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2bEOtE t2AHE 23V&3 Az 1SVV ANA~s
The g-pound in New York is an old bulky
ing on the river. in one end Of which is pea into
which the impounded dogs not reclaimed by
their owners are put, when they nre about to be
destroyed. The Exprtss describes tue rest:
The last dog--a huge b!ack female, in IN in
:-resting eonditin- had been put in, and thu
rap waH fastened down. And now the yelling
rus fsigltfuI A noxious exhalation arose from
.'.e packed -cistern, md IN intense heat was
: ,'mitted. Long before the water could he ap-
piled, the dogs at the bottom must havc becn
-uf1ocatcd for upwards Of two hundred dogs Of
i! sizes, we're packed 10 = cistern Of about
.welve feet square and about sesen feet deer.
It Was perfect canine hole Of Calcutta, and If
lie ulud eau conceive Of Mayor TieMaan as Sd
..jah, Duwlah, Marsl,all Stephens, who superiu.
ended the whole afi.ir, as tue sentry, and tue
.oys as British soldiers {a'i Christians are dogs
i MaLosuaedan eyes( tue parallel will be com-
,letc.
Ali being prepared, tho hose was run frnm the
.ug ou tue street IL thB clstern. aud lie wafer
=, IL. To tbosc On top the cooling bath must
,,ave been temporary rclicf, aud they seemed
:atltr tn cflioy II; hut it WAS not to Inst The
utter rose higher Tic ycp. BECAME fainter and
inter, and in a short tisue MI wAs husled and
til.
Carts were now brought m the pier, and the
lead bodies taken trv.n the cistcrn nnd placed
:creiil fur conreyaue to the ploce where such
',4rri"n is usually deposited, aier which another
,stcl, Of dogs underwent IL sitnsiar operation.
i'll all had gisen up the ghost that IL, surprising
he nesemrsy Ghosts to be true, and that dogs
| aud ghosts ~ give up.
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:33trss Griiht111e,


DEMOCRATS AND FOR EIGNERS. :.
T4ae late letter OF Secrelasy Cass to Mr.. Felix
Le Clare, Of Tennessee, in which the Inter is
informed that i ho visits France, though as-
naturalized cititizcn oi tho United States, lie
can expect no mid from This government, II
while there lie is included iu the consciptor,
is .eEusa illustration os .as- tandaucy ofstha
Democracy toward everything that il despotic,
as well as a complete back-out Of the principle
laid down By Ar. Marcy in tho celebrated
koszta case. 1t will bc bosnc III mind BY or
natur:lized citizens that this letter comes from
tho Cabinet put iu power by tho pary that
processes uubouuled lovc for citizens fof for:
cisu birth, and that Is nov IN pretended spasn,s
of.gony over the alleged attempt Of handful
orfanatics III Massachusetts 10 put omigrants
en footing with runaway slaves. According
to Nj. Cass, American citizenship is larce;
and ono who goss through tile process pre-.
scribed by our laws and has conferred upon
linn the rights and privileges Of a native -of
tie country, fluids just at thu time when lie
most needs to plead tile iuviolabllity Of citizen
ship, that he has paid lor a character which is
not respected by tho governments Of Europe,
and which will not be defended by the govern
mc1,t at home! We doubt it the American
people Will bc satisfied with this declaration
which it has pleased tue Democracy to make.
1t is necessary to the growth and prosperity
Of this country that the right Of q citizen to
czpatriate himself, and in accordance with law,
bind himself III allegiance to other govern
mcnts, should be maintained; su1d it is noqcs-
sary to the maintenance Of just laws that iu
the exercise Of that right every man not con-
vicled Of crime Should he protected These
ideas lay III tile bottom Of the action Of the
government i'll tue Koszta case; and their
abandonment now hy tho party that makes i
religious merit Of reclai:nins tugitives from
sllvery, is sad evidence of american dcgen-
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The BALLOON Ascension Mt kalamazoo.

