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178 a. miscellaneous: From the Arthur"! Home MsfaJBas. PASSTJTO THEOTJGH THE FIBB. BT T. . AKTHC. "Hare you com to a decision, Mr. Brad- fordr - v . Yes, sir.". This was meant to b firmly spo kn; but thera wu a low tremor in the soft, gad Toice of the pale young woman, in widow's wsed. who answered, that betrayed more feel- v - - i ;i i : Mg UM U WBUCU VW IUUI1CSI , . . You will let Edward come." Excuse me sir, I 1 n Oh, very well I very well F said the visitor, in- an impatient stone of oice. Just as you please, ma'am.'' And he arose quickly, and ""commenced, buttoning Lis coatcross lits breast fit's a matter of indifference to me wholly so As an old friend of Mr. Bradford's, 1 thought it l .' V. m nffr fnr th. benefit of his son. Not that it is of any special importance to me ; for I can hare nay pick of a dozen lads quite as bright as your boy, and as well suited f.ir ra v tii rnnnfl. To Edward I have eWen the -XT - preference, ,ut of regard to his father. You decline my offer to take him, and that ends the Mr. Gardiner that was the man's name turned partly away, and made a step towards ' the door. Mrs. Bradford, instead of seeking to prevent his abrupt departure, shrunk deeper in .the chair that supported her slender person. r llow strong a contrast presented between the two; one a stout, coufident, eay-to-do in the world, self-reliant man ; the other a weak, al most friendless, sad and desponding woman. With his hand upon the door, Mr. Gardiner paused, and looked back, half proudly upou the . sorrowing widow of bis early friend, whose eys, cast down, ventured not to meet his gaze. Think again, ma'am," said he coldly, almost severely. 44 1 have thought it all over, Mr. Gardiner," was answered in a firmer voice than the man expected to hear. At the same moment the eye of Mrs. Bradford were lifted to his face. Stead- ily she gazed, until his eyes fell to the floor. : UI have thought it all over," she repeated, " and my decision has nut been made without a long and paiutul struggle. For your kind pre ference, believe me, I am grateful; aud I thank . yeu for it in the name of him who, when living, you called your friend. But, I cannot accept ; the advantage you offer my son." "Good morning, ma'am." The words weie .. said abruptly, almost rudely. A momeut after, and the door closed heavily. "Mother," said a lad, who, until now, had remained a silent observer of what passed be tween his mother and her visitor, "why won't you let me go to Mr. Gardiner's ? I'm sure he offered us very fair. Three dollars a week fo. 'the first year; and after that, as much morea 1 might be worth to him. That Whs what he aid." Edward had come to the -ide of his mother : and stood looking quite sober ly into her face. I . wrs clear, from tbe tone of his voice, that I t : s was not pleaded with her decision. . fer again, --lie wanted me, and said he'd d well by me';" added the boy pettishly." 44 1 have not declined this proposition of Mr. Gardiner's without good reason, Edward." Mr Bradford, spoke with gentle earnestues, an-i there were tears in her eyes as she lifted them to the fine, manly face of her son. "I'll never have another chance like thi--,'' said Edward. " A chance for what !" asked his mother. Mr. Gardiner is a rich, man," t-aid the boy. " X know he is," was answered. " lie's doing a large business." "Yes." . "And he promised to do well by me." "He did. And yet, Edward, it 'was best for me to decline his offer ; and the day will coin.-. I trust, when you will see lh as clearly a. 1 do." The boy was far from being satisfied. The necessity for entering upon some employment vat imperative ; that be clearly undtrsiood, and his mind was made up to do his part brave jy. Two places were offered for his acceptar one in the large, wholesale store of Mr. Gardin er, and the other in the counting room of a Mr. Lee, a young man of small means who had just ttarted a commission business. Mr. Lee could offer no salary for the first year ; and this was rinui drawback, for Mrs. Bradford's income was exceedingly limited insufficient in fact, for -the comfortable maintenance of herself and son In deciding between the two situations offer ed to Edward, she had suffered a strong conflict. The fairest promise of worldly advantage for her son, was on the side of the rich merchant : but, she had no confidence in his principles. That he lacked integrity of character, and, in business, was guilty of practices which her clear tense of what was right between man and man, hesitated not to . class as dishonest actions, she knew through her husband, who had become attached to him early in life, but in later yews bad withdrawn himself from an intimate avi ation. ' James Lee was the younger brother of a very dear friend, and a man of different sump from Gardiner. He had been careiully educated morally as well as intellectually and bore the reputation, among all with whom he had any intercourse, of a just man. ? This was the reason why Mrs. Bradford decided to place Edward in bia care, instead of accepting the more advan tageous offer of Mr. Gardiner. In looking to the future of her child, she had a regard for something more permanent, more to be desired, and more aouT-eatiafjing, than wealth or posi tion. Of all things, she wished to see him grow sjp a true man- Not a mere self seeker; not one who, to elevate himself, would coldly irea-i down the weak, or wrong the helpless and ignor ant She had tried to make Edward compre hend the wide difference between the character of these two men, and the great injury he Bight sustain in coming under the influence and control of Mr. Gardiner. But jiawaru saw only tha worldly advantage that was promised, and perceived in hit mother's objections only '; idle fears. Thus was Mr. Bradford's trial made only the more severe. If there had been cheerful, or even dutiful acquiescence on the part of her eon, her feelings on 'ta occasion would have been of leas painful character!.., But she was- resolute. 