name of the school, as a testimony of the respect and gratitude of the children. His affectionate heart was delighted with the gift. He thanked them all most heartily; and, alas! for human plans and foresight, he kindly promised that all the boys should visit Earlham, some fine day in summer, when they might play in the plantation, and walk through the beautiful garden. "In that garden there is now a sepulchre !" Having, in early life, been brought under the influence of religion, he became desirous to be the means of imparting its instructions and blessings to others; and, therefore, after the usual preliminary proceedings, he became an acknowledged minister in the Society of Friends in the year 1818. As the Friends distinguished between teaching and preaching, he could consistently make previous preparation for the former, and such discourses especially were exceedingly clear, well arranged, and peculiarly adapted to the occasion and the auditory. It was his habit, when travelling in the discharge of that ministry, to take the opportunity of going into general society, as the advocate and promoter of various religious and philanthropic objects. One of his earliest journeys, undertaken in 1818, in company with his sister, Mrs. Fry, was devoted to an investigation of the state of the prisons in Scotland and the north of England; the results of which were given to the public, in a volume of well selected facts, accompanied with wise and benevolent suggestions on the subject of prison discipline. A similar journey to Ireland was taken by the same parties in the spring of 1827, and an account of it was published by Mr. Gurney in "A Report addressed to the Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland" in which he recommends a course prison discipline, the great objects of which are, "first, to prevent the criminal from growing worse; and, secondly, if possible, to effect in his character a real improvement." Upwards of forty prisons were visited by them, besides the principal lunatic asylums, infirmaries, houses of industry, and other establishments, for the relief of the most wretched part of that ever afflicted population. The friend of the prisoner could not be expected to become the enemy of the slave; and the name of Joseph John Gurney will ever be associated with Clark son, Wilbeforce, Buxton, Macaulay, and others. His volume of "Familiar Letters to Henry Clay, of Kentucky," describes from his own observation the benefits which had followed emancipation in the West Indies, and advocates therefrom the safety and desirableness of terminating slavery in America. The plans suggested and advocated by Sir Fowell Buxton on behalf of Africa, including the Niger expedition, gained his hearty approbation and his liberal aid; except indeed, "those vile guns" by which it was to be defended in time of need; which were a sore trouble to him, and which was made him reflect and hesitate for some time, before he found he could consistently support the scheme. It is scarcely possible for a man of intelligence and generous sympathies, to be wholly indifferent to politics. Joseph John Gurney, at all events, was not so. By education and conviction, he early became a staunch advocate of civil and religious freedom, and, on many occasions, fearlessly asserted the inalienable right of man to think for himself. His visit to America was in 1837, and occupied three years; during which time he travelled through most of the northern states of the Union, and in Upper and Lower Canada. The incidents of his journeys; the objects, natural, civil, and moral, which attracted his attention; and the impressions made on his mind by America and the Americans, are narrated, in good style, in a series of letters, which though printed, and circulated among his private friends, has not been published. We extract a passage: "The principal object which I had in view in visiting Washington, was the holding of a meeting for worship with the officers of government and members of Congress. My mind was attracted towards these public men under a feeling of religious interest; and far beyond my expectation, did my way open for accomplishing the purpose. Colonel Polk, the speaker of the representative assembly, granted me the use of the legislation hall; the chaplain of the house (a respectable Wesleyan minister) kindly surrendered his accustomed service for our accommodation; public invitation was given in the newspapers; and when we entered the hall the following First-day morning, we found it crowded with the members. of Congress, their ladies, and many other persons. Undoubtedly it was a highly respectable and intellectual audience; and I need scarcely tell thee, that it was to me a serious and critical occasion. One of my friends sat down with me in the speaker's rostrum ; a feeling of calmness was graciously bestowed upon us; and a silent solemnity overspread the whole meeting. After a short time, my own mind became deeply impressed with the words of our blessed Redeemer, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life.' Speaking from this text, I was led to describe the main features of Orthodox Christianity; to declare that these doctrines had been faithfully held by the Society of Friends, from their first rise to the present day; to dwell on the evidences, both historical and internal, which form the credentials of the gospel, considered as a message to mankind from the King of heaven and earth to urge the claims of that message on the world at large-on America in particular, a country so remarkably blessed by Divine Providence-and, above all, on her statesmen and legislators; to advise the devotional duties of the closet, as a guard against the dangers and temptations of politics; to dwell on the peaceable government of Christ by his spirit; and, finally, to insist on the perfect law of righteousness as applying to nations as well as individuals-to the whole of the affairs of men, both private and public. A solemn silence again prevailed at the close of the meeting; and after it was concluded, we received the warm greetings of Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and many other members, of whom we took our leave in the flowing of mutual kindness. Thus was I set free from the heavy burden which had been pressing upon me. In the evening we met a large assembly at the Methodist chapel, at Georgetown, a populous place, almost adjoining Washington; and the next morning pursued our journey to a small settlement of humble Friends, in the state of Maryland." In 1841 he went to Paris with Samuel Gurney, his brother in sympathy, as well as in relationship, to direct the attention of influential and official persons to the subject of slavery, for the purpose of obtaining its extinction. During their stay, they had an interview with Louis Philippe.