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LOUISVILLE, KY. SATURDAY, JULY 81 Is47

Of the domestic employments which they
superintend, involving as they do, a grea
variety of minute and disconnected opera
tons, some Of which are almost certain to
be overlooked or slightly performed by care
less servants, while none of them can be ne.
elected without detriment to the household
and consequent dissatisfaction to her who is
responsible for its welfare. 5. lmpatience
and fIetfulness defeat their own object.
Frequent chdings not only wear away the
senslbllltles of a servant and render him
callous to all rebuke--but they excite a
spirit OF defiance and a disposition to annoy
o. The scriptures expressly forbid the in
dul gencc of impatient, harsh, and fretful
feelings towards our servants-':and We mas
tiers do the same things unto them, torJear.
Ing threatening, knowing that your master
also is in heaven, and there is no respect of
persons with m."-(Eph. Vi. 81 Here
while masters are taught to do for their ser
wants the ''same things" which the servants
had been in the preceding verses eniioined to
DO unto the masters, (that is to do them all
the good they can, remembering the Lord re-
CARDS ii as done TO him. they are expressly
prohibited from harsh, tyrannicaI, and irri-
iating language. Solomon advises us not
TO pry curiously into all the mislemeanors
OF which servants may be guilty, but some
times wisely to pass as if unheeded what,
II noticed, would require animadversion.
Take no heed unto all words that are
spoken, lest thou hear thy servants curse
thee, Il. e. speak i'll of thec) for oGentimes
also thine own heart knoweth that thou thy
self likewise hast cursed others. "-(Eccle-
siastes, vii, al)
(IO be C0ntinuei.)
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The aDave-eraac.

The London Committee svow their belief
that the slave-trade is on the increase. In this
view they are supported by the papers of the
Commissioners at Sierra Leone" Her majes-
tvs Commissiary Judge at the Havana, H. VI
Commissioners Judge at Rio, and at other
places.
Great expectations were raised, that the COM
bined exeriions Of the British, American, and
French squadrons employed on the coast OF
Africa for the suppression of the slave-tradc,
would have proved effectual for that purpose.
Had facts been taken into account, those en-
pectations would never have been INDUCED.
The American squadron can only capture vessels
actually engaged in the slave-trsde bearing the
United States flag. The French squadron is
restricted to the capture Of vessels bearing the
French or the British flag. If a fleet of slavcrs
covered by other flags were TO sail into their
midst, they could not be captured Ii is the
British squadron alone that can capture the
vessels of all nations-the American excluded
by virtue of the treaties which this country
has with them, giving her the right to do so.
Referring to this point, Commodore Jones. in
his Reports to the admiralty, says, 1.-The French
cruisers do not appear to have made a single
capture" "The American squadron
EMPLOYED ON this station has made one capture "
The Commodore further says that "French
merchant vessels acts as carriers for cargoes Of
slave goods between Brazil and the factories on
the coast" Ii is, however, the American
vessels which more particularly aid, abet. and
even carry on the slave-trade. Under cover Of
the United States Gag, the slavers frequently
''defeat the object Of the British cruisers" BE-
cause cit u declared unlawful TO visit their ves-
sels ON the high seas" At present the Com
mittes are informed that the whole Of the Amsri-
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A Marrow EscaPe.

Lord Ashburton states the following re-
markable facts, in pamphlet recently writ
ten by him, entitled, " The Commercial and
Financial Crisis Considered:
The gold of the Bank was drained to
within very few thousand pounds; for, al
though the public returns showed result ra-
ther less scandalous, a certain Saturday night
closed. with nothing worth mentioning re-
naming. The application made to Lord
Liverpool was for an Order in Council, to
do that which necessity seemed about to ac-
complish--the Suspension Of cash payments
and this gave rise to the conference | have
mentioned between Lord Liverpool, Mr..
Huskisson, the Governor Of the Bank, and
myself.
1--WE recognized at once the following
facts in this case-for, as has been already
observed, the position of things in cases Of
alarm and pressure, are seldom or never ex
actly similar.
"The credit of the Bank, for all domes
tic purposes, was perfect. There was nc
man in the country who was not ready tt
take its paper as means Of circulation, and
to give even his gold for it, the moment h
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she grew frightened, stopped short, and dared
not 90 any further. In an instant the straw
began to burn, snapped in two, and fell in
to the brook: the coal slipped after her,
Kissed as she popped into the water. and
gave up the ghost.
"The bean, who had cautiously staid be-
hind on the bank, was convulsed with laugh
ter at this disaster, rolled from side to side,
and laughed so immoderately that she burst.
IL would have been all over with the bean
Likewise, had not, by good luck, lnle
tailor, who was out On his travels, sat down
to rest on the bank; and being a good ma
tured fellow, he pulled out his needle and
thread and sowed her together. The bean
thanked him again and again, and went her
way. But the tailor had used black thread
and so ever since all beans have a black
seam in their side. From the German
Fairy Tales.
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The Eeuaale EorThcHd.