'The place offered by Mr. Leo was accepted, and .Kdwara entered. nu counting room, simply in obedience to his mother's wishes. . ' When it became known among the friends of Mrs. Bradford, that she refused to let Edward go into Mr. Gardiner's store, she was severely blamed. A brother -of her late husband said many harsh things to her on, tlifli .subject ; and some that she felt to be insulting. But she did not water, even though family estrangements followed; , end she was left -still more alone jn the world 1 V-:-" : V ' 'i One of the fake views of life which Mrs, Brad ford had now, under the teaching of stern neces sity, to unlearn, was, that for a woman to work for many had in it something degrading. From childhood. up to this period, all things needful for life and comfort had been provided for her by the hands of others. Father and husband had kept her above the sphere of care as to what we shall eat, or what we shall drink, or wherewithal be clothed ; and insensibly she had come to feel something like contempt for al women who were compelled to toil for the bread that perisheth. , , TTnui all was 4ncrAfl onV. The mother'i -" - f . .1 him greatest of ail who became servant of a that never before came even dimly to her per ception. All hopes, all aspirations, all purposes in life, were now terminated in the future wel fare of her son; and for his sike she was ready to do and sacrifice all that a true and loving heart can do and sacrifice in tins world As Edward would receive nothing for the first year, and as the meagre remnant of pro perty that survived to her after the settlement of her husband's estate, was insufficient for the ftupporl of herself and son, Mrs. Bradford now begun to revolve iu ner mma me ways anu meat s of procuring an additional income. " What shall I do ?" How earnestly, even tearfully, did she ask this question. llow earn esily and tearfully is it daily asked by thousands, who, like Mrs. Bradford, are thrown upon th world, and made wholly dependent on thei feeble resources ! Yet to whom comes a clear, confident answer f Tne educatiou of Mrs. Bradford had not bee thorough. A little of almost everything taught iu taiiionable schools she had learned ; yet no tiling nad been so lully acquired as to give her a teacher's proficiency. She had a fair acquaint ance with French and could speak it wiih some fluency ; but possessed no critical knowledge of. the language. She could draw tolerably well but had uo taste for the beautiful art. For years Ler music had been neglected. So fa therefore, as her early education was concerned it availed her little or nothing in the preaeu lr3 i"S posifonjf affairs. VVhat siiall I doi" How sadiy, almos hoj.rU-sly, over and over again did Mrs.: Brad lord repeat tuese words; and yet there was not evt-n an echo to the-question. Uiie day it wa mentioned in ner presence th-ir tlie Matron of a certain charitable instilu tii -ii had resigned her place, and that the board ei' Directors were about appointing another. tlash'-d thr ugh Iter mind that here was a chance for her ; but, wiih tbe thought prftle awoke, and liL-r i becks burned as she imagined herself in tlirf isiiion of a Matron where she had once been a lady patroness. For a time she shrunk away into herself, and pushed tbti thought afar off. Bui turn which way she would, no light from any other quarter broke through the clouds that gather ed above her,, black as mid night. Nearly a month had gone by since Edward entered the counting room of Mr. Lee. From the begiuuing, he had looked sober, and seemed spiritless. To h'mi ihe present was cheerless, and the future lured him on with no bright pro mise. A school companion, named Henry Long, had obtained ihe situation wiih Mr. Gardiuer, aud it so happened that the two lads met al most every day. Their conversation naturally turned upon their relarive positions; and the contrasts which were drawn, always left Ed ward's mind in a state of dissatisfaction. The business of Mr. Gardiner was very heavy, his employees numbering over one hundred ; while in the store and counting loom of Mr. Lee were only Edward and a porter. Mr. Lee kept his own books, Mr. Gardiner was, moreover, a " lib eral" man generous towards his clerks, nd not over particular in regard to them, provided ti.ey were always in place and active during bu-ine-s hours. There was in tbe whole oper- aii n of his large establishment, an imposing progression, which, in contrast with the inter mitting and lighter operations of the young ootimi'S-ion merchant, made the latter appear in the eye of Edward, almost contemptible. He came home one evening, after one of his talks with Henry Long, considerably fretted at what be chose to think the great injustice