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MI. ' P f SMOKING SPIRITUALIZED.*. n * The following uniquo and Efeautfcfi "Mud i tii t * Tobacco/' was wri ten two hundred years ago, by Rev. Ralph Eibkino, Mf Scotland. *t is liUo good wino that impiWee 'ith age: T'?ia Indian weed now withered quite, Th'o' 'green at iroV/ij cut dowu At iiight. Show? t^'y dotfty j V*. All tle?l? i? liiy. mug iiiiuK, ana amoKc tobacco. The pipe, so lily like and weak, ^)De<> liius thy mortal stute bespeak. Thou art even fuch, GoiiorwiiU i? touch, {Thus tliiak, aud ainoke tobacco. And when the smoke ascends on high, "Then thou behaldVt ttio vanity Of wor'ftyy. atuff. Gone a puff, Thus think, aud smoke tobacco. And when the pi e grows foul vr jtj. Think of thy. s?til defiled wi?\. ? ?? I It doe? require > j Tliua Ihiuk. and a^oke tobacoo. ! And aeeat th'> ashes cast away, Thoa to thjBflf tbou mayst eay% That to the dust Keturn tLou must, Tiius thiuk, and aiuuku tobacco. * The View s fjf Varies Pickens. ^ .aricB Dickons, in tbo course of ' ^nftugm-al address at the rocont "PP?*' tng of the Bxiiningham and Mid.d Institute, observed: It is \nuch too commonly assumed a* mat tli .i& ago ia a, material age, and that r j, material age'is an ''irreligious ag?- I have been pained lately to see this assumption repeated in certain in* mtial quarters. 1 confess that J do not understand that niueh-used and m lueh-abtiiaed pbrase, 4;a material age.'' I c9.n1 ot comprehend?if anyboJy * Siii>, which I very much doubt?its logical signification. 1'or instance, ha,s'electricity bocomo the more material in t.lio miiiii Af ' ... ~ v* ""J* 3ii(IV| UI" Cl'JUt1rittely b'anc?[laVughtor]?iu.ub,womau, or cliild, becanho in tho discovc-l ry that in'the good providence cf God was made available for the Garvk-c} greater extent than' fbr !iliis destruction ? Do I make a material journey to the bedside of-aij dying pareftt or child when I travel' thither at tho rate 6f sixty miles au hour "than when I travel thithe? &o ' tho rate of six? Rather, in the swift case, docs not my -fc uuvusiu overnaugtiv with gratitude ic fcLat supremo beneficonce fronj whicjv'alo'no ' can have proceeded 'iho' "wonderful means Of shortening my suspor.ije? What is the materii.liVy^oi^ tL<J cable and 'the wire compared to the jraraatoriulity bf the spark ? 'Whatjs th'o materiality! of certam chemical Substances that 1 6an weigh or measure, imprison or release, compared tfith the immateriality of their appointed affinities and rc puiaiuns prescrioea to ttiem lroni the instant'<5f their creation to the day of judgment? ''When did this so-called malarial ago begin ? ' With the use of clothing ? 'Wjth the discovery of the compass ? With the invention of the art of printing? 1 Surely, ib has been a long time abbut. Whicfy is the most material object?the farthing tallow candle that $jll not giVe rcc light, or ?be flqjcning gas that will ? l" [L'hce'rs/j Now don't . let' us be discouraged 'or deceived by vain, vapid, empty wofd's. Tho trim rrmtbfinl 'i-- ' >U1 JO HIO StlipiU Chinese age, in tfiiioh no tieW and grand revelations of nature are granted,'bccuuse they i^re'Ignor&ntljr and insolently repelled,'instead 6f being diligently and, " humbly " sought.? [Cheers.] rJ?lie diffon&ce betweon tho antique fietion of thA made braggart defying the lightnirig aWd tbo'modern historical pictiiire of FrUnklin' drawing it towards its kite, in^brder' that" he might more profoundly'1 study' Svhat was eot rbe(ore-' him to study, (Or it would not have been there,) happily exnreHKfifi" t-n 41- - J!