There are fashions IN beauty as well as
dress. In some parts Of Africa 10 lady can
be charming under twenty stone.
liking Chihu put nine queens TO death
Convict on Statute, Irory Ie'ih."
In Shakspeare's time il was the fashion 10
have high foreheads, probably ont Of COM
pliment to Queen Elizabeth. They were
thought equally beautiful and indicative Of
wisdom; and, if the portraits Of the great
men Of that day are 10 be trusted, wisdom
and high foreheads were certainly often found
together OF late years, phySiognomists
have declared for the wisdom of strait and
compact fereheads rather than high ones.
We must own We have seen very silly per
sons with both. 1t must he allowed, q, the
same time, that a verv retreating forehead
is apt to be- no accompaniment of wit.
With regard TO high ones, they are often
COMPOUNDED with forcheads merely bald and
badness, whether natural OF otherwise, Is
never handsome. though in men it some
times takes character at simplicity and
frmness. According to the Greeks, who
are reckoned to have been the creates; judg-
es of beauty, the high forehead never bore
the palm. A certain conciseneSs carried IL.
a forehead, says Junirs, in his TREATISE
on Ancient Art, "should he smooth and
even, white. delicate, short, and Of an open
and cheerful character. The Latin is
briefer. Arlosto has expressed i; in two
words, perhaps in one.
| "Di terso arorio era la f-onts hefa'
| Orisn Far Canfo VII.
"Terse ivory was h.f forehead glad"
A large, bare forehead gives woman a
masculine and defying look. The word ef-
frontery comes from it, The han should be
brought over such forehead. as vines are
,railed over a wall.-Leisa HINT Men,
| Women, and Books.
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Neral eares Of q. i.sr~n.r ef we.ms.

The further poverty and wan: removed.
the more they are dreaded, and the greater the
| effort TO keep them off. A man does not in
crease in liberality in proportion as his wealth
Increases A man VINO has ''two mites may
perhaps, a roman once did, cast them both
into the treasury IL he have two collars, he
may give one Of them 10 brother in want
But when he has two hundred, he viii not give
half-not more than a 6fih-say forty dollars
And when possessed Of two thousand. he will
not scatter more than a tenth-say two hundred
dollars; and when worth twenty Thousand, not
more than a twentieth, or one thousand collars.
and when his income is two hundred Thousand
a year, he will bestow in charity no more tnan
a hundreth part, or two thousand dollars year.
30 that poor man IL iess cOvetou- in feeling
ami in action, than the saline man will De when
rich Now il is very plain that men are more
able to give the same proportion Of their wealth
to objects of charity or utility when rich, than
when poor A man OF two hundred thousand
collars certainty part with one hundred
the usand better than another with two collars
can part with one; for 30 Iich man will still
have an abundance left But you viii not per-
susde him TO do il His cOvetous disposition
vii increase with the increase Of wealth The
heavier the purse hangs down, the tighter the
strings are crawn. The more the hano Is en-
ployed in grasping. the more difficult II becomes
"a
verbal for their generosity, but they are gener
ally poor. The isanGers Of the Pacihc ocean
admired for their generous disposition, Tut
they, too, are poor, think, rePrchensitie i'm
providence in both these classes IL Is cesiToble
that they should be more careful. more saving
but, on the other hand, had they great posses
sious, they woulc, if true TO human nature, ss
exhibited in the experience Of the past, DC mors
covetous a result.
Let,here be a million Of dollars entrusted TO
one man, and let another million be possessed
BY thousand men, land that vo0il De one
thousand dollars each;) and from which would
YOU obtain the greater sum for the sPIeaG OF the
GOSPEL among the heather for public insiita-
lions among ourselves or for any good and
pbilinthropic enterprise There can DC "a"
doubt bu; that by the thousand families more
womb be bestowed than BY the one fanny III
which the million was concentrated AnG Nt.
there would be less ability in the many by al
the difference between the expense CT support
ing a thousand families instead Of one. 80
mat wneJner YOU rOUA "a sh> happiness TO result
from liberaliiv, either TO the giver OF th- re-
oeivrr or both pray that no one. not even Your
self, may be abundantly rich; for, Win the IN
crease Of wealth cOvetou-ncss increases; ot
which Jesus saws. "take heel ana beware; but
let US rejoice rather in thar or-er oil 'hlhgs
whilh prevails among IA. where great estates
are uncommon, and comfortable sutsi>'sh'e
is the ordinary lot hsr- 20 f'HeAs'-
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NUMBER Z.

