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For the Natl nal Era.
THE STUDEN' IS PLANT.
BY LYDIA A. 'OMPKINs.


| am weary of thought ] am ted with books,
My worn heart pants and chat the rppng of brooks
am faint with the BURDENS 1ch have with the
years
Ofmy silent teil-life, with no Toace oflears
n Pining for the mountains ghich begrt my lad home
tm signing for the rugged II * and the cataracs foam
For the darkenins shades of, e waters so blue
For the rich purple and green of each forest hue
am weary of study, moan ,r the air,
That is filed with rich balm which makes tho ught a
mute prayer,
That with sunlight and glory ow giIds the bright earth
And awakes the sweet spirit Il gladness and mirth
| would dwell where the mea ows are ever in bloom
Where there III aaht of grim Death and the
tomb,
Where the crystalline founts ger their bright spray
And the birds singing all rough the long dsy
O | fain would behold the DAT oceans white foam
Where the tempests eareerAa J the sea-birds roam,
would burst the iron bonds "a, stern habit has bound
would rush thus aar from eSsh human sight and sound
am pining for the beauty a1> freshness of spring,
am weeping for the songste WI O carol and sing
For the sweetness and hope G. my earlier life
Ere knew the unspoken des air of mad strife
would cling 10 the memories hch the woodlands bring
would list 10 the echoes VIII h OF yore did ring
would grasp The faint semb of that rapurous youth
Which still hauns my full sol with its visions of truth
am sad as dream of the lal ,rs to come
am palsied and aching. ane cold and numb;
must bound away TO the glen and the hills;
Then farewell 10 ye all, save Je rocks and the rls
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CHAPTER Xf.
TIE ArmOru,

And long il not after, when | was confirmed in
hn =, % mai ne VINO would ny De iu rae 81 Ms
8. II 10 be true poem; that composition aud pate
o. Inc best and honorablest to sing
himself the expert and pracce Of all that which il
praiseworthy. Million,
To live is a verb which implies to do, as we'll
as to be and to suffer. What was Herman do.
ing all this time? Nothing bat making speeches,
when nobody, in polite parlancs, wanted to hear
him, and going to parties where nobody wanted
to see him A Little. Perhaps we may get an
inkling of the nature of bis other occupations,
by placing ourselves in imagination at the key
hole of the door of Clara's drawing room-if we
can, Ia doing so, escape the detection Of the
unimaginative Patrick, the sentinel spirit who
naunts the passage-and by overhearing one or
two conversations therein.
Not long after Herman's return to Boston,
clara. having been caught out in shower in q
cold November afternoon, sat driving her little
boots at coy little fire in the crate of the cheer
fui apartment above mentioned. THROUGH the
open door, she had.a vision of Herman driving
before him, from the library to his chamber. !
1ummags, loaded to the chin With books, which
herman was guarding from fall, with his wary
arms stretched out en- each side of that patient
beast OF burden. Tbereupon Miss Clara, being
In want OF little society and chat called out,
What More books? Do you think there is
any more room left in your head?n
Yes. I'll come down again in a moment
said he, and vanished, but presently returned,
and, ranging second pair of very unexcsp
tionable boots beside hers on the fender, added,
" am going to study medicine
" Another profession, besides more arts and
sciences than can &C unit on my fingers Why,
you have got one more than you know what to
do ~ 10 IL
to call you Mr.. Richard Osrstone."
You would have to call me Mrs. Pardiggle,
fear, if did not. want pisdS terre among
the poor--sn interest in common With them
that may have the right to enter into their
houses, and the power to enter into their
feelings. 1t is their interest to be WE'LL and
<
may be well explicitly 10 stat here, in order 10
avoid ali possible risk o. misconsuuction that of
fortune sometimes have sons of genuine merit Some Of
the sonsinlaw Of Mrs Van Rooseland for had
brothers who fine fellows But these hne fellows
were not for the Misses Van Rooseandt Their parent
DID the best she could for them Who could do more
One must not mind Irldes in important matter as
marimony. - 81 -'~
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RELIGION IN ETHIOPIA In the biobIsnds
OF Ethiopia, Msior Harris found a so.csled
Chrlstlan Kingdom, q national establishment.
