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Mind your own Businsss.-Tbis 10
an expression Of quite common use. some
times applied appropriately. and many
limes il had no doub, better be withheld.
Very often. we have no doubt. j, would
.be moro applicable 10 the speaker him
self than the person whom he addresses.
IN ths frs, place. il comes with poor
grace from one Who has no business of
bis own. and by such very often the sd-
yiss is given. Ia the second place. il
should never be used by one who having
business Deglec.s 10 attend 10 /; and we
never YET kne " any persons who attended
TO their business better Than they should.
lf The reader should say that We had
better mind orr own business we beg
leave 70 say that is exactly what We are
.after Ibid.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-09-09
DE-. BRANDRETH's Once In Virginia, Il
I95 MAIN STREET, RICHMOND,
Near the Gid Market.

Where the Pills can ha obtaincda Al a5rsnts rpr
boz. with full directions.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-03-10
A COLLEGE REVIVAL.

In the last Quarterly Register is the
commencement ola history Of the revivaIs
in Williams College, Mass When the
narrative is completed, we may repub-
lish it entire in the eantime the fol-
loving account of the revival of 1912 will
be read with interest Having mentioned
some particulars that preceded the awak-
ening, the writer continues IN York
Observer.
Every soon it was ascertained that one
in the Sophomore class was deeply awak-
ened, said to be by letter from pious
sister. Within day or two, others be-
came serious. Meetings began to be not
crowded but very solemn. The week for
annual fast arrived. Prof. d. suggested
in a written note to The pious members of
1hessnior class, the propriety OF dispensing
with the usual meetings of the literary So
cietses on Wednesday evening, and hold
ing religious meeting. 1t was done
and some Of the faculty invited to conduct
the meeting. The portion of Scripture
read and remarked upon, was the parable
of the unfruitful fig tree, Luke. CHI. xiii.
One Young man, who had been very
thoughtless and profane, attended from
curiosity. On hearing the passage read,
he thought the audience were to be enter
tained with lecture on agriculture, and
so concluded to give attention. He found
that he was the unfruitful tree, spared only
because Christ had made intercession for
him, and yet he had never once thanked
him for it. A sense of ingratitude stung
him to the heart. He became exceeding
" distressed. Sleep and rest were impos-
sIbIe. In few days he found peace in
| believing; and it was "ereat peace"
His bosom overlooked, and he ex pressed
strong desires that his friends might share
the happiness he felt " His tongue broke
out in unknown strains" Inslead Of pro-
faneness, was the language Of humble
prayer. The change was great. 1t seem
ed TO electrify the whole college. There
was no room left for unbelief All caVll-
ing was silsnced. ..=
"A Junior with whom he bad been in.
Itimate. and who had been taught and &C.
Ecustomed TO ridicule revivals aud expert
mental religion, said he could no more
doubt it was the work of God, than he
could doubt his own existence; yet, ht
added, Al know my heart is opposed to it.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-03-10
"CATCH HOLD AND PULL,s

A man who had spent most of his lie
in traversing the wide ocean, visiting al
most every portion of the globe. remarked
al one of our prayer meetings in this city
a few evenings since, that soon after Set
ting sail on his first voyage at sea, he re-
ceived keen blow of ropes end across
his back from an officer on board the ship,
while standing on deck, looking at the
men hauling a rope, with the stern COM
mand, " Catch hold and pull, # yOu can't
pull as much as @ man, pull a pound"
So we would say tothe Christian, "Catc6
hold and puA." The church Of Christ
needs your help. Every man is "on
duty" The Captain Of yonr salvation
bids you do with your mi ght what your
hands find to do" The gospel ship has
many ropes and cords, at some one of
which, every christian, however obscure,
or poor, or ignorant he may be, may fad
an appropriate place to pull. There is
the missionary rope, the Sabbath School
rope, the Bible rope, the Tract rope, the
invitation rope, the conversation rope, and
above all, the prayer rope, which is the
main rope reaching up TO Heaven, and
moving the arm of Him who holds The
i" winds in his fsts," and who sends forth
heavens celestial gales and the spirits
gentle breezes to fill the sails and onward
Ispeed the mighty barque, without which
fall human skill and labor must prove Of
no avail, like weather bound mariners
upon the bosom of old oceans restless tide
who toll, but toll in vain, to clay their
course" or make sure Roadway towards
the port they fain would gain. If these
things then be so, oh, up to the duty, chris
tan brother, up! Catch hold and pull,
at this big rope" then pull at that, aud
and if you cannot pull as much as so.0e
strong friend or neighbor, pull what you
can, pull pound. and what we say to onc,
We would say to all pulL-BOst0m Record
en-
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-03-10

