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pride and humility*
i ill-. Iil.ADliR will hi* di'votnl to flic interest of
1 :ii' I.abor iiml neiiernl i-eforiit.
I hi' l'Vdcnil Oovemwri'iit will be sustained at nil
iitul we liojie that Its ultimate policy towards
tliin Stiite will ensure peace, prosperity, ami domes-
l i.' tr:m«|Uillty.
I I,:it self evident truth, contained in Ihe llevlara-
t'"ii of Independence, "J'hut nil men are erented
i'i|iuil," "ill In' steadfastly adhered to.
In matter* of local concern, it will give its earnest
(. ijipi.rt t.> all important public measures and practi
i il improvements,
W iul tv.irli'>* in its ailrocacy of the lti^ht, and
Ii 1111\ in it- ill iniiiriatinu of tIie Wron^r, its columns
»ill n• • \ i'i" in' in.i ll- a eluiuiiel of eoar-e personal
• ••<•• It w -II deal with principlea rather than men,
I allow tlir tree and candid discussion of e.il rah i
j . 1,-]>i r iiiin^ to the public H'.od.
In t \mi; in in ike this eiupliaticnlly n paper for
t I'" ■'! we confidently look to tlieiu tor tlu>
tiik<iin- iiU-ei iptioii and adverti.dug patronage,
v. '.I' ll Its wort It demand*,
T. 1IUKLEY & CO.
i'OETliV.
PSACiC.
l'.V .H'llN !'.. MnttltlMlX.
Wi' turn once more
I" -ee the quiet way ot' peace',
And sheathe the sword,
I t ii i Ii >iiff ai hu e. I,
in | ray 11 nit wrong and outr:me cease.
Now let tin* pen
lirsiimc ii_iiin
1 i'i r min I mid heart its ivga' sway.
tut mi' the Idiiul,
1" teneli mankind
I! ... w ell', to (1Yld I lie's lietteV e fly ;
1 ' light the Urong,
I " .-well the throng
Win ■ ; iiw i lie right and 11 ate maintain',
in. ;.ir and wide,
< »Vr latnl and tide,
11:-1.1-- and until ami pcucc sliull reign;
T .! i"i u shall Know
I ...It t'leV wIiomiW
I '■ W illi shall leap the whirlwind fruit?
I ..it l\uht is llii^'llt,
\u I truth is light
i I hears no tin-el substitute.
All history long
I l.i- i.itii|iant \s rong
i h i i ,| 111:111a11 wea' to human woe*
And a'l the years
Are wet with tears
a :iiish in perennial (low ;
And yet to-day
We slum the way
II ,' i e that lies through rightconsnes*.
While tmil and truth.
And love and ruth
' an uivc no more, and take no less.
—American Ilaptist.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
IIV <. Kl>. It. llOKKIt
I.Mrin i from ii I'oem delivered before the Harvard
!,i> 'a K i|'|ni Society i.t its last anniversary.]
^ a. yi'iir prayers t'iirpct the martyred Chief,
ii I'm- the gospel of your own lielief,
Hii,ci" he mounted to the people's throne,
A'" I tor your prayers, and joined in them hi*
own.
- -i'w the man. 1 see him, us he stands
-i't- nl' iiu rev in his outstretched hands;
1 'i>r> li,n'lit within his gentle eyes,
"'•i- tlic toil iu which his heart grew wise;
■ii'- half darted with the constant smile
' i ii. I.i'd truth, lait I'oiled the dcei«cst guile;
' ! ' a ! l'cnt forward, and his willing ear
■ A patient, right and wrong to hear:
■it in Ins gtMidne-ss, hninhle ill his state,
.ii his |iuv|it>fCi yet not pa-sionute,
I his peojile with a tender hand,
' .M\,,n liy love a sway beyond command,
'iiiuimod hy lut to mitigate a time
nzied v\ i111 rajre, utwrttpultrtiu with "criino,
liore hi- missiou vitli so meek a heart
n heaven itself tiwik up his people's part ;
when he faltered, helped him ore lie fell,
- ln> eHurts out hy tnij-.icle.
