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A Doubting Heart
"iVhcrc lire the jiwallow fll? j ,
Frown and dead, j ' " '
IVrcbaoce upo some bleak and gtorny nhore.
v ' O klonbtlng heart ! j
Far brer purple aw,
Thcj wait, is unimy ca
The jbalmy aontbcrn tmt, 1 i ' -To
bring tbcmjto tbt-ir nortbrro bomt-B onro more.
Vby muiit the jfloweri die f !
. Priwnd tby lie '
In tb cold tomb, heedless of teari er rain.
' Odoubtiphrart! j . 4
" Tkej only ileep below j j
. -The ifott wblte mnine unor,
Whllp winter wintlii jtball fclow.
To breathe and imile opoa you conn again.
The iud hn hid it ray ' j -Thcao
many diiy ; 1 -
Will droary hottra never l?ave the earj
0 doubting heart I 1H I y
TlieiUirray clouds on hih ;'
Veil the anme Hunny sky
Thai aoon (for fprlnj? i nigh)
gltoll waka tlaj: mminpr Intp guj'ku minh.
Fair hope In duad, and lij;ht !
la rnienchcd.in niht.
rniei
I can I
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: Mmt uik1 can break the Bileuce of ilt-omir J
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0 doubting heart I '
Th ky iii overaiirf. ,
, Yt;t: ktnf nIiuII rise ut lant, j
Brighter fur dttrkiH-ns mat, j
' Ami angela' fiHter Toic- n stir the ait 1
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i 'No.. The: flush' came back to the
child's fair brow. -
Almost a minute of silenc passed.
It was a picture for-a- painter, that
group - The child stood, 'half timid,'
half-irresolutely, with her eyes upon
the floorj : and her hands behind her,
endeavoring to conceal the - package
she held; her parents looking at her in
loving wonder. Sl6wly, at length, a
hand came forward-' 2 "
Yhat is it, darling V The mother's
voice had in it a -slight flutter,' for
BOinething of the truth was dawning in
her mind.
'It in't.the sofa,' said Ernestine.
Her mother took the package,and
opened it, It contained a netted hood,
coarse; but warm. ". : ;".
'Who is this for?' :
, J bought i for Mar v Allen.'
'HervChristma-giftV
'Yes.'
'It was very kind, and verj thought
ful in you, dear.)' said the mother,
speaking calmly, though with an effort.
And she stooped "doTtn and kissed the
lips of her' child, i'God bless you !' was
spoken in her heart, though the bene
diction carae not forth into words,
; 'Who is Mary Allen ?'" ' asked1- the
father. ' " - '
'The child of a poor womau who lias
done some plain sewing for me. She
needs ' a warm hood, and Ernestine's
Christmas gift will be a timely one, I
am sure.
What a loving look was cast by the
father npon his child. How his heart
stirred within him.
'I wonder if Mary Allen doesn't
need a pair: of warm stockings, and
stout shoes as well V he said, looking
down into .the fae, of Ernestine.
" OhVinj'S, father"; I know she does!'
The chiTd 'spoke eagerly, and with a
hopeful expression in her eyes.
You shall add them to your gift, to
morrow,' said the father.
'I shall be so happy ! And Ernest
ine clapped her little hands together
in the fervor of her delight. .
'It is more blessed toive than to
receive.' The mother's voice, full of
meaning for the ears of Ernestine,
trembled as she uttered these words,
which were now radiant with light.
But the -child felt their meaning still
deeper, as'she stood at ;ier window on
the next day, which was. Christmas
a day of icy coldness and saw Mary
j Allen go past, wearing a comfortable
! hood innlaee of -the old. thin bonneti
t he child; ind then her - countenance ;anJ i,av;ng wrrm .stockings, and new
took on a More' serious Aspect, . ' cUnnnn hpr fppt. Ernestine recpiv-
It is haiidlv fair that wq should be, .T Tnnnv i1MnHfi ;fta bn that dav.
all said tlie mjther. aJ1)j glC wag very nappy but her joy
best (jf all, and should be -v;ny wns J,pnpr. nurer. and more
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More Blessed to Oive.
'More blessed to give than to receive.'
It was the low, half-questioning
voice of a child, whose thoughts went
out into auuibe expression.
'More blessed to give ?' she repeat
ed.1 'More blessed V J ;
i And then she was silent again. She
had been reading, and this divine truth
fallihr into the richtender, soil of her
young mind, had" already begun to ger
minate, i . 1 .;
'Mother;1' the child wasi now stand
ing by her mother, and looking. into
lier face, 'lis it more blcs$ed to give
than to receive V il
' 'Yes, dear, far more blessed.'
