sion, is heard that song, which celestial choristers sounded in the ravished ears of the shepherds upon the plains of Bethlehem: the blood-stained ensignia is being replaced by a brighter picture, upon which are impressed in fadeless colors the unparallelled conquests of truth-the prospect of man's universal redemption. There is a general indication of a brighter day, a day which shall be signalized by the intellectual energies of our race rising supreme over the sordid whisperings of selfish ambition, and by a resolve to pursue that steady and uncompromising course which shall insure them a home in the affections of those whose advancement they seek to promote. They court not the shout of popular applause; their fame is in a far other and loftier sky : as they overthrow one strange altar after another, their small bugle notes are scarcely heard; but soft and gentle as they are, they shall live when the rattle of the drum and the clangor of cymbals have gone down to silence in that sea, which men call the past. BIOGRAPHY. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. federation of the Rhine. Prussia declared war against him in the same year; but the army was utterly routed at the battle of Jena; and though with the aid of Russia, she maintained the contest a while longer, she and her ally were under the necessity of making peace in July, 1807. Spain was unwisely and unjustly attacked by Napoleon in 1808, and this contest, which continued till 1814, was one of the causes of his downfall. In 1809, while he was thus occupied, Austria once more took up arms against him. The struggle was an obstinate one; but the decisive victory of Wagram, on the 5th and 6th of July; again com pelled her to submit to the victor. Desirous of an heir to the crown of France, Napoleon in 1810, NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, emperor of the French, divorced the empress Josephine, and married Maria king of Italy, &c. &c. This extraordinary man Louisa, a daughter of the Austrian emperor. A was born August 15, 1769, at Ajaccio, in Corsica, son was the fruit of this union. Disputes now arose of a noble family, was educated at the military between France and Russia, which ended in war. school of Brienne; and entered the military service, Napoleon, in June, 1812, invaded the Russian as a second lieutenant, in 1785. He served at the territory with a mighty force, gained several batWith prospects like these before us Lavinia, our seiges of Lyons and Toulon, to the reduction of tles, and made himself master of Moscow; but he souls may find an anchoring place amidst a sea of which latter city he greatly contributed; and he was under the necessity of retreating, and nearly perplexing doubts and fears; we can feel the ex-subsequently displayed high talents in the French the whole of his army was destroyed, by the inalting hope of purer thoughts and better things; army which assailed Piedmont on the Genoese clemency of the winter, and the sword of the eneand acting from inherent principles, not from the frontier. In October, 1795, he commanded the my. Prussia now joined the victorious monarch of elements of sectarian dogmas, we can go on from force which victoriously defended the convention Russia. Yet, in the following compaign, Napoleon right conduct to right motives, until we become against the revolt of the Parisians. He now defeated the allies at Lutzen, Bautzen, and Wurtwiser and happier. It is time that men should be- married Josephine Beauharnois. Early in 1796, zen, and would, perhaps, have conquered them, gin to realize that they have one earthly brother- he was placed at the head of the French army in had not Austria united with them. The battle hood; one everlasting kindred; that the lamp of Italy, and here began his career of glory. In the of Leipsic drove back Napoleon, within the limits life is lit by the same inextinguishable spark; that campaigns of 1796 and 1797, he overran the whole of France; and in 1814, France was invaded on the dews which freshen the blossom of our hope of Italy, repeatedly defeated with inferior numbers all sides. With a comparatively insignificant force spring from the same fountain; that our light if it the Piedmontese and Austrians, reduced all the Napoleon nevertheless gained several victories die, and our bloom if it fade, will disappear in the Italian Powers to submission, and at length com. over the invaders; but partly the overwhelming same twilight of oblivion. If we have in our souls pelled the emperor to sign a peace. On the 19th numbers of his enemies, and partly the treason of an aspiration for something deeper than floats on of May, 1798, Bonaparte, with a formidable arma- some of his generals, at length compelled him to the mere surface of life; for something