VOLUME l7 CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27,1S5T . NUMBER^^
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From the Ntio York Tribune. ^
LIFE AT THE FIVE POINTS. t
THE TWO-PENNY MARRIAGE.. 'v
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"Mr. Pease, we want to be married." |
"Want to be married?what lor?"
"Why you see, we- don't think it is right for
us to be living together this way any longer, and ,x
we have been talking over the matter today, c
and you see "
"Yes, yes, I see you have been talking over >
ttie matter over uie uoiuo ?uu n...v w...v .. ^
sort of drunken conclusion to yet married.?
When you get sober you will boih repent of it, j*
probably." . .
"Xo, sir, \vc are not very drunk now, not so }]
drunk but what we can think, and we don't
think we are doing right?we are not doing as <
we were brought up to do by pious parents.?
We hav.e been reading the good things you have
done for just such poor outcasts as we are and
we want you to try and do something for us."
"Read! .. Can you read ? Do von read the
Bible?"
"Well npt much lately, bat we read the news- |(
papers and'sometimes we read something good t
in them. How can we read the Bible when we j
are drunk!"
"Do you think getting, married will keep you .x
from gettiug drunk? u
"Yes, for we are going to sign the pledge too, t
a id we shall keep it. depend upon that."
"Suppose you take the pledge and try that
first, and if you can keep it till you can wash ^
o ,|1Q ??vnr sin,! <rer sortie elothes on.
ni'iuv; ui inv \?nw ^ - , |r
then I will marry you." 'f
"No: that won't do. I shall get to thinking n
what a poor dirty, miserable wretch 1 am, and ?
how I am living with this woman, who is not a
bad woman by nature, and then I will drink? j
oh, cursed!?and what is to prevent us ? Hut
if we were married, my wife, yes, Mr. lVasc, my v
wife would say, 'Thomas?she would say 'Tom ?
you dirty brute, don't be temptedand who.
knows but we might be somebody yet that our j
own mother would not be ashamed of."
Here the woman, who had been silent and
ra her ino >dy, bust into a viol -ntH >>d of tears, j
cryi ig "Mnher, mother, I know not whethershe ?
is alive or not, and dare not inquire; but if we t
w.-re married and reformed, L would make her j
happy once more." t
"I eould no longer stand the appeal," said v
Mr. P., "and determined to give them a trial. 1
have married a good many poor, wretched look- c
ing couples, but none that looked quite so much
so as this. The man was hat less and shoeless, t
without c*>ut or vest, with long hair and beard j,
grimed with dirt. lie was by trade a bricklay- v
er, one of the best in the city. She wore the j,
last remains of a silk bonnet, and something that (|
might pass for shoos, and an old, very old dress,
once a rich merino, apparently without any un- v
der garments." .,
"And your name is Thomas?Thomas what ?*'
"Kiting, sir. Thomas Kiting, a good t rue name
and true man, that is, shall be if you marry us."
"Well, well. I am going to marry you." *
"Are you ? There, Mag, J told you so." v
"Hon't call inc Mag. If I am going to he
married, 1 will be my right name, the one my* t
mother gave me." "l I,
"Not Mag? Well, I never knew that" \
"Now, Thomas, hold your tongue, you talk .
too much."
"What is your name ?" f
"Matilda. Must I tell the other ? les, twin. ^
and I never will disgrace it. I don't think I
should ever been so bad if 1 had kept it. That j
bad woman who first tempted me to ruin, made \
?ne take a false name. It is a bad thing for a
girl to give up her name, unless for that of a j
good husband. Matilda Fraley. Nobody knows N
ine by that name in this bad city." j
' Very well, Matilda and Thomas, take each (
by the right hand, and look at me, for I am now J
going to unite you in the holy bonds of marriage ?-i
by God's ordinance. Do you think you are I
sufficiently sober to .comprehend its solemnity ?" a
"Yes, sir." . j
"Marriage being one of God1 holy ordinances, n
cannot be kept in sin, misery, filth and drunken- a
Hess. Thomas, will you take Matilda to be your t
lawful, true, ouly wedded wife?" ; si
MVi-s, sir." I
"You promise tliat you will live with her, in ! I
sickness as well as health, and nourish, protect t
and comfort her as your true and faithful wife; j t
that you will be to her a true and faithful hu>- \ t
band; that you will not get drunk, and will i t
ciothe yourself and keep clean ?"