prac tised by his mother in refusing t let him accept the plai-e which had been offered by Mr. Gar diner." On that very day, a favorable answer had been received by Mrs. Bradford to her ap plication (or the situatiou of Matron iu an Or phan Asylum bha had not spoken to Edward on the subject, and he had no suspicion of what was in her mind. How to break it to him, was now the subject of her thoughts. That he would oppose her, she knew ; and the more strongly, because it involved the breaking up of their home. And was it just to him for her to do so ! That was still a question, ever recurring, though answered oer and over again conclusively, the mother tritd fo think. Edward came in with his usual quiet step. There wax no smile on his lip as he g anced in to his mother's face ; and though she tried to smile an evening welcome home, there was only a W!e ray upon her countenanae that soon faded. Edward," said Mrs. Bradford, as they were abut leaving the tea table, almost compelling herself to introduce a subject that could no longer be kept back," we shall have to make a change in our mode of life." Ths boy looked at her inquiringly. "I need not say, my son, that we are very poor," she added ; " too poor even to maintain our present styl-ef living." - well, motner, whose fault is it ! Edward spoke coldly nay, severely. I do not charge if as the fault of any on.' answered Mrs. Bradford...: " I do, then," was the quick response. Accu sation and rebuke, both, were in the boy's tones. " Upon whom FThe mother looked him firm ly in the face. "Itia-youriault,'' said he. - Edward T "I cannot help it, mother. But for your re fusal to let mo accept the offer of Mr. Gardiner, might now be receiving three dollars weekly, which would help a great deal." "Jo, that sinali gain 'would have been, I tear, the seed Of an infinite loss, my son." me voice of Mrs. Bradford trembled, and her eye grew sud enly dim. - ' " Uncle Bradford said that was all a woman s silly notion, and I believe him." Edward uttered this with a cruel thoughtless ness, and his words pierced th ; heart of bis mother. A little while she looked with a rapid ly changing countenance into his face looked half timidly, but oh ! so sorrowfully ; and men leaning down until' her forehead rested upon the table at which she sat, sobbed out loudly, while her body shook as with a conv ulsion. Touched, but not subdued by this effect of his hard word, Edward arose and commenced walk 5nr thfl room burrfedKksdualJjL rposon or tier leeungs, nd, in l a few minutes, was able to command, her voice entirely. "1 have looked to your good alone, my son,' said she ; " and time will prove that I did not err in accepting the place you have, instead of the one offered by Mr. Gardiner. Do. your mo ther at least the justice; to believe that she was governed by no selfish consideration. . But to recur to what I wished to say in the beginning. We are too poor to retain even ibis humble home. Providentially, however, in this our ex tremity, a w ay has been opened. This afternoon I received notice that I was appointed Matron in the Orphan Asylum. The salary is :five hundred dollars." Edward's face flushed suddenly, and then grew pa'e as ashes. He had continued walking the floor wiih uneasy step, but now he stood still, gazing upon his mother with a strange doubting, startled look. " With this income," she added, " and no ex pense of rent or housekeeping, I shall be able to sut port you comfortably, until your services in Mr. Lee's counting-room command a salary. The only diauback in the matter is the giving up of our home."' .The whole manner of ihe boy underwent a change. Without speaking, he moved across the room to where his mothi-r still sa', and, bending down, laid his head upon hor bosom, and burst into tears. Not nly was his pride w ounded at the thought of her taking the place of a matron in au orphan Asylum ; he was touched by so strong a manifestation of her self sacrificing love for him. And he had, moreover, an oppre ssive sense of loneliness home sickness it might almost be called as the idea of se par ation from his mother presented itself vividly. " You will not go there, dear mother," he sobbed, lifting his tearful face from her bosom. "It would be wioiig, under-present ciicum stances for me to refuse the offer, tb L ,,,.,,1 u You cannot do it you must not do it, mo ther ?" Edward spoke with rising warm.h. " There is no alternative, my son." " Don't fy so, mother. WTait, wait." .' Wait for what, Edward ?" " I can, I will earn bomelhing. I must sup port you ; not you support me. My hands are ready and my heart willing. No no you thftll not go there." Mr. Lee caunot pay you a salaiy at present" "Then I must fii.d soui one who can," was i the rt solute answer. I do not wish you to leave Mr. Lee's service. I know it will be best for you in the end to re main with him," interposed Mrs. Bradford. "I canuot work, surviug," taid the lad, bit terly. Calm yourself, Edward." The mother spoke earnestly and tenderly. " Trust something iu my judgment. Time will prove to you that I am right in what I propose doing." Uight to take from me my home ?'' laid the boy, with a mournfulness in his voice that thril led on Us mother's heart-strings, and startled in her mind a new train of thoughts. Yes, it would be taking from him his home, poor and humble though it was; for when she entered upon the Matron's duties, he would go in among strang ers ; and who could tell whether the new rela tions into which he must come, would be for good or evil ? And now, Mr . Bradford's purpose, so firmly settled, began to waver. You have not yet accepted the offer P' in q ired Edward, after his excitement of feeling had iu a measure subsided, and thought beau to flow on in a clearer current. t, No, but I will be expected to give an answer at once." " Cau it be put off untiil the day after to-mo.