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T. B. KlffGSBUBY, Editor. F. & STROTHER, Proprietor," 1 What I Live For.' A live for those who lore tne, ' .Vhosehearta are kind and true; ; For the heaven that amile above mo, And awaits my spirit too ; For all human tiea that bind me ; For the task that Ood assigned me; And the good that I can do. I lire lolcUrn their itory 'j Who've inHcrcd for myisako ; To emulate their glory, i And follow in their wake ; r.arda, patriots, martjri, sages, , The noble of all age, j ( "Whose decda crowd history'i pages, And Time's great volume make. I live to hold communion With all that U divine; i ToTfrel there n a union . 'Twixt Nature's heart and mine ; To profit by affliction, i Iteap truths from field of fiction, (irow wiiT from conviction, And fulfill each grand design. , t I Rrc to hail that season Hjr gifted minds foretold, j Wh-n nen shall live by reason, - ' And not alone by gold; ; ' When man to man united, i And evory wrong thing righted, j The whole world shall be lighted, ; As K den was of old. I I . . ' . . I live for tho3c who love roc, i For those who know me true ; For the heaven that smiles; abOve me, And awaits my spirit top ; I For the cau.e that lacks! assistance, j I For the wrong that needs resistance ; For the future in the distance, And the geod that I cud do. EXTRACTS FROM THE . j Address of the Hon. Edward Everett, M?uveaKi nr,ronrTjiE xew obk statb agriccl- ! i TI'HAL SOCIBTT, OCTOBER 9, 1857. ! ' Hut when science and art have done thoir best for ihe preparation cjf the soil, they have but commenced their operations in the lowest department of griculture.l They have dealt, thus far, only with what We call lifeless nature, though I nppl$JhatwordWith reluctance to the genial bosom of our mother earth, from which every thing' that Terminates draws its life and a J 1 n.u appropriate nounnmcnk tuu, , noweTer, we take a great step upward when, in pursuing the operations of husbandry, we ascend from min 'eral and inorganic nubstancies to vegetable or ganization. We; now enter a new world of pgricultural research; tho myteries of assimi lation, growth and decay of seed-time and bar. rest; the life, the (hvith, arjd the reproduction of the vegetable world. Ilere we fetill need the . light of science, but rather to explore and reveal than to imitate the operations of nature. The skillful agricultural cheraislj can mingle soils and compound fertilizing ph cphntes; but with nllhi apparatus and all his yoml hi power to fabricate rc-nents, it is be- the humblest leaf. lie can give you, to the thousandth part of a grain, the component element of wheat ; he ran mingle those elements in due proportion in hi laboratory but to manufacture a, single kernel, endowed with living, teproductive'power, U as much beyond his skill A3 to create a whole world. ... Vegetable life, therefore; requires a new foursci of ntudy and instruction. The adapta tion of particular plants to particular soils, and meir ireaimeni, op ine one nana, ana, on tlic other, their nutritive powers as food .for man ana inc lower nnimais, the laws or germination ,and growth, the influences of climate, the pos sible range of improvability in cereal grains and fruits are topics of vast importance. The knowledje for the mos part empirical al ready possessed, upon thcsei points, is the ac cumulation of the ages which have elapsed since the foundation of the world, each of which has added to the list its generous fruit, its nutri tive grain, its esculent root, its textile fibre, its brilliant tincture, its spicy bark, its cxhilarat ing juice, its aromatic essence, its fragrant gum its inflammable oil ; some saj long ago that I'he simple gratitude of infant humanity ascribed them .to the gift of the gods, while others have been brought to the knowledge of the civiliz world in the historical period, and others have been presented to mankind, by our own con tincnt. No ono can tell when wheat, barley, rye, oats, millet, apples, pears, arid plumswere first cultivated in Europjs; but cherries and peaches were brought from tho Black Sea and Ternia In the time of the Roman Republic; the culture of i-ilk'was introduced from the East In tho reign of Justinian ; cotton and sugar became extensively used in Europe in the middle nges; maize, tho potato, tobacco cocoa, and the Peru vian bark, are the indigenous growth of this country. Tea and coffee, tnough productions of the Old World, were first .known in Western Europe about two centuries ago; and India