"So I will." | I
"Never mind answering until I get through. ! *
You promise to abstain totally from every kind ! 1
of drink that intoxicates, and treat this woman I x
kindly, affectionately, and love her as a husband ^ '
should love his wedded wife. Now all of this,' t
will vou, here before me as the servant of the
Most High?here in the sight of God in Ilea- s
veil, most faithfully promise, if I give you this t
woman to he your wedded wife ?"
"Yes, I will."
"And you, Matilda, 011 your part, will you 1
promise the same, and be a trim wife to this 1
man ?"
"I will try, sir."
"But do you promise all this faithfully ?'
"Yes, sir, I will."
"Then I pronounce you man and wife."
"Now, Thomas," says the new wife, after I J
had made out the certificate and ?jiven it to her,
with an injunction to keep it safely?"now pay
Mr. Pease, and l"t ih <r.> home and break the
battle." Thomas felt first in the rijrht hand
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locket, then the left, then back to the right, then
ie examined the watch fob.
"Why, where is it!" says she, "you had two
iollars this morning!"
"Yes, I know it, but I have only got two cents
his evening. There, Mr. Pease, take them, it is
II I have got in the world: what more can I
;iveJ"
Sure enough, what could he do more \ I took
hem and prayed over them, that in parting with
he last penny, this couple might have parted
with a.vice,a wicked, fooli-h practice which might
lave reduced them to such a degree of poverty
nd wretchedness, that the monster power of
tm could hardly send its victims lower.
So Tom and Mag were transferred into Mr.
nd Mrs. Elting, and having grown somywhat
norc sober while in the house, seemed to fully
inderstand their new portion, and all the oblifttions
they had taken upon themselves.
For a few days I thought occasionally of this
wo-petmy marriage, and then it become absorbd
with a thousand other scenes of wretchedness
rhich I have witnessed since I have lived in this
..tir. r ,?f eltv miicrv Time wore on and 1 mar
it'd many oilier couples?often those who came
1 their carriages and left a golden marriage fee
-a delicate way of giving to the needy?but
niong all I had never performed the rile for a
ouple quite so low as that of this two-penny
;e, and I resolved I never would again. At
. iiglh, however, I had a call for a full match
o them, which 1 refused.
'AY hy do you come to me to be married, my
iend ?" said I to the man. "You tire both too
oor to live separate, and besides you are both
orrible drunkards, 1 know you are."
"That is just what we want to get married
jr, and take the pledge."
"Take that first."
' No, we must take all together, nothing else
rill save us."
"Will that?'?
"It did one of my friends."
"Well, then, go and bring that friend here :
t me hear and see how much itsavedhim, and
hen I will make up my mind to what to do; if
* i n
c:ui do you anv goou i want to uo iu
"My friend is at work ?lie has got a good job
ud several hands working lor him ai d is making
loney, and won't quit till night. Shail I come
liis evening ?"
"Yes, I will stay at home and wait for you."
I little expected to see him agaiu, but about
'clock the servant said that a man and his
ill, with a r/cntleiiuin and lud'j were waiting in
lit* reception room. I told hiin to ask the ladv
nd gentleman up to the parlor, and sit a inolent
while I sent the candidates for marriage
way, being determined never to unite another
runken couple; not dreaming that there was
ny sympathy between the parties. But they
i'ou!d not come up; they wanted to see that
ouple married. !So 1 went down and found the
qualidlv wietehed pair in company with a weli
rosed laboring man, for lie wore a line black
oat, silk vest, gold watch and chain, clean while
hirt and cravat, polished calfskin boots; and
is wife was just as tidily dressed as anybody's
rife, and le-r face beamed with intelligence, and
he way in which she clung to the arm of her
msband, as she seemed to shrink from my sight,
old that she was a loving as well as pretty
rife.
"This couple," says the gentleman, "have
onie to be married."
"Yes, I know it, but I have refused. Look at
hem; do they look like fit subjects for such a
ioIY ordinance.' (?od never intended those
ihoin lie created in his own image should live
u matrimony like this man and woman. 1 canlot
marry them."
Cannot! Why not? You married us when
vc were worse-oti?moic dirty ? worse clothed
uid more intoxicated."
The woman shrunk back a little more out of
iglit. I saw she trembled violently, and put a
lean cambric'"handkerchief up to her eyes.
What could it mean ? Married when they
vcre wor-e off! Who were they !
