OCT. U. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
For Moore'a Rural New-Yorker. 
Wanderings in Europe—New Series. 
LETTER no. 
BY GI.KZKX F. WILCOX. 
The Valle' of the Neckar. 
Before setting out on onr day’s journey, we 
took astroll through the village of Mosbach, which 
contains about twenty-seven bond red inhabitants. 
Wo passed by a hotel that had the four quarters of 
a steer hung up around the front door, which was 
the best sign of plenty we had seen. We engaged 
another boy for a guide, resumed onr knapsacks 
again, and journeyed over the hills by rough paths, 
to cut off a bend in the Neekar. Onr boy was quite 
a curiosity. He was about fourteen years old, 
short in stature, dressed io pantaloons of tow cloth, 
and a blue smock frock, made of the same materi¬ 
al, tie took E—'s baggage on bis head, and when 
one of us asked him what his name was. he replied, 
"he knew the way.*' and then started Off through 
the streets and alloys, without looking to the right 
or left., or apparently heeding whether we followed 
him or not, at. a rate which kept us on a good pace 
about four rods behind. When we wanted to ques¬ 
tion him we found that, he was not to be stopped 
by calling, but L—, finally tffscted onr object by 
running up and hooking his curved umbrella han¬ 
dle into bis shirt collar. He wfts pretty intelli¬ 
gent; knew most of the main facts of geography, 
and could read ana write, and reckon somewhat 
in arithmetic. But. the best of all was that he 
kneio what be did know, and when he was unable 
to answer a question, he gave a decisive negative. 
The country was too mountainous for fertility. 
There was a vineyard on one side hill that must 
have eoBt immense labor. The soil was supported 
in terraces by stone walls, and long and high heapB 
of stone, that had ’ een picked off the surface, ex- 
usings. 
SCENE ON THE HUDSON RIVER. 
"Name all the floods that pour^from Albion’s heart 
To float her citadels that crowd the sea, 
In what, except the meaner pomp of Art, 
Sublimer Hudson! can thev.rival thee'r” 
many of the most beautilul specimens of rare orna¬ 
mental trees it has ever been onr pleasure to be¬ 
hold. It was on the banks of the Hudson we saw 
the lamented Downing for the first and the last 
We present our readers with a beautiful view on time. We now have plants growing from seeds 
the Hudson River, as it winds its way gracefully gathered on his grounds a few days after his death. 
Dutch colonists, to distinguish it from the South> 
(Zayd,) as they called the neighboring floods of 
the Delaware. Its source is in the mountain region 
of the Adirondack, in the upper portions of New 
York, whence it flows in two small streams, the 
one from Hamilton, and the other from Essex 
THE GREAT HARVESTER. 
BT C. D, 8IUWABT. 
Three 13 a harvester, brave and bold, 
Who harves’a in many lands, 
And all his help in the harvest time 
Is the help of his two white hands. 
Hia two white hands, are soft and white 
As the winter’s driven snow, 
Yet, ever he brings his harvest home 
To his garner down below. 
Sickle and cradle, and swinging scythe, 
All are the same to him, 
And steady he goes from Held to field, 
Stroking his grey beard grim. 
Stroking his beard as he dips the grain, 
Binding it up io sheaves, 
And pity the gleaner who thinks to thrive 
On the grain that harvester leaves. 
Death, is the harvester brave and bold 
Who harvests in many lands, 
And life ia the grain be cuts and sheaves 
With the help of his two white bands. 
The tender grain is the cradle’s share— 
The child in the Lap of time— 
The sickle gathers the age ripe stalks. 
The scythe U for manhood’s prime. 
Gently the childhood fteUl is dipt, 
And softly the age-ripe grain, 
But the bearded stalks of manhood’s prime 
Bend to the scythe in pain. 
By quiet hearths and o’er beds of down, 
The harvester’s awarth is cast. 
And many a blood-red field he reaps 
To the Bong of the battle’s blast. 
Over the earth and the sea he goes— 
The harvester bold and brave— 
Nor ever shaU rest while a grain is left 
For his gamer, the clay-cold grave. 
