The Greensborough patriot [April 17, 1852]

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VOL. XIV. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, APRIL 17, 1852. NO. 674.
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From die Lady's Book.
The Beautlftil Sempstress.
BY SAMUEL LAURENCE JAMES.
SHE sits by ihe window, sewing all day,
With a quiet and winning grace;
And oil from my chamber over the way,
I gaze on her beautiful face.
She busily plies her needle and thread.
And always is tidy and neat;
She's sprightly and modest, nor lieslate abed,
And seldom is seen in the slrect.
When down on the lloor she gracefully goes,
While her patterns belore her lie,
I'd lie on the lloor myself, heaven knows,
For a glance of her bonny bright eye.
Her lot is loo low for lovers who woo
For coders of silver and gold;
But she DM a heart, and energy too,
That ore belter u tbuusandlold.
Now often I with shod lay her work by,
Nor labor so hard all Ihe day—
For I lear it will dim the bonny bright eye
Of my neighbor over the way.
From the Westminster Review.
elude his original and powerful articles from the
Tribune, on the " Institution of Marriage."
Opposed to all these writers we have last men*
tinned is M-. Bnwen, editor of Ihe A'oi/A Jlmer-innt
Review, who appear* from his " Critical
Essays on Speculative Philosophy," to be a gen-eral
receiver of ihe principles of Locke, as mod*
ified by the progiess of philosophical discovery.
Professor Tayler Lewis, of Union College, who
has ediled Plato Contra .lltheot, is now engaged
on a translation of all the works of Plato.
Retrospective Survey of Amerioan
Literature.
We propose in this article to enter on no pro-per
discussion of American literature, bul merely
to presenl such an array of carefully-ascertained
and interesting fads, with brief and hastily writ-ten
buldelibcratclv-formed opinions, as will guide
the intelligent reader lo a jusl estimate of the gen-eral
intellectual acliviiy in the Untied Stales ; re-serving
for a scparaia ariicle an account of ihe
books Ihal have recen.lv issued from the Ameri-can
press. We hive been over the field will. „
some care, having in the last few months exam- | veil
with We have space only for a sort of catalogue
raitonne of a few of the most conspicuous living
writers in this department. Professor Upham,
of Ilowdoin College, is known to ihe religious
world by •• Memoirs of Madame Guyon," and
other works illustrating a heliefin Christian per-fection,
anil as the translator of "'aim's Bibli-cal
Antiquities." His metaphysical produc-tions
consist of a •• Philosophical and Practical
Treatise on the Will;" " Elements of Menial
Philosophy, embracing the two Departments of
ihe Intellect and the Sensibilities ;" the same
work abridged ; and •• Outlines of Imperfect and
l)isordcred"Menlal Action." These works have
passed through many editions, and are very
largely used as text-books. They are, in the
main, eclectic and Anglo-Seollish, bul have some
original and sinking views, particularly in regard
lo the sensibilities, io his chapters concerning
which he discusses very amply and clearly the
distinctions belwecn the intellectual and sensi-tive
parti of our naUre. Professoi C. S. Hen-ry.
D.D., of the University of New York, an
accomplished scholar, whose first considerable
work wasa •• Compendium of Christian Anliqiii-lies,"
is best known by an •• Epitome of the His-tory
ol Philosophy." from the French, with ad-ditions,
and a ir.nalaiiun. with commentaries,of
•• Cousin's Elemenls of Psychology." In all his
writings he agrees wilh Cousin. Henry P. 1
Tappmin, D.D.. is the author of an admirable
"System of Logic," to which is prefixed an
•• Introductory View of Philosophy in General.)
and a Preliminary View of ihe Kesson ;" the I
DOW able and satisfactory reply Ihal has ever I
appeared to the iloclrines of •• Edwards on ihe
Will;" a volume on "University Education."
and manv important papers in ihe reviews. S.
S. Schmiirkcr, D.D., Professor of Theology at
Gettysburg, in Pennsylvania, is a voluminous I
writer in metaphysics and theology, and is no-liccd
here chiefly for his " Psychology or Ele- |
minis or I new System of .Menial Philosophy on .
the Basis of Consciousness anil Common Sense."
What is •• new" in tills work is raiher in clas-sification
and terminology than speculation.—
Dr. Frederick A. Hanoi), I favorite pupil of Daub,
of Heidelberg, was President of a College ai Mer-cershnrgli.
Pennsylvania, where he died a few
From Familiar Science."
Thunder.
Q. What is thunder !
A. The noise made by ihe concussion of ihe
late air when it closes again, after il has been
parled by the lightning flash.
