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SMOKING SPIRITUALIZED. Tho following unique and bco.utful "Meditation on Smoking Tobacco/' was wri ten two hundred vcara ago, by Rev. lialph* F/rtfkino, of Scotland. is like good!jyiuo that improves .'ith age: . Ttiis Indian ?rw?.d now withered tjuile, jTho' green at noon, cnt down *t aight, Shew# thy decoy; All (Icihi ie hiy. ~ ?,,a amoko t'^acc0. The pipe, so lily l.k 4 weak, Dove Vuu# M,y mo ^ 6l.,{e bespeak. ' nv uu art ?vfn j 0 one w^t & touoh, | ' .uink, 8Uiy>ke tobacco. j ;6*' J wheu t[Xft B,n,.ke ascend* on high, j -iieu itiou \.gho d -t the vanity I "f s^or'dl) stuff. io;.t with a puff, Thuo ti jj, 1r> ond smoke tobacco. And fr'..!.n the pi c grows foul within, ^"k'1 if thy 6?ul defileJ with ail., For then the fire . | It doe? require, I T think, and smoke tobacco. #.id eeest th.^oshea cietaway, Ihen to thy?f*lf th?o mojet eay, 1 Tlinl <> t'iP dliat. Keturn thou must, riius tbink, aud'fitiibkrt tobacco. MATERIALISM. Tlie View8 of Charles Dicfcens. Mr. Cliarlca Dickens, in tho course *4 his inaugural *ukt ross attlio recent a l. T>t ?' ui iuu jn-iniingnam and Jlulland Institute, observod: 1l is much too commonly assiimod that this age is a material age, and lhat a material ago is an irreligious ago. I have been gained lately tospc this assumption repeated in ccrtain in" fluential quarters. I confess that 1 do not understand ihat inueh uscd and muv.:i-abused phrase, va material age." I cam.ot comprehend?if anybody! can, which I very much doubt?itsl logical signification. For instance,' has electricity boeomo tho moro material in tho mind of any tiano, or moderately sano?[laughter]?man, ' woman, or child, heeaubo in tho discovery that in tho gepd providence of God it was made available for the service and use of man td. 'sin hnrr.easurabf) greater extent tliw. ^ibv'iufc (U?stvu:> tion ? Do I mtvkc'i) manorial jo'ui'ne^ to the bed.si<lc of my dying parent or ) child when I trav 1 thither ;V, (lie rate of sixty miles nu "l:oill* than when I travel thither 5'at1 tb,6' Vatc of'sis? Rather, in the 3\vifc caso, does not my agonizing heart becotno overfraught with gratitude U tl at supremo benelicencc fVom whic h * alone can have proceeded the ' wonderful means Ol shortening iriy susponso? What is the materiality of tho cable and the wiro compared to the' immateriality of . tlic spark ? What is the materiality of certain chcmical substances that I can weigh or measure, imprison or release, compared with "the immateriality of their appointed affinities and repulsions prescribed 16'them from the instant of their creation to the day of judgment? When did this so-called material uge begin"? ''With the use of n\.O WM. Jl-. -* " i..- i mi uio uiarjovory ot tne compass? With thd invention of the urt of printing? ' Surely, it hasbeena long time about: Which is the most material object?the fainting tallow candle that will not give me light, or the flaming gas that Will? " [u'hecrs.] Now don't Ict us be discouraged'or I deceived by Vain, vapid, empty words. Tho true material ago is the utupid Chinese nge, in which no now and grand rovelalion^o.f naturo uve ed, because they are. ignorantly and insolently repelled, instead of being diligently and; humbly "'sought.? [Cheers.] The differenco between the antique fiction of ,1^6 ijiado braggart defying the lightning and tho modern historical picture ojf JFrankliti drawing it towards its kite, ifx order' that he might more profoundly study 'what was set before 'him to study, (or it would not have toon there,) happily expresses to my mind tlio difference between our much maligned materie l sages and th<? certainly/ In Ono tecn'si', , v.j