*-? r iuiiiu iuu umerencoj between our much malignod material sages and the certainly, fn One sense1, very immaterial sages of the Celestial Empire school. Consider whcro it is likely or unlikely, natural or unnatural, reasonable or unvea.SojQ.aWe, that I, being capable of thought and ftn'd-l ing.myself surrounded by such discovered wonders on every hi\nd, should ask myself the question eoi^et'ip>ert, *r\nd put to riiyself the solemn consideration, " Can tliese tilings'be af^ong tlioSo which might bave been di^pse^ by Divine lips 'nigh' ujporj j tw,9 thpuHand y&arn ago, but ll/at' the people ttiat, time could not 'bear wh'ethor tfiaii be so or npit being so surrounded .on every band, id' Hot% my "moral resppnsibility tremepdously increased (hereby, ihd *Vth' it' my Intelligent' submission1 of tt^&e|ft ai a bhifd'of Adam1 jftid 'dtrtt, Befbr^ that i^'infng-Boarfce fe^utlfy tif afT^h^t is jg [ranted And nil that ift withheld, WHo holds in it is mighty band ftie up'a^prOachable' myfetferies of life ^ [Cboers.J ibift';' me give ihd of Jtb'd 3'uStrikl classes genfendly iih'orli mdtto hi t*6 word#; "Courage, bdrseVerA,'* ' f do not gi<re l^mtbat mottlb4 H^ause tbe eyea of Europe aro upon them, for I do tidtlrf th^ <"!i?t believe it?[laughter]?nor too&use tbe eyes of Jttngland are upon 9 % * s ???? It II II |? r? ; , them, for I do not i n the lea$t believe that oithor; nor becmifta their doings will bo proclaimed with blast ' of trumpet at tho Street eornore, lbr no such musical performance will take placo?[laughter]?nor beeauso selfimprovftieut Is at ull certain to lead ta wordly sucooss; but simply because It is good and right of itself, and, therefore, will assuredly bring with it its Own l-nonni"""- .....1 J' ??v?vui^vo miu iown rc* | wards. I would further com men*' , to thorn a very-wiso and wittv piece! of an tho cppduct of the 'Inderata-.d-l ing, which was given morc tb.an half j a ccntUry ago Wy tho pil)V Sydney Smith a??d wittiest of the trionds A luivo lost. Speaking to a oir.o of voluntary students ho nays: " Thero is a piece of foppery which is to ha guarded against, the foppery ofj universality, pf knowing all sciences, of excelling in all arts?chemistry, mathematics, algebra, dancing, history, roason, riding, fencing, lew Dutch, high Dutch, and natural philosophy. In short, tho modern precept of edu-j cation very often ?take thoAdtci'j ral Chrichton #i'or your model, and bo ignorant of nothing.' My advice, on ( lift PftnlroM* i-j 4" 1 -1' *o iu iiuvo wio courago to bo ignorant of a groat number oi' things, in order tlmt you may avoid, tho calamity oi' being ignorant, of everything. ' [Cheers' apd laugh tW.] To this I would superadd a little truth, which holds equally good of my own lUb, and the life of every eminent man I hi\vo. ever l$no\vn.' rILe one servicea* lo, sale, certain, retnunera tive, tvUarnrblu quality in every study and in every pursuit, is the quality of vv.ui^. ui) utvcniion or unagmalioii, aych as it is, 1 can most ?ruthlul1)' assu.ro you would never havo served me as it has but for the Imbit of commonplace, humldo patkut, daily toiling, drudging attention.'" [Applause.] Cionius, vivacity, quickness of perception, and brilliancy in the association of ideas?such mental qualities, like the' secret of the 'apparition of the armed head in Macbbth, will not be commanded; but r,Uention, after due term"' of submissive' servico,' always will. Liko certain plants which t\io poorest peasant may grow on the any one, and it iu certain in its irood season to bring forth flowers and fruit. [Applause.] I cannot but reflect how often you have probably hoard within these walls one of the foremost men and ccrlainly one of the best (if not the very best) speakers in England. [Cheors.] I could not say to m3sclf, 'when I began just uoto in Shakespeare's line, "I will bo bright and shining gold" ? [laughter] ?