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who did not laugh at it, said it was deplor able that a man of such merit should be tainted with a vice so degrading as avarice. Even his friends were moved by it, and some of them went so far as to remonstrate with him publicly ; but the only reply be Sive was by shrugging bis shoulders, and en, as every thing is quickly forgotten at Paris, people soon ceased to talk of this. Ten years had passed away. One day the Court of Cassation, in its red robes, was descending the steps of the Palace of Jus tice, to be present at the public ceremony. All at once, a female darts from the crowd, throws herself at the feet of the Procurcur General, seizes the end of hit* robe, and presses it to her lips. The woman is look ed upon as deranged, and they try to drag her away. “ Oh, leave me alone, leave mo alone,” she cries, “ I recognise him—lt is he—my preserver ! Thanks to him, I was able to bring up my large family. Thanks to.him, my old age is happy. Oh, you do not know, you —one day—l was very unhappy then I was advised to bring an action against. a distant relation of my late husband, who, it was said had possessed himself of a rich heritage that ought to have como to my children. Already I had sold half my goods to commence the action, when one evening I saw enter my house a gentleman, who said to me, “ Do not goto law ; reason and morality are for you, but the law is against you. Keep the little you have, and adJ to it these 3,000 francs, which are truly yours.” I remained speechless with surprise ; when I would have spoken and thanked him, he had disappeared ; but the bag of money was there, upon my table, and the counte nance of that generous man was engraven upon my heart, never to be erased. Well, this man—this preserver of my family—is here! Let me thank him before God and before men!” The Court had stopped. The Procurcur General appeared moved, but conquering his emotions, he said— “ Take away this good woman, and take care that no harm conjes to her—l don’t think she quite right in her muni.” He was mistaken—the poor woman was not mad—only she remembered, and M had forgotten! The Freebooters. —Numberless are the stories told of the banditti infesting the high roads of Mexico, and not a lew of them glow with singularity and interest. A solitary Frenchman was once traveling alone in a diligence from Penbla to Mexi co, with some five or six hundred dollars in specie, which he resolved to defend so long as he had life. He carried with him the best double-barrelled gun he could find, and had cartridges made to fit his piece, each containing a full charge of buckshot, which lie determined the robbers should pocket before they got his gold. Somewhere about midnight, when the moon was kindling into burning silver the tlic diligence suddenly discovered, upon turning a bend in the road, a large party of rancherous about fifty yards in ad vance. The solitary traveler was immedi ately informed of the fact, and the terrified driver pulled up his horses at once. The Frenchman asked if it was not possible to secrete his money in the diligence, but the trembling driver gave answer in the negative. At once preparing himself for war, the Frenchman swore they should not get his money without a fight, and he was soon rea dy for action. Both barrels of his gun were loaded, and he coolly drew his ramrod and held it between his fingers, while he took two more cartridges from his belt and plac ed them between his teeth, in ordei to facil itate him in reloading. Then cocking his piece, and seeing that the robbers were not advancing, he commanded the cowardly driver to resume his seat, and the diligence slowly proceeded. Calm as a block of stone he awaited the event. When within a few paces of the rascals, who were ten in number, nine on horse back and one afoot, the driver was com manded by the robbers to stop, and lie did so. One of the freebooters then came to the side of the diligence, deliberately open ed the door, and ordered the passenger out, but the muzzle of a gun was at the robber’s breast, and the instantaneous reply lie re ceived was a charge of buckshot in his heart! A wild shriek sprang up fearfully, and started away in the moonlight among the mountain echoes, as the freebooter gave a convulsive death-bound, and fell dead on the road ! The brave Frenchman had another car tridge in his discharged barrell .instantly, and the same preliminaries were observed as before for quick reloading. Had the whole ten men beset the door of the vehi cle, the Frenchman would have shot down every one of them. They possibly may have had some vague notion of that fact, for in thirty seconds after the robber fell there was not one of the other nine in sight, end our hero in the diligence reserved his te maining nine fires and preserved his gold. Clerical Oratory. —A minister’s stylo should be simple, dignified, and if he can so make it, elegant. At any rate, it should be generally correct. Mark you, we do not say that every sentence must lie as still’ and starch as a nctv cap in a milliner’s