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OCR COUXTRY-OUIl COUNTRY'S INTERESTS-AND OUR COUNTRY'S FRIENDS. CY C.F. CLAIiKSOS. BROOKV1LLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MAY 2G, 1848. VOL. XVI NO. 22.
RELIGIOUS.
From the New York Tribune. Letters from Hon. J. Q. Adam to It" Son on Ike Bible and its Teaching. So. 9. LAST LETTER. The fourth and last point of view in which I propose to offer you some general observations upon the Scriptures, was with reference to lite
rature; and the first remark that presents itself
is, that the five books of Moses are the most ancient monuments of written language now extant in the world; the book of Job is nearly the same date, and by many of the Jewish and Christian commentators is thought to have been writtenby Moses. The employment of alphabetical
characters to represent all the articulations of
the human voice, is the greatest invention that
ever was compassed by human genius. Plato says "that it was the discovery either of a God, or a man divinely inspired." The Egyptians ascribe it to Thot, whom the Greeks afterward worshiped under the name of Hermes. This, is however, a fabulous origin. That it was an E-
gjptian invention there is little doubt; and it : and closeness of reasoning; and for irresistable was a part of that learning of the Egyptians, in ; force of persuasion, no book in the world de-
all of which we are told "Moses was versed." It ' serves to be so unceasingly studied, and so pro is probable that when Moses wrote, this art was, foundly meditated upon as the Bible.
if not absolu tely recent, of no very remote in- I I shall conclude here the series of letters, vention. There was but one copy of the law ! which I proposed about two years ago to write written in a book, it was deposited in the Ark ' you for the purpose of exhorting you to search
of the Covenant, and was read aloud once in 1 the Scriptures, and of pointing out to your con
seven years, to all the people at their general as- sideration the general points of application; with
sembly in the Feast of Tabernacles; there was a view to which, I thought this study might be
one other copy of the law, written upon stone, made profitable to the improvement and useful
erected upon Mount Ebal. It docs not appear ness of your future life. There are other and
that there existed any other copies. In process particular points to which I may hereafter oc-
of time the usage of reading it thus must have casionally invite your attention. I am sensible
been dropped, and the monument upon Mount how feeble and superficial what I have written
Ebal must have perished; for in tlie reign of Jo- has been, and every letter has convinced me siah, about 00 years afterward, the book of the more and more of my incompetency to the adlaw was found in the temple. How long it had equate performance of the task I had assumed;
been lost is not expressly told; but from the as- but my great object was to show you the im
spects some of the prophetical books of the Old
Testament; the figurative, symbolical and allegorical langusge of these book, show a range of imagination suitable only to be the record of dreams and visions their language is in many parts inexplicably obscure. It has been, and it is to this day, among the follies and vices of many sects of Christians to attempt explanations of them adapted to sectarian purposes and opinions. The style of none of the books, either of the Old or New Testament, affords a general model for imitation to a writer of the present age: the principles and rules for composition derived from Greek and Roman schools, and the example of their principal writers, have been so generally adopted in modern literature, that the Scriptures differing so essentially from them could not be imitated without great affectation:
but for pathos of narrative; for the selections of
incidents that go directly to the heart; for the picturesque of character and manner, the selection of circumstances that mark the individuality of persons; for copiousness, grandeur and
sublimity of imagery for unanswerable cogency
FUN AND FANCY A Specimen of Orthography. The following letter was received by one of the hands in the Indiana American office, on Friday last. The author of it, wrote it in his natural style, in good faith, without dreaming of it being in this way made public. We give
it exactly as it is written, and should it meet his eye, we ask his pardon for the liberty we have
taken with it: May the 7 1843 Deer Nephue I tak thiss opertunity to Lett you now how wee ar wee ar all well att presant as Coman John Is not abel to du eney work of eney acount hoopens that these fu lines will find you inn Joy good helth whenn i reeved youar letter you Innformed mee that you Innjoy good helth which Iss the gruttes Elessin that Cann bee
beestod a ponnus I hav recvd Sevral numbers of
your Paper and hav Reed them and a Considerabel poshan Of the paper Contence I lik very well and wood lik to Bee a subscriber but wee hav binn by mor land and oing to our miss fortin itt takes all the muny that I Cann Gett to
ancer our demand of our debts I fattnd Bee twene thirty five and forty head Of hogs last se-
son which was a sinken Bisnes tho I hoop that wee will gett a long witheout much diffeculty John recvd a lettr from willam a fu day a go
and tha ar all well att that time and Duiug well
I understod By Roberts Letter that you had got aletter frome your uukel John I wish you to ritt wheen you reecv thiss and Lett mee know whare hee Iss and wbot ia lh nam nf th Pnst
Office whar h male.. his T.ettr I wood He i2 mi fonografik lesn
Glad Iff yu wod Come and see us I am Confind mor att home thane Iver was inn my liffl amm a tending the farms in tiraley my selfe thiss Boson I hav gott my Crope prit much inn I will
in the Corce of thiss week ritt att all Con vinunt
Benefit of Adrertixiug. A man named John Derby advertised for a wife, and received 75 applications. Some of the
applicants pressed Uieir claims with sach vigor
that poor John, to get out of the scrape, placed a rope round his neck and hung himself! Poor fellow! ' Lucky.
