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BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.

Shortly before the departure of the Ia
mented Heber for India; he preached a
sermon which contained this beautiful il
lustration:
"Life Eears US on like the streams Of
mighty river. Cur boat al first glides
down the narrow channel-through ths
playful murmuring OF the little brook.
and the winding of its grassy borders
The trees shed their blossoms over our
young heads, the flowers On the brink
seem to offer themselves to our young
hands; we are happy in hope, and we
grasp eagerly at the beauties-but the
stream hurries on, and still our hands are
empty. Our cour,e in youth and man
hood is along wilder and deeper flood.
amid objects more striking and magnif-
icent. We are animated at the moving
pictures and enjoyment and industry
passing before us; We are excited at
short lived disappointment. The storm
bears us on and our joys and griefs are
alike left behind US. We may BE- ship
wrecked, we cannot be delayed; wheth-
er rough or smooth, the river hastens to
its home, till the roar of the ocean is in
our ears, and the tossing of waves is be-
meath our feet, and the land lessons from
our eyes, and the floods are lifted up
around us, and We take our leave Of earth
and its inhabitants, until of our further
voyage there is no witness save the inf
mite and eternal"
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THE GARDEN OF GErHsEMANE.-This
venerated scene of our Lords Passion is
about third of an acre in extent, and
is surrounded by low wall. When
Mr.. Catherwood was there, in 1884,
taking the drawings for his beautiful
Panorama of Jerusalem, the garden was
planted with olive, almond, and fig trees.
Eight of the olive trees are so large that
they are said to have been in existance
ever since the time of Jesus Christ; al
though we learn from Josephus that
Titus cut down all the trees within 100
furlongs of the city. These trees are
highly venerated by the members of the
Roman communion here, who consider
any attempt to cut or inju,e them an act
of proclamation. Should any one OF them
be known 10 pluck any of the leaves, he
would incur sentence of e1communics-
ton Curiosities of History.
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NO GLOOM AT HOME.

Mrs. Denison, in one of her brief con
tributicns to the Olive Branch, gives
little ideal home picture that many eyes
will look upon with pleasure:
Above all things there should be no
gloom in the home. The shadows of
dark discomfort and wasting fretfulness
should never cross the threshold, throw
ing their large dark shadows Ike funer-
al pals over the happy young spirits
gathered there. If you will, your home
shall be heaven; and every inmate an
angel there. If you will; you shall sit
on throne, and be the presiding house
hold deity. o. faithful wife-what priv
ileaes, what treasures greater or purer
than thine?
And let the husband strive to forget
his cares, as he winds around the long
narrow streets, and beholds the soft
light Illuminating his little parlor. spread
ing lis precious beams on the pave be-
fore it. The night is cold and cherries,
perhaps the wintery gust battles with the
worn skirts of his old overcoat, and
snatches with a rude hand and willing
cry at the rusty hat that has served him
many a year. He has been harrassed,
perplexed, and prosecuted. He has
borne with many cruel tone, many q
cold word, and neryed himself up to an
energy so desperate, that his frame and
spirits are weakened and depressed
And now his limbs ache with WEAKNESS,
his temples throb with the pain beat
caused by too constant application
He scarcely knows how 10 meet his wife
with pleasant smile, sit down cheer
fully to their little meal, which she has
provided with go much care.
But the door opened-the over coat
thrown hastily off. A sweet singing
voice falls upon his ear, and the tones
are SO soft and glad, that hope, like a
winged angel, flies right into his bosom,
and nestles against his heart.
The latch is lifted; and the smiling
face OF his wife gives an earnest vel
come. The shining hair is smoothed
over her fair brow indeed, she stood g
little coquettish glance at the mirror
hanging in its narrow frame, just to see
ii she looked neat and pretty before che
come out. Her eye beams with love,
her dress is tasteful, and, what? why he
! forsets all the trials of that long, long
day, as he folds her in his arms and i'm
prints kiss upon her brow.
A home where gloom is banished-
presided over By one who has learned tC
rule herself and her household-oh! ht
is thrice consoled for his trials. He can
not be unhappy-that sweet and deares
solace is his-cheerful home. Do you
wonder that the man is strengthened
anew for to-morroHs cares?