window. — Nothing like it. Let it he free and appar ently unstudied ; and if occasionally broken in its connexion, in an extemporaneous har rangue.no matter. It is the nature of such speaking to porduce such ruggedness. Hut by all means avoid vulgarisms. The drop ping of an idea, before it is half developed— the announcement of a text, that is not once referred to in the discourse—are ail evils, to be avoided carefully, and at all times :—but by all means avoid vulgarisms At the liar— iti the hall of legialation—or in the pulpit, the greatest blemish to good speaking, is ati indulgence in that most difficult of all defects to remedy, tho use of habitual vulgarisms. Nothing is more common—nothing is more annoying—noristheie anything for which there is less apology. Why are red haired men the best sol diers T Because they always carry their fire-locks on their shoulders ! A fragmrtitfor the Ladies. —“ Thy grand mother,” said my uncle Toby, addressing himself to young Arabella, just from Lon don, and who was playing the battle of Mar engo, on the piano—“thy grandmother, child,” said he, “used to play on a much bet ter instrument than thine.” “ Indeed,” said Arabella, “ how could it have been better ? you know it is the most fashionable instrument, and is used by every body that is any thing.” “ Your grandmother was something, yet she never saw a pianoforte.” “ Hut what was the name of this instru ment ? had it strings, or was it played by keys ?” “ You must give me time to recollect the name ; it was indeed a stringed instrument, but was played by the hand.” “By the hand alone 1 How vulgar; but I protest I should like to see one, and papa shall buy me one when I return to London. Do you think that we can obtain one ?” “ No, you will not probably find one in London, hut doubtless they may he found in some of the country towns.” “ How many strings had it ? Must one play, with both hands ? and could one play the double bass 1” “ I know not whether it would play dou ble bass, as you call it; it was played by both hands, and had two strings.” “ Two strings only ? surely you are jest ing, how could good music he produced by such an instrument, when the piano lias two or three hundred ?” “ Oh, the strings were very long, oneabout 14 feet, and the other might be lengthened at pleasure, even to 50 or rnoie.” “ What a prodigious deal of room it must take up, but no matter, I will have mine in the old hall, and papa may have an addition built to it, for he says 1 shall never want for any thing, and so does mamma. Were the strings struck with little mallets like the pi ano, or were they snapped like a harpsi chord ?” “ Like neither of those instruments, as 1 recollect; hut it produced a soft kind nfhuin miug music, and was peculiarly agreeable t<) the llUSOcilJd auU i t’luiluua u/’lltt |/v i form er.” “Oh, as to pleasing one’s husband or re lations, that is all Dicky, in the Haun-ton, you know ; but I am determined to have one at any rate. Was it easily learnt, and was it taught by French or Italian masters'?” “ It was easily learnt, but Frenchmen and Italians scarcely dared to show their heads in our country in those times.” “ Can you not possibly recollect the name? llow shall we know what to enquire for ?” “ Yes, I do now remember the name, and you must enquire for a spinning wheel.” An Incident and its Moral. —Going to dinner the other day, we saw a little codger about two years old, sitting in a wheel-bar row and trying to wheel himself. It struck us that many people in this world are often caught in the same act, as we shall always think hereafter. When we see a politician striving torot fice, taking the lead in all matters calculated topromote his success, writing his own puffs, and calling all his own meetings, he is sit ting in a wlieelbanow and trying to wheel himself. When we see a business man trusting every tiling to his clerks, and continually seeking his own amusement —always absent from his counting house, and yet expecting to get along, he’s “ sitting in a wheelbarrow and trying to wheel himself.” When we see a professional man better acquainted with every thing else than his profession, always starting some new scheme and never attending to his calling, his ward robe and credit will soon designate him as “ sitting on a wheelbarrow and trying to wheel himself.” When wc sec a mechanic run halfa square every day to borrow a newspaper, and may be have to wait ten or fifteen minutes be fore lie enn have it, we shall suspect that the time he loses would soon pay the sub scription and consider him as “ sitting on a wheel-bairow and trying to wheel himself,” Wheeling Times. A bold Preacher. —The boldness of Sam uel Davies, (a qualification so important that even St. Paul requested the Christians to pray it might be given him) will lie illustra ted by a single anecdote. When President of Princeton College, he visited England for the purpose of obtaining donors for that institution. Tho King (George 2) had a curiosity to hear a preacher from the “wilds of America.” He accordingly attended, and was so struck with