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TEMPERANCE. BAN NEB.
a CTUATE?) 4>y a feonsdentious desire to further j
the cause of Temperance, and experiencing j
•threat disadvantage in being too narrow I ,v limited in j
space, by the smallness of out paper, for the publica- ;
tion of Reform Argu.neuts and Passionate Appeals,
.ve. have determined to enlarge it to a more conve- \
mienfc and acceptable size. And being conscious of :
the fact that there are existing in the minds of a ;
large portion of the present readers of the Banner j
and its former patrons, prejudices and difficulties j
which can never beremoced so long as it retains the j
name, we venture also to make a change in that par* j
ticular. Tt wili henceforth be called, “THE lEM- (
PERANOE CRUSADER.*’
Inis oid idoneer of tho Temperance cause is ties-:
thied yet to chronicle the trituuph of its principles, j
It,has stood the test —passed through the “fiery fur- *
nacc,” ravl, like the “Hebrew children,” re-appeared
unscorchtsd; Tt has survived the Hetpqtaper fa mine
which has caused, and is still causing many excel
lent journals and periodicals to sink, like “bright ex
halations in the evenin to rise no more, and it has
-even'heralded th “death struggles of umnv contem
poraries, laboring sot the same great end with itself,
ft “still lives,” and “waxing bolder as it grows older,”
is notv waging an eternal “Crusade*’ against die “In
fernal Liquor Traffic,” standing like the “High Priest”
of the Israelites, who stood between the people and
the plague that threatened destruction.
e entreat the frieud.-, of the Temperance Cause
r to give us their influence in extending the usefulness
of tbe paper. We intend presenting to the public a
sheet worthy of all attention and a liberal patronage;
for while It is strictly a Temperance Journal , we shall
endeavor to keep its readers posted on all the current
events throughout the country.
as heretofore, sl, strictly in advance.
JOHN a. SEALS,
Editor and Proprietor. ;
penfWhl, 6au, 000. 8, 1856.
Brtraltii to fenptrantt, JUiralitg, ’ Ifitcralm't, (general Intelligence, Jlrtos, fa.
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From tho Nashville Patriot.
!: aod’s Wife. ;!
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BY i.. VUKUNJA. f'KKNCH.
—o—
’Tivas hitter cold; —
Above, the rat’g.Ml clouds went drifting by,
Aid s'-ow came si lung dowrq the iilful gust
H w!< and round the corners of tl.*e city’s streets
Yi’-iib its forsake:i wail—dow, one by one,
I’m- first few lamps glint on the icy air;
And hr re mid iiuvo a chance f-odestrian,
Who hied him homeword, woke dull hollow moms
From She dcFerted pavement.
With light step
A lady passed along. Warm, costly furs,
; And robes of silken sheen enwrap tod the. !'.>•,
AY boss grace th. could not hid : mrei legally
Ui.-h jc * v b glittered on ono ungloved hand
i V’■ ,-c rare “a ifitc Wonder” pres*ing on her heart,
| Foe seemed to have forgotten. Her pure brow ,
t’urn.J upward Jilin a lilly bribe sun,
fl.jnsht now and (hen a* snow-flake, which in lore
AY ilh irs sweet resting-place forgot to fall,
nd straignt bncm*.< a diatmm i-'lrop,—fit mate,
; And fmhiem oft ;e jcovehthoughU within!
; Through lashes coining downwar*! like the dark,
Her go 11 ey •••- spar kled astlie evening star,
And over and anon a sunny smile
Broke o’er the curving lips, like vermeil light
Thai ripple* o’er a rose. How well it told
That she was hasting home —her heart had gone
■ Re fore he'r there, ’twas it that smiled upon
Her fairy children in their warm retreat
: And sent ils light into her lovely foot*.
’ She heard them shout to greet her, heard them call
The swcel norm: “Mother!” stretching forth her hami
She strove to clasp them.
