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Vi, ' I VOL. IX. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO THUUSDAV, JULY 2, - - - - - - ------ ....... V. THE MOUNT YEKXON KEl'lULICAN. T K )1 MS: For one year (invariably in advancc)S2.00 For six mouths, 1,00 T Kit .MS OF ADYKUriHINQ. "One square, 3 weeks, 1 ,00 One square, !1 tnoiitlis, 3.00 Ono equaro, (i mniitliH, 4.A0 One square, 1 year, (i.OOj One square (changeable monthly) 10.H0 Changeable weekly, 15.0U Two squares, It weeks, 1.75 Tvn squares, (i wockp, 8.2;") Two square:, !! months, f.2f Two squares, (! months, i.7.r Two squares, 1 year, 8.00 'J'lirco squares, o weeks, Ji.fiO Three squares, (i weeks, 4, .10 J'lirco squares, it months, G.tlO Three squares, 0 months, 8.00 J'hrec squares, 1 year, 1(1,(10 One-fourth column, ehnn. quarterly, 15,00 One-third " " 'J2.00 Ine-half I One column, changeable quarterly, !)0,00 Select )ottx) MOTHERS cME AWAY. Sjo.NU OF TIIK 1.00,000. Come beneath the Starry King! Brothers, conic away ! To firms! to arms! our country calls, She cries fur us to-day, "Come and fight for the right Arm ! arm ! without delay.'' (.'llUltl.H. 'With a tramp, and a tramp, Pouble-quick from out of camp, As we march for the Union, IIo! Float the glorious Stars and Stripes O'er the rebel don, Though a hundred thousand graves, Swallow up their men; And the might of the right Shall be honored once again. Ononis-AVith a tramp and a tramp, O'er the rattlesnakes and the damp As we march for the Union, IIo ! Hurl the screaming shot and shell, Through the staggering ranks ! I'ress them with the bayonet charge! Sweep upon their flanks ! Fee! the North rushes forth, As a river bursts its banks. ClIOKUS. With a tranip and a tramp, And THIS BANNER, for our lamp? As we march for the Union Ho ! Who will march whore honor calls ? Who will wiii a name ? T'own with the perjured rebels? To victory ! and fame ! For the boast of their hosts, Shall be turned to fear and shame. CtroiU'S. With a tramp, and a tramp, As wo homeward turn from camp, When we've marched for the Union GERMAN VALOR. BY MRS. MAUY A. DENISOX. Come over, ye sturdy German!?; There was never yet a placo Rut where in tho fight for liberty Ye have showu a dauntless face. With your grim Teutonic moustache, And your eye of Freedom's blue, Yc arc a match for the despots old, And the rebels' braggart crew. We are glad to see your legions Tramping our streets adown, Some from the fields of the harvester, Some from u foreign crown; With a front as stjrn as manhood, Of the noble martyr stock, That ha- stood in battles of bloodiest dye, 'Gainst many a mortal shock. (,'omc with your dauntless Sigel, And by the memory Of brave Buldcn and glorious Slafrf, Strike home for Liberty; Yes, bearour sacred banucr, Ye sous of other lauds; Wo trust it sooner with yo than Northoru Traitor hands. And when in dust and ashes, Tho recreant South repents, And peace is writ in goldcu words, On all our battlements, When from the sacred ruins i Of trampled fanes- yo see A glorious temple heavenward rise For God and Liberty Upon its inner altar, Beneath the flags yo bore, Blue with the smoko of battle fields, lied with a nation's gore Yet white with peace Oh ! Gcrmaus I t Your name shall bo enshrined, As patriots who wroto in blood, "Freedom for all mankind." Novices are so incurable as those which men am pt to glory in. Tho man lacks moral courage who treats w'n.'Q ho should retreat. Tlic Discoiilciilc.d Pendulum. When people, now grown, were children, they used to read the following story with profit. We copy it here that children may read it now. Kns. iNDErKxn- KXT. Aii old clock that had sto:nl for fifty years in n fanner's kitchen, without giving its owner nny cause of complaint, early ono summer's morning, before any ono of the family were stirring.suddenly slopped. J I'pon this, the dial-plate (hanged conn-1 tenance with alarm; the hands made a vain effort to continue their course; the wheels remained motionless with surprise; the weights hung speechless; and each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the other. At length the dial instituted a forma! inquiry as t j the cm; of the slag-nation, when hands, wlieels, weights, witli 'no voice, protested their innocence. Mot. now a faint tick was heard bcluw from the pendulum, who thus spoke: "1 confess myself to be the sole chubo of the stoipage, and I atn willing, for the goner al siitisfaction, to assisrq lov reasons. The ! following a.s.-a;;es are iliustralions: The truth is. 1 am tired of ticking." Upon ! man out West whose legs are so long; that hearing this, the old clock became so en-1 'ad to go down cellar to take oil' bis raged, that it was on the very pjiut of strik-1 -'diocs. The man ttlu is so large, that he ing. '-Lazy wire," exclaimed the dial-j 1' to go our uf door.- to turn over. The-plate, holdingup its bauds. -'crv a'ood!" i uau WM0 """red so loud he had to sleep retiliii.t llw, iion.l, i.U : t.. ... i 'v..,4 Mi.iiM, ii ih wimiv t-.iM for vou. Jlrs. Dh.1. -l, 1e !...,., lways, a: ' - - M everybody knows, set yourself above me it is vastly eas for vou. 1 sav. to aeensr other people of lazinjss; you who have had nothing to do all your life, but to stare people in the face and to amuse yourself with all that goes on in the kitchen. Think, I beseech you, how you would like to be fhut up for life in this dark closet, and to wag backward and forward, year after year, as I do.'' "As to that," said the dial, '-is there not a window in your house on mirnoso for you to look through?" "For all that," resumed the pendulum, "it is very dark here, and although there i.s a window, J dare not stop, even for an instant, to look out. at it. Besides, I am really tired of my way of life, and if yoit wish I. will tell you how I took this di.-;gu.-t to my employ ment, 1 happened to be thinking, this j mnrning. how many times 1 should have to tick in the course of the next twenty-four hours; perhaps some om; of ymt above there can tell me the extra sum!' The minute-hand, being quick at figures. pi senlly replied, ''Eighty-six thousand, fun-hundred times." "Exactly so," replied the pviidulum; "well, I appeal to you all, if the very thought of ibis was not enough to fatigue any one; and when I beg in to multiply the strokes of one day by those of months and years, reallv it is no wonder that 1 felt discouraged at the prospect. So after a good deal of reasoning and hesi tation thinks .I to myself, I'll stop." The dial could scarcely keep its countenance during this harangue, but rcsumiug its gravity, it thus replied: " Dear Mr. Pendulum, 1 am really astonished that sr.ch a useful, industrious person as yourself should have been seined with this sudden weariness. Il is true ymt have done a great deal of work in your time; so have we all, and are likely to do; which although it may fatigue us to think oj the question is whether it will fatigue us to do. Would you do me the favor to give the half a dozen strokes to illustrate my argumcut?" The pendulum complied, and ticked six times at the usual pace, Now,' resumed tho dial, "may I be allowed to inquiro if that exertion is at all fatiguing or disagreeable to you!"' '-Not in the least," replied the pendulum, "it is not of six strokes I complain, nor of sixty, but of millions." "Very good," replied the dial; "but recollect that although you may think of it million of strokes in a second, you are only required to execute but one; and however often you may hereafter have to swing; a second will be given- you each tiuio to swing in, which is all the time you can possibly use.'' "That consideration slag, gers me, I confess," said the pendulum. i'Thcn I hope," resumed the ditil-plafo, "that wo shall all return to vuf duly immediately, for tho maids will lie too late in bed if we stand idling thus." Upon this tho weights, who had never been accused of light conduct, used all their influence in persuading him to proceed: when, as if with one consent, the wheels began to turn, the hands began to move, the pendulum began to swing, and o its credit ticked as loud and