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The' Ravages of Intemperate.
When we pok around us, and glunce our
eyes through the long vista of receding
years, we see written upon every era, and
every .ago the misery, ruin, degradation
and distress which nations and communities
haveTbrought upon themselves by their own
-vicesm scanning the records oi other
times and other men, we find that intern
peranco has been the fell destroyer of na.
tionSjT Whenever the strong arm of in.
temperantfo has permanently seized upon a
nation of people its futal grasp, decline
inarks 'tlioir downward progress, till their
last traces are lost in the multitudes of an.
4her lineage. ; That intertperaflw-svan
evil, is sTfatn hat must be acknowledged by
ovftrv mnn wlu imnnrlinllv invMtifTHtt?! tliA
. i ,i ,
subject. Daily occurrences teach us that J
it is one of the niost appalling evils' rliat
evefged in Christendom. In its onward
march of destruction, it has cut down the
rnoqt potent powers of earth, and subdued
armies otherwise invincible. "The finest
powers," said a writer flhoso which are
capable of -grasping the most iSbstrusesub.
jects powers which might govern states
and nations powers which could scan the
heavens and penetrate the deep things of
God, dwindle before this vice into tlte most
pitiable idiocy, or rave in awlul mania.
The merchant, who once skilfully managed
the most intricate concern! j the lawyer,
who astonished courts by the extent of bis
learnings the orator on whose lips hung
admiring senates ; the statesman, who con-.;
trolled the destinies of nations; the poet,
who mounted)) the loftiest pinions, and
the divine, the insucter and guide of man
in his moral relations; have each by intern
perance becomeflie sport of idle and wick
ed boys, or been thr&w.u Into a mad-house
to be sustained by a pitying community."
Its pernicious effects have been sensibly
felt in the forum, at the bar, on the bench,
in the putpity the halls of legislation, the
.field and the family circle. It vhar'jene.
t rated 'the inntost recesses of the heart, and
drove from it every principle of humanity
has reached the uppewnost seat of justiei'
and polluted her scales has corruptedTe
ballotDox of freemen, and se at deficrnce
-the laws of Hod and man bus made slaves
of nien who qould have been free idiots
" of those who "could have become talented
, and virtuous, "and beggars of those who
could have been honored and respected.
."The poiaonou venom wither youth,
Blast character and health (
All aink before it, hope and truth,
And comfort, joy anfl wealth." .
Let us look for a momfent at theheart
rending miseries brough upon the human
. familylbylhterhperance; Yon wretched
domicil is the-bode of (hose who once con
jlituod l a happy fariily. vBut inteniperance,
in itstavages thVougriihe'land, seized upon
: thelieadof tliaV family a one ornsvTc.i
tims, and draggSd him to the temple of,
BaTchus, to worship tho God Alcohol That
family js now reduced to abject poverty. ;
Th wife of that" man. once a beautiful and
intelligent woman, is now a.ac aimih'ol
the deepest sorrow tn its most nagg-iu
form. Their children present an object of
indescribable misery. Hunger, with all
its gnawing pains, and the want oUlothing,
characterize the offspring of that fuiher,
now bloated with drunkenness, and who
will curse them for their importunity, when
they imploringly beseech their mother for
omethincto satisfy the cravings 01 duu.
per. The furious storm beats' through the
tattered roof, and the cold, piercing winds
of winter nass throuch the open cracks, ana
'' tell to the listening hills of the misery and
- distress of the inmates of that hous. But
o long as the drunken father can find
wnerewith to pay the relailer for a dram,
k:. ft..,:i- i mnnrn to the storms and
-r8igh to the winds." This is not an exagge.
rated nicture. occurrences faithfully re
corded throughout the wide'-extent of our
whole country, teach uVthe stubborn, ttn.
deniable truth of the hypothesis.