iiniuubvi mi or uie L/CIC5a!u1 Empire school. Consider tthero it is likely or unlikely, natural or unnatural, reasonable of unreasonable; that I, being capable of thought and finding myself shrrounded by suoh discovered wonders on every hand; should ask myself the question some-, times, and put to itiyeelf the solemn consideration, ."Can these . things be among those which might, have been disclosed by;>Divine lips, nigh upon two thousand years ago', hat that the people of that .time jcpuld not'bear them?" Bufc,.wJbcether. that be so or not, I being,<flO?.<Ui!KMinded on every hand, is notc9k^>-ni<$raX-tesponKibiltiy tremendously'Jofcroased thereby, and with it my intelligent submission.?! .myself, us a .child ?? A$sm ^d; -,d)Wt? before that shirty^ equally, at all that is gr?p,tgd .aRtli.ull that is withheld, who hoj^n mJXv* jaighty hand the unnppro#cl^bip, ttjyatericn qf life And death ? .Let. 1*9 give ihe studonts industrial clapst# generally a words, " Courage, p^vpre^-.J iqiWl&r* them that mjfjAq *y#ao;f Europe are q?9iy4*?9..foiiJtid^qolift the least believe it?[laughter]?nor feeoaoae the eyes of England are upon v..-. . ... . rrrr^r?:?. v,i.^., them, for I do not i n the least bolievo that eitlior; nor bccause their doings will be proclaimed with blast of trumpet at tho street corners, for no - ouvu iiiuMiciu pcrrornmnco will take place?[laughter]?nor becauso selfimprovmcut is at all certain to load to Wordly success; but simply because it is good and right of itaelf, and, therefore, will assuredly' bring with it its own resources and its own rewards. I would further commend to them a very wiso and witty piece of an tho conduct of Iho understanding, which was given more than half a ccntury ago by tho Rev. Sydney Smith - wisest and wittiest of tho frionds I havo lost. Speaking to a circlo of voluntary students ho says: " There is a piece of foppery which is to bo guarded'against, tho foppery of universality, of knowing nil sciences, of excelling in all arts?chemistry, mathematics, algebra, dancing, history, reason, riding fencing, low Dutch, high Dutch, and natural nliilnsmJn- . i r-v | I In short, llio modern precept of edu-J |cation very often is?talce the ^ilmrj j ral Chriehloti for your mode!, and be, j ignorant of nothing. My advice, on! I the contrary, is to havo the courage! to be ignorant of a great number of j things, in order that you may avoid; the calamity of being ignorant of; everything. ' [Cheers' and laughter.]: To this 1 would snporadd t; little: truth, which holds equally good ofmyj own lift*, and the life of every eminent! |mart I hi;vo ever known. Tho one. isorvtceal le, sufe. certain, rcmuncra j itivo, attainable oimlStv in i ---'J i and in ev'efy'pursuit, is the quality of attention. My invention or imagination, suclt as it is, I can most truthful ijr assure ?*ou would ne\ er hu\ e served ' .flf.c as it1 > but for the habit of com-J, 1 rnonplace, humble patient, daily toil-; ing, drudging attention. [Applause ] Genius, vivacity, quickness of pcrccp-J tion, and brilliancy in the association ; of ideas?such mtotal qualities, like! the secret of tlie apparition of the I armoii brad in Macbeth, will not be! ? (commanded ; but attention, after ducj jtorin'oi" submissive' service, alwaysi i will. Like certain plants which thcj poorest peasant may grow on the) poorest soil, it can be cultivated by: any one, and it itj cevtuin in it* good! sPHSon to bring forth flowers and fruit, j [Applause.] I cannot but iv fleet how J often you have probaejy beard within . these walls one of the foremost men! and certainly one of the best (if not! | the very best) speakers in England.! [Cheers.] I could not say to myself I when I began just now in Shak?