Standard, Volume 5, Number 10, Madison, Jefferson County, 17 December 1835 — Page 4

THE STANDARD

LITERARY.

IXTr.ODVC7:ON TO THE CRITICISM A"D IxTERFRETATION" OF his bee.; the 1 flVi ir.i.' C. L. Siowe. ibis work 1 lore tap y.iiSic, cut we cansr.y vi i:h favourit is regard cd. TheWesUonthlv speaks well of it, lut as is usual, the iior had i-oi. examined it carefully wov ot this kind is much nee. led in this section of the countrv. and Prof. Stowe has exhibited a becoming zeal in the cause cf Western literature by publishing it. So far as we are able to judge, most of the points discussed, are of a highly interesting nature, and are well managed bv the author. We have examined, with car ie section on the ori;g f:f tcr .7 luhgvai Wc canr.oi yield our assent t. the theory of Prof. Stowe, o:i this subject. The question re'.a:;v to the origin of wtitten and s: okpii i a i : e ; a j e is one w!ne:i is contessedlv suri" rounded with the mnsi not best, then, to a.iv but with great tl ferer. nhh. or n u i n; cr.r.ies It is j point 1 nice opinions on tin 1 circumspection! The l subject has roc v c.j i:.'.-' rroic-unu mvcstigiuon oi i . otbund ii tn? greatest ana most lived., ami such men ions, after the most ; anted mo: rave di:IV-r ;ave ever c.-i.1 1 then- opi lilt will not. tiem researc!i. therefore, be deemed a mat k of disrespect to theau;i his views on tins point lie says, that 'The process of forming the alphabet seems or hi-ee '.11 t ,1-- In V.Miri.Tiit i c.vni. the name of some vis sound in which wa o ct was taken, t he hist t :i e sound desired; and the picture oft hat o'-ject was the letter i'ortliat sound. for examj le, 1 wish to represent the sound J); I loo.-i around It some o begins wi;h that sound. ect, the name of which 1 select, .-, the name of which thus ! ecoaies the name oftlie sound J), and th icture ot wntcn I .e comes the letter tor that sound. J :.;- is ihe way ni which me letter was Ectuaily formed: this is ;!ie meaning of the old Shetmtisa word u.itii-t an. the original tiiure to reprude piiture of an ancient resent this sound wa oor.

i i:sis very piatisiUe reasoning, and were it : vable conceptions. Every thing is a 'thin We not for difficulties which present themselves to our have 'things of air," and 'things of life,' 'mornin mind, we should be glad to yield to its force. We ; thine,' 'unearthly ft ,,' and a great many nocan very rea lily conceive that the picture of a ;,; r,-. Our modern poetry is very much like our

e.oor lei; u-fd 10 represent the whme word door-. but V( anno: conceive Low a part oi a com- , x sound could r-e taken to represent a ct-rain : - .1 part of that sound. To admit this, would require us to lelicve that, prc-vieiisly to any written char acter, roiiip,f. soun.is were ana'vz a. and n-soiv-ed into sim; senncs. so as to ascertain in a civiple, what were the simple cn word. J.i tor CX,1: sot; ids in it; and then agree ; upon the signs of the? but this is 1 a work, whieh available, has i io on.ioepi ;t, with all the aid now vcr accomplished. W ith all our

know.euge ot e.ementai y sounds, it is a matter ot , incidents of common life have a charm, when clad no small dillkulty to say what are the simple 'in the winning drapery cf poetry, which are in sounds in our v oid door; and to suppose an indi- vain sought for in tiie tight laced images of the exvidual in the rude state of early society, from the j ijuisite poet. utterance of complex sounds, to decide upon the j l.infsfrom ,Vrs. Sigourncy. to the memory rf .Mrs. elements of such complexity, is to suppose rude ; HiirrU.l Jf . L. TT inflow, lafe .Missionary to Ceylon. ignorance to achieve a work.'to which the profoun- I , . ,From h Memo.ir0 , . . j Tb.v name hath power like magic, uest skid ha;h never invented an equal; tor we j ' Pack it brings know of no human invention comparable to the in- j The earliest pictures hung in memory's halls, vention of written !an;tia?r. ! Tinting them freshly o'er; the rugged ciiff, All these difficulties; therefore, meet us, even if e towering trees-the wintry walk to school, , ,, . . . . , . i 1 he pane so oiten conn d. the needle s task we regara ah letters as signs o! simple sounds; and , Achiev'-ti with weariness the hour of sport these difficulties are increased very much when j Well-earned and dearly prized the sparkling we consider the nature of written characters. brook IYof. would strn to consider all alphabetical i s clear cascade the darker rush

