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IP ? ?. . S2 PER ANNUM. wV^'^'.V^Jd, ,?.? WaT. '* . IN ADVANCE NEUTRAL IN POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LTERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. r VOLUME IV. LANCASTER, C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 25, 1855. NUMBER 24 53ET.IT.nTF.n TAT L1^ thoroughly sick of Josephine's remarks; | ther. And liplnrA li? luft '.? 1.?.? I "v" " * *' uuuuv LUU inLIDU. [From tlie Waverly Magazine. LOOKING FOB A DOMESTIC WIFE DT KIT CAflLTLK. "I hardly know which I like beet, Josephine Reynolds or Hettie Burke," said young Benson to himself. "Josephine is a splendid looking girl, a queen in every movement, and commands admiration wherever she goes; but, on the other hand, Hettie is a little gem, and lias a sweet disposition, although, perhaps, Josophine has as good. Both can shine in ihc parlor and, for angbt I know, in the kitchen also, as all farmers1 daughters should be able j. to do. Well I'll call on tliem this Monday afternoon, and endeavor to decide then. It's washing day I know, but so much the better time to sound them on household duties; and as I am going out of town the former part of this week it will be a good excuse for calling now." George Benson was a smart - M young man, poor, but engaged in a profitable business, which bid fair to, in a few years, place him in independent circumstances. lie wished to marry, but felt the necessity of wedding some one who was domestic, and who would be a helpmate. ~ lie was very much interested in both Ileitis and Josephine, and hardly knew which be would prefer for a wife, as both had many excellent qualities, but finally concluded to decide in favor of the one who should prove to be the most domestic. George's walk that afternoon brought him to Mr. Reynold's about three o'clock. Joaipbine's mother came to the door and ushered him into the parlor. In a few minutes Josephine entered and welcomed him cordially. Yo his surprisSL instead of seeming fatigued, aa one will after a Monday's washing, she looked as fresh and blooming as a rose, and as trim in her dress as though ready for a party; wliilo her mother, in her old callico working dress, looked jaded and careworn, and referring, by way of anology, to its being washing day, soon left the room. "Kxcuse my catling on Monday, Miss Reynolds," said George, "bull was going ' to leave town for a woek, and thought I would happen in a few moments before 1 went." "O, you are perfectly excusable, replied Josephine, and I am very glad indeed that you called." "I shall make but a short stay," oontintiAil flAAsera ? '* ?vv V.W.JJI, >? t |IICHUIIIC JOU Hrc (JUIIO weary with your " "O, no, not at all, I have l>o?n down to th? village shopping all tbe afternoon. Mother always does the washing, as I harn't any taste that way." 4,Then you've been at liberty all day I" Yes, certainly; washing day is no different with me thao any other; I never did a Monday's washing in my life. Mother tried to initiate me into tbe mysteries of the art one day, but I was so awkward that she had to give up tbe experiment ; and she said tlien, there was no danger of my aver making a washwoman." "Indeed," said George to himself. "Father," continued Josephine, ** would hire the washing done everv week, but mother says she had rather do it berse'.f, for economy's sake. "A knowledge of housework, especially of cookery, is very desirable in a young lady," replied George. "I suppose it was once considered so," replied Josephine; "but gentlemen nowa-days, generally hire their wives a washwoman and housekeeper, and that answers every purpose, and saves a lady the trouble of acquainting herself with such disagreeable matters. Gentlemen of the nraaent Hm iIa ha, wi.1i ! *>? wi? W& slaves, but companions. "Vary coovenieut logic for the ladies, thought George. "Some here a taste for such duties and prefer to make themselves acquainted with them," said he, "for the sake of overseeing their eerrants and knowing for themselves that things are done as they should be, if for no other purpose." "True, but Tan not one of tbst tort. 1 abhor them. Housework is perfectly hateful?detestable to me. O, dear, I should consider a man cruel who wished me to confine myself to it, even a part of the time." "Well," oontinued George, drawing a long breath, for be was surptised