'What does it mean- by being more
blessed V inquired the child,
'It meamy that giving will make us
.happier than receiving.' j -'Then
yju and. father will be hap
icr to-morrow, than the rest ,of us ;
for you will make all the presents.'
' 'i)ori't you intend makinjg any pre
isents, -my 'love 'V asked thejmother.
'I never thoui?ht of that,! answered
to remain. "Near to the? sock ; was a
needle-book, one cover of which was '
neatly made, and npon the other, part
ly finished, was marked, 'To my dear.'
I need not, however, tell you all. that
I found there; but this much I can say,
that during my travels through that
vork-"bqXj I found nut a single attielp
complete ; and mute as they were, these
half-finished forsaken things told toe a
sad story about that little girl: They
told me that," with a heart full f gen
ejfous affection, with a iead full of ue
ful and pretty projects,; allpf Lwhich
she had both the' means-and the skill
to 'carry into effect, she-was stiHji. use
less child-always 'doiiig, but "never
accomplishing her wOrk. Jt wasa
want of industry,- but a want of perse
verance.- itememoer, my aear nttie
friends, that it matters. tut little, what
great thirig we undertake:' Our glory
is not in that, but in- what weaccom;
plish. Nobody in the world cares for
what we mean to do ; but everybody
will; open thcir eyes by-and-by, to see
what men and women and little child
ren have done. , .
w. . - -,
w ' .-. " "
Cause of the Aurora Borealis.
; M." de la Rive, the celebrated French
astronomer, explains the" production
of the Aurora Borealis ,in the follow
ing manner : "When the. sun having
passed into the southern hemisphere,
no longer heats our hemisphere, the
aqueous vapors which have accumula
ted during the summer in this part of
the atmospherebegin to condense, the
kind of humid cap enreloping the po
lar regions! extends more and" more,
and facilitates the passage of electri
city accumulated in the upper part of
the air. Jlut in this elevated region,
and especially at this period- of, the
3rear, the aqueous Vapors must most
requently. pass iMo the - state ottmi-
nute particles of ice floating in-the air,
similar to those which give rise to the
laios; tney iorm as ii-were, a Kina oi
semi-transparent mist. Ihese halt fro
zen fogs conduct the electricity to the
surface of the earth, near the pole and
are," at the same time, illuminated by
hese currents or electric discharges.
In fact, all observers -agree in assert
ing that the aurora boreabs is constant
ly Dreceded by -a mist, which rises
from the pole, and the margin which,
less dense than the remainder, is. color
ed the first; and, indeed, it is very fre
quent near the pole during winter
months, and especially in those where
there is an abundance of vapor fn the
air. I
know the spot, my dear Gedrge,here
you will .lay, me :,r often wg stood by
ine piacer anu as wt? naicueu me mel
low sunset, as it glanced Jn xjuivering
flashes'-through the leaves and burn
ished the -grassy mounds nround'"us
witli spes-ofeburnishgpllacll
p'erhapi.Bas thought that sWe .day
one of us would come alone,, and which
ever it might b,e your name would be
bn the jstone. But Ave loved thaspot,
and I know , you will love it none thj
less when jou 6ee the same juiet sun
light linger and play among the grass
that grows over your Mary's grave." I
fcnow-ryeu will go there, and my .spirit
will be with you there, ahd whispera
roong the waving branches 1 am. not
lost," but gone before.' .
happiest of
'You are
happiest of
ine, quicklyi
,The motl
herichild.
'We are
all,' replied little Ernest-
cr could not htlp kissing
She said, as she jdid so.
lappy in our children ! and
4J cm i ii.
than her joy in receiving.
wliatevcr increases their happiness, in-
.i
creases our
Ernestine looked down to the floor,
i i and mused for- some moments. The
l:! irood seed was ouickenins into life
I 'I have nothing to give. j She look
s' od up as she spoke, and there was a
1: touch of regret in her voice
inc's bank.
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'Think,' It wa.s all the mother said
The
'There is halt a dollar in. mv sav-
t to buy a little sofa formy bajby-.hq.use.'
ij The doori of the sitting-rpom open
fs ;d;. and a child eanic in with some
j cparse aprot
niother had been making . for
? cr ot
'. Salt Lake.
