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48 * > * ?I,,, I, ,1,1,.I. .11 I mil , roamjmngnMMBiwiijmlj?in . i.m ? wammmmmm mmmmmm^ammammaa ? i i i i J-."-" ? ? ! VOLUME XVI. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1855. NUMBER 52. | Sflerteb |)octri). HEED THY FOOTSTEPS. UY LOTTIE LIXWOOD. If ceil tli y feet, oli, wearied wanderer, Travelling down life's changeful vale! Giru with strength thy trembling footsteps, Lest at last thy courage fail; r.ven tow pernaps nicy wnu, On the brink of death's cold ware. And the bright and hoped-for morrow, .Brings thee but a new-made grave. Youthful dreamer, years are gathering O'er thy heart's glaJ sunlight now, And earth's cares will soon be tracing Lines across thy placid brow! Il.ist tl.ou strength for earth's temptations? Will they bind thy spit it fast? Or will Hope and Faith eternal, Load thee safe to rest at last. jlhscrllunriuts. j From (tie .1 merican Organ. i'ope's College. Ti... n..t,: e..? ,.? T lw.lh.vo a IIU I/*i 111 IH\M V KSKM II \ | ^.? ?? ? *, i/v l.v < , . for I have not the paper be fere me, contained an i xtiaet I'm m a retci.t letter of Tot e P o Nino | to ArchhUhop Hughes, of the Archiepiscnpal j See of New York, in w hieli it is advised and ! recommended that the Unman Church in this j country establish at the Vatican in Rome, a school fur the education of American youth, t<> be dedicated for th ministry of the Catholic ' Church in America. The impression upon my , ' mind at the present moment if%that the project invited no ciiticism bom the San, uul'avoiablito the plan ot the enterprise. I shall be somewhat surprised if it does not only invite and invoke a disi llusion when duly weighed, even from journals favoiable totlie Catholic Church in this country. It is certainly a novel idea, and suggested at this pat ticu'ar time, ulien the public mind i> deeply ngit.-.t.-d upon the system of thai Church which places at the head of it in this country hi-Imps find prie-ts of foreign birth and education. It becomes a matter of groat moment to l nmtlrik ii tiulliul illb 1 >!!1 DM itlllSi-lI 15 lift li'l' I llllll "'I1"" >.?. .V , , , ^ the present one, and whether it is calculated to meet lhe demands of the republican civilization , of. this conntn ? I was forcibly struck with it tnwifand wiaiout, indeed, going into an) fan i ija! opposition to the R >rni>h Church hero, i cannot disengage inv mind fiotn the contemplation of *eri- ' ous and alarming re-ults. from the ad >ption of ' such a project by the Chinch in the L'niud States of Amciic.i. The present stiuggle in the j popular inifid, 1 apprehend nut to partake at , a!1, Jairly and cnJii^/ considered, fa religion* character. Its issues are ci tiioly different in aim and olject. TUcy propose to let evoiv man worship as he pleases, and go to the fullest extent of the constitutional guarantee upon the subject of ichgi' us toleration. Hut between these and the direct inflience of the ; Pope at Home, ho i> also a tyrant King, upon j the electors of this republic theie is a maiked 1 and unmistakable difference. Amciicaus liave J a light to su\ that no foreign prince or p.? ' tentatc can be allowed l<? act upon our bal 1 lot-boxes, whether the right to do so is claimed under the gui*e of cither a timporul nr>piiilu id authority. Of the twooftliese the latter is certainly the most to be apprehended. Whil-t ! the one affects only the chattels, the property i .....I ruuenn r?f n III-l ! t!n? fit ! ? r el.iiillS tt) Coll iiuu rv?own w? ?- ....... ... - .. trol the entire inner man. Clothe one with the latter power, ami lie can compel others, under its vows, if they stand true to them.! noiselessly to go against riyht,daty% and liber'y. ; It is not so with the temporal power. When \ it is used to guide or compel m;ui against these j high obligations, it is a failure. So much for the issues of the present ng 'a. | lion i:i the public mind in this country, which promises to iynore the last remnant of I'a^al influence npon the institutions of thi? great upublic. Now what strikes me as strong, under this aspect of the times is this aununct ment from the Pope to one confessedly of the leading and talented prelates of the church in this na. lion. It will he wise to allow history to instruct us n little upon the subject of the strata getic policy of Home. The f uind ition of the orderof the Jesuits was first laid in the sixteenth century. It was just at the moment when the nmfj?tion iti the nublic tnind in Kurope had "u" ? given such a shock to Papal authority, and under the i.upending revolt of so many iiji ti"i ifrom the tyrannical power of the Roman Church that Loyola's mind gave bit tli to tin organization that has almost successfully arrested the i higher the truer, and more promising civiliza t on which the spirit of the Refoimation was producing upon