A part of the noise is owing to certain physi-cal
and chemical changes produced in the air by
the electric fluid. -
Q. Why is thunder sometimes one vast crash?
A. Because Ihe ligluning-cloud is near the.
eanh ; and as all the vibrations of the air. (on j l"> mean something
•• spare room" there. There were several in
his dwelling. Bul the barn was always cram-med—
it was a kind of mammoth sausage—stuff-ed
every year. So there was no room for a spe-cial
apa'rlmeni for Ihe tools. la his imagination
he never saw his hoes hung on a long cleat, his
chains all regular in a row, his rakes and his
long forks overhead ; certainly he was never
anxious for such a convenient room.
Why?
ll\i father never had a tool home, and his fa-ther
was c.tiled a good farmer.
So he was, ihen—in his day—but (here are
belter husbandmen now, let me say, and I desire
to shock no one's veneration.
Did ihey find ihe shovel I No 1 ihey might
as well have searched for iheaiilosopher's stone,
seemingly. Nathan started for Mr. Goodman's
lo borrow one. Their work mutt be done, and
borrow he musi.
" I don't know as you can find one in my
lool-house," replied Mr. Goodman.
Nalhan noticed that he bore down on some of
his words like a man on a plow-beam. Didn't
earin 1 anu an ine vinra.ions oi me sir, ion ■■- ■••--— —.:,* . Na,lhan went. to, the tool-which
sound depend.) reach the ear at the same , room thoughtfully. A door on wheel, opene.
moment, ihey seem lite one vast sound. with . slight push, and there were Goodman I
Q. Whv is Ihe peal somelimes an irregular | tools-enough, Nathan.thought, to equip a corn-broken
roar ? | pany of Sappers and Miners ! Hatchets,.axes.
A. Because the lightning-cloud is at a great aaws, Iree-scrapers. crafting tools, hoes, diggers,
distance, and as some of the vibralions of the air i shovels, spades, pick-axes, crow-bars, plows,
have much lurthcr to travel than nlherr. they : harrows, cultivators, seed-sowers, selves, (rowels,
reach ihe ear al different (imes, and produce a j rakes, pitchforks, flails, chains, yokes, muizlcs.
continunus sound. ™P"- crowlwine, baskets, measures.-al were
Q. Which vibralions will he soonest heard? , there, neatly and compactly arranged. II was
A. Those produced in the lowest porlions of .Goodman's art—lo save him from ihe deluge of
,ne ajr> j unthrifl '.—Here every night Hie lools were |
(J. Why will those vibration! be heard first.: brought in and wiped clean and hung up in their
which are made last! 1 P'""- Taw next morning a job could be com-
A. Because the flash (which produces ihe menced at once. Goodman knew. He par i-sour.
d) is almost inslanlaneous, bill soand lakes Honed off a large room in Ins new barn lor lools.
a whole second of lime lo (ravel ihree hundred It was ccnlral and easy of access. It was a plea-and
eighty yards. ■ ssnl place for a visitor ; ihe lools were the beat
Q. If a thundercloud were one thousand nine of iheir kind. Every new shovel or rake, or
hundred yards off. how long would the peal last? fork, before used was well oiled With linseed oil.
A. Five seconds ; we should first hear the vi- which left ihe wood smooth and impervious to
bralions produced in those porlions of ihe air water. (.oodman frequently says. "1 had ra-coiilignouslo
the earth: those more remote sand ther have the few hundred dollars I have spent
il would be five seconds before those vibrations for tools so invested than ihe same in railroad
only in his vessel, bul in the affections of his Out of the mouths of babes snd sucklings,
daughter, gentle Grace Hume, who had always j My, lne Bible. •• Thou hast ordsined praise."
herished respect, to say nothing of love, for ihe
bright eyed sailor.
His homely, but earnest act of politeness to-wards
his child, had pleased ihe captain, and
ihough ihe youth knew it not, was the cause of
his first promotion. So ihal now the old man
had retired from business. Henry Wells is Capl.
Wells, and Grace Hume is. according to polite
Clance, " Mrs. Capl. Wells." In fact, our
esl sailor is one of the richest men in (he
Crescent city, and he owes, perhaps, the grealer
part of hia proaperily to his lact, and polileness
in crossing ihe slreot.
slock. Il pays belier."
Now ihrre is no patent on Goodman's plan,
and I hope many will go into it:—the more
"successful imitations" ihe better.
Lucky in Getting a Wife.
Hie MSI icw mown uam- i years ago, ssoooonn aafntcerr ppuubvliiwshninugi hnios •• P• syy,e-h—ol--,
ined wilh more or less attention a larger number
j ngy, ,„ View of ihe Human Soul, including An- '
of American books in the various departments of j ihropolngy." He wasa iranscendentalisi of the
literature than a majority of our readers would ; School of Hegel, and a man of genius. I.aurens '.
