MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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[Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.] 
A BACHELOR’S REVERIE. 
Heigii eo ! TL: lonely life to lead!— 
POOR CARTER. 
Some of the students of the Indiana State 
University were suspected to be in the habit 
[Written for Moore’s Rural New- Vorker.] 
TWILIGHT MUSINGS. 
BY HORACE S. ROMSF.Y. 
Titk sun is set behind the western hills, 
The shaiiows of the night are falling fast, 
A deep solemnity my spirit (ills, 
While thinking of the days forever past. 
The joyous days, when ev’ry nerve was thrilled. 
With that sweet pleasure health alone can bring, 
Yea, when the heart with ecstasy was filled, 
When soared young Hope upon exulting wing. 
When ’round me thronged a gay and youthful band, 
With spirits blithe and buoyant as the bee; 
The world to us was like a fairy land, 
As we tripped lightly o’er the flowery lea. 
But “change” is written on each earthly scroll, 
“ Passing away” upon each beauteous flower. 
Loved ones are lea' ing as the seasons roll. 
Their music wakes no more the sylvan bower. 
Some perished wandering in a foreign land, 
Some laid them down on California’s shore f 
Where the Pacific laves the golden sand. 
Chanting their requiem forevermore. 
And some within the village church-yard lie, 
While friends were weeping near, they passed away; 
Now oft is heard the agonising sigh, 
O’er the fresh mounds where slumbereth their clay. 
In youth, an elder sister was my guide, 
In her the graces blended, sweetly shone; 
In life’s glad prime, alas I that sister died. 
And left our hearts all desolate and lone. 
A younger sister still was left to me, 
She loved me with a sister’s fondest love, 
Her form on earth, oh 1 nevermore we see, 
She too hath joined the angel band above. 
How changed is earth since they have passed away I 
Nature hath lost her wondrous power to please. 
Drear as December seems the balmy May, 
The zephyrs sigh among the forest trees. 
In manhood’s morn there fell a withering frost, 
And blighted all my hopes of earthly joy, 
Wan is my cheek, m 3 ' health forever lost, 
But there is left what nothing may destroy. 
Life’s sun is sinking in the beauteous West, 
A glorious hope dispels the coming gloom, 
A trust in God, the weary shall find rest, 
Beyond the confines of the silent tomb. 
Elmira Water- Cure, N. Y., 1854. 
BEAR UP BRAVELY. 
We like the man—aye, and the woman too 
—who bears up bravely under worldly trials 
and disappointments; who, when some unfore¬ 
seen and sudden blow knocks a prop from un¬ 
der him on which he leaned, and prostrates 
him suddenly in the dirt, gets up again with 
all convenient despatch, wipes the dust from 
his face, adjusts his torn garments with as good 
a grace as possible under the circumstances, 
and sets himself at work cheerfully to repair 
the damage that may unfortunately have been 
done. What good does it do one to bewail 
his misfortunes? to sit down under a load of 
accumulated evils, which grow none the less 
while we are idle, and cry out for help to those 
who are busy helping themselves? 
yEsop’s fable of the carter, conveys an ad¬ 
mirable lesson. The carter finding his team 
unable to move the vehicle through a slough, 
sat down by the roadside and earnestly invok¬ 
ed aid of the gods, one of whom appeared in 
a cloud, and reprimanded him sharply, telliug 
him to help himself if he would have aid from 
the gods; to whip his horses and apply his 
own shoulder to the wheel, and then he might 
expect to obtain the desired assistance, and 
not otherwise. 
There is a man in this city, a hard-working 
mechanic, with a family, who, ten years ago, 
was turned out of a house which he had 
bought and paid for with the earnings of his 
own hands; and not only that, but he was left 
also several hundred dollars in debt, by be¬ 
coming surety for a mau who pretended to be 
his friend. It was a disheartening occurrence, 
but he did not lie down supinely under his 
misfortunes. With earnest energy he has 
since paid the debt, acquired another and a 
better house, and owns one or two other city 
lots besides, which are rising in value on his 
hands. Me has an interesting family of chil¬ 
dren, orderly, industrious, and well educated 
for their years; and if not wealthy, he is at 
least placed beyond the contingencies of want 
or pecuniary embarrassment What would 
have been the consequences both to him and 
them, if, under the pressure of what he deem¬ 
ed, and justly too, a great misfortune, he had 
given way to despondency or despair? The 
grave of the drunkard or the suicide to him¬ 
self, ami vagrancy or the penitentiary to his 
children! Thank God! with a cheerful and 
hopeful spirit, and a determination to bear up 
bravely, all those terrible consequences have 
been averted. Mis bark has not only weath¬ 
ered the storm, but is now sailing over a pros¬ 
perous sea, without a spar sprung or a sail 
rent; and the bitter experience he has hud, 
will teach him hereafter to keep afar of!' from 
the rocks on which he well nigh foundered. 
