WEEKLY So" N eA ssi SE Sse ne ele Sp we smo Wi Bi NEW MAN. Epuon. -o WILLIAM. H. DAY,..Cor. Editor. VOLUME II.} { I. D. SHADD, Publishing Agent. "SELF-RELIANCE IS THE TRUE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE." Terms: i CHATHAM, CANADA WEST, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1859. ONE DOLLAR AND A HALF ~ INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE, afi nee PROSPECTUS ae 5 ohites OF THE = PROVINCIAL F REEMAN And Weekly Advertiser. The Provincial Freeman will be devoted to Anti- Slavery, Emigration, Temperance' and General Literature. 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BRN NII IRIN Ig IRI I RSE _ STONE & TURNBULL, CHATHAM CLOTHING HALL; DRY GOODS, | Grocery Establishment, KING STREET, CHATHAM, C. W. September 6th, 1855.: 20-t 'DR. SAMUEL RUSSELL. BOTANIC MEDICINES. RAPID CURES, AND LOW CHARGES! Charity's Brick Buildings, next door to the " Freeman" Office, King Strect East, CHATHAM, C. W. August 20, 1855. 18-ly GEORGE KERR, HARDWARE MERCHANT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL "DEALER IN ~ and Shelf Hardware, a CULLERY Gs. 6c. Pratt's Block, Chatham, C. w. November 22, 1855. HENRY LOTT, BAKER, Heavy 30-ly IN THE OLD ESTABLISHMENT, KEPT BY J.B. LOLT, _.. _ King Street East, Chatham, | August 20, 1855.. 18-ly MR. S. S. MACDONELL, _ Barrister, Altorney-at-Law, NOTARY PUBLIC, ¢-c.,. WINDSOR, C. WwW. © -° JAMES FORSTER BOULTON, BA, Aittorney-at-Law, Conveyancer, §c. Solicilor.§« Master Extraordinary in Chancery. OFFICE ON QUEEN STREET, NIAGARA, of the late Chas. L. Hall, Esq. 42-Ly Formerly the Office Niagara, Jan., 1855. ANDREW HENDERSON, _ Auctioneer and Commission Merchant, - No.-32, Yonez Srrest, TORONTO. References--Thomas Clarkson, Esq , President ot the Board of Trade; John Robertson, Esquire, Messrs. A. Ogilvie & Co; Messrs. Howard & Fitch ; Messrs. D. Crawtord & Co. -- CHARLES FLETCHER, - BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, No. 54, YONGE STREET, "TORONTO. British'and American Works imported and fur sale at the smallest possible advance upon the wholesale prices. "CHARLES MARCH, House, Sign, and Ornamental Painter, Grainer, Glazier, and Paper Hanger, CARVER,}GILDER AND GLASS STAINER, sets &" » No.. 29, Kina. StRestT WEST. : Mixed Paints, Putty, Enamelled and Plain Win- dow Glass andLooking Glass, for Sale, ~ at the lowest Cash-prices.. 10th April, 1854. Toronto, PUNCGCTUALIVY!!! J. R. BROWN, ee i (LATE OF PHILADELPHIA,) Fashionable Boot and Shoe Maker, | » = No, 63, KING SCREET WEST. --. All work warranted to be done in a superior style. iring done with nealness and-despatth, -- asure ical principles. 29 oth, eee 5i 2 'Mr and Mrs. A. B. Alcott, | man silent. D. FARRAR & Co., IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DRALERS IX Groceries, Wines, Liquors, &c., No. 15, DUNDAS STREET, LONDON, C. W. Mussrs. R. P. & ADAM CROOKS, _. Barristers-at-Law, ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, * WELLINGTON STREET, TORONTO. Av. Bo J ONES; 5 E DEALER IN = Groceries and Crockery Ware, No. 313, DUNDAS STREET, LONDON, C. W. CAYLEY & CAMERON, Barristers, §¢, §c., Ofice--Cuurcy Stresr, next door to the Court House, TORONTO. WILLIAM CAYLEY, MATTHEW CROOKS CAMERON, VANKOUGHNET & BROTHER, Barristers, Altorneys, §c., Ofice--Cuurcu Street, Over " The City Bank" Agency, two doors South of St. Andrew's Church, TORONTO. WILLIAM C. NELL, Copyist, Accountant, Collector, AND z WMmstimess APemts, REGISTRY FOR HELP, : 21, CORNHILL, (Up Stairs,) é BOSTON. REFERENCES: Wendell Phillips, Esq., Dr. James W. Stone. Samuel E. Sewall, Esq., Lewis Hayden, Joseph Southwick, Esq., William I. Bowditch, Esq., James Egan, Esq. Joshua B Smith, George Adams Pub. Boston Francis Jackson, Esq., Robert E. Apthorp, Egq., Joseph K. Hayes, Supt Tremont Temple Boston, November 20th, 1855, MRS. 8S. WILKINS, BOARDING IOUS, No. 168, PINE STREET, . PHILADELPHIA. November, 1855. > DR. DAVID HAWKINS BOTANICAL PHYSIGIAN, CHATHAM, C. W, December, 8, 1855. Uumor and Wit. DDD DADA 00 OI Put this in your Pocket Books. Directory : 30 33 32-ly € Young men who, to dress well, eat well, drink well, and ride well, run in debt for these enjoyments, can apply this to them- selves. Richelieu was a great Cardinal, and Bulwer