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ON oR rn rn on tr on on en nen > eet tee

IN PRISON,

The following beautiful written by Madame Guiou, in the Rastile, where, and in other prisons of France, she was confined for ten years :—

A little bird I am,

Shut from the felds of air; Andin my cage I sit and sing

To him who placed me there, Well pleased a prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleaseth Thee.

I sing the whole day long; And He whom most I Jove to please

le caught and bound my wandering wing. | But stil He bends to hear me sing.

verses were !

A heart to love and bless; And though my notes were e’er so rude, Thou would’st not hear the less, Because, Thou knowest, as they fall, That love, sweet love,inspires them all.

My cage confines me round— But, though my wing is closely bound,

My prison walls cannot control The flight, the freedom of my soul.

These bolts and bars above, ‘To Him whose purpose I adore— Whose providence I love; Andin His mighty will to find The joy, the freedom of my mind.

LITERATURE.

THE IRON WILL.

‘Ponny, Uve but one word moro to say

If you marry that fellow, lve said

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‘ He’s a worthless, good-for-nothing fel, low,’ resumed the father; ‘and if you marry him you wed a life of misery, Don’t

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come back to me—for I will disown you the day you take his name. I’ve said it, and my decision is unalterable.’

Still Fanny made no answer, but sat like a statue.

* Lay to heart what I havesaid, and make your election, girl.’ And with these words Mr. Crawford retired from the presence of his daughter.

On that evening Fanny Crawford left her

a young man named Logan, whom in spite of all his faults, she tenderly loved.

When this fact became known to Mr, Crawford, he angrily repeated his threat of utterly disowning his child; and he meant what he said—for he wasa man of stern purpose and unbending will. When, trusts ing to the love she believed him to bear for her, Fanny ventured home; she was rudely

_ repulsed, and told that she no longer had a

father. These cruel words fell upon her heart, and ever after rested there, an op- pressive weight.

Logan was a young mechanic, witha good trade and the ability to earn a comfortable living. But Mr. Crawford’s objection to him was well founded, and it would have been much better for Fanny if she had per. mitted it to influence her; for the young man was idle in his habits,and Mr. Craw- ford too clearly saw that idleness would lead to dissipation. The father had hoped that his threat to disown his child would have deterred her from taking the step he so strongly disapproved. He had, in fact made his threat as a last effort to save her froma union that would, inevitably, lead to unhappiness; but having made it, his stubborn and offending pride caused him to adhere with stern inflexibility to his word.

When Fanny went from under her fas thers’s roof, the old man was left alone ; the mother of his only child had been many years dead. For her father’s sake, as well as for her own, did Fanny wish to return. She loved her parent with a most earnest aflection, and thought of him as sitting gloomy and companionless in that home so long made light and cheerful by her voice and smile. Hours and hours would she lie awake at night, thinking of her father, and weeping for the estrangement of his heart for her. Still there was in her bosom an everlasting hope that he would relent; and to this she clung, though he passed her in the street without looking at her, and stea~ dily denied her admission, when, in the hope of some change in his stern purpose she would go to his house end seek to gain an entrance.

As the father had predicted, Logan add- ed, in the course ofa year or two, dissipa- tion to idle habits,and neglect to his wife to both. They had gone to house-keeping in a small way, when first married, and had lived comfortably enough for some time ; but Logan did not like work, and made every excuse he could find to take a holi- day or be absent from the shop. The effect of this was insufficient income. Debt came with its mortifying and harrassing accom-~ paniments, and furniture had to be sold to pay those whe were not disposed to wait. With two little children, Fanny was removed by her husband into a cheap boarding~house after their things were taken and sold. The company into which she was here thrown was far from being agreeable; but this would have been no source of unhap- piness in itself. Cheerfully would she have breathed the uncongenial atmosphere, if there had been nothing in the conduct of her husband to awaken feelings of anxiety. But, alas? there was much to create un-~ happiness here; idle days were more fre- quent, and the consequences of idle days more and more serious, From his work he would come home sober and cheerful; but after spending a day in idle company, or in the woods gunning, a sport of which he was fond, he would meet his wife with a sullen, dissatisfied aspect, and, too often, in a state little above intoxication.

‘I'm afraid thy son-in-law is not doing very well, friend Crawford,’ said a plain spoken Quaker to the father of Mrs: Logan, after the young man’s habits began to show themselves too plainly in his appearance.