The golden calf is one of the chief gods of 
American idolatry—and the high priest of that 
divinity, in the shape of a gigantic railroad 
speculator and stock gambler, prostrates before 
him, wherever he goes, a crowd of worshipers. 
Let him once fall, however, from his high and 
giddy place, and that same crowd stand ready 
to tear him limb from limb. 
Here it is, past nine o'clock, and dark and of drinking brandy. Where they obtained it, 
, , ' .. . . was a mystery. Mr. Many determined to ier- 
damp out of doors, an 1 :t linger in the si- ret out jj ie mys tery. Calling into a small 
lent but comfortable work-room, dreading to drug store, the proprietor asked him “ how 
start for home. Home! what a mockery it that sick student, Mr. Carter, came on!”— 
seems to dignify the lonely room of a bache- Smelling a rat, the doctor answered in an eva- 
, -n, .__ sive manner, andsoon drew out of the apothe- 
lor m a boarding house with the sacred name aI , , . . 1 , ■, 
„ , , , ir , ° . , ... , . cary that the students under suspicion had 
of home! What is there like going home in - been in the habit of purchasing bra ndy for a 
starting out at this time o’night for a half-mile sick student by the name of Carter; that he 
tramp, reaching the door, climbing three pair was quite low, and that he was kept alive by 
of stairs, to No. 23 front, entering a dark room stimulants; that the young gentlemen seemed 
, • e i •, , , „ very much devoted to him. Now the secret 
and groping round for lamp and matches, ' x mi •- n x r i 
° , . , , was out. This Carter was a fictitious charac- 
stiimbhng over a chair, perhaps, and smelling ter; and the doctor had the secret 
brimstone before you can see where you are ? However, he kept his own council. The 
What is there home-like in the loneliness, in next time the students assembled in the chapel 
the scattered books and papers, in the dusty for prayers, he cast his eyes over the crowd 
walls aud windows, in the ragged carpets and satisfied himself that Carters nurses were 
. . ,, » ... all present. Lhe devotions were duly conduct- 
counterpanes, in the miscellaneous array of ill- ed / und then he calk;d the attention the stu- 
assorted furniture before you ? If sad, who dents, remarking that he had a mournful task 
shall cheer you? If sick, who shall nurse you? to perform—as president of the university it 
If weary, who or what shall put away the became his duty to announce the death of their 
tlimiedits nf rare nr toil? Ynnr tlinnoLts fellow student, Mr. Carter. After a lingering 
thoughts of care or toil? Your thoughts, 
your books, and your sleep, are your most re¬ 
liable friends. 
illness of several weeks, a portion of which he 
was only kept alive by stimulants, he breathed 
his last! He had no doubt this announcement 
Heigh ho! before I seek “tired nature’s would fall sadly on the ears of those who had 
sweet restorer,” let me try to picture some ^tended so faithfully to his wants, but he 
. xl . , , hoped they would bear it with resignation—he 
scene more inviting than this. A home to go bo p ed they WO uld reflect upon the oft-repeat- 
to where a welcome should meet me, scattering e d words,” “ memento mori "—that he would 
care and weariness to the winds, and sending now no longer detain them, but leave them to 
bright sunshine to cheer and bless my heart ! ^eir own reflections! 
