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OtR COUMTRT-OUR COUNTRY'S INTERESTS AND OUR COUNTRY'S FRIENDS. BV C. F- CLAUKSOX. BltOOKVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY JUNE, 28, 1850.

VOL. XV1II- o. 27

Religious Denominations

Tkr Cathalle Chareh. Ctnrlniifrf.'J Th word station it evidently derived from the act ef standing, and not from the words of Christ, aer from the pontiff, nor from the priests appelnted by Simpllciua, but from the people solmalr assembling nd conforming to s more ancient practice. It arts anciently the custom to go in procession to the church or the station ; but the people at preaent0 st such times of the day aa suit their particular convenience: where, dovoully praying for . certain time, they return to their ordinary occupations. Pope Boniface VIII. granted an in-da'gsnce-cf one year and forty days to all those

who, with true contrition, having confest, kept ths stations regularly from the commencement a Ash Wednesday to the feast of Easter; besides all other indulgences granted by his predecessors, to each church, in paiticular, a remission of 100 days of penance to all such ss were, under the same regulations, found attending the spostolie benedictions. Lent originslly began on the 6th SSuriday before Easter. St. Gregory added the four days preceding, disking thereby the 40 fasting days, In commemoration of the fast in the desert; the first and last Sundays not being dsys of penance. By wsy of specimen of an account of these several churches, of the stations, and of the saints to which they are respectively dedicated, take ths following, which is the first in the list: ThiChusch orSiurrSsstNAi." MotrsT AvasThis hill is one of the seven hills of Rome, having the Tiber on one side, and on the other ths Palatine, and Monte Celio. Aventinus, king of Albs, being killed by lightning, was thefe buried, and thus left the name, Aventinns, to ths hill which concealed his remains. This hill was anciently called Pomeria, or rather ths surrounding district, and was enclosed with walls and united to the city under CIsudius. Pliny, who wrote in the lime of Vespasian, says, that Rome embraced seven hills, and that it contained fsurteen districts, and Publiua Victorias numbers ths Aventine ss the thirteenth. Since the building of the church of St Sabine, and the

nann haTiner entire possession of the city of

r I o . Rome, the divisions of the city have been altered, sad this of Mount Aventine is now ranked as the first; this is noted by Anastasius iu the life ef Eugenius I. This district has been for many centuries the hereditary property of the illustrious family Savelli; the Popes Ilonorius III. and IV. were of this family, who are styled "Nobles of Mount Aventine." Mount Aventine was, in ths early a?es of the city, adorned with a

number of temples, which, there is good reason to believe, on the introduction of Christianity, wers converted to the purposes for which they are at present used, for besides many other authorities, Arcadius and Ilonorius directed that the public edifices should not bs destroyed. It is therefore, probable that this church of St. Sabina was the celebrated temple of Diana, or at least built en the site, with the ruins of the aforenamed temple; and this is strengthened

farther by the testimony of Appianus, in his aceoust of the civil wars of Rome, book 1. that C. Gracchus, in his flight from the temple of Plana Aventine, passed the Tiber by the wooden bridge of Sublicias, which bridge was afterwsrds restored by Antonius Pius, and being by him bailt of marble, obtained the name of Marmorea; and which place to this day, where the church ef St Sabina stands, is called Marmorala. If to these reasons is superadded, that the port Trigf mens, through which the way led from the city to Mount Aventine, waa at fhe' foot of the hill through which Gracchus passed to cross the river, which was in existence seme time back,

and was the customary thoroughfare to the

church of Sabina, whose principal entrance

faces the w eat, it is more evident it wss formerly

the temple of Diana, or at least the site of that tempi. This church of St Sabina was built in

ths year 425, in the time of Tbeodosius, and1 in

the papacy of Celestine the first, by Pster of Sa

vena, a cardinal priest of Roma. The church is

very magnificent, having a portico supported by

two beautiful columns of black marble, and an

other with columns at the side, the front orna

mented with elaborate bas-reliefs; twenty-four

columns of white marble divide the aisles from

the nave, in which is a noble tritrune arso of SMrbla; the sacred n tonsils are of a magnificence esrresponding with the splendor of the church,

tmongst which Is a ciborium of several pounds

weight, together with another oiborium, chalice,

paten, and carporal, all of silver, given as it is said, by Ilonorius III. in 1216. The station at fit Sabina, being the first day of Lent, the pope goes early in the morning, with the whole of the Mart, to the neighboring church of St. Anastatia, on Mount Palatine, where he stands till the people are assembled; and it is called the Colletta. The pope then distributes the ashes to the car-

wais anu uiose assembled; alter which ceremen the litany is aung; and the whole of the lrgy and the people go in procession to th.

