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Striking Reelection.

Some things, it is true, are more promi
nent, and lead to more serious consequences
than others, so as to excite greater share
Of attraction and applause. Public charac
tiers, authors, warriors, statesmen, &C.,
nearly monopolise public consideration in
this way, and we are apt to Judge of their
merit by the noise they make in the world.
Yet none Of these classes would be willing
to make the rule absolute; for a favorite
player gains as much applause as any OF
them. A poet stands a poor chance either
of popularity with the vulgar. or influence
with the great, against a fashionable opera
dancer or singer. Reputation or notoriety
is not the stamp Of merit. Certain profes.
sions, like certain situations, bring it into
greater notice, but have perhaps no more to
do with il than birth or fortune. Opportu-
nifty sometimes indeed, throws a cruel sun.
shine on fool" | have known several
celebrated men, and some Of them have
been persons Of the weakest capacity, yet
accident had lifted them into general notice,
and probably will hand their memories
down to posterity. There are names writ.
ten in her immortal scroll. at which Fame
blushesl--HazliH's Characteristics.
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a meip - Knersy.

To-day found myself compelled TO do
which was very disagreeable to
me. and which had long deferred; ! was
obliged to resort 10 my grand exPedient' N
order to conquer my aversion. You Will
laugh when tell you what this IS; but !
find it a powerful aid in great things as
well as small. The truth is, there are few
men who are not sometimes capricious. and
yet oilener vascillaling. Finding that am
not better than others in tins respect. In
vented remedy Of my own, sort oil att
fetal resolution respecting things which are
difficult OF performance means OF secu-
ring that fimness in myself which | might
otherwise want, and which man is general
ly obliged to sustain by some external prop
My device, then, is this:-l give my word
of honor most solemnly to myself to do, OF
20 leave undone, this or that. | am, Of
course, exceedingly discreet in the use OF
this expedient, and exercise great delibera-
lion before | resolve upon it; but when once
il is done, even if afterwards think have
been precipitate or mistaken, | hold ii to be
perfectly irrevocable, whatever inconveni-
ences | foresee likely 10 result. And ]
feel great satisfaction and tranquility in be-
ing subject to such an immutable law. II
were capable Of breaking it after such
mature consideration, should lose all res
pect for myself; and what man Of sense
would not prefer death to such an allena-
tivel-Io,a of German Prince.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-11-18
Pride md lugrnsisude.

You may rest upon this as an uniailine
truth, that there neither is, nor ever was,
any person remarkably ungIateful, who
was not also insufierably proud; nor any one
proud who was not equally ungrateful. In
gratitude overlooks all kindness; and this is
because pride makes it carry its head so
high. ingratitude is too base to return
kindness, and too proud to regard il; much
like the tops of mountains, barren indeed,
but yet lofty; they produce nothing, they
feed nobody, they clothe nobody, yet ARE
high and stately, and look down upon all
the world about them. Ii was ingratitude
which put the Poniard into Brutus' hand,
but 1t was want Of compassion which thrust
it into Cesar's heart. Friendship consists
properly in mutual Offices, and a generous
strife in alternate acts of kindness. But he
who does kindness to an ungrateful per-
son, sets his seal to flint, and sows his
seed upon the sand; upon the former he
makes no impression, and from the latter
finds no production.-Dr. South.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-11-18
frahixIin In sise Social Circle.
BY WILLIAM WRIT.