to hear Josephine express himself so directly contrary to all his previous notions of a wo roan's duties, M a Iiwij sometimes marries * poor man, and Jlnds it for bar and his interest to conform to circumstances, and attend to duties which are agrssabla to her, for the sake of assisting her husband and rendering hie harden lighter." . M Yes, hut I make no calculation of that kind," said Josephine, flrwly, thotigh pleasent I j, for aha waa really an agreeable girl, although afewod to gma up with enoneouN notions in regard to domestic, affsim, M1 iiiifteAtto wed a man unlesa he ie sWe and witting to support me in ea* and style." ..." ' ^TTSeii jroil'Wdnid'ho( rt^le fhc tight kind of atetfs for^pe," tlfonght George, W% Wfr " 41 * eaa ,n, . ana as soon as possible he changed the i topic of conversation. t 44 What a lucky escape," said Our friend, to himself, an hour afterwards, as he was t wending his way toward llettie Burke's. < It'*> good thing for me that I sounded < hdrupon housekeeping before I proposed otherwise I might have got myself into a pretty fix. What a figure I should cut with such a wife; why, I should be obliged to turn cook and washwoman myself, for , I couldn't afford, in my present circum- j stances, to hire all my work done. I f should have to stay at home and wash , Monday, iron Tuesday, perhaps, nnd bako t Saturday, leaving only threo days out of j the seven to attend to my own business, j What a fix!?Beautiful time I should , have; my business would be neglected, ( and 1 should be poorer than ever; nnd ? even it I could afford to hire a housckcep- ( er, it wouldn't tatter the case much, a* I t should havo to give her directions and boo that things were done properly, for Jose- t phine is very far above such detestable ( matters as she calls them. A man that's ? going to have such a wife ought to know t it in senson lo get initiated into household c mysteries before marriage. Such a Miss , may do very well for a rich man, but not ^ for mo. Now for Ilettie tturke; and if .. she turns out like Josephine in her tastes ( and dislike of domestic duties, setting a- f side the knowledge of them, w hich she t cannot well avoid having, as all say that x, her mother has drilled her thorovghlv in t them, and is full of whims relating to their being slavish, Ac, why then I'll seek a . life companion in somo other part of the t country, and perhaps make it a part of B my present journey abroad to look for . ore. g ilettie welcomed hitn in an old cnllico j dress, with short sleeves a la washtub, (] and witli her brown hair, that generally j curled so beautifully, gathered up neatly j and snugly on the back of her head. <t ? * ->??nnlo?-* * i she as they entered the parlor, "but I dis- f like apologies; and then you know that j Monday Is washing day, and wo farmer's , daughters have lo ta in the suds then." | "And there's where I hoped to find c you," George came near saying; but G checking himself, he replied, * I know it, | it's a part of a woman's duties, and I am t sure an apology now would be out of ( place r* t "So I thought," returned Ilettie. g "I fear I'm intruding," said George. * O, by no means," replied Ilettie; j 41 we are through with our washing, which ? held out later than usual, as mother has | been quite unwell for a week, and I was , obliged to do tho whole of itto-da/. You j will stay to tea of course; it will ta per- ^ fectly convenient. Mother's head-acho j has come on and she has lain down, but . father will bo in presently to entertain you." "George's countenance wss brightening up every moment, and be began to think hit fears groundless in regard to llettie; but was resolvod to test her idoas thoroughly. " Does housework agree with you !" enquired ho, half trembling from uncertainty as to the probable reply. "O, yes," returned Uettie, 1 am generally pretty healthy, and then I'm fond of it, too, and you know that's half the battle. Mother even goes so far as to any, sometimes, I can cook and take care of the house as well as she; but then, that's her flattery, of course, to encourage me." "Hut such work is bard, and some say slavish." continued George. "I think differently," replied Uettie; "it is not slavish, and need not be so hard as many contrive to maks it. There's a right way to do everything. Some have what is called a knack, but that is simply finding out the easiest way of doing a . thing and doing it well. Ono can mnke j housework come comparatively easy in that way." "Well, some consider it a diagraco," continued our hero, "and others complain that they have not a taste for it." "Uis not a disgrace," said Uettie, "on the contrary, I think a young lady may well be proud of a knowledge of housekeening. Many of the first uuliee of the land hare not felt above it, and why should I, who am nothing but a farmer s daughter) As for taste that way, a girl may aa well acquire one first as last. A man's wife must understand such things. and th? tim? to leam m when single. 