-Christian Observer. THE STRANGER'S HEART. The stranger's heart! oh wound it not! A yearning anguish is its lot; In the green shadow of thy tree The stranger finds no rest with thee. Thou think'st the vine's low rustling leaves Thou thinkst thy children's laughing play A lovely sight at fall of day; Then are the stranger's thoughts opprestHis mother's voice comes o'er his breast. Thou thinkst it sweet when friend to friend Thy hearth, thy home, thy vintage land- The Wife of Audubon. Mr. Audubon married early, a daughter of the Bakewells of England. The family name, so well known in this country, is a sufficient proclamation of her probable worthiness, to share the fortunes of such a man. But apart from all such extraneous considerations, her life is the best commentary upon, and her sons the best illustration of what such a matron should be; she shared, with a smiling bravery, all the wanderings and necessities of her husband. Whether the temporary occupant of some log or frame hovel attached to a trading post of the great south-west, where it was necessary for the husband to take up his quarters in his double capacity of trader and naturalist; or as a sharer of honor, regal, so far as artistic and scientific appreciation could make them, bestowed on him amid the imposing luxuries of European life, she was always the calm, wise, cheerful helper as well as sympathizer. A noble relict of that almost exploded school of matrons, who recognised the compact of marriage as a sacred unification of purpose as well as life. She does not seem ed to have aimed at a higher honor than that of being the wife of J. Audubon. In this is her greatest glory; for a common woman, with the fears and weakness of common character, would soon have crushed the beginnings life of his en thusiasm b neath the weight of vulgar cares and apprehension. So far from this being the case, she appears to have been so entirely identified with his successes, that it would be impossible to separate her from our pleasing recognition of them. She was his resolute companion in many of those long journeys he found it necessary to make She in his earlier days to the far west. crossed the Alleghenies with him on horseback, at a time when there existed no other facilities for making the journey. She shared with him the wayside hovel of the mountaineer; laughed with him over the petty inconveniences of the travel, and shared the lovely enthusiasm. which burst forth, when its accidents threw in his way a long coveted or enWhen it became tirely new specimen. necessary for him to sink his Jacob's staff here and there, and to leave her with his family amidst strange associations for long months together, he could go with the calm feeling that, as the favorite bird of his own discovery, (the bird of Washington,) his eyrie would be safe in the jealous strength of his mate, and open and warm for him on his return. How many a dark hour amidst the savage woods has such deep shadows of trust made forests luminous with joy to him. How many gloomy defiles can be passed how many cold and sudendured-how many den plunges be fierce, extravagant exigencies be facedby that deep, abiding assurance which feels and knows that there is beyond all this a warm meeting place, a true heart to welcome, and a home!-Some of the most noble unpremeditated expressions of tenderness we remember, are to be found in his biography of birds, referring to the anticipated delight of such re unions with his family --SEL REV. JOHN NEWTON.-The late Rev. John Newton, Rector of St. Mary, Woolnoth, London, acknowledged in his lotters how greatly he felt indebted to his kind mother for the pains she took with him when quite a child, to instill into him the principles of religion, particularly her storing his memory with many valuable pieces, chapters, and portions of Scripture, catechism, hymns, and poems. These instructions, under God, seem to have increased the impressions made by other circumstances, though his heart does not appear to have been effectually brought to God the Savior until several years afterwards.-SEL. Loungers. The following story, told of Franklin's mode of treating persons called in those days 'Loungers,' is worth putting into practice occasionally, even in this age and generation: One fine morning, while Franklin was busy preparing his Newspaper for the press, a Lounger' stepped into the store, and spent an hour or more in looking over the books, &c., and finally taking one in his hand asked the shop-boy the price of it. "One dollar!" was the answer. "One dollar!" said the 'Lounger,' "can't you take less than that?" "No indeed, one dollar is the price." Another hour had nearly passed, when the Lounger' asked: "Is Mr. Franklin at home?' "Yes, he is in the Printing Office." The shop-boy immediately informed Mr. Franklin that a gentleman was in the Franklin was store waiting to see him. soon behind the counter, when the 'Lounger,' with book in hand, addressed him thus: "Mr. Franklin, what is the lowest you can take for this book?" "One dollar and a quarter," was the ready answer. "One dollar and a quarter! Why, your young man asked only a dollar." "True," said Franklin-" and I could