Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1857-03-10

              ..Oh...;':- VOL III. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, MAR. 10, 1857. . ('' :i;.f .,! '. .' .1 I I. '! ln-A :..:.:.,.... ft'' J MM '-xj 'Ail AAi' rJUd WW "'j&i '.ti f MV'MOTEK'S UIBLE. ThU book li U thaf left mo no t.ulm will unbiddon itirt I ,! tyilb. filtering lip an4 HrwtbiDg brow I preaa it to my heart. Far miiny gonerutiona paat, r i .Uer. ia our fumHy tfo J; My mothor'l hand this Bilda anpoJ, Sho, (lying gnT it Wfii B. '' ' ' ' , . : i Alii woll do I Kmombor thoia , Whoso numoi tlioeo rooonU bow ;, .Who round tha bcartb atona ucij to olos. Aftor the ovoning prayor, ? .!. And spook of whot Uioaa pagaa aaid, ; t ;? (- In tonoa my boart would ;hrill! Though thoy aro with tho ailont dead,. . 1 ' " Huro they aro living still I 'w My fathor road thia holy book, I To brothon, aistora dear j r' ' flow calm was my poor mothor's lodk, , i - Who lonrncd God 'a word to boar ! -1 ' Hor angol faoo I mo it yot 1 , ' ", What thrilling memoriMcomol ' :aip that little group is mot i , Wititiu tho wall of homo 1 " ' ' Thou truost friond man ovor knew, ; ' ' Thy oonstancy I'vo tried ; , , Wb'tt all voro false I found heo true, My oounaollor and guide. The mines of ourth no treasure giro ..... XhatooUl J this volume buy; - , : In teaching me the wuy to live . .: ; It taught me how to die. PAltODY. : We find the following parody upon MuKay'S "Tell me, ye winged winds?' going tho rounds: r ; : i Toll me, ye winged wind?, ... , .' That round ray pathway roar, . , i .)yo not know aonii) spot . . ' ' " Wboro women fiot no more? . : ' . Souio liifto and pleamnt dell, Scimo "holler" in tho ground, - . ; ; . ' 1 Svhere babies novor yell, . . And cradles are not found ? The loud wind blew tho snow into my faoo, fad sickened as it answered "Xary place." Toll me, thou misty deep, Whoso billows round me piny, . ' , - Know'st thou some favored spot, !, , . , Some Island fur away, . . " Where weary man may find l A place to smoko in poaco, ,f. .i; ' Whore crinolino is not, ' And hoops are out of placo? , Tholoud waves, sounding a perpetual shout, top for a. while, and spluttered " Ycou git cout," V " mo, uiy socrol soul (1h! tell me, Hope and Faith, Is there no resting place '. f; Triuu women, girls, and death ? (.,, ; la Uiero no happy spot , .. , Whore bicholors are blessed j Where females never go And man may dwell in pence ? Faith, hope, and Love best boons to mortals "iven Waved their bright wjpgs, an4 ftnsrercd, " Vcs, in f,,Ueaycnj;';. , ; ; - ...... , BV gTLVAJIUi COBD, JB. ." But you don't mean to say that you'ro go-in to board him?" '; I havo tohl him that we would.", " But it muan't bo. .What ! havo a minister in. tho, house all tho timo 1" "And why not?" Sl Because it will justjeeep us in starch and buckram forever ! Yqu shan't do it. " I havo givon my word." "Then I'll make this home too hot tq hold him! Mark my wdrds!" ' ,Thi6 conversation was between Mr. Thomas Proctor, masteMarpenter, and his daughter Kate. Kato Proctor was a light-hearted, . happy, joyous, laughter-loving girl of eighteen or 'iiinotcen ; plump nd rosy ; hor bright face all Smiles and dimples, and her hoart as pure and tender as could bo. liver since she could remember, she had sat in her father's pew every Sunday, and listened to the dark and gloomy preaching of the Ecv. Calvin Lcador. She could remember how he had frowned up on her from tho high' pulpit when sho was a little girl, and how ho had chided her at her owe i house for being so rude. ' Tho only thoughts she hold of "the ntiuistor " was of a white Bockkerchicf, very starch and prim a rhc()' long and stem, and a frown always ready for ismIot or jst,liko as a cloud aweepa over tho sunny landscape. Ho shan't come" sho repeated'; and her sunny curls" shook again as sho brought her head back with determination.' "Let him find a place, somewhere olse. . There are the Moregood family ; tlrey are just the ones to board him.' Thoy can be as gloomy as he can. How I should love to see them at the table together. Thtf old lady would draw down her face so : " and Kate gave an imitation of the' imaginary racial clojjation. " And then the minister would draw down his lon ger still ; and then Miss Prudence would try to outdraw them both ; and by and by some. body's iaw WOnld Wnmn rliiilftfatcd ." hereupon Kate burst into a fit of laugh, Jer,7' Her father shook,' h,i' head,' and with on light remark turned ray. : A fttr evenings after thli, Kate'' had an in vitation to spond the cyonlng with Mr. JJun"- kleo, a friend of- the family; She wept with her father ahel jnqthor. ,! Quito a little company wai present, and the evening promised to pass 'pleasantly. ' Among the visitors was young man who was introduced as Charles Lindsay. Ho was some where about four-and twenty,-and n.ot only a man of superior intellectual appearance, but also of much personal beauty. He aeemed to take quite a fancy for Kate, and erej long tha1 feeling was reciprocated. '" Tb light-hearted girl had never before