church of St. Sabina, where mass is said, and a

sermon from the gospel of the day; at the end

at which the deacon announces the station for the following day at St George. There are,

besides the day of the station, other festivals at this church, on the 29th of August, to celebrate ths birth or martyrdom of the saint; and ou the 3d af May for other martyrs. In the middle of the pavement of the church i seen a black stone, of which it is ssid that St. Dominic one night praying at this spot, his eney the devil hurled a stone at him, which touched him slightly, but forced its way through the pavement on which he was kneeling and

bariedltseirin the earth; upon moving the high

itar to its present spot, this stone was found, nd the miracle is celebrated in a legend inscribed thereon. w have the Council of Trent and the rate-

"Isms for authority in asserting that all good Rorasa Catholics are taught, that in honoring

JnU who sleep in the Lord in invoking them

in reverencing their sacred relics and ashes,

we glory of God is so far from beinir lessened

thst N a greatly increased; that they are to be worshipped, or Invoked, because they constantly

fiy to Uod for the salvation af men.

la "The grounds of the Catholic doctrine" H

m stated, la answer U the following Question

Ml is ths Ctthcllc dottrine tasjehing the J

veneration and invocation of saints?" It is said that "We an taught 1st, that there la an honor and veneration doe to angel's and saints; S, that they offer prayers to God for us; 3d, that it Is good ana profitable to invoke them, that is, to have recourse to their intercession and prayers; and, 4th, that their relics are to be had In veneration." They tell aa further, thai the church in all ages has paid this honor and veneration to the saints, by erecting churches, and keeping holidays to their memory. In their invocations, however, they simply say to the saints, "pray for us." To -the Virgin Msry, the common invocation is this, Hail Mary, mother of God, the Lord is with thee; pray for us sinners now at the hour of death!" They, however, frequently in their book of common prayer, missals as we call them, nse the most pleasing and endearing epithets to the Virgin.ARTICLE XXI. I do believe that the images of Christ, of the blessed Virgin the mother of God, and of other saints, ought to be hsd and retained, and that due honor and veneration ought to be paid unto them. Exrosmo. "Pictures are the books of the unlearned." Bnt It is net this idea alone (hat suggests to the mind of the pious Catholic the propriety of paying veneration to the images of the saints, the catechism says that the minister

shall teach the people, that images of saints are to be placed in churches that they may be like

wise worshipped. If anydoubt arise about the meaning of the word worship, when applied to

the Images, the minister shall teach them, that images were msde to Instruct them in the history of both testaments, and to refresh their mem

ories, for being excited by the remembrance of

divine things, they excite more strongly to wor

ship God himself.

It is certain, that nothing more than the exci-

tat.-oaf of a devotional spirit is Intended by the nse of Images and pictures amongst the Roman

Catholics, The Catholic Church forbids Idolatry, ranking it as one of the deadly sins. But it

must be confessed that their language, especially when speaking of the Virgin Mary is sometimes

extremely poetical and devout: in fhe little office of the Virgin, she is desired to loose the bonds of the guilty to drive away evils from us to demand all good things for us make us chaste protect us from the enemy receive us at the

hour of death. She is set forth as the mother of mercy, and the hope of the world. These are all so many pious hyperboles and nothing more: worship, in the highest sense of the word, the Catholics pay to the Trinity only, which is "worshipped and glorified" by Christians of the

reformed churches in alt countries. ARTICLE XXlI. I do affirm that the power cf Indulgences was left by Christ in the church; and thst the use of them is very beneficial to Christian people. Exr-oemo. Bossuet asserts, and only what is commonly believed, that the Cotruerl of Trent proposes nothing more relative to indulgences, but that the church had the power of granting them from Jesus Christ, and that the practice of

them is wholesome; which rnslom, the council adds, ought still to be preserved, though with

moderation, lest ecclesiastical discipline should be weakened by too great toleration.

By indulgences granted by the popes and pre

lates of the church, persons sre discharged from temporal punishment here an! in purgatory.

it is oenieo mat tne atnoiic. religion gives

any authority to its popes or prelates, or any

other ecclesiaslcal officers to grant a license to sin, as many well-meaning Protestants suppose

they may. The forgery about Tetxel at the

time of the reformation ought not to be mentioned, except to the individual disgrace of the

forgers.

In the first sges of the Christian church in

dulgences were common. In those times of

strict ecclesiastical discipline, very severe penal

ties were inflicted on those who had been guilty of any sins, whether public or private; and In particular (hey were forbidden, for a certaiu time, to partake of the Lord's supper, or to hold

any communion with fhe church. General rules

were formed upon these subjects; but as it was often found expedient to make a discrimination in the degrees of punishment, according to the different circumstances of the offenders, and especially when they showed marks of contrition and repentance, power was given to the bishops, by the Council of Nice, to relsr or remit those punishments as they should see reason. Every favor of this kind Waa called an indulgence or pardon-.

