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TO PREACHERS.

have found the following rules to be Of
much service to myself, and respectfully sug'
gest to my brethren in the ministry the pro-
priety of testing their merits:
l. Resolve to be brief, as this is an age Of
telegraphs and stenography.
2. Be pointed; never preach all around
your text without hitting it.
8. State your positions plainly, but do not
stop long to particularize.
4. Avoid long introductions; but plunge
into your sermon like swimmer into cold
water.
5. Condense; make sure that you have ar
idea, and then speak it right out, in the
plainest, shortest pos. ible terms.
6. Avoid all high-aown language; quote
no Hebrew nor Greek; aim to be simply
preacher.
7. Be honest enough to own that you dc
avail yourself Of help from any source. But
in using helps, be sure you never make stills
of them, when your own legs are far better
8. Expect the Fathers blessing; you are
his servant, and can do nothing without it
0. Stop when you are done.
Among the many rules given the preach
er, have found it convenient to adopt the
above, as being such as were profitable to me
And now my brother, if they will do you
any good, you are welcome to them.-Geo
g. Bancroft .......... ~
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the stranger, whose eyes flashed angrily as
he demanded.i in tranquil but distinct voice,
though little louder than whisper:
"Gentlemen, do you intend to accuse the
lady of unfair dealing, or me of pro6ting by
her partiality?"
"Who are you, that handy words with us,
the boys of Arkansas?" said one of the AL
lens.
"My name is Thomas Jefferson Dugan,"
answered the other. am from the State of
Virginia, the proverbial chivalry Of whose
sons is never falsifed by any act of mine
"Do you mean this to be threat ?" cried
one of the brothers. -.
"You may receive it as such, if you feel
so disposed" replied Dugan, without betray-
ing any emotion. 81 intend to convey the
idea that when I am insulted, or my rights
are outraged, I am ready to demand or ex-
act that satisfaction claimed by gentlemen
throughout the world"
"You will fight ?' cried the elder broth
er in astonishment.
"All three, if necessary" was the cool
response.
await till we break this cheat of bank,
and you shall be accommodated to your
hearts content v said the eldest Allen with
frown.
Again the young girl, with quivering fin
gers, threw down the four leading cards;
again the brothers risked their money, and
this time on the king of clubs; but the luck
still run against them, and they lost, while
the stranger won his bet fifteen hundred on
the queen of diamonds.
"The she rogue has played US false, and
we will rake the table p vociferated the AL
lens, springing to their feet, and drawing
their Bowie-knives to execute their menace
by force of arms.
But quicker than their motion was the ac-
tion of Dugan; for stepping backwards, he
recovered the heads of the two boldest des-
peradoes with pistol in each hand, and
shouted
civilians stir muscle, if you dare p
At this moment the bystanders interposed,
and an arrangement was affected for an In
teryiew of honor between Dugan and the
eldest brother. The parties, attended by
swarm of excited spectators, met in the
morning on the bank of the Rio Grande, OF
posite the site where the city Of Brownsville
now stands, and were placed in position by
| their resnectiye seconds.
Allen, firing before the word was given,
missed Dugan then exclaimed:
"Assassin and swindler! will not kill
you, for you are not fit to die; but will
cripple your elbow for life," and his bullet
shattered the others arm at the precise point
indicated. The remaining Aliens shrunk
from a similar earnestly profered ordeal.
Since then the victor has been resident
of the Rio Grande, and has engaged in
dozen other encounters, but always with the
same wonderful heroism and forbearance.
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quite rare, had planted over the spot weep
ing willow, which sheltered from the night
dew the warriors grave. But even this token
of susceptible and generous soul was destin-
ed to fall withering and crushed like the one
DER whom it was planted. The ruthless
storm had lain it low over Osceola's grave,
and there it withered and died, a fit emblem
of that fate which befell the stern warrior.
The circumstances of the capture, impri-
sonment and death of the great chieftain are
so we'll known, that they need but slight
notice here. Hunted like wild beast by
blood-hounds, in his native swamps, he for
long time defed capture. But at last, when
bravery could not vanquish him, treachery
was resorted to in order to accomplish the
desired end. He was enticed into the camp
of his foemen, and in violation of every law
of humanity, imprisoned and brought to
Charleston. But now, alas the stern and
naughty spirit of the warrior was crushed
forever. Tyranny had inflicted its last wound
upon his proud soul. For some weeks he
fingered in gloomy and heart-broken sorrow,
refusing all relief or consolation. The reed,
after receiving its death stroke, seldom lin
gers long, ere its leaves fall withered to the
dust. Thus it was with the Indian warrior.
After remaining short time in disgraceful
captivity, his proud soul left its earthly tene-
ment, and fed to the happy hunting grounds
of his fathers. On that bright sandy shore
his mortal remains now sleep, forever free
from the evil intrigues of this cold and cru
ell world. Peace be to the warriors spirit.
TRYON.
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CHARACTER AND CREDIT.