> . __. ... k-iL»a .,./.,. . ,,-r written. The libra- i» n,.-i., . II II.. ol Auburn, nuhlislied about a
could reach us, which were made in ihe iinme
diale vicinity of ihe cloud.
380* 5E 1900
A popular method of telling how faroffa slorm
'8, is this—The moment you see ihe (lash put
your hand upon your pulse, and count how
many limes il bcals before you hear ihe ihunder;
if il heals six pulsations, ihe slorm is one mile Qne |ju|„ acI „f politeness will somelimes pave
off, if twelve pulsations, il is 'wo miles off, and ,|le wiiy (ll lortune and preferment. The follow-so
on. ing skelch, which we copy from ihe Boston Ol-
U. Why is ihunder sometimes like a deep jve Branch, illustrates this facl I
8rowl • .... i i A sailor, roughly garbed, was sauntering
A. Because ihe slorm is far distant, and the ,|,r„„g|, ,Ilt. 8lrcei, „f New Orleans, Ihen in a ra-snund
ol ihe Ihunder indisiinci. ,|u.r d eoadWoe), from recem rain and ihe
Q. Is nol Ihe sound of ihunder affected by lo- rjs(, of |he ,jl|e Turnlng lhe cnrner „r a mi„.|,
cal circumstances I frequented and narrow alley, he observed a young
b* ant to believe were ever written. The libra
ry of the British Museum contains an immense
number of American Histories, Biographies. Re-views,
ate, and is by no means deficient in what
wilh more propriety may be called American
Literature, though the privilege that we enjoy,
while occupied wilh these pages, of consulting a
. ■ . • u ., ~ . .i.;~,nl... ■ !.,..........I
P. Hickok. D.D., published year and a half ago lhe most important systemat-ic
treatise ihal has yet appeared from lhe Ameri-can
press in Ibis department, under lhe title of
" Rational Psychology." The style is inelegant
and difficult, but the work displays a thorough .
mastery ol the subject, and ol its receul lilera-'
library in which there arc thirteen thousand j „ire, Specially in Germany, where the author
works composed in lhe United Slates, leaves on j received his educalion, and his characteristic prin-our
mind an impression ihal Mr. Panizzi might, I cjp|B,. His strongest position is. that lhe id
wilh some advantage lo British students, suggest I „ capable of constructing, a priori, pure forms
the bestowal of a lew hundred guineas more on I j„ pure space; thai is. ihal after perception, we
the speculation, iho poetry, romance, and irslhcl- < call form in space general images, not having llic
ical dissertation of lhe cultivators of Iheir Ian- | qualities of particular bodies—a position of
guagc across the Atlantic, Brown against Berkeley and Stewail, bul never
We cannot but think, despite lhe contrary ,„ powerfully presented as in ihis treatise by Dr.
judgment of some wise persons who have dcha- JJjckok. No American writer in ibis field has
ted this point, lliat the distinct history of the A- , enjoyed so great a popularity as Dr. Wayland,
mcrican mind should he commenced, far back. President ol Brown University. Of his •■ Ele-in
lhe times of the first Puritans in New Eog- Ineni, 0| Moral Science" nearly 50,000 copies
land. Thar* is a national character in America 1 |lavc. been sold, and his book oaths "Mtniis-il
is seen, very decided and sirnngly marked, in lions of Human Responsibility"' has had much
(he free norlhern Stales ; and making every pro- influence on opinions. The chief lenture of Ins
per allowance for the Dutch element and its In- «vstem is an attempt (o harmonise lhe inlellcc-
HuenceinNew York, that national character WSSI tual wilh the moral: he has perhaps suggested
born in England, casl oul from ibcncc, because I „,, m.w principles, disclosed no new monies, bul
II was nol agreeable to a majority of the people, j |lc „,, claailr denned lhe limits and positions ol
H..:—i MdM. ..,* :., .'. in which indistinctness is equivalent to
A. Yes : the fltller lhe rounlry lhe more un
broken Ihe peal. Mountains break the peal and
make il harsh and irregular.
I}. What is lhe cause of rolling thunder I
A. The vibrations of air (having different
length to travel) reach the eai al successive inter-vals,
oul from under lhe liulc chip hal, and Ihe auburn ;
The reverberation (or echo) amongst the nijis- ^^ n3ngin(, g|OISV an,| linconfined over her
s muslin dress, might leapt a curious or admiring
lady standing in perplexity, apparently measur-ing
lhe depth of lhe muddy water between her
and the opposite sidewalk, wilh no very satisfied
countenance.