regularly s ever; while a red beam of the rising sun that streamed through a hole in thowindow-shutter, shining full upon the c'ial-plato, it brighteued up, as if nothing had been the matter. Wncn the farmer came down to break-faast that morning, looking upon at the clock, he declared his watch had gained half an hour in the night. ; The gleeful laugh of happy children is the best home music, and Ihe graceful figures of childhood are the best statmry. Will) I here is a species of humor, peculiarly American, which consists in grotesque hyperbole, the caricaturo ofs i fact which expresses is bettor than a faithful porlrail would do. Some people take the snakeaiid kill it when they wish to show it to us; but the lively Yankee humorist just catches it by tho tail as it passes, and stretches it into ludicrous proportions, as actors in patoini- mes do the tails of those famous ductil dragons, which so astonish and delight children. Instances of this wild and extravagant humor are as common as proverbs. Everybody has heard of the weather which was so cold that the mercury went out of sight, and which no doubt would have been a good deal colder if the thcrmmnctnr had been long-enough. A similaijexaggoration was that of,a young man who took calomel on a morning so cold, that the mercury run down into his boom. And speaking of bonis, ri-tiii'uils us ul'a stage driver, who wore such large ones that he had to n.-c the forks of I he road a." a bootjack. The ! in thn iipc-;. street, to I pro IVoin uakenine i , r -c . hiins.df. The man whose nose is so lorn- - I th-it 1... Ii-k f.'i sleo loi-M-.-.r.l three mces to I reach the cud of it. The man wdio Was lai'g;e and heavy, that his shadow killed a little boy when it fell on li mi. I he mar. wdio was so fat, that his shadow left a greasy trail along tho road as he walked; and the man who was so thin that ho had no shadow at all. Among these deserve to rank the horse that ran so fast around the ring, that tho spectators could only sec one continual circular horse; together with that other mare famous racer, that ran so swiftly about the urewe, that he nearly caught up to himself, and could see his own tail just before him. A fireman once related an advelilue, in which he found himself in a rich saloon, surrounded by wealth and line company. 'I didn't know myself, until I felt in my pockets and found em enqity. Smno one infercd that he wis customa rilv short of funds. 'Thai's so! it steamboats werc-sollin at two cents piece," said be. '1 havent enough to buy a gangway plank!" We once heard a person tell of a fright he received from a big dog. l:I lost flesh," said h :, '-at the rate of ten pounds a minute, till tho owner cainej .,,,,1 r... M...1 lm .('" I Along with thi, wo may place lln story M" the man who, in consequence of a fright, ran so last and so far, that when he stop- it was more than twenty minutes before his shadow came up with him. He was probably watched by the man whose dickey was so high that he had to climb a fence to see over it. The Tower of Ideas. The following touching and felicitous, illustration of the power of ideas, was given by Wcndtdl Bhillips iu a public speech in New York: I was told to-day, a story so touching in reference to this, that you must let mo tell it. It is a temperance case, but it will illustrate this just as well. A mother on the green hills of Vermont, was holding by the right hand a son 16 yean old, mad with tho love of sea. And as ho stood by the garden gate one morning she said: Edward, they tell me for I never saw the ocean that, the great temptation of a seaman's life is drink. Promiso me before you quit your mother's hand that you will not driuk." "And," said ho, (for ho told me the story,) "I gave her tho promise, and I went the globe over Calcutta and the Mcditerraean, San Francisco and Good Ifopo, the north pole and the south. I saw them nil in forty years, and I never saw a glass filled with sparkling liquor that my mother' form by tho garden gate on the green hill side of Vermont, did not rise belore me; and to-day at the age of sWtv mv lir.s nrn innocent of the taste of liquor. Was not this pwect evidence of tho power of a single word? Yet that was not half. "For," said he, "Yesterday thcro came inco my couuting room a man of forty years and asked mo, 'Do you know me?' "No." "Well," said he, "I was once brought into your presence on thip-board; yon wero a passenger; tho captain had kicked me aside; you took me to your berth and kept me there until I bad slept olT my intoxicaliou. Youthen asked mc if I had u mother. I eaid I had never known a word from her lips. You told mo of yours at the garden gate, and to-dny I am master of one of the finest packets iu New York, aud 1 came to ask yon to ceino and see me." How fur that candle throws its beams! Tho mother's word on the green hillside of Vermont! 0, Man! bo thankful for the mighty power of a single w or d!'' I'mm tin. New ,.ik Tii.....". i Tho.-.,; ueiv ,,,,, ',. j,,,-1,; w. nls. and I think SI rikiiitr Idler from a ; oikIhtii J'a- lie is wi e as iho.e that cm ibid n-.i llit r to liis.Soti In IJ:c lU hrl Army. ! ,,!.. t ip ,;!,; bi ih.-y .y .Numerous mail bahuvo fallen inlo the ! llom' wl1'' "'"' i';lll"jr hands of (he nalional troops in Louisiana. I w,i!l 11 Mi"? ",'"'r "'"'..ding so The universal usa-e of war declares cap. :' fte,,n& C:,,;1' oll"'r; ,mt 1 l,av" tured mails of the enemy property of ll,c.lk"0W" '"""J' where they have captor, and a national officer was appointed to examine the captured letters and , make ro'ooi-t h. to.,,!,. outers n,,,.,i;,.lv Several of thee letter, have reached r, but,in,tructivo as they are, we can find room for publishing one only. We omit tho name of the writer and oUhe intended recipient, as well as of the. place whenc jt was sent, for obvious reasons. If its re.i markable contents should induce any read-1 ers to doubt its irenuineiicsf!, we would I state that the original was gi'en to us iv publication by a geiillemau whose honor and veracity mi on has ever doubted. We have omitted those portions only, together with those paragraphs relating to family affairs. Av:::r. U-DH. '01 y Dr.vii Si'N: The (.lovennncni, n buying all the oxen wairoiis am cotton they can get here, to go to Mexico; at the bighet tiuiv. if you count paper dullai.-i. and sumo say they are threatening to lak what cotton they cannot, 'et at Li cents. Mine is well stored awav. and I will . Mli 11 1,1 pouml muui currency ii l! u"'j ''lk'-' ' "ave tllcn I ... , ...... oiiicthiug lo 'V L,e-:- nau ; .;ui, ;tilil l ;-u;ill nut uc u..,. I l : i ii i... n ..... i. '")- " The spirit ,,l ive me liberty or oive mi; death" is fast swollin tho heart of many a bosom. The cub of despotism is nearly full to overflowing;. The reign of terror, sooner or later, finds a limit to its iron grasp. Our kind Heavenly Father looks down, and finding no man that is able to wield the sceptre of justice, signally interferes Himself, and avenges the wrongs of His chosen ones, both in and out of the war, crying to God from Ihe around.' 1 our mother like many others, sleeps but yet she speaks. I neverin my life told or wrote a scandalous tale to ex- cite and array tho North against the South nr the South against the North. I never laid violent hands upon the (.'outitutio2 that I was sworn to support. and said I would I no loiiL-cr ho -.toverued bv its tea hiir.rs. But our yo ncli'-rs are everywhere trying j to console us. bv ti!ie'r us that this war ik i ... n ... I 1 i .. .. lor cur ,si us. iiul 1 1 mi i iocs not say so. Ho sivs every man .-ball sutler for his own j sins. ., far as lie inflicts. 1011 said 1 a.i-l your mamma have .sum-red in this war ! ,t ;t W:1S not tlC ( cK agnst us; but, if was the hand of widen men. j have been a great sinner again.-:,!, Cod, but j I bav,' novel-sinned a-'.