higher than ment, sailed to conquer Egypt; and in his way abdicate, and to accept the sovereignity of Elba. the gratification of our senses, we may find that thither, he took possession of Malta. Having sub- At Elba, however he did not long remain. At the aspiration quickened, as we survey those changes jugated Egypt, he invaded Syria; but his progress head of only one thousand two hundred men, he in the moral atmosphere, by which the mind with was stopped at St. John of Acre, by Sir Sidney landed at Frejus, on the 1st of March, 1815, and all its vivid sensibilities, is gradually drawing to- Smith, and he returned to the banks of the Nile.expelled Louis the Eighteenth from his kingdom. wards the great central point, of all that is best There he learned the reverses which his countrymen and fairest in the works of God, and the destinies had sustained in Europe; and, in consequence, leavNot content with looking through the ing Kleber to command the troops, he embarked for half open portals of knowledge and taking a hur- France, and landed in safety at Frejus, October 9, ried peep at the vestibule it toils on through every 1799. On the 9th and 10th of November, he overintricate winding, until it comes to halls, in whose threw the directorial authority, and was raised to glasses it sees mirrored much of the present, more the superme power, under the title of First Consul. of the past, while Philosophy in her new and va- His first care was to restore internal tranquility by a ried garbs, assumes many a celestial form and system of moderation and order; his next was to rebeckons it to the worship of the beautiful and true. store the military preponderance of his country. Hav. And so it ought to be; our thoughts are not in- ing collected an army on the frontier of Switzerland, tended to be buried in the soul, but to be marshalled he, by almost miraculous exertion, led it over the forth into some sphere or influence; we are not Alps, and by the battle of Marengo, fought on the sent here to envelope our talents in the clouds of 14th of June 1800, he recovered the whole of Italy. prejudice; but to develope them in the broad light A peace ensued with the emperor, and next, with of meridian splendor. Sorrow may lay her hand England. The latter, however, was broken at the upon us, poverty may coil her gaunt arms around expiration of little more than a year. His life was, us; but can they remove the stamp of manhood in the mean while, endangered by two conspirafrom our brow? It shall descend with us to the cies. In 1804, he was raised to the dignity of grave. Nay! not to the grave, any more than the emperor, and was crowned by the pope; and in white little blossoms on the side of yonder moun- the following, year, he was proclaimed king of Italy. tain, shall fold forever in its silken petals, the glo- While he was preparing, at Boulogne, for an in. rious radiance of the orb that gave it birth. It is vasion of England, a league was formed against a principle in the charter of our immortality; it is him by Austria and Russia, and he hastened to immortality itself; and shall remain unscathed meet those powers in the field. The battle of when the last atom that enters into the composition Austerlitz, on the 2d of December, 1805, dissolved of our bodies, shall be scattered to the restless the coalition, and obliged Austria to accept a hu. winds. miliating peace. In 1806, Napoleon created sev- A zealous friend of mankind entered the office, eral kings, and put himself at the head of the con." Mr. , I want to interest you a little in a of man. Claverack, N. Y. 1848. FRANK WESTON. But nearly all Europe once more confederated against him; he was vanquished at Waterloo; and was a second time forced to abdicate. In this emergency he threw himself on the generosity of the British government. That government exiled him to St. Helena, where he expired, on the 5th of May, 1821, of cancer in the stomach; a disease the progress of which was probably accelerated by the climate, and by the vexations to which he was sedulously and perpetually subjected. Not merely one of the most consummate generals whom the world ever saw, but possessed too of splendid and varied talents, and of some virtues, Napolen might have held a throne to the last moment of existence, had not his fatal ambition, and his repugnance to the principles of Liberty, led him astray, from the path of true glory, and rendered him at once an object of dislike to the friends of freedom, and of terror to the surrounding nations. MISCELLANI. I'M TOO BUSY. A MERCHANT sat at his office desk; various letters were spread before him; his whole being was absorbed in the intricacies of his business. new effort for the temperance cause," said the be all our efforts. If such is your influence, begood