The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-01
IMponTANcE or LrrTLE THINGS


The National rrcacher Cor Noxemhcr con
t,ins sermon on the above subject, from the
pen Of Rev DR., Potts. Under tho fourth
head the DR. gruuPs together the following
facts. n Illustrative ofhi. behold how
great = motterN lilllc drc kindlcih,"
II Nns more lri1c lhnt prevented Oliver
/ Cumholi aU,i several other, ,ho ,nervarl.
distinguished Themselves n. hi- H.-ociatc,
from cnigntng 20 the colonies of lhe New
World, some timo bef,rr the GTsl stops we're
taken Ia that revolution which cot the mon
arrh Of England hi head, cSp1triaicd hi. fam
ily, and elevated Cromwell 10 tho scot ofkigl,,
ct authority in the nation. Cromwell aud
his friends had engaged their passage 10 A.
merica, and were only awaiting tho signal to
embark, when ly some caprice Of ihc. oaurl
they were prohibited from leaving the couu-
try.
iiad any rcriacnt orcurrcl 10 dclay the
order of court, until nOrr they should have
commenced ucir voynsr a. tho American
colonies, who can tell how different might
have boon the course ol events,
of affairs all over Europe ai tho prc.cnl hour.
II il far from improbable that the destiny of
the English nation and Europe hung upon
that single event, the arrival or non-arri,nl
Of the rourt courier before the change or
wind 10 favor Cromwell, cmharkai,on N,
life OF q monarch. aud The dc.tinic- Of proud
nation hung upon the -pccl of n lnrlc horse.
Arutrrr --rikiur illustration ~ the impor.
tarcc little things. is found jn the, hi.trp
orthc negro rarc. Tho celebrated Blriholc-
new dc las Ca.nS, Spanish prclatc, Who ac-
companicl Columbus iu his second ,ovagc to
H-raniola and on the conqrrs' of Cuba, sci-
tied there. moved l., compassion for the sal.
icrine of the native Indians, who were work
cd as slaves in the minrs by the ST-riarts
conceived the idea Of sparing this feeble race.
that were fast passing away, hy substituting
negroes. a much more athletic race, and that
were TO be obtained from tho Portuguese sct-
Elements on the coast Of Africa. Aftcr pcti.
tioning the Spanish government successfully
under Ferdinand; the rcCcrt Cardinal Mime.
mes, aud then Charl,- V, h. succeeded. In
:, 1908, few negro slaves wore brought into
ST. Domingo, and afterwards Ferdinand al
lowed the importation OF largo numbers. The
, labor Of ono negro was found equal to that OF
, four Indians Ximcncs DISCOURAGED the trDC
, &c Charles V. revived it and conferred III,
privilege as monopoly, on n Flemish favor
iic. In 1918, the right was sold TO some Gc
, uccsc merchants, who reduced tho traffic to
regular system Tho French obtained it mex
and retained it till it had yielded them rcv
cnuc of s2oI ,o0o, 600. Ia 1913, the Engli-l
o secured it for thirty years. For the last fou
Of these years Spain purchased the right TO
. 100000.
e TINS, through the mistaken bcncyoltno
Of n Spanish priest, measure set an Zoo,
r which the cupidity Of Christian Europe turn
: ed into system Of fearful cruelty, system
= by the operation of which tho commerce oi
:. the world, and the aspect of all civilized Sc
i ciety has been affected a systcm.which seem
" likely, ta-Gea,- eSerrt,iit,p -pr,,riti-rrrr.
J. convulse one of the mighticst OF nations "
/. the eleAa aE4A eventually q, Fetsttt, F,t
d peace, civilization aud Christianity, on tn
y eighty millions of African tribes. "IIo'
is great np.ter a little fire kndleth.
,r Another instance. In August, 1909,
e French artillery officer, named Bouchar
IL when digging near Rosetta, in Egypt Tor tn
foundation of military structure, cAmo upo
Il huge block of basalt, marked with varior
i strange characters and hieroglyphics. Thcs
n. characters wore found to exhibit three II
u seriptons, in three different characters, ou
lc of which proved to be Greek. This was III
celebrated. Rosetta stone, now III the BIRTHS
G; Museum, which has been the subject of dill
le gent investigation by many of the mo
- learned antiquarians Of every nation in E'
&c rope and this stone, under the Ingenious !.
in bor of You'd and Campollion, yielded, by
lie comparison of the characters found in th
n different inscriptions, key to unlock tn
m treasure of ancient wisdom, shut up fnrso M
Sc ny centuries, under the hieroglyphics of !
lr gypt.------- ------------t----
Tho discovery of small obelisk on tn
T. isle of Philoe, in the Nile, in 1873, by Cal
he laud the French traveller, on which was
n, Greek inscription containing the names o
C Ptolemy and Cleopatra, greatly aided Chan
pollon In unraveling the mystery. tThas,
+ The resuttof The seemingly rFivtHt= evCut q
n, finding an old broken stone, at Rosetta, an
- = little ebelisk. years afterwards, at -Philo,
the industry has been set TO work, and tins
II industry has he@a crowned with astonishin
" sucress.
is The inscriptions found on the docasih
T. rrrt7rrrnrvuts and on the -fruitt PaPyri ut 4
gypt are nov quite Ineligible, the aucer
records of Egyptian dynasticS, are rapidly {
d peninG 10 The inspection OF. AL men 1henci