Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1855-09-18

              '( i, ' ; r r 1 .'.it'; . OFFICE South-west end ) ' Kremlin Blook, 2d Floor, j" IF A FREE THOUGHT SEEK EXPRESSION, SPEAK IT BOLDLY SPEAK IT ALL." ( TEEM8-42 00 per Annum if paid in AdunoB. VOL. 1. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1855. NO. 44, r, TUB MOUNT VERXON REPUBLICAN u pusmsuid EVE R Y TUESDAY. MORNING, SYTHE "Republican Printing Company," ' Incorporated under tin General Law. TERMS. In Advance $2,00; within tlx mouths, t2,25i after the expiration of nix mouths, 3,&l)j after the end of the year, $3 00, Subscriber! in town, receiving their papers by carrier, will be charged 12 ceuU additional.Oluba often, $1,75 to be paid invariably in advance. All communication for the paper and Dual-neat letter should be addreswd to WM. H. COCHRAN. Secretary of the Republican Printing Co. Selected Fruit and Flowers. When God first framed this world of our. For beauty and for love, Eiich attribute would try it power, Its varied skill would prove. All. all, but Mercy had a share, And she stood silent by, Gating upon the work so fair, With earnest, longing eye. 'J The Father saw her darling face, And read her wishes too, And said, " It is a sinless place, What is there you can do 1" She quickly sent her searching eye Through our earth's fresh green bowers. Then murmured, with a gentle sigh, " There's neither fruit uor flowers." A smile the wished commission gave, Then swift as light she flew, Her wings of violet to lave In Eden's moruing dew. Up rose the sun j but what a sight Met his admiring gaze The bursting buds speak their delight Through tints of richest hue. The flowers on every side look up With wonder to the sky; While nestled in each tiny cup, Fruit germs lay lovingly. New songs were borne upon the brzeee, New joy earth's dwellers feel: For e'en the birds and humming bees, ; Their bliss cannot conceal. But when this happiness to spoil, The monster Sin appeared, Thistles and thorns irom out the soil Their heads a quickly reared. Then Mercy wept, for well she knew, She had no power to stay ' The curse that man upon him drew, : By leaving wisdom a way. . ,,-' . . But still her work she might pursue, And soften his sad hours-Choice fruit upon the rough thorn grew, Upon the thistles, flower. From the Cleveland Leader. Childhood. Oh 1 give rpe bark mv childhood' day, My childhood' happy hours, The nuuhiiie of my early home, That sunny home of our. My father's voice of tenderness, . Ny mother's fond embrace, My sister's smile of sweetness. My brother' happy face. When hope was never blighted, When love was never crossed, And the heart ne'er bowed in sadness, To weep an Idol lost. When sleep was ever tranquil, And dreams were ever fair ; When life ne'er knew a sorrow, Nor the young heart felt a care. When earth I dreamt an Eden, Of ever blooming flowers, Nor thought the coming future , Would fade its roy bowers. Oh I life' pure stream of happiness , Flowed full in days agooe, And time ne'er breathed a discord On the music of it song. Then give me back my childhood's days, My childhood' happy hour, The sunshine of my early home. That sunny home of ours, For life's chalice is a mixture Of pleasure and of pain. And the joys that are ours in childhood Are never ours again. M. M. L, -X . " v' Tm Whole Bcbinrss of Life. The a-' v miable and gifted Jane Taylor, the last - time she took up her pen, (it was on the 3ay proceeding her death,) wrote as fol- , j low : "0, my dear friends, if you knew . what thoughts I have now, you would see I, as i ao, mac tne wnoia Dusiaess oi me is preparation for death. How much time is spent in preparing to live I How little in preparing to die 1 1 .-.. Would men but spend as much time in , preparing to die, as they spend preparing ft to lire, the physical agonies of death would . not so frequently be heightened by the ag-'' otiies of dispair. "The whole business of life is to prepare i for death." Thousands of death-beds j death-beds of rejoicing, and death beds of despair have borne witness to this truth. I The reader will bear witness to it per- hap at an early day. . In view of this truth, this very day . .". should be spent in- preparing to die. Our . chief attention should this day be riven to those things which shall prepare us for , . the closing of life. In the same manner should all our coming day be spent. Such a course would not render life a ' dreary waste. Far Irom it. That man is best prepared to enjoy life who is best prepared to leave it. -. - It is a mounuul thought that, in all prob-; ability, some reader of these lilies will meet , death without being prepared for its dread realiiles. - JHT Philosop hers say that shutting the eyes makes the sense of hearing' more ao-cute. May not this' account for the many closed eyes that we see in church every 8 Sunday f ; ' .. , i3T Thoughts and theory unit precede all aotion that moves to salutary pnrposes, yet action is nobler in. itself