Make It Happen

There  a discouraging heap of rubbish

Fanny brought out her ” rags, and was astonishedA Dress Parade.to see how many she had, for chair, sofa, bed, and bureau were covered, and still Maud, who was burrowing in the closets, kept crying,  Here s another ” for you I” Now. to me your  rubbish looks very encouraging, because tnere is good material tnere. and not much wornout finery,thats my detestation, for you cant do anything witn it. Let me see, five bonnets. Put the winter ones away till autumn, rip up the summer ones, and out of three old ones we  get a pretty new one, if my eyes don t deceive me.”and then do let me see you make a bonnet. it must be so interesting,” said Maud, whipping t>ut her scissors, and eagerly beginning to reduce a shabby little bonnet to its original elements.Now the dresses.” continued Polly, who had rapc.v sorted out tne Dues. Will you have the goodness to look at this ? ” said Fan, holding up a gray street suit, faded past cure.Polly whisked it wrong side out, and showing the clean, bright fabnc, said, with a triumphant wave. Behold your new suit: fresh trimming and less of it will finish you off as smart as ever.” never wore a turned dress in my life ; do you suppose people will know it?” said Fan, doubtfully.” wnat lr tnev ao, it wont nurt vou. isot one  a hundred will ever think anything about your dress, except that it is pretty. Ive worn turned and dyed gowns all my days, and it dont seem to have alienated my fhends, or injured my constitution.” That it has nt: Im a goose, Polly, and I ll get over the feeling that it s sort of disgraceful to be poor and have to economize. We  turn the gray, and I  wear it bravely.”xnen it win Be more oecominsr Mian ever. un. neres tne nrettv yioiet suk ; tnat win m&m a ioyei\ suit,” crieci ronv, mms. on wixn tne review.u Dont see now two draggled skirts and a stained waist can be transformed into a whole rig. said Fan. sitting on the bed. with her garments strewn about her in various attitudes of limp despondency.” Well, maam, my plan is this, began Polly, imitating Mrs. OGradys important tone, and bad grammar : ” Gores is out. and plaits is in: therefore, as the top of this .skirt is quite fresh, we will take off the ruffles, turn it upside down, and leave it plain.

He also had much inward exercise

In prayer he was short, especially in public, but ” every word or sentence bo spoke was as a bolt shot to heaven.” He spent mac^ of his time in private prayer. He had a very notable faculty in searching the scripture*, and explaining the most obscure mysteries therein. of conscience anent his own case, and was sometimes tempted, even anent that grand fundameatal truth, the being of a God; iasosnuch, that it wss almost customary to him totar, a* he did wbee he irst spok* la the pulpit, I think b a greet matter to believe thera ia a God.” By aueh experience he was the hotter fitted to deal with other* under the like temptationa.* Having a rtrj majestic countenance, hia appearnnoe in the pulpit was good. Hia delivery waa solemn, impressive, aad commanding ; aad to apply to hia sermons the rererae of the figure by which a* above, one of hia hearer* described hi* peaysrs, ” ev«ry word or ecntenea he *poke wa* like a bolt (hot from heaven.”That he wa* alao deeply affected with the pabliecaoae and intere*! of J mo* Christ, and both did and (offered much on account of it, the fact* already mentioned, afford abundant evidence. Perhaps no one of hi* age wa* more aevarely treated by the reigning party, on account of hi* adherenoe to principle and doty. It appear*, indeed, a* if they acted with regard to him on a aettled plan of annoyaace. It *eem* to have been determined from the first, that he should never resume hi* place and honour*. But yet he wa* for yean tantalised, by having the hope of doing so, frequeuUy held out to him. Either such terms, however, were proposed, as it was known he should reject, or thoee to which he was about to accede, were of a sudden withdrawn. He wa* also anoeasiogly persecuted by the mesa jealousy of the Bishop*, who set spins on his conduct, sent informations to court against him, aad procured order* to change the place of hi* confinement from time to time. Undoubtedly, the whole of the treatment which he received, was very disgraceful to the then government. Granting that he gave way to scrupulosity—reouired a degree of evidenos as to the guilt of Gowrie, which be needed not toward* (imply announcing it, and even that there was a mixture of pride in hia motiras, (concession* which many will not be disposed to make) still the nioe and high sense of Integrity, which he uniformly displayed, hit mat talents, and the eminent services which he had performed to Church and state, ought to have seenred to him very different treatment.