Enoch Gibson is the owner of the great mine
or soapstone brougt to light by the railroad thro' Canterbury, N. H., it sells now readily for $20 a ton, and the Portsmouth Gazette computes the whole quarry to be worth $3,333,820, a sum
sufficiently large to ruin a numerous family."
Suspicions Intimacy. A young woman who was brought before the
Boston police, alledged in defence of her respect
ability that she was acquainted with all the lawyers in New York! She was instantly
committed for six months.
U"A stranger passing through one of the mountain towns of New England enquered, "What can you raise here?" The answer was; "Our land is rough and poor; we can raise but little produce, and so we build school houses
and raise mi!" D Why would General Taylor make a good Methodist preaher? Because he uses powerful arguments in his "camp meetings." Fnuuyography. "Da FATHR "I urn vre sore 2 sa that I cannot cum 2 t 2 nit, az I 0 2 b at the Musickle Fund Hoi 2 at lOd
forts in a well furnished home, than a dozen j couiposud of the mother lying on her Bide, and sonnets; more beauty in a bountifully supplied furnishing au early breakfast to Irer sixteen
THE TI3IES.
Blocks the
ures fxtionSle, Tomds Tuxbre." The. Poor Bi-cuit.
A plain spoken, faithful pastor, in the city of
T ; New York, called bv reauest. to take
Cyertunity I am glad to heer frome mi peopl atti .... . - , . . if.- i- . every thing bore the appearance of plenty, and all times I Cane find a five cent peace att eney l, ,. , ... . . , , , , J (Culinary skill. A blessing was invoked the
fonishment and consternation of Josiah upon portance of devotiug your own faculties to this . . . . B. . . .. ' ibell rung, and a servant appeared with the I In I tiAAnnl 4 1 I ai Ir tni(h ntliila tr I.' i 4a mK at
f.Mi-inf the book read, its contents must have, nursuit: to read the Hihlrt is nf itself hnUl. r !Bmnl,:i.;,,:.a m;it a i;i. , ,,
long been forgotten, so that scarcely a tradition occupation and can scarcely fail of being a use- WOr y0U 0n 1 IC 866 y0Ur or ,honev comb. The good lady, looking up with of them remained. We are indeed told that ful employment of time; but the habit of reflec- Jene UeT for Ul? "Cxt PredaiCe Wal1 80 all seemine honesty which usuallv nromnts such
ante I so fur so good the nex Is iff hee is the
candat my advice is that you say as Littl a bout
a course, said to her guest, "I really hope, M
, you will excuse my biscuits this even
tig, they are so poor: I hoped I should have
when the Ark of the Covenant was deposited in ting upon what you have read is equally essenfl... f c.ni.lc nf Solomon, there was tinlliin" in the. tial :s that of rendinc itself. In rrivn. it nil tlx. i-f
. ' " .... . , . . r,
A rk snv two tables whieh Moses nut there- fir.ucv of which it is susceptible. T therefore u,c s iu onv.uunuy vane
1 J 1 i I ...:,u .- ,.
iii at Herob. The two tables contained not the recommend to you to set apart a small portion of h ft b. J. something nice, but they are hardly fit to eat'
whole law, but the ten commandments. 1 he every day to read one or more chapters of the , . I at the same time extendiue towards him the
book of the law was therefore, no longer in the Bible, and always read it with reference to some tnar Pr,ncPal8 ar not a DU9e1 &0 no more at Pre" dish containing the pride of her table. The
good man took one saying, as he tasted it, w ith
arch gravity, "They might have been better, ma'am." With a sudden motion, the dish was
withdrawn, and with a voice in full keeping with
sant But reman your a fecnant unckel.
. . . the famely all send thar best Respect to you
ark, at the dedication of Solomon's Temple; that particular train of observation or reflection. In
is, about 500 years after the law was given, ami . these letters I have suggested to you four gen300 years before the book was found by Hezc- cral ones. Considering the Scriptures as Dii - i i . i- u : . . .1.. iw'.l. 1 T - n I..; I - - , .
Man me uigii prieti in u:e in )carm jradii. vine lteveiaiious; as Historical recorus; as a sys-I nirb Dream.
From these circumstances, as well as from tho . tein of morals; and ns literary compositions. Yen I lay myshelf town in my lonely pet room, ! the language, the said, "They are good enough
expedients used by Most s and Joshua, for pre- , 1 here are many other points of view in which UnJ tries to sleep very snundt, j for you!" Apologies often conceal, and are
serving the ceremoni al law nud tho repeated , they may be subjects of useful investigation. r, threoms oh how into my heat dny vill come, employed to gratify a similar vanity
covenant between God and the people, it is ob- ; As an expedient for fixing your attention, make j Till I vish I vas unter the grount.
served that the art and practice of writing was it also a practice for some time to minute down
I Sometimes, ven I eats von pig supper, I th reams,
A harp Vonlh at a Unrgnin.
