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' ' ? ' ' ? " ' ' " " !_!?J! ' ' ' i [[ JWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.] "THE PRICE OF IJIBEIITY IS eternaii VIGHJAKTOE." (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE BY DAVIS & CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1859. VOL. XVt.ZIlI.7lVO." 12. THE LA8T &CEXK OF WASHINGTON'S LIFR. lrving'a new Lifo of Washington in five volumes, has just been completed. In the fifth volume, after giving a suewtinnt nflfrofii'fl nf A V.IUVV UtMIIIVITV VI VUU AVViUllllinUtltiVU Ui Washington, Kis retirement from office, and his mode of life at Mount Vernon, MrIrving brings tho work to a close with tho following description of the final scene: Winter has now set in, with occasional \vind, and rain, and frost, yet Washington still kept up his active round of indoor and loutdoot- avocation, at his diary records.? kr~ :? r..ii i?1.1. 1 ? ? uu u<to 111 ma iivjhitn tiiiu vigor, cuneci owl ^occasionally, and had frequent guests at &ount Vernon, and, as usual was part of every day in the saddle, going the rounds of liis estates, and, in his military phraseology, " visiting the outposts." He had recently walked with his favorite nephew about the grounds, showing tho improvements he intended to tnake, soul had espaciallv pointed out the spot whore he proposed butlditig a new family vault the one beincr damaged bv o a * the roots of trees which had overgrown it nVid CiUiovU (t to leak. " This chang??,'' said he, ' I shall make the lirst of all, for I may require it before the rest." " When t parted from him," ad Jed th? nephew, 44 ho stood ou the steps of the front door, where he took leave of myself and another. It was a bright frosty morning; he had taken his usual ride, and tho clear healthy flush ou his cheek, and his sprightly manner, brought the romark from both of us that wo have never seen the general look so well. I have sometimes thought him decidedly the handsomest man I ever saw and when in a lively mood, so full of pleasantry, so aerreea 1)!o to all with whom he associated, that I could hardly realize be was the same Washington whose dignity awed all who approached him." For some timo past Washington had *jeen occupied in digesting a complete system on which his estate was to be managed fur several succeeding years; apecifying the cultivation of the several farm?, with tables designating the rotation of crops. It occupied thirty folio pages, and was executed with that clearness and method which characterized all his business papers. This was finished on the 10th of December, and was accompanied by a letter of that date to his manager or aiewaru. 11 is a vaiuaiiic uocuuiem, snow ing the sound11ess ami vigor of his intellect at this advanced stage of his existence, and the love of order that reigned throughout his affairs. " My greatest anxiety," said he ou a previous occasion,41 is to have all these concerns in 6uch a clear and distinct form that no reproach may attach itself to me when I have taken my departure for the land of spirits." It was evident, however, that (full of health and vigor, he looked forward to his long cherished hope, the enjoyment of n serene old age in this home of his heart. According to his diary, the morning on which these voluminous instructions to his steward were dated was clear and calm, but tho afternoon was lowering. The next diiy?11th?he notes there was wind nnd rain, and " at night a large circle round the moon.'1 The morning of the 12th was overcast. That morning he wrote a letter to Hamilton, heartily approving of a plan for si military academy, which the latter had submitted to tho Secretary of War. About 10 o'clock, he mounted his horse and rode out as usual to make the roundK of the estate. The ominous ring round tho moon, which he had observed on the nrecedinrr nifrht. nroved a fatal Dortent.? X o D ' I * 44 About 1 o'clock/' ho notes,44 it began to ?now, soon after to hail, and then turned to a settled cold rain." Having on an overcoat, ho continued his ride without regarding the weather, and did not return to his house till after three. His secretary approached him with letters to be franked, that they might be taken to the post office in the evening. Washington franked the letters, but ob served that the weather was too bad to send a servant out with them. Mr. Lear perceived 4hat snow was hanging from liis htar, and expressed his fears that lie had got yvet; but ho replied,44 No, hie great coat bad kept him dry." As dinner had been waiting for him, he sat down to the Stable