The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-07-02
A Fathers Advice to his Sou.
BIZ GOETHE.

leave thee IN world where good counsel
/ is not superb bundant. No one is born
wise. Time and experience teach US to
separate the grain from the chaif. | have
seen more of the world than thou Ii is
not all gold, dear son, that glitters.
! have seen many star from heaven fall
and many staff on which men have
leaned break. Therefore | give thee this
advice, the result of my experience. At
tach not thy heart to any transitory
thing. The truth comes not to us, dear
son, we must seek for it. That which
you see scrutinize carefully; and with re-
gard to things unseen and eternal, rely
on the word of God. Search no one so
closely as myself Within Us dwels
the Judge that never deceives, aud whose
voice is more TO us than the applause of
the world, and more than all the wisdom
of all the Egyptians and Greeks. Re
solve, my son, to do nothing to which
this voice is opposed. When YOU think
and project, strike on your forehead and
ask for his counsel. He speaks at First
low. and lisps as an innocent child; but
if you honor lii, innocence. he gradually
loosens his tongue and speaks more dis
tinctly.
Despise not any religion; it is as easy
to despise. but it is mucii better to un-
derstand. Uphold truth when thou canst
and be willing for her sake to be hated:
but know thu. thy individual cause is
not the cause of truth, and beware that
they are not COMPOUNDED. Do good for
they own satisfaction AMI care not what
follows. Cause no gray hairs to any one;
nevertheless. for the right even gray hairs
are TO be disregarded. Help and give
willingly when thou hast aud think no
more of myself for it, and IL thou hast
nothing let thy hands be ready with
drink of water, and esteem myself for
that no less. Say not always what thou
knowest. but know always what thou
the truly de, out man respect, and go on
in his ways. A mao who has the fear of
God in his heart is like the sun that
shines and warns, though it does not
speak. Do that which is worthy of re-
compensc. and ask none. Reflect daily
upon death, and seek the life which is
beyond with cheerful courage; and,
further go not out of the world without
having testified by some good deed thy
love and respect for the Author Of Chiis-
tianity.
Alexander Hamilton was once applied
to as counsel by man having the guar
dianship Of several orphans, who would.
~, If cucpaa1 tn l.ru nj
valuable estate, Of which there was
material defect in the title deed known
only to their guardian. who wanted to
get the title vested in himself. iIamil-
ton noted down the faithless executors
statement and then said to him-"Settle
with these unhappy infants honorably TO
the last cent, or | will hunt you from
your skin like hare" The advice was
strictly followed and the man who gave
it was an ornament to the bar, and the
age ae lived in.
KILLED BY AN ELEPHANT.-We learn
that lad w as killed by blow from the
trunk of one of the elephants attached to
Raymond & Co.'s menagerie. in Derby,
during the exhibition there on Wednes-
day. As frequently is the case. a
crowd of were feeding the animal with
apples, nuts, &C.. when the deceased who
was among the number, wantonly pune
tured the trunk with some sharp instru
ment, which enraged the elephant. The
keeper cautioned the lad to keep away af-
ter this occurred, or he might be injured;
but no heed was given to the warning,
and soon after he approached within reach
of the ele plants trunk from which he re-
ceived blow on the head which pros
trated him, and soon after caused his
h.-New Hauen Palladium.
ANTI-SEcEssIoN MEETING AT GREEN
VILE, SOUTH .CARoLINA.-A large num-
Der of the citizens of Greenvile assem-
bled on the I'd inst., to consider the pro-
priety of having an antisecession eel
ebration on the 9TH of July. Vardry Nc
Bee, Esq. presided. and VIM. F. Lester,
ESQ.,, acted as SECRETARY. The meeting
was addressed by c. ]. Elford, Esq, who
offered preamble and resolution rela-
tive of the views of the meeting, provi-
ding for the appointment ola committee
to make all necessary arrangements. and
inviting the distinguished men of South
Carolina to address the people of Green
VILE District on that occasion.
At Peoria ILL.,, on the 18th nlt.. Rev.
Mr.. Pierce married Mr.. Henry w. Seine
to Miss Ellen Hurd. The bride was but
Is. This is fulfilling tho Juvenile adj
iunct that children shcald be seen and
not heard.
The Savannah Republican has intelli
gence as to the Cotton crop from sixty
counties of Georgia. and although the
stand is generally good it eau make no
progress on account of a long continued