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w^mm^m ijicm^mmmm^. '*J*#*aP*iS8^iSy#J- \-J I 1 1. I . MEXICO INDEPS KD1 H T\ 3 i 11'i.ii','»|»'» ' and I-was searching ie-r a passage in my bock which I thought would please bar, when all at once we -were startled by a distant crash o* crockery-ware -, plates and dishes, iu fact, as T afterwards discovered. To add tr. onr annoy- ance this crasb was apeedily followed by a half i whistle songs and echoing laughs ot those suppressed shriek. Mrs. Stanley Started up m ! journeyiog forth\ to various duties, combine to Irieud., with deep bay, urges ihem to proceul .Washington was a land surveyor and a on yonder hill, the lambkiua play, and, with farmer, -••-.--- i - true maternal care,,the parent sheep attempt^. Greej w»s a blacksmith, to call them to her side. From the poultry Warren was aphysiclan. yard there comes a variety of sounds, and the ( Sumter was a shepherd. Marion was a farmer, as were-also Putnam, Allen and Stark. Hancock wa* a shipping merchant. 1 ^. \ Trumbull was. an artist. Arnold who, though a traitor, was a brave alarm, . . _ ' vavke sweet harmony. 'Do tao and ?ee what is the'matter, George,'I The morn is past, and in the west alow, said shX 'I told you 1 was certain it was some-< rnmbling'sound is bea?d, the clouds are scarce- tnihg serious. TBIa^rhbtoan will be the death I ly vi4ble 8 jet. in the margin of the horizon, j man and a good general, was a druggist o and ot Phil-lie some of these days, Jhey are always j there reBts a strip of black And see, it marches .bookseller. • quarreling,' \\\ i onward, like an enemy to the battle. The sun J Swautiy..p>'i*Jsg_te Jis^njto *he closing per-; latest t6-visw. - \\Bd^ < S*rfe,-&.r«b.^log sba.dow ) don 6i„ my wife%~is>pee£k, I -b'ssriencpm tbeTpefySdesthe earth y Vivid irgfctniags lk*itlc<Hs| room, and SOQO heard, as I passed through the J pole to pole, or descend,-like fiery serpents, | teW_3P- increasing clamcr, fat jfag kitchen be- i down the vault of heaven; .- every mnimal; Phillis. . 'to come from every woodland, glen and tree. 'Ha' dose, I say! I won't had nuffin to do ! The low rumbling has now brokelortb into the, wid tbe'stuff, Bairaway.' moist deafening roar, Edil^buge aud heavy, 'You ugly and conthrairy naygur, don't I Is dashed by the wind, which has gathered tell ye His the ma&ther'e orders V I beard Be- with the storm, and all is terror and alarm, ter respond, . 1 It passes, perhaps, so that the sun inay peace- fully wish as good night; <oc, if not, we rejoice Henry Clay was a miller's apprentice,. Harrison was a farmer, > F4H«;-«re w|iis *-tw&j*?, . .__^_»..^ Batalia-s-aa a printe*. Douglas wasacabinet maker it-' Hail Splitter.: GONE. received a blemish, it will take- years of ref«raa4ttoni»¥rtpeito«t, -'- - Beware, tbeii, young mfen, bow joa com- mrnce your lives, after the restraints of p*- rents shall no longer confine ys» v«th(ip the pale op virtue and correct deportment.. ' Mexico, N. Y. * A, B.C. NO SABBATH. 'Taint no suck thing? Goaway you poor wnite:lrisher! I tell ye I won't. Who ebba in tbe ; anticipation of a bright morning yet to- come, whose afternoon shall not be c-louded, and in wnioh nothing shall mar a scenery so lovely in its outset; but whose lovely morn- i ing shall precede a glorious noon, a superb sunset, and an eve embellished by thousands of glittering gems. And, now- we think man's life is like a day, and the poet might have said : • SJatiy a man Whose yontli it^a bright. Rag sadly strayed (rom. paths of rigut; • And many wbose ways w *re wretobed. dark, Have lit last bejouje a shining mart. beard oba colored woman a takin a broamash afore, T4 like to know V The whole truth of what 1 had been suspect- ing for some time flashed upon me at once, and the fan of the thing struck me so irresistibly . that I hesitated fo. a while to break upon it. •Arrah, be aisy, can't ye ? and takje the