"Mr. Greelev, in one of hislettefs to
the Tribune from Utah, gives the-fol
lowing concerning this remarkable od
y of water : -
That this lake should be salt, is no
anomaly. All large bodies of water in
to which streams discharge themselves,
while they have severally no outlet,
are or should be salt. If one such is
fresh, that is an anomaly indeed. Lake
Utah probably, receives as much saline
matter as gait Lake; but she discharges
it through, the Jordan ana remains
But you knowara going j herself fresh, while Salt Lake, having
no issue save by evaporation, is pro
bably the saltiest body of water on
earth. The ocean is comparatively
fresh; even the Mediteranean at Leg
horn is not half so salt. I an told that
three barrels of this water yield a bar-
r
rel of salt ; that seems rather strong,
yet its intense saltness, no one who has
not had it in his eyes,his mouth, his
nostrils, can realize. dp 'can no more
sink in,, it than in a clay .bankj but a
very little of. it in your lungs would
suffice to strangle you. You make your
way in from a hot, rocky beach, over
a chaos of volcanic basalt that is' try
ing to the feet; t but at a depth of a
yard or more. you have a fine sandy
bottom and here thebathing is delight
ful. '
' The water is.,of a light green color
tor ten or twenty rods, then "deeply,'
darkly, beautifully blue." No fish can
live in it i no fros abides it : few birds
are ever seen dipping into it. The rug
ged mountains in and about it just
such scraped and seamed, and gtillied
precipices as I have been describing
ever since X reached Denver have a
little fir, and cottohwood, pr f quaking
asp, in heir deeper ravines or behind
their taller cliffs but ' look bare and
desolate to the casual observer ; and
these cut 1 the lake into sections, and
hide most of it from view. Probably
less than i one-third of of it is visible
from any single point; But this suffices.
hs and napkins which her
the moth
Ernestine. Her clothes were
poor, and rtot warm enough for the
season, and she had on her head the
wreck of an old bonnet that let in the
wind at a dozen places. A ifew words
nnssoil hetwlnen her and the la'dv." and
1 then she wentwith .quiet sjepafrom
! the room. The eyes of Ernestine were
fixed upon Ithis child intently, while
I she remained; they followed' her from
the room, ajnd rested uponj the door
for some time after she had withdrawn,
Her mother1, who had become interest
' I dm the work brought home by the
1 little girl, said nothing moreito Ernest
ine, at the time, and so her thoughts
; were free toj run their own way.
1 r5 The eveiung which closed in that
,Whcre Ernestine?' .
It was thj child's father who made
inquiry. lie had returned home from
&iis office a tittle earlier IbVn' jusual,
:arid before the twilighhad given place
to darkness J " : j
I 'She was (here a few minutes ago,!
I replied the mother, and she lifted her
oice, andcilled, 'Ernestine! i
. ! But there was no answer.?
; 'Plrnpstins ! P.rnpetino 1 j . t
'- Still no reply came.
:i ..j." 'I wonder where she cam Jbe ?'
I While the question was yet on her
I lips, the street door opened, and the
; child came in, with hushed and gliding
footsteps. She had a small package in
her hands, ;irhch,rpn' lein nef father
i and motherj she made an efilortto con-
, ceal. A-2tr-t-'-A
. j j i; 'Ah ! Here is our pet V said the fa
j ilT thcr. "Why! darlingwhere liave you
: been?", ' ;
, There came a warm flush? into the
Jl litttle one's face; and something ;of con-
i J 'I know all about it, 'spok
;l: mother, gaily. , ---A
I : 'No youon't!' And Ernestine's
face took oil a serious aspeci
( 'Yes. f It's the sofa" for th
manner
e up the
house.'
the baby-
Nothing Finished.
' "I once hjid the curiosity to look in,
io a mue gin a w yris.-uui. auu. nuu,i
do you suppose I found ?. Well, in the
first place,-I found a 'bead-purse,' a
bout half done :- there was, however,
v.jno prospect t)f iteyer being finished,
ior toe nceaies were out, ana ine suk
upon the spools all'taUgled and drawn
into a complete whisp. Laying this a
side, 1 4ook up a nice piece of perfor
ated paper, uponrvrhich was wrought
orielid of j;BibIefX.and beneath it the
words, 'I love,' but trAat she loved was
left-for me to conjecture.' Beneath the
Bible lid I found asock, evidently
commenced for some baby:foo; but it
had, come :to a6tand just upon the lit
tle heel, and there it eemed doomed
Letter of a Dying Wife.