1 , often think how nab Aimed I should be if ( married, and unable the first day of com* | mencing housekeeping to eook my hue , band a decent meal.?What would he , , tliink t why, that I was a mere doll, good , for nothing but to look at; I should cry , from sheer relation. I 'Well, really, I begin to almost think, , Hettie," said George, " that you would 1 j even consent to many a man who would i expect you to do hoosewoMc all your days, if you bred hint, vou seem to make such ; an agreeable business of it, but I should , hare but little respect for the man who , subjected you to H unnecessarily." ( "Yea,** replied Hettie, smiling, "if I re* i ally lorod a man, his being poor would i not lead me to reject him, even if his | station waa such is to subfoct me to cloee i attention to heme duties all my life." j L "That's the rmgfri for me," said George, a to hirmetf, aa Hettie left the room to ar-' | tange the tea-table, ! taced not look for- 1 df 4 r> , 1- * -0 0 ..V IV.V %.B\i UUU3U U1AI light he had made her an offer of his heart ind hand, which had been accepted. And so ends our simple sketch. If here is any moral in it, young ladies of irdinary discretion will not fail to discov;r it. Not Aihuned of Bidicole. I shall never forget a lesson, which I eeeived when quite a young lad, at the \cademy in H . Among my schoolfellows were Hartley and Jemson. They vcro somewhat older than myself, and to he latter I looked up ns a sort ol leader n matters of opinion as well as of sport! Ie was not at heart malicious, but he had i foolish ambition of being thought witty ind sarcastic, and he made himself feared >y a besetting habit of turning things ino ridicule, so that he seemed continually in the look out for matter of diversion. Hartley was a new schollar, and but title was known of him among the boys. >ne morning, as we were on our way to chool, he was seen driving a cow along he road towards a neighboring field. A jroupof boys, among whom wan Jemson, net him as ho was passing. The opporunitv was not ir? 1 s W wv IVOfc UV %> UlllAOll. Ilelloa !" he exclaimed, "what a tho price if milk ? I any, Jonathan, what do you odder on I What will you take for all he gold on her horns I lioys, if you rant to boo the latest Paris style, look at hose iKJots!" Hartley, waring bis hand to us with a ileasant smile, and driving the cow to he field, took down the bars of a rail fence, nw her safe in the iucloeure, and then, tutting up the bars, came and entered the chodl with the rest of us. After school n the afternoon, he let out the cow and Irove her off, none of us knew where, knd every day, for two or three weeks, te went through the same task. J5Sy? h^ti^JL'zr -totlyYMifs; ind some of them, among whom was 'cmson, were dunces enough to look down rith a sort of disdain upon a scholar who iad to drive a cow. The sneers and jeers if Jemson weie accordingly often renewd. lie once, on a plea that he did not ike the odor of the bnm, refused to sit next o Hartley.?Occasion a'ly ho would enquire after the cow's health, pronouncing lie word 44 ke-ow," after the manner of ome of tho country people. With admirable good naturo did Ilartey bear all these silly attempts to wound ind annoy him. I do not remember that le was ever once betrayed iuto a look or vord of angry retaliation. 