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ni IP 1 Id f: IS . .J ill it II fll I BB11 Vol. XXX. .a"A From th La.tW RepoMlory. FALLING LEAVES. . Bt MB X. A. BIOKLOW. J!piii I eUnd where lit I tooj When summer's sua u high, AdJ the SvHge of ih waul , ThiilleJ lo tho aep!m" sigh, ' A few dwrt 4y ha interrenej, AJ bow, & bow changed the scene? Where now are all th Uoawrfla fair, Hom ers of the sunny e. Which grew profusely everywhere Along tha fotert stream , - Ab! their brief summer Jay U o'er, - -la thcae will delta they bloom no more! I nut our Jay of life a brief! Uo we not pansa aoo.) away! !Mi.rhVt thou yon falling leaf, , TrjerJ wHH the line of full decay! J" f" "Ikjff 0I" fife tho do we fade, ''' Ami filling niinjl'c with Ibe dead. How fast they come! how lliick they .11! 'Onetrery brccte they hurry pant ; Though aome look fresh, behold them all Hang trembling in October' blaat. . Thua ii t"a tenuie feebly frail; . JammtA to bear death' piercing gale. One at thy feet Ilea tremMing her, 1 is r If JL ' . . 1 uo mura irom yon teaiy nougn ; . fiul from the manyrnyriaaa there, ' Say wouk!f thou ma the (oat one now! Thua we sUIll pan iffe'e fitful ocene : And who aball know tliaj we have been ! May not the tnhxdjit irnpreaa gir To something that shall not drcay! M.iy we tjot biJ aome thought aniQre TibngjirWr we are swept awayT- ". Yea, even the runt ling aoun j that passed Lingered a white upon the tUt. "f The tout, with all ita lofty powein, ' Flica tile the vcrJue of the leaf, . And like the texture of the flowera Ita garb U woven, frail and brief ; Vet it transceiiila in destiny ' Tho loftieat atar that byrna on high. l. -. Front Sartain'a Magaine. T THE MOUNT OF ASCENSIOXw, BT THE RBV. J. r. DCRBI!f, Dt D. For thirty-six Lours, from three o'clock on Friday afternoon until l!ie following Sunday morning, the mo?t painful aus peiie and the intense! anxiety pprvaded 1'ie city of Jerusalem; for, during these thirty-itix hours the Lord of Life and Glory wn in the grave. Hope and fear agitated the hearts of His enemies, for they Lsd witnessed Hia miraculous powers wlien alive, and remembered His declaration, tint In three days He would rise ngin from the dead, if they should Iay Him. Confidence and doubt alternately swayed the mind. of His few faithful disciples, is they communed concerning the Lord Jesu, and Hi promises to them that He aniild rise fiotn the dead. If one might ask for what the Divine Providence has liccii pleased to withhold, I foci strongly inclined to wish that a full and faithful re cord of these conversations of the disciples had heen ffie., lo the wo.ld. It seems to :ems i me that they would have been the most I soul also participated in the wonderful . ... .lk . . a a t beautiful and convincing evidence ol the truth of ihe sacred story. This is evident from the naturalness of so much . . m in tut.if i r I ...a conversations as has been preserved to us. Who can read the following between two p' the disciples, and their risen, but unap prehended Master, without feeling that the record is true! It is so natural, so touching, so beautiful, that we are satisfied that it must have sprung from the miiUt i.f .I.. ...... ...,t ..!..iunBi-tniiai ollnrrpi! i 'i ? i:c II c mm i iii.i3'ivv. r i ...... i The conversation took place on lhe firstling their former occupation, which ang. .lay of the week. i.e. on our Sundav; the gests the probability that lhay had tclin-j dav on which our Saviour rose from the quitted all hope of the speedy establish-! ,,,:, ! ment of the kingdom of God, as promised j And behold two of them wcnl that same day to a village called Emmaus. which was Loin Jerusalem threescore furlongs. And they talked together of all these thiiiffs which had happened. And it came to pass that while they communed . and reasoned together, Jesus