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Alexander Hamilton said to an intimate
friend Men give me some credit for
genius All the genius l have lies just in
this When have a subject iu hand
study it profoundly Day aud night it is
before me- Iexplore in it al its bearings.
Ny mind becomes pervaded with it. Then
the effort which I make, the people are
pleased to call the fruit genius Il is the
fruit Of labor and ihought
Mr. Webster once replied to a gentleman
who pressed him to speak on a subject of
great importance. The subject interests
ue deeply but | have not time There,
sir, pointing to huge pile Of letters on the
table, is pile of unanswered letters to
which I must reply before the close Of the
ssioa (which was three days off l have
10 time to master the subject so as to DO it
justice -
But Mr. Webster, & few words from
you would DO much to awaken public at
tention to it D"
IF there is 50 much weight in my words
as you represent, it is because | do not
allow myself TO speak On any subject until
my mind becomes imbued with it.
Demosthenes was once urged to speak
on a sudden aud great emergency. Il am
not prepared, said he, and obstiuately re
fused.
The law of labor is equally binding on
genius and ueliocFiry.
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VOL. AZ: NO. 6.
ELECTRICITY.

Perhaps one Of the most novel applica-
tons of electricity has been made BY Robert
Houndin, who hves in the village of Saint
Gervais, short distance from the city of
Blois, in France A visitor presenting bin
self before the door sees a gilt plate bearing
the name Of Robert Houdin, below which
IS small gilt knocker. He raises this. and
no matter how feeble the blow. delicately
turned chime Of bells, sounding through the
mansion announces his presence When
the attendant touches button placed iD
the hall the chime ceases, the bolt at the
entrance is thrown back, the name of Rob
ert Hogdin disappears from the door, and
i0i,s place appears the word 'entrez" in
white enamel. The visitor pushes open the
door and euters: it closes with a spring be-
hind him, aud he cannot depart without per
mission. By certain number Of chimes
which are sounded the number Of visitors is
announced When carriage arrives at the
gate, the movement Of the gate is announc-
at the house. The letter box, too, has an
electric communication With the house. The
carrier, previously instructed, drops in frst
all the printed matter together; then be
adds the letters, one by one Each addition
sounds the chime. And when he is desired
to take away letters for mailing, another
chime ola special nature, warns him that
they are ready. An electric current regu-
lates the time throughout the house, Mr.
Houdin's study clock being the standard.
Every morning this clock sends, at different
hours, electric impulses to awaken three
persons. But in addition, the apparatus
forces them to rise, by continuing to sound
until the circuit is broken by moving a small
key placed at the further end of the room.
To do this the sleeper must rise, and then
the object sought is accomplished. The
temperature Of the green house is also re-
corded by electricity, so that the gardner
cannot neglect his duties without his master
knowing all about it; and he evidently re-
CARDS Houdin as a sorcerer.
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CoxcERNING LoNGFELLow.

The family Of the poet consists Of two
sons, who have arrived at manhood, ano
three bright, merry charming little daugh-
ters Tie reader has not forgotten the ter
rible accident by which, some years ago, Nj
LougleiIow lost beautiful and universally
beloved wife lady of family, of most
graceful culture, and kindness of hear
which will long be remembered by the neigh
borhool in which she was the most shining
though most modest ornament Since that
frightiul event, the husband has been
changed man.
Those who remember him in his hap
py married li'e-who recolect the genial
exubersnce of his spirits the eheerfulness
OF his disposition, the warmth of his vel
come, the brilh lht wit which flowed constant
ly, the buoyaney OF soul upon which shone
the sunshine Of life, and athwart which
cloud never seemed to pass-note with grief
the expression of settled melancholy, the
love of solitude, aud the quickly grown
white locks which one sees to day.
