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She is m y only g i r l ; I asked fo r her as some most precious thing, For all unfinished was L o v e ' s j e w e l e d r ing,

T i l l set wi th this fa ir pear l ;

S ^ l b i s a C r n T C T S t o C o v r c s p o n b e n t s The shade that T ime brought forth 1 could not sec ; ^ P ~ r ! H o w pure, h o w perfect, seemed t h

A L L W H O M I T MAY C O N C E R N . "

D . M . I I . , BKIOGEWATER, MASS.—Our impres-s ions on the subject are g i ven iu Harmonia . vo l . t.

L I L , C A L I F O R N I A . — " T h e Outcast 's So l i lo -

quy " is received.

" A STRUGGLER," LEDYARD, C T . — W e think y o u r condit ion wi l l be whispered to in our nex t insta l lment of " Medical W h i s p e r s . "

P . A . S., CELINA, 0 . — T h e subject o f " Regen-erat ion " wou ld no t now attract many readers. T h e Bibles of the Orient are no t per fect ly trans-lated. Best copies are ve ry expens ive .

3 the g i f t to me ! Oh, many a soft old tune

I used to s ing unto that deadened ear, A n d suffered not the l ightest footstep near,

Lest she m i g h t w a k e too soon

Char l e s E m o r y n o w b e c a m e the " C o . " o f this r i ch and w e l l - k n o w n firm. H e n o w fe l t au thor i z ed to m a r r y a l a d y to w h o m he had been l o n g be t ro thed , and w h i c h union had been f r om prudence d e f e r r ed unt i l this g oa l o f his amb i t i ous hopes had been r eached .

T h e o b j e c t o f h is e a r l y l o v e w a s the on l y d a u g h t e r o f the r e c t o r o f h is par ish ; and Miss B l o o m i n g d a l e w a s a cu l t i va t ed y o u n g lady , in e v e r y w a y w o r t h y o f his cho i c e , and the m a r -r i a g e t ook p lace soon a f t e r 'Jhar les ' name ap -peared as the n e w m e m b e r of t h e i r - m o f D ives , Croesus & Co . , w i th the fu l l c onsen t and in the presence of the happy parents of b o t h br ide and g r o o m .

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A r t k ^ T C i S S f t S S ^ I I . * . . * - -TPl»inedofocc«eioa.lheadaches which be Ah ! needless care ! I might have let them play.

' Twas l ong ere I bel ieved That this one daughter m igh t not speak to me ; Wai ted and watched, God knows how patiently !

l l o w w i l l i ng l y dece i v ed ! Va in L o v e was long the unt ir ing nurse of Fa i th , A n d tended Hope until i t pined to death.

O h ! if she could but hear For one short hour, till I her tongue m igh t teach T o call me mother, in the broken speech

That thril ls the mother 's ear ! j A las 1 those sealed l ips never may be st irred

S. DURFEE .—We ge t no in format ion f o r you. j T o thc deep music o f that love ly word . I n these days of g r ea t trial and " g r ea t mys t e ry . " 1 M y heart it sorely tries the e lement o f " t i m e " must b e a l lowed to do its T o sec her kneel, with such a reverent air, per fect work. Perhaps the day o f satisfaction Beside her brothers at their even ing prayer : wi l l not bc I o n " deferred I Or l i f t those earnest eyes .

° I T o watch our lips, as though our words she knew, ( 0 f meanness o v e r h is b r U S. J. F „ GENEVA. 0 . — Y o u r eiTorts f o r the ex- Then m o v e her own, as she were speaking too. h i s , r i e n d s h e w a s h o s p

pausion o f our subscription list w i l l be rewarded. p V e watched her l ook ing up gene rous , and a l w a y s nc W e be l i eve that g r ea t g o o d wou ld accrue to hu- j To the br ight wonder of a sunset sky, merit; l ay in his jud i c i ous

- -- -- ~ " r : * 1 - s u c h a depth o f meauing in her eye, I , . . . , , That I could almost hope ; t a t i ous char i t i e s t o w a r d s u- -or thy poo r .

The s t rugg l ing soul would burst its b inding cords, j He did nothing from ostcnto . - v . C . B. P . , NEWPORT. R I . — T h a n k you for N o . And the l ong pent-up thoughts flow forth in words, j A b o u t th r ee y e a r s a f t e r :: m a r r i a g e , Mrs .

53. S o m e say that you " h a n d l e sacred subjects j The song of bird and bee, i E m o r y c a l l ed on m e one d a ; «jud w i th g r e a t w i thout g l o v e s " G ' oves are superf luous wheu The chorus of the breezes, streams, and groves , a n x i e t y r e l a t e d to m e tha ' H- husband w a s a the han<id are clean and healthy. W e l ike your Ai l the g rand music to w> i ch Nature moves. c o n f i r m e d somnambulist, a- I Mie f e a r e d ' that " Gl impses " A r e w a 9 t e d n ie lody

I T o h e r ; the wo r ld of sound a tuneless v o i d : J. C., ELMONTE, C A L — A s in numerous other Wh i l e even Silence hath its charm destroyed

nstances. wc dupl icate \ -uy order^a. hope the Ue r face is v e r y fa ir

had neve r b e f o r e b e en s u b j e c t to. and began to

talk iu his s leep . I had f o r n.any yea rs been

the r e gu l a r phys i c i an o f h is f ami l y , and the

fa ther o f this r i s ing you- g m a n o f ten spoke to

me , in m o m e n t s o f unresen-e , of his son, (he

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but the th i rd n i gh t Mrs. E m o r y h i red a man to w a t c h outs ide his bed - room door and qu ie t l y f o l l o w h im w h e r e v e r he m i g h t g o . T h c b a t h i n g w a s resumed ; but b e f o r e g o i n g into the water , Cha r l e s had r e m o v e d an immense r o c k — w h i c h , in h is w a k e f u l moments , he cou ld not h a v e m o v e d — a n d p laced his c l o thes under it, and , a f t e r ba th ing , re turned home naked as usual. A f t e r he had l e f t , the man co l l e c t ed f r om under the r o c k three complete

suits of clothing, found secre ted there, and car-theni to M r . E m o r y ' s r oom, exp la in ing the in-c ident to his w i f e .

A f e w n i gh ts a f ter these adven tures they re turned to L o n d o n , aud in the i n t e r v en ing per i od no v e r y s t range f r eaks w e r e pe r f o rmed , e x c e p t that one n i gh t his w i f e w a s a w a k e n e d b y h e r husband m i m i c i n g t h e manners o f phys i -c ians , and r epea t ing , verbatim, a number o f j the i r p rescr ip t i ons , in Latin; and on t w o suc-c e s s i v e n i gh ts he sa t d o w n to w r i t e as i f in-s t ruc t ing h imse l f in penmansh ip , and wro t e m o s t beaut i fu l l y , when , on the succeed ing days , a w a k e , he cou ld w r i t e but in his o rd i -nary m o s t i l l e g i b l e hand, aud he w a s fur ious w h e n any one p roposed to l i im that he should learn to wr i t e .

I t was abou t a w e e k a f t e r Mr. and Mrs. E m -o r y had re turned to L o n d o n f r om their v i s i t to G r a v e s e n d . H i s s omnambu l i sm w a s n o w we l l kno wn to al l the househo ld , inc lud ing the se rvants , w h o number ed e i g h t in a l l . On this e v e n i n g the s e r van t s ' ha l l w a s the scene of a

l onger ro l l ed on w i thou t any check to these somnambul i s t i c f reaks, and his w i f e became f a t i gued w i th endle33 wa t ch ing , and deep ly anx ious . I then dec ided on an expe r iment to cure, or at least a r res t this ma lady , and m y a r g u m e n t was that i f I could contro l his f a c -ult ies o f reason while in this state of somnambu-

lancy, by imp lan t ing a t such momen t any fee l -ing o f dread or a l a rm, I m i g h t thus check their fur ther ac t ion . I a c c o r d i n g l y , one n ight , had a l a r g e tub ( ho l d ing thir ty ga l l ons o f co ld wate r ) f i l l ed to the br im, so soon as he had re-t i red to his r o om for the n ight , p l aced i m m e -d ia t e l y outs ide and c l ose to his door , so that he cou ld not poss ib ly a v o i d it . Mrs. E m o r y had, a t the same t ime, taken the precaut ion to have her ma ids al l in a t tendance near, w i th w a r m b lankets , t owe ls , &c. , and we al l a w a i t e d the result.

T h e c l ock had jus t struck t w o hours a f t e r m idn igh t , when w e heard his d o o r g en t l y open, and in an instant a splash and a c r y for help, wh i ch b r o u g h t us a l l to his ass is tance . H i s g o o d w i f e g o t d r y c lo thes on him, and made h im comfo r tab l e , and he s lept soundly the re-ma inder o f the n i g h t ; but the fright b roke up f o i e v e r his propens i t i es as a somnambul is t , and f r om that m e m o r a b l e n igh t he was never a g a i n k n o w n to w a l k in his sleep.

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MRS. E. 0 . W . , WASHINGTON-. D . C . — T u m o r s in the uterus, or on parts adjacent, can be re-m o v e d by absorption. F requent ho t water sitz-baths; occasional use o f e l ec t ro -mague t i sm; manipulat ions and persistent p ress ings ; and tw ice a week external rubbing with diluted ca-j apu t oi l . She seems to have a sense

I Of quiet g ladness iu her noiseless p lay ; L . M. S - ,C INCINNAT I , 0 — T h e departed fathers I She hath a pleasant smile, a geut le way ,

of this republic are doing all that is required ol , voiceless e loquence .i : „ . , i , Touches all hearts, though I had once the fear them. T h c country is not to be saved by general- T h a t ^ hef father w o u f d u o t c a r e fo r her. ship, nor by Congress, nor by Wisdom in the pres-1 ent rulers, but by an IDEA, wh ich wi l l possess Thank God it is no t so 1 tbe people only after much punishment and mis-fortune.

" C A T H A R I N E , " OSWEGO, N . Y . — Y e s , faithful f r iend, the best bridal g i f t is a book o f l ight con-cern ing the laws of l i fe and the condit ions of happiness. Such a book is the " Harbinger of

Health." Dr. Gray 's address is N o . 18 East 20th street, this c i ty. There is no certain way to g e t letters to fr iends in Louisiana.

c on f i rmed somnambulist, p i > Lie f e a r e d tha t the r i sks he ran in spme ot hese unconsc ious a d v e n t u r e s m i g h t s o i j * . d p - i >ve fa t . ' l S h e said that soou UiiCr be < & m \ h e n m l t o talk in his s leep, a t first v a g u e l y arid un in te l l i g ib l y , he b e g a n to ta lk , w h e n as l e ep , m o r e c o h e r e n t l y . H e re la ted , in a fu l l and c onnec t ed manner , w h a t passed b e f o r e h im in d r eams , r e v e a l i n g c l ea r l y , and in a w a y to be unders tood , b i s o w n sec re t s and those o f his f r i ends . H e had s ince c o m m e n c e d w a l k i n g in his s leep, and there cou ld n o w bo no m i s t ake in the f a c t that he w a s a s omnambu l i s t . H o w l itt lS is this phenomena of s l e ep k n o w n ! S c i e n c e seems to h a v e been k e p t a t b a y as r ega rds the ph i -l o sophy o f d r e a m s and s omnambu l i sm . E v e n

j theor is ts hes i ta te to a p p r o a c h so d i f f i cu l t a i theme . T h e best w r i t e r s I have consul ted on

the sub j e c t g i v e but a v e r y m e a g r e de f in i t i on o f the p h e n o m e n a of somnambulism. A n au -

I thor i t y on med i ca l s c i ence says : " T h e mind ' is fixed in the s a m e manner as if d r e a m i n g

| upon its o w n impress i ons as possess ing a rea l | j and presen t e x i s t enc e in e x t e rna l t h i n g s ; but |

N o t of all g i f t s bereft, I the bod i l y o r g a n s a re more under the contro l

Even now H o w could I say she did no t speak ! | f t , . „ t b a l t h e i nd i v i dua l acts under Wha t real l anguage l ights her eye and cheek, 1

l i t t l e sly f e s t i v i t y . A supper w a s la id out at i 11 o ' c l o c k , and w i th the add i t i on o f some G L I M P S E S O F A B E T T E R S O C I A L L I F E .

n e i g h b o r i n g servants a c o z y l i t t l e pa r t y o f i

t w e l v e w e r e seated a t tab le in the se rvants ' j B Y LOUIS.

ha l l , in a l l the m e r r i m e n t and g l e e o f a happy

banquet -scene , w h e n a man, d ressed in a long ,

f l o w i n g w h i t e d r e s s i n g - g o w n , w a s seen to enter

and sea\ h imse l f a t the f e s t i v e b o a r d w i thou t

u t t e r ing a w o r d . A l l w e r e in s i lent awe , and

not a w o r d w a s spoken. S o o n Mr. E m o r y

he lped h imse l f f r o m the d i shes nearest to h im,

C H A P T E R I V .

T b e a r gumen t in f a v o r o f a c lass ica l educa-t ion has the same fa l l ac ious weakness abou t i t that charac t e r i z e s a l l r eason ing in f a v o r o f acqu i r ed h a b i t s — c o m m o n sense is thrust out by s oph i s t r y . W h e n f euda l i sm drove out o f

Her blue eye beau t i fu l : o f finest mo ld The soft, wh i t e brow, o 'er which, in waves o f go ld ,

R ipp les her sbiuing hair. Alas ! this l ove ly temple closed must be, For H e w h o made i t keci>s the master-key.

Wi l l s He the mind wi th in Should f ron. earth's Babel-c lamor be kep t free, F eu that His still, small vo ice and step m i g h t be

Heard at its inner shrine, Th rough that deep hush o f soul,with clearer thrill? Then should 1 g r i eve? 0 murmur ing heart, be still!

And when his sons are p lay ing merr i l y , She comes aud leans her head upou his knee.

Oh ! at such t imes I k n o w — By his lull eye aud tones subdued and m i l d -i l o w his heart yearns toward his si lent child.

Aud renders thanks to H i m who l e f t Unto her soul y e t open avenues F o r j o y to enter, aud fo r love to use.

J . D., SPRINGFIELD, I I I . — " T h e I n d i v i d u a l " ! A n d God in love doth g i v e , referred to in the Whisper does not bear your T o > , e r d«-' 'Sct a l u f u t f 0 f o % 0 " , ! ' i , „ ™ n „ i • And we a deeuer tenderness have known name. Y o u r questions, however , are important, A n a T ^ u g h that for which we g r i eve , and, if answered, as perhaps they may be, many i Y e t shall the seal be melted f rom l u r ear, minds m igh t be benefited. There was no inten- j Yea, and my vo ice shall li 11 i t—but not here.

t ion to wound the fee l ings or self-respect o f any I t h a t n e w B C U 8 e i a g i v e „ , •• individual. I he counsel g i v en concerns " C . j W h a t r a . ) t u r c w i U i t 8 first exper i ence be, M. C , " and vitally no one else. | xha t never woke to meaner melody

t , ,, „ _ | Than the rich songs o f heaven— ISAAC AND ELIZABETH, CADIZ, HARRISON Co., T o h e a r t b e fu||. toned anthem swe l l ing round,

O . — T h a n k s fo r the expression of your kindly Wh i l e angels teach the ecstasies ol' sound ! sentiments. In spiritual teachings you wil l find . day by day more truth and higher mot ives fo r a F o r t l i e Herald of Progress, better l i fe on earth. Do not expec t us to leave f P V n r e i n i a T i I P 0 ' " * ••home " l o n g enough to visit your vicinity at K e C O l l e C t l O n S 0 1 a m y S l C i a n . present. It w i l l be best for you, Elizabeth, to Btudy the Harbinger of Health, and regulate your B Y J- LEANDEE STAKU. habits of eating and dr inking by its teachings.

NUMBER F IVE . S .J . J., TEM P ER ANCE VI L L E . O — I t seems absurd

that you should report " l i fe " to be something so whol ly di f ferent f r om your Brother 's account o f T H E S O M N A M B U L I S T .

it. Y o u r disagreements remind us o f the talk C h f t r , E i n h i s j . o u l h ) w b f t t the

T , . " S S S T 1 " experiences j Y a n k e c 8 c f t „ ft / 8 m a r l „ b o y ; „ 0 w a 8 H t l e n . are thus g i ven in rliy

One said, with b row o f wr inkled care, •• L i f e ' s cup, at first, was sweet and fair On our young lips, with laughter gay , I ts cream o f br imming nectar lay ; But vapid then it g r ew and stale, And t i resome as a twice told ta le ; And here, In weary age and pain, Its bitter dregs alone remain. "

T h e other, with contented eye, La id down her work , and made r ep l y :

" Yes , l i fe was br ight at morn ing tide, Y e t , when thc foam and sparkle died, More rich, methought , and purer, too, Its well concocted essence g r e w ; E'en now, tho ' low i t « spirit drains, And little in the cup remains, There ' s sugar ut thc bottom st i l l— And we may taste it if wc w i l l . "

t i ve and studious ; and when , a t s ix teen yea rs of age , he w a s p laced in the coun t ing -house of MesBi-s. D i v e s , Crccsus & Co . , a l ead ing firm in L o n d o n , as j un i o r c l e rk , b is parents pred ic ted he w o u l d do c red i t to his pos i t ion. Char l es ce r ta in ly had g r e a t app l i ca t i on , and ear l y won tbe f a vo r o f Lhe head o f tbe firm, a me thod i ca l , c lose- f is ted o ld f e l l ow , r o that in a much shor t e r t ime than such a d v a n c e m e n t is usual ly a c h i e v e d in s l o w , p l odd ing L o n d o n , he rose, s tep by step, to the post o f con f iden t i a l c le rk , and the sudden death ol the j un i o r partner of thc house, Mr. Matse l l . w h o was d r o w n e d by the upset t ing o f a boa t one Sunday , wh i l e sai l-ing on the T h a m e s , tended to his st i l l fur ther advancement .

o f the w i l l , so that the i nd i v i dua l acts undei I the in f luence o f his e r roneous concept i ons , aud 1

ho lds c o n v e r s a t i o n in r e g a r d to t h e m . " j I a sked Mrs . E m o r y to s tate to m e c lear ly 1

al l the e r ra t i c course o f her husband s ince he I I had b e c o m e sub j e c t to s o m n a m b u l i s m . She ! I r e l a t ed to m e the f o l l o w i n g :

T h e y w e n t to G r a v e s e n d last month for a f e w j I days , and w e r e the gues ts o f a f r i end o f the i r s ' | w h o had a beaut i fu l r es idence near the sea. D u r - ; | ing the first day o f the ir a r r i v a l Mr . Mot t had j

i n v i t ed Mr . E m o r y to see, f r o m the roof , t h e ' e x t e n s i v e v i e w o f t h e T h a m e s , w i th i ts c o u n t - ' less number o f ships c o m i n g in f r o m the sea, i and bea r ing to L o n d o n the wea l th o f al l the • nat ions o f the ear th ; and wh i l e there he had | po in ted out to h im a n e s t o f y o u n g rob ins w h i c h I

e r e d o m i c i l e d on the roo f . T h a t n i gh t Mrs. [ E m o r y la id a w a k e for t w o hours a f t e r re t i r ing ,

wh i l e her husband slept soundly . S o o n a f t e r m i d n i g h t he arose , and. put t ing on his l oose d r e s s i n g - g o w n and sl ippers, ascended to the roo f . H i s w i f e f o l l o w e d h im and saw him take three o f the y o u n g rob ins and f o l d them g en t l y iu tho sk i r t of b is d r e s s i n g - g o w n and descend to his o w n room, when he care fu l l y f o lded his r obe and p laced i t on a cha i r and w e n t to bed . N e x t morn ing , when he w a s a w a k e , she to ld h im o f b is adventure , o f w h i c h he w a s ut ter ly incredulous unti l she geut l y un fo lded b i s d r e s s i n g - g o w n and there s h o w e d h im the l i t t l e b i rds he had pur lo ined .

One n ight , w h e n the moon was b r i gh t and the a i r w a r m and p leasant , he arose and went to the sea and t ook a bath, re turn ing home qu i t e naked , and re t i red to bed. N e x t morn- (

i ng g r e a t w a s bis surpr ise at l inding in his r o om none o f the c lo thes he had taken oft' the ; p rev ious e v e n i n g on r e t i r i n g ; and as they j could n o w h e r e be found, lie was f o rced to g e t j o thers .

T h e next n i gh t the same th ing o c c u r r e d ; ]

and pdrircd out t w o g lasses o f hisoion best wine, nor thern Europe a l l that was in te l l i gent and w h i c h the but le r had p r o d u c e d for the o c c u - , f ree in the l a w s and usages o f R o m e — l e a v i n g sion o f this soc ia l f east , and seemed to be rea l ly j I t a l y f o r centuries its last and on l y s t r ongho ld e n j o y i n g h imse l f . H e then sang, in a c l ea r v o i c e . ' — s c h o l a r s o f e v e r y k ind necessar i ly reta ined and w i th a cu l t i va t ed taste, three verses o f a and p r o m u l g a t e d the l a ngua ge in w h i c h a l -song then much app lauded in soc i e t y , and re- j mos t a l l tho k n o w l e d g e o f tbe per iod w a s cent l y b r o u g h t out . H i s se rvants had never I wr i t t en . Students f r o m e v e r y country t r ave l ed hea rd h im s ing be fo re , but had o f t en heard to the Pen insu la t o . f i n i s h there an ar t i s t i c , h im dec l a r e that he could not s ing. T h e som- j sc ient i f ic , o r c l e r i ca l educat ion. Th i s hab i t nambul is t then re t i r ed , as qu ie t l y as lie had 0 f s tudy ing L a t i n has surv i v ed , by hab i t and entered, and s ough t his o w n ro&m. T h e si- i gnorance , a l l the necess i t ies w h i c h then de-l ence o f the se rvants ' ha l l was n o w broken, manded it. T h e j o u r n e y to I t a l y has l ong and the s t r ange v i s i t o f the ir mas t e r a f - ' a g o ceased to be made . T h e l anguages o f f o rded conve r sa t i on fo r the r ema inder o f the G e r m a n y , F r a n c e , E n g l a n d , Spa in , &c. , have e v e n i n g . b e c o m e even r i che r in express ion than the

T h e f o l l o w i n g n i gh t he rose and w e n t to the i rea l l y dead L a t i n , and the mos t l earned w o r k s s tab les and there sadd led his f a v o r i t e horse on e v e r y branch o f k n o w l e d g e abound in them, and rode fo r an hour in R e g e n t ' s P a r k , a n d ! S c h o o l s , f a r more eminent than are n o w to be returned, unsadd led his horse , and re t i red to j f ound in I t a l y , have l ong ex i s t ed in e v e r y one h is b ed aga in . | o f those countr i es . W h a t more do y o u w a n t ?

In a l l these cases he had no t the fa intes t F o r w h a t do y o u w a n t L a t i n ? I f the R o m a n s r eco l l e c t i on in the m o r n i n g w h a t he had done bad used the h i e rog l iph ics o f E g y p t , or the in his s leep dur ing the n ight , and was e v e n , a r r o w - h e a d e d charac ters o f Pe rs ia , on the a n g r y w h e n he w a s to ld o f it , r e m a r k i n g t h a t , monuments o f their g r ea t men, or had in-it cou ld no t be . ! scr ibed the myste r i es o f the ir l im i t ed sc i en-

T w o events , h o w e v e r , w h i c h he cou ld no t : t i f ic and re l i g i ous k n o w l e d g e in those " sa-d i sbe l i eve , s tar t led h im much and puzz led him j cred " characters , should w e no t have abused so re l y . them for pedant i e o r m isch i evous b l ockheads ?

One was the f o l l o w i n g T h e e v e o f his W e have for centur ies done much the same w i f e ' s b i r thday she b e g g e d h im to w r i t e some thing. N o phys i c ian o f reputat ion wou ld d a r e l ines on the occas ion and present to her next to wr i t e a common-sense prescr ip t ion in E u g -morn ing . l i e sat d o w n and composed two l ish, a l though f rom the i gnorance o f the d r u g -verses . and b e ing ca l led a w a y to the d r a w i n g - g i s t it m i g h t cost a l i fe . A n d how many have r o o m , w h e r e he r ema ined late, he d id not re- j been sacr i f i ced lo this l o ve o f g ibbe r i sh and turn to the l i b r a r y , bu t re t i red to his bed - room, mys t i f i ca t i on? and h o w many have l is tened,

H i s w i f e , late in the even ing , s a w the unf in- . open -mouthed and full o f r eve rence , to the un-ished poem, and fe l t hurt that i t should have comprehended mut te r ings o f a m o u n t e b a n k ? been a l l o w e d to r ema in in that state. A b o u t ! Fancy H e n r y W a r d Beeche r l earned ly ex -an hour a f ter m i d n i g h t Mr. E m o r y a rose and pounding in A r a b i c o r S a n s c r i t ! H o w edi-

descended to the l i b ra r y , w h e r e his w i f e fo l l o w e d h im aud s a w h im seat h imse l f a t tbe table, and add fourteen verses to his unfinished c ompos i t i on and then ret i re to his room. W h e n s h o w n this, and its beauty of s ty le and thought c ommen t ed on next morn ing , he w a s l i t e ra l ly amazed .

T h e o ther e v en t was his per fec t fluency one n ight , wh i l e as leep, in s p e a k i n g to some i m -mag ina r y l is tener in S p a n i s h — a l a n gua ge of

f y i n g ! Ch i l d r en and o ld w o m e n m i g h t be wonder - s t ruck and o v e r - a w e d by this mys te ry o f da rkness ; but peop le of thought , men and w o m e n w h o come seek ing inte l lectual and r e l i g i ous l i ght , w h o want to k n o w and to feel — m u s t they be sent a w a y hunger ing and th i r s t ing , perp lexed , harassed, perhaps curs ing in the ir secre t inmos t thoughts this mocke ry of mys t i f i ca t i on ? Must a c loud o f verbose sound hide f r om them tho fountain o f l i fo and

w h i c h lie k n e w but ve ry l i t t le , and never h a d ' c o n t e n t m e n t ? If w e w a n t La t in , and i f w e w a n t G r e ek , w e w a n t them far less than mod-ern l anguages , because communica t ing less to the m i n d ; we want , also, the A rab i c , and the Sansc r i t , and the Chinese, but only for their spec ia l purposes. But when we force every

one to w a s t e their youthfu l energies over bar-reu words , at an ago when a know ledge o f th ings ough t to be taught, w e crush the men-tal ca l iber , d w a r f the man, and produce a spec ies o i intel lectual insanity and intel lectual

A c . j imbec i l i t y . I f our co l leges and universit ies

But, w i th al l this adv i c e , and a l l tho care have sent out our greates t men, they have and caut ion o f his d e vo t ed wi f e , w h o was m o s t ' d o n e so less by the talents tl»ey have g i v e n tender ly a t tached to him, fu l ly three months them than by the opportuni ty wh . ch those w h o

be fore a t tempted to speak it. W h e n Mrs. E m o r y had re la ted to me all

these inc idents , I a/lvised her as to the im-por tance o f u r g ing him to take regu lar exe rc i s e e v e r y day on horseback , and to have inte l l i -gen t f r iends around him, and p romote cheer fu l conversat ion , espec ia l l y dur ing the e v e n i n g s ; and I g a v e her d i rec t ions as to such s l i gh t medic ine as he should take to r e l i e ve the bra in

T H E H E R A L D O F P R O G R E S S [ S E I ' T . 20 , 18»>*.

could afford to g o to them have of entering public life. I f any remark at all is true, it is rather of the vast multitudo- of incapables which tho classical training produces. An unusually strong constitution and an un-usually strong memory may survive tlie seden-tary and word-wearying training; but the major i ty arc wrecked, stultified, and the proof is in the energy with which they throw aside, if they have tho means, all studious habits, and seek relief in follies, and vices, and other " eccentricities." Then, again, the very busi-ness habits of these public men show their in-capacity. Procrastination is their habi t ; falsehood their pract ice ; indifference their dei ty ; business is a lways pressing upon them

they do not, press it on. The unconscien-tious word-training, together with the uncon-scientious habits, vices, principles, history, and mythology of the ancients, is stamped in indelible characters upon them.