himself drew rand walked with them. But their IK-I eyes were holdep that they should not; than a month since the crucihxion ol Jesus know him. And he said unto them, What jof Nazareth. The other disciples said, manner of communications are these that We also go with Thee." We loo will vc have one with another, as ye walk and resume our lormer occupation. The Lord art; sad? And one of ihem, whose name saw their despondency, and beard their as Clcophas, answering, said unto him, consultations. The sun went down, and An thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and thus screened from intense heat of an Es last not known the things which are come tern sun (for it was in the month of May), iss there in these days! And Le said ; 4!I!" tliem, What tilings' Ana iney aiu unto rirm. Concerning Jesus ol iNazarein, ho wai a prophet mighty- in deed and word before God and all the people; and lmw the chief priests and our rulers de livered him to be condemned to death and have crucified him. Hut we trusted it had been lie who should have redeemed Israel; and besides all this, to-day is the third day "ince these thing were done. Yea, and ... - I.- i . UNION. THE CONSTITUTION AN D Til E til a tankhfd, wh'tch ert erl at lie epulchre; anl when rtey found nt his bmJjr. ihejr cm aavinf, t!u Uiey Lad tn vUion uf ange U. Irirli aiUI thai he at alte. And ccttain t( them mhieh were whli u went to t!ie tepulrlire, and fuwud it even aa the women Lad aaid; but him thejr aaw n .t. Then U aaiJ wn:o fhera, O, looU, and ab f.f heart lo be Here U dial the prophets have spoken ! Ought not Christ to haveueVrrd tbese Utittga, and lo enter into Lit gWv ! A nd brginning at Cloaca and all the picfpfirta. he eipounded unto them in all the Scrip- turea the things concerning himself. And u c. wig.i umo ute vmase w muier : I Ue lime or Ilia ascension was at liand. iey went, and he made as if he would j Preparatory to ihia. tie joined them and Java gone further. Dut tley constrained gave them more particular induction con Rim, aayin. Abide with b; for it is toward Iteming the mission He was about to com-" evening, and ibe day ia far pent. And Le mil to them. Aa Jerusalem was to be the went in to tarry with tliem. And ii rame centre of this divine mission, Hecommaod to pass as he sat al meal with ihem, that led them tint they should not depart from he took bread and blesaed it, and braka and the city upon their miion until they gave lo them. And their eyes were opened receive power from on high to qualify and ihey knew him, and be vanished out them for it. Out this divine power, the of their sight. And they said one to Holy Spirit, which was to he given thrtn, another,' Did not our Leans burn within and which was wonderfully shed upon us while he talked with us by the way. ( them on the day of Pentecost, was not and while he opened to us the Scriptures? j sufficient to qualify them for their heaven And they roue up and returned to Jcrusa y work. It is particuhrly iccorded, lem, and found the eleven gathered to-jThen opened He their ui.dcrstat.ding geU.fr. in!rirm that were with thein.J that they might understand the Scripture." saying, The LoTil is rise'iir'lhdecurW.J i How hng the lrd assembled logether Lath appeared lo Simon. And they lold!' iu at Jerusilem" ia noi certain, what tilings were done In the way, and j The impriT0'' by the Sacred Hie how Le was known of them in breaking of lory is, thatHVw" with ihem for several bread.' (Luke, asiv.) jdays, explatiiingaH-Iij"? . (irantii.o ih nrevimii nrnmliM nf mr thtt law of Moses, in the rFtorflf and in Lord concerning his resurrection, and their accomplishment on the third dir. and I the trd concerning hia reatirr-piiAii ami ihI excursion of the disciples to 'Emmaus, j " "en .Ie '"' f"j instructed them in eonld anything be more natural, more