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POOTE, Attorney and ‘Counselor at Law, OFFICE orrnn M.dLLORY’S STORE Y I Nor-walk, Conn. AMOS HUNT, General Pension & Patent Agent .47"? Prosesutat .0f Claim-?.b*f0*e ‘I the several Departments and -the Court of Claims. Washington, D. C. H. C. RANDLE, Hats, cafiiffiiéhl & Boy's STRAW GO0DS,~&c., Ladies Furs, Gents Gloves, Canes, Uznbréllas, dcc., ’ o. 2 Skidilv’-s Block. C’. J . G R U M A N , Dealer in Foreign and Domestic DRY GOODS, GARPETINGS Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassi- meres, Satinetts,‘ Vestings, and Tail- or’s Trimmings, by the Yard, . _ ioce--or.Paclcage. SflEE'l'INGS,- snIa'r1Nes, JEANS, BA'l'I'S AND WARP A the lowestpossible prices. 'No_RwAi.i<. con N. C. 8:. E. K. IIOCFWOOD, 8:. C0. NORWALK. CONN, MANUFACTURERS OF Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper Wares, AND nmnsns IN Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery, Britannia .Pm‘celain and Wooden Ware, and Kitchen Furniture in general, Pumps, Sheet Lead 4- Lead Pipe, Crockery, Glass and,C'hz'na Ware. E. v. A. cmcussrnn, I-Iardxxrare ». DEALER, NORWALK, coNN_. .A.. E. CALIF, SUCCESSOR T0 JAMES SHERWOODA Bookseller, Stationer & Binder, ‘.7 Main Street, Norwallc. E‘. H. NASH, Wnonussnn AND RETAIL DEALER IN S T O V E S , NANUFACTUREEL OF Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper Wares. H as constantly on hand a large assort- ment of general House-keeping Furniture, at So. Norwallc, Conn. Norwalk Post Ofiice, . -—_—. -Mail 0loses.—-WEs'.l‘. 7.3.0 A.M.. 3.00, _1=.i,1. do do EAST, 8.30 A. n., 4.30 r, 1;; do do 1). dc N. E, IL, 8.45. do do New York City, 4-30.‘ Wnsron, Tuesday do-Saturday at 2.00 rm. .Mail Due.—-D. 85 N R. R. 8.00 A. M. do do WEST, 9.30 A. n., 6.00 r. M. do do EAST, 8.30 A. M., 4.45 P M. R. A. WILLIAMS P. M. S. E. OLIVISTEAD, Hflmlegaze and Retail Dealer in Groceries, '1frovisior_is, ,8;.c., No. 14 and M} Main-st- AS’ ‘list receives ah entirely new and 6%‘ -téiisivel assortmént '07 ‘S5955 Wu‘??? he will sell ones favomble terms as t}py,1,n “:8 tpqifie, The public are r.espec_f_u1ly lI_1¥l.l».e.d 0. cs ‘ in Seasonable DRY GOODS. HE Subscriber would return,his thanks for the very liberal patronage‘ with which his Store has been favored the year past, and hopes by a constant attention to the wants of the tradingpublic and by a system of fair and hou- orable dealing, to retain his share of trade for the year-ensuing. His Stock comprises at all times a choice and varied selection off‘ashiona- ble and seasonable Dry Goods, of every quality and price. He is confident that purchasers will find every article purchased '-at his store, equal in quality, and as cheap in price, as can be obtained elsewhere. Particular attention devoted tothe selection of Cloths, Vcstings, &c., &c., for Gentlemens wear, which -will be sold at the lowest market prices. L. H. RANDLE. NOBWALE EMPORIUM ! PROVISIONS, FRUITS. Vegetables, Fish of All Kinds, clams. Oysters, &c., As good as the market affords. constantly to be found at the well known establishment of _ ‘ MEEKER at OLMSTEAD. ‘ %‘ Goods of the above description received daily, and for sale at wholesale and retail on the most favorable terms. Lime. ’ 100 Bbls. of Lime for sale by T. L. PECK. Timber and Lathe, AT SOUTH NORWALK. 350,000 Plastering Laths. 50,000 Feet Pine and Spruce Timber. 10,000 Pine Pickets just received and for sale by THOS. L. PECK. LUMBER ! LUMBER l ILL do HUBBELL have recently com- menced the Lumber Business at the old stand lately occupied by Mr. Charles Thomas, and intend to keep on sale Timber, Lath and Lime, together with every variety of Lumber sold in this market. We shall be happy to accommo- date customers with any thing in our line at M. HILL liberal prices. , 15 J, C. HUBBELL, SPANG & BARDWELIRS Dry Good & clothing Store, At Westport,‘ Conn ‘ HE above firm would inform the inhabitants of Westport and vicinity, that they have on hand a complete and extensive assortment ofDRY GOODS , READY MADE CLOTHING, and every kind and style of goods adapted to .7lIens wear. The Clothing and Tailoring "department is conducted by the senior partner (J . Spung,) Whose reputation as a cutter is well established. There can always be found a better assort- ment of Black and Col’d Cloths, Black, and Fancy Cassimercs, Sattinetts, Kentucky J ones Merinos, Cassimers, Linens, and Cotton Goods for Summer wear, than is or ever has been kept in the place. Cloth etc., is out free ofcharge when bought at this Establishment. SPANG -is BARDWELL. Watches, Jewelry and Fancy Goods. NEW SPRING STOCK! THE Subscriber has just returned from New York with it new Stock of Fash- ionable Jewelry, Watches, Plated Ware and Fancy Goods. which he offers to his customers very cheap. -* Clocks and Watches repaired. Accordeons tuned and repaired. Coffin Plates, Spoons, Rings, &c., neatly en- graved. 