-[ jspcare's line, "I will be bright andj shining gold" ? [laughter]?but I could and did say to myself, I will | be as easy and as natural as I possij bly can, bccause my heart has long ibcen in my subject, and I bear an old j J love towards Birmingham and ' to ' | wards Bir'min"h:m?*tv>i"i >.?M -t ... ?t ?u.yu. | The i'ing I now wear was' a Binning j h'e.fti gift, and if by rubbing it I could I traiso tho spirit that was obedient toi | Aladdin's ring, I assure you that 1113-! 'first instruction to the goni 011 ihej snot would bo to place himself atBir-j mingham'a disposal in tho boat of; causes. [Cheers ] A ScMMAUY OF Mil. PEAB 'Dv's BENEFACTIONS.?The following suiinn.iry of his teheluciions is tlie best and moat eloquent eul"J?V tlillt wn mm o _ . ... ..... |/.uliuuilbO IIJIKU I)1b life i""-" To tfie Institute at r>*liimor?\..$;l .400,000 To 'he Instituter.l Dniiverf...., 200 000 To the poor of London 1,750,000 To the S'Uilieiti E luctriotial ' 2 500.000 To tile liar vu'rd University......... 150.000 ' To Yale College ....7.>50.000i To Washington College i.CO.OOO To other ol j-cU 3 0,000 tyjik ng 8 total of IC.50G.000 To tbis' amount shuuld lie added the principnl fortune of $1,400.000, which was distributed among hia relative* durimr Inn _ r> second visit to lis* United State*, making h grand total ol $7,096,00 distributed by liim during hi? lifetime in amounta of notiiifRble eize.' 'While bo free and open-lianded ii\ i|i? public benefactions, however, in private charities be was far outdone by others, lie appeared to regard himself as the trustee of ao iinmonxe lund for thn Kan^fii of common Uumnnity, but chose to betfow bis charity in a w*y tbat voald bring fortb great ?n<l notiuenble results; and ronbciou* that h$ did bin fall doty in (hi* respe?H,l?;1i to others of n different temperaim-nt th* MlleviHtton of individual caeuv. of ?ufiferiugr and distress. Which will you do?smile and. make your household happy, or be cruobod, imd ma<e all. tht&ei'yonug on08 gloomy< a^d the elder. one? miserable? . T;he amount <x( bap.'. p'mu?a you caii produce is inoulcuItibteWyou show a smiling ??ce, a, kind heart and apeak pleasant Woac a pleasant countenance; let joy .beaiu in Jour eyes, 4nd lOve glovy or yoqr. forehead, Tbtfre is no^ joy like that .which! springs from 4; kind.aot on a pleasant (iee^r; aadyou .will feel it at ,lwfenf'yoo morning whec^^^g' rise, Awk ,though tiie: day wheu about your business. irrmviif-it Virtu ik* ii < AGRICULTURAL ITEMS. It is fi?iJ that cattlo around D-tltor Qeorgii nro "lying off by scores widi tli murrain. GiiX till", Wltlj wllll?WHlll ttppli? to tliu iu'erior o* h lien-liou*o, hi lh? rni of ?>ne Kill to h pailt'ull, it i* Haul will diperse tlic; lice. (battle tliM'Hso lias >|ip.iiir?d at Sliivn> bu:-y, M ics. Tl.? bruiioliial :ut?rs of tin slaughtered animals v\eto fuuinl tille'l will tlirvad-iiko worms. It pays 10 mako n cow comfortable In a many reHpecta us possible. Ev?*ry lion nliu mffera from any cause, the mill: account Buff'-ra correspondingly. Forty thousand beef cattlo, bound nortl have crossed the Brazta river, at Wacc Texas, the present season ; four thoustam crosscd in two successive dav9. Fsir>n?ri) in Minnesota nre paying tweni\-ft.ur per cunt, interest for money to huh their whoai, not wishing to t.ike eighty o fginy n^e cents h bushei for it. The fanner who nihil* IiU fi<dd*, is aft un wise and improvi'ltint as lie who etmvro hi working entile?in both cases he is ditniti i-hitto tho ability of h faithful Kcrvent Ic l* useful to him. The Ohio Fanner e^<iinH'?sn li?? ciort orop in Pfoiihorn Ohio will not he inmi than one third ail averajjff, with hull h cr?