Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              ' 1 T1—T I I I ■ ■ rar ■ jjj£1 • ■ ■ '• -\r vTit JDdIIom "tyti Slimnm, —— ■» rf r .J" i C \ . . _ ■ j \ It r T-J *4 'fi; Tt W " 1 AND SUSQUEHANNA ANTHRACITE JOURNAL — ,  51 Itfeeklij 32furap3ffr--( DwroM fu Mcms, litfrntnrf, tynMts, tfje ftlwautrlr, JHiiring, ftlrrlnmirnl, anil %irnlfurnl %ttmts of flit SMnirtiou, Mttituftfit, 8.)--€»a UME 4.--NUMBER 11. PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1853. WHOLE NUMBER ; GAZET1B, "Daniel," said Phillip, in a low whisper st the same time casting a look back over his shoulder, "what do you think of those three men ?" "i'm alraid they'ro bnd ones,'' returned the younger boy. "So mn I. I believe they mean to steal lather's money. LMn't you notice how ihev looked around ?" TI1E PI' the ladder and held hia light up no that lie could look upon the boys. The fC How seemed to be satisfied that ibey were asleep for he soon returned to the ground floor, and then Philip crept to the cmck. Fie »uw the men taking knives from their pack*, and he heard them whispering. " We'll kill the old mari and woman first," said one of them. "If those little brats' —-he pointed to I he scaffolding—i "wnke up, we can easily take care of! them." Do Indies Like Flattery. From the Parlor Magazine. Tlie Influence of tiifi Pine Arts on De a nsion is Is great object. It is, iudeed, Iffim-d lo ha "llie urtol persuasion." But, liouitli indirect persuasion may bo predicaed of somo of the production* of the pen. il, it is only an incidental rfsult, not a »-»ri of the main design. For instance, lie object ol those historical paintings vhliph adorn ihe National Bdtunda, is naional glory. But incidentally tfyey are idupted to persuade the rising youth of his country to ihe adoption of principles if pure patriotism, and to the performance if deeds of heroic devotion. The oject of hat' splefidfd piece of'sculptured marble, vhich may be seen in the eastern park, is o honor him who was '-first in war, first in oacc, and first in the heal Is of his counrymen." can a thoughtful American 'ouilj, contemplate it without some stirring •motions ; without some nascent purpose •I soul, like this illustrious prototype, to leservo Well of his countrymen, in whatver sphere he mny be placed. If such, hen, bo Ihe cffect of these speechless vorks of art upon the patriotic heart j if ven tho mule painting and jhe vcJicekss narble can he so eloquent; if liiey can ilustrato the renown of past generation.", md inspire generations 'o come ftifh the pirit of high endeavor, to what achieve, nents may hot a living, RpeHking elo|uence aspire ? The statue of Dernosthe. les might charm the beholder, but whet vould he think of Demosthenes himself, specially could he hear tjie Indignant ones of his voice, denouncing the atroci. iesof tho king of Afaoedon 1 When the comparison is instituted beween eloquence and music, the result to, vhich we come 1« more doubtful, suppo ling the standard by which we measure hat result to be the beautiful rather than he useful. The emotions awakened In he human soul, by strains of soft or subime mu-Dic, cannot be surpassed in depth ind power bv any feeling of which (he oul is capable when under the influence if any of the fine ar(«. It is an influence vhich reaches its finest chords, and a'.va. tens its most exquisite sensibilities. The able of Orpheus calling from the dead his De loved Eurydice by ihe resistless power if music, however destitute of literal truth, urnjshes a striking tribute fioin antiqui.y o the charms of music. It is, indeed, one if those nrts which is founded in nature, if, ndeed, it does not boast a higher birth—in leaven itself. There was melody in the !roves of Kden, when the world wos yet ■is apostrophe to the glorious works of jrod, as saying: •Fountains, and ye that warble, as ve flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling, tune his praise, Join voices, all yc living souls; yo birds, That singing, up to heaven's gate ascend. Bear on your wings and in your notes his prars?, Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To bill or valley, fountain or fresh Bhade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise." Jt man could not be silent in the midst of the works of God, much less could thbse pure spirits, who dwell more immediately in the presence of the Great King, and beheld his glory unobstructed by a vail of flush. Hence we are informed, that the •'morning stars sang together, ond all the sons of God Bliouted for joy." This art, (hen, is of noble birth, and, like the sister arts, should never be desecrated to unworthy and unhallowed purposes. The sanctity of their origin should be their safe guard against perversion. Music may be called the bride of