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DEVOTED TO SOUTHERN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY, NEWS; LITERATURE, AGRICULT W. J. FRANCIS, PROPRIETOR. Ou t A . NOW ittott' jltit Enit.TERMS-S21iN ADVANCE. VOL. V11. SUMTERVILLE, S. C., OCTOBER 26, 18 3 NO. 62. IS PUBLISHED EV ERY TUES DAY MtIORNING BY W. J. FRANCIS. T E IIIS, - TWO DOLL AR1S in advance, Two Dol1ars -ant Fifty Cents at the expiration of six rothlis, 'or Three Dollars at lite end of the year. No paper daiscontinueti until all arrearages are PAlD, unlesR at the option of the l'roprietor. g'Advertisements inserted atSEV ENTY. FIVE Cents per square, (12 lines or less,) for ,the first, and half that sum for each subsequent 11sertion. V 'V The number of insertions to be marked un all Al vertisentsm or they will be published until ordered to be discon tinued, and charged acCordinglV. g V ONE DOLLAR per square for a single insertion. Quarterly and Monthly Advertise ments will he charged the same as a ingle i sertiun, and semi-montitly the same a iew anse MISCELLANEOUS. THE SLIGHTED ONE. -Man wits maide to Mmirn." The settiment it the head (if thie sketch appears to meet (he approba. :tion. of many persons. hideed, some -atuihors take .'Ieastire in repeatting the very words. Why this should be the case is the question. Do not s-h persons.know that they aisscrt a pa.lpa. 'ble filseltood? It is true that somic .persols d. mot un-, and that soile h1:tve a great share of stilltring in this 'woild-stullicient, indeed, to afibrd itlem'u an. excuse ir niotriing. But to -assert roundly that "mantui was mtadle to n isu," it assume a position that c~umot be sustained by a course oft sundat reatsonhing. Whient ut Jot k 11pn a chair, you at onice con 1 tlo* t hat it Was mIade to sit urIOU. Whenl Vou see a coacht, you know it w-as mad . to ride i;. atnd wihen yoi st.e a watch, viit arie certain that it was md:1e41 to keep tme. The fatt is p:AlJ.;Aie Ipiln tho. fice of it. Buit s ppose. youl see s11omebody break up a chanil r a.1 use it for firewood, woild u3 o then b0e jistiiable inl saying- that ebtai rs vere mad1le to boil the tea kettle with? So if vou saw at ti: kettle tied to a dog' tail, w. uld you say tv itt dos' tails were made -,n ptrpttse to sup port; tin kettles, and the latter articles were iitend-d as orntinuats to, be stspended fr. im the tail ot a dogt Agtain, if you saw a nn on a scat fuld with a rptW otllt his t)eek, weu] i Voui declare that, such was tie enid of a mian's crettiont? Onl the centrary. we can prodtie good authority to show, tha, tie verv worst use which you can attatke of a mat isto 11ang him. Let us then examine the creature mant and see if We cat disco.,ver- tlotse ihilible marks (if design tha t wouli warrant us in proclaiming that he was made to mourn. First IN, mnit i Is said to be the only laughintg antimal inl ex istetice, for we ctannot call the noise (f a hyena a laugh. W th itmuch more propriety epuld we say that mtn was tmade to lattgh. Other anintals can mourn. The Low utters letdl com plaints at the loss tif' her calf, the dog whines and totwls, andil the crocodile Weeps. But mutant only cant laiugh. Tlere are many things which he c-an do, and he possesses also the organs for ac plishing them. He can do, many things much better thin he can mourn. If inan was made to imourn. all creation would be Iing in black. It, is a fact alnost selfevident that man was *lot made to mourn. 'Those, therefotre, wvho give them :selves up wholly to grkif act an .uatnattural part. They do itot sub ner ve the pttrioses of creation-they deny thtemselves the only consolation apatrt lTim the br-utes', which belongs to their physical nature. But such an individual wvill phl-ad in extetnuationt ,of his mnonstrteus and conttinuied so r :row, that he has been visited by soe "pecutl ar misfortutne." That is no valid excuse. They eut olfliheads int F'rance, and whiete is thetre a moire merry and careless people? A Fretnch man invited to a ball, though be. headed ini the afternoon, wouild take his head' under his arm anid go to the ball in 'the evenitng. Every mis fortune is peculiar. Every source of utnhappiness sends us bitter wia. ters: other wise it would not be unhap piness: But why petrmit grief to overcome you? You thuis clause fronir .you those resotirces which are calcula. .ted to alleviate your grief; for it re mains to he as truie now as in the ,days of Collins, that "pale mtelan ,eholy" sits retired. Nobody catres to meddle with her. The eye aches wheni it is fixed on a n Impenetrable black. nes, anid