jlne Messianic Scriptures, e prepared for truthful than the preceding conversation; . U ascension. The power of II is pre and the immediate return of the disciples ,Bncedrew Hi fiiendsas well as Hisdis- to Jetusalem.npon discovennir their Lord alie! TLi la a specimen of one kind of r l."e evening, thai He might escape tlie'exouigjjy praciiccd Much SL enteruinment. His lordhip was internal evidence of Christianity which no,,ce. Mr ,,,e mulutude, He passed out ofj -J he wn'icrfi nccuracv of tlie foreNCllE h "prised, and could not help cen emmends itself directly to ihe conscience , "' KiAon. bred ,llJian , deIOCU , j desi.rtbil,B lhe .,Tnrirfeonduri ..,. r observ- and the heart. It waa yet forty davs to the time of Hi ascension, during which period He ap ' peared occasionally and veiy auddcnlr, and for a brief space of time, to His disci- pearru occa..on.y anu -j , ,uue.y, i i n . . pies, in order to Miisr, ihem of ,h. cer- be witnesses of it: and for the purpose of miiiiT vi ui inmirvHuii iiidiuirr iiiiEUl inswuciinjt; in cm nmrermnjf ine mission I T SJaVtaa talktit I lik Sim mil w itiASara fm Mik. - j" " . . a we mw atfvui w tviiimii ev a lishing His gospel lo the wo pearance to His disciples, tercourse with them after His lie waa aooui m roinmu io mem lor puo- 'ium : ,1,- r,. r,ii,- i r .ul I " . .. .... lishing Hi. gospel lo the world, lllid'lni9 w" .anJ ''un,,ing' 'i'9 j- !. i- : on, and of the Holy UhosU All power it,. .are,v cf u , ,r k. , npniI nnnn pearance to His disciples, and Hi Ill tercourse with them alter II is resurrection, . . ... resurrection, those before HiiiKMfi crv t!ritin(riv nnm inns iipinr r:.-rr .:' -"r . : :r His crucifixion. Dcfore his crucifixion he alwaya appeared as one or them, and sub- i,nt to il. am nnmliiion rtd umMenim. except sin, and entered rullyjnto thsir . ' "? 'n. J,"-t""f feelings, and freely into convention wi.ht,-,. y- ; rhere. aa Je . i . ihem. After His resurrection. His w dy seemed to have new and wonderful oro-J110 fieri!., whirli helnno hoi Ia matter, tin hnneared "among them in closed r - , i " ,i ., ar,rareu ... .-8 ...vu, ... u. suddenly, without opening. the door, and as suddenly vanished out of their sight, as a spirit is supposed to vanish into thin air. His conversation was brier, solemn, and iural body that was eiucified on the cross .i i:.i : ik. .An..t. l.i K..i ii now : " Z : ; " V i " there is a natural body, and there is a si pritual body." The change in Him from vxnTlth" necnlia awe and powerf His W wasTotnge'rThe na-1"' a natural to a spiritual body bv the resur-, ft "eaen o respienueni, and me majesty ( oa wnen a man in any department oi du rection,is the illustration of the chanee ' bemgnancy of His ascending person siness has onpe made it the habit of his which will take nlace in His children. His which will lakR inaut; in ilia riiiiuiru. u advance wlncit the refitrrection maie in,""" ".:v"' b" t,i"'8. the condilion of His being, and hence gave j . j i r.il. I ,. inal'Ul maul l innt llllnno. iiri in iirm.iviiii m.iiiivi'i.iiviiw ii w- e in His occasional intercourse wnn ins . i " . v 1 disciples. And yet even these wondrous appear ances of the Lord failed to keep the disci- plea free from doubt. So slow were ihey I to admit the miraculous story, instead oi eagerly following cunningly devised fables, that they seem to have resolved on resttm- by their lately crucified Master. As they had been called bv the Lord from the shores of lhe Sea of Galilee, so now, ia their disappointment, they return thither; and, after consultation, Peter said to them, " 1 po a-fisliing." that is, I will resume my J former occupation, since I see no signs of 'the kingdom of God; and it in now more they went forth, and entered into a snip immediately, ami mat mgni iney c-ugnt . i -i . .1 - I.i nothing." As the day