poetry, for they were wedded in Paradise, and have coritinuec for the most part, to live harmoniously to gethftr through uli the revolution* of time the decay of empires, and the sepulture o the ITUr race. Nor can they ever bi The science of AitcniTECTunE »f later origin than most of the a ly mentioned, us being a prodi civilized life, does, nevertheless, li irts ot design, come down to us frc icnl antiquity The history of tl tim been Classified into ifour lurninc iods. The first is the period of A ler, Pericles, Aristotle, Apellcs, Ph vhen, in a rough and martial age, [Uence, philosophy, pointing, sculp md architecture, each found a ge vhich each could immortalize. Tlie i Dnd era is that of the Csesars, when p ry and history rose to the very point culmination. Fhis period rmbiucee it \ufiustan age. The thrid ia that whic •Wowed the capture of Constantinople ID He successor of Mohammed, Mohammei L Italy betamo now the reiuge of the ine arts, and under the fostering care of lie Medici, whatever was rescued from the* larbnrism of the Turks and Goths was adCauced to a degree of eminent perlection. t was the golden age of painting and culpture, as the brilliunt names of Michael Vngelo, Raphael, Tiiran, and Corregio leafv, while the beauties of architecture iere reproduced in thai land ol clas«io; nodoU under the genius of Palladio 11 Why bade the lofty column rise, Its summit pointing to tl.e skits." The last age was that succeeding the Rebrmatiou, when, along with the invention' if the art of printing and the niarinerV iiirpass, the mii»d of nun shoik off its iluinbers, and, stimulated by the discoveries ol the past and the expectations of the "uture, commenced a new career of imurovement. The discovery of a new "orld occurring at this period, in the order )f infinitely wise Providence, gave an impulse to the mind of the old world which nothing could resist. Experimental phi- V°I»hy burst forth upon the civilized na- ' ions with the power of intuitive demonstration, and reason and revelation were enthroned amid the ruins of scholastic ab. surdities. Men were eloquent, because every faculty of the mind was awakened to' extraordinary activity. The brightest period of British eloquence, embracing the names of Chatham, Burke, Pitt and Fox, belongs Id this cpoch. Indeed, not o*nly have the fine arts been most successfully cultivated during the last three hnndrrt" years, but never, in the history of the human mind, has genuine science made suoh KO8if'M and i'Ku*\rtam jveorivsju,, ol the other.- [cONCtTJDED NSXT WEEK.] Hulas for Young Ladies. 1. Marrv. not a profane man; because the depravity of his heart will corrup, yottr children, and embitter your existence t 2. Marry no! a gambler, a tippler or a haunter of taverns, because he who has no' regard for himself, will never have any lor' his wife. 3. Marry not a man who makes promts-' es which he hever performs because yotf can never trust him. 4. Marly not a man whose actions do' not correspond with his sentiments. The' state of that man who regards not his own idea of right and wrong, is deplorable, and the less you have to do with him the better. '•'•*; *** 5. Marry tfot a mart who is to the habit of running alter all the girls in the country ; because the affect ions are continually wavering and therefore can never be permanent. ' * 6. Marry hot a man who neglects hi* business; it he does when single, htf will be worse wlfefi married. .AND The Southern Ladits Companion answers the question very sensibly iu the following article: It is said that women love flattery. They may love to be .prai8fed lor good qualities which they think belong to them j but if thpy do not think themselves entitled (o the • niqiioliaiia Anthrucltc Journal the Moral Sensibilities. PUBLISHED WEEKLY" BV • G. M. RICH ART 8 M. S. PHILLIPS Bf REV. J. N. DAKFORTH Ojlet rrttl tide of Main S'rrrf,* cond ttory of the "Long Start1* of H isntr 4- tVoi*I. In constructing the being called man, and in providing lor his felicity, it has pleased the Creator to provide two distinct, general sources from which that felicity is derived. T«* uO**KTTie 8 Jothsal" Is published every Friday, At Two Dollars pur Ciiinuin. Two Dollar* and Fifty Uents will be chit wed U not paW w'.tfclu the ytnr. Ho paper will be discontinued until uil arrearages are paw A ovkrtiakmknt» Hiv insertedconspicuously fti One Dollar per square of fourteen llnis for three Insert! out and Twaaiv-riv* t'KMT* additionalforever) aubtequvn Insertion* A IHnir.il adduction to those who adverllss lor tlx month* or the whole year. Job WnftK.