his commanding eloquence that he expressed his astonish ment so loud as to he heard half way over the house, in such terms as these; “ lie is a wonderful man !” “ Why he heats my Bishops !” &c. Davies observing that the King was attracting more attention than himself, paused and looking his Majesty full in the face, gave him, in an emphatic tone, the following beautiful rebuke, “ When the lion roarcth, let the beasts of the forest trem ble : and when the Lord speaketh, let the kings of the earth keep silence.” The King instantly shrunk hack in his seat like a school boy that had been rapped over the head by his master, and remained quiet dur ing the remainder of the sermon. The next day the monarch sent for him, and gave him fifty guineas as a donation for the institution over which he presided, observing ut the same time to his courtiers, “ He is an hon est man, an honest man.” Not one of his silken bishops would have dared to give him such a reproof. Severe Retorts. —A coxcomb, not very re markable for the acuteness of his feelings or his wit, wishing to banter a testy old gentle man, who had lately garnished his mouth with a complete set of false teeth flippantly inquired—“ Well my good sir, I have often heard you complain or your masticators— pray when do you expect to be troubled with the toothache?” “ When you have an affection of the heart or a brain fever,” was the reply. Not less ready and biting was the retort j of the long eared Irishman, who, being ban toringly asked—“ Paddy, my jewel, why don’t you get your eares cropped ?—They are too large for a man !” replied—“ And j your’s are too small for uu ass.” ‘ ©<d ip mHi ift st sa as®is il il Asrsfo Important industrial Movement. The Result attained. —While the Doctrine of Association —which, in the sphere of prac tical interests, is based upon a system of Joint Stock Poverty, Unity of Interests and Concert of Action lias been advocated in theory in the North, some of its principles have been applied practically in the South, j in the construction of a great woik of In ternal Improvement. General Abbott 11. Brisbane, of Georgia, a gentleman of distinguished attainments and high standing, has constructed a Rail road seventy-six miles in length, between the Ocmulgee and Flint Rivers, with a force of one hundred end fifty laborers, who, in stead of being paid a paltry amount of wages for their labor, which are generally squan dered as soon as received, in a useless and often pernicious manner, have taken the Stock of the Railroad for llieit labor, and are now the principal owners of the Road. This important work connects the Atlan tic with the Gulf of Mexico, an object which the General Government has desired to ac complish for the last twenty years, but with out having executed it. ’ Gen. Brisbane, while engaged in survey ing routes for a communication of the kind, under the late Gen. Bernard, had his atten tion called by that great Engineer to the importance and feasibility of the route up on which he has constructed his Road. Fif teen years latter —that is, in 1839 —Gen. Brisbane decided upon undertaking the work himself. He availed himself of a Charter granted by the State of Georgia a number of years before, of which he became the proprietor. He collected in the city of Charleston thirty Irish laborers, who were thrown out of work by the difficulties of the times, and led them to the field of ope rations ; there were a great many obstacles to surmount at the commencement, hut by energy and perseverance they were over come, and tlie number of laborers was soon increased to a hundred and fifty. ’1 lie General furnished the means of support — that is,food and clothing—for the men while they were engaged, and they took Stock, oa wo ctaio.l, liir iheir work : some of them possess two thousand dollars worth of Stock. The time which they have been engaged in constructing the work is twenty months, and the sum of money which lias been re quired to support the men is but $15,0C0. Here is a grand result: seventy-six miles of Railroad built with a cash capital of 815,- 000, and the Laborers owners of the Road! The cars will he run for a time on wooden rails, which have been laid down, and with horses, at the rate of ten miles an hour, un til, out of the profits of the Road, iron rails can be substituted. This is, however, but a part of General Brisbane’s operations : there belong to the Road 175,000 acres of land which tho La borers can go upon and cultivate : in the settling of this land, the principle .if Unity of Action and Interests and Association will he applied. Tracts of land of 6,000 acres will he laid out, on which from one to land will be appraised at a fair valuation, and will, together with the improvements, he represented by Stock divided into shares; which will lie sold to the colonists as they can purchase it. The principle of Associa tion, with its immense economies and com bination of action, will he applied in the mode of building, living and household sys tem. The land will be cultivated with or der, unity and concert of action by the mem