can squadron Is withdrawn from the coast of
Africa in consequence Of the Mexican war.
The returns Of Commodore Jones show thu,
the squadron under his command captured be-
tween the LIST Of April. lS44, and the 26th of
August, lc45, no less than seventy-ive slayers.
Thirty eight Of them bore the Brazilian Asg.
nineteen. the Spanish; three Portuguese; one.
the Sardinian; one, the Liberian, and thirteen
bore no colors, or cid not choose to exhibit them
these captures prove the immense activity of
the trade
The plans of the slave-traders are so skill
fully arranged that .'the Capture Of four vessels
would not subject them to loss. provided that the
hfth was successful in landing the slaves in Bra
ILL.,
So long as such enormous gains are made at
comparatively small risks, il is impossible, the
Committe believe, to put down the traffic BY
marine police.
80 thoroughly convinced have the Committee
teen, by the facts which have come under their
notice, that the slave-trade cannot be suppressed
~ the cruising system, that they have felt il TO
lie their duty TO recommend 10 the Government
the necessity of substituting for it other, and,
as they believe more practical mode for s,lain-
iag that great end
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''ln a village there lived poor old
woman who had one day gathered dish Of
beans, and was going to boil them. So
she laid a fire on her hearth, and to make it
burn the quicker she lighted it with wisp
OF straw. And as she was putting the
beans into the pot one Of them fell on the
ground without her seeing it, and rolled by
chance to where a straw was lying. Al
most at the same instant a red-hot coal
bounced from the fire, close to the straw
and the bean.
"Then said the straw, Whence do you
come, my friends The coal answered
by good luck | have sprung out Of the fire
for if | had not jumped with all my might
| should have been burnt to ashes Their
the bean said, Il too by lucky chance
have come off with whole skin; for if thu
old woman had put me into the pot,
should without mercy have been cooked Il
porridge with the rest Of my comrades.
And prthee would my fate have beer
pleasanter ? said the straw; the old woman
has made away with all my brothers in fir
| anu Suiohc, AAty Sdc SciZcu at ouCc ou'
put to death, when happily slipped througl
her fingers
What shall We set about now = said tn
coal. 4 advise, answered the bean, that a
we have all so fortunately escaped death
we should keep together like good comrades
and, to avoid any fresh disaster to us here
let us travel about and visit foreign coun
tries This proposal pleased the two 9th
ers, and they forthwith set out on thei
travels.
"They had not gone far before they cam
to little brook, over which there was n
bidge,-not even Plank,-and they wer
puzzled how to get over. The straw. how
ever hit upon clever plan: 4 will la
myself across the brook, said she, and 20
can both 60 over me as bridge. So tn
straw stretched herself from one bank t
the other, and the coal, who was Of fer
nature, tripped boldly on to the new bridge
But she had hardly gotten half way ove1
when, hearing the water rushing under be-
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"Di terso aroyio era la f-onte iisfa- "
Oriss Far Casto VII.
"Terse ivory was hef forehead glad"