met'trith, que' who so Compkitcly pleased her. Staid and over-mod est people she did not like; nor did. fcha like such wlluresWo? mon as she had often aeen An ignorant mn she could not endure ;' nd man who. assumed aira on th etrength of big knowledge ih abqnitnitciL,. But Charles tnLy was oothy ing hke any of these. He displayed -deep knowledge without learning to know it ; and, ho was as guy and happy as ho could bo, without the least coarseness or loss of dignity. Tho fact was just bore, though Kuto did not probably see it at tlo timo. He engagod her heart, and at the same time kopt a firm hold upon hor respect. There was a peculiar air of elevated refinement which at once mani fested itself to hor, and commanded her admiration ; and she admired it because she dis covered it without his trying to show it. And then she had found such a fund of wit and humor in him which, while it captivated her with its brilliuncy, did not foil to entertain her with its point and sound sense. Kato was a chess-player, and at length bIio discovered that Mr. Lindsay understood the game. Sho proposed a trial, to which he gladly accecdcd- The first game sho won. Tho nest lie won ; and tho third was a draw game. At nine o'clock Mr. Proctor and his wife had to go home, but Kato could not think of loaving so early. " Wo will see her safely homo," said the host, Mr. Dunkleo j and thereupon tho parents went without her. ''Only think," cried Kate, after a laugh had passed upon some joko of her own, " Pa says ho is going to board the minister. Did you ever hear of such a thing?" "Oh, I have heard of things worso than that," returned Lindsay smiling. lie sat by hor side, and gazed in her faco'as ho spoke. " Suppose your fathor should tako a tiger into tLe house, for instanco ? " " IIo you can chain a tiger," tho girl re. t'.irncd ; "but you can't do that to a minister Uo will carry his long face just where ho pleases, and you can't help it. But I won't have it ; and I told Ta so. Why only think of it, a minister in tho hcusc all tho time !" " You don't mean what you say, Miss Proc tor," the young man said, smiling, and half earnestly. "Why if you hold such feelings now I shall look to sec you 'boarding tho miif ister' yourself one of those days." "Mel Mo board a minister t I never heard any thing so absurd never ! " A hearty laugh followed this retort and Kato thought somo of them laughed very funnily. But the conversation took another turn, and ore long Lindsay and Kato were again conversing together. Thoy talked about various things; and aftor a while tho youngman told his fair companion ho had been purchasing a pieco of land in tho placo, as ho thought of making that town his homo. "I havo bought it of our friend Mr. Dunk- lee," he said, at the samo timo dra wing a pa per from his pocket..' - -1.. . Ho then showed her by tho deed for a deod it was where tho lot was situated. In stinctively Kate cast hor eyos up at the head of tho instrument to see what his occupation was, for she knew that that was always put down on tho deod. Sho read "Ciiaiiles Lindsay, Clerk." " Aha he's a ' CM;," sho said to herself. "And he m ust be a good one. And ho'U most likely be a merchant one of these days." So ran Kite'3 thoughts, and they were strangely interesting to her. Saveral of the inore observing ones of the company shook their heads knowingly, for they saw plainly enough, that Miss Kato Proctor was already in lovo with hor handsome companion. And they couldn't think any loss of Lindsay, lor he adhered to that particular chair which happened to bo the nearest to Kato with a pertinacity which surely had meaning in it. At half past ten Kate said she must go home. Lindsay offered to accompany her.-r- Sho accepted tho offer, and when sho did so, she turnod away her face so that tho others could not see it. '.. .. ', . . Tho cvoning was a beautiful one the mcon up and shining brightly, and the air soft and cool, (and loaded with a grateful iragrance from a 'thousand dewey flowers. Lindsay said something about the calm and holy inilu-onco of' a quiet Summer's evening upon those who were at peaco with tho world and them selves, and who could look up tho Giver of all. good with grateful hearts. It was not spoken sanctimoniously, nor yet with the least outward show of piety. It was a tho't from tho heart, pure and warm. .. ; Kato mado a modest reply, and a conversation followed. In a short time the fair, light-hearted girl was In toars, and all from pure gratitude to God for the thousand blessings sho enjoyed, nor companion talked as she had never hoard any one talk before. Ho pre sented' the subject to her so kind and sweetly and his words wore so full of love and dovo tion, that ere she know it she found tho whole thome of heavenly goodness opened to her mind. ''. , .. From this topic he passed to the subject of astronomy, and Kate listened with oagor in. tercst while he pointed out some of the con stollations, and then related to her some of the curioun mythological storios" which the ancients associated with