A true home, and my best friend there! Ah! result of this announcement was start- 
Tr , ling. N one of the professors, and but few of 
I linger no longer dreading to leave the com- ., ° . , . , , 1 , , c r , , 
° ° ° the students, had ever heard of Carter. “\. ho 
lort ot my work-room ; I set out at once be ?” W as whispered. None knew but the 
thinking of my humble cot, bright, cheerful, “ kind friends who attended him,” and they 
and dear to me, like her who presides there— wouldn’t tell; and the president seemed so 
who is expecting me, and knows my step at the d ee ply affected they didn t like to ask him. 
gate, and greets me with a sunny smile as I -—--- 
enter. While I have been absent she has THE SERFS OF RUSSIA. 
thought of me, for she has made every object _ ~ - _ 
redolent of welcome and comfort. There are Marquis de Custine, in his recently 
THE SERFS OF RUSSIA. 
The Marquis de Custine, in his recently 
, , , . ; , . . ... published work on Russia, devotes a chapter 
a hundred quiet subjects of talk for us-toil * 0 the gerfk He it is difficu i t t0 a 
seems lightened with a loved sharer in its re- j ust idea of the real position of this class of 
suits—and our books seem more genial and men, who live in the possession of no acknowl- 
eutertaining that we read and talk of them to- edged rights, and who yet form the nation.— 
gether. Our friends are dearer, and our hearts f. n inaa Y P ar t s empire, the peasants be- 
, , , . , . xl , , . neve themselves to belong to the soil, a coudi- 
closely twined together, have less of selfishness tion of existence which appears to them natural 
and more of purity that the joys of home are even when they find difficulty in understanding 
given unto us, a blessing beyond all price. 
FEEBLE FOLKS. 
how man can be the property of man. Not 
(infrequently the ‘peasants, when about to be 
sold, send a deputy to some far-off master, of* 
whose character for kindness reports have 
^ ,, . , , , *, . i e reached them, imploring him to buy them, 
Qoiok open the window, let the wmd fan t hei,-lands, their Children and their cattle— 
him! he poor fellow is faint! He has walk- A „ JiflMslord s0 celebrated for his gentle- 
ed a couple ot miles, and it is too much for ... 
him. H is father could follow the plow ail dav, bc «W P"™* hlm *“*> 
and walk three miles to a husking, withoi °, rd ®'' be ,? ure , 0 ‘ belongmg on y to, 
twain,, tired 11is ,„,,t w „ftn. ... lmn - In consideration, he exempts them from 
feeling tired. Ois mother, after churning be- ““ r '“"ft” 
? w x i • i_ c v i taxes for a certain number of years, and thus 
fore breakfast, washing before dinner, and ; _ e .. ■ 
’ .. ° , luemmfies them for the price of their bodies, 
ironing till supper tune, would go to the north „ •! x u- - j , ’ 
.... a, ° ,, 1 f ■, a .. wbich they have paid to him m advance, by 
sU ti , a . a 11 ^ o 11 . 1 e furnishing the sum that represents the value 
cows, just by way of breaking herself, and of thc Granins to which they belong, and to 
getting a little exercise. But their son, or „. hjcb ,, h „ it were’ obliged him to 
some reason or other, is more delicate—lus K * 1 : • • . mV ° , , 
... .. . e „ . become their proprietor. I he greatest mis- 
constitution is feeble, though he was a great c ^ v . ° . ,. 
e ,. , i • V x i . x wrtune which can happen to these vegetating 
frolicking boy, aud promised to make a stout .. c ,, , fl ,, ° 
p * i x • i - a , men, is to see their native fie ds sold. They 
man until he took to wearing lad gloves, , „^aa c, „ , , , / 
. ,, ,o a *, ° . wPr, ., ’ are ahvavs sold with the glebe, and the only 
standing collars, and fine cloth coats. \\ heth- „ __ *r „ , , %1 1 
x advantage they have hitherto derived from the 
er they have caused the debility or not we can- ° c xa , . ,, , 
J J . modern ninehoriitiona ol the nm is that the-tr 
rx i , ,1 ,, i modern ameliorations of the law is, that they 
not say. It has come on gradually. Lor a , ,, , .. .. ~ * 
h xi ix xi • r n- cannot now be sold without it. Ihe fortune 
season he thought nothing ot walking across „,,xi ■ x j u xi i j „ 
x a .» , ° x ? • ? .i of a wealthy man is computed by the heads of 
town before breakfast, and a cruise along the a - f m . ■'.» 