"Have you forgotten us ?" ?aid the woman,
akino mv hands in hers, and dropping on her
O V ' . w
,uces, "have you forgotten drunken Tom and
dag? We have not forgotten you, but pray for
?>u every day."
"If you have forgotten them, you have nut
bigot ten the two penny marriage. No wonder
ou did in t know us. 1 told Matilda she need
lot he afraid or ashamed if you did know her,
Jut kil'-w you could not. lluw could yoi^??
IV c were in rags and dirt then. Look at us now.
VII your work, Sir. All the. blessing of that
h-dgc and that marriage .nul that g??od advice
ou gave us. Look at this suit of clothes, and
ler dress?all Matilda'.-) work, every stitch of it.
,'otnc and look at our lious-*, as neat as she is.
?verything in it to make a home comfortable ;
uid o!i, Sir, there is a cradle in our bed-room,
five hundred dollars already in baud, and I shall
idd as much more next week when I finish my
ob. So much for one year of a sober life, and
i faithful, hottest good wife. Now this man is
rs good a workman to 1 am, only lie is bound
[own with the galling fetters of drunkenness,
uid living with this woman ju-t as 1 did. Now,
ic thinks that lie can reform just as w< II as me;
nit he thinks lie must have taken the pledge
lie same man, and his first effort sanctified with
lie same blessing, and then with a good resolition,
and Matilda and me to watch over them, 1
lo believe they will succeed."
So they did. So may others by the same
wans. I married them, and as I shook hands
vith Mr. Kiting, at parting, he left two coins in
tiy hand, with the simple remark that there
vas another two-penny marriage fee. I was in
iopes that it might have been a couple of dollars
it is time but I said nothing, and we parted with
t mutual <?od bless you. When 1 went, uj
tair< I tossed the coins into my wife's |;ip, witli
lie remark, "two pennies agatn, my dear."
"Two pennies! Why litisltaini, they are oa
rles ? real golden eagles. \\ liat a deal ol" good
hey will do. Wlial blessings have followed
hat act."
"And will follow the present, if the pledge is
aithfully kept. Truly, this is a good result of ;i
Pwo-jienny Marriage."
A man says that the first thing that turned
lis attention to matrimony, was the neat and
kill'nl manner in which n pietty giil handled a
irnom. He may see the time when the manler
in which the broom is handled will not alio
rd liim so much satisfaction.
The Chinese Empire.
The importance of the movement which from
such a small beginning seems destined ere it
ends to totally subvert the government of the
Chinese empire, can hardly be exaggerated.
The fact that, the rebels are not only striving
to overthrow the present dynasty, to place their
leader upon the throne, but are also waging a
war of extermination against idolatry, and all
the paraphernalia of its worship, to replace it
with a system of religion, that, so far as can
be ascertained, is Christianity adapted to Chi- j
nese comprehension, gives to this revolution a
significance and importance that cannot be mistaken.
The histqrv and social condition of this great
people are but little understood by ilie civilized
world, and it is time for those who have
j derived their ideas from the stereotyped cut in
the geographies, in which an oblique eyed, .
j mild looking individual, with shaven poll, i
lengthy queue, and voluminous breeches, is j
remfisunteii hawkimr about "ratS and tuinn es
, - -J O t I
! lor pies," to turn to more reliable sources for
j information, particularly since the time seems
j to be rapidly approaching when-we must study j
' them as neighbors, and as adopted citizens
j even of our own country.
In the days of William de Rubruquis and
j Marco Polo the man who told a plain, unvar- j
: nished tale about China and the Chinese, was j
I set down in the estimation .of his fellows as an ;
I outrageous liar. Indeed, till within coinpura-!
lively a short period, the whole vast area of ,
, the empire has been, with the exception of a
narrow stiip here and there, on the borders and ,
by the sea-coast, as much a terra incognita as ;
I is the interior of Africa at the present time.1
I And yet it is a great empire, viewed from j
! whatcve point; great in its extent, great in its j
natural resources, and great as the home of a
j peculiar people who have preserved their indi
J vidualily and most minute traits of character, j
' and remained at rest, during the centuries, while !
t.lio ro>t <ir tho world has been rockinir with the <
| struggles of expiring dynasties, and the throes
cf nations starting into existence.