- row r " It might." "Then dout say you, to-morrow ; don't, mo ther! Promise me, won't you !" " But w hat will it avail, my son ?" " Only wait, mother," urged the lad eagerly. " hay that you will wait" " I need not give the answer to-morrow ; and if you so earnestly desire it, I w ill not" Edward said no more, but from that moment his thoughts were indrawn, and he remained during the. evening in a state of deep abstrac tion. All the powers of his young mind he was taxing for a solution of one of life's intricate pro blems. He was in a mere tranquil, hopeful stat on the next morning; for be had come to a decision, and that was, to tell the story of his mother's extremity, and a-k from Mr. Lee either the payment of a salary, or a release from his engagement Mr. Lee heard his story, and it awakened a strong interest in favor of the lad, for was a man of generous sympathies. But the question of paying hdward a salary was one that be could not easily decide. His business was only in iu forming stage, and in commencing it, he had graduated his expenses to the very lowest scale, It was part of his calculation to do without a clerk for the first year ; and to take an office boy, who would be compensated for his services during at least that period by the knowledge of business be would acquire. This economical arrangement of bis affairs was not, in any sense, the offspring of mean cupidity; nor was it grounded in a principle of injustice to others. It was only a measure of prudence, the dictate "of a clear judgment. "Little boats keep near the shore," was one of his safe axioms. - " I wiil think about this, Edward," he answer ed, kindly, after the boy had told his story, "and se what can be done. I like your manly spirit, and right feeling towards your mother." There was something so cheerful andencour- as'mg in Mr. Lee's voice, that the lad felt his Jiearf bound with hope. The fact was, on this very morriine, the young commission merchant had received a letter from a large manuractunng establishment at the Est, notifying him of a handsome consignment of goods, and promising to keep him supplied. The goods were in demand, and sales could be m ade to some of the best houses in the city. From this source alone his profits would be several hundred dollars in the year. Mr. Lee was not one of those men whose sym pathy for others grows narrower, as the dawn of a more prosperous day begins to break along a murky horizon. " I am glad for his sake, as well as for my own," was the thought which flitted through a iaurawie iiag. -rrtiew bTOspf just occurred. I can now afford to pay bim something ; and I will do it A lad with such a spirit deserves encouragement" (Concluded next week.) FOE THE LADIES. MARRIED LIFX. The following beautiful and true sentiments are from the pen of that charming writer, Fred rika Bremer, whose obseavations might well be come rules of life, so appropriate are they to many of its phases : "Deceive not one another in small, things nor in great. One little single lie has before now, disturbed a whole married life, a small cause has often great censequences fold not ttiearms togetnerana sitiaie. L,an ziness is the devil's cushion." Do not run much fiom home. One's own hearth is of more worth than gold. Many a marriage, my friends, be gins like the rosy morning, and then falls away like a snow-wreath. And why, my friends! Because the married pair neglect to be as well pleasisg to each other after niarringe as b fore. Endesvor always, my children, lo please one an other; but at the same time keep God in your thoughts. Lavish not all your love on to-day, for remember that marriage has its to morrrow likewise, and its day after to-morrow, too Spar?, a one may say, fuel for the winter. Con sider, my daughters,-what the word life expres ses. The married woman is the husband's do mestic faith ; in her band he must be able to confide hou?e and family; be able to entrust to her the key of his heart, as well as the key of his eatiner-roora. His honor and "his home are under her keeping his well-being in her hand Think of this ! And you, son be faithful bus bands, and good fathers of families. Act so that your wives shall esteem and love you." - HOME LOVE. .UJl -fctt t Poetry ,U Hba, k,w th. market out 61 the simplest materials, andbaun- j() A(broal md wbat ar ting, more or .less, the secret recesses of every human heait; or rather, it is divided into a thousand separat poems, full of individual in terest, and little, quiet touches of feeling, and golden recollections, interwoven with our very being ! common things, hallowed and mad beautiful by tbe spell of memory and assoeia tion; and owing all their glory lo the halo of their own fond affection. The eye of a stranger rests coldly on such revelations; their simple pathos is hard to be understood ; and they smile oftentimes at the quaintness of those pasage! which