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"W AsrE0--Ar Active LAD ,


F Every psper We read pioclsims q want .
Of this kind, remarks The Newark Mercury
"Ac,ivs lads" seem 10 be in universal de,
maud, and their services command sbt
highest remuneration, This, however, shoaId
excite no surprise. Lads Of this charae.s,
have of late grown 50 scarce--ths crop 70,
the last few years has 50 sgnaily failed--
that something more thsn ordinary exerliou
is needed 10 discover those Of the proper
stamp, Our youth have everywhere de gen.
Grated, and where a few years since We
found active, intelligent lads clustering a.
bout every heartbslone, we now see only
idling, vicious youth, growing up in moral
and intellectual imbecility, as ,hisies in the
field. Rt
" Wanted-an active lad p He is nan.
led Tor more purposes than one. MOI mere.
iy to attend the shop, or run errands, or drive
the plough or plane, but to hew ou, for him.
sell path TO competence; to aid in bald
ing up good and wise institutions /; TO- pluck
up by the roots old and hoary errors; to
help on the cause of reform wherever its
banner is flung upon the air. And se, NO,
for this slone is the active lad wanted. He
is needed in the path and temples o. Learn
ing, that he may become fitted for The pyI.
pit and the forum, and The thousand reporsi.
5iiiies that man is heir to.
"Wan.ed-an active lad," Life is full Of
obligations aud duties. No man can live 10
himself and escape the responsibility. Our
moments are few and fat be,sen, often but
accidental dipping Of our rod In The honey
OF the-rock as we are huryiug on to battle.
We must all do something In the world for
It's benefit And none are more valuable 10
society than the active iadss-,he boys Of
nerve and soul, Of integrity 4and truth. Il
ma'ers not what else may grow valueless.
the time will never come when active lads
VIII not be wanted ia This world of ours.
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Heating the Poker.


After the news of the destruction Of the
stamped papers had arrived in England, the
ministry sent for Dr.. franklin TO consult with,
and offered this proposal .-'Tha, If The A.
mericans would enga.e 10 pay for the dam.
age in the destruction of The stamped pa
per, &C., the parliament would then repeal
The act.' ga- tet Us
The doctor, having paused upon this quss-
lion for some time, at last answered as fol-
lows .if
This puts me In mind ofa Frenchman,
who having heated a poker red hot, ran TO-
riously into the street, aad addressing the
first Erglishman he met ihe.e--.Ha Mon.
sisr, will ,ou will you give me zs saiislac.
lion To run this poker only enc foot in youl
bodyp,'My body replied the Enslishmsn
what do you mean p vel den, only so far.
making out six inches sAre you mad q 70.
turned The other, Ttellyou Il yoa dont &C
about your business, I'll knock you down
Vel, den, said the Frsnchman, soiiening his
voice and manner. svI yon my good sire on
ly bsso obtsing as 10 pay me for the ,rou
BILE and expense Of heating this poker ~
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part, do not 5sIieve in clereymen s,tend-
ing political meetings, and making political
speeches lSsnsaiipp.1 My Office 10 to
preach the Gospel, and was ordained to
preach the Gospel, and with the help of God,
tina, mean to keepto. When have fair.
ly gone through preaching the gospel ami
exhausted ell his precious ,hemes, and pres
vailed with H. over every hear; l. may turn
my attention TO thelsw, and perhaps, try 10
enlishten my hearers on maize 10 .of poIil,cal
Jurisprudence, 10 they will consent 10 listen,
or think ,haiI can teach them anything on
lhn' point. [Ssnsation.l Now, sir, rs
Christians, wha is our duiy---our grea, and
only commission as churcha Ii is to
preach The gospel to every creature - no
matter where he lives. under what laws,
with what color, what his. s.eondiliou--he is a
sinner, and We mus preach 10 him the -gos-
pei. asf .f-.., &
We serve undera captain whose glorions
title is "Captain of our Salvaiion,n aad he
says, My kingdom is not of this worId,'
and adds, "Ifmy kingdom was Of this world,
then would my servants fghin The con.
verse is obvious--we have no mission 10
fight, and no right to fight. aThs weapons
OF our warfare are not carnaln We mar
be thankful thai they are not, for il we had
10 fight with weapons fashioned TO The
worlds war, the little flock would stand but
poor chance among the warriors of inf.