The following letter from a dyin
wife to her husband (says the Nash
yille Gazette) Was found by"him,stime
months aftcrher death, between the
leaves' of a religious volume which she
was very fond of perusing. The - let
ter, which was literally dim with her
tear-marks, 'was written long before
her husband was aware thaf the grasp
of fatal disease had fastened upon the
lovely form of his wife, who died at: the
early agexd nineteen: - - - ",
"When this shall reach your eye
dear Georfiresome day when you are
turning over the relics of the past, I
shall have passed away forever, and
the cold white stone will be keeping
its lonely watch over the lips you have
so often pressed and the sod will be
growing green that shall hide forever
trom your sight the dust ot one who
has often nestled close to your warm
heart. . For many long and sleepless
nights, when all beside my-thoughts
were at rest, I have wrestled with the
consciousness of approaching death
until at last it nas, lorced itseii i upon
my mind ; and although, to you and to
others it might now seem but the ner
vous imaffininsr of, a cirl, yet, dear
- j ' ay
George, it is so I Many weary nights
have I passed in, the. endeavor to re
concile myself to leave you, whom I
loved .so well ; and this bright world
of sunshine and beauty ; and hard in
deed it is to strusrsle "on silently and
alone, with the sure conviction that
am about to leave all torever and go
down into the dark valley ! 'But
know InVwhom I have, belie vedj and
leaning -on His arm; 'I fear no jeviL' -Do
not blame hue for keeping even all
this from you ; " 1'
"How could I subject you, bf all oth
ers, to such sorrow as I feel at part
ing, when tim twill sodnjnake it appa
rent to you 1 : 1 could , have, wished to
live, if only-id be. at jour side when
your time shall come, and" pillowing
your head on my breast wipe the death
damps from your brow, and usher your
departed spirit into its Maker's pre
sence, embalmed in woman's holiest
prayer. v But i(is io$ to be, apd I sub
mit. Y'burs is the privilege of watch
ing, through long aiRr dreary nights
for the spirit's final flight, and of trans
ferring my sinking, head from your
breast tonmy Saviour's" bosom ! And
you shall share my last thought ' and
the last faint pressure wof the,hand
and the last feeble kiss shall be yours,
and even when flesh and heart, shall
have failed me, my eyes shall rest on
yours until glazed by death, and our
spirits shall hold one last communion
utrtil" gently fading frorn my view the
last of earth you sh.air mingle with
the firstf righ.t glfmpses of the unfad
ing glpries of the better . world, where
partings are unknown. Well dorl
tbTt healthful and Vigorous womanhdoti
she wiM be ready to take hold oi the
dutiei of life to become'' swoTkef in
the great system- of humanity?1 She
will not sit.downiD sigh.ver the work
given her to dp, iq, sinjper nonsense,
languish in ennui, or all sick at heart;
hut hp will ever be , able, totake up
her jyirden -of duty.. lit hei..tiack
there will b&sound philosophy iu,iier
tJjQuwht?, boldness and originality 'm
her lieartr BLoayeft's., owurpuxity, -and
the "world swilfbe better that .she has
lived in it," To her allotted taskhe
vill bring health, vigor, jenergy-'.and
spirits, and -.these jyill giy.e.her - power
and the endurance; rwitlumt which her
life -must be in ome respects At least,
a failure. : ,
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nimQCracyo
bama,-Missiippi aAd other uthejro
Stater, says the Nashville .t'Pitriot
, . f A Spiritual, HarriageV:
At the late convention of Spintual
ists, at Plymouth Mais.K various cu
rious featufes were presented, and
among them the solemnization of ti
spiritual marriage, which is thus . de-
seribedr kf Xll? .i:! "
The next matter m order was" the
solemnization of marriage between Mr.
Nathan C. Lewis and Mrs.'Ennice A.
Babbitt, of Boston.. Tho lady-., was
dressed in loose flowing robes of white
deeply trimmed in blue, and wore blue
satin shoes. Iwo httle eirls, daugh
ters by a former marriage, were dress
ed in exactlvsthe sarae stvle, aRd fol-
owed her to thf pratfbrm. T trer bride
groom placed himself beside her. He
is a physician. Both had been mar
ried before, and are each about thirty
five years of age. Mr. Loveland, who
was formerly a -Methodist j though he
does not nqw appreciate the' title of
'reverend, addressing the congrega-
1 T ,
tion, said '
"Although spiritualists in generhl
do not accept,. but-ar.e Opposed to ithe
regulations that exist legally m re
gard to the subjugation 6f woman in'
he marriage relations, still they do
generally, if not universally, admit the
propriety of making a puphc ac
knowledgement of their relations."
Then, turning to the interested par
ties, he said : - "
"My brother and sister, I ask you
to make no promise ; I impose upon
you no obligation. All the obliga
tions you have, you have yourselves
assumed in your own spirits. I know
your hearts. You have already in
your spirits, coTisummateu tne union
as far as it could possibly be. 1 stand
not here to marry you. This congre
gation are not witnesses, and are not
called upon to be witnesses ot your
marriage. But I stand hereto affirm,
legally, the fact, and to ask this con
gregation to'join with me in prouounc
int? a. benediction and a blessing on
the union into which you have enter
ed, wlih j'chi here acknowledge, and
which you Jiere, formally, bei ore the
world complete.- In token, then, of
this union,. which you. have cemented
in your souls, and which you now con-
tess. before the world, please join your
hands."-
The happy couple complied with the
request. Then Mr. Loveland placed
a hand on each of their heads, and
blessed them in this form :
"And now , on behalf of this audi
ence, and on behalf of thc attending
spirits that are around us and with us,
I bless this union ; I blessyou in their
behalf, as you start together on the
journey of, life,"
This was the whole ceremony. 1 he
bridegroom made a formal' bow to the
alidience " The bride, who had been
quietly fanning herself through he
performance, dropped a courtesy.