, .. siffits as tae n presetitativcs ot sounds, Kesriecinff the distinction b ' 'ii the (- and jniwers of i tiers. It si. on .ii 1 taken into account that there . are but few signs of simple sounds: e. g. in Eng lisii a, e, i. o, u,y. Waiving, therefore, all the dif l.cuities acove noticed, the most v ,ve can suppose pie vocal sounds, and to have agreed upon some

visible signs for those. Ail the objections which ; Wh!i hm a ft,w br.ef summers' o'er thy head, we have stated stand in the way of this admission: : And in the consecrated courts of God " 1 ut if we admit this, we do not come any nearer to j Confess thy Saviour's name. And they who marthe invention of t lie letter 7J. Now it must be borne , , . ...

1:1 mum tuat t.ie n , with all the other mute; at least, has no sound at all ot its own; and, in its j utterance, must be connected with some vowel.. The little d has on'y a certain power as it is called, to modify or regulate th leginning or end of a vo- ! cai un.-rancc. 1ms sign a, tneretore, with the j other mutes, are not sians ot sounus, but sins ot certain adjuf,nfi.t$ or positions of the organs of speech, at the leginningor close of a vocal sound. Tiie letter d at the beginning of a syllable oniv in dicates that the foilowin g vowel is to be uttered I with a gentle im t ulse of the tongue against the I ift-iu ucjiet- .a:ieu a mat or ungual mute, ail 1 0 1 sunpoeu, mat men wmioui any signs o! the sound- themselves, cou.d have invented signs of the power w modifications of sounds, i. e. signs of particular positioi.s of the organs of speech! iMen have minds differently constituted; but to our mind it is nearly as easy to conceive that man a: the first was sell-created as to conceive the possi1 i'.ity of forming alphabetical signs. We ofiVr these remarks, we trust, in a spirit of the kindest fraternal regard to the author of the work before vis. We intended to notice several other points, but must deter for th'- present. At another time we intend to give the suljtct a more extended notice. The "Zodiac." This is the title of a new literary periodica', published at Albany, N. V. containing in each No. 16 royal quarto page ;, and issued I monthly at one dollar per year e are indebted I I,. .t.ft l-;nt.lf.f..'f . v . .1 e . - . . . tiir Riii'ji.r.-- fi rt Milj.l iUi ai:LO.-t)M t.a ill a- : -,- ... , . rp 1 "i 1 ie v ui i.iv Ul.-l Iiuili.'n5. 1 III- ail gll r W1 1 i mr me tuiuro; ami are, tnus far, a tan - r r-ituvah-nt , o me money paid tor them, than the great major- 1 itv of kind red i.ai r rs are of thr-ir r,ns'a-f ttc !!- 11 r rature is l.trrntu, r bavin" eniim 1 no 01 and not the milk am, wau r stutf ,f what are now j called journals rd ht.rainre ." We welcome i's appearance, therefore, as furbishing entertainment.in a literary wav, which a mat would not , , , . -11-, -vt r f- el ashamed to avail hmiseil of. Most of our ne1 I riodicals, of this sort, are worthy ot no place, save j )' be the toilet table of the girl of 10, am! would l,s ; ' -3 . .. 1 IM... V , pernicious even ti-re. h-ie. We hope the -'Zodiac" , ,- . i- , 1 ue to v.---art,-iegarl)0t its masculine dig - - 1 Wii!

Poetry. There never was a period, perhaps, in ;