them. . . , ' " They walked very slowly; and as Kate discovered that her companion did not know the most direct way to her house, sho led him a long, way out of the nearest route. But home was reached at last, and .ere they parted the maiden, reminded' him; that her parents had invited him to call upon them, and sho hoped that he would not forget it. ' He promised that he would not, and then took his leave. "Without going into any extended show of developments, we wil airrlply aay that Kate Proctor-, was, in lovo! r Wio loved Cliarles Lindsay with her whole scml he had charm ed her fancy, and at the same time seised bp on hor Mteera and resnce. She not only carried in lier mind the Imago'pf hohdsorni young man, but in her soul she held the aa- sorappa that he. was nobis apd pure.' So ahe not only loved, but her low VM strongly for tified. Qn the hvllowirg day tut very little was said about Mr. Lindsay ; Kate seemed to avoid the subject. ' On the dny succeeding that, when Mr. Tractor camo homo in tb.o evening, he' brought Mr. Lindsay with him. So Kate spent another evening in his company. Whon tho maiden laid her head upon the pillow that night, she know that sho loved. Sho tried to hide tho fact no more. Sho first examined her hoart, and she found that "Charles;" she loved that namo had the wholo of it. Then sho examined her judgment, and she could find no reason why sho should not love him but sho found a hundred reasons why she sliouU lovo him, and ohorish, respect, and lovo him, too. On tho evening of tho nest day, Mr. Proctor called Kate aside, and told hor ho had a matter of importance upon which to speak with her. She gazed wonderir.gly into his face, for ho looked vory serious and earnest. 'My child," ho said, "I havo sesn Mr. Lindsay this afternoon, and ho has asked mo if ho might sue for your heart and hand, lie says you aro tho first person whom he has loved as ho now loves, and he fouls assured that you would make him, happy always. I know that ho loves you Kato and I know that ho is worthy of you. Do you think you could lovo hint ? What 1 tears !" uttered tho parent in surprise, as he saw his daughter bow her head, and noticed tho big drops trickle down between her fingers. " I had not tho't 'twould offend you so. Surely, my child, you do not feel that ho is un " Mr. Proctor was interrupted by Kate's falling upon his neck and as sho did so she murmured : "Oh, I do love him, fathor 1 I lovo him with my wholo heart 1 I can't help those tears." The parent caught his child to his bosom, and in earnest tones ho said : "Bless you, Kate bless you. I should lovo to seo you his wife, for I love him mysclH May ho come and seo you to-morrow? He leaves for Harrison in tho afternoon." Ofcourso Kato said ho might oome. And he did come. And ho and Kato had a long talk together;. and they lold each oth, er plainly of their love. "And now," said Lindsay, after they had conversed a long while, " on Sunday evening I shall be hero again. I cannot ask you now to give ma a final answer. But at that timo it is tho day aftor to-morrow I nny ask you if you will give mo your lovo for life." Kate rested her head upon his shoulder, and told him sho would think seriously of it. Sunday morning came,' and at 9 o'clook Charles Lindsay mado his appearnuco. ' " I thought you verb not coining till evening," said Kate, as sho gave him a warm grasp. "I thought I would como and go to the meeting with you," he returned. " You havo no objections ? " " Not ny serious ones," sho returned. . At tho proper time they set out for tho church. " Our now rqipistor Is to preach to-day,'' Kato said on the way. " So I understand," returned Lindsay, and that was ono reason why I was anxious to bo here." . " " Do you know him ? " "I know him pretty well." "What kind of a man is he ? " . "Well he isspoken very well of. I think ho means well." "Then, he isn't much of a minister, is ho ?" " There may bo different opinions upon that point. Suppose wo compare notes after we havo heard him 1 " "Wo will. But ho shan't board with us. Don't you think it would be vory unpleasant to have him poking about the house all tho time ? I am sure I couldn't endure it could you?" ' " Well," replied the young man, smiling, " if you couldn't endure it, I'm sure that I couldn't." "Well I cannot This brought them near tho church, and tho conversation was dropped1. As thoy walk. ed up the broad aisle, Mr. Proctor opened his pew door and Kato entered. " . But what meant that ? Charlos Lindsay was making his way to the pulpit ! Yos ho ascends tho stairs! he enters! Ho coolly takes his seat, and takes down tho Biblo ! The houso was crowded, and all seemed anxious. Tho opening voluntary was performed and then Lindsay arose, and in a calm, d(!cp, clear voice, read a chapter from the Book. . Tho truth had burst upon Kato's minJ, and with hor head bowed she concoalcd the powerful emotions which worked so wildly within her. The prayor was mado tho hymns sung and the text had been road, ere tho wonder Btricken girl dared to lift her hoad. ' Tho sermon was