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fimnuviTv ii n iruth." a vublime realitv. It
,. is a sutstaotial ground wof k of a atupendoas super
' struciure. . It has to do with the interests, rather)
than-ihefiricies of men. 5 It comes in na'gorgeous
' array to fascinate ain minds. It is oot an Imagina
Uo tjsteni.nd yet the spirit of high pure, celestial
poetry pervades and animates il. I use the word
Christianity niJts most extensie sense, as meaning
the Rerelatfon from God contained in hi sacred
word, t I see the authors of the purest, the most
beautiful, the most sublime poetry, resorting to this
original fountain withlheir 'golden vessels, to draw
t their best inspiration thence. And since there-is an
rndissoluble bond between poetry and the sister arts
of pairing aqd. music; all being founded in NatufeJ
and bearing their.own impress as the gifts of Godt I
! ! behold the great minds that have been engaged about
i ' Ihese last two waiting in this temple of God,far the
1 . .same divjoa oracJe, to obtain the highest subjects,
. v:ch Hhey nayexpsnd upon the canvass,' or incor
; porate into solemn musicTTbese are the waters
f . where genius deli'iihts to bathe its wrog. -Thevery
i. firrt anoojincement of God's word ls in t: the ele-
ment of the hightst sublimity, as if at roan's Gist in
" ; troJuction to the mighty revelation of God, he should
1 feel his o a littknejs. and bow in humble adoration
;jfp LcTore infinite wisdom, t knowledge, and power.
- IIe;o we :have the vast,' lh,e sublime, the incompre
rr,'a.ible.; a! few simple' things are sail. A thousand
: i are suggested. Tho imagination is ,leftk not left,
but rather iucited; encouraged to expatiate beyond
this ; -'visible diurnal sphere," and commune with'
for ms of light aud Jove that have sprung from the
i. fcaod of-God. In silent rapture it lisiens to.thesong
! of the angels, "the symphony of ''the morning stars',"
ihat 'gem o:her portions of the creation of God.
Creation 1 'rhis was the grand th erne oo-which the
genius of Haydn seized, that he. might give to the
: ?world.ihe musid, and the poetry too, of the works of
-God. f How profound,' how awful the darkness of
-jr-coacs! . What.a-gjowing, glorious,' moment thai,
1 1 when God said "Let light be, andjight was 1" It
- Is in the midst of the warmest poetic strains that the
x saanisi says: "uy ice woru oi me ioro were iue
".' ' hrarens wade, nnJ ai'J ihe lion oftherrf by the breuto
. (cf his mouth." The host of Jieareo IP The imagi- (
. ' Ration ; tires in its upward flight. So beautiful, so
."vasf, so impressive isthe array, thai millions-without
! . the knowledge of the true GoJ, have kowed down.
and . worshipped them ; as if amid all this "dread
L" .magnificence of heaven" there must be enthrontd
' some superior intelligences, whose favor it was im-
portaut to supplicate.; - . . . . i
1 Know we'descend eveno'our humble earth, and
without leaving ihe epoch of which we have been
speaking,, contemplate jhe fresh beauiy, and inhale
. ..the - sweet fragrance .of - EJeo, where Gpd placed
rnaii-to dress it and tc keep it," and that jnantnade
4 in hs own image 1 placed where all was loveliness
!: o the eye, ttusic to the eir,' rapture to every sense:
r. where holimss, was linked with immortality, aod
'V M tbe sense of existence was but the sense of prolonged
enjoyment, and-to keep or lose was yrithin his own
huict?l Then that vision-of beauty in the midst of
Paradise, iiomaculaTe woman, the fair prototype of
'all that should folio w' in her train : the crowned
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' queen cf earth's kingdom, the brightest jewel in
that crown being he image of God I No wonder
Tthe inspired. eye of Milton should kindle into a flame
when contemplating such a theme. of poetry as this.
SNot even the gloom and disaster of the fall could
fWiiher ,ali the beauty that was there. The earth
t remaiped the flowers would still bloom the' cry s
' ial watcis flow the' ocean roll its massive waves
. the green bosom of the earth would smile in the eye
cfraan, while beneath it the seed would quicken ia
I to life. f Anif though storms : and tempests might
l.rage, they would bu: purify the atmosphere, while
J the seasons amid their successive changes, each char-
' f ' ac'.erisiically different from the rest, would repeat
f ttbe most impressive lessons to man. Genius, too,;
V woald awake at their call, and trace the immortal
r line as Thomson has done. And when Ged said,
7 "I do set my bow in the clouds," and the magnifi-;
j . cent arch sprang from the plains of Asia, and as
i cehded to mid-heaven, then was realized the imag
: f .ination's mcst splendidj most passionate dream or
; . j beauty: It seemed as if in those seven brilliant col
" or?, analyzed cut of the sun by heaven's prismatic
;' wjter-drops, God bad written on the broad sky an
I . ! illustration of his own perfections. Goq is Light
i. . ;Tfce. light "of holiness shines forth in Him, the chief
f . of til hie perfections, and blending all in itself.
