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OUU STORY.God'll Show Mo the Way.

"Yes, sir," said tho tuan, running hishand through his shaggy locks, his harshface showing marks of unusual intelligence,"mining in this region is a hard life, but Ithink we've all been better since little Pinkywent away.""And who was little Pinky?" asked the

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at his side sparkled in anticipation of a

stjry.' Well, you see.it bo something of a tell

.and ifye'd move further on in the shadeof the old oak yonder, it'll mayhap bo plcasantcrfor the young miss, for tit. sun behot."The lady and gentleman followed the

brown and weather-beaten man to the coolshadow of the oak, and iiiidiug a seat forthe young lady on a convenient root thatcatno squarely up from the ground, theminer began, with his u-ual preface:"You see.l'inky wore the son of Jesse

Pink, ham, a young man. and a regular goodone, as the saying goes. I reckon Pinkhuniwas the only man of us as ever said theLord's praycer, or any other prayer. liewere a nice young fellow, that's the factHut, we're a rude set, sir, we of the mines,and 'specially in this place; we uidn't likeanything that was what we call 'pious.'Sunday, sir, used to be regular.wel>, Imight say, devil s-day, with us. It was nothingbut drinking and dancing, pitching,and cards, and swearing.

"Well, sir, you see.Jesse he got marriedto a regular lady-like girl, sir, and itturned out a pious one. They didn't noneof'em.that is, PiukhiMn, his wife, nndoldmother.jine us in our merry-makings on a

Sabbath, but sometimes the young man andItiSHV.tllut >i Ilid wilo uip 1, .mM til...

J ...... - ' W, nv«.«4 Ma.IVu»l. 1miles to lu-'ar a parson preach. \\ ^ was alldown upon .Jesse, sir.you sec tlie realthing was, ho made us ashamed of ourselvesby his goodness, and I was worse than therest, trying my best all the time to pick upa quarrel with him. Well, sir, one Satur

duynight what did we see but a noticestuck up on this very tree, that thore'd bea parson from Frunkstown on the morrow,to preach to us. We didu't like the news,uud we could tell pretty well where themove come Iroiu ; 'cause you sec, we knewJesse was pious. So v. e determined, thegreater part of us, that we wouldn't haveany psalm-singing.110 canting prayer.noleading o n ot the liihlc.

"Well, the minister catue, and he founda 1label. We ali got together, and wer.i cd, und laughed, uud pitched quoits, andmade such a noise that the parson h.i I togive it up. lie tried agin and agin, andcjujo right among us.he was plucky, I tellyc.but we hooted in his ears, and threwmud 011 his bettermost clothes, and so hewas fairly driven off.cause >u see we hadliquor enough in us to set us ail crazy.' Poor Jexsc' how \vc jeered hiiu afterthat, but he bore it meek, sir, and 1 was oftenashamed of myself, though I'd diedafore I'd confcsse. it. Hut I aiu sorryenough Ibr my part of it; for one day therecame a rumbling, heavy noise, shaking theearth, nod then a crash like rattling thunderbeneath our feet, and we knew thatsomebody was buried alive. It was in theworking shaft where Jesse was, and ihercdidn't happen to be a soul in the place excepthim, poor fallow! They'd all goneinto another ghalt, where he didn't like tofollow 'euiyjfeausc they were such a wickedset; and as they was eating their dinners,and he his, the accident happened."We dug him out, sir ! lie was awful<eru.shed.all but his face.that lookedsini-Jing and ]>caccful-like, and we eouldn t heartill' Kill*lit. * it UIO.IA noi. 1 j !

, » W IUUUV uo (II IIIV IIUW WC <1a-treated him. iSo wc carried him home toBessy. She didn't cry and take on, asmost the men's wives do when an accidenthappens, r ut it were awful to see how still_»nd white she were! Awful, sir, and Inever want to sec a sight like it again.4'\Ve all felt bad.for poor Jesse hadn'tnever said a harsh word to one of us, andhe'd borne many an insult.MVu couldn't see through it when he'

were living, hut used to call him 'weak'headed,' and a 'tame covey;' and as ho laythere in his coffin, there eatnc u different;/eoliii£ over me, sir, you inuy depend u[>onit. Oh! if I'd a heard then to the lessonthat was telling of me, it I'd only listenedthen to tiir» voice of God, speaking as itwere from, the lips of that crushed dead.body, IM a saved myself many n day ofsuf*term'.many an hour of tunuent. Hut I/I id n't."Wc all walked to the grave, and 1 tell

ye it touched even hard fciloWH like us, tohco that young widdcr with. her little «,!dMin her arms, fuller close to the coffin.nevercrying, only holding her head down as if itwere heavy bowed with hor-soriaw to keepit up.

"Well, wo had a talk at the grave by thosame parson as we'd treated so badly. Idon't know what his good .»ords wouldadone in atler days, if I hadn't been a leaderwickedness, a hater of pious people,and evcrything.tljat had to do with religion,a wicked, swearing, worthless sinner! 1 sayjt to my shame, I doq't boost, sir, (Jod forbid.1 wish 1 could shut out iqy thoughtsall the years of my life that I uin't spentpiously. But God, I hope, '!) be mereifulto m«. I'

"Well, air.his wife-.r-t.he poor young

thing! took the death sadly to heart. Thoy in tsaid the shook had been too hudden, dried lamup all her tears, like. She never cried 'emouc't only languished and pined, grew thin- gooner and whiter, and died just three months 1after poor Jesse. That was how the little rec<

boy..lease's little boy.came to be an or- rou

phnn, sir. grei"Well, we were all determining to take siorcare of the little one, bo we cast lots every 41

month to see which should have the main- softtainiu' of him. It used to eouie to me pret- wer

ty often, but I done it willingly, sir, because "