dating from the earliest ages. By this church.
saints and angels are invoked, the Virgin and
81. Michael are made scarcely subordinate del
ties, crowded calendar Of saints receive hon
ors, and half the year is composed of fasts and
festivals. 1t enjoins also confession to the priest
whose curse is dreaded By the people as the
last calamity, while they confidently rely on the
alrnsgiving and penance he imposes as an OK.
piatlon OF sin. It's most extraordinary peculiar
ltes are certain esages and ceremonies, either
borrowed from the Jews or retained from the Eth
opic ialth. Their churches, which generally are
small and mean, resemble precisely the Jewish
temples they are divided into three parts; the
lnermost Is the holy OF the holies, and may be
entered BY the priest alone. The service is in
dead lang mage, and dancing is one of the Ger
emonies. They keep in the same manner, and
with equal strictness, the seventh day and the
hrst-the Sabbath of the Jews and the Lords
day oil The Christians. They observe the Levitt.
zeal prohibitions as 20 uhclean animals; they
wash their cups and platers az a religious dutv
they will not eat with Pagan or Moslem, nor
taste OF flesh that has not been slain in the
name Of ,he Trinity. They practice circumcision,
coo asserting it to be obligatory, yet Vigorously
imposing it on every Pagan convert to Christ,
anity. They allow of concubiDsge. They ara
all baptized once every year, commemorative
the baptism of Christ at the Epiphany By re
igious procession to the river, into which men,
women, and children, enter in a promiscnous
and shameless crowd. Taste Of extraordinary
frequency are observed With unexampled strict
ness; two every week, on Wednesday and FRI.
day; while, reckoning all the holy days together,
one entire halt of the year is thus occupied -
JeyisA CnroRiels.
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THRILLING INCIpESr OF LIFE IN ISDIA.-One
evening ! returned more than usually fatigued,
to my bungalow, and fastened to bed. l was
soon asleep, and, as usual, dreaming of Europe
aud her charms. Suddenly / was awakened
By cold object resting on my arm. Invol.
unfairly | raised my other arm toward II. 1t
gided rapidly of, not, however, till it had in.
6cted a dreadful bite; for | plainly felt the
pain, which, though not AGATE, was singing, re-
sembliDg tho punetare of hot instrument. or
sudden scald. The fact, however, was OBJ.
vious. had been bitten by snake, and was
probably dead man. sprang from NV bad.
rushed to my dressing table, seized one of nv
re )rs, and without hesitation cut out the biz.
ton part. actually scooped out pieos nearly
as large as nut; then, with gY arm bleedir
profasely, | rushed toGard a lamp, aud, catch.
ing 1t up, bGrHt the wounded part for several
seconds bY this time several Of my servants had
arrived, alarmed by my cries. One FASTENED eff
Tor our ASSISTANT surgeon, who lived next door,
while others began to question me. In broken
sentences | explained to them my situation
They were Mortified. While one poured esu
do ieuce in the selfin fic.si cash, the others
prepared q pO;sipa of ihe same medicine din.
TED in water, which hastily swallowed. az
this time wss more calm, and when DR.. Lisson
arrived, was collected enough to view nav stu.
alton with becoming philosophy.
While be was dressing my arR AID binding
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A Disseminating PAUPER.-A friend, who
has served as Inspector of our House of Indus,
try, told us Of an amusing case of epicureanism
in poverty, that once came under his notice.