The sailor paused, for he was s great admirer
of beauty, and certainly lhe fair face thai peeped
II WrtB tlw, «;;i> >..>..■■- ." - j j ' . -
and has remained until now, unchanged in its
essentials, where il first found a home, in the a-rea
of civilization ever widening from lhe Bri-tish
selllemenls on this continent. The history
of American lileralure begins in the good old days
of the Dudleys, the Cottons, Norn and Math-ers,
or earlier still, in ihose of JOHN MILTON.
who has heen claimed as the " most American
author that ever lived." And with justice.—
For whal had thai stern and sublime intelligence
in common wilh kingly domination, or hierarchi-cal
despotism, against both of which he made
"all Europe ring Irom side lo side ?" And are
not his immortal books on State and Church
politics lhe very fixed and iindccaying expres-sion
of the American ideas on these subjects '
PHILOSOPHERS.
Before lhe commencement of this cenlury, A-merica
had but one greal man in philosophy ;
bul thai ono was illustrious. From Ihe days of
Plato there has been no life of more simple gran-deur
than that ofJonathan Edwards, who, while
living as a missionary St Northampton, then on
Ihe confines of civilization, set up his proposi-tions,
which have remained as if ihey were moun-tains
of solid cryalal in lhe centre ol the world.
We need not repeal the praises of Edwards. by-
Robert Mackintosh. Stewart. Chalmers
uncertainly. Mr. George Riplay, who now con-ducts
ihe literary department of the Areas For*
'Jribunt, conlri'blil.d largely 10 lhe spread ol
French eeleotirtam.by histranslstlonoftns " Phi-losophical
Miscellanies of Cousin, Juuffroy. and
Constant;" and by a book addressed lo Andrews
Norton in vindication ol trans -endentalisls, as
well as by various profound discussions in lhe
•• Boston Christian Examiner," he displayed ca-pacities
which entitle him lo a high rank in that
parly. He has since dcvoled much attention lo
lhe propagation of the doctrines of philosophical
Socialism.
The school of Boston Iransccndchtalisls began
lo allOCI attention about Iweulv years ago. Its
apostles. Ripley. Emerson. Parker, and Brown-son,
were then in lhe Unitarian ministry, which
nll—excepi Parker, who receives bul a doubtful
recognition in the denomination—have since left.
Brownson has become a Uoman Catholic, and
lhe rcsl have taken, we presume, lo more con-genial
pursuits. The writings of Emerson are
loo well known in England lo require charaeieri-zaiion;
his brilliant sentences, if ihey snmel.ines
fail ol illustration by the processes nflogic, have
always a ready and'facile interpreter in llic spir-it,
and lhe exieni lo which ihey are read, places
... ... .. __ ....11 -. 1... .:..!.. itfiMaiHl S.
sive clouds contributes in some mca
effect.
li Do ihiindcr-bolls ever drop from lhe clouds'
A. No; lhe notion of ihunder-holls arises
either from lhe globular form which lightning
sometimes assumes, or else from lhe gaseous
lire-balls, which sometime! fall from the clouds.
li. Why is the ihunder ulten several moments
after lhe Hash .'
A. Bieause il has a long distance lo travel.—
l.ighming travels nearly a million limes faster
than ihunder; if. therefore, lhe ihunder has a
greal distance 10 come, II will nol Stash the carlll
till a considerable lime after lhe flash.
tj. Can we no' nil lhe distance of a ihunder
cloud, by observing Ihe interval which elapses
between the flash and lhe peal '
A. Yes : lhe flash is instantaneous, bul ihun-der
will lake a whole second of time to travel
three hundred and eighty yards ; hence, if Ihe
flash be five seconds before llic thunder, lhe
cloud is nineteen hundred yards off.*
i. 880r4 B51900 yards.
glance. Perplexed, lhe lady pul lord) one little
fool, when the gallant sailor, wilh eharacleri«tic
impulsivcneas.exclaimed, " that pretty foot, lady,
should not bo soiled with the filih of Ibis lane;
wail for a moment only, and 1 will make you a
path."