- but I jcobld and did say to ruysolf, 1 will be as easy and as natural cs I possibly can, because my-heart Las long tu my Buujui'i, itiici l bear an old love towards' Birmingham and towards Birmingham men and women. Tho ring I now wear was a Binning-' ham gilt, and if by rubbing it I could [raise tho spirit that was obedient to Aladdin's ring, I assure you that my! tirst instruction to the geni on the i spot would be to plaeo himself at Bir-j mingham's disposal in the best of] causes. ([Cheers ] | I A Sun ma u y ok. Mil. Peab >uf'a Bene - j factions.?The following summary ol hUj f uemciions is tUe best and most eloquent eulogy that we can pronounce upou bis life : ' To the Institute at Baltimore...$1.400,000 To >he InsiitiitH at Dnnvers ....200,000 To the poor of London l,75O,O0Q 'To tlie S -uiliern Educational j 'Fund .2 500,000 jTo the Flarvard University. ...1&6.000 iTo Yale College 150.000 jTo Washington C-jllfge 00.006' To other objHcU 3 t>,000.1 Making a total of fc0.59G.QOO. To this amount (>hould lid' added the' principal fortune of .400.000, winch was' distrihh'ted airio??c liis relHrive* <lnrin<T l>;.! w - "'O ",D ] necond visit lo th?? United Stales, making h grand total ol $7,006,00 diHtiihuted by bim dijriug bis lifetime in iimountH of ooticeabl?* size.'1 "While >o free and.open-handed in Iiiw public WnefHtl'ons, l.owever, in private' cluiriUM he waa far outdone by others lie appeared to regard himself aa the trustee of mii immense lund for (be benefit of of cbipiDon hlim-mity. but chcwe to beMow liia charity in V* way tlmt Would bring Forth grt'a*. and'ti'Vi'wenble result^; and conscious that he did his full duty in thi* respect,left to ctliern' ofa different temperament lh? alleviation of individual caae?'of suffering and'distress. Which will you, do?smile and. make your houst&old happy, or be Ct^ibbei^ and fnafce all those young on?s gloomy, and the eldpr Qiies' miserable? The amount of happiness you can produce is incalculable if you show a smiling faQe,. a kind heairt and speak pleasant words. Wear a pleasant countenance let joy beam m* your oyes, and . love glow oq your forehead. There^ ia fto Jjoy -like that which springs froni ft kind-act or a pleasant deed; and yori will feel it at night you Test, at morning when you rise, and through the day when about your business. * ^ agricultural items. It is said that oaUle Around D<?lton, Georgia are dying off by scores with tlie . murrain. I Gas-tar, mingled with whitewash applio-t 10 the interior of a lien-house, al the rate of one gill to a ^ailfoll, it it said will dispone the li^,a. Ci*ttl.e (lipase 'ias Bppenred at Shrews b'Yry, M*69. The bronchial tubes of the slaughtered uuimnU were found filled with * oread-like worths. It. pays to mnko a cow comfortable in aa many respects as possible. Every hour *he sutlers from any cause, the mill: account sutf-rs correspondingly. Porly thousand beef citllo, hound nortl?j luiva crossed the Urazo* riVer, at Waco, Texas, the present season ; four thousand crossed iu two successive days. Farmers in Minnesota are paving twenty-four per c?ni, interest for moony to "hold their wheat, not wishing to t..k? eighty 01 eighty Eve cents a buthei for it. - ' j The fanner who stints his {leh'.s, in hs uii wiae and improvident as he who'6tarvi*s h?? ! wmlcing cat lie?in both ewe's he is dimin-. Ubiny tbe ability of a faithful bcrvent Le! useful to him. Tlie Ohio Farmer estimates the c?