I f we wanted to make a true man, we would

how to enjoy life. Some are too poor, and are dying to find work—too starved and anx-ious to enjoy life. Multitudes have to do work for which they are unfitted, and other multitudes are so over-worked that they can-not find, even if they were permitted, a mo-ment to relieve their over-taxed energies. Even the Sabbath, that glorious holiday cre-ated expressly for the refreshment of all these wearied souls, has been made a day of gloom and long prayings (see Christ's warning, Matt, chap, vi : 5 G, 7, 8.) by the consent of that rich, idle, and professional class, which has been rioting in mere pleasure for six idle days 1 Tbe Jews were equally sufferers with ourselves in keeping, and breaking that day, as thc pro-phets tell us. The Christians did well in try-ing to modify the practice to the real wants of humanity. We , earnest reformers, in our ad-miration for thc ordinance, and forgetting or ignoring its misapplication, have sought to go back to the strict letter of the law, and with

prefer training him to a perfect knowledge of >>o better result. And these evils o f o u r unso-his labor or business practically, than educate - >al system, breeding sameness of occupation him in a knowledge of words. Il l iterate, he i » every branch of industry and among every would be more sure of being honest, part ia l - ! class, shut out^ineteen-twentie.bs o f u s j r o m

larly i f he well understood his art. as skill in

the origin, or cause, of the successive perse-cutions was carefully hidden from the knowl-edge of the " people," lest by knowledge they should become wise. Now all sects boast their martyrs, and few know the real Irom tbe false.

C H A P T E R V I .

In respect to other teachers, I may re-mark that those who have had the greatest influence on the world, have been generally the most dangerous. Self is predominant In all. Conscientiousness — consideration tor others—is wanting. Tl ie more perlect the teacher, tbe less oftentimes the influence ; for the teaching was either not perfectly in accord with God's laws in every respect, or was so entirely neglected in practice, even by the teacher and his disciples,that it was not appre-ciated as was Christianity by the people—the publicans and sinners. Christ, the master mind, the true man, did not merely teach, but practiced what he taught ; and in tbat lay thc greatest part of his power, in inculcating con-viction of the truths he taught. He thus ap-pealed not only to the reason of his hearers,

i t would insure a love for it. It is this train-ing. combined with the word-art properly ap- . „ . . , . „ „ . . „ n , plied, that must rear humanity out of the greedily those excesses in the gnUil cat.o, o mire of ignorance and unskillfulness of com- the passions and appetites which lead to iap,d mon things. Science, heretofore mystified, j bodily like religion, law, and art, is the very bread of

j any chance of healthful change and relief j l ,ut he strengthened that reason by reconcil-'S i ck at haart with ennui, uncertainty, hope i n g the worldly interests of each individual J deferred, or excess of labor, the major i ty seek • with the wel fare of tho whole people. Com-

" pared with this practical demonstration of the j truths be taught, of what avai l were the merely I pretty words and phrases of other teachers ? I mental destruction.

Your picture is by no means inviting, aud j Even though they taught the very same doc-

[From thc Atlantic Monthly.]

The Life of Birds.

BY HEV. T. W. H1GGINS0N.

When one thinks of a bird, one fancies a soft, swift , aimless, joyous thing, lull ot ner-vous energy and arrowy motions—a song with wings. So remote from ours their mode ot eixstence, they seem accidental exiles from an unknown globe, banished where none can un-derstand their language ; and men only stare at their darting, inexplicable ways, as at lie gyrations of the circus. Watch their little traits for hours, and it only tantalizes curios-ity Every man's secret is penetrable, il his neighbor be sharp-sighted. Dickens, for in-stance, can take a poor condemned wretch, like Fagin. whose emotions neither be nor his reader has experienced, and can paint him in colors that seem made of the soul's own atoms, so that each beholder feels as if he personally had been the man. But this bird that hovers nnd alights beside me, peers up at mc, takes its food, then looks again, attitudinizing, jerk-ing, flirting its tail with a thousand inquisi-tive and fantastic motions—although 1 have power to grasp it in my bands and crush its life out, yet 1 cannot gain its secret thus, and the center of its consciousness is really far-ther from mine than tire remotest planetary orbit. " W e do not steadily bear in mind, says Darwin, with a noble scientific humility,

how profoundly ignorant we are of the con-dition of existence of every animal . "

What "sympathet ic penetration" can fathom the life, lor instance, of yonder mysterious, al-most voiceless Humming-bird, smallest , . i - ' . • • i c ii i i most, voiceless

intellectual life to youth. A practical demon-j somewhat, I think over-drawn. 1 he majority trmes, those doctrines necessarily tell dead j f e a t h e r y things, and loneliest, whirr ing among stration of a truth in Nature, so easily lost to appear to me to be happy and comfortable. If among an ignorant people. Prophets might | birds, 'insect-like, and among insects, bird-

. .. . » . _ i . . ,.i.:u : J i l —:.. - i 1 . . , . . . .,„i.. . . I . „ I f t,, " lnvp ( 5 iiil • Ii 1.-.-. Ii ia n.i 11» 11 n trrt cf-:ll)l (' llis a man, is retained bv the child and compre- j you look only at the children, said be, playing 1 have taught to the end of time to " l c bended with a facil ity tbat approaches the in the street, or to parties go ing on picnics, •

to the theater, you may be r ight ; but the evi-dences of this distress lie deeper, and may be seen at a glance in the countenances of men. H o w so—what do those countenances express ? Express ! Why , the inexpressible ! Tba t is just the trouble with them. The face should

marvelous. W e have only to direct the same energies aright which we now waste on words and the vices they daily bring before us, and -we shall rear more earnest, and honest, and intellectual men. Hair-splitt ing and quibbling about words and phrases is not acuteness, much less true knowledge or capacity.

This course of education, then, you think, has built up our cities ? Dion remarked that he regarded it as a part of the system which had had the most pernicious influence, and he looked to an improvement in our school sys-tem as the true stepping-stone of moral and intellectual progress. He thought no child, male or female, but would benefit by a practi-cal knowledge of the proper cultivation o f t h e soil, the study of horticulture, ^botany, min-eralogy, geology, chemistry, kc. I t would effects of those meannesses to which our ma-alwavs be a resource of knowledge acquired to i terial interests still debase us.

to 11 love your neighbor," and even to all you have to spare to the poor , " and yet not a disciple be found to understand thc meaning of cither doctrine. " G o d " has been in all t ime represented in the unlovable

aspect of a terrible and jealous God. The " n e i g h b o r , " as. your own kindred—another

U11U9, llJOCVii.-iiivv., * -' ® , ve God , " | like, his path untraceable, his home un.-ecn ? i " g i v e of1 A n image of airy motion, ye t it sometimes

:f ........ rintliimr iriiTlllH in lkim.

be the index of the mind. I t is not so. It is mode of lov ing onesel f—and " g i v i n g to the the index of perplexity. A t rare intervals it poor , " the degrading conceit of a lms-giv ing, is so decidedly villainous, that we say at once, | In the practical demonstrations of Christ, A v i l la in ! or it is so candidly, timidly, or sorrowfully honest, that we cheerfully acknow-ledge the true man. Nevertheless, the major-ity have a gr imace so inexpressive, indefina-ble, equivocal, denoting so evidently the anxieties, perplexities, and uncertainties of

each of these virtues implies and envelops the other, and there is no love of God or the neighbor without that effectual care of all which that love clearly indicates. A l l else is but mockery. Ne i ther ravings, nor lament-ations, nor bel lowings, nor seclusions, nor

their mental status, that our study only reveals | preachings, nor prayings, nor fanaticisms, nor this general undevelopment of man the ' sophistries can ava i l against tbe law of our

be ing—tbat simple law of love which is actually in accordance with our true worldly

fall back upon, if, in the pursuit of existence in the city, fortune failed. But out of a few words of Lat in or. Greek, what kind of l iv ing can a man make ? I conld not answer other-wise than in the negative. I had tried it my-self once, and it had proved not ouly faithless, but injurious. j occupies himself with those faculties which j of their persecutors. Hav ing lost the true

Whi le , however, we are improving your ed- j liken him to the animal, he is only an animal j coinage, tliey put forth a counter fe i t ; afraid ucation and training, he resumed, we may man, and his face possesses the same lack o f ! any longer to teach the reality, they taught a

In man there are other traits o f character besides cunning. In man there are other ne-cessities besides mere eating. In man there are other arts besides fighting. Unless those other faculties of the man are equally culti-vated, he is not a man but in form. I f he only

interests! But we have been taught, I interposed, self-

sacrifice, mortif ications, . . . Stop! When, Dion replied, the practice of true Christian virtue was wiped out by persecution, the new teach-ers accommodated their doctrines to the wants

simultaneously progress by the adoption of those business-like changes which more par-ticularly characterize our age. A l l the pro-fessions have their side of imposture and charlatanism. By reducing science, l ike reli-gion, law, and art, to practice, we may expect less pretension and mystery, and more substan-tial results. The city, now the seat of vice, crime, and pauperism, the refuge of the ig-norant and destitute, and the trap of virtue, industry, and intell igence, may be limited to its true uses as the emporium for commerce, the arts, and manufactures. The country may be embellished by sharing in the benefits of the arts and literature. But to do this we must change the habits of its now scattered population, show them the benefits of concen-tration, and the application of union, know-ledge, and intelligence, to the true conquest of the soil. A s yet its life is but a modification of the wi ld life of the Indian—the l i fe of self, egotism, of antagonism, of ignorance, educa-tional and by habit.

You would make perfections of us all, and ren-der l i fe monotonous by the very evenness of its way . Dion laughed his quiet laugh and shook his head. The world, said he, is a mass of endless, unceasing var ie ty ; it is a mass of per-fect ly-ordered, harmonious inequality. W i l l that satisfy you ? Do you think your variety of tiresome, suicide-provoking confusion and struggling, need be less monotonous than my ever-industrious, improving, labor-dividing association,with its rich and peaceful results ? The very variety you speak of, which pro-duces so much nausea, ennui, and fatal effects

the distinctive mark or expression of human or manly character which we see in brutes.

It all the faculties and sentiments of the true man were act ively deve loped—and. we have many such cases—and yet conscientiousness was inactive, the character would be a feeble and incomplete one. Most of the grand reli-gious systems of the wor ld have been founded by fanatics deficient in an act ive justice, prompting to a conscientious consideration for all others at all times. W i th that great sen-timent, which is the pivot o f the human mind, man NEVER seeks to raise himself, or distin-guish himself, or work for his own glori f ica-tion ; but on the contrary, ever strives to raise other men up, and place them on a perfect

mockery ; and that mockery was in the na-ture of things a compromise between the old superstition a n d ' t j i e new truths. In this world, the law is progress. Th ings do not go by leaps and miracles, but by sure and certain steps are evo lved f rom the imperfect to the more perfect. Miracles are of rare occurrence, and are a lways in accordance with natural law. But they demand a miracle maker, and one susceptible of receiv ing the miracle. The more perfect the moral tone of the man, and the divine, or, vulgarly cal led,magnet ic power, the greats? the effect produced by the trans-mission o f that subtile element from one to the other. Hence the healtby man transmits of his healthy forces to the sick and cures him ;

equality with himself. He seeks not to govern, | a n d hence, a var iety of other manifestations but to cooperate w i th—not to depreciate or a n d ftven • c ' r e a t e r miracles » which th*

to rich and poor, is the grossest of all monoto-„ i e S . It is this very heaviness of existence to ^ ' i h i . " ^ " ^ the many that is the peculiar characteristic of . . . our present as of our past social existence. I t would require a miracle to make it more so. The few who learn to enjoy l i fe and cast away

despise, but to aid and encourage. He comes to them with good tiding of great j oy , and proclaims to all the children of God that they are f r ee ! I t is in this respect that Christ stands out prominently before all teachers and leaders. I f there has been any failure of truthfulness and true humanity in Christianity, the fault has lain in the ignorance of the dark ages and not in the good Teacher. He was the embodiment of tbe anti-self. He was the disinterested—tbe " jus t . " He was the brother a lways—in teaching, in working. W h a t be-longed to him, belonged to a l l ; and hence, his common-sense doctr ine ; his " way of l i fe" accordance with natural l aw—the law of God —produced among the simple-hearted people, publicans and sinners, such conviction, that multitudes were said to have been converted " b y mirac le . " And these multitudes, in-

common sense, sought to lead a true and better life by l iv ing as he did. in fraternal association.

I y ie ld, 1 replied, my clear Dion, to your ad-1 lit v> 11U 1U1V1 11 IU HI UI IMC tlim CU3L ttWIiy • 1 , .. , , e , i , , miration of the Christ; but have you not exacr-its burdeu of monotony are those who have . , . . , ' c i . ,i , , ,, . gerated the associative results of lis teaching, found out the secret of perpetua ly renewing 1 , , , , , , . " - ' ^ " " ' f c i

• i • , , , . , and belittled the character and influence of existence by doing good and producing good L U U 0 1

results. W e all need to find this out. I t con sists not in the painful pleasure of g iv ing alms to a degraded creature, but in placing tbat creature on a true equality of independ-ence—raising liira from his humiliation that is crushing him, elevating him above the degra-dation that is breeding curses in his heart on the beads equally of the g iver and the re-fuser !

C H A P T E R V .

T h e more we know, the more wo improve, and the more we remove that monotony from among us which we complain of so much. Y o u wil l admit that, to be usefully occupied and to be constantly acquiring knowledge, is t o banish ennui. Tha t is the object we have in v i ew. But your antagonistic system, car-ried to its extreme limits, is the necessary pro-ducer of the monotony yon dread. A l l classes o f our society suffer more or less from it. Some are too rich, and have nothing to do but to " waste time I " too ignorant to know

other great teachers ?

No t at all. W e know by history that the disciples had everything in common; and this is sustained not only by the very character of the teaching and the words of the teacher, but is confirmed by the decrees of the Roman authorities and the statements of their historians. The trading classes and aristocracy of the time accus-tomed to govern men and pay them wages, at competition rales, could not brook this dan-gerous innovation which " threatened the very foundations of society ; " and thus it was that in the " n a m e of law and order , " this " v i l e s e c t " of low and vulgar people—this herd of " communists," " social ists," " publicans and sinners " — w e r e ordered to conform to the " h o l y r e l i g i o n " of the time. The conse-quences of non-conforming, w e all know. These horrors need not be related again. But we may add, that when this principle of asso-ciation was broken up, the " s e c t , " from being practical, every-duy Christians, became mere praying, one-day, or Sunday Christians, and

and even " greater mirac les , " which the teacher taught, should be performed by others after him.

I f we could imagine a continuation of the early Christian manner of l i f e—the " n e w l i f e " promised—without the interference of persecutions, the world would have presented many centuries ago, a very high condition of c iv i l izat ion. The leading minds, while they would have erred (on the selfish side) some-what. would long ago have demonstrated the laws governing the new condition of things. Instead of the dark conceits, the voluminous sophistries, the learned whimsical i t ies, the scientific plausibilities, and the pious unrca-sonings, written wfth a v iew to reconcile the false l i fe with the true life, w e should have had steady progress in all good things, open-ness of convict ion to all truths, an incessant search of the Scriptures, and no persecutions of any man for opinion's sake. Mystery or darkness would never have obscured l ight or truth.

I may remark that just as much as the physiognomy of men denotes the equivocal character o f the perplexed mind of the dark ages, so also the false practice of things is everywhere outwardly displayed in the habits and habiliments of men. The instinct of what is false, impelled by conceit and the de-sire of exclusivencss, or selfish distinction, prompts to the assumption of some masquer-ade show. The " f a k i r , " or holy man of India, is an example. In him there is the " m e r i t " of morti f ication in constant suffer-ing ; " m e r i t " ol id leness—liv ing upon his fe l low creatures; the " m e r i t . " of humility-in qhaintness, antiquity, or filthiness of dress —a l l of which are only a manifestation of intense vanity and pride, wrought by false teaching into fanaticism or insanity. Wh i l e an act ive conscientiousness prompts to re-garding and treating others as good as oneself, and is the very pivot o f the mental system, the conceits of pride and vanity, but par-ticularly the former, arc the brazen steps down which all false religious systems drag them-selves into the mire of hatred, legal persecu-tion, and violence. Accord ing to pride,every-body is a sinner but onese l f ; everybody is a sinner, damned to eternity, who does submit to its dominat ion; no one can be saved out of its " church ! "

{To be Continued.)

seems as"if there were nothing joyous in l.im. He seems like some exiled pigmy prince, ban-ished, but still regal , and doomed to wings, Did gems turn to flowers, flowers to feathers, in that long-past dynasty of Humming-birds? It is strange to come upon his tiny nest, in some gray and tangled swamp, with this bril-

lenving it, l ike all other nests, save those of birds of prey, clean and pure, when the young are flown. This they do chiefly from an in-stinct of de l i cacy ; since wood-birds arc not wont to use the same nest a second time even if they rear several broods in a season.

The subdued tints and notes which al-most a lways mark the female sex among birds—unlike insects and human beings, of which the female is often more showy than the male—seem designed to secure their safety while sitting on thc nest, while thc brighter colors and louder song of the male enable his domestic circle to detect his whereabouts more easily. I t is commonly noticed, in the same way, that ground-birds have more neutral tints than those which build out of reach. With- the aid of these advantages, it is aston-ishing how well these rov ing creatures keep their secrets, and what sharp eyes arc needed to spy out their habitat ions—while it always seems as if the empty last-year's nests were very plenty. Some, indeed, are very elabo-rately concealed, as of the Golden-crowned Thrush, called, for this reason, the Oven-bird —the Meadow-lark, with it3 burrowed gallery among the grass—and thc Kingfisher, which, mines four feet into the earth. But most of thc rarer nests would hardly be discovered, only that the maternal instinct seems some-times so overloaded by Nature as to defeat itself, and tbe bird flies and chirps in agony when she might pass unnoticed by keeping still. Thc most, marked exception which I have noticed is the Red Thrush, which, in this respect, as in others, has thc most high-bred manners among all our birds : both male and female sometimes flit in perfect silence through the bushes, and show solicitude only in a sob which is scarcely audible.

Passing along the shore-path by our lake, one day in June, I heard a great sound of scuffling and yelping before me, as i f dog3 were hunting rabbits or woodchucks. On ap-proaching, I saw no sign of such disturbances, and presently a Par t r idge came running at me through the trees with ruff and tail expand-ed, bill wide open, and hissing like a Goose— then turned suddenly, and with ruff and tail

liant atom perched disconsolately near it. furled, but with no pretense of lameness, scud-upon some mossy tw ig ; it is l ike visit ing Cinderella among her ashes. And from Humming-bird to Eagle, the daily existence of every bird is a remote and bewitching mys-tery.

Py thagoras lias been charged, both before and since the days of Malvol io, with holding that " the soul o f o u r grandam might happily inhabit a f o w l " — t h a t delinquent men must revis i t earth as women, and delinquent women as birds. Malvol io thought nobly of the soul, and in no way approved his opinion ; but 1 remember that Harr iet Rohan, in her school-days, accepted this, her destiny, with glee. " When I saw the Or io le , " she wrote to me, " f r om .h i s nest among the plum-trees in the garden, sail over the air and high above the Gothic arches of the elm, a stream of flashing l ight, or watched him swinging silently on pendant twigs. 1 did not dream how near akin we were. Or when a Humming-bird, a winged drop of gorgeous sheen and gloss, a l iv ing gem, poising on his wings, thrust his dark, slender, honey-seeking bill into the white blossoms of a little bush beside my window, I should have thought it no such a bad thing to be a bird, even if one next be-came a bat, l ike the colony in our eaves, that dart, and drop, and skim, and skurry, all the length of moonless nights, in such ecstasies of dusky j o y . " Was this weird creature, the bat, in very truth a bird, in some far pr imeval time ? and does he fancy in unquiet dreams at nightfal l that he is one still V 1 wonder whe-ther he can enjoy the winged brotherhood-into which he has thrust h imse l f—a vict im, per-haps, of some rash, quadruped-ambit ion—an Icarus doomed forever not to fall .

I think that, il required, on pain of death, to name instantly the most perfect thing in the universe, I should risk iny fate on a bird's egg. There is, first, its exquisite f rag i l i ty of material, strong only by the mathematical pre-cision of that form so dainti ly molded. There is its absolute purity from external stain, since that thin barrier remains impassible until the whole is in ruins—a purity recognized in the household proverb of A n apple, an egg, and a nut." Then, its range of tints, so varied, so subdued, and so beaut i fu l—whether of pure white, l ike the Martin's or pure green, l ike the Robin's or dotted and mott led into the lovel i -est of browns, l ike the Red Thrush's, or aqua-marine, w i th stains of moss-agate, l ike the Chipping-sparrovv's or blotched with long, weird ink-marks on a pale ground, l ike the Oriole 's, as i f it bore inscribed some magic clue to the bird's darting flight and pensile nest. A b o v e all, the associations and predic-tions of this lfttle wonder—that one may bear home between his fingers all that winged splendor, all that celestial melody, coi led in mystery within these tiny wal ls ! Even the chrysalis is less amazing, for its form a lways preserves some trace, however fantastic, of perfect insect, and it is but moult ing a sk in ; but this e gg appears to the eye l ike a separate unit from some other k ingdom of Nature, c la iming more kindred wi th the very stones than with feathery existence ; and it is as if a pearl opened and an angel sang.

The nest which is to contain these fa ir things is a wondrous study also, f rom the coarse masonry of the Robin to the soft struc-ture of the Humming-bird, a baby-house among nests. A m o n g all created things, the birds come nearer to man in their domesticity. The i r unions are usually in pairs, and for life ; and with them, unlike the practice of most quadru-peds, the male labors for the young. He chooses the local i ty of the nest, aids in its construction, and fights for it if needful. He sometimes assists in hatching the eggs. He feeds the brood with exhausting labor, liki

ded off through the woods in a circle—then at me again fiercely, approaching within two yards, and spreading nil her furbelows, to in-timidate, as before—then, taking in sail, went off again, a lways at the same rate of speed ye lp ing l ike an angry squirrel, squealing like a pig, occasionally clucking l ike a hen, and, in general , so filling the woods with bustle and' disturbance, that there seemed no room for anything else. Quite overawed by the dis-play, I stood watching her for some'time, then entered the underbrush, where the little invis-ible brood had been unceasingly piping, in their baby way . So motionless were they, that, for all their noise, I stood with my feet among tliem for some minutes without finding it possible to detect them. When found and taken from the ground, which they so closely resembled, they made no attempt to escape; but when replaced, they presently ran away fast, as i f conscious that the first policy had failed, and that their mother had retreated. Such is the summer-l i fe of these little th ings ; but come again in the fall, when the wild au-tumnal winds go marching through the woods, and a dozen pairs o f strong wings will thri l l l ike thunder through the arches o f the trees, as the fu l l -grown brood whirrs away around yon.

Not only have we scarcely any species o f birds which are thoroughly and unquestiona-bly identical with European species, but there-are certain general variations of habit. F o r instance, in regard to migrat ion. Th i s is. of course, a universal instinct, since even tropical birds migrate for short distances from the equator, so essential to their existence do these wanderings seem. But in N e w England, among birds as among men, the rov ing habit seems unusually strong, and abodes are shift-ed very rapidly. The whole number of spe-cies observed in Massachusetts is about the same as in Eng land—some three hundred in all. But of this number, in England, about a hun-dred habitually winter on the island, and half that number even in the Hebrides, some birds actually breeding in Scot land during January and February, incredible as it may seem. The i r habits can, therefore, be observed through a long period of the y e a r ; whi le with us the br ight army comes and encamps for a month or two, and then vanishes. You must attend their dress-parades whi le they l a s t ; for you wil l have but few opportunities, and their do-mestic life must commouly be studied during a f e w weeks of the season, or not at all.

Wonder fu l as the instinct of migration seems, it is not, perhaps, so a l together ama-zing in itself as in some o f its attendant de-tails. T o a great extent, birds fo l l ow the opening fo l iage northward, ancl flee from its fading, south ; they must keep near the food on which they l ive, and secure due shelter for their eggs. Our earliest v is i tors shrink from trusting the bare trees wi th their nests; the Song-sparrow seeks the g r ound ; the blue-bird finds a box or a hole somewhere : tlie Red -w ing haunts the marshy thickets, safer in spring than at any other season; and even the sociable Robin prefers a pine-tree to an apple-tree. if resolved to begin housekeeping prema-turely. T h e movements of birds are chiefly t imed by the advance o f vege ta t i on ; and the thing most thoroughly surprising about them is not the genera l fact of the change ol lati-tude, but their accuracy in hitt ing the precise local i ty. Tha t the same Cat-bird should find its way back every spring to almost the same branch of yonder larch- t ree—that is the thing astonishing to mo. In England a lame Red-start was observed in the same garden for sixteen successive years - and the astonishing precision of course which enables some birds >f smnll size to fly f rom Austra l ia to New

, 1 , r . exiiausting lauor, like of small size to fly f rom Austra l ia to New ponder Robin, whose winced picturesque day Zealand in a d a v — probably the longest single [ L I T ! Z W e - r u n d e r t a k e n - i / o n l y a part of The beaks, at the rate of one morsel in every three minutes. He has to teach them to ' f l y , as among the Swal lows , or even to hunt, as among the Hawks . His l i fe is anchored to his home. Yonder Oriole fills with l ight and melody the thousand branches of a neighbor-hood; and yet. the center for all this d ivergent splendor is al ways that one drooping dome upon one chosen tree. This he helped to build in May, confiscating cotton as if he were a Union provost-martial , and singing many songs, with his mouth full of p lunder ; and there he watches over his household all through the leafy June, perched often upon the airy cradle-edge, and sway ing with i t in the summer-wind. And f rom this deep nest, after the pretty eggs are hatched, wi l l ho and bis mate extract every f ragment of tho shell,

nly a part same mysterious instinct of direction.

In comparing modes of flight, the most sur-prising, o f course, is that of the Swal low tribe, remarkable not merely for its velocity, but for the amazing boldness ancl instanta-neousness o f the angles it makes ; so that eminent European mechanicians have specu-lated in vain upon the methods used in its locomotion, and prizes have been offered by mechanical exhibitions, to him who cou l ibes t explain it. W i th impetuous dash, they sweep through our perilous streets, these wiid hunt-ers of the air, " s o near, and y e t so far ; " they bathe flying, and flying they feed their young. In my immediate vicinity, the Chimney-Swal -low is not now common, nor the Sand-Swal-l o w ; but the C l i f f -Swal low, that strange em-igrant f rom the Fa r West , the Barn-Swal-

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l o w , and thc w h i t e - b r e a s t e d spec i es , a rc ; b r o o k w h i c h d r o p p e d f r o m stone to stone be- T h r o a t , that l i t t le rest less b u s y b o d y , w i th his abundant , t o g e the r w i t h the P u r p l e Mar t i n . | neath the s h a d o w o f our Ra t t l e snake Rock? , e ternal which-is-it, which-is-it, irhich-is-it, em-I k n o w no pre t t i e r s i gh t than a b e v y o f these I the a ir seemed a t first as s i lent a b o v e me ns phas iz i t i g each sy l l ab l e a t w i l l , in despa i r o f b r i g h t l i t t l e c r ea tures , m e t f r o m a dozen di t - j tbe ear th b e l ow . T h e buzz o f summer sounds response . P a s s i n g into the l o f t i e r woods , w e f e re nt f a rm-houses to p i cn i c a t a w a y s i d e had no t begun. S o m e t i m e s a bee h u m m e d by find them resound ing w i th the loud proc la-poo l , sp l a sh ing and f lu t t e r ing , w i th the i r l o n g i w i th a l ong s w i f t thri l l l i ke a chord o f music ; mat ion o f the G o l d e n - C r o w n e d Thrush—scheat ,

w i n g s e x p a n d e d l i k e but t e r f l i e s , k e e p i n g j s o m e t i m e s a breeze came resound ing up tbe scheat, scheat, scheat,—rising arid g r o w i n g l ouder p o i s e d by a c ons t an t h o v e r i n g m o t i o n , just j f o res t l i ke an a p p r o a c h i n g l o c o m o t i v e , and in a v i g o r o u s w a y that ra ther sugges t s some t i l t i n g upon the i r f e e t , w h i c h s c a r c e l y touch then died ut ter ly a w a y . T h e n , at l eng th , a g r ea t W o o d p e c k e r than such a t iny thing, the m o i s t g r o u n d . Y o u w i l l s e l dom see them V e e r y ' s de l i c ious note rose in a f ounta in of A n d pene t ra t ing to some 301 lone l i e r p lace , a c t u a l l y perch on a n y t h i n g less a i r y than some 1 l i qu id m e l o d y f r om beneath m e ; and when it we find it c onsec ra t ed to that l i f e - l o n g so r row , t e l e g r a p h i c w i r e ; but , w h e n they do a l i gh t . I was ended , tiie c lear , ca lm, in terrupted chant w h a t e v e r i t m a y be, w h i c h is m a d e i m m o r t a l e a c h w i l l m a k e cha t t e r e n o u g h fo r a dozen, as o f the W o o d - T h r u s h fe l l l i ke so lemn w a t e r - in the p l a in t i v e cadence o f the l ' e w c e .