the minds of men. To what extent it reversed the tide of light, and threw upon the nations its dark and umbrageous shid ovvs, let those who are curious to know refer to the annals of history. It constitutes its darkest and blot dlest page, and its voice of warning instruction should eonio up to us of the present era consecrated by the centuries through which it speaks. This specious this religious plan of the sixeenth century, was the Papal antidote to tin* Reformation. What shall we think of Rio Nino's plan of the nineteenth centun? It wears an apparently harmless, .nay a r- !i gious aspect. It proposes simply that AmeriI can youths should be transported to Rome, to be trained at the altars of the Vatican in order to qualify them for bishops and priests in the Roman Church here, in this land of J'rotestan ism and liberal political and social institutions. "Why, and wherefore? Does not the Church possess tne means ana meoingicai resource*, in this "land of the free, and lioinc of llie bravo" to qualify the native born member to rise to clerical power and distinction? She has her college* and universities of learning to qualify men for posts of honor, nud preferment in the .States and nation. Why not the Church also ? Why ?0 to Rome for these und be nursed in i the cradle of Vatican theology. It is plain I The signs of the times suggest the solution.? The present agitation of the public mind in , this country, which is but a fragmentary element of the incompleteness of our glorious ' ~" "" r*" 11 ~ ?? i ?? *-1- .. Revolutionary achievement, is becoming apparent to the masses of a free | cople. It lias been recently discovered that a foreign poten < tate has a controlling power over the suflVages v ? !'our enfranchised citizens. That this is con- ci trary to the spirit and genius of republican u institutions, all perhaps will admit. That this has l>een done many will gravely c deny : but that ilie fact is a chief and impor. taut element in the issues f the pre: eat paiths. 1 ; few wi.l deny. | To allay and lull the feveiish excitability of I f our people upon this subject, the present sug. I i gestion from the Pope of Rome ernes to one j t of its master spirits in this country. Native il Ameiicans look at it! Is there nothing starting in it. Is theie nothing in it to humble the s pride of the Church in this land, and, much t more, excite a throb of alarm from the heart li of tlio nation? I conies, fur inv.?e!f, with every <i sentiment of (. hrislian chniitv and toleration v lor the Church in this rountiv, I legard it as a reproach to her, that <he cannot here edu* a eate a miiiistery or priesthood, capable of pro- i I mating its growth, progress, and influence. Il l ii i was a member of that hod v, I should have, c and peihaps express, keener .sensibilities upon li this subject. As ! am not a Catholic, 1 shall not speak for them. But as an American ii citizen, I have a voice, and a constitutional l right to utter it upon all ocasions of need. I t consider this an opportune occasion to break t siler.ee, and ask my countrymen, whether they are preparer! to e niseiit to a plan emanating Ii I'rotn the l'ope of II ?tw\ who is also King and t Tyrant of Italy ? l/ir tj/fict of which trill inertia ^ bin be to tie-Americanize a portion of our \ outh. | I have t' o exalted an opinion oflhe jwt iolism \ of native born Americans, eiiber in or out of l t!ie Unman Cinnch as also of our oiifmiiehis. ed foreign citizens, to believe iliat the task t wouid bean easy otie to destroy it as our.active, living, coutiol.ing power in lie in ; lint I do not ]s hesitate to say, that I do in I lew, that if such j > - > > i .1 />.... . ...? r? ? .. :,i. i ; .'I tiling call i i; none lIK" e-ou/f 11/ jiuint hiiii i the literature and theology of the Vatican wuti'il constitute the. nm?t }> >t<-i.ti.-il ??f all lie c man measures to effect such a result which c coahl he hrou^lr, to bear upon a thing so sternly iiie.\??rali!e to the influences of nl'eua- t lion. v Let mc warn the Catholic Church' of this I county that a compliance with this suggestion j I of the l'ope will serve hut to multiply the ! 1 throbs ot popular agitation, mid airay against j it the more concentrated force of national Anieri- 1 can sentiment. Let the Catholic CI.inch in this j country elect or appoint its own bishops and | 1 priests; uact its own church canons and leg 1 illations, separate it.-' If from Rome ma! its king ai d potentate, mid s > far as it is concern- t ed agitation censes. J iii- is hut u hat it reusouaI'lj should do. Until it does this agitation will ii not ccn-e, and public opinion upon IbTs subject """ in this country mast ami mill pniwll. 