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Morgan, the virginia Riasnan.

The name Of Daniel Morgan the celebra-s
ted commander Of the Virginia rifemen.
Is household word IN Virginia. His re-
mains repose at Wiuchester- A jersey.
man BY birth, he early emigrated 70 the
virginia wlids, and vas WAGNER in the
French war. Tall. muscular, and Injured 20,
all hardships, he was fond of adventures,
famed for intense daring aud hais-breadth
escapes. He had been grossly insulted BY
one British officer and severely punished !
by another in the name Of King George
He vowed vengeance, and kept his VOW
AT the opening of the Revolution he
raised battalion Of rifemen, and driied
them to perfection. They spurned the
bayonet, and relied upon the deadly aim
OF the rifle. He used to say the business
Of his men was to kill, not 10 be kilIed.---
AT the battle OF Saratoga, seeing the day
was gong against the Americans oy re.l-s
son OF the extraordinary skill and energy
OF General Frazer with hisScotch division.
he resolved to resort to the only measure
conceivable to arrest the liue of battle that
threatened to oyerwhelm them Summon
lug to bis presence the best narksuaxn in
his command whose aim was never known
to fail, he said to him, MURPHY, do, yeu.
see that officer on the iron gray horse p
: Yes, SIR was the reply of the soldier
Morgan rejoined with an almost falterine
voice, then do your duty
Murphy ascended the tree, cut away the
interlaced branches with his Ratchet, lthis
was part of their yariegated armor, rested
the rifle in sure place, watched his OF.
portnnity, and as soon as Gen. Frazer had
in his animated movements, come within
practical range, Murphy fred, and the
gallant Frazer fell mortally wounded, being
shot through the centre of his body. That
fall decided the day. The enemy soon gavs
way, and Saratoga, became immortal, But
Morgan, the rough soldier, was a man Of
tender feelings, and be almost wept at the
deed, and always said thatit troubled him,
because it looked 50 much ike kind of
assassination of a brave and noble officer.
Though gallant as that officer was. be had
placed himself there 70 be shot at, and was
engaged in shooting others.
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LOVE FOR THE DEAD.-The love that
survives the tomb, says Irving, is one of
the noblest attributes of the soul. If it
has its woes, it has likewise its delights |;
and when the overwhelming burst of grief
is Gained into the gentle tear of reeollee-
ton, then the sudden anguish and convul-
sed agony is over, the present ruins of that
We most loved are softened away into pen
sive meditation on all that it was in the
day of its loveliness. Who would root
sorrow from the heart, though it may
sometimes throw passing cloud over the
bright hour of gayety or spread deeper
sadness over the hour of gloom Yet
who would exchange it for even the sons
of pleasure or the burst of revelry2 No
there is voice from the tomb sweete
than song; there is a remembrance of tn
dead to which we turn even from tn
charm of the living.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-16

The following is an extract from the re-
port of the NJ W. s. to the last National
Division:
And as there is thus room to hope for
our Order, SO is the NJ w. S. constrained
to say, that Notwithstanding present calm
in the general affairs of Temperance, no
sound reason exists why its advocates should
despair of final success The Cause, from
its outset, has been subjected to phases and
reactions. Action, success-inaction and
apparent death, have regularly and con-
stantly presented themselves in alienation.
Its visible progresses have been by epochs:
but even in those Intervals, when its course
has been invisible, and seemingly retrograde,
its advances have been none the less real
and sure.
Wherever the Cause has girded on its
armour and moved earnestly in the field,
the justice of its principles, the solidity Of
its truths, and the magnitude and variety
of its interests, have attracted to it the ad-
hesion of multitudes. But the struggle set
in, and the contest prolonged, the weak.
the faint-hearted, the impulsive and the
selfish, have from time to time waJered,
and finally shrunk from its standard-like
those unreliable wild troops, who retire
from siege, or disappear equally from the
field after battle, whether it be victory
or defeat.