deity ; but our weapons are mighty through
God. From him only our strength comes.-
He has orded and combined us under the
banner Of the cross, on which Christ died
fer sinners. When he sent his church forth
on their enterprises 10 bless the world, gave
them but one instrument. one chorce, one
method and only one. Out Of the treasures
Of his omuipotence, his infinite wisdom Sc.
lected only one g,It His church has nothing
slse--itis the Bible, # is dis,rus, or pre-
sumption which thinks of any other means
and believe that the Church will be
severely scourged by the Lord for losing SO
much time, and wasting so much effor. up
on eide issues; which sun der Us from the
main purpose of our calling. Our duty, cir,
Is TO obey our master, and such only should
be our aim. The question for US is not--
what do We think is right. OF what do 9th.
er men think is righ, a---but what has the
Lori conmded us TO do? The nile of
christian action is, "Not my will but thine"
We have no other resource. i
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We understand that Mr.. Manchester left
this city on Sunday evening. Since the fail.
ure OF his banking house, on Tuesday, il
has not been safe for him to be seen abroad
alone. We know not his present place of
abode, or where he intends to settle himself.
One thing is cer:air-hIs days of usefulness
in this city have departed. His property
has been plssed in the hands of assignees,
but from what We can gather, The assets
will not meet the liahilitiess Many of those
who are losers are hari working men and
women. They entruset: their sn all caro-.
ings in his bank. and we fear they will moi
be able 10 get them back. We learn that
bis failure is chiefly attributed 10 stock spec.
ulations, borrowing money a. large rates of
interest; and exHavagant living. Some
months ago he brought. fifty ,ihousaod dol
lars worth of stock in one OF the railway
enterprises in this State, which fell on his
hands very rapidly, and hisiosses were hea-
w. In our city there are fsw, very few,
who express any sympathy for the ruined
banker, while curses both load ans. deep,
follow his footsteps like an echo. One OF
the sad evils which follow wrecked fortunes
and wrong doing is the sorrows which fall
upon the innocent family. We shall no, at
tempt to sncroach upon the sanctly Of their
private griefs.- sFal aef
The present case of failurs, and the dis
astfous consequences following it, ars not
without their moral, The bane of mode rn
city life is desire to make money and to
live in style beyond our legitimate means
10 afford. The old maxims of home-bred
prudence have losi much OF their force, and
ara rarely practiced. The desire 10 ouish,n
our neighbors, or at least 10 equal them in
show making and parry giving, and fine
dresses furniture ard costly yet useless or
name mis-, are among the fruitful causes Of
tight money markets, bankruptcy and do.
msstic ruin. N65histoy his ever recorded
the miseries which the slavery Of fashion
and the arbitrary demands of society inflict
upon us--a slavery more CALLING than that
of the sertitude Of the Southern negro--lhe
many shifts thet are made 10 keep up the
the appearances, to hide the truth and to
raise money to meet the noies coming due.
No wonder We have csre-wom faces, per-
mature gray hairs, and efsminais cons,itus
tions--ihe legitimate offsprings of a passion
10 live beyond our means and keep up ap.
pearances.
AZ many persons feel lively interest in
the movements of this finan cier, We state
that he was arrested at Lawrenceburg on
Sunday, just as he was stepping on TO the
mail boat Highayer. by Mr.. Ctisi, one of his
deposiiors. Ae had previously registered
himself at The holel there, under a false
name, for Lexington, KY, accompanied by
a lawyer of this city. While waiting in The
street ior The boat, finding he was recosni-
zed, he returned 10 the hotel, and entered
his ,rue nams under his false one. He had
had large trunk with him. which was at.
iached BY The Sheriff He tried hard 10 ..
wade the payment (abous s7oo,) oooly sta.
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II shalFsisscsibe iviax risn. Z 60
That hsth shas lifs which dlgirrsiskss I'm
from : fowl o. ASisd. ~ IS IS q kiSst 1r.s
. capacity next "a 1n fif Ana .(h. ]
even seod mal z
is long before be . w.
longer yet. before be ha.k ! T.
