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Wttji^ ^tj^T?1? My Handuriy
U dbrk, my Father! xCloud on
pr ^ond. u , ^ Prlt
gathers o'er rav head, and loud
FPPTthe thundering* roar above me. See, I I
r stand
L!k? om bewildered 1 Father, Uke my
heed,
And through the gloom
Lead safely home
Thy child.
The day goee fast, my Father! And my soul
Is drawing darkly down. My faithless sight
Sees ghostly visiooa. Fears, a spectral band
Encompass me. O Father, take my hand,
And from the night Lead
up to light
Thy child.
The way is long, my Father. And my sou)
Longs for the rest and the goal;
While yet I journey through the weary land
Keep me from wandering. O Father, take
my hand
Qulokly and straight
Lead to hearen's gate '
Thy child.
The path is rough, my Father. Many a
thorn
Has pierced me; end my weary feet all torn
Aod bleeding mark the way. Yet thy
eo mm sod ,
Bids me prese forward. Father, take my
? * hand,
., Then, eafe and blest.
Lead up to reel
Thy child.
The throng is great, my Father. Many a
doubt,
And fear, and danger, compaes me about.
And foes oppress me so. I cannot stand,
Or go alone. 0 Father, take my hand,
And through the throng
Lead safe along ,
Thy child.
The eroea ia hea^y father! I have borne
It long and still do bear it. Let my worn
And fainting spirit rise to that blest land
Where crowns are given. Father, take my
hand,
? .V
And reaching down
Lead to thy crown
Thy child.
[From tbo N, Y. Evening Carettc.]
A Strange Affnir.
A Young Lady in a Year's Trance ?
Four Months Without Moving,
Sleeping, Fa lino or Drinking ? Ex
traordinary Effect of Thy steal Injuries.
Tn the city of Drooklyn lias long re->
aided a highly respectable family, well
known for their social position, whi^h,
if ia not one of Vealth, is that of competence.
, daughter of a widow
mother, a young lady whose amiable
qualities have always endorsed her to
her companions and friends, and now,
at the age of twenty, she has become
one of the most remarkable invalids
that hare excited the medical faculty.
* About a year ago, was thrown
from a horre, and for some time suffered
severely from the iujuiies thus re
ceived. Iler case, however, at that
time, called for no more than the ordinary
attention due to one whose nervous
and physical systenwhad become shock
ed by a suddetfcnnd unexpected fall.'?
Subsequently another injury, was sua
tained by tiie unfortunate young lady,
whose case is now about to command
the attention of the entire world of physical
and mental science.
The second injury received by the i
FAtinor 1 art u vvoi noiuaJ Kt? !< > !?/? I
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skirt caught by a street car, through
which misfortune, she was dragged a
considerable distance. The nature of
tho injuries received have never been
fully determined, J>ut it is conjectured
that some injury was sustained at the
baaa of the brain, or to the spinal cob
. timn. The patient was removed to her
bed, where she has remained now about
twelve months, undoubtedly a- great
sufferer, but yat losing nothing of ber
youthful color and beauty.
. J. - I1KR APPBARAtfCBShe
reclines oa ber right aide. Her
right hand rests under the right ear.?
The fore finger and thumb of this hand
can be moved at .will. The left baas)
ana arm are ire*, but (he thumb of the
left hand rigidly adheres to the palm,
and is not of use to the various employments
of the invalid. Her lower limbs
are seriously intertwisted. The eyes are
cloeed, and the teetb firmly set,#o that
food or drink caupet be eonyoyed to the
palate. Tbe fcce of the body has all
the appearance of complete health,and
rather increases In beauty, hot withstand
ing tbe y*ry remarkable disease, or Combination
of diseases, which ?fleet the
patient.
The oilier phenomena pre still more ?
remarkable since they show that the 1
4 mind, though deprived of the ordinary
eensee, is just aa active* the feelings iust
as fresh, warm and playful, is when
the inva^jjlsfasTa tbf enjoytncut of perJ?
ifl nil
iflIB IB 11
K if A^h^JH /^Wu
P jP Ht i ' , J- i i j' i
feet health: Though without- the use
of her mouth, -eyes or teeth?though
ha neither eat' or drinks, nor sleeps
for weeks together, yet she lives
cheerful, and comparatively happy.
now 8BB MVK?f
is the problem for science to solve.?