commenced from the text "Como unto mo all ye tho labor, and arehoa-vy ladon, and I will give you rcst,"-kind as tho speaker varaiej with his subject, Kate forgot all her strango (rouble. It was a noblo thome, and it was handled with great power. His aim was to show the peaco-giring influences of the gospel, and a firm rcliar. on the lovo of Ood and Christ, lie' painted the holy joys of tha true Christian in such resplendent colors, that all hearts were dpenod i (nd souls that had laid dormant for, years, wrawkn ed to a sense of lave and gmtitudoi ' Many an eye wa wiped as the Bible was at length closed, and one simultaneous murmur of half a thousand d)ep dravriv breaths told how all had beotfceticlinined. :' ',r''' '': ' " " ' ' ? ' ".' ' Kale 8ft old; man and young men ekl women and Tonne: womencrowd about the nunister as he came down' from the pulpit'; and she' marked how wnily .they grasped bl hand, and how apr the' were to gain hfs smile. Then It wa-fltiat a feeling of prido rr-v( deep holy gratitude came upon her soul. Uo, so honored and flattered ho, whou4 all seemed so anxious to know ho, so powerful in mind, and so elevated in manhood loved her best of U' 1 : Sho walked out by her father's side, and oro long tho 'minister found the old placo at the left hand. They walked a long distance in silence. Finally Kate said "It was was " ' " Was what ? " asked her companion, ga zing earnestly into her face. " It was cruel to deceive mo so !" " Cruel, Kate? when you told mo with your own lips that you would not havo tho minister in your houso?" ', " Ah but you- know what I meant." " So.I did. You meant just whatyousaid: so I meant that you should know the man bo- fore I introduced you to the minister. I saw tho difficulty. You thought all ministers were alike; and if Iliad told you that I was 'Me minister at first, you would have been coy and reserved. You would not havo learned mo as I am, nor would you havo opened your soul to mo as you havo done. I think I am right." " Perhaps you arc." "I think I may feel sure of it, But now you kuow tho man. I trust you may take him for what hq is. And if, upon fair trial, you do not like the minister, wo will keep him only for the parish. What say you?" " But your deed said you wore a clerk." "Ah, my little minister-hater, you nro not read in legal Joro. The work clerk is from tho Latin clericus, and was formerly applied only to clergymen ; and in lav, tho term is stil retained. If you will givo me leavo I will teach you Law and Latin, so that in the future you may not full into such traps of errors." Kate smiled ; and sho was very fur from wishing to scold any moro. Night came, and ero Kato Proctor slept again she had concluded to board the minister fur life ; and so far from making " the house too hot to hold him," sho kopt it so pleasantly warm witli her deep and ardent lovo that ho seldom left it save upon those pastoral duties which ho wishod not to avoid, and even thon she kept him company when sho could ; for tho good parishoners said that 'twas only half visit for the minister to como without his sweet, gentle wife. "Will you ? ". askod a pleasant voice. And the husland answwoilf ye?, my iloar, witli pleasure." ' ' ' - It was quiutly but heartily said ; tho tono, the manner, tho look, wero perfectly natural, and vory affectionate Wo '-"thought how pleasant that courteous reply ! How gratifying it must be to the wife I Many husbands of ten years experience are ready enough with the courtesies of politeness to the young ladies of their acquaintance, while they speak with abruptness to tho wife, and do many rude littlo things without considering them worth nil apology. Tho stranger, whom thoy may have seen but yesterday, is listened to with deference, and although the 'subject may not bo of the pleasantest nature," with a ready smile ) while tho poor wife, if she relates a domestic griovaneo is subdued, or listened to will ill-concealed impatieuco. Oh! how wrong this is all wrong. - Does she urge somo request "oh, don't lothor m ! " cries hor gracious lord and master. Does she ask for a necessary fund for Susy's shoes or. Tommy's hat "seems to mo you.ro always wanting money ! " is the handsome retort. Is any little extra demanded by his masculine apjtctite it is ordered, not requested. "Look here, I want you to do so and so just seo that it is done ; " and off marches Mr. Boor, with a bow and a smile of gentlemanly polish and friendly sweetness for every casual acquaintance he may choose to recognize. When wo moot with such thoughtlessness and coarseness, our thoughts revert to the kind voico and gentlo manner of the friend who said, "yes, my dear, with plcasuro." "I beg your pardon," comes as roudily to his lips when by any little awkwardness he has disconcerted her, as it would in-the prcsenco of the most fashionable stickler for etiquette. This is because ho is a thorough gentleman, who thinks his wife in all things entitled to precedence. He loves her best why should ho hesitato ta show it ; not in siekly, maudlin attentions, but