A' ASIIEVILLE, N. C;, SEPTEMBER 30, 1842. WHOLE NUMBER 115. fllTTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY J. 11. tiim&i i 05 tv, -ner 1poblihe4 t Tw Dolum a tew, rW-Two Dollar, .ad Fifty Cent. In J jnth w. Three Dollars at tb end of the .(it. (Se prospectus.) ' AjreWn'errts.ir.sertcd t One Dollar er square ATlE Unrt. 4nd Twertty-Fivs Cent for each JJntiaoance. . Court) Order will be charged! um OFTIIEU. STATEST pjmtthe tectmdSettion ofthe 87M Congress. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION t Public No. 57. J IV ACT to provide for the satisfaction of claims ri.inr under the fourteenth and nineteenth ar. " of the treaty of Dancinf Rabbit creek, concluded in September one thousand eight aundred aad thirty. r. a mmseUi bv the Senate and Houtt tf Re- wtmntttittttf tht United Statet tf America in C ll.V Tl,.l lU. .., An i.. laird of March, eighteen hundred and thirty jer. a mtitlcd " An act for the appointment of com Binionen to adjust the elaims to reservations of biU ander the fourteenth article of the, treaty of . i i i i i.:.4 :.u u- fi i Indians, so nr mm un sauiv mm out rop-;awu or r . 1 - . t J modified by we provisions 01 in is act," oe, and the MOM are nereoy, roviveg ana eonunuea in lores ajjttttiio powerS" eenforred y- titts aet shaU be fQj executed, subject, nevertheless, to repeal or Bxttuicauoa oy any mm 01 vonress. Ana an me poeers and duties of the commusioners are here. hrexteaded to claims arising under the nineteenth article of said treaty and under the supplement to Ikeaud treaty, to be eiamined in the sams man wrtnd with the Sanaa effect as in eases arising sadcr toe fourteenth article of the sai J treat v : Pmidtd, That the salary of said commissioners jl..t not eceeed the rate oT two thousand live kmdred dollars per annum. get. -i. And kt it further enacted, That nibpos. atifor the attendance of witnesses before the said eoaiinissioners, arid process to compel such attend. inea, may Be Msued by the said coimnissioners, o( eJ tsroof them, under tl:eir seaJe, in the same and with the same effect as if isiued by erartsof record, and may be executed by the mar. rhilof any district, or by any sheriff, duputy she. ritor other peace officer designated by the said Bamminioners, who shall receive for sueh services toe tame fees as are allowed in the district court Ctke United States for the district in which the sine shall be rendered for similar services, to be said, on the certificate of the commissioners, out ef Uecontingent fund appropriated by the fourth sectioa of the act secondly above recited, whicu wns approved oa thetwenty-seeanddayof rebru try, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and which is revived by this act l Ptnided, That aeuiinr herein contained shall be construed to re Tire well portion of the act approved the third day ef March, one thousand eight hundredand thirty, even, referred to in the first section of this act, as provide for the employment and pay of the dis. uict attorney of either of the districts of the State of Miaaiasinpi. 'Kec.3. And is a further marled. That when tin nid eommisskmers shall have seeertaibod that any Choctaw has complied or offered to eomrl v will) an the requisites of the fourteenth article of ..... , . . r . w aaid treaty, to entitle bun to any reservation tBderthat article which requisites are as follows w wit: that said Choctaw Indian did signify his er oer intention to the agent, in person, or by some fennn Hntir atitJiArtNert nnft mwmitNv HirAntpd Kv t said Indian to signify the intention of said Indian s tecorae a citisen or the Mates, within six Bontbs of the date of tho ratification of the said treaty, and had his or her name, within the time ofii months aforesaid, enrolled on the reg utter of w Indian agent aforesaid, for that purpose ; or snail prove, to Uie entire satisfaction of the said eomoHasioners and to the Secretary of War, that bear she did signify hi or her intention, within tin term of six months from the date of the ratifi. eatiea-of thteat3rfoT(iaTirBiorBer name u not enrolled in the register of the agent aforesaid, but was omitted by said agent; and se condly, that said Indian did. at Die date of makinir aid treaty; to wit, on the twenty-seventh dav of September, eighteen hundred and thirty, have and own an improvement in the then Choctaw court. try; and that, having and owning an