For four month preceding last Septemv,
ber she has not tasted food of any kind
and slept. Sinoe then experiments have
.been made to feed her, as she ba4 conveyed
a message occasionally in these
words : 411 feel hungry." -Food, bowever,
when forced upon her, seems to
produce trances and catalepsy, and
twenty days together she has remained
in a trance.
Occasionally the patient is effected by
spasms. At these times the right hand
is. thrown rigidly out, the leg unwind*,
and aconvul-ion lakes pi nee ; but soon
the limbs flv back, like spring*, to their
wonted places, and the .mind of the
sufferer becomes . cheotful again. In
periods of catalepsy, other phenomena
present themselves.- Among these is
the general rigidhy of the bod?, that is
like marble, and she may then be plnced
immovable. These, however, are the
exceptions to.the general condition of
the patient, who is remarkable for q.ual
ities still more interesting.
She writes to her friends and school
mates warm and affectionate letters, but.
sho does this with ber (eft hand. Grasp
ing the pen with hdr four fingers?not
using the thumb?she plnces the little
finger parallel with the slate or paper,
and usually in a beautiful Italian back
band, conveys What she has to cornmu
nicate. While writfng, she does not
use ber eyes. The lids arevcloeed.
now 8IIR RRAOS
is another marvel. When a book is
given to her. she holds it, but it is kept
closed, and she soon becomes entirely
cognizant of ijs contents. Thus it is
with letters. She reads them entirely
by clairvoyance, and settle* that disputed
problem beyond any doubt. It may be
naturally asked if sho can see every
thiner in ilia morn in?o ? - -
n
ceives what is near her- This question
is a difficult one to settle, although the
facts seeiu to establish a negative. Recently,
a very venerable physician,
promoted bv ctSrioMty, called to see her.
On patronizing her with many kind
words, and calling her his " dear child,"
to ingratiato himself moro readily, he
caused her considerable nr.ttovacco.?
Afterward, however, he quietly sat at a
distance to observe her. It is supposed
that she thought he had goDe, f^r. call
ing for her slate, she imitated in words
and otherwise the peculiar manners of
the doctor.
HKTl BMfLOYMRVTR
are numerous, but those?the results of
which are the moat wonderful?are her
paper cuttings, her embroideries, and
crochet work in colors. We have said
that she can use the thumb- and fore
finger of hor right hand. These hold
thescisRora when she cuts paper. . Meanwhile
the left hand is behind her head
during the performance of the task.
In the same way?the left hand always
at iho back of the head ? she pursues
bar embroidery and crochet work in various
colors, precisely as she might do
if she had the use of both bands.v- It
is quite evident that she clairvoyant]}'
perceives everything that ia near her;
but beyond this, probably, her power
does not extend. * Still she is not deprived
of occupation anv more than a
lady who has her eyoj.
Tiw Flood at cnatrnftma?Loss or Lira
asi> prorrrtv.? Fro'tn n gentleman w1m> left
Chattanooga nt A late hour on Monday
evening last, the Atlanta Intelligencer haft
obtained (} few particular* of the terrible
ntftte of affaire in that unfortunate city.?
At the tiine he left, the Tenoeeaco Ihver
was atlll rising, the rain atill falling, nu<)
the whole coqntry presenting tho appearance
of a vast sea of water. He w as a guest
at the Crutchfield House, wheiehe remained
until tin- water reached theceiliugof the
first story of that hotel. On Market street,
the innin business thoroughfare, the water
was ten feet deep at the highest points, or
over the tops of the nwnings in front of the
large stores. The goods had been removed
to the second stories of the buildings, where
it was believed they would be safe, and the
necessity of removing them to A more se-?"
euro point was not segn until it was too
late. Thua, .tnor? than tliree-foutlha of the
dry goods, provisions, Ac., were destroyed.