without changing his dress. " In the evening," writes his secretary," he appeared as well as usual." On the following morning the snow was three inches deep and still falling, which prevented bim from taking his usual rjde. He oomplained of a sore throat, and had evidently taken cold thft day beforo. In tho afternoon the weather cleared tip, ana tie went oui on me grounds between the house and the river, to mark ?otpo trees which were to bo cut down. A hoarseness which had hung about him through tlio day grew worse towards night, blit he made light of it. I?e was very cheerful in the evening, as be satin the parlor with Mr?. Washington and Mr. Lear, amusing himself with the papers which had been brought from the postofficc. When be met with anything interesting or entertaining, lie would read it aloud as well as his hoarseness would permit, or ho listened and made occasional comments while Mr. Lear read tho debates of tho Virginia Assembly. On returning to bed, Mr. Lear suggested that lie should take something to relieve his cold. " Xo," replied he, " you know I never take anything for a cold. Lel it go as it came." In tho night he was extremely ill with ague and difficulty of breathing. Betweon two and tlnee o'clock in the morning ho awoko Mrs. Washington, who would havo i risen to call a servant, but ho would no1 | permit her, lest she should take cold. At daybrake, when the servant woman entored ! to make a fire, she was sent to call Mr. Lear. .Ho found tho General breathing with difficulty, and hardly able to utter a word intelligibly. Washington desired that Dr. Craik, who lived in Alexandria, should be sent for, and that in tho meantime Rawlins, ono of the overseers, should bo summoned, to bleed him before the doctor could arr've. A gurgle was prepared for his throat, but whenever lie attempted to swallow any of it, ho was convulsed and almost suffocated. Kawlins made his appearance soon after sunrise, but when the General's arm was ready for tho operation, bccomo agitated. " Don't be afraid," said the Gen eral, as well as he could speak. Rawlins made an incision. 41 Tho orifico is not large enough," Baid "Washington. The blood however, ran pretty freely, and Mrs. ? --- - ? it&iiingiuu, uuceriain wiictner liie treatment was proper, and fearful that too much blood might bo taken, begged Mr. Lear to stop it. When ho was about to untie the string tho General put up his hand to prevent him, and as soon as ho could speak murmured," more,more but Mrs. Washington's doubts prevailed, and the bleeding was stopped, after about half a pint of blood had been taken. External applications wcro now made to the throat, and his feet wcro bathed in warm water, but wmioiu aiiorcung any relict. His old friend, Dr. Craik, arrived between eight and nine, and two i ther pliysi. cians, Drs. Dick and Drown, were called in. Various remedies were tried, and additional bleeding, but fill of no avail. "About half-past four o'clock," writes Mr. Lear, "he desir?-d me to call MrsWashington to his bed side, when he requested her to go down into his room and take from his desk two wills which she did. Upon looking at them, he gave her one, which 6he observed was useless, as being superceded l>y the other, and desired her to burn it, which she did, and took the other and put it into her closet. " After this was done, I returned to his bedside and took liis hand. IIo baid to me : " I find I am going; my breath cannot lust long. I believed from the firet that tlie disorder would prove fatal. Do you arrange all niv military letters and pa' pers. Arrange my accounts and settle my books, as you know more about them than any one else; and let Mr. Rawlins finish recording my other letters which lie lias begun." I told him this would be done. He then asked me if I recollected anything which it was essential for hiin ?_ .1^. ? ? * * i?j uu, as lie nan a very snort timo to continuo wiiii us. I told him that I could recollect nothing ; but that I hoped he was not so near his end. Ho observed, smiling, that he certainly was, and that as it was the debt which wo must all pay, he looked to the event with perfect resignation." In the coursc of the afternoon he appeared to be in great pain and distress from the difficulty of breathing, and frequently changed his posture in the bed. Mr. Lear endeavored to raise hiin and turn him with as much ease as possible. " I am afraid I fatigue you too much," the General would TT t - say. upon ueing assured to tho contrary, "Well," observed he, gratefully, " it is a debt wc must pay to each other, and I hope when you want aid of this kind you will find iu" His servant, Christopher, had been in the room during the day, and almost the whole time on his feet. Tho General noticed it in the afternoon, and kindly told him to sit down. About 5 o'clock his old friend, Dr. Craik, came again into tbo room, and approachcd the bedside. ' Doctor." 