in preferring hor attentions, and honoring her. in public as well as private. He knew her worth, why should ho hesitate to attest it ? " And ber husband, he praises herj: " saith holy writ ; not by fubomo adulation, not by pushing her charms into notice, but by speaking, as opportunity occurs, in a manly way, of her virtues. Though words may seem littlo things, and slight attentions almost valueless, yetdepond upon it they keep tho flame bright, especially if they are natural. , The children grow up in a better moral atmosphere, and learn to respect their parents as tbey see them respecting one another. Many a boy takes advantago of a mother ho loves, because he sees often tho rudeness of his lather. Insensibly ho gathers to his bosom the same habits, and the thoughts and feelings they engender, and in bis turn becomes tho pcttv tyrant. Only his tuotbor whV should he thank her, futher never docs. . Thus the homo bocctmcs the sqa,( of iksorder and unhap. pinoss. Only for strangers are . kind words expressed, and - hypocrites go out from the hearth-stone, fully prepared to rondor justice, benevolence and politeness, to any and every one but those who have the highest claims. Ah I givo us the kind glance, the nappy homestead the smiling wife and courteous children of the friend who said so plcasaatly, " Yes, my dear, with pleasure." Isalict Mw terprine. , t - , ,i. - , r. : ' OT While two little girls, one th daugh ter of clergyman, and the othor the child of one of bis- pariahionors, were playing together, thoy fell into aa angry dispute,, as childrestof-ton, will, in imitation of -ineirteniors. To mortify snd spite her antagonist, the layman's littlo girl saw- fit to remind her of her lather's wait .known, 'poverty, and. intimated, rathrt tartly, that had it not beca for ber father's be-nevolent interference the poormirilster would have been, in tbe'woi-khouRb.','' 14 Vejl, J don,l care, replied (he pthor, ,'uu had not for my fathor, yours would huve been in hcil long UO LENS ANU VQIT WELL, We deprecate, in a meafluro, tho spirit of tho age which would crowd off the track, all that have not the blood of Flying Childera, Eclipse, or Lexington in their veins. " The raoe is not to the swift," in an oxpandod view of tho cose; for the farmer who by taxing his fields to their utmost oapacity of production, gets rich today, casts forward upon his children the burden of repentenco for his trangressions of the mlo of good husbandry. Extcnslvo operations in grain-growing may, fora few years, bring ample return and fully satiato our avaricious desires ; but with eur present means, (the manual labor and machinery at command,) extensive farming is a protty sure guaranteo of neglectful culture;- the availablo forco in a majority of cases, is not sufficient to perform every operation in the timely and thorough manner wjiichgood farming stornly requires. Thorcforo wo would take, rather, tho conservative side, and if possible, bring up tho checkrein on" those ambitious desires, which seek gratification in it five or ten hundred aero farpi, and in looking off avor hundreds of acres of waving grain. Let us look with benevolent whilom, to tho future, and remember that for all coming time, the material wealth of tho world must be derived from that soil, and that it is our sacred duty, not only to preserve, but to incrcaso its productive pwvcr The Agriculture of the West is self-destroy ing. It has no eye for tho future takes no interest in tho welfare of prosperity. While tho country is yet new, in many portions it shows the feebleness of ago. In consequence of continual cropping with grain alone, therq aro farms in all parts of tho West diminishing in their returns. Indeed we now have in mind several farms which will not produce half a crop unless highly manured, This is the result of "fast" farming of trying to do more than could be done well, of getting more land under tho plow than could be kept in good condition or freo from noxious woods of sickening the land by burdening it with grain crops. Our advico therefore is, to cultivate less land, and do it in a thorough manner. Koep up the fertility of tho soil by alternating root and grass crops with those of grain, and by increasing tho number of live stock for tho pur-poso of accumulating manure. rrairie Farmer.ftr" A dood book by a' warm fire, of $ cold niuht, is the pleasantest thing in the world. Shut the door, close the blinds, light the gas and hand down tho dear old vol u mo. The vivacity in its pages would bo enough of hsclf: to bruwi away the cobwebs. J hat the housewife knows. very well, and she never touches it. Now tho wind howls through the bleak streets. J ho boisterous elements without, enhance tllb gonial glow within. Sleigh bells aro ringing away fur dear life. Dark forms flit by, mulllud in thick woolen fabrics. Luminous noses abound ; aye, and aqueous, too. riars stick out behind tlioioHursot greatcoats liko slices of frozen liects. The young wimllc- man who calls nightly at No. 1, over the way, is on the step.