The following liberal sentiments are extracted from
the Morning Chronicle of The l6ih instant, and
part article the proceedings OF The mesiag 70
erect monument In eommemoraiinn OF Caxon. lkoow
,ou will have pleasure IN giving them circulation;
.Oftn that the American inf-i~r TOOK IN the
business The day Impossible speak out la terms
ofthe very hveiess satisfaction The enthus
with which Mr.. BAScrosI. as the representative Of
the transatlantic Republic claimed hroihers share An
the a honcsins and memory OF the found
Of the Eaglsh pre>s and asserted bsossr interest
antiquities and historic recollec'ons of the elder
branch eth Anglo Saxon family, worthy Of the
character and position Of dis insushed and
affords cheering sign OF the undated force aud activity
ofa sentiment powerfully conducive TO the Gauss
and civilization so long - American statesmen delight
TO remember that antiquities their atsQu'ssse.
IN our tongue their tongue. that history tbsts
history t,s heroes their heroes. tha our Wet
mieistsr 10 their Westminster, have a lest one Sc
rurity the MORE and above the vulgar and prude1
al ones, thaa the pesse ofthe world viii not be N b'y
brohen We love 70 lear Inc hssrt af Ame an
In Ensiand warns q the name Of We>snia,-ter-thsi
common shrps OF the pssSfss OF ANGLO Saxonda~s-
The spot whsrs b psUpOsed 10 erect the nonu enI
n The wsa frost of Wsamtnisser Abhey, hesely
whore CAxIox hEa esaabaiahsa asa woshsA ~. -
Ma. AsssiH04D1.
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From the report on domestic missions,
adopted at the last meeting Of the Alabama
Baptist Convention, we extract the follow
ing. The report was prepared by DR.. Nc
Whorter, of Montgomery
"lour committee feel that they cannot
close this report, without calling the atien-
ton OF this Convention TO another important
field Of missionary labor, viz our colored
population. There is no class OF our POD
ulation who wait with more cheeriulness up
on the ministrations of the sanctuary, when
they have ii in their power, or receive with
more readiness the consultations which the
gospel of the grace of God affords. The
little that has been done, with special refer.
ence To them, has been like handful of
corn scattered on the top of the mountain,
and brought forth harvest which waves
like the cedars of Lebanon Where is the
church that has attended to the instruction
of our colored people, that has not received
large acceSsons Of willing converts from
their ranks! We rejoice at the efforts now
making TO chrstanize the sable sons Of AZ
nca, and turn them away from their dance
around the Devils Bush, To the service of
the only true God and our Saviour Jesus
Christ, and hail with joyful anticipations
the time when Ethiopia shall stretch forth
her hands TO God. Let us not neglect long
er her children that are at onr doors, and in
our houses, and who are sinking every year
into the dark grave without one ray Of hope
to dissipate its gloom. How heavy is the
pressure of the weight Of responsibility
which rests upon us Let us, as one man,
come up TO this work, and by united and
persevering efforts wipe of, at least from our
denomination, the approbrium of the South -
Southern Missionary Journal
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MAGNETISM A HoRSE STORY. Not long
since, horse, apparently in the agonies Of
death, was found standilg upon a ro~S on MID
die Island. Lake Superior. making efforts, as II
appeared. TO reach some twigs upon bush
few feet from him. They tined TO iif; his feet,
one after another, but could not stir them IL
Immediately occurred 10 one present. that the
rock upon which the horse was standing. was
composed of Ioadstone; and, upon examination.
il prov ed TO be fact. The unfortunate animal,
while grazing in the vicinity, had walked upon
the roe <, and his iron shoes were consequently
as though he had been bOlied there with roos
through his hOofs.-CksT0kfe IdUScgfF.
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A Qa.ck Doctor. ptnsers.,...e.s.