—We havo connected with our establishment a well selected assortment of Jon Tvi k which will enable us to execute, in the neatest stylo overy variety of printing. praise given, or do not believe that he Who "Yes." "So did I. If we should tell father what w« think, he would laugh at us, and tell us we were scare.crows." bestows it thinks so—when il becomes flat, tery—il hardlv will be found acceptable. And as weuk men resort to much to this means of seeking favor will) llie fair, sensible women receive such offerings with great distrust, especially from one who is known lo b* in the habit of bestowing praise lavishly. Indeed, ladies would I consult their interest and happineasgener' ally by discountenancing everything that wears the appearance of flattery. If • man truly adifiires a lady, lie can find better, and, lo sensible ladies, more acceptable means of proving his hdniiration,, than by steroiyped adulation and overwrought euolgy, from which truo female sensibility must shrink. A wise man has said, that as the slanderer is the most poisonous of W ild beasts, so the flatterer is the most dangerous of jame ones. But it a lady be bitten by Any of the class of gross flatterers that abound at this day, she is hardly entitled to commiseration* This sort of serpent sounds his rattles before he strikes, und when alarm is heard; though it may charm the silly, fhft woman of good -genie will guard against the poisoned lang which she suspects to be cericcalcd in the gra«s. If we wished to instance a specimen of del. icate flattery, we should quote the letter of Steele to his wife:—"You tell me you want a little flaCery from me. 1 assure you I know of no one who deserves '«*• much commendation as yourself, and to whom saying the best things would be so little like flattery. The thing speaks it. self, considering you a very handsome »vo- lovea .retirement—one who doe* not want wit, «nCl yet is cxCjeedingly sincere ; and so f could go Jjiroilgh all the vices which attend the good qualities of oilier people from which you are exempt. But, indeed, though you have every perfiction, vou have an extravagaut fault, which almost frustrates tho good in you to me, and that is(, that you do not love lo dress, to appear, to fcbine out," etc. ilere Steele not only assumes thai no good thing he could say of his wife would be flattery, being all merited—hul he affects to blame uut even me praisiugoi u m.e ui uusoana, and especially before other*, is attended with danger; and {Specially does it sub jeel the parties to suspicion of attempting by a fair out-ide sh jW, to cover up a private slate of affairs bot the liltist pleasnt.— "But we must kill 'em all," said another of (he Villians. The first exists within the breast of man himself ; the other is found in the vast variety of the external world. Nor ate these sources of pleasurable emotion altogether independent of each other. On the contrary, there is between them a correspondence so wise and perfect, as :o show a manifest design bv their combined energy to make man happy. To illustrate mv meaning : The soul of man is endowed with a faculty to which we give the name of taste. By the rhetoricfun taste is defined to be '*;he |y»wer of receiving pleasure from the beauties of nature and art." Whenever, therefore, this power is exercised on its appropriate object, the result is menial felicity. One mind is so constituted, thai it derives its greatest pleasure from the study ol poetry ; another ffotn the deductions and demonstrations of mathematical science. So absorbed, indeed, have some minds been in their admiration of the exact sciences, that scarcely anything, within the empire of thought, could give them pleasure but the strictest demonstration. Hence, a celebrated mathematician is snid to have exclaimed, after having toiled through Paradise Lost, "Wlmt docs it all prove 1" On the o:her hand, when the Pythagorean proposition in Euclid was discovered by its author, he ran through the streets ol his city in an ecstacy of delight, crying, " 1 have found it, 1 hare found it." "But we can waiuh 'em." "Yes," returned ibs other, and we will watch 'em ; but don't let them k now it. "Ye*," roturncd the first speaker, " but the old ones first. If we touch the young one* first, they will make a raise and start the old man up." Philip's heart beat with horror. "Down the ladder—outside—quick I" he w hispered to his brother. "Down and start out the dogs ! Run lor the front door and throw it open—it isn't fastened ! (), do 1st the dogs into the house as «jiiick as you can. I'll look out for lather while you «°!" The boys held some further consultation and then going to the dog house, they set the small door back, so that the hounds might spring forth if they were wanted.