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We find in it families of Bulface, Bullhead, Budoxhead, Swinehead, Pearhead, Owlsgrave (grave as an owl?), Merrymouth, Yellowhaire (yellow hair), Oakenbottom, Shufflebottom, and Whalebone, Pigfat and Bonefat, Zizzag, Rottenherying, Slybody and Smoothman, Truebody and Prew body, Whitelegg, Shakelady and Shakestaff, Spirit, Ghost, Demon, Talker, Tellwright Testimony, Welladier, Rattlebag, Dumbell, Suezum, Rigmaiden and Butterfly, Widehose, Topast, Trigger, Thankful, Sweerlove, Bitter, Plum, Youngmay, Toot and Tootal, Weatherhogg, Whitehorse, Wolfhunt, Woodpecker, Sefowl, Wealthy, Thousand pound, Ticklepenny, Whirlwind, Winfarthing, Purslove, Silverspoon, (the progenitor of this family was doubtless born with a silver spoon in his mouth), Twopots, Twelvetrees, Twiceaday, Napkin, Lenfound, Portwine, Stonestreet, Chalklime, Pilsworth and Plaister, Priesthouse, Shephouse, (the sheephouse, shepherdbush,) also, the miscellaneous names of Scrase, Skegg, Stigging and Stiggson, &c.

The startup family is now quite ancient. Mr. Lower mentions. a family of Paternoster, which held lands by the tenure of saying the Lord's Prayer in Latin, for the repose of the souls of the king and his heirs. He also states that Piazza was a favorite name for foundlings in the time of Charles II. Mr. Gallery lives at Rochester, N. Y., Mr. Napper and Mr. Odam are on Mr. Lower's subscription lists. In the appendix is a list of names copied from the office of the Registrar-General, in which I find Anthem, Preacher, Proverbs, Tenet, Peasoup, and Coldham, Scraps and Tableporter, Doorbar and Hinge, Ropeyarn and Whitebread, Pinnacle, Scaffold, Windmill and Ironbridge, Horsepool, Smut and Taphouse, Pitchfork, Splayfook and Bladder, Purr and Buglehorn, Titter Giggle and Hiccups, Tortoise shell and Two-year-old.

Benjamin, son of the right hand, that is, of good fortune; Clement, mild-tempered; Sebastian, to be reverenced; William, golden helmet; James, a supplanter; David, well-beloved; Stephen, a garland; Alfred, all peace; Jesse, firm; John, gracious gift of Jehovah; Judah, renowned; Charles, noble spirits; Albert, all bright; Daniel, a Judge from God; Thomas, a twin; Joseph, addition; Simon, a hearkening; Jacob, a supplanter; Solomon, peaceable; Lot, a veil; Rufus, red-headed; Josiah, whom Jehovah heals; Ezra, a helper; Susan is a lily, Ida, happiness; Mitilda, heroine; Deborah will sing, for she is said to be a bee; Diana is a pink ; Anne and Hannah are gracious; Jemima is a dove; Laura is a bay-tree; Penelope is a weaver; Polly and Molly like Miriam ; Phylis is a green bough; Rhoda is a rose; Abigail is her father's joy; Elizabeth is good; Hephzibah, my delight is in her; Roxana was the name of the wife of Alexander the great; and Zenobia was the wife of Jupiter.

Julia, soft and tender-hearted; David, the beloved: Susannah, a lily; Walter, signifying to rule an army; Marah, bitter; Rachel, a sheep; William, from the Danish, a shield; Lucifer, ligbtbearer; Chloe, from the Latin, a green herb; Dorcas, a roe-buck; Thomas, means twice; Roger, desire for rest; Gertrude, true to her trust;

Mary, signifies a tear; Ellen, valor; Dan, brown eyed; Henry, honor; Magdalen, tears and penitence; Eve, she lived; Esther, hidden, secret; Beaulah, married; Edward, Edgar, Edwin, witnesses; Margaret, signifies a pearl; Sophronia, prudence, temperance; Francis, from the Teutonic, free; Ruth, satisfied, fullness; Philip, a lover of horses; Eugene, nobly born; Arabella, fair, altar; Agnes, chaste; Adelaide a generous spirit, from the Teutonic; Adelia, from the Saxon, excellent; Asa, physician or cure ; Herbert, the glory of an army.