rubber and gutta percha, as; useful as any but . the cereals, in our own day. Ttutwithout wandering1 so far for additions entirely novel which may jbQ expected to ' our vegetable stores, 1 can not put regard what may be called organic huhbandry'as one of thet rich est departments of science,' and one which is yet almost wholly in its, infancy. ; What wonders are revealed to us by "the: microscope in the structure aoj germination of the seed the in stinct, bo to aay, of radicle' ind plumule; which bids one seek the ground, and the other shoot upward toward the air; the circulation of the sap, which, examined under a high magnifying power, in a sneculent phinl the Callia, for 'in-! stance resembles flowing streams I of liquid silver a spectacle, in these days ' of " suspen sion, f to make a man's mouth water ; i the curi ous confectionery, that secretes sugar, and gluten, and starch, and oil, and woody ib re, aud flower, and fruit, and leaf, and bark, from the same elements in earth and air, differing ia each differing plant, though standing side by! side in the same soil; in a word, the wonders! and beauties of this annual creation for such: it is-pas miraculous as .that by which sun, and moon, and stars, and earth, and sea, and.manj were first formed by the band of Omnipotence! And who shall limit the progress of science, and its application to the service of man, in this; boundless field? The grafting of , generous fruits on barren stocks is as oM as; Europ.an civilization; but the artificial hybridization! of flowers and fruits is a recent practice, which has already filled our conservatories with the most; beautiful flowers, and our graperies and gardens with the choicest varieties of fruit. ..When rea-i soning man does with science arid skill what has been hitherto left to the winds and the bees,! the most important results may be anticipated.! Modern chemistry has shown that the 'growth. of the plant is not one simple operation, but that different ingredients in the soil, and differ- cnt fertilizing substances, afford the appropriate! nourishment to different portions of the plant This discovery will, no doubt, be of great ini-l portance in the higher operations of horticulture and pomology. .. ! " j. j The culture pf the grapaand the manufacture of wine have already become considerable branches of industry, and afford great scope for the application of chemical knowledge. The , vineyards in the neighborhood of Cincinnati and 1 St. Louis, thrfugh limited in extent j already bear, in other respects, a creditable comparison j with those of Europe. All the processes' of manufacture rival those of the Province j of Champagne and the Rhine, both in integrity and skill a remark which I venture ; to make' from some opportunities of personal j compari son. Time, no doubt, will eventually , bring1 to light a belt of territory probably in the inferior, or in, the western portion of the continent, (for we do not find wine in the eastern poriion of Asia) which will equal the mosi delicate vint ages of Burgundy, Bordeaux, or Xeres. ' I' . ! The insects and vermin injurious to veceta tion present another curious and difficult path ; of inquiry. A very considerable part of every crop of grnin and fruit is planted, not for the mouths of our children, but for tho fly, the cur culio, and the canker-worm, or some other bfj these pests of husbandry. Science has done something, and will no doubt do; more, to alle viate the plague. It has already taught us not to wage equal war on the wheat-fly and the parasite which preys upon it; and it will, per il a rn, eventually persuade those who need the lesson, that a few peas and cherries are well bestowed by way of. dessert on the; cheerful little warblers who turn our gardens into concert-rooms, and do so much to aid us in the warfare against the grubs and caterpillars which form their principal meal. r Agriculture is look inc: aoxiouslv-to science for information on the nature and remedies of the formidable disease which has! of late years destroyed so large a portion of the potato crop. The naturalist who shall solve that problem will stand high amflng the benefactors of his race. Closely connected with this department of Agriculture is another, in which the modern arts have made great progress, and In which in ventive sagacity is still diligently! and success fully employed I refei to agricultural ma chinery, improved implements off husbandry. This is a field in which the creative powers of the mind seem to be at