improve. ntrflt at the' Time and ptacer aforesaid, did reside j opm mat identical improvement, or part of it, fcr the term of five years continuously next after the ratification of said treaty, to wi, from the Iwemy-iourtn day of t ebruary, eighteen hundred ad tbirty.one, to the twenty-fourth of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-aix, unless it shall be ede to appear that such improvement was, be. the twenty.Tourth day of February, "eighteen Bundled and thirty -six disposed of by the United eultos, and that the reserve was dispossessed by of such disposition i and, thirdly, tliat it l bs madrto appear to the entire satisfaction id commissioners, and to thesocretafy of War uxttaid Indian Aid nn .n f Wad under the provisions of any other article of ucij, ana, lounniy, mat it shall be made to "Wear, ra like manner, that aaid Indian did not ;IJiy otJior grf ln4 undw the nrovi. Jef ny other article of said treaty i and, Wbly. that it shall be mads to appear, in like wwr, that said Indiatrdid not remove to the Jeniw eountry west of the Mississippi river, til I" T ha' eontinued to reside within the iU of the eountry ceded by the Choctaw Indi. M to the United Sutea by said treaty of twenty wnth September, in the year eighteen hundred Mdthirty-rt shall be the duty of U,s said com. 2!nTf T 'D nd web of the above requisites u be made clearly to appeal to their satiafac n, and the Secretary of War shall concur there. hJr0C7i tocrtain quantity of land to ?; I ? , LldiaB y Tirtue th fourteenth "J'Weofthesaid treaty, is entitled to, which, LMCrUined bIl be located for said Indian, ilL g 10 ectinJ lines, so as to embrace the i?rTemen- part of it, owned by aaid Indian, &f tk d $ nil u nu uio quit W President 0f th. Uaited State to issue a pa. . H Said Indian tm U.J it 1 .U "l raj- andrfnot, to his or her heirs and legal re- Kntatlrm; nJ ! l:l ? wmsts aforesaid ascertain the quantity of land J" by said article to each ehild of said Indian 2'Of to the limitations contained in said arti. j"M loeate said quantity for said ehUdren con. to "dedioinins; the improvement of the ri!n ehUd children ; and the Presi. tho.uZ7 T"" tor eacn tract of tend iTto?kted. to id Ind "U, if living, and if IiKt.-TL Ma leP" representative. ot mitia child D... it -i . . . . . . . ,. ""eil u any tract aTttS ta whirl. .mrTn.'li : wui ii uib unminuieiuu I eatited under the provisiona of said fourteenth to iri Td treatT " H w impoesibU B7,",d Jodian the quantity to which he was """UOd, iacludin him lnnnm,t...lnU iob,3lCrt his children, on the adjoin. mulm, the aaid exmimiasionsr shall thereupon titkj" , tntity to which each Indian is en, end allow him or her for the same quan tity of land eqnal to that allowed, to be taken oat of any of the public land in the states of Miaaia. sippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Arkansas subject to aniry at private sue j and eemncatcs to Wat effect shall be delivered, under the direction of the Secretary of War, through such agent as be may select, not more man ene-nau or woicn shall be delivered to said Indian until after his removal to the Choctaw territory west of the Mississippi river, The said commissioners shall also ascertain the Chnctawi, rf any, who relinquished or offered to relinquish any reservations to which he was enti. tl ed under the nineteenth article of the said treaty or wnose reservations under that article bad been sold by the United States ; and shall also deter, mine the quantity to which wch claimant was en. titled, ana the quantity of land which should he allowed hint on the extinguishment of such claim. at the rat of two-fifths of an acre, for every acre of the land to which said claimant was entitled, aaid land having been estimated under this article at fifty cents per acre i Provided, mevrtkeles. That no claim shall be considered or allowed bv said commissioners, for or in the name or behalf of any Indian claimant whose name does not ap pear upon the lists or registers of claimants made by Major Armstrong, special agent for that pur pose, in conjunction with the three chiefs of the three Choctaw districts, and returned to the De. paitmcnt of War in January, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and who does not appear from those registers to be entitled to a reservation un. dor said nineteenth article. Sec. 4. Aadbt it further enacted. That