In the area ilu Chinese Empire is three times
larger than the United States, east of the prairies,
and like it, it enjoys a variety of climate,!
ranging from the heat of the tropics to the cold
of the northern temperate zone. Its surface is
1 diversified by mouiitain ridges, vast plains, and
deep vssl eys, while in the number and inagui- j
tulle of its rivers it is surpassed by no country 1
; on the globe. Within its territory are also
j found vast lakes both of fresh and saJl water, 1
ivbicli give subsistence to a large population, '
and upon whose surface a great internal commerce
is can ied on. j
j Its vegetable productions are numerous and
abundant,and the necessity of providing a means '
of support, chiefly derived from the cultivation
the soil, for a population estimated by careful
observers at JiliO.OOO.OoO, lias brought every
portion of this vast territory capable of tillage
under the highest degree of agricultural im- I
proven:? nt. 'l hc main article of food is rice, I
the cultivation of which is universal, and conducted
in the most economical manner, so as
to insure the greatest yield from the reed;
while the universal beverage of all classes,
ranks and ages, is an infusion of the leaves of
the tea plant, whose pleasantly stimulating
effects have brought the whole world i.'.to tribute
to this people for its supply.
The government of China is on absolute
: monaiclty, and filial obedience is the law of
the land. 'I he emperor being viewed in the
light of the father of his people, every command
emanating from him is to be implicitly
obeyed. The whole machinery of government
is under his control, and with him rests the
appointment of his successor, even to the ex
elusion of his own sons. The right of primogeniture,
which formerly existed, was many
i years ago abolished, so that at the death of a
' parent liis property is divided amongst his mile
| childieu, the eldest soil receiving two portions.
: Girls inheiit nothing, neither do they receive
any marriage portion from their parents.
The whole coiAmiu.itv, with the exception
of menials, comedians, and the lowest police
ngtiits, who are reckoned outcasts, is divided
into lour ranks or classes. Of the-c, the 1st
includes the learned; 2d, the husbandman;
3d, the uiauiifactuiers, and 4th the merchants.
This may seem a strange classification, but as
the husbandman provides food to keep the nation
alive, he is honored and placed accordingly.
Indeed, so strong is this feeling, that an;
nuelB, at a great festival, it is the custom of
j the Kmperor to enter'ho lieid set apart for the
I occasion, ami with his own hand plough a plot
of ground.?Jjosfun Transcri/it.'
I a ^ y_
The temperance men in Kiighuid are about
to petition their parliament for a prohibitory
liquor law. There are 2527 licensed brewers
, .11 llic British Islands, (>188,400 persons licensed
to sell spiiits and wine, and 33,(558 licensed
t? sell beer. In 1851 there were 31.000,000
gallons of spirits consumed in Great Britain in
one year, with nearly 0,500,OOlt gallons of lor?.'
c:gii wine. The whole amount thence nccru'
ing to the public revenue is over fifteen millions
sterling. It will he seen, from this statement,
that the temperjun e men have a formidable opposition
to encounter.
Beaitifll 3 i.it ilk.?The following is from
one of the discourses of Donne: '
: "The ashes of an oak in the chimney me
I iu> epitaph of th.-iL oak, to toll me how high, or
II liow large that was. It tolls me not what llooks
i it sheltered \?Idle it stood, nor what men it.
1 hurt when it led. The dust of groat poi son's
1 graves is speechless too.? it says nothing, it
distinguishes notion" As soon the dust <d a
wretch whom thou wouldsl not, as of a prince
I whom thou couldst not look upon, would trou'
hie thine eye-* if the wind hlew it thither; and
when the whirlwind liatli blown the dust of a
churchyard into t lie church and the man swoops
1 it out theclmieh into the churchyard, who will
undertake to sift those dusts again, and to pronounce?
this is tlie patrician, this i> the noble
Hour; and this the yeomanry?this the plebeian
I bran ( '
It is but a short stop from modesty to humility;
but a shorter one from vanity to Ibllv, and
Irom weakness to falsehood.? fax valet.
From BtUs Weekly Messenger.