work with Jan activity never before equaled, and which; is likely . to produce more important results in this than in any other country. , The supply of labor in the United States has not kept, pace with the de mand, as it can rarely do in a new country, where strong temptations exist for enterprising attempts in every branch of industry. The stite of things has furnished very powerful in ducements for the" introduction of Tahor-saving machinery and implements, and thq proverbial ingenuity of our countrymen has been turned with great success in that direction. . Tour ex hibition grounds fully justify this remark. Even the good old plough has become almost a new machine in its various novel forms;' and other implements of the most' ingenious contrivance and efficient action have been invented. ; Tho cultivator, the horse-rake, themowing-macbjr.e, the reaper, and the threshing-machine, are daily coming into use in Europe and America, and producing the most important economy of labor, ouccessiul attempts are making by steam.-. It was said long ago to Iwork them ofthe cotton- gin, by Mr. justice Johnson, of the Supreme Court of the United States, that it had doubled the value of the lands in the cotton-growing region ;'and the mowing-machine, the i reaper, and the threshing-machine. are de&tlned, almost to the tame extent, to ahetiate the severest OXFORD, N. C. r 1 t . - - i - v .... i..-. , i , . L hmh m - wrs oi me xarmer s year, a ne iame oi me reaper is not confined to this hemisphere. At the great Exhibition of the Industry pf f all -Na. tions, in Londlon, in 1851 it mjainly contributed to enable American art to hold up her head in the face of the civilized worldi 'r I ! But there ii still another department of agri culture which opens the door' to research of a higher order, and deals with finer elemental mean that wh ch regards the domestic animals attached to the service of manj and ' which are of such inestimable importance" as thet direct partners of hi' labors, as furnishing one of the great articles f his food, and as'a "principal're source for restoring the; exhausted fertility! of the Soil. In the remotest ages of antiquity, into wbich the torci of historyj throws not the faintest gleam f light, a small number selected from the all bait numberless races of the, lower animals, were! adopted by domestication into the family of jnan j So skillfulj and exhaustive was thjs selection, that 3000 yearsof experience, during which Europe -and America! have been settled by civi ized races of merj, have not add ed tQ the numper. j It is somewhat humbling' to the pride of our rational nature to consider how much Of OUr Civilization rp.stW oh fbis T'nrtniF ship4hov; helpless we should be, deprived of the horse, the px; the cow, the sheep, the'swihe, the goat, the ss, the reindeer, Xhe dog, the cat, and j the various kinds of poultry. In the warmer rcgior s this list is enlarged by the lamjj, the elep lant, and the camei the: latter of which, it is jnotiinlikely, will be extensively introduced in our own southern, region. ! It may be slid of this subject, as of that to whichT'have qlreadyjalluded that it is a science of jtself. ' No jaranch; of husbandry hasj within the last centuijy, engaged more! of the attention of farmers,. theoretical and practical, than the improvement or tne oreca ot domestic animals, and yi none pejrhaps jha5 the attention thus be stowed been bletterf repaid. ByLjudicious selec tion and mixtures of the parenlt stock, and by intelligence and cafe in the training and nourish ing of the young animals, the improved breeds of the present day differ probably' almost ? as much from! thejir predecessors"a1 hundred years ago, as we may suppose the entire races of do mesticated anifnals do from the wild stocks from whicli they are! descended, j ' There is no reason to suppose that the iut most! limit of improvement has ;been reached in this direction. Deriving our improved' animals as we generally do from Europe that is, from a climate differjing materially from our own it is not unlikelyUhat, in the Uapse of time, ex porimce will,lad to the production of a class of animals betjer adapted tcj the pi culiarities ot our seasons tlmn any of the-transatlantic varie ties as they ndw exist. ; The bare! repetition of the word?, drajftj speed, endurance, meat, milk. butter, cheese) and wool, will suggest the st importance of icontinued experiments on : tjliis subject, guided by all the lights of physiological science. i , i . . iTO BE COXTIKUED. I ' 'I ' : Marvellous Storv. Orance towjnship. in the ! soilth-western cor ner of Hancoqk county, joining Hardin ion the north-west, sopie hve miles from Johnstown in: this county says the Ken top (Ohio) Repub lican of March 5th, has recently been made the fayoited locality of one of thjOe!remgrkahle visU tations which the people have learned to regard as very "tew "and far between ;? an angel's vis it.! Sometime in August last,ja bright and in tellig'ent little - girl, aged five years," the dauirh ter of Mr. fhnlrles, who resides in the locality described, whije playing near!the ;welljiri the yard, about th noon of the day, seemed to dis cern somethirjg high up- i in the air, aiicf de scending toward her. The attention b the child was so nrach drawn ;to the object that hor gaze became riveted upon it, and as it drew nearer, she wa j observed to make frequent at tempts to reach it with her hands, and; fprm a closef acquaintance Vith the strange visitant. jWjhen the mother of thi chHd was called to - the scene, the little; girl informed her 'that she was in the presence' of an; Angel ; that ?hj talk ed with it; that it had made communications to her; and furthermore,' gave a description 'of ot it, ' according in every particular with .the generally received impression of the a ppear ance of these messengers from above. , To sat isfy herself thai there could be no delusion in j j . - j ' j . , . j i the matter, thel mother entered into conversa tion with the stranger, and aftef being satisfied with the reailtj? of the interview after having seen. and talJcedhciih (he Angel foci toface-znd after jreceivirigj information from it of the pre cise time when' her own death jwould occur-J she retired from the spot, taking her little girl with her, a id' the "AngpV wivQ its bright ; wings, returnee Heavenward. i5 ( Then the - mother and ;the child were alone, they talked frebly of what! the had seen and heard, and thel moth erVmadniess' wai made deeper by the jartless story of thV child, who said . that J'the j Angel told i her she would die just two months from the time fwhU she first fiaw it, precisely; at" twelve o'clock and. twenty five minutes; that the "would be three days fn dying.; that her dealh would beuollke thai of others; that, her friends would suppose her to APRIL 1, 185! be in a trance . that her eves would not W clased ; that her funeral would be preached in three weeks after, in the new achooi-house of the neighborhood, by a man whom t t02e the r with his horse and buggyi she described and that her friends would have difficult inlprocu- lftg tne nonse Tor the occasion." 1 jj "The mother kept the sad secret to herself. end waited for the appointed time, hopinir that all might yet go well with her and; hers, and not caring to be reckoned as one who would at tempt to revive tliej defunQt! doctrine of spirit ualism, ! But with the time; came the terrible blow. for her Three days before' the time predicted death, the little cirl.fell upon the floor: from ; thence she was taken to bed, and at the hour and - minute foretold, on 1 the third dav.1 breathed her last. Her eyes remained open! after death ,nd could not be closed. ! Friends,1 supposing ner to De entranced, madeany ana vain efforts to restore her to life. A few days ' ''I- I i 1 J J:-... . - : . - i : ! i - , li after her, burial as Itev. H iPi Darst wals-pass-j nirbv that wav: a friend of Mrs. Charles! called to him, and requested him to tarry awhile and preach the little girl's funeral sermon.- ! J n Kevei end gentleman excused Inmsejf on the ground of having . priori engagements, but promised to do so in a short .time. His person and equipments corresponded in the- most mi nute particulars with' the prophetic description and when he did return to redeem his promise, the workmen who had buijt the new! school house, having al ion upon.it,; refused to let it be opened for the funeral service ; but subsequent ly they gave up the key, and the sermon was preached at the exact time and place pre dieted' The bereaved mother intended that the know ledge of these prophecies and their fulfilments f should go out of time with her, but recently. the secresy bearing more crushinglyinpon her, she determined to reveal the whole matter, and in accordance with this determination, one day last week, she sent for John Latimore, Esq.",: and Samuel "Wood, one of our County Commis sioners.i and to them gave the particulars, the most prominent of which we have given ; i - ' The gentlemen named are among the oldest' most respectable, and influential citizens of our county, and their known character is! sufficient guaranty that they , would not favor a I wrong action, Or in any way assist in giving publicity to a story, as to the iru hi vi wuicti vney nau a reasonable; doubt. These? gentlemen, We ur derstand, have taken down ,the facts,! as; Mr. Charles! related them, for the purpose of giving: them to the public in pamphlet form. They both bear testimony to the good character! and standing of the ladvt who makes the. revplatinrf p . v u . . , . . - ? . and would regard anything ioming from her as ? 