44 I suppose, Iartloy," said Jemson, one day,"I suppose rour daddy means to make a milkman of rou." "Why not,'1 asked Hartley. "Oh, lothing; only don't leave much water In he cans after you rinso them?that's all!" [lie boys laughed, And Hartley, not in tho east mortified, replied,?"Never fear; if iver I should rise to be a milkman, I'll jive good measure and good milk." The day after this conversation there vas a public exhibition, at which a num>er of ladies and gentlemen from ncigh>oring cities were present. Prizes were iwariled by the principal of our Academy, ind both Hartley and Jemson received a creditable number; for, in respect toscholirship, those two wotc about equal. Af or the ceremony of distribution, the Principal remarked that there was one prize, consisting of a gold medal which was rarey awarded not so much on account of its {real cost, as because the instances wero 'a'e which rendered its bestowal proper. It was the prize of heroism.?The last boy alio received one was young Manners, Ifuu mrce years ago, rescued the blind girl from drowning. The Principal then said that, with the nertnission of the company, he would reate a short story. 'Not long fince, some joys were flying a kite in the street, just is a boy on horseback rode by on hie way :o the mill. The horse took fright and threw the boy, injuring him so badly that be was carried home, and confined some reeks to his bed. Of the scholars who iad unintentinnally caused tho disaster, tone followed to learn the fate of tho rounded boy. There was one schollar, however who had witnessed the accident rroin a U?stanoe, who not only went to make inquiries, but stayed to render services. The scholar soon learned that the wounJed boy was the grandson 01 a poor wilow whose sole support consisted in soling the milk of a floe cow of which she rat the owner. Alas! a hat could she now do) She was old and lame,and her grandson, on whom she depended to drive ihecow to pasture, was now on his back, helplesa. "Never mind, my good woman," mid the scholar, "I can drive your cow I" With blessings and thanks the old woman socepted the offer. Dut hie kindness did not rtop here. Money was wanted to get art idee from die apothecary. "I have money that my mother sent me to buy boots with ; but I *n do without them for awhile." "Oh no," said the old woman, "i can't consent o that; but here is a pair of cowhide boots that I bought for Henr*, who can't wear them. If yon wottfd only bay these giving us what they cost, woshoeld get slong megly.'VThe scholar bought the boots, clumeey v* they were, and has worn them up to this time." -*?eii, wuen <t was dlicovorcd bj the * other boys of the Academy that our scholar was in the habit of driving a cow, he was assailed every day wtafc laughter and ridicule. Ilia cowhide btfbt* in particular were made matter of tnjlfh, rat he kept on cheerfully and bravel* day.ja.fty day, never shunning obscrr*tifaff*WW driving the widow's cow, and wearing his thick boots, contented in the thought that Flo was doing right; caring all the jeers and sneers that cJVle uttered. He never undertook to efplain why he drove the cow; for he wau'nol inclined to make a vaunt of his cBNrtable motives, and furthermore, in hitfljfeart he had no sympathy wilh the faltemride that can look down with ridicule^on nny useful employment. It was bjtfricro accident that his course of kindnisf and self denial was yesterday discovered by bis teacher. "And now, ladies and gpntlcmen, I appeal to you, was there not true heroism in this boy's conduct? Nay, Master Hartley, do not slink out of sight behind the blackboard ! You are not afraid of ridicule, you must not bo afraid of praise. Come forth, coino forth, Master Edward James Hartley, and litua eoe your honest face." As llartly. with blushing checks, made his appearance, with a round of applause in winch the whole company joined, spoke the general approbation of his conduct! the ladies stood upon benches and waved their handkerchiefs. The old men wiped <the gathering moisture from the corners of their eyes, and clapped their hands. Those clumsy hoots on Ilartly's feet seem od a prouder ornament than a crown would have been on his head. The medal was bestowed on hiiri by general acclamation. 1-tft me tell you A good tfnncof Jemson ? beforo I conclude." was heartily I t ashamed of his ill natnrcd railery, and af- r tcr we were dismissed, be went with tears c oLw!}i hnndsomo apology for his past ill-man- i nera. "Think no more of it, old fellow," t said Hartley, with delightful cordiality; 1 let's all go and have a ramble in the woods t before wo break tip for vacation." The ' boys, one and all, followed Jemaon's ex- j ample; and we set forth with huzzas into < the woods. What a happy day it was. [Christian Witness. ( MISCELLANEOUS. 