6aid the General, " I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I believed from my first attack, that I should not survive it?my breath can. not last long." The doctor pressed his hand in silence, retired from the bed* sido, and sat by the firo absorbed in grief. Between 5 and 0 tho other physicians came in, and lift was assisted to sit up in bed. "I feel I am going," said he. 441 thank you for your attentions, but I pray you to take no mora tronhlA - ?? ?wu? HBO let me go off quietly; I cannot last long.1 lie lay down again; all retired except Dr Craik. The General continued uneasy and restless, but without complaining, frequently asking what hour it was. Further reinedic* iinaA __ ? " " IKI1VM4V avail in the evening. He took whatever was offered hfm, did as he waft ifcblred by i the physicians, aud uever uttered a sigh 01 complaint. ? " About ten o'clock," writes Mr. Loar "ho made several attempts to speak t< mo before ho could effect it. At length hi said, " I am just going. Kavo me decently buried, and do not let my body be put int< the vault in l?ss than three days after I an dead." I bowed assent, for I could noi II /* 1 ? ? 1 1 ? * - ? opwtxv. nu in en iuui.l'u hi 1110 again htm said " Do you understand mc ?" I replied " Yes." " 'Tis well," said lie. " About ten minutes before bo expire< (which was between ten and eleven o'clock on tho night of December 14, 1799) hi breathing became easier. Ho lay quietly ho withdrew his hand from mino and fel his own | ulse. I saw his countenance change. I spoke to Dr. Criik, wlio sa by tho fire, lie camo to tho bedside.? Tho General's hand fell from his wrist I took it in mino and pressed it to my bosom. Dr. Craik put his hand over hi: eyes, and ho e ~ired without a struggle or i sigh. " While we were fixed in silent grid Mrs. Washington, who was seated at tin foot of tho bed, asked with a firm and col lected voice, " Is ho gone?" I could no speak, but held rav hand as a signal thn he w.i9 no more. "'Tis well," said she, ii the same voice. " All is now over : I slial soon follow him; I have no more trials t( pass through.' " Our Creed.?Wo believe in small farm1 and thorough cultivation. We believe that soil loves to oat as wel as its owner, ami ought therefore to be ma nured. We believe in largo crop?, which leav< the land better than they found it?male ing both the farmer and farm rich a1 once. Wo believe in going to the bottom o tilings-, and therefore in deep plowing, an< onough of it. All the better if with a sub soil plow. We believe that every farm should owi a good far mer. We believe that the best fertilizer of an] soil, is a spirit of industry, enterprise, am intelligence?without this, lime and gyp sum, bones and green manure, marl am guano, will be of little use. We believe in good fenccs, good barns good farm-liotises, gooil stock, goctl or chard?, and children enough to gather tin fruit. We belkve in a clean kitchen a nea wife in it, a spinning piano, a clean cup board, a clean dairy, and a clean conscience Wo firmly disbelieve in farmer!! tha will not improve; in farms that grow poor er every year; in starveing cattle ; in farm ors' boys turning into clerks and merchants in farmers' daughters unwilling to work and in all farmers ashamed of their voca tion,or who drink whisky until honest mei are ashamed of them.?lieecher on Farn mj. 'Judge Dooly, of Georgia, has frequently tilled a page in Harper's Drawer. Mail} yet of his pranks are untold. 13ul> Harper who lived on Kittle Creek, in AVilke County, was fined five dollars for fighting during court week.' 'Bob was a wag, and said lie wouh have the worth of his money out of tin Judge. It happened the Judge was on hii circuit (on horseback in those days,) anc passing by Bob's house on tho creek which was swoolen by a heavj' rain, h< wanted to know if the creek was swimming I IT t !. * ? 1* ? ' - L rticKon it is, sum uou, *you will ge ?i cold bath if you try it.* "I'll strip and make my horse swiiu i if you will go up the creek and bring mi clothes over,' said the Judge. 