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For Moore's Bntal New-Yorker. 
THE BROKEN CIRCLE. 
tended from the top to the jottom 01 the slope.— amcm „ t y ie arK j f ore £',s, its surface smooth and No matter how weary or travel-worn, we always county. These waters, after a journey of 40 miles, The first link is broken—the first tie is riven in 
After crossing a bleak ndge we descended into a bright os a mirror, dotted with snow-white sails revive at the sight of the Hudson, end never wish unite in Warren county. The course of the Hud- onr home circle, for the hand of Death has been 
vab.ry where the funning improved, and we saw in ^ at g^ 3ten - in ^he aQ n-light and contrasting with the engineer to hurry his speed, or the journey to son varies from south by east to east for some diB- laid heavily upon us. Many years had we num- 
tho distance, on the banks of the Neckar, the ruin- t ^ e ^ark shadows from the shore and over-hang- be shortened. It is fortunate for the gratification tanoe, but at length drops into a straight line, and bered the same unbroken band. Father, mother, 
ed towers ot Hnniherg, which was the favorite j trees, forming one scene of Eden-like beauty, and the cultivation of the public taste for the sub- continues thus, nearly southward, until it falls into I brothers and sisters, were still spared, and we 
castle of Gotz Von Berlickixgen, the knigh.. with rem ( n jj a g beholder of the first glorious land- lime and the beautiful in natural scenery, when the Bay of New York. Its entire extent ia about have often felt that we were blessed beyond our 
the iron hand. The castle wua pretty extensive, aca p Q t k a t ravished mortal eyes, where grew every our highways of travel chauee to lead through 300 miles: its navigable length, from the sea to deserts—that God had been kind towards us that 
and had eight towers, of which five may be aten treg pj eagant t0 sight and good for food, such wondrous landscapes, as are at every point Albany, is half that distance. Its breadth, near friends had not been takenfrom ns while the hand 
yet. It stand a on. a spur 0 ! the moor,tains above watere ^ ^y a river that went out of Eden. presented, in the journey from Albany to New the head of steamboat navigation, varies from 300 I of Providence had been laid heavily upon those 
the river, and terraced vineyards slope down to the q^ere i s scarcely a spot, from its source to its York. to 900 yards; and, at the Tappan Bay, 20 miles around, and one after another had gone to return 
waters oog r . Some of the wal a ar- eight feet nioa jh ) where a day may not be spent pleasantly A few historical facts in regard to this river can- above the city of New York, it widens to the ex- no more forever. But the messenger came and 
and profitably. We have fished lrom its banks so not fail to be interesting. The Hudson received tent of from four to five milee. Ships of the first, took him away,—the one from whom we sought 
near its sources that it was bat a small though ro- its name in honor of Hendrick Hudson, a Dutch class may ascend to Hudson, a distance of 117 counsel, 3nd in whose judgment we were satisfied, 
mantic stream, which we could measure with rod navigator, who d : s covered it and ascended i;s wmiles, and small sailing craft may reach tae hesd For three-score years and ten, he had lived a life 
and line; there is scarcely a village on its banks ters for the first time, in 1607, in his good barque, of tide water, (166 miles,) at Troy. The number of honesty and integrity. H:b locks were stlver- 
where we have not spent pleasant hours. Here we 1 the Half-Moon. It is also known as the North of steamboats and other vessels upon the river ed with age, and time had furrowed hia brow, yet 
fir«t tasted some of our beat fruits, and examined I River, which name waa given to it by the original may be counted by thousands. his step was firm and steady, and we hoped that 
1 ■ ■ ■ - - - .. he might have lived for years to come. 