occasionally speaks the truth: "You have outrun your fortune ; I blame you not, that you would be a beggar, Each to his taste! But Ido charge you, sir, That, being beggar'd, you would coin talse mo- neys Out of thatcrucible called debt. To live On means not yours--be brave in silk and laces-- Gallant in steeds--splendid in banquets--all Not yours--ungiven--unherited--unpaid for This is to ba a trickster, and to filch Men's art and labor, which to them is wealth, Life, daily bread ; quiting all scores with ' Friends You re troublesome! Why this--ftorgive me-- Is what--when done with a less dainty grace, Plain folks call--theft 1" Story of Dumas. An inquisitive foreigner, who had been introduced to Alexander Dumas, commenced questioning him upon his origin. " You are a quadroon, Monsieur Dumas?" began the inquisitor. "I am, sir," replied Dumas, quietly, who never makes any attempt to con- ceal his pedigree. " And your father?" pur- sued hisinguiring friend. ' Was a mulatto," responded 'Monte Christo. "And your grandfather?" <" Was 'a neero," replied Dumas, beginning to lose his patience." Ah! and may I inquire what your great-grand- father was?" "An ape, sir!' exploded Dumas, with a fierce gesture that made his tormenter recoil; " an ape, gir --my pedigree commences where yours ends!" Dumas is not like some colored men of less importance we know of, who conceal their African " pedigree," and thereby hope to change the "spots." The great French- man adopts a better policy. A Goop Suor.A physician visiting a patient who lived at a great distance, was asked by the sick man if he did not find it very inconvenient to come so far. "Not at all, sir," replied the son of Es- culapius, " for, having another patient in the next street, I can kil! two birds with one stone." "Can you, sir?" replied the invalid; "then you are too good a shot for me," and the M. D. got his walking ticket. 'Crviuization.--A person who resided for some time on the coast of Africa was asked if he thought it possible to civilize the natives. " As a proof of the possibility of it,' ',said he, '"T have known some negroes that thought as little of a lie or an oath as an European."' A Niaerr Lispic.-- I say Sambo, does ye know what makes the corn grow. so fast when you put the manure on it ?-- "No, I don't hardly." '« Now.1'll jist tell ye. 'When.the corn begans to smell. the manure, it don't like the 'fumery. so it hurries out of the ground, and sits up.as high as possible, so as-not.so-breaff the bad air:" _ & Keep your dog away from me, said a dandy to a butcher boy. 'Darn the dog said the boy, he always will be after puppies.' ## An old Greenland seaman said' he could really believe that crocodiles shed tears, for he had often seen whales blubber. = A-want of confidence has kept many.a A-want of sense has made many Woetry. ener From the London Anti-Slavery Reporters THE SLAVE-MOTHER'S LAMENT. ~~ (Suagestep By Hoop's " Song or rue Surrt,") The following poem has been contributed toa collection of " Autographs for Freedom." being made by Wilson Armistead, Esq., and which it is intended shall be lithographed and bound up in quarto volumes, to be disposed of for the benefit of the anti-slavery cause. The writer will be happy to receive and for- ward any others, or they may be sent direct to Mr. Armistead, Water Hall, Leeds. Her Majesty Queen Victoria has, it appears, con- tributed to this collection, as have many other illustrious personages and numerous well- known friends to the cause: Weary, and hungry, and worn, And beating in sorrow her breast, A Slave-mother sat through the night 'till morn, Roclting her infant to rest. Hush ! hush ! hush ! Sleep, babe ! but oh, never wake ! The woe that's for me is in store for thee: Die, babe ! though thy mother's heart break. Work! work! work ! Long ere the lark carols aloof; And work, work, work, 'Till the stars shine through Heaven's roof, Woe! woe, to be a slave, To be flogged 'till you cannot stand ; Yet a child of God's with a soul to save; 'And this in a Christian land! Work! work! work! That fine dames cheap cotton may wear; Work, work, work, And leave off if you only dare. Plough, and harrow, and hoe, Hoe, and harrow, and plough, No food, no repose, though you sink half dead. As