Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1845-08-07

paved with good intentions. He at last
sits down amidst "cheers from all parts of
the house.n Not question is replied to
not an explicit statement made-not a
person satisfied, but all, saving few know
ing ones, cleverIy humbugged No-Sir
Robert Peel is not 10 be caught; you may
as we'll try to fix a shadow. Nay, the pin
ming of the Premier would he the least
difficult to accomplish of the two.
ORIGIN OF PAINE's GAGE OF REASON"
A writer in the Christian IntelIigencer,
of New Y ork, relates the following account
of this infdel production, as he received it
from the lips of the author. The work
itself contains internal testimony that Paine
had very slight acquaintance with those
Scriptures which he vulgarly and virulently
assailed:
II will explain the origin of the age of
Reason to you. You may remember that
in consequence Of my vote against the ex-
ecution of Louis XVI, with some other
circumstances that were opposed to the pro-
ceedings of the French rulers during the
Reign Of Terror, was first suspected OF
disafecton to Murat, Robespierre, and their
accompices, and finally arrested and cast
into prison." think Mr. Paine said La
Concergerie. "While in the dungeon and
constantly expecting, like the others, with
out moments warning, 10 be transferred
to the guillotine, it was suggested to me
that if would make ii ';nown that | was
devout worshipper of the Goddess OF
Reason,' and utterly rejected every thing
Christian, | might escape the decapitation
to which fancied myself doomed. A tacit
pledge was given by friend that if my
life was spared | should write work adj
verse to Christianity, expressly TO be dis
seminated in Britain, to weaken the power
of Pitt and his administration. By the
death Of Robespierre | was liberated from
prison, and to obtain the favor of the Oil
garchs and regain my former position,
determined to compose the work entitled
the age of Reason Great difficulty was
interpretation a copy of the Bible could
not be found: had not seen or read a word
of it for long period before. At length a
Testament was procured; probably" Paine
added, ''also afterwards d Bible ; and, by
the help Of some quotations from other
sources, composed the age of Reason
which produced the effect designed-for the
proscri ption of the work by the British
Government rendered the French rulers
propitious towards me. Since that period
have never concerned myself about any
religion, and it was only your sentiments
that made me advert to it, as hold no con-
versaton upon the subject except with
some companions to ridicule the hypocriti-
cal fanatics and their priestcra(t."
MAKE HOME HAPPY-It is the duty de-
volving upon every member of family to
endeavor 10 make all belonging to it happy.
This may, with little pleasant exertion,
be done. Let every one contribute towards
improving the ground belonging TO their
house. If the house is cold and uncom-
Portable, let each exert himself to render it
better and more pleasant. If it is good and
pleasant, let each strive to adorn it-lel
Towering shrubs and trees be planted, and
vines and woodbines be trailed around the
windows and doors-add interesting vol
umes to the library, little articles of furn-
ture to replace those which are wearing
out, wait upon and anticipate each others
wants, and ever have pleasant smile for
all and each.
Make home happy! Parents ought to
teach this lesson in the pursery, and by the
frcside; give it the weight of their precept
and example. If they would, ours would
be happy and more virtuous county,
Drunkenness, profanity and other disgust
ing vices would die away =; they could no.
live in the influence of lovely and refined
home.