' Hi,- this man, hy ^rrace of Ged'e intend f
~"iin thing liettcr, iVeeinntl—I'rwiilctllf
"hit niodcled on a higher plan,
1 "I hiniscll, an inliutn K"Utle|iuU).
V\
Pride and humility are always relative terms.
They imply a comparison of some sort with an
object higher or lower; and the same mind,
w.th actual excellence exactly the same, and
the same comparative attainments in every one
around, may thus be either proud or humble, as
it looks above or looks beneath. In the great
scale of Society there is a continued rise from
one excellence to another excellence, internal
or external, intellectual or moral. Wherever
we may fix, there is still some one whom we
may find superior or inferior ; and these rela-
tions are mutually convertible as we ascend or
desctnd. The shrub is taller thau the tlower
which grows in its shade; the tree, than tie
shrub ; the rock, than the tree ; the mountain,
ihan the single roek ; and above all arc the sun
and the heavens. It is the same in the world
of life. From that Almighty llting who is the
Source of all Life, to the lowest of His creatures,
what innumerable gradations niay be traced,
even in the ranks of excellence on our own
earth! euch being higher than that beneath,
and lower than that above'; and thus, ail to
all, olty'ects at once of pride or humility, accord-
ing as the comparison may be made with the
greater or with the less.
Of two mihds, then, possessing equal excel-
lence, which is the more nobler—that which,
however high tltv excellence attained by it, has
still some nobler excellence in view, to which
it feels its own inferiority ; or that which, hav-
ing risen a few steps in the ascent of intellectual
and moral glor)*, thinks only of those beneath,
and njoices in an excellence which would ap-
pear to it of l'ttle value if only it lifted a single
glance to the perfection above • Vet this ha-
bitual tendency to look beneath, rather than
above, is the cliaiacter of mind which is denom-
inated "pride;"' while the tendency to look
above, rather than below, and to feel an itifcri-
oiity, therefore, which others perhaps do not
perceive, is the character which is denominated
" humility." Is it false, th'cn, or evtn extrava-
gant, to say that humility i> truly the nobler;
and that pride, which d. lights in the conteaiLda-
ui'u i»..j vi ui'j vi> oviuifln, is truiy itseTt more
abject than that meekness of heart which is
humble because it has greater objects,and which
looks with reverence to the excellence that is
above it, because it is formed with a capacity of
feeling all the worth of that excellence which it
reveres ? * * * *
The accomplished philosopher nnd man of
letters, to whom the great names of all who have
been eminent in ancient and modern times, in
all the nations in which the race of man has
risen to glory, are familiar, almost like the nanit s
of those with whom he is living in society,—who
has thus constantly before his mind images of
excellence of the highest oithr. and who, even
tn »he hopes which he dares to form, f els how
small a contribution it w ill be in his power to
add to the great imperishable stock of human
wlftdom, — may be proud indeed ; but his pride
will be of a suit that is tempered with humility,
and will be humility itself if compared with ths
pride of a pedant or sciolist, who thinks, that,
in adding the result of some little discovery
which he may have torttsnate'y made, he is al-
most doubling that mass of knowledge,in which
it is scarcely perceived as an element.
Pride, then, as a character of self-complacent
exultation, is not the prevailing cast of mind of
those who are formed for genuine excellence.—
He who is formed for genuine excellence has
before him an ideal "perfection.—that seutptr
metiMS atiijHui,—which makes excellence itself,
however admirable to those who measure it only
with their weaker powers, seem to his own mind,
as compared with what he has ever in his own
mental vision, a sort of failure. He thinks less
of what he has done than of what it seems pos-
sible to do ; and he is not so much proud of
merit attained, as desirous of a merit that has
■not yet b -en attained by him.
