THE OLD MAN.-We respect and love himgood old gentleman. For years we remember his pleasant look and lively conversation. With an excellent education and a large fund of information, gathered by reading and observation for nearly fourscore years, he is ever ready to assist the enquirer and the youg man in the pursuit of knowledge. Blessings on his hoary head! May he still live to be happy and enjoy life many years to come. There is nothing repulsive in virtuous old age. It is as changeful as meridian youth. Well does the language of poetry apply to our friend: "His scattered locks are white With the hoar frost of time; but in his soul IDLE VISITS.—The idle levy a very heavy tax the industrious, when by frivolous visitations they rob them of their time. Such persons beg upon their daily happiness from door to door as beggars beg their daily bread, and like them, sometimes meet with a rebuff. A mere gossip ought not to wonder if we evince signs that we are tired of him, seeing that we are indebted for the honor of his visits solely to the circumstance of his being tired of himself. He sits at home until he has accumulated an insuperable load of ennui, and then sallies forth to distribute it among his acquaint ances. BAD NATURES.-There are some men, the better you treat them-the more kind and accommodating you are to them, the worse they will behave towards you. Do them a favor, and they will not appreciate it. Assist them and they will not be grateful. Speak a word in their favor and they return it by insult. Trust to their honesty, and they will whistle you of your property. Some such characters are thus described: "Tender-handed press the nettle And the rogues obey you well." SADNESS.-There is a mysterious feeling that frequently passes like a cloud over the spirits. It comes upon the soul in the busy bustle of life, to the social circle, in the calm and silent retreats of solitude. Its powers are alike supreme over the weak and the iron-hearted. At one time it is caused by the flitting of a single thought across the mind. A sound will come booming over the ocean of memory, gloomy and solemn as the death knell, overshadowing all the bright hopes and 1 sunny feelings of the heart. Who can desire it, and yet who has not felt its bewildering influence? Still it is a delicious sort of sorrow; and like a cloud dimming the sunshine on the river, although causing a momentary shade of gloom, it enhances the beauty of returning brightness. NAPOLEON AND THE TWELVE APOSTLES.-Napoleon having entered one of the cities of Italy, the holy fathe s recommended to him the relics of their church. "Sire, will you deign to take our Apostles under your protection ?" "Your apostles! are they of wood?" "No, sire." "Of what are they, then?" "Of silver-solid silver." it "Of solid silver !" replied Napoleon quickly, "yes, I shall help them to fulfil their mission; ordained that they should go throughout the world, and they shall." is Having thus decided, the Emperor sent the Twelve Apostles to the mint at Paris. "IN THE BEGINNING."-In giving an account of. the true origin of things, Moses attends particuularly to the mode, agent and time of their being tion of matter, "In the beginning. Before the produced. His history commences with the creaCreator's acts mentioned by him all was eternity. Time signifies duration measured by the revolutions of the heavenly bodies; but prior to the creation of these bodies, there could be no measuretherefore," in the beginning ment of duration, and consequently no time; must necessarily mean the commencement of time which followed, or rather, which was produced by God's creative acts, as an effect follows, or is produced by a cause. At Clinton, Mich., there is a flouring mill with but a single run of stone, which turns out 160 bbls of flour in a single day. One of the Van Dieman's Land prisoners, recently returned to St. Lawrence county, where he formerly resided, found that his "better half" had buried her griefs, occasioned by his captivity, in the arms of another husband. The census shows the population of Rochester to be 25,097. In 1840 it was 20,191. Increase 4,906, or about 25 per cent. A few days since a man named Wager, was committed to prison at Owego, Tioga co., for stealing $600 twenty-three years ago! He has spent the intervening time in Illinois, and returned to Owego recently-probably supposing his crime forgotten. The ticket office at the Boston depot of the B. and Maine Railroad, was entered by false keys on Monday morning, and robbed of $465. The Rev. James Mackay, formerly editor of the New World, and more recently one of the editors of the True Sun, has accepted a unanimous call from the vestry of St. James' Church, Westville, Conn., to the Rectorship of that parish. Rain fell to the extraordinary depth of seven inches on a level, at Taunton, Mass., a few days since. ✪ A decayed