'Off went his nether garments and ove went the Judge, his horse not going ove his knees?the creek being broad but shal low. As the Judge got over, several persona were enjoying the fun from a ston piazza, neither Bob nor his clotliing ma king their appearance; The Judge wa wrathy, cold, and shivering. ??:u -:.i?e 1 i^v/u ?oa ocua uii hid diuu ul 11iu crcek and bawled out , 'Judge, you can have you breeches for five dollars.1 4 'Bring them over,* said Ihe Judge I'm sold ; you may fight at the nex court all the week, and I'll not fiuc you. The Judge used to tell this joke bette than I can. Both he and Bob have lonj since 'crone over Jordan.' * m ? Giants.?The beg of Og was twenty seven feet long and seven feet broad. Tin height of Goliah was eleven feet; his coa weighed one hundred and fifty, and spea nineteen pounds. The body of Orest? 6on of Agamenon, leader of the Greciai expedition against Troy, was eleven and i half feet high. Maximus, a native of Spain, the Roinai Emperor, was nino feet high. Maximus originally from France, another Romat Emperor, was eight and a half feet high.? IT- _ # t t_ I -?1 .1 I.'. / XI I11B Wlie 8 praceiei* ?ervau mm iur iiuge rings. His strength was such that h could draw a Joaded wagpn, break a horse' jaw with bis fist, crush the hardest atom with his fingers, and cleave trees wit)* hi hand. His voracity was. equaK to W strength, eating, forty-two potfrffls of and diinking nineteen bottles Of win daily. Byrne aqjd O'Brien, Irish giant tferS eigHjf. fe^Vhigh. A Tennessee gian j^ty fe<>t.bigli, too re than oiip IhopiantJ pounds. Th ' Kentuoky gmotwa* seven feet ten incbe i high. * 1 'Mdt .r-'y?'.. 'At .. . . . . ? t BE A MAN. > BT LOOAN. 5 ' Cease your whining, eoaso your fretting, > Cease your railing at your lot; i You've no time for useless dreaming, t These complaing^ profit not. I What if life is not all pleasure. Frettinp wont relieve the imin Noble souls hdvo never leisure, j At misfortune to complain. : Meet misfortune's drooping willows, s Like the sailor meets the storm, Just to ride upon its billows. Till they bear him to his bourn Catch the brec7e or you'll succeed not; 5 Life's for labor, not for sport ; t Quiet seas thy way will speed not, Culms wont bring thee into port. If you would yourself be happy. You must happiness impart; i Bless your neighbors all around you, ^ 'Twill return to your own heart. Let your sympathies flow outward, . With the sorrowful condole: ' Let your smiles be like the sunshine, 9 Cheering every weary soul. ^ All which you may be desiring. May not lie within your power -. Yet, what Gotl is now requiring, 1 Is, do well the present hour ; I Go, and now relieve life's sorrows, > Let not iiulolenco prevail ; He who wait3 until tomorrow To do good, will surely fall. ) Let your aim be high and holy, And your motive strong and true ; I Life has pleasure for the lowly. Life has something still to do. Idle hands arc alway* weary, Selfish natures know no joy ; ? Loving souls arc ever cheery, Toiling spirits never cloy. ^ Onward, upward, mounting higher, On each wave-top as it rolls; f v:n ??..i ?:?i. * ? ? iii jv?i cvui null uiuiiij lire* ^ I.abor is for noble souls. Fight God's battles, till vour Master 15ids you lay your armor down ; Helms a reward prepared, 1 Hear the cross and wear the crown. THE LABOBER AND WARRIOR. 7 ' nr Eros saruext 1 The camp has had its day of song ; The sword, the bayonet, the plume, Have crowded out of rhyme too long The plow, the anvil, and the loom ! 0 I not upon our tented fields Arc freedom's heroes bred nlone ; The training of the workshop yields t More heroes true than war has known. Who drives the dray, who shapes the steel; May with a heart as valiant smite, ' As lie who sees a foeinan reel III blood b(?fori> lii? lilnw nf minl.l Tlie skill that conquers space and time, That graces life, that lightens toil, May spring from courage more sublime, ' Than that which makes a realm its spoil. 1 Let labor, then, look up ami sec i His craft no pith of honor lacks ; The soldier's rifle yet shall be Less honored than the woodman's axe ; Let art his own appointment prize, * Nor dccin that gold or outward light ' Can compensate the worth that lies t In tastes that breed their own delight. And may the time draw nearer still 5 When man this sacred truth shall heed, Thatfromthe thought and from the will 1 Must all that raises man proceed ; s Though pride may hold our calling low, 5 For us shall duty make it good : j And we from truth to truth shall go, Till life and heart be understood. e A Scotchman's Sermon ' on Modern . lion.'