the history of literature, when there was produced j so much rhyme and measure, and so little poetry. , . lOrh riinrnrv. In harp thrv ronnlatmn nt an nrtiiicerin accordant sounds and euphonious measure, seems to be the ne plus ultra of munJare honor; and whoever hails himself as the author of some five or six stanzas in the Foei's corner of a country Newspaper, lives and breathes anil moves in the rapturous belief of having achieved imperishable glory. That there are men, and women too, of high poetical talent in America in the West the columns of our papers abundantly testify. And vet who in America deserves the name of Toet! j A few miscellaneous, or to be poeticaI,yrc pieces, compose the productions of the most gifted among us. We had almost said there was not an Epic poem containing 500 lines, by an American author, worth reading through. The question naturally arises, what is the reason! Want of talent cannot be the reply. Is it not rather the ilpiTiPmrv rC'lbo c-HM-n.l net ir.i ltn iiiai! ,?.-. - . i tecis of the models of fashionable rhyme! IfUrav and Coliin, and Cowpcr. am'. Voung, and Coldsmith, ami the great lather ot limgiish tpie Had continued to be the models of the young aspirant afier the honors of the bard, would not our poetry have been quite another tiling? And these authors are but the imitators of the sacred song of scripture. A modern style, or. to sneak technicali . . . i . . 7. i ... i i . . i i - i i ' a inuuci n .v nooi oi poetry nas oeen csiauusneti by such writers as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, l'yron, Shelly, 4-c, and to those our young imitators look as their mode's Hence every thing is constrained and too exqusite for plain reality. The artless simplicity and dignified stateliness of amt-p is ahumlnnpl nn.l ovr- tl.nn.rtit ; .-.-ri,t up to such a state of metaphysical refinement that one must ao out of the world to get any where near it. Instead of the simple elegancies of nature, we have refined abstractions, and inconceimodern fashions of dress: in which the great objfCt seems to be. to ma ke one look as little as posn.t !e like the native form of a human beinsr. We might proceed to point out specially some of the leading defects of the modern school of Poetry, but this is done so often and so uselessly, that we tor bear, liesi.ios.our object was to call the attention of our leaders to the lints given below, which we hesitate not to pronounce the most beautiful that w? have ever seen from the pen of the admired authoress. An.i it is free from the faults upon which we have animadverted; showing that tiie common t.M tne pent river tnrouga its rockv pass Our vio!et-raiherina:. amid the vernal banks When our young hearts did ope' their crystal -ates lo every simple joy I little deem'd. '.Alid all that gay and gentle fellowship. 1 bat .Asia s sun would beam upon thv grave; Though ( von then, from thv calm, serious eye. re was a glancing forth of serious thought ! Tiiat scorned carili" vanities. 1 no deep devotion, and the nigh resolve, Of that scarce half-blown bud. did wnndm-ii-io-ask, What its full '.loom must be. Put now thv bed Is with thine infant train where t he's ad voice ; Of the young Ceylon mother tells her child Ofall thy prayers and labors. Ves, thy rest is in the bosom ot that fragrant iste : nere neanien, with lavish nature, strives j To blot the lesson she would teach of God. I Thy pensive sisters pause upon thy tomb i To catch the spirit that did bear thee through in 1 . -11 .. A II tribulations; till thv robes were white. i join the angelic tram And so farewell. yi,. i :i 11 i. 1 . j . My childhood s playmate and my sainted friend Whose bright example, not witliout rebuke. Admonisheth, that home, and ease, and wealth And native land are well exchanged for Heaven. L. II. S. Hartford, (Conn.) March 17, 1!J3j. THE VAUDOIS MISSIONARY. The following verses are copied from the "London Christian Herald." The author alludes to the manner in which the heretic Waldenses distributed copies of the Lible. The Catholics complained that these heretics, while pre lending to be travelling merchants, were really distributors of that deadly foe to Catholicism, the word of God. When one of these missionaries had entered the house of one of the rich, and made sale of some of his costly jewels and rich silks, he hinted that he had more i precious jewels, which he wnnbl ovi,;i.i. :j u .,,. i .,,. ...... . ., .. piuulh u iimii tiie ciergy. xio would rrl.- II-! 1 rr t.iuipne aw ;..y a Bible or lestament; and thus , j y a papist became a heretic. 01lf ,a,,y fair. thrFp Filks ofmme Are beautiful and rare he richest web of the Indian loom, Which beauty's self might wear; , , , with laXnt iff " beh'd' I have brought them with me a weary way: Will my gentle lady buy! . , , , , ., , And tiie lady smiled on the worn old man ti 1 '.t 11 11 " "' J hroiij'li the dark and clustering curls Which veiled her brow as she bent to view His sii!. and glittering pearls; Au'1 s,ie paced their price in the old man's hand. And hunt y turned away: , J 1 . - , t.m she ; aused at the wanderer s earnest cal "-My g -.itle lady, stay!"