body has been found in the river near Hudson, supposed to have been lost in the Swallow. An authors' publication office is about to be established in this city. This will relieve them from their dependence on the old publishing houses. Edward Dyer, late Sergeant at Arms of the U. S. Senate, died at Washington, on Monday, aged 52 years. Five or six buildings, with eight horses, were destroyed by fire at West Troy, on Sunday night. A dissipated man named Louck, committed suicide at Bethlehem, near Albany, on Saturday, by cutting his throat." One Pittsburgh contractor has put up thirty buildings in that city since the 10th of April. The real estate of the Lebanon Shakers is estimated at $1,000,000. It is stated in the Albany Atlas, that Green, who probably suffered the extreme penalty of the law at Troy on Wednesday, for the murder of his wife, made a full confession of the crime, and the motives which prompted him to its commission. There was a smart frost in Boston and vicinity, and in the neighborhood of Albany, on Monday night. Nine "little responsibilities " were christened in one church in New Haven last Sunday. the Manchester and Liverpool Railway, three A rope has been completed in England for miles in length, eight inches in circumference, and three tons in weight. The Philadelphia Grand Jury has found a bill against James R. Martin, a lawyer, for attempting to kill deputy-sheriff McFate on Monday evening. Ole Bull has returned to this city, and stops at the Astor. We understand that a new evening paper, to be called the New York Evening Star, will make its appearance on Monday. Samuel C. Thorne and Earl Faw have been arrested at Philadelphia, charged with the assassination of Moses Nathans, on Monday, by means of a dirk and pistol. They were committed, bail bing refused. So healthy a summer as that just closed has never before been known throughout the Southwest. The Great Western's passage money for the last trip amounts to $14,500. She has over 500 tons of valuable freight, and has made the most profitable she has ever had. Dr. Geo. W. Chapman, who was so shockingly mutilated by an enraged cow in Canal street a couple of weeks since, died yesterday of the injuries then received, aged 85 years. Wilmington city, Delaware, is rapidly increasing in population. In 1840, the population was 8,367-it is now 10,639, an increase in five years of 2,272. the owners of the burnt steamer Bangor, for goods Several suits have been instituted against destroyed on board of her. The steamer Portland has taken the place of the Bangor on the Boston and Bangor route. The eastern papers inform us that the honorable Abbott Lawrence has subscribed for $20,000 in the stocks of the Ogsdenburg and Champlain Railroad. Boston is stretching her long arms to every part of the country, taking care, however, to do nothing for the New York and Erie Railroad. The Atlantic House, Baltimore, was partially consumed by fire on Tuesday morning. LIST OF AGENTS. GEORGE SNEDEKER, Brooklyn, L. I. GEORGE W. SMITH, Portchester, N. Y. H. A. BREWSTER, Rochester, N. Y. JOHN ACKERMAN, New Brunswick, N. J. JAMES CONE, New London, Conn. During periods of great political excitement, we have often noticed a question asked by the journals devoted to the interests of the different parties, which is important in its every bearing. The question is, Shall the Union be sustained." Were we upon the eve of war, however men might differ as to the merits of the case, every good citizen would gladly answer, "the Inion must and shall be sustained." Now we are in the midst of a war, which is fast engaging the attention of all men-it is a civil war, a battling of brother against brother, friend against friend, neighbor against neighbor, But still there are two great distinct parties, one against the Union, the other for it. Now, "Shall the Union be sustained." The war of temperance against intemperance involves this great question, and it should be rung into the ears of every man, "Alcohol is directly opposed to all the interests of our country!" It is snatching our wise men from their high stations, plunging our old men into the men. land. If they are the disciples of temperance then peace and prosperity will be our portion. To every young man we would say, decide this important issue, will you risk the honor and glory of your fatherland, by partaking of the intoxicating cup? Your respectability, usefulness and happiness depend upon this decision, and the respectability and happiness of millions are connected with your rise and fall. If the Union is to be sustained, it must be by temperance, and if it is lost it will be by intemperance. On which side will you be found? Which army in the great war will you join? Shall the stigma be cast upon us again, that we are a nation of drunkards? There never was a time in the history of our country when young men were called