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life. But the delicacy other perceptions
too soon revealed the sad truth that for
some cause she had failed to win from
her husband love in degree answer
ing to her own. This so shadoBed her
feelings that she often appeared unamia-
BILE in his eyes, when she was only in
strife with hidden anguish. Gradually
he grew indifferent, and simply because
he did not understand her. He imagin-
ed her incapable of deep affection. when
every cord in her soul was thrilling in too
painful sensibility.
And so the dsrkening years went on,
and the fevered pulses began to take a
slower beat. Mr.. Newcomb grew more
Indifferent to his nervous, and at times
fretful, but daily fading WIFE, Others
saw that hef days were numbered; but
he did not take the alarm. "Mrs. New
comb looks very thin and feeble" re-
marked friend. "She isn't quite so
strong as she was, but she's tough, "
replied the husband. Tough! At the
very momeut her over stretched heart
strings were beginning to yield! And
he was in robust health ruddy- faced,
clear.eyed. round-limbed, and with ey-
cry muscle in full vigor. He could not
sympthize with the feeble woman mov-
ing about his house like a shadow. nor
comprehend how he was daily extin-
tinguisbing life that looked vainly to
him for the food upon which it could
alone exist.
"Tough!" If she did linger on for
q time, it was plying love for her babes
that kept her alive, gave strength to her
feeble limbs. and endui snce to her sink
ing heart. And as she became weaker,
he seemed rather to recede, than draw
near-to grow cold towards her, instead
of tender and compassionate. And so
her day went down in clouds and rain.
40, she had no. been appreciated.-
Mr.. Newcomb was a good sort of a
man, taking the general acceptation Of
the words-a pleasant neighbor and
agreeable friend, and honest citizen; but
he had not proved good husband to
the woman lie had taken to be his wife,
simply because he had not rightly COM
pretended her quality. nor reached her
consciousness, She was Of finer spiritu-
al texture than he had imagined, and
died because she could not live in the
earth laden atmosphere be compelled
her TO breathe.
"Not appreciated" There are Mrs.
Newcombs all around us. Their pale
faces haunt US at every turn; their
mournful funerals shadow our streets;
their orphaned babes sit weeping for love
in many lonely dwelling. And the
ruddy. faced Mr.. smiling,
affable. "such good company, favorites
at every feast-are around US also. We
send q word of truth to their hearts; may
its passage be sure and quick like the
passage of an arrow.-Lady's Home
MAGAZINE.
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FAREWELL TO WINTER.

Winter, farewell! We stand on your
neck, and looking down into your glaz'
ing eyes, most respectfully bid you good
riddance. You have run a great rig
duling the last three months. You have
bitten our noses, frozen our sQuashes,
eaten up the coal that was TO last until
May. blocked up our railroads, piled up
our sidewalks, split the pump, broken the
pitchers, irritated our lungs, interferred
with the passage of the United States
mails, frightened the children by firing
of pistols at midnight, or blown hard
enough to tip the bricks down the CHM
ney, created fuel famine in Cincinnati,
pinched the poor, bled the rich, clogged
the mill wheel, demolished the hay NOW,
and given all animated nature catarrh.
Now for the Spring! We shall go su.
caring first. Then we shall go trouting
in brook that nobody knows anything
about, where great speckled fellows have
kept themselves these FIVE years for our
particular hook, freshened their spangles
and their appetites among the foam OF
singing waterfalls and pebble polished
eddies. We think we can even now see
the envious shadow on the countenance
of our friends, as we bring back ten
pound string. and speak coOlly Of the
coming breakfast.
Then we shall ride out with the chill
dren. who have grown considerably dur
ing the winter, in knowledge, stature and
grace, will be able more fully to appre-
ciate our wisdom and thorough familiar
ity with the aspects of nature. We shall
tell the names of the birds, and descant
upon the flowers, and come back to town
with a lot of green things, which, having
demonstrated to the street our love Of
nature, will be thrown out of the back
door.
Then We shall dig in the garden. pre-,
tending it for exercise, when the fact is,
we can't afford to hire it done. We
shall do it in gloves. however. and give
the business kind of genteel look.
Then we shall begin to talk of going
away for the summer, but we shall be
so conveniently divided in our inclina-
tions for Saratoga, Newport, the White
Mountains, and the Adirodack regions,
that it will be impossible to decide be-
tween them, and finally, we shall con-
clude to stay at home in consequences Of
the pressure Of business.