?A Scotch parson onco preached n ^ long sermon against dram drinking, a vice prevalent in his parish, nnd from which, report Baitl, ho was not free himt self: f 'Whatever yo do brethren, do it with moderation, nnd nhove all be moderate in dram-drinking. When ye get lip indeed, r ye may take ft dram, and nnithir jtist ber fore breakfast and perhaps nnithir after; - but dinna be always dram drinking if yuu are out in the morn, you may just brace yourselt up with anithir dram, and per2 baps take anithir before luncheon, and ' some I fear, take one after, which is not so s very blameable ; butdinna be always drainmint* away. Najbotly can scruple for one just before dinna, and when the desert is brought in, r an' after it's ta'en away; and perhaps one or two, in the course of the afternoon, just ; to keep ye fram drowsyzing or snozzling ; t but dinna bo always drain drinking. Afore , tea and after tea, and between tea aud supf>er is no more than right and good, but et me caution ye, my brethren, not to be r always dram-dranking. Just when you start for bed, and when you are ready to pop into't, to take a (Irani or two is no more than a Christian may lawfully do; * but, brethren, let ma caution you not to 0 drink more than I've mentioned, or may 1 it be we may pass the bounds of moderr ation.' ? i, i Reflection of a Low Thief.?A philon sophical covey, who is doing the State some service in the Penitentiary, breaks ^ out in the following touching strain : >t ' My name is Jim Grigging, I'm a low ? ? " u.fyn iiM.j paiouw wtjio iguurnni (oiks, and - my advantages for getting an education: r was limited. I have bin to the a tiary once afore and sarved my tim^jiU^ 9 man. I went for prigging a watch. r?Mr 9 I'm locked up for stealing two or-three ? ornery overcuta. I'm to stay here three ? -rears. I shall always censure my parents i r 4 -j " ' >? ivr iiui euymuDg-ine, nsa i Dean e<Jyca? e tod I could with my brillinnt native talents, s Jiave been a big thief?1 believe they call t 'etn 4 defaulters.' Z e Th<$ man who waited &*?*** opportunity has gone on;r*ud tbo nOitS^Iio was fired with imlignatiou bas been put out. WEALTH OF THK ROCKY MOUNTAINS. At ft recent meeting of llie Boston Society of Natural Itistory, an mstTficTtve paper on the Mineral resources of the Rocky Mountains was presented by William P. Blake. It is altogether probable that further explorations will show that iho gold deposits found in New Mexico extend not only as far north as Pike's Peak, in Kansas, but on the slope of the mountains opposite the source? of Fraser rive v. Very little is yet known of all this region, which affords a vast and most interesting field for sei-ntific exploration. Mr. Blake's paper is con- i fined chiellv to New Mexico : The gold field of New Mexico has bo^n known and worked since 1828, and is cou- I fined to the Placer or g. Id mountains, ; about twenty miles from Santa Ke, towards i Albuquequo ; the yield of gold has been chiefly from the washings, and not from the veins, and was estimated in 1817 by Wislicsenup, ns varying from thirty to two hun dred and fifty thousand dollars a year, but | it soon afierwards so diminished that it ! was counted by hundreds instead of thousands. These placers are on the subordinate or outline rides of the eastern ranges of the llocky mountains, and are true hill deposits, affording coarse gold like that from | the high pincers of California. The pay gravel, from twenty to one hundred feet below the surface, is generally very rich. Owing to the scarcity of water, a very large amount of gravel has been untouched. Veins or beds in the rocks, containing gold, outcrop higher up in tho ravines ; in one place, g??ld occurs in strata of quartzoso sandstone, and in great ferruginous beds, rather than in veins ; llie sandstone appears to have been charged with auriferous pyrites, by the decomposition of which gold has been liberated. At other points regular quartz veins bear ing gold and pyrites are found, and some of them have been worked at times for over twenty years?the Ortsz and 1'iggs mines have been worked to a depth of about 135 feet ; in a deserted mine in the mountains .... ?iT ? /-*?til? " ? * vwukii h* uui v.criuw, worweu nearly 200 years ago, tlio principal shaft is 200 feet deep, cut vertically and with great precision through solid rock. The largest lump found at the placers was worth $2000 and from this they occur all tlie way to $80 and $50 ; the gold from Xew placer is black and ill looking on the surface, but is very fine, being worth $1G an ounce for it, and their wages by the day are from 00 to 7.5 cents. The gold mountains and placers are about 400 miles South of Tike's Peak, and thorn is lmt lltlla !...? ..