Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1858-06-29

              WW VOLUME 22. MOUNT VERKON, OHIO i TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1858. NUMBER 11. OS XI TT TUESDAY SfORRISU-, DT It. IIARIElt. OS.ce in Woodward'! Bloek, Tktrd Story. TERMS Two Dollars par annum, payable In ad-Taaoe; $2,60 within tlx months: $3.00 after the expiration of the year. Clubs of twenty, $1,60 each. H A T K 8 O A D V B R T t I H t J o 0 - 5 o O 6 6 t B o a B ft c.$ c$ c. $ e. $ e. $ e. $ e. S e. 1 gafe 2 2ar.-X t quart, - II 001 25 1 ?3tt 253 00 S 604 60 S fO I "T5 2 25 3 25 4 25 6 25 6 00 6 ?5 8 00 2 50 3 60 4 60 & 05 8 00? 00 8 00 10 i . i i . . -i, ; 4I7MW, - 3 50 4 00 5 00 C 00 ? 00 3 00 10 112 1 tquarc, changeable monthly, $10 weekly, $15 , column, changeable qnirterly,. 15 A. eolumn, changerble quarterly ............ ............... 18 J column, changeable quarterly,... 25 1 column, changeable quarterly........... ....... ........ 40 gf Twelve lines of Minien, (this type) are counted at a square. 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To weary hearts, to mourning homes, ' God's meekest angel gently cmes; No power has be to banish pain, Or give us back our lost again; And yet in tenderest love, our dear And Heavenly Father sends him here. ; There's quiet in that angel's glance, There's rest in his still countenance; He mocks no grief with idle cheer, -Nor wounds with words the mourner's tear,' . But ills and woes be may not oure, .- He kindly trains us to endure. - Angel of Patience! sent to calm Our feveri.-h brow with cooling balm To lay the storms of hope and fear, . . And reconcile life's smi.e and tear; And throbs of wounded pride to still. And make us own our Father's will! Oh thou, who monrnest on.thy wy! '. Willi longings far tie ciiise of day, He walks with thee, int acgjl kind. And gently-whispers: "Be-Tsigned - Ber up, bear on, the end shall tell, The dear. Lord ortlereth all things well." We're Growing: Old Together. We're growing old together, We're growing old apace, And tell-tale care and sorrow strew Their Hoes upon thy face: Yet still as dear to roe art thou As when in youth's bright morn : The ruby lip and rosy check - . . Did thy fair face adorn. We're growing old together, As time flies swiftly by, And tearful grief bus somewhat dimmed. The lustre of thine eye: Yetstill it beams as fondly, love, As when we stood beside The old oak-tree I hold your hand And asked you for my bride. We're growing old together, ; But ktiU our hearts are young, And future days of changeful life Shall find us brave and strong: And may affection true enchain Our hearts together still, As oft in days of yore we felt The same emotions thrill. popular Calrs. THE POT OF OiOLD. Deacon Bancroft, though a very good man in the main and looked up to with respect by all the inhabitants of the village of Centreville, was rumored to have, in Yankee parlance, "a pretty sharp eye to the main chance" a peculiarity trora which deacon are not always exempt. In worldly matters he was decidedly well to do, having inherited a fine farm from his father which was "growing yearly more valuable. It might be supposed that under these circumstances, the deacon who was fully able to do so, would have found a help meet to share his house and name. But the deacon was wary. Mat ri. monv was to him in some measure a matter 'money, and it was his firm resolve not to marry unless he could thereby enhance his worldly prosperityT: Unhappily the little village of Cen-treville and the towns in the immediate vicinity contained few who were qualified in this impor. tant particular, and of those there were probab . ly none with whom the deacon's suit would have prospered. So it happened that year - after year passed away, until Deacon Bancroft was in the prime of life -forty five or thereabouts and still unmar ried, and in all human probability likely to re Jjoftrg. main so. .. 'Deacon Bancroft's nearest neighbor was a widow. . The Widow Wells, who had passed through ' on matrimonial experience, was some three or four years younger than Deacon Bancroft She was still qaite a comely woman. Unfortunately, the late Mr. Wells bad not been able to leave her sufficient to make her independent of the world. All that she possessed was the small, old fashioned house in which she lived, and a mall amount of money, which was insufficient to support her and a little son of seven, though hardly to be classed as 'productive' of anything ----- ' bat mischief,. ..