dawned, and they ..eared the shore to rest, they saw a stran ger standing on lhe beach. Tiie mildness and majesty of his mien, and the gentle ness and tenderness of his address threw a spell over the wearied and desponding fishermen.. He said, " Children, have ye any nwal!" They answered,, No." last' fetid bc.vof net on'thq right de, .d sli di li'iL" Tc suddctuid WI3D.yiSNDAYv JAaVMUr 10, 1830. miranjlooa surreM opened ihrir ere a, and one aaid, - Ii ia the !.ord.M peier, with hia r hararteriatie ininetuosiir. ihra him. self into the sea. ami hastened lo the feel of Lia Maatrr. 0.1 profound and OHivine ing was H e eCWt if this nd.!en appear sure of the Lord, that the diariplea tlurei not rooverse with Uitn, otdf as He drew iLrro on by questions. , His follower and friend seem aftrr this lo lute Msrmbled at Jerusalem in ex per- iHjii i gnaie oeruive eeni ronneeteii with J Doubtless the rovsterous influences of die Divine MaMer Lad diawa tl,rm to the titv. lie Psalms cunccrnin? himself" II.ul ,ae. Fsalms concerning himself, .) ,eT,ei wnna nun. And in the dusk':Li,5.i;i.. i,,. :..-.i kJ ans of his ... w..m. ivunu mo couiiiern nans oi ! Mount Olivet, all follow is i .i -i. iibiiv- wiiiiB no innDu . uin-i urn me unDori anu nrosneci ni iiieir ,o . , - y w ;.. i i " " V ." . I . - - ' ..i. f I. ii.. ... .1.. r - . ! In L L" J.i .".V . ; wn iiv v. v-vu ii.i u nations, and nrrach ' jjie 0spel to I . . mvmrv roitnra tumi.in.l ' I nivfiti Irtt mas in Ilf. mnA in ifli I mm KHii i ' i 1 1 ancl l 1 1 am widiyoual ways even unlo ,,.,,! --. " -w . . .....v.. ... ,..., . . . .. - - . , me enu oi ine world." u . - -i . ,, . . ' . ,1 , " 1 . Prnre ,ne"N7V l "fu, As He nrononnred thess vnirf. f ! had "'" wi oiunern uitiK oi me .1 - I I . .i ' ii. . .i.i vi um i as f r ! mAttnf fiin IAD! iniv Ilia ifioAlnfra a OUeu d : ?r , 7' ; the last wor Is of the dim) benediction, ,,ie" "P . . ' d up "ill hands,sprea ling ihem, t . t naps-over, and perhaps touching ine iieao i'i iiip amis ilea. .u i i . . r l: .1 While in this . , f . He threw aside the restraint which for the time ( weighed down His glorious "resurrection i body, and it. rose majestically and was camed UP in, ven; and lhe clouds re-: im .T -f ,Mr,W ' T T ' , " , 5 w V . . r i u"" " v" ",c r,8"1 ", " . od, to make intercession for us. It was at nightlall, and the putting was so solemn ami glorious, and His pathway! .. . enrapturing, mat ins inenus sioou -- - . -- mouoniesa a. u sp ecn.ess, gazing up mlA IlaarattAn lit emtivn tli Kt irrlil rr-it nwr a '' ' " y.j a at. s IIVIC l'IU"OUII ur, nviiiu lio.li imniii- annA pmn r an bh 11 1 11 n iin niinTiti. . " ... . iiaiI ti cltml fiiil nnl Irio snII uftnii l-imLiii . ... . -" - r" v-..... uy two oi me neavemy visitors wno nun descended to witness the ascension. From the midst of the illuminated clouds, where they lingered in pity and admiration of the astonished and bereaved disciples, they descended to the earth, and " stood among them in while apparel, and said, Ye men f .... . . orGall.lee. why stand ye gazing up into Heaven! This same Jesus which is aken up from you ...to Heaven, shall so come in like manneras ye have seen Him g" '" .. i nuun was en. Ascendini? mount Ulivel irom tne m a mm .a edge of the village of Hetliany, for this was as near, and a more private way back to the city, they halted on the summit to look once more into the heavens, after their as cended Lord. Dut the sky had recovered its usual serenity, and spread out its calm blue canopy, lit up with the countless stars of heaven. On the spot where they halted, the piety of subsequent ages erect ed a magnificent church, and that same piety, sublimated into enthusiasm and credulity, transferred the scene of the as cension from the bumble village of Betha ny, far down on the southern flank of the mountain, to its