0 S, CLARK, Cheaper than FY91‘ At the South Narwalk "GROCERY STORE. HE Subscriber has on hand by far the tar‘ greet and best selection of Family Groce' ries and Provisions, to be found in South Nor‘ walk, which he offers to his customers and the public, at greatly reduced prices. His facili- ties are such‘tha't he will be constantly receiv- ing new and fresh supplies of goods, as the wants of his Customers may require, which will always be of the best quality and sold at the very lowest possible price, and he would re- spectfully solicit an examination and trial of the same. GEO. W. SMITH. Land For Sale. _ ABOUT eight acres of good Land, near Main-st., one mile north of the Bridge, is offer- ed for sale upon very reasonable terms. It is admirably adapted for building lots, or for gardening purposcs,haviug a. quick and rich soil, and a large bed of vegetable mould or compost manure, thereon; or it is well calcu- lated for a first rate meadow. It is well fenced and in a very eligible location. For further particulars enquire at this Office. tf3 Building Moving, 3! CHARLES TUBES. LL orders for building raising and moving- left with the subscriber, will receive prompt attention and be executed in the safest and most expeditious manner. JOSEPH SHEPHERD, Carriage Maker, Agent. CASH PAID for Soap Grease, rancid Lard or But- ter, tainted Pork, &c. F01’ 8%.]-99 A superior quality of Soft Soup, for Cash or exchange for Soap Grease ; Also, on the same terms, 100 bushels of Leached Ashes for sale by I. HENRIETTA. 2m7 at the Norwalk Soap Factory. BUILDING MATERIALS. Pressed &. Common Brick Lime Cement, Calcined Plaster. Hair -and Marble Dust. HE Subscriber havingdissolveil hisconpec' T tion with W. C. Srnnur, Esq. in the above business, will continue it on his own account, and will keep a good assortment of the iiboye named articles constantly on hand which will be sold cheap for Cash. 1 CHAS. T. LEONARD. of W. C. STREET. ly4l 5 Office at the Store New Styles. & 'flNew (foods 8:. low prices. HARLES FIELDS has now on hand as large and varied an assortment of Gentle- men and Ladies’ Gaiters, Boots, and Slippers, as has ever been presented to the public in this market. The styles are new ; the workmanship neat and beautiful; while the material is of the fincst texture and most durable quz_ility.—— He has som'e'v,cry elegant, plaip apgl Tangy colored, Lédies Gaiters;'als_o, Gents Potent Leather Boots and Shoes, with an endless gis- sortment of Boys and Misses Shoes, all of which will be sold very low for .cash- Therubhc are are invitedtb call and examine his stock for themselves. v W21 Nor-walk Iron Foundry. EVERY description of CAsT1Nc done at the shortest notice and in the best manner, as cheap as can be obtained at any other es- tablishment in the State. Galvanized Chains, Chain Pumps,Iron Fence, Posts, Railings, &c., furnished to order. ,Pa_t,terns executed ‘at sh’ort‘notice‘and'npon rén'sohable’te‘r.ms.‘ * ' lyl " " ‘ ’ALEXANDE_R AUSTIN. EEBE’S Vermin Exterminator for killing . - , Bugs, a sure shot, sold at the No’:-wa1lt,.l[arch 5hll, I355. “"' ' A POTASH; No. 1, at OLMSTEAWS. 1 ACKEREL in Bbls. ang1l‘3§l‘sfi,§t NORWALK, coNN.- TUESDAY, JUNE 24,1856. NORWALK PAINTING _.: ,'.".“’ f___'AND"_'_.t Paper Han HE Subscriber would announce that ' in connection with his House and Sign Paint- ing, he now carries on a general PJPER HJJVGING BU SIJVESS, and will keep constantly ouhand a complete assortment of plain and ornamental Papers for side walls. ceilings, halls, &c. His establish- ment is one door north of Skiddy’s Block, where he will be happy to execute all orders in House and Sign Painting, and Paper Hang- ing: Paints and Oils for sale, and Paints mixed ready for use. _ , GEORGE MARVIN. '.l'.'o1:n.1:I.n.so11 SPRING do AXLE co.. MANUFACTURERS OF SPRINGS & Axtss BOTH‘. COMMON It PATENT; Of all kinds and sizes, ' ‘Cannon-st., opposite 'l‘omlinson’s Carriage Manufactory, BRIDGEPORT, CoNN. It is acknowledged that the above Establish ment manufactures the best articles in their line, to be found in themarket. All orders by Mail or otherwise promptly responded to. Russni. Tom.INsoN, Pres}, S. B. Fnnevsox, J F--7 Ti-eas’r, Wu. G. L1N1«:eimen, Sec’y. Norwalk Saddle, llarness and TRUNK EMPORIUMR! HE subscriber would extend-hisvthanks to the public for their liberal patronage du- ~ ring the last fifteen years and at the same time express his conviction that the business expe- - rience he has acquired during so longa period has peculiarly qualified him for judging_ of the tastes and requirements of those having occasion to patronize an extensive Saddlery establishment. He is constantly manufactur- ing aud keeps on hand a full assortment of Harness, of all descriptions, comprising all kinds of Buggy, Gig, Express, Cart, Coach, Farm and‘Wagon Harness ; also, a great vari- ety of Ladies and gentlemen’s ‘Riding Saddles Bridles, Martingales, doc. also.Collars in great variety and every style of pattern, Fly Nets, , Horsecloths, Stable Furniture, Sadd1er’s hard- ware, Whips in endless variety, Trunks ‘of all sizes and descriptions, Valices, Carpet Bags, Satchels, &c. doc. All in want of any above namedai ticles will do wellto give us a call, as we are bound to sell our wares at sat- isfactory prices. Orders for any kind of work