Hence the majestic thought that the Son of right
' eousness should arise with healing in, his beams.
The Hebrew prophets were poets, Their language
- i 5 often rises tolh'e highest style of ppetry, and that of
! ! the purestjdivinest'kindj'becaase it is in thetboughi,
7 Ihe sentimenthe sense, and not In painted words, ot
cneretriQious sentences, that their power consists.
; ' -.V Campbell the poet says: The earliest placa in the
k7: history, of poetry is due to Jhe Hebrew mose. . . .
'? ' Indeed, the more we contemplate the Old Tesla
" ment, the iaore we shall be struck with the solitaiy
: ; grandeur in' wbicfr it stands as ao historical menu-
raeot amid the waste of time." So completely isthe
spirit of poetry and of eloquence intermingled in the
compositions of the Hebrew prophets, that the crit
ics are undecided whether to class them as orators
' ,. or poets; '- j :' ', ; . I
; Painting has been called the peetry of colors
, l Now when the maslera would prodoee tfie hfgnest
i sffecrs bl their art, when they would seek the widest
; :efc for their genius, what therars d tbty select?
Those of Inspiratiom. If it be inquired which
are the most' celebrated and most successful of the
productionsof Raphael, Rubens, Van Dye, Paul
Veronese, Salvator-Rosay-Leonardo da Vinci, and
painters of like elevated name, we shall find thatthey
are ibe preaching of Paul at Athensjthe death of
John the Ba ptist, the judgment of Solomon, Saul at
the tomb of Samuel, the miracles of Christ, the trans-'
figuration, the crucifixion the resurrection, the de.
scent from the cross, the last supper 'the last judg
ment. Mighty themes 1 How full of aliment fof
the most appetcnf: the most comprehensive genius !
Voa?j that they bad oot et often absorbed Lbe spir
ituality in the poetry of Christianity. But whatev
er want of gospel 'faith might be in them, it could
not bereave Christianity of her divine honors, v '
Ve rftight proceed to select the numerous illus
trations of our main thought. We might quote the
example of our Saviour, who appealed to the. lilies
of ibe fL JJ, and the winged denizens of the air
q ins;rucljon tQ men, thbs causing an el
ement of visible, poetic. beauty , to Contribute to the
strengthening of faith ' in God. In bis prophetic
delineations of the desolations of Jerusalem, and the
extinction, of the Jewish State, , he lises to awful
'heights of ;.eloquence, painting the gloom and the
grandeur of that tremendous period in colors most
appalling. Tradition has multiplied the trogic cir
cumstances, whilejancy has Heightened, if possible,
the! effect of thewhofe. r v M ,
la Paul's description of the resurrection, (I Cor.
5,) we have a picture of the highest kind, not oh)y
as t respects the eTtclof the whoJf, Bti! if we con
sider also its minute beauties: its striking contrasts,
tbie' lio'bts-'aiid shades that harmonize so wondrousi
fy, the celeVtial and terrestrial; (he earthly and the
heavenly,. tab natural and the spiritual, the mortal
and dhe immortal, ver. 40-44. Oh' 1 that isfa
chapter to 'be read in heaven at the final Synod" of
the elect of Gpd,- when they shall have met to cele
brate jhe victories over sin, death and hell therein
described. There are conceptions and descriptions
fitted to set the soul oh fire j glowing evidencesftbat
the doctrines and facts of Christianity are capable
of awakening ihe noblest powers of the human soul,
whether in the way of argumentation or descrip
tion. ' . ; :' ''
' It may be added, that the sacred canon closes, in a
manner suited to the1 whole series of books. The
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sublimity of the ADoralvrse is not chiefly owing io
its "mysteries." i' clearest reveliitkms are full of
those "heavenly things','. which may well absorb the
soul of man or argel -f-Christian Parlor Mag.
J The following is exquisite alas ! that it should
be for Hits truth. We publish it in the hope that
it may reach some who areguiltyj perhaps from
rnere thoughtlessness, of the odious practice there
set forth. - The mirror thus held with such excel
lent tact must reflect too detestable a picture- to be
endured for a-moment. It is copied from a work
by Miss Sedgwick, called Means and Ends from
the section "On Conversation."