bers of the Colony. Let Real Estate be represented by Stock, and subjected by the unitary and combined system of cultivation, instead of the miser able, mismanaged, incoherent system of isola ted families, and the greatest improvements in Agriculture will be introduced. The stock may he sold and change hands, but the land itself would remain under the control of a body of intelligent Agriculturists and cul tivated with the same older and system. The whole tract of 175,000 acres is situ ated three hundred feet above the level of the rivers; tho soil is good, and the climate salubrious and perfectly healthy. It pro duces the Sugar Cane, the Vine in the great est perfection, Fruits and Vegetables of all kinds, Mulberry, Silk, &c. &c. A caviler asks, very fairly—Will there not he danger that this principle will he abused by visionaries and schemers to the injury of the Laborers who will be set to work on unprofitable undertakings from which they will realise nothing ? We an swer that theie is such danger; and this fact will suggest to Laborers the importance of precaution and investigation before lend ing their aid to any particular enterprise of the kind; hut if they should occasionally be misled, they will still do far better than under the former system ; for now the La borers finish one Canal or Railroad and pack up their rags for a weary march to another with hardly the means of reaching it in ma ny instances; while a suspension often brings them to the verge of famine; but under the co-operative system they will at least he sure of work and abundance while the work is constructing ; and then, if it be not a folly or a fraud, they will have earned and saved something handsome for the fu ture. They cannot do worse than they gen et ally do now ; they will probably do infi nitely better. Is not the idea worthy of general consideration ? We will publish to-morrow a communi cation, addressed by Gen, Brisbane to the Fourier Association, which will give some further information on the subject.— N. Y. Tribune. An irregular Discourse. —Some time ago, a Scotcli clergyman was piously holding forth to a primitive congregation in a rural district ofthecounty. The good man, either from laziness or a defective memory, was in the habit of writing down the heads of his discourse, and each head was written on sep arate slips of paper. Unperceived by the man of God, the wind carried off one of his slips containing his Thirdly. Os course when he came to thirdly,—thirdly, thirdly, reiterated the good man, but could proceed no further. An aged matron, perceiving the dilemma of her worthy pastor, and know ing the cause, at last rose up and said, ’’l’m gayin muekle mistain, sir, if I did na see thirdly fleen not at the wast door no very hmg sync, sir.” Characteristic Anecdote. Alexander [lamiltou was once applied to as counsel by i man having the guardianship of several orphans. These infants would, on their corning of age, succeed to a large and valu able estate, of which there was some mate rial defect in the title deeds. I his fact, and the manner in which it happened, was known only to the guardian, who wished to employ Hamilton as counsel, to vest in him self the title of the estate. He related the whole affair circumstantially, and was re quested by his lawyer to call again before he would venture to give his advice in a matter of so much importance. On h:s se cond visit, Hamilton read over to him the minutes of their previous conversation that lie had reduced to writing, and asked him if the statement was correct. On receiving jan answer in the affirmative, Hamilton re plied : “ You are now completely in my power, and I look upon myself as the future guardian of the unhappy infants. Take my advice ; settle with them honorably to the |ast cent, or I will hunt you from your skin like a hare.” It is proper to add that this advice was punctually followed. — U. S. Gazette. T. Hood vs. Ghosts. —Ghosts, says Tom, j be hanged ! No such thing in nature ; all laid long ago, before the wood pavements. What should they come for? The colliers may rise for higher wages, and the Chart ists may rise for reform, and Joseph Sturge mav rise for his health, and bread may rise ; but that the dead should rise only to make one’s hair rise, is more than I can credit.— Suppose yourself a ghost. Well, if you come out of your grave to save a friend, how are you to help him ? And if it is an enemy, what is the use of appearing to him, if you can’t pitch into him. Politics. —The Richmond - Whig, after some excellent and pertinent observations upon a special case, thus remarks upon the subject generally : —“ We end, then, as we begun —that politics are, are in this country, a huge briar-patcl), through which the small est creatures make their way with least harm. Rabbits and reptiles, (things that can creep and wriggle,) get along best. Any thing larger, unless fenced with the skin of a jack ass, has to take the clearing tools, (the briar hook and grubbing hoe,) and will come out at last with an empty belly, and a plenty of nothing but scratches.” Hanging