Y\ iierefore does she start,
And shudder, and recoil? See what her hand; -
: Hint foir white hand, has touched! Amass
: (If lags upon the pavement shivering stands,
A little beggar child. The biiter winds
i Pierce through her small attenuated frame,
i Her bare and frozen feet meet icy stones,
Her lips are blue and bloodless, and the pinched
And pallid features shrink as if to hide
s Vuthin her tangled hair. Her hands are crossed
’ Meekly upon her bosom, but her eyes,
i'hose wild black eyes with all their troubled dee; s
Iff starless darkness, hold their steady gaze
| F xed on the lighted window of a shop,
And shriek their starving cry—“ Bread, bread ! M
The warm blood rushed up to the lady’s brow,
Then back upon her heart. Old what if e’er
Her children thus should stand! Softly she took
The little lone one’s bund, and loti her in,
And filled her lap with bread, then led her forth
And further on she bought the new warm shawl, j
And thick, bright dross, and clad the tiny foot.
Then bade tho wanderer tearfully, to Beck
Her mother and her home. The little one,
Pausing a moment, took the lady’s hand,
So soft, so white, *> glittering with gems,
And turned it o’er upon her purpled pains
As wondering at its beauty—then as though
A strange thought ntrueh her heart, she glanced
from it
l ;• to the beaming eye, and angel brow,
And while the glad tears gushed into her eyes,
I And joyful recognition glowed in every line
! >f her wan face, she whispered breathlessly,
I ‘•.lra yon God's wife?”
i The “Lamb's wife,” —so we often call the Church-*
! The Church perchance may not be like to him,
Lowly and meek, and “given much to prayer,’’
! Then can she be His “Bride.” The veiled nun
| We call the “Bride of Christ,” when from the world
‘ She turns away, to waste the energies
I And bloom of life which God himself hath given,
;hi aimless solitude. Wo well may doubt
H i claims when He has given us the law,
Us “Labor for the Right.” But they who heal
Tin- wounded heart, who comfort those that mourn,
Who clothe the nuked, who defend the weak,
j Who succor tho distressed, who feed the poor,
Who give with willing hands, and tearful eyes,
ol‘what the Lord has given them, may claim
Blest union with the high and Holy One,
Who .-aid to His disciples, “IT ye fore
j Me, feed my lambs!”
Furkst H*.oik, 1 Buffi
The Way of the World.
\Vr are indebted to the Home Journal tor I
die following free translation <>f a surges-j
live passage from ‘Les femmes/ a recently
published work of Alphonse Karr. It con
tains a world of’wisdom, if the reader’s phi
losophy can but find it out:
‘1 railed the “ther day upon a pretty wo~
-•nan, whom i found in a state of melan
choly.’ “I feel quite sad.’ she said: ‘I had j
been rending- some fairy tales yesterday,
and 1 dreamt, all last night, of lhose delight- ‘
fill godmothers who overwhelm you with
precious gifts—surh us Prince Lut n’s cap j
of roses, which made him invisible —Prince !
Loulon’s ring, which made him so charm-j
inn tint no woman could resist him; and l j
awoke quite discouraged to find myself once !
more fallen into the prose of actual.* ‘1 see/ I
was my reply, *vou have not your eyes suf- |
ticienth about you. The jirodigies you
>]ieak of are constantly being reproduced ;
in our own time. You h ive only to tell the
people who come to see you that you are
niece, cousin?or god-daughter to a man in
high office, and you will soon see how much
beauty and with the discovery will add to
the stock ol those gilts you already possess;
you will see how much admiration and flat
tery will he lavished upon you. And un
like the girls in the fairy talcs, you will have
no occasion to be really the god-daughter ;
to say that you are, Avill he sufficient. 1
know a man who is a brute and a clown bv
birth and education —clumsily made, and as
great a ibol as it is possible to be. Well
when this fellow puis on his linger a certain
ring, decorated with a large pebble, of tbe
j species they call diamond, he becomes wit
j tv, well-bred, handsome, and an amusing
j companion—at least people regard him as
| such. Whenever 1 wish to make myself in
’ visible, 1 have a certain old hat, rusty and
I napless, -which 1 put onus Prince Lutin put
|on his cap of roses. To this I add a certain
j seedy paletot. L ! and behold ! I become
i immediately invisible. Not a being in tbe
j town sees, recognises, or,speaks to me.’