had become “the observed of all observers.” On the north, and many flue bays on the south. It ia, LOVE OP COUNTRY. We must not wish him to return to us, for he was 
crossing the river again we entered a large beer like all this region, a famous Cshing-gToand. Near - weary of earthly things and sighed for those of 
cellar which the workmen were making in the the western extremity of the lake, there is a .group J' r scarcely matters whwe a man is born; J n e3 yen. "We are»»d indeed when we look npofi 
side of the hill, and on attempting to come out known as the Apostle Islands. They form a trio whether amid the frost and snow of the Polar re- the places endeared to oa by so many pleasing as- 
fonnd the masons bolding a bar across the en- of forest-covered heights, adding greatly to the giona, or in those southern climes where the ver- 1 relations that will know him no more. Weshailno 
trance. They repeated a song which said that if beauty of the landscape around; on the extreme dure of earth is perennial, he loves, and to the more be welcomed by him nor cheered again by hia 
we came to view" their skill we must pay “ trink end of the largest, is the trading post called La latest hour of his life, will love his native land.— presence, but will leave him beside kindred dead 
geld," with which they would drink beer to our Points, inhabited by Indians and white adventu- It may be bleak and inhospitable; its government t here to rest until the morning of the Reaurrec- 
^ ea j tb rera. It is a great place of annual rendezvous for may be oppressive; still he clings to the soil on ^ oru peaceful be thy slumbers, sacred dust!— 
The road led us to tVitnpfeo, which we reaohed the red man and the trader, and a starting point for which he was born, with an unfaltering affection, Nothing can harm thee more; for thy spirit, all 
in two or three hour 3 , passing on the way two more tramps to the regions of the Mississippi and whithersoever he may go into other and more aanctified and made holy, has risen to that better 
old castles. The town is quite a favorite place of The shores of Lake Superior have long been ex- beautiful countries, his memory, in waking hours land, where suffering and sorrow are unknown.— 
resort in the summer, on account of its salt baths, tensively explored for their abundant copper and in dreams, wanders to his childhood's home Hay we be prepared to meet thee where ail tears 
There is considerable salt manufactured, the water wealth; and mines have been opened at all points, —he cannot forget his fatherland. He loves it, 8 hall be wiped away. When we are called hence, 
After crossing a bleak ridge we descended into a 
valley where the farming i nproven, and we saw in 
the distance, on the banks of the Neekar, the ruin¬ 
ed towerB of Horttberg, which was the favorite 
castle of Gotz Von Beruckinoen, the knight with 
the iron hand. The castle was pretty extensive, 
and had eight towers, of which five may be seen 
yet. It stands on a spar of the mountains above 
the river, and terraced vineyards slope down to the 
water’s edge. Some of the walls ar - eight feet 
thick. We went into the court yard and asked a 
peasant girl there if we could go through the cas¬ 
tle. She called ber mother who came out with a 
huge bunch of keys, and showed us about the ruins 
and into a few rooms that are yetinhabit.able. The 
coat of arms of Gotz, with the date 1573 on them, 
are yet well preserved over one of the tower doors, 
noticed on them the figure of a wolf, holding a 
lamb in bis jaws, and below a wheel graven on a 
shield. There is a dark dungeon in a round tow¬ 
er, which formerly extended far underground, and 
had a secret passage to other parts of the castle. 
We threw large pieces of burning paper into it, 
in order to see the depth, which is now about fifty 
feet In the Rittersaal we saw a suit of armor 
which was worn by Gotz before he lost his hand. 
The woman who showed us round said that the 
hand wa9 yet in the possession of the family, in a 
castle about fifteen miles from Uombtrg. Her 
husband had often seen it, and had told her that it 
was so made that each finger could be closed sep- 
revive at the sight of the Hudson, end never wish 
the engineer to hurry his speed, or the journey to 
be shortened. It is fortunate for the gratification 
and the cultivation of the public taste for the sub¬ 
lime and the beautiful in natural scenery, when 
oar highways of travel chance to lead through 
such wondrous landscapes, as are at every point 
presented, in the journey from Albany to New 
York. 