In course of time, hosrever, this wholesome

discipline began to relax and degenerate, and

some ambitious and designing men, in those dark ages, began to make a bad use of it: in the

very teeth-of their own religious tenets and doc

trines these indulgences Were bought and sold,

just as in England church-livings, advowsons

they are called, seats in parliament, lucrative and honorary offices in church and state, are sold. At present, the utmost length to which the

use of Indulgences is carried in the Church of Rome, is their extension to the dead: and here the Catholics tell us, they are not granted by way of absolution, since the pastors of the church have not that jurisdiction over the dead;' but are only available to the faithful shepherd,

by way of suffrage, or spiritual succor, applied to their souls out of the treasury of tha church.

They have also what they call a jubilee; and

so called from the resemblance It bears to the

jubilee in the old Mosaic law; which was a year

of remission, in wriicn nonumen were resiorea

to liberty, and every one returned to his possessions. The Catholic jubilee is a plenary or

entire indulgence, granted every twenty-fifth

year, as also upon otner extraordinary occasions, to such aa being truly penitent, shall worthily

receive the blessed sacrameui, ana perioral me

other conditions of fasti ug, alma, and prayer, nanallv nrescriheii at such times.

There are other plenary indulgences, differing from a jubilee. A jubilee is more solemn, and accompanied with ceitain privileges, not usually

granted upon other occasions, wun regaru iu

their being absolved by any approvea comrai from all communications, and other reserved

r,wi: and haviuir vows exchanged into the per

formance of other works of pietr. To which

may be added, that as a jsbllee isextended to the whole church, which at that time joins aa it

were in a body, iu offering a holy violence to heaven by prayer and penitential works; and as tha cause for emitting an indulgence is usually

more evident, and greater works of piety are-

prescribed for the obtaining or It, the indulgence, of consequence, is likely to be more certain

DM usctKe.

raaertty f the Called State.. The London Examiner, discoursing upon this subject hssthe following:

"The prosperity is attractive, and it is the

boast or some of the journals, that while the members of Congress are daily threatening a dissolution of the Union, neighboring states and countries are anxious to be admitted members of it Canada talks of annexation; California is pressing for admission; Cuba is ready toioin

it, and is only withheld by the power of Spain, and tha modesty and integrity of the United Statee In refusing to accede to its wishes, and to grant some assistance to accomplish them. Mexico has laid aside, it la said, its hostile feelings; and its people are looking forward earnestly and anxiously to Incorporation Central America, too, is soliciting a closer connexion, and being desirous for ths time to come when it shall form a part of the great republic that la to stretch over the whole continent Events are advancing rapidly, though the Congress may stand still. Society will not wait for its leave (o live, and thrive, and grow, and will, in soms' way or other, settle the slavery question; perhaps before Congress has done talking about it. In America it is seen more clearly than in Europe that society moves faster than legislation,

anddoea not depend on that to regulate its future existence. Thus, while members of

are threatening dismemberment, there is gathering round the States, aa a nucleus, othsr States ready to adhere to it and increase it .on every

Spiritaal itaaklaira-ClhMt Seers. The Rochester "Ghost-seers" are now in New York, and are making "quite a stir"

x4teaatav Headersaa. I John Henderson a distinguished Senator from j Mississippi when that State was reeresented bv !

among the editors, poets, historians, novelists, ' whigs in Congress; it is stated in some of the ' the other

clergymen, &.C.

On Thursday week the lesrned Dr. Griswold,

the American Anthologist, entertained at his house a distinguished company, at which these famous Rochester Ghost-seera were the honees.

Among the guests were Cooper, the novelist;

Thoughts-Ely D. C. Calatrarlhy. YOCXO LADIES. Great is your influence, young ladies, upon

What young man of your ac-

papers, is one or the prime movers of the expe- ( qualutsnce might not. by your precepts end ex-

uoa. j amples, be persuaded to abandon an erroneoua Ex-Senator Henderson was originally from or wickad course? If he knows your aversion the North and Ilka the illustrious Roger Sher- , to Improper language he will not use it in your man waa a shoe-maker before he threw aside presence, and by degrees will be induced to his lapstone and kit for Blackslone and Chilty. ! leave it off altogether. If von .r..irit in

mncrort, the Historian; Bryant, Tuckerman The shop where he "pulled out" many aday, observance of the Sabbath, no vounir man of

iu uiij1unpiiuwntT1u. iiiwii ana . mo waxed in wisaom at tne same time, uaa been your acquaintance will venture to break the Francis, snd others. pointed out to us Iu Brookville Indiana. We day In your society. It requires no keen obserAfter some impatient delay tha knockings have heard it stated that he made ah oes for Oli- . ver to nntirn that vnnni, m.. -II .. i...

commenced under the floor and in different parts ver H Smith, whom be afterwards met upon the what is most agreeable to th,ir frm.i