So springing past her inloa carpenter's shop
opposite, he bargained for a plank board thai
slood in lhe door way. and coming back lo lhe-smiling
girl, who wasjusl coquettish enough In I
nri-cpi the serv ices ol ihal handsome sailor, he!
bridged the narrow black stream, and she tripped
across with a merry •• thank \ou," and a roguish |
smile, nuking her eyes as dazzling as ihey could :
be. I
Alas ! our young sailor was perfectly charmed.}
Whal else could mike him ciich up and shoul-der
lhe plank, and follow lhe little witch through
lhe itrsots lo her home, she twice performing ihe
ceremony of" walking ihe pl.ink.' and each nine
thanking him with one of her eloquent smiles.—
1. B.880K 8—1900 yards. Presenllv our hero saw lhe young ladv Irift up
Q. Why docs a thunder-storm generally fol- ^ mar|||(, Mfi nfa piUr6 (i| a h(lu^_ ,lm, di>.
low verv dry weather I 'appear within its rosewood enterance, lor a full
iuule he stood looking al the door, and then
1st April—All Fools Day.
In reminding our readers ihal in If'udom'i
Calendar this day is a blank, and Ihal, according
lo old traditions and ussges, il is dedicated lo frol-ic
and fun, we lliink i: will nnl be unacceptable
in them lo know something aboul lhe origin of
ihe tide which it has borne for centuries, of "All
fools day." The following explanations will
give sufficient information on this poinl, and will
also be interesting for oiher dentils which ihey
embrace. They are taken from an English
work, as will be seen:
" The old custom of sending individuals on
Ibis day on a fool's errand is not peculiar to
England. Scotland has her .1/iril goick, and
France her Portion d Jtmril (April fish.) It is
probable ihal lhe coslom is a relic of a high and
general Pagan festival, in which the wildest spirit
of frolic expressed lhe universal gladness. Il is
lo be remembered ihal lhe year sncicnily began
about lhe lime of lhe vernal equinox, when lhe
awakening of all lhe powers of nature from iheir
wintry slee|>—the leafing of trees—the budding
of flowers, and the singing of birds—made men
look forward with joy lo a season of long days
and sunny skies. In simple ages rough jokes
given and taken without leelings of unkindness,
i"i in one of the most usual expressions of hilari-ty.
There is a festival amongst lhe Hindoos,
called lhe Huli, which is held in March, in hon-or
of lhe new vear, in lhe observance of which
the practice of sending persons on errands which
are I., end in disappointment, forms a prominent
feature. This circostancc would show that the
custom which still remains with us, is one which
has ils origin in remote-sgrs, and is derived from
a common source accessible alike lo lhe Hindoo
and lhe Breton."—Penny Magazine for 1832,
l'"Se 5-
Rufus Choate.
Rufus Choate is a picture lo look at, and a
crowdcr lo spout. He is aboul seven feel six,
or six feel seven, in his socks ; supple as an eel,
and wiry as a cork screw. His face is a com-pound
of wrinkles, • yallcr janders,' and juris-prudence.
He has small, keen piercing black
eves, and a head shaped like a mammoth goose
egg, big end up, Ills hair, black and curly, much
resembling a bag ol wool in • admirable disorder,'
or a brush heap in a gate of wind. His body
has no particular shape; and his wil and legal
' dodges ' hav
so confounded jurors, as to make it almost impos-sible
for them lo speak plain English or tell the
trulh for the rest of their natural lives. Rufus
is great on Iwtsiing and rolling himself up.
squirming around, and prancing, jumping, and
kicking up the dusl, when steam's up. Ills or-atory
is first rate, and his arguments ingenious
and forcible. He generally makes a ten strike
—judge and jury down al lhe end of every sen.
lence. He is great on flowery expressions, and
high falootio • Hub dubs.' Strangers mostly
think he's crazy, and lhe rest scarcely understand
what its all aboul. He invoices his lime and
elocution, 1.000 per cer.l. over ordinary charges
I
Uufus Choate is about fifty years of age, perhaps
over. He is considered the ablest lawyer in
New England, or perhaps. Ihe Untied Stales.—
His band writing can'l be deciphered without
the Bid of S pair of compasses and a quadrant.
Ills autography somew h:.l resembles Ihe map of
Ohio, and looks like a piece of crayon sketches,
done in the dark, with a three pronged fork.—
He has been in lhe Senate, and may he. if he
has time lo fish for it. President of lhe United
Slates.
Whoso retds ihe following will feel the fores of
lhe passage :
Al an examination nfa deaf and dumb institu-tion
some years ago in London, a liulc boy was
asked in writing:
" Who made lhe world f"
He look Ihe chalk, and wrote underneath tbs
words:
"In Ihe beginning God created Ihe heavens
and lhe earth."
The clergyman then inquired in a similar
manner,
•' Why did Jesus Christ come imo lhe world!"
A smile of gratitude rested upon the counte-nance
of die little fellow, as he wrote:
•' This is a faithful saying, snd worthy of all
acceptation, thai Jesus Christ cams into lbs
world lo save sinners."
