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Year: 1859

On bright October day I looked from the
heights Of IIoboken over the Metropolitan City of
the United States. Beautiful was it outspread
clasped in azure arms to the beating bosom of its
ample bay its spires and masts bristing like the
pinnacles of q fairy temple in the rosy distance.
The ferryboats 81 OF in and out, like living crea
lures the Hudson steamer emerged from golden
vapor in the north and every water craft was
transformed by the magic atmosphere into gilded
barge navigating an enchanted sea. Viowed in
the dreamy mood BETTING the day, it was easy to
transform the whole spectacle into pictured
symbol of the power of man. Out of river, bay
and savage island had this potent magician
evoked the glorious creation, that hovered in this
autumn hazo. How easy to worship the Creator
of all this, did not the reflection interpose, that
even he is bound by law ttat dates not from his
own will, whose servant he is in his mightiest ex.
ercise Of power. And then first dawned upon me
the grand Significance Of these words, spoken in
the old tune, though fresher than the telegraphic
dispatch of to day: Seek ye first the kingdom o {
God andHis Righteousness. and all.hese things shall
be added unto you"


What declaration is here Of the relation Of man
to these modern inventions, which 81 often excite
him TO dei6cation Of humanity and scornful de-
6ance Of Gods everlasting laws of the SOUL
Translated into our form of thought, it means !,
Cultivate the highest style Of manhood, and the
forces Of nature shall become your servants. and
life shall be full of opportunities. The king
dom Of God" is not place away off in space, but
is a state of character as possible to-day in New
York as in any future world, at any point in eter
nifty. Anywhere in this state, or that world to
come, he who makes the acquisition of religious
character founded on love to God and humanity
his supreme object, will be able to use the oppor
tunities offered by tho state of existence in which
he abides. Standing thus at the head of creation
shall become its real sovereign oy force Of his
moral energy, and "al things" needful to his eter'
nal growth "shall be added unto him..


The peculiar state Of American civilization to-
day breaches q sermon from this text, which shall
ouly endeavor to report. Let me with as little
mixture Of my own theories and fancies as may
be, endeavor to interpret that civilization in its
lations to man show to what extent it is the crea
ture of that spirit of invention which is the great
obligation and privilege of our day; what We
must bs to live amid it opportunities with dignity
and success; and what retribuons will overwhelm
unless We become great and good enough TO con-
troll il.


No man should understand the scope ard signi'
fcance Of the modern spirit Of invention so wcll as
the citizen Of our Republic, for no country $50
Year: 1859

TnE 18TH STREET obstruction case
was before Judge Meredith yesterday. bat not dis-
posed of. II will probably be concluded today
The sooner it is settled the BETTER as tho public
are very much Inconvenience, and must have the
use of the street By condemnation or otherTise.
Year: 1859

Next called upon Chaunccy Stewart.
found him with his sleeves rolled up,
ard hard at work lie greeted me
kindly, and asked him for charity. lie
studied me from looks awhile and then
sought to learn how he could best help me.
lie did not offer me money, for he
confessed that he had little to spare
yet he would divide his last dollar ere he
would send me away empty handed. lie
learned that | had not broken my fast,
and he took me to his home, and his moth
cr prepared me good meal. Then he
learned that l wanted to go to W, and
he harnessed up his horse and sent me on
my way. Such heart is not only true and
warm, but it may bc relied upon in the
hour Of need. Its impulses arc only cir
cumscrbcd by the boundaries of humanity.
1t cannot become bankrupt, because its is
sues arc sure to be upheld by permanent
fund Of sense and reason. What think you
my darling


But Myra made no reply. She bow
ed her head and trcmblrd violently.


Cant YOU answer me? Ah-tears
What, precious onc-l We hit SO nearly ?
Had your heart already singled that one
out?'


And Myra whispered


Yes.


'Well, Well returned the old man, /
am not sorry for the pains havo taken
for it had proved to me that the heart o
my child is in the right place, and its in.
stinct true and safe"


In course Of time Joseph Vaughan asked
for the hand Of Myra, and was refused
Then Henry Walsh tried his fortune, and
he, too, was sent away disappointed. at
length Chaunccy Stewart, when he saw
that she still remained free, tre,mLlngly
told her Of his love; and ere he left her Inc
had not only been assured that his love
was returned, but her curious old fa,he,
had frankly gwen his consent to the pro
posed match.


