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Satinets, Tweeds, 1......J.,.. ,|>ri i.lu.oo'il i-aKirfii nf ii-_ LllWII-mrs, UIIU U'lllivi 111V. I'lij.-ivui vuvi V VI I. divictuals, and of society for a time; but this will eventually attract the attention of every man of sense; and that it may be acquired, for the sake of the consequences of its possession, ali will direct their efforts in that channel which leads to its acquisition. There are many circumstances attending every , man's life, which, should not some power be brought to counteract their influence, would remit in idleness, dissipation, and crime. The natural indications of the mind tend to such a result; and society, which is composed of many minds, would promote this end, did not all the experience of the past prove that in such a state jf affairs?namely, every man giving away to the impulses of passion?all society would be destroyed ; all its attendant blessings fade away, is the flower oi Summer before the withering in-11-111 I A? [JUCUCe 01 iVlUUUMlS COIU UiaMS. The great desire of a position in society, common to all, remedies the defeet of the natural inclinations. The dark ages have -passed away like a shadow over the rock, leaving no trace of their former existence. The light of refinement and learning have succeeded, as day to night, driving away the clouds of ignorance and error that darkened the horizon of lite. The philosophy of the past was that virtue consists in power and wealth, and where these did not flourish it could not be. Such an error in philosophy has vanished before the light of revealed truth *, and, in the present age, none can reach the standard L?f excellence or virtue, unless by the most persevering labor and sterling integrity. The haunts of crime must be unfrequented, property must uot be thought common, virtue valueless, or religion hypocrisy. The mind must be instructed, the character formed after a true model, the meninland physical powers be brought into ac tive exercise, before man can rise to Ids destined sphere, i Let society be subject, tosueb a discipline, and j the great end of life will be accomplished ; talse < principles will fade away before the light of truth, as a mist la-fore the influence of a Summer's sun. Individuals will rise in the scale of being, ami so society ana nations, ivMiuement and religion will extend their influence and become prevalent?ignorance and error disappear. Freedom of thought will succeed, and nations, brought to a knowledge of their wrongs, will re 11 . bel from their present allegiance, and, like our illustrious fat hers of '70, resol ve to be free. Their efforts shall not prove fiuitlcss; but, like them, they will succeed, and gain, as a fruit, of their labors, freedom of thought,speech, and the press, and a control over their own actions, so far as il.nf Ait mil intnrforn vvil I) :1ia li-iti tclice of other.-?. Though error may, fur a time, hold its sway, aiid, as in fallen 11n lgary, cru>h by her superior force, ah the < tv i is <>i linth to exist. Vet the time will c ?aie when i; shai \- hi to Truth?when all furn> "I i .. tnn\ slinil swept away as Willi tin* li:;hr.mio'- flash, and Freedom shall baiio l< ;!I: hei to llu nations ul the fill lb, and '.ui'n.-li to all p<-o| ail its att< Iidalit blessings ; Jut ii i- :a! a\ioiu the world uivr that "linth will liMimpii.1 Such will be ,he improved condition of man CH'i v v? iivn: viv'hiii'u */i viic?i?ivv\ i sought I))' ilu* jiurstiil of truth, by a study to distinguish the real from the unreal, hy deserting the h.iuuis of idleness, dissipation and crime, for the temple knowledge, where refinement, religion, and freedom in harmony do dwell, atford ing to all who come within the compass of its influence and elysium of earthly happiness. Let then all, as they value success in life, the esteem of contemporaries, and their own happiness, seek to elevate their own characters, and that of those with whom they may meet in lite, b) a strict observance of truth?by ever keeping before them this above every other pursuit. For now, wnile sucli principles as nn.se emanating trom iii:? source give an impulse to tie ir labor-, they will ever be civ ouraged to perseveie simply iVoin tin thought; and when old age comes creeping .m, as night does to day, ani our days In come overshadowed with gloom and doubt, the remembrance of our