1 considered I'd been hard to the man. tlieihard to poor dead Jesse. the"Tho boy was pretty, 9ir, hut he didn 't gctl

grow much You see he hadn't no nutthrr- nndlove to thrive on. The women, they thought hanthey did well by him, hut they sort o' bus- inintied him, and he wanted something differ donent, coming of a delicate stock. I don't afrsspose nothing, sir, can gi""e a child that "

feel, that having somebody to love und call youmother does.no, not all the cossetin' in the thr<world by strangers. u

"Well, the years passed, and the little "

fellow begar to he handy in t' c mine. It seeseemed a pity to see him beginning that liehard sort o* life, but then we're not able to lovetake ear" of one more helpless hand, and a sithere was plenty young as he down there, ligfHut he was so different from ail the rest of nil <

the children, lie looked for all the world, 1before he got the grim in his face, like a likegentleman's child, sir. His skin was like Tinthe shells you sometimes see with a Icctlc bellred tinge oil 'cm, und lu> had his mother's stoclarge Drown eyes, and his father's curly er r

liuir, and then he was so slim-like and girl- Yenish. But lie had spirit beyond his strength, ovciand gloried in work. "

"Things was going on about as usual, ex- .icept that 1 was harder down ou religionthan ever. The suit feeling wore off myheart, and 1 think 1 hated what was piousworse nor before. Our Sundays was train- J°Jing days.no hing good.evetythiug evil,iust as evil could he

"Well, sir.one day that little fellow was (on my beat; and he had done up his work reai

quick and airly.so he stood sonic time he < Jeiside tnc talking, lie was queer at talking hie. I never heard such strange things as he'd hissay. So says he, as 1 was fixing my tools Aui.says he, 'Keene'.that's my name, sir. natt'whr'd all this coal come from?' in t

" 'Gome from the earth,' I said. the" 'Yes, but what made it?' con"I prided myself on my little lcarniu'.so to d

says 1, ' Wy, tiatcr made it, Pinky;' we used as ato call him l'itik, and Pinky. wifi

' 'Well, what made nutcr, Keene?'he of i

still kept askin'. ou

"'Why.why! n&Lor made jUelf!" I thesaid. *

j con" 'Oh, no,' he cried: and with a solemn h:s

look as ever L see on any face.a: d his ! audvoice of wornin'.I don't know why, but I crt\never hccred anything like it; says he, of I'liotl made everything; (.Jod is down here iin the dark!' eno

"i declare it was as nigh as if a man had est)struck me as could be. Says I, 'Pinky; cstcwhere did you get that from?' coil

"Says h«i, 'The good man told tne.' laU" What good man?' 1 asked, and an ugly was

feeling came over inc. moi"' What preached at mammy's funeral,' otln

said he. tcr"'And where'd you get him?' I sort ol thai

growled, like. the"'Out in the road yesterday. I seed him thai

on a horse, and he took tne up and rided del!me ever so far a back, and lie told me all Diethe good things.' so t

"1 was silent.I tell ye. I didn't know panwhat to say; hut 1 was mad. Just then, in gre;moving up quick, my lamp went out. Now 1ihuts a thing that don't happen hut a few ecutimes in a good tinny y nrs; I knew I'd uhave to wait and holier 11 souietHidy cuuic sucl.for the pit was lull of li dos.and so I c<»nsaid, 'Don t he afraid, Poiky. they II be here den>pon;' but 1 was shaky, for he was in a dan- r«u<

gcrous part ot the pit. j lust"Says lie. ' I don't feel afraid. Kiimuv ae't

dun't you s'pofce (jed's close to usT ""d' 1 declare I felt my Mood »rickle cold, love

and every wind that come down the shaf- cuu

way I thought was his breath.the breath Woof(iod ! | beai"Well, the hours passed away, ami no- self

boby come. Presently says little Pinky, ol i*1*11 go for you.(iod will show me the way,' eonand 1 heard his little feet putting along !*«'

thein dangerous places. It was awful! The b-s<sweat started out on nic thick, and it. scent **-*'ed like I ouldn't breathe. Hut when 1 of"enlied liiin back he shouted with his little t'011voice, Miod II show me the way.' fam

"It ul.nost makes mo tremble when Ithink on': sir.tho boy went over the worst tio'iroad in tiic pit, tull of sunk shafts and dan- i"d<gerous places without no lamp! Oh, sir, abowhen they oame for me with plenty light ! brij. I. I couldn t believe it, sir, 1 couldn't; banand though they kept telling me that Pinky °th<was t ife, I tell you, «ir, 1 thought it was a undlie till I see him and heard him cry out, "I fli»<am safe, Keene..tiod showed mo the herway !' j Kon'

"Well, sir, you mayn't think this looks "O,true; but'tis. Oh! 'tis as true as wonder-1 olful, sir; and I tell you, I was a different I oman after that. Not that I grew good at boil'once.no, 1 didn't know t/ir irny then, sir. picaI didn't feel like little Pinky; I didn't feel armsure that (rod'd *h"tp me, but he did. read"One day, after I'inky hud been working tlo t

hard, he said he was dry and his hoad-aoh- j pcd. Well, we always expected soinething'd readbe ailing him.so that night I carried him andhome in my urins and laid him on his bed, amian ', lie never, sir," the miner choked for a profmoment, drew one rough hand across* his theeyes, turned away for a brief second, hen dentsaid hurriedly."he never got up from it to <of hiinaolf agin, PJvery night 1 came home rclijhe was worse and worse, and I toll ye I stunfelt as if ull the light 1 ever sec was gi/ing fondout! ' its h"One morning ho asfced iqe in his weak himvoice.'Wouldn't I send for the good man sooii

that preaohed for his mammy?' I didn't climsay no.twan't in my heart to do that menLhiug, and before long the { arson was there, wontalking and praying. That Boomed to do to uttho child good: and as the minors dropped ity.

