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THURSDAY, MARCH
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not be out of place. From Germany we rings » Wherein is the man who trades j
have introduced large quantities of manu-| in sugar by the cargo, entitled to more j
factured articles, which are falsely invoiced j honor than he who sell it by the half ,
“ theology,” but prove, on examination- pounds ? Clearly, it is because one has ;
to be infidelity ; and from France we have . on b' greater wealth than the other. AAc
encouraged the saddest shipments of evils, J worship Mammon, therefore; we have said
Prom the National Intelligencer, Cth iust.
Moral Aspect* and Moral Besponsi-
bilitie* of oar Social life.
A Sermon preached in the First Unitari-1 forcnlost " alnongst them three loose ideas j gold shall entitle its professor to belong to,
an Church of Washington, March 6th, of the mart ial relations, which have al- the American nobility; aud so all our (
185!), by Rev. W. I). Halet. ! rea(]y established it ^ a decrec 0 f the ex- 1 J° un g lncn ■« crazy about money. We
Text John, 8th chap. 7th versc-“Hc j clusive circles of fashion that it is inl prop- 1»« b ™nght tw o c ' ils upon ourselves :—
rw Zr ” g -Tst’ Corinth?- cr for a married woman to be accompanied ! People not possessing wealth are compcll-
first CAbt & KIOIIC Stt licr. JSl * orintill _ ! I>( 1 <|, nnl(>r tn 1»ppn nn tf)
ans, 12th chap., 26th verse: “And wheth- to a ball, theatre, or church by her own j ordc f *® kcc P up appearance.-,, to
cr one member sutler, all the members husband. In this latter matter, as is usu- through life under the pressure o a
suffer with it; or one member be honored, a j w ; l j 1 us wc b av e advanced bevond our wcar y load of debt: while those who pos-
all the members rejoice with it.” teachers ; for in F t ancc the theory of fe- 1 scss fccl privilege to perpetrate follies;
Recent events have furnished a sermon malc tnli ’ ninj , <yi,atcver may be its prac- an(1 commit crimes at which society winks, 1
which you have doubtless heard already ti ‘ a , results) is that thc voung woman, se- until some fearful tragedy strikes a blow
in your souls, from which it is proper clufk . d and guarded by her parents during that for a moment stops our mad career,
that 1 should gather a few of thc most hcr pup jlage, receives such careful discip- 1 » nd we arc appalled by thc precipice which ,
prominent points, rather to place them ! linc thati wll en upon her marriage she our feet
upon record here in the church, than with cmcrgcs into soc!ctVi her lnora i powers One thing more. My friends your sons
the expectation of uttering anything new. stronn , enough * to p)ace hcr a b ove have two perils to encounter from this j
Let mo speak to you frankly of what,! temptatio “ ; hut we make flirts and co- ! f^c appreciation of money, and unto one j
looking at them through the powerful ttcj . of cll j]drcn ; wc thrust into thc ! or other of them they will almost inevi-,
leas of the Gospel, seem to me to be the dangcrous art . na 0 f fashionable life, to con- tably fall-the indulgence of vices which
very serious moral aspects and moral re- ten(J with wild l)Casts girls of fiftcen or only money can purchase, or the cramp-
sponsibilitics of our social life ; and when gixtoen . and thcn w hcn somc startling ! «ng of their souls into a narrow avaricious
I use that phrase, I beg that it may not ; cvcn<; causca thc hiddcn firc to gleam 0 „ t tempers. I hardly know which of these
e amazed at > s the most lamentable, but I daily find j
the fury of the volcano, whose flames we P r °°f °f the almost universal existence
have been feeding, and with some poor ! of them, and of their nearly equal domin-
l>e narrowed down to any local limits; but ! ()f the mountain ’ s side
as Washington, during a certain part of
the year, is thc representative city of
America, 1 wish to be understood as
speaking of that social life which pervades
all American cities, and is only less per
ceptible in proportion to the magnitude
of extent and density of population which
furnish greater opportunities for conceal
ment.