It is in this way that the very religion which
ennobles man leads him, not to pride, but to hu-
mility. It elevates him from the smoke and
dust of earth; but it elevates him above tr.e
darkness, that he may see better the great heights
above him. It shows him, not the mere excel-
lence of a few frail creatures, as fallibly as him-
self, but excellence, the very conception of which
is the highest effort that can be made by man :
exhibiting thus constantly what it will fee the
only honor worthy of his nature to imitate,
however faintly ; and checking his momentary
pride, at every step of his glorious progress, by
the brightness and the vastuess of what is still
before him.
May I not add to these remarks, that it is in
this way we are to account for that humility
which Is so peculiarly a part of the Christian
character, as contrasted with the general pride
which other systems either recommended or al-
low ? The Christian religion is, indeed, as has
been often sarcastically said by those who revile
it, the religion of the humble m heart; but it is
the reiigioh oT the humble, only because it pre-
sents to our contemplation a higher excellence
than was ever before exhibited to man. The
proud look down upon the earth, and see noth-
ing that creeps upon its surface more noble than
themselves; the humble look upwards to their
God.' . * Thomas Mrows.
freedom.
For / have sworn upon the alter of my God et< r-
nal hostility against every J'or/H of tyranny over
the mind of man.—Thomas Jefferson
It is the inalienable right of every sane, sober,
and sensible human beir.g to do his own think-
ing. Not only this, but it is his duti; to exer-
cise each and all the faculties of mind of which
he is possessed. It is as much his duty to exercise
his reason as his vision, his devotion as his hear-
ing, and he is a complete man only in propor-
tion as he exercised >tU there is of him. If he
be wanting in Firmness, he is so much the less
a man. If wanting in true moral courage, and
in the power of self-defence; in dignity and self-
reliencc; in kindness, justice, economy, inven-
tion, music, affection, method, memory, imita-
tion, sagacity, or of energy, he is simply unfor-
tunate and incomplete. Xor is he capable of
being ••free," in the fullest sence of that term, if
he be not capable of maintaining it. defending
his rights and protecting those dependeut on
h.m. It he be dissipated, he is in bonds and a
slave to his appetite: if a spendthrift, a prodi-
gal, he comes uuder bonds or obligations to
others. But if he be developed in all his facul-
ties—of sane mind fr.d sound body—so culti-
vated as to be able to use himself, he mar be
fkbk.
freedom is the normal condition of man.
Slavery—be it of body or mind—is abnormal,
unnatural, and is contrary to the laws of God
and nature. Whoever places trammels on the
minds of men, or legislates to keep them in ig-
norance or to hold tin m in subjection, violates
a God-given law.
Foreign war is bad ; civil war is worse ; but
v'fircry, to a human being, is the very worst
condition to which a man, with the attributes of
God in his nature, can possibly be subjected.
Next to this in the consequence of slavery, is its
demoralizing effects on those who assume to
rule over the slave. It begets in them a domi-
neering fpirit, which necessarily ripens into
tyranny. It also begets idleness, a disinclina-
tion to labor, habits of luxurious living, and
thence a larger license to the passions, and a
lesser rcg-trd for human law, human life, or hu-
man liberty. It prevents the full and free de-
tton2TT»*e- care" ot
himself, and tends to keep him perpetually in
mental childhood. Thus the infliction of one
wrong begets others, and the infringememt of
rights brings in its train a curse on all.
For the fullest development of all our powers
we lie d freedom of thought, freedom of speech,
freedom to act, freedom to tjroic, freedom to do
right, and frtedom to teorxhip Uod.
LET GIRLS BE GIRLS.
There are a great many heople who, in some
way or other, are always regretting and com-
plaining that girls are not premature old woriieu.
1 liej would have them full of wisdom and ex-
perience as Solomon or Prince Metternicb; tliev
« ould have them drilled into the hardest work
of the house and farm, until they have lost lif.;
and vivacity, and unfit for anything but the com-
monest routine of domestic lite. In the fir*t
morning suulight of existence the gravity of gray
hairs is exj>ected, and the silent profundity of an
old big-eyed owL They must have the power
ot reflection that belongs to au antiquated cow,
aud the faculty of doing twenty things at oucc,
known only to the mother of fourteen children.