— Soon alterwaids they re entered the house —If they had desired to speak with their father about their suspicions they had no chance, for the strangers sat by him all tho evening. POETRY. THE DEATH-AN GEL'S VISITS JriT nt the shut of ere an angel paaswl On pi»ions bormt: his brow a sadnoss w«»ro; And a* he went, a gloomy shade win c «»l On thing* that aoCH»ed so Mr awl bright before ; And e'en the flovera were blighted by lii» breath! That anil's name was Death ! At length, however, tho old man signified bin intention of retiring, and he rose to go out of doors tosi e the state of affairs wilhout. The thre6 men followed him, but they did not tuke their wenpons. The old lady was asleep in her ctrair. Daniel quickly crawled out through the little window, and Philip seized a rifle and With half-ohned violet-eyp and golden hair, Lay on Its mother** breast a chrrub child-- That fond young parent's hope. The angel There alighted, and the Infant sweetly amiled ; Death plucked the lovely Hoar ami bowltlpriw To bloom la Paradise. crept to the edge of the acaffold. Two of the villains were just approaching the door of his father's room. They had set the candle down on the floor,. so that the light would fall into the bed room as sorn as the door was opened. Philip drew the ham. mer of his rifle back and rested the muzzle on the edge of the boards. Now, whispered Philip, let's take two of father's rifles up to our bed. We may want them. We are as goad as men with At early dawn, again that angel came To where a ouch, all stiXI, wan laid (l.lke a pale 11 lly withered by tho flame Of noontide's sun) a sweet and gentle mnld ! T he doep drawn fifth, the flush, the nervous start- All told a broken heart! the rifles. Daniel sprang to obey, and as quickly as possible the boys slipped tke (wo rifles from (heir beckeis, behind the great stove chimney, and carried them up to their sleeping place, and then they hastened back and emptied the priming from the oftanger's rifl.-s, and when their father and the strangers returned, they had resumed their seats. One of the men had laid his hand upon the wooden latch. The boy hero uttered a single word ofheart prayer, *nd theu he pulled the trigger. To those that did in sorrow round her weep, In dulcet tone* that beaut nous maiden said, •• Oh ! do not inonrn because I go to sleepy Nor grieve for me when In tho tomb I'm laid Theu for her base deceiver breathed a prayer, And winged with death tho air I 1 ha villain uttered one sharp quick, crv, and then fell upon the floor. The bullet had passed through his brain. tor an instant tho two remaining villains were confound d, but they quickly comprehended the nature and position of their enemy, and they sprang for (he ladder.— I hey did not rcach it, however, for at that moment the outer door flung open, and the hounds—four in number—sprang into the house. With a deep yell, the ani. malsl. apid upon tho villains, and they had drawn them to the floor just as the old hui.ti'r caine from hit loom, Again 'twas night, and till things holy aecmed— Silent and solemn, yet with nought of gloom : The soft, pale moonbeam* through the vine-leaves slrea mod. The hunter's cabin was divided into two apartments on ihe ground floor, one of them in the end ol the building being the old man's sleeping room, while the other was the large living room in which the compa. ny at present sut. Overhead there was a sort of scaffolding, reaching half way over the lart»e room below it, and in the opposito end of the building I rum the little sleeping wpnrtinent of the hunter, a rough Uddei led up to tlm acuftMd, and on it, close up to :ne guble end, was ihe boys' bed. There whs no partition at tho edgeof the seal, folding, but it was all open to the room be. low. Filling with silver light a little room A hoary tuan lay on a aiek-bed there, To others, again, the productions of the pencil or chisel convoy a paramount pleasure, while tliey awaken within the soul deep and inexpressible emotions. The or. gan of communication in these cases is the eye, through which, also, the soul admires the beauty of an/iileclural creations and proportions. Out the art of music, "the concord ol sweet sounds," demands another organ, which we call the car, through which it pours its raptures into the same ■ nil.