-iiiist mv nation. I i This war may be sent 1W thu preachers' i sins, but 1 am not green enough to say yes, and for -mine too. Let tho preacher who encourages and lead- on thousands to take the life of his fellow-countrymen, take heed least he fall under the denomination, of those murders who shall have "their part in the lakh that burnetii with fire and brimstouc for ever and ever." A n eternity of happiness or misery irj of too much moment to be (rifled with, and 1 will never (rifle with it, although my body be killod a thousand times told. But 1 will rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. I s-icak as a dying man to ono who nni-it sooner or later die. "May we die the death of the righteous, and may our last end bo like his," is my prayer. But our preachers tel' us if wearo scrupulous about taken life in this war, that the Bible requires us ';to obey the powers that bo." Well, I suppose, then, thutif a band of robbers and murderers had captured me at my house, and taken me to the house of a dear brother, I must kill that brother, because, forsooth, they told mo to do it or they would kill me, and they had become the powers that be- What will God do to SUe 1 Slieiuie.lt.is ui mi huur i..o auut 1 1 .. . , . . i. .i i i ci.; fl..,,t- r coi, version of his sacred word.' Conscience is .,, a friendlv monitor, and, il cultivated, will -. ' ' . , -nude us in matters oi wnto una wrong, This thing bears too heavily on my mind to withhold speaking, lost my God holds mc accountable for silence. The Bible says, "Let, every man be fully per- minded in his own mind." I am penm-.d- cd that this tfar is wrong and unca.led lor, and no power has any right to force mc into it against iny 'judgment to remain neutral any more than it has a British or French subject. I cannot find a man who can givo even a plausible reason for tlii' dreadful war, that is to seal the eternal destiuics of thousands; but they say we are iu it, and that wo must fight it out, or the world will say they whipped us. So, I suppose, that a rebellious son, trampling on and resisting the government of a good t'lther, should continue to resist and beat bis father, lest the" world would say that father humbled his son. Awful fallacy! IIo should go like tho prodigal son, and the best aud fattest calfwouldsoon be kill-ed. This is a feeling that now every, wbcro exists; wo were too fast; but we can find no place to back cut. "If I bavo dtne wrong, I will go and -Jn flo more." u""u "' w( lc; u,,lItfr 1 ,"';"''-'. "''"'r 'l.ey found ,d,ce for ropent- ! anns- 'J ll" P1 (wM liv" llis 1 !;'",'' -N'v Orleans is glad to have a j U, MnJ' wilh hy hv j a!'' chv'm"- ' r ":0"- r,,;,r':'' ,1,n T"- .. .... .1 n i t i . i j !"''. '"'"-ays lor wuioin ami ciirectuni iron. " he voice ol Lod al ah times, knowing we a'l soon have to appear before Him and give mi account of our stewardship, mil happy will it be for that soul that is found not trusting in the powers that be. "but in the Rock that is higher til. .n ;Iy gi-iof about yoii's great, and at this lime of my bcivaveiuent would be i!i"uppnri!i!i! could I not console n-self lhat. your tiust is in (Jo,), and that He will e.i.l.-,; :,! ll.ingi f) work : - -; 1 . . i- for trnnd j lo Mill ami Jii.', Jin" v, ove (o'ldaml will. serve him. Our ireublj-s w ;! s.i.iu end. ami we sliali go to a Iviii r w.i-nl. 1 ks a.-!?i-. a l'e,- ii:,., s-im ,- b ui.e who wa present and beard the request of vour dy i mir mother, if I expected lo co with you, li iiilrcri . iiul visit our r I;. 'ions when the war closed. I answered that .I expected then to be in a better world than thk where no war is ever known. There's no news worth relatioe-. Th rich men ''lat 'lilvo nc.-f''-u's !"' mostly at home do ing well, wnile the l.irms ol the poor arc at waste. The sons of tho rich are beine ! I educated, while the sons of the poor are in I ignorance, never beiugqualiiied to contend lor justice. This is, as many would have it, a few lords occupy the soil and all seals of emolument and honor. Write mo of-tea. I shall ever humbly pray my God that we may yet live to see one another ;'-i,m 111 !''!. " 1Je "'T )',,u )m,l'h '"-'venly wisdom and under- tauoing. ii p;-.ins mo that 1 cau do no more noiv than say to vou, farewell joa. from jour lather, ivc." Ailvan'tascs of Calami!-. lis i a natural history of calamity. i-lian;:cs which break up at short in iTb" ten.-ii.-. Ihe juo-piiity of men. are adwr- of a nature whose lawisgiowih. Evermore, it is the order of nature to grow, and every smii is oy this intrinsic neeessi- ty quitling its whole 'ysiem of things, its li-iend", and hen;,-, bow la v a.i.i faith, a t!ie shell-usli crawl.H out ofiea Leaa'.iful but ease, oce.use u no long,;, mm.iaoi i its growth, and siowiy lornw a now house. In proportion to the vigor of the individual, thc:o revolutions are frequent, iinti' in some happier mind they are incessant and all worldly relations hang very loosely about hiin, becming as it were a transparent, fluid membrane, through which the form is silwt-ys seen, and not' as in west men an indurated, heterogeneous fabric of many dales, nnd of no settled character-in which the nrin is imprisoned. Then there can be enlargement, as the man of to day scarcely recognizes the nan of yesterday. And fuch thould bo tho outward biography cf men in life, a putting off of dead circumstance:!, day by day, as he renews his raiment day by day. But to us; in our lapsed state, resting not advancing, resisting not co-operating with tho divine expansion, this growth comes by shocks. Tho sure years reveal tho deep, remedial forces that underlie all facts. The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat late assumes the aspect of a guido or genius; for it commonly operates revolutions in our way cf life, terminates an epoch of nfaney or of youth, which wp.s waiting to M 1 11 1 .1 i be closed, breaks up a wonted occuiiation. , ,, . ,. . or a household, or a style or bvint:; and allows the formation ol new ones more J friendly to the growth of character.-t ,-so;i. -Em- As I was approached I was led torcfect on tho lapse of ages, and tho successive generations ot men and in their turn occupying lands, houses, nnu domains; each in their turn di$appearingand leaving their inheritance 'a be enjoyed by others. David oiico cbrorvc 1 tho same, and cried out, "Behold, then hast made my days as . a hundrcth, end mine, ape is as nothing 1 before thee; verily, every man at his lest estate is altogether vanity. Surely every man walketh in a vain how; surely (hey are disquieted in vain; he heapcth up rich-el, and cannot tell who shall gather them." Leigh Richmond. An iuiagiuutivn irishman gave utterance to this lamentation: I roturticd to the. balls of my father st nigbt, ni I found them in ruins! I cried aloud, "My faibers whero cro tfcoy?" and aa ccbo n ..ponded, " tbat you, fjHyisk McCJati - ,t- ... 'i'o Miiisj M:t-ti. A ymmg g.ri. !.y i'.iin'.Iy tircum'-i ine.-, or .:o:iie c.iln.T pei'iiliriiy, leol hut lew so cial oppoi'tuoijie. She i into hhbils ol t'.vec-sive sidf-iusncctioii, and a morhid seli.-itivcncss toi'i ilicislil. With good gifts and rctincd tastes, and careful culture, the began In 1.10W roiiicioin of il kind of iu-pcriority Id most of those about her. But tiie absence cf live'y sympathies fostered reserve and taciturnity, so that, few found cut or appreciated her real attainment.;. hil her own standard of characN-r was rising, others 1 to i indif- fei'cnt and haughty a spirit might know or be. I're-intly a sc-i:so of injustice began to 'pi'ing up hi her. I'nch new acquirement only seemed to cop-irate her mere and mere from her neighbors. Even heroqiials liiiieu to appreciate the hidden merit. Gradually, us years went mi, a silent resentment was kihJled. Temper was a little soured. Speech grew sarcastic. .Judy.-meiit .grew bitter. She i even -.'-.! herself i lor iie;;.eet, by withdrawing further nuu I'l.-.hi-r !-,.; ti-o w-l-'d. Ihn e (, ', :t own ' i! .. i VX Wcru alien.!....!. And to !!;' in-- oi mr - i,, u.i to,, i men w ill eoiiict- - -: L v ' encd. Very I'ea lu.-ii enough to ma i ry il, society lov-, in ihe or-, paid.- viiiing woman, an .'ere u '.;.i!( i.-lght (. -i.,,-iSl,l ol - I- vi ry way. n of t!,is fii,.. c. oi ii.-iiiicii't and u 'ti-i.-iitl j 1 1 I mi: iiei- e.vi fence forfeits it-beauty cs lb- -:l-n u ious i-harwi of makim; ; ing-th-r happy A umi-e li-'-elli.