"Oh lady fair, I have yet a gem

" "IC!1 a purer lustre mngs Than the diamond flash of the jewelled crown On the lofty brow of kings: A wonderful pearl, of exceeding price, Whose virtue shall not decay; Whose light shall he as a spell to thee, And a blessing on thy way!" The lady glanced at the mirroring steel, Where her youthful form was seen, Where her eyes shone clear, and her dark lock; waved Their clasping pearls between: Pring forth thy pearl of exceeding worth, Thou traveller gray and old; And name the price of thy precious gem, And my pages shall count thy gold." The cloud went off from the pilgrim's brow, As a small and meagre book, Unchased with gold or diamond gem, From his folding robe he took: 'Here, lady fair, is the pearl of price May it prove as such to thee! Nay. keep thy gold I ask it not 7 or the ton f God is free, ," The hoary traveller went his wy Put the gift he left behind Hath had its pure and perfect work On that high-born maiden's mind ; And she hath turned from her pride of sin To the lowliness of truth; And given her human heart to God In its beauteous hour of youth. And she hath left the old gray halls Where an evil faith had power, The courtly knights of her father's train, And the maidens of her bower; And she hath gone to the Vaudois vale, Py lordly feet untrod. Where the poor and needy of earth are rich In the perfect love of God! SALEM. This is a pleasant village, and the seat of justice for Washington county. It was laid out in 1824, and has ever since been gradually increasing in wealth and population. The original proprietors were Quakers, or Friends: who well sustained (heir general character of sobriety, industry, honestry and love of peace, unt-l a few years since, when the fiend of Discord made her entrance among them. The heresy of Elias Hicks was embraced by a majority of the society, which led to contentions, not only about doctrines, but about the more substantial hereditaments of the fraternity. Among other things, the meeting house be came a bone of contention; each party claiming the right of property. Eut the Hicksites, not having entire confidence in their ability to maintain their exclusive right by argument, resorted to a much more potent meansof doing it. The sons of the peaceful followers of Fox, llarclay and Penn, who had borne so noble a testimony against the anti-chnstian practice of deciding disputes by an appeal to arms, were found mustering their forces around their place of worship in hostile array against their brethren. After the orthodox party had felt the force of a few "knock-him-down arguments," they retired from the contest, and erected a neat and comfortable edifice of their own, in which they are permitted to worship in peace and security. Salem bids fairfo become a manufacturing town. There are now two cotton factories propelled by steam, a wool-carding machine, and two steam mills, one of which is capable of manufacturing 100 barrels of flour per day. The population is about 1000. The public buildings are a court house, jail, academy an ! two meeting houses, belonging to the Presbyterians and the Methodists. The court house is a brick building of rather an imposing appearance. The academy is a very handsome two story brick edifice, sufficiently large to accommodate upwards of one hundred students. Here is kept the county seminary, the most respectable institution of its class in the state; in which a thorough English education is given, and young gentlemen prepared to enter college. The principal, Mr. Morrison, is a gentleman eminently qualified for the station which he occupies, and is moreover making arrangements to increase greatly the respectability and usefulness of his seminary. There are six dry goods stores in the place, and. what every friend to temperance and morality must deplore, nearly an etjual number of groceries and coffee houses, where ar dent spirits are retailed. The pernicious effects of these establishments are very obvious to the passing stranger, in the miserable condition oftlie streets and side walks, which are in winter almost impassable. A little attention to pavements and the cultivation of ornamental trees on the side walks and about the public square, would make Salem one of the prettiest villages in Indiana. The state of morals, as might be expected, is of a mixed character. While the ordinary results of tippling shops are exhibited in the idleness and profanity of those frequenting them; there are many very estimable characters. The Presbyterian church numbers about 100 members, the Methodists are much more numerous, and there are a few P.aptists. The Quakers or Friends reside principally in the neighborhood, C. A gentleman travelling in , and seeming to consider himself su pet ior lo all his fellow travellers where the horses were watered, called for the landlord to send him out some brandy and water. After drinking, he condescended to tell the drivt r that he might help himself to a drink, when the reply from this man of steady habits was: "Sir I hope you will excuse nie; it is considered rather vulgar in this country to drink brandy and water." The pompous gentleman in high life could not resent his polite answer, and by his subsequent deportment appeared to protit by this delicate reproof of his respectable diiver. A word to FAiwnns. It is not perhaps generally known that potaloe tops, sustain through the winter, a worm very destructive to grain. Mr. Chapman, of Madison in this co., shewed me a lew day since a piece of wheat, on ground where potatoes grew last season. On a part of which the tops were collected together and burnt last fall Where they were su tiered to remain at least three-fourths of the wheat was destroyed by worms; and what they have not destroyed is small and richly while the wheat where the tops were removed shows no mark of their ravages.