Numberless other currents exist

The phenomena of tides, which are produced by tbe attraction of the sun and moon, it it unnecessary to describe. A general motion from east to west prevails in the torrid zone, which is supposed to be caused by the action of the trade winds. One of the most remarkable currents it the Gulf Stream, which we may suppose to commence at the southern part of the Gulf of Mexico, from which it issues by the Straits of Bahama, with a velocity of from four to five miles an hour, and proceeds parallel to thocoast of the United Suits, at the average rate of about two miles an hour, until it meeu the Great Bank of Newfoundland, when it ia deflected by a current passing southward, runs off in a south-westerly direction, proceeds to Madeira and die Cape Verde Islands, wbere it joina the equatorial current, and is again carried to the Gulf of Mexico. Humboldt calculates that it Ukes two years and ten months to perform ita circuit of 3800 leagues. of which it is unnecessary to speak.The action of the waters of the sea, aa exerted upon iu bottom, ia little known to us, although it is evident that tbe great currenU must have a tendency to scoop out their channels and deposits tbe materials which they remove along their odes. Tbe destructive action of the sea upon iu shores is manifested in various ways. When the coast is rocky, tbe waves gradually wear it down, and undermine it, causing the upper parts to fall in masses. The blocks and rubbish are gradually rounded, broken down and scattered about by the waves, or heaped up in the form of beaches. 343、The larger stones, accumulated at the base of the cliffs, prevent d»e further encroachments of the sea, and the smaller particles are either swept away, or heaped up in the form of sand. Dr Hibbert, in his Description of the Shetland Islands gives numerous examples of huge blocks overturned and removed by the force of tbe waves and currenU; and Mr Stevenson states that, during storms drift stooes more than two tons weight have often been thrown upon the Bell Rock from deep water.

As for Mrs. Gray, she absolutel

The defence refused all cross-examiuation, and Julia was told that she might leave the stand. As the permission was given,she lifted her heavy eyes and tnrned them once more npon her grandfather. Oh, what a world of anguish lay in that look. The old man answered it with another smile. She saw it bnt dimly, for her eyes were filling with tears, but i?s sad sweetness made her faint. She tottered back to the seat by her grandmother, leafled her head against the wall, and without a sigh or a motion became as insensible as the wall itself.It was strange, bnt the evidence of this young girl, strongly as it bore against the prisoner in fact, created a feeling in his favor with the jury, and disposed the crowd to more charitable thoughts of the old man who could make himself so beloved by a creature like that. y sobbed tlH the chair shook under her, all the time that Julia waa speaking. But the grandmother sat motionless, only turning her eyes slowly from her husband to the jury, and from them to the judges, striving, poor creature, to gather some ray of hope from their faces.196、It was a strong proof of the influence which the truthfulness of this young creature had upon the court, that there was a good deal of legal informality permitted in tbe examination. She had been allowed to tell her story after her own gentle fashion, without undue interference from the lawyers ; and for a little time after she left the stand, there was profound silence in the crowd, as if no one could break, even by a whisper, the impressions which her evidence had left.This silence was broken by tho prisoner, who arose, all at once, and attempted to move toward his grand-daughter. While all others were absorbed, he had seen her head droop against the wall, the heavy lids settle like snow-flakes over her eyes, and the color quenched around her mouth. The sight was t<^o much for him, and he started up, as I have described, but only to feel the officer’s gripe upon his arm.” See, see, you have killed her,” said the old man, pointing with his finger to the insensible girl. ” Let me go to her, I say—one minute—only a minute 1 No one else can bring her to life I”The officer attempted to resist the old man.” Sit down—sit down,” he said,” it disburbs the court.