Vaughan and Walsh never knew who
was the old beggar mantle one whom
tie first had turned collly away, and tc
whom the other had given his dollar, and
it was not until Chauncey had been mar,
ried several years, and had given continued
proof Of his nobeness of heart, that he
WAS let into the secret.
Year: 1859

QUAINT READINGS.


The only cure for hopeless affection is to
discard the article for one having rea
sonableq quantity OF hope. Thus, if Sally
Jones rejects your tender suit because she
is i'll love with the knock k ccd barber on
posite, it will never do to talk about pistols,
arsenic, and collins. On the contrary, you
must draw OH your Sunday suit, extend
your aldermanic dignity by a dinner OF
corned beef and cabbage, and go down to
Susan Snooks, who will teach. you that
there are more things 'twixt heaven and
earth than you lave ever seen elsewhere,
Take a sample and see


The mighticst events of our life may dc
pend upon the simplest accident or chance.
Old bachelor Briggs had lived fifteen years
with widow Snubbs wit hout ever exchan
ging n single pressure Of arms or lips, but,
one evening Il worm Glanced to drop from
beam overhead directly into the bosom
Of the widow, causing her to faint so speed
lily that the poor benedict had barely time
to catch her in his arms. The election OF
the animal was effected before the lady re
covered, but not until an impression had
been made upon the susceptible Briggs,
which has since cost him $500 per an
mum.


1t is very definitely settled, that you have
nothing in this world until you actually get
it. There was Dan Snuifes, poor fellow,
who married Betty Sharp, after two mortal
years Of courtship, with the impression
that lie was getting something NICE but
found that he had only received dozen
suits Of ladies' wearing apparel, n set Of
false teeth, a wig, a glass eye. bottle Of
salts, and the savagest piece of ancient and
wrinkled femini!y his village could afford


Let no man deceive you in reference to
your mission Think not rashly that you
were destined to figure in the halls of the
nation, rather than figure up little taIlies in
a grocery store on the corner, nor that you
can sing better til an Piccolomini or L.
Grange, when your voice is pronounced by
all Of your friends cross bctwxt that Of 6
chokcd COW and an insane hippopotamus
There is nothing in this world like realizing
what you were cut out for, and ther
driving business to completion.
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II BeautJul Incident. "A navel officer
being at sea, in a storm, bis wife, who wa.
setting in the cabin near him, and filled
with alarm for the safety Of tho vessel, was
so surprised at his serenity and composure
that she cried out:


Ny dear, are you not afraid How il
it possible you can be so calm in such ,
dreadful storm2'


He rose from his chair, dashed it to til,
deck, drew his sword, and pointing it a
the breast of his wife, exclaimed:


Are you afraid 2


She immediately answered, No.


why 2 said the officer.


Because rejoincd the wife, 4 know
this sword is in tho hands of my husband
and he loves mo too well to hurt me-


'Then,' said lie, Il know in whom I be
levc, and He who holds tho winds in hi
fist and tho waters in the hollow of hi
hand is my father


He who submits to follow, is not mad
Year: 1859

Farmers do not pay sufficient attention
to the warmth of their stock, but suffer them
to roam about in the open air, exposed to
the inclement weather. The amount of ex.
ercise is another most important point to
attend to. The more an animal moves
about, the quicker it will breathe, and the
more starch, gum, sugar, fat and other re-
spiratory elements it must have in lis food;
and if an additional quantity OF these sub
stances is not given to supply the increased
dem and, the tal and other parts OF the body
will be drawn upon, and the animal will be-
come thinner; asu, as before obserV we'd every
motion of the body produces correspond
ing destruction OF the muscles which pro-.
duce that motion. II is, therefore, quite
evident that the more the animal moves
about the more the heat producing and flesh
forming principle it must receive in its food.
Hence, we see The propriety OF Aeeping our
cattle in sheds and yards, and not suffering
those particularly which We intend to fat
ten) to rove about, consuming more food .and
wasting away more rapidly the various It's.
sues of the body already formed, and making
it more expensive and difficult tc falIen
them. -.
Year: 1859

'She has no motherI'


What volume Of sorrowful truth is COM
prised in that single utterance-no mother!


We must go down the hard rough path
os life, aud become Injured 10 care and sor-
row in their sternest forms, before we can
take home to our own experience the dread
reaiity--no motber-without a struggle and
tear.