1 [From tho Charleston Mercury. < Know Nothingism and Southern ' Union. We copy cheerfully the courteous reply , of the Carolina Timea, to our article of Monday last. Its character calls for tho , repilion on our part of the oft expressod ] wish to discuss this question with the most ( perfect fairness, looking only to the cause of tho South, and tho triumph of princi- . pies dearer than life. The point at issue, between us is, the character and objects of the Know Noth- , ing party. The Times claims that it is , the only genuine resistance party now formed in the South, and wonders that we ( deny its claim. It says, "They are tho first regularly organised party, and by seniority (all other views and opinions peculiar to Southrons being , equal) they linve no good cause to expect that every genuine resistance man at the ' South, whether Whig or Democrat, will rally uudcr their banner." Lot us review tho history of this party, j and test the grounds upon which such a , claim rests. It is difficult to assign to any < party its precise origin, but it cannot be de- | nied that it was at tho North, in its dense and festering cities, that the Know Nothing party first attracted attention, and < achieved its victories. Its first public man j ifestations were in the "street preaching," | and "Sunday mobs," which disgraced New York and Philadelphia with violence and bloodshed. From these low begin- ( ninga, it grow, until by appealing to a , spirit of intolerance, and hatred to for- ' eignors, it gathered to itself force and res- | pocLability enough to make itself felt in , the elections at the North. This conati- , tutes the first era of Know Nothingism. , The Nebraska Dill passed Congress, ' and it re-opened with unprecedented fury, 1 the war upon Slavery. The Know Nothings had, by this time, beoome a power- | ful element in Northern politics. Elated < with municinal trinmr?h? tK?l? !<)?< i>? paneled, and they conceived the design of | rallying upon the principle* of anti-Catho- ? licism and anti-Foreignism, a great Na- i tional Party which should rule the eoun- | try, and grasp the spoil*. Aahftroed and | fearful of discussion, "it* advocate* ahrank , from the public light, and masked their < doctrines and themselves beneath an oath- 1 bound secret order. Tho Congressional ( elections came on. The Democratio par- { ty by whose votes and influence, the long- , delated justice of the repeal of the Mm- i ourj Compromise line, which threw open ( once and again to the South the opportu- ; nity, lost by the acts of 18fd, end 1850, j was effected, stood arraigned before the j fanatical sentiment of the North. It was ( mortal struggle between friends of the Mouth her (bet. In seek a pontest where do we Hod the Know nothing par- ] t}t Combining, every where, with Free I Ml m \ Soil, in deadly war upon the Democratic the >arty, and the South, overwhelmed by shin mch a fusion, the Democratic party went 13 lown in every State at the North. In in tl nunicipal. Stale, and federal elections, tilth 'the fusion" triumphed, prostrating with Nov >ne hand every friend of the South, and is tli (vith the other elevating to power the disc< ankest abolitionists. At a single blow it the inverted * Congress, where conservatism adir md some regard to Southern interests the prevailed, inU? a den of fanatics, whose into ole object is to vilify and crush her. This coin institutes the second era of Know Noth- us, t ngism. joct Meanwhile, in the teeth of these flagrant ^?u iroofs, the party was organizing and gath- 9u#t :ring strength in the South. Preserving out lie same mask, yet secretly appealing to art^s lie same intolerant prejudices and filing igainst foreigners, which had given it im- ^oriT letus at the North, the party in theSouth c inrried the elections in many cities, in ou^ vhich, of course, foreign influence was most ^ ellfl While these facts were transpiring ranc >efore us, wo could not be silent consisently with duty or principle. Wo held Sou ip to the South the conduct of this party it the North?its public and official decla- a're ations of hostility to her?the threats l'on md insults of its Northern leaders?the 1,9 c ury with which it visited every man in na*( Congress who dared to stand up for the ft*'0 >outh or the Constitution?the mad and can< anatical course of the Massachusetts Leg- l'10 slature, in which Know NQthingism was lrjct uprcme; and we