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Written after seeing a young friend who had boon
D^eiei to imminent danger on OaUhogte Sound.
I ST LINTOTfFTEL D.
Bavkd from a Buddeu death I
Saved from a watery grave !
Jt Saved from a tomb beneath ,
I The never resting wave!
* Thanks for the care of Him
Who sitteth enthroned above,
And witcliM o'?r in all
* ; , Willi more than parents' lovo.
* ' * Thanks for thy life preserved,
Though many tears wane abed
When we thought thee, dearest one,
Asleep on the Ocean's bed.
But our bleeding hearts arc healed,
1*#^ And our sorrow is turned to joy-,
For we olaq* thee once again
In our fond embrace, dear boy.
J ?, lira, thanks for a Father's care,
Who bade the atorin "be suU,"
And the wiuds were hushed, and the
tempest ceased
In obedieooo to ITis *?M.
Greenville, S. C. Feb. 14/A, 185?.
fm tilt Stof ntiit Dnml
ft* Dm Southern BottiyrtM.
BY JOB, A JKRSEY MCTK.
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I WI8U it to be distinctly understood that
Lam actuated by no tooling of tualioe in in'
tlio foil lowing sketch, which every
person who is familiar with the mental peculiarities
of tho deaf and dumb, can answer
for the perfect truth of it. A deaf mute residing
in Georgia, published a lengthy cosn?
muuicntion in a New England periodical,
professing the ability, in spite of his physical
infirmities, to represent the mute portion of
the community iu Congress. According to
him, there are several mutes of uncommon
parts and integrity, who, if elected to Con.
greet, would employ the pea as the medium
of expressing their Views of the questions
which engage the attention of that august
body. The writer agitated, aa he said, for
iiMttca. He contended that in not rrrnntincr
the tauten permission to represent their class
of people fo Congress, justice was not done
what he called ' the deaf and dumb citizens
of the United States." He thought the
President of the U. S. had a right of Itself
to grant them a tract of land, wherein they
might form a colony independent of the
speaking community. He imputed to the
President and his ministers the narrowness
and selfishness of that policy which grasps.
I The truth is, the writer set up for a profound
statesman, and considered his opinions of
- \ great weight.
1 J ' A mate lady, whose husband, also deaf, is
naturally ill-tempered, on being asked by ber
friend, likewise a mate, with whom she was
be#*h>g, to bear a message to her husband in
pemmt, declined on the gronnd that she fsar Jtlest
her husband should uot be pleased
wlat the message. The person that asked,
was offended, and told her that she insulted
fier. The accused one tried to convince her
that the never meant it; but she held to ber
sybfen, At hie return, ber husband was in*
; formed by the ?Seeded person that ia declhdac
her reqMeet to be the bearer of a message
whieh she desired to disclose to him,
she meant to insult her. He said (hat his
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wile acted wisely. No sooner was this said
than the complainant burst into a passion of
tears. The lady whom she charged with
instilrtng her, was, in truth, infinitely her
superior in .delicacy of feeling, as well as andemanding.
Jealousy was at the bottom of
the difficulty.
It is characteristic of the deaf and dumb |
that when they live together they are in "hot
water.n A young lady ofsuperior education,
immediately after her marriage, received and
accepted the invitation of a friend to board \
with her. She had not been long quartered '
there before hcrfiiend made a scene, a do- '
script ion of wbicli would not excite other
feelings than that of disgust. The friend saw
in her not only the essent'at qualities of a
lady, but ah excellent scholar, and henco her
jealousy.
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n. genuem&n, who in his boyhood, had
distinguished himself by bis proficiency in
all the branches of education, tauglrt in a ,
deaf and dumb school, offended many of his
former school fellows simply by talking
fluently on the ordinary topics of conversation.
He was stigmatised as a conceited follow.
He married a lady, who* too, had
been a distinguished pupil in the same
school. Her superior understanding alone
caused her many bitter enemies. Reader,
if you asked bcr enemies what was her standing
in the community, they world not hesi
tale to call her all manner of bad names.
Thns it will be seen that a life among the
deaf and dumb cannot be otherwise than a
life of misery. They read little, much less
write with their spealusg fiiends. They
lore to talk trifles. There is much in their
conversation to disgust They suspect too
much, aatd for the most part without cause.
A well educated mute cannot expect to live
happily among the vulgar deaf and dumb.