summit. Hence the church is called the Church of the Ascen sion. It is about half a mile due east from St. Stephen's gate, about three hundred feet above the city. And the only wor shippers in it are a few monks; sometimes of the Armenian; as the gold of tlie one outweighs, in the judgment of the Pacha of Jerusalem, the gold of the other. e And not tinfrequenilv very unchristian contests ocffiir (or the possession of the church. :Ji.t iVm- itiatiifii lusuiorc thaivouk'c LAWS - TUB G0ARUUN8 been reduced lo ashes. The traveller sets it from the nnh-csl part of the city, sil iiC besutdully on tlur sacied Ilount of UlitaffanJ if his piety or rurioity should lead iuai to asrrnd lo ii, he dl be shown die A-atprinI of our Ird, impressed in the soiru rM i. as tie made ihe 6ri bound lo- wartU lleatcn. I o this He will knet-I, and win kiss ii, it his raiih waver not: or will torn away witli i regret and sorrow at the Weak Surerctition that ruari! um wnr. ships an object so obviously apocryphal, In the general uncertainty, and frequent absurdity of the sacred idacea shown to '.1. f .e a a - me Havener in ine uoiy j.anu, tne iree and fiilelligent Christian will seethe wis dom and gooc'nffs of God. Had He de signed those spots to be revrrcuced and wGrrbipped, lie would Lave provided for the certain knowledge of them. Dut in uis ainguom oi ins swn tie lias made' the di ine glry and pomer to appear in j the divine life which the f 'opcl imparts iu iiiuiriuiiius ana io nauon, and not in sacred localities, or buildings, or relics. From Hunt's Merchant Kagixine. HABIT AS RELATED TO UL'SIXESS. We cut from the late number of ihe,Ml,,c "a" rlearefl away I commenced Dry Goods Reporter ihe follow i.g brief climbing with my hands ami knees. The but comprehensive essav on "Habit as re. "el ,hi2 I aw was a biff brick Louse litcd to bllsines,,, commendinjr its vatua- ble solutions to the serious attention of ihe readers of the Merchants Magazine : The power of habit is very well nidi- eated by the savin-', Habit i second na ture." ' Thete is no exnereutinn in the ad:ge,as we shall be forced to admit if jye consider facts. Take the frequently - OccuHi"8 tu ' ' """ '"uii uura ui nu, or earTyS?CPrvf ,i6',t observe how the hahinHM",ce observation through the sense of feeling!!1. len a8,n6'' yon by his accurate descrf0" 01 ramrra nans. " , number and character of a party who have ii mg, slowly and ! prcreded hi.u througlt tho -nli. and the w nounced to His j certaintv with which he will determine; la nmK .i..,..,.. r. t.T, .i .u ia .:..i . . j " m '" u.rj c .-ny I --. "ir.ave ottcn astonuneu wnue men, wno - M.et.atifn. oo .fcleh to predicate. an opinion. Yet the Indian rarely, if I eef- fault schooled his senses into unerring hahiis f wknr and "accurate observation. IIit 1 . . -Vns r,C. - - t ... ... . corrccinesi oiobsfrtalion olllioseminuiis ..-r- .i.t.i i..i.:.-.r. i - 'f," ,owcan anyone uotiut mat nannspi pa- , Toni mid iMnrito nln-tirii uli ii ' tieni mid accurate observation, such as the savage exitiDiis, wonld De of incalculable ... ... . . . ... I catlike caiiiuiib, woiiiu uc ui niuuii uiuuio i value if brought to bear upon all the minute etails of buisneta life! "Or can it be doubted thkt hahiis ofneif iyence and iuai- tention in regard lo the minutiae of busi- ness, will prore detrimental, if not fatal ! ' There is this additional thought, which 'is important and worthy lobe considered. that the habit of closely observing, once formed, is seldom at fault, and performs its office spontaneously. To recur again , the Indian habit of minutely marking a hc iJ-'io9 lfai! : T ftb,i! ea. ,lorce "IS n,"V,; " 18 !us J,,e,8,,re' and it torms one ol tne aiiracuons oi torest life, to watch evcrv indented leaf, every nint loot-print, and every miiiuie sign that some one has passed before him. .n i . i ne io waicn ciose.y ano m nuieiy an iuai - r oears upon anu reiairaiouia uu iikm op- firalinno It tnfsk ria fl n Inn till rltl i AVOiln. t is . n - w....