make others weep. With the beautiful instinct of true affection, home love retains only the good. There were clouds then, even as now, daike.uing the hor zen of daily life, and breaking I tears or wild storms above our beads; but we remember nothing save the sunshine, and fancy somehow that he has never shone so bright since 1 How-little it took to make us happy in those days, a) e, and sad also; but it was a pleas ant sadness, for we wept only over a flower or a book. But let us turn to our first poem ; and in using this term we allude, of course, to tha poetry of idea, rather than that of the measure; the beauty of which is so often lost to us from a vague feeling that it cannot exist without rhythm. But pause and listen first of all, gentle reader, to the living testimony of a poet heart, brimfull and gushing over with home love: 4-Tbere are not, in the unseen world, voices more gentle and more true, that may be more implicitly relied on, or that are so certain to give none but the tenderest counsel, as the voices in which the spirits of the fireside and the hearth address themselves to human kind !" , CROSS PURPOSES. This Game is a decided improvement on con versation cards, as giving employment to a lar ger number of players, and being less trouble some in preparation. Each player furnishes his neighbor with an answer, after the fashion of the hidden word. One of the party stands at a little distance, so as not to over hear wbat is said. Tte office of this isolated individual (all the answers being arranged) is to come forward and address the question in turn to each player, who is bound to give the answer that has been con fided to him by his neighbor. The result is of teu highly amusing. Thk game offers no difficulty whatever, be yond that of knowing bow to put the questions so as to make them apply to all sorts of an swers. Let us suppose that tbe members of a select company have been provided with an answer each, aud that the interrogator (Charles) ques tions them as follows : Charles. How do yoo find your self to-day ! Maria. With pepper and vinegar. Charles. Are you fond of dancing f Ellen. On the table. Charles. Are you fond of equestraio exercise ! Alexander. Trimmed with point lace. Charles. What is your opinion' of Tennyson f Lucy. Hot with sugar, fcc &c Habit in a child is at first like a spider's web; if neglected it becomes like a thread or a twine, next a cord or a rope, finally a cable; and than who can break ill ij . .HUMAN STOVES. To secure warmth in-doofs, tie Russian nobles, knowing nothing about what is wholesome or unwholesome, indulge in double windows, double doors, closed chimneys, and the stoppage, with sand, of every crack that could admit the air. There '-was a French comedian, M. Frogere, in great favor with the Emperor, who amused him off the stage with mimicries, and buffooneries ; for, says M. ' Robertson, "a man with a pupil in his hand bad only.to pull the string and tarn more money and applause thn was to be got at StPPetersbnrg from any benefaction to the hu man race.' One dav M. Frogere was dining with a party at a country house near St. Petersburg, when his presence suggested the idea of getting up, at once, a little comedy. The only diflaculty was that the season was 'severe, and tnai it would lake two or three hours to heat the room in which the comedy would have to be perform ed. So much delay would spoil tbe entire plan, and it was about to be abandoned, when the host suddenly declared that he had solved the difficulty. He would guarantee them a warm room in half an-hour. Accordingly, be caused 1 the serfs, laborers, and mechanics in the neighborhood to be hurried into the cold saloon, and, when it was quite full, shut all the doors, and left the poor men to establish a black hole municate their heat to tne atruosp e their heat tolTie atnktsprrere. me r doors were then thrown open, the serfs were ordered to make a precipate retreat; the smell they left was disguised with a profusion of choice perfumes, and the guests entered, clap ping their hands with delight at feeling the warm air and smelling the sweet incense. So ibey shut themselves up comfortably in the warm, poisonous air, and played their little comedy. BARGAINING ON SUNDAY- A Scotch paper has the following account of the mode by wh eh busiuess may be transacted on Sunday, and no harm done : " Long before there was any word of disrup tion, and when the Church of Scotland was deemed by those who have since seceded from her communion as the glory of ihe whole earth, the following conversation ensued between his reverence, now in the Free Church, and one of the hearers in the nual parish, on a Sunday forenoon, immediately after divine service : Well, John, there's a fine dev.' 'It is that, Sir,' was the leply. 'That s a fine poney you have got, John.' 4 No cannier or better behav ed creature in the paris!., savin' yer-eif,' replied Hodge. 4 If it had not be n S inday,' ?aid the man of Scripture, 4 w-u'd have been inquiring the price of it' ' 'Deed, sir,' replied the owner of the beast, 4 if it hadna been Sunday, as ye say, I would bae said aught pounds.' 4 Indeed,' replied mass Jbn, 4 we will see about that to morrow.' ' Very well, Sir. That's a bonny stack o' hay ye bad i' the yard I wouldna be na waur o' a pumhle o' it; and it hadna been ihe day it is 1 would iiae speeded tie price of it, too,' 4 I think the more of .u for that John, as it is just the way wish mysel,-1br had it not been this hallowed day, I would have said nine- pen, e i,er stone. 