warned the South against w'1' ifliliation with 6uch a party. But its a('?] riends in the South repudiated for its I>'a' Northern wing the charge of abolition, al- s'le" hougti stamped upon them by a thousand ded wools. We wero invoked to wait and And brbear until the National Convention met miss vhen this stain would be washed away, hou ind the party would rise up, the embodi- *na^ nent of American principles and Ameri- ?f ' :an hopes; standing under the broad Na- aro JisK' no "VV est?true*lo the (Jonstilhtion *nd the rights of the South!" We pause, ^ kt this point, in the history of the Know Car Nothing party, and seek for the evidence fea< hat has since become so apparent to the 1 Times, of its being a "Southern resistance party. But wo seek in vain. We pro ;ec 1 with the history. 'ugTho National Council met in Phila- "l?01 Jelphia, and most anxiously the country ?IU watched its proceedings. Contrary to all we. :heir hopes, tho Southern delegates found lliemselves face to face, with enentiea inktead of friends, and read in the looks r 'V. snd defiant denunciations of the delegates jf the North, the failure of their most ,0? cherished expectations. What was to be |? '! lone! The North demanded tho rostora- -v 1 lion of the Missouri Compromise line, and the repeal of the Fugitive Slave law.? 1 This, of course, Southern men could not {10Cl field. Compromise propositions, one af- ^as icr another, were submitted; all more ' or less propiatory to the Abolitions. Mr. ?e.( Albert I'iko tells us that he himself, pro- : posed to ignore the subject of slavery al- 1**n together, but oven this proposition, so un- i worthy and suicidal as it was to tho South, KP?' was rejected. And tho Times admits l*? that "there was a disposition and willing- ciru ness to ponder to Northern influcnco by nm< compromising rights of tho South for the tor3 take of party and its interests." T tO \ But the Jnorth refused all compromises whatever, would linve none of them. It made the South choose between its arro[jantdemands and its company. The majority platform was adopted, and the del- 1 agates from twelve Northern States, rep- bro resenting an overwhelming majority of the gov party, left tho Convention. The Times pop asserts "that tho party went further to- mil wardn putting down the assaults of fana- ver Lies, than either of the old parties."? rify Where is the ground for such an assertion! the never before in any of the National Con- turi rentions, were Southern men and the insti- tun tutions of the South so vilified. Never (lid Lua ranat'c:sm wear so bold and defiant an a - Coi pect. Are tho burning words of Henry sior Wilson, the taunts and insolento of Ford, of i dready forgotten by the Tiinos! 4'Tho erft sssaults of fanatics put down!" Why the led rribune gloried in the secession of theN orth pre from the Convention, as tho surest way to I jonsolidate abolition and secure its tri- van umph! And that secession has since gath the ered to its fold the groat State of Fennsyl- lair rania, and is uniting the North in unbro sea ken phalanx. it. But we are pointed to tho platform, as ^ the proof that the Know Nothing party 1 >f the South "i? the only resistance party." ?r* What I is the Southern wing foil jwing the raithlesa example of the Northern allies in ^u' 'spitting upon tho platform," and repudia- p'Sfl ting their pledges! Where in the plat- 'n;%l form shall we look for such a thought as Southern Union or resistance! It it in its tmj lilence upon the Wilmot Proviso! Shall are look for it in the declaration, that "the dnl Union is the paramount political good," ? declaration at absurd and tyranicel as w,'t' the "divine right of Kings." Or shall wo 1 he live into the depths of die "third degree" f'or to find "Southom resistance." breaking the there in the very slough of submission!? ded If that platform mdkns anything- -tf it has hati in it a single clear an unmistakabledaoae, the t is that U monism, Nstioralism, anything to 1 ind everything else, but Southern resis *'fj tance, is tho object of the Know Nothing. r%|f party. And when tho party at the Sotrtb one talks of Southern resistance, it abandons cap * party creed, and forfeits its men s. iut the Times declares'that the p je South, failing to establish a cc >nal Union, will dissolve the Ui r we would askourcoicmporary w ie hope, with the party divided ordnnt, as it is, that