THE FAMILY CIRCLE.
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We know not how it is with our readers, but there is something in those simple yet endearing words, family circle which, whenever we hear them uttered, touches tender chord within us. How true is the sentiment, that we do not rightly value privilege until we have been deprived of it! He who, by death, or the various changes of life, has been compelled to witness the. breaking up of this family circle, he only can fully appreciate the blessed condition of those who, under the parental roof and around tho old fireside of childhood, can gather in one unbroken circle, evening af- ter evening-Father, Mother, sister ard brother, happy in themselves and in each other. ....

 A full unbroken household!

 It fs pleasant sights

 The Mothers smile is sweeter tlien

 The Fathers glance more bright.

 Would that such scenes were moro common, that there were more sympathy between the young and the aged that the child, instead of being forced abroad in search of those amusements which his na- ture demands, might find his home the fountain head of all his enjoyments; that the parent, instead of rendering that home cold and gloomy, might strive to illuminate it with a perpetual sunshine, the sunshine of the heart, by entering more into the feelings of the child, casting off tho crust ..f ,Ua'o and becoming young again. There is too little confidence, too little common feeling existing between the aged and the young. Were there more, we should not sec so many deserted firesides, SO much coldness and restraint where thero should be nothing but warmth and fulIness of affection. Our young men would be less exposed to temptations and ruin, and our old men would not find the weight of years go bnrdensome Portl0nder.

 A debtor being confined in jail, sent to his creditor to let him know that he had propo- sal to make, which he believed would be for their mutual benefit. The creditor called on him to hear 1t. "I have been thinking" said the former. "that 1t is Q very bad thing for me to lie here, and put you to the expense of one dollar and twenty five cents per week. My being so chargeable to you has given me great uneasiness. for God knows what 1t may cost you in the end. Therefore. what would propose Is this; you shall let me out of lail. and allow me ono dollar per week, ana let the twenty'fve cents go towards dlSchareing tho debt"

 Absenee of mind.--.I'he lovers of tho Inar. veIlOIa any thnt Ethan Allen once blt of tho end of tenpenny nail, which he happened ,o have ln his pocket, snpposIng il Co be hls Virginia plginll IIo did not discover his mistake until the little pieces began Co cut his tongue, when ho awofe by the Continental Congress that the Iilggcrs hBd iell tho siessiB In tho darn0d ElulE.--Neia Era.