Mr. Crawford knit his brows, and drew his lips closely together.

‘ Hast thou seen young Logan lately ?’

‘I don’t know the young man,’ replied Mr. Crawford, with an irapatient motion of his head.

‘Don’t know thy own son-in-law — the husband of thy daughter.’

‘ Lhave no sonsin~!aw—no daughter !’ said Crawford, with stern emphasis.

‘ Frances was the daughter of thy wed- ded wife, friend Crawford.’

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‘ But I have disowned her, I forewarned

her of the consequences if she married that | young man. | told her that I would cast | her off for ever, and | have done it.’ ‘But friend Crawford, thee has done | wrong.’ | « P’ve said it, and V’il stick to it.’ | «Put thee bas done wrong, friend Craw. ford,’ repeated the Quaker.

‘Right or wrong, it is done, and [ will not recall the act. I gave her fair warning ; but she took her own course, an? now she must abide the consequenees. When I say a thing, | meanit. Inever eat my words.’

‘Friend Crawford,’ said the Quaker, in a steady voice, and with his calm eyes fixed upon the face of the man he addressed, ‘thee was wrong to say what the did; thee had no right to cast off thy child. 1 saw her to-day, passing slowly along the street ; her dress was thin and faded, but not so thin and faded as her pale young face, Ah! if thee could have seen the sadness of that countenance. Friend Crawford, she is thy child ; thee cannot disown her.’

‘I never change,’ replied the resolute fa- father. ‘

‘ She is the child of thy beloved wife, now in heaven, friend Crawford.’

‘Good morning!’ And Crawford turned and walked away.

‘Rash words are bad enough,’ said the Quaker to himself; ‘but how much worse is it toabide by rash words after there has been time for reflection and repentance.’

Crawford was troubled by what the Quak« er had said, but more troubled by what he saw a few minutes afterwards, as he walked along the street, in the person of his daughs ter’s husband. He met the young man supported by two others, so much intoxi- cated that he could not stand alone. And in this state he was going home to his wife —to Fanny.

The father clenched his hands, set his teeth firmly together, muttered an impre- cation upon the head of Logan, and quick - ened his pace homeward, Try as he would, he could not shut out from his mind the pale faded countenance of his child, as de- scribed by the Quaker, nor help feeling an inward shudder at the thought of what she must suffer on meeting her husband ir, such a state.

‘ She has only herself to blame,’ he said, as he struggled with his feelings. ‘I fores warned her; J gave her to understand clear- ly what she had to expect; my word is pass- ed, I have said it, and that ends the mats ter; {am no childish trifler. What I say I mean’

Logan had been from home all day, and what was worse, had not been, as his wife wes well aware, at the shop for a week. The woman with whom they were boarding came into her room during the afternoon, and, after some hesitation and embarrass. ment, said—

‘I am sorry to tell you, Mrs. Logan, that I shall want you to give up your room after this week. You know 1 have had no money from you for nearly a month, and, from the way your husband goes on, I see little pros-~ pect of being paid anything more. If I was able, for your sake, 1 would not say a word; but I am not, Mrs. Logan, and therefore must, in’justice to myself and family, require you to get another boarding house.’

Mrs. Logan answered only with tears.

The woman tried tosoften what she had said, and then went away.

Not long after this, Logan came stumbl. ing up the stairs, and, opening the door of his room, staggered in and threw himself heavily upon the bed. Fanny looked at him « few moments, and then crouching down, and, covering her face with her hands. wept bitterly. ‘ She felt crushed and pow-

erless. Cast off py her father, wronged by her husband, destitute and about to be thrust from the poor home into which she had shrunk, faint and weary, it seemed as if hope had gone for ever. While she suf-

fered thus, Logan lay in a drunken sleep.

Arousing herself at last, she removed his boots and coat, drewa coverlet over him.

She then sat down and wept again. The

tea.bell rang, but she did not go to the

table. Half an hour afterwards, the land-~

lady came to the door and kindly enquired if she would not have some food sent up

to her room.

‘ Only a little bread and milk for Henry,’

was replied.

‘Let me send you a cup of tea,’ urged

the woman.

‘No, thank you. to-night.’

The woman went away, feeling troubled.