1 ' GOSSiriXG. - - j
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The most prevailing fault of Conversation in our
country, and, I believe, in all social communi
ties, is gossiping "As. weeds most infest the rich
est oi!s, so gossiping most abounds amidst the so
cial virtue's in small towns ; Where there is the most
jextended mutual. acquaintance, where persons live
;in the closest relations, rgesembling a large family;
'circle. I To disturb the sweet uses of the little com
munities by gossiping, is surely to forfeit the ben
efit of one of . the kindest arrangements of Provi
dence.' " , - i I - f i
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' In great and busy cities, here people live in
total ignorance of their neighbors, where they can
not tell how-they live, and hardly know when they
4ie, there is no neighborhood, and there is no gos
siping But need there be this poisonous weed
among the flowers this blight upon the fruit, my;
vounir friends ? - . i ! I;
You may understand better precisely what
comes under the head oi gossiping if I give you
some examples of it. j !
In a, certain small thickly settled town there
lives a family, consisting of a man, his wife, and
his wife's sister.- He. has a little shop, it may be
a jeweller's, sadler's. shoemaker's, or what we
call a store no matter which, since he earns e
nough to live raostcomfortably, with the help of
his. wife and sister; who are noted for their indus
try and economy. One would think they had no-
thinVto do but to enjoy their own comforts, and
'aid and pity those less favored than themselves.
But instead of all this, they volunteer to supervise
all the sins, follies land short comings of their
neighbors . The husband is not a silent partner.
He does his full sharp of the low work of this gos
siping trio. Go to see them when you will, you
may. hear the last news of every family within half
a mile. . For example, as lollows ; .
"Mr.' gave 1 50 dollars for his new wag
on, and he had'no need of a new one ; the old one
has not run more than two years
"Mrs. - - has got a new. tared neip ; dui
she won't stay long; it's come and go there."
1 ,ilrs. ' - - had another new gown at meet
ing yesterday, which makes the fifth in less than a
year, and every one of her girls had new ribands
on their bonnets ; it is a " good thing to have rich
friends ; but for my part, I had rather wear my
old ribands." 0 i i
"There go Sam Bliss's people with a barrel of
flour ; it was but yesterday she was at the judge s
begging." ; . . . -.
, "None of the widow Day's girls were at, meet
ing f but they can walk cut as soon as the sun is
down.'' . - - ' . '. -': ;
is is but a specimen of the talk jof these ua
jonunaie people, wno seem ic nave lurneaj ineir
home into a common sewer throuefr which' all tne
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sihs and foibles of the neighborhood run. jiresi
but their minds have run to waste, and there is some
taint, I fear, at their hearts ; j
The noted gossip'Miss j , ronk'j a " visit in a
town where she has been previously stranger.
She divides her lime among several families, f She
J3 social, and what we think is miscalled agreeable:
for she is perpetually talking of persons and thing's.
She wins a too easy confidedce, and 'she returns
home with an infinite store of family anecdotes.
She knows that Mr. and Mrs. So and So, wtitf are
supposed to live happily, are really on bad terms,
and that he broke the hearts of t wo other women be
fore he married his 'wife j she knows thepa!rticu
iars; but has promised nol to tell; .She" has found
out that a certain family, who for ten years,lhave
been supposed to live very barmonionsly with a step
mother, are really emrnently.wretched.! She heard
that Mr. , who apparently is in a very flourishing
circumstance, has been on the brink of bankruptcy
for the, last ten years &c. &c. Could this wpaian
find nothing; in visiting a new scene to excite her
mind .but such trumpery ? We have giveri you
this example to show you that the sin of gossiping
pervades some communities. This woman (ii'J not
create these stories. She heard tbem'alf, the-iodi-
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viduals who told toem to her little thinking that they
in turn would become the subjects of similar remarks
to trie very -persons wnete anairs they were cum
municating.
What would we
hink of persons who went about
collecting for exhibition examples of the wans, Wens
ind cajicers with which their fellow-beings. were af
flirted And yet would not their eroplbyroent be
more honorable, more humane, at least than this
gossipmonger's , : ' ; . . '
We have heard such talk as follows between la:
die, wives and mothers, the wives of educated! nieh
am persons who were called edueated women b'
i f'Have you heard ;hat Emma Ellis' is going to
to Washington '"' "To Washington 1 how po prth
can the Ellises afford a winter in Washington"
'Ob', you know they are not particular aboutiheir
debts and they have six girls to dispose of, and; find
rather a dull market here.". t.
Have you, heard the.Newtons, are going t) the
country to live V J3ieas me I no; vehat' ihatjfo?'
jTney shy to educate their children ; but niy dress
maker, Sally S ai i i h , -a t o w o r k s o r Mis Nevyton,
says sfie is" worn outj with' 'dinner parties. He Iruns
the house down with cqmpany." j '
i 'Oh, I suppose they are obliged to go to econo
mize. You know she dresses her children so ex-J
travagantly. I saw Mary Newton at the theatre
(she isijo older tha'ti my Grace,) with a diamond fer
"roniere.' ' " v. i. -f. ' , j .-.