1 m;srht litewise nave aked a asking for your Ayrshire lull calf, and so on.' 4 'Deed, ay Sir: but as we canna be tellin' that wheat raise a shiliin' and ails fifteen pence the quarter, on sich a day as this, an' it would be just as ill sayiti' that th bit cauhVs w!rth thirty shillings till anybody.' 4 Good day, John.' 4 Gui 1 day, Sir,' was then pased, and thus ended the above equivocal reverence for '.he Sabbath, al though ihe conversation eded to the mutual worldly of both parties. Microscopic I 'uotographs. Some micros copic photographs exhibited at Manchester, England, the other day, excited much admir ation. One, of the size of a pin's head, when magnified several bundled times, was seen to contain a group of seven portaits of members of this artist's family, the likenesses being admira bly distinct Another raircroscopic photograph, of still less size, represented a mural tablet, erected to the memory of William Sturgeon, the electrician, by his Manchester friends, in Kirkby Londsdle church. This little tablet covered only l-900th part of a superficial inch, and contained 680 letters, every one of which could be distinct ly seen by the aid of the microscope. Mail Coaches and Steam Trains. Warn't them mail coaches, pretty things, sir ? Hon the old King's birthday, sir, when tbey all turned out with new 'arrms and coaches fresh painted, end coachman aud guard in new toggery, and four as beautiful bits of blood to each on 'em as was to be found in England, warn't it a sight to behold, sir ? The world could show no.hin' like it, sir. And to think they are past and gone, it makes ones 'eart hache. They tells me the coouhman now, sir, has a dirty black face, and rides on a fender before a large grate, and flour ishes a j-ed ,'ot poker instead of a whip. Sam Slick. House in the Moos. A rustic having gone to the Calton-hilf observatory to get a sight of the moon, alier having got a glace of it, drew away his head to wipe his eyes, and, in the in terval, the end of the lelescop noiselessly fell dow n, so as, instead of pointing to the heavens, to point down to tne eartn. 1 he rustic s sur prise was unutterable when he again looked through, and beheld the sign of a public house at a short dislance, with tlie customary declar ations 14 Edinburgh, ale," Arc. lie started back, and exclaimed, 44 Edinburgh ale in the moon ! Gude preserve us, that beats a'!" Another " Joan of Arc." A modern 'Joan of Arc,' recently appeared at Orleans in France, but was not well received. The authorities sent her to prison, instead of to the Crimea. We have this account of her : A French paper states that a young woman, who pretends to have a divine mis ion, has just been locked up in the Orleans prison. She asked to be sent to the Crimea, pretending that she could take Sevastopol in a very short time. She speaks on the subje ct in the most calm and delib erate manner. All she aks for to accomplish her glorious mission is an escort of a sergeant, a corporal, and ten men. She is at preseut com mitted ingloriously as a vagabond. WILLIA DT COOKE, i JAME3 A W ADDELL. M. D. f D 1 T 0 RALIIGHrSEPT, 29, 1855.- Terms TwO DOLLARS FEB AH HUM, In A (Wane. CLUB FRICES: $5 full pries,. !.".".15 " '. Three Copies,. . . .. , ifat Copf . Tea Copies,. ...... Twenty Copies.. . . .6, .16, .20, .40. V- ; (foment in all eoeetin odimnci.) H 1 83T Where clnb of eight, ten or twenty subscribersis sent, the person making up tbe club will be entitled to a cxipy extra, Posftnisters are authorized to act ss Agents for the Southern Weekly Post. Mi. Hi P. Doutbit is our authorized agent for the States ot Alabama MrssTSsrm and Temwsssct, " PATCH-WOBK. "When parties' differing widely in ooinion, are induced ly considerations of expediency to a dopt a common expression of principle?, the terms of ihe compromise will either be unmean ing and worthless, or embrace important con cessions on one or both sides. Iu the latter case, the document must make a frank acknow l edgment of error, or involve inconsistencies and contradictions incompatible with candor and Tktuwr'g " TTY ."A constructing an apparent compromise out of an tagonistital materials, has been recently furnish ed by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in session at Utica. That body employs a number of missionaries among the Choctaws. For several years, a serious is sue has been pending between these missiona ries and the Prudential Committee, in regaid to slavery. One of the secretaries visited i he Choc taw settlements, for the purpose of effecting an adjustment of the difficulty, and reported to the Board an instrument of compromise adopted by the missionaries and himself. The report was received and approved of first by the Commit tee, and then ratified by the Board. That body embraces a large cumber of the Northern cler gy, as well as many influential laymen from the non slavebolding S ates, ar.d on the last occa sion of its meeting was presided over by the Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen. The document presented lo tbe Board, and adopted as a compromise, exhibits ery strcng internal evidence that both parties were so ear nestly beni upon a settlement of some sort, as to le willing to make as u'uch substantial