Our Informant estimates that at least twothirds
of llrf city is literally destroyed.?
lie saw small houses floating hither and
Ihither. while many large sines had either
tumbled over, or wai e falling aauuder. The
tiehrb was one of wild confusion, Hereon*
who hu<l remained in their homes in the
vail) hope that the waters would recede,
were com|>otled, in some instances, to make
their exit through the roofs, and escape in
boats.' He <5o:?ld not give an opinion as ?o
the number uf lives lost, but they were
numerous. y , ,
The citizens were going from house to
hoi^ao in boats, assisting each other, and endeavoring
te snve a few valuables. While
this waa the ease with the better elass, vagabond
white men and negroea were biwy in
taking advantage of the ailuation and perpetrating
robberies and other acta of lawleaenose.
Grant loss will result to families
whose hemesliAd beeti abandoned. lduch
of the railway stock waa submerged, while
box cars were Hosting ahont in every direction
; the water lit the car shed wo* oyer'
Seven feot'deep.. The Tennessee Uiver it
fifteen Mfet higher than avpr before, known,
to say old iuliuhitsrtA
Tn? Government holds $107)900,0Q0
iu gr>|J.
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GREENVILLE, SOUTH <
A few months since. John D. Jones,
E-q. formerly of the Mndisonian. the
author of " A Ilebel Clerk's War Diary/'
died in the city of Burliogton,
Now Jersey. Ex-Senator Wall, of that
city, wrote an obituary notice of the
deceased, at the conclusion of which he
said ;
" No one acquainted with the subject
of this rapid, imperfect sketch, but must
have been struck with the almost fem
imuo ^cMiicuciin anu lenue met}* Uispiay
ed by him in social intercourse. The
lust four Veers of trill, deprivation and
sorrow, had whitened his locks and
bowed his form, while a relentless die
ease had wasted him almost to a shadow
; but all this bad failed to touch the
high soul of courtesy enshrined within
that feeble frame. He possessed con
siderahle wit and humor, but as was
said of Selwjrn bv ft contemporary, so
with our fiiend : * 'Twns
social wit, which never kindling strife,
Blazed in the small, sweet courtesies of lift;
Those little sapphires round The diamond
shone, . '
Lending soft lustre to the richer stone.
** For him death had no terrors. He
had ro lived as not to fear the approach
of man's last enemy. 11 is was not n
wasted life, neither was it damaged by
misdirection. < It was wisely adjusted }
and well spent ; and they who sorrow
for his departure, sorrow not as those
without hope, but as believing that their
loss was his immortal gain. With all
his gentleness and tenderness, he w"as
possessed of a rare courage, nnd ever
spoke or his death, which he'knew and
fell to be near, with great calmness, re
gretting. as he said 4 noT for himself, for
he longed to be at rest, but for that.lit
tie home circle he was to leave behind
'him exposed to the world'* rtide buffets.*
In the midst of a family, who bad generously
welcomed him to their circle and
where he was watched over and tended
with a care and a deep <?o|icirude that
couid not have been exceeded, if I10 had
been of their own blood and lineage,
be onietlv fell asleep. A life was re
sumed by Heaven, which had been
spent for every end for which it ?vi?
given. ' What could t.bo longest life
have added more?' "
This excited the lovnl wrath of one
of the prominent malignant* in the city.
Mr. Joiioathan Roberts, w ho, under the
signature of R., came out in the local
paper in tbo following bitter attack upon
the memory of the dead t
"Mr. Editor: Your correspondent.
* W^1 in the elogiiim he wrote on the
death of John R. Jot>e?, who died in
thin city on the 4th instant. Uses this
language: ' For hitn death had no terror*.
He had so lived as not to fear the
approach of mail's last enemy. His was
not a wasted life, neither was it damaged
by mi-direction. It was wisely
adjusted and well spent.' This declaration
of seniiu.ant Is the conclusion at
which ' W.' arrives in an article in
which he demonstrates that the best
years of lite life of his subject were devoted
with rtiatked ability to the work
of aiding to overthrow the.governnienl
and destroy the nation ; and whoso ex
tranrdinary merit it was to have'5m
mediately connected himself with tlie
Confederate Government in tlie capaei
ty of Confidential clerk of the War i)e
partment,' and to have been .engaged in
that laudable occupation 1 from the birth
hour to the last death struggle of the
Confederacy' .