weary as I am now. Pick! pick ! pick! Till torn are your fingers, and sore ; And still, pick, pick, Til the cotton is dyed with gore. Pick! pick! pick ! For have cotton cheap ladies will ; The work that's begun will never be done, The breath leaves the body until, Work! work ! work! In sunshine, in wind, and in rain; Work! work! work ! And still work for another's gain. Work! work! work! In sorrow, in sickness, in fear; Work ever, work, work, work, With never a bright hope to cheer. Oh women! think and weep! Think, mothers; think, sisters; think, wives; When cotton you buy, and buy it so cheap, At the price 'tis of human lives, Pick! pick! pick! Whilst the cow-hide is cracking around ; Pick! pick! pick ! : In dread at its horrible sound. Oh, mothers! with children dear, To love, cherish, and call your own ; Change places with me, and ask God to hear, Whilst you pray fora heart of stone. Yes! pray for a heart hard as stone, For the one He gave you would burst, Iftorn from your breast were the babe you caress'd, And you for despairing were curs'd. By night as well as day, That Death's hand in merey might close The eyes of your babe, you'd fervently pray, And rejoice in its last repose. For once in old time it was said : Such innocents let come to Me ; My Kingdom above is made up of these, And there all my children are free. And why should such babes live 2 To curse of their birth the sad day ! And why should tender mother's give, A love that is stolen away ? Oh! rather let them die, Like young buds in an unkind spring ; Let them die ere they know their life is woe, And long ere their sorrows begin. Thus through the night till morn, And beating in sorrow her breast ; A Slave-mother sat, though weary and worn Rocking her infant to rest. Hush ! hush! hush! Sleep, babe ! but oh, never wake! The woe that's for me is in Store for thee : Die, babe ! though thy mother's heart breaks. Louis ALeExis CHaMEROVZOW. 27 New Broad Stircet, London, 12th of October, 1855. 3 RECIPES, &c. New Method of Making Bread. The following is from an experiment tried at the London Polytechnic Institution :-- "Tie up one pound and a half of the best American rice in a thick linen bag, allowing ample room to swell, boil it three or four hours until it becomes smooth paste, mix this while warm with fourteen p: unds of the best flour, adding the usual quantities of yeast and salt; allow the dough to work a certain time near the fire, after which divide it into loaves. The bread should be dusted iu and most vigorously kneaded." This quantity of flour and rice (15 pounds) has produced 26 pounds 13 oz. of excellent bread, which kept moist and sweet longer than that made by the ordinary process. This flour might be economically used in large families. This is the new French method. Best Way to Preserve Eggs. John Wetherby, of Geneva, New York, sends the following receipt for preserving eggs, to the Country Gentleman: I take a pine barrel, (an old fish barrel well cleaned out answers very well,) and put in the eggs when' they are sound, fresh andclean. I then cover them with lime- water, made like common white-wash; the lime settles around the egos, and the water stands on the top of the lime, (the eggs all -under lime.) Look at the barrel once in a awhile, to see if four inches of water, little more or less, covers the whole. Ifthe water is all dried up, the lime gets hard, and they are difficult to take out when wanted, and you have to carry them somewhere else to pwash off the lime; so always keep water on the top. This lime-water must be made at least two week s before you pour it on the eggs, or your eggs will be boiled hard enough to carry in your pocket. When I am putting eoos away for any future use, I use a pine pail to wet the lime in, and stand it by the side of the barrel in the cellar until it is cold enpugh; then pour on thggeoos, anu fill the pail again, and when as been stirred two or three times. and stood two or three weeks, do as before, and so on till I get through. Keep the vessels covered to keep out all dirt, or the eggs will look a poor, dingy color. Be careful about this in the lime and water, and you will have fine white egos. I cannot tell how long they will keep, as I bever saw any spoil. I have