-! What he will say when ush ered in, nobody but his adorable will ever know. Some or tho passers by are going to tho show, Borne to thtf lecture, and some to tho wodding least, perhaps ; but these things, attractive as they are, cannot allure the rea der from his cczy retreat. Now ho has Goldsmith in his hand. Poor Olivor, what a woild of observations is there in his pages, and set-' out withal with such fascinating power.' How ludicrous, and yet how amiable is the story of his ensconcing himself in tho feathers of his bed, with his head sticking out, that he might givo tho warmth or his blankets to a beggar ! But our reader has other books. Take a peep jnto his book case, it has not many shelves, to be sure, but they are' well filled. There aro tho Spectator, tho British Poets, Books of Travel, Homilies, Essays, Re views, lie has not, ol course, loraotton to provido himself with Irving, and Prcscott, and Bryant, and Halleck. Nor are tho honored names of antiquity wanting. Into that little room converge the intollcct, and heroism, and humanity, and humor, aud whatsoever is noblo, glorious and affecting, of all the mellow ages that have gone away. It is no wonder, then, that tbis lover of books should keep to his roomv And liko him, dear readers, it would bo well to cultivate a love of letters, so that whon fatigued With? toil, ordisgusted with tho favorite of life, vnu m.iv find comfirt in your own resources, Stick to tho "books, and koep at homo. ' , ' A CAPITAL HIT. Tho Sprinzfiold' corrcspr dent of tho St. Louis Republican has lately been in the habit of dagueareotyping tho members of tho Illi nois legislature.' A few days ago in conse quence, several members " rose to privileged questions," and denounced the Republican's correspondent severally. Among otnersccnes tho Chicago Journal givoa tho lollowing: Mr. Church rose and said he, also, had question of personal privilcgo to bring to the attention of the House, whereupon h sent to tho clerk a copy of Saturday's St. Louis Bo-publican.and had tho following extract read : - " Duke Holland wears long hair, and his face is covered with ornamental hirsute appendages. Tho . Duke is a wit, and be loses no opportunity to quote low Dutch translations of Shakespeare. When ho talks, which Is not unfrequently, bo raises his head in a manner t ) bring his ihee parallel with the celling and looks like an ohieow chewing her oud." - He said tho picturo-was beautifully, graphically,' and correctly drawn so. much'so it was impossible for any one to fail to recognize it atasingle glance.: "It lack one feature, however, Mr. Speaker,' added he, " and I experience a reeling of astonishment and regret when in order to make tha picture perfectly natural, I do not on looking down, see the author of this correspondence occupying his appropriate position by my side.'. , There was an instantaneous and general explosion the members . roared, the. gallery shouted, the lobby hooted, and (or shout live minutes convulsions raged as a tinivonal epidemic The speaker's hammer emr dbwa with a vigorous rat, tat, tap but it was ol na use, for it could not be heard" for some time. !. j) A footh 'statino ( (ike nun on the (op of monamentt-evwy body appears mall to hint, and he appears small tq ever body. THE LOVE OK HOME. by the Litis daxif.l wedster. It is only shallow-minded protendors who either mnke distinguished origin a matter of personal merit, or olwetrre Origin a matter or personal approach. Taunt and scoffing at the humble condition of early life, atlbcts nobody in America but tboso who are foolish enough to indulge in them, and thoy are'gonorally sufficiently punished by rebuke. A man who Is not ashamed of himself ncod not bo ashamed of his early condition. It did hripiicft to me to be born in a lot; cabin, raised among tho snow drifts of New Huinpshiro, at a period so early that when the sntoke first rose from its rude chimney, and curled over the frozen hills, thero was no siunlareviUencoot a white man's habitation between it and the settlements on tho rivers of Canada. Its remains still exist ; I make it an annual visit. I carry my chil dren to it, and teach them the hardships endured by the generation bofore them. . I love to dwell on the tender recollections, the kin dred ties, tho early affections, and tho narra tions and incidents which mingle with all 1 know of this primitivo family abode ; I weep to think that none of thou who inhabit it are now among the living ; and if ever I fail i affectionate Veneration for him who raisod it, and defended it against savage violence and destruction, chorishod all domestic comforts beneath its roof, and through tho fire nnd blood of seven years revolutionary war, shrunk from no toil, no sacrifice, to serve Ins country, and to raise his children to a condition batter than his own, may my name, and tho name of my posterity, bo blotted from the memory of man kind. A SENSIBLE GUtL- Some years since, a young lady remarkable for uer.maturity and good sense, danghtcr of a distinguished lawyer, and a member of Congress from