I hey must have an ardent admiration for science
and plilosophv; they must like drab high—necked
dresses, and wear their hair combed straight be-
hii.d without ornament. They must like calf-
skin shoes and dyed stockings, and glory in hard,
brow ii hands ami a eun-burnt complexion. They
must look with uncompromising hostility on a!>
nice young men, and never riirt the least bit in
the world. They must read Loekef Hacon, Sir
Is:i!«<* Newton, atul study the peculi'.iities of spi-
ders and beetles for recreation until they look
themselves like the fossi! remains of the British
Museum.
It is no use—girls will be girls :u long as the
world lasts ; they will commit a thousand tollies j
they will get up undying friendships, which will
last sometimes a day, sometimes a week, some-
times a month, sometimes a year. They will
have several attacks ^of the affeeti-lis, just as
children have the whooping eou^h and measles,
during which time they imagine they shall never
survive, and they shall die. But they don't; they
live to Income quiet, industrious, sensible wives
a":id mothers—generally a great deal too good for
the individuals w ho own them. Thank goodness,
they will always wear pretty dresses whenever
they can get them : it is natural, and* just as
pru]K-r as for the flowers to take different livi>s.
1 hose croakers who want young girls to dress in
brown and drab would extinguish the su'dight,
would have the sky always a dull lead color!
would burn up the fresh green grass, would wither
the leaves »,n the trees, and extinguish the bril.
liant tints of the flom rs.
able: and gentleness, delicacy, and the absence of
whatever is coarse or revolting, forms one of her
chief attractions to man. Are not the ideals of
man soft-ha tided, white-robed angels ? It is onlv
sometime ath r they are married that they associ-
ate till-ill wi;h shilling calico and jieeling i»otatees.
Then let the girls enjoy their iliiBions and de-^
lusious as long as they can. They ujll wake soon
enough to I fe and its realities let them fiit and
flutter out tiieir brief hour of butterfly existence,
which has its own charm and even use, both iu
contemplation and in retrospect. Time will dis-
cover to tin in what it expects of them.
Mixing the R^ces.—Xhe Florence eorrespon- : Y O U N Gf , M E . ..
( dent of The Tribune says: " Wo Europeans do Toung men are the head ajpd brains c? a nation,,
not understand that antipathy which American They infuse life through all its arteries. They
affectation pretends to feel against the colored arc at.the head of all movements. Th^y carry
race. Alexander Dumas, the quadroon, was the the world along ujion their shoulders. " Young
guest.of princes in Europe; his father, thcmulat- men for action, old men for counsel,", is a time-
, * ■ f *4 « • * , ( I /
(to,was a renowned general in Napoh on's time; his honored adage. The Conservatism of the old niR).
■ son, an octoroon, has just married the widow he necessary to restrain tjic enthusiasm und ardor.
; Prince* Nariskkin. Count Piiskin.the great llus- t,f youthful blood, but without that aider,
j sian poet, too, was a quadroon; so was. Baron .world would stand still and fall Into senility. The
: l-euchterslehi.il, Lnder-Sccretary of 1'ullic In- great actions that adorn history have beep donc^
struction in Austria ; and if we go back to oldt-r for the most part, by men liefore they reached
times, the first. Duke of 1 uscauy, Aleseaftdro middle age. Washington h^d achieved a plj.f»r-
Medici, who reigned from 1500 to 1537, was a actcr and a name before be w**s li^ty, aii4 h° <va;
mulatto : and the Emperor Charles V. had so lit- j but forty four when called.to lead the army to do-"
tie antipathy against negro decent that he gave his liverauee and independence. If great men ady*V;
daughter Margaret iu marriage to the mulatto a generation, they make their greatness manifest.