Prof.. Ranpister, faiher-in-1aw Of the late ILL.,
satcd TLurston, made bis long-cspccted ascen-
sion from tlat place on Tuesday the sth inst,
before twenty thousand people. This balloon.
which wns built under the supervision Of Mr.
Thurston, cost $3.50. It is CT feet IN length,
70 feet in diameter. and has capacity Of sG,ooo
cubic feet One thousand feet of oiled silk were
ased in its construction. The whole weight,
sbcn prepared forit arial voyage is l73 pounds,
md when fully inflated is capable Of lifting
1000 pounds, requiring fifteen thousand feet Of
.as to initiate it. When starting, two ropes used
10 secure the tent in which it bud been placed,
occame cntansled with the balloon, aud for u
moment it vas 10 q most critical condition, but
it finally cleared itself and usoended. The next
lay telegraph from station Oil the. Dctro''
aud Milwaukee Railroad, announced tho saf&
,1esrrnt at Tint nInce
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Grain OF Last YEARS. Crops

!: 4 gentleman who has been travelling, e1ten-
recently, informs the Peoria 1rdnserlpf that he
met farmers in several instances who had on
hand, in the aggregate. thousands Of bushels Of
good sound wheat anl corn from former crops,
and which has never get been offered for
sale.
In nacoupen county, according 70 ne Demo
ing still ou hand a,096 bushels Of wheat, raised
two years ago-
We learn there arc thousands Of bushels OF
Yuiu still in the hands Of the hr1nefd Of Sauga-
mon, 1nneh Of which has been kept from market
sy ;he 9taGst 3. 'nPssse,s ee4as!oeof o ths roads
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Thu annual mountstn rise frnm the Missouri
Fi1er will be upon III in few days. Tie steam
" Emlgraat 1eft Fort Randall on Friday morn
1ng, June I'D, and Aer odieers REPORT tho river
rising very rapidly Ut the Fort It bad sx4lled
rise near Council Bluff Oh thair return. The
probably extent uf tte swku could not b aseer.
ta'ned, but It is thonght that it will not sxceed
hve Or ki< feet Ut this port. The Emigrent was
Obliged TO wait for tAs rise at point sixty n,ilcs
below ,Rsndal1. aud tho ofticers OF the boat re-
port The swell very rHpid. The fall Of the rircr
Mississippi rise, which il very heavy between
st. Paul and Dnbuduc.-St. Loait Republican.
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i. PERTkcs1oxoF CoES1kRsn1cse.-Ths-s -spu1i-
ous bills Of thu Brighton (Mass:j Bank, which
engFaver himself believed TO be genuine. 1t
was only whan mtcrt scope was used that the
bills were discovered to BE- counterfeit. Tbey
were 50 Perfectly executed. th ut it is said it
WOULD be impossible for any practiscd eye to
discover the difference without the aid Of tho
nlicroxcone.
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E1urdtt0nat.
31lanos, @usic, Ctr.

IT II. HIGGINS, MUSIC PUB
LIZ Usher IS Lake strret: hss s.tll On hand To
1Ec.t tntk Of Musical ziescaudlae kspt y my othtf
:c1se In the Nor~cs. Sole Agent E're celebrated
eNestc Ne:olson~ made b H1oa I aiau,lin lso9on
~, agent fsr Lsh:s Merton + traAsn1}s rlANOs. y
eer In the .td. .7d w 1ott import
EceharIa improvements 1ast.a Of using l1ga = not
reae sound-or usi.3 wood Il the ordinary Eay Eh.ea
F1uers weaken the fa OF tho lnanaent
xateu the krrase,s 2osl.a strength Is rt9ul. cnt
Es. ac1oss the zra.n Of The woo l-ac Sewtnn rad.
bury nes5ad wherby thsy spring lhs patent W1ast
luto prc1es form the AID u and powerful nacn
err straia Of viii u1ako co fnprkou On The
arch while the trrs Of wocd Esti Of belnx Weaxe I'D
~ ts continuity betnx interrupted At short tance. havs
4sE natural pevet Of 1.staaoa EaAY AnFanted ey t5s
peco}ar form thev n1adt In the 14tant A1th
Eeess. Ev-sy =1zEuaert y yaz9s1:sd-
All kt1Gs cfChurvA MQsic Books for saa.
The cheapest md hie,t Glee Book u the AttFfHA'
IA P1ee Hnxc eopy = etatA aene By nail poMpad pes
dQxen tA. All oIttf1 must he Ad1f1aAt to IL. n HlG.
CiSS. Is Lake street ChlcaEo. t413hs9t1y
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Gn-A ASH; or the Trre Of Existence 4 Po+m by JANE.
CaAlIIS Author Of the Gave u Nartrah, ald 0ihr;
poems FMladelplsa: Enes.y 1.4S1aton- Chltax":
4 n