Blu. when it is said of frail young girl
just passing from childhood towards the life
of woman, how sad is the story summed
up in that short sentenced


Who now shall administer the needed
counsell-who now shall check the way
ward fancies--who now shall bear with the
errors and failings of the motherless dadgh-
ter!


Deal gently with the child.


Let not the cup of sorrow be overflowed
by the harshness of your bearing Or your
unsympathizing GOODNESS.


Is she needless of her doingst Is she for
getful of her duty! Is she careless in her
movements! Remember, oh remember 'she
has no mother!
Year: 1859

There is a ladder 10 heaven. whose base
Gud has placed in human affections. tender
instincts, symbolic, ceilings, sacraments of
love, through which the soul rises higher
and higher, refining as she goes, till she
outgrows the human, and changes, as she
rises, into the image of the divine. AT the
very top of this ladder, al the threshold Of
paradise, blazes, dazzling and crystalline,
that celestial grade where the soul knows
self no more, having learned, through long
experience of derotion, how blest it is to
lose be rself in that ternal Love and Beauty
of which all earthly fairness aud grandeur
are but the dim type, the distant shadow
This highest step, this sanity eevaiion,
which but few selectest spirits ever ON earth
attain-to raise the soul to which, the Eter-
nal Father organized every relation of hu-
man existence, and strung every cord of
human love; Tor which his world is one long
discipline; for which the souI's human edu
cation is constantly varied; for which it is
now torn by sorrow, now flooded by joy; to
which al its multiplied powers tend, with
upward hands of Gumb and ignorant aspira-
tion-this ultima thule of virtue had been
seized upon by our sage as the all of religion.
He knocked out every round Of the ladder
but the highest. and then, pointing to its
hopeless splendor, said TO the world: "Go
up thilher, and be saved"


The FEARFULNEss OF LOVE.


What makes the love of great mind
ful I'M is hot
it is often the unsealing of hitherto un-
developed portion cf large and powerful
beng: the woman may or may not seem to
other eyes adequate to the effect produced,
but the man cannot forget her, because with
her came change which makes him :or-
ever different being. so it was with our
friend. A woman it was that was destined
to awaken in him a that consciousness
which music, painting and poetry awaken
in more evenly developed minds, and it is
the silent breathing OF her creative presence
that is even now creating him anew, while
as yet be knows i; not.


THE DAWN OF LOVE.


1t is said, that if grape vine be planted
in the neighborhood of well, its roots,
running silently under ground, wreathe
themselves in network around The cold
clear waters, and the vines putting ON out
ward greenness and unwonted clusters and
fruit, is all that tells where every root and
fibre Of its being has been silently stealing.
So those loves are most fatal, most absorb
ing, IN which, with unheeded quietness,
r e
gradually around sone human soul, to US the
Year: 1859

GA few days ago 5right-eyed little
boy about six years old. retired upstairs to
bed leaving his mother below without the
customary good night kiss. As he kissed
his father and bade HIM good night, he said
Tel mamma good night for me; forgo, to
kiss her, but tell her kiss her in my heart!
Year: 1859

0TT There are some persons in the world
who never permit US to love them except
when they are absent; as, when present,
they chill our affection by showing want
of appreciation Of it. '- ssfs.s'
Year: 1859

Katy was like many intensely ma tter-of-
fact and practical women, who have not in
themselves bit of poetry, or a particle OF
Ideally, but yet worship these qualities in
others with the homage which the Indians
paid to the unknown tongue of the whites.


They are secretly weary of certain con-


scious tryness sf nature in themselves, and
this weariness predisposes to idolizs the
man who brings them this unknown gift
aturalisIs say that every defect of organi-
zation has its compensation, and men OF
ideal natures find in the favor of women the
equivalent for their disabilities among men.
Year: 1859

HUNTING INDIANs.-A new plan has been
adopted by our neighbors opposite this place
to chastise the Indians for their many derre-
dations during the past winter. Some men
al G hired to hunt them, who are recompens-
ed by receiving so much for each scalp, or
some other satisfactory evidence that they
have been killed. The money has been made
up by subscription. Red Bluff Beacon.
Year: 1859