"Solly," said a green youth, in a venerable
Dat my stomach ish filt full of stones;
I'nd out of my t-bleep, like de tivle I screams,
I'ua kick ov de potklose and kroans!
IVn dur, ash I lays, mit te pet klose all off;
I kits myself all over froze;
Oh, fat shall be tun for a poor man like me-
white hat and grey pants, through which his
legs projected half a foot, perhaps more, "Sally,
afore we go into this ere Museum, to sec the En
"Well, Icabod, what is it?"
"Why, you see this ere business is a gwine to
extremely rare, and that very few of the people in writing your reflections upon what you read were even taught to read; that there were few . from day to day: you may perhaps at first find
hooks extant, and of those few, only siiijde cop-: this irksome, and your reflections scanty and ies; the iirt of writing, speaking and tliinlvi u jr , unimportant, but they will soon become both
with their several modifications of grammar, easy and copious. Be careful of all not to let rhetoric and logic, were never cultivated amoii'' ! vour readiui make vou a pedant, or a biot: let
the Hebrews, as they were (thou-h not t.lt a 1 it never puff you up with pride, or a conceited In fe n'orn'"S 1 vakcs mit d het-achc and koff, CMt B quartur and j to Bpend thousand years later than Moses) among the 1 opinion of your own knowledge, nor make you L'nd I'm shick from mine het to mine toes. jBomuch for noth'n. Now, if you'll have me,
Greeks. Philosophical research, and the spirit : iutol. raut of the opinions which others draw
of analysis appeared to have belonged amoiig the ancient nations exclusively to the Greeks; they studied language as a science, and from the dis
coveries they made in this pursuit, resulted a j your study of tliem, mid make them to you system of literary compositions founded upon "fruitful of good works!"
from the Mine source, however different from 01 ,or d0 1 ,,;ad liter
your own. And may the merciful Creator, who bome J 8 dere 8 a cure or dis lrouble for me
gave the Scripture for our instruction, bless
Dinks I'll dry it and ket me a vife!
(7-"Won't you sing a song, sir?"
said a
logical deductions. The languages of the ancieut writers was not constructed upon the foundation of abstruse science; it partakes of the
nature of all private languages, which is almost entirely figurative; and in some degree of the character of primitive writing and hyeroglyphics. We are not told from what materials Moses compiled the Book of Genesis, (which contains the history of the creation, and of 300 years succeeding it, which terminates three genera-
From your affectionate Father, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
ICuIcm Tor the Conduct or Human Life.
Kl'LES FOR LEADING A QUIET LIFE. ,
Rule 1. Be well content with your own con
dition, whatsoever it is. Endeavor, by honest labour and industry, to make your circumstan
ces better than they are, for the good both of
yourself and others. But if such your endeav-
myu iu iier sweeiiieui i, an uicj ncicoiuuc on t
evening. The lover immediately commenced the popular air of "I won't go home till morning," and sure enough he didn't.
(jj He who forgets the fountain from which he drank, and the tree under which he gamboll
ed in the days of his youth, is a stranger to the sweetest impression of the human heart, .learning without Liquor At the beautiful village of Oxford Miss buildings are nearlv completed for a University. In
o J t view of this place becoming a seat of learning, the Mississippi Legislature, at its late session, passed a law forbidding any intoxicating liquors
to be sold within five miles of the place, in Quantities less thau five gallons. Thus it should
durn'd ef I don't pay the hull ou't imself. I will pos-si-tiv-vly."
Sally made a non committal reply, which Ich-
abod interpreted to suit himself, and he strode up two steps at a time, and paid down the "hull
A Holdier ht. A few days since, at a recruiting station near Bloomington Ind. a soldier was shot down by order of the recruiting Sergeant. It seems that the unfortunate victim named Newman, hod
"Congress at a Mtand What
Wheels." HoraceGreely, who is in Was hington, communicates to the Tribune, an editorial letter, upon the above text the following is an extract: There must be radical reform in Congress,
and the best members concur in the opinion that a reduction of pay is indispensable. I have no hope without it. Here are gathered a great number of real men of business lawyers in good practice, merchants, manufacturers, extensive planters and thrifty farmers, who earnestly desire the Nation's business shall be promptly dispatched, so as to allow them to go home and attend to theirs. But there is another class noisy if not numerous, and enabled by the present Rules of the House to control its proceedings to whom Washington is a Paradise; who live higher, drink freer, are of more
consequence and get more money here thau they ever did or ever will anywhere else. Many who here pocket $5C per week and do the nearest to nothing for it that can well be con
ceived, would have to look very sharp to pick
up fe2o per week elsewhere. Now just so long
as the people will tolerate the present exorbit
ant rates of pay, this kind of members will spin out sessions, and prevent anything being done. And the fault is not so much in their
necessities, their covetousness or their shiftlessness, as in the shirking indolence and carelessness of the People who will not enforce the remedy.
The Mileage is a still less excusable abomina
tion. Texas sends hither two Senators and two
Representatives, who receive, in addition to their pay, some $2,500 each every Session for
merely coming here and going away again (I
would sooner pay them twice the money to
stay away) $10,000 in all for traveling expen
ses which are not actually $1,000. Arkansas
will take jjo.uuu out oi uie Ireasury this year
merely for the travel of her Senators. When
we come to have Senators and Representatives
from Oreg on and California, we shall have to
negotiate a loan expressly to pay the Mileage
of their members.