"He that can look upon dsalh, and %
lace with the same counteaar,ce win vkieh
he hears i,s story that osn shduss sit tt.
laboss Of his hfs with his soul sobpos,indi
his body, that can equally dsspiss sischss
when be hath them, and when he hath shsn
uol; that is moi saddsr II they lie ii bis niah.
boris trunks, nor more brag If they sh,ns <
round abonthis own walls. he ths, d pever pevenr
moved with good fortune coming 10 him.
no' going from him mar can TOOK upon an,
other mans lands. evenly aud pleasedIy ss
" 'twese his own, and ,st look upon BIZ
own and use them 100, Just as Ii ihsy were
another mans; that neither spends h,s
goods prodisalIy, and like q fool, nor vst
Keeps them avariciously and like a wrslch,.
that weighs not benefits BY weigh, and nun. nua.
Der, but BY the mind and circums,sncss by
MN that gives them thai never NM .his
country expensive if worixsu
receiver; he thar does nod |,lyu,.
sake, bn, evefyihig for consciJ u being 3 :.
curious OF his thoughts as Of bis ac,inss ii
markets and theatres, and is as much Is 49, -.
Of himself as Of a whole assembly he shss
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ting tb4, although Mr.. Gus q case was hard
there were many widows and ofphans' a.
mons his deposiiors at Cincinnati much
worse off !; that Ihe trunk contained nothing
but his clothing, and that he had forgotten 10
take the key, having left hcms in q hurry
by crawling out of the sky light of his
house, and going down through his neigh.
ibor Groesbsck's and out of mis- back door,
while hist trunk was sent BY another route.
= The drunken Ifishman who drove him
down, was in The meantime officiously de-
nying Mr.. Ms iadsniity, stating that he
was gentleman who came from New
York, on the Saturday train Of oars"-from
fact he was ready TO prove by any reason
able number Of oaths. Alter several hours
parleying, anda large crowd collecting, Mr..
Cria, hard working gunsmith, produced
his .ools, and brgsu to open his trunk secum.
dem artem. Manchester, not liking the looks
oi the crowd, and finding he must go TO Jail,
caved in, gave up the key, (Which his legal
friend had carried in his pocket) aud from
large package Of securities, turned out a
srfficient amount of stock of the Hillsboro'
and Cincinnati Railroad TO amply secure his
depostor, with power of attorney 10 transfer
the same. wLich was prsporly done yesier.
terday. Mr.. Manchester and his friend left
Lawrenceburg about midnight,s amidst a
heavy storm and pi.chy darkness, taking the
road towards Indianapolis. He probably
however, drove round to Aurora, and got on
board the cafs or the mail but yesterday NOR.
ming. gsafa}- stgfr III a
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sunday 10 Parl..

Mr. James Brooks. OF fhe NJ Y. Erprsss.
gives the following sketch Of Sunday iu
Pasis; a.t. hf. .s.,fi ,I--fr ss i,aa
Strange Paris! Il ID Sabbaih--and the
worknen on7a new building lus, opposite
my hotel ou the Boulsvards, are at work as
hard as evess They walked up at 6 A, III.
counting brick, CON-" "dsux,n strios,n &C..
and they kept on couniiag and iayidx
brick all the Gay. The Sabbath of Paris
differs as yet oniy from week day, in the
more brilliant exhibition of equipagss and
the greater devotion 10 pleasure. !, rsasorl-
ed huie on this subjectwiih ! French la
dy, who defended the custom with Cd mucf
volubility, thai her French, if no, her logic,
couufopnded me. She defended il all, how
ever, with the greatest zeal snda energy. y.-al
Some Of The newspapers ia Paris, Just now.
are arguing, purely as anesiinn .f r~sisi-
cal economy, that men cannot work a. we'll
seven days in week as six--lhat The laws
of nature require lhe Sabbath rest and 70.
Taxation, and that therefore Sabbath work,
Sabbath shop-keepiLg, Sc. y ought not b.
The government, think, is favor.ug this rss
formation, and SO are ,ihs clergy, who. are
publicly urging an observance Of the Ssbs.
BATH, The appeals have closed some lev
shops on the Sabbath, and the humbsfeis
said TO be increasing. Indeed. the shop-
keepers themselves, in oVlxtG ave shs
Sabbath asa holiday. 4 =
one has agreed TO shutup l.