>rn |crojii;i N'othorn Ohio will not. bo more {than cue t hird an average, with half a crop , of ftiit?l*r ?nd ilmi llm ?lw.U P.iaio ""li I *"' j;iot yield mora than half a ciop. ' x II is na plan to keep a lu-?p nf j common clittlk ill the feeding tVoiigh eoi?jstantly, after (he calves arts a tumtli <>11 ;i this will correct the itcxiity of the momarli j and haven tendency to keep th-tn in a, [healthy state. '* ' '* J | A farmer residing in DoWitt, Clinton j jcounty, raised 212 bushels of wheat on fix; | iitiil one-half aere* of ground in 1808, ami I joii tha aitine Geld in 18C0 he rt?iae<i 200 ; hu*helf>, or an average ol 31 & bushel* to ; tho acre for eacli year. 1 A company han boeti formed in Now | York to bring fresh meat to that market |fiom T?"aH, ' Tito eatiie hold of the ves fti i* imeu wun uon-eo?duc;ting felt ; and by chemic:it tn^nns a cold bslow the [freeing point will l>e kept up. Milton Mfriiueld, of Prnvi/lenw, caught fifty-two rate in'ona niylii, by exchanging r- *>*; ? ' ??- ' *?N *~ " -\-:v ? by rata for ono of water, ?*ov~ri.g thn fu*j face wit < chklr*. Tbe "VHini'nin" unati? i jpeutitigly pilc'ied in, ami in?t a watery i gr<vo. Tins is an oil bui t-x- eilenl irapi wIntra these amimK art* plenty. A Correxpoi'?li*iil of tl,? L)ixi>? F.timer jives a report of th?* ^-x t>f Uia chUvh j raised ofl hi* dairy fnun tin* jni, The hull used was a two yeaV ?M A'd^rney. |The cows were of diffe ent gtade.- Twenty e'gbt cuwb pro ucad 15 ihhIj-k h. d 13 IVI UWlIt? eillv'H> 12 ImifHK llr>>l?.rt> ..l"-* I r.tid tlirea femaie calves. , .. . t , At the nv-eting ol the Soci'il Science Association, in Albany, New York, the fol lowing statement whs made; u> New Yoik alone, $32,000.000 worth of meal annual ly is consumed, besides 83.000 000 p->u>idf?: of butter, valued at $33,000,000 ; 72.000.! S 000 pounds of cheese, valued at $14 000,1 000?h total of $79,000,000. An AraJ> proverb concerning the h.>rse w>,?; '"The fiist seven yearn for my young brother, the next seven for mfxelf, and ih<l^l for n>y enemy." So lar as thift retrom mends light us.ige during the yontli <>f a horse it is Worthy of acceptance, but the I Deriod of full Btruncrlli Mini uMiwtn 5a loo short, it' the horse'is well aired 6;r. The United States produced twenty-8y? millions wurih of cheese, mid a hundred millions of buitei hut year. A correspondent ot the Farmers' Cluh Wrtrna jM'op'o Hgninst feeding the rhubarb plant lo hogs; lie lost several hy doing it. I All plant 6 grow stronger and lipen '^et- j jier when the air cifctdales freely u round tliein, ami the sun is not prevented from an I linmediate influence. " It is eii-iy to *?qnal any fancy bred cow wiifi a ria'ive a milker, but if the daugh tur of t Iih native wm good a covr, it is no accident, not so in thoroughbred stock. A wiiter in the C.*u.itry Gentleman renninmends fastening cows'i-iijji to the joints overhead in tlio barn where milking in dune, by meant of a curd and hook made of wire. Many English farmers feed no hay to their woik hor*e>?, but keep them in high working order with straw, routs, and shorts. Til A ?nii!Uo1^?? n ' ' ? 1 .V?wi>uv WI ** tun? III u?*y OHO D? produced on one ?cr# io roots. A writer in the American Slock Journal nays thai costivaneBS and it* accompanying evil t>re'#he ranin cau?e of town destroying their young, and (hat green and other pro* per fpod it the preventative abvd'care.' Good imple ments are indeed iuditpensa ble to suci-e??, and he who haa provided them will not only h^v?