The Flat-heap Indians. The travels o! Ross Cox, in the "far West, contain much that is interesting relating to the Indian character and cus

toms. Thp frl!nvinnr pvtracl Ic A nccri ,.i I , the most curious of the customs which prevail amongst the tribes in the neighborhood of the Ilocky Mountains, and beyond them. We have he- I .1 . -, , , .. . . ! the custom described by Mr. Cat hn, the pa.n'.er, ' !..v cU1r ca.o amuiii me times "il til c , eastern snle of ihe mountains. "They differ litib troni each other in laws, manners, or customs; and were I to make a distinction, I would say the Cathlamahs are the most tranquil, the Killymuek? the most roguish, Clatsops the most honest. 'and the Chinooks the most incontinent. The Chilts. a cmnl! triho n-li inlmlnt .1. . .1 i ....... ... . ,u LU,, i .o toe 1IOM1W ary ot Uipe Disappointmen t, partake in some degree e.. llle.-e- a. iuus j uuii, ies. ine anominable cus- ; tOlll Ot llattenillg th ;ir heads prevails among them ! all. Immediately after birth the infant is placed ! in a kind of oblong cradle, formed like a trough, j with moss under it. One end. on which the head' I reposes, is more elevated than the rest. pad- 1 ding is then placed on the forehead with a piece of' ceder bark ov er it, and bv means of cords ,,a4d I .1 i nil i , " . . " ! through small holes on each side ot the cradle, thepadding IS pressed against the head. It is kept in : this manner upwards of a year, and IS not, I be- j lieve, attended with much pain. The appearance j Ot the llltanl, however, while in this State of com-

pressioil, IS frightful; and its little black eyes for-I ''Y'110" ,(i a while, yet they will him the community gradually ced out by theWhiness of the bandages, resemble 1 , 1U'".S tl.eir ostein, and thus not only benefit themselves, those of a mouse choked in a trap. When releas- -yTV '"''""'"' ic .i--i ,' , , . J hese objects ran best be accouip h-hed where merhanira Cd from this inhuman process, the head IS perfect- have formed, associations, bu, where these have no, and cal I flattened, and the upper part Ot It seldom ex- not well be done, let all unite in forming a Lyceum for re, ceeds an inch in thickness. It never afterwards j ding, with lectures and debates. Kmm'iedgi is power: this recovers its rotundity. They deem this an essen- fact should be realized, and methani -s and farmers should initial point of beauty, and the most de voted ad her- J '"fdiately commence with renewed cv.vt-y, and faint not ami cnt of our fu st Charles never entertained a Stroll- j faI1 "t '" theii efforts until cvrry mind h ill become enlighten, ger aversion to a Rund-hcad than these ava-e cl;u,1,il the 'P'tiou shall be settled beyond all controversy, Thev allege, as an excuse for this rmstnm 7,a', ' 1 ,;lt 'abnr ,S n,,t '""-'t "ith a weil cultivated and we'll

all their slaves have round heads: and. nr-r--di,,,. v t .lit tAHiOl IWi llllO CUtU . I M v. Pverv rbil.l nf , i.,W., -i ; ; I ll.tri -t. . -i i . . . . . iiy me trme, innerits not only Ins lather s do uegrailation, but his parental rotundity of cranium. This ueioimii) 115 unredeemed by any peculiar beautv, either in features or person. The height of tile men varies from five feet to live feet st inchesthat of the women is generally six or ei-ht inches i ti.. & . . ; ie. ine nose is rattier liat, with distended nostrils; and a mouth, seldom closed, exposes to view an abominable set of short, dirty, irregular teeth. The limbs of the men are in general well shaped; but the women, owing to tight ligatures winch they wear on the lower part ol the legs.

are quite bandy, with thick ancles and broad flat j towards the deep bine horizon, rising andlalling like the temteet. They have loose hanging breasts, slit ears, ' pest-stirred ocean: bury yourself m Ihejr recedes amoi e the and perforated noses, which," added to greasy S,a"1 trees; look forth on her vast estuaries, her ocean-lake.