past lives will revive our drooping spirits, as water does the withering plant, and restore them to their former verdure.?Host. Wa verly Magazine. M. Kossuth is residing at Hays water, suburbs of London, with his wife and children, under the adopted name of Smith. The name of Smith appears to be popular among political refugees in England. Louis Phillippc adopted the name of John Smith when he left Prance in 1848. An American, who lately visited Kossuth, says lie is living very plainly in a small house, mostly on the remnant of his property which he has managed to rescue from Hungary, and that he appeal's like a disappointed man, but is yet hopeful and determined. From the Marion Star. laziness. We regard laziness as one of the most crying evils of the present clay, and we believe that we could not do society a greater service than to take up our parable against it. "Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work," is a part of the commandment; and we hold that he who spends these six days in idleness is just as great an offender against the law as he who does not remember ti e seventh, "the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." And why should he not be? What other fountain is more prolific of evil than laziness? "An idle man's brain is the devil's work slii!].," and it always has been. Rape, robbery, murder, swindling, intemperance and its concomitant sins, are, nine times out of ten, traceable directly to this vice, and therefore there is no reason why idleness should not be placed in the same category with the other offences enumerated in the decalogue. But suppose an individual is not under the necessity of laboring with his own hands or head for a livelihood, shall he still be compelled to work ? Yes, or not eat; for it is contrary to the laws of nature for a man to consume the fruits of earth, without doing something to restore to the common stock so much at least as he takes from it. But the necessity here spoken of is only a physical one; for the divine economy impresses upon all men the necessity of labor.? And when the death of one relative, or the industry of another, places it within the power of an individual to pass off hjs time without employment, should this exempt him from the obligation of the commandment ? Shall money, or lands, or goods annul the laws of God, and render them of iioii-vftv-ct in tiie case of ther possessor? Then why not allow hiin to kill ? to commit adultery ? to steal ? to bear false witness against his neighbor? These crimes are forbidden by the very same code that enjoins labor on every man; and if the possession of property be allowed to furnish exemption from the one, why shall it not provide impunity fur the others? These effences differ only in degrees of atrocity; and hence the Apostle lays it down that, whosoever shall keep the whole law, and vet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." The idler then, whether rich or poor, ought to be arraigned at the bar of public opinion as a rtiMmliuil tl?o ofrr*r?i/vUO /?I*1CC tll/lllM be deait with accordingly. He who steals six pence worth of bread froin his neighbor's shelf to satisfy liis hungry soul, is deemed a felon, and loses his libcram Icf/cni. IIow much better is he who swindles the State that protects hitn and the society which surrounds him, out of all the accessions that might be made to their aggregate accumulations by his labor in the course of his life? Not a whit, say we ; therefore he ought to rank according to his demerits. But the prevalence of idleness seems to sanctify it in the public estimation. We scarry ever hear a discourse from the sacred desk?no matter what the text mav be?whieh is not garnished with an elegant episode or two against the offence of Sabbathbreaking; but whoever preaehes against the I more Ivx-ttiug sin of laziness throughout the | other six davs of the week, when all arc com I i i ?- " i.?" 'm.? -...a ,.i.i I..K., Wrwla,. IU<'lili|?'U lU x lie "V"u wiu uwiiij ?? tfivi thought it 11is ilutv to beard this vic<\ as well as others. "Know ye not," sa'.s lie, in one of- his sermons, "that there is 110 grosser dishonesty than sloth ? that every voluntary block-head is a knave ? lie defrauds his benefactors, his parents and all the world ; and tobs l>oth God and his own soul. Yet how many of these are among us! IIow many lazy drones, as if only Fuegcs, eonsumere nati. 13orn to eat up the produce of the soil. Mental idleness, more particularly, was the species on which this great man was discoursing; but bis remarks were equally applicable to laziness of e ery kind. Civis. -# #> "Nil Desprrandi'm."