Doctology?an excellent agent in awplifiying
the language of the deaf and dumb?is
rarely employed in the daily intercourse of
these people. They do not like to arrange
words as they come from their fingers, in
the order of grammatical language. That
a good many mutes conduct themselves as
beeooaes ladies and gentleman, I admit - but
they are in minority, with regard to the
number of deaf and dumb *ho have reoeiv?d
a school education.
A mute boy reading a letter which he received
from his parents, came to the following
words: "your sister Jane is well. She
stall gofs to school,** and told his companions
that it appeared from the letter that his
sister Jane wrote u>rll. Thus he put a
wrong construction upou the words which I
have just quoted. One of ray female scliol
..... vuniw un ivi umryrag my nue, ano
said that my wife would harts to part with
iuo when she went to see her mother who
lived at a great distance.
The mutes of New England attempted to
publish a newspaper, the object of which
was to advocate the rights of the deaf and
dumb; but, as none of them possessed the
requisite qualifications of a public journalist,
they abandoned the attempt which, to say
the least, was foolish. They also endoavored
to form themselves into an assocation for the
relief of those of their number in distress ; but
it ended In?0.
Deaf mutes ought to associate with speaking
people, and by writing them, &miliarite
themselves with the idiom* of the language
which is universally spoken, and with the
the ideas of great men. I know several
mutes who, by constant conversation wiib
the hearing people around them, have acquired
a remarkable command of language.
The powers of thought of the deaf and dumb
oupht to be kept in continual exercise; a fact
which must by borne in mind oy the parents
or guardians of deaf children. The information
of these unfortunates is meagre in the
extreme. This is one of the many exits resulting
from their association with each other.
When in the society of speaking persons
they are obliged, to communicate their ideas
in writing, and thus make progress in the
acquisition of language. "Practico makes
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Philadelphia, Pa.
What is the reason, said ona Irishman to
another, that you and your wife are always
disagreeing f "Because, (replied Pat) we
are both / om mind?abe wants to be mastar,
and so do I."
Turn law of Ohio allows a dixoree tor
"gross neglect of duty," which, being liberally
construed, allows the parties to separate
almost at pleasure. It is nearly the sane in
Wtonfctaand Illinois. V
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BY PHI1CKAS PIIVMBLR.
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"Come, while yon set silent, HI have you to hear
8e truth or a lie from an old bachelare:
oy'll set and they'll tlii nk, till they wear out
t^eir brain.
Ana wish far a wife?but, alas 1 'tis in rain.
Sing down?derry down!"
Confound the ' luck ! Here I've been
half an hour looking for my Sunday boots,
and finally, I found one of them, on the centre
table beneath a thousand, more or loss,
books and papers, and the other way back
in a cuddy-hole, where I store away old rubbush.
Well, I've found my clean shirt at i
last; and where do you think it was 1 I
hope to holler if I hadn't put it in my hat
box ; and my hat I had placed in a chest
where I keep iny linen, Hat all smashed to
thunder?cost five dollars?oh, oh !
Je-ru-sa-lem ! Here's a discovery. This
shirt hasn't got a button on it?and the wrist
bands and collar are all frizzled up with"der111?
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mw?.? ius iini^va utiicvo xnnrs the j
name) on a woman's?what d'ye call cm!?'
neck encircler ; that's near enough, any way.
Kip 1 I can't get it off, nor on. Rip ! that's
the way the money goes. Shirt cost one
dollar and a half; another expense, by Jupiter
! Craokee ! how cold it is ! why the tire
has "clean gin out." That's another Job.?
Crack?crack?phizz! Why, what's the
matter with the coals) Come to think, 1
threw a pail of water over them, liave to
borrow some splinters.
"Mrs. Sanctimonious, will you give me a
few splinters!"
"Mercy on us! Why, if Mr. PUumble
hasn't come right out afore mo, with nothing
on but his breeches! and his wig is off,
too. Law aukes! I never knew he more a
wig!"
O, dear! Why didn't I throw something
over me I My wig is off, too. Nov* it'll be
all over town in a few minutes, that Phnmble
wears a wig. Wouldn't have it known
for fifty dollars. No, sir-ce 1
Well, I must have a fite, some way. Let
rae see. IJlowed if I don't mnke splinters
of that old wash stand ; it isn't of any use to |
me; aud the wash bowl will do just as well
on my Jiueu chest. Truly, necessity it the
mother of invention.