II. however, this combination sUccl
only result forthe nonce will be q greater
,hronsing in the Bois Of Bodlogae, the .Elysa
ian Fields, the ,heatrss, the cafes, add such
like places versallesis now thsongsI 'oa
Sundays. Indeed that 10 the only day whsn
its galleries and places are all open. And
so isihe Park Of 81. Cloud. The magsifi-
cent jsas d editx were this afternoon la fun
display. and thousands upon thousands wefs
witnesses of the spectacis. Tue svarsiIlss
waisrworks play on some Sundays, aad ths
ST. Cloud waters upou others. This wsisr<
works play seems 70 me to be peculiarly
French.n 20 a4s.A eaFissve sts f,ttse
a. : -.
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Dr. Belhune, of Brooklyn, ia the recen,
speech before the Southern Aid Socily.o
in N. York city administering The following
rebuke to those ninesIers of The Gospel who
deem IT their duty 10 meddle with sths
things that are Caesar's," as we'll as 10 care
Tor the things iha. are Code. The learned
divine rsmarks:
"lf this were aa political meeting, we
might perhaps allow ourselves TO discuss
points not in place now but fof my own
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a Young laties' schools are ofien ipls.
css were female urlsarn the good ,hsyshsse
studied and prac.isedv at homo and lsam
those ,hlnss' which add asither 10 the bead.
heart, nor hand. ee
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How 10 Fp,:sA.s !,

A bashful Yokels6 Ess
10 gay lass of LIQ Eay had lene
despaired of bringing things TO sctisis -
YokeI called one when she was alone ct
home. After settling the merits Of tho wsath-
er, Miss said, looking slyly inio his faces.
81 dreamed Of you last nighl.n .Sssu ,at
"Did you why now !" ies
eyes, | dreamed thai you kissed me r.
@Wby now! what did you dream, your
mother said ~ ~. sss
"Oh, dreamed she ,oasat at homsfl g
A light dawned on YokeI's intellect, and
directly something was heard to crack-per-
haps Yokei's whip and perhaps NOT; but ia
about month more they weIs twain, sc.
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THE I LOSING SCENE.



r.. No,,h p,;,;sh p..;. ,a,n. .b;.
o,,n hn., p.hsn .h. nss,sw p.onouness 'h''
an a,ns,;ea,s aa'haas sss ss' ''eA s'"''A :,
- - - = : = "''.S. :. !. iss s sssf
The russell year Inhaled the dreamy air,
Like some tanned feaper IN his hour of ease,
| bare. 81 se 81
ine gray oa.hs, iooking rom 'hef hazy hiis
sent down me air greeting TO the mills,
| oa Tue auii tnuhder OF alternate haies.
AL s'sn.s were meiowe', anu all SOUNDS
] The bills seemed iaiher' and the stream
M 'n .,;,,s. ssI, ~ .he a's'sn. wooamaa aswa
'''e oe' VIM wa n'~DJ ''''iAou pio"' 's
~,
rs;. oaou s ~ w!ne e,ueu ~ so.u
Now .,noS noS' In s.a h.,,., .o.,. =, ou
""neia"h a'a' ~ u'nes feino'es' piue'
"" ''",nu lou' WINGS 'uo 'u"u'e fieo n's
Ths mSn' naa .,cs he.,a h;s s;.h;,
,eonps'h.,
A"r n~e :u, = o'a', e'ow oio~""s VI .u1 i'eu,
Ane 'n'sse chuich-fane ieeeneu 10 Paie
anu 'ain'' -
~ ,9 er3.,
Cow .hf'ce' aud all was sl'iler than oe'
Silent llli some replying wanderer blew
HIS alien horn, aud then was heard no
more.
Where ersi,th Jay within the elm's TALL crest,
young;
And where The orioie hung her swing ing
nest
BY every light wind like censer swung.
-.a4 wff
The busy swallows cifclng ever near,
Forebodiug as the rustic mint believes,
An early harvest aud penteous year,
49,,
feast.