?No, never! Every cloud lias a silver lining! and lie who wove it knows when to turn it out. So every night, h ovever long or dark, tin re shall yet come a gold a in : 11 nig. Y-iiir noblest powers arc nev t d'-veh'p- d in pros pet !ty. Any bark may glide in smooth water with a favoring gale; but? i that i> a braie, skilful ?ai-man, who rows up j st rutin, nguaisi i la- current, with adverse winds, ! hi.I 1111 elu'ciiiiii- voice to wi h hiin "God speed." Keep vour head above the wave ; I?*t neither sallen dcsp.dr, or weak vacillation, drnjf you under. Heed not the poisoned arrow of sneaking treachery that whizzes past you t'roin the shore. Judas sold himself when he sold his master; and for liiin there dawned no resurrection morning!? ' Tis alorious to battle on with a brave heart. " / while cowering pusillanimity turns trembling buck. Drenin not of the word "surrender!" ? When one frail human reed after another breaks, or bends beneath you?lean on the "liock of Ages." The Great Architect passes you through the furnace but to purify. The tire may scorch, but it shall never consume you?He will yet label you "fine gold!" The narrow path mav be thorny to v??ur feet; but the "promised land" lies j beyond; tin* clusters of Hope may be seen with tin* eye of faith; your hand shall yet grasp them; your eyes revel, from the mountain top, over the given pastures and still waters of peace. You shall yet unbuckle your dusty armor, while soft I)i< (>/.?s shall ({in your victor temples. JVil desperundum! Fanny Fern. A man and his wife, Madiai by name, have been sentenced by the Tuscan Government to four years' imprisonment at hard labor for teaching a young girl how to read the Bible. A singular fact for the nineteenth century, and contrasting strongly with the religious toleration of our own country. ? > It has boon said thai the Duke of Wellington never wrote a despatch in which the word Duty did not occur, and that Napoleon never wrote a despatch in which the word Glory was wanting. This is the difference between the two men, and the two countries to which they belong. IMPj?III ! Ill III II I III WLMJBB? Taste in Ladies Lresses. The following remarks from the London Quarterly Review show the writer to have a cultiva ted taste in Ladies Costume, proving his competency as an arbiter in such matters. You see this lady turning a cold eye to the i assurances of shopmen and the rccommenda- t tion of milliners. She cares not how original a I pattern may be if it he ugly, or how recent a shape if it be awkward. Whatever fashion dictates, she follows her own, and is never behind it. She wears very beautiful things which people generally suppose to be brought from Paris, or at least made by a French milliner, but which as often arc brought from the nearest town and made up by her own maid. Not that her cos ; mine is tuner neii or new?on uie coiuiiirv, sue I wears many a cheap dress, but it is always good. . She deals in no gaudy confusion of colors, nor docs she affect a studied sobriety; but she either t enlivens you with a spirited contrast, or o tnpo- , ses you with jitlicious harmony. Not a scrap J of tinsel or trumpery appears upon her. She t puts no faith in velvet bands, or gilt buttons, or ? twisted cordings. She is quite aware, however, c that the garnish is as important as the dress; L all her inner borders and headings arc delicate ? and fresh, and should anything ] eep out which is not intended to beseem it is quite as much so f as that which is. After all, there is no great art ^ either in her fashions or material. The secret ^ simply consists in knowing the three unities of her dress?her own station?her own age, and j her own points; and no woman dresses well who s does not. After this we need not say that who soever is attracted by the costume will be dis- j appointed by the wearer. She may not be hand- f some or accomplished, but we will answer for v her being even-tempered, well formed, thorough- j. ly sensible?a complete lady. s fj Sunshine.?You are, no doubt, a lover of sun- || shine. Your eyes has brightened while g;izing (] upon the dream that has lighted up