A few historical facts in regard to this river can¬ 
not fail to be interesting. The Hudson received 
its name in honor of Hendrick Hudson, a Dutch 
navigator, who discovered it and ascended i s wa¬ 
ters for the first time, in 1607, in his good barque, 
the Half-Moon. It is also known as the North 
I River, which name waa given to it by the original 
the north, and many fine bays on the south. It is, 
like all this region, a famous fishing-ground. Near 
the western extremity of the lake, there is a group 
known as the Apostle Islands. They form a trio 
of forest-covered heights, adding greatly to the 
300 miles; its navigable length, from the sea to deserts—that God had been kind towards us mat 
Albany, is half that distance. Its breadth, near friends had not been takenfrom us while the hand 
the head of steamboat navigation, varies from 300 of Providence had been laid heavily upon those 
to 900 yards; and, at the Tappan Bay, 20 miles around, and one after another had gone to return 
above the city of New York, it widens to the ex- no more forever. But the messenger came and 
tent of from four to five miles. Ships of the first took him away,—the one from whom we sought 
class may ascend to Hudson, a distance of 117 counsel, and in whose judgment we were satisfied, 
miles, and small sailing craft may reach tae head For three-score years and ten, he had lived a life 
of tide water, (166 miles,) at Troy. The number of honesty and integrity. H:a locks were stlver- 
of steamboats and other vessels upon the river ed with age, and time had furrowed hia brow, yet 
may be counted by thousands. his step waa firm and steady, and we hoped that 
■ he might have lived for years to come. 
LOVE OP COUNTRY. We must not wish him to return to us, for he was 
- weary of earthly things and sighed for those of 
It scarcely matters where a man is born; jj eaveu> We are sud indeed wbc-n we look upon 
whether amid the frost and snow of the Polar re- t jje places endeared to us by so many pleasing as- 
| giona, or in those southern climes where the ver- 1 relations that will know him no more. Weshailno 
arately, or the whole of them firmly at once. In There is considerable salt manufactured, tne water 
the same room stood his two-handed sword and being procured by boring down six hundred feet 
lance; his musket, with a barrel eight feet long, in the valley. We went on, and after sundown 
aud a heavy wall piece that was once mounted on passed over the borders into Wirtemberg. The 
the ramparts. Before the stove was a woven screen, full moon rose in a cloudless sky and the walk be- 
wlth four figures on it to represent the Seasons, gaa to get more romantic, but a man over took us 
which 1 b said to be three hundred years old. The with a one horse wagon, when about five miles 
archives of the family are kept in one strong room, from Heilbronn and our fatigue tempted us to 
and there is said to exist among them some writ- ask him for a ride, which he readily consented to 
ing, which waa made by Gotz with his iron hand, give, if we would pay the u trink geld." The coun- 
I have read a tradition concerning this castle, try had improved in appearance, the fields of grain 
and a nobleman who iu eariy times held a magni- wore larger, and the fruit trees more thrifty. The 
ficent court there. He possessed a beautifuldaagh- man told us that many of the farmers owned forty 
ter, named Notburga, who had given her heait to and fifty acres of land, and that one very rich one 
the brave Otto, but ber father being ignorant of possessed one hundred and fifty. 
the secret, desired to marry her to a heathen -- 
prince. As Notbcboa could not openly resist her LAKE SUPERIOR 
father’s will, she concerted her flight with Kas- - 
fab, her servant, aud a white deer which Otto had This grand inland sea ia the largest body of 
trained for her, carried her away as swift as an ar- fresh water on the globe. Its greatest length is 
row to the mountains, where she found refuge in a 420 miles, its extreme breadth is 160 miles, and its 
cave. On the next day the deer returned to the circuit, 1,750 miles. On its west aud north-west 
castle, and received some food from Kasi’Ak shore is Minnesota, oa the southern border are 
which it carried to the maiden. In this manner Wisconsin aud Michigan, while British America 
she received her sustenance from day to day, bnt lies on all other sides. The waters, which are 
one time her father perceived a note of thanks wouderfally transparent, come by more than two 
which she had attached to the deer’s neck, and 
when the animal again returned he followed Its 
footsteps. When Notburga reached her arm out 
or the cave to receive the food her fathe r grasped 
her hand aud attempted to drag her forth. But 
the limb loosened from the body and remained in 
his band, lie fled horror-stricken. A serpent 
healed the wound of the maiden, bnt in a little 
while she died and was buriod by the angels. The 
path which the deer trod, and the “ Virgins Cave," 
are yet shown, aud it is said that sometimes pil¬ 
grims go piously thither, for her repentant father 
built a church to her memory, and the people hold 
her for a Saint 
After having seen the oastle, we scrambled down 
a winding path among the vineyardB to the river, 
and crossed over in a ferry boat to a village iu or¬ 
der to get dinner. Some fowls were promenading 
in the hall of the best inn which the place con¬ 
tained, and they put us in mind of ham and eggs. 