A third question was then proposed, evidently
adapted lo call the moat powerful feelings into
exercise:
•• Why were you be n deaf and dumb, when /
can-boih hear and speak T"
" Never," said an eye-wilneas. "shall I forget
he look of resignation which sat upon his coun-tenance,
when he again took the chalk and
wrote :
" A'orn so, Father, for to it teemed good in
Thy tight! "
University of North Carolina.
From an ariicle in Brown'.ow's Knoxvillo
Whig, we learn that lhe following were the late
President Folk's class-mates in June, 1818, vis :
Maihew J. Common, of Raleigh.
David F. Caldwell, nf Salisbury.
Robert Donaldson, ol'diuo.
W. Mercer Greene, of Wilmington.
William II. Haywood, of Raleigh.
Hamilton C. Jones, of Salisbury.
Ed, Jones Mallet, of Fayeltcville.
Jas. Turner Morebrad, of GuilfOrd.
It. Hall Morrison, of Mecklenburg.
Eli Morrison, of ditto.
William I). Mosely.of Lennir.
James Knox Polk, of Mecklenburg.
Hugh \\ .id.VII. of Brunswick.
Abraham W. Vensble. of Graoville.
Of lhe above class, William I). Mosely is an
Lx-Governor of Florida ; David F. Caldwell is
one ol the Jodges of the Superior Courts of this
State ; W. Mercer Greene is Bishop of the Dio-cese
of Mississippi; J. T. Morehead and Abram
W. Venablc are members of Ihe present Con-gress,
and W. H. Hay wood, Hamilton C.Jones.
and Hugh Waddell are distinguished lawyers of
the Slate.
low very dry ..
A. Because dry air (being a non-conductor)
will nnl relieve lhe clouds of iheir electricity ;
so the fluid accumulates nil lhe eiotids are dis-charged
in a storm.
(i. Why docs a ihunder slorm rarely succeed
wet weather ?
wilh a wonderlul big sigh turned away, disposed
of bis drawbridge, and wended his path back to
the ship.
The next day he was astonished wilh an or-!
i wi .liner i . edleerr oolf pprroomoottiioonn Ifrroom tlnhee craappliaaimn.. rPoooort iJafc.k
A. Because moist air or falling ram (being a wag ,pee(.|,|CM wj,|, a„,aIeuieiil. he had nol
conductor.) carries down the electric fluid grad- jreamej 0|being exalted lo lhe dignily of a
tec-sally
and silently lo the earth.
ing to uallv to ineeann. oomnd| mmaatlSe'SsOolllnicees oonn bbooaarrdd oonnee oolf iihhee moosstt sspplleenn--
Q. What kind of weather generally precedes ull| ,|,ip8 ,|,al 1;,i|t.J 0ut of the poll ol New Or-a
thunder storm ? leans.
A. It is generally preceded by hoi weather. 0|1 ,|is rell|rn ftom fPa he purchased books
...... , i and had become quite a student ; bul he expec
«o•fT/thurehsupieiderdeto. falnliglhilMniifnligvtisimsonsgrreoautiitl>l'h;>i!/ ea»rl°d'm' Uli v\ea„' „, i,n"ter.vene«.belore his am„b.itious hop' es,
one ntimin"; vvhereas. ihuii.le, would go scarcely 13 would be realized. II is superior officer, seemed
miles in Ibo same space ol time. , h) look upon linn wilh considerable Is icy, and
__^_■___ gave I.on many a fair opportunity lo gather mar-itime
knowledge: and in a year, lhe handsome.
Where is the Shovel. Igentlemanly young male had acquired unssnal
Nalhan. where it ihe shovel ? Here I've Faeor in the eyes of lbs portly commander, Capl.
Koberl Hall. Mackintosh, Slewarl. oiiaimers, ii. ana inc .-son. ... - ■-" ....,-.-.--.. , -
and Ihe oilier greal thinkers of Britain ami of lhe , him. in position as well as by right ol genius, a-
<-_...;. „-. »k„ i.«,. „.l„.,o,.,l il.e .marina moiiir ol I he-un
ion. ... tot no... ,o |..'.-.i...< —— -— --/ --»--- -- ■— —
amazing sub- mong lhe foremost priests of the new age. Thc-t7ciy"
and'forc7o'niis understanding. In Ameri- j ^^^^J^J*^^SS!!l^'tS^
Continent, who have admitted the
ca, his doclrines were constantly discussed a- but he will never alia,,, lo ... repose or power
mong Iheologians. but until the presenl genera- - Dr. Walker. Professor of Philosophy ir.i Harvard
lion he had scarcely a disciple or an antagonist College, .hough classed among transcendental.Is.