Interesting discovert at Jkrusai.em,?The hi:
following extract of a letter, dated at Jerusalem, fo;
May 1G, lfijd, has been sent to us by a friend 1J
for publication: wi
"I was spending a couple of days at Artas, to
the hurlua clusus of the monks, and probably an
the 'garden enclosed' of the Canticles, when I tw
was told there was a kind of tunnel under I he a*
pool of Solomon. 1 went and found one of the 11
I most interesting things that I have seen in my ns
! travels, and of which no one in Jerusalem up- se
j pears to have heard. I inentioned.it to the
British Consul, who takes great interest in these
I matters, and' to the Rev. Mr. Nicolayson, who th
has been here more than twenty years, and they us
had never heard of it. At the center of the ca
eastern side of the lowest of the three pools, no
there is an entrance nearly closed up, then fol- of
lows a vaulted passage sonic 50 feet long, lead- tei
ing to a chamber about 13 feet square and eight w<
feet high, also vaulted, and from this there is a be
passage, also arched, under the pool, and inten to
tied to convey the water of a spring, or of the hii
pool itself, into the acqucduct which leads to Jc rei
rusalem, and is now commonly attributed to re;
Petitions Pilate. This arched passage is six an
feet high and three or four feet wide. Each of su
the other two pools has a similar arched way, 't.
which has not been blocked up, and one of which sir
I saw by descending first into the rectangular hi:
well. . or
"The great point of interest in this discovery
is this, it has now been thought for some years au
that the opiniun.of the invention of the arch by go
the Romans has been too hastily adopted. The da
usual period assigned to the arch is about B. C. wt
600. We thought we discovered a contradiction bit
of this idea in Egypt, but the present case is far rig
more satisfactory. The whole of the long p;is Ls
sage of fifty feet, the chamber fifteen feet square he
and the two duors, and the passage under the av
pools in each case are true 'Romanarches with wi
a perfect key-stone. Now, jus it never lias been a i
seriously doubted that Solomon built the pools sei
liim ???? ! tel.w>Ii lm ixmKnlili' ro. fill
HSOJ^IICU HUM, auu Lu nuivu nv. put/uu.j . v
fers in Ecclesiastca ii., G, the arch, must of course Hu
have been well known, about, or before, the time rh
of the building of the first temple, 13. C. 1012.
The 'sealed fountain' which is near, has the same '
in several places; but this might have been l!o;
man. But here the arched ways pass pro- so
bably the whole, distance uuder the pools, pr
and are, therefore, coeval with them, or were ru- to
ther built before them, in order to convey the sti
water down the valley, "to water therewith the de
wood that brought forth trees.' What I saw wi
convinced me, at least, that the perfect key stone ag
Itomau arch was in familiar use in the time of
Solomon, or 1000 years before the Christian era.
J AS. COOK WCll MONO."
Imi'Ortaxt to those Owning Slaves.?The Su- pi,
prcine Court of Alabama recently rendered the tit
following decision in reference to the hiring of a
slaws, which is alike interesting and importunt. th
The decision is a wise one : to
J 1. When the contract of hiring, as reduced
, to writing, Is general In lis terms, not restricting flc
the employment of the slave to any particular ta
business, the bailee is authorised to employ him m
in any business to which slaves arc ordinarily o\
put, and which is not attended with extraordi- pc
nary risk, or peril to life or health, and parole ui
proof is not admissible to show that the slave
I was only to be employed in a particular busi- fr<
i ncss. Ui
! 2. The hirer of a slave may ro-liire him to ni
: another being responsible to the owner for bis ye
proper treatment, and for his not being employed
otherwise than is authorized by the scope of m
his original contract of hiring. ex
3. If'he hirer employs the slave in a hazard- ta
oils business, not warranted by his contract, i r ta
linn in jiiu,ther. to be emnloved in such
I hazardous business, and' the slave, while thus em- hi
ployed, is killed, even by inevitable accident the kt
owner may regard such misuse of the slave as a at
conversion, and recover the value from the an
hirer. ? *
?all
i Cckious Historical Fact.?During the di.<
trouble in the reign of Charles I., a country tli
girl came to London in search of a place as a ra
servant maid, hut not succeeding, she hired
herself to carry out beer from a warehouse, re
and was one of those called tub-women. The to
In ewer ob-erving a good looking girl in thi<
low occupation, took her into his family as a ly
i servant, and after a short time married her. in
J lie died while she was yet a young woman, to
and left her the hulk of his fortune. The business
of brewing dropped, and Mr. Hide was
: recommended to the young woman as a skill an
'< lul lawyer, to arrange her husband's affairs, an
I Hide, who was Earl of Clarendon, finding the sa
I widow's fortune considerable, married her. of
By this marriage, there was no other issue than w
a daughter, who was afterwards the wife of Ik
James II., and mother of Mary and Anne, vt
Queens of England. tli
A New Extkmmmsi-:.? We see it stated that cu
they are making houses of papier mac he in tli
England, for exportation to Australia and In- hi
din. These houses, (says an English paper,) ev
which contain from four to ten rooms each, can uj
be readily taken down and re erected within pa
, a period of from four to six hours, so that, irn- e.\
i mediately on landing in his new home, the eti
| emigrant may find himself in a comfortable w<
| residence. These houses will ho less than one- re
I third the cost of ordinary brick houses, and it pi
I is probable that they will, ere long, he exlen- pt
sively adopted lor summer houses, paik lodges, ar
| railway stations, and muvcnblu barracks, to sj|
nil .it' tvlii.-h nnmoscs liicv are admirably adap uc
.... ... r?.