--. - .The widow was therefore obliged to take three or four boarders! to eke ; out her scanty income, which of . coarse imposed pon her, considerable '-''IsAoraad anxiety, : , .. : . - i , l it sarprising thea that andcr these ctrenm- ;5ces she shoaU sow and them have bethought , ttrrtlf of a ascood marriage, as a method of tcttsrirj her conditioo? Or; agaia, naed we es teem it a special wonder, if, in her reflections upon this point, she should have cast bereyes upon her neighbor, Deacon Bancroft? The deacon as we have already said, was in flourishing circumstances. He would be able to maintain a wife in great comfort; and being one of the chief personages in the village, could ac cord her a prominent social position. He was not especially handsome, or calcnla. ted to make a profound Impression upon the female heart- this was true "but he was of a good disposition, kind hearted, and would no doubt make a. very good sort of a husband. A desirable match : Some sagacious person, however, has observed that it takes two to make a match, a fact to be seriously considered for in the present case it was exceedingly doubtful whether the worthy deacon, even if be had known the favorable opinion of his next neighbor,, would have been inclined to propose changing: her name to Bancroft, unless, indeed, a suitable motive was brought to bear upon him. Here was a chance for finessing. One evening, after a day of fatiguing labor, the widow Wells sat at the fire in the sitting room, with her feet resting upon the fender. "If I ever am so situated as not to have to work so hard," she murmured, ''I shall be happy. It's a hard life keeping boarders. If I was only as well off as Deacon Bancroft. Still the widow kept up her thinking and by and by her face brightened up. She had an idea, which she resolved to put into execution at the very earliest practicable moment. . What it was the reader will discover in the sequel. "Henry," said Bhe to her son, the next morning, 'I want you to stop at Deacon Bancroft's as you go along to school, and ask him if he will call and see me in the course of the morning or afternoon, just as he finds it most convenient."Deacon Bancroft was a little surprised at the summons. However, about 11 o'clock, he called in. The widow had got on the dinner, and had leisure to sit down. She appeared a little embarrassed. ' "Henry told me. that you would like to see me," he commenced. "Yes, Deacon Bancroft, I do, but I am much afraid you will think strange of it at least, of what I mean to say to you." The deacon very politely promised not to be surprised, though at the same lime his curiosity was visibly excited. "Suppose," said the widow casting down her eyes "mind I am only supposing a case sup pose a person, should find a pot of gold pieces in their cellar, would the law have a right to touch it, or would it belong to them?" . The deacoo pricked up his ears. "A pot of gold pieces, widow? Why, unques' tionably, the law would have nothing to do with it. ';.- ' ; . . "And the one who had formerly owned the house couldn't come forward and claim it, could he, deacon?' inquired the widow, further with apparent anxiety. "No, madam; unquestionably not. When the house was disposed of everything went with it.'' "lain glad to bear it, deacon. You won't thiuk strange Of the question, but it happened to occur in my miud, and I thought I would 11 to have it satisfied." "Certainly, widow, certainly, said the deacon abstractly. "And, deacon, as you are here I hope you will stop to dinner with us. It will be ready punctually at twelve." . "Well, no," said the deacon, rising: "I'm much obliged to ye, but they'll be expecting me home. "At any rate, deacon," said the widow, taking a steaming miuce pie from the oven "you must know that I pride myself on my mince pies." The warm pie sent forth such a delicious odor, that the deacon was sorely tempted, and after saying, Well," with the intention of refusing, he finished by saying, "On the whole, I guess I will, as it looks so nice." . The widow was really a good cook, and the deacon ate with much gusto the generous' slice which the widow cut for him. and after a little more chatting upon unimportant subjects, he withdrew in some mental perplexity." "Was it possible," thought he, "that the wid' ow could really have found a pot of gold in ber cellar? She did not say so much to be sure, but why should she show so much anxiety to know as to the proprietorship of treasure thus found, if she had not happened opon some?" To be sure, so far as his knowledge extended, there was no one who had occupied the house who would be in the least likely to lay up such an amount of gold but then the house was one hundred and fifty years old, at the very least, and undoubtedly had had many occupants of whom he knew nothing. It might be, after all. The widow's earnest desire to have him think it was only curiosity, likewise gave additional probability to the supposition. "I will wait and watch,1 thought the deacofl. It so happened that Deacon Bancroft was one of the Directors In the Savings' Institution, situated in the next