The providential impulse which, after
many severe trials—trials, the memory of
which have become the brightest of our
bueketfull of pharasaic moralizing, wc
strive to quench it
Great crimes, like other great events,
arc not permitted by the Almighty only
to excite wonder, or to demonstrate our
righteousness; they repeat what Jesus
said: “ Those eighteen, on whom the
tower in Siloam fell and slew them, think
ye that they were sinners above all men
that dealt in Jerusalem ? I tell von nay ;
clones, and almost our only inspiration
, . , , . , i but, except ye repent, vc shall likewise
and promise, bordering as thev do so | . , , ‘ ,
, .. . . • . (■ ,, I perish.” Thev assure us that, despite our
nearly on the miraculous as to justify the 1 - ’. ,
, ’, c arbitrary distinctions, the relation wc bear
belief that Providence has a work for our - .
, , . , i to each other is such that if “ one incm-
country, to do which our own recreancy
can no more prevent than did thc mighty
powers arrayed against thc old Thirteen—
that providential impulse which establish
ed our Republic, so far as it can be inter
preted by its history, was designed to cre
ate on this continent an eclectic nation, a
I ber suffers all thc members suffer with
| him ;” that a great calamity reaches be-
| yond family lines out to thc entire popu
lation ; that the breath of a sin can taint
thc atmosphere of a whole city. As, for
^ example, during thc last few days our
, , . ... ,, i i j sons and daughters have discovered words
great people, who, gathered from the lands |
of thc Fast and the West, the North and j
the South, should leave behind them their
vices and bring with them their virtues. |
Of the religious significance of that stran-1 .
, . , . . , . , .. ' charge socictv with wilful crime, and miu-
rest of miracles, American history. I have 1 • . ..
, , , . . , , . ally God forbid that I should suffer you
had frequent occasion to speak, but you - .
to believe society is guiltless.
will pardon me for recalling the theme
long enough to vindicate this discourse The responsibility of our present condi-
from the possible charge of being a mere • *' on a,,d tbe obligation to reined; it maj
moral essay, and for establishing its claim ! be ncar, .V equally divided amongst three
to the title of a Gospel sermon. 1 P ar ties.
Thc moral life of American society,! 1. The people (and you and I arc inclu-
judging from the providential indications | ded in that comprehensive noun of multi-
which arc strewn all along thc line of our tude.) have brought themselves into this
aud meanings of such fearful moral import
that one could almost wish the race were
deprived of its language, that these might
be blotted out. God forbid that I should
ion over thc hearts of those who arc to be
the next generation of men.
2. The second source of responsibility,
and by far the most powerful agent for
correcting our moral abuses, if it will but
put resolute shoulders to the work, is
“Thc Press.”
I do not presume to stand here as a ccn- *
sor of that powerful instrumentality; I
know well what are the difficulties it has
to encounter, and how much we are in
debted to for the few conservative influen- j
ces which remain in our social life. I do
not intend to employ random or denunci
atory terms ; I know nothing of the “ ve- j
niality,” or “ corruption,” or “ malignity” :
of the press. I believe American life owes j
fully as much to conscientious journalism j
as to the pulpit; but I cannot withhold J
the suggestion that thc American press,
in following the example of a newspaper
which has made itself the laughing-stock !
of London by its pompous parade of mil-!
linery details on all occasions of Court dis-'
play, may do much evil by proclaiming
and landing thc extravagances of our j
receptions and balls.
Such things have no place in Democra-!
cy ; they foster a love of display, and they I
lead to bankruptcy and dishonor. For the |
sake of occasional appearance of ten lines ;
of newspaper comment, many a wife has
begarded hcr husband; and the records j
of eternity only can tell how many foolish j
women have first heard the tempter's voice i
men be buried with them, and let the j
opinions of all living men, be considered '
their private property. Teaching men that
doctrinal opinions arc the foundation of a
L “ 1 religous life, it is very natural that those
who are conscious of possessing no doc
trinal opinion, should be reconciled to a [
life without religion; but wc must show |
them, as wc can, that the great moralities '
of the Gospel are more important than
any man’s belief, that what we think is of
less consequence than what we are.