ted. They arc music with hollow walls, there- all
by excluding damp; ami in the Mast Indies <r;
ami other plates where the white ant does so j)(i
mneli mi-chill", timhorcaii be altogether dis- rt.;
pensetl with, ami the houses entirely composed to
j til' jMi/)icr inuc/ic, which they will not tuncli in tjt
j consequence of its poisonous nature. fe;
... lu,
The North-Carolina papers arc discussing
: means to draw foreign emigration to that State.
Jit seems that of the twenty-one millions of ge
| acres of land in that State, less than six mil- tit.
lions are improved; and for these six millions, la
there is not one laborer for every twenty-five U:
acres, whereas, a high state of cultivation would ar
require live, times as many. There is also a 3
i great demand for common laborers, for public se
j works, railways, plank-roads, <S?c. cr
The Emperor of Austria lias conferred upon
s consul at Smyrna the cross of St. Leopold,
r his conduct in the Kusta affair. The Paris
rcssc observes that "the extreme parsimony
ith which Austrian decorations are given, adds
the scandalous eclat of this recompense"?
d infers from this fact that the quarrel beecu
Austria and the United States will soon
sume the proportions of a serious coitdiet.
ie two subordinate functionaries of theSmyri
consulate have been promoted, by being
nt to Constantinople.
DisouEbiKXCE toJ'arknts.?Young nian,
at was your father. How could you make
e of language so disrespectful ? You don't
re? You. will talk as much as you please,
i matter who hears you ? If we were iu want
a clerk, and there was not a young man in.
u liuudred miles that we would engage, we
juld not consent to lake you. We should
afraid to trust a boy who is so disobedient
his parent--who shows so little respect for
5 father. A youth who was saucy to his pa
nts we never knew to turn out well, lie
spects nobody. If y our father is in the Wrong
A I'Mit-arA nnrlnln /tfit fltupn ic nri ovcirco f*ni*
eh language. No one will respect you for
Every uiie will condemn you. A parent
ould he treated, with the utmost respect by
children, no matter how kpo?r he may be,
how large his children may have grown.
There is too little respect slnwn to parental
thunty at the present day. It is grievous to
into many families and hear the'language
ily used by the children. "I will"?"I
n't"?"I don't care*'?"It's none of your
siness, I mu old enough to know what is
flit"?are expressions pai ifully common.?
irge boys and grown up girls even,- do not
sitate to give their mothers the lie, and break
ray. from their express commands They
I do as they please, and go where they have
mind. We wish such children could only
2 how they appear in the eyes of their acaintance,
and if they have any shame it must
their cheeks. There is truth as well as
fine in the couplet by Randolph :
" Whoever makes his parent's heart to bleed,
Shall have a child that will revenge the deed."
Of one thing we are certain: an undutiful
n or a disobedient daughter, cannot long
ospcr. For a season they may appear well
the eye of a stranger, but their scjf-will and
ibbornness are soon discovered, and they are
spised. A child who disobeys his parents,
II not hesitate to abuse any body. Neither
c nor talents receive respect from him.
Portland Bulktin.
Pretty Thoughts.?What is crime? A
retched vagabond, travelling from place to
uce in fruitless, endeavor to escape from jus:e,
who is constantly engaged in hot pursuit:
fuc to virtue and happiness, though at times
e companion of poor innocence, which is
0 often made to suffer for the guilty.
What is thought? A fountain from which
iwa' all go?>d ?w?4 ovil iutuntinnx? u ou>Q,j
1 fluid, electrical in the force and rapidity of
ovemeuts, silently flowing unseen within its
vn secret avenue; yet it is the controlling
over of all animated matter, and the chief
ain spring of all our actions.