A dozen eggs together with ample quantities of 
meat salad, bread and potatoes, cost each of us 12 
cents. Our host told us that the tusk of a mam¬ 
moth had been found near the village the summer 
previous, and waa in the possession of the docter, 
who would gladly exhibit it to strangers. We 
went to his house, and he showed us the tusk quite 
readily on learning that wo wore Americans. It 
was about five feet long and weighed fifty pounds. 
The owner said ho intended to offer It for sale to 
Baknpm, aud asked us If we had ever heard of 
that gentlemen. There was a little fair going on 
in the village, and as we passed round among the 
people, looking at the various articles and talking 
reely in English, quite a sensation was got up; 
and we perceived that betore we were aware we 
hundred streams, from a basin covering an area of 
100,000 square miles. The north, and south, and 
western parts aic full of islands, while iu the cen¬ 
tral portions of the lake there are lew or none. Iu 
the north, these islands are many orthem large 
enough to afford ample shelter for vessels. The 
picturesque regions of the lake arc along the 
northern shore. In this direction the s cuery is 
of a very bold and striking character. For many 
miles here there are continuous ranges of cliff's, 
which reach sometimes an elevation of 1,500 feet; 
on tho south, the banks are low and sandy, except 
where they are broken by occasional limestone 
ridges. These ridgCBrisc near the eastern extrem¬ 
ity, upon this side, 300 feet, in unique and surpris¬ 
ing perpendicular walls and cliffs, broken into the 
oddest forms, indented with grotesque caverns, 
and jutting out iuto ghostly bend lauds- It is these 
strange formations which are famous under the 
name of the “Pictured Rocks.” This range is on 
the cast of Point Keweenaw. The rocks have been 
colored by continual mineral drippings. A simi¬ 
lar rocky group lies to tho west of the Apostle Is¬ 
lands. It is some hundred feet high, and is broken 
by numberless arches and caves of the most, pic¬ 
turesque character. Oa the summit of these bluffs, 
there is everywhere a stunted growth of Alpine 
treeB. 
The Porcupine Mountains upon the southern 
shores of the lake, appear, says a voyager, to be 
about as extensive (though not so lofty) as the 
Catskills. 
Of the islands of Lake Superior, the largest, 
which ia some 40 miles in length, and from seven 
to ten broad, is called Royal Isle. Its bills rise to 
the altitude of 40 feet, with line hold shores, on 
GHAFHIC DESCRIPTION OF JERUSALEM. 
A JbrcsAlbh correspondent graphically de¬ 
scribes the mined and desolate condition of the 
Holy City. He says: 
The women, clothed from head to feet in white 
sheets, with their faces concealed by a black veil, 
resemble as many ghouis just risen from their sub¬ 
terranean abodes; more Especially as they have a 
great fancy for cemeteries, where they daily con¬ 
gregate to howl. No sound of yonth—there are no 
boys in the streets—no sound of wheels—there are 
no carriages—the dog 3 , mangy sni wolfish, snarl 
and snap when yon disturb them in their daily 
work as scavengers, and make the livelong night 
hideous with their contentions—the very birds do 
not sing, bat cry with a dissonant chirp, or com¬ 
plain with a harsh murmur. From the horrors of 
the city, if we pass to the environs, we find naught 
but bare rocks around —stones and dust beneath 
—the bright sun, reflected from every object burnB 
in the brain—no grass, no trees, no green thing— 
the promenades are cemeteries —the seats are 
whited sepulchres. Here hive been buried whole 
generations of Jews; here are the bones of the 
Assyrian, the Egyptian, the Chaldean, the Persian, 
the Greek, the SyrisD, the Ciusader, the Turk. In 
fine, Jerusalem is naught but a “heap” of moulder¬ 
ing banes and shattered houses. 
though it exiles him, and ia proud of its name ma y we boried by the graves of our' fathers, 
aud fame, while its yoke sits galling on his neck. an ^ ma y the winds that sigh a requiem above them 
Love of country is a life-implanted sentiment, be- wa ft jta echoes over ns. 
longing alike to the rudeBt savage and the most „ Mo1irll oot for the Dead! they have gained that bright 
polished, civilized man, shore. 