The pair, with their little attendants
in white and blue, stepped off he plat-1
form, and the audience applauded so
long that it seemed as they wished
the last scene encored."
Execution of Col, Hayne.
."Among the di&trngutshed men who
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iere is a irrcat deal of truth m ,thi3
abscryation faWy- four-f)ftJiOt
the. jmpUs'otQur icoinuioanoobi.aro
destined ttTnake tlieif livtnj; iribme'
fell vfctims 'during the war of the A
merican Revolution, was Col. Isiac
Hayne of South Cfarolina ;a man who
by hfs amiability of character .arirJTiiglj
sentiments of liOH6r and uprightness4
had secured tlie good will andaffectioii
of all who knew liim. ,Ue had a wife
and six small children the oldest a
boy .thirteen years of .age. , His wife,
to whom he was, tenderly attached,
fell a victim tQ disease j an jB.vent hast
ened not improbably by the inconyen?
lence and sufferings incident. to si state
Qf war, in .which, the whole family
largely, ' participated. .Col, , Hayne
himself was taken, prisoner by the Brit?
ish forces and in "a short time .was e.x
ecuted on the gallows, under circum
stances calculated to excite the- deep
est commiseration. , A ji umber of. per
sons, both English and--Americanm
terceded for his - life. The .ladies of
Charleston signed a petition in his-be
half; his motherless children were pre
sented .on their bended knees as-hum
ble suiters for their beloved father
but all in vain. - During the imprison
ment of their father,, the eldest r son
was. permitted to stay with him in pri
son. Beholding his only surviving pa
vent, for whom he felt the deepest'af
fection, loaded with irons and con
demned. to die,- he was overwhelmed
with con stern atioir and sorrow. The
wretched father endeavored to console
him, hy reminding hira that the una
vailing grief of the son tended only to
increased his own misery ; that we came
into this world merely to-die ; and he"
could even rejoice that his ' troubles
were so near to end. "Tomorrow'
said he, '! et out for immortality.
You will accompany me to the place of
execution ; and when I am di'ad, take
my body and bury it by the side of
your mother." The youth here fell
on hi father's neck, eryrng,"Oh, my
father! my father! I will die with
you." Col. Havne, as he was loaded
with irons, was unable to return the
embrace of his son, and merely said to
him in reply "Live, my son; live to
honor God bv a good life : live tefserve
your country ; and live to take care
of your brother and httle sisters.
The next -morning Col. Hayne was
conducted to the place of execution.''
His son accompanied him: Soon as
they came in sight of the gallowsthe
father strengthened himself and said,"
"Now, my son, 'show yourself a Irian !
That t ree is the boundary of my 1 ife,'"and
all my life's sorrows. Beyond : that,
the wicked cease from troubling' and
the weary are at rest. Don't lay too
much at heart ; our separation it will
be but short. To-da v Pdie' and "von,
mv son, tnougn young, must snoriiy
follow me." ' iCYoK my father," '"re
plied the broken-hearted youtnf
shall shortly follow Yon for, in
oTtlie mechatiicatarts, orTn!tEe'tr6rk
shp tftfthedMrylTTet tey little
ruined souL. staggeta. intofthe spirit
land to rciterficnteiW!e. Rty
compassion," umajiity .'would ' let the
veiKdrop heTOcovertip tilKthe gifeat
asskpl'fh doom bfth'e deluded mis- '
lnsistthat they are the peculiar friends I wae4 wretehtt Kviriettrntb: has
et sra very,, ami aa sucn, snouia receive laawriSAU uxunKarasnau nave .wieir
the united support ot wiepepnijqt tnetpoiuou m me iaiiintuMicw
entire oouin-. . jtiiia-isciaE mt sutue . , - J . ,., ....
w navsnouia dc laueni, .
elect
p es s i
the
11 I. ' iLi -At- J H
wen pus up iyine -tfvueraeeH.