-h be ginuiii;-.-- a -enoinc love for m-iking sonic -ooy good or wi-e 'V eooil or wi-e -t ie ,v ...;. .Ii! ('. .. ipoor childvn--nuvthin-- tba- -xvu'A 1,-ivc! expjuded the heart n.ud t ni ne. I m. II OlU II lreaur- doors, wul'i ha re mad-of talent. th l'.J w 1 Tlic Use of GriniduioJlicrs. A little boy, who hud p!llc l n plt'.-hrj of milk' stood oryimj. in viewofawbipins;,! over the wre-.k. A little jdayimtte .-tep. I pea up to bun and "aid. r-.md-.liiigly: - by. Bobby, haven't yuu g..t i grand. aiotJier? If therein 'ml a seimon in tint text, where shall one find it? Who of us cannot, utuicmber this familv media tot' iiIwhvk with an excuse !br broken china, or torn j clothes or tardy lessons, or Utile, white i Ifdis'' Who was it had always on hand ,i . i t v . . i.. .i . ; 1110 coiueilieni eo-iii.ieii-iiene, in neauaeiic, h ; vi .- ....... ... .......... . m---s!' AVhoso consoling sli k of candc, or li ... ..... 1.) T . , tC.ll'I' Oil 1,'. ,...ii r..i f.-t.i, ' paper oi su r-plums, or seod-eake. never . . . .' J gave out; timl who aiwav-i kei.-' sir.m.-i, to , , -i , ,',..".,. h hoivo witb.and coulu iio.ro, isi nding l" :.,.,- u,:.l .,-.,.lUi.3 and toll stories between daylight and dark to nu indefinable amount to ward off the dreaded rn-t-i bed hour? Who staid uf l,.-.i , tiAr. 1. .1... ..t.tl,'.,... i . ".'j-T.t, ioii'iiiu I lllll.V J-tl..l Will, lit, 11, till,. ,,-,.111, ill i . Who straightened out the littlo waxen limbs for the cofiiti when papa and mamma were blind with tears? Who gathered up the little vt'-c'cs'j ropes and shoes and and toys, and hid them away from torturing sight till heaven s own balm was poured into those aching hearts? 'Haven't you got a grandmother?' Alas! if only our grown-up follies and faults might always find as merciful judgment, how many whom harshness aud severity have driven to despair and crime, wero now to be found useful and happy members of society. A Waif. Tho Toledo Ji rule tells the following so honorable and so instructive. Who would not go and do likewise ? Our renders may remember a notice published iu the Ut'iu'e some weeks since tit ti-.o mslance ot .Va-.-or 1'orr, fiitf, a, fu;t- ablo p'aec was deVr-1 for a tit le orphan boy nine v-nrs of in;.;, n hosi- ptirenfd bo:h I died cf elioir ru. during the last visit efthat i disease to thi- oily in l-v;il. Various ap- pn-.-.'-ttorn were hi nin-o iiiauo lor luin, linn amouf' them wu th.it vf A. P. .Mown , Esq., cf M'lnn, wliit.h '"""i accepted, ami Johnny two or three y-. eks p.:nr l-eearrc I a picmm-r ol tint lami v. c-i cnil Juoiis! ycs.ici' i'17 went for him r.s a witness j:; some mit, rri we were gi'at'lic l ;it a cab' ; from him, but pun h mure by tho radie d change iv-bieb be bud undergone in Ids persona! nrprRranor-, and the grt natis-i'action with his new home which be expressed. That ruddy, smiling free, and these bright flashing cyfs, never before spoko tho joy und promise which now beam from them, and wo could but rejoice that the litite waif had, in God's providence, ' fooud a lodgement so promising of future bli-ssiiiL' to hiniscll'and Km-icty. And as wc contra.-ted the recent ragged, dirty, little ol-i"ct of the world's uucrtain charity, with the present clcuu. neatly rip-geepos-sc-sorof an excellent home, we alinntl'elt to envy tbo wboe high inissijn it bad been to work so great a change, nnd won dered lhat more families did not "do like wiss." Who "b ill sum up the results to follow irom takiDg "ven ons such little immortal from tbn sinks of vice end orinie and ro'teio'V! pmideges? Eternity alooe ejn reveal tbcoa. J ben tow bJesasd isli work of 'Oo-s via dsvoia the:rli7&i to Irwumt cfcildrsi of iafartupfr Jirro- rr... ijiibvcu'a Column. bukiu ovriitE Rsn"m r.r the nr.v. jns t.idi., i. u. " the wiib; ueean. I.,.i,t,, i i dm, tin rectioii night. ; i u.- nun j!).- w;'"' U'JW3 weeki in (ino di-Ilx 'i tl ship moves on day and !'0'i rapidly uud nlo.s 1 a aiuhi, been heard to say t& h, Iter ..,.! iii . -n iiicsc arc called thu "Trudo 1 IUU:i. 'I will UAl you a fart about drinkim-," said m-obJe old 5e--Capfain. "AJ T in) 3'ou, boys. tliHt when people sv, qt don-t Lurt an.vLo.Jjr to dri.k, if (hey don-t driuk oo ,,,ch ,hey don't kno what they ar, ta kiii, n hoof ' . . J o mere is no auch thing as """kirs M'irifs, .wiihcut drinking too much. V. he,,I SL.dtoiltolDdia , and Kotinto the trade winds. I used to put all -'" stid on my S!!ip v,;lleJl she coulJ s.bly bwr. But I )10fictd a curioas f tvery morning about eleven o'clock I "'ed fo go clown into my cabin and take a 1 WO.l!d ca.. 1UV evecr,- . -...I,;.. every sail was i' . SC. LU&V i.!., r.na every rove taut. ..(; mi :.,,).,., -ii , ......... .i j-jj ,:v e c:a.-i safely cr.rry On c :m;n? yj cut of fuo cabin, ,11 i.n'Ti ;:iy i.i'ari'iv u:ir?.ys cseaed as li tile duo v,..-: tooa!ow, and the tll.-re ....1 -'..-L.. rest".' ir,.r.iO,K(,;!v ,Rmn..,jlav ,,.r eh. jw.-uM,r;.or ,:,J rt,- !vv .;.;3 ,fsai!. i !' that t;ll.C. V':. r , si.:. :,! '!. '""."'' "'r - ...... . ,v x, ulKK.r j;cavy . pre litre. -i:.Uiseexe.t'tij bivW Lard. cr unJ 1 wouli ab..-iit. 'u-then-;, a J, and ek-w up that ,.cef.' S,, fouaJ' 't day aflerday, and was iitfeijy unable to' account for tho lull in too ;,)' ! lll"tlHuir. Dm nuednvl was .ov:l I ".iited my brandy, and overlierJ ' mv '-ook, black r.K..tr. ssy, .CarUiu drink 1... t . i 1 out roof !' .pi men I umlei-Ntoo,! ;ll ; .-,., "in thai time I dropt my brandy, ami th.r w -is no ch;(U;' in me sails of my shin. J,l,-a,ik moder- a-ciy, nn yet lt was too much; and it woubj not have be,.,, strange if I had l.,st my ship in .ohseqiieuce. ft--! j-.J, ,;,v,. there U ii" such thing 1H uriuku.g, without drinking too much;" It s even ho. We doii't know but a e..i i ''ttle about it. Ma vy k febiii muster lein h It cold or hot. tired or sleepy, vcved and tronoleil nnil 1. .10 . i. "i ... , ' 7 feH1U' Cd rOHrit'O to b.i i-.'isii '- V.-: '.-.,., .... l. . ' ' ' "u 10,l tl" hu dIui) wan daubed on thia , , , ou l"'d Many a physician haa been worn dow by labors and anxieties, his nerves week, and his mind wavering, and has gone to the bottle, and thua ho "shakes out his reef i3 rash in dealing lib powerful med icines, and he loses his patient.,-; loscj soil-reliance, and the confidence of tho community, aud ho loses practioo aud cbsrac-ter, and is ru'iued. Many a merchant drinks a little, focbt more confidence, makes bargains whea thus stimulated "shakes out his reef" and is ruined. Many amechanic takes acontract Which he examined after drinking a littlo, forgot the number of hard blows it would coat to completo it, and thus bo "shakes out tho roof," and acquires u taste that is bit do-struction.And many a bright boy, tho hope of bis father, and the pride cf his mother, early learns to drink a little, and thus he "shake out the reef," disappoints the hopes of his friends, lives a poor creature, dies a drunk-ard, and reuds over the guto of heaven, "uo drtiukard shall inherit eternal life " Tenacity of Lift. A few c on s since, in enr t)r:viij evil-,' tiicre was a Icitrs-od d'.aserta-.io-i sul-j.'et: 'vil 1-ugs, and t'aicr rcmujvablc tenacity of life , One ns ?erte l c: bio own kiio-Hod;:-! that Ihev eculd bo boiled pnd .u ,,0lf, t0 jj . fc'uitn J..vJ f.rikiid '.h"-n for hours in terpen tine without anv fattt cootequrnces. Old HunVr, who had born listening as an outsider, hire pave in hi experience in corroboration of tbo faetn. Says he; "Some years ago I took a bed bug to n iron fourdry, und dropping it into a Indie where th melted iron vis. had it run into a skillet. Well, my ol-l womm i.cd (hat pkilt pretty oonstont for the last six years, snd here tho othr day ii fit. broken 1 to fmasb, aod what d- yon think, gentleman, there 'ere insect ju'. walked out ot his hole, where be hud hoc lay 111. like a fr"g in a r""k, and make tracks iir hi? old roost up Ntiijr., ,TJat, addxij bo, by way tf a pau-glbcs!s, 'be looked in igh iy pale.' Peath comca V, good mau to felie him; it comes t j bJ piep ) rfsjjere tytf cictj. The ii' obovld ut lb clwi sot cujj h7ll.l t. 1 ITo TT75 T