the path'before you, made the village windows blaze, and put a golden star on the weathercock of the , church steeple. That beam has shined into your very heart, and made you feel glad to be alive. ' But there is another kind of sunshine that you e love. Is there not some beloved friend whose smile is a brighter and clearer sunbeam to you ^ than the brigntest beam that gladdens the earth ~ on a summer's day ? Yes; it is the smile of a b husband, a wife, a sister, a brother, or, well?no c matter!?it is the smile of some dear being, 1 whose every thought is blended with your own, 0 and without u hose smile, in the merriest sum- ? mer time, this would be a gloomy world. But the shadows of evening have before now v closed over the sunshine that has gilded your pathway; and if night has not yet beclouded the . sunshiny-smiles of those you love, it will do so. ! There are removals in this world of tribulation ^ that wring the heart. You may have to go and weep in the graveyard, ere long, where they have laid the object dear to you as your own life. There is yet another kind of sunshine ! delight ' in that, and no night shall close over it forever r ?the sunshine of a Savior's love in the heart.? Clouds may intervene for a time, but those clouds 1 shall pass away ; the valley of the shadow of c death may seem to shut it out forever, but that J will be only the breaking of the last cloud breaking away b-fore the dawning of eternal daylight and the blaze of everlasting sunshine; for it is I expressly written that, 'There shall be no night I there,' Rev. xxi. 25. Well, then, may the clouds 1 and storms of this life be borne with patient and j joyful anticipation.?I'houghts for the Thought- <: V.i ? JUl. c m >? Wiiat Ncxt??A meeting was advertised to ' take place in Salem, Ohio, on Saturday, Sunday*, 1 and Monday, the 27th, 28th, and 29th of No- ' vernier, "for the purpose of freely and fully can- 1 vassing tlie origin, authority and influence of 1 the Jewish and Christian Scriptures!" The call is signed by forty-four individuals, among whom } are Charles K. Whipple and Wjn. Lloyd Garri- 1 son, Boston, Massachusetts. L. A. lline, Cincin- 1 nati, Joseph Smith and Milo A. Townsend, of 1 New Brighton, Pennsylvania; Jacob Walton, and Thomas Chandler of Michigan ; Thos. Sharp, ' Snmntil T I"1 Toiiiliitcnn Jsiirnb MpMil- ' I Ian, Laura Baruaby, and others of Salem, and ' various pers lis from different parts of the Un- ' ion, among whotn arc several women. "All who feel an interest in this question, without dis- 1 tinction of sex, color, sect, or party, are invited to come together, ami sit down like brethren ic a communion before the altar of intellectual and Spiritual Freedom." < ?*?. I Ix 1851 there was 10,000 Jews in Jerusalem. < This number luis lately greatly increased, and ' they are supported by Jews in other parts of the ] world, particularly those in America and Hoi- < land. These Jews reside chielly on the rugged I slope of Mount Zion, over against the temple. * Many of them are supported by annuities, which ' they receive from their friends in Europe, to < whom they have made over their property, with ' this stipulation. This money is remitted to a f rich Jewish merchant at Amsterdam, who is ' called the President of the IIolv Land, and the average amount which he receives may be near ?.'1,000. Instead of doing good, it >Ugg killed by ir|i. i : 'An i it cane-u> } av- oil. fie tiiorro.W hat lie !-.ok !hl'ek and .Hfipfll ft tn-waer and spread it on his face so that hc'died.'?* in ike and liare adopted the same plan. They nade their victims chunk, and then covered the ItAllf K Otl/1 IIACtello t?M* li MOit (Uivi Iivou I io nail OCi. VlUUiO. UUIUClllI!t9 v kneeling on the epigastrium, they forced a leep respiration which emptied the lungs,and the vet cloths prevented the read mission of the air. .'his murderous method was so physiologically eientific, that it was suspected to have been sug >ted l>y some anatomist. This, was not true. ; he above statement came out in evidence.' " Leaving Home.?I can conceive of no picure more interesting than one which might be Irawn from a young man leaving the home of lis chil iliood, svene of all his early associations, o try his forturi" in a I'ifft rent e?