Still LoUgfellow is not so far changed but
that the kindness of heart, the old warmth
OF friends hip, the old love of the bright
and beautiful things of the world, and OF
letters, still exist At times, and not sell
dom, that noble and now venerable face
lights up with genial checrfulness, the
sparkling brilliancy of speech comes out,
and il is evident that sorrow has caused no
decline Of intellectual vigor, no bitterness Of
temper, 20 diminution in the Old love Of
mankind.
Let Us, without impertinence, take few
notes of the poets personal appearance, as
he passes US of a morning on the way to the
Square. man above the middle height,
and although stout, solid aud well proper
toned; head now little bent, noble, poet
ie head with long waving hair, nearly
white, reaching almost to the shoulder;
forehead high and square, the hair brushed
well back; blue, brilliant, genial eyes--tTne
eyes of poet, which observe everything; a
long pose, long uouslaehe, which creeps
down and joins eowiug beard that rests
upon his breast; the hair and beard not too
slrucely arranged, careessIy aud naturally
disposed; the whole countenance strikingly
handsome, active, wide-avake beaming with
unusual Intelligence. of late ratriarchal, the
face OF a poet philosopher, fne and hith-
erto impossible study for the artist, for no
artist has yet fixed just portrait of Long
fellow.
His face needs the touch of an old Master;
Titan would have done it wortbly. The
broad forehead is wIiukled rather with sor-
row than great age, for the poet is not yet
beyond the prime of life; he is much young,
er than be looks to be- But he is a very diff
ferent, aud If a more patriarchal, certainly
far Dobler face than that which one sees
in frontispieces, representing him in early
manhood The dress is neat and plain
tasteful far from ostentatious, by no means
careless, or Of the silly romantic Byronic or.
r. 1t is Of that character which is mol
noticeable in any way; the highest art, AZ
We conceive of dressing.
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A YOUNG MANS CHARACTER.

No young man who has just Sc Dse Of his
own value will sport with his character A
Watchful regard to bis character in early
youth will be inconceivsble to him in all the
remaining years of his after life. When
tempted TO deviate from strict propriety of
department, he should ask himself, Can l
afford this Can l endure hereafter to
look back upon this
1t is of amazing worth to a young man to
have pure mind; for this IS the foundation
of pure character mind, in order to
be kept pure, must be employed in topics Of
thought which are themselves lovely,
ehastened, aud elevating. That the mind
has in its own power the selection of Its
theme of meditation. IF youth knew how
irightful we're the moral depFivations which
a cherished habit of loose imagination pro-
duces on the soul-they would shun them
as the bite OF serpent The power of
books to excite the imagination is a fearful
element of moral death when employed iu
the service of vice.
The cultivation of an amiable, elevated
and glowing heart, alive to all the beauties
of nature aud all the sublimities Of truth,
invigorates the intellect, gives to the will in
dependence Of baser passions, and to the
affections the power Of adhesion to
whatever is pure, good and grand, which is
adapted to lead out the whole nature Of a
man into those scenes Of action and impres
sion by which its energies may be most ap
propriately employed, aud by which lis high
destination may be most efectualIy reached.
The opportunities for exciting these iacuI-
ties in benevolent aud self denying efforts
for the welfare of our fellow men are SO
many and great, that it is really worth while
10 live The heart which is truly evan
gelically benevolent may luxuirate in an age
ike this. The promises of God arc inex-
pressibly good, the main tendencies ofthing>
so manifestly in accordance with them, the
extent Of moral influence is so great, and
the effects of its employment so visible, that
whoever aspires after benevolent action and
reaches for things that remain for US, to the
true dignity of its nature, can find free
scope for his intellect, and all inspiring
themes for the heart.
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If YOU CAN EARN A LIVING, STAY
AT HOME.

We are often addressed by young men and
persons of family for information in regard
to this, that and the other place. with
view OF emigrating from their old homes 10
some new place. The most Of these letters
are from the South, and their Inquiries are
in respect to the West and the Territories.