" ' d rops f r om some source a b o v e . I a m ac- T h e r e is one f a v o r i t e b i r d — t h e C h e w i n k , or qua in t ed w i th no sound 111 Na ture so swee t , so Ground R o b i n — w h i c h , I a l w a y s fanc ied , must e l e va ted , so serene. F lu tes and f l ageo l e ts are ! have bcen k n o w n to K e a t s w h e n he w r o t e A r t ' s poo r e f f o r t s to r eca l l that so f te r sound. | those f ew w o r d s ot p e r f e c t d e s c r i p t i v e n e s s — I t is s imple , and seems a l l p r e l u d e ; but the j 11 I f au innocent bird mus ic to w h i c h i t is the o v e r t u r e must b e l ong Before my heedless footsteps stirred and stirred

to o the r spher cs. I t m i g h t be the Angelas of In little journeys

some lost c onven t . I t m i g h t be the med i ta -1 W h a t rest less sp i r i t is in this creature , that, t ion o f s ome ma iden -he rm i t , s a y i n g o v e r to wh i l e so shy in its o w n persona l habits, it vet herse l f in so l i tude, w i th recurrent tuneful w a t c h e s e v e r y v i s i t o r w i th a P a u l - P r y cur ios-pauses, the on l y song she k n o w s . Bes ide this i ty , f o l l o w s h im in the w o o d s , peers out a m o n g so l i l oquy o f the s w a p h s , the caro l o f tbe tbe underbrush, s c ra t ches upon the l eaves V e e r y seems a f a m i l i a r and a lmos t domes t i c w i th a pret ty pretense o f i m p o r t a n t business t h i n g ; y e t it is so c h a r m i n g that A u d u b o n there , and present ly , w h e n d i s r egarded , ascends must have des i gned to inc lude it a m o n g the some smal l t ree and beg ins to c a r o l its mo-Th rushes w h o s e mer i t s he p roc l a ims . notorious song, as i f the r e w e r e no such thing

But the r a n g e o f mus i ca l p e r f e c t i on is a as man in the un i v e r s e ? T h e r e is s o m e t h i n g w i d e o n e ; and i f the s tandard o f e x c e l l e n c e j i r r egu la r and f an tas t i c in the c o l o r ing , a lso , be that w o n d r o u s b r i l l i ancy and va r i e t y of e x - o f the C h e w i n k ; u n l i k e tbe g ene ra l i t y o f

i f al l the r u s h i n g hur ry of the w i n g s had passed into the t ongue .

B e t w e e n the s w i f t n e s s o l the S w a l l o w and t h e s ta t e l iness o f the b i rds o f prey , the who l e r a n g e o f b i r d - m o t i o n seems inc luded . T h e l o n g w a v e ot a H a w k ' s w i n g s seems a l m o s t t o send a s l ow v i b r a t i on th rough the a tmos -phere , t o l l i n g upon the e y e as y on distant, be l l upon thc ear . 1 neve r w a s m o r e impressed w i t h the super i o r d i gn i t y of these soar ings than in o b s e r v i n g a b lood less contes t in tbe a i r , last A p r i l . S t a n d i n g bes ide a l i t t l e g r o v e , o n a r o c k y l i i l l -s ide , I b ea rd C r o w s c a w i n g n e a r b y , and then ,a sound l ike g r e a t flies buz-z ing , w h i c h 1 r ea l l y a t t r ibu ted , f o r a moment , t o some ea r l y insect . T u r n i n g , I s aw t w o C r o w s f l app ing the i r h e a v y w i n g s a m o n g the t rees , and obse r ved that they we r e t eas ing a H a w k about as l a r g e as themse l ves , w h i c h w a s a lso 011 the w i n g . P resen t l y al l three had r i sen a b o v e the branches , and we r e c i r c l i n g h i g h e r and h i ghe r in a s l ow sp ira l . T h e C r o w s kep t cons tant l y s w o o p i n g at the i r e n e m y , w i th the same a n g r y buzz, one o f t w o t a k i n g dec i d ed l y the l ead . T h e y se ldom s t ruck at h im wi th their beaks , but kep t hi in-h e r i n g a g a i n s t h im, and flapping h im w i th the i r w ings , as if in a f rui t less e f fo r t to cap-s ize h i m ; w h i l e the H a w k k e p t care l ess ly e l ud ing the assaults, n o w inc l in ing on one s ide, n o w on the other , w i th a s ta te l y g race , n e ve r r e ta l i a t ing , but s e e m i n g ra ther to en joy t h e nove l amusemen t , as if it w e r e a sk i rm i sh in ba l l oons . Dur ing a l l this, indeed , he s ca r c e l y s e emed once to w a v e his w i n g s ; y e t l ie soared s tead i l y a l o f t , t i l l the C r o w s r e fused t o f o l l o w , though a l r eady h i ghe r than I e v e r s a w C r o w s be fo re , d im a g a i n s t the f l eecy s k y ; then the H a w k flew no r thward , but soon a f ter -w a r d he sa i l ed o v e r us once aga in , w i t h l oud , sco rn fu l chirr, and they on l y c a w e d , and l e f t h i m undis turbed.

W h e n w e hear the tumul t of mus ic f r om these va r i ous art is ts of the a i r , i t seems as if the s y m p h o n y n e v e r cou ld bc ana l y zed in to i ts d i f f e r en t instruments . But w i th t ime and pa t i ence i t is not so d i f f i cu l t ; nor can w e r ea l l y e n j o y the pe r f o rmance , so l ong as it is

r ears . I t i;

no m o r e part in the s ymphony o f the year , s imple , l o v ing , and ch i ld l ike is his express ion • 1 hen, as if by p reconcer t ed s ignal , they j o i n e d and it is o f ten a sub jec t o f r eg re t and mort i -iu : O r o w s c a w e d anx ious ly a f a r , Jays I f i ca t ion to be l i e ve rs to wi tness the fact, that s t r e a m e d in the w o o d s ; a P a r t r i d g e c lucked j wh i l s t uneducated and uninf luential men are to its brood, l ike the g u r g l e o f w a t e r f r om a o f t en vouchsa fed a bount i fu l supply of spir i t -bo t t l e ; a K ing f i she r wound his ratt le , mor e ual food at our l i t t l e mee t ings , educated and br ie f ly than in spr ing , as if we now k n e w all in f luen t i a l 'members of soc ie ty , w h o have per-

I abou t i t and the merest hint o u g h t to su f f i c e ; haps been persuaded to inves t i ga te the truth a i s h - H a w k flapped into the w a t e r w i th a o f " modern Sp i r i tua l i sm " f o r themselves , a r e g r e a t rude splash, and then flew heav i l y a w a y ; f requent ly a l l o w e d to g o a w a y empty . T h e

I a f lock of W ild Ducks went . southward ove r - l o v ing and ch i l d l i ke charac t e r o f many o f t h e head, and a sma l l e r party re turned beneath c o m m u n i c a t i n g inte l l i gences , precludes the

i them, f l y ing l ow and anx ious ly , as if to p ick idea that truths a re g i v e n to the one. o r w i th -

u1!.,8?."1®, °8 J t , a p r g , l l g , e . ; , ' i n , l ,\ a t l a®1 ' . a L o o « ? held f rom the other , f rom mot i v es o f f avor i t -sm o r captiou8nes8 ; and this wou ld seem to

ecut i on sugges t ed b y the M o c k i n g - B i r d , then g round-b i rds , i t is a s h o w y th ing , w i th b l a ck the pa lm be longs , a m o n g our N e w E n g l a n d wh i t e , and bay i n t e rm ing l ed , and it is one o!

. . . . . i . a . D . J HL.. . .1. - .1 : 11.J t l i e n i o s t unmis takab l e o f all our f e a the ry songsters , -to the R e d Thrush , o t h e r w i s e ca l l ed Mav i s or B r o w n T h r a s h e r . I h a v e neve r heard the M o c k i n g - B i r d s i ng a t l i b e r t y ; and w h i l e the c a g e d b i rd m a y surpass the R e d T h r u s h in v o l u m e of v o i c e and in qua intness o f d i r e c t im i ta t i on , he g i v e s m e no such im-press ion o f dep th and magn i f i c ence . I k n o w not b o w to desc r ibe the vo lub l e and fantas t i c notes w h i c h f a l l l i ke pear l s and d i amonds f r om the beak o f our Mav i s , w h i l e h is s t a l e l y a t t i tudes and h i g h - b o r n bea r ing are in tull

c rea tures , in its aspec t and its ways . A n o t h e r of m y f a vo r i t e s , pe rhaps f r om our

s y m p a t h y as to l o ca l i t i e s , s ince w e mee t f r ee l y e v e r y summer at a f a v o r i t e l ake , is the K i n g -Bird", o r T y r a n t F l y - c a t c h e r . T h e habi ts o f r o ya l t y or t y ranny 1 h a v e neve r been ab l e to p e r c e i v e — o n l y a d e m o c r a t i c hab i t o f res ist -ance to t y r a n t s ; but this b i rd a l w a y s impress -es m e as a pe r f e c t l y w e l l - d r e s s e d and we l l -manne r ed person, w h o , am id a v e r y t a l ka t i v e

ha rmony w i t h the song . I reca l l the s teep, soc i e ty pre fers to l is ten, and s h o w s lire char-bare h i l l - s ide , and the t w o g r e a t bou lde rs j a c t e r by ac t i on on l y . S o l o n g as be s i ts si-w h i c h gua rd the l one l y g r o v e , w h e r e I first l ent ly on some s t ake o r bush in the n e i g h b o r -fu l l y l ea rned the w o n d e r o f this l ay , as if 1 | hood o f his f a m i l y - c i r c l e , y o u no t i c e on ly bis had met Sa in t Ccc i l i a there . A tho rough l y happy "song, o v e r f l o w i n g w i th l i f e , it g i v e s e v e n its mos t f a m i l i a r phrases an a i r o f g r a -c ious condescens ion , as w h e n some g r ea t v i o l in i s t s toops to the " C a r n i v a l o f V e n i c e . " T h e R e d T h r u s h does not, h o w e v e r , consent to any pa r ro t - l i k e m i m i c r y , though e v e r y no te o f w o o d o r f i e l d—Or i o l e , Bobo l i nk , C r o w , J a y , Robb in , W h i p p o r w i l l — a p p e a r s to pa s s iu va i l ed process ion th rough the song .

Re ta in the e x e cu t i on o f the R e d Th rush , but hope less ly i m p a i r his o r gan , and y o u h a v e the C a t - B i r d . T h i s a c c u s t o m e d v i s i t o r w o u l d seem a g i f t e d voca l i s t , but f o r the i n e v i t a b l e c ompar i s on b e t w e e n his th inner note and the

on l y a con fused chorus to our ears . I t is not me r e l y tbe h i ghes t f o r m o f an ima l l anguage , but , in str ic tness o f e t y m o l o g y , the on ly f o rm, it i t be true, as is c l a imed , that no o ther ani - g u s h i n g me l od i e s o f the l o rd l i e r b i rd ma l e m p l o y s i ts tongue , lingua, in p r o d u c i n g sound. In the M idd l e A g e s , the s ong o f b i rds w a s ca l led their L a t i n , as w a s any o ther for -e i g n d ia l ec t . I t w a s the o ld G e r m a n super-s t i t ion , that any one w h o should e a t the hear t o f a bird wou ld thence fo r th c omprehend its l a n g u a g e ; and one modern p h i l o l o g i s t o f the s a m e nat ion (Masius dec l a r es ) has so far s tud ied the sounds p roduced by domes t i c f o w l s as to announce a G o o s e - L e x i c o n . Du

g l o s s y b lack cap and the wh i t e f ea thers in his handsome t a i l ; but le t a H a w k o r a C r o w c o m e near, and you find tha t he is s o m e t h i n g more than a m e r e l a z y l i s tener to the Bobo -l ink : far up in the a i r , d e t e rm ined to be thor-o u g h in li is chas t i sements , y o u w i l l see h im, w i th a c o m r a d e o r t w o , d r i v i n g the bu lky in-t ruder a w a y into tbe d i s t ance , t i l l y ou w o n d e r h o w he e v e r e xpec t s to find bis o w n w a y b a c k aga in . He speaks w i th e m p h a s i s on those o c -cas ions , and then reve r t s , m o r e seda te l y than e v e r , to h is a c c u s t o m e d s i l ence .

A f t e r a l l the g r e a t l abo r s o f A u d u b o n and W i l s o n , i t is c e r ta in tha t the r ecent v i s ib l e p r o g r e s s o f A m e r i c a n o r n i t h o l o g y has by no

laughed loud f r om behind a d is tant is land, and it was p leasant to peop le these w o o d s and w a -ters w i th that w i l d shout ing , l i nk ing them wi th K a t a h d i n L a k e and Amper znnd .

But tbe later the b i rds l inge r in the autumn, the more the i r aspec t d i f fers f r om that o f spr ing . In spr ing they c ome , jub i l an t , noisy, t r iumphant , f r om the South , tbe w in t e r con-quered and the long j ou rney done . In autumn they c o m e t im id l y f rom the No r th , and, paus-ing on the i r anx ious retreat , lurk w i th in the f ad ing copses and t w i t t e r snatches o f song as f ad ing . O thers fly as open ly as ever , but g a t h e r in f l ocks , as tbe Rob ins , mos t p i teous o f al l b i rds at this s ea son—th in , f aded , r a g g e d , their bo ld note sunk to a feeb le quave r , and the i r manne r a mere ca r i ca ture o f that inex-press ib le m i l i t a r y smar iness w i th w h i c h they he ld up the i r heads in M a y .

Y e t I c anno t rea l l y find a n y t h i n g sad even in N o v e m b e r . W h e n 1 th ink o f the thr i l l ing beauty o f t h e season past, the b i rds that c a m e and went , the insects that took up the chora l song as the b i rds g r e w si lent, the process ion of the flowers, lhe g l o r y o f a u t u m n — a n d when I th ink that, this a lso ended, a n e w g a l l e r y o f w o n d e r is open ing , a lmos t m o r e beaut i fu l , in tbe magn i f i c ence o f f ros t and s n o w , there comes an impress ion o f a f f luence and l ibe ra l -i ty in tbe universe , w h i c h seasons of c h a n g e -less and unevent fu l v e rdure wou ld never g i v e . T h e ca i k ins a l r eady f o rmed on the a lder , qu i te prepared to d r o o p into A p r i l ' s b e a u t y — t h e w h i t e e d g e s o f t h e M a y - f l o w e r ' s peta ls , a l r eady v i s ib l e th rough the bud, s h o w in a d v a n c e that w in te r is but a s l i gh t and t empora r y r e ta rda-tion o f t h e l i f e o f Na ture , a n d that the ba r r i e r w h i c h separa tes N o v e m b e r f r om March is no t rea l l y m o r e so l id than that w h i c h parts the sunset f r om the sunrise.

Is it mean3 equa l ed that o f ; ra l o the r depar t -hope l ess consc iousness o f th is d i sad - ments ot' natura l h i s t o r y . T h e o lder books

v a n t a g e w h i c h l eads h im to pursue tha t pecn- j a r e n o w ou t of pr int , and there is ac tua l l y no l iar hab i t ol s i ng ing s o f t l y to h i m s e l f v e r y popular t : e a t i s c on tbe s u b j e c t to be h a d — of ten, in a f anc i ed sec lus ion ? W h e n o the r a des t i tu t ion s ingu la r l y c on t ras t ed w i th the b i rds are cheer i l y ou t - o f - doo r s , 011 s o m e b r i gh t va r i e t y o f e x c e l l en t bo tan i ca l w o r k s w h i c h the m o r n i n g o f M a y or June , one w i l l o f t en dis- last t w e n t y y e a r s h a v e p roduced . Nu tail 's

o v e r a so l i t a ry C a t - B i r d s i t t ing c oncea l ed in the m idd l e o f a dense bush, and t w i t t e r i n g busi ly , in subdued, rehearsa l , the w h o l e cop ious

a r i e t y of h i s . lay , p r a c t i c i n g tr i l ls and pre-

pont de N e m o u r s asser ted that lie unders tood p a r i n g ha l f - im i ta t i ons , w h i c h , a t s o m e o the r e l e ven w o r d s o f the P i g e o n l anguage , the j t ime, s i t t i ng on t h e . t o p m o s t t w i g , he shal l same number o f that o f F o w l s , f our teen o f the | h i l a r i ous ly seem to i m p r o v i s e beture al l the C a t tongue , t w e n t y - t w o of that o f C a t t l e , ! wo r ld . C a n i t be that he is r e a l l y in s o m e s l i gh t th i r t y o f that o f D o g s , and the R a v e n lan- d i s g r a c e w i th Na tu r e , w i t h that d e m i - m o u r n -g u a g e he unders tood c o m p l e t e l y . But the ing g a r b o f his, and tha t h is f e l ine c r y o f ter -o rd ina r y obse r v e r se ldom a t ta ins fur ther than ror . w h i c h m a k e s his o p p r o b r i u m w i t h boys , to c omprehend some o f the cr ies o f a n x i e t y ; is par t o f s ome b idden d o o m d e c r e e d ? N o , and f ea r around h im, o f t en so un l ike the a c - j the l o v e l y c o l o r o f the e g g s w h i c h b i s c o m -cus t omed caro l of the b i r d — a s the m e w o f pan ion w a t c h e s on that l abo r i ous l y bu i lded the C a t - B i r d , the l amb- l i ke b l e a t i n g o f the | s t a g i n g o f t w i g s sha l l v i n d i c a t e this f a m i l i a r V e e r y and his impat i en t yeoiclc, the ehaip of c o m p a n i o n f r o m any susp ic ion of o r i g i n a l sin. thc M e a d o w - L a r k , the towyee of thc C h e w i n k , | Indeed , i t is w e l l d e m o n s t r a t e d by our A r n e r -the petulant psit and tsee o f tbe R e d - W i n g e d ican oo l o g i s t , Dr. B r e w e r , tha t tbe e g g s o f the B l a ckb i rd , aud the hoarse c o o i n g o f the Bob- j C a t - B i r d a f f i l i a t e h im wi,tb the Rob in and the o l ink . A n d w i th some o f our m o s t f a m i l i a r W o o d - T h r u s h , a l l three b e ing w i d e l y separa -b i rds the v&riety o f notes is so g r e a t as r ea l l y ted in this r espec t f r o m the R e d T h r u s h . T h e to p romise d i f f icul t ies in the A m e r i c a n de- R e d T h r u s h bui lds on the g r o u n d , and has

m o t t l e d e g g s ; w h i l e the w h o l e househo ld tab l i shmeut o f the W o o d - T h r u s h is scarce ly d i s t ingu i shab l e f r o m that o f the Rob in , and the C a t - B i r d d i f f e rs ch i e f l y in b e ing more o f a ca rpen te r and less o f a mason .

T h e Rose -B r eas t ed G r o s b e a k , w h i c h A u d u -bon p laces so h i gh on his l i s t o f mins t re l s , c o m e s annua l l y to one r eg i on in this v i c in i t y , but I inn no t sure ot h a v i n g bea rd it . T h e y o u n g P i n e G r o s b e a k s c o m e to our w o o d s in "winter, and h a v e then but a subdued tw i t t e r . E v e r y one k n o w s tbe Bobo l ink ; and a lmos t al l r e c o g n i z e t b e O r i o l e , by s i gh t at least , e v e n if un fami l i a r w i th a l l the notes o f his c h e e r y and resound ing s o n g . T h e R e d - E y e d F l y -ca tcher , heard e v e n m o r e cons tant l y , is less g e n e r a l l y ident i f i ed b y n a m e ; but his note sounds all d ay a m o n g the e lms of our streets, and seems a so r t o f p iano -adapta t i on , popular-ized fo r the mi l l i on , of the r ich notes o f the Thrushes . H e is not ment i oned by A u d u b o n a m o n g Ins f a vo r i t e s , and has 110 r i g h t to c om-pla in o f the exc lus ion . Y e t the b i rds w h i c h mos t endear summer are not necessar i ly the f inest p e r f o r m e r s ; and ce r ta in l y there is none w h o s e note I cou ld spare less eas i ly than lhe l i t t le Ch ipp ing - .Spar row , ca l l ed hereabouts the l l a i r - B i r d . T o l ie h a l f - a w a k e 011 a w a r m

ng in June, and hear that so f t insect-

pa r tmen t o f the b i rd - l ex i con . I h a v e w a t c h e d t w o S o n g - S p a r r o w s , perched near each o the r , in w h o m the spy -g lass could s h o w not t b e s l i gh tes t d i f f e rence ot m a r k i n g , e v e n in the charac t e r i s t i c sta ins upon the breast , w h o y e t chanted to each other , f o r fifteen minutes , o v e r and o v e r , t w o e labora te songs w h i c h had no th ing in c ommon . I h a v e o b s e r v e d a s im-i l a r th ing in t w o W o o d - S p a r r o w s , w i t h the i r s w e e t , d ist inct , acce l e ra t ing l a y : nor can I find it stated that the d i f f e r ence is sexua l . W h o can c la im to have heard the w h o l e song o f the R o b i n ? T a k i n g shel ter f r o m a s h o w e r benea th an oak tree, the o ther day , 1 c a u g h t a f e w o f the notes w h i c h one o f those chee ry c rea tures , w h o l o ve to s ing in w e t wea the r , tossed d o w n to m e through the drops . Before not ic ing me—chirrup, cheerup ;

Pausing in alarm at my approach—che, che, che ;

Broken presently by a thoughtful strain—caw,caw;

Then softer and more confiding—nee, see, see;

Then the or ig inal note, in a whisper—ch i r rup,

cheerup;

Often broken by a soft note—ace, wee;

And an odder one—squeal;

A u d a mel low note— iweedle;

A n d al l these w e r e m ing l ed w i th more com-p l ex combinat ions , and w i th ha l f - im i ta t i ons , as o f the B lue -B i rd , so that i t s eemed a lmos t m u i m u g m u u u c , * u « imposs ib l e 10 doubt that there w a s some spe- j l i ke ch i rp d r a w in and out w i th l ong me l o c i l io m e a n i n g , to h im and bis peers, in this I d ious pulsat ions, l i k e the r i s ing and f a l l i ng ol end less v o c a b u l a r y . Y e t o the r birds, as qu i ck -1 the human brea th , condenses f o r m y ear the w i l t e d as the Rob ins , possess but one o r t w o w h o l e luxury of summer . L a t e r in the day , i

c h i r p i n g notes , to which they seem unable to a m o n g the mu l t ip l i c i t y o f noises, the ch i rp ing I notes. A s 1 sat in my boa t one sunny aftei g i v e m o r e than the v e r y rudest v a r i a t i on o f j becomes louder and more de tached , l os ing that noon o f ' l a s t Sep t ember , beneath the shady

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f a s c ina t ing vo lumes , and B r e w e r ' s ed i t i on o f W i l s o n , a r e e qua l l y i naccess ib l e : and the mos t v a l u a b l e con t r ibu t i ons s ince the ir t ime, so far as I k n o w , a re that por t i on o f D r . B r e w -er ' s w o r k 011 e g g s , pr in ted in the e l e ven th vo l -ume o f t h e " S m i t h s o n i a n C o n t r i b u t i o n s , " and f our a d m i r a b l e a r t i c l e s in this v e ry m a g a z i n e . * But the m o s t impor tan t , ob s e r va t i ons a re l o c k e d up in the desks o r e x h i b i t e d in the cab -ine ts o f p r i v a t e obs e r v e r s , w h o have l i t t l e o p -po r tun i t y o f c o m p a r i n g f a c t s w i t h o the r students , o r w i t h r e l i ab l e p r in t ed author i t i e s . W h a t do w e k n o w , f o r ins tance , o f the l o ca l d i s t r i bu t i on o f our b i rds ? I r e m e m b e r that in m y la tes t c o n v e r s a t i o n w i th T h o r e a u , last De -c e m b e r , he men t i oned m o s t r e m a r k a b l e facts in this d e p a r t m e n t w h i c h had fa l l en under his uner r ing eyes . T h e H a w k mos t c o m m o n a t C o n c o r d , the R e d - T a i l e d spec ies , is not k n o w n near the sea-shore , t w e n t y mi l es o f f — a s a t Bos t on o r P l y m o u t h . T h e W h i t e - B r e a s t e d S p a r r o w is rare in C o n c o r d ; . but the A s h -burnham woods , th i r ty mi les a w a y , are fu l l of it. T h e S c a r l e t T a n a g e r ' S is the c o m m o n e s t note in C o n c o r d , e x c e p t , the R e d - E y e d F l y -ca t che r ' s ; y e t one o f the-best field-ornitholo-g i s t s in Bos t on had n e v e r hea rd it. T h e Ro'se-Breas ' .ed G r o s b e a k is seen no t infre-quent l y a t C o n c o r d , though its i iest is ra re l y 1 f ound ; but in M inneso ta T h o r e a u f ound it m o r e abundant than a n y o ther b i rd , far m o r e so than the Rob in . But his m o s t in te res t ing s ta tement , to m y f ancy , 'was , that , dur ing a s tay of ten w e e k o on ' Monad nock, be found that thc Snow-B" i rd biti lt its nest on the top o f the mounta in a n d . p robab l y neve r c a m e d o w n through the season.-- T h a t w a s its A r c t i c ; and it w o u l d p robab ly y e t be found, lie pre-d ic ted , on Wucbuse t f eund o the r Massachuset ts peaks . I t is k n o w n that the S n o w - B i r d , or " S n o w - F l a n e , as it is ca l l ed in Eng land , was repor ted by A u d u b d n as hav ing on ly once been proven to build in the Un i t ed S ta tes , name l y , a m o n g the W h i t e Mounta ins , though W i l s o n found its nests a m o n g the A l l e g h a n i e s ; and in N e w Eng land i t used to be the rural bel ief tha t t h e - S n o w - B i r d a n d the C h i p p i n g - S p a r r o w w e r e the same.

A f t e r Ju ly m o s t o f our b i rds g r o w silent, and but for the insects, A u g u s t wou ld be a l -mos t the st i l l est month iu the y e a r — s t i l l e r than the w in te r , w h e n the w o o d s are o f t en v o ca l w i th the C r o w , the J a y , and tho C h i c k -adee . But w i th pa t i en t a t tent ion one m a y

r, e ven far into lhe autumn, the accus tomed

For the Herald of Progress.

Love's Labor Not Lost. " I w ish each scho la r to be present t o -mor -

r o w , " sa id a t eacher to her c h a r g e be fore dis-m i s s i n g them for the day , " as w e a re to h a v e a v i s i t f rom the e x a m i n i n g c o m m i t t e e . "

Be f o r e she left , a l i t t l e g i r l i n f o rmed her, in a wh ispe r , that her mo the r sa id she cou ld no t c o m e t o - m o r r o w .

" W h y ? S h e canno t b e a s h a m e d o f y o u r lessons ; they a re al l g o o d . "

" N o , m y shoes are w o r n out, and she can-not g e t m e any n o w . "

She w a s the y o u n g e s t o f a f a m i l y o f seven, w i th a drunken , i m p r o v i d e n t fa ther , and a h a r d - w o r k i n g , ha l f w o r n - o u t mother .

" A s k y ou r m o t h e r to le t y o u c o m e to m e a t s ix o ' c l o c k th is e v e n i n g

T h e t eacher w a s a y o u n g o rphan g i r l , w h o w a s t r y i n g to a cqu i r e the k n o w l e d g e neces-sary to enab le he r to t ake a h i g h rank in he r v o c a t i o n . " I w i s h , " she said, " to earn an independen t l i v e l i hood , and no t fee l o b l i g e d to a c c ep t the a d v i c e so cons tan t l y d inned in m y ears, to m a r r y f o r a h o m e . " W h e n not e m p l o y e d as a teacher , she entered some one ot the m o r e a d v a n c e d schoo l s as a scho lar , w h e r e she s tudied d i l i g en t l y , d ressed p la in ly , and e c o n o m i z e d in e v e r y t h i n g not connec ted w i th her purpose.

T h e ch i ld c a m e a t the t ime spec i f i ed , and was taken by the t eacher to a shoe-s tore , sui ted w i th a pa i r o f s e r v i c eab l e shoes, and , w i l l con ' sent h o m e in a b e w i l d e r m e n t o f de l i ght , P r e s e n t ^ w k h m e s t r i c t l y en j o ined to tell no one but her mother . 0 11 w e

strengthen the supposit ion that the l a w that contro ls the intercourse b e t w e e n the wor lds , requires that there must not on l y be a w i l -l ingness on the part o f spir i ts to g i v e , but a lso on that o f mor ta l s to r ece i ve , be fore the h i ghe r truths can be imparted . In other words , the asp i rat ions a f ter pure truth, unadulterated b y educat iona l t ra in ing, pre judice , o r bel ie f , con-stitutes the spir i tual te legraph on wh ich i t can alone descend. T h e r e are many passages m the N e w T e s t a m e n t that wou ld seem to co r robo ra t e this. T h e w e l l i n g t ide o f cha r i t y and compass ion that e ve r pe rvaded the beau-tiful l i fe o f Jesus, forb ids tbe supposit ion that so unself ish a nature would have w i thhe ld rom infirm mor ta l s any g o o d in his powe r to

bes tow , mere ly because they were unable to b e l i e v e in h is name or p o w e r ; and ye t i t is r ecorded , thAt when in the full t ide o f b is di-v ine mission " h e w a s come into his o w n c o u n t r y , " w h e r e al l f ami l i a r l y k n e w him as be ing but a humble " carpenter ' s s o n , " whose mother was " c a l l e d M a r y , " and whose brothers and sisters we r e al l w i th them, " he d id (was unable to do, as s o m e t rans lators render it,) not n.any m i g h t y w o r k s there, because o f their unbe l i e f ; " or, p robab ly , the ir unwillingness to b e l i e v e in the marve l ous p o w e r s o f a f e l l o w t ownsman so l o w in his o r i g in and soc ia l po-sit ion, and w h o w a s so genera l l y desp ised and condemned by tbe pr iests and re l i g i ous and l earned pro fessors o f the day .