And it is a beautiful ordinance in our nature Where sorrows of earth can afflict them no more; 
that we are all pervaded by this sentiment From They tune their glad lyres and triumphantly sing 
this, spring the fraternity of race and nation; the Rosanna and praises to Bethlehem s mg. 
cohesion of individuals into communities, and the Mourn not fbr the Dead: in those mansions of peace, 
inclination of communities to a “local habitation The grief-laden bosom from sighing will cease, 
aad a name,” From this, too, spring the strongest For the tear of affiction u wiped fwa f 1 ; 
manifestations of brotherhood—man caring nrst * * 
for self, family and kindred, then for the com rue* Mourn not for the Dead! lament not o’er their tomb 
nity and nation to which he belongs. Through 1 ’Twas the voice of an angel tbat whispere eir 00 
** “r ir ‘rT rr nsi “ std 
extends the brotherhood of communities to the .... 
human race. From this, too, springs patriotism, Bllt mourn for the mourner, w o, “8 ’» Iemaias ’ 
which, without a country endeared by peculiar I “ qR * g for that ^ dreamless bed; 
Mourn not for the Dead! lament not o’er their tomb; 
Twas the voice of an angel that whispered their doom; 
They welcomed the summons, with seraphs to fly, 
And claim them a mansion—a home in the sky. 
But mourn for the mourner, who, sighing remains. 
associations io love and defend, would not exist. 
If man was bound ia mind and heart to no par* 
ticular spot on earth; if the birth-place, the 
hearths, the altars, and the graves of kindred were 
no bond, his first and lust sentiment would be 
unmitigated selfishness, and instead of meeting 
Whose spirit oft yearns for that cold, dreamless oea. 
Oh! mourn for the mourner, but not for the dead." 
Henrietta, N. Y., 1857. J. M. C. 
—tne bright sun, reflected trom every object earns ^,-^8, the altars, and the gravesof kindred were p LU , THB qq vlG3 0F Sin. — Correct your little 
in the brain—no grass, no trees, no green thing— nQ ^ on j f Lia first and last sentiment would be f , t and ycm w qi gain courage and will over- 
t ie promenades are cemeteries —the seats arc ^mitigated selfi 9 hnees, and instead of meeting Cf , m0 [rreat 0Des . No man arrives at excellence 
whited sepnlc ires. Here hive been buried whole an ^ defying danger by his hearth and altar, he , t through watchings and constant curbing of 
generations of Jows; here are the bones of the won lfi fly to other spaces of earth. Hewou’d he , • faalty tendencies in the smallest matter.— 
Assyrian, the Egyptian, the Chaldean, the Persian, con( }, ina Uy a wanderer—a nomad—careless where washineton and Franklin drew up rigid rules,and 
the Greek, the Syrian, the Crusader, the Turk. In he pitche d hi8 tent> or where his grave was Drocee ^ e d n0O u thorough system, in disciplining 
fine Jerusalem is naught but a “heap” of moulder- SSSS from early life; intheir foot-steps every 
ing banes am, shattered houses. And since this sentiment ia so strong, so essen- young American should be proud to follow. Were 
Literary Labor is" undervalued, chiefly be- 90 ’’ eami!ul ^, the ^pment of our ^ erflpty p rai3e showered upon those fathers of 
CRU3C tho tools wherewith it is done are invisible, race how steadily intelligent races and nations ^ aation< and m0 reearne8t copies attempted of 
If the brain made as much noise as a mill, or if rf!l0uld 8tme £ reEd # ? r natlV . e ^ their grand lives, we should behold a different 
thought-sowing followed hard after a breaking-np countnes. worthy of their love «d pnte The risl generation from the present. 