tban either thought or theory. . . , . ( ., Important Hews From Kansas. What the Kama Legislature ha Done, Adjournment of the Kamai Legislature fro Slavery Convention and Nomination ' of Geo, WkitrfeldThe Misiouri Sen-atorthipCol. Benton's Chancet. The excellent Kunsas correspondent of the Mo. Republican thus sums up the doings of the "Kansas Legislature ;" At least 60 territorial road have been established this season. The expense of locating, marking out and constructing them will be paid by the counties through which they pass. The taxation, I should think, will be heavy in the territory for everal years to come. This evil, howev- er, is compensated by the superior advantages for making fortunes rapidly that early settlers enjoy over latter day emigrants. mere are no usury laws to Kansas. No Free Soiler, unless he take an oath to support the fugitive slave law, andKansas-Nebraska bill, can hold any office of profit or honor in this territory. He can not be a Councillor, lu-presentative, Ser geant at arms, Doorkeeper of the Assem bly, Public Printer, Clerk to the Legislature, County Commissioner, Probate Judge, Sheriff, Militia Officer, Lawyer, Public Notary, or, if challenged, a voter I In the marriage act, as it originally stood, there was a clause prohibiting any clergyman irom uuiuns mo sties iu iue -nuiy uauus of wedlock, ' unless he first took an of.th to support the fugitive slave law and he orgitnio act. It was suspected that if this provision was executed, there would be an increase in the "natural" baby population of the Prairie Paradise Territory. Common schools have been established. Death penalties have been enacted for all attempts to interfere with slave property as decoying negroes from their masters, tc, The promulgation of abolition, or free soil opinions is to be punished by two years imprisonment with hard labor at the Penitentiary, after October 1st. Common law has been established in thjs territory. About two hundred and fifty acts have been passed this session. vFrom fifteen to twenty ferries have been chartered. The Louisinna married woman's rights bill was rejected by the Council, in consequence of the House amendment, exempt ing householders to the amount of 91000 real estate, and 8500 in personal estate. Fifty bills passed by the Assembly can not become laws because there is no time to enroll them. On the 29th of August there was a pro Kansas House of Kepresentatives. Two.:'" ' "" h,irH nH fifW nprsnna wr nrnt .! " ordinary feelings of humanity. For .. .. .v r. --- r .-- object of the Convention was to nominate a candidate for delegate to Uongress Irom Kansas. Oen. Whitefield, the present del- gate, was nominated. Ihe Missouri Democrat says that this was a "Know Nothing pro-slavery nomination. He, (Uen. W. was lormny a Benton uemocrai, out wiien a . n . n Al.rhienn Ar. Pn hfwnma Knnv Nnl.hinira he, after some hesitation, concluded to go t ... .i mi in n along with them, ine Missouri democrat says that if be had remained true to the - Democratio nrinciDles he was avoruel in Demouratio Convention which is soon to assemble, and which will of course nominate a candidate in opposition to him. Tbe correspondent of the Mo. Democrat writes, that during the Cooventien : " Ex-Gov. Reeder appeared in sight at one part ot the out-door proceedings. Ironical cheers greeted him. Three or four delegates shouted aloud, " let's hang him." Hn walked nn as cnlmlv na n mun does when he is gabbled at by half-a-dozen Deese o - . . Ou the night of August 30th, a band of drunken delegates paraded through i Westnort. shoutino: " Border ruffians." i and giving "three cheers for Whitfield." a o TBI CLOSING SCENES. Of the Legislature were decidedly rich and characteristic. In the House, a reso- uiion was reported, requiring tbe Presi- dent nl t ih I nunr.i to lurnis i a riPmiuthn of brandy for the use of tbe members. , . the members of the House of Repre.enla- tivea furnish twpntv nenUfiach. tn hnv two' quarts of red eye for the use of the mem- bera of the Council as the old fooiea of that body only drank whisky, and never weakness ineywiti return irom a jour-that, unless trebled by the members of the ' ney, and greet their families with a dis-House of Representatives. This was J tant dignity, and move among their chil-adopted and the twenty cent tax levied. dren with the cold and lofty splendor of an But cigar were purchased instead of iceberg, surrounded by its fragments. whisky. I There is hardly a more unnatural sight on Under date of August 31st, the Demo- earth than one of these families without a crat's correspondent writes : I h6'' A father had better extinguish a Bv a law iiiat nassed the House will have boy's eyes than take away his heart. Who thirty members next session. The extra- session, if one be called, will most proba bly meet at Leavenworth. Three universities have been established near Lecompte, at fort bcott and Leavenworth, and a Medical College at the Capital, , All the members