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The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-11-23

outrage aud shock every feeling of humanity"
"What is the moral effect Of dissection ?
Does it tend to materialism or atheism
we ask.
"The moral effect is rather good than 9TH
erwise though principally negative. It teach
es the habit of secrecy, Ia very necessary ac-
eOmplishment for the physician. who knows
everybody's peceadiloes,) and. aside from its
first great object Of anatomical knowledge. it
familiarizes the hand to the knife, and makes
skilful surgeons. Sometimes | have amateur
classes, which clergymen join. Ihey claim
to fortify their faith, by the evidence Of design
displayed in this handiwork of God. Now
and then we have an infdel here, who looks
upon the soul as a noncnity and life as an ef-
feet Of certain material combinations. Often
er, however, these make electricity their God,
and see nothing but a series Of galvanic plates
in the convOlvtions of the brain. 1t is curl
Gus, that such thinkers, rarely stay long in the
" regular" profession, but soon run off into
some kind Of quackery; thus showinga nat
ural proclivity to the irregular and fanciful.
As a materialism, this room is worth a thou
sand sermons against that error. 1t is an
unconscious materialism which gives us our
natural aversion TO dissection. When We
come to segregate the soul from the body, as
We do here. looking upon the latter as Of no
moment, we lose this superstition Of materi-
alism."
The demonstrates has given US quite lee
ture. Really, after staying h're half an hour,
this is not so bad place aud we feel temp-
ted to don an apron. and do a little carving
ourselves We take a seal pei and commence
upon a neck, with what We regard as a very
uice incision. a student rashcs up aghast
we have cut the desccAdeRS n0ni nerve
we are raising the devil - he exclaims As
it is a suspicious locality in which to elevate
the ancient Henry" We lay down the knife,
aud, albeit somewhat crestfallen at our rebuff,
we leave the medical college with hearty good
wishes for its prosperity! Long may it wave
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Editorial Life.

It's a pleasant thing to give publicity to
thoughts which thousands will read. TO deliver
opinions which many viii weigh, and to make
fame for tho aspiring. Editors have a very
pleasant time remarkably pleasant =" Two
columns editorial wanted I" says the Devil,
As bis inky face peers into our sanetum.-
eln a moment we say, and taking our pen,
We commence The EASTERN QUESTION
From last accounts BY the-" Good
morning says a friend, stamping in with
harry familiarity. Il should like to sec the
MSS. Of that last communication you pub.
E.hel-think know The author - can't
Ii YOU see it-neyer show such things" we
ay. as We continue -" "Cunard steamer,
America. which arrived at New York on"
We'll. who is Pete Milestone - says our
friend, who had by this time seated himself,
,nd is scribbling on the best halfquirc Of that
blue laid lctter-paper," which we have just
received Of Leonard and at the same time
squirt goes a whole mouthful of the juice Of
ihe Virginia weed over fresh exchange, ;
which had accidentally fallen on the floor
Cannot tell who he is, we reply, with that
patience we have learned by being an editor.
Don't y0R know ?" says our friend, as he
throws his feet upon the table, and leaning
back while he throws one Of our best pens.
point foremost, at the table.
The editor who first gave the name Of
smaRm to the room wherein he wrote and
studied, must have had happy time IL be
iii not, he was a strange fellow Wen bet
oysters that his friends never called purpose
Il to ask importinent questions. His scissors
we're never stolen from bis table, nor did any
one ever look over his shoulder to see what
was to be the subject Of the next leader
We doubt if ever he admitted that insatia-
table personage.-the Printers Deyil,-into
bis room. Sanctum! what a blunder in a
name We pity the poor fellow who thinks
be is safe from borcs when he is in a sanctum
We have said il is pleasant to give publici-
ty to thoughts which thousands will read. At
least half of that thousand will say that you
we're vainly engaged when thinking; and the
many who weigh the editors opinions, are
very apt to think them light. Some get into
huff. and consider him personal in his
remarks, and drop him the stereotype note
Stop my paper" When the editor makes
fame for a man by indefatigable putting, the
man made great is sure to turn the cold shOul-
dsr-here, Dorsey. take the copy
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LEARN TO "SroUT This is the advice
that the female whale gives its young, and it
is Just the advice every American mother
should give her boys In no country in tho
world is there such field for oif-haud speak
ers to operate as in the United States. A
man capable Of stirring up the multitude at
mass-mecting, can reach any Office IN the gin
of the people, beginning with comptroller Of
poultry" and leaving off at the Presidency.
In the present Congress there are htty-slx
Senators-forty-three are or have been law
yers, leaving only thirteen for all the other
professions. Now, why is this ! Why should
twenty-five thousand lawyers have eight times
as many representatives in the Senate as the
whole twenty-five millions of other people !
For no other reason in the world than that
they are inevitably good speakers. But why
should good speakers be limited to ono profess
sion We know not of a single good reason.
Every school should have a declamntion club
connected with it. Boys Of all classes should
be initiated in the art and mystery OF persua-
sion. with early training, the mechanic
and farmer would become as successful Z" on
the stump" as gentlemen who consume their
oil in poring over the old fogyism OF Coke and
Littleton. TO be good speaker, all that Is
required is first class memory, and little
confidence. The former can be acquired by
practice, at any time the latter, however,
can be obtained by breaking the ice" dur
ing our school-boy days. Again we say,
learn to spout Ak6aay Knickerb0cksr
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IF You're Coming, why don't You
Come AlongW

