorse, when they have fruit
lessly made a wicked proposal.
Any sudden csuse for anxious and
mortifying reflection, which, in advanced
age, occasions pensive a sullen inactiv
ity, etimulates youth to eager and active
exertion.
mi a 'a
mere are times in me, when every
man leeia as il his sympathies were ex
tinct. The commonest cause is the con
sciousness of having committed wrong
when the feelings recoil inward, and, by
some curioua perversity in the nature of
our selhshness, instead of prompting
Bionemeni, irruaie us to repeat ana to
persevere in our injustice.
We need not do that which may les
sen us in our opinion, there are morti
fications ready enough in the world to
humble us: we do not need to make any
for ourselves.
Foolsca PAriR. Every body knows
what "Foolscap paper" is, but would
perhapa be puzzled to tell how it came
to bear that aingular cognomen. Well
when Charles 1. found bis revenues short
he granted certain privileges amounting
to monopolies, and among these was the
manulacture of paper, tbe exclusive right
of . which ) wss.sold to certain parties,
who grew rich and enriched tbe Govern
ment at the expense of those whi were
obliged to use paper. . At this time" all
English psper bore in water rarlu the
Royal Arms, The, Parliamlsot under
Cromwell, made jest and,, Jeers at his
law in every conceivable manner,, and
among other indignities to the memory
of Charles it was ordered that the Roy ft
Arms be removed from ' the psbar, and,
the fool's cap and belle be substituted.
Theae also Were removed when. the RurBD
Parliament wes prorogued but nsoer
,k. .1 D..K. r,..i J:iil
bears the name or"Foolecap," Scmii-
rista American. '' -.v"
j ; V?"M ,baa .bean. fte"tt VI
3"
.(,! w -""Tolas AMMlaVr, ,mtFi
Wc .bate received copyvf
weekly tot op liter the meaner or Pewck
and published by T." Vfi Stnttt j Kasv
sen treat; ftew York. f Vta Mitt tV
or three of the new pelpablo bits t f '
" An advertisement amrearad far' this
Herald, the other day, for artificial low
er works. Half tbe bakers' in ike, eltj)
nawered It. ' r'' v,'
T Mrmnics or OsrotraorTBt
composition of Wolf's genuine Sthiadf
amMoapps. ,
A Savaok In A delegate Jndieo.
lately at Wsshington, was enthosiestia
in his admiration of the atyla of our la
dies' dresses. Said be (while a mingled
expression of cunning and delight illo
mined hia wild black eye,) "what a glo
rious trail they'd leave.
lacoKVcniCNT-AVatfv (in (be cov
turns of the present period, loq.) 'Boy,
will you tell me tbe neareet way to Park)
Place?".
Boy, (with an accommodating spirits
and a due regard for the fitness of things.)
"The nearest wey is through the Park,
but as the gate ii not very wide, 1 ialh
er think you'll have to go round." '
The Philidelphia Post Office has ej
department labelled "Mala Letters,"and
another, "Female Letters." We bop
there ia a strong partition between tbem.
If they should ever eel tocethef. all ihaf
female letters would be for changing
their names, which would lead to dire
confusion. :-. -
Rclatioks. Take the greatest liber-'
ties, and give the leas assistance. If a
stranger cannot help us with bis eon
ments ; but with relations it mostly bap
pens, that they are the veriest mierra
with regard to their property, but perfect
prodigals in the article of advice. - .
Men the ties or consanguinity era
oosened by the collision of Interestai
ao that the nearest relations are eeldom
tbe beat friends. - - -
With regard to our kindred, we do
wel I to discard those who render them
selves unworthy of oar respect not to
form any expectations of benefits from
those who are rich and to assist, as far
aa lies in our power, thoaa who era'
necessitous, without troubling ourselves
about their gretilude. '
Nor Too Latb to Commcrcc. Aa
it is ntvsr too soon to do good, so It ia
never too late to amend. ' I will, there-;
fore, never neglect tha present, nor das
-i . . t , i
pair oi ine time past. si t .nau ueen
sooner good, I might, perhapa have bean
better; if I am longer bad, I shall, 1
am sure, be worse. That I have stay; '
ed a long time idle in the market-place
deserves reprehension ; but as 1 am lata
sent into the vine yard, I have encour
agement to work : "1 will give unto
this last as unto thee." Warwick. . j.
Out of our exchanges,- in nolle
ing the present of a silver cop to a co
temporary, says ; - ."He needs no cup.
He can drink from any vessel that con
tains liquor, whstber the neck of a bot.
tie, tha mouth of a demijohn, the spile,
of a keg, or the bung of a barrel."
Biblieal Callosity. - '
It ia a curious fact that thera are five'
hundred verses in Matthew's gospel that
are also in Mark's ; more than three
hundred verses in Luke and about one:
undred and twenty that are alao in Mat--
thew. Nearly one-half of tho Gospel'
by Matthew Is to be found in Mark,
and moie than one-third of tho Gospel
by Luke is to be found in Mark or Mat;
thew. ' '"""
19" "Boa, lower yourself into the
well and holler for help." ' ' K ; i a"
; "What for?"-" i;.i'V;;
"To frighten daddy and make soma -
.- Bob did as he was desired, bot got
more fun than be bargained for. It waa;
administered with a hickory sapling. '
Distance five and a half feet. r
"Mr dear," said Mrs. Dogberry to bar ;
laughter, "you should not hold your
dress so high in crossing the istreet." .4-
"Then ms," replied the maiden," how
shall I show the beauty of my flounced : ,
pantaletta that I have almoat ruined my
eye-sight to mske I I'm sure I don't
care if the beaux do look .at me."' r -.'
An English ioker having heard
that the employees at the mint were arif :
gaged striking off a number of sovs
eigne, said , he hoped , the Empem Of r
Russia would be Included. ' V
in i "i ' '"V :T, '
93. A certain Individual aODght a ',
matrimonial connexion with 'a alevat -ladv.
'' He aaid he did not Welti ta marr .
her for love or money,' htf merilv tkMi
he might ditgroce the family N h ;'
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1ST An editor down Eaat aaid thai ha :
honed to ba able lo present aaatria-a-'v ' .;
aad death as original mkttef 1st U nali ..
umas, but unfortunate! a . taair strf '
up tha weddiag, and tha doetcf Jl.7
and tha patient racovereri.-. : ,i ;
An impertinent, fclbrw wishea to kaow
as how if yoa ever sat down to uaa wir-nt
skimad milk wu an tha table wUhorat Jit.
ing aakadt? iTo you take crapa 4
Ttfuririg Urfecer4iw:i;' '
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