-'i - " ?" S"'u bo foiliu! over tliia entire distanco. Tlie Kooky Mountain gold, from assays made at the Dahlonega branch mint, Georgia, is nearly one tenth richer than California gold, and a little richer than the Austrian. Next to gold, hut of greater importance to the country, is the existence of the Rocky Mountain chain of beds of coal; both bit; uminous and anthracite coal in thick beds, and of superior quality, occur near Santa Fe an I iu the vicinity of the gold mines. The presence of anthracite in the liocky Mountains is of great national importance in many points of view. Quo of tlio chief questions in connection with the proposed railroad to the Pacific has been, where shall iuei ue obtained ! Jtlere we have a store of lliemost compact fuel, at a point nearly midway between tne Pacific and tlie Mississippi. This is one great reason for (lie construction of a central road to the Rocky Mountains near Santa Fe; coal not having been found, and probably not existing in workable beds, in the lower and porphyritic ranges of western Texas and Southern New Mexico. Wood is not abundant except at great elevations, and the coal is much more accessible and desirable; it is valuable not only for railroad purposes, but for domestic mining, and metal lurgical operations. There is reason to believe that the Rockv Mountain chain is rich in silver ores, in the shapo of argentiferous galena. Stevenson's mines, near Franklin, El Paso, have long been known, and are very rich. In other localities are ancient and deserted mines, capable of be> j profitably worked. Of copper ores there are several localities ; the sulphuret, with the blue and green carbonates occurs in the Phcer Mountain ; native copper and the red oxide are found near Jeinez, in Ihe valley of iho Rio Grande, roRAmlilinrr ihncn fmiri/1 !n .L 1 ....Jj wu?vi ? DUt.ii nuillluaill'Q and richness fit Arizona. Magnetio iron ore is abundant in the mountains near the goldmines, a?d,ns coal and limestone are plentiful'in the vicinity, may at some future time be profitably worked for iron and steel. Specular iron ia said also to exist there in veins or beds. Besides metals and ores, a there are many valuable minerals and ^ms?among others the much prized cbajLcbihuitl of the ancient Mexicans, this variety of the turquoise; garnets of : V clearness and beautifiil ^colors, are brought in by the Navajo Indians ; some are equal in size and value to the garnets of Bohemia. Qhj^polites aro also found.' It will thus bey^een that the mineral resources of the Rocky Mountain* are extensive, and of a character to render the re-1 - gion in ? great jio^Mure independent of distant sections flf* tho country. It# rapid settlement and ther* explorations which uiust result from the gttfat emigration to " f 't'7 '/ Cj _,/f. - i?.i the newly discovered placers will not fail to bring to liglit many new localities of valuable minerals, and thus hasten tiro organi- * zation of a new and powerful Slate." 1 THK MOTHERS OFGREAT KEN. The only two satisfactory instances given j by Mrs. Ellis of a mother whose son was ; 1 really great, and who had a direct and ' 1 I traceable intluenoo on that greatness, aie j the instances of the mother of St. Angus- 1 tine and tho mother of Napoleon. Not j only was St. Augustine a very retuaikable j man and Monica a very remarkable wo- j man, but tho son owed lo the mother tlio i direction of bis thoughts, the purpose o^ \ his life, ami the source <>f his greatest en- j joyment. In those moments when St. An- j guslino was conscious that lie reached the j highest pitch of spiritual exaltation, he was also conscious that his mother Roared as i he diil. It would bo an abuse of language j to term Monica a great woman in the same < way we term St. Augustine a great man, j for he added lo the piety and sublime feel- ! ing of his mother a remarkable degree of j literary power ami a great range of t ought. 1 We must also judge of all creatness bv the test of success ; and St. Augustine is prin- J cipally to be called great because he, as a | : matter of fact, gave so much of its peculiar j color to Western Christianity. But the ha j sis of his thoughts and feeling", his mode j of viewing the relations between himself God and the world, had been derived from his mother. In a similar way we can trace a clear affinity between the character and mental constitution of Napoleon and those j of his mother. There was the saino stub- ! borness, the same largeness of thought, the ! some meanness in certain acts of common j life, the satno resolute determination to en- j force the burden of their own personal as- j tendency