. r xi -.i ix • e ms peasants. Ihe man who is not free is coin- 
upper parts of the city he used to enjoy of a d ^ d • • , t avera _ totpn rnil 
Saturday afternoon. But he has so much to ?, ’ 1S eqi ! n , eut> ou ai ? f eia S®’ t0 . ten ™ u : 
do, and hi., time is so precious, that of late he b ' bs fj eal ' *® bls who is called 
steps from his office into the cars, and, indeed, of h „ °T °‘ ^ lha * 
1 .... a ,, r xi - i x. are districts, however, where each peasant 
pays titty dollars more for the privilege ot re- . • e *• xi.- x t 
/■ i a I ,1 . ,, bring-s three or four times this sum to his mas- 
sidmg within half a block oi the track. He ^ er 
revives a liltle. Let us be duly thankful, for ‘ _ t T ^ _ _ 
he is one of the strong men among the Young lHTTUrmmniW M7 Till? PRP IT 
Americans. He said in a speech lately, that lilJi HALLUtlMlIUfl& UF IHE liREAl. 
he was willing to bare his breast to the tide of ,, , i ‘. 
THE HALLUCINATIONS OF THE GREAT. 
Mallebranciie declared that he distinctly 
the worlds tvranny. He proposed to “roll the , ueeiarea mat ne aistmctiy 
burdens off of enslaved nations,” and “ buelde 1 ? e v0Ice ® ^ im - Ffescartes, 
on the harness ” for the world’s deliverance. ahe 1 r , a loD % ^elusion, was foUowed by an in- 
T , . ,| visible person, who urged him to pursue his 
It B «U nonsense. Mind is not worth a researel f es „ rter truth. Byron sometime, im- 
copper in this lati ude il the gearing between „ dued himEeltt0 be visite j b , a tr but 
it and the nmwiai world is not m operation, g said it ltas owi t0 the - *e. xeitabilitJ 
and not more than ash, ling .1 the body it has - of the brain . Th “ celebrated jD r . j„ bns0 ' 
0 work Ihnmgli is fheble.pony, and contemn- c , ear , beard his mother call Samuel she was 
tible. The burdens afflicting this weary world | tk ,„ Kvin iu a towll at agreat distanl j, j. 
BllUlt UICULUCU HJv. il LU UillC lUCH UrCUSUS IU ^,,4. a* xv il 
, , ii • xu ii that appeared to come out from the wall.— 
waves that have much swell in them ; and la- ^ '^rm that be one day saw the 00nn . 
dies fingers are not he things to undo the , of Mmself comi „ tol / ards him . The 
heavy, rusty shackles that cramp and confine *1 „ e r> . 
. v i • x i i German psychologists give the name of Duts- 
societv. bo the young men who aspire to look 
, “ , , . n ° , , t' , rescopie to inis kind ot illusion. Oliver Crom- 
pale and delicate will please be warned that wll ? , , cUnlfloo 
l > itbi£S , Jeprtmfnt. 
CONDUCTED BY A-E. 
GENTLENESS. 
Ip thou hast crushed a flower. 
The root may not be blighted— 
If thou hast quenched a lamp, 
Once more it may be lighted; 
But on the harp or on the lute, 
The string which thou hast broken, 
Shall never in sweet sound again, 
Give to thy touch a token! 
If thou hast loosed a bird, 
Whose voice of song could cheer thee. 
Still, still, he may be won 
From the skies to warble near thee; 
But if upon the troubled sea. 
Thou hast thrown a gem unheeded, 
Hope not that wind or wave shall bring 
The treasure back when needed. 
If thou hast bruised a vine, 
The summer’s breath is healing, 
And its clusters \-et may grow 
Thro’ the leaves their bloom revealing; 
But if thou hast a cup o’erthrown. 
With a blight drop filled—0, never 
Shall the earth give back that lavish wealth 
To cool thy parched lips’ fever. 
The heart is like that cup, 
If thou waste the love it bore thee, 
And like that jewel gone, 
Which the deep will not restore thee— 
And like that string of harp and lute 
Whence the sweet sound is scattered— 
Gently, O gently touch the chords 
So soon forever scattered I 
not less important. Although she is not ad¬ 
mitted to the full privilege (?) of the elective 
franchise, she may do much for her country by 
training her sons to vote right. Woman pos¬ 
sesses a power unequaled in many respects by 
man. Then awake to duty! arise, and no 
longer worship at the shrine of human vanity! 