in Chains. —Two Irish laborers being at the execution of the malefactors on the new scaffold before Newgate, one says to the other, “ At rali, Pat, now ! but is there anv difference between being hanged here and being hanged in chains ?” “ No, hon ey !” replied he, “ no great difference : on ly one hangs about an hour, and the other hangs all the days of his life.” Munchausen Revived. —A Vermont paper, in giving an account of a late snow storm, -♦a!i->k f !mt n stnufi driver wfio found it imnos sible to proceed further with the vehicle, de tached a horse from it, and on his return was thrown into the snow, by the animal stumbling; on getting up, he found the cause to have been the horse’s stepping one foot in the chimney of a two story house ! The editor does not state whether the driver stopped to cook his breakfast. Female Ingenuity. —Miss Jane Craighend, a young lady of this borough, has recently completed a quilt, which for beauty and in genuity exceeds any thing of the kind wc have ever seen. It is composed of 6,521 pieces all of the same size and shape, hut each one of different, pattern. Anyone can judge of the work there is on it, as (veil as of the patience of the lady who made it, from the fact that it was commenced sixteen years ago, and has occupied the most of her lei sure moments ever since.— Harrisburgh Chronicle. The Prospect in England. —A letter to the New York Courier, dated London, Oc tober 21st, says: The truth is that the last three days have been wintry cold, and the thoughts of the approach of winter in the midst of a dis tress of the population so extensive, appears to appal almost every mind. The abundance of potatoes is certainly a great salvation— but to almost millions to whom the winter is approaching without prospect of even partial employment, there is no consolation in the cheapness of the lowest food, when clothing,[coals, and other equally indispensa ble things cannot possibly be obtained. A gentleman of excellent abilities and largely engaged iri commerce returned this morn ing from Yorkshire, and says that his friends in various parts of that manufacturing coun ty view the approach of winter “ with dis may.” Green. —“ Let go the jib there ! let go that jib quick,” bawled an eastern skipper to a green hand, when his craft was caught in a squall. “ 1 aint a touching yet jib,” replied honest Jonathan. “ How far is it to ?” “ Why, it’s eight miles.” “Eight devils! Why, a man told me, a mile hack, that it was only six.” Well, seeing that you are an old man, and your horse looks tired, and you seem impatient, we’ll call it three.” “ Is that clean butter ”? asked a grocer of a boy who brought a quantity to market. “ I should think it ought to be,” replied the boy, “ for mai m and Sail were more Ilian two hours picking the hairs out on it last night.” A lady in Calcutta asked Colonel Iron sides for a mango. As he rolled it along the table, it fell into a plate of kiss-mists, a kind of grape very common in the East In dies, upon which Dr. Hunter, a gentleman as eminent for his wit as for his profession, neatly obsei'ved, “ How naturally man-goes to hiss-miss.” “What do you suppose the world think of us ?” inquired a young man of Dr. John son. “ Why I suppose,” says the Doctor, “ that they think me a bull-dog, and you a tin kettle tied to my tail.” , Self-Devotion in Low lAfe. Wc take the following from on English Journal, and commend it to the attention of our readers as one of the noblest instances of heroism on record : . 1 “A few weeks ago two miners, v erran and Roberts, were at work in South Caradon on anew shaft (whichis intended to be sunk perpendicularly, through a granite country to intersect the lodge at the depth of 140 fathoms.) The present depth is about 10 fathoms, and they had prepared a hole for blasting, the fuse inserted, tamped up and all ready for firing. On these occasions the men are drawn up by a windlass, and as they are only three in a eorps, there is only one man at the brace, and he can only draw up one at a time; consequently, after the whole is ready one man is drawn up and the kibble lowered ready to receive the last man, who has to put fire to the fuse, and then both men at the windlass draw him up with the utmost speed, in order that all may get out of the way when the explosion takes place, which is sometimes so violent that large stones are thrown up at the top, car rying with them part of the roller and wind lass to a considerable height. It unfortun ately happened that as the safety fuse with which tho hole was charged was longer than was necessary, they inconsiderately took a sharp stone to cut it off, ami ignition imme diately commenced. ’They both Hew to the kibble end cried out to the man at the brace to “ wind up;” but alas! after trying with all his might, lie could not start them. At this awful moment (when the furious hissing of the fuse assured them that their destruc tion was within a half minute’s march of them) Verran sprang out of the kibble, ex claiming to his comrade, Roberts, *Go on, brother, I shall he in Heaven in a minute !’ consequently, Roberts was drawn up, and Verran threw himself down, and placed his poor devoted head under a piece of plank in one corner of the shaft, awaiting the mo ment when he should be blown to atoms. Just as Roberts got to the brace, and was looking down with trembling apprehension on the fate of poor Verran, the whole went off’ with a-trememlous explosion, and a small stone struck Itobeits severely on the fore head as he w'as looking down the shaft. To the inexpressible surprise and joy of the men at the brace, they heatd Verran cry out, ‘ Don’t be afraid, lam not hurt!’ Rob erts immediately descended, and found that the great burden of the blast was thrown in every part of the shaft except the corner where poor Verran was coiled up. T his extraordinary circumstance has produced a considerable sensation throughout the dis trict. Not only do they view the escape as a miraculous interposition of Divine Provi dence, but the conduct of Verran as a noble instance of what a real Christian will do in a moment of extremity.” “Come, gather round the blazing hearth, And with reflection temper mirth ” The Immortality of the Soul. — Whenev er we look on the works of Creation, we see marks of change and decay. “ Passing a way,” is written on all earthly things. The flying clouds, the flowing liver, the fading -leaf—all have a voice that reminds man of his changing state. We feel that we are born to die. Life passed in a few changing successions of events, and we ate gone.— The strongest bodily frame must yield to the conquerer, death, and return to its mother earth. The limbs once vigorous and active, must become motionless; the eye, once sparkling with intelligence, and animation, must be closed nevermore to weep orsmile; the voice that once uttered sw’eet or thrill ing tones, must be hushed in silence. This we call death. One follows after another till all are gone. But, are we never to live again ? Is the long slumber never to he broken ? Shall we aftei having bid fanvell to the loved, and lovely, never greet them again? Neveragainsee their countenances, which have by their love and purity glad dened our hearts ? Wc shall. This life does not comprise the whole of our exist ence. “ Beyond the dark vaults of thetomb, for those who are holy like angels,” there is a life that ever lives. Though our bodies moulder in the dust, yet, “These ashes poor, this little dust, Our Father’s care shall keep. ’Till the last angel rise and break The long and dreary sleep.” Our blessed Savior has himself passed through the dark valley, and shed upon its path, the light of Heavenly hope. “ Be cause He lives, we shall live also,” and where He is, we shall ever be. The fact, that beyond the grave, our bod ies are to be reunited to the spirit that now inhabits them, is otie of deep interest and importance ; especially, as we consider that union is everlasting. We would look with wonder on a being—if such a one there were that was destined to spend a thousand or a million of years upon the earth ; but with how much greater wonder should we each look upon ourselves, who are to spend an eternity in the world of spirits ! Who can estimate thisduration ? Could we count the particles of sand that cover the sea shore, or the atoms that compose our world, and that of all other worlds, we should still be unable to grasp more than a fraction of the boundless term of life before us. We can simply say, it will be without end.—Port land Tribune. Vanity. —A man who is proud of his pro perty will sometimes call himself poor, that you may soothe his fancy by contradicting him. A great beauty will likewise pretend to believe that she makes an ordinary ap pearance ; and, “ In hopes of contradicion, oft will say, Methinks 1 look most horribly to-day/’ The most effectual way to mortify such persons, is to pretend to believe them, and to acknowledge that there is some truth in their assertions. Genius. —Know that nothing is trifling in the hand of genius, and that importance it self becomes a bauble in that of mediocrity ; The sheperd’s staff of Paris, would have been an engine of death in the grasp of Achil les : the aspen spear of Peleus could only have dropped from the effeminate fingers of the curled archer. Marriage. —One of the most remarkable features of this extraordinary institution is, the successive changes it undergoes in th e course of itshistory. When the young hus band and wife enter upon their new relation, how little do they foresee what is before them. As they take possession for the first time, of their newhouse, andenjojr its cheer ing aspect, its regularity and quiet, and its expression of domestic peace and joy, how little do they nnticipnte r the deep and yet unseen fountains of joy and sorrow which lie in their future way 1 In a few years how changed ! One after another has been add ed in various ways to the company which began only with two, until at length they find themselves presiding over a numerous circle of children and relatives, and domes tics; the father and mother both involved in responsibilities, from which they would