What is happiness? A buttcrlly that roves
jm flower to flower in the vast garden of exence,
and which is eagerly pursued by the
ultitude in vain hope of obtaining the prize
t it continually eludes their graspNY
hut is fashion ? A beautiful envelop for
ortnlity presenting a glittering and polished
terior, the appearance of which gives no cerin
indication of the real value of what is conined
therein.
What is wit? A sparkling beverage that is
ghly exhilirating and agreeable, when partan
at the expense of others; but when used
our own cost, it becomes bitter and upleasiti
What is knowledge? A key that unravels
I mysteries, which unlocks the entrance, and
scovers new, unseen, and untrodden paths in
c hitherto unexplored field of science and liteture.
What is fear? A frightful substance ty the
ally guilty, but a vain and harmless shadow
the conscientious, honest, and upright.
What is joy ? The honey of existence, realbeneficial
and agreeably when partaken of
moderation, but highly injurious when used
excess.
?
Anecdote of Gen. Jackson.?The Hon.
id Rev. , who, as a Baptist preacher
id Lieutenant Governor, had at one and the
,me time boot) in the service of the Lord and
the State of Illinois, becoming dissatisfied
itil the honors or profits, or both, of the posts
s held, determined to resign them, and dene
his time and talents to the assistance of
e administration in carrying on the general
ivornment of the country. Adoording y he
Line to Washington, and laid his case before
o President. He stated his pretensions and
s wishes, narrated at some length all the
eiits of his political life, dwelling especiall>
>ou his untiring devotion to the Democratic
irty, the sacrifices he had submitted to, the
;ertions he had made in its behalf, and its
insequent indebtedness to him, but not a
urd for what he hail done for the cause of
ligioii. Gen. Jackson heard tho clerical as
rant in silence, and alter musing a moment,
it the following (juestions to liini: "Mr. K.,
o you not a minister of the gospel " I am,
r," was the reply. "Then sir," said the Geral,
with his usual quiet dignity, "you hold
ready a much higher ollice than any in my
fi?an ollice whose sacred duties, properly
rlbrined. require your whole attention ; and
ally 1 think the best 1 can do for you will lie
leave you at liberty to devote your whole
nu to them; for, from what you tell me, I
ar that hitherto they have been somewhat
glccted."
Hogs on thk Wabash.?We learn from a
ntleman Iroui the Wabash Valley, and par
1 ' ' ?i 1 ..? T II
Iliariy 111 llio Ill'IgllOUIIiwuu \ji icnc uauic,
that lings arc umrc abundant than ever
io\vn in that region before, and the farmers
e ottering to contract lor packing at 2 1-2 to
cents net The corn crops are also repro
11led as in a flourishing condition, and large
ops anticipated.? Lovisvillc Covrirr.
Tun NT:wsi'ArKK>? Iiuw lonesoind the lire- \
side where there is no' newspaper?- Ask the
mail who has Intd a family paper Io read, with *
the larc.^t news', the good stories, tfib'-useful lea-'
sons, and the witty sayings of thd newspaperask
him its value. Let him hd'deprived of it
for a few weeks, and,then ask-him* to put an
estimate upon it. Will he say that two or-;
three dollais are too much ? No; no; he will
esteem it one of his greatest treasures, and ^
will value it accordingly.
We were led to these reflections the other
day, by an industrious worthy man, who called /,
at our office to subscribe for a paper. Said he,
"I was taking it but times were so hard, I ,/
paid up and quit; and I find 1 can't get along -!
without it. 1 have northe money to pay now, i
and I have called to see if I coulJ get1 it on a- \
credit till fall; for I must have it on some terms
?I would not be without it for ten dollars." \
Of course we placed his name 011 our list 1
with great eheerlulness. Such men are the .
best subscribers" in the world, except those -J
wiio pay down. They will always pay at the s>
time it talis due. , . ]
Every family ought to have a phper; it is a ;
duty they owe to their children,- if nothing.^
eNc. Who wishes their children tb'grow in 'j
imi r.iof i/rnortn/ia in /irrlnr in civa fhu nri^o rif
HVW.UV, *U.V, r..V? ?
a newspaper ?"