upon for more decision of character, more firmness of principle than now. Long continued prosperity and riches are doing their work, and the almost naturaj result is the loss of those principles and feelings which characterised the men who lived in what might be termed the iron age. These things will injure our young men, and they want to be guided by total abstinence, or anarchy will come down upon us, when no hand shall be stretched out to save. It is a natural virtue with us to love our own free home; can it be possible then that those whose hands are to guide the ship of State shall prove recreant to their high trust! We hope we believe not. But the clouds are lowering darkly on the horizon, and if the temperance host waver, fear and fail, then are we lost. We say to all engaged in the work, be steady and fear not, and the Union shall be sustained. NOT WASHINGTONIANISM.-The Rhode Island Pledge contains a communication from one, who we would think had not learned his temperance in the school that teaches kindness to the poor drunkard. He says: "While passing a few evenings since, through one of the streets of our city, of a sudden, very distressingly fell upon our ears, the cries of 'don't hurt me; don't hurt me; you'll kill me,' &c. Supposing some one to be receiving unlawful abuse, we hastened to the place from whence proceeded these grievances, where we found a couple of watchmen endeavoring to remove a drunken fellow to the watch-house, the very comfortable quarters which are generally assigned those who happen to be picked up by those faithful men,urbis vigilia,-after having been severely wounded by the true and faithful servants of King Alcohol, the Rumseller. "This man not being inclined to go, had been urged along upon the hard stone side-walks face downward, until he was literally covered with blood and bruises. A fine appearance he must have presented to his family on the morrow; for we opine he has one. Now if that man felt no more pity than that, for the poor drunken fellow," as he calls him, he is quite as unfeeling as the rumseller, against whom he argues in the remainder of his article. And the watchman, had he not a word to say to their brutality. Because the man had been in the bands of the Philistines, was he any the less a man, and because he objected, grave, making widows and orphans on every side, and fast draw-naturally, to spending his night in the watchhouse, must he be ing into its vortex the pride and hope of the land, the young bruises ?" And the temperance man passes by the victim and pitilessly dragged on his face until "covered with blood and One million of this class have this question now before his tormentors, to waste his wrath upon the head of the rumthem, awaiting their decision, and as they answer, so shall the seller. Out upon such temperance, it is not the sort we love, interests of our country be decided. The prosperity of our and we wonder our friend of the Pledge had not rebuked so unland is too intimately connected with the character of our young feeling a correspondent. men for this point to be set aside. If the young men are to be a body of moderate drinkers and drunkards, then, woe to the Moderate drinker, sign the pledge! ! packing box, wherein lie the most perfect specimens of art the world ever saw, but they are rendered valueless for want of principle to withstand temptation. THE WAY IT GOES.-In the vicinity of our residence there have lately been erected several new buildings, and engaged upon them were a large number of bricklayers, carpenters, &c. Nearly opposite these buildings was a grocery, connected with Old Tom Hays was asked what kind of a character his maswhich was a bar, and the connection between the two, (build- ter bad-when he replied, "That he had a most shocking ings and bar,) has been pretty constantly kept up. At all times had character but a good principle." This seemned strange, of the day the poor laborers could be seen pouring the liquid but old Tom soon explained that his master devoted his poison down their throats, and the rumseller busily engaged whole life to gambling, drinking, &c., but he paid all he lost, furnishing them with the liquor, and making a charge of the and promised nothing he did not perform. Here was a good amount on their score. We have thought as we have seen these principle engaged in sustaining a bad cause. things, of the return of the laborer to his family, and the small amount of his weekly wages that would be carried home to sustain bis family during the next week. Some of these laborers visit the bar four, six and eight times each day, spending three cents each time, and this is the way the money goes. When will our mechanics cease to give their hard earnings to the rumsellers, and save them for their families? PREPARE FOR WINTER.