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Pride ANA vanity.

Few proud men are ever sccn--vain men eve
ry day. Vanity in Our community is constantly
mistaken for pride. = vain man dresses and
acts to please others. Il proud nan acts to please
himself. A vain lnan wou not be seen carry
IHg lone his market basket. a proud man would
carry 1t if he chose. Vanity ruins thousands
pride saves thousands. Vanity makes the yonng
Miss ashamed to be seen engaged in household
affairs, hut the proud girl-lhose glorious girls
which ma ke the heart leap with joy and give the
promise OF II wOmunhGud biighlrr thpn Ewes,
and sweetcr than liell %. flowers, will perform
whatever her heart tell hen is right aud consti-
TUT har the glory and happiness OF her home.
II IS vanity which makes thousands ashamed to
labor-aSAaned To be seen in honest effort
and miSlraIs 10 folly iinot crime. Pride ofchar-
Gcter-seli respect-Shouid b" the especial OBJ
iect Of cultivation. Those acting from vanity in
reference to the opinions or IMAGINED opinions
Of others, have no rule Of life which will pro-
tcct them from the temptations Of triaes which
lead so many to Iuin. A proud person was new
er seen in the criminal box for d mean crime.
We are supported in this conclusion BY one
whose experience has been vast. A true Amer
iran should be proud TO clean the street or per
form any other service. There are thousands
who would engage if they thought nobody knew
1t. But this m, natrous thing called vanity, pre-
vents their engagement in honest and correct
pursuits, and continually leads to shame and ruin
Persons from vanity oentimes dress beyond
their means Every one should be proud enough
to live and act according to their means, and
thus prove that they We're of Gods nobility, and
dared 10 do what their heart and judgment ap-
proved. True pride is n growing qualitv-it
enables us TO perform every duty, and 10 rely
upon our approval 10 Justify the act. a vain
youn" man would not dare TO assist some poverty
stricken old woman who should fall down in the
street; a proud young man would at once obey
The promptines Of his heart, and show a true
manhood. It is often said a man is so proud that
ne wont walk the streets without glovCs-a
proud man would do it, but a vain man might
not Pride is glorious--yan;,y contemplate.
The Americans, 4 general thing. mistake van
ilY for pride, and call a vain Ran proud man
This Is fatal error, and on" that We would cor
rect if we could. Let all Americans, we say,
be proud mca and women but as for this thing
Of vanity, out upon Tits more offensive to us
than the vlllajnuus compound of smells which
2ssaiicd the oiiactCies Of poor Falaton in the
Butchcry.
Let our mechanics md aboring men be proud
enough to feel HAT honest pursuit is the glory OF
man, and be proud enough TO reflect in theI con-
duct and feelings the IMAGE Of that Immortality
stamped upon them by Deity. Pride makes SOW
clcians-a sovereign reopIe-vanity, counting
sycuphant& and eventually slaves. The hopes
OF our republic res, upon the pride Of our people
ff,CIp,yIj ~,
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Protection to Rome Industry,

RAILROAD IRoN.-About 800 tons orrailroad
iron have arrived from Wales Tor the Alabama
and Tennessee River Railroad, and will soon be
shipped 10 Selma Mobile HeraM. Juiy u.
To pay for the above iron So O0 IN specie
had TO be carried to ENGLAND. Every week we
notice similar arrivals of iron nj all the PRINCIPAL
ports in our country, and in connection with each
is similar export Of our specie. And all this
time we have hundreds OF furnaces. and billions
OF tons OF iron III our mountains; we have IA vaSl
number of but hali-employed workmen, aud IA
great scarcity ofmoney! Why do we not keep
our money, employ our own people, and use our
own iront Because the mschievous spirit OF
''Dcmocracy," falsely so called, has practically
established the doctrine that ii is more democratic
to encourage foreign than home labor.
In the Boston Atlas, which has come in since
the above was written, we find these two items:
Ex-Governor James c. Jones, of Tennessee
is about TO visit England for the purpose of pur-
chasing railroad iron for the Memph. & Charles
toa railroad, Of which he is president.
The steamship Atlantic left New York yes
terday for Liverpool, with seventy passengers
and 500, 600 in American gold.
A friend points out TO us the following in the
Albany Journal
Out Of the 298 furnaces in Pennsylvania, 1j9
Gusl one halr have stopped within the last ID
months, and the workInen thrown out OF employ
ment! And yet every vessel that arrives in
this couptry from England is loaded with rail-
road iroh. So much for so much.