ucciu, dim uuuies asterateu with h-ui oil, const!lute the sum total of their personal attractions The good qualities of the Indians are few; their heads, and bodies asterated with fi-dl oil. constigenuity, nearly comprise the former; while in ,he latter may be c assed thieving, lying, incontinence, Bull,u""ri nueiij. Alley are aiSO perleCt hypocrites." ' On Ashes Aitmed to Ixpian Corn -We think the following remarks wiucn we lakeiroill the " i i emic. i-uiiiic-iii in nte souiliertern part of Pennsylvania are of more than ordinary inter CSt. Last season we made some experiments with ashes Oil Indian corn, which however, proved to oHi..-' o I .... :. . .1 i he rather a tai lure and very probably our friend has pointed out the true cause. "The effect of wood ashes on corn in this neighborhood, is at variance with what Henry Colman states (at pagc -2 1" of the Gen. Farmer) to have oc curred in Ins experiments. After utrent mmiirv. i nave not iotimi a single case in winch the ujijdicution to the surface after the corn had came up, that was attended with any increase in the crop, ilut wherever the ashes were put in the hill on land recently limed, the corn was so much better as to be apparent at some distance; and this difference continued until husking time. The quantity of ashes has been varied from half a gill to two quarts with very nearly the same result. "I believe the time is nigh at hand, when no firmer in this neighborhood who limes his land, wiii try to raise a crop of corn without applying live wood ashes putting it in the hills while 'planting, and before the grains arc covered with earth. .Man y have tried it this season, on a few rows by wav of experiment; and many of the ashed rows look ;is if they would produce double the quantity ofeorn in consequence of the application." We presume that allies will be still more necessary on lands that have not been limed Gen. Far. 11 ...v..i . . . : . Law Ginnr.msu. The verbose technicalities l.-WV'll I . r. i .. 11 I . .1 . II ol" ii t.ii (.iii .-eulogy .tie- uen nit in i no following. If a man would, according to law. give to another an orange, instead of saying, 'I give you that orange,' which one would think' would he" what is called, in legal phraseology, 'an absolute conveyance ofall right and title therein the phrase would run thus 'I give you ah and singular my estate and interest, right and title, claim and advantage, of and in that orange, with all its rind, skin, juice, pips, and all right and advantage therein, with full power io bite, cut, suck, and otherwise eat the same, or give the same away, as fully am' effectually as I the said A B am now entitled t0 bite, cut, suck, or otherwise eat the same orange, or give the same away, with or without its rind, juice. pulp and pips, any thing heretofore or hereinafter, or in any other deed or deeds, instrument or instruments of what nature or kind soever, to the contrary or any wise notwithstanding;" with much more to the same effect. Such is the language of lawyers; and it is very gravely held by the most learnei. men among them, that by the omission of any one of these words, the right f the said orange would not pass to the person for whose use the same was intended. The .Mechanics if LaxoMah'inr. EXTRAORPINAKV COINCIDENCE IN TIIE LlVES OK A Married Fair. A newspaper in the year 1777 gives the following as an extract of a letter from Lanark: "Old William Ikmgless. and his wife are lately dead you know that lie and his wife were born on the sameday, within ihe same hour by the same midwife; christened at the same time and at the same church; that they were constant companions, till nature inspired them with love and friendship; and at the age of nineteen were married, by the consent of their parents, at the church where they were christened. These are not the whole of the circumstances attending this extraordinary pair. They never knew a day's sickness umii the day before their death; and 'the day on which they died were exactly one hundred years old; ihey died in one bed and were buried in" one grave. Providence did not bless them with any children." Heath of Ministers. The Quarterly Register, of this month, reports the deatns of twenty-two ministers of the gospel including four theological students, during ihe last quarter. Of this number ; were ol the l resliytei lan church. 4 Congregalional, and 0 ofthe Episcopal Methodist church Om.-neii;:st in Massachusetts. In this small State, (small in extent of territory when compared with severa' others,) there are :ii9 Orthodox Coitr grcgational churches, embracing about 4 7. Out members. To supply them with the preachiii"- . i i.i " . . ' . r-

ofi 'v. .it'.

ine gospel, there are 'Jiiti pastors. Tho number of ministers without charge is not given.