' In the fac^jif this damning nntl
traitorous record; ' W.' nublusbir glv
parades his sympathy therewith, and
through the otdumns of a patriotic paper
outrages the forbearance of a patii
otic community. Do assured, * W.,'
that treason ha* not yet become eilher
a Christian or moral virtue, hut it is a
flagrant crime. Such is the beUef of
every true pal riot, and no man ofcom
nton sonse can believs otherwise. And
yet ' W.' declare' his belief that for a
citizen tp go over to the-enemy and to
seek to destroy by bloody warfare the
g</vernment that has from birth nnrtured
and protected him, and this, too,
without even a plausible excuse for his
treason, is so to live as not to fear tho
approach of ninn's last enemy?that a
life engaged in such work is not wasted
or misdirected?that it is wisely adjust
ed and well spent. What a mockery
of truth! What shameless stultification!
What hopeles* folly! v
"R.M
To thin moan, malignant attack, Mr.
N\ all replies under his own signature,
and addressing 'be author by his full
name. .The letter will apeak for ii*elft:
LETTER FROM HOJff. JAMES vr. WAJ.L, TO
JOliNATIIAM ROBERTS, ESQ , OF TI1K
CMY OF BUBMXOTOK.
Sin: "Little did that mad knight.
Don Quixote do la Muncha, think, when
he charged, lance at rest, Opoo a funeral
procession from the city of Daezar, that
in the progress of >gen one Should appear
who would far surpass him in the
infamy of that most unknightly deed.
To Hurlington, I regret to aay, belongs
the unenviable distinction of presenti^
to iKe sight of n shuddtrjng cnrnuiunity,
oiie i>( its own' citizens, who ha* not
hesitated in bis fufiotrt tilt tft "fcbaigo
through a tuners? process!ow, fart d<"jiwn,
right do^n crrer-Airkrokdlt hopes, the
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CAROLINA. APRIL 4, 1867.
agonized feelings of a bereaved and i
atrikeq widow, into tbe very grave, *
piercing the poor dumb corpae itself, I
with bis malignant spear. You hnve ;
entered tbe Jista with your vizor down, i
but I now cutt upon yon to lift it, And, <
as you do so, exclaim, as did the un- <
veiled Mukaona? i
" Here judge if bell; wltb all its power to dami,, '
Can mid one etir?o lu iim T ?? *
But to drop the metaphorical, and
come down to the literal. A poor, dy '
ing, Southern gentleman, in former 4
time* a highly esteemed resident of this 1
city, but whose lot bad been cn*t with
the Southern cause in the humble ca? j
pacily of a clerk, returns to Burlington
that lie may dedicate the few days re j
maining to him in preparing a work for
the press, the profits from which be '
hopes may add to the scanty support of '
his family when be is gone. * He is warm
ly welcomed bv a Christian family, wh6 !
had known him in brighter days?a J
family who abhorred (he cause with
which he had been allied?one of whose '
sons lind offered up his life in the Fed
eral army, and another had won his '
eagles by gallantry in Hie field. It was 1
truly a Christian family, for, uotwiih- 1
standing all, it received and comforted '
this adherent of a cause by uienn* of J
which it hail ?o giievously sufferert-*reinemberirig
?mly the words of its Sa
vior, and His " If ye forgive men their 1
trespasses, your Heavenly Father will 1
also forgive you," and next that noble 4
expostulation of the greatest of rite
apostles?u Sufficient to this man is the 1
punishment inflicted of many. So that '
contrary wise ye ought rather (o forgiv^"
him and comfotl bim, lest perhaps such
an one should be swallowed up by overmuch
sorrow." ' ,
Here, in this Christian familv, ro?
ceiviog all the tender care and. assidtii
tv that-only the closest relationship
ooftld have looked for, he genii}' breath
ed his last, invoicing blessings on those f
loving friends who had afforded hint so I
sweet ? refngo for his dying hours. He i
called upoD me to aid him in his feeble i
ness. in preparing the above mentioned
work for the pre**; and during my
brief intercourse with him, I was afforded
the opportunity ^hat Addison, on
his death bed, offered to ono of his !