some that are five years and a half old as good as they ever were. I always preserve in this way, and have done so over thirty years with per- fect success. I have seen people have eggs all spoiled and have heard them say, that they would never put any more in lime- water. They put them in lime-water as soon as it was wet up and boiled them hard enough for a Frenchman's breakfast. If [ transport eggs, I barrel them with cats, well shaken down and headed up. They do well for a voyage of two or three weeks, but for daily use at sea, for whailing or other long voyages, the first method is sure and perhaps the best known. A Hint on Paching Pork. S82 One of our workmen says that his "boss," in Ireland, was noted for putting up excellent pork; and that he always cut every part of the hog into small piecies, of from one to four pounds. In this way the meat was cured through better with a weaker brine than is generally used, and it was more convenient for use afterwards, as a piece of any size required could be easily obtained-- American Agricullurist. Fixing Ammonia. Robert Austin, of Manchester, Eng., says that upwards of a ton of horse mauure is produced in his stables daily, and the usual offensive odor and evaporation from it was entirely prevented by sprinkling over the dung heap, by means of an ordinary water can, a solution of a pound of common green copperas in a gallon of water. The value of this:chemical agent in: fixing ammonia should be generally known. Cement ror Curna.--Dissolve half an ounce of gum acacia in a wine-glass of water, add plaster of Paris sufficient to form a thick paste, and apply it with a brush to the parts required to be cemented together. Being nearly colorless, it possesses advan- tages which liquid glue and other cements do not. To tie the pieces of China together, and simply boil them in milk, is also a very good plan. Mltscellaneons. A Schoolmaster 66% vay 9) ' " Boarding Round. Extract from the journal of a Vermont schoolmaster, published ina Vermont pa- er: Monday--went to board at Mr, B had a baked goose for dinner: suppose from its size, and thickness of the skin, and other venerable appearances, to have been one of the first settlers in Vermont; made impres- sion on the patriarch's breast. Supper--cold goose and potatoes: family consisting of the man, goud wife, daughter Peg, four boys, Pompey, the dog, and a brace of cats--tire built in the square room about 9 o'clock, anda pile of wood lay by the fire place; saw Peggy scratch her fingers and couldn't take the hint--felt squeamish about the stomach, and talked about going to bed; Peggy looked sullen and put out the fire in the square room; went to bed and dreamed of having eaten a quantity of stone wall, Tuesday--Cold gander for breakfast, Swamp tea, and some nut cake, the latter some consolation. Dinner--the legs, &e, of the gander, done up warm--one nearly dis- patched. Supper--the other leg &e., cold; went to bed as Peggy was carrying in the fire to the square room--dreamed I was a mud turtle, and got on my back and could not get over again. Wednesday--Covld gander for breakfast, complained of sickness and could eat noth- ing. Dinner--wings, &e., -of the gander warmed up, did my best to destroy them for fear they should be lett for supper, did not sueceed; dreaded supper all the afternoon. Supper--hot Johny cakes; felt greatly re- lieved, and thought 1 had got clear of the gander, went to bed for a yood night's rest, disappointed. Very cool night, and couldn't keep waim in bed, got up, and stopped the broxen window with my coat and vest, no use, froze the tip of my nose before morn- ing. Thursday--Cold gander again; felt very much discouraged not to see gander half gone; went visiting for dinner and supper, slept abroad and had pleasant dreams. friday--Breakfast abroad. Dinner at Mr. B.: cold gander and hot potatoes, last very good, ate these and went to schoo} quite contented. Supper, cold gander and no po- tatoes, bread heavy and dry, had the head- ache and couldn't eat. _Pevey much con- cerned, had a fire built in the square room, and thought she and I had better sit there out of the noise, went to bed early--Pegey thought too much sleep bad for the head- ache. : Saturday--Breakfast, cold