promptly executed. Repairing doueiinnatly and cheaply. WM. B. SWAN. something New. WNERS of Horses will find a new and val‘ uable invention in the way of Horse Col‘ lars, known as Briggs’ Patent Horse Collars- In their construction they correspond exactly to the anatomy of the Horse’s neck, and will neither scald, bruise, or gall the animal. They give full scope and action to the shoulder- blade and joints, and altogether are the most perfect application ever applied to the neck of the Horse. They have been fully tested al- ready, and are so constructed that -they com- mend themselves to the judgment of every sensible and humane man. Also, every variety, uality and quantity of Harness, Saddles and orse Equipments in general, may be found at the Store of the Subscriber. WM. S. JONES. Westport,.(East side the Bridge.) _ Norwalk Dye Works, Foot of Mill Hill, Norwalk, Conn. 'OHN PICKENS, practical Dyer and Re- finisher. of Silk, Cotton, and Woolen Goods, 01‘ every description, begs leave to return his sincere thanks to his friends and the public for the many favors bestowed on him since he commenced business at Winni- pauk, and he would now inform that he has removed as above, and fitted up a Dye House and Finishing Room in the most complete manner, with all the latest improvements in the art of Dyeing; and having given up now be enabled to do his work in a manner that cannot be surpassed by any other estgh. lishment in the Country, At the Dye Works, foot of Mill Hill, in the reai-of the old Bakery, and at his Residence, Main street, Norwalk, Conn, AGENTS. Shepherd’s Bakery, Norwalk, G. H. Randle &_ Brother, Winnipauk ' Mrs. Mallet, Danbury ; Horace Lockwood, 0.1 Summer-st., Stam- ford; David Selleek, West Norwalk ; G. B Pittsfield, Mass. Orders sent by Adam’s Express, or by Waggoners, will receive prompt attention. 25 - Gentlemen’: Hats. SPRING STYLES. HE Subscriber isnow receiving his invoi- ces of Spring Fashions of Gentlemens Hats, which for beauty of design and elegance of°finish, have never been su assed. By. an ingenious improvement in their manufacture, the Silk Hat of the Spring Fashion is as-‘easy upon the head as the Soft Hat. Also, Men’s and Boys’ Caps in endless variety ; Umbrellas, Canes, &c., with an ‘lmm e assortment of Soft Huts of every price, size, color and qual- ity, all for sale cheap for cash, at I H. C. RANDLE’S. P. S. Also, Agent for the sale of th Grafen- berg Co.’s Celebrated Medicines. Alkaline ,Dentifi-ice. R. BARBOUR manufactures and keep! constantly on hand theabove preparation for preserving and cleansing the teeth. It is unhesitatingly pronounced the best prepara- tion in the market, for the purposesindicated, by all who have ever used it. It may be had at all the principal stores in Town. Try it. , Further Notice. , THE undersigned having extended his busi- ness is now not only pre ared to repair and re-paint Carriages and but is also prepar d to make the-same to Or- der. Tasteful‘ arrieges or heavy Wagons made in every style to suit the purchaser, and at prices to suit thetinies. EDSON BEERS. At the establishment formerly occupied by Char1_es Isaacs. % cabinet Ware Rooms at WESTPORT ! HE Subscriber would respectfully inform T his friends and the public generally, that he is still located a few doors north of the turnpike, opposite the Store of Alva Gray, where may be found a general assortment of CABINET Fimxrruas. Undertaking in all its departments attended to at the shortest notice and upon reasonable terms. . 13 ALLEN Rllhopp. Something New ! Horse shoeing and General Bysoksnsitsasnw. WATERBURY «Io DUNCAN, HAVING taken their old stand, occupied the last year by J. Deady, would inform their customers and the’ public that they are now prepared to shoe Horses, Oxen, &.c., in such a manner as will give entire satisfaction. They are aware of the mischief done to hor- ses by inexperienced workmen, and they are determined that no cause of coyaplaint shall befdundsagalnst their -work. ' ' hey’ wm-gigs continue "their general" Blacksmithing ' busi- ness atvtheir old stand-, where Repaining, For- ging, &c., will be done as heretofore. ' low 61.. on’s, Id Brown Winsor Soap by the gross, Doz., or Single cake, at _ [ KNAPP . LYNES. ging Establishment. ' of. the ' Coloring for the Winnipauk Company. he will 4 Oflipesfor reception dnd delivery of goods. ' Bristol atD. Chapman’s,_Coleman’s Block; 4 agents as usual,» lw ,No:c.e..r.Rr..t,' Come tome in Dreams. sroso.b.:rnIN"rics. ' H ' Come in beautiful dreams, love," Oh I come to me? oft. When the light wing of sleep On my bosom lies soft ; Oh l come whenthe sea, In tne moon’: gentle light, ‘Beats low on the ear, ~ Like the pulse of a night- Wben the sky and the waves Wear their loveliest blue, When the dew’: on" the-‘flower And the‘sturs on theklew.’ Come in beautiful dreams, love. Oh‘! come a'nd'we’ll stray Where the whole year is crowned With the blossom of lay- Where each sound is as sweet As the echo of dove, And the gales are as soft As the breathing of love ; Where the beams kiss the waves, And the waves kiss the beach, And'our'wsi-m lips may catch The sweet -leuons they teach. Coiiie in beautiful dreu'nI,:love, ' on I come and we‘-n fly Like two winged spirits Of love through the sky ; With hand clasped in band On: our dream-[wings we’ll go Where the starlight and moonlight Are blending their glow’;- And on clouds ism linger Of purple and gold, Till love" s"n‘g'eli’6n'v'y" The they behold. -. From the Danburu fines. pun Ems :—Wc hope the Ladies will forgive us for the following lines, as no unkind or‘ nnchxrltablo feel- ings are entertained towards those engaged in their new profession. If the Ladies nre to be our physicians we are glad of it. "We wish 'tl'ie"m abundant succese and aspeedy fortune. Colleges and schools are already established where they are preparing themselves. for the medical profession. :Snc_ccss to. the.~I.adfe| .l - . 0, yes, ftwill be nice whenthe. dear angel van, Shall get its diploma, to practice on Man 1 0, think how exquisitely nice 1'; will be, To send when you’re sick, for a Lady M. D. On some leisure day, you" will try tin look pale, And feign that your strength is beginning to fail, You will sly ofi to bed, and shake with a ,'cbill, And send for the Lady of lancet and pill I Of course when she comes, she will feel of your pulse And may be, will bleed-or administer salt: : In either extreme, like a marty, you’ll hear, For you’ll know your physician is blooming and fair. Of course, when she comes, she’ll sit by your bed, Of course, shall assist you in raising your head ; And as she bends low, in her exquisite grace, Those dear fiaxen ringlets will sweep o’er your face. But 0 when she presses that hand on your brow, You’ll feel a sensation—you cannot tell how I She’ll write a prescription in Latin or Greek, And leave you -some drops for the flush on your ‘ cheek ; . She’ll tell you those powders she's folded in white, Are taken whenever you’re restless at night; She’ll bid oou be,'q'uiet-and “hope you’ll revive.” Wieh apromlse to see you‘ next morning at 5. But oh I won’t that night be I century of we 1' (For time to the invalid always is slow ;) I You'll say that the morning will never arrive, That the levy old Time-teller ne’er will strike five f You’ll jump from your slumber: forgetting yougcue And gaze up the road, on the furlongs of space I Then fly ‘back to bed—tben up as before, Though your V won't bedue for an hour or more. But, after a while, ’mid fever and pain, The dear Lady Doctor will see you again, Your heart will keep time with her fairy foot fell, As she sweeps like a Fay, tho’ the kitchen and ball. As she enters your room, yon’ll quietly lio- She’ll ask you some questlons—of course you'll reply You'll tell her, you fear you’ve a chronic complaint, At just such a time, every night, yoirfecl faint ; 1 You’ll tell her, you fear you’ve disease of the heart- Thoushe will be blushing-'—aud we shall depart I ' H. B. W. mm MlS®El.I.,.fiNY.. The position of importance and responsibili- ty occupied by the Young Men of our Times. A Lecture by F. Bottom, Pastor .. . ‘ot:M.: E. Chin-ch, Nor-walk ‘Delivered June 1,1856. , ; Ponder well the path of thy 'feet.”—Prov. , 6 The text is the advice of A man of grave and large experience. The ad- vice of a father who himself had been young and had also passed through every phase of experience, it is therefore" a matter of discretion and prudence on the part of ourselves who are young to lie- ten to his instruction as to the teaching of an affectionate parent. ‘f Ponder well the path of thy feet” consider thy posi- tion, reflect on the sacred and important relations which you sustain to the great family .of man. L Let us then pursue this train of thought and consider some of the positions, im- portauee ‘and responsibility‘ which attach themselves to young men. ‘ 1 Every ind'ividual~_ in society has his niche, and _every class its assigned and proper position, and we must regard it as one of the wisest and most benig-nnnt arrangements of the providence of God that it is so. And its not in the prov- ince‘ of cbristianity to‘ disturb its order but rather to, maintain and perpetuate it.- Andhorc permit me to say, that, that system of religion be its nameor preten- sions ivhatthey may which would seek to destroytbis order is’ not fr"eni_'_abo_v_c, butis i'fr,ombeneath.' Thiereis in the family of man the some happy blending of harmonious pom u in every other part-of the universe of God. _'.l‘here is no sameness no monotony‘; but a bean- tiful unity of endless variety throughout the vast empire of being. Now of all the different classes of which society is composed, we are pre- pared to assign to young man a position of importance and responsibility. 01' mor- al and intellectual beauty, unequalled in some of its essential features by any oth- er class of vifiich the body politic is com- posed. It is by the relations whichthc young man sustains that this degree of impor- ggpge is; to be measured and as these re- lations upon a slight examination will be found to be of ii most momentous nature extending far into the hidden recesses and connecting themselves with (110 ill- ppmerable springs of human society, the degree of responsibility and of interest belonging to and thrown around him is gm 4...