Benjamin, son of my right hand; Sarah, a princess; William, a defender; Henry, an expert soldier; Abigail, a Lady's waiting; Amanda, hearty to be loved; Tamar, a palm-tree and Hannah signifies favor.

Nearly all the names in use at the present day are derived from significant words, and originally possessed some appropriate meaning as applied to persons. The people of the olden time chose titles expressive of merits, or had descriptive ones conferred upon them by their neighbors, indicating profession, personal appearance, or some peculiarities.

THE MOTHER'S SACRIFICE.

LINES TO A CHILD ON ITS BAPTISM.

No harsh transitions Nature knows,
No dreary spaces intervene :
Her work in silence forward goes,
And rather felt than seen:

For where the watcher, that with eye
Turned Eastward, yet could ever say
When the faint glooming in the sky
First lightened into day?

Or maiden, by an opening flower

That many a summer morn has stood,

Could fix upon the very hour

It ceased to be a bud?

The rainbow-colors mix and blend

Each with the other, until none

Can tell where fainter hues had end
And deeper tints begun.

But only this much doth appear―

That the pale hues are deeper grown;
The day has broken bright and clear,
The bud is fully blown.

Dear child, and happy shalt thou be,
If from this hour with just increase,
All good things shall grow up in thee
By such unmarked degrees,

If there shall be no dreary space
Between the present self and past-
No dreary, miserable place

With spectral shapes aghast:
But the full graces of thy prime
Shall, in their weak beginnings, be
Lost in an unremembered time
Of holy infancy.

-Dr. Trench.

DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.

"Who shall decide when Doctors disagree." When the March Number of the Guardian appeared, which, among others, contained the article on "The Religious Character of Washington," the Lutheran Observer, in noticing it, allowed himself to indulge the following flat attempt at wit and ridicule :

"The Guardian is certainly a remarkable periodical. It ought to be the most individual, consistent monthly in the land, for it is nearly all written by one man. Of the thirty-two pages of the present number, twenty-six are by the editor, Rev. Mr. Harbaugh. The Guardian is the organ of no faction, unless, indeed, there be such a thing as a one-man faction, It represents no party, it has no constituency. It stands for itself. It has no back ground. To make the thing thoroughly unique, Mr. Harbaugh ought not only to write, but also to print and mail his magazine. Of course he gets all the profits, pecuniary and otherwise. Of course he must take all the cudgelings of offended subscribers, for he who writes all he publishes cannot well lay the blame to any one else. The number before us, considered as the production of a one-man power, is good There is a good deal of sameness, but that only proves that Mr. Harbaugh is no literary harlequin. is plain Mr. Harbaugh from title page to finis."

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This classic notice was enough to demolish the Guardian forever! The Guardian has had subscribers who are Lutherans, from the beginning. We expected that they would immediately send it back as a ridiculous thing; but so far as we know they have not been disturbed by this demolisher. Hence we took heart, and concluded to go on with our Magazine. The April number has even since been issued! And the May number is coming-the Editor figuring as usual!

A short time after the above notice, appeared the following in another paper:

"The readers of the "Guardian" will remember, that an article, with this caption from the pen of the Editor, appeared in the March number of that monthly. It is a most excellent article, decidedly the best we have ever seen on that subject, and we are glad to find that it is appreciated, especially in quarters where it can be turned to profitable account. The Committee of the Christian Commission for the District of Maryland have had ten thousand copies printed in a tract form, covering twenty four pages, for distribution among the officers and soldiers of the army. Its influence for good cannot fail to be very extensive in this particular sphere. We are pleased to learn also, that it is contemplated to issue fifty thousand copies of it in the form of a small volume for similar use. It certainly cannot be too extensively circulated. It exhibits Washington's religious character in its true light, and furnishes the most indubitable evidence, that the highest style of a patriot is a Christian soldier.?