Go to the miserable hovel.where poverty
lies in every corner to the hospital , where
hundreds lie groaning in pain to tne mao,
Vinr scores, bereft-of reason
erope out a miserable existence more faj
tolerable than death itself to the county
jails and state penitentiaries,' where justieff
is meetcd'out toconvicts-to tenQqr.
houses of the country, where numbers are
supported by a pitying community to the
alms-houses, where charity performs her
wonted deeds 6f benevolence to friendless
orphans, mid ask whence came-.all this
poverty, pain, wretchedness and ignominy,
and you will, hear in ninexuses out of ten,
the heurt.sickening answer, from an intem
perate use of ardent spirits ! Ask every
judge" and 'kwyer throughout' the jonj, to
Jive in l hejr experience,'' acquired during
a professional practice, and "they ;';w'iM "tell
you that,' nine-tenths of all the niisery,
crime, and sin in tho world, is caused by
an excossiv3 use of alcoholic drinks. -But
it is uaelesa to" enter into a long argument
here. Every one who impartially invest),.
gates.tffis subject, and looks at the ravages
of( intemperance with a. critical eye-and
who will confess their honest convictions,
must, find vi.l say, in all candor, that it is
One of the most appaling evils that infests
the whole world dial its withering innVj
ence has been, lumcntably felt in our owp
favored land, whoso soil has been.'saturaled
by the blood of somanyf her citizens,
who have falfea victims to the accursed evil
r.Jvages of intemperance mock at
those of w!ii jjiimiiie. pestilence, and shin
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wreck. The paupsisni antl crime, bruta
uy anu wreicneancss, rfuii nave wunu
1 . i . i.i I - . . . r J
theirorigiu iu the intoxicutiiigcaphavonot
paralU.-t in tiie history of theworlX"Thc
millions it has ushered, uncalled, and in vio.
ation of tho command, " Thou shall not
kill," into the presence of God, has given
intemperance a. pre-eminence above all the
curses that afliiaur race.- Such are some
of the ravages of intemperance, which a
medical writer of Great Brimin defines, as
M4 disease, far mora destructive than any
plague lhaf ever raged iu Christendom,
more, malignant han the burning typhus,
the loathsome small pox, the cholera of the
east, or the yellow fever . of the west ; more
loathsome and infectious than all of them J
together, with all their dread array of suf.
fering and death united in,one ghastly as.
semblage ofhorrific and appalling niisery."
It is in vain to attempt to shew the extent
of the ravogrsof this tremendous eviLf No
people -en earth are strangers to.,tho deso
lating powor of -intemperance. It has en.
tefd ever cft'yi every village, and almost
every famViv circle ,1a the known world. '
We close tlhs article with an extract from
a memorial, presented by .sundry citizens
of Portage, county, to the .Legislature -of
Ohio on the subject, which is thp .most
graphic delineation of the ravuges of in.
temperance wo have ever seen:"
" And. vot its-'march 'of ruin is onward
still. It Reaches to others invader, the
family 'and social circles, and sprcjids"Wo;e
and sorrow all around. It cus down youth
in its vigor manhood in its strength -and
age in its weakness. It breaks the father's
heartbtumves the doatlng mother exfin
guishes '"natural atfection erases conjugal
love blot's out filial attachment blights
parental hope and brings down mourning
age in sorrow to tho grave. It produces
weakness, not strength ; sickness, not
health;' death, not life.. It makes' wives
widows c-hiicrrcn orphnns fathers fiends
antl all of ihem paupers and beggars. ;. It.
ails fevers feeds rheumatisms nurses
tout welcomes epidemics invites chole-
. .M I I ....
ra imparts pesiiieuce, uuo cmuioi ca ju-
i. I. .. - .1. ... A ... i.V. ItH.r-
Btimntions. 11 covers uiu iuiiu wuu iuuj.
n. novoitv. oiseuso anu enmc. ii
j, poverty, diseuso and crime. It fills
r iails-.supliesyour alms-houses -and
you
demands vour asylums..!'. It engenders con-
troversies fosters quarrels and eherishes
riots. It contemns law spurns oraer
and loves mobs. It crowds your petuten.
tiaries and furnishes thd victims for your
scaffolds. Ms the life blood ot the gam.
bier Me aliment of the counieileiter ttie
prop of the highwayman, and the support
of the midnight incendiary. It counte-
nances the liar respects tne miej anu c.
teems the blasphemer. It violates obliga-
lions-r-feverences Iraud ana nonors una.
my; It defames benevolence hates love
scorns virtue anu muuucib mnuwim.