except two, who have accepted offices, have left the Mission, and nearly all have departed homeward from Kansas. Additional enrolling clerks were engaged yesterday, and every bill passed was signed Woodson, Secretary of the Territory, being acting Uovernor in the interval be tween the removal of Reeder and the ar rival of Shannon, signed the bills as Gov ernor. Thus the removal of Reeder has answered the purpose of Stringfellow perfectly. , OEN. WHITEFIELD S SPEECH TO THE CONVEN TION. Is fully reported in the Democrat. It is in some respects insignifioant. He relumed his thanks, and thus defined his position : rviinout any egotism, permit me to inform you, that I made the first Pro Slavery speech in the Territory of Kansas; and perhaps, sirs, there is no man in the Ter ritory of Kansas that feels more interest in establishing 8lavery io this Territory permanently, than I do, and believe me, sirs, that nothing shall be left undone on my part to secure a triumph for, that party whose object is to plaut . Southern institutions in Kansas. When announced as a sndid4 on a previous occasion, I asked for a platform to be made for me, and I would have done sq now if I had had an opportunity. Circumstances and times have changed some Bince my last election If you place upon me the responsibility or the lorumtion of a platform, gentlemen, you may rest certain that the enemy will be met on the square with only two is sues" Slavery" and " no Slavery ;" and that I will allow no other thing whatever to distract the settlement of this question I cannot, however, denounce every man irom the JNortli as an abolitionist. We can recognise but two parties in the Territory the Pro-Slavery and the anti-Slavery parties. If the oitlzens of Kansas want to live id this community in peace and feel at home they must become Pro-Slavery men , but if they want to live with gangs of thieves and robbers they must go with the abolition party. There can be no third party no more than two issues slavery and no slavery io Kansas Territory.No one can complain of ambiguity in that. The facts are fairly stated, and the issue bluntly made. Let us see how the Democracy will meet it. STRINOFILLOW'S SPEECH BEFORE TBI CONVENTION.Dr. Stringfellow pleaded, in his usual dirent, plain, and flatlbokd fashion, for the adopiion, by the pro-Slavery party, of old Hickory s defiant sentence to south Uaro- , ,i. j complimented the audience by uttering a - bul,Lrendered g0 bv lne ttb'd gvnonibme for tout introduced and disseminated by the New-York Tribune by saying that he never saw a convention who had more backbone in their faces than the present. He said that by executing the laws passed by the. Legislature, every free soiler who had any self respect would be driven from the Territory ; for no man with the spirit of a gentleman would slay in a country where the expression of his opinions was forbidden by legal enactments. The Christian a Real Gentleman. A Jewish traveler on his way to Jericho was overtaken by a gang of highwaymen, who sprang upon him and stripped him of his raiment, wounded him, and left him half dead. Presently a certain Driest came that way crntlMman But from some urgency in his ..rranrf n- fnr mn rnKhia iHiirrnn of feeling, he passes by and leaves the wretched sufferer to groan on unrelieved. ' a . .. Another traveler comes in sight. He is a Levite He comes up to the spot where the blood is tnnckling out upon the crim- 1 without a sinirle word of condolence : i - ithnnt a .n,rl w..rH f ..ni. . that we read of, the heartless hypocrite hurried on his way. But at length that good Samaritan, whose name has become a Diessed synouyme for beneficence to this day comes up. That the Samaritan possessed the real substratum of politeness, a tClMLtPtttl .H Un(l. VMU VO Hlir lA hurl " .V": wuic, jlio tuiguu unvc K.rci duiuo uuej iu b" lewh ihe wounded man to the . I II II linH Vwf. nnt. houA noon lanlrim lit Lrinrl J . ,' , e ee,,DS' -o ineman so mrea migiit have lle'ltcd lhe unhappy sufferer rudely and pours oil into h,s wounds. He gently hfts me poor Jew upon ins own beast, and per- hnvS walks besfde him all tbe way , and on the morrow wheu he leaves the ini, he does not put the money to pay his bill into the wounded man's own hand. That might have touched the sutferer'e pride ; it was i.n,.,,.,h ... mn..AuA .n ii;lmi. .i(i.