dose •like a daeent nagur.' •Go away, I tell ye,' screamed Phiilie. I'll call Missus, dat I will,' 'Oca, by this and by that.' eaid. Peter, reso- lutely, 'if 'tis about to frighten the beautiful njisthress ye are, and? she sick too at the same time, I will soon put a stop to that.' „ Immediately afterwards, I heard; the sound of bk heavy step across the kitchen floor, and then came a short scuffle and a stifled scream. Concluding that it was now time for me to in. ' terfere,<J moved quickly on, and just as the scuffling gave way to smothered sobs \and In a Prize Essay on the Sabbatb, wiitteg by a journeyman printer in Scotland^ there occurs the following striking passage: Ydke-MlawBl think how the .abstraction of ~\j the Sab1mtk'wptr18-fctJ|»lt*g'j %seJas* tk? *§ri^ 1ng classes, with whom we-^r% jaentifled, Abraham Lincoln was a! TWnk of la^or thus going on in oae monot- v rr \niii i ••• -- . M ^i» 1! - 1 r1^n R y~iiiif>iii'f \'uiiiitiLZlijill^\ -_—— | for ever on the rack, the fingers. forev\r^lay-~ ing, the eyeballs for ever straioing, the brow for eve? sweating, the.ieet for ever plodding, and brain for ever throbbing, the shoulders for Yes gope'.. Many whom we have loved in i ever d?ooping, the loins fer wer aoWng, and this\ life have gone to the spirit-land, never to j the restless mind for ever.schenaiDg. Think ©f return to us, We recollect them; we can see i the beauty it would efface, of the merry heart- how tbeyusedto smile upon and greet us; we.jedness it wouldextinguish, of the giant strength renoember, too, the many happy hours we have it woqld tame, of the resouroee of natore\ that spent in tneir society 5 but it is ia the past- Time has borne them away, and our loved ones, many of them, lie in the cold, cold grave, there to await the .Great Day, when the whole universe will be- at the bar of God, to receive their reward for the \deeds done lit the body.\ • . • t . Not only have our loved one's, gone to the spirit land, but precious time has gone passed away. \Now we recoTlectTEe\ away, wow we recoUectiEe many For have we not seen those, the morning of, hours we have allowed to pass unimproved.— whose life was beautiful; who were blessed , ^e now regret it, bat it is«if no avail. We With the mellow tints of abundance in their would .recall them, but no; they have fled, childhood, when released from the directing in- 'have gone, never to return. We can atone for fieeaceof a mother's arms; whose youth was , misepent time only by being more diligent cheered and enlivened by the encouragement. na ' v - - ' • of many friends, an abundance of the gold that, friends and time have gone; but they are perishetb was prepared to welcome him into , not alone among the things that were, brokerfejaeulationR, I flusg open tfe door and] manhood, and the purple curtains of rank and , P ires f kingdoms,.#>.. have gone off from the looked in. ? The first thing that caught my eye i thorough training in the right .course, were ( . \ rta S e of action.\ These h^ve flourished—had ,wasPbillisin a obair, sputtering and gasping;]-thrown around him as a' protection ; every their day—passed away. They were once the w$ile Mnlrooney, holding her. head. under bis j thfng is eright, and indicative of a pleasant and : P rid e ef the world ; hut now, where ate they ? it would exhaust, of the aspiratlqng it\ would cruBb, of the sickness it would breed, of the ' projects it would wreck, of the groans it would extort, of the lives it would immolate, of tie cheerless graves it would prematurely dig.