on all around them. There was in the mother a Corsica n , finesse which degenerated into the enormous lying of the sou?the grandest liar, proba hiy, that the world has ever seen. Napoleon himself attributed many of his notions of government to the family system in which ho had been brought up ; and the plan of helping, bullying, and snubbing his brothers, according to tli e fancies or the exigencies of the moment, was founded on traditions that dated from hi* infancy. In fact the whole inquiry as to the iulluence of mothers on son3 as conducted by Mrs. Ellis, is utterly purposeless. Per what is the exact question that is to be solved ! That mothers exercise an influence over their sons is obvious ? but there is no reason to suppose that the qualities which make men great aro more dependent, on tliis iutlnence tlian any oilier set of qualities. If Mrs. Ellis's book proves anything, it proves that there is 110 rule whatever on tlie subject, and no lesson whatever to be learnt from it. It does not need an octavo i volume to establish that a man of extraor- i dinary gifts is likely to render those gifts more profitable to himself and others if he < lias a very pious, wise, strict, loving, char in- | ing woman to guide him in infancy and i youth. But no one can say (hat gfeat men ' have, as a rule, had such good fortune. 1 Greatness depends on qualities that afe. I entirely personal to tlie individual, which i defy analysis, and cannot be trifced to any distinct source. They are affected irr their I development by an endless variety of cir- i cumstances, and tho most important cir .1,. * _c ?i ?i ? tiiimiiHiic i.i iiiu nun ui nmuu'r who lias : tlie control of them in their oarlie.1t stage. Dut the)' arc quite independent of her. J* route and Joseph Bonapart had the same mother as Napoleon. What inado him , great was that which ho had besides what they had ; and the ultimate result of all inquiries of this sort is to convince us that it is hopeless to ask why ono individual differs from another. Physical science is i utterly at a loss to account for this difference. There is no perceptible variation In tho size or quality of the brain, or of the nervous system, that will in the least account for the superior activity of tho mind or the greater firmness of the will.?Satur day Review. Marriage.?In tlie pressure that now < weighs upon nil persons of limited fortuno, sisters, nieces, and daughters, are the only i commodities that our friends aro willing lo bestow upon us for nothing, and which we j cannot afford to accept, even gratuitously. It seems to have been the same, at a for- i nner neriod. in France. Maitre Jean Picard 1 tells us that, when he was returning from j the funeral of his wife, doing his best to i look disconsolate, such of his neighbors ah j had grown-up daughters And cousins came i to him, And kindly implored Ikim not to be i inconsolable, as they could.give him a so- i cond wife. " Six weeks After," says MAitre < JeAn, " I lost my co.w, And, though I really I nrriatro/1 nr?An <Lio a/iaomSah ?a? nf ?I.? K..v.vu Wpv.i Wbneivii. IIUWIIUVI tllCHI I ? X~> '? ofTere<) to give me another." It has been i recorded I y some anti-connupial wag, that i when two widowers were once condoling I together on the recent bereavement of their wives, one of them exclaimed, with a sigl^ " Well may I bewail my loss, for I had bo i few differences with the dear deceased, that < the last dav of mv marriaim wna n? Imnmr ? ' a- ? - it; m the first." " Thera I surpass you,* said his friend, " for the last day of mine u>a? happier /" 1 We insert the Above for two reasons? 1st, because it w pertinent ;f?nd 2d, bociuie it is wijftertinent.^ ? Roman diversities We find that the differences between men ire formal rather than rent; that with, va* "ions outward condition*, they pass through; .he smite great trials ; and that the scales ivhich #eem to hang uneven at the snrfacp, tnd to be tipped this way aiid that by the currents of worldly t'oltune, are very ncarlv L>alar.ce(f in !?? -> '* *' ' - ... i-i.it. <>i ins inner life.? Wo .ire shallow judges of t.lie happiness ot" the misery of rlber?. if wc estimate it l?V any mark-* that imtin?u'ish tiirin tVov.i oiiS*_ selves ; if, for instance, we say that because they have more money tln>v are happier, dr because thoy live more meageilv they arii more wretched. For, men an; allied by much uioro than tln?y differ. The rich man, rollilig by iii liis ehaiiut, niid the bejjgar, shivering in liis rags. are allied by much more than ilit-y diHer. It is safer* therefof-e, to