>| of fodder, and that the whole Slam wi' not yibhl more limit half a r?.?p. It is an exonlli-n; plan to kwep a hi npul common clift'k in the feeding trough c.onstanlly, after (he ca'.'oa are a in mih old tlli& will M*rri??l tKft 1 ! " 1 WV'?V?.. 1.IIU MV.IUII J U1 I 1117 l%l I1II1 -ll'I an<l have a tenrieiioy to kefp ih- m : i l-.ruliby state. ' A farmer in D-VVill, U liiliin county, rni>?*?l C12 1'ii-lu'N of wIihai on ?ij ici.l mil -! r? I 11- of <rriitiiii| iii 1CG8. !?! mi 1 li? >>i!in? ti?i?l iii 18CD lie 20C l?n>heU, or ;wi average >>l 31J bushels U i!:a ?cr? lor each y^rn*. A roinpanv Iihr he?-n (orinml in N<'? York to bri:ig fresh rcrat to tlint nixrku fiot:i Texas, ' T'uo eutiie li?>Id of the vmsal :* lined wittl nott-coii'lue.tuijr felt ; ami l?y t'huRjio'd Injuns a c??'?d below llie !i?*ea iOi? point will Le kept up. 1 Milton Mt-riifield, of IVovideiie.e. c^ugh iKj-i.nw iQ<3 ?<iio mijiii, iiv ttxrniuiijiij. i? l>vrel 0f oats that had he?*n oft>-n v.cru*.: l?y ml* for one of wat.rr, coverir.g the ~puii'hch v?ti c.li:ilt. The "VMiminitt" unau*P?-it?in?ly pitched in, nnd met a waten kjr ive. Tins is hii old but excellent tr?[ wlit-re ib*-8e Animals are plenty. A correspo"dent of the Dixit* F?rmei ?iveS a reporl. of I In; cex of (lie calves raised on h:s il??iry fann tliis \eii. 'flu tmli used was a i\v<? year ?>l<t A-'dt-rney, The rows were of ?Iitlo ?*ni <?iadb.? T>vfii ty e-gl.I cows pro *u?hJ I5inal<-SR?M l.'J Itmalt? calm- ; 12 lieifei's li(cU-/hl tilius tnal- i anil t? ret* feHi;?!>' calves. At ihe m o'iiig tl' i)tl. 3"i i I Si*i-nc A"H'>i*iHfi<iii. in AIii'iii v, NVw Y ik. 'Ii?- r?? logins' gi iUMHi-nt whi in, I- ; in N ?v Y >! nli?n?*. $32,000 000 ?on!i < ' m? >t nihi'-ihS lv ii? O'l'.siiuu*-), !? ? !? "> 83 000 000 si <1 i?f butter, VH:yii $33 000 000 ; 72 OO'J 000 jh'uii'ls ?if cll"*'^, Vrt'lJl'ti nl $1-1 OU.0 000?a total of $79 000,000 An A rah proverb com*!* ruing I lie li >rs? wst.; '-TIik first seven years for my youui brother, the next peven for mvnelf, and th< la*t for my enemy." So fur as this recom mends light usnge during the youth ?>f i horse it is worthy of kcceptarice, but lh< period of fall strength niid aotivitv ia nrnJi too short, if the horse is well carc4 f>?r. The United States produced twenty-fiv< millions worth of cheese, and a liundre< millions of hultei last year. A correspondent of the Farmers' Clul Wa/116 peop'e against feeding the rhubarl plant to' hogs; he lost several by doing it. AH plants grow stronger and ripen betler W'hfeii the air c;ircid??t?'ii frAwlv iirnmu them. arid the BUII i*i not prevent* 1 from a im-nediaie influence. Ilia eB?y lo equal any fnucy bred ro< Willi h nn'ive as a milker, but if (lie d?u?li let of iIih native is a* jjood a cow, it is ai accident, not bo in thoroughbred ctockA writer in tbe C.*u.ilry Gentleman re <v>mmendft fastening cow*1 mils to tb?* joint overhead in tbe barn nbere milking i done, l>y means of a cord and bu<>k mad nf uri m Many English formers Ceed no liay i iLit'ir wink bor-es, hut ke**p thrni in big workingord ?r wi'li runts, him! nhorti Tlie pquivah'tit of 12 tons of buy can b produced on ou? acre in roo'c. A, writer in ttie American Stock Journt nay* that costivenesn and it# aecom?>anyin evil y re 'he in>?in crnne of jows destrovinj tli?ir young, and that grmn and other pro per food, u* the preventative and curt. Good imple meiits He indeed indippenn hie to ftucces*, and he who lias pioviile them will not only hav?