d■ eserv-i_n.g_ o.tf mo_dii. con-s:i.d!.e.r_a.t.;i—on. rOvff ,w..r.iit,e.,rss i« milipr ii oarlv by hiniscll. A new man, liav-now
livina who have treated wilh mosl abilily
* . . • ?. . .e .L_ ll-ol
is raiher a parly himself. hav-now
living i:ave willi n.os. aoi.i.y ninigg mmaiiniyj affinitie•s- wil-■l■, t h- e Bos-t—on School, is
and ssroestness hi. Ooelrise of lhe Will, we Henry James. ollSew , «rk. author of a volu
mav mention Dr. Day, late Pre.idenl of Yale | primed lasi year nnder the title or •"'"»ll"»
College. Professor Tappan of New York. Pro- and Christianity." In whal he ha, given In lhe
fessor Upham of Maine, and Professor Bled.oe ! world he has displayed so .ndependent a spun,
of Louisiana ; bul .here SN many Other, who so pure a method, such expansive humanity, and
have written wilh acutcness against lhe greal such ample resources or learning, as cnn.iiiuic
necessitarian or in Ins defence. him a leacher of.he highest rank,.and justify the
The lesi books of .he old country—lhe works ' nio.ieonfiden.expcclation. of his distinction here-of
ihe seonl, metaphysicians, or those of Locke after. We understand be intends soon io puo-
—were used commonly in ins schools, and lor lish a new volume, si which he Will discuss llie
fifty year- there «■ scarcely ■ pretence oforig- -Symbolism of Propssly, Dsaoeraey and tu Is-
Inslity or independence i but in 1810 lbs Isle sue-, lbs Harmony ofNsluresnc Revelation,
James Marsh, then President of the Univsraiiy lire Churches," sad pi maps in-been
hunting long enough In do my work Iwicc
over, and can'l find lhe shovel.'
The runner was wroth.
" I don'i know were 'ns, father; tmnmert a-bout
I supjHise."
The two joined in lhe search.
" Nalhan. yon have left lhe shovel where you
have worked I know. Why don'l you always
pul lhe tools in iheir places."
- Where is the place for the shovel, I should
like to know, father I"
He couldn't tell. It had no place. Some-times
il was laid in lhe wagon, and occasionally
accompanies the vehicle when harnessed in a
hurry. Sometimes il was hong up with the har-ness,
lo fall down when nol wanted, or get cov-ered
up when il was. A greal deal of shoe-lea-ther
had come to naught by ihal shovel. It had
al limes more Ihso lhe ohliviousners of sir John
Franklin, sod defied discovery. So il was with
all the olher tools. They would seem to vanish
al limes, and ihen come lo light rusly as an old
anchor.
The farmci'a larn. was crowded, He had no
Hume, who had lirsi taken die small li.de black
eyed tallow wilh his neat larpaul.u and tidy bun-dle,
as bis cabin boy.
One nighl lhe young man wilh all lhe olher
officers, waa invited lo so entertainment at die
captain's house. He went, and lo his aslonisb-menl,
mounted lhe iudentical steps thai two
years before, the brightest vision he had ever
seen, passed over—a vision he had never forgot-ten.
Thump, thump, went his brave heart, as
he was ushered inlo .be greal parlor ; and likes
sledge hammer ilbeal again, when Captain llunie
brought forward his blue eyed daughter, and wilh
a pleasant smile, said "die young lady once in-debted
to your polileness for a sale and dry walk
home." His eyes were all a blaae, and his
hrown cheeks flushed holly, as lhe noble esp-ials
sauntered away, ktaviag fair Grace Hume
at his side. And in all dial assembly .here vx
nol so handsome a couple as .he gallani sailor
and lhe " prell) Isdj ,
Il was only a year from dial lime ihal lhe se-cond
male Irod the quarter deck. M eood only in
command, and part owner with llic raplain, nol
French Temperance.
Il may appear slrange that in a country where
wine is almost a common beverage, drunkenness
is rare, bul such appears lo be the facl, ifwe can
rely on lhe siatemenl of Thurlow Weed, editor
of Ihe Albany Evening Journal, Writing from
Nice, under dale of January 10th, he thus spesks
. of lhe absence or drunkenness among lhe French
e set many a judge in a sn.eker and , ,e whcre wjne ;, rree, UMj .