These are all grea! projects and make
life significant and destiny lordly. But
common folks will enjoy themselves new
ertheless. The bee spinning his musical
yarn over the grass, the bobolink, jink-
ling his small change in the meadow,
the scrub bull paving the dirt over his
back with his tail in the air, uttering his
6asso profunda, and playing he's a Dur
ham. the robin on the fence pulling rib
bons of song out of his throat by the
hour, like veritable conjurer, the hen
cackling foolishly in the barn yard as if
she had given birth to continent, and
was any the worse for wear, the face Of
nature all broken out with flowers, not.
withstanding the small doses of belladona
scattered over it-all these are left at
their disposal, and will answer very well.
Springfield Republican.
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WHOLE NO. 216s.
SINGULAR MURDER.

It seems that murders red hand is new
er still. Hardly week passes, nova
days. but we hear of fatal sffray OF
some kind. We are reliably informed
that murder was committed at Lyttle-
ton Station, on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, last Sunday night. Mrs. Man
ly, widow woman, resides with her two
sons near Lyttlston. For long time
the sons have suspected that an improper
intimacy existed between the widow and
a man Of rather bad character living in
the neighborhood. On Sunday night
the two boys left home intending to re-
main away over night, but something
occurred which induced them to return
sooner than they expected. Upon en-
tering the house they discovered the
mother and the suspected man occupying
one bed, and maddened by the thought
of their Disgrace. they fell upon him with
terrible ferocity, beating him so severe
", that death resulted short time after
wards. We have the above from high
ly creditable source.
P. S.-We Learn that one of the boys
is about ten years of age and the other
about fifteen. Shortly after committing
the desperate deed, they made their es-
cape, one taking an eastern bound train
and the other coming west. The man
was stabbed three times through the
heart. and is supposed to have died al
most instantly. The boys had frequent
ly warned him to discontinue his visits
to the house, threatening TO kill him if
he did not. Mrs. Manly kept little
grocery at Lyttletcn.
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ENORMOUS SHIPMENTS OF SPECIE FROM
EUROPE TO CHINA AND BRITISH INDIA
The London Times has a statement Of
the shipments of specie 10 the East, for
the las, seven years, show how greatly
the balance of trade with these Asialic
countries is against England and the Uni
ted States, for nearly all our imports from
those countries are paid through London
bankers. The total last year was f17,-
O64, ,5O7, or about SS5,OOO, 600, besides
f3,6lO,675, or about slS,OOO,O0O from
the Mediterranean ports, making in all
say sIO3, 10000 for the year. In the
previous year the exports were S62,6ls,-
600, besides 3lO,39l,775 from the
Mediterranean ports, making together
S72, ,93s, AS, and for the last two years
nearly sl77,OOO,OO0.
Here, after all, it seems, has been the
great drain on the wealth of England and
the United States. All the gold of Cali
fornia and Australia has been required to
supply the place of the silver which has
been shipped to pay for the products of
China and Hindostln, which have been
purchased by Europe and the United
States. 1t is an exemplifcation of the
fact that trade between people of luxuri-
Gus and those of simple habits, and be-
tween rich and poor nations. always TO
the advantage of The latter.
Annexed are the total exports of specie
from Great Britain to the East during the
past seven years. They have amounted
II Esq .2l3.a2S:-
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A GooD 'UN.-We heard the other
day capital anecdote of a witty cler-
gyman of this city, who is said never to
come of second best in a joculal en-
counter:
AS enc day he was passing down one
of the streets of large village in thi.
State, where he was settled, he was ob-
served by some waggish hangers on, al
public house. which he was approach
ing. One of these fellows, knowing that
the reverend gentleman was hard case
at Joke, said that he would bet the
drinks for all hands that he could head
"Done," was the response from a
number.
As Mr.. Il came opposite the
merry group, the proposer Of the bet cal
ed 10 him.-Mr. Il halted aud
drew near, whereupon the confident chap
thus addressed him:
"Mr. H, we have a dispute
here of some importance, which we have
agreed to leave 10 you as one competent
TO give correct decision"
"Ah what is it ?"
al. is in relation to the age Of the
devil; will you tell US how old he is ?"