- See them toiling and moiling, sweating and fretting, grinding and hewiojE, weaving and sp'nning, sowing and gathering; mowing and has reaping, raising and building, digging and planting, unloading and storing, striving and straggling—in the garden and in the field, to; the granary and in the. barn, in thefectoryacd in the'mul, in the warehouse and in the shop, on the mountain and in the ditch, on the road- side and in the woodsy ia the city and in the country, on the sea and on the shore, on the earth in days of brigtness and. of glaeffif,' What a sad picture would tlie world prebttt. if we had no Sabbatb'. .Em- left arm, was employing his right band in con- veying a tin cap of bran mash from the backet at his side to her nptnrned mouth. proStable after life. But the morning of youth is past, and in the horizon ot his character a dark though limited •What in the name of all that is good,- are j j treak of v{ce regeen< B „ t _ bebo ] d . it n3 are ' neB yon doing, now, Mulrooney?' said I. 'Sure, sir,'said he,'what'adl 4o, hut give black Pbillis the warm mash, accordin to yer honor's orthers? Angh, the haythan! Bad arouB.d, and as it moves, assumes a threaten- i ing aspect. The ran of his youthful instrue- '•. tion is lost to view in the boding storm of sin I From bis clouded heart the lightning flashes of POWER OF READING. - Benjamin Franklin tells na, in one of his let- ters, that, when he was a boy, a\ little book fell into bis hands, entitled, E«says to do Good, by Cotton Mather. It was tattered and tom, and. several leaves were missing. 4v Bnt the remain- der,\ he says, \gave**»$ such'itnm of think*- oese to her r'tistaouhte^^ enough I've had that's conra mi n g influences reach as far as. be is; known, or fold themselves, snake-like, within '. My dear Urhan, you may imaginee thee finale j MVsonl.'to drag U deeper in the vaults of\*!* ' * e 0J1 . wa [ d march oHim ' He8to P s fo * n ™ ?! *««»' a useful citizen, the public d*es all the '-• •-- \— «••--' «-. i T o r •: all must be no lie—the stupid oldthafe of a nagur.' lagin th to so rich a scene; even Mrs. Stanley caught the infection, and laughed heartily* As for Peter, the last 1 heard was his^ muttering as be walked away: 'Ayeh S why didn't he tell me ? If they call nagur fiUlss and borBe fillies, how the deuce should I know the differ? Sighs of grief cotpe from the cteejj, recesses of all loving hearts, and a fueling of awe pervades the soul as we see-tbe frightful storm of sin foHowiBgtn-thew&feeef so maeh of promise - „,. ... .. u ^ „ , ... The low murmur of profanity breaks forth in j more ' 0ine : g Wl \ ^ ake ™ !jww,«4«» one tremendous roar of curses, and to* hail- ! n6xt ««>«»*\» w »» koow as little of us as we stones of hQge . and heaw sins, sw^pt bV the! do of tbeBl ' B ? lhe time th ^ nK «'Come upon furious winds of habitual wrong, beat upon I tbe \\^ of «*<*^\ w « h »\ ^e gone to Original. MAN'S MFE LIKE A ©At. Jlany * d»y *>tb taornlag bright . \Btt fcwn with eloodii outcast; •And eloady morning*, dark and drear, Have ush»red days both bright and clear. the \stage-of aotionj\ we Shall have him until he sinks so low into wretchedness« the s P irit land^'-to the bourne whence no that not eVen a toy of the former\ sunshine can t *™&. tmtmP We shaft then be ejther in a nierne thf ough the gloom. I »»K*»«» w ™***? : Hence, if we male the 1 * _, ' , . u ., ,. . „• ,. , [ necessary preparfttiott now, we can dwell in ' K5£' P l P% f ^ r?C0 ? 0BS b0UlldleB8 Wta-ta *• *»\» '<* «• Saviour, cbadhood scenes the Btormy pen od pas.es , p wb . Q ^ ^ ^ ^^/„ t ^ ,ar^ the sunset othfeiBcalmahd placid. ?ben eterni QQ tbe * h& hmi tf % i can we say all i» wel the storm is oer, the I ..^ iW i wtioo « out Jd t will\ be tothat ' bark long tossed is safely moored m the harbor : p lace .. wh ere. the worm dieth not, and the fire i is not quenched.