> great plra^uie i hit* labor*, hut lite profit* which attend ill judicious application of buth time an labor. It is estimated that there are over If 000,000 hand or' cattle in TjVxas alone, hi p?i >r to the war that State only oootaine 3,000,000 head. The demand ceased an the cattle throve duriog the conflict, unt they have incren??d enormously. * ' Ad /> r , . , Samuel T3i?wles save The Cal<>r?d wheat mak?? a rich heariyfWi;. be?iing creamy golddn tin^c; and I have eati-n n where elite better bread than is made fiot it. The wheat* Will ranlc with the ver best th>?t America produces, qnd is m??r like lite Crtlitorui%grafd? (Imfi thai of ^th StetMy' . Tlio Massncbusetts Ploughman eaya : *'We holifTe it in economy for every farmer tocultivate rooln. Tliey me v?rv useful as e > cliango of feed i'i winter. -The ratt'e cl*? hotter hi?>! tliey require le>a 1>ay. JTo furti?er? t-bouM go into the wiuter wiipout to V !'? ' I ' >> l? " j Subb Cube for Couc in ||orse8.?J^r. McUI'if*-. oi Philadelphia, a Veterinary s : . .. \ -f. run.i^ 1 -surgeon who has the care of several huul> drod horses, lufonns the Practical Fanner ' ?liHt he has never known the following pttx'.ription (o fail of curing colic in * hordes: "Aromatic spirits o( ammonia, r l.slf an ounce; Laudanum, on?? anil a half - nuticw ; mix wuh one pint ?.f water, a d administer. If ot relieved, repeat 'he I dcS?. itlimembkll tiu3. ?, The l?HRt corn crop on j.r soil vet re* 1 portetl is 724 bushels by weight from >oven acres A tlairym ill informs the Maine Farmer 1 that having tried va?ioua ibing* for sore i teats on cows, be fi-iJs lard best, tho tnost healing and toftei.ing. 'l'lie $lock JoiuohI advise* a big horse ? f>>r regular farm work, and on? llint do-8 - not, without ?rCat pushi;i<r, inft more (Iihii 1- six mile;. an hour with a light b??j*gy. | Cooked meal in nwirly double (In* bulk i ?l iuif"c;k?*J. yet qtiH?t lor quart it t;o?-8 a:, fur. Tliu difference i'?, I frit much oi i the food i;> uudigeMi d ii|iI*-;;k cooked, 1 Half ii <h>z n b-at up *iih two ounce* of Sail, in recommenced hj a ?i>r?F relief of c.att hi choked wi h a po'aioo ? ran apple, by h eorie.-pon'Ient of the Count? ;; G-nileui.;n '1 Everv fnnner Iu?ve h I tu-ap?ColWt every kind ol fi-iti'izer. ?r..i ; to prevent ttny from lili^raiini; ilie. ?jn>? cs. i il;e whole covered *tli earth or iuu?-k j Journal cl Aifrii'.nliu'e ricon.uier ds ?' ? applicaiiott <;f a t??|> air** ping ol iri'iimrc in ' j MiHHilowr iiiinmii.itely afier Saving, ??p?vi * n !v on ?iry patches ulore tlie graw; iooi? are often parched ruti killed in waf VJ6:?ihei. ' Mr. J.Uariis think-* Fleam thrashing ' |iii-<cliii)?*3 will soon take 'h* placq of i|i?* I horse machine*. Tli'm, lie think*, will |i.' j"f groai. 8<lvant?ge in the way of allowing ",g ain 10 lie thrashed as if. is taken from ji li<* field, and Hie straw to b-< put in the i i i'll ii ; lliiMin Woodruff says in his book hI>oui I trotting liorHos, ill at h pull ou l???tb will not bring up a horse when lie Lah bro ken from a trot.''- A firm, quick pull ulioultl r be given on one n?iu, letting the other give > h little, as much you want the borseV head thrown out of line, r Litti.e Tui>.gs ?Life made | up of little tltihg*. Ho who tnivels . jOvcr a continent must go step by .lotcii. lie wlio writoa ft l?ook mimt ! k li do it sentence by sentence II,e | who learns a scienee must master Jit fact L>v fact, and principle after 'principle. What, is the hiippiness j; (if our life made up of? -Little icourtesies, little kindnesses, pleao -! suit wo da. genial smiles, a friendly 1 letter, good wishes and good deeds. !Ono iu a million, once in a lilejtiinc, may do a heroic action ; hut *i the little things that make up our '; life come every day and every " j hour. If we make the little events I of life beautiful and "good, then is the whole life full of beauty and ^ goodness. B Tli? following ar?? Inlying rales of S?U<li , Carolina B.uik No'cs. piopnrud l>y Gri*jnr. >j Painter 6c Co.. Hrok?rn : Ii4nk of Cmiiden..... CO 11 Bank of Charleston : .....85 } 3*nkof Chester .13 Bank of Georgetown 15 Bink of Nvwherry 63 ' B ink of South CarohliH...,, ...10 " l&i'-k ol South Citrolin-i .',..80 B*nk <>f S"ilth Crt.'olitiH ue* l<? % II Minl'ttrtf 0 i Colli Mit-rcinl 2 i KxChu'.gf., 15 PUnter* *> s'ihi** 1 Union 97 So. VVentern R., >!