-This is an important injunction, but, alas! how few heed it. During the pleasant summer months, when the atmosphere is sultry, and the sun pours his scorching rays upon the devoted heads of men, we think not of the season when rains fall-when a snowy mantle will be flung over the earth-when the cold east wind will whistle through the streets of a cheerless city-when the days of linen roundabouts shall have passed away. A " cold snap" comes upon us like a "thief in the night," and we are glad to "doff" our nankins, and dive into the first slop clothing store, and with avidity, (regardless of cost,) provide ourselves with garments proper to shed off wind and rain. The idea ef elegance is not in all our thoughts, and we mourn, the season through, that we had not taken time by the forelock," and go..e "right straight off" to Brother THOMAS MOORE, No. 286 Division street, where we might have had better, handsomer, and altogether superior garments, at a much lower price. For the Crystal Fount. PRINCIPLE. The strongest test of character is principle; without it man is a mere animated machine, devoid of all the attributes that There are men whose names are affixed to the Temperance pledge who keep brandy in their houses, and who pass through the world as good teetotallers; but if they get a toe wet, or perspire three or four drops, or have eaten a hearty dinner, require a little brandy to keep the cold out, or the heat out, or the dyspepsia away. Of such temperance men may our ranks be son thinned-they are devint of principle, they are unwor thy of credit. If they drink medicine by the wine glass or tum bler full, for every trivial cause, they will get drunk, and if they do that they will lie; nay, they do lie, for they deceive the people by proclaiming temperance in the streets, while at home they are swallowing their principles, professions and characters. An open enemy is worth contending against, but a pretended friend in open daylight, who at night plots your downfall, is despicable. Temperance men, reflect and act. OBEDIAH SHINGLE. Jurors or Judges on the side of temperanne. Would that we could say anything like the following of any court or Jury in the city of New York. can make him sociable or happy. A man may deceive the pub-joiced that we can sometimes record the firm stand taken by lic for a time by professing that which he does not possess, but in the end he alone suffers for the deception. A man who signs the pledge expecting the act will benefit his worldly interests, has no principle, it is a selfish and unworthy means to attain an end; but he who signs, that himself and family may be made healthier, happier and wiser, does that which is not only commendable but right in the sight of God and man. Men are generally judged by their outward acts,-this is an error. A tyrant at home may be, apparently, an angel abroad. He who has children that fear and shun him, has no love in his heart, nor principle in his composition; if he despise his own, he will fleece the world when he has a chance. The man who makes the bar room his home, in preference to his own firside, and assists in making the welkin ring with ho a)rse laughter at the silly twaddle of his associates, renders his house hideous whenever he enters it. The spirits of the natural man have evaporated with the potent fire he has swallowed, and unnatural spirits have usurped the real ones; these in time expend themselves, and leave the body a mere case or "THOROUGH WORK.-The Grand Jury of Wyandott county, Ohio, have indicted every tavern keeper but one in the county for selling liquor without license. The Court over which Judge Bower presides, has agreed to grant licenses to keep taverns only on condition that spirituous, vinous, and malt liquors shall not be sold." WORCESTER, MASS.-There is to be a grand Temperance Mass Meeting at this place on Wednesday, the 17th instant. It is evident that the temperance folks are waking up all over the country. We expect before long, to see as great an excitement upon this question as there was when the Washingtonian movement first started. THANKS. We gratefully acknowledge the receipt of an elegant basket of ripe figs, raised in the garden of our worthy Brother BURR, of Clinton Tent. We had quite a feast upon the delicious fruit-and trust that Bro. B.'s big trees will be as fruitful next season, as they have been this. CATHARINE MARKET T. A. ASSOCIATION. A regular meeting of this Association was held on the sidewalk in Market street, Sunday, Sept. 7th. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Austin of Brooklyn, who gave a short address, and resigned his office, as President of the Association, He was followed by Mr. Bond of Brooklyn, who resigned the office of Vice-President. D. Leal of New-York, also resigned the office of Secretary, and J. Pool that of Treasurer of the Association. The following gentlemen, all of New York, were nominated and elected to fill the vacancies: Sam'l Syms, Pres. ; John Holman, V. Pres.; S Broad and Dr. S. Bronson, Secretaries; James Stockwell, Treas. The utmost harmony prevailed; and rumsellers will gain nothing by this movement.