the said commissioners, within two years from the time of their entering upon the duties of their offices, and as often as ahull be required by the President of the United States, shall report to him their proceed, ings hi ths premises, with a full and perfect list of the names of all the Choctaw whom they shall have determined to be entitled to reservations un- dcr thhract?tbe TqnaTitity of land to which each shnll be so entitled i the rrambcr of elaims whieh can be located according to the provisions of the fourth section of this aet, and sueh a cannot be located according to the provisiona of the fournh section of this act; and the power and duties of the said commissioners shall eease at tho expira tion of two years from the time of the first organi. Ration of the board ; and their proceedings may be terminated by the President at any time pre. vious o the expiration of the said two years. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That the commissioner to be appointed under this act shall also ascertain and determine the quantity of land to which any Choctaw or other person named in the supplement to the said treaty or liancing Kao- ijjilj!rci - kj?s entitled by virtue .thereof and, which uch p rnou has by any means been prevented from receiving. Sec. 6. And it it further enacted. That if the President of the United States shall approve and eonfirru the determination of the commissioner heretofore appointed to idvestigate the claims ex. isting under the fourteenth article of the aaid treaty of Dancing Rabbit creek, in any case, be shall cause to be delivered to.tlmclairnant, if he be a Choetaw Indian, hi legal heira, certificates, as provided by the fourth section of this, act, for the quantity of land to which claimant shall appear, by such determination, to have been entitled, in full satisfaction and discbarge of such claim Provided, Such determination was made by ad hering, in every instance, to the requisites con. tained in the fourth section of this act : And prp. tided, a), That aaid claims, nor either of them, cannot now be located, according to the provision of the fourth section of this act. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That distinct see nun la shall be kept of the certificates issued-in satisfaction of the claims provided for by this act, and of all expense attending the same) and the amount thereof shall be retained and withheld from any distribution to the States. See. 8. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed a to authorize Ilia said commissioners, to adjudicate any elaim which may be ptksenteM oy a whiten man who may have had, or now has, an Indian wife or fomilv : and anv Da tent to land which shall issue to any Indian claim urmcr the provision of the. trenty aforesaid, shall be issued to tho Indian to whom the claim was allowed, if living, and if dead to his or her heir and legal representative, anv act of Congress, or usage, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding. 8ec.9. And be tt further enacted. Thai no claim . s1iall.be'allowed.under-the fourteenth arttele of said treaty if the said commiraioncu shall be satisfied, by such proof as they may prescribe, that aid Iaim had been, previous to the expiration of nve years from the ratification of said treaty, assigned. either in wholoorin part; and in ease of a partial assignment, or agreement lor an -assignment thereof, the same shall be allowed so far only a the original Indian claimant was, at that date.the BesW'ndvpfeprTetor thereof. Sec. 10,1 And be it further enacted, mat an claims under either of the article of said treaty mentioned above, or the snpplenientsl articles thereof. Ct'lllgll lllilll nut he dull piisented te commissioners for allowance within one year after the final passage of this act, shall be thereafter forever barred. - JOHN WHITE, Speaker of the Hmue ef RepreeentativtM, WILLIE P. MANGUM, President of the Senate pre temmnre. JOHN TYLER. Approved, August 23, 1842. TPoBLic No. 61.1 AN ACT to amend the aots of July, eighteen hun. dred and thirty-six, and eighteen hundred and thfrtylghF,"kIIowih j pensions" to" certain Wi. dows, . ' - jB if enacted bv the Senate and Ilouee of Re. preeentativei of the United Stale of America is Uongret ateetnbua, I hat the marriage oi inc widow, after the death of her busbandrfor wbuoe services she claims a pension under the