- "" ' . uc 1 i rt f 1 ' sama u-nn wmw wn u i n amr aiii iiirm m naiuii vvi biieit o .oil iii.i. i.mu.hi . habits of nice and detailed order, who did not make them a hobby which lie delight ed to ride as much as any child his New Year's present. The reason is, that when once habits of any kind, and especially those which we know and feel are impor tant and valuable, have been formed, we take a plesure in acting conformably there to. The case of Bulwer, the great novelist, is sometimes quoted as illustrative of the advantage of habits of order. Ilently's Miscellany says he worked his way to eminence, worked it through failure, through ridicule. His facility is wonder ful, but it is only the result of practice, stud), habit. He wrote at first slowly and with great difficulty, hut he resolved to master tho stubborn instrument of thought, and he did master it. He has practised writing as an art, and has re written some of his essays unpublished nine or ten times over. He only works about three hours a (lay. from ten in the morning till one seldom later. The evenings, when alone, are devoted to read ing, scarcely ever lo writing. Yet what an amount of good hard labor has resulted from these hours? These arc thought worthy of ihe consi deration of all men, but especially of young men in business, who have the most of life before them. It may he con sidered aa an indubitable principle, that he who succeeds in early bfe in establishing rood business and moral habits, disposes thereby of the heavy end of tho road of life ; all .that remains he ran carry easily ind pleastmtlv. On the other hand, bad tubus, vwx forme 4 H'Cl hang lorevcr on OF OUR LIBERTY. he wheel of enterprise, and in the end w ill arsert their supremacy, to the ruin and shame of their icutn. The First Spree. Never was drunk hut race ia my life," said a chap in my hearing, never mean to be again. Th Istreeu seemed to be very steep. anJ I lifted mv legs at every step as if I was getting vp stairs. Several earl wheels I arr n.i;i .mlntlA.. - n- l.-.:M .-.I j at one lime 1 fancied that my Lead was a) large carries; and turning elab!ihmeni,j the lathe of whirh 1 waa keening in mo . . . - lion with my own feet. I could not con reive what was the reason that the town had turned into such an enormous hill, and what made it worse, was it seemed all the while growing higher, and threaten ed to pilrh over lo me. Stop, stop, thought I, and I II head that old lull jet, or at least it shan't head me. So I turned round to go down and get at the bottom. on i nang me u ine town uiu not turn round with me, heading me all the time, and presenting a bluff in fr nt of roe. Well, sure enough, the ground aon flew up and struck me on the t rchcad, and soon con8 l"" pht round the corner! and 1 wiicve it ran over me, for I don l re , "nber y wore! Family JvunwL Keep EeeS, A French bishop being about to make Lis annual visitation, sent word to a certain curate, whose ecclesias- , tical benefice was extremely trifling, that , lie iiieaiu iu uuie wun nun, ui mc aaine J time requesting that he would not put j himself to any extraordinary expense. j I he curate promised to attend to the bhop a suggestion ; hut he did not keep his word, for he Provided a most stimntu that u wTWLn'gi'iy nuicutous in a man hose circurastaift'X were so narrow, to launch out in such Tp.c",e na.V, almost to dissipated his annual inciJSif ' ""Sic day. '' Do not be uneasy on that score, riif lord, replied the curate, lor l can assure you that what you now see ia not the produce of my curacy, which I bestow oxclucivety upon tha poor. ' Then you have a patrimony, sir !' said the bishop. IV A anu 1shfl 9 You aneA 'in riddle reioined hia . epeak in nddiee, rejoined hie lordai.ipi now uo you contrive io live in ihismannerr - ii v iiifu, i iiaj; a i;oiivt-oi ui f illing damsels here, who (Io not let me want anlhinev Mlow ! you have mm m. a convent ! 