A new invention is just brought out in
Chicago, for the purpose of breaking stone.
The breaking apparatus consists of two heavy
caStron cylinders, armed with teeth, some
what after the manner of a bark mill, but
much larger. These are driven by heavy
cog wheels. Over the cylinders is a hopper,
also Of cast iron, into which the stones to
be broken are thrown. The broken stone
comes out from shute at one side, like
grain from threshing machine. The patent
of the machine is owned by the Chicago
Stone, Coal and Mining Company. The
New York Central Park Commissioners have
purchased one. 1t is to be used in breaking
stone fora macadanizing the streets in that
Park, for concrete, etc. Its weight is about
twelve TONS and costs 81 200. 1t is cacu-
lated to break about forty tons of stone in
twelve hours. The stone is broken into
pieces of the ordinary size for macadamizing,
and the machine may be adjusted for small
er or larger size. Not only rough stone
but bouders sixteen inches in diameter are
broken in the machine with equal facility.
A quantity of iron ore from Lake Superior,
much harder than any stone, was also broken
in the machine with the greatest facility.
Year: 1859

Next year the eight census Of the United
States is 10 be taken. This enumeration is
one OF the most laborious and difficult task
which the government has 10 perform. A
timely suggestion is made by the National
Inteliigencer, which is that each farmer this
fall, as he gathers his crops, keep something
like an accurate account of the, value of the
same; and if he will take the trouble TO
make out statement OF the names and ages
Q! his family; the number of acres II land
cleared and timbered; the number and ages
OF iis servants; the number o! barrels of
corn, bushels wheat, rye, barley, potatoes,
&c, and the value Of each, and leave it
some place where any member Of the fami-
ly who may be at home when the deputy
marshal shall call, can readily get hold of it,
il will save time TO all concerned, and very
greatly assist to make the census returns
perfectly complete and satisfactory.
Year: 1859

HOME EDUcATIoN..- Whatever defects


there may be in home education, it is csr-
tain that the exceptions are rare where the
moral training of the mother is not accor-
ding 10 her best capacity, for the benefit
and advantage of her offspring. Her infu-
ence is often counteracted by the habits and
examples of the fnttier; but in such case she
is not responsible If her care and teaching
are CT no avail. Home education, where the
parents are united in sentiment, leaves lis
impression upon the mind and heart which
can never be totally oblitsrated. The prin-
cipal cause Of departure from the path of
right is evil associations. The poor moth
er, engaged in her household affairs, depend
ent upon her labor for her livelihood, has
little time to devote 10 her children, and as
soon as they are able 10 walk by themselves
they seek playmates, and the youthful mind
is readily impressed for good or evil, accor-
ding to the disposition of the associations.
The effect ofthese impressions is more last
ing in most cases than the influence and
example of parents. Ii children were not
early less subject TO such infuences, there
would be less vice in the world. Home
is the best for the youthful mind.
The most determined man in every situa-
ton of life will, 10 the last period Of his pill
grimage. be influenced by the early teach
ings of his mother, if the example and the
habits Of the father are in unison with her
council and Instruction. 5000.
Year: 1859

A correspondent sends the Tribune the
following information in regard TO the great
oyster bed in Long Island Sound: -


"A few days since, The captain Of small
vessel, while dredging for a lost anchor of
Eaton's Neck Light House, about midway
between the Connecticut and Long Island
shore, accidentally discovered bed Of very
large oysters, which is estimatsd to be
mile and a half square, sno to contain mil-
lion bushels of oysters. The oysters though
very large, are not now in good condition;
and it is found necessary to lay them down
again for short lime before sending them
10 market. The lucky discoverer of this
unwrought mine Of aquatic wealth, receiv-
ed from some oystermen of City Island the
handsome sum of $500 for the disclosure Of
his secret. The first days dredging is said
tn have much more than paid for the infor-
nation.


On Saturday last there were upwards Of
sixty vessels and boats, besides one steam
boat, manned by at least go men, busily
engaged in dredging for the hidden wealth.


The oysters lye in deep water-deep e.
nough 10 float the Great Eastern--and So
thick that the dredges can with difficulty
make an impression upon them.


OF course great excitement exists among
that class of cur population who follow the
water, for many miles along The shore, and
beats and men are in great demand.