town, and accordingly used to ride over there once or twice a month to attend meetings of the board. - On the next occasion of this kind, the Widow Wells sent over to know if he would carry ber over with him, as she had a little business to at tend to there. .The request was readily accorded. Arrived in the village, Ura, Wells requested to be set down at the bank. " r- "Ha bar1' thought tie deaeonj "tlrat means something." -v.i - - , He said nothing, however, but determined to come back, and find oot as he could, readily from the cashier, what business she had with the bank. . . ; , ; " ' ; ; .;; ;- The widow tripped into the oSce, pretending to look iodiSsreaU i-.i ' '- r ' ; ""Caa yoa ve me small bills far a five dollar goU piece? she asked. ' ' '" "WiA pleasors was the reply. "By the way,M said she, "the bank is la a flourishing condition, is it not?'-"None in the State on bettet footing,4 was the prompt response. Yoa receive deposits, do roti not?'t "Yes, madam, we are receiving therJS every day.' : - "Do you receive as high as five thoasafld dollars?'! . ' ' "No," said the cashier, with some stirprlse, "rather we do not allow interest on so large a sum. One thousand dollars is our limit Did you know of any one who." , "It is of no consequence," said the Widow, hurriedly; "I only asked for curiosity. By the way did you say how much interest you allowed on such deposits as came within your limit? "Five percent, madam." . "Thank you, I only asked for curiosity-What a beautiful morning it ist" The widow tripped lightly out. Shortly after wards the deacon entered. "How is business Mr, Cashier?" he inquired. "About as usual" "Had any new deposits lately?' "None of any magnitude.' "I brought over a lady this morning who seemed to have business with you." "The Widow Wells?" ' ' "Yes." ';; "Do you know whether she has hadahy mon ey left her lately?" "None that I know of," said the deacon, pricking up his ears. "Why? Did she deposit any?" "No, replied the cashier, "but she asked whether we received deposits as high as five thousand dollars."; "Indeed!" ejaculated the deacon. "Was that all she came for?" he enquired a moment afterwards, ; "No she exchanged a gold piece for some bills." .. "Hal" pondered the deacon, reflectively, "did she give any reason for inquiries?" "No, she said she only asked from curiosity." The deacon left the bank in deep thought.- He came to the conclusion , that this "curiosity" only veiled a deeper motive. He no longer entertained a doubt that the widow had actually found a pot of gold in her cellar, and appearances seemed .to indicate that is probable value was equal to five thousand dollars. The gold piece which she had exchanged at the bank appeared to confirm this story. "I rather think," said the deacon, complacent-ly, "I can see into a millstone about as far as most people," a statement the literal truth of which I defy any one to question, though, as to the prime fact of people's being able to see into a millstone at all, doubts have now and then intruded themselves upon my mind. - Next Sunday the Widow Wells appeared at church in a new and stylish bonnet, which led to some such remarks as these- "How much vanity some, people have to be sure!" "How a woman that has to keep boarders for a living can afford to dash out with such a bonnet is more than I can tell! I should think that she was old enough to know better." "I suppose," continued the same lady, "she's trying to catch a husband with her finery.' Before I would condescend to such means I'd I'd drown myself." In this last amiable speech the young lady bad unwittingly hit upon the true motive. The widow was intent upon catching Deacon Bancroft, and she indulged in - a costly bonnet not because she supposed he would be caughPwith finery, but because this would strengthen in his mind the idea that she had stumbled upon hid den wealth. The widow had ejaculated shrewdly, and the display had the eSVct she anticipated. Monday afternoon, Deacon Bancroft found an errand that called him over to the widow's. It chanced to be about tea lime. He was impor tuned to stay to tea, and, somewhat to his sur prise, actually did. ; The polite widow, who knew the deacon's weak point, brought on one of her best mince pies, a slice of which her guest partook of with zest, ' :" ' . ' "YouH take another piece I know," said she persuasively. "Really, I am ashamed," said the deacon, and he passed bis plate. "The fact is," he said apologetically, "your pies are so nice I don't know where to stop." "Do you call these nice," said the widow modestly. "I only call them common. I can make mince pies when . I set out. to, but this time I didn't have as good lock as usual." "I shouldn't want, any better," said the deacon emphatically. "Then I hope if yon. like them, youll drop in to