From her heart she pitied the suffering

young creature, and it had cost her a pain~

ful struggle to do what she had done; but the pressing nature of her own circumstan~ ces required her to be rigidly just. Note withstanding Mrs. Logan had declined having anything, she sent her a cup of tea and something to eat; but they remained untasted.

On the next moriing Logan was sober, and his wife informed him of the notice which their landlady had given. He was angry, and used harsh language towards the woman. Fanny defended her, and had the harsh language transferred to her own head.

The young man appeared as usual at the breakfast table, but Fanny had no appetite for food, and did not go down, After break-~ fast, Logan went to the shop, intending to go to work, but found his piace supplied by another journeyman, and himself out of employment, with but a few shillings in his pocket, a month’s boarding due, and his family in need of almost every comfort. From the shop he went to the tavern, took a glass of liquor, and sat down to look over the newspapers and think what he should do. There he met an idle journeyman, who, like himself, had lest his situation. A fellow feeling made them communicative and confidential.

‘If I was only a singleman,’ said Logan, l wouldn’t care. { could easily shift for myself,” :

‘Wife and children! Yes, there’s the rub,’ returned the companion. * A journey. man mechanic is a fool to get married.’

‘Then you and I are both fools,’ said Logan.

‘No doubt of it, Il came to that con- clusion, in regard to myself, long and long ago. Sick wife, hungry children, and four or five backs to cover; no wonder a poor man’s nose is ever on the grindstone. For my part, I amsick of it. WhenI was 6 single man I could go where I pleased, and do what I pleased ; and I always had money in my pocket. Now I am tied in one place and grumbled at eternally; and if you were

1 do not wish anything

to shake me from here to the Navy-yard,

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| , you would not get a sixpence out of me. | the fact of the matter is, I’m sick of it.’

‘Soam I; but what is to be dene? I | don’t believe I can get work in town,’

‘I know you can’t: but there is plenty of work and good wages to be had in Char- leston or New Orleans.’

Logan did not reply, but looked intently into his companion’s face,

I’m sure my wife would be a great deal better off if I were to clear off and leave her. She has plenty of friends, and they'll not see her want.’

Logan still looked at his fellow journey. man,

‘And your wife would be taken back under her father’s roof, where there is enough and to spare, Of course she would be happier than she is now,’

‘No doubt of that. The old rascal has treated her shabbily enough. But, I am well satisfied that,if I were out of the way, he would gladly receive her back again.’

‘ Of this there can be no question. So it is clear that with our insufficient incomes, our presence is a curse rather than a bless» ing to our families.’

Logan readily admitted this to be true. His companion then drew a newspaper to- wards him, and after running his eyes over it fora few moments, read :

‘ This day, at twelve o'clock, the copper« fastened brig Emily, for Charleston. For freight or passage, apply on board.’

‘ There’s a chance for us,’ he said, as he finished reading the advertisement. Sup« pose we go down and see if they won’t let us work our passage out ?

To be continued.

REV. MR. GRANL ON EDUCATION,

Ina lecture which he delivered in Halifax, a few evenings ago, on ‘“‘Some Questions of the Day,’ the Rev. Mr. Grant,of St. Matthew's Church, Halifax,referring to the educational question gave utterance to some important remarks which are summarized in the Hali- fax Chronicle :

Two branches of his next subject, the lecturer said, the Education question, were certainly burning questions, were certainly burning questions, the one being the de- mand for denominational schools by the Roman Catholics in New Brunswick; the other demand a for a fuller recognition of denomnational colleges by the Baptists, the Bishop and some others in Nova Scotia. The question was very much mixed, and few people could see through it. In New Brunswick a fierce and bitter spirit had been engendered by the separate schools agitation and this was unfortunate, for itseemed to him that the granting of separate schools in these Maritime Pros vinces, on the same terms as in Ontario, was a safe generous and therefore a wise policy. Hewould advocate the measure, not as the best theoretically, but as every political proposal shculd be considered— the beet, taking a conjunct view of all the circumstances. The Roman Catholics in Nova Scotia desire the concession, and it would be wise to make it. In Ontario separ- ate schools worked remarkably well, yet Ontario is the great Protestant Province of the Dominion. Every argument used by Protestants in Nova Scotia in favor of re. cognizing and strengthening denomintional coileges could be used with greater force in favor of denominational schools. The friends of State-supported denomnational colleges could only refuse separate schools to the Roman Catholics on the ground that the Roman Catholics are in a minority and cannot enforce their claims. The chief argument in favor of denominational col- leges is that they exist, that in the past they received grants and that they possess the confidence of the denominations. But this same argument would apply to denom- national schools,and the question then arose —Why should they not be recognised ? The ‘ godless plea’ used against a Provins cial College applied as forcibly to our un» sectarian common schools, yet the school children really required religious teaching and influence much more than college stud-~ ents. Incompetency puts men in false posi- tions, A strong case could be made out in favor of granting separate schools to Roman Catholics; the system was not much more costly; it created a wholesome rivalry be. cween schools and teachers, and there were practical checks preventing its injuring the common schools. He thought a bargain could be struck with the Roman Catholics that would be advantagous all round. Let us give them separate schools,and let them ugree to the establishment of a properly equipped Provincial College. The consci- ence plea told strongly in favor of the cons cession and in the name of generous deal-~ ing between man and man, where the majority has the power and the minority feels it must submit, in the name of com~ mon sense, and in the sacred name of con- science, he pleaded for the adoption of the Ontario system in these Maritime Pro- vinces,