Then the apirita conversed with Mm, footing In the UoiUd States Senate, but tances especially to those whom they most re-

whetherhe made those lomo sboks, wehave(gard. If females then would set their faces and 'hesrd about," worn by the worthy progenitor j affections against hose who are habitually proof Governor Johnson of this State, we are not fane or intemperate, or who gamble and break prepared to say, but we rather think he did not. j the Sabbath, or otherwise immorally cduduct, Alter leaving Brookville Mr Henderson, ( who, it would not be long before a reformation would by the way, had but one shoe to make for him- be wrought In the characters of many young self having unfortunately lost a leg, for which men who are now fast ripening for a wretched

he now has a cork substitute, footid it to this j life and a degraded end

city, and read law in the office of Bellamy Sto

re r. After finishing his studies he went to Mis-

issippi, and soon got into good practice, rose

of the room

Dr. Mscy, next with Mr Tuckerson, who men

tally thought of the late Dr. Channing.and asked 28 questions, to which the spirits correctly responded, vix: that he was a christian, sixty years old, left a family, twochildren, died in Bennington, Vt, of old age, were indicated by rapa. When asked if he were a Presbyterian, or an Episcopalian, or a Methodist, or a Unitarians, See., the spirit made no response, but when asked if he was a christian, the affirmative rap was given. Dr. Chsnning, it will be recollected, before his death repudiated all sectarian distinctons, and claimed simply to be a "Christian." Mr. Feunimore Cooper was equally successful in his spiritual communication. He called up mentally a deceased relative, who was killed

many years since by falling from a horse, and ho

side. It is swelling, too, by immigration from j was correctly answered, the time and cause of every quarter, and exhibiting the extraordinary itne death the age, condition and sex of the do-

spectacle of men of nearly every lineaire f .ceased felalive.

v - - v es

the earth being harmoniously absorbed by the

great Anglo-Saxon family, and becoming one

with it. The reverse of the phenomenon that

It is reported In the pspers that the distinguished guests were unable to discover any pos

sible way or device by which these "mysterious

occurred on the plains of Babel seems there in iknockings" were produced that these female

progress, and many, if not branches of all the Ghost-seers are obviously above any imputation

various nations of the earth, are uniting to use one (ongue and live under the law."

Happy Heme. A young man meets a pretty face In the ballroom, falls in lore with it, courts it, "marries," goes to hotwakeeping with it, and boasts of having a hometo go to, and a wife. The chances are nine to ten he has neither. Her pretty face gets to be an old story or becomes faded, or

freckled, or fretted and, as that face was all he

of deception; nor do (hey pretend to know or be able to imagine why they are followed by

these "Knockings" and made the inrerpreleis

of so singular a mystery.

Such is the substance of tha accoBnifn the

New York papers. Gax.

romantic interest, of which the Cuban expedition may be another chapter. He is regsrded by all who know him as a whole soled fellow,

but we fesr his Cuban adventure experiment. Cin. Weekly Dis.

ft end 7 Wit.

The Boston Traveller gives an instance of

ready wit which occurred in Boston, that Is

worthy of record. It was as follows

"A counle of fresh emigrants from the land

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wameo, a.. ... -p..u -neuuuu iu, ... ... Mi up f iWMt Eri mete trave,in. l0 Cambridge, and

with, all he bargained for, all he swore to 'love,'filldingi M they Bpproached the bridge, that the hoiror and protect," he gets sick of histrade; tw,in had blt one cent between themtheyset knowsadoxen faces he likes better; gives up lhemselvM to work to contrive how they should staying at home evenings; consoles himself with pM, lhe ,0 gate wth on)y fif,y per centf of the

cigars and oysters, whiskey punch, and politics, requsite funat. At length it was resolved that

and looks upon home as a very ind.Herent lhev 8houd part company; one lingering be-

boarding- house. A family of children grow up hind while the other went forward to confer

about him; but neither he nor his fair "face" , wjlh Mr. Brown, gate-keeper, and see what know anything about teaching them; so they COuid be done with him in the way of bargain come up helter-skelter made toys of when ba- and compromise. Paddy on arriving at the

bies, dolls when boys and girls, drudges when eatei Wlth hls poiiteet bow, asked Mr. Brown at men and women; and so passes year after year, what price he could be allowed to pass over the and not one quiet, happy, home hour Is known bridge. On being told that one cent, and no

throughout me wnoie noueenoia. less, was the rate for esch foot passenger, as Another vonng man becomes enamored of a sanctioned by the law of the Commonwealth,

"fortune." Ha waits upon it to parties, dances he.after a little hesitation, inquired what amount

the Polka with It, exchanges billet-doux with it 'ef baggage passengers were allowed to take with

pops the question to it, gets "yes" from it, is them. published to it, goes to the parson's with it, calls! "H WM informed that he might take any

!...:. : :. i --..ui!u-1 thine he could carry, except a wheelbarrow or

11 w lltj, carries n iiuiiic, vcib up covauuou - mt with it. introduces It to his friends, and Mai csrt' nd without taTiUet P8r,ev' he torn

says (poor fellow!) that he, too, i, msrried, and' ed and left Mr. Brown to deal with numerous h. . hm. It'. f-W IU is not married: he tf Pngers, who were accustomed to pay