Ia answer to all OF these inquiries, we would
say honestly and from experience. in the
words with which we head this article. "If
you can earn a lieing, stay at home r And
who cannot do best where he is best known
but rascal ? It is delusion to suppose
that one can do better somewhere else than
at home, where be was raised. or has long
lVed-a delusion which experience fully es-
tabishes in 80 cases in every hundred.
Young men with small means can do no
more in the west than in the East, North
and South, and as is too often the case,
much worse. Ii takes more money to make
living in the West, as general thing, than
elsewhere; more money and greater labor,
tor prices Of labor are no greater; wages are
really lower, than elsewhere, If the emf
grant is a farmer, be finds land but little
cheaper, and the cost of establishing him
self, and Of getting his products to market,
much greater than in more populous neigh
bUrhOods. rs in the past fortunes are
not acquired in the West honorably at this
age The labor in the mines is the hardest
IN the world and the return not as great as
that earned by any good citizen in any Of
he cities. To make money easy in the far
West needs large cash capital, or stock
Of mean whisky Few are doing SO well in
Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah and
Nevada, or east of these territories in Iowa
Nebraska, Kansas aud Minnesota-as those
who follow up the line Of construction on
the L. z. R. R., and scll rot gut whisky to
the hands employed. What young man,
who reads this, would give up his friends
and home in the South or East to make
money by such means We know OF what
We speak, when we say that al that has
been said OF the hashy towns cf the West
aud the wondrous inducements held out to
emigrants, are delusions. There is nothing
but deception in store fer al who rely upon
the coloringS put upon the West by those
whose interest it is to delude people into
emigrating westward. We say to all, il
you can earn living at home, stay there
If you can make living where you are, it
is perhaps more than you viii make in the
West. Stay at home-do the best you can
act honorably-be discreet and judicious,
and you will be happier and weaIhier in
time than if you are led about by popular
decentinns- = Hntchnlnn-
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CROCK NE TO sLEEP.,,


Backward, turn backward, 0 Time in your
flight
Make me child again-just for to night
Mother, come back from the echoless shore,
Take me again to your heart as Of yore;
Kiss from my forehead the furrows Of care,
Smooth the lev silver threads out Of my hair:
Over my slumbers your loving watch keep
Rock me to sleep, Mother-roek me to sleepl
Backward, flow backward, o swift tide of
years
| am weary Of toll, am weary of tears:
Toll without recomieuse, tears all ia vain,
Take them, and give me my childhood again!
/ have grown weary of dust and decay,
Weary of finging my soul wealth away,
Weary Of sowing for others to reap;
Rock me to sleep, Motber-rock me to sleepl
Tired Of the hollow, The base the untrue:
Mother, Mother my heart calls for youl
Many summer the grass has grown green,
Blossomed sEd faded, our faces between;
Yet with strong yearning aud passionate pain,
Long tonight for your presence again
Come from the silence so long and so deep
Rock me to sleep, Muther-rock me to sleep!
Over my heart in the days that are flown,
No love like mothers lose ever has sh lwn;
No other worship abides aud eudures,
Faithful, unselish, and patient, Ike yours;
None like mother can charm away pain
From the sorrowinR soul and the world weary
brain
Slumbers sof, calm DER my heavy lids creep,
Rock me to sleep, Nother-rock NE TO sleep.
Come, let your brown hair, jus, lighted with
gold,
Fall on your shoulders again as of old;
Let it fall over my forehead to-night,
Shielding my eyes from the Pickering light,
For oh with its sunny edged shadows once
more,
Hapiy will throng the sweet visions Of yore;
Lovingly, sofcly its bright biilows sweep
Rock me to sleep, Mother-rock ne to sleel
Mother, dear Mother, the years have been
long
Since last was hushed by your lullaby song;
Since, then, again-to my soul it shall seem
Womauhood years have been only dream;
Clasp to your arms in loving embrace,
With your soft, lashes just sweeping my face,
Never hereafter to wake or to weep;
Rock me TO sleep, Mother-rock me to sleep.