— __ found perhaps to exist no‘where else.-— 1: is but a mist igli‘ilei_-,-'-‘-for! iiresfizs best ilyg but a puqlling Qliedgw. Wheu.all that is valuable and ‘important insocicty glides into his hands. It must of necessity be so. An aged man is gradually receding from the siege of active existence, H‘. "is relinqu.iIbing either by a voluntnry surrender of trust or constrained by the augmenting infirmities of years, the po- sition he has perhaps‘ long and honors- bly occupied, passing its duties, its trusts, its einoluuients into other and junior hands. In fact he is detaching himself from all around. him, preparing to ‘spend the twilight of his life either in sober re- flection or in pursuit: more in __her_uiony __ with his attenuated energies. He was perhaps at one time the "observed of all observers.” Every eye was upon him. worldadmircd the powers he was jcultiynting or dreaded the passions he ~ was developing.“ But the prediction of prophecy has now. become the fact of history. Retiring from thenpulpit, the army, the bar, the , senate chamber, or _ the exchange he recedes into n more iso- lated position, resigning the government ojrthe intcrestsof the world over which ‘he may so long have '. presided into. the , bnndsof another generation of men to - idly treading in his steps. We love and we vener‘ate_ him. He has perhaps'in- structed the world with his intellect, has iadorncd it with his genius, has illuinined and blessed it with his religion,~and has left upon it the indelible impress of a - splendid mind, and of a noble character Or if the reverse is therecord of his life we follow him into this last retirement with no feeling of regret, and as he pas- ses into obscurity in thestrong language _ of inspiration, "Meir shall clap’ their hands at him and hiss him out ‘of ;his place." "Not so the young men of our commu- nity. The cenfidence of the world‘and the hope of the church are in them.-_ Every post of responsibility and trust is passing into their hands. The interests of trade the wealth of our bankers—the' government of our inetitutions—the in struction of our youth—t.be cultivation _ of our land and the healing of ourbodiel; the pulpit, the bench of justice, the chair the prdfeuor, all the ofiices of siate,nll the enterprises of national industry and im- provement, all the plans of christian be- nevolence, all, all are passing into the hands of the young men of our country. And who let me ask at the present time is swaying in a great degree the moral and political-might I not say the future destinies of this great nation. They are the Young men of our country. Who in the exercise of your elective franchise are you sending to the senate chamber to frame your ‘laws, and to the judges seat to administer them! The young men of our country. Who are crowd- ing the legal medical—the naval and military ranks, and occupying here posts of distinguished trust. The young men of our country. Who are carrying out and presiding over the extensive plans of national science and improvement. pro- jecting and constructing your lines of transit, and your highways of thought.- The young men of our country. Who are filling our pulpits and moulding the character of our families. Who are at the head of our schools of learning edu- cating our youth? Who are wielding that mighty engine for good or evil the public press? They are for the most part the young men of our country. Is it strange than that in every thing connected with the progress of a young man, the foundation of his principles, the development of his power, the culture‘ of his mind you in the ‘very pulsations and throbbing: of his heart an enlightened and observing community should feel the profonndeet interest. But there are the other relations held by this class of the community of a na- ture too important to be overlooked. They are candidates for admission into our families. They are already on the threshold of our doors and courting the srniles of our sisters or wooing the affec- tions of our daughters, and very shortly we shall have to resign those treasured one: into their hands and ally their blood witb_,our own. To them must shortly be entrusted all that is hallowed _in the family and scored in the home. Tbro' them ‘must be tnnsinitted if transmitted union." in ibatis valuable in ihe,fami_ly name end whatever in no is worthy of life must be perpetuated through the fu- ture husbands of our daughters, the fath- ers of a coming generation. To these, to the young men of our day is committed all that is valuable for the present and hopeful for the future. No. wonder then that cverylyoung man be his birth or station what it may should be undergoing before the world such a searching scrutiny. Every eye is in- tently fixed‘ upon him. He stands forth like a tall pilllr rising every moment in ststliness and grandeur inviting and. at- tracting the gaze of all. But his importance and responsibilities heightened by the