!,.- h, nJ hflsoor, find, it out.-1"9 "le tax upon travellers without asking

Hx'sin the wro

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UUl Ul Hi HO 11111111 1 WCII IIUIIW 1W .TWUfV .IW.M . . . hi. coffin. Friend, congratulate him. and he ' rtiinu tea Faddy . . . . l. ,, rri.. iti. !,.. re-appeared, with his" fellow-traveller, mounted

,1.- r.rnit.H.. it.. rrarlU. th now Bible, the ' P shoulders in regular pooseback" style

newer babv: and then bid the "fortune" and! "6"'. P-alted lhe legal toll for a single

him who "husbands" it. good morning! As if . passenger, end walked on to deposits his bag

. , , i cage upon terra hrma, at the other end or th ha Ur.A kitnn a oatui mornintr since he and that r '

u j..r ,1 ii. . l . i bridge, which being in Middlesex, is now free ctiIHmI FnrtiinA wprn dpclnrea to be one. ' B

t- l .u a soil. The spectators of this interesting scene Take another case. A young woman is smit-. 1 i ,i.h . r r.nr1.rl h.lr ..' -' qtiife unanimous in the opinion thst the

before had such charms.

them; they take

an offer, first one and

ne; and he soon rinds it out ' " " " .ngbox; but it's too late to get any questions, though not probably without a itghl well hope to escape from ' "et wish that the time had come in which the . u.' bridge is to be free. In a few minutes Faddy

iver , , . t 1 ' J i 1 B.J.1..M . .iL. ! 1 4 u

?,. ia h-r pan for travellers nau - conio lauujr "-(("

The delighted whisker, make rer. while that worthy dignitary himself did snd then lhether, proffering n 8itte to admit that he wM don. "Brown."

themselves both ra exchange for one heart The dear Miss is overcome with magnanimity, closes the bargain, carries home her prize, shows

Things that Cm !V(blg

Sunrise and sunset cost ns nothing, all glow

Inr and glorious as they are. Colors that are

it to her pa and ma, calls herself engsged to It, 'ODiy t0 be seen In the heavens, and brightness

thinks there was never anch a pair (of wbis- beyond description, are profusely spread, and

kers) before, and in a few weeks they are mar- we b,ve a sight to behold them, pulses to throb

ried. Married! Yes, the world calls them so, hearts to beat, and minds to contemplate with

and we will. What is the result? A nort 'wonder, thankfulness, and joy. Rising and set

honey-moon, and then the unlucky discovery ting suns are commonplace exhibitions, when

that they are as unlike as chalk and new cheese, were there only one such exhibition to be wit

and not to be made one, though all the priests

in' Christendom pronounced them so. Anon

.Tl.rfest Retort. A scspiciow nabob of the east, Haughty, being great, purse-proud, being rich, A governor or a general at least, I have forgotten which

Had in his family a humble youth.

Who went from England in his patron's suit

An unassnmirtg-boy. and in truth, A lad of decent parts and good repute. But yet with all his sense, excessive diffidence Obscured his merit.

We are always pleased with the excellent spirit manifeated by the yonng lady, who, on being asked by another why she did not take

rapidly in the political scale, and waa elected to the arm of her brother last night, replied, "Ba

the United btates' benate from that btate. bmce cause I know him to be a licentious man."

is retirement from that body be has retdrnd to "Nonsense," said the sister; "If you relilse the

the shades of private life, having amassed a for- attentions of all licentious men, you will hsve

una sufficient to maintain him in elegance at nsne, I can assure you." "Very well," replied

the beautiful Pas Christian, Mississippi. His , the noble girl, "then I will dispense with them

name has not been before the public, except in altogether; for my resolution on tli.'s point is

the connection we have named, for a long time, unalterably fixed." With such a spirit in our

Like Chancellor Henderson, who has represen- j young females, how long would it take to reform ted Hamilton county io the Legislature of this, men? Resolve to make friends of none who are State. Ex-Senator Henderson is an elegant j not strictly moral and virtuous. You may ofgentleman, and his life is one of a good deal of . fend some, but they will of that class whose

friendship is not worth possessing. Ou th.

other hand, you will gather about you an atmosphere pure and bright, untainted by the

is a bootless breath of pollution and the presence of vice.

A Happy atrl.Ay, she is a happy girl, we know by her fresh

looks and buoyant spirits. Day in and day out

she has something to do, and she takes hold of

Work as If she did not fear to soil her hands or

dirty her apron. Such girls we love and respect wherever we find them io a palace Of a

hovel. Always pleasant and always kind, they

never turn up their noses before your face, or slander you behind your back. They have more good sense and better employment What are flirts and bustle-bound girls in comparison

with these? Good for bothing but to look at.

nd that is rather disgusting. Give us the in-

ustrious and happy girl, and we care not who

worships fashionable and idle simpletons.