It incites the father to butcher his offspring
helps the husband to massacre his wife
and aids the child to grind his parricidal
axe u Dunis u u ,..-..
detests Jife curses God and despises
t . nnnunrvidii tvnmi'n
heaven. It suliOrtra witnesses nurses per.
;...!pfile the iurv box and stains the
! . . . I't. . ,,nin. rliunlinli.
udicial ermine. - it mux m
K t nollntoanlll
fies voters corrupts eictuuiis
institutions and endangeraiur govorn
me'nt.1 ' If degrades the citizen aeoasesuie
tpms ator d shonors tne stoiesmoo uim
disarms "thjatpt." ;lt brings shame, now
honor; terroryaiet saiety ; aespair,
hope; misery, no happiness. And now,
as with the-malevfilcnce of a fiend.it calmly
surveys its rrighttui oesoiauous, mm inmu
ate with havoc, 'it.pftisons felicity kills
peace ruins morals blights continence
.i ,iimtinn and wipes out national
honor, then curses the. world, and laughs
W.6
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Short, Patent Sermon.
BY DOW, JR.
At the request of the editor of the Muu.
mee River Times, I will preach from this
text : ,
yalwyour finie, Mis Lacy.
My hearers whilb reflecting upon this
subject, whole swarnjs of petty thoughts,
no bigger than bed bi gs, and as insignifi
as ants, come buzzing around me. 1 shall
endeavor to bring niosttif them into the
hive of my present discourse; and, in order
to do this, I must let them take their time:
otherwise ther woud mean nothing, ex.
press nothirig,n3 be worth notliinff. To
obtain anything obtainable; which the heart
may desire, my mendsj you should never
take a run and jump at it, else you may
miss it altogether; but take your .time
don't hurry-travel slowly and tread care,
fully, and you will make much suier of
your object than if you went off like a bot.
tie of ginger pop,- fretting and foaming for;
1-tr 'moment, and then us inactive, lifeless,
dotmant as a woodcock in winter. This
world is a great and curious quagmire,
throughjJiojjjaij,(3. grunt as they go
unmindful that more haste causes less speed.
Step cautiously from bog to bog, and you
will reach the heavenly shore upon the other
side, safely, soundly and With very little
mud upon your boots but justjis fsure as
you run reckTcssTy across such a dangerous
slough; you will sink into the mire of trou.
ble up to your waists : andJKhe more you
kick and flounder about the more you are
in it. -
My friends take your time in every
thing. I know that you t have all set out
and started for salvation ; But if, with one
grand rush, you millions of hasty and in
Considerate mortals, block up the narrow
grate of iieaven, only a few of you will get
in, "with torn.j-obes, bloody noses, and
bruised shjaseven though you knockdown
the porter, and Hhow fighljo the guardian
angels; but if you. just iak"e-your time
have your tickets ready and exhibit no
counterfeits the whole party will beul..
through as nicely as the President and his
suit were at Howards. Always take your
time to work, like a barrel of new cider,
and you will accomplish your undertakings,
and gain stiength by the exercise, instead
of ruining your healths 1y going it con.
tinually on the hurry-up, nervous, exciting,
don't-know.whut-to-do system. The Om
nfpotent took his time to conceive, comr
mence, andxoniplete the stupenduous ofk
of creation. It required one day at least
to churn the cream of chaos into any thing
like a decent curdle two days to bring it
jo a harder substance and three days more
to divide it into those myrattls of 'little
lumps, swimming in an unbounded ocean
of infinity, called worlds. Now-, my dear
hearers, if proper time bad not been taken
for the execution", of this, mighty project,
what .kind of a mess would it have been ?