Never bad known such a 6resde COM
panion IS he was, both as a statesman and
philosopher; he never sAone in light
more winning, than when he was seen in
the domestic circle. Ii was once my good
fortune TO pass two or three weeks with
hin, at the house of a gentleman in Penn
sylvanla, and we were confined to the house
during the whole Of that time, by the un-
renting constancy and depth OF the
SHOWS. But confinement could not be felt
where DIR. franklin was an inmate. His
cheerfulness and his colloquial powers
spread around him perpetual spring. OF
Franklin no one ever became tired. There
was no ambition Of eloquence, no effort to
shine in anything which came from him.
There was nothing which made any de-
mand either up our allegiance or your
admiration.
His manner was just as unaffected as in
fancy. 1t was Natures spell. He talked
like an old patriarch, and his plainness
and simplicity put you at once at your
ease, and gave you the full and free posses
sion and use Of all your faculties.
His thoughts were Of a character to shine
by their own light, without any ADVENT
tious aid. They required only medium
Of vision, like his pure and simple style,
to exhibit 10 the highest advantage, their
native radiance and beauty. His cheer
fulness was unremitting. 1t seemed to be
as much the systematic and salutary exer-
else of the mind, as of its superior organi-
sation. His wit was Of the first order. II
did not show itself merely in occasional
corruscatioiis, -ea,. without any effort or
force on his part, il shed constant stream
of the purest light over the whole Of his
discourse. Whether in the company OF
commons or mobiles, he was always the
same plain man; always most perfectly at
his ease, his faculties in full play, and the
full orbit OF his genius for ever clear and
included. And then the stores of his
mind were inexhaustible. He had CON-
menced life with an attention so vigilant,
thar nothing had escaped his observation
and every incident was turned to advantage.
His youth had not been wasted in idleness,
nor overcast by intemperance: He had
been all his life a close and deep reader,
as well as thinker, and by the force of his
own powers, had wrought up the raw ma
lerials, which he had gathered from books,
with such exquisite skill and felicity, that
he had added a hundred fold to their
original value. and justly made them his
own.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-11-18
ssrength Of Habit.

Habit will, in some cases, not merely
overcome an antipathy, but will actually
beget fondness for the object Of former
aversion. Thus does it happen that those
who at first experience the greatest horror
at the sight Of blood, so that they scarce
can look upon it without fainting. will, I'M
der the influence Of custom, not unfrequent-
ly become the most bold and devoted sur.
geons. A similar principle holds also as
respects our sense Of taste. Hence many
articles which are in the beginning most
offensive and sickening to the palate, will,
from the power of habit, not only get to be
agreeable. but absolutely necessary to our
comfort. We have in tobacco, strong and
familiar illustration Of this remark. Ii is
well known, too, how attached some peo
pie become to garlic, though at first so acrid
and unpleasant. And even assaletida, nat
urally so odious both to the taste and smell,
was held in such high esteem by some Of
the ancients, that they termed it the ''meat
of the gods"
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The Contrast.

Says the author Of Local Loiterings: F"
zone Of the pleasantest chureh-yards |
know Of is in the Ise of Wight; and many
years ago | was sauntering among the
graves, Wnen saw d lady IN deep mourn
ing, with a little girl, sitting on a tomb
stone. The former was reading book to
the latter, who was looking with fearful
eyes into her mothers face. When they
turned away from the spot, saw that they
had been looking on the tomb Of the 'Dai-
ryman's Daughter, whose simple ePitaph
was engraved on the maidstone. That lady
was the Duchess Of Kent, and the little
child was the Princess Victoria; now q
queen, on whose dominions the sun never
sets. Perhaps the book the lady was read
ing, was the delightful and affecting nara
tive of Leigh Richmond. Striking was the
contrast in the condition Of the sleeper and
her who watched by her grave-the one q
peasants daughter in her dreamless slum
bers-the other a child, who, ere many
years had passed over her head. was to take
her place amongst the rulers of the nations
The humber Of the two had won her palm
and was wearing her crown, whilst the
daughter Of royal line was fated to en-
dufe the perilous splendor Of dominion, anc
become the mother Of more kings, ere she
should lie down in the vaults Of Windsor. .
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Western borders. In the pursuit of the OBJ
lect Of this mission, he journeys 500 miles
into the tIackless wilderness.
He is twenty-five when be mingles in
battle: his sword is unsheathed July Sd,
1874, at the fight OF the Great Meadows.
And at the age Of twenty-thres, July 9th.
1855, he shares in the danger Of Braddock s
field, and saves the wreck Of the defeated
army.
The great epochs of the youth OF Wash
inglon are written in the preceding para
graphs A wonderful youth, indeed! From
the common school-house into the untrod-
den wilderness; from the couch Of dying
brother, into the terror Of battle, Washing
ton had already lived life, before he was
twenty three years old.
Let us, my friends, write the unwritten
history of Washington. Not the dim out
line which history sketches, but picture OF
the man-wilh color, shape. life. and voice.
Yes, life, for as we 60 on, among the shrines
OF the past, the dead will live with us. and
voice too, for as we question the ghosts Of
other days, they will answer us, although
the shadows OF hundred years brood over
their graves.
And ere we hasten forth upon our journey
let us for a moment compare the youth OF
Washington with the boyhood Of Arnold.
Washington, nourished by the counsels
of mother, surrounded by powerful friends.
and with many a kind hand for his brow
when it was stricken with fever, many a
kind voice for his heart when it was heavy
with sorrow.
Arnold, friendless boy, left by an in
temperate father to the world, guided, it is
true, by kind mother hnt n mother who
saw ali the clouds of misfortune lowering
upon her path, and felt the heaviest blows
Of misery upon her breast.
A contrast Of terrible meaning
Washington learns from his mother to
bear all, to suffer all, and to hold on
through calm and storm, to the right.
Washington becomes the man of
world.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-11-18
Origin Of .lrue B,ue,