gander and hot Jobny cake: did very well, glad to come off so. Dinner--cold gander ayain; didn't keep school tiis afternoon; weighed and found that I had lost six pounds the. last week, grew alarmed, had a talk with Mr. B., and concluded I had boarded out his share. \ Ye tS) Anecdotes of Milton. We have a work in our possession, in which there are several anecdotes of the great poet, that are not familiar to the general re : e. about to compose, he prepared him- self--as. did «Cicero--by. reading some of the Greek poets, or having them read to him, after he became blind. And we will here remark, that reading the poetry cf the best authors, as a preparation for writing poetry, has much greater influence upon the mind In composing, than might be imagined ; as the writer doubtless eatches more or less of the fire and inspiration of the author. It is well known that he was blind, but the manner of his losing his sight is perhaps but little known to most readers. It was oc- easioned by his celebrated controversy with Salmasius. When he proposed to answer that learned man, but ridiculous writer, he had lost the use of one of his eyes. His physician declared that if he applied himself to the controversy, he would also lose the other. But his patriotism was not to be baffled. Te continuéd to apply himself to it, in spite of the warning, and the other was soon closed forever. While on the subject of this controversy, we will add, what the impartiality of criti- cism obliged us to confess--that Milton was not destitute of rancor. When told that Salmasius boasted he had occasioned the loss of one of his eyes, he answered with the ferocity of the irritated Puritan. " And I shall cost him his life?" The prediction was shortly after fulfilled, for Christina, Queen of Sweden, withdrew her patronage from Sal- masius, and sided with Milton in this contro- versy, which was of such magnitude that all Europe took a partin the paper war of these twoereat men. The universal neglect which the proud scholar met with, hastened his death in the course of a year. 'The circumstance of his first wife being a great shrew, is also familiar to most readers of his works and life, but not the way in which he got her. He exhibited nothing of the greatness of his mind in his choice of a wile, for his first wife was the object of sud- den faney.. He left London, and unexpect- edly returned a married man--united to a woman with dispositions so uncongenial, that the romp was frightened at the literary habits of the great man, found his house a solitary place, beat his nephews, and run away after a month's residence. In connection with this woman is his witty reply to the Duke of Buckingham, after he became blind. .The duke called her a rose, whereupon, Milton rephed: "Iam nojudge of colors, and it may be so, for I feel the thorns daily." Equal to this was the shrewd reply to James E., when Duke of York, who made a visit to Milton out of curiosity. In the course of their conversation, James said to him, that he thought his biindpess was a judgment of Heaven on him, beeause he: bad- written against Charles I, his, James') father, when Milton replied: "If your highness thinks that misfortunes are an index of the wrath of Heaven, what must you think of your father's tragical end? [ have only lost my eyes-- he lust his head!" 'The retort was severe, but a just and merited one. He was the author of the celebrated and oft-quoted line of poctry, of which but a few probably know the origin. When attending at St. Paul's school, London, at one of the public examinations, the subject for poetical composition happened to be our Saviour's first miracle, of changing water into wine. Much was written and handed in on the sub- ject. When it came to Milton's turn, from whom little was expected, he merely wrote on a slate one line, -- " Fhe conscious waters saw its God, and blushed." "The laconic beauty of the line and simple sublimity of the idea were so striking, that the judges looked at each other in astonish- ment; and after bestowing enconiums upon tlie more elaborate productions, according to their merits, they awarded the prize to Mil- ton. It was an early evidence of the pow- ers of mind that produced " Paradise Lost." The pride of