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How completely the pastoral life Of the
East now reproduces the pictures so vividly
drawn for Us in the Scriptures, has been
many times remarked, but it Is long since
We have seen so eloquent and striking a de
scription of a scene which fulhlls these con
ditions as in the following picture of a mod
ell patriarch among the Algerines, from Mr.
Henry Black burns Artists and Arabs:
Around the camp this evening there are
groups of men and women standing, that
bring forcibly to mind those prints of the
early patriarchs from which we are apt to
take our FIRST, aud perhaps, most vivid i'm
pres,ionS ofeastern life; and we cannot Won
der at French artists attempting to illus
trste Scriptural scenes from incidents in
Algeria. There are Jacob and Joseph, a.
one might imagine them, to the life; Ruth
in the fields, and Rachel by the well and
there is patriarch coming down the noun
tain, with light about his head as the sun :
last rays burst upon him, that Herbert
might well have seen when he was painting
Moses with the tables of the law. The eE
feet is accidental, but is perfect in an artis-
ric sense, from the solemnity Of the man,
the attitude of his crowd of followers, the
grand mountain forms which are partially
it up by CLEANS Of sunset, and the sharp
-hadows cast by the throng. This man nIay
have been a warrior chief, or the herd of a
tribe; be certainly was the head Of large
family, who pressed round him to anticipate
his wants and do him honor. His children
seemed to be everywhere abori him; they
were his furniture, they warmed his tent
aud kept out the wind; they begged for him,
prayed for him, and generally helped him
on his way. Looked upon as a colored
statue, he was in some respect perfect
type of beauty, strength, and dignifed re-
pose-W hat we might itly call study, as
he sat waiting, whilst the woman prepared
his evening meal: but whether from a moral
point of view he quiet deserved all the res
pect and Difference that was paid 10 him,
IS another question As picture, as we
said before, he was magnificent, and there
was regal air with which We, clad in the
custom of advanced civilization, coul not but
admire and envy. He had the advantage
of US in every way, and made US feel it &C
cutely. He had splendid arm, and We
could see il; the finer contour and color OF
his head and neck were surrounded by white
! folds, but not concealed
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GOETHE tells the following story, which
amusingIy illustrates the capacity of the
Rhinelanders for drink: The Bishop Of
Mayepce once delivered sermon against
drunkenness, and after painting in the
strongest colors the evils Of over indulgence,
concluded as follows: But the abuse OF
wine does not exclude its use, for II Is @rlt-
ten that wine rejoices the heart Of man.
Probably there is not one in my congre
CATION who cannot drink four bottles of vine
Without feeling any disturbance Of his senses
but If any man at the seventh or eigh h bot
tie so forgets himself as to abuse aud str ke
his wife and children and treat his best
friends as enemies, let him look into his
conscience, and in future always stop at he
sixth bottle. Yet if after drinking eight,
or even ten or twelve bottles, be can still
take his Christian neighbor lovingly BY the
hand and obey the orders of his spiritual
and temporal superiors, let him thankfully
drink his modest draught He must be
careful, however, as to taking any more, for
it is seldom that Providence gives any one
the special grace TO drink sixt, en- bottles at
a sitting as it has enabled me, its unworthy
servant, to do without either neglecting my
duties or losing my temper.
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NEWSPAPER LAws.--We would call the special
attention Of Post Masters and subscribers to the
TsoUIsER 70 the following synopsis Of The News
paper laws:
l. A Postmaster is required to give notice By
letter returning paper does not answer the law
when a subscriber dees not take his paper oat Of
the Office, and state The tor its not being
taken; and a neglect 10 do so makes the Postmas-
ter repsonsible to the publishers for the payment
2. Any person who takes paper from the Post
Office, whether directed TO his name or another or
whether he has subscribed or not is responsible
for the pay.
s. If person orders his paper discontinued, be
must pay all arrearages, the publisher may
continue to send it until payment is made, and
olleet the whole amount, 1kethsr t be taken from
The office or not There can be no legal discontn-
usHee until the payment Is made.