tea often. We ought to be more neighborly, Deacon Bancroft." - Deacon Bancroft assented, and he meant what he said. The fact is the- deacon began to think that the widow was a Very charming woman. She was very comely, and then she was stick an excellent cook! Besides he had no doubt in his own mind that she was worth a considerable sum of money What objection would there be to ber becoming Mrs. Bancroft? He bfourht this question before her one evening The wid. ow bl ashed 'professed to be greatly itttprised in fact she had never thought of the thing in her life bat on the whole, she had always thought highly of the deacon, and to cut the mat' ter short accepted him. . . ': : A month afterwards sie was instatled as tbti-' tress of the deacon's large house, somewhat to the sarprise of the village people, who could not conceive how she bad brought bin over. . ' ' Some weeks after the ceremony, - the deslcon entored to inquire about the pot of which1 she had found in the cellar.5 ? ; "Pot of goldf she exclaimed hx surprise, i know of none." :.;""; " ' '"' J : ' - " "But,, said the deacoo, disconcerted, you know you asked! me whether the law could claim it. - :r: -::.i:r 0, W deaopB 1 only asxed from earim. "And was that the reason you made inquiries at the the bank? "Why, certainly. What else could it have beer?" ' The deacon went out to the barn, and for about half an hour sat in silent meditation.- At the end of that time he ejaculated as a consideration, "after all -she makes stood mince pies? . . V .. It gives me pleasure to state that the union between the deacon and the widow proved a tit j happy one, although to the end of his life, he never cduld quite make up his mind about "That Pot Of Gold.' r " ;. ' Cjmitps in Enteral. Oeneril Waitingtoli ft Harsha.Il of France. It is not commonly known that Gen. Washington, ddring the war of the Revolution, received the honorary title o viartschal de France. The fact however, is corroborated by a letter from G. W. P. Custis, Esq., dated the 18th Inst, which we find in the Frederick (Md.) Examiner, addressed to Col. Anthony Kimmel. Mr. Custis says i . ... - .. ; . " In regard to Washington - as iiarshall of France, I have in this house 'proof as strong as holy writ, in an engraving of Merchistoun, the celebrated inventor of the Logarithm usj which was presented to Washington by the Earl of Bdchan, a relative of the philosopher, with this endorsement in the handwriting of the Earl : 'To Marshall General Washington, with the respects of Buchan.' Now. Buchan lived in the age of the revolution and was the associate of courts, and certainly he would not have addressed to one he so loved and admired, as he did the chief, a title to which the chief had no claim. Lord Napier, on a visit to Arlington House, was greatly astonished and gratified by a sight of a reminiscence of his ancestors treasured imon? the relics of Washington. The history of the American, a Marshal of France, is simply this: When, in 1781, Colonel Laurens went to France as special ambassador, a difficulty arose between him and the French ministry as to the command of the combined ar mie8 in America. Our heroic Laurens said 'Our chief must command ; it is our cause, and the battle is on our soil.' lCcsl impossible? ex. claimed the Frenchman ; 'by the etiquette of the French service the Count de Rochambeau, bsing an old Lieutenant General, can only be commanded by "the Sing in person, or a Jlfar. tchal de France.' 'Then,' exclaimed Laurens, 'make our Washington a MaracliaX de France, aod the difficulty is at an end.' It was done. A- friend of mine-heard Washington spoken of as Monsieur le Mareschal at the siege of Yorktown. Our beloved Wauhington never coveted or desired rank or title, but it is beyond a d ubt that, from the force of circumstances just related, the . rank and title of MarescJial de France was conferred upon the General-in-Chiet of the combined armies of America add France.' n900 . A Woman Can Keep a Secret. -. It has been demonstrated in Schuyler county, I Illinois, where an elderly couple in the vicinity of Rushville . had a beautiful daughter an only child 'upon whom they lavished all tbeir affections. Two years ago sf yoang itutti applied to them for work, aod they employed him; His amiable qualities and industry soon won their confidence. Tie bad been i a their employ six months, when the farmer having business at Beardstown, sent the young man there to attend to it ; and as the daughter had some purchases to make she was allowed to go with him; At night they returned. Atfairs went On for eighteen months, the only change being the pleasure with which the old people discovered that the young fjlks. were daily becoming attached to each other, and they looked forward to their marriage as most gratifying. Being