Worcester oaurr'ty, was placed at a young ladies' boarding school in tho neighbor hood of Boston. Her unaffected manner and sprightliness, won the affections of nvtny of tho young ladies, who wero full of their kind offices, until ono day they enquired tho occu pation of their fathers. Our young friend per ceiving tho drift of their enquirios, gave them to understand that her father was a shoemaker, when many of them wero struck with horror at her vulgar origin, and a chango took placo in their conduct towards her. She, however, though fully understanding them, remained quiet. After a while, tho fathor of tho young lady visited the school. As he was a good looking man, and as they observed tho principal and others treating him with such great deference and respect the scholars were lead to inquire of their instructress who he was and what was his business; and on being told that he was the father of Miss H.,' and that he was a member of Congress, they 'wero filled with amazemont,. and immediately made attempt to renew their affections as formerly ; but it was too late: She looked upon their conduct with such contempt that thay wero obliged to keep a respectable distance; while those who treated her kindly, without regard to her father'ssup-posed. occupation, were ever afterwards her favorites. . ; " ' ' Neble Example. A letter from Monroe,- in Gcortria, contains tho aunoxed account of a systomatio ' but j bloodless war, and a brilliant victory over tho aerh enemy of our country : " Eighteen hundred and fifty-seven dawned on Monroe without a liquor shop. 0 citizens raised over $1,000, and bought thera all1 out, closed tho doors, passed an ordinance to tax a retail grocery $L0QCV and are taking bonds of alt tho property, holders not to soil lcaso, or ,ret any house or land for tho purpose. Yesterday (ifaft. 6) vfas a quiet day-not a drop of liquor to bo had by the thirsty fbllows who usually get well soaked at every election. Somo of thorn svoro they would novor trade another cent m Monroe, nnd some said they would nover como here again ; bnt they Will be apt to get over it when they find it a fixed fact that Jlonroo is free from'geog-gor-ies.' .:. ,' - . . : ' ' A Itclic of the Chivalry." Tho Chicago Tribune says : A gentleman recently from Kansas has in his possession a fme Star Flag, taken by him at Lawrence, a short time since, from a gallant (?) South Car-rolinian. The Ung bears unmistakable evidvaco of having seen "some service," and to the curious is worthy of an examination. This silken ensign of war intended to carry dismay to tho hearts of tho " d d Abolir tionists" is evidently the work of delicate fingers. It is best tl lovely ono, whose tears havo bedowed and whose prayers-accompanied it, should never know her boosting hero was deprived of this tulismanio emblem, in consequence of a refusal te pay far his diuner, - FrtohTkul State of Affairs. A report has recently been submitted to the board of education in New York city, which estimatos, on satisfactory grounds, that there are betwoen thirty and forty thousand children in that city, between the ages of five and sixtocn, who are growing up in ignorance and vagabondism,and fitting themselves to be marauder upou-swie 03" It is natural, no doubt,' that the poor man should fool a sensation of envy when he gazes on the magnificence of the rich ; but let bint rcmembof that tho creation of that mai- nificcneo has gfven employment and food to hundreds of his fellow creatures. .".The true enemy to his race is the hoarder and miser-tue man who is not luxurious up to tho limit of his meant. ' -- - " (7 Believer, you are standing on the rock bf ages ! ' Having fled to Jesui for refuge from the storm-iaing received. Jeans as God' ftnipdattos-lmitatingJestiS as Qod's living a --you- are safe. , The rock on which you stand is above the floods ; the refuge m wnieft you are hidden is oat nf the reach of danger. Being sale yoo should be happy. , ' " ,. T . " . ' ' ' c 1 c OCT God. who formed the laws of' nature, also formed the-, human heart, and' ham so adapted tho ene W the eibc,.u tdprooKirein every variety of sftedo,:the. Qrjyinent.of -tha beings be has made. There is no end to the kinds of enjoyment, which Ood has thu Pf" 'rd to us cvcryit here. Atbon. UTLitESTING COUHESrONUijSCIi A CONTRAST.,. ,. .. , We give below tho corre!pondcnce between a North Carolinian, by the name of Robert, and Hon. Wh. H. Sbwabb, No comment is needed the contrast is so apparent that oab can fail to mark it : " ! ' -J . . Ebentom, Nor.TH Caroma,) ' Saturday, Deo. li, 'QO. . ) . Wm. H, SiiWAnt), Esq. Sir . Tho object at this, tatter w to inform, you. that a black man; or negro, ciilbfig himself Anthony Adams hailing from Port Jervis, N. Y. has been in jail here since the 20th ofJane, at an expense1 of thirty cents -i day, and will be sold if his; identity cannot be established by some resjieC4 table white person... His friends have been in formed of his whereabouts and that he certainly will be sold for his jail feus if some ono who knows hiiu do'-s not