Anon. Rivals im Wit. A speaker who under lands himself, will give

hit audience occasionally an item of wit It

gives the mind a necessary stimulus, sni batter rttention will be given to what he has to say,

The Irish nation, in their palmy days, before

they knew of slavery aud oppression, were a

remarkably witty people and it is not extin

guished yet. They even carried it to the In

scription upon their own tombstones. One man

thought be would be more witty than the rest

and had this put on:

"Here I lie As sung

As a bugIn a rug." Another Irishman saw it, and thought he

would beat that; so he oidered the following

for the head stone of his grave:

"Here I lieSnugger Than that 'tother bugger" This is wit, and was never told or thought of

when It did not produce a mirthful feeling. If

you are cross, think of this story. Mirth begets mirth. It is the best thing to preserve health. It can hardly be maintained without it.

Instead of a doctor, have a hearty laugh, and often. It is cheeper it does more good, and leaves you i n a better condition.

' BLV31IThey who blush when detected in a slight fault, cannot be incorrigible. There is always hope of such. But when we see a person persist in his error, and defying the laws of right,

we have bnt little hope of him. It betrayes hts

depraved heart, and it is manifest that he has long been on the track of ruin. It is better to

blush at the thought of a wrong act and remain pure. How can I do this sin? should be your

mentul exclamation when tempted to do a wrong

thing, however trivial in itself. The indulgence

of one impure thought will open the wsy for others, until the heart, once pure as the icicle,

may be a nest of corruption. The taking of

one copper may lead to the stealing of thousands. When the heart has been corrupted t nd

the affections blunted, it is too lote to blunh. Said a distinguished individual to his relative, as he saw him issuing from a haunt office

"Blush not now; you should hsve bluphd

when you went in." So we say to all, blush at the tbooght ef sin; snflVr it not to enter the threshold of your heart. Take not a step not

one in the downward path. Think no evil Look always to the bright patterns of virtue which have lived in every age of the world, and let their examples be your guides ts virtue,

to happiness and to heaven.

. ' -Mimai, and their CMBltruliee of Fac. A multitude of instances might be related, but the fact of animals possessing memory is indisputable that or rrason none. Every domestic animal is an illustration cf the fore, of memory; butthey do more thai, remember; they, as had been remarked, commuulcat. their Knowledge to each otherand confer together; the expression of many of ibelr accents is well known, but by what means they rommuulcau. facts which do not interet the individual, I. difScult of apprehension n the East Indies, the s-ght of a boa constrictor throws all the smaller animals into the utmost alarm; llm old and young are alike appalled by his presence' bat it is not so with the animals of this country; they have been taught the character of the serpent. Mr. Kelsall, a gentleman now resfdrtg In Liverpool, has an animal or this description, and It refuses to feed on any dead animal, it prey is necessarily given alive." A lien orarabit put in to its cage, manifests no alarm, but hops over it iu all directions, aad sometimes the lieu pecks its skiu and they seem indiffierenl to each other, and no uneasiues is nianiTested until the boa puts himself ;n attitude of death instantls

the victim is indiscribably agitated,' and fee's by experience that wnich enimals of the East, that had never seen a boa, knew without Ths animats of every couiilry teach their young what to eat, and what to avoid, what to fear and what to confide iu. Iu Autumn, the old and young birds flock together and after a few weeks separate; the reason of their nieelir.g is Lot obvious, like that in spring, unless it be to communicate the experience of the year to each other; that this may be ths object, the fact that all tile animals of the same species in a rouutry

are eojtially sagacious, leads to the belief of.

When n desert Island is first visited the snlmalw admit the approach of man, but II he injures any aud they escape, the whole are informed, and keep at a greater cistanre. Why is a bars frightened by a teasel, anj not by a horse? Why were the seals so unsuspicious when they first became an object of niercliauuige, ea not to move from their destroyers, and why are they now so diScult of approach except when thsy are so young as to be h !p!ess? Why have the' whules retired beneath the dreary desolate icebergs rather than delight themselves iu the open' sea, but that man la the ir enemy, of which the young are made acquainted? Dr. Jarrod's Reason end Instiuci.

One day at table, flushed with ptide and wine,' His honor proudly free, severely merry, Conceived it would be vastly fine To crack a joke npon his secretary. "Young man," aald he, "by what art, waft, of trade

Did your good father gain his livelihood?" "He was a saddler, air," Modestus said, "And In his line was reckoned good."

"A saddler, eh! and taught you Greek,

Instead of teaching you to sew;

And why did not your father make

A saddler, pray, of you?" Each parasite then, as in duty bound,

The joke applauded, and the laugh went round.