. 'Diamondj was u ? 'Julia told me (t was an aqya
marina. The -extrayagvi rice l some people ijshibck-
it) g I . I don't wonder the meuare but of patit-nce;
Don't tell it acaini because Ntd Miller told me ;ui
confidence.; He actuaily 'has lockect upall bis ijiiVs
iwoiked pocket hantikeichif fsL Well, whatever! else
my husbatid- complains of, he can't find fault jwith
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Perhaps not: but faults far moo1 Tieinous thah ex
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iravagance this poor woman bad to account for
th e pernicious words for" which we must be brought
into judgment, j
I hope it may appear incredible to
;ioyc
throU
:oi). mv vounp-
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friends, that women, haf way through ihi short
jife with ;he knowledge of their immortal destiny,
with a 'world without them and, a' world within to
explore and makej acquaintance 'vJjh, with tbede
Itghtful interjest and solemn rt-spcnsibilities ofpar
ents upon them,' should so dishonor God's ood"
gift-of. the tongue should so waste Jtheir time,! and
poison social life, j But be on yourguard. lfyour
minds are notemployed on higher objects, and your
hearispn better things, you will talk idly about J'our.
friends and acquaintance. j t
The habit of gossiping begins iniyoutb. I bnce
attencled a; society of youog persons, from thirteen
to seventeen years of age, who met for benevo
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lent purposes.' I . .
'Is this, reading or talking afternoon?' askedne
of the-girls. - ' ,; ' ' '" '.''".' . ' ':
Readingj' replied the Pr;Jni : 'and I have
brought Percy's ; Reliques of English Poetry to
read to you j ". L ! . - ','' j. : '
' Is not that light reading ?' asked Julia Ivers,
'These are old ballads and songs,'
'Yes, I suppose it will be ca
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led light read-
; Then.I vote against it : mother don't aprroye
of light reading.' j .
Julia, who had the lightesi of all minds, and the
most voluble of tongues, preferred, talking to any
reading. Without loss of time she began to a knot
of girls, who too much resembled her. . j .
'Did you notice "Matilda Smith last' Sunday V.
Yes, indeed ; she had on a neWSflk. dress. ;
That . ts the very thing I wanted to find out,
whether you were taken in with it1. It was njoth
ing but her old sky-blue dyed.' i
' Can'that be? why she has worn it ever since
she was thirteen. I wonder I did not see the print
of the tracks.'. . . : 1 . .. ' ,' ... ,. ' ' i .
1 did,' interposed another of the committee of in
Vestigation. I took a good look at it as she stoad
in the door. . Shecould'nt deceive me with aunt
Sally's weddingfsky-blue yed black ; 1
I don't think Matilda would care whether you
were deceived oy not,' said Mary Morris, the young
est member of the society, coloring up to her eyes.
Oh ! .I forgot; Mary,' said Julia Ivers, that Ma
tilda is your cousin.
Well, what is it then V , , I
'. Mary's tears droped on her woTk,'but she rnade
no other reply. ; She had too much delicacy to
proclaim her cousin's private good deeds ; and she
did not tell how Matilda, having had a small &im
of money, which was to have been invested in a
new 'silk gown, gave it instead to ker kind 'aunt
Sally,' who was sinking under a long indisposition,
which her physician said might be removed by a
journey.' It was and we believb Matilda little
cared' how much these girls gossiped about her
dyed frock. . L " j
Julia Ivers turned the -conversation by saying,
'Don't you think it strange that Mrs. Sandford lets
Matia ride out with Walter Isbel. L' .
'Yesi indeed ; and, what .is worse yet, accept
presents from him.' v i ?
'Why does she ?' exclaimed Julia, staring open
her eyes, and taken quite aback by another per
son's knowing a bit of gossip which vhad not yet
reached her ears. L e
Yes, she does: he brought her three
ielegant
plants from New York, and she wears a ring which
he must have given her; for you know the Sand
fords .could ,not afford to buy such things; and,
besides, they never, do.' ; L L .
' I have given but a "specimen of various charac
ters and circumstance's' which were discussed, t.Hl
the young gossips were interrupted by a propoki
tion from the president, that, the name of trjo socie
ty should be changed fr'for,' as she said, 'the liti
tie charitiesTheydid with their needles were a poor
offset against the unchlpitableness of their tongues
There' is a species of gossiping 'aggravated by
treachery ; but, bad as this is, it is sometimes com
mitted more from thoughtlessness than malice.?