* great plea*u>e in Iiim labor*, but the pro$u which attend the judicious application of both time and lalKtr, ' I * it iswuimate) that tljere are over 1?, 000,000 hand ot entile in Texas alone, but r 4* it pri.ir to the war that Stale only contained 3,000.000 bend. te demand Cfttned audi the cattle throye dmiog Him conflict, u/ttil they hove iucre-ited enormously. Sam.tyd Bowles say> :-The Cal.rxdn , wheal irxnVnt a rk:h hearty flour, beiiring a ( creamy gulden tiiiye; and I have eaten no whert else better bread than ia made from it. The wheat, will rauk with therery bert;that America produces, and U more 1 like the California grains lhati thai of "Uis 1 States" 1] 3 a The MsMfidiuBeits Ploughman say* : 'We bolieva io is economy for every farmer lo cultivate roots. They are vory useful rs nehuiigHof fedl in winter. Tjio ?-bitle do ; heller ?n>l llu-y require }*k; liny. N*? fnrmers should go itilo the wiulur without roots. Suke Cur.c foii Colic in H"rbko.?^r. MeCtiire,' of Philadelphia,' A yotfrinnrv \ suriieon who has the earn of ??.??? >! t w .> z. ?"T""t dred horses, informs the Praonc?l ?h liner ? that he Iihb nover knuw'n the fof!o\vi'?<r , .... . ... r ' ' tuuow Ill's: ' prescription to tail ot curing o<>t,? 1:1 < ... . ... ,1 0.?||c .iii < horses: "Arouiatiu spirits of ammonia, lislf nil ounce; Laud.?nun?, one and a half nunc* ; mix with one pint of water, a* d administer. If not relieved, repeat ?hu ' lose. Rbuexbbr'thiu. TIih liHSt corn crop on f.nirie sod yet r?ported is 724 bushel* by weight from *ev- j (ill acres ' 1 A dairymun inform* the Maine Farmer ] thnt having ?riw! vaiions things for sole teals on cows, he finds lard best, the most 1 healing and otivniiig. ' ' 'l'lie Stock Journal r.dviso* a big horsr s for regular farin woik. and one ihit do-s ' not, without great pushing, trot more than ' *ix miles. an hour v\ i*kh a light buggy. ] Cooked meal is nearly double th? hul It t' ol uncooked, yet quart for quart it ^ih-o 1 H3 far. Tlio difference in, thai much ot ' ttie food is undigested unless Cooked, ' 1 Half n doz-n eggH b*.*at up *itb two 1 nunc.e?uf salt, in recoinmeodfd ?s a sure 1 relief of cattle choked wish a potaioe < ran I apple, by a correspondent of the Count\ 11 Gentium..n ( Ev?*ry farmer should have a compos? heap.?Collect every kind of fertilizer, unci to prevent any from liberating the gnn-es, < keep the whole covered with ea'ilh or muck. < Journal of A?ric:tilttir? recommends the application of a top dre>cing ol manure to , meadows immediately nfter having, espeei ! ally oo dry patches where the graFH root* ! are often bundled mil L-;ilo.i i.. ?? ' ..... III run on I Mt?r. ' I Mr. J.Han is things nleam thrashing! maehiufs will aoon take the place of the horse machines. This, he think*, will of great advantHge in the way of allowing I g ain to he tliraslivd as it is taken from the fwld, and the strHw :o b* put in Hitbnrn. Iliram Woodruff in his book hI?ou? iiijli ii, ou t>oil> r**iiib will n>>t br.ing up a liorse wlieii" lie nnr ?..vken from a trot.'- A. firm, quick pull should l>e i?'Vfn on one r.-in, let'<Hig iho oilier give a liltif. as inu?*li as you want tho horse V liend tlirown out of line. Little Thi.ngs ?Life is made . r 1 * - i ?>-i - - ujjoi nuie tilings. lie who travels i over a continent must go step V>y step. lie who writes a hook must do it sentence b^' sentence I?e who learns a science must master it fact by fact, and principle after! principle. Wliut is ihe happiness j of our life made up ?>f? Little courtesies, little kindnesses, pleasant wo ds. genial smiles, a friendly letter, good wishes and good deeds. One in a million, once in a lite- j time, may do a heroic action; butj the little things that make up our. lite come cVer}- day and every} hour. If we make the little events i of life beautiful and good, then Vsi the whole life full of beauty and goodness. The following are lx?yut<T. ratM of Sj.mih Carolina li*nk Noies, prcparvd bv'Grt-fjg, Vrtlmer ?p Co.. Broker* : R?..lr ?r n. i? "" ... uu Bank of Charleston.......... 