Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-06


TO swell the trium phs of knowledge.
Elegant Extract
The following is an extract from an Grafton
delivered by Dr. GEORGE w. BErHrNE, before
the Literary societies of Dickinsons College
The orator opens with the following fine pas
sage:
"There is a story told somewhere, of one who
came back after a long absence, to the scenes
of his youth. lie had gone forth in early ad
venture to distant lands, and the hope of return
had cheered his many years Of ftoreign toll, un-
til the noon of life found him drawing near
once more to the only spo, that he could call
his home His heart beat more and more
quickly as the mountains around the village a.
rose in distance then as he saw the srire Of
the village church, or the well remembered
trees grown old but still green and then as he
entered the cheerful street, many dwelling
was familiar though touched by time /; but a.
mong the groups about their tIrcshholds and
those who met him on the walk. there was not
a face that he knew or that knew him. He
passed on through the abodes Of the living to
the resting place of The dead. and there he
found craven on stones, many names that were
written on his SOUL All whom he had hoped
to meet again werc buried, or had forgotten
him. lie was alone, a stranger in his carly
home. He paused to look around him. There
stood the venerable edifce within which his
young mind had been trained to learning
There was the green where he had leapcd and
shouted with his fellows. There flowed the
little stream from the shaded spring which had
so often slaken his summer thirst. He follow
en- 1t TO The path deep beaten in the sod He
stopped and took one long cool dranght-his
tears fell on the waters ,1ce-he raised his hat
from his head and breathed prayer, and de-
| parted to return no more.
"With some such emotions docs your orator
address you now. A score of years has passed
since ne left, for the urgencies of mature life,
memories OF happy youth. They were then
| populous with hts friends, and their classic cy.
erciiations were directed by the kind and pa
terRai soilcitude of teachers to whose skill and
fidelity gratitude can never make sufficient pay
ment. He has troddrn the college halls again
to-day and has seen " thin them many happy
faces IN the bloom OF youth, but those whom he
once loved TO greet with frank regard, are gone.
Some are in the grave the rest widely scat.
tered through cold world, never to know a.
gain the buoyant happiness and careless wealth
OF affection that here blessed them and him
But thanks be To God the fountain of truth al
ters the path to 1t still beaten by youthful feet
and have com" to take one draught Of it witt
| you To send up prayer tothe Father of lights
who causes il To huw-and to go my way"
MEDICAL -Every new invention or improve.
ment i'll the science ofmedicinc merits nassin.
paragraph. Dr. Junod, Of Paris. has inyeu,c,
anew method, which he terms Hemospasic
tor the trestmen, of number of diseases Th,
method consists in the employment ofs pneu
matte apparatus of peculiar construction, il
which tie arm or leg is so placed as to attract
tbs blood to the ex,remlies without diminish
ing the mass of this liquid
PARis.-Lous PHILIPPE is The only monarcl
who has discovered that Paris is France. Th,
walls around the city are completed, and are
satrisoned by 100000 men. Strange that III,
sagacty of Napoleon should have been wanting
on this important point. No allied army car
nov get possession OF the city, NOR cali the peo
pie rise and overurn the government Will,
the soldiers control the cannon from the walls
MosE RECRUITs FOR joe SMITH-Th
steamer Maid of Iowa passed up yesterday, OF
her way to Nauvoo, with about 200 passenger
on board, all Mormons, emlgrants from Eng
land, per ship Fanny, arrived at New Orlean
few days since from England There nre sai
} TO be 1000 more coming Matches Coar.