1 1 .1 a - i : I , : i eniiueu: lu creuiu ft Thrilling Scene. Mr. Thomas Kingston, who for several years has followed the business of putting up lishtnt ing rods, which, of course, requires nerves and a firm brain, met with an accident recently ; hut for the most singular presence of mind, or rather: supernatural instinct, he would have fallen from a dizzy height, and beerf dashed to pieces. ' He is Over chimneys, and compelled to. climb . roofs up spires, and fi a rod, with perfect coolness and. precision, hundreds of feet above the level of the' earth, j I f ' On the occasion to which We refer, Mr.! Ki had ascended St. Paul's Cathedral, whose. spire I is about two hundred and thirty-five feet hirhl - ' i - i s j .... -i-- r i i . P.; near the head' of Broadway, and gone to the very top, Avhere, haying left his ladder "below! he cluner by his arms and lers. fastfinpd th In r4 t - ' ' t : . ii - - - i: -.. . . 1 f foot; of the rod and attached its! point -quite a Hlc-Vr u "icuii -securely, as ne supposeaj to the cross surmounting the steeple. He had! just completed this difficult and dangerous task, watched by a number of persons in the street below, and while' looking at the work' and ex periencing that satisfaction, which results from hazard passed and labor accomplished," of a sudden something heavy struck him and 'made his brain reel until he could hardly 'see'. In stead of. losing his1 hold at once, as would seem to have been the natural and. inevitable result, he clung with a power beyond himself and : a! wiil superior to his own, closer arid instinctively to the spire. . He knew not what had occurred', and to his confused senses it appeared that the- steeple was tumbling, or that some cause was about to bring the vast structure tc the ground Some jforty seconds W age to him must have elapsed before he sufficiently collected' hi3 scattered thoughts and subverted conscious ness to know that the entire upper part! of - the rod had lallen upon his head, causing the blood to trickle over his forehead, nnd nearly Minding him. He was in a dreadful perplexity and mpst dangerous position. , He feared, if he moved, he would go cleaving the air to a terrible death upon the stony street below-f-and at the same I time ne Knew he could not," in' the disordered state of bis nerves, arid his increasing weakness, retain his grasp, more the result'of fate! than of feeling much longer.! If he . tirred . he might fall j if he remained he certainly, would j and so, determined to make at least an effort for his life, he puff one foot forwardyecxtlouslW then his arias and then moved, the other foot j and aiter half a r&mute id lexertion," and the ' - r i ; . ! . "- . - i . - , i 9 "! " t- - ; 1 j f greatest danger, he touched the, topmost, round of the ladder, and in a few) seconds' more was inside of the steepljE and safe. . Then it was that Mr. K'i great couragt and strength forsook bin ; hi3 nerves and muscles relaxed; he grew si :k unto death; his -J knees gave way j hi3 vision swam, and he sank! upon the platform moticaless aod insensible "He must have lain there half an hour before" be ould rise and walk, and he did not recover from the shock for nVore jthan a fortnight! after- ward. . ;. The people gazing "up at him from the street t describe the scene as painful and exeitin in ihe extreme. Whea" the v observed tlifl rcA fall 1 i ! w f a thrill pf horror rap through their hearts, and two women swooned away, for they expected to behold him the nextj momei.t dashed to pieces at their feet. Destiny had ordered otherwise, and Mr. K. still purpura Lis dangerous avqea tion; but he says if he were'to live a thousand years he. never would forget the intense horror, of those century-like moments, when he seemed to hang upon the air more .than two hundred feet above the earth!, and to be momentarily descending to adreidfuljleath. Ciu.Enn. ' 7-. I 1 i I ii . m i: - It L f The following beajutiful production, was writ ten several years sinceby our friend and towns man Pott T. TT WHa' .1 li f ' . L If , "yT?, ""Me, una was nrst puDiisucu in the Richmond Christian I Advocate. It has since' frequently appeared in the eadin? literarv journals ot this country and Europe : but with out doing ; its authot the iustice to affix- his - !.:?! 