<1 15 People* : dj Planter* hikI Mechanic* 00 Merchant" 8 t? ...... ?* San Dosiinoo.? puie of ihejnimof ihe ? coining sci-Mon of Congress, we are told. will be live purchase of ilie Negro R<-puhil He of Shd Domingo. S Its political divisions are five provinces g. and two nmrilime districts, and its populalion is estminted at. 150.000 son' k, uf which peril Hps 40,000 are while, or pnss for ;h wlnre. In tilts estimate of population thf d maritime district uf Pnorlo Plata Is includ tt ?-d in that of the province of Santiago, e and SaitiHna id iliat of the province of J St-yho. ' St. Domingo *...28.000 2f Azna '.L. 17,000 j, SeyBo.jj*^. ....27,000 j La Vojga 1 3?.0Q0 j S&mia^o H.40,000 il ' ' ' Tlotal.t 150,000 Weaincerdr hope thus* 160,000 good ? colored people frtay be per nitted to work n their own salvation, without being annexed; o * *ry.\ . -ti ' U ' v. .. i v; y Thenel* a great demand, we are e told, for aspecica of plaster which e will eojtbleiiDeu. ,to etiok la tUeir ' busiuew, Wao baa got it t W^JflWUiHMiMjuni i,1 tsBBssBSsa Grecian Wives. Thq wives of the Greeks lived in almost absolute scclusion. They were usually married wh'ep very young. Their occupatious were to iwui .1 .r i.oujmuu.1. . ?> weave, to spin, fo emfjfoiuer, to su IwiHiilcuH [p |{Pl!sch91f1? \9 fuF? for the|r &}ok slaves. 'J'hey lived ii] p, speciul anil retired part of the house. The moro wealthy seldom wont abroad, and never except when accompanied by a female slave ; never attended the public spectacles; icccived no male visitors except in the presence of their husbands, and had hot even a seat at their own tables when male guests were there. Their pre-eminent virtue was fidelity, and it is probable that this was very stric- ly and very generally obspr* cd. | Their remarkable freedom from temptations, the public feelings which strongly discouraged any attempt to: seduoe tliem, and the amp\e sphere1, I lor illicit pleasures that was accorded ; to the other mjx, all contributed to | protect it. On the other hand, living as ihcy <li?l, almost exclusive; among their lemalc slaves, deprived; jof all the educating influence ofj i male society, and having no place atj !.i 1 111iti.so public spectacles which were i'yliu chcif means of Athenian culture, ! their minds must necessarily have' been exceedingly e-mtra un.\. Thu-| icydulo-*. <!oubtie.ss ex press*;. I the p e-j ! vailing sentiment of his countrymen j ! when he said that '.he highest, merit; ;oi woman iu not to be spoken % !'. !either for good 0/tor e\il, and Phi-, ' dins i lustra ted the same in. orv win-n; jhe repiesentcd ihc heavenly Aj.rod.te! (standing on a tortoise, typifying! j thereby the secluded lile ol a virtu-j jous woman. ! In their own restricted sphere j [their lives were probably not unlnp-i Ipy. Education and custom rendered' the purely domestic lil'o that was as-1 signed to them a sccond nature, and I it must, in most instances, have rcc-i onciled them to the extra matrimom-j al connections in which tlioiv husbands too lrepuently indulged." The t prevailing manners were very gentle. Domestic oppression is hardly eyer spoken of; the husband lived chiefly in the public place; causes of jealousy and of distention could