( k..7. hi. fii... ,J .i... aiuviiig nig sy viisia nvuuutu kvi aj vuw Saoiaratin very delicately pays the two 8ui'ling3 " 'he host, and .ays" Whatso- lUUU DUUIUVO. UtViO, IT licit JL UVIUIO t ;n u.,., xr u "Som "vj v Di0ie courtesy, tieie was a true gentle- maD 1 here was kindness of heart, and also kindness of manner These two thinua also Kindness ot manner, luese wo things made up Christian politeness. The Prince- u... :.i .j i r. i was himself no unhappy illustrator of life,) was fully satisfied nearly two thous and var. anhvaman .hn nnri.r.lnod that I ..: V - i i c i ji ! Illlll .PIlHMIi HUW U 1 1 1 1 1 11MM I1F riMUTL U lllll IV expressed." "' ' '' Hons Mannkr8. We sometimes meet mett wuo 8eem 10 l"lnlt tllal an7 ln" dulgence in an affectionate feeling is a' that has experienced tbe joys of friendship, al,d values sympathy and affection, would not rather lose all that is beautiful in nature's scenery, than be robbed of the hidden; treasures of his heart f Cherish then vour heart s best aneotion. indulge in ' the warm and gushing motions of filial, pa rental and fraternal love. Ihink it not a weakness. God is love. Love God, every body, and every thing that is lovely. Teach your children to love; to love the rose, the robin ; to love their parents ; to love their God. Let it be studied objects of their domestio culture, . to give them warm hearts, ardent affections. , Bind your family together by those strong cords. You cannot make them too strong. Religion is love ; love to God, to man." Dr. Ball's Medical Journal. , , ... ' Puis Preaohino. Bernard, preaching-one day very scholastically, tbe learned thanked him but not tbe godly ; but when, another day, he preached plainly, the good people eame blessing God for bim, and gave him many thanks, which some scholars wondered at. " Ah," said he, "yes terday I preached Bernard, but to-day I preach Christ. - It is not learning but teaching not the wisdom of words, but the evidence and demonstration of the Spir it, that is welcome to the sainU..'. ... i. v : i m ii i ' ' jyWhen Is money damp? When it that ... h,r MWa H U. i;t.lree Slate, with the Maine Prohibitory From tho Christian Preis, Letters from Kansas. No. V. . Topee.; Kansas Ter. June 23, '55. Y- r ww brother mason : nor a montn, or more, we have had frequent, and, at times, violent rain storms, t have taken this time, i. e. the rainy season, to erect my nouse, and remove my lamiiy into it, which, together with a few days of illness, from dysentery, has prevented me from travel ing, with the exception of one short route among the settlers on theprairies, South of nere. cut I hare arranged to recommence travelling and tract distribution next week, and hope, ere the season closes, to visit all the important settlement! in the Territory, On my recent return route, I came over the grand and magnificent " Washington' and "Webster" Mounds, 7 and 5 miles from Topeka, the former, the most beauti ful and symmetrical mound that I have yet eeen ; its length is about 100 rods, mean breadth about SO rods, height 200 leet, its apex it! perlectly level. The Web ster Mound is 600 or more feet in height, and resembles a large, impregnable for tress, with ramparts and bastions arranged tor three tiers ot cannon, that command the country for miles around. , It can be plainly seen at Lawrence, 25 miles distant, in a clear day Topeka has now a steam saw-mill in operation, a shingle machine, brick-yard, two stores, two pioneer hotels, blacksmith shop, tin shop, and shoe 6bop, and priming office is being built, from which, early next month will be commenced "The Kansas 1 reeman, edited by bdward C, R. Qarvey Si Co., late of Milwaukie, Wis., a weekly Free Soil paper, at $2,00 per annum. 1 also learn Irom the last Kansas Tribune, that another Free Slate DRDer is about being started at Leavenworth ; thus while the Missouri i ire Waters, and Mobo crats are threatening to destroy every Free State press in the Territory, new ones are being established at different points. The Manhattan Company, who came in their own boat, from Cincinnati, have located their city on the banks ot the Big Blue. They brought with them about 15 frame buildings, and a printing press. I learn that they also are in favor of Kansas being a Free State. I he great political questions of this Ter I re. n ln? " . Kansas to oe a . .i vr .i L'quor Law and on the other, Slavery and free whisky, for this " Garden of America. KunSAA la t.ha IVimoa nl A manna unrl Lawrence city is its Sevastopol, here is the great battle field between Freedom and Slavery ; but there is one striking difference oelwee e invasion oi tne aasiern wi- , maintain its indenpnder.ee unrl trpt ?.!maln!tam. 't8 '"dependence, and treat "Jeir prisoners, ana me wounaea oi tne enemy with humanity and kindness ; but the latter are a band of Bucaneers, who came to rob a free people of their dearest inheritance, Lioertt, and make them tools for Slaver; they robbed some of their houses, others of their own lands, and burned up their dwellings ; they threaten to expel every friend of Freedom from the - ' . , . . Territory ; but they will find that a hard and a risky one for themselves, as milv r nrenrprl in o-iv thsm a ..m if tU underlake it Tbe mo reRePllon " mty unoertane it. tie mob- TJZl T, 7, AT J TT a.' Kansa? owned bJ th? .Bo8- t0Pn 1Em,grant c?mPn7 ; the citizens of ,tl?at.01ty organized to protect the Hotel ndHmmates, fully determined that these f s should not disgrace that, ci y as 'hey had their own locality, and Parkville. and every individual of these rowdies ? every individual ot these rowdies was fined fifty