PENFiELD.” GX” SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1856. UN ” OF GEORSIAUBMW
Our Country.
TilO fe-il’io: A of the Chit to ! Bftifttr* t V
rends over an area ol more :.h;m 2,.‘500.0dD
square toiler,. Its ..xtr* rn leooth is near
ly 2,700 miles, an \ Os yni-Tt.es: breadth 1.-
600 triihs. Its general yhaoo mev he uort-
a p-.tmi! logratn *2,401# miUn long,
by 1,400 broad.
This territory wholly within the t-tr:
Iterate zone, an i is bhusoed with qualities
of surface, an*.’ ! s>.d! and of climate, with
facilities for varied production, n i for
and foreign c ujmeri-e, nnsurpasaed
by any other muWtnuous ferntury of equal
extent •ri the luce of the earth. It affords
uvudahlo space, thereLuv, I* >v theudcoin
nio iation of liniii hi existence, more than
equal to that >l the wh”b* >f Kurope ex
elusive f V rat a- and S;*;in, more than
one jtnd a hnlf ttmw as iurg*-’ -*• Russia,
more tjian tw< su-l a halMimos n'* great as
great as cither Chinn or Hindoostan, more
than ten times as l.nrye us all the English
ami French p*.set*.*don* >n Europe taken
together, are! more than thirty-six times
greater than (frent ihhtain ami Ireland.
AG Hie I. LTPKJv,
Tlte vah.Ui of onr tnminl harvests in 18-
50 exceeded the eimnnous sum of .1,000,-
000,000 of dollars. YY\- h>ui then 116,000,
000 acres under cultivation ; and 130,000,
000 more were in -huh-d wi'hin the limits
of farms, making in all 203,000.000 acres.
This falls short, by only Some 30,000,000
acres of the total amount of improved
lands within the limits of the four great
European realms, and Britain, France,
Austria, and Prussia; while in average
fertility, American soils must have a deci
ded advantage,
Already, though but a small portion of
our land has been brought under even the
most rude cultivation, the nations look
hither for some of their most important
supplies. American cotton rules the mar
kets of the world. In time ofscarcity Eu
rope comes over to America r.o buy corn ;
and kings cease to tretnl.de for their thrones
forth* impatient multitudes are quieted
upon Republican am} Protestant broad.
MAMFACTTKK.
In most of the useful arts wo hold a high
position; and our inventions be ; a wav the
palm from the roost skillful UHlioffß
rope.
The value of otic manufactures is not
small In 1850, the capital invested in
this department of production was over
$5*27.000,000; the raw material and fuel
amounted to more than $554,000,000; near
ly $230,000,000 were paid as wages; and
the total product was eytimated at $1,013,1
836,403, giving a profit on the entire in
vestment of 43 per cent. Os this total, the
Free State** furnished $845,430,428, and
the Slave $167,906,035.
In all departments of manufacture, in
textile fabrics, in machinery, in cutlery, in
glass, in cabinet and carriage work, in
books, maps, charts, scientific and optical
instruments, the progess already made has
placed this nation in the very front rank,
and in an attitude that is u preßttgc of hon
orable triumphs. In Brussels and Wilton
carpets of cliallenge the j
world; and England has hut recently sup i
plied herself, at. a considerable expense, I
with the patent right to an American j
loom. In marine architecture no nation
equals onrs. Mankind has not touched a
j higher point in this art, than we have
|reached.
wrvr.s.
J And here it seems proper that we should
j briefly refer to our mineral resources. The
store of metal and fuel hiddden in caverns
of the earth, is so much capital in vault,
the garnered industry of tin* primeval ago.
j gloomy reservoirs are so many foun
tains of life and gladness. For every lac
tory gives rirth to a village; and of every
| good mine *core* of manufactorms are
; horn. England would not have frond her
! boast, in “wooden v‘h! !j ,” had it not been
| for the wealth of her rocky treasures. Half
1 of her po[ulation has hc-en dug out of the
i bowels of the earth.