- Hence, the blind, whole visual organ cnr.not perceive the external beautfes sealed, turn with redoubled relish to those objects which communicate with the soul through the organ of the ear. And it is highly probable tlmt thu compensation in so complete in its natuie, and so beneficent in its influence, aoentiiely to supply a de. ficicncy which is commonly considered an irretrievable calamity. The highest order ol influence is that produced by Eloquence, which seems to combine the excellencies of the arts already mentioned. Thus eloquence in. volves the very scul of poetry, an it is evident, from the breathing thoughts and baruing words of Che ancient bards and prophets, who swayed the minds of their countrymen, with a power, never surpassed in the age of the most accomplished orator*. Foet pnd Prophet were in fact, interchangeablo names among the ancients, and these men wcNi thb accredited public speakers of their assemblies. At the feast: and games they rehearsed thfcirown productions to their delighted tallow citizens and when occasion required, stimillatec them with all the energy of song to deeds of martial valor. The epic poem, existec prior to the oration. Homer, the prince o poets, existed some hundreds of years be (ore Pericles, the father of oratory. Mo ses, the occasional poet, as well as thC commissioned lawgiver of the Hebrews composed heroic, or triumphal in hi: native language, at tho very time Cadmui was introducing the alphabet into Greece or six centuries beiore the poems of Home were known in Greece. Very justly therefore, docs Campbell, the author of tin Pleasures of Hope, in his lectures on Poe try, observes : "The earliest place in tin history of Poetry is thus due to the He brew muse. * * indeed, the more wC contemplate the Old Testament, the morC we shall be struck by the solitary grandeu in which it stands as an historical luaiiu ment amid the waste of tune.'' It is frpu tiiese ancient treasures, sacred utid secu lar, that the materials of the most sublirm and effective eloquence have boen drawn So completely is the spirit of poetry am of eloquence intermingled in the oompo sit ions of the Hebrew prophets, that tin critics are undecided whether to clfcss ihen as orators or poets. in comparing the aft eff witl the art of painting, it may be observed that aside from those qualities, which ari peculiar to the lormer, it is itself a kind o moral painting, which, disdaining the men locality of the canvass, instantly wings it flight through every region of nature fMJ of art, summoning at pleasure what»'®r 1 need* to. produce an impression on Che soul And that impression is not, as in a picture the result of slow hod labored strokes' w.i'j a pencil, but of the mighty action of '■J in its boldest cowceptions, and its.*" . enthusiasm. The calm g a mere copy, however  moveless scene owm- rQUse |he in the nature of th.nf as (he {lvj mg emotions of tl^died genius of telligent, (j)0 jye by hf eloq al)(j tneircjing the whole .nan with its irresistible enchantments.— All painting must necessarily be des criptive. Even which is imaginative seeks original forms out of which to con struct its combinauo'w. But description ii only one attribute of eloquence. Direc And one knelt by, in prayer I The cares of many a long and weary year Hod bowed bis form; yet now his aged eye With pleasure beamed. He knew Death hovered near ; Ami all his friends had died in days gone by, Leaving him lOnuly in thin world of wo, And he too longed to go! ' Help us! help us, father !" criid Ph.lip, as he hurried down the ladder.— I've fltot one of hem ! They rre murderous robl or* I Ho d 't m ! hold m ! ' ihe boy continued ilapping hit hands to the ''"Old 9fitter nan «»»l 'Wtrmieu ture of the ,n ■ momentj and he sprang towards the spot where the hounds hud the men uppn the floor. The villains had both lost their knives and the dags had maimed them that they were incopa- Death *.t the casement tappedt utt.l called bis name; Witn Joy tho spirit left tho Woru-Oul clay! And through the lattice theu tho soft bruesweame, Laden with scent of flowersund new-mown bayt Tanning :he few graD locks that floated now Up ou his lilt.lees brow ! Spare bedding was f^ Of .he knob u - nrrnn.x'd lor thfir coin luri. the boys went up to their bCCl, and tin- old man he retired to his lit. iC Tsnrrnc r i«g o» «■« A Blietch of Early Western Life lie room, 'I'll* two boys thought not ol sleep, oril they tiiri, ii was only lo avoid it. Half an liuui passed away, mill they could li*»ur ili»:ir father snore. Then lliey heard u iiioViimiiI from those below. Philip craw I- ble of further refi.-tance. With much difficulty the animala were called oir, and then the t«o men were lifted to a seat.— 'I'liere wag no need of binding them, for lliey needed more some restorative nrjent an the dogs had made quick woik in disabling them. It is encouraging fur a wife to know.that .