dollars each. Nine of the ringleaders of tbe band that, seized Phillips at Leavenworth and took bim over into Missouri, where they tarred and feathered him, havo themselves been seized, nnd bound over in the sum of two hundred dollars cuu" vu luo wuw,uo' lc,lu UI vuo v-uurt, fc fa d Lgjvenworth : several of them . are lawyers. . Sinnn tliA raina hpcran. i.nn natural anH S" , m VP ' , u . cuUivatedvegeUb le .have grown with mat "pidlty Com IS the great Staple of h.S setwuii, oi wuiuu kwuiv uuttuuiv uaa - been planted, and pro nises a large yield. The pro-Slaveryites of Johnson County, Missouri, have recently held a mass meet ing, and passed a resolution to expel eve- ry person from that county, who is not pro-Slavery. Missouri has unmasked the cloven foot of Slavery, and is holding up to tbe world its true character, demonstrating the great truth of Wesley's estimate of it, that " Slavery it the turn of all vil-laniet." - , It is an old and true maxim that, " to know the disease, is half the cure." The Missouri mobocrats are exibiiing to the world the black monster Slavery, in all its paked deformity ; and they are thus rapidly laying the foundation for the total destruction of the monster. I recently saw a wealthy farmer, an emigrant into this Territory from Harrison County, Missouri, who is a strong Anti-Slavery man ; he says that there are but seven slaveholders and thirteen slaves in that county, and that nearly all the rest of the other residents of that county hate and despise those slaveholders and Slavery. According to statistics published in a late number of the Herald of Freedom, Dodge County, Mo., has but 2 slaves, Dunklin 13, Holt 127, Mercer, 14, Osage 15, Putnam 19, Shannon 9, and Reynolds 25. These and a number of other counties in Missouri are rparsely settled, and contain a large quantity of excellent land, unoccupied, and . much of it still Congress land here there is another great inviting field for emigration from tbe Free States. Let the war now be carried into Africa. The Free States have only not tbe power to make Kansas and Nebraska Free States, but also Missouri. St. Louis, and other counties contain thousands of Freesoilers ', henceforth let Kansas, ' Nebraska, and Missouri be the great emigrating points from the Free Slates, and the glorious flags of Freedom, tri-colored, if you please, shall float in the breeze over (hee three happy and prosperous Stales. Thine, truly. 1 1 Chales Mosiit. ;. i i n tm i . , TTbe fellow who tTrl.1 n,frWj, The Yellow Fever Awful Bavages ln Virginia Horrible Incidents. The letters from Norfolk and Portsmouth, which we find in the Baltimore papers, give details of the plague down to the 6ib inst. We quote the following items : Burtino the Diad. The City Council of Norfolk have appointed a committee to superintend the digging of trenches at " Potter's Field," in which to bury the dead, as lhe mortality is becoming too great to admit of burying them in the usual manner.Laos of Coffins. We learn from a private letter, written by ex-Mayor Stubbs, that on Monday there were fifty corpses lying without coffins to bury them with. Animals Attacked. We learn that the epidemic has extended to animals, and dogs and cats are found lying about dead, with unmistakable evidences of the plague such as bleeding at the nose and mouth, feo. The following we take from the Norfolk letters in the Pelersburgh Exprest: The hearses not being sufficient to carry out the coffins for interment, recourse is had to carts and wagons, and in several instances we have seen the dismal shells of mortality protruding far out from the front of a cart, with the driver setting beside it, with perfect nonchalance, cracking his whip. The negroes hold divine service in their different churches every day, and incessant praying and singing may be heard from morning till night. A remarkable circumstance connected with the epidemic is, that not a bird is to be seen within tbe limits of the city, and has not since the fever became general. Whether this is owing to the poisonous density of the atmosphere that keeps them away, or from what other cause, we are not able to say. ihe cows, in despite of the city ordi nance, wander about the city seemingly in search of lost mates, making the welkin echo with their melancholy lowing ; whole gangs of half-famished dogs take possession of the streets after night fall, and render " night hideous" by their incessant yelping and howling. Truly, the very acme of distress and desolation has fallen upon poor No: folk. Xt being found impossible to dier sintrle I graves, a large pit has oeen dug, and the T .. . . colhns placed in layers above each other. and so hlled up with lime and dirt. The Richmond JJupalch has the follow ing: The Plague Flt. On Sunday morning the fly, known, as the' " plague fly," ap peared in Norfolk. It is a flat insect, with black back' and red belly, and has very large wings. ' . In Portsmouth tbey were so thick in the streets as to annoy