con-ce-sion to each other as could possibly be done withiu the limits of truth ; and we think that each in its anxiety to secure this tesuit, has real ly, though perhaps unconsciously, even transcen ded these limits. Ir.deed we have never seen a great public declaration of principles ia which the consulting parties seemed so ready to pur chase concord at a saciitice of consistency and tiuth. The Board wanted slavery condemned. The missionaries wished to deal moderately with slaveholders. It was necessary' therefore that their agreement should satisfy both conditions. It was made to do ko by force. Hear its lan guage -1. Slavery, as a system, and in its own pro per nature, is what it is deciib-d to be, iu th; General Assembly's Act. of 1818, and in the Re port of the American Board adopted at Brook lyn in 1845. 2. Privation of liberty in holding s'aves is, therefore, not to bo ranked w ith things indiffer ent, but with those which, if not made right by special justificatory circumstances and the in tention of the doer, are morally wrong. The Roman Catholic Church has been justly condemned for ascribing infallibility to tfie de cisions of its popes and councils ; but here is a body of the descendants of the Puritans, not only nv king the resolves of certain ecclesiastical bodies the ultimate test of truth, but even car rying the stream of deduction above the level of its premises. t Because others hare said so and so, therefore we are bound to regard slavery in a certain moral light. It is the logic of Ro manism introduced into a missionary society of the nineteenth century, which loudly boasts of its foundation on the voluntary principle. And it is worthy of note that the Sriptnies, the only pei feet rule of faith ai.d practice, are not once referred to in this lengthy report, as authority in regard to the question at i-sue ! But further, if we remember aright, the lan guage of the acts and resolves appealed to, is forcibly altered and perverted to answer the fixed purpose of the occasion. . That which in 1818 was describe'1, as a moral evil, the report now assumes, on the bare authority of that act, to be, not a thing indifferent, but one morally wrong, in all cases where it cannot be shown to be right. It is not a thing which is right or wrong according to individual circumstances! That would be too great a concession ! The great majority of human actions are to be classed a mong these 44 indifferent things. Blasphemy perjury, envy, malice, cruelty are all p skive evils--offences against the laws of Heaven, which no circumstances can make right, or jus tify. Qu the" other band, honesty, chariiy, fi delity, reverence, piety, are positively right, and cannot be imagined to be w rong. Such acts of rational beings are not indifferent ; but human life is for the most part made up of acts and af fections which belong absolutely neither to the one nor the other of these c'asses. Their moral character depends upon circumstances and mo tives, and we cannot a&ign them such a char acter till we know the motives and circum stance under which they are committed. Ac cording to the American Board, slavery does not belong to this cla.s, but to that which is composed of things necestarily evil; and yet that grave and wise body ba, in the same sen tence, admitted that, under some circumstances, that which is thus essentially wrong, may be made right by the motives of the wrong doer ! But hear them again : 9. While, as in war, there can be no shed ding of blood without sin somewhere attached, and yet the individual soldier may not be guilty of it; so, while slavery is always sinful, we cau not esteem every one who is legally a slavehol der a wrong doer for sustaining the legal rela tion. When it is made unavoidable by tlie law s of the State, tlie obligations of guardianhip, or the demands of humanity, it is not to be deemed an offence against tlie rule of Christian right. Here the . reader will observe that we have not misrepresented the American Board as hold ing that slavery is essentially sinful I Their language is too explicit to be misunderstood for a moment They say it is M always" sinful, and in the same sentence, with equal exf.i;c:tn declare that it is tometimtt not sinful! appeal to eTery candid reader if siic, js Dot ' plain, unmistakable interpretation of tbe 1 ' paragraph we quoted. But what m;ikes matter ludicrous as welT as absurd if ,,., ' writer of the report, whilst endeavoring to in tute a parallel between slavery and war, asm moral evils belonging to the same caiirotv dently discovered that his parallel w0u( ' fatal to his theory, and cunningly, but awkwi ly changed the phraseology, to asf noss.t, ' conceal n:8 mirortune. me who e f. c . """.HI that war and slavery are similar as moral e l ' r . e-ils. P.,.. insieau 01 repiseui.ng war as a ni.