We often hear young men who have small
means, dolefully contrasting their lot with
that of rich mems sons. Yet the longer we
live, the moro we are convinced that the old
merchant was right, who said to US when we
began life, "industry, my lad, is better than
ingots of gold, and character more valuable
than credit" We could furnish, if need
were, from our own experience, score Of
illustrations to prove the truth of his remarks.
In all branches of business, in all avocations,
character, in the long run, is the best capi-
tai. Says Poor Richard: The sound of
your hammer at five in the morning, or nine
at night, heard by creditor, makes him ca
sy six months longer; but if he sees you at
billiard table, or hears your voice at a
tavern, when you should be at work, he
sends for his money the next day.
What is true of the young mechanic, is
true also of the young merchant, or the young
lawyer. Old and sagacious firms will not
long continue to give credit for thousands of
dollars when they see the purchaser, if a
young man, driving fast horses or hanging
around drinking saloons. Clients will not
entrust their case to those advocates, how
ever brilliant, who frequent the card table,
the wine party or the race course. 1t is bet
ter in beginning life, to secure reputation
for industry and probity, than to own houses
and lands, if with them you have no charac-
ter
A facility of obtaining credit at the outset
is often an injury instead of benefit. 1t
has almost passed into proverb, in conse-
quence, that the sons of rich men never
make good business men. To succeed in
life we must learn the value of money. But
a superAuity Of means at the outset is near
ly certain method Of rendering US insen-
sible to its value No man ever grew rich
who had notlearned and practiced the adage,
"if you take care of the pennies the dollars
will take care of themselves. knowledge
of men, self-discipline, thorough mastery
of our pursuit, and other qualifications, which
all persons of experience look for, are neces.
sary to give the world security that young
man is Of the right metal. Capital may be
lost, but character never. Credit once gone,
the man without character falls. But he
who has earned reputation for capacity.
integrity and economy, even if he looses his
capital, retains his credit, and rises triumph,
ant over bankruptcy itself. A man with
character can never be ruined. 1t IS the first
thing that a young man should seek to Sc
cuae; and it may be had by every one who
desires it in earnest. A poor boy with char.
acter is more fortunate by far than q rich
mans son without it.
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APRIL 80, 1857.

at wives who are fretful, because also jaded,
and to carp at children, who grow up in con.
sequence, with gloom shadowing their
hearts that ought never to have been there
A little more relaxation, especially relaxa-
tion of the right sort, would make us all hap.
pier, and would I'll thousands Of households
with sunshine where now the domestic at
mosphere is grey and choking as wet No
vember Gay.
Give us more sunshine Or rather let
US all seek sunshine. As men walk out in
to the fields to pluck spring flowers and
drink in the blessed sunshine Of this vernal
season, so we should not wait for moral sun
shine to come to us, for that will never be,
but go forth in search of it where We know it
may be found. 1t is only by observing the
laws of our organization that we can hope
to enjoy this moral sunshine. Neglect those
laws ignore the necessity of occasional relax
alton, and farewell to this joy.givipg sun.
shine
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COUNT THEM.-Count what? Why
count the mercies which have been quietly
falling in your path through every period Of
your history. Down they come every morn
ing and every evening, as angel messengers
from the Father Of lights, to tell you Of your
best friend in heaven. Have you lived these
years, wasting mercies, treading them be.
meath your feet, and consuming them, every
day, and never yet realized from whence
they came2 If you have, Heaven pity you!
You have murmured under affection; but
who has heard you rejoice over blessings
Do you ask what are these mercies? Ask
the sunbeam, the rain drop, the star, or the
queen of night: What is life but mercy!
What is the propriety Of stopping to play
with thorn bush when you may just as well
pluck sweet flowers, and eat pleasant fruits!
Happy is he who looks at the bright side
of life, of providence, and Of revelation
Who avoids thorns, and thickets and sloughs,
until his Christian growth is such that If he
cannot improve them, he may pass among
them without injury. Count mercies before
you complain of afaiction.-Reliysoa qste-
scope.
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POSITION IN SLEEPING.