persons walking, and induced tbera to place a cov ering over their faces. The appearance of this fly is generally considered as a good omen, as it is supposed to devour the mal aria. From Norfolk Correspondence of Sept. 5th, We last evening noticed a common box, like a case of merchandise, borne swiftly along in a hearse. On inquiry, we learned that three remnants of mortality lay in it, placed side by side, and were then on their way to the Potter's Field 1 The scarcity of coffins forced on the undertaker this alternative. They were, however, all of one family, struck down at "one fell swoop." One of the horrible instances that sometimes characterize visitations such as that which has fallen upon this city was revealed this morning. A corpse had lain unburied for eight days, was discovered surrounded by the sick and dying. It may seem strange that such an event could happen, but it is no unfrequent occurrence to see whole families down, and not a soul near them to give a glass of water or even extend a word of comfort or sympathy. Persons are often found dead,' not a soul having witnessed their illness, or last ago- n7- Pathetic Scene. The Milwaukie American says a most touching occurrence is still freshnn our memory. The wife of one of the sailors on the recent wreck was upon tbe deck with an infant, only three weeks old, in ber arms, to learn if her husband was alive or drowned. She was in a state bordering on frenzy. On being told that her husband was dead, she gave one long sob of agony, while the blue eyes of the babe were turned smilingly to her face, and cried in accents of most heart thrilling despair, " O, is he gone, am I alone, is he dead drowned ? Is my man gone, and will be never come tome?" In this slate she returned to her desolate home, no one venturing to offer words of sympathy to her, for it seemed utterly useless and mockery. The light and warmth of this poor woman's life had gone out forever. All through the long hours sbe sat weeping and rocking to and fro, and pressing ber child to her heart, for it was ill, till midnight. Then she heard a feeble step and a knock at the door ; she said, "Whose there ?" " It Is I," the familiar voice replied. She gave a scream of joy and admitted her husband. Nothing could exceed the woman's fran-tio delight. She threw herself upon the floor and wept, and clung to ber husband's neck and laughed till the tear eame again. Such a happy reunion was a foretaste of heaven. Love like this can hut be repaid with a lifetime of devotion. Tbe sailor it seems had left the wreck and at the imminent peril of his life reached the shore, and bad walked twenty miles ere he reached his home. , tZT Luck is a fool, and so are yon if yon believe in it. The way of success is in taking things by the hands and nose, and making yourself master of them. Luck is only a nams tor well laid out energy and continued, industry. Show ns what is called a lucky man, and he will turn out one who is shrewd, industrious and pluckfuL ' t - - ' -' " , mm i.i ' tW Mrs. Partington says the only way to prevent steambdat explosions is, to make the engineer "bile their water on shore." Id her onitiinn 1 r"--'1 The Oath of a Soman Catholio Bishop, The newly elected Bishop of Portland was recently consecrated in Xtew-xork, with ceremonies imposing and impressive lhe following was tbe oath taken and sub soribed by the Bishop elect : " the oath." " I, N elect of the church of N shall from this hour henoeforward, be obedient, Io the blessed Peter, tbe Apostlo, and to the Holy Roman Church, and to the most blessed .father, 1'ope rius JA, and to his successors canonically chosen. I shall as sist them to retain and defend against any man whatever lhe Roman fontihcate, without prejudice to mv rank. I shall take care to preserve, defend, and promote the rights, honors, privileges and authority of the Holy Roman Church, of the Pope and of bis successors', as aforesaid, with my whole strength I shalll observe, and cause to be observed by others, tbe rules of tbe holy lathers, lhe decrees, orcinan ces, or dispositions and mandates of the Apostolic See. When called to a synod 1 shall come, unless 1 be prevented by a canonical impediment. I shall personally visit the Apostolic See. once every ten years, and render an account to our most blessed father (the Pope) and his successors, as aforesaid, of my whole pastoral office, and of every thing in any way ap pertaining to the state of my church, to the discipline of the clergy and people, and to the .salvation of souls committed to my care ; and I shall humbly reoeive, in return, the apostolic mandates, and diligently execute them. But if I be prevented by a lawful impediment, I shall preform all the things aforesaid by a certain messenger especially autorized for this purpose, a priest of the diocese, or by some other secular or regular pritst of tried virtue and piety, well instructed on all the above subjects. I shall not sell nor give away, nor mortgage, enfeoff