"Gentlemen," said the imperturbabls
minister, chow can you presume me to
be acquainted with matters of that sort?
You must Keep your oaCn family reeordsi'
The minister went about his business,
and the vanquished gentleman went in
and treated freely.-Nasxa Oasis.
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The DEAD IN LoNDoN.-Mr Williams
in his last letter to the Utica Herald, (oi
which he was formerly editor, says that
in London, "ths labor of disposing oi
ones departed friends is very cheelfully y
assumed by those clever gentlemen, the
undertakers. They advertise to take the
entire burden of grief off your hands,
including weeds and mourners, at most
reasonable rates. All they have to do,
they tell us, is simply to point out your
dead friend and foot the bill. Hearse,
bearers. mourning dress, parson. sexton
and tears in the bargain, furnished to
order " 1 am told the friends of the
deceased seldom accompany the body
to the cemetery. "OA cruel desertion Of
the poor clay in the lest bitter hour l''
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II should rather be our desire to use
what we learn than to remember it. Ii
we desire to use it, We shall remember
it, of course if we wish merely to re-
member it, it is possible we may never
use Sampson Reed.
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D0erpp.
lex Gel SI0R."

TIE shades Of night we're falling fast,
Al through an Alpine village passed
Ayerth, who bere, mid snow and ice,
A banner with the strange device
ExcelsiorI
His brow was sad; his eye beneath
Flashed like . fslchion from its sheath;
And like silver clarion rung
The accents OF that unknown tongue
Excelsiorl
In happy homes he saw the light
or household fires CLEAN warm and bright;
Above, the spectral glaciers shone;
And from his lips escaped groan-
Excelsior,
"Try not the Psssl" the old man said,
"Dzrk lowers the tempest overhead;
The roaring torrent is deep and wide!''
And loud the clarion voice replied,
Excelsior!
20, stay" the maiden said. "and rest
Thy weary head upon this breastl'
A tear stood in his bright blue eye;
But still he answered with q sigh
Excelsiori
Beware the pine trees withered branch!
Beware the awful avalanche
This was the peasants last Goodnight;
voice replied far up the height
Excelsiori
At break OF day, as heavenvard
The pious monks Of Saint Bernard
Uttered the oft-repeated prayer,
A voice cried through the startled air
EIcelsiorl
A traveller, by The faithful hound,
Half-buried IN the snow was found,
Still grasping, in his hand ofice,
That banner with the strange device.
Rxlcelsiori
There, in the twilight coll and gray,
Lifeless, but beautiful, ne lay;
And from the sky, serene and far,
A voice fell, like falling star
EIcelsiorI
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''H IG Il E R. &"
BY 4 LoSoERFKLLER.

The shadows Of night were comm down swim,
And the d.zzlin' snow lay drift on drift,
As through a village youth did 60,
A carryin' Tag with this motto
Higheri
Der forehead high curled copious hair,
His nose Roman, complexion fair;
Ger an eagle eye an aburn lash,
And he never stopped shoutia through his mous.chs-
Higher
He saw, thro' the windows, goin' up and upper,
number Of families a sittin' at supper,
But he eyed the slippery rocks very keen,
Aud fed as he cried, and cried while neein'-
Higher!
stake care, therer' said an old woman-"s.opi
h's BLOWN gales up there on top
You'll tumble OF the other side!
But the hurryin' stranger loud replied
Higherl
''ohl don't you go up such shockin' night.
Come sleep on my lap" said maiden bright;
On his Roman nose q tear-drop come,
But still he remarked as he upward clemb-
Higher
"Look out for that branch Of that sycamour tree,
Dodge rollin' stones II any you seeF"
sayin' which the farmer went home to bed,
And the singular voice replied overhead
Higher.
About quarter past six the next afternoon,
man accidentally goin' Up soon,
Heard spoken above him, often As twice,
The very same word in = very weak voice
Higher
And not far, believe, from quarter OF seven,
He was slow gettin' up, the road bein' uneven,
Found the stranger dead in the drifted snow,
Still = clutchin' the flag with the odd motto
Higher
Yesi lifeless, defunct, without any doubt,
The lamp Of his nein' decidedly out,
On the dreary hill side the youth was layin'
And there was no more use for him to be sayin'-
Higher!