considered as " lovers," the young people were allowed to " sit up " together after the old folks had retired J but one night, a few weeks ago, the ohl gentleman feeling unwell, rose up, and not finding bis daughter in her own bed, where she ought to htve been, looked elsewhere, and found her' where he thought she; ought not to have been Much noise and. confusion ensued. Next day the farmer posted full speed to Beardstown, had an interview with the keeper of the county re cords, and discovered that the aforesaid young man and woman had been legally joined in mar riage for eighteen: months, and she had never told any person of the fact ! sail i Description of the Towns of titan; . Salt Lake City contains about a third of the population, of the Territory, and has a great many fine, and; some elegant buildings, the principal of which are the Tabernacle, in which all religious meetings are held : the Council House, Endowment Honse; the Temple; in course of erection ; Court - House, Young's iwO mansions, nineteen public school houses, toge ther with the costly houses erected for the el ders; ' :" :: . - - The next settlement, north, is called Sessions, eight miles from Salt Lake City, and contains several fine houses; It is situated on the main road ; the house are not compactly built, but extend nearly five miles.- This settlement con tains the richest land's in the Territory; Farmingtoo City comes next a very pretty little town-thg eanty seat of Davis county it conUins about 1,CC0 inhabitant;"'; Eight milea. north, is Eeysvilfe, fc'ontainlng about the same n timber of inhabitants here is some excellent arable Hod, and a ne stock range. '" : ' - ' : . l Webef liivef is about eilt miles - further norths On it has been built two forts, called East and West Weber Forts, containing about fixe bundled inhabitant jpacay- They art tery pleasantly situated!. - - -'; ;;.:"- .:; --' Ogden City, one of the pfinelpal cities of Che Territory, is about three miles from Weber. It has many" dostly buildinga. ' " ': ' ' North of Ogden City, about two mile, is large well bui fort eaSed Dinham Fort.? - It has aoot seven kaadred inlalj tarts. North-east of this, three miles, is Ogden Hole a very pleasant locality, surrounded on all sides by mountains, with the exception of the entrance. It contains about five hundred iahab itants. North: of the "Hole" twelve miles is a well located fort called Willow Creek Fort. In this vt-cinity there is fine agricultural land, and the heaviest crops of wheat in the Territory aw raised here- Five miles north is .Box Elder, or Brigham's City, being about eight miles south of Bear River. This city is very handsomely situated. It is built upon a plain, about two hundred feet above the level of Bear River. It is inhabited principally by Danes and Welsh, whose houses exhibit considerable skill in their construction, and taste in arrangement. On Bear River there are two small settle' ments, and further north two others. These are in Cache and Malad Valle'y, Where the stock belonging to "the church" generally are kept. - The Hone gte&lef. city appears to be a sort of rendezvous for all the mischief makers in Eastern Ohio and Western" Pennsylvania.: On the night of the 29th of April, a man supposed to be Josiah Maxwell Stole a horse from Ball's stable in this city, but .officer -Hawley pursued him, and cap-tared the horse near St. Clairstille. The thief e caped. Last Friday morning, however, officer Hawley came across Maxwell at Packer's Union Hotel, in this city, arrested him,- and Alderman Dully .committed hltri to jail for further exami nation. On Saturday, hoWever, Maxwell was brought before . Judge Thompson . on a writ of habeus corpus, but after bearing the case, the Judge remanded him to jail for further bearing before a committing magistrate. Maxwell has in his possession a bay mare with a star in her facie, which he says he purchased at Mt. Verndu, Ohio. It is believed, however, that the animal has also been stolen, and from some one near Mu Vernon, in Ohio Ma well is confined in jail, and those Who have losti horses would do well to look after the one that he claims to have purchased. Wheeling Times Arrival of Colonel Kane from TJtahY " Washington, June 20. Colonel Kane arrived here last night, bringing dispatches from Gov. dimming, whom . he left at CampScctt on the 1 6th May. They were delivered to the President of the United States. Their purport has not officially transpired, but it is ascertained that many of the accounts with which the public; mind has been pre-occupied, are erroneous, and calculated to deceive the country in respect to Utah matters generally. To this fact may be attributed the Incourteobs refusal of Kane to communicate with the press. It is understood that Kane denied the truth Of the telagraphic