Conservative !irr the article co'i
int'h' Hie'foltowink' femmiscene
'Thc,Pemocracy-.db not sV that
the., reason, why, they iiyiteou gp-Opr
ea'ttojo. JjegauseUiey arp .Sofg11?
lzej'an d threatened with ruin, W Jfe:
feat.7, ExerDsinga patriotic seahje:
gationIthey,; ask ur, aid, in ,dejice of
Squilinsutions. ."Kq 4Jp$n
wbat grounds oani the democraQ par
tjj asa pary, assume I9 be tfia 'spe
ciaLchamplons, of. slavery ? f Tlliis-,
tory ftf the party, dqes not.ea us-to
any such conclusion. JTfiofirooftli
tion, ever niade by Any party th he
orthern,.aboltiQnists, . was, vxlAQ
the demoqratiQ party -with, , the 4.aboli,
tionists of Massachusetts wJy'MU co
alition, Webster, - Wintbrop, hoate
and the national men of .Massjoligrsetta
were, defeated and the notorkMXiChas,
Sumner placed in the;-XTnited,tStates
Senate., Tne W'ilmot-proviso waiframU
ed by a democrats .The . whola .) 3 the
northwestern- States, under khordi
nance of .1787, :was made freeiL by
democratic votes.. Every &&litien
sver- runyjfoft the
rfaethe nractrcaijtrainirtg Uierreceivf
m onr sclioois htithem tor eminence in
their professions. NatuTal nhtlqsophy
isigiiorecl Jus! al mtich as iT no'lBuich
knowldff e cVistea.Bovs leave school
candidate who has ever- runi 3
presidency Birhev, YanBurerifc Hale
and. Fremont were all demiffrats.
The pe8tilential doctrino of si jatter
sovereignty had a democratic sivand
has been fostered by democratic lead-:
ers. By democratic authority wasi
incorporated into' the lanemnatj plat
form nd when A. G. Brown, thnonly
man wholiad the -boldness andn'0)nes
ty to do 8uch a thing, wishea np
up this-plank bf the platfermI) was
summarily voted down. '1 he priitorm
went forth w ith this rotten heresvteal-
thily concealed in it. The sorlhern
democracy connived at the trauQ4a.Kl-i
ed and abetted tne swinaief pugn
now, after their trick has electof their
president and begin fo bear-; lavily
on theSouthv. they affect rawj&irtu-
oua indignation and wish- tO;pnake
Douglas the scape goat to bear t pat of.
which they tire equally, guilty ucrr
is the party we are asked to join such
is- the feast to 'which we are invited
a party which from its own cdnlission'
is utterly-unable to ivbate the nu-tsance
it complains 01 p- ior it claims tirnaye
controled the "government for fears,-
yet we se that under- this 'dynasty
abolitionism has been fqmente4 f -fos-tered
and, r eTicourageduniil i i has
growa irom.aa jogumccpv viaui ;iu to
apowertul pai'ty w.
The Tom-Boy,
- Some parents seem still to entertain
the notion that' young girls need no
training except that of the mental fac
ulties ; that their forms are of less con
sequence than their dresses, and that
a development of physical strength
would impair their delicacy, and tend
to make them masculine. By.restriat-
ing their physical education and ITm-!
iting their sphere of activity, they are
condemned for life to enfeebled health,
and an -aimless, idle existence. Let
such parents ponder the truth embod
ied in the following remarks, which we
cut from a late number of the South
ern-Homestead :
"The 'tom-boy' is an eager, earnest,
impulsive, bright-eyed, glad-hearted.
kind-squled specimen of genu femi
nine. lt her laugh is a littfeto fre
quent ahd:jier tbne a trifle; toa'e4phat
ic we ire willing to overlook these for
iae saKe 01 xne iruu me jwiu- eumug
I feel that I ca'hnot live; long' - And
. i t ";"- . ' - .r "1
tuis meiancnoiy .aniicjpaiipn was ,
fillcd in a manner more dreadful than
is implied in-the mere extinction - of
life. On seeing his father in the hands
of the executioner and then -Strug
gling in theJialter, he stood like one
kransfixed and motionless with horrors
Till then he had wept incessantly ; but
soon as lie saw that sight the fountain
of his tears were staunched, and he
never wept more." lie died insane;
and in-his last moments often called
upon his father, in terms that brought
tears from the hardest hearts
A Good Institution.
" A patent has recently " been' issued
for an improvement in locomotive en"
gines., J.t is the ffiagnetism pf the
driving wheels thereby - causing 76
per cent,' additional adhesion to the
iron track ; thus enabling a light en-'
gine of seventeen tons weight to rer
form'the : work" of a heavy engine , of,
thirty tons. Ail experiment was late-J
lv made; when the track ami wheels
to work at ta3caknowin2 nothing at
ajl 6f the principles of mechaaics yrhicli
lie atflie- foundaiifin i of ' their "tirofes-,
sionslj Gf eatisaie Is Vaen'Jth.them
in elegant and ornamental penmanship,.