Slap! banc! That's the way to use old
rubbish. Whiz! bang ! There's something
coming.
"Mr. Phumble how can you make such a
racket on the Sabbath day ?"
"Allow me to tell you, Mrs. Sanctimonious,
that it's none of your business 1 I reck
on 1'in lord of my own room, if I do live in
a boarding house ; and if I wanted to, I'd
break my neck, for all of you!"
"Mighty fine talk, Mr. Phumble?mighty
fine, you old hedge-hog I Oh, mercy, if you
havu't broken up my wash stand?my favorite
wash stand, the last gift of my dear,
departed husband. Boo ! boo! boo !"
Tears for an old wash stand ! Botheration
1 I'd rather hear it thunder any time,
than to see a woman in tears and hear her
blubbering. My heart begins to melt?it's
alt "running down," like a clock, or butter
on a hot summer's day.
"Dear, Mrs. Sancty?heaven blest you !?
Here's a ten, for smashing your treasure.?
Now dry up; there's a good woman?and
please leave this room in a trifle shorter than
half a dozen seconds." ,
"Dear, Mr. Phumble ! ten dollars, as I livewhy,
that's enough to pay for half a dozen
such keepsakes. What winning ways the
man's got! you're a jewel, Mr. Phuinblo?
that you are."
And you're a confounded old swindler I j
ten dollars gone to her capacious pocket. 1
wish my heart was made of iron.
Well, the fire's going at laat. Crackcrack?whi*?tur-r-r-r;
what a cheerful
glow it sends through the room t But it
cost ten' dollars. That's very much like
lighting cigars with ten dollar bills.
"Well, what am I to do for a shirt??
Thank fortune, and iny usual foresight, I've
got half a dozen in my chest?my wash
stand rather, as it is now. What wonderful
itnsck I have of "killing' two with one
stone"?half a dozen sometimes. Now that
chest answers ail the purposes of a mantel
piece, if side table for books and papers, and
eating table sometimes?and row it comes
in play as a wash stand?a capital wash
stand, and the inside a perfect museum 1?
Linen, cigars, pipes and tobacco, matches,
"schnapps," letters, and other articles too numerous
to mention." Alt, there's a great
deal in knowing how to arrange things. I
know a woinart couldn't arrange, and economize,
and turn everything to advantage half
as well as I.
Moses and tho prophets! if the water
hasn't leaked out of the wash bowl, and got
all umised np" with my linen and other nx
ings ! Crash !?slap, dash ; there goes the
rest of the water, bowl and all, right on to
my shirts 1 Bowl all smashed to pieces, another
expense ! I guess that chest won't do
for a wash stand without I make a place for j
my linen under the bed. A capital idea L~
rfl arrange it all to-rnorroW. Well, I'll have'
to dry a shirt before I can irwt ono.
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it hangs on the Mck of a chair bo
Ifore the blazing fire?looking for nil the
^orld^"like a shirt on a bean-pole." Reminds
me of ah answer a lady once gave me.
I saw somo sort of an undergarment, once,
drying before the firo, like my sbirt.
"Miss," said 1 to a young lady in the room,
"can you inform me what that outlandish
thing -is f"
"That," she answered, blushing, "is a
$hymmyset. ,
Slio didn't think I heard her, when she
muttered iV. a low tone, "I'll bet my old shoes
that man Isn't married !"
A oucer name, truly?that "shy ni my set,"
should think shimmy-res* or hang, would bo
a good deal more proper.
Ten o'clock as I live; nndclmrcli will commence
in half an hoitr. Ilow can 1 ever get
ready ? 1 shall have to wear the shirt as it
is. As good luck would have it, the bosom
isn't wet, and that's the only part shown, it
won't make a 'rdtfT of bitterance-" A groat
practice?that of "putth.g the best on the
outside." Hoeoms are no exception?and
who can tell how many bosoms?bosoms
white as tho driven snow?-('lisn't every one
has a good wash woman) bosoms that rise
and swell like the heaving of the ocean?(or
! a swell clerk) and cauto real bosoms to swell
I ditto?are. when you search below?-false as
| v wig, ai>U iauiuiied to the body hv false
strings ! Thank my stars, I never wore a
fnlsobdsom, and I never will!
Well, at last I have got to church?hut
with a heart in which '"angry passions rise,"
and in a state of mind very unfit for thnt holy
place. Somehow the chimes of tho old
bell don'tsound as sweet as it is wont, and
the singing of the choir, though nlwnya beautiful
herelofere, seems but a hollow mockery.