1 did not know there was one in this neighbor hood. . This is a II very strange, very un accountable, Mc Curate. You are jocular, my lord. Rut come, sir, I entreat that you would solve the enigma ; I would fain see the convent. So you shall, my lord, after dinner; and I promise that your lordship will be satisfied with my conduct. Accordingly when dinner was over, the curate conducted the prelate to a large en closure, entirely occupied by bee hives, and pointing to the latter, observed This, my lord, is the convent which gave us a dinner; it brings me in about eighteen hundred Ii vres a year, upon which I live very comfortably, and with which I connive to entertain my guests genteel- lv. The surprise and satisfaction of the bishop may be readily conceived. The sequel nf the story informs us that ever afterwards, when a curate made applica tion to his lordship for an improved living, he would energetically reply JTeej- bees! keep bees!' Matrimonial Jars. If people would but consider Low possible it is to inflict pain and perpetrate wrong without any positive intention of doing either, but mere ly from circumstances arising from inad vertence, want of simpathy, or an incapa bility of mutual comprehensions, how much acrimony mijrht he spared! Half; the quarrels that embitter w edded life, and . are unspeakably more interesting and va half the separations ihat spring from, them,' luable; in this respect, at least, (I believe are produced by the parties misunder-f in many others.) these times are better standing each other's peculiarities ' and j than the former. Formerly the editors of not studying and making allowances for; newspapers were obliged to strain their -them. " Hence, unintentional omissions of, wits Mid exhaust their means in order to attention are viewed as intended slights, obtain malic t to fill their pages. Now the and as such are resented. These indic.a-j great tlifllci lty is, to insert all the valua tions of injury to the unconscious offender,, ble, interesting ma'erials that ire poured who in turn widens the breach nf affection1 upon ihem from" every pari of the world, by some display of petulance or inlerfer-' and from every grade and phase of socie ence, which frequently itritates the first iy. Now, newspapers contain many of wound inflicted, until it becomes incura the best thoughts of ihe most highly gift- ble. In this manner often arises the final separation of persons who might. Lad they accurately examinee! eah other' heart and disposition, have lived happily, r. t. Ladies' Repository, The Extent of our Country.-rh Las oeen computed inaiiuc unucuovuiea nave a frontier line of 10,750 miles, a sea coast i .i .1 . tT.. Ui.i I of 5,430 miles, a lake coast of 1,160 tiviU'8. une oi us rivers is iwico as ioujj ja X a'" Ml. as Uio Danube, lite largest river in Europe. to. i5lr. The Ohio is COO sniles longer than the Rhine, and the notle Hndson Las a nivi gation in the" Empire Stait" one hunJicJ and twenty miles longer than theThamt. WithiitLouisiana are bayous and creek, a'mort asknown, iltat would ahaine. by fomparisoft, the Tiler or Seine. The Mate of Virginia alone ia one-third larger linn Ecgland. The State of Ohio con tain three thousand square miles more thanS-oiland. The harbor of New York receives the vessels that navigate rivers, eana's md lakes lo the exteut of three hundred miles. equal to ihe distance from America in Eu rope. From the capital of Maine lo ihe Crescent City" is two hundred miles further than from London to Constantino pie, a route that would cross England, iklgium, a part of