1 JUNIUS. t i Louis Napoleon ;ttt<( Peace. In'judging "I the pi"b.'b;h;ivs <>t peine in Luiope the speech ol L"U;s Napeleon at the | close of the Ran* Lxhibitioii is supp? >cd to be of some sigudie.i'iec. Having bcell dciivoorl just previous to the itimors of uuewed ocgo- | tuitions it is thought to uflord some clue * to his real opiui uis. This speech was certainly of a ( highly pacific aspect, in it- general coinp!e.\i"ii j Lie eulogized the arts of peace. He spoke ap- | pr?"vi:ig!) of the truiuphs of peaceful industry, J how peace provided the resources of war, and u .it r. tin-in,I tlin ol,li":i< inli l)V see 111 i 111? II"" ?? HO i ? i'll in <.? ..V - -C j | the heiielits of pcaro. All I his was ro'tlcur dc | roue f>n' tlie ocnsioii. It was only in good j t.i-to jiiid appropriate to deliver a panegyric on i the an ts of peace while assisting in the colehra , tioii of her performances, ami piesidiug in a i . grand temple ol indtMiy, surrounded It}1 its memorials. It war was mentioned it was l?\ way, if imt ol contrast, to >h .w that war j was the handmaid of peace?'.he means to an j em). Tins speech received a pnlticul interpret.'! ti->11. It was thought to pnlignie the extern sion ell he war rather than as the index to J peace, l ite political allusions hy indirection were thought to be * men ice to those Kuro(lean Slates which snil hold a neutral portion, i But this is tn? look for a hidden meaning in j what was a mere, ihetmiea! contrast. Iii speaking of the tuts of peace it was ! natural to advert to the war hy which their j pii'gross was impeded. And in alluding to j the opinion of lvi ope in deciding the ipiestion | of its continuance, tln-ie euild have hceii no de- i i sign to irritate feelings hy which the present j complication won I I he increased. Ilis not j the purpose assuredly ol I.ouis Napoleon to provoke a general war by which a dangerousi . feimoiilatiua wouiil ho i?iveu t" the rovolutionn e ! ry element- throughout ihin.ni>. Hut tin* Addrv-s was not intended, or only | I incidentally so, lor tiie public mind of Emope. | j It was meant as a couec?ioti to popular opin. | ion in Fiance This ha, aiwu\s characterized j the present Fiench ruler. His government lie ' professes to Ire fannied oil d ferem-e to the J j puh'ii: sentiment o| Fr ?ii?:>-. 1'iie general <>|?iii | I ion of Europe, it'found in roii-ouauee with that j {of tile 1' mm.eh people. \v<?uld not only e nliriii I the wisdom of his foreign policy, hut atl'ud a warrant for the rout nuance of the war.? , Louis Napoleon, then, in making that declarn- i tion that peace or war depended on opinion in 1 } Europe, had nothing to !(>-(>. If in real or j assured deference to public sentiment in l( i 1 ranee, lie is obliged to draft into to his army I ' a large proportion <>f the French population, ' i and l<> come before the inonied classes lor j' ! another loan, and there h no demur to these i ' ! measures, he can Ray with perfect propriety 1 1 that lie continues hostilities in compliance with ' I French popular sentiment. He thus places his foreign policy on a democratic basis, the | , 1 "1 --? - . ?.i.:? i.. i I | ?.'11110 OU WHICH IK! prmessns i/i irn u;? >m . nicotic rule. Iii I his aspect his speech is highly | significant. He wages war l? ?r no dynastic in tere?t, no monarchical proton-ions, luit in con- ' forniity with public opinion. j { Ch'trlrsto-I r.rntih'f Xi I1 ' I Tub Pi'bmc Lands. ? An erroneous imprcs- ! f sion prevails as to (Ik* right of foreigners toil possess thern-elves i^rnil m*m11* J public lands, j i in the territories. Not only is there no law of j i Congress making such lands a gratuity, but I none except natives have tiiu piivilego of pro- 11 emption. t 'ii Ttii'. r Biddy Maloncy's Cat. Matthew Mnloiier, better known by the it the mill as 'Father Mat,' on returning vork <itie evening was met at the gate by ly, his better half, in a high state of ex nent. 'Mat,' says she' 'there's a strange cat ii labia.' 'Cast her out, thin, an (hurt be botheri ibout tlie baste.' 'Fui.\,an I've been thriving to do that ar the* niatther of tin miiiils past, but she'i eyoud my rnehe, bchiut the hig red clii lie corner. Will yez be after helpin r linivo her out, Mat?' 'To be sure 1 will; bad luck to the cor lie lias for my house* show her to mc, B ill I tache her the rispict that's duo a in us own house?to bo takin possession \vi is niueb as l?y ver lave, the lhafe o' the ko.itir Now Mat had a special antipathy for uid never let pass an opportunity to kill I'liis lie resolved to do in the present case ustaiitly fonned a plan for the purpose,' liiif i it: i?#i i ini )< nf* oirrocc fur f Lo ji i C ^ l?W it* says to Biddy? 'Have yt iver a male bag in the house larliul?1 'Divil a wun. k there Mat. Ycz Ink lie mill v\id \ ez to bring home chips will iioriiiti.' 