seldom j occur, and a feeling of warm affection I though not a feeling of equality, jinvjt doubtless have in most cases! j spontaneously arisen. In the writ-1 j n<rs of Xenophon we have a charm-1 ling picture of a husband who had ! received into his arms his young wife !of fifteen, absolutely ignorant of the j world ar.d its ways. lie speaks to her with extreme kindness, but in the language that would be used to a little child, ijer task, he tells her is to be like a queen bee, dwelling conjt'Dually at home and superintending ithe work of her slaves. She must !distribute to each their tasks, must] j economize the family income and must j j take especial care that the house is! strictly oiderly?Vtic, shoes the pots ! and the clothes, always in tLei.r places j It is also, he tells hex*, a part of her duty to tend her sick slaves; bnt I here his wife interrupted hiin, ex-j claiming, {'N;iy but that will indeed , be the most agreeable 61" my olflees, if such as I treat for my kindness are iikely to be grateful, ami to love me more than before." Witty a very tender and dolieate care to avoid ewrvt.liinrr rp?i>nililiii<? ? " I?j - o o ! i,be husband persuades bis wife to give np the hnbit of wearing high-1 heeled boots, in order to appear tall, and of coloring her face 'with vcr*j million an<l white leatl. ' He ^rornises her tb.-it, if she faithlully performs ii^er duties, be will himself be the first a ?d most devoted of her slaves, lie assured Socrates that, when any domestic dispute arose, he eould extri-1 cate hunsi If admirably, if ho w. s in the right; but that whenever he was in the wrong, he found it impossible to convince his wife that it wa6 other w\se.?Appleton's Journal. 1 ?< Nkw Yokk, Novemher 6.? governor II' flfitHti, in >u)*weriug n qui-8ti*>u ?? 10 wiiat ili? Ij>eiiM>crats intended lo do with their victory, phiJ llit* Ubn.ocr^ta propose making the Legislature honest, and, U? use it for promoting llie iuterest of tbw ijjhhb Qf the people, which the radical* have not done. We propose, to abolish f>ucb Ihwb a# infrige upon the rights of localities, and secure then) rights themselves. X'1? new Legislature, however, will not l>e radical ; it is disposed to show to the Slat* and country that the Democracy can be a* moderate in viclorj as patient uuder de feat. .., The Stonewall was burned to the water's edge on the Mississippi River, last week. Theie were two hundred and fifty eight soul* on boards but a few of w hom readied the *hore irfivel A moat fearful catastrophe. " -? ' * George l?eabody. the great phUanthro pitt ia 'dend. The imws of his death will hp -receirtd and felt ou both sides of the Usntio, with do oauaoa sorrow. *V. it seems as though, after a lapse of three centuries, Sir "Walter Raleigh's dreams of an El Dorado were about to be realized. The other (Jay \ye published an account of marvellous discoveries of cjiamonds in Soutji Africa. .They had beon found for miles along the bunk* of thp Orange and the Yaal nvcrs. They were not only abundant, but they were, many of them, of great size. Some were found of the dundaloque shape aud oX the fust water, weighing upwards of, eighty carrots; others of the octahedron, or four pointed, that' weighe^ upwards of thirty earats ; and of the smaller varieties immense numbers had been pickcd up on tho surface of th~ ground. Naturally Soutfy Africa was in a ferment. Elephant tuska were forgotten, and every one was hunting for precious stones. The infection had even extended to this country, and, Dr. Ilall was organizing a colony to go diamond hunfiritr ? " " T...e. .v<v?w nun vuuiu reports irom Australia of discoveries there which far ecliiise those in South Africa, 'telegrams have come flying from the' Australian mines to England big enough to make the diamond merchants hold their breath with astonishment. The glittering sionc-a h?vc been' picked up in sucn ?ju.iiititiea tna;, t'ie Lo.ndon Tuiws, in a leading sii t;e.Iv ?