The "Christian Commission" could certainly not have seen the Observer's notice, or they would not have looked into the Guardian for "the production of a one-man power." But the thing is done. That one article of the number ridiculed, at least, has "a constituency." As the Guardian's subscription list is increasing at the rate of over forty every month, we thought it due to our readers to quote the Observer's notice, so that they may know that they are sustaining a magazine which has no "constituency, and "no back ground."

THE LAUGH OF A CHILD.

"I love it, I love it, the laugh of a child;
Now rippling and gentle, now merry and wild;
Ringing out in the air with its innocent gush,
Like the thrill of a bird at the twilight's soft bush;
Floating up in the breeze like the tones of a bell,
Or the music that dwells in the heart of a shell;
Oh! the laugh of a child, so wild and so free,
Is the merriest sound in the world for me."

BOOK NOTICE.

THE NEW AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA Vol. AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA, and others of a XVI. V-ZWI.

This great work of Appleton & Co., is now completed. It has gone steadily forward in the midst of our national troubles, a monument of the calmness and strength of the Government, under whose firm protection all the higher interests of the Loyal States have suffered comparatively little. This work has been a complete success, and it has richly deserved it. As the period during which its publication has gone forward has been fruitful in new events, and the rise of new representative men, it has been found necessary to add to this final volume nearly 200 pages of Supplement of "New and Omitted Titles." For the same reason the enterprising Publishers intend to continue the issue of an "Annual Cyclopædia," one volume, uniform in size, type, binding and price, to appear every year.

The design of THE ANNUAL CYCLOPEDIA is to present the yearly progress of those subjects embraced in THE NEW

kindred nature It is, therefore, praction, from year to year, of THE NEW tically a supplement to, and continuaAMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA.

The first volume (1861) is now ready, and the second (1862) will be published in the Spring of the present year. It includes every country of the world, and every department of knowledge, but more particularly physical and intellectual progress in the United States. Comprised in this view are Political, Civil, Military, and Social Affairs, Education, Religion, Commerce, Finance, Biography, Literature, Discoveries in Science, Mechanical Inventions and Improvements, Agriculture, Manufactures, &c., &c. The volumes of 1861 and 1862 contain, in addition to other subjects, the most complete details of the Political and Military Affairs of the United States. Its appearance is at once elegant and substantial. The work is published exclusively by subscription. Elias Barr & Co., No. 6 East King Street, Lancaster, Pa., are agents for the work.

The Guardian.

VOL. XIV.---JUNE, 1863.---No. 6.

LIFE-PICTURES FROM CHURCH HISTORY.* No. 2.

SEVERINUS.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN OF RUD. KÖPKE.

BY L. H. S.

When Attila, the warrior-king of the Huns, called "the Scourge of God," because the provinces of the vast Roman Empire had been given into his hands for the execution of judgment, had started against the West, he led his wild warriors from the Theiss, south of the Danube, through the provinces of Noricum and Rhaetia, which are now part of the Austrian and Bavarian possessions. Like an impetuous torrent, which bursting its dam rushes over the fields and in its fearful whirlpools carries every thing that the patient labors of the year has constructed, so these hordes roamed over the land, destroying farms, burning cities and slaying the inhabitants. Terror went before, death and destruction followed after them. When at length they had passed over these countries, and the few who had escaped destruction dared to raise their heads and look around them, it seemed as though the flood had a second time visited the earth; comfortless and despairing they stood in the midst of a dead field, of wreck and ruin, on which misery only could thrive.

Then help came to them in their need. As the dove with the olive-leaf of peace and promise, the pious Severinus made his appearance among them, having been sent to comfort the oppressed and to pour the comfort of faith into their wounded hearts.

* This series may be considered as commencing with the sketch of Nicholas, translated by the Editor from Krummacher, and published in the February number of the Guardian.

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