M-( "HANKS. Now is the season thai .Mechanics should bo ir.akiin arrangements lor mutual improvement, the evenings are rn-im-i- lnni

and lmiUI be improved. If ilipie is nnv tin 112 to hi- drsirpri. it is that tlielar-i- liody of piacti'-a! v01V1115nKM) should become intelbgrnt. To eff.-ct ibis, iii-re associations are formed, il,.,.. .1 1 : r...... . ' ' cmhihv eumun iiLO an tiigpiiuMits Ui have 11,1 " '' 1'". imrnrin!K, rtim m-re ic i n :ei leoee 01 other ao.i uion,,of .vce,M,ad IWntiSk-nesslmt.ld betaken as gui.ie, nnd bv lef.'ipnrc to tlirse ii will, we think, be. found that occasional if not the r i!ar niuetinns of the societv shonlit be open to toe ieni lies and families of the members. Women rule the world, an I uhen they become interested in attending le. lures an.i debates, it will generally be found thai the incetin" aie well attended. 'I here are a few m.-n in every conimunity who think and net, a thouull the ere at oiass of mankind lannnt be .!.., , 1 by i,elirct.ml improvr.net, that they iwv no las,e or din,os.iio,, for i,, and that labor and .ffurtV, arou.e them u u-atd and lost. c cannot aar.-e with sncl, sentiments. It is out sincere M.-, that meclianics an 1 k-.boiers may and uHl at. "'iul l" xhp a''iuimon of ahiable Uamirg, when they become fu"" iliat it i? for th.ii imercst to do so. Men ar to" pro"1' li,e ,!""',ct'0!,s"' s'nnple naked selfishnesp, a"'! ,,mKi"S " fa,,licr :'".tne immciiate aequWii.m of dollar f"', '"T !hal i,c 'r,f if, ll!e ' "ol a "-ered Z , accu.n,uli,,,",, "r" U" : 'i ' ""'ke a shoW a,ul ' P poaiing rcyiei ta i t in the moerT sen-e of tiie term 15 ,t becue me,, haxc done ,,, it ,"'t tlW il.ry have done so l,o,n i.eteitv ; it is an e.ror into u hich they lllve fdien, and which they should immediately abandon, 'et ""''banies think of these thin; let them think, set up a 'euer rille of readability, and although they may be out of. .11 1 1'. , ... ' ' ' :no,c.a" l,, iu'r -od learning to the ,..,,l ,..(-.. i - ,.f .; ., ... . . i " M . ' " . r ,".Jn. "1B Pracl,caI workingman J f . one. 1 hen none should seek for it with "renter raMrnpt. : P, np turn brother woikmirmen. a "lnrious field is hefl.re ,-,,. j nature on even- side is pre-st-utiu.; you objects for investigation suijects ior tnou-nt are all around you seize upon them, rea(, "ark lenmand inwardly digest every important truth 1 ail!' tlle" -MI uiil lllll' crt youisrlf, and whatever the I worK1 ",a,y fay of -vo"' -vou, wi" ,ec, i' e as -vou wi" ""it the I respect of the virtuous and the roo. . and l,r n,m,,i Swer thr calls of ,, , -..i ' 'V;. ,. 11 a" swer the calls of your country and posterity. .Vcchanic and Farmer. C'lIAR.U TERISTICS OF Ami HI. IN Sri-M RV Cat i ,t. summit of the Allohauy, and look out upon the dark mantle of primeval I'm est i:l.nhin. tl.r meir..,,, .i -.t. .... an" -vs '""e'U'ng the snoies f,r htu.d,eds of miles, soarklinir - . ..-.....- en uuuuieus oi nines, sp '," the sul,beamS ' "'ilctinS the deep blue of heaven ! ,,er..A,,tra"!iPa"1 a'mosphe,e;-?,ad upon her be through boundless niles of unbroj where nohand ever Aap:;,,. .ver tread j-sad over In r Wand seas in calm or storm W i h,low yomsell, tlioui;li surrounded by the watery horizon for j hours, in theeeutie of a continent : Then mark her numberless rr.er, whether thousands of mil, s from their burn in the ocean, spr adin- under your eye a broad moving mirror of s'lininT wilier in tli. it ..i;.i.l.. .1 :i r . ! down a ram. for miles a- w hire .a, I , . . ' . . . -T....IUI...I. u uiiiun , lixtr poplar i-Iands lo a lomiii-iir yet nearer their estuaiv j ami.it the cilmated fields of ihe lower and more thickly inhabited land-, when the accum-.ilated waters of a thousand ' slie;llll-! llr(' in one wide reach after the other, and cxpan i into iiioan tuie stirred hays ere tlicv lina Iv mcr..