85 Bank of Chester. ...18 Bank of (ifitrgctuwn 15 l^tlik of Newberry 3 Boikol S 'Uili Carolina...! 10 Qi?k of South Carolina o!?l, 30 Bank of South Carolina new,.. 10 ilxinhur# 6 Commercial 2 Exchange....... 15 Planter* <> Slate.........'. 7.. Union .97. So. WeHtern IV, old... .....05, People'* 8.5 Planters ami Mechanic* 90 Merchants 8 Siu ?*-- 1 ' * iue joiw 01 I lie coming faojcun of Coogreas, we are told, will ba the purchase of the Negro Republio of San Domingo. ' *"'* ? Iu> political divisions are five provinces and iwo maritime districts, and its popula* tion is estimated at 160.000sou's, of which , perhaps 40,000 are white, or pass fur white. In this estimate of population the ( maritime district of Puerto Plata is itu-lud ( rd in that of the province of Santiago, , and Samana in that of the province of , S?*yl>o. 1 ' St. Domingo ....28.0Q0 , Aana ^ i .... IV;000 ( s^yho 27.000 , L-? Yoga ..... 38.000 | 5*ut iago 40,000 Total 150.000 We sincervlr hope thes? 150,000 good 4 colored people may be permitted woiV ibeir own salvation, without being aonezed. * ?* i) There U a great demand, we are lold, fur a species of .plaster Which , will enable meti to stick to" their | i buftweoa. Who has got it ? I, \ (Jrociai* Wives. Tbc vives of the Greeks lived in almost absolute seelusiou. 'fhey tl were ucymlly married when ycry di young.' ^heir. occupations were to to weave', to spin, to eihbroider, to superintend the household, to care for ec ih^ir sicl: slaves. Xlicy lived in a di special and retired part of the honso. lis ?i sI ; ill' u I. , lue :noro wealthy 3eIdom went bt T. 'lu"' i ' i <. abroad, and never except when ac- ri jompanied by a female alave ; uovcr dt lttet?ded thb public cpccta,elts; re- 61 reived no male visitors except in tlie th presence of their husbands, and had fir nOt even a seat at their own tables ei; when male quests were t'^ere. Their dr pre-eminent virtue was fidelity, and uj it is probable that t\iis was very sn stric ly and very generally observed, he Their cemarkahle freedom from temp- of Lations, the public feelings w*hich A strongly discouraged any attempt to'tu seduce them, and the ample sphere! w; lor illicit pleasures that was accorded T1 to the other snv nil -?, .... u.'ui>i iuuicv^ IU ti; protect it. Oh ihe other hand, liv- hi ing as ihe3r did, almost exclusive tii among tUeir'letnalo slaves, deprived! A :>f all the educating influence of. fa male society, and having no place ;>tjT< those public opeetacleg which werej A Lhe cheif means of Athenian culture, I en * their minds must necessarily lnve el been exceedingly contra ted. Thu- is! jydides doubtless expressed the po- bi vailing sentiment of his countrymen th when he said that the highest merit ia Df woman is hot to be spoken of ni either for good ov for evil, and Phi- st dias illustrated the snme theory when ra ? .--J 1 uv i wmi vscim-u i?e neaveniy Aprodite I m standing on a tortoise, typifying I pc thereby the secluded life of a virtu-Ua ous woman. ui In their own restricted sphere ai their lives were probably not unhop- ^ py. Education and custom rendered, the purely domestic life thatj was as- st signed to them n second nature, ami it must, in most iustanccs, have roe- c< onciled them to the extra matrimomal connections'in which their hus- ^ bands too frepiicntly indulged. The ? prevailing maniitim wore very gentle. Domestic oppression ip luirj]y ever ^ spoken of; the husband lived chiefly a in the public place; causes