A irl is invi:ed to pas a day, a wreek, or a'monjth.
it may be, ia a family. Admitted to such an in
timacy, she may see and hear much that the fam
ily would not wish to have reported. Circum
stances often occur, and remarks are raad(, from
which. ncr iarmwould come if they were publish
ed to the world, provided what went before and
came . after could likewise, be known ; but taken
out of their connection, they make a false impres.
sion.' It is' by relating the disjointed circumstanl
.ces; and repeating fragmentsof conversations, tha
so much mischief is done by those admitted mto
the bosom of a family. .. - i ! L- i !
Yotf know that with the Arabs, ..partaking salt
is a pledge of fidelity, because the , salt is a sym
"bol of hospitality, by never making any dispara
ging remarks or idle comments about those into
whose families you are received. I know persons
Iwho will say unblushingly, "I am sure that Mr.
So and So is not kind to his wife. : I saw enough
to convince me of it when I was there.' 'Mrs. S.
is very mean in her family. 'How do you know
that ?', I I-am sure I ought to know, fir I. staid a
montin her house.'- 'If you wish to bo con
vinced that Mrs. L. has no government oyer her
children, go and stay, there a week as I did.'
"?The'B.'s and their step mother try to' live happily
! together ;-bvt ifyotr were in .their, family as much
as I am,; you would see there is. no love lost be
tween them.' -. .r ': . .
' Now -you perceive, my young friends, that the'
very reason which should have sealed this gossip's
lips, is adduced as thp ground of your faith in her
evil report.' L. K; '..-""'' - I1 ;" -;. . ..Tr','
I have dwelt lorig on this topic of - gossiping,
my young friends, because, as I said before, I .be
lieve it to be a prevailing faiultin our young and
social .country. The only sure mode of extirpa
ting it is by the cultivation of your muMs and the
purification of your hearts.; L
All kinds and degrees of gossiping are ' as dis
tasteful to an elevoted character as 'gross and un-
w
holessmefood is to a well trained appetite. '!
CENTRAL RAILROAD.
. .The books of subscription have been opened along the
line of this contemplated work for more than thirty; days j
but the stock taken i nothing like what those most deeply
interested in the success, of the improvement had anticipa
ted, i Speaking of this state of things, the Greensborough
Patriot, a most, eloquent and zealow-voeate of the road,
-exclaims; " - ' ' - "'
; "Is there nothing thatill arouse our old Rip Van Win
kle State ? Is she too lazy to put forth her hand for dear
life ? for the question of life or death is before her ? What
somnifereus' influence is it, from the land of dreams and
shadows and forgetfulness, that depresses our energy ?
Why, even individual greatness only, vegetates here ; -it
has to be transplanted to some other State to be developed
and appreciated. - The clear eye of Genius itself becomes
dim, and its free wing falters, until it flits.beyond the at
mospleie "of this deaol sea. Is the recuperative-ehergy of
our people forever lost ? Must we continue to dwell under
the ctrse of laziness, with picayunery forever written upon
the visages of ivu people, and poverty inscribed upon the
face of our land ?M i ! ,i
Such will continue to be the case, we fear, until more
liberal sentiments obtain, and a higher appreciation of in
dividual excellence arise amongst our people.' The only
consolation which, the soul-sick son of Geni us who plumeth
his drooping wing for flight beyond his native State, now
hoth. is found in the blessed promise : "He that goeth forth,,
and yeepetb, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come
again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
' EXPLOSION.
We learn by a gentleman who has just returned from a
visit to the Town of Salem, that one "of the boilers at the
Steam Cotton Factory in that place, exploded on the morn.
ing of tho ' 3rd instant, doing considerable damage to the
building and engine, but bodily harm" to no person. The
fireman had just stepped out of the room, and was far e
hough off to escape the danger. It is thought that it will
require several thousand dollars 'to repair the damages
done. The cause of the explosion had not been ascertain
ed, when our informant left Salem. Salisbury Watchman-
-'Know tbrjeif." ? - . f'
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THE SECRET MILITARY MOVEMENT.
The: N. YI Jounal , of Commerce of Thursday niakes
I-
some disclosures respectin": certain military orVanizations
in thai ritv J 'u 'J e i '. '.J:l;' 'A
----- , j. v iu cuuuriu Luc BLUit ineiiis wilic t
'have aoneared in nthVr '
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iwviuf me invasion ot some foreign territory. Its disclo
sures'a re follows ; '. j L I ' p: ' L ''.j '
The CciAir LwisrbN. It is notorious that for some
time pist preparations of an extensive character have been
n. progress in this city, for some secret military expedv
tion. The leaders are, evidently, shrewd, intelligent, but
desperate inen, several of whom held commissions in the
late American army in Mexico. Quite a number of Span
iards are. if close-intimacy with them. Several large meet
ings in) Ihi furtherance of tho moverjient have been held
llyijn this citv, including one which took place last eve
ning,' at Lafayette Hall, in Broadway.; The room' was
crowded to.excess, princidally wth reckless looking cha
racterei' Thy are called upon to enrol their names, with
the expectation that the ship will sail on Saturday next,
without faiL They "must expect to undergo all the fa,
tigues of ah invading army," and are assured "there3 will
he harcl fighting." A very large number of persons are
said to have volunteered. It is understood that thev are
each promised $1000 a year , and outfit.