a party of seven officers were invited by
DIR. Solomon to dine at Gilead House.
Now the doctor, though Iuack, aid mos,
successful one, was a well-informed man,
had travelled a good deal, was very conver
sable, fond of military society, and kept a
capital cook. The dinner passed off we'll.
The wine was in fine order, and circulated
briskly. And when they had all had
enough, the greatest simPle,on Of the set
| forget his name-starts up, and says, 81
want no more wine lets have something
else. What say you' Shall We drink ouI
hosts health in his own Balm of Gilead!''
agreed In vain the doctor demonstrated,
begged him TO use his cellar freely, to order
from it what they pleased, but so spare his
laboratory; the whim of the moment must
be gratifed and nothing but the "balm OF
Gilead' would 60 down. Ii was reluctantly
ordered its appearance on the table warmly
cheered, and bottle after bo,tle-for its
taste is by no means unpleasant-disap-
peared. What was their aStonishment the
next morning 10 receive note nom the
doctor, stating that as they had chosen to
forget the character in which they were in
vited to his house, and had descended from
the rank of guests into that of customers.
he had no alternative but to treat them as
his debtors, and therefore inclosed his bill,
Thirteen Guinea Bottles Of Cordial Balm
Of Gilead, fl5 lbs
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Too LATE.-Some men are always toe
late, and therefore, accomplish through
life nothing worth naming If they prom.
Use TO meet You at such an hour, they are
never present I'LL thirty minutes after. Nc
matter how important the business is, either
TO yourself or to him, he is Just as tardy
Ii he takes a passage in the steamboat. he
arrives Just as the boat has left the wharf
and the cars have started few moments
before ho orriyoe. Hin .!inno. hos haer
waiting for him so long that the cook is out
of patience, and during the time is obligeC
to set the table again. This course the
character We have described always pur
sues. He is never in season-ai church, a
place of business, at his meal, or in hi.
bed. Persons Of such habits we cannot bun
despse. Much rather would We have {
man too early to see us, and always ready
even if he should carry out his principle:
to the extent of the good deacon, who, il
following TO the tomb the remains of hus
band and father, limited to the bereare,
widow, that, at proper time, he should bt
happy to marry her. The deacon was Jus
in season, for scarcely had the relatives anc
friends retired to the house, before the par
son made the same proposition to the widow
"You arc too late," said she, "the deacon
spoke to me at the grave" Scores have
lost opportunities Of making fortunes, re
ceiving favors, and obtaining husbands anc
wives, by being a few minutes too late
Always speak in season, and be ready a
the appointed hour. We would not give I
fig for a man who is not puncmal to his EN-
gagements, and who never makes up hi
minds to certain course till the time i
lost. Those who hang back, hesitate, ant
tremble-who are never ON hand for jOur
ncy, trade, a sweetheart, or anything else
are poor sloths, and are ilLcalculated to &c
living in this stirring world.
Nottingham (Eng) Rerie,c.
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THE Dirty OF MASTERS;

German. preached in the Presby terian Church,
D.nyiIle. Nv. by the Rev. JoHy {. Yor sc,
ID. Published by the members OF the
rch.
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wards our own weaknesses and frailties, and
should We not grant 10 others what we
claim largely for ourselves! And how
poorly and despicably do We serve God,
who has far stronger claims Oh our services
than We have on those of our fellow men.
Ought we not to exercise towards our ser
wants something like that patience which
our heavenly master is daily exercising to-
wards us, who fail in our duty with so much
stronger motives inducing us to fulfil it I.
I'd. The indulgence of impotence and ILL.,
humor effect no useful purpose. Ali ex-
peience teaches that those who are fretfui,
dissatisfied, and faultfnding are not as well
served as those who are even-tempered, kind
and forbearing. 3. The indulgence Of
these feelings effccrually destroys our own
peace Just so far as we permit ourselves
TO be irritated ard vexed, We permit our
selves to be made wretched--and surely il
is most unwise to indulge in any disposition
which will place our happiness completely
at the mercy of our dependents. Many
persons thus become the victims of the fault.
Of the servants. 4. The comfort OF all
around US is impaired by our yielding t.
these feelings. Solomon strongly expresses
the annoyance produced by an impaten
and fault-6nding temper, when he says {"
is better to dwell i'm the corner Of house
top, than with brawling woman in Wild
, house" Females are more liable to thu
evil than men, not from any peculiar weak
, ness Of character or infmity Of mind, bu
from their more constant intercourse witt
+ their servants, and chiefly from the natur
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WIS SIN FL E r A L d.

meni shows, and was designed to show Gen.
Tsylor's utter disregard Of pomp and dress
F:s honesty, his plainness, lis modesty are
asserted oy ]. T. ~, and illustrated by an.
ecdores; and General Taylor will have credit
for these qualities unless Crawford should
meet with reader who does mol detect his
.cIoyen foot
]. 7. NJ. should have stated 10 justice 70
General Taylor that for a portion Of the time
he was stationed al Prairie du Chi en-,
Crawford himself, preached there. 10 ab-
senlng himself from church on such occasions.
he bu, followed The example Of almost every
specimen of Gods noblest works 10 that
town. This is far stronger proof Of his re
spec, for religion, good sense and taste than
any thing Crawford has yet furnished.
J. T., M,