Ah I when the heart is not right, how vain
the hope of deriviug pleasure from religion,
or indeed, anvthinor else.
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a cracked voice tho minister has
got I I declare, it remiuds me of the broken
wash bowl ! Ab! there's Miss Susan Gabble.
Susan is a sensible sort of a woman?
rather old?but then, sho's not one of the
sort that "never grows old." There's a
gieat deal of comfort in knowing that
though a person inay 'change outwardly
there a something holing within, that deties
even the ravages of timo. And in the hour
of death it must be sweet to know that you
can leave behind you a name that can "nev
er grow old.
Susnn doaen't belong to this class?very
I fow.do. Let mo seo ; I've about to come to
the conclusion that I want a wife?if I don't
marry, I'm afraid my name will grow old
the day after I'm dead?inasmuch as I am
the last of "ray noblo family," the last of
three brothers?all bachelors to the last.?
This is one very serious objection to siug'e
blessedness?a fellow's name is npt to die
away; and on that account I should advise
no one to be a bachelor?is they can help it.
It wouldn't work well in the long run ; were
the world?the masculine portion?ouc vast
society of "Shakers" or bachelors, it would
be a world of hypocrites?and the human
family would of course die away. Speaking
of"Shakers," I believe, had I been a Shaker
in my youth, I should have been married
long ere this. Mankind is averse to being
fettered, womankind ditto ; chain thein down
to rules and regulations?make them go to
church six times every Suuday?forbid intoroourwe
between the sexes, while young?
and they're mighty apt to kick in the traces,
and overset the fondest wishes of their mist*ken
guardians.
I believe I'll see Miss Susan Gabble home
after meeting.
That's an awful long-windod minister, I've
a great notion to throw my boot at him. 1
do hate long sermons; I'm a great lover of
the "short and sweet" doctrine, and I bclievo
that even n link of pleasure can be too "long
drawn nnt "
At last services ended. Tlio last psalm is
sung, the lost prayer is ottered, the benediction?there
goes Susan. "Now comes the
tug of war."
"Miss Uabble?Miss Susan Qabble?allow
mo, my dear madame on account ofthesimilitude
of our ages?to?to?have the supreme
felicity?to"?
Why, what a look!. I guess she never
spoke to a gentleman before.
"Our ages, indeed: I'd have you to
know, sir, tuai I'm not so oiu as to bo obliged
to wear false hair, and a falee set of teeth
and"?
"I don't wear a false bosom, ulagUe take
you 1?nor yet a cotton bosom 1'
"Home, sweet home," says Payne?and
thus says Phumble. flow dear to my heart
is bachelor's hall, after the exhibition I have
just had of woman's lack of sense! Susan
Oabble too old for me 1 just as if I didn't
'went a courtin' of her many and many'# the
night?live and twenty j^ears ago; (to toy
shame I tell it)?just as if she watu'i proud
of me, and would have become Mrs. Phum
ble for the asking; and just as if ?b? was as
young now assho was ftve and twenty years
| ago. Ob, Susan?Susan Gabble; too well
I have you learned the ways of the world?too
| well nave you learnod to paction who deceit
I of vour class of community. But you can't
hide the wrinkles, Susan ; they brand you in
ih?/<we as T^ Iiar?and the rose on your
eheek?Jiihe youf would-be girlish actionsis
aa false aa your swelling ootton boeom!
Ah, what tale bearers these oVt woman
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are 1 IIqw soon the Rtdry of i?y wig went
over the town ; magnified and increased until
1 find out iny teeth ara false. Told of it
to my tretK, too! nnd then left to cheio the
end of my sblitary fancied. YVeli, well, I
wns ibid I was in love (/ ?) tfie other day ;
and that I'd get the mitten ; (this was by a
young tale-bearer?ju$t beginning to develop*
her natural propensilic*,) I was told,.too
that I wha t'ead, find that my spirit had
communicated to tliis world the astounding
fact, that the reason I Was never married was
because I was a viiMiitl of a coquette. Of
course every word is true. How ban I deny
the stories of respectable scnndal-mongers f
But I will "throw down the glove" to these
"respectable" old &e., and to every story I
say, -prove it.
Women arc nuisances?with a few exceptions.
I look around my humble tenement,
and I can't help congratulating myself
on being free from their scandalizing presence.