irith tbeir black faces, and the littps in their hands, he'd smile round csweet, sir; it would a done your head to p seen it."I'he man paused n-jnin, overcome by tlElection of the scene. '1 he muscl<nd his firm lips quivered, and over hat bron ed iaco there swept an cxprci of an almcst womanly tenderness.'Did he die thr.nf" The question wi

ly asked, and the dark eyes of the latie full of tears.Oh, my dear miss.yes, yes, he dierj. He grew very liright nnd lividugh, and we'd nil set our hearts on hLing well, when tlioro was another changthe color left his face.and his littds hadn't no strength in 'em. Tllister came again, and as he stoopcrn, says he.'My dear child, are yckid to go?'And what do you think, sir.what i

think, miss, he said? Oh, how it wet>ugh me!GtuTft thoic nw the wot/!" /And lie showed the way, sir. I nevi

anything 1 ke that dying, ir.neveheld my bund.he said, 'Kecne, i/c

! God, too.' lie gave a gasp, and thenilc, and then there came a bright glotit over his white Inec that made it shitjver.Oh, sir. 1.1.can't tell it."'he man held h s head down andsobhca child, nnd his were not the only tear

s next morning was the Sabbath. A ne;was heard; a plain white mccting-homd in sight. The stranger and his daughnet the miner, who, pointing to the heward spire, exclaimed us a smile brukr his face.You see, sir, God shows us all the way'umi'/y Treasury.nnrrofl'N Volume.11»«» VIIIYe take from tikis volume just issuen the press, he fo'lowing portraits <

in Adauis and Thomas Jefferson:JOHN ADAMS.

)n thcOth day of February John Adanimed his seat in Congress, with Klbridj.ry for a colleague, in place of the feCushing, and with instructions froiconstituents to establish libertyicrica unon a nprinnuent I.II

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arc was robust ami manly; now he w;he happiest ruood of mind for assert inindependence of his country. lie hatidencc in the ability of New KnglanIrive away their enemy; in Washingioii brave and prudent commander. in hI, who cheered him with the ferritin;ivomanly heroism; in the cause of hntry, which seemed so hound up witwelfare of mankind, that ProvidentId not suffer its defeat; in himself, f«convictions were clear, his will fixihis mind prepared to let his little pro]and his life go, soouer than the righlis country..ookmg into himself he saw weakness'ugh; but neither men tiness, nor dislnnnor timidity. 11 is overweening f»l

ciu was his chief blemish; and if Iipared himself with his great, fcllmtiers, there was some point in whiels lisuper.or to any one of them; lie hae learning than Washington, or anur American statesman of Ine age ; heknowledge ot liberty us founded in laii Samuel Adams; clearer in-'ght ineonstru.-tive elements of (tovermnci

ii Franklin , more power in debate thalemon ; more xmrugeous muuline>< thakmson ; more force in motion than J:nhat by va ying and contining his eonions, he could easily luncy himself tl;itest of them all.le was capable of thinking himself tlter of any circle, of which he hud heemore than a tangent; his vanity was iIi excess that in manhood it aoiuctiiiufused his judgment and in age bewiu nis memory; but the Main .li<l lith beyond the surface; it impaired tlre, nut the hardy integrity u! Ins eltar. lie humane and trunk, ^encruielement; yet he wanted that spirit «

: which reconciles to heui^i.utdi lie. IIId not look with complacency on tieri excelled him, and regarded auothcrring away the palm as 11 htuii.* to Inn; he never sat placidly under the sluel1 greater reputation than lii.s own. anId try to jostle aside the preauiiiptunsessors ot' recognized superiority ; Inunvy, though it laid open, how deeply hlove was wounded, hud hardly a tineindignity, and never led him to de.rehts tor the sake el re engo. 11 »v did he injus ice when, later in life, he rc|mted himself us suffering from perseci

on account of his early zeal f<ispeudeiice; he was not weaklingto whinut injured feelings; he went to his t<nd;ht, and cheery, and brave; he was tli1mcr and not the anvil; and it was ftits to fear his prowess and to slniuer his blows. 11 is courage was in

:hing in debate and everywhere el«lever knew what fear is, and had lic into the army as he once belonged the wouhl have taken there the virtinleniperance, decision, and intrepidityhis latest, old age his spirit was robusyant,nnd joy ous; he saw ten times us mucsure as pain in the world; ami after liquivered and his eye grew tliin, he wt

ly to begin life anew ami fight its hat>ver airain.n liia youth ho foil among skepticIhJin^brokes's works five tini<\s throngaccustomed himself to reason tree!think boldly; he esteemed himselfbund metaphysician, hut only ski minespeculations of others; though at finined to be a minister, he became a reinoalvanism, and never had any fixe;ious creed; hut fur all that lie wasnoli uian of New Kngland, and hipartiality to its people, its institution?

qcial condition, ami its laws, followeinto (IqngroHN and i'.s ('omn)<Ltueg, an

il lifp, tinctured his judgment, an:h d his propoaaoasions; hut the ehts in Now Knglund that hu loved most3 theme which were eminently frioudlniversal culture and Republican ctjua;A poor farmer's son, bent on niakinj