1t is better to go to sleep on the right side,
for then the stomach is very much in the
position of a bottle turned upside down, and
the contents are aided in passing out by
gravitation. If one goes to sleep on the left
side, the operation of emptying the stomach
of its contents is more like drawing water
from WELL After going to sleep, the body
takes its own position. If you sleep on your
back, especially soon after hearty meal,
the weight of the digestive organs and that
of the food, resting on the great vein OF the
body, near the back bone, congresses it, and
arrests the flow of the blood more or less. If
the arrests is partial, the sleep is disturbed,
and there are unpleasant dreams. If the
meal has been recent or hearty, the arrest is
more decided, and the various sensations,
such as falling over precipice, or the pur-
suit of a wild beast, or other impending dan
ger, and the desperate effort to get rid of it,
arouses us, and sends on the stagnating blood
and we wake in the fright, or trembling, or
pirsperation or feeling Of exhaustion, accord
ing to the degree of stagnation and the length
and strength of the effort made to escape the
daDgar.
But when we are not able to escape the
danger, when we do fall over the precipice,
when the tumbling building crushes US,
what then? That is death that is the death
of those of whom it is said, when found life
less in their bed in the morning: That they
were as we'll as they ever were the day be-
fore;' and often it is added, and ate heartier
than common This last, as frequent cause
of death to those who have gone to bed to
wake no more, We give merely as private
opinion. The possibility of its truth is G.
nough to deter any rational man from late
and hearty meal. This we do know, with
certainty, that waking up in the night, with
a painful diarrhea, or cholera, or bilious COL
ic, ending in death in very short time, is
properly traceable to late large meal. The
truly wise will take the safe side. For per-
sons who eat three times day, it is amply
sufficient to make the last meal of cold bread
and butter, and a cup of some warm drink.
No one can starve on it, while persever-
ance in the habit soon begets vigorous ap-
petite for breakfast, so promising of day of
comfort-HaWs Journal Of Health.
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GOOD HEART AND WILLING HAND.


In storms or shine, two friends Of mine
Go forth TO work or play,
And when they visit poor mems homes,
They bless them by the way.
'Tis willing hands, tits cheerful heart
The two best friends know,
Around the heart come joy and mirth
Where'er their faces glow,
Come shine, tits bright! come dark, tits light
Come cold-'tis warm ere long!
So heavily fall the hammer stroke!
Merrily sound the song!
Who falls may stand, if good right hand
Is first, not second best;
Who weeps may sing, if kindly heart
Has lodging in his breast.
The humblest board has dainties poured,
When they sit down to dine;
The crust they eat is honey sweet,
The water good as wine,
They fill the purse with honest gold,
They lead no creature wrong;
So heavily fall the hammer stroke
Merrily sound the song
Without these twain, the poor complain
OF evils hard to bear,
But with them poverty grows rich,
And finds loaf to spare!
Their locks are fre-their words inspire
Their deeds give courage high;
About their knees the children run,
Or climb, they know not why;
Who sails, or rides, or walks with them,
Ne'er finds the journey long.
So heavily sound the hammer stroke!
Merrily sound the song
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THE WANT OF SUNSHINE.