demands of the age upon’bim.' The truth: we have already glanced at are, applicable to our subject in every gge, They were so in the dark ages and will be so in all future. But there are considerations connected with the pres- out age which give to our young men an aspect of importance which nothing else imparts. . _ The present age is peculiar. It stands out from every age of the world’: histo- ry. And should there be historians in the great future of an eternal world, who will deal with the subjects of this I doubt not this" very age in which we live, or are enteringupon "will be the culmina- ting point of all record, not perhaps be- cause of any thing really new or novel in it but because here is the terminus of all great events, the convergence to th world’: ultimatum! ! A The present age bears a relation to the past ages similar to that of Solomon to his Father David in respect to the temple. David spent his lifetime in gathering materials" and Solomon arran- ged and built them, up. Past ages have been preparing the way, bowing out the stone, cutting the timber, measuring the ground, drawing the plans. The pres- ent age is shaping those stones, fitting that timber occupying the ground, and carrying out those plans, and as the buil- ding advances and spreads. out its noble proportions, the demand forlworkinen is daily increasing, and all the world is ac- tive in supplying material, and strange indeed would it be when so large a tem- ple is in course of rapid erection employ- ing so many millions of hands if there were not often collisions and accidents, mistakes and misfortunes. Strange if there should not be confusion and din among so many workmen all equally einulous of a niche in the great building. In the temple of the age there are three great divisions,or rather one grand centre having two great wings. The centre is the moral department and the wings supporting it are to the right, science, and to the left politics. The Temple when completed, is to be dedi- cated to the God and Father of our Lord Jcsud Christ. And to be free to the worshippers of aregcncrated world. It is to bccallcd the stone of Daniel or the fmiiigniai Temple and will an the whole earth! . . The progress of this building has not only been greatly hindered by the nec- essary confusion of so many workmen engaged on the some department some- times, and the inexperience of others to whom important trusts have been con- veyed but the workmen in every depart- ment have had to labour like the follow_ are of Nehemiah with the trowel in one hand and the sword in the other to dc. fend themselves against the attacks of fierce Sanbnllats who stoutly oppose the work. Sometimes indeed, they have been driven from the field for a time, and the work has been retarded for long dreary periods. But truth and right is mighty, and again the stout hearts of our Israel rally—to the work, and some- how or other, the building increases and matures much faster under opposition, than otherwise ; and every stone that is overturned only makes room for two in its place which are speedily fixed. The workmen of the present age area sturdy resolute rnce and woe betide. the oppo- sition. But laying aside the figure, the three great fields of common society were never so occupied before. Never were men so earnestly engaged. Never were principles so stoutly contested. In or. der to estimate this important fact in some faint degree, let us look first. at Science, the right main wing of the tem- ple we have just pictured. And here what an elaborate net work spreadsitsclf before us! The scientific operations ofthe present day out paral- lel all history before it. The creations and accomplishments of Science now are little short of miracles ; and are as astonishing for their multi- plicity as for their character. The up. petite for novelty is lurfeitcd to sickness with the incessant change and uncensing supply. When one looks at the productions of the‘ last quarter of a century and com- pares them with alliof past ages, we are ready to say, the world must. have been in deep sleep for centuries before.- Why many of the things that are abso- lute necessities to us were not even dreamed of by our fithers! The rail road, the steamboat, the electric tele- graph, the steam press and the legion adaptations of stcnmpower in every dc- pnrtinent of manufacture are all the cre- ations of the present age and almost with in the last quarter of a‘ century. ‘ The beautiful and subtle element that lights our towns and carries its unfiick- oring light into the Sanctuary and home lay concealed in its native coal fifty years ago now Gas is an article of common use in every civilized community. The gum that protects our feet from the dumps and cold of a northern clinic and ‘ornaments our houses, or provides t oys for our children, was suffered to ooze out of its parent bark beneath the burn- ing rays of an Indian Sun a worthless and unvalued thing 15 years ago! . Astronomy! That noblest of sciences has been reduced to such comparative simplicity by the union ofmechnnism with mathematics that the children of our schools may count the stars and cal- culate their distance, magnitude and course with as much can as our Fathers could resolve the first problem in Euclid. ' trace the dcvelopements of science at the ‘of the stripes and stars, and the broad VOLUME XXXIX.