SO "NTose" was wont to say, aforetime,
and it embodes "a good bit" Of practical
philosophy. Every new Engine shrieks it
every new Railway is record Of it-every
new medium of advertising illustrates it,
The saying originated in the ''BowERY," may
be. but it is destined to be a cOsmopOlite.-
1t began with individuals; it is going on with
nations; it will end with the world
"If you're coming, why don't you come
along" 1t is uttered in almost all tongues,
in almost all lands Il has rung around
Christendom; the iron bedstead Of Procrutes
has been left behind, with the torch and the
faggot. Il has sounded like slogan through
the political world, aud the "old fogies" are
among the baggage-wag0ns and wounded.
IL has electrified the realm Of literature;
prose is becoming the living voice Of human
ity. and poetry, its echo. The old Ramage
press has given place to the cylinders whirled
by the painting engine. and thought that moved
at funeral pace. now rushes on in tremen-
dous charge The Old Guard" and Ma
rion's men" were nothing to it.
"If you're coming, why don't you come
along" "Six PAGES 10 the 'front.' is the word
to everybody and everything that wants to be
listened to or looked at. If you have any
thing to say. sag it; if you have anything to
do. 10 It; if you wish anybody to see some
thing, shine it. "Ifyou're coming. why don't
you come along"
Il used to take six men to made pin now,
one boy, a pull. clip and two strokes. do
the business.
0nce, cradles rocked the grain for the
garner; now, ackirLviad on wheels cuts.
tnreshas and bags it in breath.
Once, fathers and mothers had the prece-
donce by few years now, bellies with dolls,
and beaux in pinafores, distance the old folks
at home" and take up the cry Of the world,
"Ifyou're coming why don't you come along,
Once they crossed the Atlantic in han.
dred days now, let them exceed ten, and
somebody halls them from lands end, as they
hcave in sight, "If you're coming, why don't
you come along g!"-TribaHe.
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For tie Port @ iJson Rerciils.
Dream-Papers.
ny YOUNG AMERICA.