have better afforded to take a dollar then, than to have been called out of the office." The 'Lounger' seemed surprised, and wishing to end the parley of his own making said "Come, Mr. Franklin, tell me what is the lowest you can take for it? "One dollar and a half." "One dollar and a half! why you of. fered it yourself for a dollar and a quar ter." "Yes," said Franklin, and I had better have taken that price then, than a dollar and a half now. The Lounger' paid down the price, and went about his business-if he had any, and Franklin returned into the Printing Office. Always show respect to honesty. This is quite a characteristic scene, and one of daily recurrence in thousands of places in the equatorial and other warm parts of our continent, among people of Spanish and Portuguese origin. The climate, in extensive regions, is so warm throughout the year, as to render houses unnecessary, except for shelter in the rainy season; and many of the inhabitants dwell in huts of straw or cane, so woven and thatched as to shed the water. They however spend much of their time in the open air from choice, often swinging, for hours together, in hammocks hung from the branches of trees, in which they indulge in the indolence, too natural to their situation. The cut above represents a native taking his "siesta," or mid-day nap, in that manner. Sometimes the annoyance of venomous insects compels the family to shun not only the house but the ground; and then, climbing trees, they suspend their hammocks at the height of ten feet or more from ground, regulating the distance according to the known habits of those tormenting little creatures. Were it not for a few objections, of which this scourge, is one, which prevails extensively, and especially at certain seasons and in particular situations, it would be difficult for the imagination to picture circumstances more promising, than those spread by nature over vast districts of our southern continent. Among the animals which we all should choose to dispense with, however, none belonging to the insect tribe are to be counted as the most formidable. The jaguar, the most ferocious and dangerous quadruped on this side of the Atlantic, sometimes ventures as near to the habitations of man as he is represented in our print; and the poor, feeble and timid inhabitants of the warmer regions are not only alarmed by their appearance, but sometimes fall a prey to their voracity. Poor and feeble, are epithets too generally applicable to the inhabitants of Southern Africa, though the last we added, viz. timid," does not appear to be so extensively deserved, at least when we look so far north as Mexico. But why should the natives of a genial climate and a fertile soil, abounding in the greatest natural riches, above and below the surface, be a poor and feeble race? Ah, if our countrymen duly appreciated the blessings they enjoy, under the kind Providence of God, in possessing a country whose soil and climate imperiously require incessant labor and assiduous forethought and care, to enable its occupants even to live; they would perhaps more cheerfully avail themselves of the numerous advantages within their reach, for becoming far more truly great and happy than they have ever been. HORRORS OF WAR.-A letter from Saltillo, says: "We are now encamped: the place (Buena Vista,) is very disagreeable, as the Mexican dead are but half buried. Anywhere upon the battle-field you can see their arms and feet, and, in many instances, their noses and chins, sticking out of the earth, which has been very sparsely thrown over them. But few books, as we have more than once remarked, are placed in the hands of the common people in Romish countries; and these inculcate, in the most emphatic manner, the duty of solitary life. The monastery and the nunnery are described as the places where alone the young can be safe from the dangerous allurements of the world; and those who inhabit them are declared to be pure, holy and happy. As monks and nuns, however, are usually not at liberty to leave their convents, or at least would be regarded with abhorrence if they should return to society, they are perhaps generally ranked below hermits, whose solitary lives are supposed to be not less painful, and more voluntary. Being also solitary individuals, all the interest felt for the hermitage is fixed upon the single hermit. And to excite this interest great exertions are often made. Tales are circulated of austerities practised in the little chapel, cave or grotto, which is seen or described on the neighboring hills; hints are given that the he mit is of a noble family, or a man who has renounced the cares of state or immense possessions; and he is often reported to have wrought miracles or enjoyed visits from angels. He is usually regarded as in some way a particular friend of the guardian saint of the city or village; and as having directly or indirectly some power over the people, and being able to confer personal benefits. At first, perhaps, the poor hermit receives but little notice, and may be exposed to contempt; and when some few compassionate or superstitious neighbors or passers-by begin to bestow gifts upon him, the monks, nuns or priests, who have before received their contributions or their superior reverence, may discountenance the new comer, and give out their own stories respecting his history or character. Or it may be that the hermitage has been occupied at the direction of a neighbouring monastery or bishop; and perhaps his only opposers are the inhabitants of another convent, or some second ecclesiastic. But, whatever be the case, the hermit has a plain and simple course to pursue. At all hours when he is liable to observation, he may be seen kneeling before a crucifix, with his back to the world, at the farther end of his grotto, cave or chapel, the front of which is usually darkened, while light comes down upon the other extremity. He stands perhaps at his little door, with a money-box in his hand, at the hours or |