---N UMBER 26. Nay volumes would be needed to present day. And the importance of this department is heightened still more under the consideration of its affirmation on the side of right. At an earlier age sci- ence was thought to be opposed to truth but she - is now properly named the "hand maid of piety.” ' Formerly Astronomy, Geology, Zool- ogy. Geography and evin History were vauntingly arrayed ag at the truth, but one by one they haveilaid all their rich triumphs at her feet and proclaimed with'oue voice “good is the word of the Lord.” ‘ If we turn away from this inviting and interesting department of civil history, and enter that of politics if we have not the same peacefully interesting specta- cles before us, we have at least that which is more exciting and upon which more seems now to depend. The world has been during its various stages the theater of many ii fielce con- flict, and many a fearful revolution, and classic history is replete with the deeds of heroism, and bold adventures of great warriors, whose power has “turned the world upside down. The names of Al- exander and Hannibal, of Troy and the Spartan Mothers, of Julius Ceaser and the citizens of Rome are suggestive of martial glory and the grim visage of the battle field! But none of these are cloth- ed with a dignity and grandeur which characterizes the strife: of the present _day ! In all past ages, the strife has been for name, for despotic power, and personal aggrandizement. Revolutions have been confined to states and ambition has set in for centralized power, But at length a wider field opens—the ob- ject sought after appeals to every heart The battle is no longer confined to the few but is universal. “The sons of earth are waking to join the general strife,” The politics of the present day are easily resolvable into one great principle, Freedom—Alina, Balaklava, Inkerman and Sebastopol are but bloody pages of this history. France, Italy, Hungary with the kin- dred revolutions of Europe and Asia were but earlier scenes in the same dra- ma ! But it is reserved for America the great Empress of the West to fight out this battle of principle and to give the awards. The time has come at last for humanity to assert her rights, and do battle for freedom.; that she may rule -on her own territory, which she so dear- ly purchased with the best blood of her sires. They who dream of quiet slumber: in the great transactions that are now arousing this mighty nation, have surely mistaken their place. Peace! there is none! Compromise ! what '5 with the foemen of libety! ;;,Submission what, to brute force ! No! No! No! the peo- ple have too long been hood-winked and may no more be trifled with ! It is vain to talk of the glory of a union which is only another name for vassalage and slavery! It is folly of the most consum. mate kind to talk of independence and sovereign rights when the siuews of commerce, of intellect and of all that- gives strength and glory to this great re- public in fettered by a proud oligarchy in our midst! To talk of the protection shield of a federal government whose shadow affords safe conduct in all lands, , while citizens are invaded in their quiet homes, and shot down at their own fire‘ sides, while the defenceless wife and children ‘are driven from their ruined abodcs, by the incendiary. and felon, backed with all the authority of federal warrants! To boast of freedom while this is done in open day, and we tamely submit. What is it but a mockery and I snare '2 . To read the nations of Europe, our pictures on the science of government, and vnunt over France and Italy, whose presses are bound, and whose speech is controlled by the State, and yet. witness the unparallelled atrocity of a cowardly brutal and murderous attack, upon one of the purest minded men that the north ever sent to inc senate chamber, commit- ted in open day, in the presence of nu- merous spectators most of them members of the cabinet, and most honorable men,” and on the floor of the senate chamber itself! a place which should be sacred as the holy altar of the sanctuary! and this to, for no other cause or iprovocntion than the free use of that free speech, which is said to be the glory of our na- tion, and which we hold to be the inal- ienable right of every man among us. And then to say that the senate! The Senate! the highest court in our land has no power to protect its own mem- hcrs——no power to wipe away or avenge the stains of blood which mark the as- sassins etep upon its floor. To suffer the wretch who could he thus guilty of shed- ding-—No! that word has seine human- ity in it compared with that which best befits the truth, guilty of beating out the blood of the iinoffending Sumner on the floor of the senate chamber, to go at large with the worse than mockery of justice on his head, a hail of $500 ! and still to speak of freedom of speech. 