- in il.e rr, deep. Latiebe's Travels in Am.'ri -a. Early Iti.-ing. Dr. Jluchan asserts that early rising is the only . ircu mstance attending longevity to which he never knew an exception, and that he never knew an early rise r who did no! enjoy a. good state ol nea lib ClIfilCIIKS IN Co.Nxn.-rict;r. the last General Association, it ' tne minutes of poars i hat there are Congregational church ues m Connecticut. containing :;i.r,ti,; members. To supply these.' c im : t nes, tiieie are i!t settled ministers or i pastors.and 1J ministers, including thr professor?, oi1 scie nil charge. li'erarv institutions, who ,ilVC no pastorai AG ! '.NTS FOR TUK M'ANNAUK on ;o. Cincinnati anil vicii.j Col Schillincr R. Ta i-ait. 'y,,i .!....;. ai. William Wnkeheld.r-,. Rev. 1,. C. Kahies.' Mr. I n id t 'r,ie. V. V. Ilo!" I t-Oil. Rev. Alexander .M' 'aihinc, Steplu n Coe, sen. .1. !,. Ib.-.r,.... Rev. A. V. I'on. R-. v. .1 . I'. Vaudx ke. J. (.'.IMi'll. Rev. .Vim n.. I'. i -i' laiv i M utlorl. Rev. S.i i.; ( i.iyda v. Rex. .1 line.- Cue. 1 . Vv iiitaniMiu. 1 'aiiici Voorhis. James Sieeie. Rev. liu4!i :.;,,;i.in. J. Aitntiou, Mt,-. 'i. Rca-ly " (i.deou Ihecoiu.r. Wiiiiam Andei.-on. V,,.,,.-, FianUiu, '(ic ILtiri', i io ','-;, fai,l.;n, Oror,!, . l'l.'VI, D.ilinii, ( 'hil'iro'hr, ' . String, 1 1 lit L nil ill, Sprinilali , iiidi neiiitt, I litniitl in, I I tliainsbur I'iq'a, Teni;, I j I in noil, '( ov o,-, A" n ia, V' -1 1 hens. CO do. do, do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. no. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. in IV If, Hi nil in" ICdcn Cross Roads, IN WAN A. Cranfordsvillc, anil vicinity, George W. PennefitJ I inrennes, do. .I.ihu i loli.md. do. iliiam Hummer. (b. William lSemli.-l. do. L. (iiven, do. Rev. I . Monfort. do. .1 . I bioiilton. do. J aiiirs M. Ray. do. .bum.- ('arnahati. do. Rev. J. S. Weaver. do. ('.-inciins .Merry. Archibald Simpson. Rev. A n hibald C'rai, do. James .M. i iimpbell.. do. .lames Alien, do. Rev. ,2. Hummer, do. Rev. Mr. Rell. do. I)i. John liwin. Princeton. HarbersrilU; I'aoli, Franklin, liiishrile, Indianapolis, l( ashini;ton, Spring I lill, liruri i illr, h'nor County, Franklin Co. Jinekrillr, H'artiind, l.nfajctr. h rankfort, Delphi, ILLINOIS. Fandulia Rev. William K. Stewart. I'I'.NNSVI.VAM V. Pittsburgh Rev. Robert Ratti-ison. Connesrilc Alexander Johnston. L'uioii Toirn Rev. Joel Sioneind. NIIW YORK. Cnlidioiiii J. R. C. uk, K-i. orklonn J, -lines I'mdy, lv. Jialti nrilk Kev. James V. Slew art. VI ltd MA. it holing Roddick M'Kt-e, llsi. A LA 11 A MA. Tuscaloosa Thomas Kinonds. K KM i'CKV. (Viet I and Shiloh (hurtas ( 'ol. C. S. Tod Slttllyrilk ("ol. Samuel S. Hovd. Plcasun ri'le (ieoij;e Risl, P. M. Ismistillt Henry K. .Maelcllan. Jefferson conn) Henry ( 'uinminns. 11 il.wnrile, S'n Ui rou'nhi John Allen. Ilhointiil.lKrv. . Ii. 'Hopkins. lardstoirn llvv. . 1,. Rue. pJizahet 'ilmrn. . Foidine. Howling (.m il Charles P. Morehead, I's., (irccns.'ntrg Rev. J. I owe. .f7fimm Kev. S. R. Robeitson. lanrillrV. J. Rice. .NVr(i.-(i.Ti(7e Col. (. Anderson. gii(, o(((. n county J.S. Ren vina. MISSv ( in. Caltd miti -John P .lo.nnder.