The St. John Globe- published, we be- lieve, by a Methodist—comments upon

these remarks :— Mr. Grant’s utterances on the school

question are not tobe taken 9s the haps hazard remarks of a man who unthinkingly jumps a¢ aconclusion. He isin the con- stant practice of thinking on public ques» tions, and he is able to view a great sub- ject in its roundness and in its complete~ ness. Weare not therefore surprised at the liberal remarks with which he is credit» ed above. He, no doubt sees the very great difficulty that stands in the way of the settlement of this school question. If he looks at the Province of New Bruns~ wick, he sees the Roman Catholics taxed by the Protestants to pay for the support ot schools which the Roman Catholics them: selves, with few exceptions do not use. He sees every poor Catholic in the city of St. John, who is earning his eighty cents a day, or his dollar, paying for shools in which the children of wealthy Protestants are educated. It is quite true that the Catholic can use these schools if he will; but he does tot do so, because they are not managed in accordance with his views. This, then, is the practical difficulty over which the Govenment should triumph. The Catholic sets up objections. The Pro- testants says we do not care for your obe jections; we are in the majority. You must submit. We give you what we have for ourselves. Wedo not ask you to do anything that we are not satisfied to do ours selves. Now, to many minds this appears to be fair and reasonable enough. And if the Roman Catholics were satistied it would be fair enough. But he is not satisfied. It is no answer to him to say, Oh, you are un~ reasonable. You are always asking for something. Why cannot you take what we take? If the cases were reversed: If the Catholics were in a majority ; if they pre- scribed for the Protestants; if they gave them what they (the Catholics) thought fair, but what did not satify the Protestants, what would be the position ? [t is no use to tell men that they have no grievances if they really believe they have. Perhaps half of the tyranny of which men complain in the world has but a sentimental exist. ence. No doubt the Turks honestly be- lieve that the Christians now revolting against their authority kave no ground for complaint. The British Government rex garded the revolt of the thirteen Colonies as a capricious act. The teniency of men to mete out for other people just what suits themselves, to make them believe and act as they believe, is very strong; but it is not always good. Especially on the question of education should there be allowed the widest possible latitude to individual free« dom of thought and action; because the State in undertaking the work of educat-

ing the young, enters upon the parental

which it ought only to assume by the gen« eral consent of parents. It should endeavor to harmonize as far as possible all conflict- ing views, interests and authorities. system that does not do this is only a partial success, In New Brunswick, there- fore, whilst we pride ourselves upon our efficient school system, let us remember that nearly one third of the people prefer not to use the system at all. Clearly it would be better to devise a system that would prove acceptable to the whole com~ monwealth than to only a portion. And no matter how good a system may be theoret~ ically, no matter how good it might prove to be if the whole people cordialiy sustain- ed it, their failure to sustain is the weak point. Mr, Grant would remedy these detects by Separate Schools. He sees no- thing wrong in that. We have always beea of the opinion that it is possible to oper- ate the system now prevailing in New Brunswick in such a way as to give the Roman Catholics what they desire, to make them hearty supporters of public educa. tion, without any positive Jaw-establish< ing Separate Schools. We believe that this could be done in a manner that the whole people would approve of, but it can only be done by acknowledging the errors

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domain, and assumes to itself a duty | and how fortumes may be had for the

trouble of picking them up; mortgages his farm to raise money, goes away to the land of gold, and, siter many months of hard toil, comes home to commence again at the bottom of the hill for a more weary and less successful climbing up again.