friends, "of seeing how a Chiisiian
man can die." 1 noted with admiration
the calm courage and stveet serenity '
with which he awaited the approach of
death?a courage and serenity that
cutild have only been engendered "by ,
a conscience void of offence towards (
(?od and towards roan." I beheld, too, ^
the existence of a serene, reliant faith, ,
that could exclaim with confidence?
though lie slay tne, yel will I trust in
lliin.1' I can only, in all charily, breathe
the prayer that you may he in the same
spirit and temper when your summons
shall come, although, from the fiendish
malignity you exhibit in your commutiicntion
in the last week's Dollar Newspaper,
I very much fear that it will tako
more years than teipajjn to you to purge
your foul breast of the envy, haired und
uncharitublenesa thai seem festering
there. <
At the request of the distracted wife
of the de?ea?ed,I prepared the obituary
notice, the lone and spirit of which npItpflr
In liAVP f nt-f II a \*n??a* rtrn nnil.i
t - ? J""' r1"->
ently pa'riotic soul. You writhe, you
twist, you stop your ears at it, in a perfeint
agony. So have I aeen the fiend
Mephistophies, in the play of' Faust,
when the spaikling holy water fell upon
Ilia hell-buint aides, and his demon eftra
were tortured by the sound of vesper
bells^oi the cathedral music of the holychoir.
A? far as vonr communication
alludes to me, I jvass it by in contemptuous
silence; and it is only, your infamous
assault upon the memory of the dead
that invoices my indignant comment.?
There is a aacredness about the grave,
and th? memory of the departed, that
even the most degraded savages revere ;
and yet you do not hesitate for a mo |
uienl to assail the character of thiii poor,
dead Christian gentleman, for what you
are pleased to term " his treason here
on earth." Are yon afraid that the
Hod before? whose impartial tribunal be
lias now gone, will be more just and
merciful in His judgment than your
own revengeful and malignant passions
permit you to be t Or do you propose
to take an appeal from Heaven's merer
fnl decree, at d upset its decision by the
flat of that awful tribunal, the Burlington
Areapnguft of scandal tnongering,
gibber-gabber loyalists t Yourproduc
(ion, which mingles reviling of the liv?
ing wilh pharisaical exhibition* of iin> ,
macluate patriotism, an olla podrida of f
venomous fanaticism, - mixed up wilh ,
the taunts of a tiny at home patiiot of |
the Union League, is a dish that has |
been served up so often tinder my nos ,
trila, thai ils stale fumes have become (
absolutely disgusting. But it has been j
reserved for you to mingle in the bowl j
a new ingredient, in th?shape of vily ,
abuse of ibe dead. As to the pen and |
ink sketches of yonr devoted patriotiMn. (
( have gazed on theee before. You ,
staid at iiotne, " liku a prairie dog in (
his borjfroW/* where you eon Id bark
free from. barm. With at) jour " fee- 1
fait fu'm^ you never got near enongh to iJ
smell even the blood Of -a dead rebel,
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E'VEJN'TS
unless, like some prowling camp-followar,
you elole upon tbe Held afler the
[>attle was ovef1 and victory won, to fledi
four maiden sword upon the inanimate,
vs Falstaff did bia upon the thigh of (he
[lead Hot?pur. But your manifestation
>f prowess is even of a more eowardly
ind malignant character.' A man may
slab a dead rebel iipon the battle-field.
?nd find some palliation for the deed v
for the smoke of the contending hosts
vtill hangs above it, the passions are uot
jooled, and gaping wounds on either
ide may stimulate to mad revenge.
But yon. sir, in time.of profound
pence, after month* of soc'.al intercourse
between the sections, steal into the
grnreynrd where reposes the mouldering
body of a poor Christian gentleman
from Virginia, and ghoul like, scratch
oil 11 your claws, at the cold, inanimate
brenst of the dead. Thegnaehing tooth
*r>d haggard lip of the foul feeders who
n graveyards prowl, appear to be yours;
The solemn sacredness of the tomb has
aot power enough to scare you from
four prey. * With a hyena like propensity,
you pounce upon the mouldering
enitiins of the corpse, to hawk at and
:o tear it. According to the legendary
dory in Hungary of the olden time,
whenever a ghoul appeared in the vilage,.the
exorcist,-the priest, and the
x.rgom asters led the procession of the
villagers to the church yard, and there,
mid solemn services?the burning of in*
sense, and the sprinkling of holy water
?the foul thing was exorcised to the
regions of the damned:
' And lo ! tho ghoul (lid thin to smoke,
And^haruel fires out breathe,
And paled and blenched, then vanquished
quite
The vain pyre from beneath.