act of the seventh of July, eighteen hundred and thirty eight, shall be uo bar to the claim of such widjw to the benefit of that act, she being a widow at the time she make application for a pension. Approved, August SJ, iO. j Woman's love of Flowers. la all countries women love flowers ; in all court tries they form nosegays of them ; but it is only in the bosom of plenty that they cn ccive the idea of embellishing their dwell, ings with them. The cultivation of flowers amonff the peasantry indicates a revolu- tion in, all their feelines. It is a delicate., sure, which makes its way through coarse organs ; it is a creature wnose eyes are opened; it is the sense of the beautiful, a faculty of the soul wnicn is Bwaseoeu. Man, then, understands that there is in the fifta of nature, a something more man ne ssnrv for existence :' colors, forms, dffridours, re perceived for the first time, and tow. Those who have travelled in tne country, cart testify' that a rose tree under the window, a hooey suckle round the door of a cottage, are always a good omen to iheAiredjrayellejT rates flowers fs not closed to the supplica tions of the poor, or the wants of a stranger. SELECTED MISCELLANY. J From the Weekly Messenger. . " Plain and Practical. r Ttstf Pat Wl PaurrJU. - There word you will find in " flaming capitals" in the " editorial" columns of newspnper. Tbcy are addressod to a cer tain class of subscribers called "delin quents," who for years have received the " printer's" paper without paying for it. The text, though short, is full of meaning, it being an earnest exhortation to bud scribers to perform a long.neglected, and, perhaps, forgotten duty, and it is hoped that all 1 ' delinquents11 will speedily comply with so reasonable a demand. ' For the informs mation, however, of those who have never inquired into the meaning of the text, or have forgotten it altogether, we invite at. tention to the following " plain and practi. cal" exposition : . ' I. What are subscribers to pay the prin. lert 1. DonH merely pay him " ihanks," lie indeed likes to receive the thanks of his subscribers, but ho needs something more "substantial.'' 2. Don't pay him " abuse;" for this kind of coin, however liberally supplied, and in whatever quantity received, won't keep the " Establishment going, nor provide for the wanU f -the editor a family 3. But pay him " tiuU which thou owest" viz., money. L,ook at the terms of the pa per. It is not said so many " thanks," nor so much" abuse per annum, butf2,. 00 per annum." But I must here drop a word of caution, and give a bit of advice, to those that are already convinced that it is their duty to " pay the printer." And, 1. Don't send him money which you know is not very good even in your own neighborhood. It is feared some have done this. 2. Don't send him small bills when the debt is a large one, for then the postage which the printer must pay, eats up a good part of the debt, and this looks a little like 1 hus 6 one dollar bills sent to the printer cost him $1 ,12i postage ! I ! The bit of advice is this, send the best and largest bill the case admits of, or pay the postage yourself on small ones. Hoping that you are now willing to pay the printer I'proceed to inquire, ... II. 1 he time when to pay the printer ; and here J remark ' 1. Don't wait half a dozen years. For it may be difficult to make up so much money at one time as will pay the printer. 2. Don't put it off until the printer has asked a dozen times for it, for this would not be very much to your credit." 3. Nor don't wait until it becomes duo, for it is very likely thaf It won't be paid then. Money is not always paid when due, for if it were, I don't think the (8000 due the " Establishment" at Chambersburg, would be. in the hands of subscribers. Therefore, 4. Fay in advance.. It is the easiest and cheapest way of procuring the paper, and will give you greater pleasure in reading it. You can then set down and regard it not as a borrowed or a begged article, but as vour own Dronertv. And then. too. when " delinquents" are " dunned" for theiC sub. for their negligence and inditlerence, you will feel happy in the consciousness, that you are not of the number. .: - . Ill Reasons why subscribers should " pay 1. I he amount due is a debt which tbey ha ve-eontraeted'-ftfid they- re-thpreiure in common justice and honesty bound to pay it. 2. The printer has earned it bv toiling and laboring night and day, perhaps for years for his subscribers. 