Duke. His portrait, with woolly hair anil thick j in the days of young manhood. This holds trui
lips, is still seen in'the public gallery of Florence , whether in the walks of science, of literature, o^
among the Dukes of Tuscany; and it gives one of enterprise; in military, in business, or in art
always a i«culiar pleasure to show his dark face j The only exception, seems to be in statesmanship .
to the Americans, who speak wjth horror about ( But even here, if it were not for yonfrg ¥«.<?lfvity^
and enthusiasm, calling out the caution and the
timidity and the dread of change in the
which they dignify by the name of prudence an<i
the wisdom of experienco—old- statesmen .woo.K
conduct a country i>rto st?lf aruT stagnant waters',
and by desert shore*. . . , . , c
There is always room in the world for voting
men of talent and of rigorous purpqses. Tl/ej*.
make their own opportuni|iei;, Thev ercato
circumstances, and catve out new ojxnjiigs. Es
perially is this true in the United States. This,
country is no place for idlers and the lazy. T|i»
laggard will be left far, far behind in the progress
; miscegenation. Had Messrs. Mackav and Sala
studied the question iu Europe before they went
j to the United States, they would Hot have made
themselves so ridiculous hi thuir
ftice."
coircspond-
Otrn Di:ai» IIeko.—-Rev. Pr.CTapin, in his
discourse oh the death df6ur lafe lamented Presi-
dent, said :
"Think, think of the load that rested on his
head, the crushing burden of his charge ! when
j you anil I slept safely in our cabins, our faithful
; helmsman has kept the deck fixing his eyes upon
i the stormy course he had to traverse, watching
for the first star to break tliv midnight £!oout
When we were qnietlv sheltcnl from the tern- ;'>ave always been abundant chances for yount
Ik st, he bared his brow to the wind and the rain, !I,,on with brain,« m,d U,Vr° *lwayS wUl 1 -
and trustfu* in God, devoted soul and bodv to his Ithe I,rOFent timc boaTns '7ith more thaU ordinnrr.
work, had faith when others trembled, grew stron- I for those who are about to take their
ger with the supreme struggle, and saw our ban- in th° ^usy affairs of life. Theconyubio.:
ner in the sky when all was dark to men of les- 1 t},rOH?,, which we 1,avu »'« jho
entire face of affair* in this country. A ruco or.-i
been born to freedom. New conditions of lahoi
of men who are full of earnest purposes. There
r
THE NINE BEATITUDES OP ST.
TIMOTHY.
A remarkable manuscript, bearing unmistaka-
a ■ ble evidences of antiquity, has recently been
brought to lisht in this city, nnd placcd in our
hands for nspcction. After careful examina-
tion, we lav.- been unable to trace its date
Mk. Fokxky writes a conciliatory and earnest
appe al to the Union party to unite atul not di-
viele on ar.v present issues. The temper of this
appeal is the best- and the motives of the writer j
«bove suspifion. He thinks we have come to
halt, that the battle is over, that nothing more
is left to tight for, anil that our future is a con-
stant enjoyment of victory. Is there not a law
of progress ? Are we not always moving on j r,r authorsiip. There are certain passages in it
— going from better to In'ttcr in the Hideavor to j which rcuirid us of eminent personages now
reach the csn sum mat ion of national peace and ! living. ?ake, for instance, the following
prosperity : It may he the cause of the politic- j chapter, which we extract from the manuscript,
ian to close th; eyes and refuse to see what lies ■ called "Tie Nine Beatitudes of St. Timothy,"
in the immediate future. It may be very charm- j to each paragraph of which, *-e h-.ve •appended
ing to lie like lotus-caters on the luxuriant ! the name if the person whose "style" it re»scm-
sands, and look forever oil sea and beach and ; bles. Periaps some of our Northern readers
skv. But we live? in a living world. There nre will benbe, through it, to throw some light up-
on the oigin of this singular document. We
quote* —
i. Blescd is he whe does not make a cent;
battles to be fought, prejudices to be overcome,
great duties to be fulfilled. If we rest wc stag-
nate. The we>rld moves on. ihe life of the
Union party is active, honest thought. When , for he shal have no income tax to raJ'-—Jatf
God created tHe heavens and the earth, it was i son.
ser stature.