But nature iyis been as lavish to us in
mineral wealth, us in that of prairies and
fore U. The gold deposits of California
are among the richest in the worid; and
for the three years ending with l’s-YK aver
aged nearly sbf),o-no,ooO p-r un-urn. Rich
mines of silver, arid of mercury, arc alrea
dy opened. The copper region of Lake
Superior is probably unequuled m the ü
bundance arid purify of its metal; .and the
Northwestern States luridJi exhaustless
supplies of lead. But it is in iron and coal
of all minerals the most important, and
the most efficient, instruments in furthering
the processes of civiliz ttion, in developing
natural resources, enlarging ami diversify
ing industry, promoting intercourse, phy
sical comfort; the progress • t flic arts, the
discipline of the individual intellect, and
the aggrandizement of national power,
uu<l in a word, helping on tho victory of
man oyer nature —it i* in these, the most
valuable deposit* which the earth holds
lock id in its treasuries, that onr country
is richest, (tod lias given us in store en
ough to supply the world. Use annual
product of our mines is already counted in
millions of tons, and will be reckoned in
tens of millions.**
•Till* tXMI T!i<* UnlttMl is wsUmqfed m lUT
132 equarw mile*. Tho pfoffiirt of the IVruinylvitnift c.al
minw ato rto. amounted in 1856, to 6 C39.51U ion*. The to
-1 tal product of th i*oht wine* of <><Ui£ mt;t ij to IS&S. woe
i &mjK&!QQd,
i x v r: una r. com m i nic vnox .
The rnKt am pie resources ur nfiavail :
hie. and practicably, non existent, unless
they can be reached. Nome has done
much for us here, and Art U supplying her
wants.
1. The natural fnciiities afforded h\
coasts: of lake arid ocean, and oar unrulier
less rivers are remarkable. The great cen
tral valley is bound in <re, by tin* Mis-fl*
sippi and its tributiiries, which c**rositntivs
tin ‘‘inland soa,” into which wide paririv
regions u**i rio n-.t headlands. The eas
tern -IqK) of the Alleghaniiv. i- furrowed
wiih n.tvjg-al*le rivt rs ccunmunicating with
the Atlantic, and nuitifig the inferi*r with
the -ea board. Along the riortherfi honri
darv is that great chain of lak s —the Me
diterrauean of North America - r-avigabh
for the largest shipe, and thronging w'nfi
vessels hurthenet with tin* products of
j'.-aiiies, forests utui mim.
2. The artificial facilities are already
consideiahlo. Several lines ofocommuni
cution across the northern tier of States,
from the lakes to the Mississippi, and to
the sea. The Allcghanies arc turned at
both ends, asnd pierced in the middle.
“With tho exception of a few miles in Vir
ginia. there are connected lines of railway
from Waterville, Maine, to M •ntgoinorv,
Alabama; and roads are projected, or in
course of construction, tiiat. will probably,
ore long, continue the connection from
Calais to New Orleans. Lines ot comple
ted railroad now collect, more or less, di
rectly, the four great cities of the Atlantic
seaboard, Boston, New York, Philadel
phia, and Baltimore—us well as the na
tional capital—with the cities and towns
of the upper portion of-the Mississippi at
Memphis, while they have extended anoth
er of those iron arms to Nashville, eagerly
stretching to seize the trade of the Ohio;
and t oads are projected and partly comple
ted that will unite theUuifof M xico with
the hikes.*’ The period i- probably not
very distant when the Atlantic and Pacific
will ho joined by these iron bands. The
government engineers have already pub
lished the first volume of their report. An
overland mail to California has been es
tablished by a recent act or Congress.
than 21,000 miles of railroad are
iciwm'ota*ration; and some 17,000 are in
process of construction.” We, probably,
have built a greater length of railroad than
all other nations together, and at a cost of
nearly $500,000,000. All Germany has
but 5,840 miles, and France only 2,480
miles.
Canals join the lakes with, the Ohio and
the Atlantic, and bring the great coal re
gions into cheap communication with the
sealwvard. The length of those in use i>
4,798 miles.