Scatter every manifestation of Temper.
ance, from the first Total Abstinence move
ment till now, tens of thousands have mel
ted away from US, and possibly been los
to the Cause. But what then? Did the
Cause perish? Or did its grand truth
F die? Let all men look on and wonder
and let all who doubt, look on and renew
their faith for while these disappeared
many thousands more of the thoughtful
the we'll principled, the stesdfast, men o
will and influence, had become dpnverts t
Temperance, and thus the Cause perpetual
ly increased. From few hundred parti
sans, first arrayed within the last forty years
it has multiplied to millions in our ow
Country, and is spread beyond the seas i
its proper power and efulgenee. Its weigh
ty nature has compelled the best intellect
and warmest hearts of the Nation to il
support, and at the same time accredite
to it the silent commendation of large nun
bers of all classes, but those unfortuna
ones directly interested in the traffic.
Aud in all this war of morality again
immortality, Of humanity against inhumar
, ty, of human happiness against misery,
i good against evil, of virtue against esta
Eshed bad customs-of good men again
varied and immense interests, against mi
rious self-indnlgence and self-gratifcati
in short, Of God against vast, foul, hui
t full wrong, the only weapon of combat b
t been the intrinsic truth of the Cause.
'The truth as mighty and aoiU preua,
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great man may profess great learning
and eloquenee, and yet not be great prea-
cher. These qualities may secure high de-
gree of reputation, and gather large audi
lors; yet. good and desirable as thew are
In themselves, they are not sufficient 70
constitute great preacher in the true ac-
ceptation Of the term. He alone is great
in the pulpit who carries with him the
strength he has acquired in the closet one
who is accustomed, in his secret wrestIines
with God, to say, ssHow can 20 unless
you 60 with me, of what avail viii nv en-
bassy be, unless my commission has thy
signature, and is accompanied by thy au-
thorityT He is uneasy unless he obtains
IN explicit answer, and no sooner does he
obtain the assurance, stLo, am with you,
than he goes before the people, not to en-
terrain them with sermon, or to elicit
their applause for his talents, but to deliv-
er Gods message, which is to be made ef-
fectual by Gods mighty power 10 the dis
comfture of Satan and the deliverance of
the capitives. Thus the great ends of his
ministry are accomplished, and is giori6ed,
and souls are saved Hewhocan regard with
complaeency his success in winning APPLAUSE
rather than sOuls, may expect day coming
when such an object will appear lighter
than vanity, and he shall be compelled
painfully torevert to the satisfaction which
he then SO siufully INDUCED We have
known such to outlive their fame, with
little to please in the retrospect, and much
to cloud their prospects Of the future
Men may have called them, great preach,
ers, but they were not such in the. sight Of
God. Learning and eloquence in the
ministry are not to be deprecated; far,
very far from it; neither are they to. be
set on par with deep piety The study
is to be associated with the closet, and Il
is of deep moment to the minister, of the
gospel that the latter should have a full, a
very full share of his time.-P Presbyterian.
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6neohAh5 AnsV etlo opDNba O1 Cl1iQ[e1-
1have been employed the last three hours
with Jno. Elliott and other boys, in trying
how long we could keep up two cricket
balls. Lord Mimic caught us. He saws
he must send me on mission to some We
ry young monarch, for that shall never
have the cavity of an ambassador for
prince turned Of twelve He, however.
added the well-known aud admirable story
of Henry ", of France, who, when caught
on all fours, carrying one of his children.
by the Spanish envoy, looked up. and said.
is your excellency married? lam. and
have family, was the reply. fWen.
then,' said the monarch. 4 am satisfied.
apdshall take another turn around theroom'
and off be galloped, with his little son, fog
ging and spurring him, on his back. I
have sometimes thought Of breaking myself
of what are termed boyish habits, but re-
Election has satifed me that it would be
very foolish, and that I should esteem it a
blessing that can find amusement in eve
rything, from tossing a cricket bah, 30 ne
gotiating treaty with the Emperor of
China. Men who viii give themselves en-
tirely to business and despise (Which is
their term, triHes, are very able in their
general conception of the great outlines of
plan, but they feel want Of that knoHl-
edge which is only to be gained by mixing
with all classes of the world, when they
come to those lesser points upon which its
successful execution may depend. OF this
/ am certain; besides, all habits which
give man light, elastic spirits, are good.