3. Printers are "flesh and blood" and as little able to live on " wind and weather" as any of their- subscribers. 4. 1 he " kstapliRhment ' at all times, but particularly at present, needs funds, on account of the claims against it, and want of means to meet them. 5. The "Establishment" will sink and finally " bo down" unless prompt and nc tive measures are adopted, and the moneys now due be speed ily-pa id; 6. The page of history would then in. form the world that " the only English pe riodical-of the r-Church, (comprising more lhan 75,00f communicants,; failed for want of natronaee"! ! Now, to guard nrrainst such a " shameful catastrophe" and to dea.1 honestly and justly with editors, let each subscriber who sustains the relation nf T f). IT "to the nrinter. nav him forth rith, in' good current money, that our eyes lay no longer meet the " flaming capitals," " PAY THE PRINTER,. O, P. Q. Avgust 5, 1842. A Drunkard's Cabbiagb.- A drunken fellow, after dreadfully abusing his wife who reproached btm for his cruelty, went out of' the house in a rage, declared that she should never see him again till he returned in his carriage, when she would be happy to receive him. He kept his word but not exactly at he intended for in a couple of hours he came home drunk in a wheelbar row. ' A sew State. W e have heard t ne name suggested for the new "State. neither West Florida, nor East Florida, nor South Florida but the" State of Bank. rUplcyTU more appropriate taoarpresetrt condition. St Augustine News. (From Kendall' Santa Fe Exped'Won-1 A Prairie-on Tire. While some of our party vwere digging into the sand near the edge of tho stream, with the hopes of finding water more fresh, and others enjoying the luxury of a bath, a loud report, as ef a cannon, was heard in the direction of the camp, and a dark smoke was seen suddenly to arise. An Indian attack," was the startling cry on all sides, and instantly- we commenced hud dling on our clothes and bridling our horses. One by ojne, as fast as wo could get ready, we started off for what we supposed a sceno of engngemeut. As we neared the camp, ing'ground, it became plainly evident that the prairie was on fire in all directions. When within a mile of the steep declivity which cut off the prairie above from this valley, the bright flames were seen flashing among the dry cedars, and a dense volume of black smoke arising above all, gave a painful sublimity to the scene. On approaching nearer, we were met by some of our companions. They stated that the high grass of tho prairie had caught fire by accident, tial many of tlie wagons had been consumed, and among them the commissioner s which contained not only our trunks, but a large number of car. tridges. The explosion of these we had mistaken for the report of our cannon. We dashed ahead with the hope of ren. deTing-assistanceoUfompahi6n"s,1)ul before we could reach the place of the steep and rugged hill, the fire was dashing down with frightful rapidity, leaping and flashing across the gullies and roaring in the deep and yawning chasms with the wild and appaling tones of a tornado. Ever anon, as the flames would strike the dry craggy tops of the cedars, a report os of a musket would be heard, and in such quick succession did these reports ' follow each other, that I can liken them to nothing save the irregular discharge of infantry. ---Tlie- wind was blowing fresh from the west when the prairie first caught, carry, ing the flames with a rapidity astounding over tlie very ground on which wo had travelled during the day. The wind lulled With the sun, and now the fire began to spread slowly in the other direction. The passage by which we had descended was cut off by the flames, and night found our party still in the valley unable to find any other route to the land above. "O'ur situation was a dangerous one too ; for had the wind sprung up and veered into the east, with such velocity did the flames spread, we should have found much difficul ty in escaping. About nine o'clock, I was fortunate encgh to meet with some of our men, who directed me to a passage up the ascent.