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Abundance of
arms are said to he on board the vessel
, but if any one
chooses to bring clothing or munitions, their value will be
advanced. They are repeatedly told they "have got to
do military duty, and must calculate to run the risk of be.
ing shoL" Another meeting will be held "to-night, and
Btill aniother, and the last j to-morrow evening. Nothing
definite, however, will be made known until they get un
derway, when all land." Those j who are incompctenfby
reason jof youth or infirmity for hard; service, are advised
not to go. Th expedition' was expected to sail last Satur
day, bat the late arrival of their vessel from abroad pret
vented it.- The. regular, monthly payments, however; are
to date from that day. i ! ... ' h v'-
The following, from the same paper of Friday, is the la-.
test intelligence we, have concemmgsecret military move
ments in New York, aboui which so'miich has been said
of late : "' I r 'ij ' IL ';:L:'..i;!:
The; Cuban Invasionists, or whatever they may be call
ed, had but a sorry attendance at their meeting last night.
uniess , we except the reporters, of whom there were a very
fair representation, owing to the prevalence of the 6torm.:
It was represented by the speakers that the expedition was
unavoidably delayed by the non-fulfilment of engagements
by those contracting to have the vessel in readiness, though
they had forfeited a large sum by so doing ; that the ves
sel was not yet folly equipped, j It.was promised' that on
Tucsdiy eveaing next, the whole plan of- the expedition
would be divulged.1. This delay; is a, grievous disappoint
ment to some unfortunate -young men, who to our personal
knowledge, have thrown up good situations,' and solid their
effects: some time since, with a view to embark in this en-
tcrprise. L ;. .
' Absurd Calculations.. . :
Every now and then and at pretty regular intervalE?
we come, in . the new-piper, upon an elaborate table, sta
uug anu maxing Known to us we immense sum we migai
reehzd by foregoing tigars and tobacco -or mint juleps or
tuea ?es,; or spmeLoing eisa in iaa smaiiexpenauure line
la ititr words, we are told if we should lay by sixpence
day and put it out at interest for forty years, we might
cotoe into possession at about the time we weie sixty or
teventy years old of same twenty or thirty thousand dol
lars; ' This is certainly a very agreeable prospect for en,
terprising, young men bat it has, one or two little drtw
backs
wjrth node nj
In the first place, the.litL'e prob
lem, we reier to requires tor a successful solution that the
sixpence aforesaid should be invested at compound inter
est: now we are not acquainted with any banlc, broker or
oiher corporation or gentlemen in the money business who
has mafde arrangements to take sums of that amo unt on
deposit. If we could fiiid a stock jobber of an extraoidi
nary, imagination -a! little hard up for a drink, we might
perhaps' persuade him to accept a loan of that Bite : 1 but
ho w It is to be effected in the ordinary' course of dealing
we are not sufficiently lamiliar with the market to ste just
at the present time. Ia the second place the tables in
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supposition that man is especially constructed for a six
peuny-saving machine, and that the gratification of his nat
ural functions is a foolish and idle perversion of the origi
nal design. To eavesixpense a day it is taken for grafted
isthe sole end and purpose of his being. If he had been
formed of wood or cast iron or ihaet ain (like a child's
moaey box) this would be an exceedingly plausible theory
but as he happens to have a heart, a pulse, a tongue ar.d
two or thre other lively appliances -he is very apt to for
get the necessity of laying by sixpence ja'day and clapph
an extinguisher on all his frailties and enjoyments, while
the investment is accumulating at comp jund interest,-in
snm imafrinarv nnH imnnetihlA hanlr .. I '. : 1 : i t I ' ,
- Were we disposed to deal further with our profound and
far-seeing table-makers, ' we should humbly suggest that
most men wonld like to have a little return for their econ
omy some time this side of seventy, when we would sup
pooc, according to the Psalmist's computation, that jroaci
sory personal notes drawn upon this world , are very likely
to rum: To have twenty thousand dollars just when yon.
don't want it is neither mercantile 1 nor religious nor say
even common sense : it is good, husbandry neither for the
! present nor the next world. Tnrift u very well ia its way :
without economy of some kind or other no man can make
sura of a day's peace or happinese, but vaue and impractia
cable propj6iiionsafor saving, like these oit-repeated ca:cu-
lations oi the newspapers, are likely to bvlg discredit 6u
everything in the name of economy.; By pieeatiBg im
possible and un business like statements they discourage
the yoong from the very idea of prudence, and drive them
abroad into , a still freer indulgence in the very expenses
Hie
ey are meant to warn them from. Figures, as a great
ilosopher once said, do sometimes make awful blnn.
derr. N. Y. Ledger.