T H O M A S R . H A Z A R D .

FEURISBURG, V t . , 8 t h M o . 17, 1862. THOMAS R . HAZARD : A g r e e a b l y to p romise

I send thee the f o l l o w i n g l ea f f r om m y expe r i -ence a m o n g the sp i r i t s :

On the 27th of ninth month, 1852,1 ca l l ed at lhe rooms o f Miss Ir ish, ( now ot N e w Yo rk , ) in Ve rgennes , four mi l es f r om m y res idence, w h o w a s a t that t ime exh ib i t i ng her r emarka -ble powe r s as a rapp ing med ium for the ed i f i -cat ion or amusement of al l w h o chose to s i t a t her table . T h e c ompany on that occas i on consisted of about a dozen, compr i s ing severa l c i t i zens o f V e r g e n n e s o f m y acqua intance , and as respec tab le and inte l l i gent as any in the c i ty . V e r y soon a f t e r t ak ing our seats a t the table, (mine happen ing to be about oppos i te the med ium, ) the raps we r e heard with g r ea t d is t inctness, when the quest ion w a s asked by the med ium, and repeated in regular order round the t a b l e , " W i l l the spir i ts c ommun i -ca te w i th m e ? " w i thou t any a f f i rmat i v e re-sponse unti l it came to m y turn, when the answer w a s " Y e s , ' ' ind ica ted by three d ist inct raps upon the table , and the f o l l o w i n g d ia -logue ensued be tween w h a t I be l i eve to be the sp i r i t o f m y fa ther and mysel f , he m a k i n g use o f t h e raps, and I o f my o rgans o f speech, as the means o f c ommun i ca t i on .

( I t is p rope r to state, that, at the t ime, Miss I r ish w a s an ent i re s t ranger to me, and to a l l in the p lace , until her a r r i va l there a f e w days prev ious . )

Question. W h a t is thy name ? Answer. T h o m a s R o b i n s o n — o m i t t i n g the

m idd l e init ial , his name be ing T h o m a s R . R o b -inson.

Q. W h e n d id ' s t thou d ie ? N o answer . Q. W h a t was thy a g e ? A. 89 y ea rs and 7 months. ( I d id not k n o w

his a g e at the t ime, but found the answer to be e x a c t l y correc t . )

Q. W i l t thou g i v e me some ev idence that e m y dear chi ldren that thou ar t

I t t ook the y o u n g g i r l ' s last s i xpence to

make the purchase , and p a y - d a y was s e v e ra l

weeks d is tant , but, sa id she, " I do no t need

the money n o w , and she does need the s h o e s . "

N e x t m o r n i n g a t schoo l the ch i l d handed

her a scrap o f paper con ta in ing these w o r d s :

" Y o u h a v e m a d e the hear t o f a poo r w o m a n

s ing fo r j o y . M a y H e w h o seeth in secret

r e w a r d thee open ly "

Q. A r t thou happy ? A. Y e s . Q. In w h a t does thy happiness cons is t ?J A . In the advancement o f the d i v ine and

inf inite k n o w l e d g e of God , the fa ther and au-thor o f .Nature , aud in the harmony o f his l a w s that g o v e r n al l things. Th i s , m y son, is no l onger a mat te r o f bel ie f , but a pure and ho l y k n o w l e d g e , such as on ly ange ls can possess in the land o f spir i ts, and impar t to the ir l o v e d ones w h o ye t remain on the earth. Son o f m y

accen t . j f a in t and d r e a m - l i k e i l i r i l l T h e con t rove r sy be tween the s ing ing -b i rds j T h e b i rd-notes w h i c h have the mos t fami l -

o f Europe and A m e r i c a has had var ious iar f asc ina t i on a re perhaps s imp l y those mos t phases and inf luent ia l disputants. Buf fon in t imate l y assoc ia ted w i th o ther rural th ings , e a s i l y c onv in c ed h imse l f that our Thrushes T h i s app l ies espec ia l l y to the ea r l i e s t spr ing had 110 songs , because the v o i c e s o f al l b i rds songsters . L i s t e n i n g to these de l i c i ous pro-g r e w harsh in s a v a g e countr ies , such as lie phots upon some o f those st i l l and m o i s t days na tura l l y held this cont inent to be. A u d u b o n , | w h i c h s l ip in b e t w e e n the r ough w inds o f 011 the o the r hand, re la tes that e ven in bis . M a r c h and till our l i v es f o r a m o m e n t w i th c h i l d h o o d he w a s assured by his f a ther that ant i c ipa ted de l i gh ts , it has seemed to 1110 that the A m e r i c a n songs te rs w e r e the best, though their var ied notes w e r e sent to s y m b o l i z e al l ne i ther A m e r i c a n s nor Europeans could bo the d i f f e rent e l ements o f spr ing assoc ia t ion , c onv in c e d o f i t . M a c G i l l i v r a y , the Sco t t i sh | T h e B lue -B i rd seems to r epresent s imply natura l i s t , r epor ts that A u d u b o n himsel f , in spr ing ' s fa int , t remulous , l iquid 6\yeetuess, the conve r sa t i on , a r r a n g e d our voca l is ts in the | S o n g - S p a r r o w its c h a n g i n g pulsat ions o f more f o l l o w i n g o r d e r : first, the M o c k i n g - B i r d , as pos i t i ve and var i ed j o y . and lhe R o b i n i ts u n r i v a l e d ; then tbe W o o d - T h r u s h , C a t - B i r d , j cheery and superabundant v i t a l i t y . T h e later and R e d T h r u s h ; the Rose -B r eas t ed , P ine , b irds of the season, sugges t ing 110 such finc-and Blue G r o s b e a k ; the Orchard and Go lden d rawn sensat ions, y e t ident i fy themse lves w i th O r i o l e - the T a w n y and H e r m i t T h r u s h e s ; i the ir chosen haunts, so that w e cannot th ink seve ra l F i n c h e s — B a c h m a n ' s , the W h i t e - o f thc one w i thou t the o ther . In the mead -C r o w n e d the Ind igo , and the Nonpare i l ; and o w s , w e hear tbe languid and tender d r a w l o f finally the B o b o l i n k . I the M e a d o w - L a r k — o n e of the mos t pecul iar

Amont r those b i rds o f this l ist wh i ch f re- o f notes, a lmos t a m o u n t i n g to a f f ec ta t i on in ouent Massachuset ts , A u d u b o n m i g h t we l l put its e xcess o f l abor ious sweetness . When we the W o o d - T h r u s h at the head . A s I sat the reach the th i cke ts and w o o d e d streams, there o the r day in the deep w o o d s bes ide a b lack | is no a f f ec ta t ion in the Mary l and Y e l l o w -

shore ol our quiet sun l ight s t r i k ing a lmos t l eve l ac ross tho w o o d e d banks, it s e emed as if the last hoarded drops o f summer ' s swee tness w e r e be ing poured o v e r al l tbe wor ld . T h e a ir was full o f qu i e t sounds. T u r t l e s rust led bes ide the brink and s l id into the w a t e r ; c o w s p lashed in the sha l l ows ; fishes leaped f r om tbe p lac id depths; a squirre l sobbed and f r e t t ed on a ne i ghbor ing s tump ; a ka t yd i d across tbe l ake ma in ta ined its hard, d ry c r o a k ; the c r i cke ts ch i rped per -t inac ious ly , but w i th l i t t le f a t i gued pauses, as if g l a d that the ir w o r k was a lmos t done ; the g rasshoppers kept up their cont inual chant, wh i ch seemed thorough ly mol ted and a m a l g a -mated into the summer , as if i t wou ld g o on in-de f in i te ly , though the body o f t h e l i t t le c reature were dr ied into dust. A l l this t ime the birds we r e s i lent and inv is ib le , as if they wou ld take

* " O u r Birds and their W a y s , " (December. 1857); - T h e S ing ing-Birds and their Songs . " (Augus t , 1858); " T h e Birds o f the Garden and Orchard, ' ' (October , 1858); " T h e Birds of the Pasture and Forest , " (December, 1858)—the first by J, El l iott Cabot, aud tho three last by Wilson F lagg ,

T h r e e days a f t e rwa rds , her guard ian , w h o love, I wou ld that I could conv ince al l w h o res ided severa l mi les d istant , ca l l ed qu i te un- ;>re near and dear to me that m y spir it- is in-

. ' 1 . , . deed w i th then:, and o f ten converses w i th them xpec ted l y to see her . In the course o t h i s ! through a wi l l ingness to rece i ve the truth, nquir ies he s a i d : " H o w much spend ing j B u t w e shall never imposeour in te l l i gence upon

money h a v e y o u ? " 1 any, but through love we w i l l g i v e e v i d ence " N o n e a t a l l at present . I do no t th ink I I that ange ls v i s i t earth.

;hall need any be fo re the c l ose o f the session. '" T h e above answers were g i v e n ve rba t im, Nonsense , ch i ld . It is never safe to be letter by letter, bv raps, so c lear and d.s t .net n o i u c u s e , (ha t they were taken d o w n by severa l ot the

v i thou t m o n e y . T h e r e are f ive d o l l a r s ; it y ou c o m p a n y rayself a m o n g the rest, aud al l f ound should w a n t more , let m e k n o w . " | 1 0 ftgrec.

A h ! t hough t she. I lent i t hop ing noth ing ; T h e m 0 3 t r emarkab l e feature in this c ommu-

aga iu . W h a t an inves tment i t was .

The Spirit's Mysteries. ie visions, and your old 11

cat ion, c ommend ing it f o r i ts naturalness, ; and, therefore , its genuineness, is the f a c t that I wh i l e I g o t no d i r ec t answer to the quest ion, ! wh ich , a b o v e al l o thers , I was most anx ious to I obtain, v iz . , whe the r m y fa ther wou ld g i v e | some ev idence that wou ld conv ince m y ch i ld -ren that he was rea l l y present w i t h me, y e t , in w h a t f o l l owed , I not on ly r e ce i v ed the an-

, s w e r to m y query , but a lso the reason w h y he was unable to c onv ince them o f his presence —" unwillingness on their part to receive the

truth."

A t a subsequent s i t t ing at the table o f the same med ium, D ' S h a l e s and wi le , ne ighbors

T h i s seems to have a l w a y s bcen, and to be j o f mine , composed part o f the c i rc le . T h e y

Knowledge by Spirit Tele-graph.

the l a w that g o v e r n s man ' s recept ion ot e v e r advanc ing truth. T h e pr inc ip le is beaut i fu l l y i l lus t ra ted in tho f o l l o w i n g commun i ca t i on , wh i ch l ias been furnished the wr i t e r by Mr. R o w l a n d T . Rob inson , o f V e r m o n t , a man of unquest ionable probi ty and ve rac i t y . I t wou ld s e e m — i f w h a t f o l l ows is c o r r e c t — t h a t , wh i l e it is not required o f seekers a f ter h i ghe r truths to be l i e ve in a d v a n c e o f ind iv idua l know l edge , st i l l a " w i l l ingness to r e c e i v e the truth " is impera t i v e l y essent ia l to its be ing imparted f r om the ange l or spir i t wo r ld . I t was a marve l to many in the o lden, as it is at the present t ime, that "pub l i cans and s inne r s " were then, and a re now , permi t t ed en t rance into the spir i tual k i n g d o m " be fo re the ch ie f priests and e lders o f the p e o p l e . " A l l ex-per ienced " Sp i r i tua l i s ts " o f the present day wi l l bear test imony that the h i ghe r and more deve l oped the c o m m u n i c a t i n g spir it , the more

were ent i re s t rangers to Miss Irish, and had recent ly bur ied t w o chi ldren. Communica -t ions we r e rapped out f rom each o f them, aud their names subscr ibed to each, respect ive ly , A c h s a h and A d a l b e r t . T h e latter name was so s ingular , that, when the letters compos ing i t were rehearsed, thc med ium remarked that there must be some mistake .

A - d - a - l - b - e - r - t , " said she. " does not spell any th ing . W e wi l l try a g a i n . "

T h e d i f f i cu l ty was presently reconci led by the parents s a y i n g : " T h a t is our s o u s

" i f ? a n o t h e r sitt ing, M- \V Carpenter one of mv townsmen, had communicat ions from what

his Questions, were so correct . n d pert.nent, a n V s o much l ike his lather, that bc becama

THE H E R A L D O F P R O G R E S S . 5

g r ea t l y interested. A t length, as a test, he in-qu i red when his fa ther died. A n answer was j p r ompt l y g i v en , wh i ch he pronounced posi-t i ve ly to he incorrect . Ano ther trial was made . , w i th the same result. My fr iend left in dis-gust , f ee l ing sure that the date g i ven was not correct , and th ink ing i f this w a s r ea l l y -h i s father , he could tell when he died On reacl ing heme, he inquired o f h.s w i f e the date of his fa ther ' s dca.h. She told him the same a thc raps had done. No t y e t satisfied, he ncx re ferred to the letter I rom his brother , a t whose house his father died, g i v i n g h im the inte l l igence of his death, and to his surpr ise he found lie had been mistaken, and that the raps g a v e the c orrect date of the occurrence . t , .RB»

1 B R O W L A N D T . ROBINSON. ! TEN I TWENT

Family Courtesy. F a m i l y in t imacy should never make bro-

thers and sisters f o rge t to be pol i te and sym-pathiz ing to each other . Those w h o cont rac t thought less and rude habits t owa rd the m e m -bers o f their own f ami l y wi l l be rude and thought less to all the wor ld . But le t the f ami l y intercourse be true, tender, and a f f e c -t ionate, and the manners o f al l un i f o rmly gen -tle and considerate , and the members o f t h e fami ly thus tra ined w i l l carry in to the wor ld and soc ie ty thc hab i ts o f the ir ch i ldhood. T h e y w i l l require in their assoc iates s imi lar qua l i t i e s ; they wi l l not be sat isf ied w i thout mutual esteem and the cu l t i va t ion o f the best a f fec t ions ; and their o w n charac te r 'w i l l be sustained by that faith in goodness wh ich be-l ongs to a m ' ' J , , W T

llfiSI'1 A N D R E W J A C K S O N D A V I S , E D I T O E .

NEW YORK. SA TURDA 1'. SEPT. 20.1862

- .nt inhlnf f iBl ic d i e tary 1 this W e s t e r n Cont inent , le t i t not be said l l iat tary con f inement on tbe . n l . p b l o g u u c } I ^ ^ f > u | t o f ( h e c o m m o n ^ n ( j r o t-o f w h o l e s o m e bread and wa te r . ! l h J i n 8 l U u t i o n s o f l i be r t y . L e t i t be k n o w n

In tbe prac t i ce o f med ic ine , a s imi lar l ion t b [ U ( 1 ) ( 1 n R t i o n was t ed a w a y by t be incurab le stands i n t l i e w a y " A marr i ed f ema le M . I ' . , ( e 0 n 3 l l m p i i 0 n o ( centra l imbec i l i t y ! " s a y s tbe w r i t e r , » must o f course be prepared -

L ^ i T a ^ ; F i v e Y e a r , i n a N i g h t -

submit to such a g r o ss in f r ingement o f the con- A d i s cha r g ed so ld ie r f r om the r egu la r a r m y nubia l c o n t r a c t ? N a y , i t m a y be quest ioned reached this c i ty a f e w days s ince on his w a y

> „..'i.i ,....] rr rn ii fit'(I bv the in fo rma- | to Ca l i f o rn i a . H e had in his p o c k e t the ne t

T E R M S O F S U B S C R I P T I O N :

w h e t h e r he wou ld feel g ra t i f i ed by thc in fo rma t ion that h is w i f e had been se lec ted by some proceeds o f his five y e a r s ' s e r v i c e in the a r m y

H " ' - a m o u n t i n g to some four or five hundred do l -and a t i cke t to Ca l i f o rn i a , w h i t h e r he

no to r i ous debauchee as his conf ident ia l med i -cal a d v i s e r . " W h a t a l o w and v u l g a r cs t i -

5 00 mate is this o f both the mar r i a g e re la t ion and l « oo the intui t ions and cha rac t e r o f true w o m a n -

. . . 30 oo | h o o d | W e ttre u> (1 t 0 f e n r that the w r i t e r o f b e r sent to one Post OIBce at tl.e I l h ( , 8 e n t e n c e s q u 0 l e d has been e x c e e d i n g l y

« „ , . „ r ruu For all large sums, drafts un for tunate in his cho i c e o f f ema le assoc ia tes on New York should bo procured. If possible. i | — t h a t he has never me t thc in te l l i gent , r e -1 T h i s one d raught b r o u g h t unconsc iousness ,

was g o i n g to v i s i t his mo the r , w h o m he had no t seen f o r m a n y years .

T h e n i gh t b e f o r e the s t eamer l e f t , he w a s b y some means induced to v i s i t a d o w n - t o w n d r i n k i n g saloon, nnd to t ake a s ing le dram.

men t set a t rest . W e must cons ider i t — w e must de t e rm ine w h a t w e w i l l do in respec t to i t . F r o m this necess i t y I see no escape.

l i T h e cond i t i on o f th ings in Missouri is mos t c r i t i c a l — w h a t w a s apprehended by some o f us some e i gh t e en mon ths a g o has c o m e to pass. T h e m e n w h o c l a imed to be the espe-c ia l champ i ons o f neg ro s l a v e r y w e r e then w a r n e d that in the i r senseless a t t empt to ob-tain for i t s ome n e w ancl mos t unnecessary gua ran t e e s , they w e r e gu i l t y n o t on l y o f the w i c k e d n e s s o f s e ek ing to subve r t the nat ion, but o f the f o l l y o f d e s t r o y i n g the best support o f the s y s t e m ' t h e y p ro f e s s ed to pro tec t . T h e peop le o f Missour i at th is da y must , I be l i eve , m a k e the i r c ho i ce e i the r to abandon s l a ve r y or to t ake tbe m o s t e x t r e m e r isk o f d i so rders that w i l l i n v o l v e a l l i n t e res t s in the S t a t e in one c o m m o n r u i n . "

on New York should be procured, if possioic. i — t n a t tie has never me t ...... Additio is to clubs received at the club rates, only j s e i f . | ) 0 j s e c i ; humane , harmonious , ener- I rom wh ich lie a w o k e la te next da y in the sta-

" S '/uZcrl'pUons6 M 'cenu'addltional for post- j R C l i c ' l l l U w h } ' c i , i s e m b o d i e d in thc de l i ca t e ' t i on-house , stripped of all he possessed in the

v in., u,,i,uf.rin11AIIA one dollar extra. <• , , „ , „ , m nr that,. i f RP.nn. I mnrld—the lipnrtlpqR vi l lninq w h o r obbed h im pe. fore ign »u..-c up. «•..«.««•••••---- , | , o r m ol m a n y a noDie w o m a n , ui ..

S S & ' . f f l l h I She w a s to h im l ike thc fab led Is is f rom w h o s e country. , « , „ „ „ „ „ , , . , « „ „ I ru th fu l b r o w his band w a s i m p o t e n t to l i f t

Stimuli, copies mn e. from th l . offlce on application A iVmlUdnumbar of Advert isement will bereoeiTed , the va i l .

. t tin- rate at ten out* a lmr f,.r Hie n r . t ln . e r t i on .en . l L j k e o U l e r J o p p ( , s e w o m a n s e l eva t i on ,

or ° ' eomm«nle « . this B l a c k w o o d con t r i bu to r l ias f a l l en in to an tioni,intended f o r ' p u l , l i c . i l l » n . . l i o o M b « . e i i t i n l l i o | a n c i c n t e r I . o r „ , h i c i , a p p e a r s in the f o l l o w i n g

•ee l , preceding the dale of pub l l c t l on . Tbe earlier l h r e a ( ) U r e p t a U l u d ( , . u l t „ m not , We appre -

hend, be con t e s t ed that , by the D i v i n e w i l l

t. DAVIS A CO., PcBLisn.iis. ftnd o rd inance w o m a n w a s intended to be tl ie nat mitn in g o o u i , ^ , ^ o f f l C e Hours. 0 he lpmate o f the man. . . . T h e p rope r dest iny ind exerc ised in pure and hitsli j ficclocated a few doors east of No. 416 Broadway. 0 f w o m a n is to be mar r i ed and to bear ch i l d -

- - - • ' " ren ; to r e gu l a t e the a f fa i r s o f the h o u s e h o l d ;

L o v e r s o f N a t u r e and o f mus i c w i l l read ftn() t o b e an aid and c o m p a n i o n to hcr bus-wi t l i in t e res t tho e x t r a c t f r o m t h e Atlantic, | b a n d . "

about BIRDS, f rom the pen of T . W . H i g g i n s o n . | i f j t b e true that the " p rope r d e s t i n y , " or ! any par t o f the des t iny , " o f w o m a n is to b e

thoughts .—SILVIO PKLLICO'S " Duties of Mm

RELIGION is love to God and man, not to ourse l ves . T h e only w a y to save our souls is to str ive lo benef i t the souls and bodies o f our ne i ghbors . E v e n the purest fa i th w i t h o u t be-ne f icent works is dead, f o r e v e r y t h i n g v i ta l d ies that is not used.

For the Herald of Progress.

O N L Y A B R E A M .

BV WM. H. MELLEN.

'T is a beautiful e ven ing in Autumn's mi ld reign, Mel low moonbeams are ha l lowing r iver and plain, On the bosom of zephyr iu melody float The l ow breathing trills of the wh ipporwi l l ' s note. A n d the red robes o f Autumn descend to their j

rest W i t h a murmur of peace on their earth-mother's

breast, Wh i l e the stars, as they sweep over mountain and

g len , L o o k down with a smile on the dwel l ings o f men ; But I turn f rom these scenes to a vision more fair, F o r a g lo ry -crowned being f loats down through

the air, A n d she touches the heart wi th a magical power, A s with sweet salutation she enters my bower. Entranced by her presence I bow at her feet , And list to her accents melodiously s w e e t : " O h ! kneel no t in worship ! I come f rom afar, F r om my home in the spheres, beyond planet and

6tar,

Where, far f rom the tumu'.t o f passion and strife, I dwell wi th thc blest by the R i ve r of L i f e . Ar ise , wonder ing mortal , g a z e on me, and know I am thy lost sister of long, long a g o . " Enraptured, I rise ; in her radiant face A u d beautiful fo rm all the lost one I trace ; A n d a blissful emotion steals over me now. Wh i l e I press as of yore, a sof t kiss on her brow-

My brother, I know all tliy yearnings, and come On a mission o f l ove f rom m y far-distant home. M y pinions 1 plumed for a flight f rom the spheres. F o r I dwell above earth, wi th its passion and

teais,

I n thcsoul-realms o f B e l n g , w h e r e bri l l iantly shine Richest star gems of thought on Div in i ty 's shrine. There the spring tides of l i fe roll, unfettered and

free,

On the broad, heav ing breast o f In f in i ty 's sea, A n d the ever-green islands ia lovel iness sleep, L i k e a dreamland of peace on tbe face ol the deep. A ref lex o f beauty—an Eden of rest— A r e the balm-breathing isles in the Land of the

Blest.

F o r the sunlight e'er l ingers o 'er landscapes most fair,

The pc-rfumc-giving flowers o f spr ing t ime are there,

A n d childhood is sport ing in innocent g lee , T o the carol o f birds by the murmur ing sea. There the robe of the wood land f o r e v e r is green. And the dance o f thc streamlet enl ivens the scene, Wh i l e fairest immortals repose in their bowers, A n d inhale sweet pe r fume f r om the bosom of

flowers.

There the zephyr-kissed lakes ever r ipp le in l ight, And the she s iu their depths are surpassingly

bright, Wh i l e magical ly mirrored in beauty doth lie, 'Neath the breast of the waters, the calm azure

sky. There soft gauzy clouds g e m the we lk in ' s ex-

panse, T o the l ight strains of zephyr the j oyous leaves

dance, Wh i l e the silvery laugh of the distant cascade Iu melody floats over hillside and g lade. There the heart in its gladness leaps up into song That floats through the mazes of beauty along, Unti l white-robed immortals pro long thc g l ad

strain, And it falls l ike a spell on the wor ld -weary brain. N o temples arise on the hallowed sod, There is f reedom for all in the worship of God ; A n d Christian, and Pagan, and Infidel bow T o Him who hath never rejected a vow. N o forms, hol low, soulless, are recognized there But the heart goe th forth in continual prayer, A n d mansions arc there where each earth-child

may dwel l ,

F o r no loved ones are tossed on the b i l lows of hell.

Then adieu, my dear brother. I g o to prepare A place fo r thy coming , and wait for thee there." I start aud a w a k e — i t is only a dream ;

But methinks as I g a z e up the vistas of night, I catch in thc distance a s i lvery g leam F r o m her radiant robes, ere she passes from Bight. I t is only a dream, but it br ings to my heart A bliss unalloyed that can never depait , A u d my soul thrills with l o ve to our God, w h o

bath g iven

Existence on earth and reunion in heaven, V K K M O N T , N . Y .

I f o r m o f m a n y a nob le w o m a n , or that , i f seen, I world—the hear t l ess v i l l a ins w h o r obbed h im not e ven l e a v i n g h im the c oa t he w o r e .

T h u s in a s ing l e n i gh t w a s s w e p t a w a y the accumula t i ons o f five y ea r s ' hard s e r v i c e ! T h e poo r so ld i e r , b r oken -hea r t ed , sad, and b i t t e r l y repentant , w a s f o r c e d to c h o k e d o w n his g r e a t s o r r o w , st i f le his l o n g i n g to see an on ly r ema in ing parent , nnd turn his b a c k upon the b r i g h t route h e hoped to t r ave l , and once a g a i n en l i s t to b r a v e the d a n g e r s o f an a c t i v e wa r , and , a t bes t , s e r v e o the r l o n g y e a r s fo r the hard ea rn ings o f w h i c h thc merc i l e s s vamp i r e s of N e w Y o r k had s t r ipped h im in a n i g h t , by means o f a s ing l e d ram !

" THE SOMNAMBULIST. "—Number F i v e o f

tbe in t e r es t ing " R e c o l l e c t i o n s o f a P h y s i c i a n , "

by J. L e a n d e r S ta r r , is pub l i shed this w e e k .

T h e l as t of the ser ies , " THE CHARCOAL W O -

MAN," w i l l appea r in our next .

ma r r i ed and to b ea r c h i l d r e n , " then i t is qu i t e I as l i k e l y tha t m a n " w a s i n t e n d e d " to be the " h e l p m a t e " o f tbe w o m a n as w o m a n o f the m a n . F o r , as i t is the h i ghes t poss ib le m i s -s ion, and a t t ended w i th mos t m o m e n t o u s con-sequences , to be the d i r ec t a g e n t o f the D i v i n e N a t u r e in g i v i n g ex i s t ence to i m m o r t a l be ings ,

W e c o m m e n d w i th p leasure the sugges -1 a n j a s w o m a n s tands in tba t h i gh and respon-t ions found in our s i x th p a g e r espec t ing a | g jb i e pos i t i on , i t is p la in that , by t h e bene f i -R e f o r m Dress . T h e y c o m e f r o m tbe pen of i c e n t ope ra t i ons of D i v i n e W i s d o m , m a n is N . P . W i l l i s , o f the Home Journal, a c k n o w - t j i e s u s t a i n e r , he lper , and p r o t e c t o r o f w o m a n , l e d g e d to b e exce l l en t au thor i t y in ma t t e r s o f i f s h e choose to at tend to those o rd ina r y taste . I b ranches of human a c t i v i t y w h i c h a re inc i -

N e a r l y the ident ica l cos tume he r e r e c o m - dental to her e xa l t ed miss ion , such as r e g u l a -mended has been adop t ed by the g y m n a s t i c j t ing the a f f a i r s o f the househo ld , p r a c t i c i n g

c lasses o f Dr . L e w i s , in Bos ton . T h e Z o u a v e s ty l e is ce r ta in ly in far be t te r taste than the cand l e -mo ld s ty l e o f pants so r i g i d l y adhe red to by m o s t " B l o o m e r s . "

T h e increased a c t i v i t y g i v e n to the indus-tr ia l a v o c a t i o n s o f w o m a n by the w a r , the pa lpab le a d v a n t a g e s o f a d i f f e r en t dress f o r s e r v i c e in hosp i ta l s and for exe rc i s e in g y m -nasiums, the universa l t es t imony o f in te l l i gent phys ic ians , and the c onv i c t i ons o f many, sen-s ib l e peop l e o f both sexes, a r e a l l p o w e r f u l a g enc i e s c on t r i bu t ing to the ea r l y g ene ra l a d o p t i o n o f an i m p r o v e d cos tume f o r w o m a n .