The other nodded his head

” If the horse stands steady, I will lend a hand directly.”M Oh, he’s steady enough ; we’ve rowed the critter across here more than once ; he ain’t shiey, that horse ain’t,” answered one of the men, ready to open a conversation on any subject.” That may be, but I’ll hold him just now and see how he stands the water.”There was nothing in this to open a fresh vein of conversation ; so, taking up their poles, the two old men pushed their lumbering craft into the river, casting now and then a furtive glance at the lady, who had drawn her veil aside, and sat with her eyes fixed on the opposite shore, apparently unmindful of their scrutiny.” Purty, ain’t she ?” whispered one of the men..”A sort of nat’ral look about her,” continued the man, drawing back, as if to give a fresh plunge with his pole.” Just so,” was the rejoinder.The lady, who had, np to this time, kept her eyes eagerly bent on the little village to which they seemed creeping over the water, suddenly addressed them—” There are three houses in the valley now—that nearest the water, to whom does it belong V”That, ma’am I oh, that’s the new tavern; the sign isn’t so well seen when the leaves are ont, yet if you look close, it’s swinging to that ar willow agin the houseThe lady cast a glance toward the willow, then her eyes seemed to pierce into the depths of the valley. Beyond the tavern lay an apple orchard, and back of that rose the roof of an old gray house. The ridge and heavy stone chimney alone were visible ; but the old building seemed to fascinate her gaze—she bent forward, her hands were clasped, her features grew visibly pale. She cast an earnest look at the old man, and attempted to speak ; but the effort only made her parted lips turn a shade whiter. She uttered no sound.” You needn’t be afraid, ma’am, there’s no arthly danger here 1″ said one of the men, mistaking the source of her emotion. “I’ve been on this ferry sixteen years, and no accident has ever happened in my time. You couldn’t drown here if you was to try.”The lady looked at him with a faint quivering smile, that died gently away as her gaze became more earnest. She dwelt upon his withered old face, as if trying to study ont some fami* iar feature in its hard lines.” Sixteen years 1″ she said, and the smile returned, but with an additional tinge of sadness, ” sixteen years 1″

And if there be no righteousness

If not so, my first born in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to paas; neither wickedness; neither holiness nor misery; neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if it should be one body, it must needs remain as dead, having no life, neither death nor corruption, nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, nether sense nor insensibility. Wherefore, it must needs havo boen created for athing of nought; wherefore, there would have been no purpose in the end of its creation. Wherefore, this thing must needs destroy the wisdom of God, snd his eternal purposes; and also, the power, and the mercy, and the justice of God. And if ye shall say there is no law, ye shall also say there is no pin. If ye shall say there is no sin, ye shall also say there is no righteousness., there be no happiness. And if there be no righteousness nor happiness, tnere be no punishment nor misery. And if these thingssre not, there is noGod. And if there is no God, we are not, neither the earth, for there could have been no creation of things, neither to act nor to be acted upon; wherefore, all things must have vanished away.And now, my sons, I speak unto you these things, for your profit and learning: for there is s God, and he hath created all things, both the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them is: both things to act, snd things to be acted upon; and to bring about his eternal purposes in tho end of man, after he had created our first parents, and the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and in fine, all things which are created, it must needs be that there waa an opposition: even the forbidden fruit in opposition to the tree of life; the one being sweet snd the other bitter; wherefore, the Lord God gave unto man, that he should act for himself. Wherefore, man could not act for himself, save it should be that he was enticed by the one or the other.And I, Lehi, according to the things which I have read, must needs suppose, that an angel of God, according to that which is written, had fallen from heaven; wherefore he became a devil, having sought that which was evil before God.

The finest part of the old building

Newgate market must necessarily be a place of extraordinary activity and bustle; being, as it unquestionably is, the largest dead-meat market in the kingdom, and situated in a very dense part of the metropolis. The greater portion of the site belongs to the Corporation ; but a private individual owns the building once known as the old College of Physicians; and this, or the interior area, is now occupied as a subsidiary depot, designated sometimes the’ College market’ A strange change of fortune this 1 Where learned physicians were once wont to meet and discuss and lecture, there are now butchers, and meat, and saw-dust; both the outer octangular porch and the inner quadrangle arc thus occupied ; and we are on all sides reminded that the purveyors of food have supplanted the purveyors of health. The room over the octangular porch was the lecture-room, with windows looking into Warwick lane., comprising the hall, the dining-room, and the grand staircase, lie on one side of the meat-market; but these, as well as the interior frontages of the College itself, are so completely obscured by the shed and roof of the market, that the butchers themselves know little or nothing about them: the architecture has been smothered behind beef and mutton.