'l'aix, an I did, an there it is y it thin. iave ycz mulling at alt in the house that io up like a bag Biddy? Troth, an 1 have, Mat; there's nie Sn itticoat?vu can dhraw the strings clo he top, iitnl sure it will do better nor le he cat be laviu \ez.' Biddy, d o lint, \ cz .1 jewel to be thitiki hat saon; be abher bringin } to inc. Biddy Inuiiglit the garment and when trings were dra.ui close it made a very iili-litnte Ibr-the meal b.ag and Mat dec t was 'i.h-gan;.1 So holding it close against the edge ( dnst, he took a look behind, and taw a ?f bright eyes glaring at him. An is it there ye are, ye devil? Be < hilt now, hail lin k to all yer kin, ye tl 'agabone ye. Bedad, nit ye wont lave .ouse at all wid peilite axin. Yer sell ati's a pig's intin ly. Biddy, have vez ;ot water in the house?' ' YD, I've a plioty, Mat; the lay kettle's in it.' Ik: nfiller castin the mat tlier of a quart K'hint the oh is t till I say how the shay ikes it.' Jlould him close, .Mat, here goes the her. Dash went the water and oat jiimjie inixnuLjnto Mat's trail. *.\ n ali, hiTtTTe holy poker, t tiare hin Jiil.lv,' says Mat, d>ai\iiig iloae the fbl he garment: now had cess to ye/., ye 1 ts nine, lives \e have is it. lie after nxi 'ngiveiiiKS Ihr the thaiiti ye have been d< ne Ionise, fii I'iii tiiiakin the nine livis i:tv? wont save ye now any way. B >eize In mi 11 of tin* poker an whin 1,11 shn :he haytheii, ye'll heat the daylights <> li in. Mat threw the handle over his shonldei <i!d Biddy to play 'tSt. J'atiick's Day i Morning on it. Biddy struck about three jftliat popular Irish air, and suddenly st" ixrhi'ming: 'What siniils so quare, Mat? Its takii brith rtivjlv wid the power uv it. Oo!i, [her. Mat, shore an ye have the divil in sack.' Bate tlie old haytheii, than; yez 'ill liave a hettlu'r eli ince. Bate the horns o lather 'im like blazes, me daildit! ' .Align, says tsmiiv, I m ittitiiin win me it uv 'im. Cast 'im ort' yez, Mat.' ' Hoiv'y St. I'allici!, savs Mat, throwing llie sack. "IJi Jil v, ilie baste. is a polecat! tlui house, or \ i'Z M be ki t in'.uely. Ma iiii<I turf, !i??w llie liavtlicu smith. Oeli, I Malmiev, a purty kittle uv (isli yez made In be shore, to be mistaking that little lor a baunless cat. 'Mat, for llio love uv God, if yez bo c u'eltl to tl|.? door be aftli??r opening it, 'f> iiaielv choked will 'im. Oeli, Hiddy Mai bad luck to \ez for lavin ould Ireland, niiirtluTed in this way? Ilowly Mary p iiu ! Mat, I'ti) clano kill iutirely; tak.' m uv ti.hr Mat drew her out of doors, and lliei. for tlie pump like a <|uartor In rse, elo e!y I ed by I'iddv. 'Sliuie. that little viilian bates the div tirely, lie's ruined iilrt bouse mi kilt Hid put me out o' consate wii) iiiesrlt for a t to come. Och thedesaiviu vv.gilions, bat to 'im,' ami Mat plunged his bead int It. ci\Mivli tin In 11 i < cliultmni'ti ..( ' 4<?vl osit ??* Unit Mat, I'm naivly Mind, lliddv Wfi:t under wii I it. Och; tin1 iiiuitlii'iin baste,' say* HiiMv, toring ilin water out of lii'r in hi til, 'me pettvoat is spoilt intiroiv. Mat Malonv, a trap \\ i I I iver help you (osit for ft e?t i Don't throuble \ oiirsclf, Mistress Mali ya've play< ?l the ilivil as it is. Niver fen 11 xi11 a ha'portli u yor assestanee. lis a lia fiul ye me to lie takiu a haste uv a polee a house I'll!.' Mat titi'l l'i.l.lv went cautiously back t :*ft!iiii from which the offensive qundrupei taken his depart in c. Things were turned" out of doors, Hi [H'ltico it buried, the bed, which fortun scaped, moved toil near neighbors, the moved out>ide, and for a week they ke pt I lit of doors, by which time, by dint of a /mo, w ashing and airing, the house was re d once more habitable, but neither Mn Hiildy have forgotten the 'strange cat.' \ VwilU'.' SwiMMI.VO TIIK MlSSISSIP Lloyd's furthcoming Stoainhcnt Direi jives a thrilling inshnoo of the unccasitj ivuiiu'ii knowing ]uiw to fiwiiu. Wlioit t lien Shurrml wih in (lames on the ,M ippi river, and the ludv passengers who hrown themselves into tho water were dr ng aruinifl tho lionl the wife of ('apt. Ci nnn jumped into the river, with her hifnii ier nrnifl, and a warn nation*, a distance of tinile, l?ing tho only woman saved out of een. She hnd learned to Hwim when n gii - From the London ranch. |,OVs Last Elouirs <nf a Single Gentleman. from This morning, November 11th, at half-past; Bid eleven o'clock, precisely, an in.fortunate young :cile- man, Mr. Edward Pincknoy, underwent the extreme penalty of infatuation, by expiating a the bis attachment to .Mary Ann Gale, in front of the altar lailings of St. Mary's Islington, n mc It will he in the recollection of all those friends of the partv who were at Jones' at same Brixton, two veins ago, that Mr Pim-kiiey sjusi was there and then first introduced to .Miss st in Gale, to whom he instantly began to direct; lie to particular atteniious ? dancing with her no less than six sets that evening, and handing her | O' O isate things at supper in the most devoted maimer, i iddy, From that jieriod commence' the intimacy j nn in , hiiiwi'fii rliein which terminated in liiis inoin i idout iiig^,,caURtrn|>lii>. hull Poor Pincknpv had barely attained his twenity-eiglilli y e;n ; hut there is no belief that but j cats, l.or leasons of a pecuniary nature, his * single j one. life would have come eailier to all untimely , and end. A change for the belter, however, having ! Per- occurred in his circumstances, the young lady's ; lirnal friends were induced to sanction his addresses,! and thus hecatnc accessories to the course for : toe which hudias just suffered. 