Shook The sweet slumber from lis wings nj
To warn the reapers Of the roasy east;
Alone, from out the stubbe piped the quail,
And croak'd the crow, through all The
dreary oluum
Alone The phesani, drumming in the vale,
There was no bud no bloom upon The bow.
ers;
The spiders wove their thin sbrouds nigh,
by niaht = I.
The ,hisll e-down, the only ghost of flowers.
sight.
Amid all lhis--ih this most cheerless air,
Aud where The woodbine sheds upon the
porch,
Firing the floor with his inverted torch
Amid all this, the centre of the scene,
The white haired Inatron, with monoon-
Gus tread,
Piled the swift wheel, and with her joyless
Sa, like Fate, and watched the flying
thread. - f
She had known sorrow. He had walked
with her,
OF supped, aud broke with her the ashen
crust,
And in the dead leaves, stin she heard the
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The following truthful picture OF life, as il
exists iu this country, we copy from the
Washington, D. c., Sentinel. In the conin-
ual change in The condition Of man lies our
great safety as Republicans Were pani-
culaf family to continue to increase Ia wealth
for few centuries we should have
jus, such landed aristocracy as they have 10
England, who would lord il o'er the masses
with insolon, dominion The absence Of q
law of primogeniiurs distributes the wealth
OF the land very fairly. 8
WHo ARE your ARIsrocRATs ?-Tweuty
years ago, this one made candles, that one
sold cheese and butter, another bulchered,
and a fourth carried on disIillery, another
was contractor on canals others were msr.
chants and mechanics. They are acquainl.
ee with both ends oi society, as their chill
dren will after them. though il will not do TO
say on, loud For oflea you shall find that
these ,oiling worms hatch butterflies, and
they live abou, year. Death brings d.
vision Of properly, and brings new financiers,
the old gent is discharged, The young gent
takes his revenues and begins 10 travel-to-
wards poverty, which be reaches before
death, or his children do, if he does not So
that, in fact though there is sort Of monte
race, ii is not hereditary, it is accessible to
all, three good seasons of cotton viii send a
generation Of men up-a score OF years will
bring them down, and send children to labor.
The father CRIBS and grows rich--his
children strut and use the money. Their
children In turn inherit the pride, and go 10
shiilsss poverty; next their children, rein-
vigorated by fresh pisbiau blood, and BY the
smell Of the clod, come up again. -,
Thus society, like . Tree. ils sap from the
earth. changes in its ;eaves and blossoms,
spreads them abroad in great glory, sheds oti
10 fall back to the earth, again 10 mingle
with ths SOIL and al length re-appsaEs in
new dress and fresh gafhithte.
: = i. 3
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q DID AS THE REST DID,.

This lame, yielding spirii-lhis doing Gas
the rest did"--has ruined thousands.
A young man is invited by vicious COM
panions TO visit the theatre, or The gambling
room, or other haun:s Of licenio usness. He
becomes d.ssipaled, spends his time, loses
his credit, squanders his properly, and al
last sinks into an uniimely grave. Wha,
ruined hima Simply "doing what the resi-
did.nAt .gei3g euI %
A father has family Of sons. He 10
wealthy. Other children in the same siiua.
tion Of Iits do so and SO, are INDUCED IN this
thing and that. He indulges his own in the
same way. They grow up idlers, lriflsrs and
tops. The father wonde.s why his children
do not succeed better. He has spent so
much money on their education, has given
them great advantages but alas they are
only source Of yexaiion and trouble. Poor
man, be rs just paying The penalty of "doing
as the rest did"
This poor mother strives hard 10 bring up
her daughters genteelly. They learn what
others do, to paint, to sing, 10 play, to dance,
and several other useful matters. In time
they marry their husbands are unable to
support their extravagances and they are
soon reduced 10 poverty and wrelchsdness.
The good woman is aslonished. "Tfdly,
says she. 81 did as the rest did" sf .1a asi
The sinner, following the example of 9th
ers, puts of repentance, and nsgIects 10 pre-
pare for death. He passes along through
life, ill, unawares, death strikes the fatal
blow. He has no time left now to prepare.
And he goes down 10 destruction, because
he was SO foolish TO edo as The rest did," e'H
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a. Nicholas, oi Russia, is said to BE- ID
high spiri,s. He wont treat.
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