1 i K m - name. Y e again give it to our readers as one ol those literary gems, .the beauty and applicai uonoi wmcn, time does not abate : Ed. of Leisure Hour...- i . - Once, "Did you ever attend the theatre?" said a young man to?a blue eyed maiden, who hung on his arm as they promenaded the streets of New York, one mild evening in'.October. The girl's cheek crimsoned, as she answered the interroga- tory in the negative, and added: "My mother has taught me from childhood that it is wrong to attend such placjea,"- "But your mother formed perhaps, improper prejudices, from exaggerated accounts iriven bv others; for I have often heard her say she never 1 attended One inher life.'? i! 1 ; ! ! ' He spoke eloquently of the! drama corned v. and tragedy, and dwelt with pathos on the im- portarft lessons there to be learned of human nature. "Go with me oncel" said he, 'and judge for yourself.", -ti . . Persuasion and curiosity L triumphed over maternal precept arid j examplej as she hesi-! ' ."I'll go but once.' - She went, and! in that ! tbfafrn a -.V, y . 1 T i w w LLt. vauiCi over her like that which the serpent sent forth' irom his dove like eye. She wenti aain and! from that house of nkirth and laughter she was led to one. from the portals of which she never returned.!.;. . A 1. t : H : i :.' Around a centre-table where an astral lampi was Bueuuicg us mi holding in her hand i j j : - i --ii d light sat three girls, one a pack! of cards. At the back.of her chair stood a young man who for years had successfully resisted every effort made by his companions to induce him to learn the characters of cards. - "Come," said she, :i "we want one to make our gamei Play with uk once, ' if you i never play aain. . Her eye,'cheek and lip conspired to form an eloquent battery, which sent forth its attack upon the fortress of good resolutions, lii which he had long stood, secure, until it: fell like . the walls of an ancient 6hj when jarred by the fear ful battering-ram;. - Ie( learned the 4 cards and playel. A few weeks afterwards I was passing I" ' uuu'i f"iu vauute was siieudf ing its dim light, through the j window. SincO that time as looking from my chamber, nearly every hour of.the night, !from the close of day tin eany, porn, have seen the light faintly struggling through the eurtains .that screened the inmates of that room form every eye; save His who seeth alikelh darkness 'and noonday Gaming, brought with it disease, and death 4 came just as ne had kiumbered the' half of his three! score years and tenJ. i During his : last I hours I was sitting by uubiue wuen ne fixed on me a look-1 shall - never fartret. and bade me? listen to hist dying words. I am; butit is now tdo late. : I am 'convinced that there is a state of beinsr bevond tb and when I think of die retribution which awaits me in another, worldi I. feel, a ; horror which' language t3 idadequktej tbf descriteV' These were among the last Words he ever ritipia t : The junior class of a Southern college had assembled in a student's room to snpnrl fvJ night in riot and debauch. ; Amid the "crowd was one who had never recited a bad: lesson siuce ilia maincuiauun In his studies he. was ''head arid , shoulders? above the classi That day he had . failed. A shade I of the deepest gloom, came over himl and he was melancholr.' iat the wine and jest passed round while he felt: use iiucuer in bden, where i all was joy and ! gladness around him. is Said a classmate v! .''Conie Bob, quaff this bumper, and ' make yoa feel bright ks a iermk,& lampJ i: VOL.. 1 UNO. 8. I Theraptej whisperrfl ia his ear, Driak le seemed to going n hU mind (or a women, but at last be fllently shook his head, and retiring fjom the toomf gave Tent to a Sjood of tears. ; H . . I ThAt by ncfer dranki-not tt. ipek the valedartory, ani b now preaideatf J Onc Oh!'on this sleUr point hath turned r or wo e destiny of a deathless .pirit. Gar paused putoncec the banks of the V - r Puse Uke that which ature!makeshen gathering her elemenU fbr the dread tornada Evejate of the forbidden mt but once, knd her cf iinUcu posterity have fI.tthej fearful Consequences resulting from so j j rfncmoer once. 1 m