There is more truth than at first might
seem, in this thing Of dreaming about some
one whose name is on the list which wraps
the bit of Bride s-Cake under ones pillow.-
Some say it gives an indication Of what our
fate must be; and they have invented a for.
mula, by which our destiny may be deter
mined have said there is some truth in
all this. Dreams shadow forth our waking
thoughts, and in these waking thoughts lies
hid purpose which will work out destiny.
The mind delights in its enjoymonts as we'll
as the body, and is not subject to safety. It
is tireless and sleepless aud when its clayey
companion is wrapped in slumber. and when
the governing senses are at rest, it seeks its
own range, and turns to brood over objects Of
its own solicitude. The Bride's-Cake may
produce no dreams. but who knows but that
dreams have made many a bride ? Great
men-Napoleon was one-have believed in
the oracular power of similar things. and why
not L!
A friend of mine wrote of list. after the
usual manner Of such lists. and "with direc-
tions," presented It to me- Believing that
bride s-cake. like physicians prescri ption,
would do no good unless directions we're fol-
lowed-so for three nights did It's seal remain
sacred. and for three highs did the same form
hover around my dreaming pillow. When
the dreaming had duly past, I, as directed,
proceeded to open the list. IF her name is
not on the list, then what will happen?" But
there is charm about 1t, for sure enough,
there is Tie very name. What mysterious
impulse led my thoughts in that channel p
Why did they centre on that object! ! was
rejoicing in the fate" and hoped l could
see the result of the formula; but my rejoic-
cings we're put to fight by little phioso-
phizing. Was not my musings lit up by her
smile-and they were nothing but dreams
even ten minutes before / received the paper
Did not have dreams-sweet Dreams of her,
even in the daytime. and when mixing in
crowds Of men Her face smiled in the
dancing flames on my hearth, and her eyes
peered ever from the pages Of my book =
Tho bridos.cake formula does not extend so
far; it does tell what must take place from
such constant dreaming. There is no way to
work out destiny IN such case but there
in two must agree to a destiny. Something
will surely come to pass-what will be, can
the dream tell ?
"This is a silly talk on silly subject. "
some Old Fogy viii say. If such an one
never dreamed over wedding-calSe." he is
readily pardoned He does not know what
pleasure there is in dreams. farther than what
he dreams of the dollars stamp. I shall not
quarrel with such an one, but viii say to the
young-dream on. Act from your dreams
in accordance with the formula in such
cases made and provided" and perhaps you
NAV be saved from the miseries Of a selfish
bachelorhood; or. if lassie you be, you
may be saved from wasting richest affections
on quadrupeds of the car order.
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From the Knickerbocker Magazine.
THE COMET; OR,
The new Craft in the ohing Of Heaven.


Twas a beautiful night on a beautiful deep,
And the man at the helm had just fallen asleep
And the watch Of the deck, with his head on bis
breast.
Was beginning 20 dream that anoihers it pressed.
When the lookout aloit cried, "A sail no! a sail 2
And the question and answer went rattling like
hail:
: A sail hoi sail ? Where awaY!D Moth
no'th-westg
Make her out 2 No, your honorp the din
drowned the rest.
There indeed is the stranger her first in these seas.
Yet she drives boldly on in the teeth Of the breeze
Now her bows to the breakers she steadily turns
Oh how brightly the light Of her pinnacle bufhs I
Not a sigual for Saturn this Rover has given,
No salute for our Venus, the flags Of Heaven;
Not rag or a ribbon adoning her spars.
She has saucily sailed by the red planet Mas:
She has doubled, triumphant, the Cape Of the Sun,
And the sentinel stars, without firing gun
Now. flag at the fore and the mZZen unlurled
She is bearing right calamity down on the world I
Helm a-port Show light she will run us
aground
Fire a gun - Bring her tor-' Sail a-hoy !
Whittier bound 2
Avast there.ye lubbersl Leave the rudder alone;
lis. craft in commission'-the Admiral's own /:
And she sails with sealed orders, unopened as vet
Though heranchors she weighed before Lucifer set
All! she sails by chart no draughtsman could
make,
Where each cloud that can trail, and each wave
that can break
Where each planet is cruising each star is at rest
With its anchor let 60 in the blue OF the best
Where that sparkling lotilla the Asteroides. lie,
Where the scarf ofthe Morning is flung on the sky
Where the breath Of the sparrow is staining the air
On he chart that she bears, you will hnd them
all there
Let her pass on in peace to the port whence she
came,
With her trackings Of fire, and her streamers Of
hamev
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Answer next week.

DURABILITY OF WooD-The piles under
the London Bridge have been driven 500
years and on examining them 1916 they
we're found to be little dccayed Old Savoy
Place, in the city Of London, was built ESQ
years ago-and the wooden piles, consisting
Of oak. elm. beech and chestnut, were found.
upon recent examination, to be perfectly
sound. Ofthe durability Of timber in a wet
state. the piles of bridge built by the En-
peror Trajan, over the Danube, afford strIk-
ing example. One Of these piles was taken
ur, and found to be pctrifed to the depths Of
three-fourths Of an inch-but the rest Of the
wood was not different from its former state,
though it had been driven 100 years.
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QUAKER ToAsT.-" This from me and mine
to thee and thine. / wish when thou and
thine come to see me and mine, that me and
mine will treat thee and thine as kindly as
thou and thine have treated me and mine"
This is new version Of the old compliment.
which runs somewhat after this wise
" / wish thee and thy folks loved me and
my folks, as well as me and my folks love thee
and thy folks. For sure there never was
folks, since folks was folks that ever loved
folks half so well as me and my folks loved thee
and thy folks"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-11-23