At length Modestus, bowing low,

Said, (craviug pardon if too free he made,)

"Sir by your leave I fain would know Your father's trade?" "My father'a trade! why, blockhead, thoo art ntad! My father, sIt, did bever etoop so low He was a gentleman, r'd have yon know!" "Excuse the liberty I take,' Modestus said, with archness on his brow, "Pray why did not yonr father make A gentleman of you ?"

nessed in a century, multiplied millions, nay,

almost half the population of the globe, would

6hotf it" with rsplsrtr -

Rave you looked on the silvery moon', glrdin

through clouds of bewildering beauty, and gazed

on the blue arch of heaven, spangled with glit

terin? worlds, till yon hsve adored their Ar-

j mighty Maker with Increased admiration, love,

and joy? If so, you must have felt that these

. things fill the mind with conceptions of Im

mensity, power, goodness and glory; and I need not tell you that we have them for nothing. The balmy breeze, and the scent of the new made hay, and the Order of the flowing clover and trie bean field are ours without payment Who ever paid a farthing for the daffodil of the dale; the heath flower of the mountain and the moor; the warbling of the happy birds; the music' of crystal' bfoolsr the wsving of a butter

fly's wings; the joyous hymn, and, rf f can say

it without irreverence, the Incessant hallelujah of the insect world? Nafurt Is liberal, nay, prodi

gal of her gifts; her spscious halls are flung open;

her noblest exhibitions are free, and her abundant banquets are"witbou money aud without

P?- . ...1 .v-

V. give money, ana lime, uu lauur, iw, iiim-

ny things of little value, but we never give ei

ther the one or the other for th. cheerful eon-

beam and the grateful shower; the gray of the morning, the twilight of evening, the broad

blaxe of noonday, and the deep silence and dark

aess of the midnight hour! The poorest of the

poor have these, and they have them for noth

ing.

The Sail.r aad the Actress. "When I waa a poor girl," said the Duchess of St Albans, "working very hard for my thirty shillings a week, I want down to Liverpool during the holidays, where I was alsrays kindly received. I was to perform a new piece, something like those petty little affecting dramas they get up now at otif minor theatres; and tit my

character I represented a poor, friendless orphan

girl, reduced to the most wretched poverty. A heartless tradesmaa prosecutes the sad heroine

for debt,- and insists on putting her in prison,

unless some one will be bail for her. The girlf

replies, 'then I have no hope; I have not a friend

in the world.' W hat, will r'o ore be bail for

you1 to save you from prison?' asked the stern

creditor. 'I have told yon I have not a friend

on earth,' was my repfy. Bnt just as I was ut

tering5 the words, 1 saw a sailor in the upper gallery spring over" fhe failing, letting himself down from"' one tier to another, until he bounded clear over the orchestra aud footlights, and placed himself beside me in a moment. 'Yes, you shall have one friend at least, my poor young woman,' said he, with the greatest expression in his honest sunburnt countenance; 'I

will go bail for you to any amount

I CAXXCf. How do you know? Try. What makes you

so stupid? Nature never msde soch a bodjre

yours to rust or waterlog. You hats arms to lift and legs to run. Why stand still! You

can do anything, if you put forth exertion.

Men made of the same materials of your body have accomplished wonders. God did not give them extra strength, or a stouter heart They have added to nature hence their success. One limb improved, is better lhan four idle.

One talent will gain ten, while a dozen may be lost The matter is in you e see it You are not struck with death; it is merely a moral apoplexy that has struck you dawn. A little determination will place you in a position where

you can not only earn s livelihood, but give you an opportunity to support a wife and a dozen

children. Will yoa not stir? Will you not open your eyes? Thank Heaven! we see you move. There is hope of you. The worms are disappointed for the present, and so is the sf r'tou. Olive Branch.

Singainr Biological Fun. Trauferelice cf vitality, which appears to take place wiled young persons are habitually placed iu contact with ths sped, is not a nursery fiction. It is well attested by very' rompetrnt authorities "A not uncommon cause," observed Dr. James Copeland, "of depressed vital power, Ir the young keeping with the eged. This fact,however explained, has long been remarked, and is well known to every uuprejudiced observer. I have on several occuohs mt with the counterpart" of the foils wing cat-e: I tras a few years ago consulted about a pale, sickly and thin' boy of ahou I four years of age. He appeared to have nn specific aiimeiit, but there wttfa slow and reinar5ijle dtcli:ie t-f flesh and strength,

I aud of the functions; whathis mother very aptly

teMred a g-adual blight. Alter inquiry in the history of the case It came out after awhile thit he had beeu a very robust and plethoric Child up to his third year when Ins graudmother, a wry aged person toolt him to sleep with her; that he had continued to decline ever since, notwithstanding meiiical treatment. I directed him to sleep spurt frori the aged parent, and prescribed gentle tonics, change of air, &c, the recovery was rapid. Eat it is not in children only that debility is induced by this mode ol abstracting vital power. Young femilvs merited to

very old men sulfrr in a' similar manner, cl. though seldom to so greut an extent; and luytances have come to my own knowledge where they have suspected tiie cause of their debilitated state. , Thefs Tcts are orieu made known to the aged themselves who consider the indulgence favorable to longevily,"and thereby illuslaate the

selnshnesn vriiich, in some persons, incresses their yers." Every nv-dic! practitioner is well aware of the fact, and parent generally re advised not to allow th.ir infants to leep with aged prrsous.