A half finished firmament a sun without
warmth a moon made of mouldy cheese ;
and the probability is, that the great cloek
of the universe would keep .no better time
than n cider mill operated upon by -a blind
hifrse, and a young nigger soundly slumber..
inir rinnn lh' sweeo.
My young' fellow mortals the path of ex
istence is rather a roughne ; and it musn't
be run aver in a hurry." "Take your time
pick our way, and keep your eyes open
and youwiH arrive-attne enuor your jour
neys without getting sore-tootee, anu p-
f'ectlv" satisfied wi.tli whatever acids may
hivebeen mingled with' the saccharine
juices of life. - Don't be too eager fo get
rich. Take your time for that andabove
all, take yourTi'me while you take yiiur pick
out of those lovely candidates tor matrimo.
ny, which adorn the fair dominiori of maid
enhood.. The. girls are beautiful blossoms
that bud and bloom spontaneously, as it
were, along the , lonely-walks bt celibacy.
Grasp-them not too hastily, lest you be
pierced wrth-the-tJwrnB and-w;momborT
too, that the fairest and sweetest flowers
the soonest lose their beauty and fragancc.
Therefore, take your time; and look for
feminine posiesom which may be ex
traded the essence"Tf admiration, even
when .they, become withered tn iiutumn,
and their aav corolla of outward attraction
h.ivc; dillen and fadecl to earth. If
,fni f-nn't (In this, kiss where You cau and
iw..v"
charge me with the damages.
My young beloved isters in sin I
know that you hav.rfctrehingJesire to get
marrind- and 1 fain would see ywrbappy
i ih aiirred bands of Hymen, and your
hearts garlanded --With nho never-fadmg
wreaths of love. ' ut jit wit your time,
my dears, or, your prospect of matrimony
h na slim as n crop of corn in a cow.
pasturet li you inn
L..., r,n and follow the gentlemen, in
ta !:... . ..:.k rV.la .Atitlar
stead of wailing for the gentlemen to fol.
i . -cmi will, nrobably soon be com-
pelledto take your own time; and per
.u k loft to decav. wither, and dry
un in the cold uncongenial atmosphere of
nclcct Act with becoming mooesiy
sistill upon the blooming banks of love s
limped water, as you throw out your en
.:: a;.. fr us fish to bite at don t run
nn nnd down me sircwm i .
& . . ..i . : nah rF Biirk.
. . - u tho Knit nnd never
ers thai mereiy .... " ,
hitch on, but keep quiet,
hnd You'll t leatt Bel a CStfi8h fr '?U.r
: o... vn frailer sisters of tni-
DBinS. uui ;-, j- -
ui,ywho have no virtue to protect, no
character to lose, nor hopes to be blasted
I suppose you are bound to lake your time
taileti of taking my advice. Poor unfor-
tunates! Go it 'with a gallop down the dark
avenues of error, that leads straight to per
di'tion'. I have)! the moral power to re.
strain you ; and yet if I could only get hold
of your petticoats as you approach the
precipice, I'd .hang on, till I heard the snap
ol a cdrset-string. -.-
Myjiea rers -whatever you do, Jet It be
done ith an honesty of purpose-?- wil
lingness of disposition a cheerfulness of
heart-f-and always to the tune of " lue
your lime, Miss Lucy.", So mote it bel .
God Everywhere. -vA-
The t)eity intended we should see him
everywhere. He is jn all places,' aj all;
He holds these central suns,' and rolls
around the ponderous planets.. Seasons
come and go as he directs.; God speaks j
the north winds re'tire,, and zyphers come ;
genial rays unlock the earth's lung bound
bosom; the fullered streams break loose
their bonds; the bird returns from its wihl.
er retreat, .the wild beast comes out of hjs
den ; and goes forth to his toil, the air is
filledi-wirh notes of praise, and heaven
seems descending to the earth.