A Distressed Wr i t e r in B lack-wood.

" T H E R I G H T S O F W O M A N . "

BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE, f o r A u g u s t , con-

ta ins an a r t i c l e on the a b o v e f a m i l i a r top ic .

T h e w r i t e r is e v i d e n t l y impe l l ed to speak out by

a f r i g h t r e c e i v ed on the a d m i s s i o n of E n g l i s h

w o m e n to a sc i ent i f i c a ssoc i a t i on , w h i c h f r i g h t

increased to an i r r epress ib l e pan i c w h e n sa id

w o m e n ac tua l l y " e x h i b i t e d no smal l d e x t e r i t y

in the invent i on and a r r a n g e m e n t o f the ir a r -

g u m e n t s . " H e the reupon takes the d e f e n s i v e ,

not sane ly , but in such unmanly t r ep ida t i on as

w o u l d be amus ing w e r e i t no t f o r his m a n i f e s t

d istress. T h e a r t i c l e t h r o u g h o u t is a p i t i fu l | t ion

e xh ib i t i on o f l e a rned fo l l y and a t t e m p t e d bad - | " I t is askpd : W h a t pro f i t is there in such

i n a g e — a m e d l e y o f f a r - f e t c h e d t e rms and

the l earned pro f ess ions , l a b o r i n g in the field:

of art and l i t e ra ture , or c a r r y i n g f o r w a r d I

bus iness en te rpr i ses , the husband shou ld e v e r j

be ber f a i th fu l " a i d and c o m p a n i o n . "

M. F . D . :

Our National Imbecility. W e m a k e the f o l l o w i n g e x t r a c t s f r o m an

ab le ed i to r ia l in the Indqwndcnt en t i t l ed : " Thc

Contrast." A f t e r de ta i l i ng the m a n y par t i cu -

lars in w h i c h thc South has m o r e than m a t c h -

ed the N o r t h , Mr . B e e c h e r adds : " I n v i e w o f this w h o l e ma t t e r , i t is pa in fu l l y

true that the F r e e S t a t e s o f the N o r t h h a v e f a i l ed u t te r l y , thus far , t h r ough the w e a k n e s s of the ir g o v e r n m e n t , to p roduce a m o r a l i m -press ion upon the w o r l d iu luvo r o f l i be r t y . T b e conduct o f a f fa i rs , thus far , is o b l i g i n g tbe w o r l d to say that ten S l a v e S ta tes , w i th e i g h t mi l l i on peop le , a r e m o r e than a ma t ch fo r t w e n t y F r e e S ta t e s , w i t h t w e n t y m i l l i ons o f p e o p l e ! W e h a v e c i v i l i z a t i on , wea l th , num-bers , ma t e r i a l , i n t e l l i g ence , m o r a l p res t i ge , and l i b e r t y on our s ide. T h e y h a v e s l a v e r y , ba r -ba r i sm , i gno rance , and r e l a t i v e p o v e r t y . W e cannot e ven say that i t is a d r a w n g a m e . A t

p resen t the N o r t h is beaten ! * * * * * * " I t is a supreme and e x t r a o r d i n a r y w a n t o f

e x e c u t i v e a d m i n i s t r a t i v e ta l ent a t t b e head o f g o v e r n m e n t that is b r i n g i n g us to humi l i a t i on , and se t t ing this g r e a t nat ion up as a fa l se w i t -ness a g a i n s t l i b e r t y and C h r i s t i a n c i v i l i z a -

Postponement of the "Woman's Jour-nal."

T h e changes in pub l i c events , l e a d i n g to an un foreseen p r o l o n g a t i o n o f the c i v i l wa r , w h i c h h a v e o c c u r r e d s ince our issue, last M a y , o f the prospec tus o f the Woman's Journal, h a v e de-t e r m i n e d us, w i t h the c o n c u r r e n c e and a d v i c e o f the f r i ends o f the en te rpr i se , to postpone its

publication to a m o r e f a v o r a b l e turn o f events . M e a n w h i l e , w e shal l be g l a d to r e c e i v e c om-mun ica t i ons as be f o r e f r o m those i n t e r e s t e d , a t L o c k B o x N o . 2, R o x b u r y , Mass . A l l mon-eys a l r eady pa id in as subscr ip t i ons w i l l be r e f u n d e d on demand , or w i l l b e d epos i t ed in bank to the c r e d i t o f t h e subsc r i be r s to a w a i t the a p p e a r a n c e of the Journal.

M A R Y L . B O O T H .

M A R I E E . Z A I C R Z E W S K A , M .

BOSTON, S e p t . 1 ,1862.

Principles vs. Cannon. I t is t ru ly said that in th is n ine teenth cen-

tury " b a y o n e t s h a v e ideas ; " nnd i t i s by hav-i n g i deas that they conquer . G o d is on the s ide o f r i g h t ; it is in that w e o f the N o r t h p l a c e our trust, b e f o r e ou r cannon o r ou r g e n -e ra l s . I t is that r e f l e c t i on w h i c h has g i v e n c o u r a g e to the w o m e n o f the N o r t h to send f o r th their sons to batt le , not on l y w h e n our cause w a s success fu l , but w h e n d isasters c a m e th ick and h e a v y , and al l ou r super io r i t y o f

cannon f a i l ed to bea t tbe enemy . * # « • * * #

W h e n w e fight in the n a m e o f l i b e r t y w e sha l l sure ly conquer those w h o f i gh t in the n a m e of s l a v e r y . W h e n our ba t t l e - c r y is f r ee -d o m — n o t to this man o r to that sec t ion , but f r e e d o m to a l l men a l l o v e r the w o r l d — t h e n w e shal l h a v e r eassumed that h i gh pos i t i on in the f r o n t o f the nat ions w h i c h w a s taken by W a s h i n g t o n , Je f f e rson , F r a n k l i n , and the o ther w o r t h i e s , w h o , ba t t l i ng in the n a m e o f un ive r -sal l i b e r t y , c onque r ed aga ins t odds, and f a ced and o v e r c a m e an enemy super ior , not on ly in a r t i l l e r y , but in e v e r y t h i n g e lse w h i c h g i v e s s t r eng th to a r m s — e x c e p t r i ght .

I f w e w o u l d l i v e as a nat ion w e mus t be true to our t rad i t i ons . W e , too , must fight in the n a m e o f l i b e r t y f o r al l peop le e v e r y w h e r e .

[.Evening Post.

c l a s s i ca l a l lus ions pa raded f o r the purpose o f d e m o l i s h i n g the c h i m e r i c a l ob j e c t i ons to w o -m a n ' s independence , w h i c h h a v e t h e i r rise on ly in the r io tous imag ina t i on o f t h e w r i t e r . S o stupid and s i l ly a rc m o s t o f these o b j e c -t ions as to be u n w o r t h y o f r e v i e w , s c a r c e l y d e s e r v i n g even this pass ing no t i c e .

T h e po in t on w h i c h this l earned e xpounde r t akes issue w i th the " s t r ong m i n d e d , " i s the a i m . on the i r par t , " t o e n l a r g e the sphere o f f e m a l e e m p l o y m e n t s , and to a cqu i r e the right o f admiss i on into w h a t a re ca l l ed the l earned p r o f e s s i o n s . " M a k i n g an e x c ep t i on o f tbe ve ry l ew g i f t e d ones w h o l ean t o w a r d l i t e ra ture nnd the fine arts , he p roceeds to annih i la te , w i th one fe l l s w o o p , thc p rospec ts o f al l o ther mar r i ed w o m e n w h o asp i r e to an independent subs is tence , on the g r oupd , tbat , in e v e r y such case , husband and w i f e wou ld become , in ef-f e c t , no to r i ous p i c k p o c k e t s , i f no t murde r e r s . " I f , f o r e x a m p l e , " he t r iumphant l y e x c l a i m s .

w e w e r e made a w a r e that the w i f e o f an un-d e r t a k e r had opened an a p o t h e c a r y ' s shop, w e de c l a r e , upon our honor , tha t w e w o u l d r e -g a r d her sal ts and senna, d r augh t s , p i l l s , and po t i ons , w i th as m u c h susp ic ion as il they

' e r e comf i t s p r e p a r e d by a M a d a m e de Br in -i l l i e r s . "

H a v i n g slain th is mons t r ous bugbea r , the w r i t e r eas i ly s w e e p s f r om his path a f e cons idera t i ons , such as the a r m y and n a v y , and launc hes w i th pa l l i d despe ra t i on in to l aw , phys ic , and d i v in i t y , l i e descants g l o o m i l y on the f e a r f u l necess i t y o f the f e m a l e l a w y e r keep ing secrets f r o m her h u s b a n d ; but i t is when the sub j e c t o f p r i v a t e consu l ta t i ons w i t h o ther l a w y e r s passes be fo re b i s e x c i t ed v is ion that the smothered fire o f this fu r i ous O t h e l l o bursts for th . " I t is al l very w e l l , " he cr ies , " to talk o f pro fess iona l h o n o r ; but w e s w e a r by thc k n a v e o f c lubs, that if w e f ound the w i f e o f o u r bosom, w h a t e v e r k ind of g o w n she m i g h t be wea r ing , c lose ted w i th a rasca l l y l a w e r , w e should f o r c e open the d o o r w i th a poker , hit Mr. Se r gean t Doub l e f e e a p i t i l ess pelt upon lhe numbskul l , and fe tch m a d a m e h o m e to exp ia t e ber of fenses by a w e e k ' s s o l i -

con t inuous c r i t i c i sm ? A d m i t that the fac ts a re so, is i t not be t te r to j o i n hands and sup-po r t the g o v e r n m e n t ? Y e s . L e t that be done l o the u t te rmost . But w e mus t secure the e x i s t enc e o f a g o v e r n m e n t to be suppor ted . H o w l o n g w i l l the N o r t h consen t o r be ab le to put hundreds o f thousands ot m e n into thc hands o f i n capab l e G e n e r a l s w h o w a s t e them l ike w a t e r ? T h e r e is a l im i t to the p o w e r ot e v e n a f r e e and d e m o c r a t i c c o m m o n peop le . I m b e c i l i t y is a na t iona l spendthr i f t .

" Cen t ra l ine f f i c i ency is a v o r t e x that w i l l s w a l l o w d o w n the substance , the sp ir i t , and men o f a na t ion . W e a re g o i n g f r o m bad to w o r s e . I f there w e r e s i gns o f any amend -ment , w e could h a v e pa t i ence though d isaster m a r k e d the hours and b l ood d r i pped the seconds . B u t there is none. * * * * * *

" T h e Sou th is j ub i l an t . I t is the N o r t h that desponds. T h e y h a v e l eaders w h o k n o w h o w to cont ro l d i f f i cu l t ies , to c o e r c e unity a m o n g he t e rogeneous mate r i a l s . T h e r e is w i l l in the cha i r at R i c h m o n d . T h e r e is w i l l in the sadd le b e y o n d the P o t o m a c . Oh tha t s l a v e r y w a s as poor ly s e r v e d as l ibe r ty i s !

' • R i c h m o n d de te rmines , W a s h i n g t o n rea -sons. R i c h m o n d is in f l ex ib l e , W a s h i n g t o n va c i l l a t e s . R i c h m o n d k n o w s w h a t i t w a n t s to do , W a s h i n g t o n w i s h e s that i t k n e w . R i c h -mond l o v e s s l a v e r y and hates l i b e r t y , W a s h -ing t on is s o m e w h a t par t ia l to l i b e r t y , and r a the r d i s l ikes s l a v e r y . Rebe l l i on is w i s e aud s in fu l . G o v e r n m e n t is f oo l i sh .

I t turns one g r a y to see a nob l e cause g o by de fau l t 1 S u c h is the heaven ly g l o r y of a true and ra t i ona l l i be r ty , such are the m a n i -fo ld b less ings to men and honor to God , that f l ow f r o m it. that e v e r y g ene rous and nob le soul l ongs to see i t w o r t h i l y s e r ved .

L i b e r t y should h a v e w i s d o m , and pur i ty , and courage , and, a b o v e al l , c o u r a g e to do r i g h t and wa i t . I t should never l ack c h i v a l r i c v i r tues and man ly g r a c e s in its s e rv i c e .

" A r e we then to be b lamed if w e cannot b-pat i en t when w e beho ld the nobles t g o v e r n e ment o f the g r andes t l iber ty that e v e r de-scended to thc ea r th , feeble , pulse less, v o i c e -less, l y i n g by the g r ea t , t roub led poo l , and w a i t i n g lor s o m e one to he lp i t i n ? I t is a b i t ter th ing to be m a d e ashamed o f one ' s o w n s i d e !

" I f this exhausted nat ion shal l , a t l eng th , g i v e up this con f l i c t , and be t ray the m o s t g l o -r ious trust o f l i b e r t y that G o d e v e r put in to m o r t a l hands , and on so g r a n d a theater as

Hating Everything Free. T h e hat red and c on t emp t o f the Sou th f o r all

f r ee ins t i tut ions seem to be bound less . H e r e is a f a m i l i a r i l lus t ra t ion f r o m the R i c h m o n d Examiner:

" W e h a v e g o t to h a t i n g e v e r y t h i n g w i t h the pre f i x free -, I r om f r e e negroes , d o w n and np, t h r o u g h the w h o l e c a t a l o g u e . F r e e f a rms , f r ee l abo r , Iree soc i e t y , f ree w i l l , f r ee th ink-ing , f r ee ch i l d r en , and f r e e schoo ls , al l b e l o n g to lhe same b r ood o f d a m n a b l e isms. B u t the

worst of all these abomlnutions is the mode rn sys t em of free schools. T h e N e w E n g l a n d sys -tem o f f r ee schoo l s has been the cause and pro l i f i c source o f the in f ide l i t i es and t reasons that have turned her s choo l s into S o d o m s and G o m o r r a h s , and her land in to the c o m m o n nes t ing -p laces o f h o w l i n g bed lami t es . W e a b o m i n a t e the s y s t e m , because the schools are

free."

Strong Words for Emancipation from Missouri.

J u d g e W e l l s , o f Je f f e r son , Mo . , w r i t e s c o n -c e rn ing e m a n c i p a t i o n :

" I f s l a v e r y be not abo l i shed b y the p e o p l e of Missour i , and the w a r con t inues and y e t l e aves s l a v e r y , it w i l l p r o b a b l y be abo l i shed by m i l i t a r y au tho r i t y as a m i l i t a r y necess i ty , and w i t h o u t c ompensa t i on . B u t w h i l s t w e a re fighting f o r s l a v e t e r r i t o r y , w h a t is to be-c o m e o f t h e peop le o f Missour i ? A l r e a d y has s l a ve r y in this S t a t e cos t the peop le o l ' Mis-souri ancl the g o v e r n m e n t o f t h e Un i t ed S t a t e s a hundred fo ld the va lue o f a l l the s l a ves w e possess, and is y e t l ike ly to c o s t ano the r hun-d r ed f o l d , bes ides dea th in near ly e v e r y f a m i l y , and d is tress i nconce i vab l e . Js there no r eme-dy , no h o p e ? C a n the peop l e d o n o t h i n g ? C a n or w i l l tbe Con v e n t i on do no th ing ? Must Missour i , as s l a v e t e r r i t o ry , cont inue to be f o u g h t for, l i ke a carcass , by a pan the r and a bea r? T h i s cannot be. Hut if this s ta te o f th ings cont inues , I th ink I can see o the r ca-lani it ies in thc fu ture too d r ead fu l to c o n t e m -p l a t e . "

Co l . T h o m a s T . G a n t t , of the same S t a t e w r i t e s f r o m S t . L o u i s :

" T h e quest ion o f emanc ipa t i on h a s b e c o m e so p rac t i ca l and so v i ta l in Missour i , its con-s idera t ion has been so d i r ec t l y f o rced upon i n that all ob j e c t i ons to i ts d i scuss ion f ounded on the des i r e to a v o i d agitation, a r e in my j u d g -

Latest from Washington, [ B Y A I R - L I N E T E L E G R A P H T O T H E H E R -

A L D O F P R O G R E S S . ]

A Revolut ion Threatened in the North.

'1 HE SPIRIT OF JOHN BROWN AT

WORK IN V I R G I N I A .

Jackson Reading his Bible.

FULFILLMENT OF THE MEMORA-BLE VISION.

B L A C K K E G I M E N T S N O T A C C E P T A B L E

Machinations of the French Government.

PENNSYLVANIA NOT YET SAFE.

I N F L U E N C E S A T H A R P E R ' S F E R R Y .

I t is n o w de f in i t e l y asce r ta ined tha t the

sp i r i t o f John B r o w n , w i t h a c o m p a n y o f e f f i -

c i ent a s soc i a t e s r e c en t l y ascended f r o m ba t t l e -

fields b e f o r e W a s h i n g t o n , i3 a id ing the U n i o n

cause f r o m i n v i s i b l e b i g h t s near H a r p e r ' s

F e r r y . I n th is w a y the rebe ls w e r e in f luenced

t o a p p r o a c h the M a r y l a n d I l i gh t s . I t w a s the

d e s i g n to d r a w the C o n f e d e r a t e f o r c e in to a

ba t t l e w i th the reso lute U n i o n t roops near the

F e r r y . T h i s ba t t l e w o u l d d isperse , perhaps

des t r oy , an i m p o r t a n t par t of J a c k s o n ' s a r m y .

Y o u need no t be surpr ised to hear tha t S t o n e -

wa l l J a c k s o n has been cap tu r ed in the v i c i n i t y

o f H a r p e r ' s F e r r y .

SUBMISSIONISTS A N D R E V O L U T I O N I S T S IN T H E

N O R T H .

T h e admin i s t r a t i on is abou t to be m e n a c e d

by t w o n e w d a n g e r s — t w o n e w p o l i c i e s —

e q u a l l y opposed to the present m a n a g e m e n t a t

W a s h i n g t o n . T h e Cons t i tu t i on is the p la t -

f o r m o f each pa r t y . O n e w i l l p l o t f o r the

t rans fe r o f the Un i t ed S ta t es G o v e r n m e n t

in to the hands o f r ebe l l eaders , the o t h e r f o r

the abso lute o v e r t l i r o w o f the Repub l i c an a d -

min is t ra t i on . B u t i t is f o reseen tha t t h e s e

o p p o s i n g par t i es w i l l a c c o m p l i s h no th ing bu t

the i r o w n de f e a t and a p r o t r a c t i on o f the w a r .

T H A N K S G I V I N G A N D P R A I S E IN SE0KSS1A.

W h e n S t o n e w a l l J a c k s o n r e c e i v e d the r ebe l P r o c l a m a t i o n , a p p o i n t i n g the 18th o f S e p t e m -ber as a d a y o f t h a n k s g i v i n g to A l m i g h t y G o d f o r v i c t o r i e s r e c en t l y g r a n t e d to S o u t h e r n a rm ies , he opened his B i b l e and r e a d : " 0 G o d , g i v e us he lp f r om t roub le , for v a i n is t h e he lp o f man . T h r o u g h G o d w e sha l l do v a l -i an t l y , f o r H e i t is tha t sha l l t r e ad d o w n our e n e m i e s . " A f t e r r e a d i n g a po r t i on o f the 109th P s a l m , the G e n e r a l p r a y e d l o n g a n d l oud , and f o r t h w i t h o r d e r e d a po r t i on o f h is a r m y to m a r c h t o w a r d H a r p e r ' s F e r r y . V e r y soon y o u w i l l b e h o l d the in f luence o f J o h n B r o w n .

F O R E C A S T , E N E R G Y , W A R .

P r e s i d e n t L i n c o l n w a s r e c e n t l y h e a r d t o say

that a p r o v i s i o n a l g o v e r n m e n t a t W a s h i n g t o n

w o u l d be uncons t i tu t i ona l a n d r e v o l u t i o n a r y ,

and those w h o p r o p o s e i t a r e e n e m i e s and

t ra i tors , a n d shou ld be a r r e s t e d .

OPPOSIT ION TO A L L A N G L O - A F R I C A N R K O I M K N T S .

A p o w e r f u l pressure is b r o u g h t to b e a r upon

the P r e s i d e n t on thc ques t i on o f a r m i n g tbe

f r e ed b l a cks . H e says one y e a r w o u l d be ne-

cessa ry to fit the e m a n c i p a t e d s l a ves f o r fight-

i n g m e n . A s a w a r measu r e , the ch i e f s a t

W a s h i n g t o n r e g a r d the w h o l e a b o l i t i o n pro -

g r a m m e w i t h p o s i t i v e d i s f a v o r . A r m y o f f i ce rs ,

w h o a r e mos t l y D e m o c r a t s , g e n e r a l l y o p p o s e

the doc t r ines o f R e p u b l i c a n s , and , there fo re ,

b l a ck r e g i m e n t s w i l l n o t be a c c e p t e d .

C O N F E D E R A T E S IN M A R Y L A N D .

R e c e n t U n i o n v i c t o r i e s c on f i rm the i n t ima -t ion in the last HERALD OF PROGRESS, that S t o n e w a l l J a c k s o n ' s ra id in to M a r y l a n d wou ld p e r m i t ou r n e w a r m y o f v o lun t e e r s l o m a r c h in t o R i c h m o n d . T h e d a y s of the r ebe l cap i ta l a r e numbered . T h e w a r is to be shor t , but s e v e r e and despe ra t e .

G R A D U A L F U L F I L L M E N T OF T H E V IS ION .

T h e present c r is is in the a f f a i r s o f the nat ion

b r i n g s the fu l f i l lment o f that po r t i on o f the

" M e m o r a b l e V i s i o n , " in w h i c h the See r de-

s c r i b ed " a r a i n b o w spann ing the w h o l e con-

t inent , f r o m nor th to south , w h e n g r e a t b l a ck

c l ouds sa i l ed r ap id l y b eh ind each o ther , j u s t

b e f o r e the m i g h t y a r m y c o m m e n c e d its sepa-

ra te m a r c h o v e r de f in i t e po r t i ons o f the U n i t e d

S t a t e s . " T h e p r e s en t is the o p e n i n g o f a n e w 1 s e a l , " t h e c o m m e n c e m e n t o f a new a c t i v e

e p o c h , in the d r a m a of A m e r i c a n h is to ry .

ERA OF GOLDEN H A M M E R S .

I t is d i s t inc t l y seen that , i f this w a r is no t

ended by nex t sp r ing , the nat iona l c r ed i t w i l l

d r o p to a b o t t o m l e s s dep th . T h e n beho ld the

e x i s t e n c e o f " g o l d e n h a m m e r s " bea t ing C o n -

T H E H E R A L D O F P R O G R E S S . g ress in t o hope l ess ruins, and r e c o n s t r u c t i n g

thc A d m i n i s t r a t i o n f r o m r e sur r e c t ed l o ya l i s t s !

T R I U M P H S OP GEN. M C C L E L L A N .

T h e p luck , supe r i o r g e n e r a l s h i p , v i c t o r i o u s

r e t r ea ts , p r o t r a c t e d s e i g es , audac i ous e n e r g y ,

k ind hcar t cduess . and c o n s u m m a t e m i l i t a r y

ab i l i t i e s o f G e n . M c C l e l l a n , b e g i n to sh ine

f o r th . A t l as t he is " r e a d y . " H e has neve r

b e en bea t en , and his m e n b e l i e v e tha t v i c t o r i e s

w i l l c r o w n a l l h i s m o v e m e n t s hence f o r th .

F R A N C E , S P A I N , MEXICO, A M E R I C A .

A d v i c e s f r o m the i n t e r i o r a r e ' t o the e f f e c t that the F r e n c h G o v e r n m e n t is th is m o m e n t c o n t e m p l a t i n g i n t e r v en t i on t h r o u g h the ind i -r e c t i on o f M e x i c a n and Span i sh s y m p a t h i z e r s w i t h the C o n f e d e r a t e s .

M O V E M E N T S OF REBEL R A M S .

T h e C o n f e d e r a t e " M e r r i m a c " a t R i c h m o n d

is c a p a b l e o f e n c o u n t e r i n g g r e a t oppos i t i on ;

but i t c anno t m o v e w i t h speed e n o u g h to ca t ch

the " M o n i t o r " i f a r e t r ea t o f ou r g u n b o a t s

f r o m be l o r c the r ebe l cap i ta l shou ld b e f ound

n e c e s s a r y . L e t our a r m y and n a v y g o f o r w a r d .

" O n w a r d to R i c h m o n d ! "

P E N N S Y L V A N I A NOT Y E T SAKE.

A l t h o u g h the r ebe l i n v a s i o n o f M a r y l a n d is

j u s t n o w unsuccess fu l , o w i n g to the assumed

l o y a l t y o f the m a j o r i t y of the i n h a b i t a n t s , the ^ e s s w i l l be he ld in Gr e ensbo ro . H e n r y Co .

rebe ls do not y i e l d the i r des i gn o f c a p t u r i n g ! l n d i a n f t ' o n t h e 1 7 t h » 1 8 l b ' a n d 1 9 1 , 1 o f 0 c t o '

5 An American Negro in Paris.

" L e t m e state one e n c o u r a g i n g case o f ne-g r o c ap ac i t y 011 the score o f in te l l ec t , w h i c h has j u s t occur red here. A t the Eco/c des Frcres

a y o u n g A m e r i c a n n e g r o of a b o u t t w e n t y - o n e has j u s t ob ta ined the f irst p r i z e a t the Con-

cours Generate o f S c h o o l s . H e c a m e ove r here s o m e y e a r s a g o w i t h a southerner , and b e ing f ree , app l i ed fo r ins t ruct ion a t the S c h o o l (if tho P r i e s t s , w h i c h lie ob ta ined , g o i n g th rough the r egu la r course ol s tudies. l i e now g radu-ates w i t h honors . T h e y say he m a d e a touch-i n g speech , in w h i c h lie t o ld bis s tory and ex -pressed his g r a t i t ude to his ins t ruc tors . H e s tated s t r ong l y his a v e r s i o n to thc ins t i tu t ion o f s l a v e r y , and his app rec i a t i on o f the f r e e d o m and o f thc bene f i ts of the ins t ruc t i on b e bad e n j o y e d . H e w a s w a r m l y app l aud e d by the a u d i e n c e . — P a r i s Cor. Evening. Post.

Public Meetings-Spiritual Teachers.

T h e first quar t e r l y m e e t i n g of the A s s o c i a -

t ion o f Sp i r i tua l T e a c h e r s w i l l c onvene at

M a r s h ' s H a l l , 14 Bromf i e l d St . , B o s t o n , T u e s -

day , Sept . 30th, to con t inue three days .

Yearly Meeting. T h e y e a r l y m e e t i n g of the F r i e n d s o f P r o -

counse l and their e l o q u e n c e , and as w e think o f the g o o d and true, present and absent in the body , w e w i l l e v e r p ray that our l i v es m a y be f ash ioned f r om the fa i res t mode l s , that our asp i ra t i ons m a y bc w i t h the g o o d and true that w e m a y b e found l i v i ng e l oquent l y and d y i n g g l o r i o u s l y . A USTEN E . SIMMONS.

WOODSTOCK, V t . , S ep t . 13th, 1862.

i m p o r t a n t c i t i e s in P e n n s y l v a n i a . T h e whe r e '

abou t s o f a l a r g e r ebe l f o r c e in V i r g i n i a is no t

k n o w n to our g ene ra l s . A g r a n d surpr ise is

a t hand .

T H E NEGRO QUESTION UNSOLVED.

T h e a l l - i m p o r t a n t q u e s t i o n , " w h e t h e r E m a n -

c i p a t i o n can b e p r o c l a i m e d and the Con f i s ca -

t i on l a w s of C o n g r e s s e n f o r c e d w i t h o u t in ter

f e r i n g w i t h the w o r k i n g popu la t i on o f the

r e b e l l i o u s S t a t e s , " is a g i t a t i n g the thoughts

o f p r o m i n e n t g o v e r n m e n t o f f i ce rs , but , up to

12 M. , no de f in i te results had been r eached .

Prince's Gardens. W e h a v e r e c e i v e d the 48th C a t a l o g u e o f

Mess r s . P r i n c e & Co . , p ropr i e t o r s o f the L i n -

nasan G a r d e n s and Nurse r i e s a t F lush ing ,

L . I . T h e ed i t i on be f o r e us c ompr i s e s a ca ta -

l o g u e o f smal l f ru i ts , se l ec t s t r awbe r r i e s , &c. ,

t h e l a t t e r l i s t c on ta in ing the names o f over

two hundred and fifty v a r i e t i e s ! In al l depar t -

m e n t s o f f rui ts , flowers, trees, and shrubs,

these en t e rp r i s i ng F l o r i s t s w i l l furnish the

ra r es t descr ip t i ons , and the m o s t ex t ens i v e

asso r tments . T h e i r va r i ous ca ta l ogues , both

r e ta i l and w h o l e s a l e , can b e had by send ing ; but the m a g n e t i s m o f a c r o w d is terr ib le ,

s t amps as a b o v e . One needs to h a v e h is n e r v e s shea thed w i th

b rass ( pa rdon me ) i f he bu i lds his shr ine in the

C h a p i n a n d B e e c h e r . s o l emn assemb l i e s o f the L o r d , o r in the _ T . . . , chee r fu l m e e t i n g s o f R e f o r m e r s . I t is qu i te W e g a v e , a w e e k or t w o since, a sentence . . h . , .