Perhaps you will think I have said lit-;
tie of the texts which head my discourse.
My friends that is, because they are not j
texts, but sermons. One declares the di
vine mercy ; the other shows how we are
all so inter-locked with the great Fratern
ity, that “ none of us liveth to himself,
and no man dicth to himself.” Both les- 1
sons come to us at an opportune moment,
for we are about to commence that season
of Lent when the symbols of the Church
are sackcloth and ashes. God grant that j
to this city the fast may be a mortification
of spirit, aud the fruit thereof a reforma- 1
tion of life!
Let me borrow a leaf from my record of |
experiences for a closing word. Last Mon-.
day morning, during those early hours :
preceding daybreak, when the stars have
a peculiarly glittering appearance, as they I
seem to be rejoicing that their night watch ]
over this sin-laden earth is dawn ing to a j
close. I looked into the infinity above me i
and thought of thc history of thc preced- j
ing twenty-four hours: of a sudden rush j
of a spirit from the activities of a life into
the Unseen; of children who, within aj
few hours, had become orphaq^^of one j
whose future bitterness looked worse than I
prison bars; of the solitary chamber of j
desolate grief; and as all the world above |
j moved on their cycle dance as if there
j were no crime or woe to arrest even mo-j
i mentary attention, it was as if some pen-!
i etrating voice called to me from afar and j
I told me how transitory and perishing is j
i all indulgence, all ambition, all worldly
! maxims, und :dl worldly glory ; how,
when we have all ended our feverish dream
; thc Eternities will be glistening without
emotion and without change and to other
hearts than ours will seem too stout from
their majestic heights—Mortals virtue is
best.
in a whisper of notority. The devil oflner
march, should from an celcctieism of the disastrous condition, hirst, by lieing re-; assumes a garb of silk and jewelry than a
The strong hones- : creant to the great principle of republican j f orln 0 f rep ulsivc criminality. A compas-:
sionatc yielding, on thc part of the press, ■
to a not uncommon request for compli- [
mentary notices of a woman’s beauty or j
apparel, may add to thc impetus of a de
scending soul If my voice could be heard
in kind remonstrance, it should frame, in
scriptural phraseology, a petition to those
who not only record, but mould public j
opinion, “ Help those women !” help them
to higher conceptions of life, to nobler j
ambitions, to braver deeds than now ex- j
haust their lives. j
3. Lastly, thc responsibility rests most
heavily upon thc Christian Church.
The church of which I am the unwor
thy minister, is sometimes complimented
by the denunciation of other Christians,
and 1 am frequently asked “ Why do oth-;
cr Christian churches strive to thrust you
aside, as a wounded deer is pushed out of
thc herd ;’’ # and I uniformly reply, “ Be
cause they misunderstand us.’’ But my
interrogator generally follows up his in- :
quiry witli, “ But what is the peculiarity
of your belief over and above thc ordinary
acceptance of God and Christ V AY hat is
the monstrous belief which renders you
unworthy of the fellowship of a majority j
of thc Christian churchy” To which I
virtues of all nations.