HusBAND.-The English term husband "
is derived from the Anglo-SaxOn words haS
and 6ana, which signifies the :" band Of the
house, " and it was anciently spelt house,
bond and continued to be spelt thus in some
editions Of the English Bible, after the intro
duction Of printing A husband. then, is
-housebond-,he bond Of the hOuse-that
which engrdles the family into the union of
oneness Of love. Wife aud children, and
strangers within the gates. all their inter-
ests and their happiness are encireled in the
housebond's S embrace, the objects. Of his
speeial care"
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~ Arago. on the very day Of bis death,
it IS said, revised for new edition his tract
Oh thunder, and sent one of his sccre a les TO
find out the exact length Of certain undula-
tions in given column Of air. Three hours
before mis- death, he said to NJ. Blot, his col
league in the meridian experiments 10 Spaln
= / must hand in my resignation as Perpetual
Secretary Of the Academy. as can no longer
FIJI the. duties" "Very well. do replied
Nj. Blot. !" and we will come in procession, to
give it back to YOU. and reproach you for your
ingratitudc.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-11-23

SPuNKY YANgEE Observation-Disclosures
ant Shelby of U. S Artillery, a strange
iron hearted man, stood By his gun at the
battle of Lacole Mil, (Canada,) until every
other man had LEFT it. The enemy, seeing
his condition. sent detachment to take him
and the gun but he maintained his position
till the column came within close pistol shot,
when he touched It of. The order IF fire
had been given the same instant to the inian
try. arranged somewhat in the form Of a semi
circle in the woods, and when the smoke
cleared away. only one out Of the whole de-
tachment was standing on his feet. and he
making rather accelerate tracks for the
mill. Sheldon once refused to take of his hat
IN Canadian theatre. while the orchestra
nlayed " God save the King, !" when an Eng
iish officer reminded him Of his neglect. lie
made some reply which led to duel. 4
friend Of Sheldon endeavOred to dissuade him
from fighting, saying that he ought to apollo
oize for his conduct, as the established Gus
tom, requiring every one to be uncovered
when "God save the King, was played.
should havO been respected. Sheldon, how
ever. was obstinate about il. when his friend
told him his antagonist never missed bis aim,
aud he was dead man. If he fought
"Then, said Sheldon. there will be two
dead men," They fought and the English
officer fell dead at the FIRST FIRE. Sheldon was
shot through and through. lie, however, lin.
gered on for some six months, and finally died
in Boston. He retained his almost unnatural
fearlcssness and hardihood to the last and
would accost his friends, as they stole softly
to his sick chamber, with, +" Walk IN. pall-
bearers, walk in He was Pitsiield man,
and was such stuff as heroes are made OF.
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A Drunkard's Soliloquy.

Having passed by the Inn | observed some
one at a short distance beneath lofty button
wood, apparently holding a dialogue with
himself | drew near unobserved, aud heard
the following:
"Who am Il? Az, what am l. but a
wretched cut cast, Stunned and despised by
the wise and the good Ny estate wasted.
constitution destroyed affairs in ruin-sriends
bsconded-chliren naked and hungry-wife
In tears and comfortless-appetite gone. WIS.,
age bloated and disgusting-hands and knees
tremulous-reason debased-and manners be-
come viIe-character annihlated Ny as-
quaintances pass by me Ike strangers l
avn tormented by disease-harrassed by law
suits, teased by ere litOrs-cOllard by sheriffs
Knocked and hunted by blaekguards am
a hated, filthy sOt--companion only to lowest
brute Nay, the vile brute is exaulted-
noble compared to a wretch like me 4! In all
that is esteemed honorable, respectable, and
worthy in society L am a mere cinder of a
cruciable, the very paltry drcgs Of alemblcs .
Cursed intemperance, these are thy fruits
Oppressed nature can hold no longer. She
is about to resign her WORTHLESS charge The
horrid graves open upon and yawns for its
prey Despair seizes me Ny brain is on
fire, Away, then-let me hasten and sink
unremembered down, down, down To-
Father. father exclaimed a sudden and wild
voice. The knife fell TO the ground and a
ragged though lovely boy rushed into bis en-
braces
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-11-23