'I lie ifiilmppy young man passed the last it to night of his bachelor existence in his solitary ' .this chamber. From half past eight to ten lie was engaged in writing letters. Shortly alter, his W'uJ younger brother knocked at the door, when, will ; the doomed youth told him to come in. On | being asked when ho meant to go to bed, be ! ndav I replied?' Not yet." The question was then j ise at j put to him, h?w he thought he would sleep? | tting To which In- answered, I don't know." lie I then expressed Ids desire for ;i cigar nr.d a glass ' in o' of grog. His brother, \vI:o partook of the \ like refreshment*, now deiirtiidcd if he would! i (lie take anything nmie that night. lie said , good "Nothing," in a firm voice. Ills affectionate j hired brotl.ui I her. rose to take his leave, when the devoted one considerately advised him to take >f the cure of himself pair Precisely at a quarter of a minute to seven, j the next morning, the \ icliin of Cupid having ">ut o' been called ateoiding to his desire, ho an.se j liavin and piompily dieted himself. He had even ' my the self-control to shave himself, without the ( will slightest injmv, fur not even a scratch upon any his ch'n appeared after the opoiation. It would seem that he devoted a longer lime than usual full ;it Ids toilet. The wretched man was attired in a light li'uo thin dress coat, with frosted buttons, a while vest divil and nankeen trousers, with patent boots. He wore around Ids neck a variegated satin scaif, \va- which partly concealed the corruzzo of the bosom. In front of the scarf was inserted a d the breastpin, of conspicuous dimensions. ..j?Ii^-uJiiir desetMeU?'t Hre-c?mt-ense with a ii 7n,~ s'ep, he entered the ipartiueiit wTfeTeliTs brothIds of er and sister, and a few fiiends, awaited hi in. lhafe, lb; tlnm shook hands cordially with all presont, in me and on being naked bow he slept, answered, jin in ' very well." And to the further demand as you to the state of his mind, he said that he " ft It hbly, hnppv." One of the party hereupon suggested aider that it would no as well to take something bent of lore tiie melancholy ceremony was gone through; he exclaimed with some emphasis ? r, and " Decidedly !" Breaking was accordingly ' 1 -* It'.-oi/il. ?i l.u'irii 1*111111 f 1 II tilt! MM'Vt'll, Wllt'll Iie.i.Cil I u ntil i?n,.i ....pvnotes of toa*t, two sausages, mill tlirce great lironkpjncl, last enps of tea. In reply to an expression of astonishment on the pa.t of persons present, 1 my iii> drcliired tlistl lie had never felt haj'pier in iinir- his life, the Having inquired the lime, and ascertained that it was ton minutes of eleven, he remarked nieer that it would soon lie over. His brothel* then ifT'in; inquired if he could do anything for him, when ho said lie would take a "lass of ah*, Having pow- | dra: k this, he appeared to lie satisfied. The fatal moiiieiit now approaching, he dedown voted flic remaining porlion of his time to Lave ! distribute those little articles lie would no Ion. irtlion ! gcr want, 'l'o one he gave his cigar ease, to liddy an:.tlier his tobacco *-t"pper, and charged bis in* it I brother Henry with his latch key, w ith holme devil lions to deliver it, alter all was over, with due solemnity, to the landlady. The clock at length onvn struck eleven, and at I lie same moment lie was r I'm informed that a call was nt the door, lie * o i ll I I.!... oney, merely >;itil?"1 am realty, aim auowcu huhto be M'lt t>> be t*?>ii(Jiicti'd to tin* vehicle, int?> which tirlict lie got willi bis brother, lii< other I".i?nds Col c out lowing i'ii luliiiul, in others. Arriving at the tragical spot, a short but broke anxious delay of some im>niciits t? ?>I< place, follow after which they were joined by the lady with her fiiends. Little was said on either side: il in- but .Miss (Ja!c, with customary clecoruiii, shed ilv an tears. I'iiuliney endeavored to preserve doconoiitli rum ; but a slight twitching in his month and I luck o\ ehrow.s proclaimed his inward agitation, i) the All necessary preliiuiiuirics having now lieeu settled, and the prescribed necessary formal!