conic on and rclcnso, him. He appears to bo a quiet man. . ; ,;; His offence is that he came to rente in tbt State. Our laws will not allow Xorthura tttt negroes to settle among us. . , . ;. It is a burning shame that the citizens of Port Jervis should allow a citizen to remain in jail simply boeauso they aro too pcnuriuuji to come on and recognize him, and a damnable shame that tho great State of Now York, after shrieking for negro' freedom voting for Fremont and freo ftc'grocs--shouId abandon , one of her citizens. You being at the head of your Republican party a man of sense and t cunning is tho reason why I address you. If youto'ff not help your friend, you must' call on your friond Iloraeo Grcely." Had it not been for Col. R'. T. Paine, who is in the House) of Representatives, the negro would havobecn' sold long sine. Caft on Col. Paino for infoi- ' mation. Yours, AVc, ' . . Vne-D. L, RobeuTc. '. To this letter Mr. Soward replied aafollows: ' Washisotok, D. C. " Wednesday, Doc. 17,.1835. ) ..: Dear Sir: Your letter of the 14th jnst., informing mo "That a black man, calling him- self Anthony Adams, hailing from Port Jetvis' New York, has besn in jail since the 20th at ; June last, at an expense of thirty cents ,pef,v day, and will be sold if his identity cannot b established by somo respectable whito pcrsi.n, that his friends have been informed of his : whereabouts, and that ho certainly will hi sojit, fqr his jail fees if some ono who knows, him does not come on and release him," Ikw jiui . , been received, . , ,r. , .- The subject is entirely new to me, and t. 4 thank yoa very sincerely for the information., ; I havo at oiico written to a discreet person at Port Jen-is, requesting that an ageut, quali- . fied fcy tho necessary personal acquaintance1 .. with the person, may go to your place and (iff feet a relcaso. . , v- ; Meantime, I bog you to do ma the Civor. to, obtain a statement of the jail foes and other , expenses required for his liberation, and draw m me, at sight, at this place, for the nmounu and I will pay the same on sight of your draft.: i so that no danger which may result from &.. c r lay at Tort JorvJs nxiy be avoided. I am, , very f espectfully, your obedient sen-ant, .j,,, WllLIAM II.' Sisw.viuv . , Few. I' Roberts, Esq., Edciiton,' N.C."' '.' ',' ' ' m mmmi i f,i : ' JIANUFACTl'ItlJit; OF ENVELOPES' Tons of paper and barrels of mucilage, aw . used upm Xew York every Month in the. manufacture of ah article so unpretending as'" letter envelopes. Four firms are engaged iiv tho business on a largo scale, and several oth-ors in a small way. ' It is estimated that tho ' ' number of envelopes mado in New York every" woek, is at least 40,000,000. Out of Xcw"' 1 York, thore is a factory in Worcester, 5I;L.', which" riiaiiuflctures to a largo extent,' and thero' is ono doing a more r4jodonit business ' in Philadelphia. '' The process of manufacturing' may lie thus briofly doscribed. A ream of paper, or nljaut five hundred- sheets, is pluced ffrafor a tnife cf a shape corresponding witli an envelope when' '' entirely opened, which is forced down bya),"'"' powerful screw press, worked by a hand levert. The pioces cut out, slightly adhering to tho ' ' edgos, from tho action of tho knife, resemble a solid block of Wood until broken up. Tho "" flap is afterwards, stamped by a similar prc' '' ecss. , , i . A boy is ablo to prepare fifty thousand per ' day in this manner, taking one, two or tlireo envelopes at each movement of the hand. . They are them taken by one hundred girl, seated A long tables, by whom they are fold !.! ' ed and gummed. A single girl will apply the '-gum to sixty or seventy thoofand a uay, and , from five thousand to aeveu thousand uivy but folded in tho samo time. " ' " In these processes the girls acquire great ee- "' Verity and ski U, being stiuvulai ted ly the wag) -.' offered, which vary how twelve to thirty suU : ( for each one thousand. The oovcloius. wen next counted, banded and pnefied. Some va- ' ' ' rieties are. embossed r -otherwise decorated,' 1 ' rcquirimj additional labor-- The establishment v of whjch we are now icaking. consumes not i-far from, twelve tons of paper per month, ii' , the slnglo article of envelopes. Thirquuiufcy -' nf Mlwr. r -Inn cniirfji tur tinmirJ..- a-f..ifl ..:--; Startling ..CccvTreuoc.,. , . .. N ,. A ta ehurelynan adjoia county, Sun in r - or two since, just as the congregation 1 n, i atxmt to Kneel down, to grayer, a. Mr : w r- tone of horror, raised' the cry uf,s n-V Croat exciUniont prevailed, and, (here was la ,-mighty jush from the dangerous loculitj.At. length a gentleman advanced to thespot, gaaod. V-a moment upon the coiled montUr.and, Deuj ting upon it; held uq to thp iow tf. Usjrfr. ;, led crowd iaj vhalebone hoop, whkh Va4 wig gled itself eut of a lady's icUioj4 ao.d qnioW '. ,v. 1 ooHed ftsejf-upon the fioo'r' . 'Vhis,B faotj' ; and ought to admonish tho IfoW if the dan-".i' get of not securing weUtha snake-like ciicl'c. ' irftiuh cneompMi their loner cxlroniiti.s.-r 1 Cktlniltc (Tenth thm,!