of jeal- w oiisy and of dissection could, seldom occur, and a f'eclingof warm affection ^ though not a feeling of equality, must doubtless have in most casesiP , . * * -r . I Tk - - TU,n,aiii:yiihij arisen, in the writ>ngs of Xenophon wo have a charm- st iug picture of a husband who kad b received i::.fcp his arms his young wife hi of fifteen, absolutely ignorant uf the tl world and its ways, lie speaks to le her with extreme lcindi ess, hut in ? the language that \you.ld be used 10 a little child. Her task, he tells her is h to he like a queen bee, dwelling con- NV tinually at home and superintending Nv the work of her slaves. She must b J! . * uisiriourc to each their tasks, mustlvv economize the family income and must 171 take especial care that thp house is strictly otderly?the, shoes the pots and the clothes, always in tLeir places. b It is also, he tells ker, a part of her u] duly to totid her sick slaves; bnt 10 here his wife interrupted him, ex- 111 claiming, "Nay but that will, indeed cr tvrt ?i.? * ? w, njwai- ??greeni>je oi mv cilices, 111 if such as I treat, for my kindness are P1 likely to be grateful, and to love me Ci! more than before.". With a very in t^nd??r and, delicate care to avoiil, l." everything resembling a reproach,|vv the husband persuades his wife to 8' give up the habit of wearing high- w heeled boots, in order to appear tall, a and of coloring her face with ver- 'e million and white lead. lie promises her that, if she faithfully performs her duties, he will himself he the . HI1 first a'idmost devoted of her slaves. j ( lie assured Socrates that, when any ^ domestic dispute arose, he could extn- ^ cate himself admirably, if ho wrs in 15 the rieht: hut that. wlipm>?np v? w , umvuv* vi l?v hiw l'| in the wrong, he found it impossible Ci to convince bis wife that it was other: ?h wise.?Ajipleton's Journal. mi t ^ t fai hi) New York, November 0,?Governor 3^ Hoffman, in answering a question as to jj< what tba QemocraU intomled to do with their victory, ssid the D?rr>ocr*t& propose innking ilj,e ^pgislatuie honest, alii) to use itf for promoting the interest of the io*br of the people, which the radicals bate not tf done. VV^e propose to abolish *uirb law# 8 xs in frige upon the rights of localities, and ii veeure ihcm right-* therooelves. The new fo Legislature, however, will not be radical; gj it ia di."po?ed to "how to the 8tate and jountry that the Democracy can be an D; moderate in Victory at patient under defeat. ' IP The Stonewall was burned to tbe water's aa ?dge on the Mississippi River, last week, re There were two hundred and fifty eight iouIs on board, but a lew of whom reached he shore alive, A tnont frarful catastrophe. ^ George Penbo^ Mw ?r*at jihilanthro >|at is dead. The news of |ii* death will e received aod felt on botb slJea if the K ' tUaatw, with no oommoQ sorrow*. ' * ' ;T^E KINJf QF DIAMONDS. -~~ U^ it seems as though, after a lapse ojr iree centuries, Sir Walter llalniirli'a reams of an El Porado were about i be realized. The other day \ye published ap acuint of marvellous discoveries o? amours in ?out|i ^.fripa. They id been found for miles along, the ink-* of tho Orange and the YaaJ., vers. vfhey were not only abun? int, but they were, many of them, great size. Some were found o? c dandaloque shape and of tho st water, weighing upwards of. ghty carrots; others of the octaheon, or four pointed, that weighed, ^vards of thirty carats; and of the aaller varieties immense numbera id been pickcd up on the surface tho ground. ^tatu^ally South wosiu a lermcnt. .ftlepbant sks were forgotten, and overy one< A3 hunting for 'precious stones, lie