Life of Sir John Malcolm.
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And show of love, as was won't TO have:
You boar too stubborn and too strange hand,
Over your friend that lovesyou. sHAKsPEARE.
Although for years mingliDg freely in the
best circles of society, Randolph Campo had
never found there any lady whose self he
could consider an equivalent for his heart
and hand; not that he placed too high an
estimate on himself, or too low one on the
other sex in general; but those he met APP
peared to belong to the same stereotyped Or
der Of beauty and excellence, and made no
permanent impression on his mind. His
wife must differ widely from the belle and
heiress range Of women. Renfaat CHpidon
had taken jealous aim at him through many
bright eye, but the arrows had fallen harm
less as wher, directed at the son Of Ulysses,
they met the interposing shield of Minerva.
In the choice Of profession he had been in
Huenced solely by his own tastes and tenn
permanent, to this were given his thoughts, as
those of Oalmae to friendship so truly it
might be said Of my hero as has been of the
other-'No maid was the sigh Of his soul.'
At meeting with the Indian maiden the en-
thusiasm Of his nature gushed out-romance
was satisfed-in her, artless, spiritual, ten
der, strong in purpose as unadorned in beau
~, was realized and perfected his ideal half
conceived.
The first anniversary of their coming to
Lochgrove had but lately passed, when Mr..
and Mrs Campo received visit, that on &C.
count Of its results only is noted as more than
q common occurrence. Ellnott, at this time
holding professorship in a college twenty
miles distant, had performed his students
course and graduated member Of the same
class with Campo. The quality and equality
of talent which, at first thought, it might bt
supposed, with attending circumstances drew
the young men together, and which, indeed
created an intermittent friendship between
them, If the term does not destroy itself.
favored, rather, an unacknowledged rivalry
which, ininstances, swelled on both sides int
tide, falling barely below real bitterness o
feeling. Since entering upon their profession
the two had but seldom met, and never wher
there was decided clashing of interest; ant
each having succeeded to degree that an
swered his former ambition, the seeds Of evil
which once threatened to spring up betweeI
them, seemed to have altogether persisted, an,
given place to purer growth. On the pres
ent occasion, Ellnott SO fully honored th
attainment of Campo, as to come to solici
information upon point for familiarity wit
which the latter had been favored with pecu
lar advantages. He found him at his ofic
in the city immediately an invitation wa
extended to pass the night at Lochgroye; an
this was the more pressed when it was eIic
ted that the gentleman was accompanied 0
his journey by his newly welded wife.
met with a cordial acceptance. The propri
tor of Lochgrove felt triumphantly happ
when he ushered into that paradise the di
tinguished guest, and presented its mistres
A greater contrast is scarcely conceivab
Ahan was presented with the two brides-
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From the Conductor.
Is it not time to Awake2

People may say what they will Of the fol
lies, extravaganza, ,and vulgarity of many Of
the persons and circumstances that figured
in the Temperance Reformation which en-
gagged so much of public attention few
years ago, but one thing is certain, to wit
the virtue and general good order of our
communities have suffered very sensible
decline since the excitement of that reform
began to snbside. Not few of those who
thought that Temperance men were going
'Etoo fast and too far" now sigh for the
good old days of Washingtouianism.
The influence of those Temperance mee-
tings was healthful men met together to
discuss great principle of morality, as it
applied to one duty, but it was impossible
to discuss one bearing of principle, with
out showing that it had many other bear
ings, or, in other words, that the same mo-
tiyes that would prompt men to abstain
from the use of intoxicating drinks would
lead them to the practice of other virtues
and SO the Temperance meeting was quite
a little school of morality. But in this
christian land, and especially among those
who lead in moral reforms, true morality is
considered to be intimately connected with
religion, and SO the temperance reformers
went little higher, and the little Tempe
rance meeting often became almost reli.
glous conventiele, where the holy Gospel,
as the only motive to right actions, and the
only safeguard of virtue, was plainly and
zealouslg set forth. Now all this did good.