announcement from BoOnville intimating that the army would move cu the arrival of the Peace Commissioners, when, In fact Cumming has requested It to remain where it is until orders shall be received from Washington. Contrary to report Widely circulated,; Kane does not admit that there have been any such differences between Gov. Cumrfaing and Gen. Johnson as wtiuid jeopard the public interests; he speaks in eulogistic terms of Johnson, and the high state of discipline which the latter maintained over bis forces, and of the . praiseworthy spirit mani fested by the army during the entire winter. The friends of the administration are muc bleased with the manner in Which he is under stood to allude to the conduct of Cumming say ing that he is deserving- of the gratitdde of his country. There Was great hope in Utah, as else where, that the war Was at an end; a peace par ty had been formed, and wai sufficiently strong In titrie to arrest the march of the Mormon for bes against Our own. Last Spring It Was the im presdion in Utah that Brisham Young, Who openly espoused the cause of the United Stales. would in this respect be able to iriaiutain his po sitioh. There was atone tinie strong opposition to him before the emigration Was resolved upon, but ever since, this feeling of hostility has been subsiding. Latest from the Plain. " St. Louis, June 21; An U. S. express to Boonville says : Porters arrived at this city last night having charge of the Camp Scott mail to May 22d, en route for Independence. The carriers report the road better there and at - Laramie very heavy and much cut by trains; . The mail csme as far as Laramie tinder an escort of infantry, provided by Col. Johnson. Utah pewi knticipated. Gen: Harney was met yesterday forty miles hence. Private advices froui the army to May 28th, mentioti the arrival of Lieut. Armstrong at Camp Scott; with 75 head of cattle, and Capt. Hane with 200 cattle three dayi march from Scott; The bearer of letters and officers high in command expresi the opinion that the troops will not be employed against the Morrrions. - The Leavenworth Times of this mornirir con tains a letter from Fort Bridger of May 21st, which says thai Brignam Toung and the princi pal Mormon Elder bad consented to deliver therhselves idto the custody of the U.S. Marshal to await their trial, provided they were tried by a jury in ho way connected whh the army; ' A party of liormon had arrited at Camp Scott la a half starved condition. They be longed id a faction Opposed to Young, and rep resented the church a torn by dissensibmv They wished to return io the Sutea. ' The, reception of Col. Johnson's commiijioo a Brigadier General caused much satisfaction in the army.- Capt. Newton, of the Engineer corps, lad reached Camp Scott. He reported a perstranent post ,o be established at Fort Bridg er, of which Cokmel HolTmaa Would takecommand.-. , i . . . ',;; . . . "; tZ2 Mrs. Keller residing near Mid Jlelowu; VIdn died suddenly ia convolsioas, caused by her -terrorat- the storm which swept over, that region last Friday. . . rC?". if r." Jesse "Crown wa murdered a few days since, ia Stokes County, 27. C, by a slave UlotrinT to He. J. Lassey. Ilcashtg anefii. The Old "uTesroe Logic. A clergiman asked an old servant his reasons for believing in the existence of a God. The following was his sage reply: "Sir, I see one man get sick. He doctor j comes, gives him medicine; the next day he is better) he giveS him another dose, it does him good) he keeps oh till he gets about his business. ' Another man gets sick like the first one. Tie ! doctor comes to see him; he gives him the same : sort of medicine , it does him, no good; he gets worse gives him more; but he gets worse all the time till he die. Now, that man's time to die had come, and all the doctors in the World coulcTnt cure him. One year I work in the corn field, plow deep, dig up grass and make nothing but nubbings. Next year, I work the same way' the rain and dew comes, and I must make a Crop. I have been here going hard upon fifty years. Every day since I have been in this world I see the san rise in the east, and set in the west. The north star stands where it did the first time I ever saw it; theseven stars in Job's coSn keeps in the same path in the sky, at.d never turn out, It ain't so with man a works. He makes clocks and watches, they stand stock stilt. But the sun, moon and stars keep on the Same Way, all the while. There is a power which makes one man die, and keeps everything in motion.'' What a beautiful comment is here furnished by an unlettered African on the language of the psalmist? . The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handiwork; Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night Showeth knowledge. llandsome Middle aged Mefi. : A lady correspondent