. J 5 1 „ . ! an e x p e r i m e n t to i n c o r p o r a t e ones e l f f o r three f r o m R e v . H e n r y W a r d Beeche r , e x p r e s s i n g 1 . 1 .

, .. ,. . j •> r. n 1 • 1 3 d a y s and three n i gh t s w i t h a C o n v e n t i o n g o o d f e e l ing t o w a r d R e v . Dr . o h a p i n , and de- , - - - , . ..

, . • • , j • 1 - 1 1 the c o u n t r y ; i t is f a r w o r s e than a s imi c l a n n g it was Chap in b l ood in his ve ins w h i c h j ^ , , . „ „ , , „ „ f

ber, 1862. S e l d o n J. F i n n e y , o f G e n e v a , Oh io ,

and Mrs. M a r y T h o m a s , o f C inc inna t i , w i l l

a t t end it . O t h e r speake r s a re e xpec t ed .

B y o rde r of the C o m m i t t e e .

SETD HINSHAW, Sen i o r .

For the Herald of Progress.

The V e r m o n t Convent ion .

P R A C T I C A L T H O U G H T S O N P U B L I C A S S E M B L I E S .

MRSSRS. DAVIS & Co . : T h e E i g h t h A n n u a l C o n v e n t i o n o f Sp i r i tua l i s t s in V e r m o n t i s ad-j o u r n e d , and w e a re once m o r e in our homes . I b e l i e v e i t has never been c l a imed , e v e n by those w h o l o v e pub i c i t y best, that g r e a t as-s emb l i e s a re p laces o f r a r es t j o y . W h e n ve ry y o u n g , I r e m e m b e r h e a r i n g the w o r s h i p e r s o f Chr i s t s ing o f a p l a c e " w h e r q c o n g r e g a t i o n s ne 'er b reak up and S a b b a t h s n e v e r e n d . " M y fa l l en (?) s ta te a t this ea r l y p e r i od s u g g e s t e d the m a n i f e s t improp r i e t y o f k e e p i n g peop le so l o n g in durance . T h i s r ebe l l i ous f e e l i n g is c o m m o n to al l , hence , i t is w i t h a f e e l ing o f re l i e f , mod i f i ed w i t h r eg r e t s , that w e turn a w a y f r o m g r e a t c r o w d s to live t ru ly aga in . I n d i v i d u a l f r i endsh ip is a p e a r l o f g r e a t pr ice ,

m o v e d h im to ca l l Dr . C . " B r o t h e r . " T h e fo l -tr ia l in a c i t y , w h e r e h u g e w a l l s o f b r i c k and

P r,, . , . , m o r t a r m a k e us o b l i v i o u s to s i g h t and sound l o w i n g is one o f C h a p i u ' s u t t e r a n c e s 111 r e g a r d , , „° . . , . to B e e c h e r • * as w e near the sma l l hours of the n igh t ; in

, , „ , i the c oun t r y w e h a v e the na tura l c lash o f o p i n -" T h e r e ,8 ou r l a r g e - s ou l ed B r o t h e r w h o i o n , r o m „ e a r ] j . m Q r n , m d e T e „ , n n

preaches in B r o o k l y n , ana w h o w i l l p e r m i t . . . - * , , , , , , e v e r y hones t man to ca l l h im Bro ther , h o w e v e r e v e n i n g s e s s i o n ; then, ins tead of " b a l m y much he m a y d i f f e r in op in i on f r om h i m — w h y , ! s leep, t i r ed N a t u r e ' s s w e e t r e s t o r e r , " w e ex -his g r e a t hear t , a t e v e r y pulsat ion, l eaps s i x t y ; t empo r i z e p laces o f rest and a m u s e m e n t w i t h d eg r e e s b e y o n d the l o g i c a l l im i t s o f h is creeds . ; a l l due d e f e r e n c e f o r the ru les o f s o c i e t y . W e ' T h e v o i c c is J a c o b ' s v o i c e , though the hands ; t h e n j u v o k e the g o d o f d r e a m s to c o m e to ou r a re the hands o f Esau . re l i e f , but he doesn ' t a t t end c o n v e n t i o n s ; he

d o e s n ' t hear u s ; ins tead o f a i d f r o m him, w c For the Herald of Progress.

A Word for Cora Wilburn. BROTHER DAVIS : H a v i n g j u s t r e - r ead y o u r

hear the v o i c e s o f those w h o fear n o t the " cannon ' s o p e n i n g r o a r , " w h o cha t f ea r l ess l y al l n i g h t l o n g ; w h o truly " t ake no t h o u g h t

br i e f n o t i c e in beha l f o f the a b o v e - n a m e d | for the m o r r o w . " M i n g l i n g in thc " f r a y , " w e

au tho r , and h a v i n g b e c o m e p e r f e c t l y c o g n i - h a v e the o f t - r e p e a t e d sno r ings of " w h i s k e r e d z an t o f the f a c t s in the case , I w i sh , unsol ic i t -ed, t o add a w o r d b y w a y of r em inde r to the char i t ab l e and w e l l - c i r c u m s t a n c e d a m o n g y o u r r eade rs . O w i n g , doub t l e s s , t o the e m b a r r a s s e d s ta te o f the c oun t r y , y o u r r eques t f o r a id , t h o u g h p r o m p t l y r e sponded to by m a n y , has n o t been fu l l y m e t .

W h e n I reca l l the r e ady r esponse g i v e n by t h e l ibera l p eop l e o f A m e r i c a to the " A p p e a l " o f her g r e a t men in beha l f o f the nob l e and s e l f - s a c r i f i c i ng A l p h o n s e de L a m a i t ine , y e a r s a g o , I cannot b e l i e v e that they w i l l or can a f f o rd to lose the a c t i v e l abo r s o f o n e — h i s equal in goodness , h is super io r in l i b e r a l i t y — w h o is so w e l l qua l i f i ed l o r each and in f luence the e r r ing as is C o r a W i l b u r n .

L e t the duty fa l l e qua l l y . L e t us e i the r sustain the r e f o rm press so nob ly that i t can fu l l y r e w a r d those o f a c k n o w l e d g e d ab i l i t y w b o d e v o t e the ir t ime to our e x c lus i v e bene f i t and p leasure , or g i v e d i r e c t l y to the ir a i d a s f r e e l y as w e wou ld sustain pub l i c speakers .

Our s is ter is upr ight , unassuming , and de-v o t e d , and in a i d ing her w e m o s t e f f e c tua l l y a id the cause o f truth and P r o g r e s s .

A H T O N , N . Y . J .

For the Herald of Progress.

A Card. T h e unders igned, h a v i n g been appo in ted

surgeon to one o f tbe O h i o r eg iments , l h e p l e a s ing and in te res t ing co r r espondence w i t h h is numerous f r i ends and patrons must , though r e luc tan t l y on his par t , be for the present ne-cessa r i l y suspended. W h e n the ange l o f p eace shal l once m o r e spread his ba lmy w i n g s o v e r our b e l o v e d country , ho hopes to r enew his f o r m e r a cqua in tance w i th m a n y w i th w h o m our f r i endsh ip and es teem w i l l be both mutua l and las t ing . A . HARLOW, M. D.

C11 A OR IN. FALLS, 0 . , Sep t . 8 , 1 8 « 2 .

[ W e shal l hope to hear f r om Dr . H a r l o w a f t e r he r eaches the seat of w a r . — E D . ]

—BISUOP HENNI, ( R o m a n Catho l i c , ) o f Mi l -w a u k i e recent ly ma in ta ined ill a sermon, a t the funera l of Cap t . O ' B r i e n o f t h e T h i r d W i s c o n -sin that ou r success w a s abso lute ly necessary , n o t on ly to p r e v e n t the ex tens ion , but to put

an end 'to the existence of that great and crying

thame upon all Christendom, the peculiar institu-

tion of the South.

pandoo r s and fierce hussa r s , " w h o can s l e ep a t our e x p e n s e ; then there a re w h i s p e r i n g s and s i g h i n g s in the n e x t apa r tmen t , and on tbe w h o l e . Messrs . Ed i t o r s , w e l i v e ra ther f a s t by n i g h t and day a t our C o n v e n t i o n s .

F o r g i v e me , g en t l e r e a d e r ; I d i dn ' t mean to bo m e r r y w h e n I b e g a n to w r i t e , but p e r m i t m e to urge that our C o n v e n t i o n s a re not qu i e t homes , w h e r e men and w o m e n , in the ir no rma l c ond i i i on , w o u l d l ike to take up res idence f o r l i f e . T h e y appea r to be ep i sodes , and once a y e a r m a y be o f t en enough fo r o rd ina r y m o r t a l s to be bap t i z ed in a c l oud . A s a g e n e r a l th ing our bes t m inds a re no t a l w a y s represented in c o n v e n t i o n s , w h i l s t f ana t i c i sm and anc i en t i d o l a t r y appea r in fu l l r e ga l i a and seem to h a v e a g o o d t ime .

W e h a v e y e t a m o n g us those w h o a t t e m p t to i l l um ine our m inds w i t h " v i e w s " o f Chr i s t on l y , w i t h exp lana t i ons o f Scr ip ture , (Jewish . ) and w i th l o n g h is tor i es o f their spec ia l m i s -sions, e t c . ; and, as our conven t i ons a re f ree , a ra re oppor tun i t y l ias been a f f o rded us to hear the " w h o l e s tory ; " and w h i l s t w e learn to be pa t i en t and ca lm , even fanatics are in a g o o d s c h o o l — f o r i t is a cer ta in l a w in human na-ture t h a t a f a n a t i c is r ebuked by the presence o f a c o m p e e r , e v e n as he is admon i shed by thc s i l ence o f the w i s e .

W e a re in f a v o r of Conven t i ons , n o t w i t h -s t a n d i n g t be a t t r i t i on o f sp i r i t and the i r r i ta-t ion o f m ind w h i c h inev i t ab l y f o l l o w . W e m u s t a l l g r o w w i s e and ca lm a t these assem-b l i es , a n d s o m e pe r f e c t g e m s fall in p leasant p laces , s ome l inks in the chain o f f r i endsh ip a re b r i g h t e n e d , and some e r ro r is l a id a w a y in the charne l -house .

T h e r e has been a dec ided i m p r o v e m e n t in the tone of our y e a r l y mee t ings since they w e r e o r g a n i z e d — i n short , w e m a y truly c l a im tha t our V e r m o n t f r iends are ad v anc ing in f r e e d o m ; that they are f ind ing sacred r e ve l a -t ions w h e r e once tliey only saw the pro fane . I ndeed , w e mus t c la im fo r the cred i t o f the G r e e n Mounta in S t a t e that our ch ie fes t f ana t -ics a r e impor t ed f rom other States , w h e r e the a i r is less pure . W e wi l l care f o r them as ten-der ly as w e can.

S o m e f am i l i a r f a ces w e r e not w i t h us this y e a r a t ou r annual mee t ing . W e missed their b r i gh t e yes and g l o w i n g hearts , the ir g o o d

Persons and Events.

P E R S O N A L I T E M S .

— R E V . W . I I . II01 SING TON, the bl ind p reach -er , is n o w a t tbe W e s t on a l ec tur ing tour. H i s l e c ture on A n c i e n t E g y p t is h i gh l y spoken o f by the c r i t i c s .

—MONCURE 1). CONWAY, author o f " T h o R c -j e e t e d S t o n e , " &c. , is the ed i t o r o f a new Bos-ton paper , Thc Commonwealth.

— J . APPLETON OAKSMITH, thc s l a v e - t r ade r , has e scaped f r om thc Suf fo lk j a i l .

—COM. WILKES has been ass i gned the c h a r g e o f a flying squadron in the W e s t In-dian wa t e r s , to i n t e r c ep t the opera t i ons of Eng l i sh and o ther vesse ls s eek ing to run the b l o ckade .

— GEN. BUTLER has o r g a n i z e d one co l o r ed r e g i m e n t a t N e w Or leans , the da rkes t o f the m e m b e r s of w h i c h , he is r epor t ed to have sa id , a r e " abou t the co l o r o f the la te Danie l W e b s t e r . "

— M R S . TOWNSKND speaks in L y c e u m H a l l , Bos t on , Sunday the 21st.

— H . B . STOKER addressed the L y c e u m C h u r c h , Bos ton , on the 7th inst., upon the mora l v a l u e o f the w a r . A fu l l r e p o r t is pub-l i shed b y the Banner this w e e k .

— A . W . FENNO is e n j o y i n g a success fu l season as " H e a d i n g M a n " and S t a g e Mana-g e r a t G r o v e r ' s T h e a t r e , W a s h i n g t o n .

— G E N . BANKS is r e m a i n i n g in W a s h i n g t o n s l i gh t l y ind i sposed , but his rea l de t en t i on is o w i n g to a des i re on the par t o f the g o v e r n -men t fo r h i s counse ls . H e w i l l ce r ta in ly be p l a c ed in a h i g h l y respons ib le pos i t i on be f o r e l o n g .

— G I L E S B. STEBBINS is s p e a k i n g on the W a r in the wes t e rn part o f this S ta te .

— W M . H . FISII has r e m o v e d f r o m Co r t l and -v i l l e to V e r n o n , One ida Co . , N . Y .

— R E V . T . L . CUYLER says : " P e r h a p s i t is no t t o o much to say , that , dur ing the lust y e a r , m o r e souls h a v e g o n e into e t e rn i t y , and f e w e r h a v e g o n e i n t o thc church o f Chr i s t , than in any y e a r our count ry has y e t s e e n . "

— R E V . J. SELLA MARTIN , o f Bos t on , has re-c en t l y , t h r o u g h the e f f o r t s o f s o m e E n g l i s h f r i ends , purchased the f r e e d o m of his s is ter and her t w o ch i ld ren .

—JOHN P . HALE, d u r i n g a r ecent speech in B o s t o n , said : " I d o n ' t k n o w w h a t to th ink o f the w a r . I d o n ' t k n o w w h e n it w i l l end. But I w i l l s ay , and pe rhaps I m a y be sent to F o r t W arren f o r i t , tha t no th ing has equa l ed lhe e n e r g y o f the rebe ls e x c e p t the w e a k n e s s w i th w h i c h w e h a v e o p p o s e d t h e m . "

F O R E I G N I T E M S .

Our E u r o p e a n dated are to the 4th inst .

— A r epo r t p r e v a i l e d tha t T h u r l o w W e e d is c h a r g e d w i th an i m p o r t a n t m i s s i on to the Br i t i sh g o v e r n m e n t .

— T h e L o n d o n j ou rna l s g e n e r a l l y t ake a v e r y g l o o m y v i e w ol A m e r i c a n a fT i i rs f o r thc F e d -era l g o v e r n m e n t .

— T h e Post says the N o r t h m u s t e i the r d o as E n g l a n d did in 1783, o r im i t a t e Russ ia in he r g o v e r n m e n t o f P o l and .

— T h e Da i l y News a r gues that it is a b s o -lu te l y essent ia l that the South should be c o m -pe l l ed to a c k n o w l e d g e the super io r i t y o f the N o r t h , and submi t to the t e rms that the N o r t h m a y d i c ta te .

— T h e Times and D a i l y News c r i t i c i se Mr , L i n c o l n ' s address to tbe n e g r o e s r e l a t i v e to co l on i za t i on .

— P e a r s o n H a l l , a sh ip o w n e r , w h o has been a c t i v e in runn ing the A m e r i c a n b l o ckade , has suspended p a y m e n t in consequence o f di f -ficulties in r e a l i z i n g re turns f r om the " ch i v a l -r y . "

— Q u e e n V i c t o r i a has g o n e to G e r m a n y .

— T h e rebel p i ra te s teamer , 1 1 290 , " is re-po r t ed to h a v e r e c e i v ed f r om the s t eamer B a -hama, o f l ' t h e W e s t e r n Is les , i ron p l a t e s , m u n i -t ions of wa r , <kc., to enab le her to in te rcept northern vessels as they approach the coast , and , in the absence o f any po r t l o g o into , to t ake and des t roy al l ships and cargoes .

— T h e L o n d o n Da i l y News ed i t o r i a l l y s h o w s h o w fa lse , thus far , h a v e been the p red i c -t ions of the Times on A m e r i c a n a f fa i rs , and h o w unjust and par t i a l h a v e been its c o m -ments .

— T h e P e a c e S o c i e t y o f L o n d o n has issued an address to the people o f the Un i t ed States , u r g i n g that the t ime has c o m e when an a t -tempt should bc made to arrest the des t ruc t i ve con f l i c t that is- be ing ca r r i ed 011. I t d ep r e -ca tes any in t e r f e r ence w i th A m e r i c a n a f f a i r s but such as w o u l d p rove a c c ep tab l e to A m e r -i cans , but says : " Su r e l y , the idea of f r i end ly med ia t i on m a y be enter ta ined w i t h o u t any de -roga t i on o f nat ional d i g n i t y . "

— T h e F r e n c h G o v e r n m e n t have ordered their f o rces to under take no opera t ions in the inter ior o f M e x i c o until the midd le of Oc tober . T h e depar ture o f t roops f o r R o m e l ias been counte rmanded .

— I n t e l l i g e n c e f r om I t a l y conce rn ing Gar i -ba l d i ' s cap ture represents h is w o u n d s — b a y o -net wounds in the th i gh and f o o t — a s no t dan-ge rous , and progress ing f a v o r ab l y . It is pre-sumed ho w i l l be tr ied and sentenced, bill par-doned on account o f pas t serv i ces . One rumor says the g o v e r n m e n t c on l emp la t e s send-ing h im to A m e r i c a . T h e f i ght was long and desperate . T h e vo lunteers m a d e a res istance w h i c h w a s not to be expected f r o m such raw nnd inexpe r i enced troops. T h e number ol k i l l ed is not g r e a t , but there are more than 800 wounded 011 both sides. Mcno t l i Gar i -ba ld i w a s w o u n d i d . T h e posi t ion w a s car-r ied a t the po int of the bayonet . A s eve ry i s sue was guarded , retreat w a s imposs ib le , a n d tho ress l t w a s the uncondit ional surrender o f a l l .

— P o p u l a r demonst ra t i ons in f a v o r o f G " " -ba ld i bad occurred in severa l p laces , but had been put down .

Instructive Miscellany. — T h e newspape r s g ene ra l l y think tlie e v en t mus t hasten the solut ion of l'l,e Roman ques-t ion, and cause the rtench l o w i t h d r a w Irom ! R o m c . [From the Ladle." Repos l t o , . ]

- T h e b l o ckade oi S i c i l y i.,,s been ™ s e t i . The N e w E n g l a n d Conscrint nnd tbe state o f s i ege r e m o v e d . _

— M . Kossu th has addressed a le t ter to thc BY URS. C. H. SAWYER I ta l ian j ourna l s , da t ed Lausunne, 28th ult,, in w h i c h 1,0 expresses his s t rong d i sapprova l o f „ , „ , , „ l h i n k „ . „ , . , Ga r iba ld i * conduct , nnd adv ises tbe Unnira- I . , - J ' , l " l t ° , l r a u -

0 obev h l i appeal to arms, since ?h,. l h S 7 . ' ^ J ™ " ' " ! " Gene ra l is no t in a rms aga ins t A u s t r i a , but ' , ' • u a g a i n s t his o w n go v e rnmen t , w i th a v i e w ' t o 5 fa?

" O f c o u r s e ; w h a t can they do i f vo lun-

co l l i s i on w i th the E m p e r o r of" the French ? n t d ? £ , a n d o f t h e P r e s i d e n t do n o t come wh ich wou ld be the ruin o f I ta ly . ? f o r w a r d

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f o r w a r d ?;

" But it is so d r ead fu l . ^ ' - a o r d i n n r y Counse l of Min is ters j l i k e ^ k v e r y 7 o r , a t beTC ' l ike r l ibeU* m * c g ^ ° 8 I

G a r i / . r T I « n - ° ^ ' d e r a t i o n do not l ike i t at a l l . I t is not l ike the F r e e G a r i b a l d i s case. T h e op in ion wh ich pre-va i l ed at the Counc i l w a s that jus t i c e should take i ts course . T w o o f the Min is ters w e r e in f a v o r o f g r a n t i n g h im an amnes ty . N o t h i n g has been de c i d ed as y e t as to the f o rm o f his t r ia l .

— T h e L o n d o n Times says that G a r i b a l d i is the undeniab le f ounder o f I ta l ian unity . I t a d d s : " H e m u s t n o t s tand as a c r imina l be-f o r e I t a l i an j u d g e s upon the ve ry g rounds o f a b l o w s t ruck fo r I t a l y . T h e w a y to obv ia t e so j a r r i n g a spec tac l e wou ld be fo r G a r i b a l d i to p l e d g e h imse l f to his o ld f r i end and com-rade , V i c t o r E m a n u e l , on his paro l e to l e a v e E u r o p e fo r an indef in i te t e r m . "

L a t e r . — L o n d o n , Sept . 7.

— T h e Herald?s P a r i s co r r esponden t s ay s no doubt is en te r ta ined there that , unless R o m e is e vacua t ed . there w i l l be a t e r r ib l e ou tbreak in I t a l y .

— T h e phys i c ians a t t end ing Gar iba ld i had issued a bul let in, s ta t ing that his suf fer ings w e r e n o t v e r y acute , and that his s ymptoms gene ra l l y w e r e f avo rab l e .

— T h e r e w a s a rumor that V i c t o r Emanue l c o n t e m p l a t e d a persona l v is i t to G a r i b a l d i in-cogn i t o , and i t was ant i c ipa ted , that, as the m a r r i a g e of V i c t o r Emanue l ' s daughte r w i th the K i n g o f P o r t u g a l w a s to t ake p lace on the 16tb inst., he w o u l d take that oppor tun i ty to e x e r c i s e the p r e r o g a t i v e o f m e r c y and pardon Gar iba ld i .

M I S C E L L A N E O U S I T E M S .

— T h e omiss ion o f al l ment ion o f G e n . S i g e l in the r epor t o f Gen . P o p e o f the la te batt les , has been obse r ved and commented on. Gen. P o p e n o w says " A c made special mention of Gen.

Nor th . W e shal l not conquer w i t h such ty -rannical means resorted to . ' '

" But tbe F r e e N o r t h has once be fo re resor t -ed to such means, and i t seems to me per f ec t l y l eg i t imate to raise f o r c es in that w a y , w h e n i t is the u l t imate r e s o r t . "

" But w h a t r ight , rea l ly , has the g o v e r n m e n t to coe r ce and lay v io l en t hands on a f r ee c i t i -zen ? "

" T h e r i g h t w h i c h an ind iv idua l has to de-fend h imse l f aga inst assault by the surest means in his p o w e r . "

" I do not see the ana l ogy , I c o n f e s s . " " S t r i c t l y speak ing , there is none. I w i l l

be t t e r i t by say ing the r i gh t wh i ch a fa ther has to compe l the needed and just serv ices o f his ch i ld when they are no t vo lunta r i l y ren-d e r e d . "

" Uraph ; you don ' t pretend that the g o v e r n -ment sustains the same re lat ionship to you that y o u r parents d i d . "

" I n a sense, p r e c i s e l y . " " H o w do you s h o w that ? " " I n this w a y . T h e g o v e r n m e n t wa tches

o v e r m y r i gh t s and l ibert ies , and defends them w h e n they are assai led by others. I t guards m y p rope r t y so tha t I fee l no apprehension that it w i l l be w r e s t ed f r om m e by the d ishon-est or unscrupulous. I can g o thousands o f mi les a w a y , and a l i t t l e p iece of parchment w h i c h I ho ld secures m e in the possess ion o f this house, for instance, or that land, e ven though I should no t see i t or hear f r om i t aga in in twen t y y e a r s . "

" W e l l , w h a t of tha t? I t is the parchment , no t the g o v e r n m e n t , to which you are indebted f o r t h a t . "

" But do you suppose the pa r chmen t w o u l d be w o r t h a straw- we r e i t no t made po tent by g o v e r n m e n t ? "

" No , I suppose n o t . " " W e l l , then, i f g o v e r n m e n t does so much fo r

Sigel's services in his official report, and that the me, w a t c h i n g o v e r and pro tec t ing my inter -pub l i shed repor t is a ga rb l ed a b s t r a c t . " W h o ests al l my l i f e t ime , has it not, in its turn, a d id i t ? jus t r i g h t to demand that I shal l de f end i t as

- T h e r e c en t success o f the F e d e r a l t r o o p s ' ' w o u l < 1 * k i n d P * ™ " , P ° , e s ? ? ' l e s ,? , t l m n

w a s purchased as usual at thc p r i c e ot a G e n . t , , e ro>'*1 l a w require that 1 should do al l I can era l . .Major Gene ra l R e n o lu l l ing b y the bi l l- 1 0 f u v 8 l a ' " " n d " < ' h ° l d 11 , l e t o f a sharpshoo te r . , Y 1 8 u l > P 0 5 e » 0 ' a [ ' e r • « . 1

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— I n d i a n ou tb reaks arfi apprehended in Da- l i k e . " c o tah and O m a h a terr i tor ies , a lso Upper Mich- " I under ob l i ga t i ons to i t ! H o w so, p r a y ? " i gan . T r o o p s a re o rdered out to p reven t a " O h , you o w e the smal l mat te r o f a father

r epe t i t i on o f the ou t rages w h i c h h a v e a l r eady i to the conscr ip t ion o f 1812." been c o m m i t t e d by tbe savages . "J " A f a t h e r ! what do j o u m e a n ? "

- A l ady in Mi lan , Dutchess county , N . Y - , " ™ a t y o u r father was a conscr ipt , o r ra ther w e n t upon the s tand at a w a r mee t ing in that a subst i tute . ^

t o w n , a f e w d a y s s ince , and de l i v e r ed an ad- ,, t n e v e r knew t. dress . S i x t e en y o u n g men enl is ted. •• V e r y l i ke l y T h e r e are many th ings

° wh i ch , w ise as this l i t t l e head is, you never — A cor respondent o f the Post in hosp i ta l k c e w i t is true, neve r the l e ss . "

s e r v i c e thus wr i t e s o f the death o f a s o l d i e r : « B u t a substitute! that is horr id. I t seems " I pa r t ed w i t h h im la te in the e v en ing , t ak ing l i k e s e H j n g o n e ' s self for money . I am ashamed a l o c k o f his ha i r f o r his s isters. H i s last o f it. A s u b s t i t u t e ! " w o r d s w e r e : ' I shal l soon be a t rest . ' I n an- ; <- y o u n e e t i n o l i j e ashamed in any case, and s w e r to m y ques t i on w h e t h e r he wou ld l ike to espec ia l ly in this. Y o u r fa ther so ld h imsel f see the chap la in , he said : ' He can do me no f o r iovc^ n o t m o n e y . " good. M y w o r k is done . We must do our own | .. jp o r ' j o v e < Qh, that 's d e l i g h t f u l ! Do p ray work, i h a v e s ough t peace , and hope I am tell m e al l abou t it, there ' s a d e a r ! " r eady fo r a bet ter wor ld . ' I never s a w a more " g o l d h imse l f f o r the l o ve o f the beaux yeux p lac id c o u n t e n a n c e . " a n ( j t he l o v ing heart o f y ou r m o t h e r . "

— A t t ime o f g o i n g to press re l iab le reports " But the s t o r y — t h e s t o r y — I am al l a n x i e t y f r o m the f ie ld o f ba t t l e a r e too indef in i te f o r for t h a t . " c l ea r conc lus ions as to tbe result . I t is j " S o l d himsel f , the b r a v e y o u n g h e r o ! ce r ta in that heavy fighting has been done, and and ye t g a v e h imsel f a w a y , and his hear t into m o r e w i l l c ome . T h u s far a g ene ra l resul t | the barga in , w i thout money and w i t h o u t f a v o r a b l e to the Union causc seems certa in. p r i c e . "

- I t is c os t ing g o v e r n m e n t $50,000 per My dear, must I tell y ou that m y cur i -mon th to f eed the s t a r v ing rebe ls o f N e w Or - os. ty is rampant and m y pat ience exhausted ?' j c a n s ; We l l , then, 1 must re l i eve you. But I must

I beg in, alter the fash ion o f al l g o o d s t o r y -— D u r i n g the late exc i t emen t r espec t ing tbe | l e l l e r s . a t the beg inning , and tell y ou h o w the

a d v a n c e ol the rebe ls upon Pennsy l van ia , much j w f t r o f 1 8 i 2 < a f t e r ha v ing exhausted the vo l -o f the t reasure and many o f the va luable pa- u n t a r y SJ S I e m , a t l eng th de termined that pers o f P h i l a d e l p h i a and Har r i sburg w e r e | c i r a f t j n g w a s necessary, and that the r anks of b rough t to this c i ty f o r safe k e ep ing . j t j i e a r i l ° v m u s t he filled by conscr ip t ion . Of

— T h e ed i t o r o f the S a r a t o g a Republican course there was in m a n y instances a w i l d tol ls the f o l l o w i n g at his o w n expense : Y e s - scat ter ing a m o n g the youth and y o u n g house-t c rday , w i sh ing , l i ke others, to e v ince our ho lders of the country, to escape this dreaded pa t r i o t i sm , w e in f o rmed the six compos i t o r s in our o f l ice that i f they would enl ist w c wou ld pay them ha l f w a g e s wh i l e they we r e gone to the wa r . T h e y r e p l i e d — T h a t is more than w e e v e r had be f o r e , " nnd the who l e c r o w d h a v e enl is ted. " T h a t ' s wha t ' s the m a t t e r . "

— " I cannot r e m e m b e r a night so dark as to h inder o r prevent the c om ing d a y : nor a s torm so fur ious and dreadfu l as to p reven t the return o f w a r m sunshine and c loudless s k y . " — J O H N BROWN, while in prison.