-ral evil l writer speats or sin as an inctdnt.i WHr tenure attached to it. llow or wh.., tlm j.. inent of moral evil U comes counecM with J we are not informed, but war itself is ,.x ij-J' according to the reporter, an "indifferent" thij' of which sin or moral evil is merely the ijj' dent We can easily understand ' ther. fo,'" how an individual soldi.T nriv fi.rht -IU US COQl). try s battles, and be reo-m d ;no the Chris--fold without aforrmil explanation of tie Ino,;r thai impelled him to the field. ',. ean , , ' stand how the patriot cau be jus ifiVd h-f.re- Y" conscience and his God, for deeds of U ,,0(i . m mitted in the cause of duty ai d . f". . cause v,,OTJea In repi.rt, ti,,t r ; not Always sinful." But in the case , f su,ve ry, instead of similarity, s we are hd jo .Xiw we are furnished with a startling coutrasl, i p s tion that it is not sometimes rig!tttul . way, wrong; nd at the si.me tin", w'earesv sured that the individual slaveholder my 1, innocent, for the same reason that the iudividu al soldier is so. In other words, a- warlm slavery are essentially different, th.e wimire engaged iu them may be properly classed ,u gether ! Tbe connection between the prernki and the conclusion is entirely bidden fr.-in our view. We have alluded to the terms of tin's renwrt able report, not to increase sectional feel.'njr but lo must-ate the diameter of ihat theory in mor al philosophy and Christian etl.ns which gov erns every sumsMve step i- the social move ments of tbe Northern people. They we insave on the subject of moral evil. T They reason v0:i tinually fmnj a set of false premises, and have consequently converted their sec ion of the Un ion into a vast Bedlam, agitate I ( distantly with conflicting creeds "and opinio:., lffhey could only b- brought to entertain a little doubt in gard to the correctness of their prem ses. there might be some-hope of a, testoration of ordermd good feeling. But so long a 'this fae cmirc tion, this miserable d liiJ-ion remains, we inures pect from that quarter, nothing bu'. confute. iigitati n, and fanaticism ! THE " N. C. STATE FAIR." The Chftiinviu of the Executive Gomnvttw t of the North Carolina State Agricultural Socie ty, in accordance with the directions of the Committee.' has prepared the foli .winu' prelimi nary notice, which we insert wiih pleasure. Tbe impor.ance of an arlv attention' to the rules and suggestions contained in it v. ill he ob vious to all. The thiH annual Fair" of the " N. C. Statt Agricultural Society," will open at Raleigh en Tuesday, ihe 16th day of October, :aid cun'.inue four d:iy. AH articles to " be exhibited for premiums" mut be entered and registered by 'he Monday night iin medrately preeedi-n;.-lhe riny f Ti'peninr t'.e 'Fa:r;' Articles intended for exhibition only wiTl lie re ceived at any .time during tbe 1 Fair, entirely it the owner's risk. When ctoek ba lieeir received by the "Retpp tion Commit'ee" and properly registered, k si I be keptst tlie expense of the Society, and like :il other ariie'e car not be. removed wit'iout pmu sion from the "Ex. Committee." Exhibitors are earnestly requested towtvivp their articles e;irly (ilie pr.cedinq w cek tlmi h-y may be properly brrned before rl.e Oiic: I & -f the "-Fair.;' The annual address before the Societv fl!-be delivered by the Hon. '1 honias Ruffiit en'tlie "Fai Grounds." I tn authorized to stnte (he "Nonh Carol inn' Wilmington and Weldon," and 4- K:eih r,l Gaston" Railroads will observe the fo! oi t rulei in transporting articles for exhibition at the 4 tstau Fsm": Exhibitors will be permitted to pnt-s a fiige specimen of each of their articles lo be exhibit, free of charge. Lit stock will be carried at half rate of fart, t owreri' risk. VUi'ors to the 44 Fair" will be permitted to p -ss at I alf rate of "ore" by buying a.4 Return Tick e:" (which wiil be good for five days), o;!ieri-e the usual rate will be efarged. . The alwve rules apply equally to the "Union Fair" to be held at Henderson on the 10th, lln and lath of October. During the 44 State Fair" extra Tmin of P. gcr earn will be run on the N. Curolina Mid K leigh and Gaston fLuilrnads, by which visitors e-n attend the Fair in the day, and lodge nt night ,l l various villages idong ihe line of ti-e Ro. A. A schedule will be published, giving no ice of tbe ar rivals and departures of tbe extra trai"?. E. A t'RUDUP, Chm'n Ex. Com. oPN. C. State Agr. Society Raleigh, Sep. 29, 1855. EST" IV-pers throiiffliout tbe State fsvorablf I" the Agikuitural and Mechanic interest oi iVr Carolina will please copy. THE COLLEGE OF MAYNOOTH. . Those who are acquainted with tbe more re cent his ory of British parties, arc aware t! a end years since, the government, for th-aio purpose of conciliating In land, determiced Bp-" the decided measure of endowing the colhge of Maynooth, a R .man Catholic itjstituton, dedforthe education, of the prietho.-d. Ti system having been put in operation, a commi--sion was appointed A Parliament to iq"i'e to iu management. The result has beta elaborate report, the proof bheets of h"cu " said to have been forwarded to the ppe by l) Cu'len, with the approval of some of th ";' missioned, lefoie the document was f.rnier f presented to the British Legislature. A number of theEdinbuig Roiew, a period" which has always taken the lead in advocsti'l Catholic emancipation and the &laycvo:b & dowmen'. and is still za.'ous in the cause, cot tiins a long criticism up- n the report, and s account f the in-titution. From this aru. we leain lhat the report is ra:her unfavorable the Church. The College of Maj nooth is conducted P mediaeval principles, wi.h a discipline snJ agemeut such as nvght have been seen ford jn its earlie-t da . Tbe studeuts are w Jected to the most rgid system of restrict The Reviewer remarks 44 We cannot, fa f"f part, imagine a system better devised tbn described in the report, for dwaifing all iDttl ftess of character." It may confirm this pio"