It is God that awakens into life, at the
return of each spring, myriads of happy
songsters; he jets, in , tune numberless
voicesof musical tribes, from the cricket
that chirps under the window, to the chief
bird singer that ills the air with her melo-
dious strains.
Under (lie watchful eye, and ceaseless
care of the Almiglity, are reared the plants
of Summer. He imparts to tUo pinkos
fragrance paints the colors -of tho rose,
gives fingers to the vine, and spreads a
beautiful carpet ove the face of the earth.
In the autumn God ript'ns the apple,
mellows the pear and giyes flavor to the
peach. . '
God speaks in the cql.d.of winter. Every
chilling blast of wind admonishes the living
that tho cold night of death and the winter
of the grave are near;' The sifting shows
suggest the winding sheet. j-jt he shut up
way pioints to the end of life. God com
mands the morning, and causes the day
spring to. know its ptace; he sends forth
Che leading star, and flushes the sky with
the presages of the king of day ere ho
comes "rejoicipgjn the east." His are
"The cloudi that seem like chariots or saints
By fiery courser drawn; a brightly iued
A if the gtorions, buBTiyTgoIdenJocki' "
Of thousand cherubim had been shorn off,
And on tho temples hung of morn and eye
His too are the colors that change and
s(jort around the place wherePhoebus rotirus
havjg run his race. By God are tho hea
veps spread out as a curtain, by him are
thy garnished with beauty. Ho marshals
every star binds thesweet influences of
Pleiades, and looscth the bands of Orion
bringeth forth Maznrdth in his season, and
guides A returns with his sons.
God rides upon the wings of the wind
presides in the tempest speeds the thu'n.
der.,pn hurls the lightning forms, the
drops of'rain and pours their down in re
freshing showers, or. congeals them nnd
beats the earth with hail-stones.
IIoBpc.aks,anddiirk'ning clouds nscend the. sky,
Tho heaven in night are veiled ; fierce lightnings
In fca'rful mode, and pealing thunders roll.
Touched mountains smoke : old ocean 'roiira, and
waves
Inianry surge riso-r-earth rock and shakes,
Tocentrc shukes jTorests fall, hamlets largo
In ruin lie. Beneath, above-, around,
Appear the harbingers of greater wmth,
Dismnf and consternation seize on all.
Again tiod speaks; dense darkness flir apaeo,
TheJclilr)iig cease, the thunders die, theAky
Returns, the sea is calmed, tne earin laaimea,
Man's fear depart, and all is peace.
Thoughts on the Pi
at.
When the summer day of youth is siow-
Iv waslins away, into the nigl.vfall of rfge,
and the shadows of paBt.yearsgrow deeper'
and deeper .as life wears to-its close, it is
nleasant to look back, throufeirthe vista of
time, upon the. sorrows and felicities of ouri
earlier years. It we have a nome to sneu-er.-aiid
- hearts to rejoice--wilh- usr-end if
friends have been gathered together around I
our firesides, then the rough places ol our
wavfarinz wHkhave been worn and smboth-
pilawav.in the, twilight of life, while the.
sunny spots we hiive passed through will j
grow brighter and more beautiful. Happy . !
indeed are they , wliffseintercourse with ttiii"
world has not changed the lone ''of their
holier feelings, nor broken :thoso musical
chords of the heart, whoievibrations are
so melodious, so" tender and touching, in
the evening, ol age. As the current of
time. Winds slowly along, washing away
ifreTsands of iifeand wasting the.vigor of
our greener year&like the stream that
steals away the soif from the sapling upon
its bank, p looji wilhaiind melancholy
joy at the defray of things around us. To
see tne trees unuer huk duv y
our eariier years, and upon whose rinds we
carved our names ia the light-hearted gaie.
fy of' boyhood, as if the traU memorials
of our existence would long survive'us, to
see these" withering away iike ourselves
with the infirmaties ol ageexcues wunin
us mournful but pleasant feelings for the
past and prophetic ones-fot the future.