-he has Iter husband's approbation in tier endeavors lo do her duty—and so viva versa—hui for the parlies to be ever ministerinn to each other's vanity, by fl.niery or constant praise, is a weakness, is in bad taste, andean do no good. Weak h us bands friquently praise the beauty and »it of tlitir wives in their pres-uce, to strangers—assuming virtually that there is so little of those qualities us not to be discernible toothers, without being informed of their existence. This, to a wife of good sen»e, whether merited or not. is a matter of humiliation rather than pride. HY SVLVANUS COBB, JR Wmkn Kentucky was ah infant State, and be lore the loot of civilisation hod Hodden down her forests, there lived upon a branch of the Green River, in the Wen', crn part of the Slate, an old hunter 'jy the limn- ol John Sinter. His liul was upon th« w pstein ba'ik ot ihe stream, end save n patch ol some dozen acres that had been cleared by his axe, he wus shut in the denm forest. Sinter had hut two children at home with him —two sons, Philip and Daniel, the former fourteen und the latter twelve years ol age. liis older children bad gone South, Hi? wife wan. with him, but Kite had been for several years an a! most helpless cripple, from the efl'ects of • severe rheumatism. eCl bilfinly 10 where he could peep through a crack, and saw one ol the men open his pack, from which he took several pieces ol raw meat. The man examined the meat by the ravs of the moon, and moving towards the window, he shoved llie sash buck und threw llie pieces ot meal lo llie dogs. Then he went bauik lo his bed and l.tid down. % After they had been looked too, the old man cast his eyes about the room. They rented a moment upon the body ol him who had been shot, and then they turned upon the two boys. Philip told nil that had happened. It seemed sometime be- At first the boy thought this might be done la attract their attention, bul when tne inan luid down, the idi-o ol poison flash, ed through Philip's mind. He whispered his thoughts to his brother, The impulse of the little Daniel, as he heard that his poor dot;s wrie lo be poisoned, wis lo cry out, bul a sudden pressure from the hand ol his hrother kepC hint silent. foie the old hunter could crowd llie whole seeming dream through his mind ; bul lie gradually comprehended. A soft, grate. ~W ful, proud light over his features and he held his arms out to his sons. The Notoriety-Seeker. "Noble, noble boys !" he uttered as he clasped them both to his bosom. "God bless thee for this. O, I breamed not thai you had such hearts. Bless thee ! bless thee !" The intelligent obsever has, no doubt, had his attention attracted to several individuals who. supposing Ihemselvs to be patriots, philanthropists and public benefactors, are, in fact, little more than vain, conceited and selfish kotorietv hunters. Every large community is Infested, to some extent, with this class. They are never happy except whsti mingling in sonip popular demonstration. They have a desire to become conspicuous, und no matter what the cause or the occasion, they thrust themselves loi ward, become officious and meddlesome, and by hook or by crook, get their uamcs into the newspapers.— They live, so to speak, in an atmosphere ol vanity ; and thus it often hapoens that they agitate important topics at an improper time, and by their selfishness and indiScretion, really injure a truly meritorious cause on every way worthy of aid, comfort and encouragement. The notoriety hunter goes for himself fii*s», and for the public uiterwards. Ho U ready lor any movement, provided he can make a dis play. He is equally willing to head a procession or a town meeting, to deliver an address belore an assemblage of fanatics, or to make an appeal on bjhalf of some wild and impractible ism. Too often such men are tn8de use of by the calculating and designing, but seem willing to be used provided they can be conspicuous and be thought somebadv. It was eariy in the spring, and the old hunter hsd just returned from Columbia, ■where he hud been to carry the product ol his winter's labor which consisted mostly of furs.— He had received quite a sum ol money, and he hod brought it home with liiiu. The old mm had for several years been accumulating money, for civilization was gradually approaching him, and he meant that his children should slart ,on fair tenns with ihe world. At the head ol the boy*' bed there was a dark window—a small square door—and it was direcily over ihe dog bouse. .Philip resolved to go down and sove the dogs. The undertaking was a dangerous one, for the least noise would arouse the villains —the Imvs felt 8H»ivred that ihey were vil. luios—and then the consequence might be fatal. But Philip Slaier found himself strong iu heart, and he determined upon a trial. His father's life might be iu his hands ! This thought was a tower of strength iu itself. Philip opt-ned the window without moving from Ills bed, and it swung upon its leathern hinges without, much noise. Then he drew oil 'he she«i and then he lied one corner of il to the staple bv whiob the window was hooked. The sheet was -hen lowered upon the outside, and: carefully the brave boy let hiinsell out upon it. He enjoined his brother not to move, and then ho slid noiselessly down. The hounds had just found the meal, but they