>iuitrV. fitting tut alone for the forest." A father on the deline, the down hill of life, gives his parting liessmg, invoking the best gilts" of Heaven to o re->t upon his beloved offspring, and to crown in his efforts wuh coin lete success. Tears gush iom his eyes, and words are forbid utterence.? V kind, atl'ectionat mother calling after him as J ?f * * ... ic i.-) ut:j>ai imosed, rushing into and pressing upon her mind he says, "Go my son?remember that there 5 a right and a wrong way." Her advice is brief, .language is inadequate to the expression of the jpliihrc tJiaf t linro />tv\tvn * ?miiv buviv vivnu u11 LI1U 1UIUU VI tt irtuous child. Every reader has a case of this ;ind, and may have been the subject of one in ome respects similar. Here may be found elo[tience more touching to him to whom it is deivered than the orations of Cicero or Demostheles. Thieves in London.?The "swell mob" of London do perpetrate robberies with the most ingular ingenuity and address, and appear nevr to be at fault. A lady alighted at the bank sconded the steps and entered the vestibule, nd presenting a check to the paying teller, reeived a very large-amount of Dank notes, which he deposited in her purse and returned to the arriage. Just as she had taken her seat a genleman came down the steps of the bank withint his hat, wearing spectacles, and having a >cn behind his ear, said:? "Madame, we have orgotton to take the number of those notes; rill you allow me to take them off?" She hanled him the notes, he ascended the steps of the >ank and entered the building. The lady havncr wailed some time, finallv returned tn' ilia Kink, and soon ascertained that 110 person had >een authorised to ask for the notes. I'll Stone his Doo,?"Hallo, Ned what's the natter?" "Matter enough?John Jones called ?e a liar, and I'm looking for him to cane him." l13ut, Ned, Jones is much the largest man of the wo. and it may prove a somewhat dangerous tperat.on. "True enough, I don't think I cane ones, but darn him, Til stone hjs dogP Free Negroes.?An act has just passed our jegislature, prohibiting the sale of intoxicating iquors to free persons of color. This is doubtess doing this class a great service, but the obeet being to prevent them being made the scapegoats between the slave and the liquor seller, can iny one believe it will accomplish that end ? ? surely not. Does any one believe there will be ess drunkenness among the slave population, vhile grogshops are permitted and licensed by aw ? It is a violation of law to sell to slaves low, and yet there is not one grogshop in a thousand in which this law is not set at defiance. You may restrict the privileges of both free and lave colored persons, but while grogshops remain, intemperance among both classes of that population, with all its attendant evils, will con .iiiuu tu tiuiilt aim cu sts me cuuuiry. Query??Is it not a little inconsistent and unwind, to be willing to legislate for the protection jf our slaves, while we refuse to do anything in :he way of protecting our children, friends and fellow citizens from this dreadful scourge I? Where one slave falls by it, a score of white men ire murdered! Free negroes can't vote! Raleigh N. C. Spirit of the Age. IIabits.?Like flakes of snow that fall u^per:eived upon the earth, the seemingly unimpor:ant events of life succeeded one another. As ;he snow gathers together, so arar^our habits t i ll' 1 - .1 j j. j 4.. il orinetl. I\o Mngie naxe inair-i^aaaeu to me )ile produces a sensible chaa^,i.nQsindea!> hrtl\itn?l,\n OA 11 n inrt i;i uii III J l auu ilia ikiuii'iuvmi, ov prvaowu, avwijj^ ipon the elements of mischief, whic& pernicious labits have brought together by" imperceptible iccumulation, may overthrow the edifice of truth md virtue. "My dear," enquired a gay young wife of her alculating husband, as she reached her rosy litle mouth to be kissed, on his return from husi- loss, "have you seen that magnificent set of paror furniture which the Jenkenses have jtnfe g .'jt . rv _ 1 t U.,* r 1 . ? .1^1 )OUght: llllin, no, iiiy iuvux uunimvuucou , he upholsterer's bill for it." She made a mouth it him, but wouldn't be kissed. Rumors of more expeditions .against Cuba.are )ocomiiig current in the South. The last San \ntoniu (Texas) Ledger remarks that three hun? Irod armed men, supposed to be volunteeis for }uba, were quartered 011 St. Joseph's Island.. ^ * A letter from Toronto, Upper Canada, says v hat the Cholera has broken out in the lunatic tliat place. ' ' . , .w . .. m w r