est'itsal.j our neighbor's rea' condition by tvhat we find in our own lot than by what wo d<> not. find there. And now, see into wli.il an <'s?"ntiu! unity this criterion draws tliC jostling, divergent niasn.'s in yonder street! Eieli m ?n there like all the rest, finds life to be. a deci|>lin<\ Each has his Separate fori?) cf discipline 1 but it bears up on the kindred spirit that if? in every ono of us, and strikes upon motives, sympathies, faculties, that run through the common humanity. Surely, you will not calculate any essential difference froift mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the li{y often mantles over brackish dc| tlis of sadness, anil the serious look may be the sober veil that covers ? divine peace. Von know that the boson? can ache beneath diamond brooches, and how many blithe heafts dance under conrso ttocrl. l)ut ! do ttot allude merely to these accidental contrasts. t tneafi that about equal measures *?f trial, equal measures of what men call good and evil, are allotted to all y enough, at least, to prove the identitV nf f>i<r Inimottit" ' ? -> *' * ..... ,i,iu vu auuw mat wo are all subjects of tho same great plan.? Yon say that the' poor man who passes yomler, carrying hi* J.'vrdcn.- lias a hard lot of it, and it nl:ty bfc J?'i has j but the rich man who brushes by liiin has a Itafd lot of it too?just rts hard for hlui, just as well filled to discipline liiin for the great ends cfr life. lTo has his monev to take caro of. a pltasanl occupation, you may think ; but, after all, an occupation, with all the strain and anxiety of labor, making more hard work for him, day and night, perhaps, than his neighbor has who digs ditchos of thumps a lapstone.- And ft is quite likely that lie feels poorer liian tlie poor man,and, if he ever becomes self conscious, h.*W groat feasofi tor fed moaner. And then, ho has his rivalries, his competitions, his troubles of caste and etiquette, so that llltt merchant, ?n his sumptuous apartment*,, comes trr the sn'tttc essential point,4 sweats, and bears fardels,' as well as his brother in the parrot > tosses on li!? O . 'Ml.til f or perplexity, whilf the othof is wrapped irr peaceful slumber ; and, if lie is one whc recogni/es the mofrrl ends of life, finds himself called upon to contend with his own heart, rtnd to fight with peculiar temptations. And thto the rich" man and the poof mart, Who seem so unequal in the street, ivould find hut ii thin partition between iberrr, could- they, as they might, detect oim mother kneeling on the same platform of spiritual endeavor, and sending up tho same prayers to the same eternal throne.?s E. II. Chopin. ? . .. ? Useful Med lea I Hint*.?If a person swallow any prison wliatev??v, or has fallen into convulsions fr<>m having overloaded the stomach, an instantaneous reniTOv, more efficacious and applicnhlo in a largo number of cases than anv half dozen meilieines we can fow think of, is a ten spoonful of cooYmon salt, and as much ground mustard, slimed rapidly in a tea Clll) of wntpr wnrni or er.l/1 instantly. It is scarcely dowfr before it bn t;inn to copie up, brirtgfrtg Willi it the rc in,lining contents of tin* Bionmch nfid It-st lliero bo any remnant of poison, however Bin a! J, let the whito ol an egg or n teacup ful of strong coffee be swallowed as soort a* the stomach is quie< ; hocauso these $efy common articles nullify ?i large r.timbef of virulent poisons than any mcdicines in tho shops. In cases of scalding or burning the body, immersing the part in the cold water gives relief aB instantaneously as lightning. Meanwhile got some common dry flour, and (ipply it an inch or two thick crti tho injured part the moment it emerges from tho water, and keep on fnritiklinf* thn flnnr ilir^urr*.. c ""b" >*nytiling like a pepper-box cover, bo as to put on evenly. Do nothing eho, tlrink nothing but water, eat nothing 4Uil improve ment cominencoa, except somo thy bread ? loftened in very weak ten of somo kind.? Curo of frightful burnings have been per formed in this way, a# wonderful as they ?re painless. We once saved the life of nn infant which had been inadvertently J rugged wiui lauuanum, and which wa? fast ninking into that sleep which has no waking, by giving it strong coffece, cleared with the white of an egg, a teaspoonful every five minutes until it ceased to be drowsy.?Medical Journal. m A widow lady named Day, having itiar ried a gentleman nnmotl K,nig!it, a wag perpetrated the following parody at bar expense : ^ " fVe lOKt n d'?y?tho wiJow ?W1y eri?d, ^ And took- a Knight to comfort H?r beaidf." {