infection had even extended to i>. country, and Dr. B(all was orgazing a colony V> go diamond hun)g. But now coine reports from, ust'aliaol' discoveries iUv*re which, r eclipse those i,n South Afjica. ilegrams have come flying from the ustralian mines to England big lough to make the diamond mer? . V . - ? >ants hold their breath witli astonliment. The glittering stones havo :en picked up in sucli quantities at, says the London Times, in a leadg article on the subject, "the colost are all dreaming of precious finfiS At oirnni 3 - ??? vi^ji iuuic ?uu in every ilway carriage the talk is of diaonds and rubies, odals and emeraTaa larls and topazes, and people of all nks are rushing to the mines. Gennc diamonds are on sale by women id children at every cottage, and^ lere can hardly be a mistake, we lould think about the nature of the ones. This is marvellous enough in all^ >usc?ence, but this is not half tho ory ; the re3t of it smacks of the Lrabian Nighia'.Entertainments, and inbad the Sailor's adventures in the' z;?ati diamond valley to which he oiv r?n ' tV?? " " 1 v,, v*** uuv ytiun ui 14 migniy bird. liiu J ?** ? ?n<3 wonderful half. c must preface with the stateu icnt, imiliar doubtless to many of our saders, thatt.U? increase in value of io diamond is vastly greater in pre-, ortion than its increase in weight. c stone weighing one carat, for inance, might be worth fifty dollars; ut one weighing five carats would e worth two thousand. Imagine, ien, the value of one as big as a nion and weighing three-quarters ot pound Such a one is said to be mnd in Australia. Its discovery us been telegraphed to England. It rtS placed in the hands of a trustorthy man. He was surrounded y a strong cordon of military, and as marched in this way from the, lines to Sydney, where th$ magnfi>nt gem was deposited in the mint. v he stone has not yet been thoroughr tested. Geologists are at work pon it now; but if it really proves ? be supposed, its value will l?e aliost fabulous. Its eight is 900 irntS- rr IlA X3* ,? v * 4 ?v giba^cqii ?iUgiiso aia? oiid, that pri&5 of the British Em-v ire, the Koh-i-> oor, weighs but 186irats, andfits computed by the tables i use, would be * hundred millions, i gold. But of course, this value; ould in any event be imaginary^ nee no purchaser could be found ith a hundred millions to spare for diamond, even if it was big as tnon. Masonic.?Thentxt Annually Comma*. i;Htion of the M^st Worahipful Grundy dg?< of Ancieut Free Mnton* of Sotnb troliua, will (hi holden at Ma*onio Hall, iiHrle-ton, on the 16th day of ^ov^tiibifer," 169, commencing at bigh twelve. Tha lenidenl of the various rai!rea*s in South jrolina h*v? kindly consantsd to Mrmifc * Grnml Q (fleer* and Dalegataa to pasa d repws tberaon for one fare. The fulf re i* to be paid at th? place of atartiog, d certificatea wl)l be iMued by the Grand' v ' T*Sp" * "J icratary, at tba close of tho Commubiea>n, entitling the holder to return free >y charge whatever. ?fH*r A recently appointed postmiv ess at a postro^ce on the plains mds ber first quarterly report to le department with the following; ot-note: '^rweekspaetT hanre ept with a srxshooter by iny beddeanda cam tig knife under my ' llow, expecting at tW brpfck-o* iy the Indians would come for. y scalp; but all of this has not. Ben half so harassing to my mind, i the making outof one quarterly, port." ' ' ' /: ''> 'I '- i>: '' ' 1 ' ' oil J) : The Qreenvillo anArColuaillls Railroad. *" ^ ? dot?f a lamr. buainiii ihli' fait 1 ?fr: Ittr.ni'n ' o jj& bo jfl*r before jdooatb*,war. ? , '' ' . ? .( it ' * rt'. Four two-year *oSd Keotacky"o we sold in Atkata Balardaf far /