Milton, in some things, was great, and equal to his genius. As an evi- dence of it, Hartop lent him fifty pounds, soon alter the restoration, which the poet returned him with much difficulty, as his circumstances were very low. Hartep would have declined it, but Milton sent an anery- letter, which was found umong Hartop's papers. : As to Milton's sociability, when much pressed by the conversation of others, he was unsuciable, and even irritable. He was in the habit of condensing his poetry, and would sometimes dictate a certain number of lines, and then reduce them to one-half the quantity. His daily routine of occupation, after he became. blind, is thus described by Dr. John- son: " When he first rose, (which was at four in summer and in winter.) he heard a chapter in the Hebrew Bible, and then studied till twelve; then took some exercise for an hour; then dined; then played on the organ and sung, or heard another sing; then -studied to six; entertained his. visitors. till eioht; then supped; and after a pipe of to- 2 ! ae ? bacco and a glass of water, went to. bed." This shows him to have been a man of sys- be accomplished, and no extensive acquisi- tion be made.--LZome Journal. = Warning to Shoemakers. A person in Mobile has brought a suit for damages against a shoemaker, for failing to comply with a promise to havea pair of boots made by a specified time. We are improv- ing rapidly... In New Jersey they imprison men. for stealing umbrellas, and now it ap- pears that shoemakers are to be compelled to keep their promises. --Philadelphia Sin. ie vo tem and order, without which nothing can } Our Colored Friends at Church. Having been favored with a glance at one of the proof-sheets of Fanny Ferms new work--*Rose Clark"--what should we light upon but this pretty passage: _"T confess to a strong penchant for the African. His welling sympathies, his rolick- some nature, and his punctilious observance of etiquette in his intercourse with his fel- lows, both amuse and interest me. "Your genuine African has daneing in his heels, cooking at his fingers' ends, music on his lips, and a trust in Providence for the supply of his future wants equaled only by the birds of the air. "He dances and prays with a will, nor thinks the two incon®istent, as they are not You should have gone with me, Rose, to an African church not long since. Thad grown weary of my fine churches, and superfine ministers, congregations so polished that they had the coldness as well as the smooth- ness of marble. I wearied of tasseled prayer-books, with gilt clasps, and all the mummeries which modern religionists seem to have substituted for true worship. "So I wandered out into the by-streets and poor places to find nature, rough and uncultivated though it might be. A tum- ble-down looking church, set among some tenement houses, caught my eye. Bare- headed children were hanging round the door, scarcely kept in abeyance by a vene- rable-looking negro sexton in the porch, with grizzled locks and white neckerchief, whose admonitory shakes of the head habit had evidently made second nature, as he bestowed them promiscuously, right and left, till service was closed. ; "Tentered and took my seat among the audience. No*surly pew occupant placed a forbidding hand on the pew door. | Seats, hymn-books, crickets, and fans were at my disposal. The hymn was found for me. I found myseif (minus 'a voice') joining in the hearty chorus. Who could help it? 'God save the King' and the Marseillaise were tame in comparison. Every body sing. It was infectious. The bent old nevress, with her cracked voice, her broad- shouidered, muscular son, her sweet-voiced mulatto daughter, and her chubby little eranchild, with swelling chest, to whom Sun- day was neither a bugbearnor abore. And such hearty singing!