These ll9 furnaces, when in full blast, en-
ploy onl an average, directly and indirectly, at
least 81 men each. One half of them would
earn 50 day, but for the purpose Of making a
low esk innate we will suppose them all to earn
when iemployed, 81 a day; the whole number Of
men would be 1850; at ST a day, would earn,
per week, Si5,100. Aggregate annual earnings
S2,42|S,lO0.
There are at least an equal number of fuyna-
ces gut Of blast in other States; and the aegre-
gatcI sum lost to the iron workers ofthe country
is mot dollar below five millions.
V'hese five millions, which, but for the unwise
and Ant-Amcrican policy oithe Locotoco party,
would go into the pockets of American mechan-
icf is now sent fom this country in gold and
silver and 10 State or corporate bends, and paid
tot the iron-workers Of England, Scotland, Rus
sih, and Wales.
1--WE call on working men to think candidly on
THIS subject, to forget all party names ami prep-
dikes, and to make up their minds whether they
ca do their duty TO their country, their FAMILIES,
anD Themselves. BY Withholding their full and cor
dial support from the Wing party.
Laurence (lNGss.) Courier.
l In the above extract are presented some o.
he results of free trade, Us applied TO the mann
fracture Of iron in our own country, \ few
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SATURDAY MoRN1NG AUGUST 80 1851

weeks since we unfinished a statement of the
losses sustained BY six mills in Kew England, in
the short spoce Of sly ,ncnthg. amonn,iuo in all
to 50 Ia 600. Vet the friends of free trad + can
see no connection between the tree trade tariff
of ZIG and the existing depression ia almost every
department Of our manufacturing interest. Blu,
TO show TINT this relation is as intimate as cause
and effect. it 10 ONLY necessary g. cite the letter
of Sir Henry Ly,ton Bulwer. addressed hy the
direction of his Government. to Mr.. CLAYTON. in
which the British Minister declared. with refer
cnce to ..the erecting of Iron manufactures in
PENNSYLVANIA, that ,highcr duties in America
ION iron Manufactured IN Great Brteinl woui6
produce a very disag,eeabl, effect upcn public
opinion in Epg)and.', What plainaf Inference
could be drawn from this than tha- her Naies,y's
subjects were yatisEe, with he tariff Of '46, ana
that any measure Of Congress dtsieped 10 pro.
tcct and encourage American industry and
American manufactures wculd be djs;asictul 10
them. particularly the levyinr higher duty on
iron which uiuit enable ,Le American iron
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Political.
From Hartford County.
HON. ALEXANDER EVANS.

IIP H1rfOrI GIZo[tp of last week re-
cona t,,,s >, H., ;no+;o IF Mr
;,
Evans
Our late representative is again the
Wing candidate Tor Congress IN TINS dis
trlct. Hon. Alexander Evans was nom
mated oy acclamallon al the CohVeh-
tlon winch met IN ChestertoWn or the
l4th INST. There was no wrangllng,
like that winch took place IN the loco
TOGO convention, winch met IN the same
place on the previous tuesday IN regard
TO the claims OF particular asPlrants'
NO haFSl' WORDS We're spoken, no bitter
feelings aroused NO one else was put
IN no"'ha'Ioh' nnt WI'h the most per,
fect unan'nitv MI. Evans was declared
to be the choice OF the " hiGS OF this
Congressional Dlstrlct~-a compliment
OF winch any man might justly be PROUD,
eSPeciaIl y Nhen we consider mat TINS
nomination proves TO MI. Evans that
his course IN congress meets with the
cordl'l approhaflon OF MS constituents.
And well has ne earned ana richly does
ne deserve TINS mark OF coniloence'
tour years ago ne had hardly been
heard OF beyond the confines OF his ma
i've county. lhere, II Is true, ne was
known as young man whose SuaFity OF
manners, whose energy OF character and
whose mental rndoWmen's gave promise
OF iu'ure NE OF usefulness and tame
re was at mat time nominated as can
IlIaatr Tor congress- lie s'"mPG,d the
District win ms competitor. Every
where ne mad" favorable impression,
ana he was elected oE a hand Some ma
JoT''v' l"o years a''cF"aroS ne was
ho"'ha'co again. re carried me us,
lrict by an oVerWhnlm'nG majority: ana
now thlrd time htls nominated, with
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To don, or mol, the Boomers costumes the
question; whether lis nobler in us sirle to suffer
the Inconvenience OF the long skirt dress. or cut
il oil against these muddy troubles, and BY cut
tin", end them. To Quito pant,-no more;
aud hy the pants, 10 say we end these dragging
skirts, the thousand wet we're constant heir TOO
its contamination devoutedy 10 be wished.