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Full Text | Vi, ' I VOL. IX. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO THUUSDAV, JULY 2, - - - - - - ------ ....... V. THE MOUNT YEKXON KEl'lULICAN. T K )1 MS: For one year (invariably in advancc)S2.00 For six mouths, 1,00 T Kit .MS OF ADYKUriHINQ. "One square, 3 weeks, 1 ,00 One square, !1 tnoiitlis, 3.00 Ono equaro, (i mniitliH, 4.A0 One square, 1 year, (i.OOj One square (changeable monthly) 10.H0 Changeable weekly, 15.0U Two squares, It weeks, 1.75 Tvn squares, (i wockp, 8.2;") Two square:, !! months, f.2f Two squares, (! months, i.7.r Two squares, 1 year, 8.00 'J'lirco squares, o weeks, Ji.fiO Three squares, (i weeks, 4, .10 J'lirco squares, it months, G.tlO Three squares, 0 months, 8.00 J'hrec squares, 1 year, 1(1,(10 One-fourth column, ehnn. quarterly, 15,00 One-third " " 'J2.00 Ine-half I One column, changeable quarterly, !)0,00 Select )ottx) MOTHERS cME AWAY. Sjo.NU OF TIIK 1.00,000. Come beneath the Starry King! Brothers, conic away ! To firms! to arms! our country calls, She cries fur us to-day, "Come and fight for the right Arm ! arm ! without delay.'' (.'llUltl.H. 'With a tramp, and a tramp, Pouble-quick from out of camp, As we march for the Union, IIo! Float the glorious Stars and Stripes O'er the rebel don, Though a hundred thousand graves, Swallow up their men; And the might of the right Shall be honored once again. Ononis-AVith a tramp and a tramp, O'er the rattlesnakes and the damp As we march for the Union, IIo ! Hurl the screaming shot and shell, Through the staggering ranks ! I'ress them with the bayonet charge! Sweep upon their flanks ! Fee! the North rushes forth, As a river bursts its banks. ClIOKUS. With a tranip and a tramp, And THIS BANNER, for our lamp? As we march for the Union Ho ! Who will march whore honor calls ? Who will wiii a name ? T'own with the perjured rebels? To victory ! and fame ! For the boast of their hosts, Shall be turned to fear and shame. CtroiU'S. With a tramp, and a tramp, As wo homeward turn from camp, When we've marched for the Union GERMAN VALOR. BY MRS. MAUY A. DENISOX. Come over, ye sturdy German!?; There was never yet a placo Rut where in tho fight for liberty Ye have showu a dauntless face. With your grim Teutonic moustache, And your eye of Freedom's blue, Yc arc a match for the despots old, And the rebels' braggart crew. We are glad to see your legions Tramping our streets adown, Some from the fields of the harvester, Some from u foreign crown; With a front as stjrn as manhood, Of the noble martyr stock, That ha- stood in battles of bloodiest dye, 'Gainst many a mortal shock. (,'omc with your dauntless Sigel, And by the memory Of brave Buldcn and glorious Slafrf, Strike home for Liberty; Yes, bearour sacred banucr, Ye sous of other lauds; Wo trust it sooner with yo than Northoru Traitor hands. And when in dust and ashes, Tho recreant South repents, And peace is writ in goldcu words, On all our battlements, When from the sacred ruins i Of trampled fanes- yo see A glorious temple heavenward rise For God and Liberty Upon its inner altar, Beneath the flags yo bore, Blue with the smoko of battle fields, lied with a nation's gore Yet white with peace Oh ! Gcrmaus I t Your name shall bo enshrined, As patriots who wroto in blood, "Freedom for all mankind." Novices are so incurable as those which men am pt to glory in. Tho man lacks moral courage who treats w'n.'Q ho should retreat. Tlic Discoiilciilc.d Pendulum. When people, now grown, were children, they used to read the following story with profit. We copy it here that children may read it now. Kns. iNDErKxn- KXT. Aii old clock that had sto:nl for fifty years in n fanner's kitchen, without giving its owner nny cause of complaint, early ono summer's morning, before any ono of the family were stirring.suddenly slopped. J I'pon this, the dial-plate (hanged conn-1 tenance with alarm; the hands made a vain effort to continue their course; the wheels remained motionless with surprise; the weights hung speechless; and each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the other. At length the dial instituted a forma! inquiry as t j the cm; of the slag-nation, when hands, wlieels, weights, witli 'no voice, protested their innocence. Mot. now a faint tick was heard bcluw from the pendulum, who thus spoke: "1 confess myself to be the sole chubo of the stoipage, and I atn willing, for the goner al siitisfaction, to assisrq lov reasons. The ! following a.s.-a;;es are iliustralions: The truth is. 1 am tired of ticking." Upon ! man out West whose legs are so long; that hearing this, the old clock became so en-1 'ad to go down cellar to take oil' bis raged, that it was on the very pjiut of strik-1 -'diocs. The man ttlu is so large, that he ing. '-Lazy wire," exclaimed the dial-j 1' to go our uf door.- to turn over. The-plate, holdingup its bauds. -'crv a'ood!" i uau WM0 """red so loud he had to sleep retiliii.t llw, iion.l, i.U : t.. ... i 'v..,4 Mi.iiM, ii ih wimiv t-.iM for vou. Jlrs. Dh.1. -l, 1e !...,., lways, a: ' - - M everybody knows, set yourself above me it is vastly eas for vou. 1 sav. to aeensr other people of lazinjss; you who have had nothing to do all your life, but to stare people in the face and to amuse yourself with all that goes on in the kitchen. Think, I beseech you, how you would like to be fhut up for life in this dark closet, and to wag backward and forward, year after year, as I do.'' "As to that," said the dial, '-is there not a window in your house on mirnoso for you to look through?" "For all that," resumed the pendulum, "it is very dark here, and although there i.s a window, J dare not stop, even for an instant, to look out. at it. Besides, I am really tired of my way of life, and if yoit wish I. will tell you how I took this di.-;gu.-t to my employ ment, 1 happened to be thinking, this j mnrning. how many times 1 should have to tick in the course of the next twenty-four hours; perhaps some om; of ymt above there can tell me the extra sum!' The minute-hand, being quick at figures. pi senlly replied, ''Eighty-six thousand, fun-hundred times." "Exactly so," replied the pviidulum; "well, I appeal to you all, if the very thought of ibis was not enough to fatigue any one; and when I beg in to multiply the strokes of one day by those of months and years, reallv it is no wonder that 1 felt discouraged at the prospect. So after a good deal of reasoning and hesi tation thinks .I to myself, I'll stop." The dial could scarcely keep its countenance during this harangue, but rcsumiug its gravity, it thus replied: " Dear Mr. Pendulum, 1 am really astonished that sr.ch a useful, industrious person as yourself should have been seined with this sudden weariness. Il is true ymt have done a great deal of work in your time; so have we all, and are likely to do; which although it may fatigue us to think oj the question is whether it will fatigue us to do. Would you do me the favor to give the half a dozen strokes to illustrate my argumcut?" The pendulum complied, and ticked six times at the usual pace, Now,' resumed tho dial, "may I be allowed to inquiro if that exertion is at all fatiguing or disagreeable to you!"' '-Not in the least," replied the pendulum, "it is not of six strokes I complain, nor of sixty, but of millions." "Very good," replied the dial; "but recollect that although you may think of it million of strokes in a second, you are only required to execute but one; and however often you may hereafter have to swing; a second will be given- you each tiuio to swing in, which is all the time you can possibly use.'' "That consideration slag, gers me, I confess," said the pendulum. i'Thcn I hope," resumed the ditil-plafo, "that wo shall all return to vuf duly immediately, for tho maids will lie too late in bed if we stand idling thus." Upon this tho weights, who had never been accused of light conduct, used all their influence in persuading him to proceed: when, as if with one consent, the wheels began to turn, the hands began to move, the pendulum began to swing, and o its credit ticked as loud