Home, liome, sweet, sweet home !
. ' '-Home is where lpve i?."
8UYS somohodv. Wliotn Ji.ivn T (n !n*?t and
ecfio answers "whom ?but it doseti't answer
"what." Hurrah for the neuter gender
I Hero's a bachelor's solace?rt bachelor's
"how to make homo happy," a good cigar
[puff, puff I]?float away, care and trouble,
float away, Susan Gabble, tale-bearers
and scandal-mongers?all float away with
the blue smoke. [Puff, puff!] 1 believe I
ain the most contented man in tlie Wide
world. Like Silkirk.
"I nm a monarch of all I survey,"
if I don't look out of the window, [Puff,
puff', puff!] I wouldn't lie a married man
for all tho world ! [Puff, puff"! And something
seoms to say, "Do you kuow the reason
why Jack didn't cat his supper?"]
Jl 31) a i* n i n a i o 11) e J. a d i t s>
way ue didn't propose;
Why did you never think of marriage ?'
asked 1 of my friend Lyman liobbihB, who
is some ten years older than myself and a
confll ined bachelor.
*1 have thought of it," said he.
"Well, why didn't you marry then !'
'I will tell you. You know Frank Paliner,
dmi't vnii I'
'Y? ; ho failed last week to tlie tune of
twenty thousand dollars. But what has that
to do with your 6tory f
Something, as you will see. I was never
seriously templed to make a proposal but
once, and that was to Frank's wife?before
she was married, do you understand ?
"Oh!'said I, growing interested. 'And
why didn't you V
'You shall know. I was young and ro*
manlic at that lime?she was beautiful and
accomplished. tYe wore thrown together
in society and I was just at the age to yield
to her fascination. Though I had never expressed
my love in words, I suppose my
looks betrayed me, and i am quite sure that
she was aware of my feelings towards her.
Our families being something intimate, we
were on the same footing and she treated me
in much the same confidential manner as
alio would a favorite cousin.'
'Do you think,' 1 inquired, 'that she was
in love with yon ?*
"No,' said he; T never thought that. 1
prosumc, however, she would like to have
lured me on to a declaration, and then would
have acted, as fancy dictated. One day,
when I had made a morning call and was
relirinor. she told rrre she wm* n aiIi e
e>* 6 ? v"? "
shopping and laughingly proposed to me to
go with her nud carry the bundles. Having
nothing of importance to take up mv time,
and not being averso to the proposal, partly
on account of its novelty nud considerably,
I rather suspect, on account of the agreekblo
character of the company I should have, I
consented in the same spirit, and iu a few
minutes we were fairly en route .'
'I have but little to buy,' said iny companion.
'You may congratulalo yourself upon
that, as you will have the less to carry.
Wo made our first visit to a dry good establishment.
'Have you any hico collars ?' inquired Caroline.
A large quantity were displayed, but
they were only live dolluis in price, And they
were too At length one was found
at seven ddll^^tvith which, being declared
the best in the store, my companion at
length professed herself satisfied and decided
to take it.
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* i suppose, saiu sue on going out, "tbat
T don't leal)j need it, but it was so beautiful
I could not rest is the temptation.'
A beautiful shawl at the door of a store
next caught Caroline's attention. 'I must
certainly go in and look at their shawls,'
said she, 'I never saw any precisely like
them.' ,
'New kind V said she to tile clerk. "Yes
Misa, just imported from France, warranted
to surpass in fineness of texture and durahil
ity any now extant. Will you have one!'
* 'The prioe I'
'Seventy-five dollars, and cheap at that.'
Caroline was startled at this announcement.
'That is high,' said she.
'Not for the quality. Just feel of it?>we
how soft it is, and you will not call it expensive.'
'1 did not thiuk of getting one to day;
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however. I think I must. You nWy charge
it to niy father.' . . .
The shawl was folded, enveloped, and
hatfded to cite by the clerk.
'I stipposC father will scold,' sfthl Caroline i
but it's stk-li a beauty.'
We reached, ere long, another dry goods
store, the placard of which, 'selling off at
cost,' proved so seductive tha^ \Vte at once
stayed our steps arid eritcreVi. Caroline rushed
to examine the silk ; the first specimens
offered, which to my uupracticed eye seemed
of a superior tpiality, were cast Contemptuously
aside, arid she desired to see the very
beat they IiRd in the store. Some were shown
her at two dollars and a half per yard. After
a wh!lrt, rinlerCd fw < !< ? yards to l?e cut
oft' for her. This wns done and the bundle
handed to me. The bill, of course, was sent
to her father.