m . : j A Sad Honeymoon- t I Charles Albaugh was recently tried, conric d a"d 6entenf i" Ckjretand, Ohio, for rob ftmg.the mail. The Uulfambus (Ohio) Garette , s : i ; , , ' - Charles Albaugh is on twenty years of ge, -nd the events of the pat few month. wiHfiU n important dhaptc-r infhU life's hudory. - On f hnamas d.y be elopd with hU Undlord'.' aughter, a MiS9 Gernkn, in her sixteenth car, went to 4lexandria Pa and was married. n ?Q'urt was o keep the affair secret, but it was dijcpvercd byjhe girl'a parent, who tre highly incensed at tfieir daughter's impra qince. - ; - - -1 - - pOn the 28th of Jannay,:Mr. Prentiss, TJ. S. pail agent, arrested Albu2h upon a charge of robbing the majl. U w taken to Cleveland, fa-ied, convicted and sentenced before th TT q yourtand updn reaching Cardington, on his way to the Peitentiary,the young wife came aboard the cari to bid farewell to hip ia.s- ... ' w' w husband. Thc meeting Las a painfully aflect ing one. She pegged hi! to keen nn him its. to make a frm resolvl to do his whole duty one vcjea to stick to hloi, though all the est of the workTshonld fmV. him, for, said she 4harley, we are both young we hare years If happiness la store for us, ana wneh your time has expired, we' can 4 go to some other land where the offence will noi oe .Known, (where .we jean live happily toge ther and earn an honest lfvollhn.1 The' poor girl hervej herself to the taV ihd as she wiped the ears away from the cheeks of her joung huspand she neier whim- rThe car wasjfull of paiscngers, who witness ed the scene with tearful emotion. The mn. 1 kductbr, who at sthe request of the officers, had wnuiyj aeiaveq a few foments to give the youn? couple "an opportdnity of meeting each other, at last notified thrn that he could de lay no; longer, ond the' whistle gave notice that the cars were about starjing "Keep up your courage like a man, Chajley," said the fair he roine, and as she kissedinis check, hc" turned to leavehim But overpojvered by her feelings, that she had thus kept tinder control, she fell fainting in the inns of the bystanders, who car ried'her gently into the Itation house, and the (jars rolled the rails; wih increased speed to make up for the defention.w . - ' . i -- i - ( - r, - . x Iiamartuie on the Eligioa of Eevoln- itionary'tEfeiL- t ' r knowfl sigh wheri think of it-that hith- erto the French people hve been the least reli gious of all the; nations of Europe. Is it be cause 'the idea j)f God which arises' from all the evidences of nature, end from the depth" of reflection beilg the profoondjest and .weighti est idea of whic;h human intelligence' is cap-' .-v s. .vuiu uuu lycuig iuc uiUay rapid, but the most supcrlicial, the lightest, the most nnreflective of all JSuropean races this mind has not tlje force apd severity necessary to carry far am$ long the greatest conception of ' the human understanding? I ; ; . Js it because our goveriiments have always taken jupon 'themselves tc think for us? Is it because we are and have Seen a military people, a" soldier nation, led by kmga, heroes, and am-' bitious men, from battle-field" to battle-field. . making conquests and fever keeping,;them, ".""facl uaufiig, auu . uormpung .Europe ; arid bringing hotie the manners, vices, kl.Mr i:.i.t..,.. a . utoitii, iiuvucjss, auu. liepJClJ Ol Uic Camp 10 the fireside of the people i - A r;l know not, bnt certainit is that the J nation has an immense progress Jtb riiake in' serioui thought if she wishes to b$ free. . Jf we look at . the characters, comparedjas, regards religious sentiments, of . ihe great nations of Europe, America,, even A sia, the 'advantage is ; not for us... The creat men of onf connrrr Iir tm Al j., z, s : . -v - --"- forgetting completely the inly idea' for which it is worth Jiving and; dying they live and "die looking at the spectator, oat most at posterity. ilia. ViltnTT ftf A mSn'n. - L!. i ' - f w-i - . ill-LUtj Ol England, and the history cf France read the great lives, the great' deal W the martvrdom'.: w . , - - - , j r r the-great words at the -holr when" the rnlinT thought oiiife reveals itself in the last words of dying---rnd compareT 1 r ,V-.- TVashirigton and Franklin fough spoke,' sdf- Jt win fered,' always in the-namefof Godr' Jti'thc- ait'ed i and tleTibefltor ot-Ai for whom merica died rr ? .! r - - v . !. 1 i. i .v. ir' k i -V' c t
The Leisure Hour (Oxford, N.C.)
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April 1, 1858, edition 1
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