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SLEEP.
By Henry Sewcll Stokes.
Sleep! for the night is dark.
Or kindles to (jecoy;
Sleep I'll the sun arise, ami all
l lie iivnig "worm ue joy.
Betake thee, man of toil,
Unto thy couch betimes;
So mayest thou dream a pleasant
dream,
Before the midnight chimes.
Sleep, student, sleep! thy check
Pales o'er the classic page;
The taper lights thee to the tomb.
Young genius' heritage.
Sleep, beauty! though by love
Illumed the glow-worm's lamp;
Consumption comes from dazzling
halls
Into the night-winds damp.
Sleep while yc may, for soon
ill wakeful age come on;
Your comforts then by the glowing
hearth,
And with the embers gone.
But would ye sleep serene,
Young, or may be when old.
Pure be the conscience else in vain
The arms to slumber fold.
Pure be the breast, and calm
The long last sleep shall be,
deposing on the bosom of
The heavenly clemency.
A rolling Stone gathers
no Moss. Wc huve often
had occasion to observe the
restless and discontented dis
position exhibited by some
men, who always seem to
tliink they conlil do much
better in some other employ
ment that that in which they
nre enquired, and who are
therefore constantly shifting
their business. Such men
never become wealthy, be
cause they are always learn
ing new kinds of business,
and are engaged in no one
kind long enough to acquire
that superior skill and know-'
ledge in it, which alone can
enable any one to carry it on
advantageously, especially
where he has to encounter
competition.
People in the country are
apt generally to believe that
those who reside in the city
flll become enormously rich,
2nd their fate is therefore an
enviable one; hence we so
often see those who possess
good farms in the country,
and are getting along well,
who live independently, and
ought to live contentedly,
celling them, and with the
money thus obtained, com
mencing business business
yhich they nothing about
Jn the city. The almost in
variable result of this at
tempt to carry a new busi
ness in a new place, is fail
Ure. bankruptcy, and disap
pointment, ending often in
Canity, or besotted drunk
enness. Nor is the idea en
Stained by the people in
the country, that those in the
city make money wiih ease
and abundantly, correct.
.Men undergo more privation
and labor harder in the city
than they do in the country.
Their risks are also much
greater, and their cares and
anxieties are proportionably
increased. True, individu
als there are, who acquire
larger fortunes in a city ihan
are found in the country; but,
compared with the whole
number who start in the race
of competition, how few there
are who are thus successful !
The thousands and hundreds
of thousands who fail, drop
by i he way side, are crushed
by the moving mass, ami are
never heard; it is onlv those
who win, who live in large
houses, give parties, drive
their carriages, wield a pow
erful influence in banks, and
become giants on 'Change,
who attruct notice and excite
envy.
Again; how often is it that
even these individuals whose
happy lot (false estimate!)
excites the envy of their fel
low mortals, are seen to strut
their brief hour upon the
stage, the ruling star of the
day, and are then suddenly
hurried from their proud em
inence, by reverse of fortune,
to the depths of poverty and
wretchedness! Is the lot of
such an one an object to ex
cite envy! No; a thousand,
ten thousand times happier
is the farmer, who ploughs
his field, tends his cattle,
gathers his crops, eats bread
moistened by the sweat of
his brow, and relishes his
food and sleep with an appe
tite which labor ami content
merit alone can give.
The folly of toiling night
and day, for years, to acquire
wcuiui, nas oeen siruungiy
exemplified by many cases
of failure within the two
weeks past, both in Philadel
phia and New York. The
philosopher and man of ob
servution see in these cases
lessons of wisdom; the thoV
less pass them by unnoticed.
Philad. Her.
Time for Matrimony.
The most proper age for en
tering the holy bands of mat
rimony has been much dis
cussed, but never settled. 1
am entitled to my opinion,
and although 1 cannot here
give the grounds on which it
rests, the reader may take it
for granted that I could ad
duce, were this the proper
place, a great number of
weighty reasons, both moral
and physical, for dogmas
which I am going to pro
pound. The maxim, then
which I would inculcate, is
this; that matrimony should
not be contracted before the
first year of the fourth sep
tenniad, on the female, nor
before the last year of the
male; in other words, the
female should be at least
twenty-one years of age, and
the male twenty-eight years.
That there should be seven
years difference between the
ages of the sexes, at whatev
er period of life the solemn
contract is entered upon,
need not be urged, as it is
universally admitted. There
is a difference of seven years,
not in the actual duration of
life, in the two sexes, but in
the stamina of the constitu
tion, the symmetry of the
form, and the lineaments of
the face. The wear and tear
of bringing up a family ought
alone account for this ine
qualityhut there are other
causes inherent in the con
stitution and independent of
matrimony or celibacv.