The first line of telegraph in this ooun
try was erected between Washington and
Baltimore in 1846. At the beginning of
1854, the number of miles iu use was 4-1,-
392, erected at a cost of $6,571,800, or
$l6O a mile. They already connect all the
important centers of trade; and every year
witnesses an extension of the lines.
COMMFJtOB-
In commerce our nation has hut one su- j
jjerior; :(iui in all probability will ore .ong!
have none. No nation builds half as ina j
n v vessels as tin* l , h* foreign trade has
trebled since 1815, and and übhd since- ’42.
The vessels which annually deck to oar
shores from foreign ports, measure their
tunage in millions; and the uot value of
commodities exchanged iu the internal
trade, is estimated in billions.
The c< munerce of the United States ‘has
elements of increase unknown to any ifor
tnef period, or in any other nation. A
new country, n virgin soil, the precious
metals, in unprecedented abundance, <i al,
iron, copper, zinc, gypsum, lime and most
of the useful metals in profusion, her const
indented with bays, her northern border
washed by nearly 2,000 miles of inland
seas wav gable !v vessels of unv tonnage,
her great in tenor traversed by the Missis
sippi, receiving tributaries from 1,000
miles to the east and to the west; with
nearly .>,OOO miles of canal, and soon to
have 30,000 miles of railroad; with a large
annua! emigration; with schools and a tee
wing pre to spread intelligence and to
quicken enterprise; with unbounded lib
erty of action to stimulate exertion ; with
new regions opened daily to market by
iron roads —what is there to set a limit to
the extension of commerce, as far beyond
present, as t lie present Ijhs gone beyond
past conception V’
PoIUtLATION.
At a low estimate, the present territory
of the United States is able to sustain 300,
000,000 of inhabitants, and it would not.
be extravagant to rate its ability as high
as 500,000,000.
With the density of Russia, we should
have 80,000,000. With the density of New
Engl-md, we should have 123,000.000.
With the density of the Middle States, wo
should h.sva 170,000,000. With the den
sity of France, we should have 500, OpO,
000. Wilh the density 1 of Brittain, wo
should have 060,000,000. With the den
sity of Belgium, wo should have 1,150,
000,000.
With a rate of Increase decided I v ihfo
rior to that of the ten years ending in 18-
60, we should number, in 1000, 110,000,-
000; and with the lowest rate of increase
that is at all probable, we shall count not
less than 76,000,000.
! If Wc take the last mentioned number a
j the basis <if new r-aleniatioris, and allow an
j HY?*rfig‘‘ Iru-rei't-se of on! v 10 per cent.,An
j each ten years—in place of 34 per cent.,
j the present rate —then, in one hundred
| years from 1900, the population of this
I country- wijl hm*o rtfrtched ricsrlv 200.0(H),-
• • -
| i.nh). ThU C4Hl lot Uii an extrav*
grant calctilfltfon. Is it not likely to Ik*
-urpassed \ Facts adduced in preceding
g'ige d-moriStr<!tc the fnuhuhiiii y of u hig*.b
rate a: ir-efonse, • not withstanding a verv
<•>>!*,siderablo density *>t’ po|.rolation.
Make the Beat of Everything.
We once knew a man whom neither cure
nor sorrow seemed lo effect ; who at sixty
had the digestion and flow of spirits oftwpn
ty-one; who had acquired a liege fortune
apparently without an effort: who, in short,
was the happiest of men. and the envy of all
who knew him. “How is it,” we said to
him. “that you are so fortunate? What tal
isman secures to you a!i the advantages?”
He smiled as he answered, “l have nr* talis
man. unless it is to moke the bent .* t every
thin 7”
To make the best of everything! Like a
key to a problem, the answer unlocked for
us, at once, the whole of the great mystery.