>n the aubjpet "the colonist are all dreaming of previous stones. At every table and in : v<>ry railway cainaj/e the talk is of ;iii inoiids and rubin.-j, odals and emeralds pearls and topaze , and people ol ail ranks arc rushing 10 the 'mines. Genuine diamonds are on sale by women and children at every cottage, audi there can hardly be a mistake, we' should think about the nature ol the stones. This is marvellous enough in all, conscience, but this is not half the siory; the rest ol" it smacks of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, and Sinbad the Sailor's adventures in the great diamond valley to which he flew on the back of a mighty bird. And this latter and wonderful half, we ariust prefaice with the statement, familiar doubtless to many of our readers, that the increase in value of the diamond is vastly greater in pre* portion tha?. its increase in weight. A Stone Wfiifhinor nnn ????.<?? r? . D -.j., %/iJo vuj at| iui 111* stance, might be worth fifty dollars; but one weighing five carats would be worth two thousand. Imagine, then, the value of o*?Q as big as a lemon and weighing three-quarters ot a pound. Such a one is said to be found in Australia. Its discovery. hjis been telegraphed to England. It was placed in the hands of a trustworthy man. He was surroundedj by a strong cordon of military, and, was rnarcliud in this way lrom the i mines to Sydney, where the mnfnfi. - - ^ .i - r o | cent gem was deposited in the mint. The stone lias not yet been thorough* ! ly tested. Geologists are at work upon it now; but if it really proves to he supposed, its value will be almost fabulous. Its weight, is 900 carats. The greatest English diaI niond, that prid^ of the British EmI [>ire, the Koh-i- oor, weighs but 18S 'carats, and its computed by the tables in U*?C. would-be a Vinn/1 rod rr.Il'fc - ? - Aunauu^ I in gold. But of course, thi9 value I would in any event be imaginary, since no purchaser could be found with a hundred miliums to spare for. a diamond, even if it was as big as a^ lemon. Masonic.?The n*xt Annually Cororou^ nicHtiou of ihe M -ri Worshipful Gritnd,. L>>ilg?- of Ani:ieu> tY*** of South ('uroliiiH. will !* liolilfn ui ? if. n " > Oh>nl.? toll, oil tl?v? 16 b 'iiy ' < November, 18(39 "muiiii'iHMiijj mi twelve Tbe I*. erOoinl >.( ili? vnrH'iM rn>|r?H?*ft in S?utb OxM'lina. 1('ivh lci?.l!) roufton-fefi to permit lie (j}???ii>i ?r.|l ro p*** hixI rojjH'* t lu-rcuu (o> >n? f*re. 'i'lin ful! fare i* lu t-e j??id at thn pUit of atartiuy, hiii) reriifiivUm v*?ll b*? ia&iied by tba Gran<L( Secretary, nt lb* o'o?e of itie OorrnnuMoaiivi., fiititling iLje bolder to return free of any charge whntewr. ?r*&*X? A recently appointed, postmU-? tress at a post-office on the plains, :? sends her first quarterly report ta ! . the department with the following ' foot-note: "For weeks past I have r-; : slept with a sixshooter by my1 bed- 1 side and a oarving- knife-under 1 ; . pillow, expecting' atthe bresk-oV 1 day the Indians would bomefy*'. I: : ( my scalp; but all 6f'tliis' has nbt 1 ' been half So harassing to my mind as the making out of onei qufittfiTyreport," . ' t ;!, >'! . . !. 1 , v 1)1 ... j ,! The Creenvillo and Colombia Railroad, ' has doim a larger freight buiifaeM ;hU fall *1L' than ewr before " "ll ?TM T (I I T0(1 t?-n: I'-- *||I **? '? i. J !? ?*> i " f? ' Foui- **b-x*xg old Kvntecky molts. ^ trwi? sold ia Atlanta Saltriaf tor ?** I