1c his wa) in the world, at twenty years olcin beginning to earn Ins own broad, piuchccrt and starved as master o a stii _ry countryschool. ho formed early habits of order ail*te frugality, uid steadily advanced to fortunees t>ui tlioigh exact >n his accounts, thenis was notli ng niggardly in his thrH't, ancs- his moiiat hospitality was prompt am.

hearty, lie loved homage, and it mathis hi in blind; ti» tle«se who Haltered him hily gave his confidence freely, and often un

wisely; ami wlnie he watched the genera>d nioveiu m t of uflaijs with comprehensivey, aagieity, he was never a calm observer olis individual men. lie was of the cholerite,! tenipeianient; though his frame was comle pact uiul large, yet from phvsicial organiie zation he was singularly sensitive; euiilc;d break ou". into uncontrollable rage, anc»u with a ! his acquisitions, never learned t<

rule h s own spirit; but his anger did millo so mm li drive hiiu to do wrong, as to dcit right i-ngiiciously. No man was less fit ti

gain ) is end by arts of imlin ctiou; Ikt uew lot how to intrigue, was indiscreetly

-T talkat ve, s nd almost thought aloud ; whenr. ever l.o si light to win an uncertain person»n to his supi'jrt. Iiis ways of courtship wonsi uncou h, f- > that he made few friends exy eept iy I s weight of character, abilityie public spi it, and integrity, was unapt a:

ihe It ider of a party, and never appearecid so we I as when lie acted from himself,s. I la ing i itolcranee in all its forms, an»r iiiipus sinned lover of civil liberty, as theie glory ol u in the best evidence and tint- best icsult ol civilization, lie, of all meta- in (.'eagles , was incomparable as a dogma;c tist; issem ally right-minded; loving ti

teach with authority ; pressing onward un" spari igly with his argument; iiiipatieut oleonti idicta n ; unequaled as a positivieliauipion of the right, lie was the Martin Jjiuncr ol the American revolution

. borne <>n t> utter his convictions fearlesslyby mi iniph so which forbade his actingotheiwise. lie wa9 now too much in earnest, stnd teo much elevated by the great lies:

is ol h*s woik, to think of hi . self; too anxre iously desiring to aid, to disparage thusc- who gave it. In the fervor ol his activityin his faults disappeared. His intellect aucii public spirit.all the noblest paitsof hi?is nature, wore called into the fullest cxcrcistis and at mined to the uttermost of then>' licithful p wer. Combining more thaid any other. farness ol sight and fixedness old belii f wit i courage and power of utterancen, he was looked up to as the ablest debatciis in C'oiigre-n. Preserving some of tinle habits of the lawyer, he was redundant itis words and eumulati e in argument; buih w.in :li and -i ie :ity l.ept him from tht:e I affectations of a pedant or a rhetorician>r Forbearance was no longer in seas n; thid irrepressible talent ol persevering, percnipa- tory assertion wa< wanted; the more ho wut.sborne along by his ow n vcliein tit impulsethe better; now his country, humanity, tins age, the hour, demanded that the riehii- should la spoken out, his high excitemciiij. had not the air of passion, but appea re ii«. as it was, the clear perception of the subv 11iniry <d his tusk. W hen, in the life of i11 si.,'i >i.i:m w re six m ait lis i.t tun: itnporI tanee t«» the race, than thc-*o six mouth:i\ in the can a olbluho Aduuis?

i- !tihi.mas j KKKt.ltson.w The resol iiinu of Congress change ! th*to old thirteen itritish Comities into lit tun

t j iudi [»emJaa Stutes. It remained .a soti forth th«- re imiii tor this act, and the prinn ciplcs winch the no v people w aid ownr'; as their gui Ins. Of Jie ooiuiuitl, uppoiiiI- ted fur tIi it duty, 1 human .1 ellersou, olo Virginia Ii 11 received the largi st numhei

ol vote- an I Wa- in tha liiuul.c'. amn>e out to <l..itt the collfcs.sf .. ot la.ill of thii '' i.i-

nam;. < mp.lU. 1IC IJttl'H IlllS UiSHIICtlUlii to respect fir the Colony which lie repret* seated to tin; consuiiiatc ability >1 tinI- Stale | !< > which hu had ulrcad* v.illc..>t an>l t.iliim general favor which iol.iw:i« merit. 1 i desty, and a sweet dispositionr- hut tlie <| lality which speciai y titled Iliai* lor the L.i-.x was the sy input h e charaetei

I ul his ia '.re, hy vh.cli he was able, w:ile iiutu.e i\ p» rceptnui. to read the soul o«e theii.il in, .tad having c illectod in Ii'nisei

its host i.mucins and imbiesl feelings, tiii* give tl« 'in out hi clear and hold Wordsle mixed with >.» little of himself that hi:d country, us it went along with him, tonneis nothing hut what it recognised as its ownit No in-mi of Ins century hid more trust inis the co h etive r ason and conscience of hi;y fellow ine (i, or hotter knew how to tak<

tin n i oui.sel, and in r turn he came to hiis a rule over the willing hi the world ol>- opinion Horn t an iiidepciiduut toriunei le ha 1 I oil* l;:.s youth been an iudef.itigar bie >ti <le;it. Ot a e.dm tern eminent andio a pit11 i-ophic cast of mind, always tempert, ate hi Ins mode id' life and decorous in hele in.nun ; >, he was i perfect master of hi'»r p issii i«. lie w.isol a delicate organl Zak tion,ind loud n| elegance; his tastes wenl- retitie I; I; torions in his application to bnl>; sines- or lie pursuit of kuowle l_ ; music10 the uost spiritual of all pleasures of tin0 sense- . w.i iii* i !» i>ri».> r....r....il i 1...x ami IKs took n<'\ t tailing delight hi the licutitj\\ of tin vnr ins scenery (if rural life, uildim.t, hints. it'a nine .11 tlie lovhest r«*«ri<>11 <>t hnli uitiv Sta'r. 11 o wan a slcilll ill horsemanis and I c alsi delighted to main the inounis tains m to a.