man. The merchant cut him off by replying: ware where you throw it. Live to elevate and "Sir, you must excuse me, but really I'm too are living for other worlds, and that your immortal busy to attend to that subject now." "But, sir, intemperance is on the increase among us," said his friend. "Is it? I'm sorry; but I'm too busy at present to do anything." "When shall I call again, sir ?" "I cannot tell. I'm very busy. I'm busy every day. Excuse me, sir. I wish you a good morning." Then bowing the intruder out of the office, he resumed the study of his papers. The merchant had frequently repulsed the friends of humanity in this manner. No matter what was their object, he was always too busy to listen to their claims. He had even told his minister that he was too busy for anything but to make His unwelcome visiter had followed him, and now took his place by the bed side, whispering ever and anon, "You must go with me." A cold chill settled on the merchant's heart, dim spectres of ships, notes, houses and lands flitted before his excited mind. Still his pulse beat slower his heart heaved heavily, thick films gathered over his eyes, his tongue refused to speak. Then the merchant knew that the name of his visiter was Death! All other claimants on his attention, except the friends of Mammon, had always found a quick dismissal in the magic phrase, "I'm too busy." Hunianity, Mercy, Religion, had alike begged his influence, means and attention in vain. But when Death came, the excuse was powerless; he was compelled to have leisure to die. destiny depends upon how you live, move and act. ADVANTAGE OF LAW. A YOUNG man, who studied law in Connecticut became acquainted with the following facts, which are certainly very remarkable, though not so very singular: The Rural Repository. SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1848. THE COLUMBIAN MAGAZINÉ. THE Columbian Magazine is before us, it commences with the New Year its ninth volume. It appears in a new dress; it contains three beantiful engravings and a splendid fashion plate; the first story by T. S. Arthur is a good one, and Marrying a Count, by Kate Sutherland, is excellent, and withal this number is a very enteresting one. A good time to subscribe. Address John S. Taylor, 151 Nassau St. New-York Price three dollars per year. THE HOME JOURNAL. THE Home Journal commences a new volume with the Its editors, Morris and Willis, are a sufficient recommendation to insure public favor. Price two dollars a year. A farmer cut down a tree which stood so near the boundary line of his farm, that it was doubtful whether it belonged to him or his neighbor. 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New-York City. $1.00; H. D. Cortlandville, N. Y. $1.00; N. P. S. Stafford Springs, Ct $1,00: P. M. Horicon, N. Y. $3.00; Miss H. V. R. Glenn. N. Y. $1.00; A. B. Gaines, N. Y. $3,00; J. M. North Reading. N. Y. $3.00; Mrs. L. G. Norway, N. Y. $1.00; D. C. Schuyler's Lake, N. Y. $1,00, H. S. S. Buffalo, N. Y. $1,00. MARRIAGES. In this city, on the 1st inst. by the Rev. Thomas Bainbridge, He replied he wouldn't mind a little whiskey Mr. Henry D. Tator, of Claverack, to Miss Jane L. Rogers, of Stockport. punch. "Hot or cold?" inquired his lordship. By the Rev. Thomas Bainbridge, Mr. Southworth A. Jenkins to Miss Margaret Miller, both of this city. On the 27th ult. by Rev. Wm. D. Strobel, Mr. Rensselaer Brown, of Chatham, to Miss Catherine Dennis, of Kinderhook. On the 28th ult. by Rev. E. S. Porter, Mr. Jonathan B. Rider to Miss Mary A. daughter of William Kirk, Esq. all of Chatham. On the 1st inst. by W. D. Strobel, D. D. Mr. James Hendrickson to Miss Rebecca Van Schaack, all of Valatie. On the 5th inst, by the Rev. B. F. Murden, Mr. Lee Chamberlin, to Miss Loretta, daughter of Mr. Abram Bain, all of Copake. At West Camp, on the 26th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Dedrick, ford, daughter of Jacob Crawford, of the former place. At New-Concord, on the 26th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Kent, Let us beware how we make ourselves, too busy to secure life's great end. When the excuse rises to our lips, and we are about to say we are too busy to do good, let us remember we cannot be of her; he sent it the next day, with a very gallant of the late Van Rensselaer Clarke, all of Canaan, Columbia wish that he could give her a crown. She replied, Henry Finger, to Miss Susannah Johnson, both of Gallatin, that "though he could not give her a crown, could give her a coronet, and she was very ready to accept it." too busy to dic. INFLUENCE OF YOUNG MEN. THROW a stone into the water and mark the circles widening until they are lost. Such is influence-your influence, young man. On which side will you throw it-virtue or vice? You have the power