tv of great Britain, thc chivalarick courtc-1 simplicity. For years there has been
*v and deference to whom which redeems j growing love for aristocratic display ; here,
France from the imputation of heartless-' where it is a rare tiling to find two gone
ness—these, and thc other desirable na- j rations occupying the same place, or en-
tional characteristics prevailing in the joying t be same wealth, men and women
countries from which our* population has have striven in a feeble way to ape the
originated, should all join together to dem- ostentation of F.uropean grandeess that
onstrate that thc theory of sclf-govern- arc descended by fourteen generations
ment is only thc first step towards thc from successful marauders who divide thc
perfection of humanity spoil of empires. Wc talk of tariffs and
In such a moral atmosphere thc merei- protection ; the tariff most needed is an
ful words of Christ, which I have taken enormous tax on volumptuous luxury, and
for my first text, would not fall upon dull the protection that which will exclude all
ears, or be counted a maxim limited to’ extravagances. The last financial crisis
Judea, and quite behind thc requirements was brought about less by misfortune or
of the nineteenth century; also the wise mistake than by the rage for palatical
words of thc Apostlo Paul, which form my mansions and parvenuc displays of dia-
scoond text, would become a social law, monds and lace. AY e can have an aristo-
powerful enough to protect virtue when cracv on only one condition; God has so
human law was powerless; loud enough arranged human affairs that the only way
to stop the ears which now, when crime jthc balance of wealth can he disturbed to
becomes public, are all eager for revolting ; carry one scale up, is by causing the oth-
details; and bright enough to blind with cr to descend. If we are to have amongst
(oars the eyes which now glare with mor-1 l,s * class that shall vie with European
bid curiosity, and, failing of clear vision, pomp and splendor, wc must have the oth-
make up in amagination for what they do cr class of abject poverty. Oricntial ex-
not see. », travagance can only be sustained by ori-
But alas I for us, wc prj^to be no bet- j ental despotism; the foundations of aris-
ter than thc empires who^ we have i tocratic grandeur rest upon the humble
inarched, and in whose forsakeu 1 temples i dirt- Cut we can never have a pheas-
we have chanted our loud boasts of superi-1 antry in this land, where rich soil is abun-
ority. We prove to be the narrow but dant and cheap; therefore a e can never
Sure path of republican simplicity to en-; b ®Te a class of citizens living in princelj
ter the broad road, crowded with tempta- ideness, and all our miserable tinslcd im-
tions, and bordered with trees whoso bios- Stations of aristocracy must be recom-
soms arc delusive baubles and whose fruit pensed, from time to time, by fearful ret-
is death. With growth and expansion ributions—sometimes, financial
has come wealth; io the train of wealth; times moral
luxury is a fawning courtier, and luxury, ! Secondly, the people are responsible for and hurrying the Republic down that cur-
like moSt courtiers, panders to the vices our social condition, because; in parting rent which leads to the boiling depths of
which wealth desires to indulge in; and with simplicity, they have also forfeited J the cattaract of destruction. It is time
then degeneracy, crime, destruction of do- their independence. There is a false shame, that Christians ceased to talk about opin-
mcstic virtue; and said remorse arc the j a miserable sneaking attempt to hide the ions, and commenced to bnng the mighty
pall-bearers that march with thc body to fact- that all our great grandfathers were i power of Christian principles to bear upon
fts grave. poor men. who were glad to come to this' society; it is time that we said something
We have for several years stopped the wilderness land, before ocean steamers definite and authoritative to thc moral
importation of foreign virtues and allowed , were known, in order to find a living and sense of the world; it is time that we used
thc vices of all nations to come in duty independence. AVe have suffered to be cs- the logic of the Gospel to expose the hol-
firec. Pugilism, the hrutality which makes tablished distinctions of dignity which lowness of worldly sins. YYe have abused
it a peculiar boast that it is “ the noble would have done credit to the metaphysi- each other long enough for differences of
British art of self-defence,” has become so cal ingenuity of the old school men. I do j Christian theory; now let us have a gen-
common that it can support its weekly or- not deny that true refinement and genius anus emulation in Christian practice. Let
gans, anflsomeof its champions are clothed ■ have their proper place in this world ; but us see if we cannot drive lying, lust, ava-
m fine linen and fare sumptuously everv ! whv is it that a man, aside from his man rice, self-worship, base ambitions, and the
day, a state ef things that suggests a par- ‘ hood, is to receive greater drfaenoi far j demon whose name is Legion, out of tha
can only say, “ It is the belief in liberty
of conscience." “But what is your creed ?” i
I reply, “ The Bible and thc right private
judgment” I stand here this morning in
a state of religious ostracism, not because
I believe my doctrine to be any better
than the conscientious opinions of any man,
some- but because I do not believe that doctrine-
worship is paralysing the Christion church,
* From the New Haven News.