6 How do you like It hereY" he asked of one
of his male charges. Pretty we'll, sir" said
he, as regards the fare, bat you might do bet
ter about the clothes" "Ah?" "If should
be allowed to state my preference" continued
the pauper, 81 should say, give me Boston for.
lite table, Portsmouth tor Its wardrobe, and Con
cord for general freedom, extending to the re-
fnements of social life. Pve tried EN- all, sir,
and if ever you come to il. you will find it lust
as tell you"
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The Colonization Hen I'D publishes tabular
statements of the comparative mortality Of ii @
several squsdrons of the United ates, for va
rious years, prepared by DR.. Whelsn, of the
Bureau Of Medicine and Surgery at Washing
ton, which show that that stationed on the Afri-
can coast is the heslthiest, with an exception
the Brazil feet alone preceding it. The lol
lowing is the order aud rate of per centage
Brazil, l.28; African, l.53; Pacific, LIS; Med
iterrsnean, 266; Home, 2.97 aud the East
India, 500, This result, the Herald says, -
messursbly due to the unusual care taken 10
psosect the officers and men by The enforce
ment OF wholesome sanitary regulations, such
as their prevention from being on shore, on the
coast, at night; the ascent OF any of the Afri-
can rivers, except upon imperative public ser
vice; the anchoring of vessela at a distance
from shore, beyond the influence Of the malaria
hosted off by the land breeze; the exemption
of men from boat duty, wooding, watering,
&c, by employing native Africans of the Keoo
tribe, g..
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and even the New World. l. is chief for
backwardness il these things that TIE M scd
government hitherto adopted for India hasa zen
tried and found wanting. Should the sir 1ler
government in the name Of the Qaee~- be
found equally wanting, patriotism itself yill
hardly regard British rule as a blessing for
India.
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From the New York Evening PasL
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIESTS AGAINST
CELIBACY.

An extraordinary memorial has been sd.
dressed by 507 Austrian priests to the author
oteshe Concordat, the Cardinal Prince Arch.
bishop of Vienna. In this document, the low.
eT Catholic clergy put forth their grievances in
Iargnsgethe like of which has not been heard
since the days of the Reformation. The memo
rial begins with rough onslaught on the alb.
solutistic prerogatives of the episoopaey. 4This
Concordat," it says, "hss conferred upon the
bishops many new privileges and large In.
crease OF power; but the prieat hss 10 bear the
whole odium # the indignation and of the
moral resistance which the hated Convention
has created among the people" "There is no
doubt" the document continues in a suhsa.
quent paragraph, "but that our religion has
become the object of uniyersai derision. The
Concordat has .-oased the wrath of the most
moderate men with respect to the antiouated.
medieval ordinances of the Church and the
Indignation against the executors of those or.
dnauces becomes ioddsY aud more universal
from day to day. This sentiment is The more
dangerous as it spreads among the main bcds
OF the people" The memorial CON plains Of
the wretched pay sometimes less thsn that of
acab'drlver) ofthe lower clergy, in consequence
Of which they arc dy.ven TO the collection of
fees. snd tages which are the source of the
most disRracefhl and diegustin conflicts with
the people. Religion 10 thus made to appear
in the s'ght oil al insufsrable burden, aud ag;.
tst9rs inest ase The illfeeling by directing at.
feniion, not 10 the peuury Of the lower clergy,
but TO the luxury and abundance in which the
bishops are revealing. in lac next place, the
petitioners lay bare the laziness of monkhocd,
and demand the abolition of these begging or.
dere, and the appropriation Of their revenues 10
the maintenance Of the really working priests
a more important demand follows. 1t is for
the abolition Of eehbacy, on the ground that
the impossibility of entering into the married
state readers the priest the victim of suspicious,
o! shef riDg and contempt, ard produces laxity
amongst the clergy, thus rendering them con,
tribuors to the moral dissolution which is in
Vading even the popular casses. In eonelu.
slor, the petitioners demand that +" such reforms
should be intredaced "a to make the lower
clergy / longer appear in the odious light of
oppressors Of the poorer classes and that the
priests, Dy the abolition of the law of celibaoy,
should be restored to the common ties of family
and humanity. If this is not done,s they as.
sert all our Influence viii eptirely disappear
the Cathoi;o religion will be despised, hierarchy
ae totally overtbrown, and the state become
the football OF eeAseloss attacks and conplica.
tons. They express, too, the significant hope
that they ray not be driven to expect shetr
safety from The revolutionary party,
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Ana song oil DlrOs, rev I'm =
A little want of logical sequence observable.
perhaps; but, to make smends for it, we find
here an Interesting toxic, of the progress of the
act of poasv. in the supe inducement Of rhvme.