— The audience was respectable in size and appearance, and very quiet, and was addressed by Messrs. Austin and Bond of Brooklyn, Messrs. Syms, Broad, Bronson, Stockwell and Gould of New York, and Mr. Mills of Jersey City. Adjourned to meet again in the vicinity of Catharine Market, on Sunday next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. 20 signed the pledge. SALMON BRONSON, Sec. CLINTON T. B. SOCIETY. Monday evening, Sept. 8.-The President, Mr. Brinkerhoff, in the chair. Addresses by Alex. Ming, Jr., and Mr. Slocum. Good singing by the Clinton Musical Association. 1 signed the pledge. HUGH LINDSEY, Sec. MARSHALL T. A. SOCIETY. Tuesday evening, Sept. 9.-President in the chair. Addresses by Messrs. Worden, Cassidy and A. Offen. Recitation by Master Chapman, “ Immoral Effects of Intemperance." Singing by the choir, and Mr. Powers. Music by the Marshall Band. 3 signed the pledge. F. FOSTER, Sec. YOUNG MEN'S COLD SPRING T. A. SOCIETY. Wednesday evening, September 3.-President in the chair. Addresses by Messrs. Swackhammer, Thompson, Smith of Providence, and Offen. Recitation by Mr. Merrigold. Sing ing by Messrs. Vanbunt, Thompson, Teamans, and the Young Ladies Cold Spring T. B. Society. 4 signed the pledge. JOHN CRARY, Sec, THE MARSHALL T. A. SOCIETY will hold a public meeting tor the advocacy of Temperance, at the Hall in Grand street, near Broadway House, on TUESDAY EVENING next, Sept. 16th. Addresses will be delivered by Messrs. Ayres, B. Offen, Professor Walsh, and Mr. Bates. Recitation by Master F. Chapman. Singing by Messrs. Powers and Wal dron, besides songs in which the audience can join. Instrumental music will enliven the exercises, which will commence at a quarter before 8 o'clock. The temperance community and the public are invited to attend. A. D. WILSON, Pres't. BELONGING TO THE NEW YORK ENCAMPMENT OF THE U. D. OF R. Purity Tent, No. 1, meets every Wednesday evening at Crystal Fount tent-room, 93 Third Avenue. Union Tent, No. 2, meets every Thursday, at 3, P. M., at Lafayette tent-room, 193 Bowery. Rose of Sharon Tent, No. 3, meets weekly at New London, Conn. Branch Tent, No. 4, meets every Friday evening at Eastern Star tent-room, 460 Grand st. Olive Tent, No. 5, meets every Monday, at 3, P. M., at Manhattan tent-room, Avenze C, Third st. Clinton Tent, No. 6, meets every Friday, at 3, P. M., at Columbian Hall, 4th story, Grand st. Miriam Tent, No.7, meets every Wednesday evening at Brook lyn tent-room, 309 Fulton Street. Palm Tent, No. 8, meets every Thursday, at 3, P. M., in the hall, corner of Hudson and Grove. Peace and Safety Tent, No. 9. meets every Tuesday, at 3, P. M., at Eastern Star tent-room, 460 Grand st. Unity Tent. No. 10, meets weekly Chester, Orange County. Washingtonian Tent. No 11, meets weekly at Hudson. Passaic Tent, No. 12, meets every Tuesday evening, at Patterson, N. J. NEW YORK ENCAMPMENT, No. 1. will hold its regular meetings the first Monday afternoon of each month at Mount Vernon Division-room, No. 93 Third Avenue, at 3 o'clock, P.. M. Representatives are earnestly requested to be punctual in their attendance. IF Communications relative to the United Daughters of Rechab, should be addressed to Mrs. Carpenter, 430 Bowery, or Mrs. P. A. Moger, 164 Attorney street, New York City. LIST OF TENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS ENCAMPMENT, U. D. of R. Somerset Tent, No. 1, East Boston, meets every other Friday, at Rechabite Hall. Norfolk Tent, No. 2, Roxbury, meets every other Wednesday, at Rechabite Hall. other Wednesday, at Warren Hull. United Daughters' Tent, No, 4, Charlestown, meets every Unity Tent, No. 3, Lynn, every Wednesday evening at Mechanic Hall. Eastern Star Tent, No. 5, South Boston,-meets every other Wednesday, at Rechabite Hall. North Star Tent, No. 6. Boston, Rechabite Hall, every other Monday. Fidelity Tent, No. 7, Boston-meets every other Wednesday, at United Brothers Tent room. SEAMAN'S FRIEND W. T. B. SOCIETY, BROOKLYN. Messrs. Editors:-It is sometime since I communicated to you the progress the cause is making in our society. Our meetings are well attended, and we have had the assistance of some good speakers from our sister city and other places, es- Siloam Tent, No. 8, Salem-meets every Thursday evening. pecially from the Caledonian and other societies of New York. Every information as to formation of New Tents or other Tuesday evening, Sept. 2, we had addresses from Messrs. Van-information, can be had by applying to Mrs. J. Crawshaw, E. derburg. of New York, Pratt of Boston, and C. A. Duryee, who S. M., Roxbury, or Mrs. Piruse, No. 2 Garden Court street, very eloquently touched the feelings of the audience. But, Boston. |