of partially redeeming the world or making it ten fold more wicked. Which will you do? With a judgment day before you, and a long eternity for reflection, tell us how will you labor? It is a fearful thing to live, and a terrible thing to die, with the ghosts of worse than wasted moments and debased talents, staring us in the face. When the Roman liberties were attempted to be destroyed, Cataline knowing the influence of young men, began his work by corrupting their minds, and leading them to the commission of daring crimes. This last shows that he understood human nature. With the countenance and support of young men we could regenerate the world. Without their support, comparatively futile would Drowned, near Mellenville, in Claverack, on the 3d inst. Joseph, youngest son of George P. and Magdalena Horton, aged 4 years and 7 months. In Livingston, on the 28th ult. Elizabeth Ann, wife of Robert Decker, and daughter of Nicholas N. Van Deusen, aged 22 years, and 3 mouths. By this dispensation of our Father's hand, one has been taken away who was greatly beloved in all the relations of life. The affectionate daughter, the cherished sister, the kind wife, the tender mother, and the faithful friend, has departed from earthly scenes, and left the loved ones to weep. May those who mourn her loss, bind the blessed influences of the gospel upon their stricken hearts, and remember that her they Oh, lonely will those fond hearts be, to whom Of that blest home, where kindred spitits blend, Faith lifts her glass-we see thy spirit there; Casting soft radiance on the fragrant air. Original Poetry. Forthe Rural Repository. SORROW. A PARAPHRASE FROM TUPPER. "I'LL seek the house of wo," I said, "And o'er its dismal threshold tread, The balm of pity to impart To each afflicted mourner's heart: For Sorrow I desire to see, That I may her companion be." The house of mourning then I sought, But this with heavenly peace was fraught, Then in the cavern of Regret, Her calm retiring form I met; But on her faded wing, hope's beam Had shed a bright benignant gleam. Where want, disease and famine dwell; Wan Sorrow to her dwelling place; I sought in prisons for despair But penitence and hope were there: To dwell with those whose life was sin. I studied well the vicious man: In infancy his guilt began, And through his life the current ran. I saw the wayward boy pursue His vices as he older grew; I saw him, reckless of his fate, No more I saw this creature vile. I looked again when years had passed, And left on him their hoary cast; But where was now his hope, and where At Mammon's shrine the wretch doth bow, A life of indigence he leads, Deep vengeance on the youthful rake.— J. McK. of Troy, on seeing her caress her infant child. BY MRS. M. L. GARDINER. 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STODDARD, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. WE hope the dear creatures-if this should hap- a diplomatic dash of his pen, he adds, neither are pen to meet the eyes of any of them-will not be they ugly. Their manners, however, are perfectbless them for that-for an ill mannered, vulgar offended at not being termed ladies, which is con. sidered the prerogative of all their sisters on this side lady is our detestation-and says the minister, of the Rio Grande; but n'importe, we learn from "in the attributes of the heart, affection, kindness, the very able and interesting work of Waddy and benevolence in all their forms, they have no Thompson, that he could not pronounce the Mexi-superiors. They are eminently graceful in everycan women handsome, for they were not--but with thing but dancing." That does not come by nature PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. and professors of the divine art saltatorial are very scarce in Mexico. The general nature of feminine life in Mexico appears to be to dress highly for great occasions, and to indulge in no superfluous habiliments, when they would be at their ease. Clothing is not required by the climate, and the fair creatures, or rather brunette, we should say, indulge in the largest liberty in that particular. The pleasure of their lives is on the principle of being able to endure a vast amount of do-nothingness. They risc late, and spend the larger portion of the day standing in the open windows, which extend to the floor-if the house happen to have windows; if not they lounge in the door way, (it was there our artist sketched his subjects,) and according to Mr. Thompson, a man might safely bet on any day that at every house one or more buxom beauties might be seen either at the doors or windows. At 5 o'clock P. M the higher classes ride on the Plaza, and then adjourn to the theatre or opera, and in this routine, with the exception of routes, dinners and concerts, they