anew, nor in any way alienate the possessions belonging to my table, witbout the leave of the Roman Pontiff. And should I proceed to any alienation of them, I am willing to contract; by the very fact, the penalties specified in the constitution published on this subject." Of course, it is'impossible for our readers to understand the full force and meaning of this oath, for when the Bishop says he will " preserve, defend and promote the rights, honors, privileges and authority of the Holy Roman Church, of the Pope and his successors," we must first know what privileges and authority aie claimed by the rope, ihere is one clause, howev er, whieh all may understand, and we di reel attention to its connection with an ar ticle penned by us a few days since, headed " Properly in the hands of Bishops.' The Bishop eleot swears as follows : "1 shall not sell nor give away, nor mortgage, enfeoff anew, nor in any way alineate the possessions belonging to my table, without mo leave oi the Roman ron-tiff." . In onr article referred to we showed that the property which had been deeded in trust by Bishop Rappe, could not be disposed of in any manner without the consent of that Bishop, and now by this oath it appears that American Bishops cannot in any manner dispose of it, or even encumber their Church property, without leave from the Pope. It is high time that our Legislature say to the Pope, " hands oft I" The property in this Uountry thus virtually under the controll of a foreign potentate is told by its million in value, and year after year but adds to the enour-mous wealth of the Roman Catholic Church. The Pope retains his seat by the aid and support of French bayonets, and thus Church property io this country is in directly subject even to the Emperor of France, for of course the Pope must do the will of those who hold him upon his Throne. There is something humiliating in thus consenting to hold property subject to the bidding of a foreign monarch ; and if such is permitted, the renouncing of " all alle-gience to every foreign Prince, Potentate and Power" as by the allegience every naturalized cittzen swears to do, is a mere mockery, and has no binding force. Cleveland Herald. Religion and Business. It has been a mighty mischief, that religion has so often been divorced from the other ways and modes of men. Men have looked at it as something distinct and peculiar, having its own sphere and its own powers, and not as the fountain and father of all goodness and truth. Tbe man of God has been separa ted from the man of science, the man of lit erature, the man of politics, the man of business. The world has helped the separation, and so has the church. An ignorant piety, a strong and shrewd impiety, have done the same work. The general exercises of the intelligent, the common charities of the heart, the familliar proceedings of life, have been to frequently regarded as provinces into which religion has no right to penetrate, so it should only come when invited, and be thankful to be treated as a guest, and not expect to be honored as a sovereign. Hence literature, art, social life, worldly engagements, have been treated as things apart from godliness, and not as things which godliness is to possess, and through which it is to aot and be seen. To borrow an expressive illustration, the partnership ha been dissolved between religion and other business, and thus it has come to a disastrous bankruptcy. That it is so, is apparent from the fact that there is a general disposition to regard immortalities oonnected with money matters in a different light from other immortalities. The same standard is not applied, the same measure is not meted out. There is more gentle treatment of the pecuniary sinner than any ether sinner. " It is ouly the way of business," covers a multitude of sins. A man, in many circles, had better defraud his creditors than deny a single conventionalism of respectable so-siety. A '. J. Morris' Religion andBusiness,"- ' -' "' - - ' i i - jfmwf - ' tlT When a mad now-a-days wishes to communicate the intelligence that a clangh- fn. hia Wii rMrrl tn ir.a familr. h lav f- ' - ' - '-' - Bulclneii a plicpllne ' ;' The life of a man of business gives hit oharacter a prettv hard trial. Not only does it exercise his sagacity and prudence, but it puts his integrity to the severest test. He is surrounded by the selfishness of trade ; he sees men profit by cunning and fraud,' and ho is tempted to try his skill in artifice and deception. Every day his honesty is tried in some way. lie is thrown back upon bis inward principle, and if his heart is hollow and deceitful, he will be sure to show it. And that man has reason to thank God. who has gone through a long course of business, through times of wild speculation and general bankruptcy,. and goes down to the grave, with the never shaken confidence of being an honest, man. He who can see another making money bv false representations, and never stoop to those