To don the pauts; the pants perchance the boots!
ay there's the rub, for in those pants and boots.
what iecrs may come, when we nave shuflIed off
these untold skitS, must give us pause: there
the respect that makes calamity ofso long Gus
tom. For who would bear the SCOTS and eers
Of boys, the old maids scandal--the Young mans
sniclitr, tie sIdelong eers, and dcrision's mock
the nsolent press, and all the spurns, we Bloom
erS Of these boobies take, when we come out in
brooches, too, and say we'll have no other. Who
would the old dress wear, TO eroan and sweat
under The weary load, but that the dread of
something under it, Of ankles large Of crooked
leg, from which not all escape--puzzlcs the will
and makes US rather wear the dress we have
than turn out BIoomers. This fashion does
make fools Of all women, and thus the native
hue Of heoltl and comfort is scklied over with
tbs cast ofcrstom, and ladies' dresses of oreat
9TH and monsnt, with this regard, their making
turn sway, aid lose what they otherwise should
have.
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LIFE.-Liie without some necessity
for exertion must ever lack real interest
That state is capable Of the greatest on.
joyment where necessity urges, but net
painfully; where effort is required, but
as much as possible without anxiety:
where the spring and summer Of life are
preparatory to the harvest of autumn
and the repose OF winter. Then is eve.
ryseason sweet, and in well spent life,
the last the best-the season of calm en-
ioyment, the richest in recolections the
brightest III hope. Good training and a
fair start constitute more desirable pat
rimony than wealth; and those parents
who study their children's welfare rather
than the qualification oftheir own ava
rice or vanity, would do well to think
of this. Is it better to run successful
race, or to begin and end at the goal!
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GRowLERs.--The Springfield Repub-
hcan thus admirably hits off this class
Of individuals:
81 here lisa class of meni in every COM
munity who 90 about with vinegar ia.
ces, because somebody feels above them,
or because they are not approached as
they should be, and who have a constant
quarrel with their destiny. These men,
usually, have made a very grave mistake
in the estimate of their abilities, Or arc
unlnitlgated asses, In either case they
are unfortunate. Wherever this fault
finding with ones condition or position
occurs there is always want Of selfre-
spect. If people desplse you, do not
tell 1t ali over town. If you are smart
show it. Do something and keep doing.
II you are right down clever fellow,
wash the NORWOOD off your face, and
show your good will by your good deeds.
Then il people "feel above you" go
straight Gil and feel above them. If they
turn up their noses because you are a
mechanic, or a farmer, Or a shop boy,
turn yours up notch higher. If they
swell when they pass you in the street,
swell yourself, and if that does not fetch
them, conclude very good naturedly
they are unworthy your acquaintance,
and pity them for missing such a capt.
tai chance for getting into good society.
Society never estimates a man at what
ne imagInes himself to be. lie must
show himself possessed of self respect,
independence, energy to will and to do,
and good sound heart.-These quail
ties and possessions will "put him
through" Who blames man for feel
ing above those who are degraded enough
to 90 around like babies, telling how
people abuse them, and whining because
society will not take them BY the col.
lar and drag them into decency, We
are tolerably humble, in our way; but
we do feel above such folks; and respect.
fully request them not to speak to US.
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FIRST USE OF Coal IN ENGLAND AS
FUEL. hen this article was first in
troduced into use as fuel in Great Brit
ain, the prejudice against it was so
strong that the Commons petitioned the
Crown to prohibit the "noxious fuel"
A royal proclamation having failed to
abate the growing nuisance, a commits
sion was issued to ascertain who burned
coal within the city and its neighbour
hood,s and to punish them by fine for
the first offence, and by demolition Of
their furnaces if they persisted i'll trans
erosion. a law was at length passed,
making it capital offence to burn coal
within the city of London, and only
permitted to be used in the FORCES in the
vicinity. Among the records in the
Tower, Mr.. Astle found document i'm
porting that in the time Of Edward a
man had been tried, convicted, and exc
cuted Tor the crime Of burning coal IN
London. 1t took three centuries EN-
tirely to efface this prejudice.