Mt. KTNA SNow.-The snow on Mount
Etna furnishes a source Of wealth to the Ca
tanians, by no means inconsiderable. Above
a certain height it is found in CONCEALED gran
ulated masses, and in this state is fit for con-
veyance to all the large towns in the island.
and even as far as Malta. Constantinople aud
the vicinity are in like manner supplied with
this article, of paramount necessity in warm
climate, from the cavities near the summit Of
Mount Olympus, where the snow lies through
out the year.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-11-23

DOMESTIC LIFE.- Pleasure is to woman,
what the sun is to the flower; if moderately. en-
loved, il beauties it refreshes and it improve
ifimmoderately. it withers, it deteriorates and
destroys. But the duties ofdomestic life ex-
ercised as they must be in retir, ment and
calling forth all the sensiblites Of the female.
are perhaps as necessary to the full develop
ment Of her charms, as shade and shadow arc
to the rose. confirming its beauty and incrCu ing
its fragrance.
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ALL IN THE WAY OF TRADE.-We were
much surprised once by having dentist offer
us set Of false teeth in exchange for fat
tering recommendation but we were COM
pletely Mortified the other day when friend
An extensive upholster-tOld us that having
decorated the dwelling Of an undertaken up
town, the inhuman monster wanted him to
take 10 out iR tyatle
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For "a P0rf Gibson Revsllle
An Enigma.

AM COMPOSED or EIGHTEEN LETTERS.
Ny s, Is II, 13, Is, is utensil much used
in cooking.
My 1G, ., Z, 8, 4. IL, ii iss favorite fish.
Ny 1s, II, 16, II, 4, 4. was a candidate
for State Senator in the last election.
My 3. o, 8, Is, is the queen Of flowers.
My 13, u, Is, 16 is part Of lady's dress.
My ], 6. 5. is in great requisition about
Christmas.
Ny 10, Is, 5. 3. 0. -. 8. are Mrs. Stoves
pets.
Ny whole is the name Of one Of my most
agreeable and entertaining weekly visitors.
Nov l, 1858. ANToINETTE.
Answer next week.
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TIT.roa-TAT--'M Mr. Mimothy, said a
learned lady, who had been showing off her
wit at the expense Of dangler. you reminl
me Of barometer that is filed with nothing
in the upper story.
Divine Almira, mecklY replied her ador-
er. in thanking you for that compliment,
let me remind you that you occupy my upper
story entirely.
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A RING.-A sarcastic bachelor. in his ram
dom notes on men and manners, says -
" Among the Romans the gift of a ring was
a badge Of liberation from slavery" Mar
red people may best explain whether it is SO
among the modcrns.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-11-23

T We view the world with our own eyes.
each Of US; and we make from within us tho
world we see. A weary heart gets no glad
ness out of sunshine; a selfish man is suscep-
tible about friendship as a man with 40 ear
doesn't care for music Ihackeray.
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70 Good humored wit is the elixir Of life.
Your genial, jovial. comic, graphic talker or
writer does more to postpone the summons of
grim death, than ten colleges Of doctors and
a thousand cords Of drugs. Laughter serves
as oil to our intricate machinery, keeping
mind and body from friction by the cares OF
earth, and so enabling our systems to run
smoother. perform better. and wear longer.
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n Chinese doctors excel in the know
ledge of the praise, and are able to ascertain
with considerable accuracy the state Of the
patient; they arc well versed in the use of
-simples but are ignorant Of anatomy. helT-
less as surgeons. and in time Of sudden dan
ger next to useless
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LABoR.-It Is world Of commentary up
on the laws Of labor, that it is morally I'M
pos,ible to employ the body within It's strength
and in way suited to its capacities. without
n the same time. elevating the intellect
Properly administered, the law Of life. but Q
Law Of progress. -
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SHERIDAN said beautifully. Woman gov
erns u.s. let US render them perfect; the more
they are enlightened, so much the more shall
we be. On the cultivation of their minds
depends the wisdom of men. 1t is by wo-
man that nature writes on the hearts Of men"
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r"A change has come over the splH'
of his dream. Henry Middleton has at las
.r,;vod but alas Cor the days Of Yore ne
NJ longer wears the old claret-cOat. but sports
: hr.n-new bottle green. We chronicle the
fact. that bis friends may not pass INN py'
~. knowing and not speaking 20 him. Also.
= 49, same time and place. returned our friend
Of the Happy Brow. alias Jonn 'iiuusD
of Lang Syne memory
sws,ebue. ancient ristcl =