- .It should be remarked here, that our party who had started from the river by Jhis time, were scattered in every direction, each man endeavoring to find his way to our camp by his own road. Fortunately, the fire had been checked in a western di rection by I ho peculiar formation of the ground tnd by the wwd. Worn dowu by fuiitue, hungry nnu al most choking with thirst, 1 laid down upon the blackened ground that night, but it was long Utfore sleep visited my eyelids. A broad sheet of flame, miles in width, could stULJbe-secnaiithaasty-ligUtnm heavens, with a bright glow, while the sub. ducd.yet deep roar, of the element was plainly heard asjt sped on with wings of lightning across the prairies." In the val.. ley far below us, the flames were flushing and leaping 'about among tho dry ccdurs, resembling a magnificent display, of fire- works, the-eomlnaton lormifMr -a- eone-f of grandeur and sublimity it is impossible to describe. Ask the Price. Whenever I want any thing I always ask Ihe price of it, whether it be a new coat or a shoulder of mutton, a pound of tea, or a penny worth of packstring. If it .ap pears to be worth tho money, I buy it, 'that is, if I can atlord it; but u not, 1 let alone, for.be is no wise man who pays for a thinir more than it is worth. But not only in the comforts of food aM cIothing1but in all things, I ask the same question ; for there is a price hxud toa day s enjoyment as well as to an article of dross; to the pleasures of life as well as to a joint of butcher's meat. Old "Humphrey has now Kved some summers and winters the world, and it would be odd indeed if he had passed through them all without pick ing up a little wisdom from his experience. Now, if you wiliadopt my plan, you will reap much advantage ; but if you will fot, jou will pay too dearly for the things you obtain. Tlie spendthrift sets his heart on expen sive baubles, but he does not ask their price he is therefore, obliged to give for them his houses, Ji is lands, his friends, and his com. forters, and these are fifty times more than (hey are worth. The drunkard is deter, mined to have his brandy, his gin, and his strong' ale; and as ho never makes the price an object, so he pays for them his wealth, his health, his character, and his peace and a sad bargain he makes of it ! It is the same with others. The gamester will be -rich at once, but riches' may begot too dear; for he who is getting money gets also the habit of risking it on the turn of a eard''BraTRroW'of the dice; will mm brtog hia noble to ninepence. The gamester pays for his riches with his rest, bis reputation', and hia happiness. Do you think if the highwayman asked the" "price of ungodly gain,- that he could ever commit robbery? No, never MJut he does riot ask the price, and foolishly gives for it his liberty and his life. , Old Humphrey has little more to say ; for if a few words will not make you wise, many will not do so. Ask I ho price of wnat you wouia possess, and make a good bargain. A little JfiYtxlenco will secure a good deal of peace. But if, after all, you1 will have the pleasures ot sin, I pray you, consider the price you must pay for them. Yes, thine may be the joy of vice. An i thine without contr jl : But U, at what a fearful price The price may be thy soul. " What is a man profited, if he shall gain tho whole world, aud lose bis own oul?" Matt. xvi. 26. OM Humphrey's Oiierva lions. : ' .. " . Currou's lusjcainKyl --- A farmer, attending a fair with a hundred pounds in his pocket, took the precaution to deposit it in the hands of the landlord of the publio house at which he stopped. Having occasion for it shortly afterwurd, he resort ed to mine host for the bailment, but ihe landlord, too deep fur the countryman, won. dcred what hundred was meruit, and was quite surf) no such sum had ever been loJgcd in his hands by the astonished rustic After ineffectual apjieuls to the recollection and finally to the honor of Bardulph, the farm, er upplied to Curran for advice'. " tf avepatfenceTTi5y" TffenoVSald the counsel; "speak to the landlord, civilly, and tell him you are convinced you must have lelt your money with some other per son. Tike a friend with vou. and lodge with him another hundred, in the presence of your friend, and come to me." We must imngino and not commit to paper the vociferations of the honest dupe, at such advice. However, moved by the rhetoric or authority of the worthy counsel, he followed it, and returned to his legal friend. ' '-And now, sir, I dont see as I am to be better off for this, if I get my second hun. died again: but how is that to be done?" " Go and ask him for it when he is alone,' said the counsel.' 