of the Home Journal, remarks upon the beauty of middle; aged men who are workers add thinkers, in contrast with the defect of beauty In middle aged men who are idlers sensdiiisLS) dr mete sportsmen. We copy the paragraph, as worthy of note and remem brance; She says: "We Were speaking of handsome nien, the bit Br evening, and t was Wondering why K. had so lost the beauty for which, five years ago he Was famous. "Ob, it's because he never did anything said B.; 'he never worked, thought, Suffered. You must have the mind chiselling away at ihe features, if you want handsome middle-aged men.' ; . t- Since hearing that remark, 1 have been on the witch at the theatre, opera and Other places, to see whether it Was generally true, and itis. A handsome man; Who does nothing but eat and drink, grows flabby, and the fine lines of bis feature! are lost; but the hard thinker h&S an admirable sculporat Work, keeping his fine lines in repair, and constantly going over his face to improve the original design.'' Lay this to heart, ydung men just starting far-ward on your lifet-journey, and let your ever active minds active In the right direction carve your faces into lines of enduring beauty. Ex. : V.; Patience. Courage is an occasional act dr effort of the soul ; patience, a continuous habit. Courage is the mission df Sdme; patience, the duty of all. Codrage eddrts observation: and sustains itself by every possible bdtward pYdp1 and stimuli; patience is lonely and. quiet its warfare is withid, its victory without sound of trumpet, for the eye of God and the award of heaven. Courage may gjve its strength to evil, and may rierte the arrd of the thief or the mah&layer ; patience dwells only iti the bosom of piety; and always beholds the face of her Father iti heaven. Agaid, patience derives ndurishnient from the hope of heaven not from the mere belief in immortality; but front the personal appropriation and codsciodsdess Of it; What makas" courage a much easier virtde tHad patience id, that it is called into exercise for a Crisis Which will soon be passed, and beyond which hope easilyxtends; while patierice belotigs Id those protracted trials which offer no immediate or definite hope of their termination. Rev.' A. P. Peabodg. . . ;; Mother. Lamartine tells a story that exquisitely illustrates a mother's love. In some spring freshet, a river wildly washed its shores, and rent away a bough whereon a bird had built a cottage for her summer hopes. Down the White and whirling stream drTfted the greed branch, with its wicker cup of unfledged songj and fluttering beside it, as it went, the mother bird. Unheeded the roaring rives, on she kept, he cries of agony and fear piercing the pauses of the storm; How like the love of the old fashioned mother, who followed the child she had plucked from ber heart, all over the world. Swept away by passion that child might be, it mattered dot; bearing away with him, the fragments of the shattered roof tree; thodgh he did, yet that moth er was With him", a Ruth through all his life, and a Rachel at his death. Chiidrexi should Love Pig-eoni. There i a natural friendship between them, as witeis the following story t "In Leedsville, New York, st tame pfeofa accompanies two Ut . tie cbildrea to school regularly, flying after them along the road before them; If it flies too far ahead, yod may see It turn found, arid, looking at the children, wait patie&tly for their arrival, and then fly a stretch furthef on; and so it keeps doing until they reach the School; Then it perches itself poa the - wiodoW-sin, where it remains oonil School is out, when it observe the : iame manner la jroing' tomeJ f -: ; 6nccess. . ;.s; Every man must patiently abide his time. : lie most Wait. Not injustices, sot in unlesi pastime, not ia querulous dejection i but . in coastaat. steady, cheerful endeavors always willing, fulfill innd accomplishing, his . taV, that when the occasion eoaus le may be etiol to ihe occasion The talent of success is nothing more than do. tnj what you can, welLwithout a thouit of fame. If it come at all, it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after. It is a very indiscreet and troublesome ambition which cares so -much about fame; about what the world says of us; to be always looking a the faces cf others for approval ; to be always aas ioas about the effect of what we do or saj; to be always shouting to hear the echoes of our own voices. -Long fellow. - Moral Sublimity.. ' In the English House of Commons, Wilber-force said: "I do not know a finer i nstance of the morally suhlime than that a poor cobbler, Dr. Carey, Working all day in a'stall, should have conceived the magnificent ilea of converting the world; Miltod planning Paradise List, was tot a nobler spectacle than Carey planning the con-Version of the heathen." 