and regularly s ever; while a red beam of the rising sun that streamed through a hole in thowindow-shutter, shining full upon the c'ial-plato, it brighteued up, as if nothing had been the matter. Wncn the farmer came down to break-faast that morning, looking upon at the clock, he declared his watch had gained half an hour in the night. ; The gleeful laugh of happy children is the best home music, and Ihe graceful figures of childhood are the best statmry. Will) I here is a species of humor, peculiarly American, which consists in grotesque hyperbole, the caricaturo ofs i fact which expresses is bettor than a faithful porlrail would do. Some people take the snakeaiid kill it when they wish to show it to us; but the lively Yankee humorist just catches it by tho tail as it passes, and stretches it into ludicrous proportions, as actors in patoini- mes do the tails of those famous ductil dragons, which so astonish and delight children. Instances of this wild and extravagant humor are as common as proverbs. Everybody has heard of the weather which was so cold that the mercury went out of sight, and which no doubt would have been a good deal colder if the thcrmmnctnr had been long-enough. A similaijexaggoration was that of,a young man who took calomel on a morning so cold, that the mercury run down into his boom. And speaking of bonis, ri-tiii'uils us ul'a stage driver, who wore such large ones that he had to n.-c the forks of I he road a." a bootjack. The ! in thn iipc-;. street, to I pro IVoin uakenine i , r -c . hiins.df. The man whose nose is so lorn- - I th-it 1... Ii-k f.'i sleo loi-M-.-.r.l three mces to I reach the cud of it. The man wdio Was lai'g;e and heavy, that his shadow killed a little boy when it fell on li mi. I he mar. wdio was so fat, that his shadow left a greasy trail along tho road as he walked; and the man who was so thin that ho had no shadow at all. Among these deserve to rank the horse that ran so fast around the ring, that tho spectators could only sec one continual circular horse; together with that other mare famous racer, that ran so swiftly about the urewe, that he nearly caught up to himself, and could see his own tail just before him. A fireman once related an advelilue, in which he found himself in a rich saloon, surrounded by wealth and line company. 'I didn't know myself, until I felt in my pockets and found em enqity. Smno one infercd that he wis customa rilv short of funds. 'Thai's so! it steamboats werc-sollin at two cents piece," said be. '1 havent enough to buy a gangway plank!" We once heard a person tell of a fright he received from a big dog. l:I lost flesh," said h :, '-at the rate of ten pounds a minute, till tho owner cainej .,,,,1 r... M...1 lm .('" I Along with thi, wo may place lln story M" the man who, in consequence of a fright, ran so last and so far, that when he stop- it was more than twenty minutes before his shadow came up with him. He was probably watched by the man whose dickey was so high that he had to climb a fence to see over it. The Tower of Ideas. The following touching and felicitous, illustration of the power of ideas, was given by Wcndtdl Bhillips iu a public speech in New York: I was told to-day, a story so touching in reference to this, that you must let mo tell it. It is a temperance case, but it will illustrate this just as well. A mother on the green hills of Vermont, was holding by the right hand a son 16 yean old, mad with tho love of sea. And as ho stood by the garden gate one morning she said: Edward, they tell me for I never saw the ocean that, the great temptation of a seaman's life is drink. Promiso me before you quit your mother's hand that you will not driuk." "And," said ho, (for ho told me the story,) "I gave her tho promise, and I went the globe over Calcutta and the Mcditerraean, San Francisco and Good Ifopo, the north pole and the south. I saw them nil in forty years, and I never saw a glass filled with sparkling liquor that my mother' form by tho garden gate on the green hill side of Vermont, did not rise belore me; and to-day at the age of sWtv mv lir.s nrn innocent of the taste of liquor. Was not this pwect evidence of tho power of a single word? Yet that was not half. "For," said he, "Yesterday thcro came inco my couuting room a man of forty years and asked mo, 'Do you know me?' "No." "Well," said he, "I was once brought into your presence on thip-board; yon wero a passenger; tho captain had kicked me aside; you took me to your berth and kept me there until I bad slept olT my intoxicaliou. Youthen asked mc if I had u mother. I eaid I had never known a word from her lips. You told mo of yours at the garden gate, and to-dny I am master of one of the finest packets iu New York, aud 1 came to ask yon to ceino and see me." How fur that candle throws its beams! Tho mother's word on the green hillside of Vermont! 0, Man! bo thankful for the mighty power of a single w or d!'' I'mm tin. New ,.ik Tii.....". i Tho.-.,; ueiv ,,,,, ',. j,,,-1,; w. nls. and I think SI rikiiitr Idler from a ; oikIhtii J'a- lie is wi e as iho.e that cm ibid n-.i llit r to liis.Soti In IJ:c lU hrl Army. ! ,,!.. t ip ,;!,; bi ih.-y .y .Numerous mail bahuvo fallen inlo the ! llom' wl1'' "'"' i';lll"jr hands of (he nalional troops in Louisiana. I w,i!l 11 Mi"? ",'"'r "'"'..ding so The universal usa-e of war declares cap. :' fte,,n& C:,,;1' oll"'r; ,mt 1 l,av" tured mails of the enemy property of ll,c.lk"0W" '"""J' where they have captor, and a national officer was appointed to examine the captured letters and , make ro'ooi-t h. to.,,!,. outers n,,,.,i;,.lv Several of thee letter, have reached r, but,in,tructivo as they are, we can find room for publishing one only. We omit tho name of the writer and oUhe intended recipient, as well as of the. place whenc jt was sent, for obvious reasons. If its re.i markable contents should induce any read-1 ers to doubt its irenuineiicsf!, we would I state that the original was gi'en to us iv publication by a geiillemau whose honor and veracity mi on has ever doubted. We have omitted those portions only, together with those paragraphs relating to family affairs. Av:::r. U-DH. '01 y Dr.vii Si'N: The (.lovennncni, n buying all the oxen wairoiis am cotton they can get here, to go to Mexico; at the bighet tiuiv. if you count paper dullai.-i. and sumo say they are threatening to lak what cotton they cannot, 'et at Li cents. Mine is well stored awav. and I will . Mli 11 1,1 pouml muui currency ii l! u"'j ''lk'-' ' "ave tllcn I ... , ...... oiiicthiug lo 'V L,e-:- nau ; .;ui, ;tilil l ;-u;ill nut uc u..,. I l : i ii i... n ..... i. '")- " The spirit ,,l ive me liberty or oive mi; death" is fast swollin tho heart of many a bosom. The cub of despotism is nearly full to overflowing;. The reign of terror, sooner or later, finds a limit to its iron grasp. Our kind Heavenly Father looks down, and finding no man that is able to wield the sceptre of justice, signally interferes Himself, and avenges the wrongs of His chosen ones, both in and out of the war, crying to God from Ihe around.' 1 our mother like many others, sleeps but yet she speaks. I neverin my life told or wrote a scandalous tale to ex- cite and array tho North against the South nr the South against the North. I never laid violent hands upon the (.'outitutio2 that I was sworn to support. and said I would I no loiiL-cr ho -.toverued bv its tea hiir.rs. But our yo ncli'-rs are everywhere trying j to console us. bv ti!ie'r us that this war ik i ... n ... I 1 i .. .. lor cur ,si us. iiul 1 1 mi i iocs not say so. Ho sivs every man .-ball sutler for his own j sins. ., far as lie inflicts. 1011 said 1 a.i-l your mamma have .sum-red in this war ! ,t ;t W:1S not tlC ( cK agnst us; but, if was the hand of widen men. j have been a great sinner again.-:,!, Cod, but j I bav,' novel-sinned a-'.