"lgdrasil' belungs 10 that sleepy sort of lits-
:aturc known as diaactic poety-ground which
shakespeare, Milton, Dante ncver trod; which
Young and Pollok lost their c|'ances Of i'm.
mortality By cssaying. The theme Of Ar. cha;-
lci's poem is found ia the following passage
from Carlyle:
II like too that representation they hurc Of
:he tree Igdrasil: All life i: figured by them rs
i tree. lgdrasil-thc Ash free Of Existence
Ia. its roots down in the Kingdoms Of Hcln, or
death; its trunk reaches up hearcn'hlgh,
spreads its boughs over tue whole universe; IT
is the tree of Existence. At the f"ot Of it in
.he deatb-kinKdum sit three Norulas-Fates-
shc Past, Present, Future, watering its rog!s g!
rom the sacred well. III
;,ougtas nrc histories Of nations. Tie rustic q
| !. is the noise uf human existence-uuwHrd>
rom The old. 1t grows there, the breath Of
4usnau passion rushing through 1t. or kiora'~
:n>t, the stnrn, wind bowling through it like the
toice Of all the gods. It Is lgdras the tree o!
existence. 1t is tie past, the present, and the
| .uture."
In his ambitious effort to tnrn this idea into
sort Of didsctic epic, We are bound to say th4 :
the author Of '*lgdrasil' has made considera-
blc failure Yet, there are occasional passages,
| where Mr.. Challen has omitted to give lessons
in morals, or initiate Fes|us, in which we find
rcal rythm and music. Parts aud VII, for in
stance, arc very pleasant, and, separated from
the rest Of the book. would create for their
| author 4 respectable beginning in the field of
poetry. But the remainder is clearly tho pro
duct Of bad health and rhyming dictionary.
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RQuc4s


The best ilfustratiuu in the last number Of the
London Punch, represents Ar. Punch in the act
1t handing muskes to au Italian organ-grinder
with the following words of advice:
"1ts pity that you should turn handle to
make such nasty noise! Here's an Instrument
for you. Go and play upon it in your own coun-
COLLEEN RrLEs or LIFE
Nerer contradict a woman when she il abus.
ing her husband d-.Never read your letters just
,ctore going To bed, as they may damage YOUR
steer-Serer ask favor of man until be has
Lined, unless you wish 70 get refused Never
m9n'se how French dish il made, Is The so!u-
inn Of the mystery uay hare the effect Of spoil
ing yoar appetite
TIE G10 BOUNTY AKN.
What U Eagle With Bea., Bear with Eagle consoyts7
nc theaE ptesa what they mag We'll be scdy to burke
With IL .l.sy eight poanae. t1.. hoxa from onr
Andeao ugh Il E,'ani teu: Founders to work en-
IMPERIAL cHEs-r1ArEhs.
Leading article writers delight in alluding to
1tx]y as the political cbesa-board." We sup
pose, then, it may be said with perfect fairness
u tie Emperor Of Austria, when he pledged
his crown and jewels. that be plsyed his first
pnwn.
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TUE TIN TRUMPET. NeW Yotk: D. Aff1K1uS q co.
Chicago: s. G. Gkoos 4 Co.
The "Tin Trumpet" is Il collection Of short
.ayings-whifa Of dogmatism On all manner OF
topics-in imitation Of Rer. C. c. Colton's La
ron, and much inferior to that racy collection Of
thoughts. The "Tin Trumpet" is not an anbi
tious name. and its author is not m ambitious
man. if we muy judge SO from the fact that his
cognomen is vcilcd III obscurity- Hence he j:
not obnoxious to very severe criticism. We
have read far enough, however, into tic 'Tit'
Trumpet" 70 discover that its wit is yerJ aQp''
Ire aud its wisdom dreadfully commonplace.
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TIE nOY,s BOOK OF TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE.
I;y SAxCEt c. ] uxEs. New YORK: u. Appleton q Co
Chicago; ) L. GEsss 4 TO.
This is i volume Of more than ordinary merit
,u the department ofiuvcniic literature 1t en'-
traces travels in Norway, Ja Jan. Durmah, Ae21.
II, tue Sout1, Sens, etc. and adventures anlou1
'rlndeer. elephunts, tigers, VII les and anaco''-
,Ias. 1t is mainly new, and nll interesting 'u
,oys and girls. Su,ne parts of it will be found
instructive to children Of IN older growth.
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For the Bossier Banner.
THE DYING LOVE.
8Y ALPHA.