.but not a single hour ia devoted to the
drawing'ot mathematical g.res, or m
toaFing pHctlcat 1 tightsmenbf ; tl4 '
pupils. Geometry is scarcely ibuch
sideredmore impcjrtant. t s Hcncemuea
of the information whichj the pupiL
spnds the earlier period oCnis life
m learning; pn iitye, usq to tum
wnejD Jae leavea sciooi ana isxorgoi
tei'ea,rly.uvnles$ fiisjifteistdt
4nire -himtb--eep up an- intanateac
qiiintanco l)rUhitlXMiicfi'woulc
hive bcen'practicllyjusefu
whncwouldihavemade his' labors -in: .
hiaC profession -asourcabfpleasuro'anov '
of solid acquisition instead of being a
task to be got rid jof as soonjas pqssH
ble anneverorghly.co -cd,;is
nqt JeaVnedj.at 'aljUtKe.Yni4i
value' of. education i: tlie uses, to which
it can beputandl "thai wouhU seeuv
certainly to .jne oest eaucauon
which' enables the!
knowledge gained
pupil to ,pu tKa
at scnooitaimi
The Dyitg Inebriate."
?What aTspecifacle is this T '"tk
lesson des it teach ! The destr, ,ctiqn
of mans ''.corporeal frameheii'llleas-
nnt under anv circumstances.s ine
takinrr down 'his "clav ' " taheravcleT-
even4whe.n he hopes ta enter a 'uiid
ing not Jnade; w.ith hands, , in tujJ
per skies, nas someining meiajjpnoiy-
- 'I II..1 l. i I m .... I.
in ll. xut neii we been uiurtui m em
ed upon his dying couch who.) life
hasi been spent mxlebauehery ai3 rev-.
c rv. wnat is mere onnecrea wi x mm
or his, -either -past"; tr presf nf,r,fu'
turf that does not present"' thcrnosV
horrible andfor.dding ! Life
is gone,-property i,waste4 chatcter
blasted, wife, nd .children .beggrd
there heliein hi3 bed.of'straw with,
parched lips, bloated 'counlenant and
blood-shot yes, -the yery, persofica
tion of. ruin, -xossing '...upoa1 hu hara
and comfortless couch, pantirj for
breatb; and calling for ijejp, itxto41iTi
vain. f P'eathmarks"liimi,-iornif;. vic
tim, and nowIf for a while' nerl"' re-
V , " . ' , . 1 V ,
ate use in jaiaintaining himself respec
labjyin Society. INot simply himself, 1
bHi tfie 'prl(L . would .reeeixe tho, Jiins,
efit ofm edScattgnaV.syteni. yhich
wold substitute, physical an'4 matno
matical science-foij a great deaLVhich?
is now taught, or-afe least divide1"' thet
t ifilS .of "study , sai$At th e most-4aseul
should have 'at Xe$ ' aljfaira khard -off
atteiitlonas thalichl? Ibsaj j?a
.-;The few returns f the SherifB -bf
this3tati made taV'the Comptroller
showTaii ipcreasefienuoTiofrtwens
A - Ij. a. Li. it J j. 1 'rJ -A
ly-nverper ceniQvjpr uat 01 jasi yeartf
1 nis is a targe increase . aniu vrai8Q
thgrevenuLejOi the.tate to the large
sum of 8700,000 and upwards t BhouJoT
the revenue bill of tjielasyjcgisature,
give ia pr'opbrtibnalt increase, ; another
Ldgislat-uhntiiriJe'jcaller upbh' tdTe; "
ducft iu ,JCjjc.h.on4- and tjreditxf the
State demands a revenue to meet and
discharge hersdebt promptly, but be-
yond this, our honest1 people will riot
UJourdensome,, audi atiUiijnaetiirb
ourBhf jifli fiad ii4ifficult iq eollect
owing to thecarcityi)f nioney. bThJeret
re, yrjous. causes fpr thla. - Some of
themtmust fallita pay, up in timeinn
less tho Banks comet forward -and as-
sist4hem.'?.We thope- they ."will juoi be
Jtackward in rendetihg -assistaneey?
Wash, (Nrfi.yiKspatcfo
V. in. .1 TV . ' -."a -rr"l-i ' - V- fj li'l' ? V
J lirrniriai nnn n nmpr mnvnTiTiR.