it can esta Union on a constitutional basis! iits the impossibility, when it says national hopes.of the party have 1 a bubble, and that the party "ha e sectional." Again, the Times hat if the "existing laws upon the of slavery, are infringed upon, thern American party are pledgi ain their solemn resolves, and < the principles of the party at all i." What pledges and principle know of none, hut those of tho ?, and they are national, and ca arried out by tho Southern wing,' the cc-operation of tho Northern >ut leaving these points, what :e has the party in the South give . it has any thought of resistance thern Union. Judging by its very opposite is the truth. We adv seen how it stands on these i s, in the matter of its platform, ome to its acts. In Virginia it r ;d for Governor, Mr. Flonrnov, a ralist, and Whig. In Tcnnesac lid a to is Mr. Gentry, who advo< abolition of the Slave trade in the , of Columbia. In Georgia, the | i a self stultification almost increc pted, in one breath, the Philndcl .form?and in the next, its very c ?the Georgia Platform, and co 1 :??!-- ' ^ uy uuiiillllUlllg H?r Vjrovcmor, J Irews, than whom no more abjoct iionist lives in her whole borders, isiaua, the Know Nothings havei ed Mr. Derbingy, the vory incarni consolidation and VVhiggery. '1 the acta of the pnrty in the Sou ifvrihititfn or tr/e r"??nd the low, we doubt not, but that in o olina the party is ready for resist! ly for Southern Union. All pi he State occupy the sains positi< . where are the evidences that on or limits the party shares in this !" When, therefore, the Times si asor for its future conduct, wo beg 5 us the benefit of its knowledge, too may share its hopes. Ve have thus briefly reviewed tin of Know Noihingism. Wheth* ladelphia, amid the denunciatio son and his horde, or in Virj nessee, Georgia or Louisiana?loc Is platform and its oaths, oriucj ts acts in the North or in the Son see nothing to support tho clai Times?nothing to justify it in il Lations. lint more than all, little this party to tho honor of hoi them Union Party?when il has from tho dust into which they an, tho 'blocks and stones' of nati , bribed Southern men again i mblcs?excited anew the rag< ils?planted thorns of dissensio en churches and classes in evcrj it in the South, and brought div >ngst us, which in all the annals c r are marked with the torch and rd, and whoso, effect already visi! veaken and prostrate, and destrc very in Cuba Capital versus litionismV curious change has suddenly ught about in the policy of the C ernment in reference to tho 1 mlation of tho island. Tho n itia?that redoubtable phalanx i y aspect was in itself enough t< an enemy?is to -be disbaudet heroes composing it are to I led to the peaaful labors of ag 3. It is not the resignation Of I uiriaga nor the tuaviter in mc umodorc McOauley which has led this alteration in tho scntii tho Captain General. A more il influence than either of thes to tbe abandonment, at least U sent, of his emancipation projo< n ouo of tho last letters of oui ia correspondent .it was stated stock of the Spanish bank was lentable discount, and that in rcely any one could bo found to This was rather a singular cii ace, considering the favorable n he terms offered. Tho Captain I inquired into the canse of it i given plainly to understand b L>ao capitalists that as long a: ger element was allowed to pro te in the counsels of the govern y would do nothing towards cx j it from its pecuniary difflci jy represented that it would he on their part to assist in putting > the hands of the black popul h tbe certainty which they had 1 m that they would ultimaiely.be the destruction, or at all event expulsion, of the whites. It wi I thai if the government would id the black troops of all deecrip property holders would be im ook more favorably on the stock, ument was, it seems, all p-ou mt would hoi be eontiM to tonstrancee of the planter*, yielded lb the representations ? italiets. Orders were i no rood # N ' __ _ iber issued to disband tlio nigger militia throughout the island, and the stock of iartv tlie Spanish bank is no doubt by this >nsti- this time at a respectable premium, nion. [N. Y. Herald. * , 'here . M m ? 