Anecdote of Gen. Washington.
During sixty years’ residence in N. Y.,}
it was my custom when thc birthday of
Washington came around, to get thc fol
lowing aneedate inserted in one or two of
the daily papers. A good story is none
the worse for being twice told, nor a good
sermon the worse for being twice read.—
In 1696, I heard the farmer referred to,
narrate the following incident. Said he:
“When the British army held possession !
of New Y'ork, and Washington with thc j
American army lay neay AY'cst Point, one;
morning I went out at runrise to bring i
home thc cows. In passing a clump of
bush-wood, 1 heard a moaning sound like j
a person in distress. On nearing thc spot;
I heard the words of a man at prayer,—I
listened behind a tree. The man canie j
forth—it was George YY'ashington, the cap- j
tain of the Lord's host in North America.” 1
This farmer was a member of the Socie-!
ty of Friends, who, being opposed to war j
under any pretext, was lukewarm, and in .
somc cases opposed to the cause of the j
country. This farmer was a tory. How-1
ever, having seen the General enter the j
camp, he went to his own house, and said
to his wife, “ Martlia, we must not oppose ;
this war any longer. This morning I heard
the man George AYashington send up a
prayer to heaven for his country, and T
know it will be heard” This friend dwelt
between the lines of the two armies, and
subsequently gave AYashington many
items concerning the movements of the en-1
cray, which rendered good service to the
American cause.
From this incident we may infer that
AYashington rose with the sun to pray for l
his country, he fought for her at meridi-1
an, and watched for her at midnight j
Now, Mr. Printer, I advise every editor
of a newspaper between Montauk Point ■
and the Rocky Mountains, if three drops
drops of American blood is running in
tKeir veins, that they insert this anecdote
in their daily or weekly journal every 22d
of February, (AA'ashington’s birthday,) as
long as trees grow and water runs.
I voted three years while AA’ashington
was President—I married three bonnie
Yankee lassies—this, I think, is being na
turalized enough, in all good conscious, I
therefore hold myself an American to all
intent and purposes. This day I enter my
87th year. GRANT THORBURN.
New Haven, Feb. 18, 1859.
l~j?” Mr. James Hogg was married to
Miss Ella Beane, lately. What can be
more natural than the union of pork and
beans* But this Union seems all one-si
ded—only one bean to a whole hog.
fg* If cheese comes after mea*, what
comes after cheese ? Ans.—A west. |
Legislation.
That fanaticism is blind and reckless of
consequences, and ready to sacrifice every
material interest of others to gratify itself
is a truth known the world over; but it
has never been better illustrated than by
the leaders of the Black Republican party
in the State of Michigan during the late
session of the legislature in that State.—
Michigan is a State richer in mineral
wealth than any other in thc Union after
California. Its vast mines of native cop
per are the wonder of the world, and its
mountains of iron would supply the uni
verse with that useful metal. To develop
these mines, to make their value known,
to derive that profit from them which le- j
gitimatcly belongs to their possessor, re- j
quires wise and judicious legislation. One j
would suppose that every reasonable effort,
would be made to induce tbe man of cap- 1
ital to visit Lake Superior, and behold for j
himself the stores of wealth there in the |
earth, only requiring capital to bring it |
forth and make it useful and active; but i
instead of pursuing this judicious course ;
the legislature passed one act last winter j
which will thc present year produce more i
injurious results to the material prosperi- j
ty of the State than the fanatical leaders
of the Black Republican party can over
come if they continue in power for twenty
years. The act we allude to is thc one
making it a State prison offence for a per
son to enter the limits of that State with
a servant whom, under the laws of any
othec State, he claims as a slave. A\ T e
know that a company of capitalists, com
posed in part of Southern men, intended
to have visited Michigan the ensuing sea
son to examine her mines for thc purpose
of making large investments, but now re
fuse to have anything to do with it They
say, and say justly, that a State which has
given itself into the hands of men who
would be guilty of such legislation is not
a State to make investments in under any
circumstances, Under this law Henry
Clay, if living, should he undertake to pass
over her railways with his old gray bead
ed body-servant, would be liable to incar
cerated in prison as guilty of a heinous
crime. Under this law the great stream
of travel which now flows up the Missis
sippi, and through Michigan to Niagara
Falls and Saratoga, must cease, or subject
every family whose servants Ls a necessity
for even ordinary comfort to the danger of
having some one or more of them consign
ed to a felon’s cclL AVe feel safe in say
ing that thc loss that State will incur this
season in preventing capitalists from visit
ing the mining region of Lake Superior,
in compelling all Southern travel to avoid
crossing that State, will be more than five
fold the ordinary expenses of the State
government for the year. AA onderful, in
deed, is the wisdom of her law-makers!