Everybody has heard and made use OF
the phrase ''true blue" but everybody does
not know that its first assumption was by
the Covenanters, in opposition to the scar,
let badge of Charles L.; and henceforth
was taken by the troops of Leslie and Mon.
trose, in 1863. The adoption of the color
was one Of those religious pedantries in
which the Covenanters affected pharisai.
cal observance OF the Scnptural letter, and
the usages Of the Hebrews; and thus, as
they named their children Jemima and Ze-
rubbabel, and tbeir chapels, Zion and Ebe.
nezer, they decorated their persons with blue
ribbons, because the following sumptuary
precept was given in the law Of Moses
"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell
them to make to themselves lringes on the
borders Of their garments putting in them
ribbons of blue" Numb. xv., 3S.-Scotch
Retormers' Gazette.
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Exportlng wives.

From the time Of Romulus down to the
present day, the difficulty Of inducing f.
males to emigrate to new regions is sensibly
felt. Romulus stole wives for his country
men, and in 1920; women were exported
to Virginia from England. "The enterpri-
sing colonists" says Holmes, "being gener.
ally destitute Of families, Sir Edward
Sandys. the treasurer, proposed to the Viz
ginia company to send over wives for the
planters. The proposal was applauded,
and ninety girls, young and interrupted,
were sent over in the ships that arrived this
year, and the year following sixty more
handsome and we'll recommended to the
company for their virtuous education and
demeanor. The price Of a wife, at first,
was one hundred pounds Of tobacco; but as
the number became scarce, the price was
increased to one hundred and fifty pounds,
the value of which, in money, was three
shilllngs per pound. This debt for wives,
it was ordered, should have the precedence
of all other debts, and be first recovera-
BILE" Another writer says, that "It would
have done a mans heart good to see the
gallant young Virginians Fastening to the
waterside when ship arrived from London,
each carrying bundle Of the best tobacco
under his arm. and each taking back with
him beautiful and virtuous WIFE"
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WOsnau.

1t is pleasing to contemplate the theme
Of female excellence. The heart of man
warns with emotion as he hears Of the no.
bic deeds OF woman-as he views her quiet
goodness--as he marks her coniugal devo-
ton, her firmness Of principle, the thousand
little tendernesses clinging around her
heart, animating her to please by all the
winning graces and attractions that can fix
affection; nor relaxing after marriage in the
cultivation of those powers which first COM
manded admiration because she has secured
her victory. He loves and admires her
when thus true TO the amiable impulses Of
her nature. But if captivating in the fresh
ness and poetry Of her early feelings, when
the fragrance Of her own spirit falls on ev.
erything like dew, how much higher does
she cree. herself in his esteem, when the
hour OF trial comes, when adversely over
takes those she loves, and the appeal to her
sympathies is the strongest that can be
made, because it comes through the channel
of her affections. Then see what power
Of endurance she exhibits, what fortitude,
what energy. Qualities which, amid the
sunshine of prosperity, lay latent and un'
perceived, for want Of occasion to call them
forth, now appear to view with the hope,
reviving Influences which we may suppose
a near and friendly beacon would have up.
on the sinking heart Of the shipwrecked
mariner. Difficulties which crush the haugh.
ty spirit of man, and subdue his strength to
The weakness OF a child, are met by her
with courage that seems TO increase pro-
portionally to its demand. With a SELF
sustaining energy, she cOunteracts the i'm.
preston of grief in her own heart, and
reused by her love and constancy, she turns
to her partner, now dearer than ever, from
the touch of misfortune, to console, to in
vigorate, to assist. Shedding benign in
fuence upon his existence, which causes
him TO feel, amid all his misery, that happi-
ness still remains for him while blessed with
the affection of such a friend and minis
trant that labor, however rude, cannot de-
grade him while he is encouraged by the
esteem of heart so noble and so true.
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The African RhInoceros.