ijA clergyman of Mawa' huselts, more than a Century since, addressed a letter to the Legislature on some subject of interest which was then cruder dfsc-OPSton. The cfe.-'k read the letter in which was this remarkable sentence: "I address you not as magistrates, but as Indian devils." The wrath of the honorable body was aroused, they passed a vote of censure, and wrote to the reverend gentleman for an explanation; from

which it appeared that he did not address them

as magistrates, but as individuals. A Carious nnd Wirkrd l.ib-I. In the mouth of January lost a young lady named Caroline Green, residiug at No. 23

Thompson street, applied to an Italian artist named Ginseppa Geroso, whose studio is in Howard street, near Broadway, for the purpose of having h?r portrait painted. The terms and style of tha picture were agr-ed upon, after which she sat often for the artist to delineate

The papers ofthb "City of Notions," after" seeing their city ridiculed a-:d sneered at by Charleston writers' for its Yankee propensity t "make money " out of every thing, turn th. tables upon them for their late endeavor tolAa advantage of the sympathy excited by the death of Mr. Calhoun, to nuke mouey out of his last speech printed on satin for framing, price "five dollars in gold letters, three dollars plain." Lilhonrapliic drawings sre to lie ttkrn of th

proctb-sion, &.c.t and sold at fifty cents each; and a panoramic view of ti.e whole proceedings lobe printed aud exhibited, admittance twentyfive cents, we suppose. This is "going it" strong for the chivalry, and quite in the "wooden nutmeg" style. A Bjston writer advises ttiemf to take Mr. Calhoun's boues around the Union' for exhibition!

her features, and when the picture was nearly

And as ' enmnlnted. Miss G. took exceolions to orrtnin

foryou, (turning to the frightened actor,) if you J matters of style and manner In which the job

don't bear a hand and shift your moorings it was beins completed and refused to take it if

will be worse for yon when I come athwart your bows.' Every creature in the house rose; the uproar was perfectly indescribable t peals ft

not executed according to agreement. This annoyed the artist, who at once remodeled the ordinal likeness int a ridiculous and obscene

laughter, acres ma of terror, cheers, from his ' picture, placing a pipe in its mou th and othertawny messmates in the gallery, preparatory j wise shamefully disfiguring it, after which he scrapings of violins from trie orchestra; and bung it on aa out-house in the rear yard, nhere amid the universal-ditt there atood the nncon- ' it was publicly exposed to the view of a large scioUS cause of it, sheltering me, Uhe poor dis-1 number of ladies and gdnrlemen who attended tressed yonng woman,' and breathing defiance dancing school in the building attached to the and destruction agakst my rmm persecutor. artist's premises, aud as the complainant now He wasealy persuaded to relinquish hi care of charges, with the intention on his part to bring me by the manager attempting to arrive and her to disgrace and making her appear riUicuresca me, with a profusion of theatrical bank lous in the eyes of her friends. The insulting notes." ' artist was arrested and committed to prison iu ID-Mankind are more what they are made by def"ul1 Q'SMO-N- Y. Express. mankind than they are as made by their Creator? Ilaaaiag Together mm Mrparately The wolf ia ferocious because bunted from a "We must be unanimous," said Hancock, on whelp. Tba anaka turna npon you, because the occasion of signing the Declaration of ln1 you diatnrb and nnran. it Th child wmmm deoendence: "there mast be SO palling diffe-

mill tone balance yet due, thirty-fly. millions, j eurly bees use unjustly coerced. But, above all, rent ways." "Yes," answered Franklin, "we If this should not be paid in nine months, won't man become unjust and crawl, beaanas pnren- mustallhang together, or most assuredly we

Balawce Dm. It is calenlated that the value of exports to California, from all the States on this side of the Rocky Mountains, amounts to fifty millions

the imports of gold dust, in payment, to fifteen

1 there ba some smashing

eJ with cruelty and injustice by his brother man- shall all hang seosrat'ly.'

Female .TIrdical t ulleje.f scanj Irani The Legislature of Peuusylvauia, at its presJ ent session, has chartered a college for the medical education of femak-e, to be located in Philadelphia. The act of iucorporatiou confers on the institution all the privileges ei.joyed by any other medical school in that State. So far'

as chartered immunities are concerned, it stands side by side with the University of Pennsylveuia. The government of the institution will b vested in the corporators aud a board of twentyfour trustees, who have been appointed. The election of the Faculty has not yet taken plaee The trustees in. making a selection for ths different chairs, will be influenced by an especial regird to the moral as w.ll as scientific qualifications of the candidates; and while in point of medical ability, they design it to be second to no institution in tbe'Slat, their aim will be tw give It a higher moral cbaracl-r than is enjoy edby any other on the continent It will be opened for the reception of pupils about the midol. of October, the time the other medical College commence their winter sessions.

We understand that Ll.zabetn Black well, M D , is talked of for the chair of Surgery, th being her favorite branch. This Is the first, and of course, as yet, tha" only, regularly organised Female Medical CoU lege in the world, and on that account must a subject of liyelv iatTe4. JC. Y Tribua

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