Nobody pretends to justify this, and yet it defies every effort to reform it. A member starts up from Bangor, Maine and comes here
in some two days and a half, paying fKuno h2j
and pocketing $250 clear profit. Comine from
Galena or Chicago, or Natchez, or Little Uotk, he will clear from $75, to I 50 per day, lounging on a steamboat and living like a prince, or he takes the cars at Auburn in the morning, has a capital night's sleep on the North river, and next morning awakes in New York, having in one day cleared over 3120. Docs anybody imagine that those who make money like this will carefully watch the Treasury against
the inroads of others?
There must be Retrenchment in the Pay and
Mileage of Members. Then the compensation
of the scores employed about the Capital must
be treated in like manner. The Clerk, sub Clerks, deputy Doorkeepers, Pages, &c. are paid too much, or there would not be such
fierce competition for places. It never would be worth any good man's while to come from Illinois hore to be a doorkeeper, nor to impor
tune his friends into writing letters for him for
anyplace. It would not be if the pay were
not exorbitant. Hence the multiplication of
places and placemen far beyond the wants of
the public service. Worst of all comes a vote,
at the close of each session to pay these overpaid placemen $250 each extra, which is actually
paid to men getting $21 per week, and boys
table than a score of love letters. All this betrays a good deal of sound sense, which maidens would do well to profit by.
indulged freely in liquor, and was inconsequence j Eating $10)2 V01 week for very light work, put under guard. Becoming enraged, he sue- Can the people never be arroused to look into 1 . 1 : r l - - . 1 . t T Ckntl 1 . I. ..
ceeded in escaping from his prison, seized a; these matters? Shall we not have the yeas
m usket and threatened to kill the Sergeant. At and nays on this extra swindle at the close of
ors do not meet with success; or if heavy afflic
tions prior to the birth of Moses himself,) wheth- Uolls l(ear hard u remember that God
er he had it altogether from tradition, or wheth- ROVerns tlie worlJ by a particular providence,
er he collected it trom the more ancient written t, t a BD;lrrow does not fan on Uie cround
or printed memorials. The account of the ere- wilhou, ,-,,, ... , 29. That "whom Uie
f f tt f l i .1.. a-j-i ; I
auon.oi me tail oi man, ana an me anuu.iuv.au , , , , IIechastene(h. and ecourpeth -verv . a
-. r.i ,,:..o i..tr,.l v-;. ...... . . ' oe every w.ie.c. niv-unuii utro.-s-...
.. j wi.om i,e receiveth" Ileb. x.i. b. That. I : . ..t i
. -, . , ,..,. I I many sons ui promise luru vui rji rfenrps of havinir been Corned or (II 1 mav CX-I .... ii.. i m:..j .i. ' r '
c ,- , - -11 is goou lor us iu oo mi.ideu, u.ai we ...y schools and colleges. ! press myself) translated from hieroglypic or iearn ilit, statutes." Psal. cxix. 71. Remember ,4McUy people, symbolical record; the story is of the most per- a t, - j aud mor(J that mi ht added . Waghinfrton , Ia joarnai states that at
feet simplicity, the discourses of the persons in- bth from reason and 1Io, Scri ture t0 the like h recent of lh(J Circuit Court ef that
nurnose. "Bear vour afflictions natientlv. and mnniu. I ntviss. the rrand iurv was dischare-
from their mouths, aud the narrative is scarcely mak Uje rtgllt U8e of m, and hope for a hies- ed without the finding of a single bill of indictany thing more than the connecting Imk of the reward Kfe t lme ment discourses; Uie genealogies are given with great Rnu 2. "Exercise vourself to have alwavs a in-n, mt fonnv ihinrr we have heard
precision; and this is one of the most remarkable consci(1.ce void of offence toward God and to ,, ; lh facl that a bomf dandy mlng peculiarities of the Old Testament: the rest is all warJ mn Act xxiv l6 wi -ve watch and commanded the
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thisjuncture the Sergeant ordered two sentiuols , the session.
who were placed to guard him.to fire, which af- I do believe that some earnest, concerted,
tor the second order they did, which caused his efficient move will be made this week to secure
death in about two hours. Newman leaves a the dispatch of business and Uiat from and af-
wife and two children. ter Monday of next week, the House will be (CrThe last Bedford Herald says "Uiat Col. reorganized as a place of business and genuine
Bowles is preparing, or perhaps already trans- devotion to public interests. Heaven grant
mi tied to Gen. Taylor a report in reference to it. H- G.
From Noah'n Mejwngcr. Advice to .tlaidcnu.