— T h e first annual exh ib i t i on of the Ang lo -A f r i c a n l i i s t i lu i e for the Encouragemen t o f Indus t ry and A r t l ias bcen pos tponed until M a y , 1863.

— A min is ter in Beve r l y , Mass., w h o hap-pened to have a f e w sleepy hearers of the mas-cul ine gender , in r ep r o v ing their somno lency , s ta led that throughout the w h o l e twenty -seven yea rs ol b is min is t ry , he never y e t had seen a w o m a n as leep in mee t ing .

A cur ious pet i t ion w a s discussed in the F r ench Senate last month. A . M. L e o n V a l e r y p rayed fo r the restorat ion of thc old " turning b o x e s , " in w h i c h women w h o wished to go t rid o f n ew l y -bo rn chi ldren might depos i t them for nurture in nn hospi ta l w i thout m a k i n g themse l ves k n o w n .

— P u n c h thus deduces a mora l f r om Dr . L u s h i n g l o n ' s r ecent a w a r d in the m a l t e r of Essays and Reviews: " P a r s o n s ! be l i e ve in a genera l w a y , and be specia l ly care fu l o f what you s a y . "

— A n incendiary a ;ro l i le late ly set fire to the house o f a fa rmer in Mor laas , F rance . A n e i g h b o r dec la red that w h i l e at w o r k in an a d j a c e n t field l ie saw a br i l l i ant body l ike a shoo t ing star lul l ing Irom the sky , s t r ik ing upon the house, and that in a f ew n i inu i es the thatch w a s in a blaze. T h e f a rmer los t al l h is p rope r t y w i th b i s .bouse.

mode o f mass ing men and muscle w h e r e w i t h to wh ip Old Eng land. N o t that m a n y l oya l men bad any ob j ec t i on to Johnny Bul l ' s b e ing soundly thrashed ; on the contrary , the m a j o r -ity rather g lo r i ed in the idea, fee l ing, as w e d o now, in this crisis of our nat ion 's history, that noth ing would do the o ve rbea r ing bul ly so m u c h g o o d — c o n d u c e so much to his sp ir i tua l hea l th—as a thorough and most unmerc i fu l d r u b b i n g ; but. l ike the guests bidden to the feast, one bad bought a y o k e of oxen, ano ther a farm, another a w i f e , and there fore they begged to be excused .

" A m o n g this class was a y oung man by the name o f A l f r e d F o x c r o f t ; not that ho had bought c i ther a farm, an ox , or a w i f e , but he would ra ther wi tness thc des i rab le feat o f wh ipp ing said g r o w l i n g mast i f f than assist in its per formance .

" l i e w a s a student in Ha r va rd Co l l ege , a s o m e w h a t green and shame- faced youth, but, never the less , wi th the m a k i n g o f a hero in his breast. T h e day for the dra f t ing came, and the students we r e summoned to the ga the r ing place, but, when their names we r e cal led over , A l f r e d was miss ing , nor could ho, a f ter much search ing , be found. So the requisite number ol men was obta ined wi thout him, and the re-

ruit ing f o rce marched a w a y .

" I t was a fine moonl ight evening, and A l f r e d sat, l ike a certain roya l fug i t ive , quie t ly perched a m o n g tho branches of an o ld oak tree, that, at this distant day, stiU l i lts its ga l l an t branches to thc sky, and batt les w i t h t h e s torms o f t ime, though hundreds of y ea r s have ro l led over its head.

" T h e truth is, he had set there snug ly h id-den since ear ly dawn ; the pocke t - fu l ! o f c r a ck -ers wi i l i which he had commenced the clay w a s long since exhausted, and ho had begun ser i -ously to c onsider the feasibi l i ty o f c l ambe r ing d o w x and seeking both food and sale l o d g -ment. But how w a s he to e f fec t this ? T o g o

6 t h e h e r a l d of p r o g r e s s [ S E P T . 20 , 1 8 6 2 .

b a c k to the co l l e ge wh i l e tho r ec ru i t ing f o r c e l a n d w e a k , l o o k i n g a t thc sergeant , in s t range

w a s in the ne i ghborhood was qui te out of the ques t i on ; he m igh t be nabbed at any moment ; and l o g e t out o f t own , when lie had e v e r y rea-son to suppose manyw lynx-eyes we r e on the l o ok - ou t tor h im, was* not easy. I l i s quandary w a s no t y e t so lved, when an inc ident occurred w h i c h bade fa ir to keep him fast in his shel-t e r ing nook another hal f hour.

" T w o y o u n g g i r ls , accompanied by a y o u n g man, approached, and finally s topped nearly under thc tree, and commenced a conve r sa -tion, wh i ch was not so l ow but he could dis-t inc t ly hear e v e r y word they said. T h e y were strangers , but lie soon made them out . It w a s a y o u n g man who had been that d ay draf ted, i.io eieiAi- nnd the vouiur g i r l to w h o m he was his sister, and the young g i r l to betrothed. T h e y had come to this sec luded spot to speak their farewel ls , and to utter those words so dear y e t so sad to the hear t , and which so many thousands are, al l o v e r the loya l Nor th , perhaps a t this m o m e n t ut ter ing . T h e betrothed maiden was tearful and a lmos t si lent, but the s is ter seemed rad ian t w i th e x -c i tement and resolut ion. She stood out in the moonshine, nnd her f a c e shone c l ear and beauti ful in its rays .

' •Oh , Char les , i f I w e r e o n l y a m a n h o w g lad ly would I take your p lace , for I do g l o r y in the cause in w h i c h y o u nre g o i n g to f i g h t ! But I am only a poor l i tt le g i r l wi th a ve ry b r a v e hear t and a v e r y weak hand, so I can ' t g o , y o u see, that 's out o f the quest ion. Y o u o u g h t to g o , but 1 don ' t w a n t to have y o u g o , and Hepsy don ' t w a n t you to g o ; she is c ry -i n g her eyes out a lready, and, for m y part , I a m determined to find out some w a y to keep you a t h o m e . "

" Y o u can ' t do it , K a l e , and there ' s no use I in t r y ing . T h e on ly w a y is to l ook the matter j " S a r t i n ! s a r t i n ! there ' s no harm in that in the f a c e and bear i t . ' I t ' s rather hard on a r h c J c a n ' t m a k e y o u en l i s t a g a i n because y

• • - i - I o-ave the o ld sa rgeant a s u p p e r . "

consternat ion. '• W h a t i t seems, ne ighbor , I g u e s s , " answe r -

ed the o ld man. " I t is a r egu la r and formal d i s cha r g e . " " O f course, that 's wha t it i s ; there a in ' t

any th ing s t r ange in that, is there ? " " Y e s ; but h o w did it come about ? " " O h I that 's w h a t y o u w a n t to know, is it ?

W e l l , a substi tute o f fered himself , and though h e hadn ' t y ou r line m i l i t a r y wh i ske r s , i con-cluded to accept, h im . I l i s f a c e ' I I soon ge t co lo red w i th the p o w d e r - s m o k e — w e l l — n o m a t t e r — I enl isted him. and here I am with y ou r d i s c h a r g e ; there a in ' t no harm in that, is there ? G o o d e v e n i n g ; I must g o and look a f ter my recruits, or m a y b e some on ' e m '11 bo g i v i n g me the sl ip, and I d o n ' t want l o g o ove r the business aga in . I tell you, this d r a f t i n g ' s ' l a rna l h ard business. G o o d even -i n g . "

I l i s hand was on the latch, when , " B y the h o o k e y , " he exc la imed , " I f I. d idn ' t c ome p l aguey n i gh f o r g e t t i n g — a n d I reckon, ar te r all . this is about the mos t i m p o r t a n t ! " A n d , tak ing ano the r le t ter f r o m his pocket , he l ooked at it, and then a t the t w o g i r l s . " I s e i the r o f these y o u n g ga l s y o u r s is ter ? "

" Y es , s i r . " " Is her name K a t e L a t e m a n ? " " Y es , sir, and this is s h e , " said Char l es

po in t ing to K a t e , w h o sat pale wi th happiness and emot ion.

" Oh ! ' tis, is it ? W e l l , this is for y o u , m i s s , " said he, t h r o w i n g the second le t ter upon the table.

" Come , s e r g ean t , " said Char l e s , " sit b y and take supper w i th us. H e r e ' s some g o o d cold bee f and some fine c i d e r . "

f e l l ow , 1 know , w h o is j u f t g o i n g to he mar-g a v e the o ld sa rgeant a supper.

T h c o ld man d r ew up near the table, and, r ied, to go o f f aud stay t w o years , and perhaps , e C h r t r l e s e n d e a v o r e d to d r a w out o f him b e shot, or have a g rea t b a y o n e t - h o l e i n s , exp lanat i on o f his d i s charge , K a t e sat i ™ , inst where the image o f bis l i tt le w i f e | p r e a d h o r le t ter , and H e p s y m o v e d breast, just where the image o f his that was to be, is cuddled down . But it can t be helped, I tell you ; and so what ' s the use o ' mak ing it harder for a tel

Here tbe poor f e l l ow rather broke down , and Hepsy burst out in great sobs.

b r i sk l y about, r e - a r r a n g i n g the table , and j e ry minute s topp ing behind Char l es to g i v e h im a l i t t l e l o v e - p a t on the shoulder or a

| p inch on the cheek , in te r rupt ing his quest ions t - - j - - - - - - p , , „ , • j by l i t t l e m e r r y conce i ts , and, iu short , p l a y i n g • N o w . Hepsy, d o n ' t ! " e x c l a imed K a t e ; , a J ^ o ( . h t f u l , i n d • s p r a n k s a s

" h e s luurt g o ; I ' l l find some w a y to, kee p l h e f o n t i e r Hepsy as poss ib le , him, if I 'm a woman . I ' l l g o to the C o l o n e - u C o m e g p , „ g a i d g , fl[, t h

you have a Co lone l , h a v e n ' t y o u j - a n d l l • a g l a s s o f c ider , " you must dr ink g e t on both my knees and I ' l l tell h r n you f h e a l t h s . w e l c o m e bearer o f g o o d t id ings don ' t want g o , and that you have a l i t t l e w i f e I as y o u a r e : and Char l es sbal l dr ink yours . > that don ' t want you to g o , and a l i t t l e s ister j ^ & s ^ ^ t Q ̂ & ^

o g o ; ana i i i say , i | T , i e o ] ( ] s o l d i e r l o o k t h e g i a s s j l o o k i n g out that don ' t w a n t you to j; shall a l w a y s l o v e you if you w i l l on ly le t h im | , e y e b r o w s , w i t h a plea-stay at home ; but if y ou don ' t , 1 shal l a l w a y s | „ „ 4 , , . i 0 „ „ i l i r J , „ ; P | h,,>•.,.,

sant express ion , as the l augh ing g i r l da r t ed around the r o om and p e r f o r m e d her var ious useful and o rnamenta l feats .

" S h e ' d m a k e a n ice so ld i e r ' s w i f e , she would , and bea t a l l tbe sut lers in the camp, w i th her br isk l i t t l e w a y s . " said the o ld man, w i th a l i t t le nod, and s m a c k i n g his l ips, as he-tasted his c ider . " H e r e ' s to y ou r hea l th , sir,

ha te you , for you have no r i gh t to t ake my bro ther a w a y f rom me and f rom his l i t t l e w i f e , w h o can ' t l i ve w i thout him. I ' l l hate the Brit ish jus t as much as you please, and I ' l l stand b y the eag l e and the stars and str ipes f o r e v e r and ever , on ly le t my brother stay at h o m e ! ' "

K a t e stopped, ha l f l augh ing and ha l f c ry - i , , . , i r g , wh i l e Char les turned a w a y his head w i l h ; " " J , 1 0 -v,°,urs> ,"?.,ss> . , , , , . a Tittle impat ient s ieh l l i e 0 d s o l ( l l o r suddenly in terrupted bun-

c h ' s no use, K a t e , i tell y ou aga in . W h a t ' ^ ^ 7 , " " i ' " ? . . ^ " i , , ^ 1 " , v l ' " ^ must be must be, and I ' v e g o t to g o . On l y one th ing could k e e p m e . "

" A n d wha t ' s t h a t ? " e x c l a imed Kate , co l o r rushing

" invo luntar i l y " A subst i tute . " " I s tbat

subst i tute ? " A substitute costs money , and that y o u

k n o w I haven ' t g o t . " " We l l , i t 's eas i l y enough had. He r e ' s my

g o l d cross w i th mother ' s hair set in the tace, and m y ear - r ings that g r a n d m o t h e r l e f t me, nnd my beauti ful s h a w l that uncle N a t h a n b r o u g h t f rom the Indies . Y o u shal l have them all, and e v e r y t h i n g else I possess, to sel l ! "

Char l es shook his head . " A h , m y m y p o o r K a t e ! your go ld cross, and y o n r ear - r ings , and even your Ind ia shaw l , wou ld g o very l i t t l e w a y in p rov id ing money for a subs t i tu t e—so l e t us waste no more t ime iu th ink ing of

crush tlie le t ter in ber hand, and g a z e fixedly on the table . »

W h a t is tbe ma t t e r ? " sa id Char l e s . t : K a t e , L e t m e

I am . I f o r g e t al l but myse l f . L e t me s e e — l e t m e see !

, , , „ , ™ , . , ,, „ . , W h o has da red to wr i t e t h i s ? " and tbe b l o o d " I s that a l l ? T h e n w h y don ' t y o u g e t a| ^ ^ ^ t o U i g ( a c e ft W f a f t t d o e s t h i s

bat 's t h a t ? " e x c l a imed K a t e , the , ,. . . „ l o _ m < l , . » „ o r i << , , , , , j , : da r l ing sister, w h a t a l a rms \ou so r

ng to her cheeks, and her hands ° , ,, . „ r . . , , „ . r , ** , , see y ou r le t ter . Se l f i sh e go t i s t that l ly c lasp ing . , f t ^ b u l m y s e l f L e t n i e s e e — l e t

i t . " K a t e b o w e d her head, and w a s fo r a f e w

n ? " " I k n o w . " sa id K a t e . " R e a d the le t ter

a l oud . I a m p e r f e c t l y w i l l i n g . G r e a t F a t h e r ! what shal l I do ? "

Char l es r ead a loud : " M i s s LATEMAX : I h a v e l earned y ou r n a m e

and 1 hasten to r e l i e v e y ou r d is t ress . I re-qui re no p l edge and no money ; I set ou t w i th no cond i t i ons ; I b e c o m e a subst i tute f o r y o u r bro ther , f r ee ly . Y o u need h im, and no one has need o f me. I am a lone in the wo r l d , and i f I die there w i l l be no one to mourn me . But I am respec tab le , honest , and true, and, w o n d e r i f y o u w i l l , I g a v e m y hear t to y o u w h e n I s a w you w e e p this e v en ing . I send y o u a r ing wh ich be l onged to m y mother . I f you do not

moments lost iu ref lect ion, m a n y c h a n g i n g scorn me , y o u w i l l take f r om you r neck the shadows flitting in the c lear moon l i gh t o v e r ! l i t t l e g o l d cross w h i c h I saw g l i t t e r i n g in tl ie her pret ty features. A t length, se i z ing her moon l i gh t , and w h i c h conta ins y ou r m o t h e r ' s bro ther ' s arm, she said . hair . Y o u w i l l c a r r y i t to tbe oak tree under

" I have thought o f another t h i n g ; w e shan't | w h i c h y o u s tood this e v en ing , and p lace it in need any money for a substitute. I w i l l g i v e j the notch of the l o w e r b ranches . T o - m o r r o w myse l f . 1 k n o w two o r three persons w h o i m o r n i n g I w ill t ake i t a w a y . T h e n y o u w i l l l ike me. I don ' t l ike them, to be sure ; but 1 w a i t t w o years , and, i f I am not dead , I w i l l w i l l g o to one of them and s a y : ' I w i l l be ; repor t m y s e l f on that spot . Y o u w i l l r e m e m - 1 you r w i f e i f you wi l l on ly save* m y bro ther , be r that you have made o a t h upon that cross . See , I shall not make a d i sag reeab l e or i l l - AD IEU . " f a vo r ed w i f e . I am pret ty—e< e r y b o d y c a l l s ' ^ w h a t is the m e a n i n g o f a l l th is ? " said me s o ; l a m g o o d hearted nnd l o v i n g , and I Char l e s , e x c i t e d l v ; - h o w did he k n o w — ? am a neat-handed housekeeper , and all these Se r g ean t , do vou unders tand this advantages shall be yours w h e n y o u return, il | ^ U m p h ! ' l r e ckon ihe vot ing m a n sa i you wi l l only en l i s t a - subs t i tu t e l o r my bro ther . p j c k e t - i . uard o v e r you " I promise you, on this go ld cross o f m y m o t h - j u W l i y then, d id l ie ' no t c o m e f r ank l y and er ' s , w i th her sacred hair in i ts center , that I ; s e e u s V " W h a t s o r l o f a w a y L , t l l j s 0 f con le r -w i l l b ecome your true and l o v ing w i f e , i f you j r i n , r a f a v o r v " w i l l on ly save m y b r o t h e r ! ' " " " O H , " rep l i ed the sergeant , w i t h a shrug .

S h e stopped, too exc i t ed to say more . i « e v e r y one l ias h is o w n c ro tche ts . One is I Char les looked with l o ve and admi ra t i on on a f r a j d o f b e i n g r e c e i v c d [ i ke a m o s q u i t o that

thc sweet g l o w i n g face o f the y o u n g g i r l , but j v o u b m s h o f ] y o u r [ l 0 S 0 ; ano ther is t im id a n d ' shook his head.

u V , ,. . • , . J a f ra id to speak, but k n o w s b o w to wr i t e . »ld h ,t tl £ i n g Vu ' - i l S e a r £ ° f : so Chooses that w a y o f t e l l ing his m ind . g o l d ; but this p lan is the wors t o f a l l . But

w e must g o home. My knapsack i.s to b e packed, and all must be ready for m e to l e a v e ear ly in the morning . Come, Hepsy ! come , K a t y , d e a r ! "

A n d the l i t t le company wa lk ed si lently a w a y , atid soon disappeared in the shadow o f the roads ide trees.

T h e knapsack w a s packed , the so ld ier ' s l i t t l e k i t o f t in-ware , kni fe , and spoon, was s lung to it, and the brother and sister and be-t ro thed sat d o w n to take their last meai to-ge ther . K a t e w a s now the mos t si lent, i f not i

One is r o m a n t i c and l ikes to do th ings k ind ' er as they do in books , y o u k n o w , and so w e g o . "

Char l es l e a n e d his head on his hand fo r a f ew moments , and a fixed d e t e rm ina t i on g r e w o v e r h is f a ce .

" S e r g e a n t , " sa id be, " g i v e me you r band , I w i l l no t accep t this subs t i tu te ; m y s is ter shal l no t b e s a c r i f i c ed ; I w i l l g o w i th y o u — s t a y ! "

l i e t ook his d i s cha r g e and w a s about t ear ing it in t w o .

K a t e seized his hand. But i f I am sa t i s f i ed ! I f I w i sh i t , " said

the saddest of the party , and . k i t e Hepsy and j she, « and rea l ly there is s o m e t h i n g verj- b eau-Car les , in l o w , stif led lones, exchanged their til'ul in al l this ' he g o e s a w a y w i t h o u t e x a c t -m a n y endearments and promises for the fu-ture, K a t e sat g a z i n g on her un tasted supper

and said noth ing . Sudden ly a loud knock ing c a m e at the door .

" C o m e i n ! " c r i ed Char les , in the fashion o f the t imes, w i t h o u t r is ing f r om his seat .

T h e door opened, and an o ld sergeant , w h o had through the day been ac t i v e in the d ra f t -i n g serv ice , s tood be f o r e them.

" G o o d e v en ing . H o w d ' e d o ? Does the n e w recruit , Char l es L a t e m a n , l i ve h e r e ? "

" Y e s , s i r ! " " W e l l , then, that ' s f o r y o u ! " sa id the o ld

so ld ier , t h r o w i n g a letter on the table and h imse l f into a chair .

Char les read it at first v e ry 3 low ly , then w e n t o v e r aga in in an eager , exc i t ed manner .

" W h a t is t h i s ? " he exc l a imed , t r emb l ing

g o e s a w a y ing any cond i t i ons ; he is un f o r tuna t e ; he has no f r i ends to mourn fo r h i m ; and then I h a v e on ly this means o f k e e p i n g you ; a n d then I have a g rea t , earnest l o n g i n g to be l o v e d — yes, I h a v e ! i t i s true. A n d th is y o u n g m a n has acted w i th g r ea t d i sc re t i on and j u d g m e n t , for i f he bad s h o w n h imse l f I d a r e say I shou ld never , never have been ab le to le t h im g o ; I wi l l ca r ry h im m y c r o s s ; bu t I w i s h t o k n o w — s e r g e a n t , have y o a seen l i im ? "

" A l i t t l e . " " W e l l , he is not b a n d y - l e g g e d nor hump-

backed, is h e ? "

" W h a t nonsense ! D o you think tbe A m e r -ican a rmy is made up o f hump-backs and bandy - l egs ? Do you suppose an o ld s o l d i e r l i ke m e wou ld enl is t such f e l l o w s ? E v e r y recru i t must b e sound in w i n d and l imb , and

o f a m a n l y figure. T h a t ' s w h a t my recru i ts must b e . "

" Is this man a truo and honest f e l l ow ? " in-qu i red Char l es .

" S a r t i n ! s a r t i n ! I swea r to i t ! " " W e l l , then , " said K a t e , de tach ing f rom her

neck the cross w i th its l i tt le v e l v e t b a n d , " te l l M b that w h a t he has done is wel l and noble , and p lace this cross, w i th y ou r o w n band, in thc notch o f t h e g r e a t oak . and a f t e r that tell h im no th ing more , no t a w o r d y o u heard here ; but never lose s ight o f him if you cart help i t ; do you h e a r ? A n d , b y and by, w h e n the t w o years a re out, b r ing him to me, and be ab le to say , here lie is, he is w o r t h y o f you ; he is a bravo so ld ie r and a g o o d p a t r i o t ; b.- has done his d u t y . "

Char les and Hepsy stood g a z i n g into the inspired face o f the y o u n g g i r l , w i t h o u t the p o w e r o f u t t e r ing a w o r d . T h e o l d s e r g e a n t took oil' his cap ancl a tear g l i t t e red on his g r a y eye lash as he t ook the cross r eve ren t l y iu his hand.

" Enough ! i t shal l be done, ' ' and he l e f t the house w i thout ano ther w o r d be ing spoken

Ka t e turned to be r brother and future s ister-i n - l aw . She w a s no longer the same. A strange look of a w e and so lemni ty r es ted on he r n o w pale f eatures . T h e ve ry c h a r a c t e r o l hcr person seemed changed . T h e r e w a s un-wonted d i g n i t y and ser iousness in her c l ea r vo i ce as she sa id :

" C o n g r a t u l a t e me , H e p s y ; I a l s o a m be-t ro thed . M y p l edge is in the bands o f an A m e r i c a n so ld ier . H e r e on ray f inger is his, w h o m I re l i g i ous ly trust one day to m a r r y . "

I t is no t m y de s i gn to f o l l o w the y o u n g r e -cru i t th rough the per i l s o f the w a r to w h o s e c h a n g i n g for tunes he had so g ene rous l y de -vo t ed h imse l f . A y e a r a f ter his en l i s tment a second d r a f t i n g w a s found necessary , and Char l es a g a i n found himsel f a consc r ip t . T h i s t ime there w a s no substi tute, and he w a s ob l i g ed to j o i n the a r m y and march to d i s tan t fields. N o r w o u l d he have r ema ined beh ind. T h e country w a s roused to t h e ' g r e a t e s t p i tch o f indig i nation by that vanda l a c t c o m m i t t e d by thc B r i t i s h — t h e burn ing of W a s h i n g t o n — and old and y o u n g men we r e r eady and anx i ous to l end the i r a id iti d r i v i n g ou t t h e ru th l ess barbar ians .

Y o u w o u l d hard l y be l i e v e n o w , w h e n a l l E n g l a n d is up in a rms on account of our w a r to de f end the g o v e r n m e n t , l a v i s h i n g a l l s o r t s o f insul t ing epi thets upon us fo r our ba rba rous de t e rm ina t i on to put clown the rebel l ; that E n g l a n d he rse l f had burned d o w n no t on ly W a s h i n g t o n , w i th all i ts pub l i c bu i l d ings , but a l a r g e number of o the r t owns a l o n g the A t l a n t i c c o a s t ; burned them, too, w i thou t the least p r o v o c a t i o n .

" N o ; nor w o u l d y o u think that they had e m p l o y e d the s a v a g e Ind ians t o s c a l p and mur-der our w o m e n and ch i ldren, and burn d o w n their v i l l a g e s . But d o g o on a b o u t C h a r l e s L a t e m a n . Y o u say ho w e n t to the w a r a f t e r al l ? "

Y e s . ancl a t the ba t t l e o f P l a t t s b u r g he w a s wounded , and fel l in the th i ckes t o f the fight. H e wou ld h a v e been t rampled to death under the fee t of the c omba tan t s , had. no t an of f i ce r o f his r e g imen t , a y o u n g l ieutenant , r i sked bis o w n l i f e to s a v e h im. T h e y w e r e surrounded , but h e w i n g d o w n the e n e m y a t r i g h t and left , w i th his s w o r d , he d r a g g e d the w o u n d e d so ld i e r f r o m the midst ol the enemy , who , filled w i t h a d m i r a t i o n a t his daunt less b r a v e r y , f o r b o r e to m o l e s t h im. Y o u k n o w b o w the ba t t l e o f P l a t t s b u r g ended. It was o n e ol a se r i es o f v i c t o r i e s w o n in t h e N o r t h , and he lped to shed g l o r y o v e r our nat iona l a rms .

Char l e s L a t e m a n l a y l ong il l o f his w o u n d , and w a s ca r e fu l l y tended b y the y o u n g l ieuten-ant w h o had rescued h im, unti l a t ruce a t a rms enab led h im to ob ta in a fu r l ough and a c c o m p a y the w o u n d e d so ld i e r h o m e . T h e j o u r n e y w a s l o n e and p a i n f u l ; but, under the care o f his n e w f r iend, and w i th a s t r ong c on -s t i tu t ion , C h a r l e s g r e w e v e r y day s t r onge r . T h e j o y f u l prospect o f soon see ing h is s is ter and be t ro thed added n e w e n e r g y to his w e a k -ened f r a m e , a n d b y the t ime h e r e a c h e d h o m e be w a s s t r i c t l y c onva l e s c en t .

T o desc r i b e the j o y o f K a t e and H e p s y at s ee ing h im h o m e once more , and out o f dange r , is q u i t e imposs i b l e . O f c ou r s e the ent i r e cu l -inary ab i l i t i e s ot the t w o y o u n g housekeepe rs w e r e b r o u g h t into r equ i s i t i on to do honor to the occas ion , but as I neve r had the s l i gh t e s t f a c i l i t y f o r d e s c r i b i n g g o o d d inners o r suppers , I mus t l e a v e y o u to p ic ture them out i n the w a y best su i t ed to y o u r o w n ideas o f the rural luxury and sp lendor o f those s o m e w h a t c r a m p e d but g l o r i o u s days .