Life is too short and happiness too precious
to consume the one or throw away the oth
er, in idle. unavailing regrets. Evenifili
fortune swells into a Hood, threatening to
undermine the very ground on which we
stand, is it not wiser to strive to bridge the
torrent than to wait, bewailing our fate, till
the waters swallow us.’ r l he weak and un
stable succumb to destiny, and are washed
into oblivion. The wise ami brave, accept
ing circumstances as they present them
selves, plunge, boldly, like Norutio of old,
into the stream and win the further shore in
safety, and earn immortal guerdon and re
nown
Pew men, if any, ever succeed in life u ho
have not learned to make the best of every
thing; and generally, their success is in ex
act proportion to their adherance to the rule.
Does a debtor fail? Every merchant knows
that it is the best, course, if the debtor is
honest, to accept his first odor of compro
mise, and not. squander money in useless lit
igation. Have you become insolvtnt your
self? The worst thing you can do is to
give up to despair, and say it is folly trying
to redeem yourself. Has a friend misjudg
ed you or an enemy done you secret harm?
Don't lose precious moments in sentimental
grief over ingratitude, or passionate threats
at your wrong-doer, hut go to work on the
instant to shame your friend or disarm your
foe. Hod Astor, wtren lie was a. }>oor Ger
man emigrant, made up his mind that the
attempt to Ire a millionaire was absurd, he
might have died a beggar in the almshouse.
Hod Washington, when Cornwallis pursued
him.across New Jersey with their thirty
thousand troops, said it was hopeless to save
America with his fragment of an army, his
three, thousond tattered* continentals, we
might tins day have been in slavery to Great !
Britain; hut he said, “It” the British cross
the Delaw ate I will retire to the Aliogha
nies, and if they are victorious there 1 will
fly to the wilderness beyond,” and this res
olution never to give up, but always to
make the best of everything, led to th<* vic
tory of Trenton and the freedom of the.Kc
public.
W e are familiar with people who whine
continually at fate. To believe them, never
was a lot so hard us theirs; yet those who
know their history will generally tell you
that their life has been one long tale of op
portunities disregarded, or misfortunes oth
erwise deserved. Perhaps they were horn
i poor, In this case they hate the rich, and
! hove always hated them, hut without ever
I having emulated their prudence or energy.
! Perhaps they have seen their rivals more th
! vored by accident. In this event t hey for
i go : how many have been less lucky than
themselves; so they squander their little,
because, as they say, they cannot save as
much as others. Irritated at life, they grow
old prematurely. Dissatisfied with every
thing, they never permit themselves to he
happy. Because they are not horn at the
top of tho wheel of fortune, they refuse to
lake hold of the spokes as the latter come
around, hut lie stubborn in the dirt crying
like spoiled children, neither doing anything
themselves, nor permitting others to d# it
for them.
Make the best <f everything! At home,
if wife or husband is cross, if servants are
careless, if children are irritating, don’t fly
into a passion, for that will do no good, but
make the best of the circumstances, fulfill
your duty, and wait for happier times.—
Abroad, if tilings look unpromisirfjP pre
serve a stout heart, keep cool, and play your
hand to the best of your ability. Even if
fate has the first move, which is not always
the case, you have the second ; and the
game may still be yours, if you play skill
fully and hopefully.
Personal Appearance of John Hancock.
One who saw John Hancock in June,
1783, relates that he had the appearance of
advanced age. He had been repeatedly
and severely afflicted with gout, probably
owing in part to his drinking punch—a
common practice in high circles in those
days. As recollected at this time, Hancock
was nearly six feet in height and thin in per
son, stooping a little, and apparently enfee
bled by disease. His tpauners were very
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gracious, ot the old style, a dignified com
plaisance. His face had been very hand
some. Dress was adapted quite us much
to the ornamental ns useful. Gentlemen
wore wigs when abroad land commonly caps
when at home- At tins time, about noon,
Hancock was dressed : u red velvet cap,
within which was one of fine linen. The
latter was turned up over the lower edge of
tin*, velvet one two or three inches. He
wo e a blue damask gown lined with silk, a
white embrotdered waistcoat, black -atin
small clothes with silk stocking* and red mo
rocco slippers. It was a general practice
in genteel families to have a punch made in
the morning and placed in a cooler w hen
the season required it. At this visit Flan
cock took from the cooler standing on the
hearth a full tankard and drank first himself
and then offered it to those present. Mis
equipage was splended. a? ;s not customary
at this day. His apparel wa* sumptuously
embroidered with gold, siiv'yi. lace and oth
er decorations fashionable among men of
fortune of that period, and he rode, especi
ally upon public occasions, with six beauti
ful bay horses, attended by servants in liv
ery, He wore n scarlet coat, with ruffles
on his sleeves which soon became the pre
vailing inshion.