The following, whether written as in jest or
..gurauve; u.e xv.o, u. w-.u.u, .... a ... . nuietncss in your own mind, and the fault will ..llariiians of the nicht." to take off a certain
and the Knowledge of Good and Evil, the AP- not yom if you are not cf wilh aM ,amp.postt hich he c)iarged with 8triking him
pie, lot oerpeuv are w...o . mn . which wi a grat gatisfactio,, l0 you. n Uie nos&
indicate a Hieroglyphic origin. All uie ii.ston- Ru, 3.Enga(:c yourself in no more busi- My dear you snores," said a lady to her cal books, both of the Old aud New Testaments, I t,mn what you fuld yourself able to go Worser half. "I nose it," was the laconic reply
retain the peculiar cnaracier.stics mat i nave ,hrough with. The waut of tlia caution has Punch Outdone.
noticed ; the simplicity and brevity of the narra- maJ )e ,if(5 of nlany R m.m unoagy and unqui. if 4 scruples make one dram, how ma ny will
live, the practice oi repeating a.i discourses in t u teke , make a drama7
the identical words spoken, and U.e constant use R(jle 4.Meddll nol with the affairs of any If 21Y inches make 1 nail, how many will
of figurative symbolical and allegorical language.
the part which his regiment took in the battle of Buena Vista. It may be no more than jus
tice to Col. Bowles to state that we are infor
med that he says he dispatched a like report to in sober earnest, is worth. reading:
Gen. T. when the latter was at Monterey, but j That classical song which commences, "Oh, that he supposes it must have fallen into the take your time, Miss Lucy," has proved very
hands of the Mexicans, as Gen. T. seems never disastrous to young ladies who have been con
to have received it." trolled by it. Every thing is done in a hurry
EPA stone resembling black flint, and weigh- J in this world, therefore get married as soon as ing 13 pounds, fell on Wednesday night, near possible. Husbands are like birds, if you don't
Carthage, in Ohio. It is supposed to have been bring them down at once, Uiey are gone
discharged from the volcanoes in the moon
New Hnmpnbirc for Webnter.
The Concord (N
From the St. Loui .Reveille. A Hog lory. B V SOL. SMITH. There are extant any number of dog, horse, cat, rat aud fish stories. I am going to write a Hog Story. It may not interest the reader, but I assure you, the circumstances on which it is founded interested me, for a whole month, and, even now, whenever the recollection of it crosses my memory, feelings of remorse punish me considerably. Reader, have you ever travelled through that beautiful tract of country, situated around, about and between the small lakes in New York State? If you have not, you have seen nothing. Ask Mr. Knickerbocker Clarke if there is such
country in the world! Ask him if the valleys
and holes through which run the Housatonic, the Otselie, Trout Creek, and the Cherango, have their equals iu Italy or Switzerland. Ask
him if but "there's no use talking." I was
born up about there, and of course I am partial
to those diggins. I can't help it. But to my story.
On the Cayuga Lake, east side, stands a beau
tiful village, which is happy in the name of Au
rora. One mile north of that lovely village lived,
iii 1817, a substantial farmer named Scott. With this Scott, a most worthy man, the writer
of this engaged to work in Uie harvest field one
month for six bushels of wheat each bushel of wheat was estimated to be worth one duller so that I had six dollars, added to five more I had in my pocket, I intended to journey to the great West, then a great distance off. I went to work like a good fellow, mowing and raking hay, binding up wheat and making myself useful in various ways happy all the time, and joyous as the fish that sported in the smooth clear lake in which we harvesters bathed every evening after sunset; delighted with the pros;ect of a rich reward for my labor, and
dreaming of the "Far West," the goal ef my hopes and wishes, (U.en situated about Pittsburgh now, away off to, and over the Rocky Mountains!) au.l glorying iu the thought, tliat I, a boy of sixteen, would be tho pioneer cf the great mith fanti'y in the western regions.
All went on smoottuy. t iiie Cay, as 1 was
pitching bundle by bundle, a load (if wheat into
Uie mow, I enter th burn, rooting and
grunting along, a very large, fat, lazy. Iti e:,r-
ed sow. I cau't to this dav tirrount for the
devilish feeling which induced me, without a
thought to throw the pitchfork into this unoffending old creature; but I .i it! instantly
did it! The handle was scarcely out of inv hand
before I repented of the dtjed ; and in less than
three minutes I was wondering what could have
prompted me to such an act. Ah many very
many hours iu the stillness of the night, did I lie upon a sleepless couch and ruminate upon my
crime. Bitter tears of reiietilance trickled down
my youthful cheeks. Sinner that I was! What
had the poor beast done to deserve such a fate 7
The poor, surprised sow gave a horrible squeal
(I hear it now!) and ran with all her might out
of Uie barn, out of the yard the pitchfork still
sticking in her quivering pork. The instru
ment of torture was afterwards found about
three hundred yards from the place where the fatal deed was committed; but the old sow the
unoffending, innocent old sow had disappeared
iu the thick undergrowth of a neighborhood
wood, and had doubtless ended her days in a sol
itude, with no pitying relative near to close la-
eyes or render the lost sad offces to the dying in
nocent!
As for me, the perpetrator of the horrid crime
what a month did I pass! My mind was tortured with horrible images of ghastly hogs brist
ling up before me. The poor old murdered sow
actually appeared before my half waking aud
half closed eyes, dressed in a shroud, walking on
her hinder legs, and shaking her right paw into
my face, and pointing with her left, with a "mast
piteous action," to two bleeding pitchfork wounds in her ribs! In vain I tried to ehake off these fantasies; the more I shook, the more they
wouldn't go. I was miserable I was a mur
derer I had committed sow-icide!