8he Changed her Mind. + , There arc somo persons who are never ithat s'ck without thinking themselves very' burst much worse off than they really are. . Of ? be- this class was Mrs. llaskins,a young marteHs rj0j iajyf nnd the mother of two fine boys On oue occasion, being visited by a fced to vcr? *'10 consequence of imprudent expo-. jarry sure, she gave herself up to the raelanhaz cholv fancies which usually assailed her,. 8 j and persuaded herself that she was going plat- 4 ,.1 nnot tod,e' with- I" consequence of. this melancholy prti. sentiment, she assumed so woo begone assu- nn appearance that even her medical ator'of *endRnt WRS "dnrtlcd ?n believing that she Rcls was really much worse than from her have symptoms lie had judged her toiM. (HIPS- I TTnilnr tllftOA I.* ?-1 I J ? OV.WI ?uvav viiVHUlOinitV^O IIO UUTIOCU Bet her to make what earthly preparations lomi" she had vet to make, while there was vet rank ; ' iq time to do so. :atcd Mr9- Haskins was an afTectionatc mothPis cr, and the thought of parting from the larty children to whom she was so warmly i ' attached, at a time when, moro than any 'IT0" ot'lCr' l^e-v nee^ed n mother's care, was nclu- peculiarly distressing, ndgc "Their father will be kind to them, no sub- doubt, and see that they aro amply providod for, but nothing that ho can do tiom- ? ition Wl" 8,,Pply to them the loss of a mother." hese Gradually tho idea of a step mother th? suggested itself to the lady's imagination, m *? and such was her care for the happiness ance, to nn ^ca'so repugnant to most wTves, irlics and actually began to consider who >n.? among her acquaintances was best fitted itside to become a second Mrs. Urn-kins, ands ^ ,enSth her choice upon a Miss . ;t lo Parker, an intimate friend of her own. that Feeling anxious to have this matter sati6 factorily settled, she dispatched a messer0 ^'s* ger post liasto for Miss Parker, who, afte r ns of a brief interval, made her appearance at 'inin, her friend's bedside, iking "My dear friend," said Mrs Haskins, lfX>ng in a feeblo voice, "I have sent for you for what perhaps you will consider a singular a ex- rcnson' But, believe mo, it is a mother's right anxiety tor her children that promts me. ing a I am very sick, and shall not live long. dr*g" So the doctor tells me, and my own feel\ontA mo must ho ?o. Tho n the ?'tual'on *n wbicli I shall leave my poor ? for l>oys, who will thus be deprived of a n bo mother's watchful care, distresses me bc' pro- yond measure. There is only one way ^'j0?'9 in which my anxiety can be relieved, t|( * and this it is which has prompted me tq ble, is send for you. Promise mo that when >y us. I am gono you will luarry Mr. Haskins, and be to them a second mother. Do Abo- not refuse me; it is my last request." Desirous of comforting her friend, Misa (been Tarter assented to her request, adding? "ban ?q wjjj wm, y0Ur request, and ig'*or the more willingly, for I always liked Mr. vliose Haskins." > ter- "Always liked Mr. Haskinsf" expand claimed bis dying wife, rnising herself ,0" on her elbow, her feelings of conjugal Senor j?a'OUBy ^or R moment overpowering k/o of maternal affection, "you always liked occa- my husband, did you! Then I vow you ments shall never marry him if I have to live to 1* w" prevent it." e has a?<J Mrs. ltaskins did live. The revulsion of feeling resulting from Misa. || Parker's unexpected declaration accdmthat plished in her case, *hnt the skill ofv at a physicians had besn unable to effect, fact Thore is an old saying, which, liko reura# most old sayings, has in it not a little ntnre ^nt when a woman wills, she frit), * Gen- depend on't?and when she won't she -? , and won't and there's an end on't. So it y l',e was in the .case of Mrs. llasklns. She dom- WA9 determined, that if Mr. Ilaskioa ever ment does have a second wife, it ahali not be trim- Miss Parker. suici- The following is said to be not only an arms exce||flnt n'rtAJMtnt hoafun*. Kn? m jw. ' * * I jefore cu,? ^ur (l,?trrlirnN *?' uaed "Rtveipi.?Take half a boahel of bla$k* At ? for borrtea, well miuihed, add 1 4 lb. of nll??ad ?pi?c, 2 at. cinnamon, 0 o*. oloreiw Put[ d?- Wlfee well, mi*, and boll eU>uly on til proiliont, perly dwo) then attain or arjuooae tbo i* Juocd juke tbrongh homaapun or flannel, ami t Th* ndd to each pint of the juice one pound of y rprfol. loaf fcojpir. Boil a-jain for aooia time; ? the take it off, ami when cooling a<h} half a 18 at "gallon boat cognac' bran.ly. 1 >f the an adult, half a gill to a gilt; for a child, inttrly a taacpoonful Or more, aoeOrdlng to J