"And hollow bowlings hung in air,
And shrieks from vaults arose,
Then knew the dead, tliey might no more
be stirred from their repose."
Ilnve tho legendary times of Hungary
been tevived here in the city of
Burlington ? Have we indeed a ghoul
ir.jong us that requires to be exor
:ised f JAMKS \V. WALL.
On Being Sentimental
What, then, in the just and noble
meaning, is sentiment ! It is the
backwater of mighty feeling. It {9 what
is lefi behind by the high tides of the
great primitive emotions. It is the
memory of passion. It is the ingrained
coloring of thought. To discharge
thought of that coloring is impossible ;
but a good many people who abu?e
14 semirncntalism "seem a* if they would
like to do just that impossible thing.?
1'hus, they have a cold sneer ready for
lis if we speak of the sacredness of life,
the majesty of human nature, the beau
ly of a mother's love, or the innocence
nf childhood. Thu?, Jeremy Bentbam,
mentioning that Constanline forbade
the branding of criminals on tire face,
l>ecause it was the violation of the law
df nature to disfigure the majesty of the
human countenance, exclaims, with diss
Ijust. " Tiro majesty of the face of a
rcottndre) I" > But Bentham mistook ;
snd so do other w riters of his school.?
If there was no " majesty " of which a
scoundrel was capable, then there was
frothing to make it worth onr jyhile to
liscipline him. If there was, it was our
lutv tQ do nothing to create or to in
crease any degree of incapacity on his
part, or anvhody else's part. You shall
not, said the Hebrew code, give more
ban forty blows in punishment, " lest
ihy brother seem vile unto thee." And
Itere is a short passage, not unin'truc
,ive, from another tale by Mary VVollsImecraft
Godwin : " After a violent
lebauch be would let his beard grow,
inu ino sa?ine?8 that mgned in the
ions? .1 shall never forget : be was
ishumed to meet even the eyes of itia
tliildren. This is eo contrary to the
lature pf things that it gave me exquisite
pain ; I used at those times to show
lim extreme respect." An amuting
dea, is it not, "to show " extreme re
meet " to a wrong doer I To show nil
he more, because of his wrong-doing.
>tir grief that an unseen maje-tv should
>e wronged ! As amusing as the idea
>f a child; for example, who has never
>een addressed with an overbearing
(vord. whose body has never been
ouehed, or even approacned, except
arilh respectful tenderness T Hut I must
lot allow a passing illustration to carry
me out of the direct line of what I was
laying. Tbjre is no guidance to anyhing
hut death, decay and rottenness,
for cither individuals - or nations, in
bought whiob pretends to have dis'
barged itself of the coloring matter of
' ntiment. 'If onoe we have really ccas*d
to hear the murmur of the infinite,
beautiful ocean in the shell, we soon
ling the shell away, and it is trodden
inder foot of tircn. There U not an act
>f our li?ea?no, not one?into which
it it not the interest of every human be
ng to import a? much as possible of
b?t <liffu?ed tense of terror, hiyslery,
>e?utv hiuI tenderness, which it the na
ore of true sentiment. To suppose that
he diffused sente of whatever makes
>ur little lives worth while, impliee any
noah rtinehing frem pain?our own,.or
hat of others? it is.a great mistake.*?
Old ^Utottlian rirtua of Ir^udjr as\
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suredly contemplated nothing so ??dc.
It is well known, m a matter of fad,
thai the highest tragedy, deeply aa it
moves one, does not mote to tears;
I which is slwiv* a ralUf ?
I positive pleasure. What Englishman,
or English woman, cries at ** Xear," at
* Macbeth," or at * Hamlet f When .
did the readihg or representation of
them ever enfeeble for action or dispose
to anything that was bad t The rale
by the observance of which art, ia all
its kind*, must escape iabe sentiment,
will present itself in another essay.?