Deacon Merrill, Doctor Bowen, Rev.
Messrs Steele, Daily, Denison, and Prin'
die, ard Messrs Spencer, Kittridge, Howe,
and E. Merrill End, engaged in the de-
bate.
The committee TO nominate officers re-
ported the names of - 1884,.
JAMES D. BUTLER, for president;
p P0G S.H. Bowss' : for vice presidents
F. w. HoPKINs, for secretary;
WILLIAM G. DENIsoN, cor. secretary.
s" ssz., s'.asss. exec. committee.
who were appointed accordingly.
DR.. Nathaniel Ives of WalIingford in
trodu:ed the following resolution. which
was unanimously adopted,
Resolred, That the thanks Of this con-
vention are due to the choir, who have so
ably and so pleasingly contributed to the
nterest Of this meeting.
The Socie.y then adjourned till the 10th
day Of March next to meet at the same
place at ten o'clock, forenoon.
z. HOWE, sec. pro TEN.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-03-10
JACOB AND THE ANGEL.
From an unpublished work, by Krunsmache1

From an unpublished ac0rk, by krnn90aaCher.
And there wrestled a man with him"
Wonderful occurrence. What terror must
it have inspired Jacob justly thought
himself quite alone. All at once he sud-
denly feels himself laid hold of by some
one. Who it is he knows not; he is on y
conscious that tits not a wild beast seeking
to devour him, but a man. This man
does not appear to be his friend, but his
foe-perhaps one of Esau's four hundred
men. Whoever it is he struggles with
him. He lays hold of the terrified patri-
arch in such manner as if he would ell
Their push him away from his place, or
throw him upon the ground. Jacob de-
tends himself; he grasps his antagonist,
whom he does not yet know, and refuses
either to move from the spot, or to let him
self be thrown down. He exerts all his
siren 9Th, and the conflict lasts until the
breaking of the day
Who was this man! Jacob did not
know at first: but by degrees it became
apparent to him who he was. If we form
an opinion of him from the circumstance
of his seeing that be prevailed not against
Jacob we shall think very differently OF
him Of reading what Immediately follows
| he touched The hollow of his thigh, ond
the hollow of jacobs thigh was out OF
Joint for to this, more than human pow
er is requisite. When he says, Let me
CO. he appears inferior TO Jacob, and de-
pendent upon him. But when Jacob en-
treats bis blessins-he exalts him far
above himself and even above his father
Isaac, who had already blessed him IN the
name of God. When the man gives him
the name OF Israel, and explains TO him the
! meaning of that appeIation, by telling him
with whom he had been wrestling, and oV.
err whom he has PREVAILED with God
and with men, every vail falls away and
the man presents himselfto US in his true
form. Although he declines mentioning
his name, in reply to Jacobs simple qnes
ton, vet he reveals IT the more clearly By
the act Of his blessing him there Blu
when the son arose IN Jacobs compf chen
sion, upon the whole affair. be called tht
place Pencil; for said he. have seer
i God face to face. and my life is preserV
ed.'-Nep York EuangeJist-
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-03-10
WIN T e n.
? 0 . 7 R Y

w ~ II ~ -
vin,er s very beautiful. when comes
the sunny day,
4 ,very village boy is out all merrliY at
play
70 with The bounding hoop and ball, some
with the shining steel,
,inos along the sounding ice beneath
The skaters heel.
; glide and wheellike birds at play, with
laugh and shout and song,
watches at the cottage door the bright
and merry lhrong-
4 how they fall, those pearly tears, and
culver in his eye,
long eternal years are his-but child
hood scenes are by
.wiuds are lulled TO slumber, that SO late
were bleak and chill, #
/ the forests in the valley and along the
snowy hill,
b struggling with their icy bands ana
flashing them away,
Tossing up their mighty arms, like men
in battle fray. .s@...q ..
|en to toe pleasant sounds where icy
shackles fall,
weep 10 think that human limbs still
bend beneath their thrall;
he sun Of TRuTH is rising-it shall
helt their letters riven,
men, like forests free, shall throw their
hrms and shouts 10 heaven2 .-
In 1911 u.G.B.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-03-10