Old and New Fkiends.?There is'no great-. -*
or .fallacy than that which leads us to4 rely for
aid on the sympathy of what are by courtesy
called old friends?that is to say, near relatives,
close neighbors, our father's associates, our
own companions.<~Tliere is no comparison
between the cold callousness of Such and the :
vigorous warmth of new furmed and chancer 1
chosen connexions. Old friends have ,been Jmade
for us?new ones are our own ranking.Our
measure, so to express it, has npVer b^eu .
naken for the first. No wonder they fit so ill, and
hang so loosely. Yet, when-a* miitt starts
in life, he is so proud of his "old friends," and \
what is worse, so sura of them! lie reckoned
his importance in proportion to the number of <
those reeds, which are not yet broken -ouly
because he does not happen to have leaned ou '
thein-r-and the hypocrite " rid 6> whom he
boasts of his imagined jewels,- never has the
candor to tell him they are paste. But he finds
out the truth! . . . ' ]
Good Bve.?The Editor of the Albany Register
comments. tbu3 upon this simple word, ?o
common and yet so -full of: solemn: and tender
meaning. . ^
''How many emotions cluster aroUndthat '
word. How full of sadneSs, and to us how full
of sorrow it sounds. ' It is with us a consecrated
word. We heard it oucfe within the year, as vt'e :
hope never to .hear it again. It wa? in the
chamber of death at the still hour of night's nooa.
The curtains of the windows were all closed," the ;
lights were shaded, and we stood in the dim apd
solemn twilight with others -around" the bed of ;
the dyiug. The dai?i>s of dealh were on her '
pule young brow, and coldness were btTTrerttp^?
as we kissed her for the last time while living.?
"Good-bye iny daughter," we whispered, and
' Good-bye, father," "came faintly from her-lips'.
We know not if she ever spoke more, btrt "Croodbye"
was the last we ever heard of her sweet
voice. We hear that last sorrowful word often
and often as we sit alone, busy with memories. *
of the past. We hear it in the silence of the
night, in the hours of A nervous wakefulness, -as
we lay upon the bed thinking of thofovbd nnd -
lost to us. We hear it in our dreams, when.her <
sweet face comes back to us, as it was in its
loveliness and beauty.?We hear it-when" wo I
sit beside lief grave in the cemetery tl'hore &ho
s'eep*, alone,- with novkindrcd as yet by Iter side.
She was the hope of onr life, the prop upon J
which to lean when age should come upon us,
and life should he ruuning to its dregs.?The <
hope and the prop is gone, and we Care not how
soon we go down to sleep beside oirr darling,
beneath the shadow of the trees in tho-city of
the dead." ;
Always Happy-Always Cheerful.?"Why *
this constant, happy flow of spirit ? "No secret,
doctor," replied the Mechanic. I have
oi.e of the best of wives; and whefr I go to .
work she always lias a kihd word of encour- agemcnt
for me, and when I hoiire she meets
me with a stnile.and a. kiss,- rind is sure to be
ready ; and she has many things during the day
to please me, and I cannot find it in my heart
to speak uuk ud to anybody," What an influence,
then, hath woman over the heart of man.
to soften it. and make it the fountain of cheer- 1
ful and pure emotions! Speak gently, then ; a
haypy smile and n kind word ot'greetings, aft?r
toils of the day are over'cost nothing, and
go far toward making a home happv and peaceful.
A (ioou Man's wisii.?I freely confess *to
you that I would rather, when I am laid in my,
grave, some one in his manhood should stand
over me and say?* There lies one who was a
real friend to me, and privately warned me of i
the dangers of the young; uo One knew it,
hut he aided me in the time of need. I owe
what I am to him,' Or 1 would rather have
some widow, with choking utterance, telling
her children, 4 There is your friend and mine.
He visited me in my affliction, and found you
my son, an employer, and you my daughter, a
happy home in a virtuous family.' 1 say, I
would rather such persons should stand at my i
grave, than to have, erected over it the most j
beautiful sculptured monument of Parisian or
Italian marb'e. The heart's broken ollcranco
of reflections of past kindness, and the tears of
grateful memory shed upon the grave, are more
valuable, in my estimation than the most cost- >
ly cenotaph ever reared.?Dr. S/tarp
AuvKRsrrr.?A late writer say, "Nobody
bears advei>it) like a woman. Remove her u
Irnm the parlor to the garret, and instead ofta- j
king arsenic, as a man would, she actually be? j
comes more cheerful. Like a lark the nearer j
>he approaches heaven the more she seems to
sing." ^ '3
Tub Frost in Illinois.?The Aurora Gnar? J
dian states that the frost in that vicinity last
week did great damage, cutting off large crops
of Muckwheat, potatoes, com. Are.
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