plow the produce of the mind would at once as- *<>“«“ of a ^b n ™Tf the -—- 
sert a place in the prices current. If a writer ' luSi " i,Si J y . a Fitting Rebuke.—H aving in my youth no. 
could be equipped with wheels and pinions, asen- t,ea . u y ' ^ 1 p? n i/lov* his country tions of severe P iet Y- sa Y s a celebrated Persian 
tirely to conceal the man within, like the automa •^ yp-rmi' bnt it is not writer I used to rise in the night to watch, pray, 
ton chess-player, and sentences were recorded by lS devotedly as did. Farias vr ^ a *' and read the Koran. One night, as I was engaged 
a wooden, instead of a living hand, the expression 1WlUL t s - t - .. , ' in these exercises, my father, a man of practic 
of thought would be at a premium, because the - ,er ' ■ rt '' ie ' lUl gT ’ . V , virtue, awoke while I was reading. “Beho.d, 
JL- wnnia that it P^oed of gtiei aud pity, that she has so degen- her chiWrea are lost la ure- 
thought-sowing followed hard after a breaking-up 
plow, the produce of the miad would at once as¬ 
sert a plaoe ia the prices current. If a writer 
could be equipped with wheels aud pinioas, as en¬ 
tirely to conceal the man within, like the automa 
ton chess-player, and sentences were recorded by 
a wooden, instead of a living hand, the expression 
of thought would be at a premium, because the 
clock-work would seem to show that it coat some¬ 
thing to make it.— Chicago Journal. 
Silence often the best Weapon.— An English 
officer in India, while sitting at a table, was no¬ 
ticed to tarn pale with fright, and on being asked 
the reason, quietly replied that a Bnake had come 
iuto the room and twisted himself round his leg 
aud a leg of the table. A gentlemen rose to kill 
it, but he said, “ Do not touch it. Don’t wake it, 
for it will strike its fangs into me. Let it wake of 
itself, and it will leave me harmless." The com¬ 
pany left silently, and the offi :er remained in per¬ 
fect stillness, till the snake woke and crawled out 
of the room. 
Goon friends should not be easily forgotten, 
nor used as suits of apparel, which, when we have 
worn theiu threadbare, we cast off, and call for 
erated. The virtue and patriotism of a people , ber wh ile I alone wake to praise God.” 
depend much upon the condition of the country ‘ | ’ ,. he au3we red, “it is better to 
depend much upon the condition of the country 
to which they belong. It may be easy to-day to 
impose fetters upon the inheritors of the Eternal 
City, but the world could not enslave a Roman in 
the age of Coriolanns. The love of country, , . 
simply, is not enough to inspire the noblest pa- ^nmnsxd ^i/we inhabit must 
triotism; it must, to stimulate the loftiest virtue facotch di , .y- 
nod heroism, be lore boro o[ a jolt and honeM bare l>ad an onpn; that origm mm oon 
’ stated in a cause; that cause muBt have been intei- 
P n e ' _^__ ljgent; that intelligence must have been efficient; 
Lawyers.—L ord Broogb.m on« f— ^ ^ 
defined a lawyer, thus: “A learned gentleman mate power must have ’ 
who rescues your estate trom your enemies, and which always was, and is Supreme, we know bj 
keeps it himself.” _ the name of God! ’ , . 
men wh0 tiav e any sound and sterling God’s arm is a holy arm, stretched out in purity 
qualities! there is nothing so contagious as pure and justice, in defence m pursu- 
openness of heart. ance of bl3 promises .-Matthew Henry. 
A Fitting Rebuke.— Having in my youth no¬ 
tions of severe piety, says a celebrated Persian 
writer, I used to rise in the night to watch, pray, 
and read the Koran. One night, as I waa engaged 
iu these exercises, my father, a man of practical 
virtue, awoke while I was reading. “Behold,” 
said I to him, “ thv other children are lost In irre- 
sleep, than co wake to remark the faultslof thy 
brethren.” 