anu voluntary compliance with his re-
quirements. They fall emphatically un-
der this sentence of condemnation. He
that turneth away his ear from hearing
the taa0, even his prayer shall be an abom-
ination." One man is punc:ilious and ex.
act in his outward acts of worship, on each
returning Sabbath, and perhaps his place
is not vacant in the social circle for pray
er. But those who know him can not
mistake the fact that his worship is paid
to Mammon all the rest of the week.
Another is loud and Jealous in his wor-
ship. and equally so in the strife for self
exaltation and power. A third is pas
sionate and impetuous in his religious de.
votions, and equally so in the qualification
of his appetites and lusts. What do these
men know of the worship of the true God?
They have zeal toward God, but not ac-
cording to knowledge. Oh for devo-
ton that shall ass,milate men to God -
A worship that shall! be seen in the daily
| walk and honest simple integrity, and self
denying benevoence of the worshipers
But alas! The scramble for distinction,
the haste to be rich, the greedy appetite
for pleasure, the rage of speculation. the
cunning schemes for overwhelming and
defraudng, the hard, gripping hand Of ex-
| tortion-these are among the character
stics of our times which faint even the
church, and which reveal to US the hol-
owness of much that passes for devotion,
and the vagueness of the notions that pre-
vail among US respecting the worship Of
the living and true God.
But in speaking of the worthlessness of
spurious and false worship, we must
not forget to exaIt and magnify the i'm
porance of the true No band Of reform
ers will ever do much towards the eIeva-
lion of the species from ignorance and sin,
who are not themselves devout worship
ers of the Greai Fountain of all holiness
truth. TIE darkness ofthe world can be
dispelled only by Examinations from those
who have bathed themselves in the beams of
the Sun of Rig hteousness. The true
standard Of moral principle and Of moral
reform can be raised and sustained only
by men of God, who have planted them
1 selves by the pillars of his throne--who
have beheld the beauties of the Lord, and
inquired in his holy temple. In order to
raise high the standard of moral reform,
we must first purify the altar Of worship.
The worlds reformation from sin fingers,
for the want of reformers who walk with
God-who think as God thinks-who
feel as God feels-who speak as God
speaks-and who act as God acts. Thus
to think, TO feel, to speak, and % act, is, in
essence, the same thing as the worship
of God. How futile the attempt to reform
mankind by the fundamentally of men,
who are " without God in the World."-
The hope, the strength, the confidence,
and the refuge Of the true Christian Re-
former is in God alone. In his strength
he becomes strong, in lis wisdom he be-
comes wise, in his immutablity he be-
comes stable, in his benevolence he be-
comes self-denying, in his bIessedness he
is made to rejoice amid Affections, in his
omnipotence he becomes victorious. In
word, he can do all things through
Christ that strengthen; him. Christian
d Inresti gator.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-03-10

.Forthe Telegrap
TEMPERANCE MEETING.
e Rutland County Temperance Socl-
bnvened at the brick meeting house
lstleton, on the 24th day of February,
agreeable to previous notice.
II president and secretary being abb
|lbe Hon. James D. Butler was ap-
I'D president and z. Howe. secretary !
I'm.
byers were offered by the Rev. MIR.
hworth, of Fairhaven.
motion Of Mr.. Spencer, Rev. Messrs
!, Danison, and Doctor Bowen, were
nted committee to prepare and pre-
business for the consideration OF the
h.; AID Messrs. Kittrldge, Ruttcn,
lowe, were appointed committee to
haze officers for the year ensuing,
\ Tie society took a recess I'LL hall past
. opening the meeting in the alter
he business committee reported the
INC resolutions, which after being
Led were adopted with great unan,
,olred Isl, That with a profound
of duty, we should acknowledge our
htions 10 almighty God for the prog
bade in the temperance cause; for
rht she'd abroad in different parts OIL
ord on this subject; and especially
{ surprising revolution now taking
in Ireland, in England, and on the
bent Of Europe in favor oftemrerance
hat we will, under the blessing o
renew our efforts 10 carry forward
treat and good work.
q, That we regard the movement
ong the Catholic population Of our owr
~ at the present time. with deep in
and we indulge the hope lha, it vii
Ike all friends of temperance to re
. j watchfulness and diligence.
Tha, the present license system !
the countenance and support OF lav
F. evil practice, and ought therefore I
pished.
That the present is a favorabl
+. q revive the interest in the temper
Sc Ieformation, and by united exertion
0I|k the same as progressive.
T.I That il is recommended 10 the Sc
. town and local societies TO ascerlai
lar their menbers are faithful TO the
e, and 10 erase the names of all sue
IN not adhere to the same.
That as we consider the use, ma
pre-. and traffic in spurious liquors
erage. 10 merit the censure, not on
christian, but Of every patriot IN o
Ery. We cnnnoL without manifest j
stency. regard with Othe. feelin
decided disapprobalion, the condr
Oh as either employ or rent their pr
to be employed in the manuiactu
tOxicaling drinks,
;, Thatthe friends Of temperance
State ought to take effective measur
stain the Temperance Star as III,
organ.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-03-10
VERMONT TELEGRAPH.
Eortlle T legrap h