The re vere nd gentle man, rieing to the full
height of his great theme at this point of his dis-
course, repeatedly dieted applause, which it
would be folly to attempt to restrain. He
contrasteel here 'that strong will, that mus-
cular energy of the mind belonging to the peo-
| • 1«* »«»• »l, «a»k> »>l» •■*.• ••• nil liiV
more graceful, hut far less enduring, attributes
of i.'?:*t f'HvsIt; ' whose silken gloss so easily
wore off, and that classic grace which p'arped and i
l»eiit whe n h'^i uocouthem'ss still st;ou firm and
unflinching.' Why should we go to the classic
^records of heroes ? Why amid times so grand in
trial*— and, thank Goil, in virtues as lojfiy anel
coirph'tc as ever shone on earth to nioe't them—
seek elsewhere than in our most recent history for
the examp'es that are hereafter te> animate the
children e»f the' Republic in their efforts to make
our land the greatest and tlie'best ajnon£ the na-
tions
Where "T vuifk" Came From.—Every body
knows the meaning of the word u tariff'T—viz., a
fixed scale of duties, lt*vicel njir/n imports. Let
any one turn to a map ot Spain, and lie will no-
tice at it* southern point, and running out into
the Straits of Gibraltar, a promontory which from
its jxisitlon, is admirably adapted for command-
ing the: eutiuince «:t the Mediterranean Sea, and
watching thu exit and entrance of all ships. A
fortress stands upon this promontory eallcd now,
as it was also called iu times cftlie Moorish dom-
ination in Spain, " Ta rifa the name, indeed, is
of Mo >rish orign. It was the custom of the
Moors to watch, from this point, all merchant
, hips going into or coming out of the midland
I sea : ami. issuing from this stronghold to levy
' duties according to a fixed scale oil all inerehan- j
diese passing in aud out of the Straits and this;
have been established for the vast Southern ter*.
r'ltorv. Millions will receive pay for their labor
who never received wages before. This will in
crease th ir necessities, and create new wants.—
1 *
A vast market, therefore,, hitherto closed, exccpt
fhr ill#-* •wnt%l*r rs4
and enterprise of the young It is Irke the-
discovery eif a new na£iem widi f ve millions o^
people, whose >yants arc everything, and whose?
means to pay are the proelucts e»f their hands ancf
thews and sinews. The next ten yeprs will k."j
thousands of establishments for business spring
up through all the "Sunny South," which would
have been impossible but for this, rebellion. ,
Thus out of «*vi) good will li.ivt been eeluceu
Rich mines of business arc opening in the South^
ami an exigency will exist for skilled and tramei.
men of business. To meet this exigency, youn^
men should avail themselves of tlw advantage*
• * -
offered by Commercial Collc^fCf, po that they may
receive a thorough business training in Book-keep*
ing, in Penmanship, in the mode of eloing bnjiiness^
and be j repared to seize golden opportuui i ie.- a?
they pass. The country is waiting eagerly to
welcome young men of business who have brain?
and a backbone.
not the work of one day, nor did He rest uut l
rahny breathed. For us there is no rest. Let
us have kindness and harmony and the j lining
of hands as brethren but no halting. Our
course is unward, steadily onward, in the path
of justice and principle. A good soldier never
wearies of the march.
v a\ s seem dark, lull soon or late
! 1} touch the shining hills of day ;
' 'a1 cv il cannot brook delay ;
-'"id, it can a (lord to wait.
2. Blcsed is the bald-headed man ; for his
wife canmt pull his hair.—Itrintnall.
o. Dieted is the homely man ; for the gills
shall not nolest him. Yea, thrice blessed is
he ; for w.i n he shall ask a lady to dance, she
shall ansver him, saying, "I am engnged for
the next St."—Clapp.