\ Reader, ore you prepared to meet God in rvAfan A- 9 treason to anticipate that, after the evil has 1 cleared Of rest. Bat, methinks, you askbow is it When the storm clears not away, hut the night; of life is as stormy as the dayl\ Then we have ! i been cleared away by. the purifying, recoh> i ciling, and soothing influences to which he Thus sung the poet when he reflected 6a the , shall be sarrelrdered, after being wrecked by past. And who cannot recall such- scenes.! the storm, on the portals-of never-ending time, when Morpheus has restored us to conscious-! a bright morning shall dawn through, though ness after boldifig us in his arms, and by hVj in eternity, which shall be ever onward, more kind embrace* tefmaifl* us, .and. we h^ewh- 1 ^ »0» beautiful, until at last all shtJl foam ered, forth to welooMfthe ww-bom day, w ' the ebsiin fields of the West as long as nevet- 1 ending time shall exist. »\R £ h»ve fanol*fl nakte herself to be dreaming, wtten^ In the growing gray of morning, not a breath &M itirr'ed. the fragile aspen leaf, and naught tu heard of life. So still, so solemn W»B the scene*, that it almost seemed sacrilege to stir. And when, at length, as the rosy hues of day have interposed themselves, faintly tinging the orient with a crimson glow, the clarion notes of Chanticleer have fallen harshly on the ear, we have been vexed that he should disturb the almost tangible silence which pre- vailed. At length, as the mighty king of day ap- p^aw with all hit tegal Bplenders, the throne ^fitasgnlfglslrftped^lh jurple and gold.— If so, happy is your condition; If not, set about the work immediately, before it is too late. Yon have none too much time to prepare for eternity/ You have the promfw of only note—the present moment. ThMt let us all improve it, so that when the Master calls, we may be ready to depart—to die in peace, and go home to heaven. G. Hi W. Mexico, N. Y. - ' ' *Tis thus 1 paint, imperfect as it is, one pic^, ture from the poet's vetse. The otter I Willi not attempt but let each for himself produce i it as he recalls to memory'* throne stormy | morningB introducing pleasant days—tbe ftweet, i void of thoee^tern prinoiples of\ integrity\that 0 rig in a 1.- TO YOUNG- MEN.- A large portion of the young men of the present, rising generation are -growing up de- Lakes and rlveiiarer^re«rontritke sheets uf | Qr%ho»frwho^^>pfiitreQjKgljOJeLJ^g jojrnward silver, anA each dew drop, whether dangUng ' ' •••-*• « from Ore boughs ot tbe mighty forest tree, gen- tly slwplng on the rose's cheek, or supported by the #ny bkde of grass, glistens like a pearl.. 'Bound* «f animated Ufa fall in a medley ttporftt* (B« fcotn every songster in the woo^ llffld^cofi gtote; we hear a joyful note, and, al*ort finey it U «ora* they utter. The gay- pranelng steed ueight for very joy %t this lovely morning, or speaks in nature's language tbit* mate, the lowing herd wind slowly to .^Jrflktng yara. v White the farmer** canine dreamy repose and healthiul atmosphere, a re- j make an lamett mah;—\the uoble3t wdrk of treating storm has left youths whose paths in, God.-'' If they Contract debts, too many are the morn of life were strewn with the thorny \ * \• ' \ boughs of poverty, enabled by perseverance to roll in the lap o( luxury, as old age, witti tot- tering step, advances. Those who, on the verge of manhood, seemed a cipher in the world, without friends or influence, in riper year! have controlled the destinies ot nations. road of yln, in tender years, have, «re the morn of life \cleared\ the, fog of vice fromth* landscape of their mental vision, and in the eventide of their existence becofne shining lights ail would do well to follow. Mexico, % Y. T. f. W. _*_,——*«y '- !••.— •\ ' WHAT \BI? MBN\ V&D *o Do*—It may be a eonsolation to\stuck np?' people wkose great- est boa«t is that they never engaged in any useful employment, to be told the following facti: prone to pay bat Utile regard to paying them, according to' their promises.