The black Rhinoceros, whose domains
we seem now to have invaded, resembles
in general appearance an immense hog;
twelve feet and half long, six feet and a
half high, girth eight feet and a half,
and Of the weight of half a dozen bull
locks; its body smooth, and there is no hair
seen except at the tips Of the ears, and the
extremity Of the tail. The horns Of con.
GREETED hair, the foremost curved like a sabre,
and the second resembling flattened cone,
stand OH the nose and above the eyes; in
the young animals the foremost horn is the
longest, whilst in the old ones they are Of
equal length, namely, foot and half or
more; though the older the rhinoceros the
shorter are its horns, as they wear them by
sharpening them against the trees, and by
roofing up the ground with them when in a
passion. When the rhinoceros is quietly
pursuing his way through his favorite glades
Of mimosa bushes, (Which his hooked upper
lip enables him readily to seize, and his
powerful grinders to masticate,) his horns,
fixed loosely in his skin, make clapping
noise by striking one against the other; but
on the approach of danger, il his quick ear
or keen scent make him aware of the vi.
cinity Of hunter, the head is quickly rails
ed, and the horns stand stiff and ready for
combat on his terrible front. The rhinoce
ros is often accompanied by sentinel to
give him warning, a beautiful green backed,
and blue-winged bird. about the size of
Jay, which sits on one OF its horns.-Aler.
a,tder's Expedition.
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Plato.

Several anecdotes Of Plato are preserved
which reflect honor on his moral principles
and character. Having raised his hand N
anger to correct servant, he Kept his arm
fixed in that posture for considerable Tune
To friend coming in; and inquiIlng The
reason Of his singular conduct, he replied
al am furnishing passionate man. Al
another time. he said to one OF ais slaves
81 would chastise you if | were not angry
When told that his enemies were circula-
ting reports to his disadvantage, he remark.
ed: 81 will so live that no one will believe
them" A friend, observing his stUdlOu'
habits, even in extreme old age, inquired
how long he intended to be scholar As
long," said he, las | have need TO grow
wiser and better"
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The Teens.

The teens. that beautiful, mys,erio,,, No..
ton Of the life Of mani when he i, bo,P =
1t were again TO a new existence. when -
sweet dream Of infancy is over and IN :,
brilliant flowers are faded; when sens. :,
higher meaning in the things of this wo,l5
deep reaching Of the spirit after The b5
den life behind this varied curtain-ss,s'-I
ing forth Of the soul towards the LOFTY !
generous, the heroic-those whisperi1,g5, =.
the heart which tell Of higher de,,ry
preparing, of something grand to be aebir,
ed, some great and noble end answered b.
this exlstence-this mind, this soul nov
hrst surrendered, as it were, into Our hama.
reveals itself. The teens sacred ip,,ry,'
before the prosaic, Of-lold tale has bpgur
while life is yet to the young clear eve ibs.
which poetry is or should be,-"i u.or.
ample greatness, more exact goodDe.,
and more absolute variety, than can h
found in the nature Of things
The teens. oh, what gush Of pron;s,
is there in that first burst Of fsrvent iiie ina
flower? But the wind Of the desert has p,..
ed over the blossoms, and where are tbsy
What is the summer to this spring,
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nful.