Mark the men in every community who are notorious for ability and equally notor- ious for never getting ahead, and you will usually find them to be those who never stick to any one business long, but are al ways forsaking their occupation just when it begins to be profitable.

Young men stick to your business. It may be you have mistaken your calling, if 80, find it out as quick as possible, and change ii; but don’t let any uneasey desire to get along fast.or a dislike of your honest calling lead you to abandon it. Have some honest occupation, and then stick to it; if you are setting type, set away at them; if you are selling oysters, keep on selling them; pursue the business you have chos-

of the past, avd by heartily going to work to achieve the end desired. We are glad, however, that Mr. Grant has given us his | views on the question, We might sup. | pose them to be distasteful to many in his

own denomnation; but we believe, how~

ever, that this will not prove to be the

case, for doubtles, the great mass of men

are moving towards the accomplishment

of that which is just and fair.

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BEN FRANKLIN ON PROTECTION,

The following remarks on trade and gov- ernment by that celebrated philosopher and legislator, Benjamin Franklin, are worthy of attention :

“The agriculture and fisheries of the United states (read Dominion) are the great source of our increasing wealth. He that puts a seed into the earth is recompensed, perhaps, by receiving forty out of it, and he who draws up a fish out of our water draws up a piece of silver.

‘* Let us be attentive to these, and then

the power of rivals, ‘ with all their restrain-~ ing and prohibiting acts,’ cannot much hurt us. We are sons of the earth and seas,and like Anteeus in the fable, if in wrestling with Hercules we now and then receive a fall, the touch of our parents will communicate to us fresh strength and vigor to renew the contest. “ Perhaps in general, it would be better if Government meddied no farther with trade than to protect it and let it take its course. Most of the statutes or acts, edicts, arrests and placents of Parliaments, princes and States for regulating or re- straining of trade, have, we think, been either political blunders, or jobs obtained by artful men for private advantage under pretence of public good.

« When Colbert assembled some of the wise old merchants of France, and desired their advice and opinion how he could best | serve and promote commerce, their answer, after consultation, was in three words only, | Laisseznous faire; ‘* Let us alone.’ It is said by a very solid writer of the same nation, that he is well advanced in the science of politics whe knows the fall force of that maxim, Pes trop gouverner, *‘ not to govern too much,” which, perhaps, would be of more use when applied to trade than in any other public concern. It were, therefore, to be wished that commerce were as free between all the nations of the world as it is between the several counties of England; so would all by mutual communications ob- tain more enjoyments. Those counties do not ruin each other by trade, neither would the nations. No nation was ever ruined by trade, even seemingly the most disad~- vantageous. Whenever desirable superflu. ities are imported, industry is excited and thereby plenty is produced. Were only necessaries permitted to be purchased,men would work no more than was necessary for that purpose.

‘‘ The advantage of having manufactures in a countzy does not consist, as is commonly cupped, in their highly advancing the value of rough materials, of which they are formed; since, thcugh sixpenny worth of flax may be worth twenty shillings when worked into lace, yet the very cause of its being worth twenty shillings is, that, besides theflax,it has cost nineteen shillings and six. pence in subsistence to the manufacturer. But the advaniage of manufactures is, that under their shape provisions may be more easily carried to a foreign market; and by their means our traders may more easily cheat strangers. Few, where it is not made, are judges of the vaiue of lace. The importer may demand forty and perhaps get thirty shillings for that which cost him but twenty. Finally, there seems to be but three ways for an nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their conquered neigh- bors—that is robbery. The second is by commerce, which is generally cheating. The third by agriculture, the only honest way wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of a continual miracle, wrought by the hand of God in his favor, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry.”’

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STICK TO YOUR BUSINNSS.

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There is nothing which should be more frequently impressed upon the minds of young men than the importance of steadily pursuing some one business. The frequent changing from one employment to another is one of the most common errors commit- ted and to it may be traced more than half the failures cf men in business, and much of the discontent and disappointment that render life uncomfortable. Itisa very common thing fer a man to be dissatisfied with his business, and to desire to change it for some other, which, it seems to him, will prove a more lucrative employment; but in nine cases out of ten it isa mistake. Look round, you, and you will find among your acquaintances abundant verification of our assertion.