Was it for this that have loved thee,
For this my spirit clings to thine ?
Would to God that could wake thee
That ! might always call thee mine.
Was it for this that have travelled,
TO win a fame in foreign lands?
Fer this that | have once more sought
thee,
SO clasp thy cold and puIseIeas hands?
Was it for this crossed the ocean,
For this left my native shore 2
Te End, nowthar l've come to claim
thee,
Thy sleeping beauty wakes no more
Oh for the Aeeting days that won her,
Give backssf God their golden crown,
Tar off the laurels have brought her.
And dash my foreign trophies down.
Wake Laura, wake ! thy love is near
thee
Wake but to smile on him AGAIN
Wake but to still his hearts wild beating
And drive away this nameless pain.
Bet Laura sleeps on--stiII and softly
in whisp'rifgs from the realms of
bliss,
Hsr happy spirit stoops to cheer him,
And bless him in the zephyrs' kiss
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smile Of scorn which curls her neither
lip because Lapstone bows to her inthe
street. Has she forgotten that her
paternal grandfather was a hod carrier /
Is she any better in her purple and
and fine linen than he was 10 Lis 'hod-
den grayY We trow not, Yet she
plays out brief existence, aud dc.
scends to the tomb, unhonored and
unsung,' because she has never done
anything which can live in the hearts
Of her fellow cratures, after sha has
traversed the reckless river Of death.
Anon we come to the willful womaa,
and she is doubtless the most pervese
specimen Of feminine divinity that ever
wore hoops two yards in diameter. You
had as well undertake to foretaIl the
verdict Of petit jury as TO form any
opinion as to what course she will pur.
sue on any given occasion. She will
ride the most dangerous horse, cross
the most slippery foot-log, climb the
steepest precipice, at the risk of getting
her precious neck broke, because some.
body has told her not to do 50. She
refuses to marry the man she loves,
lest he should think he Influenced her
will, aud runs away with Augustus
Frizzle, for nothing else than that she
heard her father threaten to apply the
toe of his boot to his fabled seat of
honor
There are many other kinds Of wo-
men, about whom we have no space
to speak at preasent, so we viii content
ourself with what we have said.
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WHEN ARE THEY PRETr1Esr-The
following may interest the ladies--the
gentlemen may pass BY it:
A wife looks prettier, II she did
but know is, in her neat morning dress
ofcalico, than in an incongruous pile Of
fnery which she dignifes with the title
of full dress. Many an unmarried fe-
male first wins the heart Of her future
husbandin some simple, uapretending
attire, il consulted about which she
would pronounce too cheap except for
ordinary wear, but which by its acci.
dental suitability to her figure, face
and carriage, idealize her youth won
.derfully. If the sex would study taste
in dress more, and care less for costili-
ness they would have no reason to re
gret it."
That's 50 ladies, depend upon it. II
is peefectly natural and proper. A
foolish and silly man Is not worth mar
rying, and assnsible man win surely
judge you nsgsously in exac.
ratio to the plainness and simplicity Of
your dress.
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FrRsr LovE.-The first glad moment
IN our first love is vision which re-
turns to us To the last, and brings with
a thrill Of feeling intense and special as
the reccurrent sensation Of sweet
odor breatheh in far off hour Of happi.
ness. It is a memory that gives 3
more exquisite touch Of tenderness,
that feeds the madness Of jealousy, and
add the last keeness to the agony Of
despair.--[A Adam Bede.
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RTCHD W. TURNER,