'l!i' ran e of It is knowledge was v.-r,wide; In1 w s nut unfamiliar with tin' lits, cr.itu a of irecce and Kumc; had an aj»tih tude or in .thematic* and mechanics; anty loved espec illy the natural suit' ecs; dctiia ing tot hi g hut metaphysics..Britishd govci inrs aid official* had iutroductd intcit Willi tinsh i gh the prevalent tKethiukinyd ot' Ki.glishiiicn ot that century, and Jeflerd son iiad joo\vii up in its atmosphere; h<a was iuit on y a hater id priest-cr.ilt andis supcistition ami bigotry and intolerancei, he w is tin nuht to he indittVrent to religion>1 yet his iti.it nets all inclined him to traced overy foot t > a general law, and to put faithil in i.l "ul tin h; the world ol'tho senses didj-, not nouno Ins aspirations, and he believedt, more than !c hi nisei I was aware of. lity was i n idealist in his hahits oft bought andI- lite, as in bed is every io who has an± abiding and thorough couGdenoe in th«

l people; and he was kept so in spite of cir- jI cuiustaiicca by the iric-istable bent ot his 1: { character. He hud great power in uias- havI! te'iiig details as well as in starching for bee;1 general | inciples. His pro. ssion wy* ton5i th-t of the law. mi which he was method- ten<I icui, pains-taking, and successful, at the { InnI name time lie studied law as a aciei ce, and w >ti; was well rea I in the law of nature hod of thes nations. Whatever he had to do, it was Tin

his custom to prepare himself for it care- wit]I fully; and in public lite, when others were theJ at fuult, they often found that he had al- | KroiI' ready hewed out the way; so that in ouncil J ji men willingly g ve him the lend, which lie- never appcure.. tu claim, and was always- able to undertake, llut lie rarely spoke con,I in public; and was less fit to engage in the i tj,eI war of debate, than calmly to sum up its wur> conclusions. It was a beautiful trait in j.,rt his character that he was tree from envy; j \y ai and had he kept silence, John Adam* jeni would have wanted the best witness to his jH,.i greatness as the ablest advocate and defend- I j st)r J er of imlepcndancc. A common object l)r ,- now riveted the two statesmen together in 0p ti close bonds. I cannot find that at that |icr; period, .lefterson had any enemy; by the hUr.- general consent of Virginia, he already all(j, stiHid first among her civilians. Just thir- Ioa)i ty-three years o d. niairied, and happy ii s|,a1 his family. afUu"nt, with a biigiit career t|10before bun. he was no rash innovator by j ui his character or bis position; if his convic- tj,ctions drove him to demand i dependence, j m:(,s it was only because he could no longer livei with honor under the British Constitution, j ju||- which lie still acknowledged to be the best ImJ(, . -i i » * ...

Lii.il iiic wurm HUU llius mr 86CI1. tilH ,i,r,011 uncial inn of' general principles was four-

t' less but he was no visionary devotee ot ^jaii al struct theories, which, like disoiubodicd t.,motiis, escape from every embr.ioe; the j,,,,, nuisling of his country, the oftspting of hi* lllU(time, he set about the work of a practical w.C statcMuan. and his measures grow so natu jt.cjrail out of previous law and the faoU ot t;lj.tlie past, tliat th°y struck deep root and cru,- have endured.

j 'j'0, Reading in the United States..1 The editor oi the Kdinburg W/fsi-w, th. well known Mr liuytic, in an article on our |jW.(» country, among some things not very pala- sttable .says: |J1 he Americana are an educated, a reli- ^gious, a temperate people, if this article clnj, has t.nt extended to too great a length ai-: ready, we should have liked to have said j.something about one or two other of theiri national characteristics, l or example, tlicy I

arc eiliinoiiily a reading people. Hooks» ro in t. as here, the luxuries of the few. i tori

hut the necessary f>od of the many. "Al- j> ready," srys Mr. W in. (Jhaiiilc >, in h s

lately published work, "Things us th?)- aro-| s. in America'.one of the ni >st interestingand valun'de which has recently i>sui d irolu strithe press."already certain hngli.-li pu »- jt lishing houses are turning attention t«» t iet -great and ever extending field of enterprise J. in the United States, where books, as ill ,,..i "lc,ithe ease ot newspaper* are not a luxury ot ji the rich, but a liecessarv part ot the hou -

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,. . tort.Ie 'id turmluie ni those depending Do »u -

-jj si-tenee on daiiy labor.'' I Ictainly, in eve- ^ry way, a rcinarkalile fact. Rut we mayatlerwards have an opportunity ot reti ing _

to this and other matters. Meantime, we(Jj may say that in ail that has been advanced . (

, above, we have never been ilniuiitdfol jura. i-i i.nerit of the fact that there »- inotln r '

»i.« .. ... «....v.. . ...v | viuit. i#ui uur e i 'kitilik «b ,^1that it is only "the other side the pi-

n till th»t i" '_vi> ally looked and it jjiseen. » us o! y considerable import n ein l! <lnys t tlie real greatness ni he ,Amet n nu ou sh L« noro fully aj

,preciulcd. 1 t ,,*111

r-A 1'oRTRAlT OF MtlRALM .I mm aJI.