The thoughts occasioned by these frailand
perishing records of our younger years,
when the friends who are now lingering
iiu- m.raelvos uoon the brink of thegravc,
t..p Inns been asleep in its quiet bosom,
VI l-""" O ; , . , , -
were around us, Duoyani wiuriue gu.iy i
..il,fl aoirits. are like the oar ciouos
when the ktorm is gone,;tiPged by the faft.
well rays of the setting sun.
lb these recollections t)f former times,
the past and; the present meet together.
We go-back again iijto tiie valley of youth j
we gaze upon the vestings i wo left behind
us then, and tread in the footsteps we t red
in before. , We recollect thoithoughtiess.
nessand hilarity of trie summer end sun.
shine of boyhood, the hopes and fears, the
aspirations and-revelr.ies ofyoulh ; and VP
may ; remember, too, that thoo whose
hearts were lightest and whose Iiopcs the
fairest. were sooner than others siimrhoned
away to the desolate und yoicdess halld of
ueam: ui tnose woo were aroHna. ua iu
the spring time of life, and went handio
houd with us throu'gh the surnmcr.jpurijey
of youth, all perhaps have parted trom B,
each to pursue a seperate path towurds his
oiO destination. This parting vphttyi.
been the last time we "beheld" thwrrt,'lrom"
whom wo never Jiefore parted.,. Vic recol
lect tho farewell pressure, of thu hand, the
countenance of hope and sadness and the
melancholy voice whose tones we now think
had something prophetic in them, that told
us we were never . to metl again ! They
had gone to foreign climes ; become strang
ers in strange lands ; felt the chastening
of adversity, and found rest from the cares
and toils of the world iu the repose of the
tomb.
When we hear of the death of frionds;
when we know that those who loved nnd
were loved by us, havo gone before us into
the vale of death,' and fullen asleep upon
the-, bosom of the earth, never again to
waken the . tllg.usand. endearments, and .ten.
dernesses which wound unnoticed around
our hearts, and strengthened with. '.he lapse
of years, hffve broken and withered away,
thoughbardly without severing the chords
of life with them, we call to mind their
gentleness, their forgiving kindness, and
their benevolence, toward us; and wirn
these come the recollections of our own
pride, our- own revengeful thoughts, and
the swellings of our hearts agains' theirV
But bur repentance is too lute, our sorrows
unavailing, - otir leais unnoticed! The
flame of their being is quenched ; the lamp
of their existence is gone out; and they
have passed away from us for ever, inlo
the land of spirits. '
North American Forests.
We take the following wild and eloquent
description of theauturwiul changes in A me
rica, from an extract from Neal's " Brother
Jonathan,- published in an English work,
entitled.' Rejected Articles." The London
writer, perhaps not knowing NeaKto bo nn
American, pronounces" him to be the most
oni'ma-wriler of his day, and tho most ex-,
trflyrjinarily. gifted ,as i8r u mora natural
f'aculies fro.
." The uutumnal beauty of a Nort
rican forest cannot be exaggerate.
like nothing else on earth. Mny a time
have we gone through H', slowly tllting'over
a pretty blue lake, there, among the hills
our birch canoe dipping with every motion
of flie paddle the wajcrs beneath us a!!
the mountain about-all unknown to the
world; in a solitude a quiet, profound as
death, and brwht as heaven; the shores,
overhung wipfuutumnal foliage ; and a sky
so wonderful;-so yjaiatiary-j-tjiat alj. .the.
cioudsjifnd all the ihouritains " were of a
picceYjn the clear water; and our boat
was tike a Doiioou. . 1
" Say what you will, there is nothing to
be compared with a scene of this kind r
about an hour before sunset in the depth
of 'a great North American solitude Jtfviisi
amphitheatre of wilderness, ropklind moun
tain ; after the trees imitmitiged by the
Irost. ' People may jalkof their tine Italian
skies;.. of their bot'briglit Bast Indian skies;'
at the deenfndnight blue of the .South
American-ikies. We have seen them all ;
slept.jufider them all ; slept under a'skyJike
one' great moon; worshipped them all;
seen them through all the clmngcsof storm
and sunshine, darkness uiid lig'ht'iund '
say, that, ijj reality, they are climTieavy
unclouded, uninteresting compared with
your North American skies, a little before
or alter sunset. ' ' - .