As a compensation to the farmer, I had made
over to him the proceeds of my six bushels of
wheat, but that did not ease my mind in the least. I had done a deed which a thousand bushels of wheat could not atone for. The phantom
sow, with the winding sheet trailing after her,
as she stalked around my bed iu the garret,
drove eleep away from my pillow, and deprived
me of all chance of rest. I grew weary of life.
young ones, I passed out at the gate, and wended my way westward. 'J he 1-K-tl up l'olit.ci.in . BY J. C. NEAL. Peter Brush was iu a dilapidated condition out at elbow, out at knees, out at poekets, and out of spirits, and out in Uie streets aud out and outer" in eTery respect. He set upon the curbstone, bulling bis head upon his hand and his elbow being placed upou a stepping stone. Mr. Crush had for some time been silent, absorbed in deep thought, which he relieved at intervals by spitting through his teeth, forlorn iuto the gutter. At length heaving a deep sigh, he spoke: "They used to tell me put not your trust in princes and I havu't. Oue of 'em ever wanted to borrow nothing of me, and I never see any of them to borrow nothing of them prince..! Them's my sentiments. There's no two meJi-
ums about that. Ilavu t I been serving my
country this five years a patriot, going to meet
ings and huzzaing my daylights out, ami getting
as blue as blazes; haven't 1 blocked windows, got
licked fifty times, carried I dou't know how ma
ny black eyes, and broken bones for the good of tho common-wealth and Uie purity of legal rights, aud all for what! Why, for nix. "If any good has come out of it, the country has put the whole of it in her pocket and swindled me out of my earnings. I can get no officeRepublics is ungrateful! I didn't want no reward for my services. I only want to lie took
caro 01, and nave nothing to do; and I ve got half nothing to do. Being took care of was the main thing. Republics is ungrateful, I'm swagged if they ain't! I loved my country, and I wanted an office I didn't care what, fo it wa fat and easy. I wanted to take carji of my country and I wanted my country to take care of me. Head work is the trade I'm for talking, that's my line. Talking in the oyster celkr in Uie bar-room, anywhere. I can talk id I day, only stopping for meals and whet my whistle But parties are all alike. I've been ou all Hides
tried Vm all and I kuow none of 'em giv
me anythig, and I've a great miud to knock and coll it a half atiay."
w . i 1 e 1 -. T-l- : 1
Xve is an laea: oee, a rea.uy. ... .-- , anv . , trav,.iUll
. -.I ... it Lf ! "
you can geia.ong wimoui: u.e oe. you The idea fr,uent!y cro!fsoj my miud o
ficing myself to the manes of the poor feminine
hog
IVUie A.ieuu.o uo. Willi ll.c tuiaua vi ouj 1 xi -ia
other man. which do not belonir vou, except it make a screw?
But of the rules of composition, prescribed by at ,.; . wn desire t0 dl) hjm a ciiatitable or jf 3 ft make a yard, how many will make j
the orecian schools, tne unities ot Ansioiie, or frkndly oir,te: and Uiia without doing any man- a garden?
the congruitiea of figures taught by tho Greek of wrone toal.olhcI.. it is a very unaccep- If 63 gallons will make a hogshead, how
philologists, not a feature is to be seen. The tab,c ihin to ..a busy-body iu other men's manv will make the "whole animal?"
rsalms are a collection of songs; the Song of Sol- maUers either by word or deed."! TeU vi. 15. if 12 inches make 1 foot how many will
onion is a pastoral 1 oem; Uiel rovcrhs areacol- n.--"., "study to be quiet, and to do your mave one leg?
lection of moral sentences aud maxims apparent- 0WB v,usitfs8. 1 Thes. iv. 11. If 3 barley corns make one inch, how many ly stressed by Solomon to hisson, with the ad- R. 5 .Engnge not in any party quarrels lo.cor9 wi make 1 foot?
dition of others of tho same description; the (whcl)u.r puuic or private) any further than 1 if5qUarters make 1 ell, how many will make
rop'cai books arc partly i.istor.cai and pari- . . fGod or country oblige you, lest .,, .hoiB ihabet.
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you be crushed between them. I JjFmits and nuts are very proper eating,
Rule C Fly from the first motions of every g-jj a Grahamite to hishomful niece.
ly poetical they contain the narrative of vis
ions and revelations of the Deity to the Prophets who recorded them. In Uie New Testament the four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles are historical they contain memories of the life of Christ and some of His AposUes, and the pro
ceedings of some of His principal aposUcs, for pome years after His decease. The simplicity of the narrative is tho same as that of the Old Testament; the style in general indicates an age when reading and writing had become more
common and books more multiplied. The Epistles of Paul are the productions of a mind educated In the learning of the age and well versed in the Grecian literature: from his history it appears that he was not only capable of maintaining an argument with the Doctors of the Jewish Uw, but of discussing principles with the Stoic and Epicurean philosopher.;; his sjecch at Atheus is a specimen of eloquence worthy of an audience in the native country ef Demosthenes. TH- pocalvp.-" "f ''"!m rwai''! in ninv
II.) Statesman says that have. Do not theu allow any refined sentiment
the vote of Uie delegates from New Hampshire aJism to interfere with what judicious aud cal to the national convention will in the first sta-' culaliug parents call an advantageous settle
ges at least, be given to Mr. Webster. I nient.