I ...SAM •«• trt inalru II <ilm,i.l liilin:.. I r W ■
" Crossing France in one direction, from Bou-logne
to Nice, wc ha*e travelled. 800 miles a«
pleasantly Jind quietly, as you travel along the
Vallev of ihe Connecticut river. I have not
even seen, through all the cities and towns, the
slightest disorder or even ill will. Nor have I,
in all these places, during five weeks. Been (.»•
drunken persons. Indeed, I carnoi remember
hut one decided care. And yet every bodydrinka
wine. Some a!«o drink brandy, but seldom lo
excess. There is an absence here, however, of
all those attractive mixtures and * fixings,' known
al home as ' punches/ 'juleps,' ■ coolers/ *cock»
having one's self put through a course of law. ;I 'i»n<t<o«■h' a•h*u•s• "vv«•I.n•ch•hsiorl1of-t*en«"e"n•d""in' t^urn.g H,?,e*r"e
ihere are few rummcries, and consequently, few
rowdies."
A Rich Case.
Some years ago an Irishman vvas knocked
down and robbed. He accused a man of having
coinmilled lhe robbery ; in due lime the case
came up for trial. The Irishman being upon lhe
stand, was cross-examined after having sworn
positively lo the guilt oriho prisoner, by one of
lhe keenest lawyers, and something like the fol-lowing
was lhe result.
"You say lost .he prisoner al the bar was the
man who assaulted and robbed you?"
•• Yes."
•• Was il moonlight when lhe occurrence took
place!"
"Not a bil of il."
•• Was il slarlighl?"
"Nota whit; u was so dark ihal you could
nol have seen your hand belore you r
•• Was there any light shining Irom any house
near by I"
- Nol a bil iv a house was there anywhere a-bout."
•• Well then, if there was no moon, no slarlighl,
no liglu 11 any house, and so Jark lhat you
couldn't see even your hand belore you, how are
Sagacity of a Dog.
The follow ing curious instance is related by
lhe Edinburgh Weekly Register:
The snim.il belonged lo a celebrated chemist,
who tried upon il lhe elfvct of a certain poison,
and upon lhe nest day administered a counter-poison,
which had .he eirccl of preserving lhe
creature's life. The next day another dose was
offered him ; bul, mtrei! he would nol loud, it.
Different sons of poisonous drugs were present-ed
in him. birt he resolniely n■fused all. lln.nl
was olfered, hut he would nol touch il; meal,
bul he turned from il. water, but he would no.
drink. To re-assure him, his master olfered
h.in bread and meal of which he himself ale in
the dog's presence ; and of thai lhe sagacious
animal hesitated nol lo partsks. He was taken J yuu able lo swear Ihal lhe prisoner is lhe man I
lo a founlam, bul he would drink nowhere bul , ||ow ,|;j you see him ?"
from the spat where lhe wsler gashed free and. ■. \yi.y your honor, when lhe spalpeen struck
fresh. This continued several days, until lbs ns, the lire flew out iv my eyes so bright you
master, lunched by lhe extraordinary intelligence | might have seen lo pick up a piu; you could.
of the poor creature, resolved lo make no
atlempls Inn. with Ibis waler. The
more
..pis upon nun wmi uns wsssr. ■ us dog is
now very gay and very happy, bul will eal no-ibing
thai be d.ics nol lirsi see bis master touch,
nor will be dunk except from die puresi spot of
the founlaiu.
bejabers."
The courl. jury, counsel and spectators explo-ded
will, shouts at this quaint idea, and the pris-oner
was directly after declared not guilty.
Plow Straight.
Il is an nld saving ihal " more com grows on
Pulpit Ostentation. crooked rows than on straight "—and why f Be-llow
little, says lhe 11 qOtnl Dr. Chalmers, cause every body plants crook'd rows. Now,
usi the word of God be felt in thai place, where slill more would grow in straight ones if every
lhe high functions ol lhe pulpit are degraded into ' body laid then, straight. So likewise, every
a stipulated exchange of entertainment on the one ' farmer, who plows slraighl furrows, raises iho
hand, and of admiration O* tbs other. And sure-' largest crops. "Why so *" asks the reader.
|y, it were ■ signs lo make aogi Is weep, vv hen ■ lb causa Ihe man who take! paini lo do thine a
«i.k and vapouring mortal, lurroasded by his ' wilt is always mosl successful. Whoever will
■inner,, and hastening lo the grave and to turn over straight and even furrows, will do otb-thr
judgment along with them, finds it a dearer er things equally yvcll ; Ihere is no slipslop
obi rl IS hia bosom, lo regale hia hear, rs bj the farming aboul him—no broken fenoes. no giant
, v.i .noil of himself, than do in plain aarneel Breeds, no rusly lools I bul all arc nest and flour-irk
of his Master, and urge IDs bseineas of ishmg. Show mo the style in nhich s man
mee and faith,by loe impressivesimpliei- plows bis fields, and I will icll you wheihsr he
j is a gom! or bad humor.