-iiiist mv nation. I i This war may be sent 1W thu preachers' i sins, but 1 am not green enough to say yes, and for -mine too. Let tho preacher who encourages and lead- on thousands to take the life of his fellow-countrymen, take heed least he fall under the denomination, of those murders who shall have "their part in the lakh that burnetii with fire and brimstouc for ever and ever." A n eternity of happiness or misery irj of too much moment to be (rifled with, and 1 will never (rifle with it, although my body be killod a thousand times told. But 1 will rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. I s-icak as a dying man to ono who nni-it sooner or later die. "May we die the death of the righteous, and may our last end bo like his," is my prayer. But our preachers tel' us if wearo scrupulous about taken life in this war, that the Bible requires us ';to obey the powers that bo." Well, I suppose, then, thutif a band of robbers and murderers had captured me at my house, and taken me to the house of a dear brother, I must kill that brother, because, forsooth, they told mo to do it or they would kill me, and they had become the powers that be- What will God do to SUe 1 Slieiuie.lt.is ui mi huur i..o auut 1 1 .. . , . . i. .i i i ci.; fl..,,t- r coi, version of his sacred word.' Conscience is .,, a friendlv monitor, and, il cultivated, will -. ' ' . , -nude us in matters oi wnto una wrong, This thing bears too heavily on my mind to withhold speaking, lost my God holds mc accountable for silence. The Bible says, "Let, every man be fully per- minded in his own mind." I am penm-.d- cd that this tfar is wrong and unca.led lor, and no power has any right to force mc into it against iny 'judgment to remain neutral any more than it has a British or French subject. I cannot find a man who can givo even a plausible reason for tlii' dreadful war, that is to seal the eternal destiuics of thousands; but they say we are iu it, and that wo must fight it out, or the world will say they whipped us. So, I suppose, that a rebellious son, trampling on and resisting the government of a good t'lther, should continue to resist and beat bis father, lest the" world would say that father humbled his son. Awful fallacy! IIo should go like tho prodigal son, and the best aud fattest calfwouldsoon be kill-ed. This is a feeling that now every, wbcro exists; wo were too fast; but we can find no place to back cut. "If I bavo dtne wrong, I will go and -Jn flo more." u""u "' w( lc; u,,lItfr 1 ,"';"''-'. "''"'r 'l.ey found ,d,ce for ropent- ! anns- 'J ll" P1 (wM liv" llis 1 !;'",'' -N'v Orleans is glad to have a j U, MnJ' wilh hy hv j a!'' chv'm"- ' r ":0"- r,,;,r':'' ,1,n T"- .. .... .1 n i t i . i j !"''. '"'"-ays lor wuioin ami ciirectuni iron. " he voice ol Lod al ah times, knowing we a'l soon have to appear before Him and give mi account of our stewardship, mil happy will it be for that soul that is found not trusting in the powers that be. "but in the Rock that is higher til. .n ;Iy gi-iof about yoii's great, and at this lime of my bcivaveiuent would be i!i"uppnri!i!i! could I not console n-self lhat. your tiust is in (Jo,), and that He will e.i.l.-,; :,! ll.ingi f) work : - -; 1 . . i- for trnnd j lo Mill ami Jii.', Jin" v, ove (o'ldaml will. serve him. Our ireublj-s w ;! s.i.iu end. ami we sliali go to a Iviii r w.i-nl. 1 ks a.-!?i-. a l'e,- ii:,., s-im ,- b ui.e who wa present and beard the request of vour dy i mir mother, if I expected lo co with you, li iiilrcri . iiul visit our r I;. 'ions when the war closed. I answered that .I expected then to be in a better world than thk where no war is ever known. There's no news worth relatioe-. Th rich men ''lat 'lilvo nc.-f''-u's !"' mostly at home do ing well, wnile the l.irms ol the poor arc at waste. The sons of tho rich are beine ! I educated, while the sons of the poor are in I ignorance, never beiugqualiiied to contend lor justice. This is, as many would have it, a few lords occupy the soil and all seals of emolument and honor. Write mo of-tea. I shall ever humbly pray my God that we may yet live to see one another ;'-i,m 111 !''!. " 1Je "'T )',,u )m,l'h '"-'venly wisdom and under- tauoing. ii p;-.ins mo that 1 cau do no more noiv than say to vou, farewell joa. from jour lather, ivc." Ailvan'tascs of Calami!-. lis i a natural history of calamity. i-lian;:cs which break up at short in iTb" ten.-ii.-. Ihe juo-piiity of men. are adwr- of a nature whose lawisgiowih. Evermore, it is the order of nature to grow, and every smii is oy this intrinsic neeessi- ty quitling its whole 'ysiem of things, its li-iend", and hen;,-, bow la v a.i.i faith, a t!ie shell-usli crawl.H out ofiea Leaa'.iful but ease, oce.use u no long,;, mm.iaoi i its growth, and siowiy lornw a now house. In proportion to the vigor of the individual, thc:o revolutions are frequent, iinti' in some happier mind they are incessant and all worldly relations hang very loosely about hiin, becming as it were a transparent, fluid membrane, through which the form is silwt-ys seen, and not' as in west men an indurated, heterogeneous fabric of many dales, nnd of no settled character-in which the nrin is imprisoned. Then there can be enlargement, as the man of to day scarcely recognizes the nan of yesterday. And fuch thould bo tho outward biography cf men in life, a putting off of dead circumstance:!, day by day, as he renews his raiment day by day. But to us; in our lapsed state, resting not advancing, resisting not co-operating with tho divine expansion, this growth comes by shocks. Tho sure years reveal tho deep, remedial forces that underlie all facts. The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat late assumes the aspect of a guido or genius; for it commonly operates revolutions in our way cf life, terminates an epoch of nfaney or of youth, which wp.s waiting to M 1 11 1 .1 i be closed, breaks up a wonted occuiiation. , ,, . ,. . or a household, or a style or bvint:; and allows the formation ol new ones more J friendly to the growth of character.-t ,-so;i. -Em- As I was approached I was led torcfect on tho lapse of ages, and tho successive generations ot men and in their turn occupying lands, houses, nnu domains; each in their turn di$appearingand leaving their inheritance 'a be enjoyed by others. David oiico cbrorvc 1 tho same, and cried out, "Behold, then hast made my days as . a hundrcth, end mine, ape is as nothing 1 before thee; verily, every man at his lest estate is altogether vanity. Surely every man walketh in a vain how; surely (hey are disquieted in vain; he heapcth up rich-el, and cannot tell who shall gather them." Leigh Richmond. An iuiagiuutivn irishman gave utterance to this lamentation: I roturticd to the. balls of my father st nigbt, ni I found them in ruins! I cried aloud, "My faibers whero cro tfcoy?" and aa ccbo n ..ponded, " tbat you, fjHyisk McCJati - ,t- ... 'i'o Miiisj M:t-ti. A ymmg g.ri. !.y i'.iin'.Iy tircum'-i ine.-, or .:o:iie c.iln.T pei'iiliriiy, leol hut lew so cial oppoi'tuoijie. She i into hhbils ol t'.vec-sive sidf-iusncctioii, and a morhid seli.-itivcncss toi'i ilicislil. With good gifts and rctincd tastes, and careful culture, the began In 1.10W roiiicioin of il kind of iu-pcriority Id most of those about her. But tiie absence cf live'y sympathies fostered reserve and taciturnity, so that, few found cut or appreciated her real attainment.;. hil her own standard of characN-r was rising, others 1 to i indif- fei'cnt and haughty a spirit might know or be. I're-intly a sc-i:so of injustice began to 'pi'ing up hi her. I'nch new acquirement only seemed to cop-irate her mere and mere from her neighbors. Even heroqiials liiiieu to appreciate the hidden merit. Gradually, us years went mi, a silent resentment was kihJled. Temper was a little soured. Speech grew sarcastic. .Judy.-meiit .grew bitter. She i even -.'-.! herself i lor iie;;.eet, by withdrawing further nuu I'l.-.hi-r !-,.; ti-o w-l-'d. Ihn e (, ', :t own ' i! .. i VX Wcru alien.!....!. And to !!;' in-- oi mr - i,, u.i to,, i men w ill eoiiict- - -: L v ' encd. Very I'ea lu.-ii enough to ma i ry il, society lov-, in ihe or-, paid.- viiiing woman, an .'ere u '.;.i!( i.-lght (. -i.,,-iSl,l ol - I- vi ry way. n of t!,is fii,.. c. oi ii.-iiiicii't and u 'ti-i.-iitl j 1 1 I mi: iiei- e.vi fence forfeits it-beauty cs lb- -:l-n u ious i-harwi of makim; ; ing-th-r happy A umi-e li-'-elli.