'Aye, sir: but asking wont do, I've afraid without my Witness, at any rate." " Never mind, take my advice,1' said the counsel; "do as I bid you, and return to me." Thefetrmo"- returned with his hundred, glad to find that safe again in his possession. " Now, sir, I suppose I must bo content ; but I dont see I'm much better off." " Well, then," said the counsel, "now take your friend with you, and bsk the landlord for the hundred poundajyour friend saw you leave with him." )' : " We need not odd that the wily landlord found he had been taken off his guard, while our honest friend returned to thank his counsel exullingly with both hundreds in his pocket. Messrs. Editors, The following is an j extract taken from " A Sermon," preached by Thomas Pierce, D. D., President of St. Mary Magdalene's College, in Oxford, Eng. land, in. 1604, and 'although one hundred und seventy-ciglijycars old, it contains a description of characters fuund in our day, n cverv-branch of the Church of Christ. specimen oCtlie typography of that period. O. P. Q. iilf wo impartially consider that the most of men's" Devotion ' Willi been thrust uo into tho l uipil, and that they, have nlaced their public worship, not in their Hearts and Knees, but in their Ears and -Etbottr; posting op -nd -thwa-fiiua one Sermon to another, (and'possiuly too with as much Superstition,) as the votaries of several Meli-iues of thei Saintsi thinking God is best served when they go farthest sermon, (as the pilgrims of Rome to an holy cscpuicitre;) and giving uccompt when they come home, not of the sermon, but of the Man; as if toeir haunt. ing of the church were not to learn, but censure: to take large Notes of his Look and Gesture, not as much observing icAaf as how he taught them ; (perhaps ofiended with his memory, because too short; per. haps with his Periods, because too fongf; perhaps- they - stumble at his Youth, and then they say he does but prate ; perhaps at his Age, and then they listen aslo a Doalard: if ho is plain, he preaches slo venly: and if he is oZ, ho preaches flat; Tf he is not plain, he is too witty; and if nQUolid, he is too UglU ; if he is illiterate, he is not fit for so great a calling; and if he is learned, he is "as little fit for so putm a people; Is the sermon very excellent then he preaches timselt. Ur is it but ordinary t they can read as, good at home:) I say whoever shall but consider, that since the business of Religion has commonly been at this pass, the brains of men have been busied, but their lives have not been better. ed ; and tho frequency of Preaching, hath made more Preachers, not more Christians than heretofore. As he will find a prodi- gious difference both in tlie Preaching and . , j..-,,,... .... lleanne the worn oi uoa ueiwixi wnaui was when Christianity van in 'tis cradle, and what it is at this instant whilst it is going into its Grave, so he will find the guilty Cause of so great a difference to be partly in them that do Preach theVord, and partly in fAcm that do hear iL Preached. So fur they are- from being JUled teilh ths Holy Ghost that au the former do not speak wnn other tongues, nor do the latter all hear with other Ears than they were wont. The former do not speak . as the spirit gives them ufirance7Tiorthe lattertM hear as the spirit gives them attentim.n - Laughable Blander. Affairs, mora particularly of the heart, make Up always a good many pages in tho history of early) lite, I took it into my head that a little girl who lived in tho neigh borhood, was absolutely, and to all intents and purposes, an angel that, she 'hod no equal in the world ;. was the rnOl beautiful, bewitching, elegant, etheriul-minded being that was ever seat below the clouds ; I was sincere and.conndent of this ; I took every opportunity of seeing hen, and if by dint of courage and ingcnaityel succeeded, it af fordtd me a velr faappfnesS These wero all necessarily, Sunday occafions, when people look as prelttty us possible. At last an extra opportunity of aeeing" the fair creature occurred : . I was to gu over the farm on an errand.' An Ambas sador on his first introduction to tho pres ence of a sovereign could not have mndo a better display of his wardrobe than I did of mine; every hair was exactly