drew back a; their young musters beck, and Philip gathered the flesh all up. He easily quitted the faithful brutes, and then he quickly tied the meat up in ihe sheet. There was a ligh" ladder standing near the dag house, and setting this up against the building, Philip mode his way back to his little loft, and when once safely there, he pulled ihe slieet in af- For a long lime* the old man gazed on his boys in silence. Tears of love arid gratitude rolled down hischceks, and his whole face wus lighted up with most joyous, holy pride. livorced, so long as the passions of the New Hampshire Editor while oul shall demand expression. For every recently traveling, Imd his wallet abstract miotlofl of ioD or grief, of love or indig- Ied •»»* *»" by an adroit pickpoclc lation, there is an appropriate sign, which etl while indulging in a short nap. Ill#' akes the form of a modulated sound, mid jhief was so disgusted » nh the result ol hese sounds, in the process of the applicn. °*Pl0".th#t'»« returned the plunder by ion of art to nature, are so arranged and express, jp the address written inside the ironortioned as to t/roduce the ftiost pow. wallet, with the following note : rful impressions on the mind through the . '«\ou miserable skunk here s your podt; Dar. Even instrumental music can be " to°k. I don t keep no such. For a raced back as far as any art whatever, "i.b dressed as well M you Was to go not connected with the pressing necessities round with a wall.t « nutlnn m .t but a of life. Ancient history informs us that lot of BW«P«rJ" |V"',V too,h .he "first poets sang their own verses, and comb, two 8' a Pa" hence the beginning of what we call m». rsition on .he public" TsYTrtar' ,JiculuDn, or words arranged ih a more art J,0J ,/ edi , re(urn ?o{]r fc ; [ lul order than prose, so as o bfe su.ted to un pPnllemen. " some tunf1 or melotly. I he scale or a' , 7 Long bt-fore dnvliaht, Philip mounted the horse aud siurted off for the nearest settlement, und early in the forenoon the officers of justice had ihe two wounded villains io charge, while the body of ihe third «as also removed. They were reoognizid by the officers as criminals ot old notoriety ; but this was their last adven. venture ; for ihe justice they so long outraged fell upon them and stopped them in their career. One evening, just as ;he family were aitling down to thfir frugal supper, lliey were attraclcd by the sudden howling of the dogs, a nd as Slatei went lo the door lo see what wa* the mailer, he saw three men approaching the hut. He quickly quieted tha doijs, and the strangers approuchtd the door. They asked for something lo rot and also for loJgings lor the niaht John Slater was not ibo matt to refuse a request of that kind, and he kindly asked the strangers in. They set their rifles behind the door, aud unslung their packs and room was made for them at the table. They presented, themsalves as travellers bound further wast, intending lo cross the Mis sissippi in search of a settlement. The new comers were far from being agreeoble or prepossessing in their looks.— But Slater took no notice of the circumstance, for it was not his natute to doubt any man. The boys, however did not like their appearance a; all, and the quick glances,which they gave each other told of 4heir feelings. The hunter's wife was not ail the table, but she sal in the great easy chair bv the fire. Should any of my readers cltancc lo pnss do»vn the Ohio River, I beg ihey will lake notice ot a large white rr.unsion that stands upon the southern bank, with a wido forest paik in front of it, and situated some eight milps west ot Owensboro.' Ask your steamboat captain who lives there, and he will tell vou : "Philip Slater and Brother, retired flour merchants." They were the Boy Herat* of whom I have been writing. |Dhubet of music is innro wonderful evun the alphabet of ; t'C- Ihe lattef fconsists of torbilrarv/"p"*» ',le former is an immutable pro(L,ot'on °' 1 u" ture. Music, then, was p»#de '0,! hea;I of nian, and although "e cannot soy wuh Shakspcare, that h- who l.ff* Cro soul for U is "fit lor (roBf". Mratairni and spoils though thisA-«"»l n181'1*"' "'.nature, in inditiiiK so a'"' •wo*'P'lDf( n censure, th" 'imits of truth and proba biJrty, yd ** may well wonder at the man, tvhose sep 'biljues are never moved under so chWn,'nR »» influence. Eloquence c|aii»- to include this art Within ils arftple d.-iiain, so far as the energy of emphasis, the melody of sound, and iJih harmony of periods are concerned. That wonderful instrument, the livinji voice, is essential to "he highest achievements of both. Inspi- (K?