Hunta .Mechanjc's .)iaga2inc.
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Betty" said a LEANED lady TO her
dingy Abigail, "go for some spirits tor
the lamps, and tell Mr.. MiXum that the
last he sent was so very weak that it on =
ly served to make the darkness visible"
"Yes'm," replied Betty, and away she
ran with the message, which she deliv.
cred as follows:
"Misses says, the last sperits you sent
wa'rnt good for nothin' and 1t only serv-
ed to make the darhses MiSerG5le-it was
so weak il v ass
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ASTOUNDING lNvENrloN.-We notice
an invention by Mr.. Solomor,s, Of Gin
cinnati, of what he calls perfect SUBJ
stitute for steam! From common viii
ting, sulpiluric acld and water, he OBJ
tains carbon in the gaseous state; and
with the power exerted by this gas, he
asserts that he now drives Is horse-en-
CINE, and for one-iortieth the expense of
steam, lifts and let's fall $4,000 pounds
in a minute. This fluid, without any
heat applied at all, eXerts a pressure of
$40 pounds to the square inch, while
water in the same unheated state has no
pressure but that Of gravity. Water
heatedto the boiling point, yields L pow
or Of fifteen pounds. This fluid, With
the same heat, would yield a power Of
nearly 10000! And what is more, a
handful of charcoal, and boiler the size
of a tea-kettIe, will produce, at an ex-
pense Of few cents, the whole of this
tremendous energy! Fifty dollars ex-
pense in carbon would carry one of the
Collins steamers from New York to Liv-
erpool.-Sun.
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For Tie Cecil Wig,
RelecfiOmS-'Ehe Past.
BY REV. W. II. BRISBANE.

BY REV. W. H. BRISBANE.
The Past! the Past! Alas how brief;
In retrospect how shrink our years;
Each day long-lrawn with weight Of grief,
As look back point appears.
The mighty past It claims my tears;
Its memories like ghosts now rise
To tell of hopes, and Joys, and fears,
And loves, and all that young hearts prize,
Now vanished like the fash upon the skies.
The map of life is that Of ages,
Aye! of the world--tkc stream sweeps on,
And change, successive change presages,
Till in eternity IT'S run.'"
Forgot the bold Of Marathon,
The brave OF Troy's red fame.
The setters-up ofthrOnes ARE gone,
Their empires vast, left scarce name,
Fen Rome, in ruins, speaks her withcred fame.
Times mighty power these once defed,
$50 punv strength Gelys il now,)
But All! they sunk beneath the tide,
. As Ocean wrscksa tiny PROV.
Oh! Time, stern Time, what sparest thou ?
What numbers meath thy tread are crushed,
OF mean and great, of high and low
What hosts untold with victry flushed,
Hast Thou in death sdeep shades forever hushed
Th- mighty Past Times latest born,
His parent shall receive at last =
And how'd with years, weary and worn,
Time shall he buried with The Past.
Oblivinn;s Ocean, deep and vast,
Shall YELL its dead-the unnumber'd host,
From ruins of centuries upcast,
Shall live the spoil of Time 10 boast,
When suns and iirmamentsare wreckedan lest
4llen!oun, Pa, lug, Is, 81.
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EVIL ConPANY.-The following beau
tiful allegory is translated from the Ger
man; Sophronious, d wise teacher, would
not suffer even his grown-up son and
daughters to associate with those whose
conduct was not pure and upright.
Dear father" said the gentle Eualia to
him one day, when he forbade her in
company with her brother, 10 visit the
volatile Lucinda-"dear father, you must
think us very childish, if yon imagine
that We should be exposed to danger by
it," The father took in silence dead
coal from the hearth, and reached It to
his daughter. at will not burn you,
my child; take it," Eulalia did SO, and
behold her beautiful white hand was
soiled and hlackened, and as it CHANGED,
her white dress also. 1--WE cannot be
too careful in handling GOALS" said Eu-
!alia, in vexaton. y es truly" said the
father; ''you see, my child, that Goals,
even if they do not burn, blacken; SO it
is with the company of the vicious"
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PRAYER.-As the sails of "a ship carry i, into
harbor, so prayer carries us to the throne and
bosom ofGod? but as sails cannot. of themselves,
speed the progress of the vessel, unless filed
with favorable breeze, so the Holy Spirit must
breathe upon our hearts, or our prayers will be
motionlcss and useless.