imperfect, indeed, and de as yet but full OF
promise for the future. The awakening of q
spirit of scientific irquir is also to be remark
ed, in the last two line< Lest the poet himself
should not possess SYLVIA informstion sufficient
tn set at rest the anxious !oubt which he excites
in the minds of his read re-, will state in lit
tie annexation, on the N .rgin, that if the tree
whose untimely deraciu. lion he deploreth was
an oak pine will prof ably spring up in ite
room-or, if it WAS a n ne, an oak. Thus its
place viii be refilled, if iot BY one thing, by
another; and the soil n ssnwhile will get the
benefit Of a rotation of C; Dps"
Thank you for a Zap, idea," said Herm an
"Yon are extremely elcome. To continue
The twiltering nests mid Whispering leaves,
The boughs, return no r. ore;
And time may heal the he ri that grleves,
But scarce its bliss resi- re-"
TO BE COZ rINUED.
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it up, l took advantage of the silence, the awe
of the moment, to signify to him my last wishes
in case of my death. stated the manner In
which desired to be buried, the style of letters
| wished written to my relations, the way which
l wished my little remaining property to be-
disposed Of The doctor was almost tempted
to shed tears. The surrounding khitmutgars
stood in the mute agory of woe. Lisson, how
ever, hoped had cut deep enough, and assured
me he thought the virus had not had time 10
enter the system. "Let US at least" he said,
shave the consolation Of destroying the reptile
that has thus endangered your life. Here, nv
men, bring each soft cane, and let US attack
the monster together" The men ran out and
came back, each armed with plant bamboo.
single stroke OF which will instantly Kill the
most dreaded snake in India. "And now.
surround the bed !; the reptile cannot have got
away. Gently, gently; keep your eyes steadily
liked. he must be under the pillow. Directly
raise it, be ready to strike Hs, there he is +"
The serVanta at once struck at the object point
ed out, aid succeeded in killing it. They held
1t up, when lol it proved to be a poor little
lizard, harmless animal, which, beyond re
blistering drop be had let fall on my arm, bears
no venom. The doctor burst into a roar OF
laughter. The black rascals Joined in it. The
next week | was forced TO get two month";
leave; for, whenever | appeared with nv arm
IN sling, my dying words" were quoted me
was almost teazed 10 death, because, when
fancied | had been bitten by a snake, I had
chosen to take precautionary measures. p
Col. AddiSOa'S Traits and Stories of AngEo
Indian Life.
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What sometimes takes placs in Chicago may
be imagined by an anesdote told By Western
paper, which 10 in substance that produce
operator from the state Of New York bought Il
lot Of "stub tai" corn on speculation, put is
safely in a store hoase, vent on a weeks spree,
and when he came to bis senses, eorn had 30
risen in price that he soli he lot ct profit of
Sll 900
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WASHINGTON, D, C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 80, 1858.

Of the s:raws in his br, ON, just as our other
household minstrel is : the measured, muir.
nurous rustic Of the re DIS around Castalia's
fountain. The poetical pocket book proceeds :
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p Med. Collins, who has spent nearly two
years on the Amoor river and it's tributaries a.
a commercial agent of our Government. pavs
much valuable information OF the countr, in hi5
correspondence presented to tbe last Cong.es-
The recent agreement upon this liver as lh,.
boundary between R1ssia and China ia in,ncr-
tant. If the Amoor ia made a great me6iru,
! OF Internal commerce with Asia, that commerce
must inevitably develop trade with Nortberr,
China on tie other shore, and thus open a vas
and populous region to commercial frtercourse.
which has hitherto been quite inaccessible.
Chetah, at the head of navigation On TIE
AMOR, is 667 miles from the ocean. This
whole distance is navigable for stoamnrs. and
free from ice ak months in tho year--from The
middle of May to the middle of November
Chetsh is the halfway house from st. Peters
bnrgh to San Francisco. Boats can also, bs
the chief southern tributary of the Amcor, pen
citrate to within few hundred miles of Pekin
and were the latter point connected with tha
river bJ railroad, it would be within ten DAYS
OF the sea. or twenty five to San Francisco oy
steam. The immense trade concentratiLp nj
Novgorod, Moscow, and St. Petersburyh, MICH;
be equally accessible, "opening up o country
the wealth and natural resources Of which hsv,,
hitherto been quite unknoTa 70 American Ell
teFprlsO.