'4our city horses don't get enough SUM-
shine" said shrewd farmer, "and no won.
der, therefore, they are so often unhealthy
In the coolest days of winter, when it was
clear, my old father used to take his horses
out of the stable and tie them to the fence
in the middle of the day so that they might
get sunshine"
There was even more wisdom in the farm
er's speech than he supposed. 1t is not
horses only that suffer for the want of SUM-
shine. The overworked operative, who is
confined all day in dark ill-ventilated room,
owes not little of his fondness for dram
to the absence of The light, joyous, exhilera-
ting sunshine The pale, sickly child, that is
by and by laid in its coffin, amid the sobs of
its heart. broken mother, might probably
have grown up to vigorous manhood if it
had been bred on breezy, clover-decked,
sunshiney hillside. Who can compute the
adults, who die annually of consumption SOLE
ly because they have deprived themselves of
sunshine year after year In the physical
life of Americans, especially those who dwell
in cities, there is no deficiency so marked
aud fatal as that of the want of sunshine
The human animal requires sunshine quite
as much as plant.
But we need sunshine in moral sense
also. We are too grave and serious peo.
ple We rack our nervous system to pieces
and prematurely destroy our digestion by the
neglect of seasonable recreation, or by amusc-
ments that are such only in name. As old
Froissart said Of the English four hundred
years ago, eve take our pleasures sadly as is
our fashion," Man is laughing animal
the only laughing animal there is Nature
intended that due proportion Of mirth and
merriment should be his. "All work and
no play" as the old proverb goes, "makes
Jack dull boy" The English people were
never more heroic than in that almost Arcadia
time when their country went by the name
of "merrie England" and when, after the
transition period during which Froissart
wrote, and in which civil war made the ma
tion naturally sad even in their pleasures,
they were prosperous, happy and festive. 1t
is impossible to believe that what tradition
says of the last fifty years of the sixteenth
century in England is all poetic exaggera-
ton. The love of music alone-a love which
then existed among all classes, but, which,
alas, has long ago died outs proof to
the contrary. 1t was an age which there
was sunshine, metaphorically speaking, all
over the realm of England and the natural
results followed, great deeds and generally
difused happiness.
1t is said, however, that we have too sol.
EN- mission before US, as a people, to be
otherwise than grave. But it is fatal mis-
take to suppose serious aspect indispensa-
BILE to success as fatal as to confound long
face and sour aspect with religion. The
healthiest man, all things else being alike, is
not only the cheerfulest but the best. By
overworking our brains and denying our
selves amusement, we become irritable and
peevish, and therefore unjust. Our homes
are too often but gloomy dens, where We
retire after the days labor is done, to snarl
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STATE OF AFFAIRS IN UTAH.

Hon. J. W. Drummond, U. S. Judge in
Utah, whose resignation and its cause has
been published, gives to the N. 0. Courier
very unpromising account of the coudi-
ton of affairs among the Mormons. The
Courier says:
In notable cases, when the guilt of crimi-
nails has been as apparent as the noon day
sun, Young and his fellow prophets have
forbidden Mormon juries to render verdict
of conviction. In one instance, where a poor
helpless dumb boy was tortured in many ways
for months, barbarously beaten, and then,
while in the agony of his mortal wounds,
was fettered and drowned in brook, when
his brutal murderer was sentenced to the
penitcntiary, Brigham Young took him from
the hands of the officers led him into the
tabernacle, proclaimed his absolute pardon,
forbade any one to arrest him, and gave him
a seat at his right hand.
IfIndians commit depredations upon Nor
mons they are punished without delay or
scruple, but if they rob or murder 'Gentiles,
the prophet extends his protection, and for
bids juries to pronounce them guilty. No
law, except what emenates from the supreme
hierarchy receives the slightest regard.
The right of private property among the
Mormons is almost unknown. Whatever
the rulers need they always find means to
obtain. "The Lord needs it, is a warrant
sufficient to enable Young and his Council
to seize upon any property in Utah, and re-
monstrance or resistance is not only useless
but dangerous. If a wealthy disciple arrives
from the States, the Church (Young) imme-
diately lays hold of just such share of his
goods as he pleases.
The portion, of which the former owner is
suffered to retain in nominal possession, he
is compelled to manage according to the die
tation of some prophet or priest If the
prophet says to his neighbor, "Plant that
field with potatoes" the former would lose
his lands, and perhaps his life, We're he to
refuse. The council he is thus obliged to
obey he is also compelled to ask. The re-
suit is, that the actual possession Of the great
mass of'all the real and personal property in
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ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND GENERAL

ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND GENERAL
WAsHrNaroN.-Having attracted the attenr
ton of Gen. Washington by the value Of his
services in the retreat from Brooklyn heights,
and in the engagement that followed untii
the army went into winter quarters at Nor.
ristown, 1777, he Unsupported aid.de.camp,
with the rank of Lieut.. Colonel. He remain:
ed in this relation until February IL, f7Sl,
when an incident occurred which occasioned
their separation.
"Washington and Hamilton passed each
other on the stairs at the head quarters Of the
army, then located at Morristown, in New
Jersey The general said he wished to
speak to Hamilton. The latter answered
that he would wait on him Immediately
Hamilton went below and delivered letter
of importance to Mr.. Tilgham, which wss;to
be sent Immediately to the Commissary, -
it contained an order Of the most pressing
nature. As Hamilton re.ascended the stsirs,
he was met by General Lafayette. The lat
ter detained him few moments in conver.
sation. When Hamilton reached the head;o OF
the stairs he met General Washington, who
had left his own apartment and came for,
ward to accost him. he exclaimed in an
angry tone, Col. Hamilton, you have kept
me waiting for you these ten minutes;1 4
must tell you sir you treat me with disres,
pect.' Hamilton replied, i am not conscious
of it, sir; but since you have thought it me-
cesssary to tell me SO, We part .Very WELL
SIR responded Washington, 'if it be your
choice z,zas,i4 -
This separation, however, did not impair
their friendship, and in subsequent years,
Hamilton still stood first in the confidence
of Washington, for ability, integrity and pa
triotism." 81. 80.
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GooD MANNERS, Coon WILL, AND Socl.
AB1L1rY.-We should be glad to see dis
tinctly American school of good manners in
which all useless etiquettes were thrown a.
side, but every politeness adopted or invent
ed which could promote sensible and easy
exchanges of good will and sociability.
Good sense and kind consideration for
others should be the basis Of every usage Of
polite life that is worth regarding. Indeed
we have long thought that our country was
old enough to adopt measures and etiquettss
of its own, based, like all other politeness,
upon benevolence and common sense. To
get rid of imported etiquette, is the first
thing to do for American politeness.
". p WtlRs.
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REMEDY FOR DRUNKENNEss.-Dr. John
Higginsbothom, surgeon in Nottingham,
England, recommends Ipecacuanha as cure
for drunkenness. He says: "When the
mania comes on, the intense desire for alco-
holic stimulus is so strong, as to render the
suffering subject to no control, and from the
sensation Of depression or sinking, he looks
upon alcoholic stimulus as his only remedy.
When person is in this state, it will be al
ways found that his stomach is in fault, and
that unnatural appetite arises from that cause
alone; if half dsachm of the powder Of
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NO.1r

Ipecacuanha be taken, so as'to produce full
vomiting, the desire for intoxicating stinu-
lants is Immediately removed. From the
experience I have had Of the effects Of Ipe-
cacuanha, am of the opinion, If q patient
can be persuaded to follow up the emetic
plan for few times when the periodical at.
tack comes on, that he will be efectually
cured, and that the habit (for such Ilook
upon it, will be broken.
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Utah is in the foul oligarchy of Young and
his immediate subordinutes.

Utah is in the foul oligarchy of Young and
his immediate subordinates.
But if the control over the property of
Mormons is tyrannical, that exercised over
their most sacred private and family affairs
is still more so. If father has a child,
fair and innocent, whom he loves and cher
ishes, and if she captivates the fancy of some
leading Mormon, she will be taken from her
home by the decree of the elders, and given
up to the ceremony of "sealing" to become
the fortieth wife of an old william, while her
predecessors, who have grown old in the same
guilty and abominable connection, become
his household or cornfeld servants. 1t often
happens that man issealed to two women
at the same ceremony, and cases are not rare
when one of the wives SO acquired is lost by
divorce before breakfast next morning.