(. II the Subscriber orders his paper 10 be
stopped Rt certain time, and the publisher con
tinues TO send, the subscriber is bound to pay for
it, # he takes it our Of The Posi Office The law
pFoeesds upon the ground that man must pay
for what he uses.
>. The courts have decided that refusing to take
newspapers and periodicals from the Post ofice.
or removing and having thom unealled for, is
Prima faciG evidence OF Intentional fraud.
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much easier after each Of them. that when
ever storm came, and prevented the resort
TO The piazza, the invalid suffered in conse-
quence thereof Whether these remarks
viii prove to our readers that want OF snn-
light may be reckoned among the causes Of
consumption, may well be doubted, but we
t,ust they will eonyiuce some skeptic that
sunlight has potent influence in raising the
human body from various weaknesses that
sometimes are the precursors Of fatal phthis-
ic -AtlaHtic Hoathy
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WHAT TO READ.-Are you deficient in
taste? Read tbe best Enali>h poets, such
as Gray and Goldsmith Pope aud Thomp
son, Cowper aud CoIeridgc, Seolt and
Wordsworth
Are you deficient in imagination Read
Milton and Akenside, and Burke aud
Shakespeare.
Are you deficient in power Of reason
Read ChiIiagworth, and Bacon, and Locke.
Are you deficient il Judgment and good
sense in the common affairs Of life Read
Franklin.
Are you deficient in sensibiIity? Read
Geihe and Mackenzie
Are you defcien, in political knowledge?
Read Monlesquien, the "Federalist, -
Webster and CaIh un.
Are you deficient in patriotism? Read
Demothenes. aud the Life Of Washing
ton.
Are you deficient in conscience Read
some ofPresid,nt Edwards works
Are you deficient 10 piety? Read the
Bibe.
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A STORY is told of an old hunter in Mich
igan, who, when the country was new, got
lost in the woods several times. He was
told to buy pocket compass. which he did,
and friend explained to him its use, He
soon got lost and lay out as usual. When
found, he was asked why be did not travel
by the compass He stated that he did not
dare to- He wished to go north, and he
tried hard to make the thing point north,
but twant no use; 'tvould diddle, diddle,
diddle right around, and point southeast
every time p
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THERE is food for thought in the story
that is told of a young lad, who for the first
time accom- mpanied his father to public din
ner. The waiter asked HIM, What will
you take to drink ?" Hesitatjng for mo-
meut, he replied, IN take what father
takes, The answer reached his father S
ear, and instantly the full responsibility OF
his position flashed upon him. In mo
ment his decision was made; and in tones
tremulous with emotion, and TO the aston
isEment of those who knew him, he said,
Waiter, III take water.
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THE instructive and universal taste OF
mankind selects flowers for the expression
of its finest sympathies, their beauty and
feetingness serving TO make them the most
fitting symbols Of those delicate sentiments
for which language itselfseem almost too
gross q medium.
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FlGHT hard againsta hasty temper. An
ger will come. but resist it strongly. A
spark may set house ON fire A tt ct pas
sion may give you cause to mourn all your
life. Never revenge an injury
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DURING the late war after long march,
a captain ordered as sanitary precaution,
that the men should change their under
shirts. Tie 0. s. suggested that half OF the
men only had one shirt each. The captain
besitated for a moment, and then said !;
Military orders must be obeyed. Let the
men change with each other.
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To speak i'll upon know edge, shows
want Of charity. To speak i'll upon suspl-
con, shows want Of honesty. To know
evil Of others, and not speak it, is some
tunes discretion. To speak evil Of others,
and not know it, is always dishonesty. be
NAV be evil himself who speaks good ofoth-
ers upon knowledge; but he can never be
good himself who speaks evil of others upon
snspiciop. = WarlCick
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WHAT is the difference between special
constable and superannuated constabief I
The former sworn in, and the latter $ 'corn
out
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