The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-09-13

N IHE FASHIONABLE PREAcHEE-Do YOU call
d this church? Well, heard prima-dorna
a mere a 1e" nights ago. and bright eyes spar
TX kled' and waving ringlets kept time 10 rnoTiae
ians' and opera glasses and ogng an1 fash
e lons and folly relgned for the nonce triumpha1t
n l'can't forget it, can't get Up any devotion
e here, under these latticed balconies in .Eeir
:, fashionable freight. fit were good cid cour-
C try-church, with cracked bell and nrhewa
e ratters, pitch pine pulpit with the homes sD
!, staring IN through the windows, ritch -pine IN
/, the gallery, and few hob-nailed rus.ies 5ast
tered round in the uncushioned seats. / snoal4
feel all right, but my soul is in fetters here !.
: won soar,lts wings are earth-cpped. Things
are all too fine! Nobody can COM IN as lbas
S door, whose hat and coat and bonnet are not
S fashionably cut The poor man fminas =
r Sunday suit) might lean on his staff in The
S porch, long while, before he'd dara venture
in, to pick up his crumb of the bread Of ht,.
But thank God, the unspoken prayer Of ben.
tence may wing its way to the eternal throne
: though our mocking church spires point onlv
| with aristocratc fingers to the r.3h man.
) heaven.
The hymn was beautifully read, there's r.-
etry IN the preachers soul, Now he fakes his
seat by the readngdesk, now he crosses tl,
platform, and offers his hvmn-book Is female
who has just entered. What right has he 10
know there is a woman in the house? 'Tisa't
clerical! Let the bonnets find their owp HYMNS
Well, take listening attitude, and tlv t.,
believe am in church. hear a great mapv
original, a great many startling things said.
see the gauntlet thrown at the dear old ovthy,
dox sentiments which nursed in with mvaoth
ers milk, and which (pease God III clnn,O
till die. I see the polished blade OF satire
glltterng in the air, followed by curious. eager
youthful eyes, which gladly see the scarcLiur
''s"ord of the sprit' parricd. Meaning CLAN
ces, smothered smiles and approving roIS, Syl
low the witty clerical sally. The oratYr2aust-;
to mark the effect, and his face sars. liz,
stroke tells! and so it did, for "the AthlutaGs"
are not all dead who Glove to see and he=rsgra..
new tlllng.' But be has another arrow IN his
culver. Now his features softcn--his voice is
low and thrilling, his imagery beautiful and
touching. lie speaks of human love he touch
es skllIfulIy a chord to which every heart vi
brates, and stern manhood is struggling wih
his tears, ere his smiles are chased away.
Oh, there's intellect thcrc-there's poetry
there-theres genius there, but rtgocnlber
Gethsemane-I forget not Calvary! I know
the ''rocks were rent" and the heavens dark
ened,'' and 'the stone rolled away, "andacld
chill strikes to my heart when hear = esu, Of
Nazareth' lightly mentioned
Oh, what are intellect and poetry, ara rons-
us, when with Jewish voice they cry, "a#ay
with HIM"
With "Mary," let NE "bathe His fec with
my tears, and wipe them with the hairs Of my
head"
And so event away sorrowful," tha1 this
human preacher, with such great intellectual
possessions, should yet lack the one thing
needful" FANNY Fern
IHE ADMINISTRATION IN M1ssouR1.-A st.
Louis paper speaking Of the endorsement Of
the administration in the late Missouri election.
saYs:--
Mr., Trusen Polk, the administration candt-
date for congress, has not received three hun
drcd votes in a vote Of about $4,000 in this
county. Mr.. Pierce's administration is fully
endorsed by the result on Monday last Tie
truth is, there are no administration men in thta
county, even the few who profess to be friends
OF the administration are wings, and voted tie
'hnow nothing whig ticktt''
What a singular administration it is. com
nents the n Y. Herald. In Washingtya. u>
central organ repudlates the know nothin4s IN
New ork, its Tammany hall organ supports
he cause of the know nothings, in Richmond
he cabinet organ contends that all the glory
of the Nebraska bill belongs to the admnsara
lon, while the organ of the same party a5 !
oany, denounces the bill as whig inycn. a.
md 'splts upon it aud execrates it, as Gloc1.
nd the whlg platform Of '52--Iastly w a1s
informed that IN Missouri ''the few who proIs,
o be friends to the administration are ybjl.
md voted the know nothing whig tichnl.
" bat nice party! What a job of work ds.ro
Will be for the soft shell free soil democrats
administration Syracuse convention, to hauan-
re it. And then, John Van Buren, is in Eurt,
Among the important measures which vii
ONE up at the next session, says the BaGmHr
sum- will be consular bill, prepared b tar
ecretary OF state, intended to re0rganix the
Whole consular system, paying consus sal y.s,
rohbtiny them from engaging in tra@. ,r
ratic and adding very much to the resr"-ta-
lIlty and the efficiency Of the corps. Glla
; probably no branch of the public serviy. re-
ulrlng revision and re0rgnsation more ti3M
III consular establishment. The last elfo' fn
1troduce some system and order in our c1n,r-
N appointments was made by Mr.. Buchauau
{ the short session OF the 3Jth congress hut
ailed for the want Of time to consider it. Lrt
$ hope that this time congress will have in@
} consider the question and to act on gov Lt4-
Us suggestion.
The bill to organise the law dcpartm
lie government, as suggested in the mos o."
port Of attorney general Gushing, viii ,..,
E acted upon during the short session, '
)ngress has already made the necessary ~
ropriations for clerks ond other officers a
anded IN the report. The law dopartme .i
e United States is absolutely necessary &,
'eserve order and harmony in all the ex"l
We branches Of the government The t.5
arshals, who are now (lor what reason u,
ody knows under the secretary Of the in,.,
or, will very properly come under the SUI
sion Of the law department Of the i. Stat
TuEoLoGicAL PLAG1AR1sM.--A writer in Eor