10 .ravl5. PASSAGES FROM OLD AUTH0KS. Time. Time is like a river, in which metals and solid substances are stink, while chaff and straws swim upon" the Surface. Bacon. - Detection of Sis. He who sins against men m&jfear discovery, but be who sins against God is sure of il.-Jbnes bf Kayland. ItErESTEJTCE. Repentehce is the key that un locks the gate wherein sin keeps a man a prisoner. It is the aqua vitas to fetch again to itself the-the fainting Soul. Ftltham. Religion. The pious man and the atheist always talk of religion ; the one speaks of what he loves, and the other of what he fears. Clonics-quieii.The Bitterness of Sis. He that h&th tastei the bitterners of sin will fear to commit it ; and he that hath felt the sweetness of mercy will fear to offend it. Char hock. iMPEylTEVcE. There is a greater depravity ia . not repenting of sin when it has been commit- tea, man in committing it at erst, io deny, as Peter did, is bad ; but not to weep bitterly, as he did, when wt have denied, is worse. Payson, Worthy Fame. I love and commend a true gdod fame, because it is the shadow of Virtue - not that it doth any good to the body which it accompanies, but it is an efficacious shadow i and, like that of St. Peter, cures the diseases of others. Coxcley. Good Me.v. Good men are the stars the planets of the age wherein they live, and illus trate the times. God did never let them be wan ting in the world ; as Abel, for example, of inno cency ; Enoch of purity ; Noah of-trust io God's mercies ; Abraham of faith ; and so of the rest. Den Johnson. - , Good Coxsciexce. -A good conscience with, in will always be better to a Christian than health to his navel, and marrow to his bones ; it Will be an everlasting cordial to bis heart it will be Softer to him than a bed of down. A good conscience is thest looking glass of Lea-ven. CudirorlA. " . ivemorse. ue teat wiit not Lee from the oc. casions and allurements of sin, though they may seem never so pleasant to the e, or sweet to the taste, shall End them in the 6Dd to be more sharp than vinegar, more bitter than wormwood, more deadly than poison. Brooks- Self Coxceit. Wduld'st thou not be thought a foole in another's conceit, be not wise in thine owne ; he that trusts to his owne WisJdme, pro-claimes his owne follv : he is trul? wise, and tl. all appear so, that hath folly enough to be thought not Wordly wisej or wiadom tcough to sefe Lis owne folly. Quarlcs. Death. As death U the total charge of life, every change is tLe death of some part ; sickness is the death of healih ; bleeping, of waiting, sorrow, of joy impatience of quiet; yonth, of infancy ; age, of yonth. All things which follow time, and even time itself, at last, must die.- Taylor. CoXTEXfJEXT. t should marvel that the coy. etous man can still be poor, when the rih tnnn is etill covetoils, but that I see- a poor tax-. can be content, when the contented man is only fichj me one wanting in cis store, whilst the clirer is stored in his Wants. I see, then, that we are uol rich or poor by what we possess, but by what e desire. Arthur Warwick. . - Christ's Yoke." My burden is lig'Lt,'' said the blessed Redeemer. A light buidn indeed, which carries him that bears iu I hare looked through all nature for a resemblance of this, and I seem to God i shadow of it in tie wifrgs of a bird, which are indeed borne by the creature and yet sapport her flight tocard heavea. Ber-nard. . t. . . Gob. There is a beauty in the name appro priated by the Saxon nations to the Deity, unequalled except by the most venerated Hebrew appe.ialiou. 1 Hey call him " God," which is lit erally 'tThe Oood." The same word thus fiVniV fjing the Deity and his most endearing quality,. Sharon Turner. . . . , Ssur Esteem. He that holds himself in reverence and due esteem, both; for the dignity f" God's image upon him, and for the price of hi-redemption, which he thinks is visably aarked upon his forehead, accounts himself both a t person to do the noblest and godliest deeds, sn l-much better worth than to detect and defile, Ka such a debasement and pollution as sin is, him self so highly ransomed and ennobled, a utw frietdahiD and filial rltwn wlik T?-. a - n n mm rwfi Jf2if, . ;.; -' ; ,- " - . . Religious Paftcatss. ft fj some, bepe of goodness not to' grow worse j it is a part of bad ness nor to grow better. T will take heed of quenching tie spark, and strive lifidle a fire. tf J, bave the goodness I should." it u not too much ;why sbould I rcake it lessf 1 Ifl keep the gdo'ness I have, si is t.tt tbotfh j hy do X oot mate it more T Hs'pevcr was to good as he- should be, that doth not ctrire to la better than ne is; ne never wui d teaer i.ian r.s is tai loth' not fea be wors than he was. . IJek. Heatex will be i nheri:5i ty t c ry ' aa b has heaven itt his too?.