--sometimes too fast, sometimes too slow, but to my ear music, because it was soul, not cold science. '* Tt was communion-Sabbath, and so I went up to the chancel and knelt side by side with my dusky friends. The clergy- man was a white man, and it was millennial to see his loving hand of blessing laid on those dusky brows. This is as it should be, said 1--this is worship; and as we re- tired to make room for other communicants, the clergyman himself stepped forward to assist to the chancel a gray old negress, of four-score years, whose tottering steps were even then at the grave's brink. I went home happy, fur I had not fed on husks." @ Christ Teaching on Universal Salvation, On one occasion during our Savour's mi- nistry, the question was put to him, " Lord, are there few that be saved?" If Christ had been preaching the final salvation of all men, it was strange that such a ques- tion should have been proposed to him. Yet he manifested no surprise at it. Ie did not reprove nor correct the inquirer for hay- ing dishonored the goodness of God by the supposition that any would be finally lost. He did not refer him to his past teachings to learn that all would be saved. Nor did Christ then advance the doctrine of univer- sal salvation. Never had he a better oppor- tunity. The question was directly to that point, " Are there few that be saved ?"-- What did he answer? Did he say, " All men shall be saved?" Did he say," Many --the great majority of markind--shall be saved?" Did he say, " A just and benevo- lent Ged will never punish any after this life??? His answer was, " Strive to enter in at the strait gate'--agonize to enter heaven by an incessant warfare with sin-- "for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter inand shall not be able. Whoever preached universal salvation, and whatever authority, certain it is that Christ never preached such doctrine." The Effects of Foar. The extraordinary power exerted by fear over the human mind was exhibited in Vienna, ina remarkable manner a few days ago. Dr. , an eminent physician in Vienna, obtained leave from the local autho- rities to try his experiments upon the person .of a prisoner who had Been condemned to death. Accordingly, an offer was made to the individual in question, holding out the promise of the remission of his punishment, if he would consent to pass the night in the bed of a patient who four hours previously had been carried off by cholera. 'The pri- soner consented, and was put to bed, and after the expiration of some three hours or less, he was seized with violent vomiting, and all the attendant symptoms of cholera. He was attended immediately by several phy- sicians, and ultimately, being a man of strong and vigorous constitution, was completely re- established. _ His astonishment was great, when Dr. F informed him that the bed was perfectly clean and pure, and that no cholera patient had ever lain there--- Vienna Correspondent of the London Morning Post. Bacuztors.--lf our Maker thought it wrong for Adam to live single when there 'was not a woman on earth, how criminaliy guilty are old bachelors with the world full {NUMBER 32, Sydney Smith on Preaching Preaching has become a by-word for long and dull conversation of any kind; and whoever wishes to imply, in any piece of Writing, the absence of everything agreeable and inviting, calls ita sermon. One reason for this is the bad choice of subjects for the pulpit. The clergy are allowed about twen«-- ty-six hours every year for the instruction of their fellow-creatures; and I eannot help thinking this short time had better be em- ployed on practical subjects, in explaining and enforcing that conduct which the spirit of Christianity requires, and which mere worldly happiness commonly coincides to" recommend. 'These are the topics neares$ the heart, which make us more fit for this: and a better world, and do all the good that sermons ever will do. Critical explanations of dificult passages of Seri pture, dissertations on the doctrinal and mysterious points of re- ligion, learned investigations of the meaning and accomplishment of prophecies, do well for publication, but are nogenial to the habits and taste of a general audience. Of the highest importance they are to those whe can defend the faith and study it profoundly ; but God forbid it should be necessary to be a scholar, or a critic, in order to be a Chris- tian. To the multitude, whether elegant or. vulgar, the result only of erudition employed _ - for the defence of Christianity can be of any aonsequence; with the erudition itself they cannot meddle, and must be fatigued if they are doomed to hearit. In every con= gregation there are a certain number whom principle, old age, or sickness, has rendered truly devout; but in preaching, as in every- thing else, the greater number of instances constitute the rale, and the lesser the excep» tion.