-h be ginuiii;-.-- a -enoinc love for m-iking sonic -ooy good or wi-e 'V eooil or wi-e -t ie ,v ...;. .Ii! ('. .. ipoor childvn--nuvthin-- tba- -xvu'A 1,-ivc! expjuded the heart n.ud t ni ne. I m. II OlU II lreaur- doors, wul'i ha re mad-of talent. th l'.J w 1 Tlic Use of GriniduioJlicrs. A little boy, who hud p!llc l n plt'.-hrj of milk' stood oryimj. in viewofawbipins;,! over the wre-.k. A little jdayimtte .-tep. I pea up to bun and "aid. r-.md-.liiigly: - by. Bobby, haven't yuu g..t i grand. aiotJier? If therein 'ml a seimon in tint text, where shall one find it? Who of us cannot, utuicmber this familv media tot' iiIwhvk with an excuse !br broken china, or torn j clothes or tardy lessons, or Utile, white i Ifdis'' Who was it had always on hand ,i . i t v . . i.. .i . ; 1110 coiueilieni eo-iii.ieii-iiene, in neauaeiic, h ; vi .- ....... ... .......... . m---s!' AVhoso consoling sli k of candc, or li ... ..... 1.) T . , tC.ll'I' Oil 1,'. ,...ii r..i f.-t.i, ' paper oi su r-plums, or seod-eake. never . . . .' J gave out; timl who aiwav-i kei.-' sir.m.-i, to , , -i , ,',..".,. h hoivo witb.and coulu iio.ro, isi nding l" :.,.,- u,:.l .,-.,.lUi.3 and toll stories between daylight and dark to nu indefinable amount to ward off the dreaded rn-t-i bed hour? Who staid uf l,.-.i , tiAr. 1. .1... ..t.tl,'.,... i . ".'j-T.t, ioii'iiiu I lllll.V J-tl..l Will, lit, 11, till,. ,,-,.111, ill i . Who straightened out the littlo waxen limbs for the cofiiti when papa and mamma were blind with tears? Who gathered up the little vt'-c'cs'j ropes and shoes and and toys, and hid them away from torturing sight till heaven s own balm was poured into those aching hearts? 'Haven't you got a grandmother?' Alas! if only our grown-up follies and faults might always find as merciful judgment, how many whom harshness aud severity have driven to despair and crime, wero now to be found useful and happy members of society. A Waif. Tho Toledo Ji rule tells the following so honorable and so instructive. Who would not go and do likewise ? Our renders may remember a notice published iu the Ut'iu'e some weeks since tit ti-.o mslance ot .Va-.-or 1'orr, fiitf, a, fu;t- ablo p'aec was deVr-1 for a tit le orphan boy nine v-nrs of in;.;, n hosi- ptirenfd bo:h I died cf elioir ru. during the last visit efthat i disease to thi- oily in l-v;il. Various ap- pn-.-.'-ttorn were hi nin-o iiiauo lor luin, linn amouf' them wu th.it vf A. P. .Mown , Esq., cf M'lnn, wliit.h '"""i accepted, ami Johnny two or three y-. eks p.:nr l-eearrc I a picmm-r ol tint lami v. c-i cnil Juoiis! ycs.ici' i'17 went for him r.s a witness j:; some mit, rri we were gi'at'lic l ;it a cab' ; from him, but pun h mure by tho radie d change iv-bieb be bud undergone in Ids persona! nrprRranor-, and the grt natis-i'action with his new home which be expressed. That ruddy, smiling free, and these bright flashing cyfs, never before spoko tho joy und promise which now beam from them, and wo could but rejoice that the litite waif had, in God's providence, ' fooud a lodgement so promising of future bli-ssiiiL' to hiniscll'and Km-icty. And as wc contra.-ted the recent ragged, dirty, little ol-i"ct of the world's uucrtain charity, with the present clcuu. neatly rip-geepos-sc-sorof an excellent home, we alinntl'elt to envy tbo wboe high inissijn it bad been to work so great a change, nnd won dered lhat more families did not "do like wiss." Who "b ill sum up the results to follow irom takiDg "ven ons such little immortal from tbn sinks of vice end orinie and ro'teio'V! pmideges? Eternity alooe ejn reveal tbcoa. J ben tow bJesasd isli work of 'Oo-s via dsvoia the:rli7&i to Irwumt cfcildrsi of iafartupfr Jirro- rr... ijiibvcu'a Column. bukiu ovriitE Rsn"m r.r the nr.v. jns t.idi., i. u. " the wiib; ueean. I.,.i,t,, i i dm, tin rectioii night. ; i u.- nun j!).- w;'"' U'JW3 weeki in (ino di-Ilx 'i tl ship moves on day and !'0'i rapidly uud nlo.s 1 a aiuhi, been heard to say t& h, Iter ..,.! iii . -n iiicsc arc called thu "Trudo 1 IUU:i. 'I will UAl you a fart about drinkim-," said m-obJe old 5e--Capfain. "AJ T in) 3'ou, boys. tliHt when people sv, qt don-t Lurt an.vLo.Jjr to dri.k, if (hey don-t driuk oo ,,,ch ,hey don't kno what they ar, ta kiii, n hoof ' . . J o mere is no auch thing as """kirs M'irifs, .wiihcut drinking too much. V. he,,I SL.dtoiltolDdia , and Kotinto the trade winds. I used to put all -'" stid on my S!!ip v,;lleJl she coulJ s.bly bwr. But I )10fictd a curioas f tvery morning about eleven o'clock I "'ed fo go clown into my cabin and take a 1 WO.l!d ca.. 1UV evecr,- . -...I,;.. every sail was i' . SC. LU&V i.!., r.na every rove taut. ..(; mi :.,,).,., -ii , ......... .i j-jj ,:v e c:a.-i safely cr.rry On c :m;n? yj cut of fuo cabin, ,11 i.n'Ti ;:iy i.i'ari'iv u:ir?.ys cseaed as li tile duo v,..-: tooa!ow, and the tll.-re ....1 -'..-L.. rest".' ir,.r.iO,K(,;!v ,Rmn..,jlav ,,.r eh. jw.-uM,r;.or ,:,J rt,- !vv .;.;3 ,fsai!. i !' that t;ll.C. V':. r , si.:. :,! '!. '""."'' "'r - ...... . ,v x, ulKK.r j;cavy . pre litre. -i:.Uiseexe.t'tij bivW Lard. cr unJ 1 wouli ab..-iit. 'u-then-;, a J, and ek-w up that ,.cef.' S,, fouaJ' 't day aflerday, and was iitfeijy unable to' account for tho lull in too ;,)' ! lll"tlHuir. Dm nuednvl was .ov:l I ".iited my brandy, and overlierJ ' mv '-ook, black r.K..tr. ssy, .CarUiu drink 1... t . i 1 out roof !' .pi men I umlei-Ntoo,! ;ll ; .-,., "in thai time I dropt my brandy, ami th.r w -is no ch;(U;' in me sails of my shin. J,l,-a,ik moder- a-ciy, nn yet lt was too much; and it woubj not have be,.,, strange if I had l.,st my ship in .ohseqiieuce. ft--! j-.J, ,;,v,. there U ii" such thing 1H uriuku.g, without drinking too much;" It s even ho. We doii't know but a e..i i ''ttle about it. Ma vy k febiii muster lein h It cold or hot. tired or sleepy, vcved and tronoleil nnil 1. .10 . i. "i ... , ' 7 feH1U' Cd rOHrit'O to b.i i-.'isii '- V.-: '.-.,., .... l. . ' ' ' "u 10,l tl" hu dIui) wan daubed on thia , , , ou l"'d Many a physician haa been worn dow by labors and anxieties, his nerves week, and his mind wavering, and has gone to the bottle, and thua ho "shakes out his reef i3 rash in dealing lib powerful med icines, and he loses his patient.,-; loscj soil-reliance, and the confidence of tho community, aud ho loses practioo aud cbsrac-ter, and is ru'iued. Many a merchant drinks a little, focbt more confidence, makes bargains whea thus stimulated "shakes out his reef" and is ruined. Many amechanic takes acontract Which he examined after drinking a littlo, forgot the number of hard blows it would coat to completo it, and thus bo "shakes out tho roof," and acquires u taste that is bit do-struction.And many a bright boy, tho hope of bis father, and the pride cf his mother, early learns to drink a little, and thus he "shake out the reef," disappoints the hopes of his friends, lives a poor creature, dies a drunk-ard, and reuds over the guto of heaven, "uo drtiukard shall inherit eternal life " Tenacity of Lift. A few c on s since, in enr t)r:viij evil-,' tiicre was a Icitrs-od d'.aserta-.io-i sul-j.'et: 'vil 1-ugs, and t'aicr rcmujvablc tenacity of life , One ns ?erte l c: bio own kiio-Hod;:-! that Ihev eculd bo boiled pnd .u ,,0lf, t0 jj . fc'uitn J..vJ f.rikiid '.h"-n for hours in terpen tine without anv fattt cootequrnces. Old HunVr, who had born listening as an outsider, hire pave in hi experience in corroboration of tbo faetn. Says he; "Some years ago I took a bed bug to n iron fourdry, und dropping it into a Indie where th melted iron vis. had it run into a skillet. Well, my ol-l womm i.cd (hat pkilt pretty oonstont for the last six years, snd here tho othr day ii fit. broken 1 to fmasb, aod what d- yon think, gentleman, there 'ere insect ju'. walked out ot his hole, where be hud hoc lay 111. like a fr"g in a r""k, and make tracks iir hi? old roost up Ntiijr., ,TJat, addxij bo, by way tf a pau-glbcs!s, 'be looked in igh iy pale.' Peath comca V, good mau to felie him; it comes t j bJ piep ) rfsjjere tytf cictj. The ii' obovld ut lb clwi sot cujj h7ll.l t. 1 ITo TT75 T |