, . . pill!li'-tn» - ! i.iu campa i of (' */ « /. ' >rl of, Jju>^ the i.j'-, in preparat- i |»y Pram's Car- j .jj ram», Colonel oftha >i«l corps of tuMier*. ..j ISKco <T Jhifiii, cxtiacU the follow.tig purtrait of the hero of Sieilv: i .r

torit

' i iuso;>.u I f.irttiaiiii is u! nu utn stature.j- w h ia e -ij'i.re shoulders, bareulesnj- I ibs, aii'i a»n^ reddish hair and i « ard, in

w .f} el uiitu to ^riy. ll<s steps is s|o\* m I »n i-

j.-stic. Ins 'juit something like that nfa sea i>iij i :,!,oin.in ami Ins countenance ami emiYer.-atinn9, wini are also mi '^. slive ot the marine; no t% ir-«'

l , , | Klla waistcoat nuttomnl up to the th at. a '

jwide brimmed hut and wide trowset.-. Thet 1%,noise ot the city annoys and disturbs him |lie like* tl e In 1 tops, covered with hijth I j jr

, troi-s. and enjoying the view of the distantC horizon and wide e.i He has u straight

nose, and the » \oression of his face i* both. i i «*« l""'lively ami anna to. His eoovernation is ju pretending;, but it rises to ehsjucuce I in (when he talks ot Italy and liberty,11 F.AT.T1I OF AMRRK'ANS.1>C Th-w's 'wlt

. mortality statistics, compiled from tho last witcoli-us, show that the people of the I nited a ,;l

. States are the iiculthit ut nil thee'obc. The tdeaths are three hiin.lrml ..t.o 1- «>« « ncmt iiniil- |lt»,sand |> - u ar. or oin1 ami a h;t!f per cent. ']

? of the population. In England the ratio frul; is mar two per cent.. and in France nearly ,,,,|^ three pur cent. \.' ginia and North Can - jj,.,'s liti.i are the health tost of the States, and >ul,, have nix hundred and tliiriy-eight inhabi- m,,,- t.nits over one hundred year*of'aire. These u.u,figures, however, may all he reversed fv p*th" in xt consu*. for the modleal schools «4.jv

were never more flourishing, twenty six ^u|j. college* having gruduitod last year aboutI thirteen hundred doctors. aiM]

TuF.Aciirnv of Kvii. Passions..Evil 'l'rn> passim s exert a powerful influence vur ot t; the understanding: they derange its act.on, rem

and having the ait of self-nonuealmcnt, are t tatj likely to oporate with greater fatality when rootI least exposed to the notice ot their viotini huv; ill the drunkard, it is often said that he is '1; a poor judge of himself, often i ougiuing was> h'oiself to be sober when he is not. it is hlovi very much so with all the evil |»assioiis sett1 that prey upon fallen humanity; they be- TheI guile and deceive, ruin and destroy, without hi t» any advertisement of their preaonoe, ex- tutuI oepf in their results. They shrink from l'ar

the blare, of cousoienco, to burrow io the andi heart yet

The Ureal Toruado. C'he tornado at the West, »t which we -Ve given some acc >unt, Jtj»j-ear*- to hav» tin the most extensive and deUiucliv gmdo ever known to this country. I tea *lid over a range of aoiuc foir or five rnlreJ uiilea, exhibiting a power which "

lid seem to be hardly credible were no* hfact* testified to by so many aitneww. r

i paper* of Iowa and Illinois are »ill«fc (Jti details of the strange ih.ngs done by **stor . We quote a few extracts:m dm < e<lar Valley (Iowa) 1 iinca, June 8 b\t about 5 1-2 o'clock, last. Sun 'ay eve- 11

g, occurred the most terrible storm which *

region ever experienced. The tornadomated of two wings.one sweeping to j'northward and the other to the southdol this city.in which the awful work- "*

of the rosed elements c >u!d he distinct- .

ecu by us as they swept on their mad.ng oourse. The noise wa- like a *tu "

duu* calumet, and all turned pale as they r

siihI. The formation o! the wafer spout "

yhirlwind which was in the south wi-g 1

he sloriu was witnessed hy a arge nutu"

of citizens, being first seen bellying ate a

ling down from the clouds, and twisting n

writhing like a huge worm till it finally:hed the earth and bccaincau hour-gl.m- u

ped column rushing wil ly onwarJ with 4

gale. The ooluiun looked to bo uboU'f a mile high, and 4 or 5 rods throughsmallest part.an awfully sublime andrnifiecnl spectacle. The cloud which-ed over Cedar Rapids appeared to he as 8

of force as those at the sid s. but fortu- ®

sly rose too high* to do much damageMil ly overhead the clouds were of o pur ~

Inn', bordered on the van hy pitchyk. and the rear by gray and iuriil whi c °

-tantly illuminated by flu-lies of lighten u

The north wing of the storm wa- 11

uh more extensive than the other, an ! 1i al «- « -

ijinsvu wie real tornado ho fur as the ef- '

s prove, and the uvpe ranee. of a tuoun- v.mass of heavy, inky-colored clouds 1

*hiug j I most the surface of the ground 1the northeast, between Marion and his- "