i ttorney and Counsellor at Lay.
n Will practice his profession, IN
the District courts Of Bossier, Rien-
vile. Claiborne, and in the Supreme
court at Monroe. Mr.. Turner pledgps
himself to give his undivided attention
10 the prompt discharge Of all business
entrusted to his care. Office, Belle
sue, La. ylnl
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An Indian once brought up lion.
and finding bin weak and harmless,
never attempted to control him. Every
day the lien gained in strength, and
became more unmanageable, until, at
last, when excited by rage, he fell upon
the Indian and tore him to pieces. Our
evil habits and passions very much re-
semble that lion.
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If your wife runs away, don't run
after her; if you DO, there will be two
fools in the chase. When Mrs. Brown
has got 50 far MS to escape from you
on the wing, she can no longer be
usuful institution. The sooner Mr..
Brown congratulates himself on his
fortunate riddance, the more sensible
he will be
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The following humorous explanation
renders the aurora borealis mystery as
clear las clear as las clear as-crys-
talized mud:
THE AURORA BoREALTs.--A lady
friend Of ours is anxious to know the
recent celestial visitor. We give it, as
we studied it, a long time since -
When the melofygistic temperature Of
The horizon is such to calorocise the
imprurient indentation of hemisphere
analogy, the cohesion of the borax cur
bristus becomes surcharged with infn-
tessimals, which are thereby deprived
of their fissural disquiritious. This
affected, a rapid change is produced in
the thorambumpter of the guyasticutis
palerium which causes connalcular in
the hexagonal antipathies ofthe terres-
tsium acqua verusii. The clouds then
become mass Of deodorumized spec
ula of cermocular light which can
only be seen when it is VISIBLE.
We hope our friend will be satisfied
with this explanation.
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CHAP. r1-rHE wAupEEER Return

ChAF. AI---lt III W 0ANbBs I'm ltETGkNs
The Juke was Moses the Sassy. He
had bin in France about sixteen years
and now he was home agin in Bosting.
He han some trubbls in getti g his
self acknowledged - Duke in France,
as the Orleans Dieuasty and Borebones
were fernenst him. but he finally con.
kered. and nov he has crossed the
deep blue G to ct his own Elizy. She
knew him onct, as one of his ears
and portion ofhis nose had bin chaw-
ed off in bis ights with opposition FIRE
men durig boyhood's snnny hours
They were married and went to France
to reside ID their ducal Pills which
was got up regardlis Of expense. They
had several children, ana lived to 8
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nR. 2. H. FTSHER.

Having permanently located in
- Bellevue, would respectfully
efer his professional services to the
people of Bellevue and vicinity, in the
various branches of his profession. Of
fee adjoining the Planters Hotel. 7
vl-nl
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green old age, beluved "by all both
CRATE and small" as the Poick seq.

gEeeh oiu age, DeiuVed py ah Uotu
CRATE and small,n as the Poick seq.
The Pirut Captin was captured, tride,
convicted and sentenced to read all the
letters that Messrs. Giddings and Wise
shall write for the ensooin 4 years. His
friends tried to get his sentunce COM
muted to Imprisonment for life, l hour
each day to be devoted to readin in
the Canada papers. He sez this SEN
tunce is worser nor tother one vas
Still he don't care much, as long as he
gets bis meals regular.
This is my 1st effort at writin Tail,
and it is far from being perfeck, but if
| hev embossed folks to see that in 9
cases out of ten, they can either make
Life as barren as the Dessert of Sarah
or as joyous as flower garding, my OBJ
ject will have bin accomplished.
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DIR. J. ]. CARSTARPHEN

