The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-09-03
SATURDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 8 1853

| THE FOLLY OF PRDE.-The Rev. Sid
ney Smith, for many years one Of the
contributors to the great English he
! views, thus discourseth on the folIv of
PRIDE IN such creature as man :-'Af-
Z ter all take some quiet, sober moment of
life, and add together the two ideas of
pride and OF man; behold him, creature
OF span high, stalking through infinite
space n all the grandeur Of Iittleness
Perched on speck of the universe, eve
~ wind of heaven strikes into his blood
the GOODNESS of death; his soul floats
from his bod like melody from thr
strings; day and Right, as dust on the
wheel, he is rolled alorg the heavens,
through a labyrinth O! worlds, and all
the creations Of God are flaming above
and beneath. Is thi, creature to make
for himself crown Of glory, to defend
his own flesh to mock at his fellow
sprung from that dust tp which both will
soon return E! Does the proud man not
err! Does he not suffer Does he not
die ! When he reasons is be never
stopped by difficulties When he acts
is he never tempted by pleasure When
he lives is he free from pain -! When
h" dies can he escape the common grave?
Pride IS not the heritage of man; humil-
lty should dwell with fralltv, and atone
Tor ignorance, error, and imperfection."
Coal AGAINST SlNEws.-Profpseor
Henry, President Of the Smithsonian In
Shtute Of Washington, says:--''It has
been proved that, on an average. four
ounces Of coal are sufficient to draw, on
a railroad, one ton a mile. II has also
been found on experiment that a man
working on a treadmill continually for
eight hours, will elevate one and one
half millions of pounds one foot high.
Now good Cornish engines will perform
the same work by the expenditure Of a
pound and a-hall otcoal, 1t follows from
these data that about five tons of coal
would evolve as much power during its
! combustion as would be equal to the con-
! tinurd labor of an able bodied man for
twenty years, at the rate of eight hours
per day: or in other words, to the aver
age power OF man during the active
period Of his life
SEE THE OUCH IT.-Can YOU see through
your present course Do you know
where your steps viii end Look at the
long catalogue OF the past and you need
be in no perpleXity about the answer.
Are you upright in every respect is
virtue your guiding star Then you
can see your way clear TO honor and
responsibility in this life, and perfect
felicity in the life to come. Are you
profane in your Ianguage--eroveling
in your thoughts unprinci pied in your
conduct and viciously inclined Then
YOU can see what your end will be
destruction-sure and certain. The
good have always been happy and died
rejoicing. The bad have always been
miserable and died without hope. Choose
thou wisdom and virtue. Be guided by
the Bible.-Wa the steps YOU take.
Tri5une and Bulletin.
NEWSPAPERS IN ENGLAHD.-News-
paper publishing has hitherto labored
under great and oppressive burthens in
England In these days. when every
BODY reads and must know how the
world goes, newspapers have attained so
wide a Giro ulation and patronage, that
the government has naturally regarded
them as offering convenient sources of
revenue. Accordingly, they have been
. oppressed with stamp duty upon every
copy issued. and a tax upon every adj
vertiscmcnt inserted. This, however,
/ is about TO cease. Acts which have
lately passed Parliament, and been ap.
proved by the Queen, provide for the
removal of the advertisement duty, as
we'll as the stamp duty on newspaper
supplements.
0y~Gpn. John Wilson, who now re.
sides in San Francisco, has written to
Gov. Foote, of Mississippi, about group
of islands in the Pacific known as the
Navigator's Islands. With the letter
Gen. Wilson sends 10 Gov. Foote some
pickings of cotton taken from one of the
cotton trees which grow on those islands
This tree attainSthp extraordinary height
of thirty feet. The boil is about the
SIZE OF a goose."gg. When the cotton
tree is in full bloom it presents a superb
appearance, looking like an immense
snow-b ball tree of the kind that adorns so
many of our gardens.
1.-THE Baltimore Clipper says it is
not little singular that the same ad.
minlstration that appointed Messrs. Bel
mont and Soule should issue a circular
enjoining upon our ConSuls in every
port to employ none but American cit
liens as their subordlnates, when the
latter can be obtained.