* ' and ties gone thimigh, the usual question was put ?" Wilt thou have this woman to be thy spill wile ?" ' 1 will," j best He then put the fatal ring on .Miss (tale's divil finger, the hymenial noose was adjusted, and igiu. the poor fellow was launched into?matrimony ! uuey, ! ",l: IIomi: M.onkks.?We soniethiines meet J b, witlinien wlio seem to thiol: that any indul* 1,1 'or geuce in r.ti atlcclionate feeling is a weakness. I'rt...?? v, ;n r..t o rn from a iournev and erect' o till! t||(>iir families with a distant dignity, am] move ' ',;u' among their children with the cool and lofty splendor of tin iceberg Mimntmlcd l?y its frnjj- j Jtly s | ,llt.|,ts?Then, is loudly u more unnatural j "h'ly sjg|,t on earth than onu of these families withht"Vl! out a heart, A father had . bettor extinguish iou-0 j (J hoy's eyes than lake away his heart. U ho that has experience 1 tho joys of Irit-iul-hip, '" l1'1" ami values sympathy and afleetion, would not or yather lose, all that is beautiful in natures scenery, than to ho rohheil of the hidden trea suits of his heart? Choi isli, then your heart's' ft.? best, a fleet ions. Indulge in the warm and 't"ry i gushing emotions of filial, parental, and (rater' for nnl love. Think it not a weakness, (lod is ho ill j |uvc. I.ove (iml, every body, and every thing issis j that is lovely. Teach your ehihlien to love ><!. . . . . J, .1 : i? miu niu rose, tlie loliln; to iovc men own. lovo tlicir (iikI. Let il l?u the slndieil olijects isilo- df tlicir (loiiiestii' cullnri', t-> give them warm it '? liotitt-, ardent alleclioiH. Him! your family; !">lf togetlier l?v llwse Mroug chord*. Vmi cannotj "ix make lliein too strong. Religion in love; lovo 1. to Ciod, In nj/iu."?Dr. JfQll'9 Mtditvl Journal. rriini Do'.in Willi Tlioki> Hoop Skirls ! RAISING ADVKM I KE AMONG TIIKM. I>ut the skirls ! Oli, Venus de Medieis ! h ov | can we t mbrace tlicm :tt :ill? Positively there t is no geling round them in one eflbrt! Skirts s luive swollen t<> that extent of fashion I hat. no j [ door is wide enough for tlieni to pass through, I J without considerable squeezing. Heal belle* j j of the fashion now seem like moving bell*, j literally so that mullets and men have to steer j wt.ll in the street-, else they will run against i| ropi-s, hoops, hag matting, crinoline and the j t deuee knows what, which completely take up i | the sidewalk and inhabit the dress. As for the 1 | girl, by Jove, she seems now here ! The other , day we happened to see two of the dumpy kind i of moving ''bells*' of fashion going along the ( street, a la pointer style?bands close and j skirls out. Ai forty paces distant tlioy seemed ? like miniature pyramids of silk ; at twenty . we smelt cologne water and other essences : at j ^ ten pares a litle lump like a bonnet was dis- j , cernable at the top of the skirt (pyramid ; at ' j three paces distant \vc heard the imbedded i " vnive of a female in tlie dress ; at two paces we ! discovered four ringlets, of slim appearance,! resembling cat tails dipped in molasses; two j , eyes, of weak and absurd expression, like boil- j , cd onions; lips like unto thin sandwiches with a ! . bit of discolored meat sticking out, thin and j j dry and cheeks rouged with meenfmn (Chinese , coloring.) Positively this was all that could ere- , ate in us the impression or imagination that the above things, dry goods, &c. formed a woman. . We moved aside ami went on our way rejoie- | ingtthat such was not our share, to say nothing , of our future- "better half." . DOWN WITH TIIE SI1AWI.S TOO. I The Mirror of fashion say: " The cuslomer | who rails at a tailor's to replenish his wardrobe, j is too apt to think that all he lays out beyond , sufficient to keep his-body comfortable is so | much wasted or thrown away. Me will take i , his wile to Stewart's and buy her a shawl j | worth several hundred dollars, and other dress- ( i cs to correspond, and very probably will buy a plain suit of clothes for himself and be iimii ; hey himself by throwing a shawl over them, i ami in this contemptuous plight show himself beside his elegant wife in most ludicrous con- | trnst. ' For the gamins (le Paris, with glazed caps to adopt the shepherd's maud, ami thus j pnitly imitate the peasantry of.Scotland, there ' may ha found some excuse, out for a full-grown j republican to so invade the rights of woman as to emasculate himself in appearance by wear| ing a shawl, we can Hml tin just reason ? remise for extenuation. They should be unrecognised I by man aul pointed at by box s as needles; for ! in this age of progress in commerce and the arts, whatever clucks their regular onward ten | d? i cv, should be rebuked and put down by a 1 Pa I liable manifestation^.f popular displeasure, j | If we aic trot to fcTu it to-the L/togor.es, nor , adopt the costume of the Scottish peasantry or' i I tunic cap bare legs, and shawl, then for the i i sake of sacred taste and personal manliness,! | duff the shawl from you, shoulders and use it : merely in travelling to keep comfortable the ! nether extremities. j