Power of Faith. Young girls will have twinges of the heart
w nerever we are, and nowever it is witn us, 8lrjngg we kn-w. but these are like other com-
laiin sees mat uoa is always me same, ana piainta incidental to youth, they go away sud-all-sufficient. Faith does not look at the diffi-! d n)y wiIiout any bad effects. DyspepUa of-
cullies in our way, but listens to the voice of ten producea melancholly, which is attributed
uie promises, ana rests on me launiuiness 01 to di8appointed affection, but bran bread and ap-
Unn that natn promised, uod win near no . ... v remove this complaint.
voice but Uiat of faith; and when faith speaks, -iris have imaginations so tender Uiat
God always hears. "Ask what yon will, and , b , themselves in love with every man
it shall be given you." Faith honors God with . ... , ; tQ thero Thcse uufor.
confidence, and he crowns faith with success. . tunat creature8 sl)ouid usc the shower bath ev-
!ery morning, and take frequent exercise on
Jones.
horseback.
temptation to sin; nnd take sauctuary in good thoughts, good employment, good books, or
good and virtuous company. Tho surest way
to keep yourself pure and unspotted is to fly
from temptation. If you cannot fly, call God to yonr assistance, and arm yourself with a firm resolution to resist: and always bo upon your guard that you be not surprised. "Watch and nnv il.at vp pnlor not into tern ntiUon. The
, j . spirit, indeed, is willing but tho flesh is weak." Malt, xxvii 11. "It is much better to keep yourself clean, than to suffer yourself to be polluted,
because, possibly, you may again be washed. It is much safer not to be wounded, than afterwards to be healed with a scar left behind : and to keep your enemy at a distance, than to engage with him when tha victory is uuccrtaiu."
XTGen Wool h:i-. ordered all the do;-: in Moatfrov " be ki'byl Rather ',g'...t.c
Well, uncle, I'm very fond of nuts. I'm glad to hear it What kind do you prefer! Why.I am great on 'o aghnuts. Hope. Hope, likeaglimmering taper's light, Adorns aud cheers the way; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. Church Itell.c). "Attend your church," the parson cries;
To church each fair one goes; The old go there to close their eyes, The young to eye their clothes." Nerved Him ltight.
In Easton, IV, Miss Lea Scholl has recover
cd a verdict for $1512 CO damages against
James Kleppiuger for slander of her chastity
He admitted tint hi.- boast "( having n-i'cd 1 r- fhr
(-Serman National Flat;. n hi r 1 . 1 i. . .. t
1... asn.Hgiou, wurn ... .,, rnncnpA t circulating
Bremen, will bear at her mast-head the Ger- ,. ,,-., ,n -,.i, T . , . , . , , . libraries and boarding schools; it is well enough
...ii.u....ag,u.o.M,. ..u t",u inthesepiacea,butoutoftheinitissadIyinthe color, the Germans of this city having appo.n- . breaJ buller
.eu ..v.u.c u ..v " , ,-'. m.l, .A it U n curious fact in
was the standard of tho old German empire, and ; fc wffl thc heafl t0 of late years its display has been foi bidden. It.' ' ... ... ...--!.
" GU'UI I I T V r llllNifll t'.ll 1 1 V BLUIIIU.Ii'
is now, however, resuscitated, as the emblem of . . inst,,.j f as
My month was up.
Two Quakers came uloiie and inquired for seed wheat. I offered them my six bushels, and
they purchased it at a dollar and a quarter
a bushel. I listlessly received the mon
ey, and passed it over to the honest farmer in
payment for the murdered sow, and was just bid ding farewell to my kiud employer aud bis fam
ily, when a little urchin came running in, screa
ming wilh all his might
"O, daddy! daddy '.just come out here and sec something! If there isn't our dead sow coming
up the lane!"
Horror-stricken, I huddled on my pack with
the utmost speed, and prepared to depart, dread
ing to meet the spectre which, I doubted not,
was ooming to upbraid me for my brutal butchery! I started off at full speed towards the gate,
when can I express my joy at the sight which
regenerate aud reunited Germany.