THE SECRE iV EXPEDITION.
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The Baltimore Sun publishes a telegraphic
despatch
from St. Louisj dated the 3d instant, which contains tihe
following information in - relation to this much talked of
subject : ;' "; .rL. . : ' ( " J" '. :'
"A letter has been received in this city from Round is
land, midway between Mobile and New Orleans, which
ssys that 1000 men of .the secret expedition had arrived
there and would sail on board the steamboat Tahez, on the
20th! August, for Deer 'island, about 100 miles distant from
Vera Cruz; The writer is a member of the expedition,
who thinks that Sierra Madre will be the place of destina
tion. Twenty thousand men from different seaports of the
UHtates were expected to rendezvous at a point near Vera
Cruz." r-:.---U':.: '..-i " ' '.' '.'! ' '
TJsiteksitt. We learn from the Register that seventy
new students have entered the Univeesity, arid that others
I arej on the way. I; :; The roll of etudents novt ' contains phe
hundred and fixty-six names. . j
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i . Virtue in itself tfommends its hapninesn.
; Of every outwqd obectio iridependcnt
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Short Sermoiis on Special Occasions.
i; ' H SERMON I.
1 Thels. IYc51v.-"Study to 3 be'
quiet, atvd to do oiir
own business."
. Introduction &oe of the 'moral "disorders and tl
wretchednelss that prevail in the World, at the present d
may ! be traced to two classes of persons, vix : those l
have no business of their own ; and Uioee who meddle wiiii
,the busincsi of other people. Hence the importance of tW
apostolic exhortation, "do your own tU8ncsB. Froin tlU
injuhctipn,, we 'are taught, 1 j " f ; J j
I.'Vlhat it is our buiness in Uiia -World to attend to torn
kindibmiiiesa. , l...!;:r!. 1; j ;:. '.';',' vpj-
1. We should study to ascertain tho appropriate busint n
of lire.. Error at this point, is often ruinous. See the fri
ure ot many. !; May we not ascribe
it to erroneous vicU
and often to the preferences of parenks'and guardians t
. 2. Wc should do what our hands find to do with our
might Eccles. IXc. 10v. .VThei Idlcrf brain the !lil
il's work shop."- .' . ' f j r V ! ;:. ,
" . II. That it is our .business,1 to do our "own business.
And whaf,'mayit be asked, is our business. !
I. To labour in some useful e'mpioyiricrit. "Not sloth-
fuj'in business." Sec Adam in TaradLse. i Tlie ant, tho"
spider, and the feathered tribo teach us lessons of wisdcuii
and . economy. ' '' -'.' - :. .' '. ,;" , " '
2. To glorify God arid secure the salvation of our soul.' i
I his the chief end of mam ., "Unej wing) needful ;"t mart V j
things may bo' desirable. j j V - f j'j
1 3: To labor to promote theteroporalVnl pirilual v
fare of others. I "Thou shall love jtliy neighbor us tbysci
Man not to Jive for self alone. : -f J V
i 4. To pay -our honest debts, .and keep kll our tern purl
and spiritual matters in order, that we may be always in
state of preparation for death. 4jOve no man anything,?
not even tbe Printer. "Set thy nhouse in order," and don'
peep too otten into your ncighooij s.j " j . . , j f i j
j III. That it is our business to let other f eopWs lusin'eis
alone. ;v '' r? - -i , I . '. ; ''.,: ' i
1 Are von a Drcachcr. Do not obtrude voux nose too
far into th ptivato concerns of jour parioncrs, or rjii i-
dle with the" appropHate callings. 6f subordinate officers ju, , .'
the church, . ; ':'":':' I. . ' I'!'- ''."' ' ' I r i
2. Are yoil a layman ? Do not troublo yourself too moh
with the Preacner's business, noi be too officious in dret.
tinff to him what ho ought to do,' anld wliat he ought teiot ta
dof Take care not to pay him Icalls on Sunday, y Do i U M
complain of long, dry sermons for you could not prca ch
as well if you were to' dp your besii Do hot forget to;ay ;
him his salary. ;....(-' ; "..,. '..'.' ' ."rli f 'f '
. ,.3. A t p. you. an adherent of af Particular sect,? Do hc,t , i .
j intermeddle with tbeprivaio affidr of otKet AeaominaiUiiva , J 4
nolt.rcjbice.over.tlierr adversity.? Let him that sUndLth,;. ' j'
take heed lest he falL . i ' f' - . i 'V y J
j 4. Are you an editor? Give j"the Devil his due"-- !