Prussia, Cciaiany, Austria, and Turkey. California Castle Falilnz. a cor- respondent of the Boston Traveller has made some calculations that may well startle ibis California-crazed rountry. He begins by sitting that there are now in ibe B iv of San Francisco 300 vessel. Five hundred will have left lhe United States bv the end of the year, all of w Lien, with the steamers, w ill Lave carried -StMK'O paseiiger. An equal number will goby land. The cost of outfit and passage for these 100,000 men cannot be less than t300, making in all $30,000,000. It will cost ihem at least $500 a year to live. This makes $50,000,000 more. Sup pose the time of each individual be valued at $200 a year, and we have a further ad dition of $20,000,000, making in all a round aggregate of $100,000,000. Not half this amount can be realized from the mines. Rut this is not all. The forsaken vessels Lave lost an immense amount of lime. They Lave been knocked lo pi e on the voyage, and any one who examines the 1 iw scale upon which tho above cal culations are made, will beconiinced thai $110,000,000 will not more than half cover the actual loss to the country caused by the California emigration, in one short year. The testimony is that the mines are !?ss productive than formerly, and it wn. prooawy take dozen years to make (iiSiW tne country the losses of the pre sent yfcnVv' On this sanT4!utyefti too, a correspon dent of the Exprethojrejoiees in the euphonious name of Squ.ddle," very sensibly remarks that it might Lave saved many of those who have rushed lo Cali fornia, fiom ruin, had ihey sat quietly down and made a few figures before start ing. Mr. Freanor, ihe correspondent of lhe N. O. Picayune, estimates that from r the first of June, 1819. lo 1st June, 1 850, there will be $12,000,000 of gold-mined. Every one says this estimate is Ion high j but supposing it correct, no one will con sider it an over estimato to say that during the time named, 100,000 persons will visit California in search of fortunes. Making lhe modente allowance of $500 for the expenses of each person, wc have an aggregate of $50,000,000. The gold mines being the only source of wealth, Squiddle" naively aks where are the fortunes to come from ? Merchant? Ledgtr, PRESERVING NEWSFArLRS. One of the many things which I have to regret, says a correspondent of the Bri tish Banner, when I review my past life, is that 1 did not from earliest youth, at least as soon as I was able to do it, take and preserve some good newspaper. How interesting it would be now lo a ecxage- narian to look Tnto the papers which he read when Le was twelve or sixteen, or twenty years old 1 How many events would this call to mind which he had en tirely forgotten ! How many interesting associations and feelings would it revive! What a view would it give of past years! What knowledge would it preserve by as- " sisting the memory! And how many va luable purposes of even a literary kind, might it be rendered subservient to! How much do I wish that I could look into such a record when composing this short article! But newspapers are quite different things now from what they were sixty, or even twenty ears ano. , Thev ed men, on the most momentous subjects, and their reports of current events are i among the most reliable, and will furnish an inexhausiable fund of culeitainmenl to I.I . I rt-r me enu oi ine. Population of Texas. The State 1 ui. . ... ' census oi me oiaie oi lexas snows a white population of 115.501, and a color ed population of 42,855. The numW f T I - . oi electors in liu population slated iJ,:i:i3. . . willll mail v, vui j.w T 1' 111 IK.. .il iM tlllkll'.Ul' .11 r.
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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Jan. 16, 1850, edition 1
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