ID eilevue, La, being permanent lo-
D Gated in Bellevue, would respect
fully tender his professional services
10 tkacitizens of this place and vicinity.
Office next door south Of Spurlin u
Vests store,
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To make a young lady six fathoms
deep in happiness, give her two canary
birds, hslfa dozen moonbeams. twelve
yards Of silk, an in ice cream, several
rose buds, a squeeze of the hand, and
the promise of a new bonnet If she
don't melt 4 will be because she cant.
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q. w, LOGAN, JR. EUGENE soNIAr.
W. c. c. CLAIBORNE, JR.
L0GAN, SONIATS- CLAIBORNE
q uccessors to Duncan & Logan. Get
- ton Factors and Commission
Merchants, No. 81 Carondolet street,
Union Row, New Orleans. vlnl
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Did you ere know young lady who
was too weak to stend up during pray
ers in church, who could not dance all
night without being iiredl
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Y. SHIDET,

w atch- Maker and Jeweler. ens
w Dealer in fine watches, EfAs.
iewelry and diamonds. Texas Es.,8
street, between S. Haber's and 'A.
Marks stores, Shreveport, La.
Watches and Jewelry repaired eald
vl-na
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r. G. LISTER.

TTouse, sign and ornamental painter.
u Paper hanging, gilding, glazing
and immitation Of all kinds OF wood
and marble, upholstering, DC.
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MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.

Northern Mail--Leaves Thursday 6 A.
u. Arrives Friday;9P. Pm. i
Southern Mail-Leavks Friday s A. NJ
Arrives Saturday 6 +. M.
Eastern Mail-Arrivss Daily Ii A. Il.
Leaves 12 n.
Westera Mail-Arrives Daily IL A "
Leaves2 P. M.
Walnut HiLl-Leavee Monday 7 A. N.
Arrives Tuesday 6 r. N.
j. NJ. JONES, r. M.
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Z. N. NErTT,
GO. WLLTAMSOM,

A ttorney at Law. Will continue
n the practice in the parishes of
Bossier, Caddo and DeSoto. He will
also attend to all the business Of
Lendrum & Williamson, in the above
parishes. y1nI@
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For YoUNe MEN TO THINK or
In the latest of his preachings "Popu-
lar proverbs" DR.. Holland closes a
thoughtful and suggestive discourse
with remarks to young men, on sensu-
al pleasures which deserve to be
thought of
"Ohl. if this world could rise out OF
this swamp of sensuality, rank with
weeds and dark with deadly vapors
full of vipers, thick with pitfalls, and
lurid with deceptive lights-and stand
upon the secure heights Of virtue,
where Gods sun shines, and the winds
Of heaven breathe blandly and health
fully; how would human life become
blessed and beautiful! The great
burden of the world rolled of, how
would it spring forward in a grand
career of porperity and progress! this
change, for this country, rests almost
entirely upon the young men Of the
country. 1t lies with them more than
any other class, and more than all
other classes, to say whether this coun-
try shall descend still lower in its path
to brutality, or rise higher than the
standard of its loftiest dreams. The
devotees ofsense, themselves greatly
lost their power for good and compar-
atively few win change their course of
life. Woman viii be pure if man will
be true. Young men this great re-
suit abides with youa If you could
but see how beautiful /. flower grows
upon the thorny stalk Of self-denial, you
would give the plant the honor it de-.
serves. fit seems hard and homely,
despise it not; for in it sleeps the beau
ty of heaven aud the breath of angels.
If you do not witness the glory of its
bloming during the day Of light, its de
tails will open when the night Of death
comes, and gladden. your closing eyes
with their mavelous loveliness, and fill
your soul with their grateful perfume" !"