lNDoN, SATURDAY, MARCH 6. lS4l.
, 1841-08-14

was unanimously passed and sent TO the Sen
ate. The Fertilization Bill from the House
was taken up and read. 1t was found to be
4 bill for the benefit of the eastern states
not 4 dollar was. provideded for the defence
OF the Western Frontier! Messrs. Sewer,
Linn and Benton attacked lit, was laid on
the table.
The Bank then came on the taps. Col.
Benton moved the indsfinite postponement
OF the Bill, on the ground that the States
were not all represented, and were unequal
ly represented. After a sharp discussion,
it Was lost, 81 to %. The Bill then came
up for passage-the vote, by yeas and nays,
was as follows:
IEAS-Messrs. Barrown, Bates, Bayard,
Berrien, Choate, Clay, of Ky. Dixon, Evans,
Graham, Henderson, Huntington, Kerr,
Mangum, Merrick, Miller, Morehead, Phelps,
Porter, Prentiss, Preston, Simmons, Smith.
of Ind. Southrrd, Tallmadge. White and
Woodbridgo-26.
NAYS-Messrs. Allen, Trcher, Benton,
Buchanan, CALCIUM, Clay Of Ala. Fulton,
King, Linn, McXoberts, Mouton, Nicholson,
Pierce. Rives, Sewer, Smith of Conn. Sur
geon, Tappan, Walker, Williams, Wood
bury, Wright. and Young-23.
After the announcement of the vote, the
wings, in the Gallery, hurrahed, stamped their
feet, clapped their hands, &c. &C., in true
hard cider style!
In the House but little else was done hut
TO discuss the Revenue Bill.
, 1841-08-14
CLAY n

We give below the words which produced
the challenge between John Randolph and
Henry Clay. in 1885. They were uttered
IN secret session, and we do not know how
they got into the newspapers. Ver6a rolent
was however a ~favorite expression with the
Virginia Senator. We doubt whether, in
the whole range of letters, not excepting
even the whitening sarcasms of Junius, there
can be found such bitterness Of invective and
rerroachiui scorn as in the following words
extracted from the speech of the orator Of
Roanoke. in the Senate Of the U. States.
"Thls mln-(mankind, | crave your par
don)-thls worm-Qit,le animals, forgive the
lnsulI)-wa was spit out of the womb of mean
raised to a higher life than he was
born to, for he was raised to the society Of
blackguards. Some fortune-kind TO him
cruel to us-has tossed him TO the Secretary
ship of State.
'Contempt has the property Of decend-
ing, but she stops far short Of him. She
would die before she would reach him; he.
dwelis below her fall. | would hate him if
did not dispise him. 1t is not whdt he is. but
nlerc he is, that puts my thoughts in action.
That ALPHABET which writes the ThcrSitcs, Of
Mackgu0d, of sqaalidiiy, refuses her letters
for him.
"That mind which thinks on what it can-
not express, can scarcely think on him. An
hyperbole for meanHcss would be an eclipse
for CLAr."
, 1841-08-14
From the VI. Republican.
MODERN WIG

The system of wing banking is probably
of as high antiquity as swindling; indeed we
are Of opinion that swindling first suggested
the idea Of banking. The first man who
robbed or swindIed his neighbour out of his
property to administer to his wants or to
swell his own Golfers; no doubt considered IT
banking; rude banking indeed, where physl-
cal force and superior cunning sanctioned the
deed, instead of law. This first rude intent
towards banking may be traced back TO the
earliest ages Of the world; for in persuing the
Jewish history we find penal and prohibitary
laws made against this system Of banking;
forbidiny with life, limb or confiscation OF
property, theft, robbing, swindling and tres
pass.
The needy and avaricious began early TO
contrast the abundance Of their fellows with
their restitution and distress, and their supe-
rior Notwithstanding against the foolish
ness Of many, and according to the superior
power Of their arms; "ihe nimbleness OF fin
gers" and their shrewder faculties, began n
system Of Banking that has been ingeniously
improving from those early times up to the
present. But it will be perceived that this
system had its evils rs well as our modern
for the bankee of to-day was liable
to become the banker Of tomorrow. But
that rude and uncomfortable system has been
much improved in our day, insomuch that
few only can become bankers; that these
few are protected by the strong arm Of the
law from being banked upon in their turn
, 1841-08-14