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DIeBr says he don't see why the "Old
Folks at home" should be SO popular
with every body. For his part he would
rather visit Sally Ann when the "Old
Folks" were away, they are always
making themselves so officious.
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Tss diiienence between fool and
bore is this-oue don't know how to
speak. and the other when. Avoid both
as you would club loaded with head
ache.
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CIVIL LIBERTY.-Msn are qualified for
civil liberty in exact proportion to their
disposition to put moral chains upon
their own appetites; in proportion as
their love of justice is above their rspa-
city in proportion a. their soundness
and sobriety of understanding is above
their vanity and presumption; in pro-
portion as they are disposed to listen to
the counsels Of the wise and good, in
preference to the flattery of knayes. So
ciety cannot exist, unless a controlling
power upon will and appetite be placed
some where; and the less of it there is
within, the more there must be without.
II is ordained in the eternal constitution
of things that men of Incorporate minds
cannot be free their passions forge their
felters.-B1ks.
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He who follows in the footsteps of an.
other will always remain behind.
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He that spe axis i'll of others 10 me, vii
speak i'll Of me to others.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-07-07
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA,

required to furnish pallets for those magis-
trates who voted them license, to sleep on
during court week; the pallets to be un-
der the counter and the 'Squires compelled
to lie there day and night.
10th, That the Attorneys who procure
license for grog shops, receive their pay in
the briny tears of helpless women and the
rags of wretched orphans, and that they
preserve them as heir-looms for their pos
terity.
18th, That certain class of gentlemen
be requested to wear flannel stockings over
their shoes, SO that in stepping around the
corner or along the alleys, they may not
make noise.
18th, That that pretended advocate Of
Temperance, who drinks Intoxicating Ii
qu6rss be 4aIuested to haSH tunlbIer oi
water painted on one cheek, and glass Of
rum on the other, little nearer to his
mouth, and that he wear coat nearly one
half blue, the balance, including buttons
and button holes, British red.
18th, That those gentlemen who man.
age to be generally on the popular side Of
the question Of Temperance-whether for
or against whiskey-be requested to wear
hat shaped like weather cock, and
spend as much time as is consistent with
the claims Of the bottle, on the fence.
14th, That every rum seller be compell
ed to keep supply Of cofins and shrouds
on hand, with mattock and spade to bury
his slain.
18th, That the money paid for license
be used to buy lot of ground adjoining
every grog shop, to bury the customers o
the proprietor.
10th, That the rum seller concerned
be requested to write an epitaph, to be en-
craven in large letters on the tombstone
of each subject, stating when, where, why
and how the deceased came to his death
giving the amount paid at his bar fol
drinks and the quantity Of liquor bought
and drank.
18th, That those who granted license ir
the case, be requested to append to the
rumseller's inscription the following, viz
"Done according to law, with our corda
consent and APPROVAL y and sign theil
names in full.
18th, That all those who approve of the
license law, read carefully the inscription.
on each drunkard's grave, and say "Anaen'
to this work of sin and death, or hence
forth touch not, taste not handle not the
accursed thing, in any manner or to any
degree.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-07-07
Extract of a letter, dated

NEwroN, June 25th, 1858.
We have organized again, and the pros
poets are very fair for good Division.-
We have the smiles of the ladies, and l
think in few weeks more we will have
their presence in the Division room. We
have about twenty members and expect to
initiate some to night. We have but one
grocery here now, and that man says he
will close if we give him any assurance
that no one else will open shop. think
he signed the memorial to have law pass
ed, to have no liquor within two miles Of
the college. | hope we will have such
law passed. Though last session we had
fifty students, and | never heard of more
than one that was intoxicated, and then
only once, and | was SO situated that L
could know. do not think that any other
school can say that. We expect seventy
five students next session and | am going
to try and get all the students into the Dl-
vision; we have already some Of the most
influential. We expect to have celebra-
ton some time in July, pretty soon after
the meeting of the Grand Division; we
expect to get Mr.. Sterling, from Green's
boro', to deliver an address. | think that
we are on the eve of a glorious reformation
in our Country all the churches have ta-
ken the matter Ia hssd and have passed
resolutions that it is wrong for member
to make, keep, buy, sell, or drink liquor as
a beverage; and think they will carry it
! out