A disposition to scandal is compound
Of malignity and stimulation. 1t never ur-
ges an opinion with the bold consciousness
of truth, but deals in a monotonous jargon
of half sentences conveying its antiquities
by emphasis. Its propagators lay mighty
stress upon the smay be's." and "l'll say
no more, 'lef'0s hope not" ''they do say, y
and "time will show" thus confirming the
evil they affect 70 deplore, more under the
semblance Of pity and prudential caution,
than they possibly could in any shape, short
of demonstration. Observe the greatest re-
serve with persons of this description; they
are the hyenas Of society. being perpetually
prowling over the reputation, which is their
prey, lamenting, and at the same time en-
joying the ruin they create.
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An eminent legal Judge. and Pre-emi-
nent Judge Of human nature, observes. at
IS an observation have always made. thai
dress has moral effect upon the cOnduc'
Of mankind. Let any gentleman find him
self with a dirty pair Of boots. old coal.
soiled neck-cloth, and general negligence
Of dress, he will in all probability find q
corresponding disposition to negligence o.
address. He may, en- deshabille, curse and
swear, speak roughly. and think cOarselS'
but put the same man in full dress, and be
will feel himself quite another person. 10
use the language Of a blaekguard would
then be out Of character; he will talk
smoothly, affect Politeness, if he has it nOi'
pique himself upon good manners. and r.
spect the women; nor will the spell sub
side. until returning home, the old coat. the
heel-less slippers, and other slovenly az.
Pendages, make him lose again his bnel
consciousness Of being gentleman.
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NlenOry's Music. .

Wandering heart! ah, wherefore grieve me
With the memory of the past2
Phantom dreamings! leave, o leave me!
Sleep in shadows DER thee cast.
Natures dying echo fingers,
Ger affections broken strings;
Music with her dulcet fingers,
Ali the past around me filings.
Cherished uoices in thy numbers
O'er my yearning bosom sweep;
Memory hears them in her slumbers,
Signing, wakes again to weep.
Then the heart will weep, and wander
Where affections ashes rest;
Press unto the soul the fonder
fearful thoughts that chill her breast.
As the light Of day when fading
Brightest glows through twilight tears,
Time and change In silence shading,
Absent ones the more endears.
Summer leaves around us dying
Fade away in winter SHOWS;
Autumn winds around us signing,
Weep amid fopaken boughs.
Stars Of Love, around us shining
In their radiance fade away;
Sun! that speaks Of no declining,
Bring the never-setting day.
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Trush.

L hold clear conviction of truth to be
essential to religious teacher; and repro.
bate as well as dread the teaching Of that
which we have not thought upon calmly
and seriously, or which, on being examined.
has opened before US problems, perplexities,
difficulties, rendering much reflection need.
iul in order to our speaking with the DELHI
crate consciousness Of truth. The want Of
reverence for truth, manifest in the rash
teaching OF our times, shocks me greatly.
| owe the little which am to the consci.
entiousness with which l have listened to
objections, sPringing up in my own mind
TO what | have inclined and sometimes
thirsted to believe, and have attained
through this to serenity Of faith that once
seemed denied in the present state.-Dr.
Chanasng.
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A Good Daughter.

A good daughlerl There are other min
listers Of love more conspicuous than her,
but none in which gentler, lovelier, spirit
dwells, and none to which the hearts warm
requi;als more joyfully respond. There is
no such thing as comparative estimate of
parents love for one or another child
There is little which he needs to covet, to
whom the treasure Of good child has been
given. But sons occupations and plea
sures carry him abroad, and he resides more
among temptations, which hardly permit
affection that is following him, perhaps,
over half the globe, u be unmingled with
anxiety, until the time when he comes 10
relinquish his fathers roof for one Of his
own, while good daughter is the steady
light OF her parents house.
Her ideal isindissolubly connected with
that Of his happy tireside. She is his morn
ing sunlight and his evening star. The
grace, vivacity, and tenderness of her sex
have their place in the mighty sway which
she holds over his spirit. The lessons OF
recorded wisdom which he reads with her
eyes, come to his mind with new charm
as blended with ihe beloved melody of her
voice. He scarcely knows WEAKNESS
which her song does not make him forget,
or gloom which is proof against the young
br shtness of her smile. She is the pride
and ornament of his hospitality, the gentle
nurse of his sickness, and the constant
agent in those nameless, numberless acts OF
kindness which one chiefly cares to have
rendered, because they are unpretending
but expressive proofs of love.