Wise old men, even those of rigid Calvin
istic faith, felt the flaments of their moral
nature relax their affections we're kindled
into a glow as the truths and duties Of
christianity were now and then evolved,
and their spirits were cheered and refresh
ed by the sympathy of plain, social con-
verse of mind and heart about matters
which commend themselves to every mans s
regard, as things of vital importance to
social order and happiness, and as the loud
prophetic song, or defamation of better
days to come, rung over the assemblage. =
The thoughtless young were gay and glad
and albeit without much serious resolution
gave in their adherence to what seemed 81
worthy and SO popular; SO, when the NEE
ting broke up, the auditors went awal
for the most part pleased and happy ant
thinking of pursuing quite other things
those that grow like fruits of Sodom out 0
the Wine Cup-the sentiment diffused wa
on the side of virtue-those who opposed
were rebuked, and though they chung t
their drinking, or selling, knew that the
were under the protest of the communit
and of their own consciences, and hid thei
operations from the public gaze true, som
things were said and done at these NEE
tings that were foolish and unreasonable
but still their influence was for good O
ten as they occurred they were felt I
strengthen the bonds that bind yirtuou
community together; they allured me
from their vices, and christians from the
controversies, and the smile and blessiu
of God, though feeble and faulty the ii
struments, seemed to own them as part
his designs for carrying forward the col
version of the world
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RunaSays. Norfolk papers state thatat
least IL negroes ran off north, from that
city last week.
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: A Bold Hint. Sally, what tine.does
your folks dine?' Soon as you COOS
away-that's missus' orders
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THE MIRROR SISTERS
BY A NEW CONTRIBUTOR.
Continued from our Iast-l
CHAPTER ".

Brutus, do observe you now Of late;
have not from your eyes that gentleRsss,
And show Of love, as was won't 10 have:
You boar too stubborn and too strange hand
Over your friend that lovesyou. SHAKsPEARE
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1857-07-22
Estate of Submitence Knudson.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, Ottawa County, SIS.
At session of the Probate Court for the County of
Ottawa, holden at the probate Office, in the vii
lage of Grand Haven, on Monday, the twentieth
day of July in the year one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-seven. Present, Augustus w.
Taylor, Judge of Probate.
TN the matter of the estate of Submtence
i Knudson, late of the town Of White River, in
said county, deceased:
A PAPER purporting to be the last will and
testament of said deceased, having been depos-
tied in the probate office Of said county by Ander
Knudson and praying that the same may be
proved and allowed. Thereupou it is ordered, that
Monday, the seventeenth day of August next, at
four o'clock in the afternoon of that day, he
assigned for the hearing Of said petition, and that
the heirs at law of said deceased, and all other
persons interested in said estate are required to
appear at a session Of said court, then to be holden
at the probate office in the village of Grand Haven
and show cause, If any there be- why the prayer of
the petitioner should not be granted.
And 10 is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said estate
of the tendency of said petition, and the hearing
thereof by causing copy of this order to be
published in the Grand River Times newspaper
printed and circulating in said county Of Ottawa
three successive weeks previous to said day OF
hearing.
AUGUSTUS W. TAYLOR.
"a true copy Judge Of Probate.
o0Sw1
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1857-07-22

JUDIcIoUs DUBIoUsNEss.-TheN New York
Evening Post says, cit is fact, of the
credit of which we are little tenacious, that
no editor or printer, SO far as we know, has
ever been sentenced to the state prison.