Be Kind to Your Wife.
Be kind to your wife. Think how in
the first blush of maiden beauty she turn
ed aside from the haunts of pleasure aud
the cares of fond parents and brothers and
sisters, to follow your fortunes through the
world. Think with what blended hope
and agony you fallowed her from place to
place, watching her every look, ancTpon
dering the meaning of her most careless
tones, until, won by your importunity, she
placed her hand all trustfully in yours and
said, ‘1 am all your own.’ Think of the
cares and anxieties, and the physical suf
fering she has incurred for you, and do
not desert her now, when her cheek has
faded* her step has lost its elasticity and
she sits tin uncomplaining watcher over
your best, interests, a self incarcerated
prisoner in her own borne.
Merrily the music sounds, young feet
trip l ghtlv in the mazy dance, and jovou:-
laughter along the walls—but she is not
there; the curtain rises and t.he far famed
article comes forth to charm the listening
crowd with the melodious song—bat she is
not there. The orator arises before lbs
Wrapt audience, his rich deep tone- wt elo
quence floating nwav along the crowded
passages, and clirling upward as a voiced
incense-to tho vaulted* roof, hut she is not
there. Art opens her new stores and dis
plays her wonderful creations on the glow
ing canvass, and in the speaking bust; your
wife is a lover of the chaste and beautiful,
hut she is not there; literature presents
new leaves, from the fascinating pens of
genius—the wife and mother has but lit
tie time to mad.
No; there *ho lingers at home, a God
rrmniissioiied watcher over helpless chil
dren; singing the babe ty sleep,.betiding to
catch the lisping voices us those dear ones,
who have a thousand iminaginary wants,
encouraging the quip and soothing the
fretful. She is weary, hut doe* not com
plain, her temple# throb, but she heeds not
their throbbing, as ever and anon she turns
n wishful glance towards the door, for she
‘ expects her husband.
She expects you; and her world of hap
pine** will he there wheu you arrive.
Will yon enter that room with cold in
differenced Will you utter a hasty word in
hor presence? Will you sit down with
that.frown on your countenance, or com
plain of the burdens you are called to bears
Will you thoughtlessly remind live ot her
tinted Inanity, or manifest surprise at her
ignorance of many thing.* now passing in
great the world from which she has been
excluded by her peculiar duties? Will von
suffer the recollection of any more youth
ful, or more beautiful, to haunt you in
home’s hallowed precincts, or cross the
white leaf of conjugal felicity with one un
hallowed thought?’ Oh; remember yon r
oarlv love, your early promises; think how
how faithfully she has kept hers; hve her
U 6 you ought, and she is still beautiful—
beautiful in her pure motherly affections,
hor self sacrificing devotion to you. Re
alize that she is all your own; that through
out the wide world von are sure of but one
heart, whose every cord is linked invisibly
to a counterpart in yours; realize that up
on her bosom alone you may weep out
your sorrows in the day of trial, without
the fear of being mocked.
Husband love your wife! Gather her to
your heart of hearts, as if in her were all
your hopes of happiness combined ; bless
her daily for her patience, and truth, stand
up like a man between her and the rude
cold world, ami teach your children to hon
or her, that God may honor yon. In all
the relations of life there comes a parting
hour; and we beseech you so to live, that,
if it should be your lot to kiss her clay cold
lips, and lay her away in the grave forev
er, you may lav your hand on your wid
owed heart and say—l have never wrong
ed yon— Olive Branch.
To the u Lords of Creation —A wife
full of truth, innocence and love, is the
I>rettU>Bt flower a man oan wear neat to hi*
mart.