Whiil wiili the tffirfwt. arid silk, each of
which made a bundle of ho inconsiderable
size, I was pretty well weighed #dowu and
oegau to oe apprehensive of the consequence
in case niy companion should make any
more purchases. She, however, relieved my
anxiety, by saying that she intended to purchase
nothing more. She was only going to
stop in at a jeweler^ to have a locket repaired.
Accordingly wo repaired to the store of a
fashionable jeweler: 1'lie locket was handed
over with the nCc^ary directions.
Hut this was hoi all. A* Isdy si the counter
was engaged in examining a very co6tIy
pair of ear-rings which she was desirous of
purchasing, but demurred at the piice. At
last she laid them down reluctantly, saying.
'They are beautiful ; but I do not care to go
so high as twenty five dollars.
"Let me see tbeiri if you please,' asked
Caroline. They were handed to her. She
was charmed vtitb them, chiefly, I imagine,
on accoiint of the price, for they had Tittle
beyond that to recommend thein.and decided
to tnke them. 'Now, I must absolutely go
borne,' said she, 'without purchasing anything
ttiofe.'.
For once she kept bet ord, and T was re,
leased tront niy attendance. But the
thought that she had expended one hundred
and thirty-five dollars, in a single mornings'a
shopping, and _on objects tfono of which,
by her own confession, she stood in need,
could riot help recurring to me, and
I decided that until I could find some c
more rapid way of oiaking money such
a wife vvduld be altogether too expensive A
luxury for trio to inddlgein. IIow far I am
. right, yoil rrfay judge b'y Frank Palmer's failure.
At all overits that is the reason why 1
did'nt propose.
"i Deg JLeave to say that I Decline your
Bequest*
Such was the laconic reply of the gallant
Znchary Taylor, to a ^haughty summon* to
surrender," from that imperial coward, Gen.
Santa Anna, previous to the hard-fought battle
of Buena Vista. Santa Anna, with a
powerful force of twenty-two thousand men,
threatened the b'rkve little anrty under Taylor,
which amounted to only four thousand
six hundred and ninety men, with annihlla1
lion. Bui the "hero of Palo Alto" was de1
tcnnined to "fight a Utile anyhow," and
stood his ground.
The battle commenced; the contest wis
"long, desperate, sanguinary," which, says
the historian, "no pen can adequately desj
eribe." But the Americans, commanded by
General Taylor in person, stood firm against
1 the fierce arid almost irresistible assaults of
the Mexicans, and we're victorious. The
Mexicans tied, leaving their killed and wounded
in the hands of Hie victois. f fi a military
sense of the word,u 'twas a glorious victory
!"
My young friends, this story has its month
Listen. When you are pressed by evil persons,
or false friends to do wrong, think of
jhe words of the "invincible Taylor," and reply,
"I beg leave to say that I dtttine your
request/* Say it firmly. Your own evil
passions rnnv send you j^'haughty summons
to surrenderyet decline ; they snd your
evil companions aie cowards. The odds
inav be fearful, the contest, "desberate and
sanguinary"?flinch not, "stick to your text."
Summon ail yoitr good resolutions, command
yourself "in personlike Waslingtor. iuvote
the aid of the God of battles, and the
victory will bo yours. . "Resist the devil and
he will flee from youso vtHl your evil advisers,
add had passtoifs,- leaving their killed
and wounded in yotir hands ) and believe me
you will have gained ^ gtoriou* victory ill
the fullest am] most Christian sense of the
word. Conquer your qiWfi bad passions, and
you will be greater liidh Alexander, who
conquered the world, but felt a victim to
his own unrestrained vices. Though you
may not, like Taylor, ascend to thoPreaiden-'
tial chair of our Republic, yet you shalljhave
your reward; the love and respect of the
good on ertrth, and a "crown of glory in
heaven 1" Is this not wdrrth striving for t
1 might well add that no man, however
learned, however skilled in statesmanship or
augnt else, can nil tliecbairot our repuDno
with dignity and honor, who has not a mastery
over his passion*, and cannot ?ay firmly
to evil advisers, "I beg leave to say that I
, decline your advice."? Olive Branch.
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aded for 822 days.