__ | 4. ltl' siil is he who polisheth his hoots, but
Anprew Johnson, in a speech at Nashville, j not Ms mtrals—who improvetli the outside of
Tenn., upon his nomination for the Vice Presi- his Und, yut not the inside thereof; for all the
j.-icv according to the New York tttrmld's girh slialirise up at his coming, and pronounce
AccnRACT.—Accuracy is an invariable niariT
of ge»od training in a inart—accuracy in obseT'
vation, accuracy in the trans**-ti^t rf affairs I
Wlnt is done- in business mrst be well deme; for
it is lK'tter te> accomplish perfectly a small amoun t
of work, than to half elo ten times as mue-h. A
wise man used to say, "Stay a little, that we may
make an e-nd the sooner." Too little attention
however, is paid to this important quality af ac-
curacy. As a man eminent in practical sciencc
lately observed to us, "It is astonishing how few
,, , r ,i . . i i •. . . , i people I have met in the. course of my ojenpri-
was called: from the place where it was levied, , , - . * 1 r ,.
1 cnce who can elefine a fact accurately. Ye' in
"tarilf" or " taritf," and, iu this way, the word
has been aequ'red.
Tin: BnoKi.x Pi.f.rT.—A gentleman in Vir-
ginia had a boy tix e»r seven years old. who
wanted to sign the plcdgo ; ill in the- family bail
done so. bvt tl»e father thought liiin too young
;i':id v.-onid not h t him. At last however, nfte-r
much infre'itty, iHu-iuission was given him. Soon
after the father went on a journey. At one atop-
I business affairs, it is the manner in which even
small matters are transacted, that e>ffen decide*
men against you. With virtue, capacity and
fjooel conduct iii otlier reopects, the person who
is habituiJly inaecuntte cannot be trusted; hi*
work has to he gone over again, and he thus caus-
es endless annoyance, vexation and trouble.
. 4
dency, according
correspondence*, made use of the following lan-
guage on the status of the Slave :—
<4 Addressing himself to any black men who
might be within the rcach of his voice, he then
told them thst "they were set loose and free."
They had been admitted into the great field of
competition, where industry and energy alone
thrived ; and advised them that, if they were not
industrious and economical, they would have to
way to those of such habits, and that thej
would be driven from the field, if they did not
work. "Freedom." he said, "means liberty to
work, and then to enjoy the fruits and products
hi:n '• Beiutiful!"—II iggir..
0 Blessed is the man who hath little brains,
butbrass in abunelance ; for he shall be the la-
die' favorite. Sclali.— Gould.
1 Blessed is the man who givetli many and
colly presents unto the young ladies; fe>r great
shll be his reward — in a horn.— IfVIsfer.
. Blessed is the man who is always flat
lx*>ke; for no man saith unto him, "Lend me
fle dollars."—Field*.
.8. Blessed is the boy John ; for unto him no
gin prcsentetli a subscription paper.— Macdon-
td.
, 9. Blessed is the Artful; for when he is ask-
some water. It elid not come, so lie- culled for rt
The Jnfllence of the Kite Lichtenntem.
ping place, away from the town, he called fc,r | "nT* the African hunters •vaii.thenyelvfajiji;^
- -■ * * circumstance that the lion <$oe» not attempt to,
spring upon his prey unti$ he has measure^ Jhu
ground, and baa rcached the dts.t^nfc of teri vor
twelve paces, when he lies crouching on the
ground, gathering hiipeelf uj> for the effort.—
The I'ur.ters, he eay«t> make it a rule never
Gossip is one of the meanest, as well as one
of the most degraeling crimes that society toler-
ates.
of your labor. This is the philosophy of it.—
Let ail Eien have a fair start and an equal chance d to contribute to « "good cause," he answer-
ill the raee of life, and let merit be rewarded ith, saying, "Spongers!" and straightway the
without regard to eolor." He was for cutting Ihilantliropist leaveth him, and George gootli
the negro loose; and he believed that in freeing^n his way rejoicing.— Thoma*.