~ A parly on the summit o/ Mt. JVaih- Hgton, on a very fine morning, a nhort lima inc?, counted ona hundred and sixty kail reastls on the Blue A;lanif6 ;the spires of lie churches in (he city of Portland, eighy or ninety miles distant, were dintitiolly 'isible ; over lorty lakes, including Whin, npiscogee and Monse Head, lay like gem* if niolteu silver set in emeruki.- . D-:Cj Precocious Youth—A Texas paper ells ol a preocious ' boy" at Sun Antonio, vho attempted lo vote at the recent el'-ction, rut his youtl ftil appearance caused a slight usplcion, arfd he wit challenged. It wai hen discovered that Ho was hut thirteen years of age, notwithstanding hehaa a wife and child over one year old. He wai married at the age of eleven. OtT At a literary dinner in London, where Thackeray and Angus B. Reach were vis a-via at table, Thackeray who Iia4 never before met Mr. Reach'—ariJresxed him ae Mr. Reach—pronouncing the name as lis orthography wovld naturally indicate. "Re-nck, sir,—if you please,' said Mr. Reach, who is punctilious upon having his name pronounced in two syllubles, as if apf fted Re ack. Thackeray of course apologised, and corrected his pronunciation ; but in the course of dcseit, he took ocoa aion to hand a plate ot fine pearlies across the table saying, in a tone which only he possessed, •« Mr. Re-ack, will you lako a pe-ack 1" JEj" In his lecture on Monday evening, snyj the Portland Tranecripl, Dr. Boynton related that, wishing to explain loa little girl the manner in jvhich a 4ob«ter casts its shell, when he his outgrown it, said: " What do you do (when you have outcrovvn your blothes 7 You throw them aside don't you 1" "Oh Co." replied the little 'one, " toe let out thp tuck*!" The doctor confessed she hod the advantage ol him there. ler him The strangers had not been aroused, and j with a besting heart heart he thanked Gpd — lie had performed an ac'., simple us it might appear, at which many stout hrarts would have quailed. The dog* growled as ihey went back to their kennel, and it the strangers luard them, they thought that the poor animaU were growling over the repair, they had found. At length the houiuU had ceascd their noise, and all was quiet*. An hour passed away and so did another. It must have bejen nearly midnight when the men below moved and then Philip saw the rays ot a candle flash up through the cracks of the floor on which his bed stood, lie wo'd have movftj to the crack where lie could peep down, but mtliat moment he heard a man upon the ladder. He uttered a quick whisper to his broiher, and then lay per. fact I v still. Tho man came to the top of Slater entered into conversation, with bis gue'ts, but they were not very free, and after s while the conversation dwindled away to mere occasional remarks.— Philip, the elder of the boys, saw the men cast uneasy glances about the room, and he watched them narrowly. His feara had become excited and he could injt rest. H* knew that his father had a large aunt of money in the house, and his first tho't was, that these men were there for the purpose of robbery. After the supper was finished, the two boys quickly cleared off the table, and then went out of doors. It had become darktor rather night had fairly set in, for there waaa bright moon, "two thirds foil," shi n'\og down upon the forest. atiun onco said to one of il)£ cloquen irophets, who had qddressed tlic people , 'Thou art unto }heirD,.da a very lovely song Df one that hath a pleasant voice, arid can ilay well on an instrument: for they heur hy niords, but do them not." The superiority of eloquence, as a practical and manly art, is seen at the 1»r, in the forum, in the legislative assembly; those great theatres for the transaction of civil affairs, where musio would be a strange und unwelcome guest, as bringing nothing useful with her, but being rather a hinderaaw and dctrimcqt to the (KrThe polarity tfany magnetic needie will be destroyed in a lew minutes bv thrusting it into an onion. Few Mtientifio m«)n know this fact, and we never heurd it alluded to in a lecture or essay on the subjeot. t frJrWKile we are reasoning concerning lile, life is gone ; and death, though perhaps they may reoeive him differently, yet treats alike thf tool and the philosopher. Van{ty keeps persons lu favor,*rithihei|L' wives who are out of favor wit|f^TMl^|P A Substitute for a Ubll—The first bell in Haverhill, Mass., ,*iys the Salem Gaxette, was purchased 1784 ; before that time there was a singular substitute, a* appears by a vo'.e passed in 1G3U i.l'nour Abraham Tyler Wow hjsjjpsr day, and on before meeting, on lh0,,c pound of pork lecture days; fronn each lamnnnuallv fa- ' ' ily." " m i « ♦-r—«- It is virtually setiled, by verdicts, run. ning through the latDt twenty that a seducer may be Idlled by his victim, or even by her brother or husband. He is a wild beast, whom any one, whom he has specially injured* may ehoot or stab with impunity.