Here we can see that our modern banking in
but the refinement, the Civilization of theft
robbery, and swindling.
There is a powerful incentive in the breast.
OF all men towards banking: for appropriat.
ing the goods and chattels of others to them
selves, in short TO become bankers, that il i,
a wonder there have been found a sufficient
number OF honest men TO form a party to op-
pose 1t. This system has come to be better.
more fully understood. A bank is no Ion,
ger a mint where money is coined but.
shaving shops and swindling machines,
where a man is, Saccording to law" cheated
out OF two-thirds of his property because
'by law" the other third is secured to him.
Yet, alasi the poor man finds that this last
pitlful, or we should say, perhaps, benevo-
lent, third security, is a mere pretence; a
phantasmagoria; a shadow that eludes the
grasp when he attempts TO put his hands upon
it. We say that these things now come to
be better understood, so that now if a man is.
determined TO stick his finger in the fire, he.
does so, possessed of the knowledge that FIRE.
will burn, and his finger feel pain, or more
quantity speaking, will be toasted to his sor.-
row.
, 1841-08-14
From tie Hannibal Journal.
OUR TOWN.

Its universally acknowledge that ST.
Louis has improved more rapidly this year,
than any other City in the United States.
Five hundred buildings it is asserted, will
have been finished in that City during the
present year.
We wish we had the data from which to
draw a comparison between the improve
menis and business of Hannibal, and those
of st. L.onis, for we are confident the result
would prove that the Queen City has cause
TO be proud Of the Princess Royal, the name
given our town by Davies of the Sentinel.
At the close of this year not less than
twenty five Warehouses, Stores, Mills, Manu-
factories, and Dwellinghouses. will have been
built, and the amount Of business done has
been as large, IN proportion to the capital
welded, as that of st. Louis. The large
stocks kept here, and the low rates at which,
they are sold. compared with those Of the
interior towns, have drawn buyers from a.
grea, distance. We have many every week,
from the borders OF the Missouri River.
Hannibal has felt, and still feels, in com.
mon with all other towns the depression Of the
times. But her energies are not exhausted.
She will be one of the first TO feel the inhu.
of better times. and will advance "a
pIdIy towards the attainment Of that wealth
and power, 10 which she is entitled bv IA
ture.
, 1841-08-14

CoNGREss.-In the Senate July 81. sundrv
petitions were offered, but were not ~receiv-
ed. Mr.. Preston introduced Il bill in refer
ence TO the Mexican Commissions.
BANK NOTES.-The. Benton introduced n
paper which he said he should offer rs IN
amendment to the Revenue Bill Of the House
when it came before the Senate for conside-
ration. While gentlemen were taxing their
wits TO obtain articles of taxation within the
terms of the Compromise Act, they had omit
ted Bank notes altogether. Mr.. b. Propo-
sed to supply the omission by introducing an
amendment to include them, which was laid
upon the table and ordered 10 be printed.
Tho Fiscal Bank was then taken up; Mr..
Morehead Of Kentucky made a speech in its
favor. Mr.. Calhoun and Mr.. Allen replied.
Upon motion Of Mr.. Simmos the bill was so
amended as to allow the Bank TO issue SIS
bills. Mr.. Clay introduced his compromise
amendment and supported it with a speech.
In reply Mr.. Rives of Va. rose and said
that he could not vote for Mr.. CLAYiS pro-
position. He regretted this, but said he con-
the proposition 10 he no compromise.
His belief was that the Bank would not be
constitutions unless the States gave their
free, full and positive assent. The PROPOSE
ton did not Weld Ibis, and he could not vote
for it. 1t only seemed TO concede, but in re-
atty mystifed. 1t was ike that OF Lord
North in the Revolution upon the subject Of
taxation-"You may tax yourselves if you
but if you do not, we will tax YOU"
Mr.. r. said that he would 60 for the support
of the project of the Treasury, requiring the
,rsonf NJ tho St,,ae hafora tho eSts bIishmen
Of a branch within the States, but not for
After some further discussion the amend
ment was adopted, Yeas % Nays "a. The
bill was then ordered TO be engrossed for a
third reading by the same vote.
On the 98ih, the Mexican Commission bill
, 1841-08-14

A London paper states that a person can.
not be compelled to take a note instead o.
gold at the Bank of England-but it's To-
GAL tender every where else in the United
Kingdom.