Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-04-18
NUMBER 93.

sed in the proper amount OF ak aounce, and place %.
introduced 10y her father seated on her first chair a ,
before the altar whence after short servic. of pr,,.,
anu pra-~ sue ~s- led To the PTimate who's. sct .hs
soi'ea 'nch Dressing a. consecrate lips besto~-
" !" 'hr ceremony n-li, ther- j. natural non,
:" incapable o Theological definition Not two livi..
ases Nh'' - vet there are hut few Christians OF .,y
'ort Who will not respect What H. ste- all ouly AZ.
1hnrc' ior'n of the patriarchal blessing Tn. Prince.
Royal has received many Lesson OF piey gooncs. bam
sicommand and graciou>ness irom her p.rsnt- .u h,
Other advisers. and u ia. time when rip.,ny CHI.
rae'er' unfolding poserS, and strengthening .II
compel something like decision whether or no sh- -iu
I'VE oy thH Law" In very lev years n thousand trouble,
distractions anu temptations may riface FROM the mind ,h.
imprint OF early education. and oit-n times IN the RI,
giil revert Ia the simple rite which sh. -,,n, n,
eel herself to life OF Christian service Sh. will y.rr,
that gentle imposition of hands shich /. shared bv -.
peasant enid IN this country, and which neither Ia
ehnento mystici vulgirized into forrnaltv pom
h- Time when ancient poets aud sag-s pictured the Young
hero retiring To some solitude. IN order to cho,s. t.,.9
the persuasiohs of duty and pl.asur. .y.,xh..v r.
eognEed an age OF decision Young people Indeed bt,Ia
Know mat perfect Identity of character they retain %
the earliest youth 10 the latest stage of existence ,nd h,
,Pne II u to obtain another fresh IN. frm.
ton OF habits IT they have neglected their first oo
PoTtuh'ty at the natural setting OF the Character
The leading incidents of ROYAL Career can .c.rrax
tih to awaken solemn recollections But IN. bE ,c -
English Pri'cess confronts all foreboi.ys and Ji.I.
every sinister aug'ry trom the past From the Iays when
IN" Duchess OF Kent carefully and cautiou.y int,on
cng her daughter to the people she was oo. .x 10 o.
ver that daughter has enjoyed even tenor of dos
TIC happiness aud public prosperity. Her content ,na
moderation have Obviated that envy witch u,II
haunts the fortunate and Ioes it, be. To inn,r -
pine-s The world ever looks Tor the coming m.b.n H.
penalty OF pride, the token Of humanity thar
s some day to render the most aspiring aud ,ucc.-.GIth
oceet OF either pity or seorn Queen Victoria has NOT
yet given envy this triumph She has not gra.uel =, ,
shadow and lost the substance She has asccrained her
position ~ constitutional Sovereign and s. knoxs IL
to be beneficial, honorable and SECURE Her r.rso,.I H.;
huence l. a. great that Of any other Europ..n n,n
tate. such LAS been hitherto the career OF the Pri.
S"ss "ith whom 1t il natural To compare the ,ouny
lady who on Thursday soleunly assumed bar h.ns
tlsInal obligations, aud knelt down To rec.v. M.
fnnates blrssng thereupon. Other Europeap P,inc.s
are not so fortunate IL but the other ,ay We s.r
told OF Sovereign following the gray. t,itbf .x,
who had peri-hed mi-erably the very tim. th, M.
ne- were reservng their condolences tor his murderer
ihe private correspondence of the same SOVEREIGN il
prey to the spies employed by rival factions TO defeat ths
schemes Of their rivals Ne on this NOR, f,r,nns, .I
can estimate the Significance OF such anon ,es aud .e
khn" tat the country where they are found II, one Ia t
10 the utmost the temper and genius of Princes We Lno
that such county is bu, sleeping volcano which an,
"ec'deht may ~aken into activity We know that In .
very ie" years it, Sovereign and its Roy,l f,nilv
may have To decide at once where drcsion i n,;,s
and painful and where nothing short OF t,, highest ch,r
ac'sr anu the hrest principle will carry the Prince who
wishes To do his duty through the storm OF opp,tiou ami
oboquy he will certainly incur
but let Us return home and sink from Courts tn cottap-s
Impossible not to contrast the sOl-iunity OF Rows.
eouhnAoi simple A. WA with the ordinary sdmni.-
tratio OF the rite in large and bopuous tioc,,.s To-
soul oi the vagcr il of equal value with thar of ,hs
rr,hec and her case, regards the occasion and The
oogailoh. OF the ordinance is virtually the san. RI,
who dO.s not know the imperfect prep,rStiou ,La M,
hoyay look of things the absence of oyer-ich The cro
ued church. the unchecked reign of the wal Ter spirits and
oher disorders that too often prevail where th. or even
'our years accumulation OF children brought irum
distance to be confirmed: The confirmation Of Roy.I
rcess involves Ponp and ceremonial courty and &c.
eIesastcal, which i peculiar the occasion But the,.
Is no reason why every vlIgr child should not e con
hrned under circumstances substantially nprssi,
anu quite as much adapted to awaken devotional
ideas and hx religious resolutions ON the mind
LTt not village children be confirmed in the whole,
sale way in which they have been bv district. carts
anu Wagons conveying them the central and most pop
uous town OF the neighbourhood Everybody knows IN.
un-eeny accOmpaiments OF large crowds and the Dr.
gers which meet country lads towns WHY should an
occasion specially desgnedto be the commencement of
religious course Of life be converted into SCENE of new
temptations: of one thing may be quite certain
that the young will attach Importance to the rite Of con-
rA'oh and ieel its sanctty exactly in proportion as
ihey see their elders and teachers doing the SAM. II
they that they treated as if the oecaon were an
important and sacred one that they are eaouy guarded
from the approach OF evil they go and return and that
the ceremonial itself IL solemn they will draw the prop.r
inference regards themselves; but if they see DING
and confusion around them they will argue that the RIA
OF no particular sanctiy Things have Inended We be-
ieve, in many doceses regards the management n,
combinations, but there is still for Improvement
GAMBLING IN NoRrH CNRoLrxA-The Favettesyfle Oh
server on reviewing the ComptroIers Report for tie
year ending lst Nov. 1855 saws
There is one item which has surprised Us not little
viz;-the tax on Playing Cards. Take the amount paid
as an indication should conclude that there is but lit
Tie oi than kind Vt gambling amusement done In this
sa The tax is % cents every pack of cards sold in
the state The returns show, (uot very truly fear)
that only 1873 packs have been sold in the whole State
within the year, yielding $294 81 Of tax OF this sum
Warren county has the honor of paving SSH 25 more
inan NTH OF the whole amount. Either the dealers in
Warren careful return the amount of their
sales or te people very fond of whist and perhaps
81 poker T~rntynine counties did paw cent TO- ts1
on Playing Cards and mast presume therefore, vio
nFtaSf i'm admit
those counties.
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