."Vrite ho line, which dyingjoii would wish to bloL '- L
Give your readers good mcnuTfood and,, if they do not wy .
5. "Arc you a loafer 7 Remember, you dishonor GuJ
disgrace mankind, and shame "the DcvH Sjgma.
lrtwr of tli Tlihlo-
, A correspondent of the: JJrookviUc AVncricin,'traveul
Off'-
in tbe southern part of Indiana, girts a graphic and inl
cr-
estiner ,sketh of the town of 1 cw JIarmony. Tiie car
marks of the Rappites have disappeared, and thef foot-print .
of the Owenitcs arc fast following them. The town iite 14
described as one of great beauty, and it has been utll ifrt
proved. The houses arc not rcnlarkalle us to archiU r-'
ture, but are surrounded by rustic! gardena. The writ r
relates the following incident illustrating the power of .he .
Sawed Scriptures : y t f ' v 'i i . '' ' i f
Allof,thosc who remained at New Harmony and in ' hp
vicinity, Joii the failure of tho Owen scheme,-were infidell.
The Bible was not read, the Sabbath was disregarded, j.. ' -
rrnt ns a dnv of music and danCinir. hshinf and huntinr.
and so it continued for years. They had undisputed sVy
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Ontil a ,lew
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7 years ago an - unpretending youth, who Had
of jiis time in a sa ddicr'sl top 'm Brookvi
spent most
with a liible on his: sadule bags.
.entered the town, as a.
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methQdist preacher, and found tlje dopr of a widow on
for the irosncl. He ireachcd and luft anbther appointmeni.
He preached' again and c ft snotheif, and although h.mjd'? j
no pretehsion.8 to great' learning, Jjje- culd toll the fcimjplti ;
6tory Of salvation by 'faith in Christ, and he fouad'evta
4there wiiling hearts.. He soon fbrnTed a little society!--
The society increased, and it'is now in the centre of a gbad
circuit. There is fn the town a
heat frame church, bno
of the ' largest in Poesey county,
anda very comfbrtaL!
0'
parsonage, with garden and stable attached.
; Genius Aftceuds. ;'
TaII oaksrom little acorns grow, ' ;
: j i Large streams from little fountains floiv.
' "Ewiiig was once an ostler in Cincinnati, and Meredith
was raised in his father's tan-yard." CwrtrfudetU tfth
Tliia u-o tnmvKic taava. tnff Richmond Whif 1s a lOHtl
I 1 v.- --rt 1 v J . ; " 7 . o . , , j
of elite of the Democracy, ; We donot know how truej ,
the statement may bej but in this country, whose boeit it
is, that ajl are equal before tho law, and worth, not rank,
'.males the man, wc bad not expected o see an individual's .
humble origin 'made: the subject Of taunt anil rcproabp li
If Mr. Ewinir was an ostler, and Mr. Meredith a taWicr,' s
the inorecrctlit do they dcscre the more true glory Uucy.
pave achieve, j They have provcil by tlicir lives, tho ilit8-
timable value of free, institutions. They hold out hope io
every struggling and aspiring routh iirx hij broad lnd,'
liowever poor he may . The ftrmcroUcortty and pres. ! .
eht clevaOon show that there arej no parucrs in uus couu
try to tW promotion of worth, industry and talents.. Such
examples are worth.more to the cause bf real Dcmocricy,1
than aJ3 tjbe preaclimenU of all the demagogues and tr'W4
irv. frirl, -nut rinta the land tan boast. -Li.. '''' -' I I . I '
-Messrs. Ewing and Meredith, however, it mnst hcleoji
Ijssed. are not 01 ine eiue. 11 ui m an aiiir(ionaoiu! tin
n the eyes of modern Djaocracy,.it ci'n't.b'j hjljied .
Hon. Butler King, by the hst accounts received Lyi
Government from California ; waj about to take, a journey
through the inhabitatcd part of California,. '.with the. vie wf
of acquu-mg information of its sitjuatian, capabilities, L:il
prospectsl General Smith, and several officers of the JuC,
Wim. ivocior a Jbuu, cijjcritiivuu gcoioguioi -UirvltJlll,
were to accompany Mr. King; and Commodore Joucs, if ;
tie eould be spared from the coast, -
'.I Fifty Thousand IeZiir.-.The Director of tiio'Wil- '
mington Rail Road Company haVc passed a rtt-Jution of- j
feeing to -take Stock in the- North Carolina fntraT Kuil I
Rad Company1 to the fmoant of.jrifty Thou aul Dolbrs
provided payment foritcah'be mjdcil tr": j)rtatiJi va
he WilmlhigtsH Iload.
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