, tile two wings combined. and the awforcethus concentrated swooped around. 1

sing again near our city, then ru*heu °

iy to the eastward to deal death and deletionto the uitscspeo.'iug families win> a

ppencd in the sto- m Beml s path. The *

rse of the storui. niter leaving this viity, was due east till it rached the Mis e

ippi. though verging out of line iu some.is from five to leu milesThe Cliuton (Iowa) ll< void is almost t>1 with a description of the works of thi .uido in that region. It says;I;A strip of laud varying in width froiugnty rods to a mile, and extending f.om 1lar Kjpi Is in Iowa io ».ake .bio i.gun

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been swept a« wt«h the tie«»ui o. doiu.ion. Not n fence, nut a nx-e, not ais . and scarcely a living thing in theiiway of the scourge, nun able to e»ca| 1

withstand its lury.id ly but resistleasly. it dcvitr^^urwoig an 1 spared lio'hiug. M^-igHfenri almost annihilation. marCo^P^rac^ *

111 re were iu the hcgi.diiug fir» d.ffert o n.ideen. slatting weat if ujat It vcr !u twelve mihs u,Nirt. 'i hey ptneeedcuiwardiy in s^'pa'ate and wed definedr-os, until they mil the %.V .; » pinnicaii jr twenty-three mil aw t ot the M ».*sisl>.when hey united uiri advanced in a,X culuuiii Willi tuuren -J force and ra *

ity. The first mail; its «»»pe ir..,ce Iat seven mil s hurt lie m in»m ' .»r ih#- and ; out three miles- /est of the river.

first seen, it louki u merely like a

catcuing cloud; bat it a oh assume I thellilTalll-l1 Ot J» t.."- I I. « OV. u Hi, VAIVII'illl^ii the e <>uds t> (lie earth an«i twistingwrithing in ui. dilating -ti, aceMule»y u roar iu.'.o terrible tuju that of I

^hticHt cataract.I hi! //'/ »/./ traces the Course of whit |

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s .h lira: t"~nudoto Lisbon S acton j din (irove, and says thatvt li <loii l»oit<t.oio.-s were visitdi.*, one about three |r- ii.nth, an i the other lour nines .vju athe village. At Wheatland, auto, bathe visiule. Jtic union of the torti.id'ics to >k pl.i jcur three miles southwesterly lroiii Dct.'i he Spectacle here presented as retc«l hy eye-witnesses, wa.i in is; subitum 1

.orriote. fn<9Mittieriit irnliooi) Bed itsa < « , enlarged its dimensions until itended lroiu the earth to »l w'heavt us, a,c Id ok column. It r» ui.ii jM^ratioiinApparently lor u minute. TMhwerin^ids rushed to swell its ttiilk in cnor- ^us >ize. When the nnrtherrf*4*nado.ich approached Ipmii the uorthejijL hadIns way la-conic fully ubsorlied, tne|fo$c js. now outlying out and .«waym-£.-1ik(J a

(tially inflated balk-on,ruse from WfWkatIi * terrific roar, passed over a £i*vq 1

io.it damaging it. and then deseoiialiij? '

in, swept ooward, 'rojoicini; as a Mfritun his course,' with unparalleled ^s and power.I'he fury of the tornado tuny e knowna the fa t that it lasted at Caiuuncho *

v about two or three minutes Dining,t briel period the viilapc, 'Maiuiug i 1ic twelvo hundred inhabitants. was at

ttotally destroyed. We <v uid till a vol- 1

s w illi stranire lieaks of ibf tnrn i.1/. «n/l u

icaiitleas power, but shall online our- ^cs to .1 low only. One ut its fn -st sin,»rfeature* « found in the entire ah- r

re ot furniture uuit»n<; the wrecks. Morethere the round or le<j; of a chair, or vo»

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may he found, hut that is about all. hmk>,clothing, bods.carpetjAndall kindsurmture aoetn entire.) iiiUb'ii<», all that '

uitljs of the contents of tlje many hoii-cst wer > destroyed could be placed in a, jn twelve feet square. Tho rest iuu»t t0 pmu nto the river. ahe Intror story ot a store on tirst street tcut away as smoothly a* if saw d, and Jvn into tho riter when the upp r si ryled ..own in its place, almost uninjured.1 trout of a frame house was blown away *tie. upper part of the town, and the tur- 1ire in it left uninjured; while in Mr. "k's house the windows were blown in tall the furniture crushed to piece*, and cthn house stool, only slightly Injured j

pmmmmmmhi.- it- n told us hut dixi real- auou 01 tfa*t rui cvxtKifc.txi in s eing a horde routs

lin.ugh a.r^aboui twcuty feet tnun tberound, followed l«v u covr at about theone height. i he c »w i«tht have been cur*;i*J k(hi.u twenty rods from where she wsa.hen the storm began. Mr. Butter suwis fttnbic taken over the tops of suute eher*tnrs, leaving his itorses o the groundthe e *#< no floor to tbe stablej attached

> tin: rack.A* Albany, a large warehouse about 80

y 100 feet vra< moved from its found*ionsand is now Mtantling at the distance ofsquare from them; the building must

imvc beeu moved some 800 feet. 1 henrritie momentum of the tornado is portaps best illustrated by a shingle nowticking through the sides of Mr. Wat!orfh store, in Canutrche. The shingles of cedar, and of oidinury size and tlncktess.It sfuo'c on the butt qptf. in a diectiondirectly opposite the general coursef the tornado. and tarccd itself throughhe clapboards, lathe, and plastering with*ut bctii^ broken at all. The incidentlso shews the rotary motion of the tor* iado. The chimney of Mr. Anthony'sjuac. weighing near a ton, W4* taken offml dopom i ed in the garden uAi teet irouthe bu lling, in an upright position, with<Jta single cr.tok to show that it had beenisturbed. *