In respect to early marri
age, as far as it concerns the
softer sex, I have to, observe,
that for every year at which
the hymenial knot is tied, be
low the age of twenty one,
there will be, on an average,
three years of premature de
cay of the corporeal fabric,
and a considerable abbrevi
ation of the usual range of
human existence. It is in
vain to point out instances
that seem to nullify this cnl
culation. There will be in
dividual exceptions to all ge
neral rules. The above will
be found a fair average esti
mate.
On the moral consoquen
ces of too early marriages,
it is not my intention to di
late; though 1 could adduce
many strong argumems a
gainst, and very few in favor
of the practice. It has been
said that matrimony may
have miseries, but celibacy
has no pleasures. As far as
loo early marriage is con
cerned, the adage ought to
run thus: "marriage must
have miseries, though celib
acy may have no pleasures."
The choice of a wife or a
husband is rather foreign to
my subject, ami has occupi
ed much abler pens than
mine, to liitle advantage.
My own opinion is, that were
the whole of the adult popu
lation registered as they come
ot age, and each person
male and female, drew a
name out of the urn, and
thus rendered matrimony a
complete lottery, the sum to
tal of happiness, misery, or
content, would be nearly, if
not exactly, the same as up
on the present principle of
selection. I lus, at first sight,
will appear a most startling
proposition; but the closer
we examine if the. less extra
vagant it will be found.
Economy of Health.
The lVife. have often
had occasion to remark the
fortitude with which women
sustain the most overwhelm
ing reverses of fortune.
Those disasters which break
down the spirit of a man,
and prostrate him in the dust,
seem to call forth all the en
ergies of the softer sex, and
give such intrepidity and el
evation to their character,
that at times it approaches
sublimity.
Nothing can be more tou
ching than to behold a soft
and tender female, who had
been all weakness and de
pendence, and alive to every
trivial roughness while trea
ding the prosperous paths of
life, suddenly rising in men
tal force to be the comforter
nnrl nrmnrler of her l)US
band under misfortune, andmay be performed upon a
with unshrinking
the most bitter
blasts of adversity.
As the vine, which ha
long twined its graceful foli
age about the oak, and been
lifted by it into sunshine,
will, when the hardy plant is
riven by the thunderbolt,
cling around it wiih its ca
ressing tendrils, and bind up
its shattered boughs; so it is
beautifully ordered by Pro
vidence, that woman, who is
the mere dependant and or
nameut of man in his happi
est hours, should be his stay
and solace when smitten with
sudden calamity; winding
herself into the rugged re
cesses of his nature, tender
ly supporting the drooping
head, and binding up the
broken heart.
I was once congratulating
a friend, who had around him
a blooming family, knit to
gether in the strongest affec
tion. " can wish you no
better lot," said he, with en
thusiasm, "than to have a
wife and children. If you
are in prosperity, there they
are to share your prosperity;
it otherwise,, there they are
to comfort you."
And indeed, I have obser
ved, that a married man fall
ing into misfortune, is more
apt to retrieve his situation
in the world than a single
one; partly, because he is
more stimulated to exertion
by the necessities of the help
less and beloved beings who
depend upon him for sub
sistence; but chiefly because
his snirits are relieved bv
domestic endearments, and
his self respect kept alive by
finding thai though alf abroad
is darkness and humiliation,
yet there is still a little world
ot love at home, of which he
is the monarch.
Whereas, a single man is
apt to run to waste and self-
neglect; to fancy himself
lonely and abandoned, and
his heart to fall to ruin, like
some deserted mansion for
want of an inhabitant.
Washington Irving.
Consumption. An arti
cle has appeared in the New
York Express, holding out
hopes that Consumption can
be cured by surgical means.
The Sun gives the following
synopsis of the article in
question. 1 he surgeon who
makes this communication,
proposes to cure the con
sumption (in any case where
one of the lungs is affected)
in the following manner: An
incision is made between the
ribs, and an orifice opened to
admit the air into the chest
outside of the diseased lung
so that no air will be
drawn into that lung through
the windpipe at all. The
lung will collapse, and re
main perfectly quiescent, and
and in that state can be cu
red by the efforts of nature
alone, or removed altogeth
er. As there is a partition
between the sides of the
lungs, while one of them cea
ses its action, the other goes
on with its ordinary func
tions. The operation is nei
ther difficult nor painful, and
abiding
firmness
person in the last singes of
consumption, without dan
ger as a person in that
state would bear the opera
tion better than one in robust
health. If this plan suc
ceeds, it will be the most im
portant discovery in the art
of healing, in modern times.