adjusted; my hat wus put carefully on ; a pair of clean shoes under my arm, which were to bo carried to the farmer's bars ; and, in short, I went as every love sick blockhead goes the first time to see his mistress, most par. ticularly fine, and feeling most particularly foolish. I gained the awful bars that brought me in view of the more awful presence of my angel. v I stuck my old shoes undca log, put on my uew oncsTund weut Uirwardj-af- ter having practised a bow or two. Walk- -ing leisurely down the lane, as near the fence as possible I met a drove of cows and a girl dressed in a dirty linsey frock, 'bare, footed, and with her month and bosom be smeared with mush and molasses., driving them forward with slicks and stones. I met the company Heavens! tho driver was my Sunday flume but, what a.t angel ! I th re w my fiat down in the road, rumpled my hair, struck both my shoes in the mud, and thought that I was going crazy. I was never afterwards a very enthusiastic lover. There is a plain, straitforivard way of trudging through the world ;and we may as well accustom ourselves to it first as' lust., Expec'ing nothing, we shall ..not bo disop. pointed a little skeptical on many matters of appearance, we shall reach the realily without surprise and the sooner we arrive at tho age of reason, perhaps tho better it will be for us. True Prosperity. BT OR. CltAN.NtXO. You talk of the prosperity of your city. I know but one . true pxQperity. Does the human soul "grow and prosper here? Do not point me to your thronged "streets. I ask-who throng them f Is it a low-minded,' self-seeking, gold-worshipping, - man.de spising crowd which I see rushing through them t Do I meet them under the f-;iiialo form the gaily decked prostitute, or the idle, wasteful, aimless woman of fashion? Do I meet the young man, showing off his pretty person as the perfection of nature's works, wasting his golden hours in dissipation and sloth, and bearing in his countenance and gaze the mark of a profligate 7 Do I meet a grasping multitude, seeking to thrive by. concealments and fraud? An anxious mul. titude, driven by fear of want to doubtful means of gtint-Aff "mfMri caring nothing fur others, if they may them selves prosper or enjoy. In tho neighbor hood of your comfortublaur splendid dwell TiTgs.are fere abodes of squullid misery jr reckless cVimo, of bestial itifemperance, of half-famished children, of profanenes9,dis. soluteness, of temptation for thoughtless youjjiLAndaj;e.lIiiicjQ with. yo.ur prosperity, and outstripping and neutral izing the influence of truth and virtue? Then your prosperity is u vain show. Its true use is to muktja better people. The glory and happiness of a citycon. sists not in the number, but the character of its population. Of all the fine arts in a city, the grandest is the art of forming notilo specimens of humanity. The costliest pro ductions of our manufactures are cheayt compared with a wise and good human be. ing. A city , which should practically adopt the principle, that man is worth more than wealth or show, would place it at the head of tho cities.... A city in whieh men shouM. be trained worthy of the name, would be come tho metropolis of the eartii. Severk Retorts. A coxcomb, not very remarkable for the acutcness of his feel ings or his wit, wishing to banter a testv old gentleman, who liad lately garnished his mouth with a complete set ol false teeth, flippantly inquired-'-" Well, my good sir, I have often heard you complain of yoii'f masticators pray, when do you expect to be troubled with the tooth-ache T" " When you have an affection of tho heart, or a brain fever," was tho reply. Not less ready and biting was the retort of the long-cared Irishman, who,, bcin" banteringly asked " Paddy, my jewel, why don't you cet your earscropped f 1 hey are too large for a man !" replied" And yours are too small for an ass.'1 A ploughman is not an igt.:rant man because he does not know how to read ; if he knows how to plough, he -is not to bo called an ignorant roafl 5but a wife may bo jtiy miirq an ignorant woman, it st.a does not know how to provide a dinner for her husband. It is a cold comlort for a hungry man, to tell him how delightfully his wife play and ,s!njs : lovers may live . oa very crial diet; but. husbands -iandia need oil the solids. ' - 7 I

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