How many thousands there are, who have al¬ 
most wholly neglected the physical, intellectu¬ 
al, moral, and religious education of the child, 
and sacrificed their time and means to frivo¬ 
lous amusements, or made themselves slaves to 
some foolish fashion, which should be despised 
by every woman possessing true nobleness or 
dignity of character. Teach your sons and 
daughters that life is a reality—that they must 
leave an influence which will last long after 
they have passed away. Labor to inspire in 
them a desire for true greatness, which lies 
only in righteousness, and you will exercise 
rights and perform duties which will vastly 
elevate and improve society and the world. 
Harteville, J uly, 1854. E. P. 
CETTISG INTO SOCIETY. 
FLORJL UN6D4GE. 
pale and delicate will please be wanted that r .,:„Ti j i ", 
1, ... . , ‘ . well was stretched fatigued and sleep ess on 
they will not do any great shakes lor 1 heir : Ms bwi _ 6udde „|y tlie | urtaius / d and a 
generation. Iheyd better take to b>»dmg : of gigantic size appeared, ind told In,n 
shoes, selling tape, or some such tight work— j ,, e „, 01lK) || the t( f s ‘ ma „’ ■ England. 
I Ins is a day for men who can digest anything Tte Puritan faitll “„ d „ le ambitio „ „ f g rom _ 
that a butcher has the conscience to oner tor • . , . .. . . ,, 
, , , j- ,, i u i wen might have suggested, during those 
sale, can leave India rubbers and umbrellas at ° ??„ , ■ ’ ° 
, ’ . * i • ii i troublesome times ot the kingdom, some still 
home on a toggy day without taking cold, and __ ° F f , 
n x- xi i> .. x *1 11 ? i ,, stronger idea and who can say, whether, had 
walk from the Battery to the Bible Mouse l J 
•xi .pi. , .. j the phantom murmured these words m his ear, 
without teeling obliged to be at charges for a ,.. in T , „ T :u 1 • xu -d x 
, xxi p u • r • x xrr • ° “ Liiou wilt one dav be king!—the Protector 
bot c of rheiunauc liniment. We give »least wouU have refas) . d ' tbe cr0 « „ M 0a , 3iu . at 
-Idlyonr cottce cup alresli, good reader, and tba Lnpercaliunfeastsf-fle BomuevU’s Hal- 
let the baby iu her high chair, who drinks , ■ ,■ 
milk, have another mug-” The health of all lucllLail0fiS - 
who have a will to work, and don’t object to * * ' ' 
a ruddy cheek and a big hand ; and the mem- The Household of Sympathy. —Happy, 
ory of the old folks, who would walk a thrice happy, the families iu whose narrow cir- 
mile while 1 heir young ones are quarreling ole no heart can grieve or rejoice alone—no 
about which shall go out iulo the cold to or- glance, no smile, can be unreturned— where 
derthe coach.”—JY. Y. Times. friends can say to each other daily, with, ac 
-. x♦ . x_ tions rather than words, “Thy joys, thy happi- 
0»« can no more judge of the true value of "»* ”? “*»• l00 '”, . »*“«&* j? lbe 
a man by the impression he makes on the pub- 10 < I™ t b »”ic, winch paotecUngly encloses 
lie, than we can tell whether the seal was gold the 're»y P-Ignm ot , earth, which collects 
or brass by which the stamp was made. f rou . nd ,ts bearth - ® ld m “ 
v ^ leaning on the staff, the strong, middle-aged 
* ’ * * * mau, the loving wife and happy children, who 
When a man dies, people generally inquire, dance and sport around in their blessed, earth- 
“what property has he left behind him?”— ly heaven, and who finish a day passed In in- 
The angels will ask, “ what good deeds has he noeence with grateful prayens upon their 
sent before him?” miling lips. 
The heart is like that cup, TnE Philadelphia Ledger, in a very sensible 
if thou waste the love it bore thee, article, speaking of Americans who do all they 
A Which SeVe e ep e wmno’t restore thee- CaQ t0 n0uHsh a feelin S ° f SOcial Caste ia this 
And like that string of harp and lute country, which they call “ society,” says: 
Whence the sweet sound is scattered- It is principally with the female sex that this 
Gently, O gently touch the chords *__ » • -i u. 