Presbyterian General As
sembly. This highest eccle
siastical judicatory of the
Presbyterian Church in the
United States, is now in
session at Philadelphia; and
its proceedings have been
characterized wiih excite
ment and important conse
quences. The first decision
made was to abrogate the
plan of union existing since
IdUl between the Presbyte
rian Church and the Con
gregational denomination of
New England. As a con
sequence of this measure, it
was resolved that the Synod
of the Western Keserve was
no longer a part of the Pres
byterian Church, from which
that body is now cut off. A
committee of ten members
each from the old and new
school parties was appointed
to devise, if possible, some
peaceable means to divide
the church; but the members
disagreed, and each side
made its own report to the
Assembly. The reports were
received and the whole mat
ter postponed for the pres
ent. The next thing done
was the passing of a resolu
tion that the American Home
Missionary and American
Education Societies cease to
operate within any of the
Presbyterian churches.
These are all measures of
'the old school,' who appear
to have a decided majority
in the Assembly. Rp.
The Zoarites. The Buf
falo Patriot furnishes some
interesting particulars of this
industrious religious sect ofj
Germans. 1 heir settlement
is called Zoar, arid is situa
ted on the Muskingum river,
in Tuscarawas county, Ohio.
They own several thousand
acres of land accumulated by
their own industry, since
they took up their residence
there ten years since. The
scene of domestic quiet and
happiness, of frugality, tern
perance and moral propriety,
which this community exhib
it, presents a picture so plea
sing to contemplate, so wor
thy of imitation, and so per
fectly original in its beautiful
arrangements, that we can
not forego the pleasure of ex
tracting the following passa
ges from the paper alluded to.
They have an extensive
water power, obtained by
damming the Muskingum
river which drives a large
flouring mill,a saw mill and
other kinds of machinery.
Th eir meadows extending,
each side of the river, furnish
to the eye of the agricultur
ist a most beautiful view.
Every slick or chip is care
fully removed and nothing is
presented to the eye but a
carpet of verdant green.
Their hills contain great
quantities of excellent stone
ore, which they use to the
best advantage. Their cat
tle are of good blood and
arefully selected.
Their sheep though not of
i he finest wool, are bred with
a view to the profits arising
from them, and divided into
small droves, each of which
has a shepherdess assigned
to it, who lakes some light
work into her hands, and,
with the assistance of a dog
trained for that purpose,
moves her flocks slowly oft
to their hills in the morning
and gradually returns them
to the fold again, by the lime
the sun is down and the men
are returned from their work.
'J heir milch cows are kept
constantly in the stall, fed
with the offal of the milk,
hay, turnips &c. and are
said to yield some of them
twenty quarts of milk per
day the year round. Their
stables are thoroughly wash
ed every day, anil the water
used for that purpose is care
fully collected in a large re
eervoir built for the occasion.
land daily distributed upon
the roots and plants ot one
ol the finest hot houses and
gardens in the country.
The hot house is render
ed a eurio.ity, not merely by
the neatness with which it is
conducted, but by the exten
sive variety of plants and
fruits it contains. The house
is considered a great public
convenience, inasmuch as it
enables all who wish to fur
nish themselves not onlyvith
ch oice house plants of every
description, but to return
them there for preservation
against frost during the win
ter. This is dene bv ilw in
habitants of Cleveland, and
other points on the lake
shore, ami the line of the O
hio and Erie canal, which
pusses along the banks of the
Muskingum, within a few
rods of their village centre.
In passing from the canal to
their public house, you cross
a plain butsubstanlial bridge
and enter upon a Ftreet that
has the appearance of having
been swept. Their houses
are all painted white and
covered with tiles instead of
shingles. Their public house
is conducted with the utmost
propriety nnd cleanliness,
and nothing spared to render
those pleasantly situated who
visit them.
QyThe wife of Mr. Eph
raim Knowles,' of Ross co.
Ohio, was recently delivered
of four children at a birth.
Punishment Jor Swear
ing. A schoolmaster as a
punishment lo one of his pu
pils for using profane lan
guage, ordered him to take
a pair of tongs anc1 watch at
a hole in the hearth, till he
caught a mouse.- Obedient
to the command, the boy
took the tongs and demure
ly wailed for ihe expected
visitor. Directly after, he
saw a mouse peeping out of
the hole to observe if danger
was near. Cautiously pla
cing a leg of the tongs on
either side of the hole, he
grasped ihe mouse, and tri
umphantly exclaimed, by
Pvc got him!