the negro we were emancipating the poor white ~ ~~ "
mentfc r , J How Race3 Die Oct.—The method in wbicu
man from a no l^ss degrading sisvtrv *o uifj *.»•!•
man to 8 ,, , , t 0 thiJower races fuse into or escape from tl^ higher #t>
aristocracy, which he again aUuuou to as in15? . . ■ , ..
aristocrat j, ° anrf ,hiel#i mvsterv in *ts causes, but well unelerslood tn
infernal and damnable aristocracy, and whtcW ^ ^ ^ lwj<s i:s producuvc-
1,0 tleclitred hWI«lf in hvor ^ ±css, a„.l doZens of es.mcl tribe,, lit. «■
"And in thus freoms Ihe J.»e, >t"r*b> c° „f i'lesl 0.1s. Th,- ro.l
ting a great right, you destroy aristocracy, anJjm|jarl of America, the native race of Peru„and
the aborigines of Australia are living examples
of this rule. In fourteen years in Tasmania, a
living traveller says, the a»>original inhabitant*,
although numbering upn are! of a thousand, did
not give birth to more than fourteen children.
We may rest assured that at this rate any class
of beings will soon exhaust itself.
to
thus abolish a great wrong.
One of the saddest things about human n|
ture i«, that a man may guide others in
path of life, without walking in it himself; ti
he may be a pilot, and yet a castaway.
a^ain still could not get it; but cider was brought
and, being very thirsty, he se» far forgot himself
as to drink that. When lie returned home he
related the circumstance. After he hail finished
the little Iwy came up to his kne-e, w ith his eye-s
full of tears, and said, " Father, liovr l'ar was you fire on the lion nntil he lies down at thia short
from James River f" " Rather .nore than fifteen I distance,. i«o that they can aim directly at his"
aulcs, iitv Ixjy." "Well," said the little fellow, I head with the most perfect certainty. If ono
sobbing, "I'd have walked there and back again, j meets a lion, his only safety is to stand still."
rather than have broken my pledge- !" Oh, (ioel though the animal crouclica to make his spring f
bless the children^ We have thousands such as that spring will not be hazarded if the rfen
these children, ehildn-n who understand the main motionless and j|cok him steadfastly in the
principle and keep to the practice j eyes. The animal hesitates, rises, aleiwly re"
Pkatr*.—If. the very moment when thou 'V"'me step., limks earAe.tly about him-
prayest, a treasure ia laid ap'for thee In heivcn. hes ^« n-aga.n retreats,„hll, Setrtng by de-
No Christian*s prtVer falls back from theeloW! out of.the of man's in-
gates of heaven ^ eath entrr. there like, n ,CN. flutnce' he Ukt*8 m lh* utm°8t htt8tc*
senger-dove; wme bring back immediate visible Takino Com -Thousands dit annually by
answers; but all return to the heart with the | .imply "taking a ct>ld." A cold i. usually tokerf
fragrance of p^rfee on them, from the holy place . either by being chilled, putting on damp cloth-
whe^-e they hatt* been.— Gregory. 'ing, or cooling off suddenly after exercising
„ . , ' > - , r , . freely. To avoid undue dwngea in. t^ie temper'
Notwithstanding trie deference man pays hi? , , . . . . ..,■". ; . __
„ , . . .. . . * ' . ature of the body, mada in ntlier of these jv&ysT
intellect, l»e is governed more by his heart tl. an . . il 'Ll! " > ' , " I...
, ' " . , is to promote health ond prolong life.
his kehd. .H® reaaon may puronounce with a L ■ ■ '
—There is a class of men ever ready to
y extent, if you only give them ▼
certainty that fcems to imply no impossibility
of mistake but, after all, his heart will run
away with ti e action.
Strive to make everybody happy, and you
will at least make one se —yourself.
^ou to any
nandle.
, | J r
—Never condemn JroRr neighbor unhearc. f
there arc always two ways of fellin* a storj^
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