AN r.amnc; of I'uanxki.s.?There is a very ; important matter connected withdrew, which I cannot pass over in silence: I mean the. wear- | I ing of flannel next the skin. In the minds of .t s- :.i? i i j 111 ?l li v pt'TMiiis Hutu 15 a iTni^itivi ui'ii; |ii i against wearing ir, though of bi'cyears there is a ' i sounder pul lie opinion I linn formeily. I will1 | now slate vet)' briefly the advantages of flannel I ; and give some striking examples in conflrmn- | ; lion. In the first place it is a bad conductor | | of caloric, and tends, therefore, to prevent l lie i escape of animal he it Secondly it aids largely | in protecting the hotly against the influences ! of sudden changes in the weather. By preventing the rapid escape of the animal IichI and hv j | the gentle fiirtinn oftlie skin and the slight | irritation of the general surface, its tendency is ; to keep up an equal temperature. The gentle fiction aids in in.-iiitaiiiing the circulation in j the cutaneous vessels ami at the same time j | imparts a healthful stimulus to the nerves, j That it contributes so little to these ends may j be readily perceived by observing the change ! i of tempuialurc and other effects pioduccd on j > a part subjected to friction by the hand or in : | any other way. I know that the irritation pro- j i diieed by (lautie Is isso great in some persons that j tliey cannot wear it 'next to the skill. \\ lull it is worn loosely, as it should always be dure, | this fiction must take place to a considerable , extent in every movement of the body. I have ' to add, as another advantage, that there is no other iiin.ciial which absorbs so well the ex Iialaii uis I'iuiii ilie skin. This fact generally siiggests ii ficqaeut change or its thorough von- 1 j (il<iti<>ii ill night; tIn* l\>riuer however, is to be ; prefererd. Ln Jo"/?,* /nu'offuctioii to Phyxioloyij. ' Kcmcion in this Family.?We noticed! lately an anecdote of a pious mother who j i expressed great anxiety for her son for whose [ | eon version, she had long been praying. At I her request, a lii.-nd conversed with that son: j w hen it was found that lie had apparently ( been led to the Saviour two years before! . lint, the mother knew nothing of it. We received some time ago an nooynmos , communication, containing the followingpitato- j tncnts : "I am a miniater'n son and am now a , professor of religion. Kver since I cnii reiniuti-' | Iter, I have heard my father preach from the t pulpit the doctrine that he who believeth not | shall be damned. Hut to the host ol my re- , Collection, I never received from him a single ' ' warning of my danger, nor a si igle invitation ( to come to the .Saviour, except the general , ones In his sermons upon the .Snhlwith," "I j have a family of brothers growing up; but I have no reason to believe lie lias ever spoken i | a word to tlieni upon the subject of religion, | , except from the pulpit." I, As the writer hits l.ot given us bis inline, | and tail iiftte n nit sjiuh so improbable in itself, we do not | ublifh it as a fact. It may I i 1)0 of nso us u Htpi'OHtiuii. . A missionary recently oill.tiiu-tl at Hallowed dated liU most solemn and lasting impression* to a <lay wl?ic*l? his n??tln.,r inviloil him to*pond with lior, when lie was yet hut a I it t In hoy, in I fasting and pray or lor his conversion. fc>he I took him n'ono, tend the Scrij?turcH lo him. talked w i111 him, prayed lor him, ami God, faith fill to hia covenant, sealed tln-su labors with the renewing uifleeuces pf the Holy Spirit I Russian Storms. A travc'.U'r in lius>ia save lhat the storms of hat country ar<* divided into- tliree. classeslie first ami mildest is called the iMiatsel; ?hc ecuiid more s? vere, the Samjuts ; and the liird, which is absolutely Lenitic, the WingJi^ u a conversation betw een himself and a priest lie la'ter is thus,d< ci iheil ; " What, then cried I, '"is the Wiuga?'., " A prelude to the l.ust day," answered the niest. "Fortunately, nnniistakuahle jndicn? ions announce its coining for same daysjiefure land. Then nobody sets out upon a journey lot even to thencxt village though it ho buta .'? r>t or two ort'. Precautious arc taken for he safety of the house, by protecting it, on the lorth .