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LITTLE k1SDNEss.-Sm Small acts Of
kindness, how pleasant and desirable
they make life. Every dark object is
made light of them, and every tear of
sorrow is brushed away. When the
heart is sad and dependency sits at the
entrance Of the soul, tri!ling kindness
drives despair away, and makes the path
cheerful and pleasant.
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Don't put too much confidence in a
lovers vows and sighs, says Mrs. Part
ington to her niece, 'let him tell you
that you have lips like strawberries and
cream, and checks like tarnation, and
an eye like an asterisk, but such things
oftener come from tender head than
tender heart.
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Nh. GREELEYIn liz ELAND.-From one
of the recent letters of Mr.. Greeley,
from Dublin, we make the following ex-
tract:
belfast is busy, growing town, the
emporium Of the linen manufacture, and
the capital Of the province of Ulster, the
Northern quarter of Ireland. 1t seems
prosperous, though nowlse remarkably
so; and have been painfully dlsappoin-
ted in the apparent condition of the ru
raj peaSantry on the line OF travel from
Belfast to Dublin, which had under
stood formed an exception to the gener
al misery of Ireland. Out of the towns,
not one habitation in ten is fit for hui
man beings to live in, but mere low,
cramped novels of rock, mud and straw;
not one half the families on the way
seem to have so much as an acre of land
to each household; not half the men to
be seen have coats to their backs, and
not one in four of the women and chill
dren have each pair of shoes or stock
ings.-And those feet! if the owners
would only wash them once a week, the
general aspect of affairs in this section
would be materially frightened Wretch
edness, rags and despair salute me On ev-
cry side; and if this be the best part of
Ireland, what must the state of the
worst be-"
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GAME FOR Two.-There is a good
deaf Of truthin the following paragraphs
which may be experienced (that is il
you are handsome colonel, major or
captain, and wear moustache) BY ia.
king as'roll along Ch"stnut street:
'ttatbrr, hate that Mr.. Smith," said
a Chestnut street beauty the other day,
to her honored parent.
why, SO, my daughter %
because he always stares at me so
hard when he meets me il the street"
But, my child, how do you know
that Nr. Smith sfareS at you -
"Why, because have repeatedly
seen him do it."
Well, Julia, don't YOU ever look at
tie inPuient man again when you meet
him, and then he may stare his eyes out
without annoying you in the least, Re.
member that it always takes two paira
Of eyes to make perfect stare
"Ahem well--I--l--believe you're
right father" --Phlladelphta Herald.
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"Come here, my little man." said a
gentleman to a youngster four years of
age, while sitting in a parlor where a
large company were assembled. "Do
you know who am Z"
ayes sir, think do"
"Who am | then, let me hear !"
"You are the man that kissed sister
Mary, last night in the parlor.' Mary
tainted
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Don't get tipsy; don't quarrel with
your friends; don't fancy yourself the
incest or the handsomest man in Christ.
endom; don't despise the poor; don't
condemn any one unheard; don't strike
any man who is beyond your reach;
don't forget to pay the printer, now
don't.
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"The real character Of woman can.
not be half so well learned by dancing
with her, as by conversing with her at
home in all the varied circumstances of
domestic life. All women may be good
when leased, but she is most likely to
be a really good woman who wants not
the fiddle to sweeten her"
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BROKE OF His REST. Tim Wait"
Of Chicago. on one occasion, came into
hotel in Burlington, looking rather ia
ded and down-in.th- mouth. "Wnat's
the rnattcr, Tim 7" sand one of the COM
pany, 'you look rather the worse for
wear, "--':Why, you see | havn't slept
a wink for three nights-last night, 10.
night and tomorrow ntght !"
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GAVE IT Uf.--An old liquor drinker,
who has been patronising one drinking
house for the last eight years gave this
reason for joining the Sons Of Temper.
ance, in the presence ofseveral persona;
There" said he pointing to the sa.
loon, "sa drinking establishment that |
have been trying to drink out for thrss
eight years, and finding it impossible,
have concluded to draw from the field
and try Lake Michigan" Sensible
man that.