So soon forever scattered I mama rages A young man marnes a halt- 
__ t _ educated girl, both being, perhaps, not worth 
* a thousand dollars. In time, partly by good 
[For the Rural New-Yorker.] luck, and partly by good management, the 
WOMAN’S RIGHTS AND DUTIES. j husband amasses a fortune. Now all at once, 
_ the wife, hitherto anxious only for money to 
We hear much said, at the present dav l ’P ^ Qea ’ children properly, and to smooth 
i x , • , x , , ,. T , . their old age, begins to talk about “ position.” 
about womans rights and duties. It is an on- Bnt _ totea J of | eking tbat p 0sitioni P by culti . 
deniable fact, that woman has certain rights vating the mind and manners, she thinks toob* 
which she may justly claim; and certain duties tain it by securing admission into this or that 
which, when she will have rightly performed, se ^ arbitrary exclusives. To be invited to 
the world will advance in wisdom. Already l^ rS ‘. Flummarys_ balls, or to haveMiS. Pie- 
, t i- j i • J tension on her visiting list,is what the deluded 
has woman many more duties devolving upon j woman believes to be getting into “socieiv.” 
her than she can rightly perform, and more, | What slights she endures, what meanness she 
perhaps, than justice demands. Then why j descends to, what intrigues she undertakes in 
should she ask for more? It is not surprising j order to achieve these ends! She follows Mrs. 
that a true and noble-hearted woman, who is 1 0t ^ , ai i to Ncm pent, and takes a box at the 
. , , , , „ a , ’ . opera behind Mrs. Dash. She puts her coach- 
mspired vitn love and zeal for the prosperity i m an into livery, hires a French nurse for her 
of her country, when she views its doleful con-1 children, and purchases a pew at the church of 
dition, aud the innumerable errors which are ; the Rev. Mr. Cream Cheese. By-and-by she 
creeping in at every change in our form of qa ^ ers herself, because she knows all these sil- 
x , , i .f . , x x i xi ly people, that she has obtained a “ position,” 
government, should earnestly wish to take the tbit she has got into « society.” Ami yet she ii, 
helm in her own hand, that she might guide perhaps, just as illiterate, as mean, and as vul- 
the ship safely into the harbor, and shun those gar as ever; for her French dinners do not make 
rocks and breakers upon which she is iu dan-; ^ er l ess selfish, nor one whit less polite at heart. 
ger of being wrecked. But let her pause and t] ^ slie , is ot[e i‘ raore 1 ? 5ier servants > 
n,. 0 . , „ , 1 , more the slave of envy, and altogether less 
reflect, tor one moment, betore she proceeds, j worthy than when she was comparatively poor, 
Has she had nothing to do with our govern- j and when she thought more of her husband 
mental affairs?—nothing to do in stamping the ! an< i family than getting into “society.” 
character of its rulers? We answer, yes,— -—► «_ 
much, very much. Although she may not act FLORAL LANGUAGE. 