Whether that reflects credit upon the craft,
or discredt upon our criminal courts is a
question which it does not become us to de-
eide" Considering what ugly things the
New York editors are in the habit of saying
of each other publicly in their newspapers,
this exemption of the editors from the state
prison is the most remarkable instance of ju-
dicial favor we know Of
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1857-07-22
Arrival of the Vanderbilt and Atlantic
New York, July 20.

The steamship Vanderbilt from Havre and
Southampton the 9Th and the atlantic from
Liverpool, same date arrived at this port yes
terday.
We have detailed accounts of the insunec-
ton in Italy. 1t is said the instruction was
against the king of Naples and the pope, not
with view to effect new form of govern
ment, but to get rid of the Italian Bourbons
and expel the Austrians from Italy.
There had been rumors of instruction in
various parts of Spain, but at last advices the
country was quiet.
In spite of all the efforts of the govern
ment, the republican candidates, Cavaignac,
Olivier and Darmier, were elected in Paris
on the 9Th and 9Th inst.
The work of shipping the Atlantic tele-
graph cable progresses.
The Bank of France was gaining specie,
consols 92s @ 929
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1857-07-22

The DISORDERS IN New YoRK.-It is hard
to say when the disorders in the city of New
York, which come of the interference of the
legislature in the municipal affairs of the
place, will cease. Such riots have never been
known before. Not disturbance amount
ing to a riot had occurred during mayor Woods
administration up to the day when the legs-
lature stripped him of the authority with
which the local popular voice had vested him.
And riots have ever been of rare occurrence
in New York. If any people have shown
themselves capable of selfgovernment it is
they of New York. The present disturban-
ces cannot for a moment be justifed-they
are all wrong-but yet, are they not the nat
ural consequences of legislative attempts to
destroy municipal liberty? Could any 9th
err state of things have been reasonably ex-
pected 1t must be remembered that there
are masses of people in all large cities who
do not always stop to be informed of their
exact duties under an oppressive law; seeing
and feeling the the oppression they are in
clined to resist it. So it was with the Maine
liquor law; so it has always been, and so il
always will be, with Legislative acts abridgine
public liberty The riots in New York arc
all wrong, but we set down the rioters as re.
ally less guilty than the black republican
leaders who, for the merest partizan spoil'
objects, have wiped out the municipal gov,
eminent, and constructed government o.
foreigners tead.-Det. Free Press.
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New York & Erie Rail Road.
T-0
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This line extends to Dunkrk, Buffalo, and Niagara
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Cincinnati and Chicago, on the Lake Shore R.R;
To Buffalo, via the Buff. & NY city RI, making
direct connection with steamers on Lake Erie from
Cleveland, Toledo and Detroit also with the Buff &
Lake Huron X. H. from Detroit and Chicago;
To Niagara Falls, via Canandaigua N. +. r. r..
making direct connection with Trains on the Great
Western Railway from Detroit and Chicago thus at
fording the travelling public unrivaled facilities.
yBosTON passengers can stop in N. York city
any length of time, and resume their journey at
pleasure without extra charge.
GyTHROUGH TICKETS for sale in all the
principal western r. X. Offices.
y-Fare as lo,o as by any other route
B. f. SMITH, Gen1 Ag't. HOMER RAMSDELL,
Cleveland, o., May 15 1857. President.
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ANOTHER NEW IpEA.-The marvels of sci

ANOTHER NEW IDEA.-The marvels of sci
ence are constantly multiplying. Heretofore
the silkworms, after being carefully fed upon
the leaves of the "morus multicaulis," OF
Chinese mulberry, have been tenderly nursed
until they manufactured by digestion the
choice material. But science has just taught
us that we can chemically digest the muber-
ry leaf without the worms assistance, and
produce by the manipulations Of art, and in
increased quantity, the desired fabric
This-if unexaggerated, says the Albany
Observation-Disclosures one Of the most impor-
tant discoveries of the age, and leads us to
believe the time will yet come that cobler
can be so planted when he dies and tree
shall spring from bis remains, bearing ready
made boots on one limb and ladies CATERS on
the other.- Chicago Journal.