* But let a young man contract the habit of fulflllllng his word to the very letter, and bis honor will become as capital in trade when he becomes a man of business. Such Stan can _ bbrrow money, if needed, from any person who has it to spare, because he is known to do as he agrees. Remember, young man, that wheft*lt ihallbe said of yon, \Aw word is as food at hu bend,\ yon have accomplished that which is of price- less value to you—acquired • the reputation of behig. strictly honest. v Remember, also, that an estimate of year character will be mads by those who know you, just in accordance with the character of the empanfo you kiep, and the plmut where yon meet your asBocIates.' If yon frequent place* of bad repute, you will be marked ac- cordingly ; and when your reputation faae once IN P*ADW OP TEA.—Oh! whst varieties <A pain do we not make our *omtn buffer I A\cd m those varieties, what a put of tmjidcatU has that poor tea-pot played ever etnoe fht kindly plant was introduced among ni 1 Whit myriads of women hare cried over it, to be sore I What sick beds ft has amoked by I Ifhtt fevered lips have reo«iv«drefr«hment out of 1|{ Nature meant very gently by women when sh» made that tea-plwtl Andwitl a lUtle thought, what a aeries <rf pictur** and group* the fkuoy may oonjure up aad aeaemble aronnd the tea, pot and COP t Keliasa and Saohariasa are talk- ing lov«-«eorr As over it. Poor Polly has it and- her lover 7 ! ie Mm on the table; hi* le«ten,wto was lit late * yesterday, and then it was-with S lM*ur», ac « dwpatr, ab« wept o>er theui.- [*ry co*a« ( tripping notoeleaaly in»T«er moth- er'* badroo <n, bekrtng • cmj nr the cotuole-r to the widow , who will take n» other foeel • Koth ia buy oo acexsting it fcr keT, hosbaad,' wtio I* ooming 1 aoiH from the barveatifleld. Osa could fUl .»p«^ with hints fu inch pictnret, J'MiS^^^Jg^W'ili^^l^niuii'iiiiwt^a* • •-•:>• J Echo answers, QOSE I And now, other nations (perhaps more obscure) occupy the same place?. But, in a few centuries, they, too, will have gone, and others will occupy the same places now occupied by the successors of the earliernations. ' _, _,_, 0 _._^ ,.._ „ Temples, cathedrals, palaces, etc., have be-'' ing, as to have anjiriluence npw my conduct come so many heaps of ruins. Time has not through life ; for I have always set a greater spared any. The rich, the great, the high, the ' value on the character of a doer of good than, low, the poor—all classes have been slain by ! any other kind of reputation;, and if I have borne away, never \to return to' advantage of it to that book.\ Jeremy Ben- j the old haunts again.\ ] tham mentions, that the current of bis thonghfas i And we, too, will soon pass away. The I and studies was directed for life byaeingle ; places that now know us will soon know us no I phrase that caught his eye at the end of a pam- ' phlet s- «The greatest good of the greatest num- ber.\ There are single sentences in the Neat- Testament that have awakened to spiritual life hundreds of millions of dormant BOUIS. In thing*; of less moment reading has wondrous power. George Law, a boy on hi* father'* farm, met with an old, unknown book, which told the stery of a fathers son, who went away to sefek his fortune, and came home after many yeans' absence, a rich man, aud gave great sums to all hi* relations. From that moment George was uneasy, till he set out on his travels to im- itate the adventurer. He lived over, again tl>e life he bad read of, and actually did return * millionaire, andjpaid all fail father's debts.— Robinson Crusoe has sent to sea more nUan than the preUhganff, The *tory of little Creotfj* Washington teUing the truth about the hatchet and the plum tr«e bar made many a truth- seller. We 6we all the Waverly novel* to Scott'* early reading of the old tradition* and legends; and the whole body of pastora),fio- tion came from Addison's Sketehet of Sir Roger De poverty, in the Spectator. But HlnstraticMis are numberless. Tremble ye who write, and ye who publish writing t A pamphlet his pxe- olpitated a revolution I A paragraph nay quench or kindle the celestial spatk in a buaaatf' •oui—in myriads of soula. m ** *srY> \'-•-• -j»^r*««f*j nn mugrn^, i<i-., L.&JiM^. •mifmjmfmi^