As the oyster lie within the Jurisdiction.
Of the State Of New York, our neishborE Of
The Connecticut shore have TO right TO take
them. Some Of them. however, have not
thought fit TO absent themselves from the
oyster beds on that account Efforts are,
| am fold, being made by those "to the man
or born," 10 exclude all who have no legal
rights there. The apparent selishness Of
this course is excused by the plea that the
laws OF Connecticut have been strictly en-
forced against them-no enc from this shore
being allowed 10 take oysters within the
waters over which Connecticut claims ju-
risdiclion." a-rl5s--s o.
Year: 1859

A MYSTERY OF THE PAsT.-An immense
catacomb can be seen at Rothwell, in the
interior of England near the direct route
from Liverpool 10 London. 1t is an i'm
mense vault built of masonry, under a
church which dates back apparently for its
first erection TO about the year 1850, and
contains the skeletons of 10000 men, prob
ably warriors Of great size, piled up in reg
ular order, SO that skulls and large bones
only appear on the outside of the piles
The skulls show marks of spear and hatch
ct, but no gun.shot wounds, and their own
ers probably fell in mortal combat anterior
to the invention Of gunpowdsr. The vault
was discovered by accident l6O years ago,
and has no connection with the church as
far as known; in fact the mystery is that
there is no historical evidence nor tradition
airy legend which throws the least light up
on the obscu-ity of its erection.
Year: 1859

~s@.t3 WIN A<AhO VI AAauOs


The merchants of Cincinnati do not adyer-
tise one-tenth the amount they ought. Five
millions of dollars would be added TO the grand
total of our sales and business, did the business
men take greater pains to let the world outside
of Cincinnati know just what they are about
There is not daily paper in our city that is
patronized with new advertisements as they
ought to be. Somewhere we have seen the
following sentiments, which are good


Some say "they can not afford to advertise"
In this country, where everybody reads the
newspapers, the man must have a thick skull
who does not SEQ that these are the cheapest
and the best mediums through which he can
speak to the public, where he is to find GUS
toners. Put on the appearance of business,
and generally the reality will follow. The
farmer plants his seed, and while he is sleeping
his corn and potatoes are growing. So with
advertising. While you are sleeping, or eating,
or conversing with one set of customers, your
advertisement is being read by hundreds and
thousands of persons who never saw you, nor
heard of your business, and never would, had
it not been for your advertisements in the
newspaper.
Year: 1859

PIcKPooKETs AT CHURCH.-0n Sunday morn
ing, as n lady was passing out of Union
Chapel, on Seventh street, near Plum, she felt
some one press rudeIy against her in the throng,
and ON turning, observed o we'll dressed man
was in the act of abstracting her porte monnaie
from her pocket She was so agitated that she
said nothing for few moments, and the man
taking advantage of her confusion decamped.
Year: 1859

a GANG of the city prisoners are engaged
in excavating and enlarging the cellar of the
Marion Engine House. They are under the
charge of Lewis Wisbey, Assistant Engineer
of the Fire Department.
Year: 1859

EIGHTEEN blocks of Streets nre now being
cleaned by private contract in this city. The
street sweeping machine being brought into
requisition for the purpose. The streets thus
cleaned are in good condition.
Year: 1859

A NOTORIOUS brothel in the Thirteenth Ward
was broken up by the police, at an early
hour yesterday morning. Mary Gibbs, tho
mistress of the establishment, was brought be-
fore the Police Court and fined $50 and sent
to the City prison for 80 days.
Year: 1859

We presume, from present indications, that
it is the intention to let the Police Bill peacea-
bly, pass into oblivion, as neither party appear
to be making any move in the matter, to deffi-
nitely determine its fate.
Year: 1859

The TINES, of last evening, turns up its
nose at the bad smell proceeding from the
Ninth street Watch-house. There is no mis-
take that there is something in the wind in
that quarter that docs not smell like jessamine.
Year: 1859

A GERMAN woman, whose name we did not
learn, fell into an open cellar, yesterday morn
ing, while passing through market between
Plum and Western Row. She received severe
internal injuries. Leaving cellar doors open is
penal offense.
Year: 1859

The states at the various Station houses last
evening indicated paucity of business at the
Police Court this morning. But few arrests
were made, and those of very little local i'm
portance.
Year: 1859

The New Marine Hospital, on Lock street,
a fine specimen of the handi-work of Western
Mechanics, is now about completed, it will be
furnished and ready for occupancy in about
two weeks.