ItM
EUUILkli Ul.. UU UillbGi DUICiXIITUIiVt
f or? JLIaxpers . Slagazine which ttit,
proprietory navecx-rigute
ias jni4eo.sUght,scn
the northern editors: anu it is saiume.
result is worrying' to the.Xittle Gi-
lieved from frightful ghosts ' aiiif de-
monswnicn mtnerto nauntea art uis
ordered' iraagiriatibn. concien'tt lh
applied, without this attachment, when
it fequireLX9 fts. to the inch to slip
the driving wheels ; with the attach-
fj ment, it required lbs. -.steam to slip
the wheels. Urt a clean ran it requir-
ileepless monitbf,'Vith ''rdddubi Vi
)fass,aifsinra in erery act of hiso'rth-
less me, to Diast nisj m coiyjwuA
soul, ana brings up Detore nmr 41 nis
hopes, to' pluhgei him in deeper aony,
and to hurry ms anngnteu spir"$ into
11c
the presence ot his "uoa. iiowj -iqua-lv
and bitterly does he compli V of
life, of friends; of G6dt '
Ha Tvr-avs. hut it is the anf?rs im
pf ecation of a speedy discharge.rhe
wild glare otnis scorcneu eye, niTest?
were greased,and the locomotrve cnam- le" tsfhgVhisetehlngcougl and
1 tn. a Trst steam nnwer Was then . . . , . - . nM,.;
. A . W Ml VJV , " -" - " -
g i . 3 1 X. r. A 11 tit clln
, T- -. i . -i f sft; H eu auout jv iu. Bicaui pc lutu wv oij
vuy "f Jfc.fivaFH the wheels-without magnetism. With
valves ; anq mdeea we ratner iiKe ine
high-pressure nature, which must close
off its superfluous sf eamr in such eb
ulitions. The glancing feye, the glowing-cheek,
the fresh, balmy breath,
the htheand graceful play ot the Mabs, geTenteen tens maae to answer
ten a tale ot neai tny ana vigorous pnysn tffpei of one
cal develonment which is nature s best T x.. t r..: TS-;
beauty.- Th6 soul and the mind will
be developed, also in due time, and we
shall have- before- us a woman, in the
highest sense of the term. ' ! ""
When the "tom-boyM has sprung up
his deep, hollow groans, tell w : how
hard it is for a drunkard tb die. The
very presence 01 a once-ioveu wif anu
children kindle in advance, rfte vcry
fires of hell. The soothing, vq"o of.
mercy, and the plafntive prayer i5f the
man of God kneeling by his be side,
m 1 - :
- 1. ". - 1 lUIb Hilt I IU V 11 V ttllVUT M LLIULL.
ryismandtheame kmd ot rail,e. 1Iens for water) ter
ba rns, ot .steam. .. ciaimea tnas . - erc he takes hts habitation i here
the value of the invention to Railroad Ul()ne wiU not be aU0wed im ;
companies consist in tne saving 01 xne but fth j thJ CQol draught ' onlygadds
eosrot-locomotives, as one -weighing ' fotothedevurinrfirc.'4 cnds
mnn a ta gnawer t n . . -- - . . s, : .
. r -1 gather around, ta take a, last larrweii,
: weighing thirty ; ltremulbus: hands are ektfnded
are , soon to pei . t ij ;-a; - 3j
past anijOi lu iuiurcDenu mciepwiui
erinxr arrows, barbe wiih the- iSisbn
of death to his burstihe heart; anciwith
ton3. Lxperiments are
made;on the New Jersey Central Rail'
road. . : - - - ': r' -
The end of too much cold meat is
mostly a broil.
one strong.
agonizing
strugglf)
his
We supfe6sc it'mltteTs liftfe what.
Mr.Douglas 'dbes.orj Isays .he JiaV ihe'
oesr cnance ior , uup . nommauon .at
Charleston. nFoflfths" pf the e
mocracy will then swear be is tnegrea-
test anu joest man in, ine country,, ana
them6st; reliable frin4 of the; ouhu
TbentO(all thelhpusahdiof copies
bf Harper now shelyeiwill ,be- ca-:
gerly sought for and command a pre
mium. Mont?&ldf"Mail. -
, "S"oarinf he;,Circle.' t
Amopg the-parjoileameaj occasion
ally usea is., one" cald "squaring m
uj9uch a manner tht a perfect 8(uarfr,
of 'known words shall be mader which
will readverticall y m the- same order.
as, .horizontally-. Tho. probJem- of
OIM. w V. 111. 1 11 "
zled philosophers and mathematicians
for ages, has been sqjvcd in this wav
inu ;
aiRdLH
hares t
CREATE
; ' L USTRE:
' 'ESTEEM-
Thw ia a pleasant came for evening
partie.and requiring considerable, in-,
gejpuity.--Creran(i Berald. . a
A stranger "meeting a man, in- the
streets lipf : Boston a (few v daya since,
roughly - accosted him with, fiere, I
wantr to go to the Trebont House 1
The deliberate reply was
if vmi don't be gone 16ng!
'wel'a bi can go,"