The market is held every day in the week; but Mondays and Fridays arc the chief market days. Business commences so early as four in the morning ; and it is ‘ high change’ between five and seven; by

nine or ten o’clock the larger dealings are concluded; and when the principal salesmen have consigned over to smaller salesmen any meat that may be yet unsold, they close their shops and retire for the day. There is an afternoon sale for the convenience of butchers who have been to the cattle market, and who may wieh to purchase dead meat before returning home. There are also evening markets, especially on Saturday, for the sale of any remaining stock; but butchers have nought to do with this: the purchases are made by the humbler class of consumers.

The system of transacting business here is analogous to that at the cattle market. The salesman is the medium between the seller and the buyer. A grazier or dealer, in any part of the three kingdoms, writes to his salesman to announce that a certain quantity of country-killed meat will reach London by railway or by steamer at a particular time; and the meat arrives in waggons, or vans, or carts, from the station or the wharf. How these vehicles can take up their places in the narrow thoroughfare of Newgate Street is almost inexplicable. No time is lost, however. The blue-jacketed porters are ready to carry the meat from the carts into the salesmen’s shops; and if a black hat or a black coat should chance to be in one of the narrow avenues at the time, a shouting of * Time’s up, Guv’nor,’ and probably a thump from a huge piece of beef, will suggest to the owner of the hat or coat the expediency of getting out of the way as quickly as possible. When the butchers arrive, purchases are made and money paid with great rapidity. The salesman charges

a small commission to the grazier or country dealer, and, with this deduction, transmits the money by any of the usual modes adopted in commercial transactions. He may not see his employer from one year’s end to another, or may indeed be personally altogether unknown to him; for the transactions are managed with so much regularity, that a penny post letter will be as efficient as a personal conference. The salesman’s commission is so trifling as a penny or three half-pence per stone of 8 lb.; it is the same whether the market-price of meat be high or low, and on this account, when meat is cheap and the demand brisk, the salesman’s profits are greater than in a time of high prices’and a slack demand. The salesmen pay a weekly rental for their shops or stalls; and it is they who employ the porters that bring the meat from the vans and carts into the shops.

There is every where an excess

For as wine is diluted and lost by an infusion of water, and as a whole mass of meal contracts acidity from a sprinkling of leaven, sothe purity of God Is only polluted when man makes any addition of his own. And yet we see, as the sacraments are observed in the present day, how very far they have degenerated from their original purity. of pageantries, ceremonies, and gesticulations; but no consideration or mention of the word of God, without which even the sacraments themselves cease to be sacraments. And the very ceremonies which have been instituted by God are not to be discerned among such a multitude of others, by which they are overwhelmed. In baptism, how little is seen of that which ought to be the only conspicuous object, I mean baptism itself? And the Lord’s supper has been completely buried since it has been transformed into the mass; except that it is exhibited once a year, but in a partial and mutilated form.CHAPTER XIX.The Jive other Ceremonies, falsely called Sacraments, proved not to be Sacraments : their Nature explained*200、The preceding discussion respecting the sacraments might satisfy persons of docile and sober minds, that they ought not to carry their curiosity any further, or, without the sanction of the word of God, to receive any other sacraments beside those two which they know to have been instituted by the Lord* But as the opinion of seven sacraments has been so generally admitted in the common conversation of mankind, and pervaded the controversies of the schools, and the sermons of the pulpit; as it has gathered strength from its antiquity, and still keeps its hold on the minds of men; I have thought I should perform a useful service by entering into a closer and distinct examination of the five ceremonies, which are commonly numbered among the true and genuine sacraments of the Lord, by clearing away every fallacy, and exhibiting to the view of plain Christians the naal nature of those ceremonies, and how falsely they have hitherto been considered as sacraments. Here, in the first place, I wish to declare to all the faithful, that I amnot induced to enter on this controversy respecting the term, by the least desire of contention, but that I am urged by important reasons to resist the abuse of it. I am aware that Christians have power over names as well as things, and may therefore apply words to things at their own pleasure, provided they retain a pious meaning, even though there be some impropriety of expression.

These and other objects will be treated

Such is the preliminary sketch of the physical constitution and immediate relations of the Cape territory, which we have thought it necessary to present before entering upon a detailed account of its population, agriculture, and commerce. of in a future Number.

MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES.

TKt Jtvt—Con tAry Uctnd /ffvWtaritOi t—The poritloa of tbe Jew* la the nudit of the naUoea who h*v« afforded them prcUcUon, furao, through many •g**, an Intcnnting tuhjrct uf meditation fur th« observing portka ot mankind. TV apecwa of isolation to which the; liv* Mining mm who cannot be called their feUow-citisens, and the repugnance which tbey uoanimouilr «*. proM for tbe exerclae of agricultural labours, offer a subject of constant a*, toniahment, and friijiuntly alto of bitter reprcach. At this moment, when tbe friends of humanity appvar to Im «edeavourti^{ to Had tbe mean* of * remedy fee an eril p injudicial to tbe interests of many nation* of Europe, u well aa to tbe claia of being* themsclrc* who excltc their beoerotant solicitude, it I* wished, la particular, to Indue* th* Jews to turn thtrfr attention to the occupUkni of agriculture; and, aa a means of arriving at tha end, to employ tbe all-powerful exhortatloc*. encouragement*, aod Influent* i>f education. If we would prejudge the minvm which may be permitted to attend thaw tffotU, it will IIr* b* necessary to inquire wtwUwr they art calculated

Hod of more or lew duration, be experiences • low of mo* handrvdo af frsiua flie etch day”* May, ftom the effect of tbe momentary stagnation of Mr capful Th* eff«t U «imilvir In every cut which suspend* the activity of the capital applied to every specie* of industry, and the more particularly ta this im-men* manufactory, whlrh, like a V»rt net-wurk, cover* the whole surface of tbe territory, and exercise* IU influence over the axl Itaeif from which it dr*w» the *ut«irtencc of tbe whole pojiulatko. And, bcaidca, the value of the product* of labour Is atiU more confidently augmented by the exchange* or barter to which I bar give rl«e, from tbe moment in which they «re crcatcd until that in whkh they paaa Into the hand* of the con Rimer. By the cffecta of tbcac various cauec*. the product* eraaUd by labour mint a value ef at Icait doubt* tbe pries of the Ubour itaeif i consequently the deficit occasioned la tbe production, by the suspension of this labour during one single day of the year, may be estimated at 20 million ftaocs at least. This loaa, then, Is is fact more detrimental to the national wtaHh, than would be a surcharge of to million* on the tmpoat*: for, in thi* latter caae, there is merely a iifUt*. mm of value i that which ia taken from the one b given to the other instead of a total annihUatim, a* in the other. Such I* tbe influence of thl* cause over the riches of a people, that, in supposing two neighbouring nation* exchanging mutually th* produeta which they create, and establlabtng thus between each other commercial relation* on the footing of equality, If to tbe ooe Is allowed ten day* of real, or worship, more than th* other, the former would aoon find bene If reduced to tbe impossibility of sustaining tbe compa. titlon : sbe would t« dally impoverishing herself i Ignorance, the inseparable companion of misery, would create, by th* effect of a very natural re-action, an obstacle for a time insurmountable to the adoption of th* only meant of combating tbe evil which enthralled her.

The constant friction of such a mass

The animated and bloody contest transacting on the Canada shore was alleged to have operated somewhat unfavourably on the nerves of the American reserve, who, at all events, by refusing in the afternoon to cross the river, consummated the discomfiture of their gallant friends. The banks of the river are precipitous, and probably 300 feet in height, thickly wooded ; and here terminates the wild ravine, which commences seven miles above it, at the Falls. If certain geological theories are right, this was oncc actually the spot where Niagara thundered ; and the Falls are supposed to have been for ages gradually re> ceding. The nature of the substrata and some well ascertained farts bear curiously upon this speculation. of water, as displayed in the foamiog rapids above the cataract, with the effective agency of winter frosts, certainly conveyed to my mind a strong impression that the theory might be sound. The river runs here with a powerful current, and is about half a mile in width. It is hardy possible to imagine a more appalling spectacle than the American troops must have presented when driven in wild confusion down these banks. My friend H , from a knowledge of their language, was attached to the Indian brigade. He placed trie, with a gid-dy head, upon the spot where his unerring riflemen maintained a deadly fire upon the hapless foe scrambling through the thicket of cedars, or attempting to swim the river, in which many a poor fellow perished.