For this time, it will .be enough to say
that sentiment is the diffused sense
which makes it possible for art to ad*
dress us at all ; and that morality, or
civil polity, without art {implied, at
least, as possible and desiraole) must aa
icevitably tend to corruption as art
without morality ; or either, or all, with*
out religion. In other words, we cannot
banish sentiment from the atmosphere
of any reign of human life.
[Argoty*
Fat and Deacon.
A few months ago as Deacon Ingalls,
of Swampscot, R. I., was traveling
through the western part of the State
of New York, he fell in with an Irish*
man, who had lately arrived in this
country, and was in search of a brother
who liAd come before him, and settled
in some of the diggings in that part of
the country.
Pat was a strong man, a trne Roman
Catholic, and bad never seen the interior
of a Protestant Church.
, It was a pleasant Sunday morning
that brother Ingalls met Pat, wbo
inquired the road to the nearest church.
Ingalls was a pious man. lie told
Patjie was going to church, and invited
his new made friend to keep him
company thither, his destination being
t small Methodist meeting house near
hy. There was a great revival there at
iliAt lime, and one of the deacons, wbo
was a very small man in stature, invited
Brother Ingalls to lake a seat in hia
pew. IJe accepted the invitation, followed
by Pat, wbo looked in vain to
find the ultur ?tr> l>? ? - *
he turned round to Brother Ingalls, sod
in a whisper that oouid be heard all
round, inquired :
" Sure, aud i*n't this a heretic
church 1**
" Hush I" raid Ingalls ; u if you .peak
a word they will put .you out."
" Divil a word will I .peak at all/*
replied Pat.
The meeting was opened by prayer
by the pastor.
Pat was eyeing hlra very closely,
when an old gentleman, who was standing
in-the pew directly in front of Pal,
shouted, ' Olory 1"
" Hist I ye devil," rejoined he, with
his loud whisper, which was heard by
the minister, " be decent, and don't
make a blockhead of yourself.*'
The parson grew more fervent in bis
devotions. Presently the deacon utter*
ed nn audible groan.
" Ili?t I ye blackguad I Hare ye no
decency at all t" said Pat, at the same
time giving him a punch in the ribs,
which caused him to lose bis equilibrium.
The minister stopped, and extending
his hand in a suppliant manner,
raid t
" Brethren, we cannot be disturbed in
this way. Will some of yon put that
roan out 1"
" Yes, your rlverlnce," shouted Pat,
44 I will 1" and suiting the action to tha
word, he collared the deacon, and to tba
uttor horror of the pastor, Brother Ingalls,
and the whole congregation, ha
dragged him up the aiale, and with a tra
rwt~.... -?. u- ; .1- -*
Iiruiavvx aiva anil uiui IBIU 1(10 TflHI*
bule of lie church.
FhekM A80NRV IK THE WOULD.?It U
estimated by those who ought to know
that at present, in round numbers, there
are about 1,950,000 Free and Acoftpted
Masons scattered upon the face of the
globe. Of this number some 150,000
are in England.; 100,000 in Scotland;
and 60,000 in Ireland. There are about
600,000 on the continent of Europe ;
300,000 in the United Slates ; and 60*
000 in other parte of the world. In
England there are two or three thousand
persons initiated every year ; and Papal
allocutions and feminine denunciations
notwithstanding, the Masonio body is
mid to b*4tirfry where increasing.
8^' i ? mm i "
A HoRHnVt PlTITIOR TO HIS DRJTEK.
?uoing up wie mil, wutp tne not; coming
down bill, hurry me not; on level
road, spare roe not; loose in ( bin, forget
roe not ; of hay and corn, rob me
not; of clean water, stint roe net; of
oft, dry bed, deprive me not; tired and
hot. wash me not; if sick of cold, ebill
mo not; with bit and reins, Oh ! jetk
me not; and when you are angry, strike
roe nob
?-? ?'iWl?
Two Mottas q* Husbandry ?" It ia
very difficult to live,** tatt a widow
with saten girls, all i?tg|kttea]
ertr.
Too mu?l husband roarltate.**seed
a sage friend. ' \
.? i? .rather hunhaask v>m* ef
jlaegbfees," ,.yW 0*