03 And is it come to this, that the utter- ance of pure ‘thought in a just cause, that the lifted voice against oppression in a place where only redress can be had, is to be forbidden. Isit come to this that the descendants of Washington, and the sons of the Pil- grim fathers, are to be subject to the brutal whip of the slave-master, for the right use of their free minds! Why, what does this mean? When the three thousand clergymen of New England raise their united voice against the violation of a Compromise, most solemnly ratified, are branded as igno- rant. fanatics-—hypocritical psalm singers —and breeders of sedition. When ail inoffensive editor of a pub- lic journal is brutally assaulted on the broad avenue of federal residence— When citizens in the right exercise of their free choice, ' are driven ‘from the place of their abode at the peril of their lives, or murderously shot down in open day! When men of Congress in the prose- cution of their sacred duty are kidnap- ped nnd lynched by an infuriated mob-— When Senators in their sacred seats are bnsely beaten as a cruel wretch would beat a dog! When a poor, unbefriended man—not a man whose misfortune it was to have ii colored skin, which crime should seem a cloak for outrage-—a man who is in- suited by a haughty slave whipper, and ‘who dares to reply, must be shot down as you shoot a rabid beast ! and yet for. sooth! because the murderer is a son of the chivalrous South! and born under the “peculiar institution,” and repre- sents Southeru principles, he must go at large on the parole of honor !‘ What, I ask, in the name of all that is sacred in liberty, and precious in that word frredom does all this mean? What does it mean? Why, it means the triumph of Slavery! It means the ascendancy of a despotic oligarohy!__ It means the renewal’ of African slavery and the opening again of all the horrors of the middle passage, at which the pi- ratical movements of Walker in Central America already aim ! It means the conversion of the broad prairies of the West, and the cultivated gardens of the East into slave fields ! It means the closing of the ballot-box against the franchise of a free-born people ! It means tb subjugation of the mind in the free exercise of its inalienable rights ! The destruction of that freedom of the will which is the glory of our humani- ty, and which to preserve cost the sac- rifice of the Son of God! This is what it means ! Aye," and this is what it will accomplish, and that speedily, unless the great spirit of this free people can be roused into action.— 0, Young Men, are you awake? Do you understand the great interest now at stake ? It is the freedom of the mind ! the patent of man’s nobility : ' Free is the eagle’s wing Cleaving the sun’: warm ray ; Free is the mountain spring As it rushes forth to,-day ; , But freer fur the mind- I' Priceless its liberty ; _ No hand must dare to bind- Godmadeittobefreel You may chain the eagle's wing, No more on clouds to soar, You may seal the mountain spring, That it leap to light no more ; But the mind let none dare chain, Better it céase to be l Born, not to serve,” but reign- God made it to be free! Free is the mountain breeze. Floating from airy height- Free are the rushing seas, And free lreaven’s golden light ; But freer than light or air, Or the ever roiling sea, ' is the mind beyond compare- Go«lma.de1'l tobefree! 'l‘li en guard the gem divine, Than gems or gold more rare ; Keep watch o’er the sacred shrine- No foe must enter there : Oh, let not error bind, Nor passion reign o’er thee ! Keep the freedom of the mind- Godmddeit tobefree! Young men, if you want words to in- spire you with a true ideaof your im- portaut position and responsibility, they are Sumner and Kansas .’ Let us now look at what is doing in the "main building,” the moral de- partment. A close inspection here will reveal ac- tivity no less remarkable than in either of the fields we have contemplated. Thanks be unto the great Head of the Church, advantage has been taken of the commotions of nations, and the wide spreading commerce of the world, for the advancement of the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on the earth. Indeed it. is to the advance- ment of Christianity and the principles of God's Holy Word that we are in- debted for whatever is good in civil so- ciety, whether in the State or Nation. And at no period of the church's his- tory did she ever possess such compre- hensive evangelizing schemes for the cut-time. Her’s is an errand of peace, and thus it is that though more potent than mg conquerors of earth, she glides along .3. lently and ofteu invisibly, yet when”;- she goes her smiles scatter blessings and ligbtup the beacon, fires of hope ! Senate, mocked often in the palace of the noble and the great, a stranger and it is monstrous! d°'Pi'°d in the counsels of the _warrior. conversion of the world ‘as at the pres- ~ sP‘"'"°“ fmln the,» c_hn_m.hcr of the
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