Innumerable are the anecdotes, tragic and comic, which were detailed regarding this frontier war. The employment of our red allies was a subject of much vituperation against the British.

The history of Colonel D-, a Canadian, who commanded

the Indians, was fruitful in adventure and anecdote. He was perfectly master of the Indian language and customs, had lived much among them, and, to sum up all perfection, had chosen a Squaw for his wife. In every sport and in every danger he was one of themselves ; and, where they place their ccnfidcnce and affection, both are alike unbounded. It happened to him once, in the western country, when engaged in the fur trade, tliat his party, exhausted with fatigue, resisted all his persuasions to pro-

ceed, and insisted upon erecting a wigwam for the night at • certain pna% known to be a haunt of the Indians when in wait

to plunder the trader*. The men were soon nslecp, but D-,

with an anxious eye, lay watching the dying embers; and, while there yet remained sufficient light to distinguish objects, be perceived the dreaded visitors crawling like huge snakes into the hut. It was vsin to think of resistance; he feigned to be asleep, almost afraid to breathe, and only hoping that the removal of their booty might satisfy the Indians, if no interruption should occur. At this anxious moment his cars were greeted by a welcome whisper from the foremost, addressed to those behind, ” It is Redhead,” the name by which D was known m tbe woods. The simple announcement actcd like a charm, and the work of blood was arrested; but to show perhaps (like David of old) how entirely they had the party in their power, the leader moved quietly round, and passed his hand along each man’s throat, before making his exit.

The constant friction of such a mass

The animated and bloody contest transacting on the Canada shore was alleged to have operated somewhat unfavourably on the nerves of the American reserve, who, at all events, by refusing in the afternoon to cross the river, consummated the discomfiture of their gallant friends. The banks of the river are precipitous, and probably 300 feet in height, thickly wooded ; and here terminates the wild ravine, which commences seven miles above it, at the Falls. If certain geological theories are right, this was oncc actually the spot where Niagara thundered ; and the Falls are supposed to have been for ages gradually re> ceding. The nature of the substrata and some well ascertained farts bear curiously upon this speculation. of water, as displayed in the foamiog rapids above the cataract, with the effective agency of winter frosts, certainly conveyed to my mind a strong impression that the theory might be sound. The river runs here with a powerful current, and is about half a mile in width. It is hardy possible to imagine a more appalling spectacle than the American troops must have presented when driven in wild confusion down these banks. My friend H , from a knowledge of their language, was attached to the Indian brigade. He placed trie, with a gid-dy head, upon the spot where his unerring riflemen maintained a deadly fire upon the hapless foe scrambling through the thicket of cedars, or attempting to swim the river, in which many a poor fellow perished.

Innumerable are the anecdotes, tragic and comic, which were detailed regarding this frontier war. The employment of our red allies was a subject of much vituperation against the British.

The history of Colonel D-, a Canadian, who commanded

the Indians, was fruitful in adventure and anecdote. He was perfectly master of the Indian language and customs, had lived much among them, and, to sum up all perfection, had chosen a Squaw for his wife. In every sport and in every danger he was one of themselves ; and, where they place their ccnfidcnce and affection, both are alike unbounded. It happened to him once, in the western country, when engaged in the fur trade, tliat his party, exhausted with fatigue, resisted all his persuasions to pro-

ceed, and insisted upon erecting a wigwam for the night at • certain pna% known to be a haunt of the Indians when in wait

to plunder the trader*. The men were soon nslecp, but D-,

with an anxious eye, lay watching the dying embers; and, while there yet remained sufficient light to distinguish objects, be perceived the dreaded visitors crawling like huge snakes into the hut. It was vsin to think of resistance; he feigned to be asleep, almost afraid to breathe, and only hoping that the removal of their booty might satisfy the Indians, if no interruption should occur. At this anxious moment his cars were greeted by a welcome whisper from the foremost, addressed to those behind, ” It is Redhead,” the name by which D was known m tbe woods. The simple announcement actcd like a charm, and the work of blood was arrested; but to show perhaps (like David of old) how entirely they had the party in their power, the leader moved quietly round, and passed his hand along each man’s throat, before making his exit.