r " And so,too,ol ttioga r n 1 1 u rc of aXoiTTT
American wilderness, afu;r two -or -lln'ce
clear, frosty "nights." There is npihing to
compare with it, under heaven. ; The nViuri
tains, vullies, woods; all burst into flowers ;
alfal once." Other countries are jtt bet.
rter state-of culuvatfon. JTJicijfartea are
less numerous; their wild shrubbery less
like -a veKetablelnundation over the land
covering 'every foot of the earth; or the
changes of their coIorWroin season to sea.
son, are slow and grauuai
It is not sb.'in America ; North Ame.
rica.' TAere, the transformation is univer.
sal : instantaneouse A single night will do
it. In the evening of a fine day, perhaps r
all the great. woods will bo green; wun
hardly'a red jor a brown, or a yellow leaf.
A sharp frost will set in', at night. Before
the sun rises again, the boundless verdure
of the whole province; a whole en.pire, in
truth, will be chantred., In the morning,
there will be hardly a green leaf to be
found. Before Hie week is over , go wnere
you may, .through the jmperb wilderness,
ill meet with nothing but cmr, brilliant
scarlet, purple, orange; with every possible
vi.ri.-iv of brown, liaht blue, vivid liriro.son
or blood color.
RtJM SENT TO CCBSE THE HEATHEX.-fc-1 he
whole amount of rum mad kt lfe United
States from molasses, and exported in 1840,
was 632,210 gallons valued at 8284,'3'67.
Nearly 284000 gallona-joHnis was ex.
ported Africa, to curse .that, ill-fated
country. . ..
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ii. it is
This is a speech', brief, but full-of inspi. -ration,
and opening tho way to all victory.
The mystery of Napoleon's was this .
under all diflicullies and Mcoura'ge;- -ments,
" Press on." It solves the preb
leni of all heroes it is tho, rule by .wMeli ,
to weigh rightly nil woiidwful success -u nit
triumphal .mflrclii's of fortune uiul 'gi'.ituis.
It should be the motto of all, old uiul young,
high ftud low, fjituiiato and , uiifoitutiatc,
so called.- - , "
5 PitEss,.-0M !" Never despair; never
bo discoursed, however stormy iho Leav
tlis, however dark the Way, lu;w'er great
tile difficulties, and repeated the failures,
IffofrBne hns played falss with then -to.
day; do thou p'av true., for thyself to-inr'
row. If thy riches have taken v. irgs an-l
left thee, v!o not weep tliy
but L
On and ciomij, an retrieve t!i--
tlw
energy and aciimi- II an unfjilijnuie bar
gain lias derfliiged "thy businc do not
fold thine arms, and giveiirjva.ll as lost ; but
stir thyself, and work tlio mem
lv.
-vigorous.
If those whom tttou Uxt trusted have br .
trnyed'thec, do not bo clvscourned, do nd
idly weep, but " Phkss oV," find o'.ln-rs;
or what is better, learn-to live -within thy
self. Let the foolishness of ynoterday'mnkc
thee wise to-day. If thy affi-ct.ir.ns have
been poured out ns water in tho desert, do
rii)l.eL Javvn-.andpexiaU.-..l!iii'iJ--vr-bnL
" Pit ESS ON," a beautil'.:t im',3 i-s bel'uio
thceand tlipu innyeKt reitc'n it if tiitm wilt.'
If another hath bitn file's t; th-f, (lii nut
thou increase tho e-vil bv bein-' fa!i:o to t!'V-
self. Do not say, the world liaiii lost ail
poetry and beauty ; 'lis not so; Su". even it
it be make tliiivown poetry and beauty,
by o brave and true life. ,,
" " I'hkss on," say wo to every tnnn nnd
woman for on this depends sucervji, peart-,
and life.v Work uliile it U day, (or tho
"night coin'cth in which thou shall have rest',
enough. Thy hind isdo the plough luuk
not back foreveniviio till thy work is
done. StarofBeilikhe.nl. ........
lAfe mid tleath of the Sexes.
