Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-01-13

THEY THAT HONOR NE, l WILL HONOR.
That's right, my boy, said merchant, smiling
approyingly upon the bright face of his little shop
boy. He had just brought him dollar that laid
among the dust and paper Of the sweepings.
That's right, he said again always be hon
est honesty is tie best policy
Should you say that . asked the lad timidly.
Should say what? that honesty is the best pol
icy Why, it's a e-honored old saw-I don't
know about the elevating tendency Of the thing
the spirit is rather narrow. I'll allow As..-,..
$50 grandmother taught me-" replied the boy;
tsh= said we should do right because God approved
it, without thinking what men would say.'
The merchant turned abruptly towards the desk,
and the thoughtful faced little fellow resumed his
duties. ,,sas aat M..e
In the course of the morning, rich and infu-
entail citizen called in the store. While conver-
sing, he said, !. have children of my own, and
| fear to adopt one. My experience is that boy
of twelve, the age should prefer, is fixed iu his
habits, andif they are bad sf-f.g
Stop said the merchant do You see that lad yon-
der g
with that noble brow g-yes what of him Z.
'He is remarkable
.Yes, yes-thats what every body tells me who
has boys to- dispose of--no doubt he'll do well
enough-Jefore, gOmr face. I've tried good many
and. been deceived mPIe than ouce.'
Il was going to say replied the merchant calm
ly, sthat he is remarkable for principle. Never
have known hiul TO deyiate from the right, sir
never. He would restore a pin-indeed " the
merchant, colored--the is little too honest for
my; employ hepoints out flaws in4goodS, and can
not teach him even prudence in that respect-com-
mon prudence you know-is-is-common pru-
dence-aheml" 7a1 ~
The stranger made no assent. and the merchant
hurried on to say
'He was parish o:phan-taken by an old wo-
man out of pity when babe. Poverty has been
his lot no doubt he has suffered from cold and
hunger, .uncounted. times-his hands have been
frozen, so have his feet. Sir, that boy would have
died, rather than be dishonest. l can't account
for it. upon my soul can't"
Have you any clnim upon him p
tNott the least in the world, except what common
beneyolence offers. Indeed, the boys 100 good
| for me- -t.. -....
llst'Then will adopt him, and if have found one
honest boy, thank Godp>
The little fellow rode home in carriage, and
was ushered into luxutant home; and he who
sat shiyerng cold corner, listening to tne words
of poor old pious creature, who had been taught
of theSprit, became one of the best and greatest
divines that England ever produced. fThey that
| honor Me, ioiu honor!!'
THE SABBATH IN FRANcE.-When election is
ordered in France, Sunday is generally the daythe
ballots are cast. Sunday is the chosen time there.
for fetes of all sorts, for public meetings, for para
dss, and so on 1t was only the other day that the
new Emperor Napoleon himself went hunting
in the forest ofFontainebleau, with royal retnue,
Ion Sunday. The Fourth Commandment is thus
universally, officially and unoficially ignored. A
nation which thus holds in contempt the Christian
institution ofthe Sabbath is likely to be greatly
moral in other respects Yet some people are all
while puzzIing their brains to discover why France
is not republic instead of monarchy, democracy
instead of a despotism. A republic implies self
lgovernmenti yet, how can nation govern ltstlt
when it rejects the only means that enable it in-
iyidually and in the aggregate, to govern ITSELF
With what Christianity there is in the world it is
bad enough, even; but not half so bad as it would
be without it. thtA,4 s
ID tCoNPmMAT1oS OF THE SoRIPTuREs.-TheiA Alex
b andria Gazette states that singular confirmation
of the Scripture is mentioned in late comn,uni-
y fa5.t
cation from DR.. Wright, of the HISTORIAN mission
to the American Board, and letter from Persia to
gentleman in Boston; announcing wonderful dis
ooyeries made BY the Commission employed to run
a boundaryline between Turkey and Persia. They
had discovered the ruins OF the ancient city OF
Shushan, on the walls of which were many in
scipfopsi copies Of which they secured. The
marble pillars and pavement, as described in Es-
ther g., tthe pavement the colors named) still
7 exist. On the tomb near by. supposed to be that
of Daniel, is scuIptnred the figure Of man tound
hand and foot with huge lion in the act ofspnng'
ing upon him.
y r. Az IJHsusrEc4Ep rs1 DhEdER.A cask of gunpow
asr was lately from Boston u asEa saL
iDEi6F craft obe eafredao one OF " ~
sslineblastinrl Ehe crew of the vessel
cask e
where Il remained for the entire passage WllnoH
accident. 80 - q