directly upon our government, yet, she acts in- _L_ 
directly with a power almost incalculable.— Every opening bud, or simple flower, is a 
Who is it that makes the first and most vivid i P a S e where we may read the finer thoughts 
impressions upon the mind of the child,—im- auc * 5entimeu ^ ' y Lich cannot be expressed by 
pressions which form, or materially aid in select and chaste dialect God, who 
; . , . , , x „ ^ J gnds the insects’ wings, aud teaches them to 
forming, the basis of character. Does woman , bask in the genial rays of a summer sun, and 
have no part in this work? How many of our sip the nectar from each opeuing flower, has 
great and good men have acknowledged that planted in man a love for the beautiful.— 
they owed their eminence to the early influence I /,^ eres V 0 ^, a ^cks the margin of 
; x • • t ■ xi 0 T /X . I tae gentle brook, but has language more elo- 
and training of pious mothers? John Q. Ad- ; quent t0 the heart than the pu ° et ^ yetfouud 
ams, that great statesman, of whom our nation : to express. The study of nature presents, in a 
has cause to be proud, acknowledged this; and ( lively and forcible manner, the power and wis- 
it is said of him, that he never omitted to re- ^ om ^ ie Creator, and appears to the en- 
peat nightly, through life, the little prayer light ' ned mind a never-failing source of the 
f , x P- • i* • * . ,. L , most pure and refined enjovments. Delight- 
taught. him in his infancy, by his mother. f u ] ) jn d eed, are the reflections of a cultivated 
Such is the result of the influence God has mind, alternately investigating, admiring and 
entrusted to mothers. praising the works of God. Floral language 
is simple, but chaste. Many have been the 
Were you to rear a forest according to your vows of love breathed through a modest flow- 
own taste, you would not select one where er. Flowers! lovely flowers! there is mu&ic 
there were an innumerable variety of trees,— * n name, beauty in their forms and colors, 
pine, hemlock, oak, basswood, thorn, &c„ all I J” 4 "*"***“ tbeir «*«• } 
r . . , . „ ’ the Little modest flower that timidly raises its 
mingled in one confused mass, and grown to j head to kiss the golden rays of the sun, and 
maturity at that, with a bough shooting this I thereby receives a brighter hue. Their beauty 
way, and a knar that way. You could not! is transient, but who forgets them when noth- 
expect to produce anything like order and i u S a faded form is seen; the heart still 
Loaivfvr V ,v xi communes with them as when they shone in 
beauty from such a mass. You would rather all the varie gatcd colors of the rainbow- 
select young and tender trees, that could be Texas Presbyterian. 
trained to your liking; for it is a faithful say- -^ - nx . . _ 
ing, and worthy to be received, that, ^ Slander—A gainst slander there is no de- 
“ Just as tbe twig is bent, the tree’s inclined.” fence. Hell Cannot boast SO foul a fiend, nor 
You cannot expect, by your teaching and man , deplore so loul a toe. It stabs with a 
. . , , . ' . ° i word, with a nod, with a shrug, with a look, 
influence, to do much in reforming the present with a smile . It Ls a pes tilence walking in 
actors in our government; with many of them darkness, spreading contagion far and wide, 
the fountain is corrupt; the stream must neces- which the most wary traveler cannot avoid.— 
sarily be impure. They have imbibed errone- ^ I s ^ heart-searching dagger ot the assassin. 
x- e , , , , . It is the poisoned arrow whose wound is in¬ 
cus notions of law and order, and act accord- curable . It is as mortal as the sting of the 
ingly. Hence the hope of the nation is in the deadly arrow; murder is its employment, inno¬ 
young. By placing before them the proper cence its prey, and ruiu its sport. 
stimulus, and training them to just and reli--- 
gious principles, they may do what their fa- Do all in your power to teach your children 
thers should have done. Here, then, is a large I self-government. It a child is passionate, teach 
field of action, in which, many must be em- J 1 ’ 11 ! S ent ^ e uieaus to curb his temper. If 
, , , . , , • -x , he is greedy, cultivate liberality in him. It he 
ployed; and who can labor in it more ad van- j, sul £ v , c harm him out of it by encouraging 
tageously than woman, who has the child al- frank good humor. If he is indolent, accustom 
most wholly under her influence in its infancy him to exertion, and train him so as to perform 
aud childhood, when the mind is susceptible of eveQ onerous duties with alacrity. It pride 
• comes iu to make disobedience reluctant, sub- 
deep and lasting impressions? ilieclavisin , , . -x, , , T 
i. i i • -x i ■ , dlie him, either by counsel or discipline. Iu 
her hands in its plastic state; she may mould ? } 10r t give youi children the habit of overcom- 
it at her will. Notwithstanding she may meet ing their besetiiug sins. 
with counteracting principles and influences,----- 
yet, if she execute her charge faithfully, in nine Some one, v io has a pen for the thing, thus 
cases out of ten she will triumph—the victory tells us of a mother’s love : 
will be hers. “ Sweet a- tbe image of the brooding dove 1 
. , ... Holy as heaven a mother’s tender love 1 
YY oman stands.upon an equality with man; Th / onl _ v love that on this teeming earth 
her sphere ot action is different from llis, but Asks no rtLarn from passion's varied tilth.” 