Tin-tonic Dedication
certaining the color of his eyes, find out the
rse, instead of asking his age
. t 1
nAr,Bn:A rd..;lHAr d.,MMn.iir. Iraia icucin oi nis pu
the new Masonic Hall in that place on the 2 Uh g'"t a list of his effects. It these mano a goou-
r t c. n... -n... 1. ..r IV appearance, never ih.uu "
' .. I ..J- !.. k-.n-ln ot mire
Aurora have erected a building that is really .-' "'6" , 77
creditable to their enterprise. Neighboring lodges, and all transient brethren in good stand
ing are invited to attend and participate.
fTiupi.-iT. This truly philanthropic oni. r had actl-F.ra-
tion in our city ou Thursday lost. Tli-prmession
fonncj all o'cl. ck, p. m., near the Division room, and were escorted to the bnreh by two
fine Kiu.Is of Music. The "Sous" were pre-
eed-d by the '"Cadets of Temperance," and a
noble baud of boys they are too. The ladies of ourcity presented a bible to the Division through our talented friend, Ms. Lrcr S. Harmim..
who we are happy to say, performed the dntiea of presentation well. She gave great satisfac
tion to all present. We desire to lie favored
with a copy of the address for publication. Tho
response was by Jacob T. Dunn, Kq. Mr. Ad
ams, ot Cincinnati, delivered tho oration. It
embraced a truthful exposition of the. principle-; of the order, and forcible apie.ds to the common sense of his auditors.
As the procession, with its banners and Re
galia, passed along the strees, one bearing an
inscription of three beautiful words, impressed so peculiarly, that we actually felt better than
wc had for a long time the motto of the order.
Love, Purity aud Fidelity. These are three
grand principles that make up the life of a good and great man. Prosperity to the order we say.
(Lawreuctburgh Reg , May 6.
A In. nec for 'I'f-ai hrr. We have been requested to say that voung men in all parts of the I'niteil Slates, who have received a good English education, and who are accustomed to teach, will receive information whieh they can turn to their advautage, by applying immediately by letter, post paid, to box 11)13, New York post office. Applicants must remember, however, to send respectable references, without which, no communication will le attended to. The references ought to be to persons interested iu education.
Those who wish to avail themselves of n op
portunity to obtain a respectable livelihood, will
o well to write immediately, as many of the
best situations in different parts of the t'nion
arc being filled up every day.
To kci p It.nl- from I'. uit. The following plan, which I discovered by
accident, is, I think, perfectly eflieac-ioii!.. One
of my servants having by chance broken a look -
ng glass, it occurred to me that the boken pieces, suspended by a string so as to (urn freely
u every direction, would give the appearance of
something moving about, which would alarm
the birds. I accordingly tried the plan, and find that no bird, not even the most fool -hardy of them (a nest of newly-fledged sparrows) dare come near.
They had attacked my peas. Ou supending
a few bits of the looking g!a.s among them, the marauders left the place. The tomtits attacked
my seckel pears (to which they seemed very partial); a bit of looking-glass suspended iu front of the tree put a stop to the mischief. My
graea were next much damaged before they were ripe, by thrushes and starlings; a piece of looking glass drove these away, Hnd not a grapo was touched afterwards. I have U fore tried many plans, but never found any so tfiVctive as the above. Gardinr'sChron...!e. ' Terrr Haute and Richmond ICail Koad. We learn from the Wabash Express that the Directors of the Terre-IIauie aud Richmond Railroad, met at Greeucastle ou Uie 19th inst.,
organized, aud elected Chauucey Ruse, Esq., of Terre-IIaute, President. Books for the subscription of stock were opened at Terre-IIaute Greencastle, Danville, Iudionapolis, Greenfield, Kuightstown, Louisville, nnd Centreville, aud
IT A man in Ahlwina wa? fined 1W0 for a cruel puni?hmnt "f nw ef his slaves. S-.-rvi him right
met my view? There was the veritable sow I
which I had for a mouth mourned as dead, alive. (0 be closed on the 15th of July next, requir-
and rooting! somewhat thinner than wheuljj-g- One Dollar to ba paid on each share at pitchforked her, but apparently enjoying re- ; i,e time of subscribing. Four dollars on markably good health: uHd by her side marched . eaci, share of the present stock was ordered 1G clean, elegant little offspring, joyously grunt- to be paid on the first day of July next, and ing as they capered up the lane. I was coin- Four dollars on each share every sixty days pletely happy. thereafter, until Twenty-Four Dollars are paid.
Farmer Scott insisted that, inasmuch as I had! Urrndful Arci.H-nt. . , , .. j . r u u 1 1 A terrible accident occurred yesterday on pa,d for Uie supposed defunct sow, she belonged j f Monon!r-hl.la ,,iporitt, Birmingham. A to me, and that I was also proprietor of her pro- . we,i,jnsr ,,arty, consisting of seven persons, a-
There used to be many Alonzos and Melissas geny the whole U-ing worth at the lowest rate lnog whom was one laby, the bride, wero
11. o river aiovo me an..., .
, aud four ot the men
groom wai l-i.t, hut
You will learu to
love him, when you find the necessity of such a
passion, in tne meanume, c""
in tho world, and there was much misery in . of hog's flesh, at least 12 dollars. I utterly re- j crossing tho river a wvo coiuequence. Now-a-da a people arc more sen- . fused to receive anything more than the price I j J.1;,, Thc .!!",'
sible They have an eve t" the r.ttl, ttifV ai. j-ctter-of Vf, "id "ft "fr- joK.Unti.il c"TO
had paid for the eld. t animal
ceni-n'plxtier ef th "wmi h
Happy iu tho
fimilv Mtm.ne
i the
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