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Mr. Button, living three miles west of?amancUe. saw the black column ol do*traction directly advancing upon hishou *\nd sent his family to a small grove ofjoust-, with diiections to lie upon therounu hud cling to the trees. Whileying there they saw the house taken andarued about twenty rods to the west, andrturtied to within a few feet of its orignalposition. It was then afl Mr. R e*«ireascs it, " rubbed out." Not a fragmenteiUiiins. At DoWHt, where the couraoras due east, a building, with the wholaaiuily in it, w;i9 carried Itaru the east tolie West aide of the hiuhwav. and den*.ted without even breaking trie crixtKery.*A singular instance ot the |»ower of tintornudo has bet u furniaiied by Mr. iteed,d'tbe Arm of Heed A Harper of Bert rain,k lar^e rock, weiphtnp over ttfcntv ton«,oout twelve feet lonp, ei>&ht feet wide, and,x feet thick, was embedded in the cast»ank of the Cedar river. Only al*#utiphtoen inches of this rock projected tr»»u»he bank of the river, the rest was finnljr ""

ilantcd in the clay. The tornado *trikwiphe rock, wrenched it from its bed, andurnin^ it over, o^id for end until it auruountedthe bank; carried .t aloat uoeiundr- d yards.In several instances wagons were t»*rn it*

pieces, an<l the * res ot the win eld straighttiedi.ut porleetly flat. A jortion of theruiehou-pe of itabiiiau & 1 iautz at idftbonr.-is tound sixteen mi led away, north ofIninti Orovc. It was teeu/u nod by t eeeu.iar enlop of thn paint. There is theest;in.my ot four eye-witnew«e«, living attcrtnm. who any that they di«tinc: y sawman in the very vnr-e. of tlie tp>tn do aa

t a «til Bertram, hiph above the to^ offee ia lest trees. 'I hey followed «hc trickiwfromn d'soinoe hoping To find the body,/lit'dpii 11 t We have Mice hcar.i th t ainuiiii b«>;y. t>o uiu \ ntat:IIdt**d to perili < f rec pit'iitioti, w..-< found three and a> ill miles trtnn Bertram.The Ceiir it- ds 7 'n t al?> pives a

treat variety oi inc. *OttU, eiuaitig its uari n;ve:i« folia**:" We have merely mentioned the buiMnps«hem accidents occrtrrc !. Barns*beds and outli ,u cb were deiuoli.-h si. wupuisca r.cd a <jdarter oi u mile and broke

11 t'i splinters, fences were sticw.i invery co eeivable manner, trees uanoo.t.d

>.r. 1 earrieo from ten feet and as manyoi- orcnardi are ru ned, an 1 in h rt _

:«« yil .ny thi: c ...p .a M '»y, w*3 Corepr .«.»* UOdttipyed. 1

'i he e. »u 1 t«» the son:hward pass^l over"

he tow<i o. Shu y\.:le, nine in:l»>acuth ofaid City, dvtioying two duellings, a»dhen j>.i-s *1 u.i through banner V*lk*j,mruol'tng the Lutheran church. No Uveavert lo.-> »t en her ol tho above places. Ithen t> o!v a sou henslerly direction t<>v..rds(.'e.iur r.ver, |»K-jj»ing through linger skc.tlcuieiit. seven miles, from Cedir K'>»ds,on the west side of the river, destroyngthe dwellings of Mr, Thompson, andi| r. t'urns' son was instantly kiheJ. A.

(:hild seven yours «»ld was earned by thnturin a distance ol two miles over i'ctisriver. 'i he destroying fiend then took antnp, and the next wo noticed of its worlevan at St. Mary s, a snia l hamlet two miles 4ioutli of Mount \ ernon.Between l>e Witt and Camanehe them

s rot a.single building left stall hnr alonghe track of tin tornado. Seventy-six headif cattle and horses w«*re buried on Tuenlay,and as many more were left dead onho prairies. Trees arc completely strip*«il, and Jo'-k li' e peeled poles, the topsicing cutir ly gone.Wo ^.w d tlx aid de elation on everyiide ail I he way dow 1. ami behoved that

*e n.id seen tilings as )>ad as they could) «o;..y l/C, but a!»cu we urrivod at Caniinchewe Weirt completely (lqiub1ut nik)<l,H,e }*M» utterly It tin tojfivc anything llko

t dcscriotioti u!* the awful scene there |>r» -"

noted '1 he Erects look as if a heavyIt<txl had -vra t over them j timbers, ahin«;les, beards, cord wood and trees are strewnround and all over the entire town, hourlory buildings, hriek chun he*, schoolloos. s. dwfllinirs, and in short, everythingi.id het n entailed b> the earth or oarric<| Jii the river. I

. um^. - IThe Republican ticket is exceedingly ap- I>ro;iriutc.true t.» its dedpn. Devoted to 1he interest*»d'Ilaui > dt*< idants.it o.'iiM *nd eiphi with its index ttntfor jiointi i» 'tliby^nv'l rare; thus: Abru/«.»»i an<i tfnn%in&SkrA/V,H S.

.< SuxLL..lluo. NdHc Pcy. ,

on, <^MRine«»ee, who spoke at a Bel! andtivcrd&Witkuiion mwatiny a teWtUy* ago,aid tlwHhe corruption of th Anniini*-rxnotjjfij^ a-huip'on > v -'rest that - the Jnan iicwj moon >»** to h»»Wi his m>re is h«

thit citv." yg

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