-iile with heavy s?oi.es ami by propping it up; as well as barns ami stables, on the south side, 'flu tubnnen troops of wild horses) scamper in all haste to the nearest forest; dro res of cattle, ami flocks of sheep seek shelter, wherever the storm overtakes upon the opeu >! in nfcili or be-t, caravans drawn by oxen, or caravans drawn by horses, is Instj without ;t chain e of rescue. " An i'-y shower of snow is the forerunner of the tejuible blast it falls so t hick and drives so horizontally through the air that t.o with, stand it is impossible, whilst it avails little to suffer one's self to lie driven before if.7j For if >ne escapes for a while this prelude to.tlie hur * rfcane, lie is infallilily overtaken by the formi* liable Masts and circling whirlwinds which succeed it, and which gather up from the earth ike chad* from the threshing flm-r, the objects exposed to tlx ir violence mid burl them to nid fro in the air. And yet the rage of the jnfettered element is nnl here .at its height; Tor when the storm seems to have exhausted lis fury in the manner i have described?often raging thus dining a period ? f several days? llieu first begins the te.J tempest a blast which nothing can resist. It uproots whole forests, toases the loftiest fir trees into the air like blades of straw and ofieu conveys them high above the eiuth whole vends awav. It levels stables and barns unroofs houses and throws down church towers, so that the district it has visited, looks after its destructive passage for distances of several days' journey, like aland ravaged !>.} fire and sword. On all sides are seen herds of dead cattle, trees uprooted, villages overthrown. In exposed situations this wind has been kn< \vn to tear up isolated stables, to transput t through the air their fragments and the cattle thev contained, and C far from the spot, to hurl these down shattered upon fields and roofs. With varying fury the monster rages for some days, le-iving behind him on his departure, death, destruction, and lamentations. Happily, .lie comes but seldom Ms visit-i .hp nut fur everv feneration; but yboif lm does come. all tiiHt l?ia ice breath touches is devoted to auiiiliilutinn. "That is the Rusdan Winga!" ? Smile*. How pleasant :nid refieshing are smiles.? After tinning fioni the tedium of this vain world, and at home we are met by a smiling ' wile, whoso pleasant nature and gentle spirit, like the icfroliing dew, adds new life to our sy.-tem, and makes us long to hntlie ever in tlu sundiine of her beauteous countenance. There is the smile of the lover, as ho reads in tho countenance of the object he loves, a reciprocacy of feeiln?, and his heart bounds wit It elasticity, and hope springs anew in his heart. The father smiles with satisfaction, as he belchls his " Young Ameticn" making rapid strides up the ladder of learning, and his proud lieait bents with anxiety, that in the Eagle (light of bis boy, sight may not be lost of the duty he owes to God?and that bis offspring mav never err from the path of rectitude, or fall from the dizzy height to which his ambition lends liim. And the mother?how pleasant is the sn ile which illumes Iter countenance, as she beholds the budding beauty, and the graceful mien of her own light hearted Mary. Oh ! the mystery of a mother's smile?how it speak* of unbounded love ?of matchless affection, and a thrilling if her heart as she clasps to Iter mother's bosom the obiect of bur affection. I'en can* J ' not or thought fathom the depth of a mother's smile. We know that it has been said, a man may " Smile nnil smile, and be a vtllain.M Yet none the less pleasant is the smile of the pure - the noble of earth's child ten. The Church established by God on earth, often lias concealed in its very vitals tlm Imso hypo, eiite, Vet none l lie le>s holy is the Church. So is it with smiles?and when wo speak of them, wo would only be considered as oulogiiiug tho true, the faithful smijos of tho heart?such aa illume the countenance of the drunkard's wife, as she heboid's tho object of her maiden love, rending the shackles which have hound him, and proclaiming himself once more a man; such as brighten the face of tho mourner by the couch of the sick, when the physician pro. claims the invalid out of dangej ; such a smile us the clnislian mii'Ics in the hour of affliction, uliicli enables him to exclaim with joy?"thy rod and stall', they comfort me." There is the smile of the c-qect ?tho smile if tin- proud?and the bland smile ot knavery, nil 1 count tlkuii not as siiiilcs. Tlicy are uihnly r.ud hvpoeiitieal, and are not heavenmrii. They manifest uo delight, hut are jhastly, vntiiic, and meaningless. Unlike the iwci-t smile of childhood ?the gleeful laugh of he school I oy ? lhey commniilcute no hnpplion to other", and arc nothing more than ' frowns in purple and fine linen," (Jive inn the smile of hope--the smile of ove?and the joyous, happy Kiniie of lite pacut, to cheer my pathway thro' lily, and 1 at lin e have a elearer view of 1 leuvgi?a brighter '"tut it ml vt in n. ?rr I'm I ill. I lit* smiles *>1 hope, love and sympathy, and lie smiling lace i>f nature?Oh! how pleasant hex are to llin weary earth pilgrim. If Spirit of the Age. The Math Times states that n lot of ship tlmaer has recently arrived in that city frotn the Sagneiino river in Canada. ?.? #*??? Tim steaim r Etiwan ran into a boat on the Waecnmaw, last week. Kleveii negroes, be* longing to iS*tntg of J. J. Ward were drowned.