It was only during the last summer that
large numbers of prominent capitalists
from this city and other parts of the South
visited the Lake Superior region. An in
vestigation into its resources, and the ob
vious need of means to develop them, had
determined many well-known gentlemen,
during thc coming season, to invest their
money in that country. They have been
met by a species of threat which, if they
do not fear it, is so contemptible and low
—which is so unfriendly and unnecessary
—that they will not risk their property to
its legal protection. Of course, everybody
understands that the penal laws referred
to are the expression of a mere demagog-
uism; but the people who permit such
laws to remain upon their statute-books
peed watching quite as much as thc in-!
cendiary who would put the torch to your
house, or the thief who would, steal your
property under cover of the conflagration.
— Washington Union.
A Horse Anecdote.
A Canadian friend of ours was telling us
the other day how he managed to break a
favorite horse of his of one trick, that of
breaking his halter whenever he was fas- i
tened in the stable. Our friend placed the:
animal in question in a stable that stood
exactly on the edge of a high bluff some
thirty feet above the St Lawrence. As
usual as soon as he was left alone, our
pony broke his halter, backed out of the
stable door, and, as a necessary conse
quence, tumbled heels over head into the :
river, disappearing below the surface with
the impetus aud gravitation of his fall.—
He was next seen swimming for dear life, ^
and heading in shore. He landed in a |
dripping condition, and was easily secur- •
ed. Doubtless, he pondered gravely over j
the lesson, for ever afterward he never '■
made the slightest attempt to break his
halter. The philosophy of dealing with I
horses, and perhaps with nobler animals,!
is to fight them with their own weapons,
to let them be punished by their own vices.
If your pony has a trick of backing, back
him a quarter of a mile; if he stops, tie
him fast to thc place from twelve to twen
ty-fear hours without food or water, and
he will be glad to obey you when you
next call co him. At least so says our
Canadian authority. —Ade*cate A Journal.
Never, my young friend, make an ex-1 There are certain people who caanoi lira
pression of your feelings, or, in other without finding fault No matter what^
words, a “ proposition,” until you are en- subject or person comes up in course of con*
tirelv alone with your sweetheart, and, if. versation, they start some frivolous abjec-
possible, in contact with some part of her tion, or make somc censorious remark.-—
person—her hand in yours, or your arm: Instead of trying to be in charity with
thrown slightly around her waist Ani-; their neighbors, they take malidoue plea-.
mal magnetism has more to do with love
than you are perhaps aware. Situated
thus, she will be more apt to feel the
force of your argument A sofa, a settee,
a bench, or a double rocking-chair, or a
“ mossy seat” upon the bank of a creek
or river, is thc best place for making thc
avowal. Never Ineel (as the novelist
would have you do) to the one you love—
it compromises your dignity, and not un-
frequently greatly lessens you in her esti
mation ; but be manly in your declara
tions, always remembering, however, to
“ press your point with modesty and ease.”