have altogether shrunk bad they anticipated them at the beginning. In a few years this hap. py circle must be broken in upon and scat tered. Death comes in and makes one and another his prey ; others gradually arrive at maturity, and leave their father’s roof to seek other homes, and to return no more to the ark which sheltered them at first, and, at last the father and mother are left alone to spend their declining years at their solitary fireside to look back upon scenes of activi ty, and trial, and enjoyment, which can nev er return. Such is the outline of the histo ry of thousands of families. Arabian Sayings. —Man may find a re fuge from the most ferocious beasts; but there is no refuge from wickedness of> men. How many have escaped the lion, and yet you will not see one man uninjured by another ! Re indulgent, and exact not the whole amount of that which is yopr due. Spare the unfortunate; for the generous man never requires full payment. Avoid excess in every thing, and keep a medium ; efforts well directed are fortunate in their commencement and their end. * * * Let Sulairnan know that 1 can dispense with his assistance ; that 1 am rich, though pos sessing no wealth; the treasure which I husband is my honest pride ; believing, as I do, that none ever die of mere poverty, and that no state of life can continue un changed. True wealth comes from a pow er subject to no weakness; and with all the craft of the cunning, you cannot increase your store. Poverty consists not in the want of money, but of soul; that we well know; and riches are in the mind, not in the purse. * * * “ The mansion of your friends is near,” said they: “how strange, then, that you should he in sorrow!” “What avail the mansion and theirnearness,” I replied, “if the hearts themselves draw not near.” The Awful State of a Wicked Man. —"A wicked man is like one that hangs over a deep pit by a slender cord, which he holds with one hand and is cutting with the other.” A gentleman much addicted to profane swearing accompanied a pious miner to see one of the mines in Cornwall. During his visit to the pit, he distressed his companion by many profane and abominable express ions ; ami as they ascended together, find ing it a long way, he flippantly said, “ as it is so far down to your work how far do you suppose it is to hell ?” The miner prompt ly replied, “ I do not know how far it is to hell, sir; hut I believe that if the rope by which we are drawn up should break you would he there in one minute ?” A Beautiful Thought. —Shortly after her arrival in Ireland, where Mrs. Hemans died, she was extremely unwell. When among the mountain scenery of the fine county of Wicklow during a storm, she was struck liy one effect in the hills*. It was produced by a rainbow diving down into a gloomy moun tain pass, which it seemed really to flood with its colored glory. “I could not help thinking,” she remarked, “ that it was like our religion piercing and carrying brightness into the depths of sorrow, and of thetomb.” All the rest of the scene around that one illuminated spot was wrapt in the profound est darkness— Evan. Mag. Death Os A Child. —A beautiful child was about to die. Disease was fast becoming death. The ties of the spirit had not grown strong with years, and therefore the body permitted its departure without a severe struggle. They told the boy that he was dying. “ Give me, ma, my catechism,” said the child. It was the only thing with which he connected religion. Its simple truths had been taught him. The catechism was brought ; his trembling hand took it and laid it on his bosom ; the fear of death was overcome; the child slept in Jesus.— Ch. World. Secret Sorrow. —There are more secret than known sufferings. Men sleep beside each other and dream, but rarely does the one know when the dreams of the other are painful, otherwise he would awake him. It is temper which creates the bliss of home, or disturbs its comforts. It is not in the collision of intellect that domestic peace loves to nestle. Her home is in the forbear ing nature —in the yielding spirit—in the calm pleasure of a mild disposition, anxious, to give and receive happiness. Sorrow for the Dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Ev ery other wound we seek to heal—every other affliction to forget; hut this wound we consider a duty to keep open. This afflic tion we cherish and brood over in solitude. Have you never seen a bird perched upon the lower branches of a tree, disturbed from his resting place by some noise of approach ing peril, and tempted to fly a little higher, and again by receiving alarm, a little high er, till he reaches the top-most bough, then spreads his wings and flies away? It is ea sy to apply this to the troubles of the Chris tian, and the happy effects which they have in raising the grounds of his repose, or in making him near the safer resting place, till having reached it, he only waits the final signal to soar on high ! A man is taller in the morning than at night, to the extent of half an inch or more, owing to the relaxation of the cartlidgcs.