tricks of trade, is fitting his own pure mind for a world that is more . worthy of him. And yet a man cannot wholly escape these temptations. To do that be must needs go out of the world, or retire inter solitude. H) might indeed avoid all dan ger by shutting himself up within the wall of a oonvent, and so pass a life of outward sanctity, or lazy contemplation. But the' piety that is nursed in cloisters is of a sick' ly growth, compared with that which main tains its integrity amid strong inducements to evil. It is not tbe will of God that we' should retire apart to keep from contami nation. Mot in tbe deserts, but in tbe cities ; not in the hermit's cell, but among men, sharing the common lot, meeting temptation as it comes, are we to form our character for eternity. Men ought to rejoice in a rigid discipline. Whenever assailed by temptation, an op-Dortunity is given them to conquer them selves, and so to become nobler beings. The most heroic virtues of the human character are brought out in this struggle with inborn selfishness, and with tbe cow- araiy exampiea ui mo wvnu. men vi brave hearts ought to welcome tne oonnictt and buffetting of life. Every victory they gain will make them stronger, as the tern' pest which rocks and tears the mountain oak, causes it to strike down deeper into the earth, and to lift higher its majestic arms toward heaven. S. Y. Evangelist. Can be a Gentleman. One very fre- auenllv hears the remark made, that such and such a man can be a gentleman when' he pleases. Now, when our reader next bears the expression made use of, let him call to mind tbe following : He who " can be a gentleman when he pleases." never pleases to be anything else. Circumstances may, and do, every day in life, throw men of cultivated minds and re-, fined habits into the society of their inferi- ors, but while, with the tact and readiness that is their especial prerogative, they make themselves . welcome among those with whom they have few if any sympathies ia common, yet never by accident do they derogate from that high standard which makes them gentlemen. So, on the other hand, the man of vulgar tastes and coarse propensities may simulate, if he be able, outward habitudes of society, speaking with practised intonation, and bowing with well-studied grace ; yet be is no more a gentleman in his- thought and feeling, than is the tinseled actor who struts the boards, the monarch his costum would bespeak bim. This " being the gentleman when he likes." is but the mere performance of tbe character. It has all the swell of the stage and the footlights about it, and never can for a moment be mistaken by one who knows the world. A cloak ,too large cannot be gracefully' worn by a small man. The Misfortunes of a Speculator. Hurd, of the Brownsville Clipper, tells the following : Not a thousand miles from this place there resides a man, who, during the time of great scaroity last winter, was the possessor of several barrels of flour. This he declared he would not sell under )15 per barrel, and, although he had an oppor tunily of disposing of it several times, at fram S 1 1 to $ 1 2, yet he held on to it, doubt' less hoping that the crops this season would fail, and he would profit thereby. . The prospect of a bountiful harvest be came more and more cheering, and the price of provisions fell lower, when be be came alarmed lest flour should come to 9i or 5, and so be shipped it to Pittsburgh, where be sold it for 89 per barrel. He returned, supposing he had made the best of a bad bargain, but ere long ho received a letter from the person to whom he had sold the flour, requesting him to como down immediately. He accordingly set out for Pittsburgh, and on arriving there found that all his flour had turned sour, and he was compelled to return the money and take back the flour, which he afterwards sold to a starch maker for 92 and 93 per barrel, and again returned to his home " a wiser if not a better mad." S3T " 8quantum" is tbe name of i species of fun known only to Nantucket folks. A party of ladies and gentlemen go to one of the famous watering places, where they fish, dig elams, talk, laugh, sing, dance, play, bathe, sail, eat, and havo a general good time. Thefood generally eonsists of chowder, baked clams and fun. No one is admitted to the saored circle, who will take offence at a joke, and every one is expected to do his or her part towards creating - a general laugh. Any man who speaks of business affairs (ex-, eepting matrimony) i immediately reproved, and on a second offence publicly ohas Used. Care is thrown to the wind, politics discarded, war ignored, pride humbled, stations leveled, wealth scorned, virtus exalted, and this is "squaotBtn." : !. JT Hartly Coleridge once being asled whieh of Wordsworth's productions he Considered the prettiest, very promptly replied, - IDs daughter Dot.", u i . i y A Bible and a god newportr r every house, a gd c.hnol in every ! ' ', and all p-rp W'n'eJ as ti--v s'.--! 1 ! , -