pass their whole butterfly existence, in a delicious dream of dolce far niente. TALE From the Ladies' National Magazine. "MY FORTUNE'S MADE!" BY MARY ALEXINA SMITH. My young friend Cora Lec, was a gay, dashing girl, fond of dress, and looking always as if, to use a common saying, just out of a band-box. Cora was a belle, of course, and had many admirers. Among the number of these, was a young man n med Edward Douglass, who was the very "pink" of neatness, in all matters pertaining to dress, and exceeding particular in his observance of the little proprieties of life. I saw, from the first, that if Douglass pressed his suit, Cora's heart would be an easy conquest; and so it proved. "How admirably they are fitted for each other," I remarked to my husband, on the night of the wedding. "Their tastes are similar, and their habits so much alike, that no violence will be done to the feelings of either, in the more intimate associations that marriage brings. Both are neat in person and orderly by instinct; and both have good principles." From all present appearances, the match will be a good one," replied my husband. There was I thought something like reservation in his tone. "Do you really think so?" I said a little ironically: for Mr. Smith's approval of the marriage was hardly warm enough to suit my fancy. Oh, certainly! Why not?" he replied. "Street or ball-room attire is one thing, Cora; and becoming home apparel another. We look for both in their place." I felt a little fretted at my husband's mode of speaking; but made no further remark on the subject. He is never very enthusiastic, nor sanguine; and did not mean, in this instance, to doubt the fit. Thus I argued with the thoughtless young wife, ness of the parties for happiness in the marriage but my words made no impression. When abroad, state, as I half imagined. For myself, I warmly she dressed with exquisite taste, and was lovely to approved my friend's choice, and called her bus-look upon; but at home she was careless and slovband a lucky nian to secure for his companion enly, and made it almost impossible for those who through life, a woman so admirably fitted to make saw her, to realize that she was the brilliant beauty one like him happy. But a visit which I paid to they had met in company but a short time before. Cora, one day, about six weeks after the honey. But even this, did not last long. I noticed, after a moon had expired, lessened my enthusiasm on the few months, that the habits of home were confirmsubject, and awoke some unpleasant doubts. It hap-ing themselves, and becoming apparent abroad. pened that I called soon after breakfast. Cora niet me in the parlor, looking like a very fright. She wore a soiled and rumpled morning wrapper; her hair was in papers; and she had on dirty stockings, and a pair of old slippers down at the heels. "Bless me, Cora!" said I. ter? Have you been sick?" "No. "What is the mat. Her fortune was made, and why should she now finally yielded, and mowed down the luxuriant growth of beard. "How much better you do look!" said the young wife. "Now don't go another day without shaving." "But why should I take so much trouble about mere looks? I'm just as good with a long beard as with a short one. It's a great deal of trouble to shave every day. You can love me just as well; and why need I care about what others say or think?" On the following morning, Douglass appeared not only with a long beard, but with a bosom and collar that were both soiled and rumpled. "Why Edward! How you do look!" said Cora. "You've neither shaved nor put on a clean shirt." Edward stroked his face, and run his fingers along the edge of his collar, remarking indifferently as he did so. "It's no matter-I look well enough. This being so very particular in dress, is waste of time; and I'm getting tired of it." The habits of Mr. Douglass, on the contrary, did not change. He was as orderly as before; and dressed with the same regard to neatness. He never appeared at the breakfast table in the mornWhy do you ask? Is my dishabille rather ing without being shaved; nor did he lounge about on the extreme?" in the evening in his shirt sleeves. The slovenly Candidly, I think it is, Core," was my frank habits into which Cora had fallen, annoyed hit seriously; and still more so, when her carelessness And in this trim Douglass went off to his busi"Oh, well! No matter" she carelessly replied, about her appearance began to manifest itself ness, much to the annoyance of his wife, who "my fortune's made." abroad as well as at home. When he hinted any-could not bear to see her husband looking so slovthing on the subject, she did not hesitate to reply in a jesting manner, that her fortune was made, and she need not trouble herself any longer about how answer. “I don't