If you have a rival the less you have
to say about him the better; for, if you
praise him, the lady to whom you are
paying your addresses will be apt to think
you are lacking in your affections, or that
you arc just trying to draw her out; if
you abuse him, make little of him, ridi
cule him, run him down, she will sup
pose you are actuated by selfish motives,
and be more than likely to take his part.
In either case, there is nothing gained.
Always be sure you know your person:
what is food for one is often poison for
another. II for instance, your “gal” has
black eyes, avoid speaking in very high
terms of “azure orbs;” if blue, vice versa.
If she be small avoid eulogizing large wo
men in her presence; if large, vice versa—
and so on to the end of the chapter. From
these few hints on the part of my subject,
you will be able, provided you are ac
quainted with their dispositions, to shape
your “discourse” to suit thc several tastes
or caprices of those for whom you may
happen to “ set your cap.”
Never speak of your other sweethearts
in the presence of the one you love : wo
men can’t endure rivals. AY’hen they think
that tfcty hwcx rival in your affte^* >ns
they generally lose but little time in pro
curing you a rival in theirs. To this end
a great many flirtations are commenced
and carried on to a fatal termination, it
not unfrequently happening that a woman
marries your rival just to “spite you” for
flirting with hers.
I will take this opportunity to warn
you against the insidious vice of flirting.
This evil prevails to an alarming extent
among both sexes, and is, perhaps, as in
jurious in its tendencies as almost any
other vice. Some of my readers may be
sore in speaking evil of them. They ob
stinately shut their eyes to good qualiteH;'
while they employ microscope* to discover
and magnify evil ones; and afterword*
they torture language to exaggerate what
they have seen, so as to depreciate as modi'
as possible They do not, however, always
speak out boldly ; but they deal in inuen-
does, hints, and otniuou* shakes of the
head. Instead of frankly assailing in front,
they assassinate behind the back. Prac--
tically they pursuade others that all men
are evil that there is not even a chanceof
reform. Even in acts incontcstiblv good,
they pretend to find latent selfishness.—
They spend their lives in defiling human
nature, like the foul Yahoos whom the sa
tirist has depicted. To believe them, there
are none virtuous but themselves, *11 the
rest of mankind being knaves, brutes or
devils.
Tho proverbial fault finder little thinks
that, in censuring so maliciously and in
discriminately he is only painting his own
portrait. It is a secret consciousness of'
his demerits, a gnawing rage at the supe
riority of others, which is the real cause
of his want of charity, the principle in
ducement to his abuse. His own heart is
the mirror from which he describes man
kind. The best men have been those, in
variably, who spoke tlie most kindly of
their race. The great type of all manhood,
whose perfect humanity is the admiration
even of Pagans and Atheists, ever spoke
in benignant terms, even of “ publican*
and sinners.” It is to his precept that we
owe the great doctrine of human brother
hood. In the ideal of the fallen Lucrfcr,
we 1 .aye, on the contrary, thc incarnation
of malice* hate, slander, ill-will and evil,
speaking. As the one is said to have come,
to bring “ peace and good-will to men. —
so trie other first defiled the fair creation
with strife, and sowed war among the
hosts of heaven. AVe never listen to thfc
beneficient language of one who is in char
ity with his race, without feeling that he
is advancing more and more to the “per
fect man.”
The Sei.lction of a AVife.—Sam Slick,
in his late “ sayings,” gives some ad vie*
about the selection of a wife. Says be:
“ Don’t marry too poor a gal for they
arc apt to think there is no eend to their
husband's puss; nor too rich a gal for
surprised that I should term flirting a j they are apt to remind you of it; onplea*-
“vice.” If trifling with the purest and j ant sometimes; nor too giddy a gal for
best affections of a woman’s heart be not j they neglect their families; nor too dm
a vice, I know not what is. If a gentle- 1 mure a one, for they are most apt to givg
man does not intend to marry a lady he you the dodge, race off; and leave you
ought not to try to make her think he ; nor too weak-ininded a one, for children
does. The same will apply to the other 1 take all their talents from their mothers.”