-- Memoir of Rev. Sydney Smith, Moral Courage. A rare virtue, and great as it is rare. We remember when we taught the courage of the field every thing ; the charge--the word of command--high sounding and clear amid the battle's fury--the clash of arms, the roar of artillery, the thrill of the bugle's note, as with more than magic sound it bids the sol- dier dare all for victory--the banner of your country in front--planted there to stand amid. victory or death. Oh! how young hearts beat to be actor in such a scene ; cioSne it glorious to mingle in, and fighting nébly, to lie down and die. But what is the courage of the battle field compared with the moral courage of every- day life! hear distrust speak its foul suspicion--wateh enemies take advantage of the occasion, laboring to destroy----who would not rather encounter the shock of a hundred battle~ fields, and lead a forlorn hope in search, than to bear and brave these things. Why, the one isas the summer breeze on the ocean to winter's stormiest blast. 'The common sp rit may summon courage or play the soldier well. Use quickly fits him fori, But it requires a man to speak out his thoughts as he thinks them--to do--when; like that stomy blast in winter, on old ocean, peace, home, security, and life are threatened to be snatched away. Yet who, looking back on the page of history, or forward to, the hope of the future, would hesitate which of the two to choose? 'Uhe martyrs--what are they? Chronicled names in all hearts. The patriots who died for liberty, ignominiously, and ow the scaffold--how fares it with them? Cher- ished as earth's honored sons. 'The good -- who spoke the truth, and suffered for its sake --where are they? 'Che best and brightest --first in our thoughts and love. And yet, what-did they ? Like men, they spoke the truth that was in them. 'This was their courage. If they had been silent, if, trem- bling before tyrants or mobs, they had fear- ed to tell what they knew, to speak wia' they felt, they would have lived and died like other men. But they had the courage to do lighted up with new glory and power. Give us the moral courage before every- thing else! It is the only bravery on which humanity may count for any real blessing. Give us moral courage! for while it nerves a man for duty, it roots out of his heart hate and revenge, and all bad passions, makiog him wise amid danger, calm amid excitement, just amid lawlessness, and pure amid corrup- tion, Itis the crowning beauty of manhood. rt 0-0 Turkish Delicacy. bs The Turkish lady is at the boot bazaar, It is utterly impossible that she can be fitted without pulling up her large flowing schalwar | (trowsers) toa height equal with that of the leg of the boot. Except for this she could not draw it on. But itis a necessity; and all delicacy that can be is observed. 'The shoe- merchant professes to take no notice ; so do all others in the bazaar. And, if you would like to test the propriety that you are now expected to enact, do you just go opposite the stall, andlook. 'The lady will say nothing ; she will simply blush, and turn her face away. But the eagle eye of the merchant will detect your gaze onthe instant. [He will assail you ina voice so loud as, probably, you never before heard from the calm, stately, true believer. And it will be well for your self- respect if you do not bappen to understand the Osmanli language. If you do, you will not feel very greatly delighted by his opinions of yourself, but especially of the women in your family.--Zhe City of the Crescent. Tan Pen.--lIn the hand that knows how to use it, is the most powerful weapon known. As the tongue of the absent, how cheering! 3 When the golden tints of virtue guide it, how beautiful! When self respect gives 1f new vigor, how pleasing! When honor directs it, : how respected! When wit sharpens it, how 'fatal! When seurrility wields it, how cons of pretty girls! Let young men. think of thie. 4 aa temptible! Lis the weapon of the soul" Stand alone--see friends scowl-- -- + this, and through their suflering and truth, ~--