T h e l i eutenant , w h o w a s w i t h o u t a home , w a s ve ry natura l l y persuaded to spend his fur-l ough in the quie t l i t t l e f a m i l y . V e r y natura l l y , too, the c h a r m i n g K a t e , w h o had lost none of h e r g a y e i y o f manner , b e c a m e a v e r y a t t r a c t i v e person in his eyes . T h e y o u n g g i r l herse l f could not but f ee l a s t r ong a t t a c h m e n t to the y o u n g o f f i ce r w h o bad saved her b ro the r ' s l i f e ; but w h a t e v e r m i g h t h a v e been her f ee l -ings . in no d e g r e e d id she s w e r v e f r o m her fidelity to the u n k n o w n you th w h o had so gene r ous l y b e c o m e her bro the r ' s subst i tute , and w h o s e be t ro tha l r i n g she w o r e upon her f inger .

•• Y o u w i l l a l w a y s h a v e m y deep and true a t -t achment , as the rescuer of m y b r o t h e r , " she sa id in r ep l y to his suit f o r her hand, " b u t

! m o r e than tha t I c a n n o t g i v e — I a m be t ro thed to a n o t h e r . "

" B u t y o u have neve r seen h im ; y o u do not l o v e h im, and i t canno t be that y o u care f o r m e , o r y o u w o u l d no t l o r a m e r e m y t h , a s l ie seems to me, d eny al l the deepes t f e e l ings ol you r h e a r t . "

" But I a m e n g a g e d to him i f I neve r h a v e seen h im, and w h a t e v e r m i g h t h a v e bceu m y rep l y under o t h e r c i r cumstances , I cau g i v e no o the r n o w . "

T h e r e w a s a sadness in her v o i c e and e x -press ion w h i c h b e t r a y ed more to the y o u n g man than she w a s a w a r e . T h e r e w a s a g l o w upon his cheek and a l i g h t in his e y e as he cont inued lo urge his suit. .

" But you do no t hear f r om h im. I t is now nea r l y t w o y e a r s s ince he en l i s t ed , and sure ly i f he we r e a l i v e y o u w o u l d have r e c e i v ed some s i g n . "

K a t e w a s v e r y pa le , and her v o i c e w a s l o w and fu l l o f emo t i on as she l o o k e d in his f a c e and sa id :

" Is it k ind to m a k e m y tr ia l harder than I can b e a r ? I h a v e my o w n s t rugg les , but they, w i l l bo borne , and I r e l i g i ous l y i n t end to keep m y fu i th w i t h h im w h o s e r i n g I w e a r . I t w i l l be t w o y e a r s t o - m o r r o w n i g h t s ince he sent it to m e and c h a r g e d mo to mee t h im a t the g r e a t o a k tree on that e v en ing . I shal l w a i t h i m there , and, i f he c o m e s b a c k w i t h m y cross and c l a ims me, I sha l l be h is w i f e . "

W h e t h e r this o rgan i za t i on is rea l l y use fu l in a mi l i t a ry sense o r not, it is dec ided l y pop-ular w i th the young ladies , because i t g i v e s them an exce l l ent opportuni ty o f w e a r i n g a h igh l y a t t rac t i v e s ty le o f ma le a t t i re . Bes ides that, it has a l ready , I th ink, p r o v e d the truth ot the Duchess do Ber r i ' s theory , that l ad ies can rn.e astr ide w i th more safety , c omfo r t , and g r a c e than they can on thc s ide-saddle . A f t e r see ing Miss Capta in P o m e r o y on horseback , r id ing l ike a ga l l an t cava l i e r , I f e l t tba t woman s r ights , so far as the dress ques t i on is concerned , we r e fu l ly conceded , a t least in

A g lo r i ous smi le beamed o v e r the face o l ' the y o u n g l ieutenant , and, l i f t ing his hand to his breast , he d r ew f o r t h — a cross.

T b e eyes o f K a t e fel l on it. " My cross ! " Bhe e x c l a i m e d , b ew i l d e r ed and as t on i shed ; " w h e r e d id y o u ge t i t ? "

" VVe w i l l not wa i t , dar l ing , unti l t o - m o r r o w e v e n i n g , nor seek thc o ld oak tree to keep our t r y s t e . "

" A n d you a r e m y bro the r ' s s u b s t i t u t e ? " and a g l o w o f happiness and surpr ise o v e r -spread her f ea tures .

" I am ; and y o u arc my promised w i f e . A r e .. c u n c e u e u , a t least in you w i l l i n g to redeem the v o w you m a d e upon ; Berkshire , wh i ch 13 b y far the mos t re f ined th is l i t t l e c r o s s ? " : and en l i gh tened reg ion in all A m e r i c a , and

K a t e l a id ber hand in his. and her rep ly m a y 1 -* be guessed w h e n I tell y o u that they we r e mar-r ied two w e e k s a f t e r .

" A n d these we r e my fa ther ancl m o t h e r ? " " Y o u r fa ther and mother , da r l ing , and a

ve ry happy couple they w e r e . " " W h a t a r o m a n c e iu rea l l i f e ! B u t w h e r e

was the o ld s e r g ean t w h o m m y mothe r c om-miss ioned to br ing back her be t ro thed hus-band ?'•

" Under the sod, dear , on the p la ins o f P l a t t s -b u r g . "

" P o o r o ld m a n ! w.hat a p i ty ! " " SHy, ra ther , pa t r i o t and h e r o ! he d i ed

fo r b i s c o u n t r y . "

not. surpassed by any por t i on o f Europe. '1

W h i l e cu l t i va t ing the tastes o f our sex , p rac t i c ing our trades, f o l l o w i n g our v o ca t i ons and amusemen t s—as the lad ies are n o w g o i n g to do to a much g r ea t e r ex t en t than e v e r b e f o r e — t h e y wi l l suffer, as usual , f r om the inconven iences and incumbrances o f f ema l e cos tume . T h o ques t i on w i l l o ccur , w h e t h e r there is not a cer ta in c o m p r o m i s e b e t w e e n the two , a m ing l i n g o f the mascu l ine and f e m i -nine at t i re , w h i c h m i g h t a c c o m m o d a t e the new desuetude o f b e l l e - s h i p — s o m e t h i n g w h i c h m i g h t no t seem to be w h o l l y a ssuming the mascu l ine , w h i l e i t st i l l g a v e the w e a r e r t b e male p r i v i l e g e s as to m o v e m e n t and d i s co l o r -at ion. W h y should no t s o m e dress be in-vented or adop ted w h i c h is thus a v o w e d l y neutral , and w h i c h shal l be a k ind o f un i fo rm of rcnunciamcnlos—to be a d m i r e d and r e -spected, as r epresent ing a c l a s s ? T h e l a d y -nurses of the a rmy m i g h t first adop t and c on -secra te i t .

T h e r e is a rescue o f a cer ta in f ema l e beau ty f r o m ma l t r ea tmen t , w h i c h m i g h t as w e l l be sugges t ed in this c o n n e c t i o n — t h e adop t i on of a c o s tume w h i c h sha l l s e r v e b o t h o n e pur -pose and the o ther . A s e v e r y a r t i s t k n o w s , N a t u r e has m a d e s y m m e t r y o f l i m b a l m o s t a un ive rsa l i t y w i th w o m e n . T h e r e a re f e w w h o w o u l d no t l o ok we l l in the b e c o m i n g k i l t o f the S c o t c h H i g h l a n d e r , f o r ins tance : and i t is e v i d e n t l y the des i gn o f N a t u r e t h a t t b e shape o f the l e g shal l be seen. B u t t h o u g h , in the c ross ing of s t reets and the g o i n g up o f sta i rs , tbe s t o ck ing , w i th the present fash ion, is v i s ib l e enough , that s t o c k i n g is avowedly c o n c e a l e d by the c r ino l ine sk i r t , a t the s a m e t ime that i t is i n e v i t a b l y m a d e d i r t y by tbe

im eye ing ( s k i r l ) g i nappropr i a t e l eng th . I t seems such a

s imp ly m a k i n g the b e s t o f the r educed f o i - p i l y t h a t 0 'u ' r a t t ent ion shou ld bo ca l l ed bo th tunes o f w a r - t i m e , and the absence o f ber [ 0 £ b e a u t d t 0 t h e p r o f a n i n g G f i t - t h a t b ro the r w i th the a r m y - t a k i n g passage in t h e o n e a r t i c ) e Q f d r e g g f Q w h i c h . . g

a s t ree t -car , a t a l a t e hour , ins tead ot b e i n g , m o g t i n ) p o r t J i n t ^ t h e w h i t e s t o c k i n g o f the dependen t upon a c a r r i a g e o r w a i t i n g tor c o m - l a d y s h o u i d h e the m o s t i n v a r i a b l y po l lu ted pany .

[From the Home Journal.']

A R e f o r m Dress.

N O V E L A N D V A L U A B L E S U G G E S T I O N S .

B Y N. P . W I L L I S .

Tn r e turn ing to m y l odg ings , f r om a smal l par ty , t o w a r d midn igh t , the o the r e v e n i n g , and h a v i n g o c cas i on to take a S i x t h A v e n u e car f o r a p a r t o f the d i s tance , 1 w a s s t ruck w i t h the nove l t y o f a y o u n g l a d y ' s g e t t i n g in a t one o f the c ross ings , p r o c e e d i n g 011 her w a y unac-compan i ed , and f inal ly d e b a r k i n g at a street b e l o w , e v i d e n t l y g o i n g to her h o m e a f t e r a v is i t , en t i r e l y a lone . T h i s w a s tbe m o r e e x -t r ao rd ina ry to m e , c h a n c i n g to k n o w the l a d y b y s i gh t , and b e ing q u i t e a w a r e tha t she w a s o f one o f the h i g h e s t - b r e d f a m i l i e s o f the c i ty , and an e x c e e d i n g l y h i gh - sp i r i t ed as w e l l as modes t g i l l , and see ing n o w that she

But w h y shou ld no t a y o u n g l ady , o r any j lady , g o w h e r e she p leases , on the pub l i c thor-o u g h f a r e s o f t h e c i l y , by n i g h t as w e l l as b y day ? W i t h po l i c emen a l w a y s w i th in ca l l , and espec i a l l y w i t h the read iness o f e v e r y g e n t l e -man . o ld o r y o u n g , to spr ing to the s e r v i c e o f ' a l ady , w h a t poss ib l e h a r m cou ld c o m e to any 1

j m o d e s t w o m a n w h o shou ld c h a n c e to be ' m a k i n g her w a y by ca rs o r omnibuses a l o n e ?

A m o n g the m a l e hab i ts that are to a c c r u e to ! w o m e n f r o m the w a r , w i l l n o t th is f r e e d o m ot U u r d d r e s s t l i u i

s i g h t ! N o w the l o n g ga i t e r , r each ing f r o m the

nstep to the knee of a shape ly l imb , is e x -c e e d i n g l y b e c o m i n g , w h e t h e r m a d e of S c o t c h p la id , or o f patent l ea ther , or o f any c o l o r ed c l o th ; and it m a y be w o r n w i th thc b a l m o r a l o r k i l t , w i t h the j a c k e t and cap o f the hussar, or w ith the f r o c k o f the o f f i c e r ' s un i fo rm, so as to b e pe r f e c t l y c onven i en t . W e do no t see, in fac t , w h y there should no t be a s tandard third dress thus p e r m a n e n t l y es tab l i shed , g i v -

, , , j i ng m u c h g r e a t e r l ibe r ty to the f ema l e sex, , l o c o m o t i o n be one ot the m o s t va luab l e . ^ b U l h e m . l o ; U p i ) l v l h e d e f i c i U j o f

W e h a v e l o n g t h o u g h t tha t t h e d i v i s i o n o f t h e « l i m , s w i t h f l i r m o r e read iness , the sexes, as a d i v i s i on o f t h e f emin ine a n d u n - A n i t Q , o o k b d l h e c 0 3 t u i n e o f t h e

f em in ine 111 spir i t and charac t e r , w a s e x c e e a - m i U U . r _ f t r e l h e ] a d i e S ftware b o w g r ea t l y the i ng l y a r b i t r a r y . T h e r e a re m e n w h o a re poet -1 d e g t j o f t h e i r f e x i g t o l ) e a m p l i f i e d a n d d i g -i ca l l y e f f e m i n a t e as there a re w o m e n w h o a r e , n j f i e d { ( j y e ftnd e t t i c o : l t s ftre t 0 b e n 0

he ro i ca l l y mascu l ine . H i e L o u i s v i l l e Jour ml ^ ^ c ons ide red necessarv to its d ign i f i ed i g i v e s the f o l l o w i n g a c c o u n t ot a K e n t u c k y f u | f i l l | n e n t ? H o w m a n y a re the' w o m e n w h o I hero ine j " I f b r a v e men l i v ed be fo re thc d a y s o f A g a -1 mennon , h e r o i c w o m e n have l i v ed s ince J o a n j la P u c e l l e . W h e n t . b e m a u r a d i n g b a n d under : C o r b a n w e r e on the i r w a y l o Mount S t e r l i n g ,

the th i e ves w e n t to the house o f Mr . O ldom, he b e i n g absen t a t the t ime, and p lundered h i m o f al l b is horses, and a m o n g them a va lu -ab le and beaut i fu l an ima l , the f a v o r i t e o f his d a u g h t e r Co rne l i a . She res is ted this o u t r a g e as l o n g as she could , but finding her e f f o r t s in va in , she sp rang upon ano the r horse and

t o w n to g i v e

are g i f t e d w i th the ene rg i e s and ta l en ts o f men, and w h o , t hough they m a k e v e r y re-spec tab l e mothe rs , w o u l d m a k e m u c h be t t e r ed i t o r s o r treasurers , ar t is ts or secre tar i es , au thors o r m e r c h a n t s ! L o v e and m a t r i m o n y are b y no means necessary to a l l ; and, w i t h l i b e r t y to choose , h o w o f ten wou ld they g l a d l y selec t other professions, and exce l in them ! I a m g r e a t l y inc l ined to think that the r e a re to be some nove l results of cha rac t e r f r om the new comb ina t i ons o f gen ius w i t h f emin ine pur i ty and p a t i e n c e ; and that some o f the

s tar ted post baste t o w a r ^ t h e i u » u u i . c - c , the a l a rm . H e r first a n i r j h g a v e out, w h e n mos t dwt ingu i . l i e i l A m e r i c a n s of the c o m i n g

d i i v a r f i to bp ot tin91 third srr—the mf fp i l w h n she se ized another , and m e e t i n g the mess enge r f r o m Midd le ton , she sent h im as fas t as his horse could c a r r y h im to c o n v e y the necessary w a r n i n g t o Mount S t e r l i n g , w h e r e he a r r i v e d m o s t oppo r tune l y . Miss O l d o m then r e t raced her w a y t o w a r d home, t ak ing w i t h ber a dou-b l e -ba r r e l ed sho t - gun . She f ound a pair o f sadd l e -bags 011 the road b e l o n g i n g to a rebe l o f f i cer , w h i c h con ta ined a pa ir o f r e vo l v e r s , and soon she c a m e up w i th the a d v a n c i n g marauders and o rde red them to hal t . T h e capta in , t h i n k i n g to c r ea t e a d i v e r s i on f r om the pa l f r ey in d ispute , sa id he w o u l d r e l i e v e the y o u n g lady o f the t rouble o f c a r r y i n g his sadd l e -bags , but she re fused to do any deed of c o n v e y a n c e or r e - c o n v e y a n c e unt i l she g a i n e d her horse . F i n a l l y , finding tba t persuas ion wou ld no t ga in her ends, she l e v e l ed the sho t -gun a t the r ider , c o m m a n d e d h im, as D a m o n did the t r a v e l e r , ' d o w n f r o m his horse , ' and threatened to fire i f he d id no t c o m p l y . H e r i n d o m i t a b l e sp i r i t a t last p r eva i l ed , and lhe robbers , s ee ing s ome th ing in her eye that s p o k e a t e r r ib l e menace , surrendered her fa-vo r i t e steed. W h e n she had r e ga ined his back and pa t t ed h im on the neck , he g a v e a ne igh o f m i n g l e d t r iumph aud r e cogn i t i on , and she turned bis bead h o m e w a r d and cante red o f f as l e isure ly as i f she w e r e t ak ing ber m o r n i n g e x e r c i s e . "

In Massachuset ts , i t appears , there is aco rns o f female cavalry, w h o r ide astr ide , w i th t r ow-sers and spurs. T h e K o n i g s b e r g Gazette pub-l ishes a let ter , f r o m w h i c h the f o l l o w i n g is an ex t r ac t , d e s c r i b ing thes e :

" A s an e v i d e n c e of the mar t i a l sp i r i t o f t h e A m e r i c a n peop le , i l m a y be c i t ed tha t in Be rksh i r e county , in the S t a t e ot Massachu-setts, there is a t roop o f c a v a l r y c o m p o s e d ent i r e l y o f y o u n g lad ies o f the best f ami l i e s . I t is a r i g id l y se lec t corps—no one be ing a l -l o w e d to j o i n w h o is def ic ient in figure or stature , o r w h o s e ski l l in equ i ta t i on is not ol the first o rde r . T h e c ompany numbers o v e r s ix ty un i f o rmed members . Miss P o m e r o y is the capta in , and Miss K i p p the l ieutenant. 1 had the honor o f see ing Miss Cap ta in P o m -e roy , w h o is a ta l l , c o m e l y y o u n g lady, h i gh l y educa ted , w i th a mar t i a l en thus iasm that re-minded m e o f lhe Countess E m i l y P l a t e r . S h e was e l e gan t l y dressed in a d a r k b lue coa t w i th p la in g i l t buttons, l i g h t bltio panta loons s t rapped under the spurred boots , buf f cass i -m e r c v es t w i th plain g i l t buttons, and b lack hat . T h i s un i fo rm, w h i c h is worn a l ike by o f f i ce rs and pr i va tes , is qu i te expens i v e , cos t -ing near ly e i gh t y tha lers o f o u r m o n e y ; but i l is e x c e e d i n g l y beaut i fu l . I a m in f o rmed that the t roop exe rc i s es as lancers , and per-f o rms the e vo lu t i ons c r ed i t ab l y . I t i s a ' H o m e Guard , ' by wh ich t e rm is mean t a corps f o r l oca l s e r v i c e e x c l u s i v e l y .

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little children's sake. T h e s e s ens i t i v e l i t t l e b e -ings are e x c e e d i n g l y suscept ib l e to tbe tones . L e t us h a v e cons ide ra t i on fo r them. T h e y hear so much that w e have forgotten lo hear. f o r . a s w e a d v a u c e in years , ou r l i f e b e c o m e s m o r e inter ior . W e are abs t r ac t ed f r o m o u t w a r d scenes and sounds. W e th ink , w e re f l ec t , w e beg in g r a d u a l l y to dea l w i th the past , as w e have f o r m e r l y v i v i d l y l i v e d iu t h e presen t . Our ear g r o w s duii i o ex t e rna l sound. I t is turned i n w a r d and l istens ch i e f l y to the e choes o f past vo i ces . W e ca tch no m o r e the m e r r y l augh t e r o f ch i l d r en . W e h e a r no m o r e the no l o of tbe m o r n i n g - b i r d . T h e b r o o k tha t used to pra t t l e so g a y l y to us, rushes by un-heeded— w e have forgotten to hear such things.

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things, or, in their l ieu, pictures, a r e used m - j f a t h c r , or mo the r , or w i f e , or ch i ldren , or lands, mounta ins , and is k n o w n to be in the s t r eams stead o f books . T h e ve ry g r e a t a d v a n t a g e o f f o r m y sake and tbe Gospe l ' s , but he shal l re- i w h i c h take their r i se there , this i d ea need not be d w e l t upon, as i t w i l l be c e i v e an hundred fo ld , now in this lime, house?. S e n a t o r P o m e r o y has r e c e i v e d m o r e than one obv ious to all w h o understand ch i ld-nature . 1 and brethren, and sisters, and mo the r , and i thousand let ters , f r om al l par ts o f the N o r t h , Miss E . P . P e a b o d y , w h o has had one o f these ch i ldren and lands, w i th persecut ions , and in w r i t t en by persons m a k i n g inquir ies o r o f f e r -

, . c . ! the wo r ld to c o m e eternal l i f e . " i ng to j o i n the e xped i t i on . T h e R e v . H i g h -B o l t 0 ° b C d 7 „ m o M y Fr 'oe" ! YcS j i o a i n , o r sense than ho l y Job r e c e i v ed J f * Garne t , the c o l o r e d p r eache r , w i l l j o i n B o ton says 1 w a s ob l i g ed to mod, ly rOL a g a i n w h e n he had been rob- the par ty , and F r e d . Doug l a s s w i l l send t w o

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an imals in thc ne i ghborhood o f the c o m m o n ,l,oui;l i they m i g h t be. , mid never a l t o g e t h e r . . \ T i where my chi ldren g ene ra l l y l i v e . " T h e same supply the p lace o f those he had lost o r r enew , ! . , - • M Tribune di f f icul ty wou ld , o f course, ex i s t in any c i ty the p leasures o f his f i rs t l o v e . Sp i r i tua l l i f e L . 8 l » - A c h a p a m ,n the a r m y w r i t e s h o m e l o ca l i t y , and as these are not by any L a , , ' , i s m o ^ c t l h a r , P l ^ i ^ l d S g Z i X S S ? o , " i ? i e X K i n £

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" N o w w h a t must be our courses as indi-v iduals in order to come to God ? A s I be-l ieve, f r om w i t h o u t — i n w a r d s . I f w e r e v i ew the exper i ences o f our consciousness, full we l must we he a w a r e that our eyes , as those ot the fool , have been in the ends o f the earth, and that w e have l ooked for the sources of our happiness w i thou t instead o f w i th in . W e must n o w pursue a reverse course . I f w e wou ld come to God , w e must, l ike the p rod i -ga l , first ' c o m e to ourse lves . ' In order to do this, w e must g i v e up, as compet i t o rs tor our supreme love , al l ex terna l ob j ec t s and be-ings. N o t to say any th ing o f unwor thy ob-j e c t s o f love , p leasure, r iches, powe r , we mus t g i v e up our dearest re la t ives , the f r i ends o f our youth, our parents, our ch i ldren, yea , the w i f e o f o u r bosom, yea , our ve ry l i fe itself , as

MA. D . v , a D . 1 A S , , 7 . n r w . r , o y o u ; c o m p e t i t o r ^ „ m e l o v e . , W h a t j j g quest ion on this subject , I reply • T h e system o ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ n Q t h U f | U h e r a n d

is ca l led the ch i ld -garden because the c lnia- , m o ( h e r a n d w ; f e ) v n d chi ldren, and bre thren ren are considered plants to be reared, t ra ined, j a n d s j S ( 0 r S ) y o a , and his o w n l i f e a lso, he can-and cul t ivated acco rd ing to their innate na- n o t i ) e m y d isc ip le . ' "

T h i s seems v e r y bard, but it is the exp r es -sion o f an inev i tab l e necess i ty , r oo t ed in the

ture. I ts first pr inc ip les were enunciated by Pes ta lozz i years ago , in his " B o o k to Mo the rs , " but i t was reserved fo r F r i edr i ch Froebe l to per fec t the tools and methods by wh ich this sys tem ean be carr ied out. T h e mos t impor t -ant o f these, are a succession o f phys ica l , menta l , art ist ic, anchnecban i ca l p lays or ex-ercises, based on the i rrepress ib le a c t i v i t y and l o ve o f change so charac te r i s t i c o f ch i ldhood . T h c v e r y rest lessnes, so t i resome to the adult , is made use o f to lay the foundat ion of a use-fu lness as broad as thc doma in o f Nature .

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nature of th ings. T h e s e are al l ex te rna l to the soul, and, so far as they arc l o v e d for themse lves , p reven t the i n w a r d march o f the soul f r om w i t h o u t i nwards , t h r ough i t se l f to -wards its G o d , the g r e a t center of a t t r a c t i on for a l l th ings , the g r ea t want o f t h e Un i v e r s e . T b i s s e e m i n g harshness, then, is the v e r i e s t

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T h e o ther e x t r a c t is f r o m the Spiritual

Magazine, V o l . I I I . , p a g e 132, as f o l l o w s :

" Cons i d e rab l e l i g h t m a y , I think, be t h r own on the sub j e c t by cons ide r ing tho ana lys i s o f o rd inary and m e s m e r i c s leep. T h e sub jec t of the m e s m e r i c ope ra to r finds that his e yes be-c o m e h e a v y , he cannot but c l ose them ; h is ears g r o w dull o f hea r ing , h is c i r cu la t i on g r o w s langu id , his p o w e r s b e c o m e f a in t and d im , he b e comes insens ib le to all a round s a v e tbe ope ra to r ; he sees, hears, ta lks , fee ls , w i l l s th rough h im a lone . I f l ie t ranscends this s tate , he then f inal ly passes into the deep s leep, o r wha t Mr. D a v i s ca l ls t b e I oi n i i a i . u i . l yav io u f u s tuc super io r cond i -

I t is be l i eved (1st) that the first p r inc ip l e o f l i o n . " Be fo re he m a y have been s y m p a t h e t i c -c o m m o n honesty consists in e v e r y human c l a i r v o yan t , h is c l a i r v o y a n c e be ing di-be ing, man and woman, p roduc ing w h a t t h e v 0 T i l n f l , u e n c e ? b { the sugges t i ons of the

., • , . o p e r a t o r : but n o w he has ob ta ined indevendent consume, or i ts equ iva l ent . (2d.) T b a t al l usury, \Any interest.—Bible.] w h e t h e r ten per cent, or one per cent., is a v io la t ion o f the a b o v e pr inc ip le .

o p e r a t o r ; but n o w he has ob ta ined independent

c l a i r v oyance , he sees, and. i f a l so c la i raudient , hears fo r h imse l f , independent o f mate r i a l ob-s tac les or o f the o rd ina r y cond i t i ons o f t ime and space . T h e na tura l f acu l t i e s are c losed ,

T h e subscriber and s o m e others o f h is a t - b u t l L ? 6 P i r j t u a l f acu l t i e s are at least par t ia l l y

qua intance arc v e r y des irous o f l i v i ng , ne ighbors , among persons ho ld ing to and w i l l -i n g to adopt in pract i ce t o w a r d each o the r the a b o v e art ic les o f fa i th .

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l e e c h e s , w i th sma l l e r brood.

A l l w h o wou ld p rac t i ca l l y adop t the a b o v e ar t i c l es o f fa i th, w i t h o u t r e g a r d to re l ig ious be l i e f , w e w o u l d r e c o g n i z e and f e l l owsh ip as brothers , and w i t h them w e wou ld wish to co -opera te to redress these g r e a t ev i ls , wh i l e w e must cons ider al l o thers as on the s ide o f our oppressors and l ega l i z ed spoi lers .

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opened, and a c c o r d i n g to bis sp i r i tua l s tate and the qua l i t y of h is in te r i o r v i s i on and facu l t y w i l l thc sp ir i tua l w o r l d , in i ts c o r r e s -pond ing degrees , be opened to him, and he w i l l be enab led to see and c o m m u n e w i th spi-r i tual be ings , though but ra re l y can the con-sciousness o f al l this be b r o u g h t by h im Into his no rma l w a k i n g s tate .

" W e have here a c lose and s t r i k ing a n a l o g y to o rd inary s leep and dreams , but a l l know-that as w e pas3 in to s leep tbe senses a re l o c k -ed up, the outer w o r l d recedes , and our ho ld upon consc iousness b e c o m e s inc reas ing l y f ee -ble t i l l i t s l ips f r o m our g rasp ; but so l o n g as s leep is imper f ec t , or any o f the natural p o w -ers cont inue ope ra t i v e , our d r eams a re ( to a g rea t ex tent a t least. ) dependent on our phy-sical and men ta l states, and on o u t w a r d a c c i -dent. I t is on ly when f reo f r om al l pe r turbat ion and d is turb ing inf luences, w h e n the w h o l e natural man hn . l i ed into pro found repose , tbat the reulitict ol the upper wo r ld can he

the i r vi i lainonB „ i n - „ 7 P b " l o E r » p l i e d on the sur faces o f the sp i r i tua l the i r v i l la inous mi l l ions ol nature ; that it is suf f i c ient ly sens i t i v e l o re-

ceive. U n m i x e d w i l h baser mat ter , ' the e f f lux 01 its l o ve and w i s d o m ; and tba t tho i n d w e l l , ing spir i t par t ia l l y f r eed , can hold in tercourse wi th k indred spir i ls d i v e s t ed o f the i r c o rpo -rea l invest i ture . T h e ex te rna l o f the sp ir i t is

. . . . * ? £ ' " 1 d t b o i n u ' r , K l 1 ' « o con-vorse w i th celest ia l things, and we ga in p r e -

Is there not cons iderab le a n a l o g y b e t w e e n he mora l p rogress f r om wi thout , i n w a r d s de-

s e n b e d in the lirst ex t rac t , and the phys i ca l r S " f l o w e d the exp ress i on , or, rather, physiological p rogress , w h i c h is de-

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