sex. But, aside from, the sin of flirting, ; And with all due deference to the ladies,
the man or woman who is so unfortunate j we would ask Mr. Slick if he means toin-
as to become addicted to this habit is scl- j sinuate that the population of the world i*
dom lucky in his or her choice, and they I already large enough ?
not unfrequently entirely lose thc confl- \ *
dence of those who might otherwise have j Jefferson and his Fiddle.-Thc writer
courted them in good earnest, and die old j of ^ Declaration of Independence was
maids or old bachelors.—Spirit of the t passionately fond of fiddling, ami is raid
. j to have excelled in playing upon that in-
♦ j strument. In 1770, his family mansion
Genuine old Fogyism. ' was burnt Mr. Jefferson used to tell in
Thc world will now laugh heartily at after years, with glee, an anecdote connec-
the terrible forebodings contained in the ted with the fire. He was alsmt from
following extract—a petition presented in home when it occurred; and a slave arriv-
1833 by the most respectable citizens of ed out of breath, to inform him of the di*-
Philadelphia, to thc council of that place, aster. After learning the general dcstrue-
asking to continue the use of oil, and not tion, he inquired: “But were none of my
use gas: books saved ?” “ No mass*,” was the re-
The subscribers beg leave rcspecafully ply, “ but we saved de fiddle;”
to remonstrate against the plan now in . ~ ^ ... ", . .
agitation for lighting the city with gas, as , ^Shcndanagreed.w,th Walker about
they consider it a most inexpedient, often- 1 le '• 'VZ P r ® noua ®“®* ,n n ’
sive' and dangerous mode of lighting. In but d.Wd from him with respect to gold
, ■ • ., r „ „ . - K _ which he would pronounce goo*0. feuen-
saymg this, they are fully sustained by u *1 .. ® .
the accounts ofexplos.on, loss of life, and tells us tha used t0 ^
great destruction of property, where this who pronounced wind wind with * short
mode of lighting has been adopted. AVe *, by saying: “I have a great mum d to
consider gas to be an article as ignitable d wh F J ou Pronounce it win,, «L -
as gunpowder, and nearly as fatal in its ;*n "^rul ™ter retorted thus upon Mr.
effects ; as regards the immense destine- Sheridan, bj sa} ing. may *
, „ boold, I should like to be todd why you
tion of property, we believe the vast num- “ J
ber of fires in New York and other cities, pronounce it goo . ^
may be in a great measure ascribed to this TnE Censes.—AVe learn tint tlic Gov-
mode of lighting; the leakage of pipes and ernor w ;n h ave pr jnted one book for each
carlessness of stopping off the gas, furnish eoun .y giving the form, Ac., in which tho
almost daily instances of its destructive Census Takers will copy their r%tnms.—
effects. And when we consider that this 'phe Census Takers are to make their re-
powerful and destructive agent must nec- turns thc clerk of the Superior Court
essmrily be often left to tbe care of youth, 0 j- county 0 n or before the 1st of Sep-
domestics, and earless people, we only tend)er; the Clerks of the Superi urCotirts
wonder that the consequences have not are forward the same to the Executive
been more appalling. Department on or before tbe first of Octo-
■Southern Recorder.
Slave and Fee* States.—AVith Oregon,
the Federal Union consists of thirty-three
I ber.-
Andrew Greenleaf; a dare-devil
States, in eighteen of which slavery is not Yankee boy, for a wager of $1,000 cso*a-
mllowed. The relative positions of the free ed Niagara river, between tho F#Us and
and slave States jnay be shown at a glance - Goat Island, <W the 21st alt, crossing.
as follows:
• stilts—so says a correspondent
of the
States. Senators. Representatives. Chicago Press A Tribune.
Free..
.18
36
147
Slave.
.15
30
90
>8
66
187
fy It is thought that the next Census
of Arkansas will show a population of
. largely over half a