The waters Of I>ske Baikai can be- connected
with the AMOR, and thus open the very hear
OF Siberia to our Pacific commerce.. A re.f-
road of few hundred miles viii connect IT,,
two sJstems of waters, and give continuous
line OF communication between the wgters o.
the Pacific and the Icy ocean. This. with p
few steamers on lake Baikal, the Jenisea. ths,
Lena, the Oily, the Amoor, and their tributa
rles, would advance the trade end co,np,erna of
those countries a Thousand fold in ten wears
and realize more to commerce. and civilization
than the discovery Of the northwest passage 10
India. The yie.d of the precious metals in ST.
IBERIA is set down at $4,000, 600 per annum.
This commerce will at some future day deeply
concern the people of the United States; and
10 1t must he added that of Manchooria, Mon.
golla, and Northern China, of which we know
comparatively nothing. Cotton fabrics for ex
ample, might be introduced to the amount OF
several millions annually.
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she spoke with passion, afer pause And were II wise
Is done
II We who cannot gaze above should walk the earth
alone
II VIZ, whose virtue is weak should have a will so
strong,
And stand blind the rocks TO choose the night path
from The wroIg g. 3
Az .ooh feel strong veal to need thee on that
road,
But being come The soul dumb that creth not on
Got"-The Lay ofrhe Byoucn Rosary
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'The turf grows smooth and green once more,
From whence the tire was torn;
But doth the summer sk de therefore,
And song OF birds re, rn?' Nf
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Rhythr nnexceptionable bat what got the
rhymets 1t must have fallen out with itself
when = ossed up the pocket-book. Patrick
will it up before breakfast tomorrow
mornia perhaps, when he sweeps the carpet.
Aurora Musis AMIGA
have iced, that he ia ef5en tuneful at such
seasons l,pired, suppose, by the soft cadence
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-11-08

At last accounts ex President Pierce and Mrs,
Piercs were soicrruing in Rome. The ex Presi-
dent was in good health, but Mrs. pierce's health
had not improved.
The gross earnings of the Gaiena and Chicago
Railroad for October were Sl39 600
trottiug mstch took place at Albany NY, on
the 4th inst, between Flora Temple and Reindeer.
The former won in three straight heats. Time
2:30-22S-2:2s.
81 have not loved lightly" as the man thought
when ne married widow Weighing three hundred
pounds. ~
English papers announce the decease of the
Countess of Atii G Ion.
Mr.. DArcy McGee has taken the field as Iectur.
in Canada
g. 7 Pierce, of Wisconsin,, has been appointed
putser in the navy. ~
DR.. Alexander Payne, in Cupeper county. Va.
lost FIVE OF his cattle, recently, from the black
tongue. -. 4,.-...-
Jacob Wolfe died near Marion, Va, last week,
aged 100 years
There was frost ia Savannah, Ga, on the 4th
inst. Capt. r. liawes, of Boston, died there of
fever on the same day. There was also frost in
Charleston, Friday.
The Methodist Protestant Conference of Virginia
is in session at Abingdon.
1t is stated by the Knoxville Southern Citizen.
that Wm. G. swan, E.q is candidate for Judge in
the Third Tennessee Circuit.
The mill of Mr.. Beckwth, and residence of Col.
Z. j. OBriep, in Barbour county, Va, were destroy-
ed by fire last week.
The Newbern IN O. Gazette has been sold to Mr..
VIM. b. Snlit-, Of Virginia.
At Louisville packers are offering $3.50 gross for
hogs.
Rembrandt Peale has been lecturing in phila-
deiphia on Washington aud his Portraits"
The Charlestoa papers record the death of Dr.
Ii. V. Toomer, from yellow fever.
Gov Willard. of Indiana, has appointed the 25th
inst, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer.
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