clearly understand you," said I. “I'm married, you know.” "Yes; I am aware of that fact." "No need of being so particular in dress now." she looked. "Why not?" Douglass did not feel much complimented; but My for-as he had his share of good sense, he saw that to as sume a cold and offended manner would do no good. "Didn't I just say ?" replied Cora. tune's made. I've got a husband." Beneath an air of jesting, was apparent the real earnestness of my friend. "You dressed with a careful regard to taste and neatness in order to win Edward's love," said I. Certainly I did." "And should you not do the same in order to retain it ?" Why, Mrs. Smith! Do you think my husband's affection goes no deeper than my dress? I should be very sorry indeed to think that. He loves me for myself." "No doubt of that in the world, Cora. But remember, that he cannot see what is in your mind except by what you do or say. If he admires your taste, for instance, it is not from any abstract appreciation of it, but because the taste manifests itself in what you do. And, depend upon it, he will find it a very hard matter to approve and ad. mire your correct taste in dress, for instance, when you appear before him, day after day in your present unattractive attire. If you do not dress well for your husband's eyes, for whose eyes, pray do you dress? You are as neat when abroad, as you were before your marriage." "As to that, Mrs. Smith, common decency requires me to dress well when I go upon the street, or into company; to say nothing of the pride one naturally feels in looking well." "If your fortune is made, so is mine," he replied on one occasion quite coolly and indifferently. Next morning he made his appearance at the breakfast table, with a beard of twenty-four hours' growth. enly. Gradually the declension from neatness went on until Edward was quite a match for his wife, and yet, strange to say, Cora had not taken the hint, broad as it was. In her own person she was as untidy as ever. About six months after their marriage, we invited a few friends to spend a social evening with us, Cora and her husband among the number. Cora came alone, quite early, and said that her husband was very much engaged, and could not come until after tea. My young friend had not taken much "You haven't shaved this morning, dear," said pains with her attire. Indeed her appearance Cora, to whose eyes the dirty looking face of her mortified me, as it contrasted so decidedly with husband was particularly unpleasant. that of the other ladies who were present; and I "No," he replied, carelessly. "It's a serious could not help suggesting to her that she was wrong trouble to shave every day." in being so indifferent about her dress. But she "But you look so much better with a cleanly laughingly replied to meshaved face." "You know my fortune's made now, Mrs. Smith "Looks are nothing-case and comfort every- I can afford to be negligent in these matters. It's thing," said Douglass. a great waste of time to dress so much." "But common decency, Edward." I tried to argue against this, but could make no "I see nothing indecent in a long beard," replied impression upon her. the husband. Still Cora argued, but in vain. Her husband "For mercy's sake Edward, don't go any longer "And does not the same common decency and natural pride argue as strongly in favor of your dressing well at home and for the eye of your hus-his band, whose approval, and whose admiration must be dearer to you than the approval and admiration of the whole wor'd ?" "But he doesn't want to see me rigged out in silks and satins all the time. A pretty bill my dress maker would have against him in that event. Edward has more sense than that, I flatter myself." " 66 Looks are nothing," replied Edward, stroking Why, what's come over you all at once?" day." "But you didn't shave yesterday.” About an hour after tea, and while we were all engaged in pleasant conversation, the door of the parlor opened, and in walked Mr. Douglass. At first glance I thought I must be mistaken. But no it was Edward himself. But what a figure he did cut? His uncombed hair was standing up, in stiff spikes, in a hundred different directions; his face could not have felt the touch of a razor for two or three days; and he was guiltless of clean linen for at least the same length of time. His vest was soiled; his boots unblacked; and there was an unmistakeable hole in one of his elbows. Why my dear fellow! What is the matter?" said my husband frankly, for he perceived that I know; I am just as well off to-day, as if I the ladies were beginning to titter, and that the had. So much saved at any rate." But Cora urged the matter, and her husband gentlemen were looking at each other, and trying to repress their risible tendencies; and therefore |