The laws of life and, mortality betwixt
tho sexes are very remurkahlc. They;
stand thus : '
1. In tho present condition , of tho white
population of the United Stutes, the iiumbfr
of females born per annum is abound, 000
lessihan the malo. Tliia duterinineSM.f it
soil that polgamy is not a natural condititin--of
man, and that the laws of our religion
3iid nature are the same that orrj man
shall bo tho husband of ono woman. -
2. At 20 years of ago tho female"? ex
ceed the mules. This proves that between
tho birth and 20 the mortality among thu
bovs has been much greater than Usut
among tho girls.
3. From 20 to 40 tho men ngcin much
exceed The women, which shows that this
is tho peiiod -4)f the greatest inurtu'ity
amiHig women. , , ' .
4. From UUu 70 tho ditli.TiTrte rnpidiy
diminishcsalio-fcniaics, as in ;l)oxi-aily
part of life, gaining on t'.io males.- 'liio
bhow'sf that this i i'tlio ptiiod ol'tjie :rtfitest
danger and exnusu.c to men, thu h :ist to
the women.
5. From-70 onward, the woim-n mit--number
'the men. Thissliuwsroii-!uiv- !y
speaking,- "in cotnpa.riion'vith '" 'n tho
healthiest pcriofTol ft'iimlo I if-: ij at
close of it. "Absolutely, l;v.vv r, tin peri
od tbeithcr'sex is so healihy as ii'tt yoiu'i
tho Lloomipg period of boyhood.' and
girlhood.
Thc-abovn deductions of statistical' ta
blus corrrspon dvvitli every day observatiortsi
of human iifc. ,
Sr-Hoot. Room.' 43eograjdiy d iss como
un. . Kphraim, how is iho state of Muiu
situated V . , ; ' ' .,
1 It's bounded on the nor'.Vi by Kenueiib
scolt, 60 the nort'i . VJ,ta 1')' limdaiy
riuestiiin,
on thu ciiM uy fjcovy. -Nuiui, u
lhtsauih-iy-Jiui
Oiiijbs and n.i inn
w?st by the Missaptsy rtve... .
very guod-Jcscnuo tao -o anu ctw
mate. . .
'Its climate is very solubrious , nnd its
soil lugubrious, and produces immeUsy
swarms of herpaciouii animals ca!!eft."gHy
napperi. ''They are about the sizeoi cad
dy's windmill, ttitkdding tails,' feucu
rail legs, unu kin one inrougn u ui--, u y
infest the forest in herd, frequently tiu-
stroying-vegtfiTion fo,r who-lc miles around,
Imnttieya-re taktt in steel traps by tho
native for the purpose ot emigration. -
For what is tns stale celebrate j
It is famous fur flat-head babes and'-
pretty gals, who go- toiicctin to practico
animal magnetism. It is also tho birth
nlace of Eazeby the ftlooro ol cnice.-
... i . I ; 1 .
J'jlegan! wnai are us jiruuurinmaj
' Flour barrels, bean pudding, codfish,
and cotton' pods; ulso lon-pcnny ua:,s,
sheet iroiii.coddlings, and red flannel sas.
singers.'
' Excellent ;. take your seat you'll soon
be a Congressman.'
Social Kindness. How sweet are tho
affections of kindness! Ilv balmy the
influence of that rcgnrd '"which dwells
nround our firesides! Distrust and duiibt
darken not the brightness of its purity ;
the'-cravings ol imt-resi uhlijuuii.o- umi
r . .. . I ... I
not the harmony of that scene. 1 areiit.il
kindness and filial affection b'oom there in
all the freshness of an eternal spring. It
matters not if the World ia cold, if we cau
but turn to our dear circle, and ask aod rc.
ceive all that our own heart claims.
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