turns for relief to the soft freen of the soul-to those cheerful .hilIlooks on. which the sun-beamsg rest tas they glance -thtrotgh the foliage of leaves anud blossoms. Theli world shrinks from those who can inpiart no pleas Many a fair one has givon#herself up to ialadevouring griefbv e - 4counlt of disappoidifent im~oe $~ lias been disapphi nted," lip be' atiufficien' reply wh p0do (lowhea4t eye, the (rerablui jmou voamagv navu urawii we(1 a t-1tnuOt of a stranger to some neglected, for lo.n maiden, who shrinks from th gaze of others, and sits in a distant par of' the room, wrapped in a speech less sorrow, "like patience on a moniu ileit.." We knew a light hearted dnmse once w% ho had the misfortune to fall it love. She fancied one, who was i most respects her inferior, and cer tail ly so in point of sincerity. Sih gave him her heart embalmed hr sigh,;, and its incense went up to hin like the perfume of' a holocaust fron the plaitis of Israel. In return h< gave her fhir words. lie was with out feeling, but h could discourse; ho had no hart, f'or nature had worked it all up into a tomigic, and like the ser pent, it wrought only venom on thoso who placted deipendence (in the worda which floiwed from it. The maiden he came' attacheu to) him. She suppose I that. his admiratioi was equal to hers it was not his initention to disionor her Iar that would have involved the lo's, sessic'n of somlie feeling on his part. Ile had none. ils vanity was grat ilied by her love. and lie permitted her to love on. Why she diol love himoi was ditietolt to tell. An oordinary per sonl set oil' by a fashtioinable dress. wa all that he could bast, of. In thi C(orI'of (11a feow nonths he left her and soglit amther (ie. I lere wat fod for sorrow. IHere as a naid forsaken-true lo vd cn os e-, adL a real lovingor hear't betraved! The sickl mvtl of grief fell over htui visage. Ier brigh. eys h elcae dii alI wa ItI rnig. IIMr head groopel .1141lnn i st t-eemedil smsible ol th li re,- ~iee f - other ienI I 'sjtresipoo to) their wo oIs wa fi tnint and low. Sh was like a fitting flower wNvhose stem was bniised. The cai o was a dosperate one; fo i who canli administoer to a mind dis. eas.l. and las. oll all, disease-d bla ho peh-ss hove Sho' loved to sit, 1br Iours tolgether, by lie sidt cof a runi ning im1' ook, with lierI eyes fixed upi the stretam, mi. it' a cloud caie o-. 'r tO %kv, onil the droops of rain he. g1m to fall. it u tlowly and caroles ly that she mwoved ol,1' too a ret reat in the ve)ry he-rt. of' tin- grove, wher. dm thike was h!:eket and l en rest. 'T'lmvre she wotild sit and weep. Shi< w-'da'o repeat the namie of him) wh. liutl deO.serted her, as if' theire were ne other niames more misicd-.-.,he wolh bring befiort lier niiiaI's eve his f'ea. tures as if thiere werv no other fetature iort'e cIme-and would pbaieor ov. er the fine tiitgo hol haI sadIi to he, :tS if' iore inigleio tns aLd pleasiig thing. did not reain to lie sail. Thus Ihr eighteei motls she linger Son re'fusiig to be comfoirted, am wlceever a wt rod was drawn frm her, it brent hed ooi v of the htoopelessnelvsso' f hotr loot, anl tie weariness of blight. ed existeneo. I1toemaikable :s tihe liet iimay seem, her rinaway luover h.ving visited dis tant !anids, aiol heeome Cloye'd by the vanities of this gay woirld, did, mosi unexoi'etedly, retiu rio to thile town wher< the n tlcho// dve aboided, presentet himsilf to her, anl repeated his vo ows ino tr'ith atnd4 sincerifv. In this evInl there wa more truth thai p'oet 'ry, ant this may also be said of' the substan tial piddinogs and tarts which graced the ooard oil their weddinlt'g day. Now seven ]lg years have passed and our plaitiive destolat e herointe countts f itmr bonnintg boys whet site ranges the dlishe~s on thme table. Slit is a notable house keeper; and if' bei husbantd intrudes too careclessly Ot a washing daty or is guilty' f'any othi er intadvertetncy which seems~ to inv~ad< her pr'ovince. her voice is lifted up a gainist, him with not nueiertaina soundo F" r his pai't, he is a valiant to'enchlei tian, atnd an entterprisitng groeg~r. IIb wife is carefil of the pentce, iando sees that, nothting goems ont of' the fluniily i:. proufitl'ss miannter'. She likes lier has bandit for jutst what he is worthi; sli thinks himi a "'provide'," anid a deceit sort, of'a boidy, but sihe wishes htimt tt keep on his ownt sidle of' thte house, ai she will muanage her own aflti rs. Sh~ wvonders that she ever pined ama wept at, his dlesertint f or shei sure that since her marriage she hia seJft mn as5 griod( as he-whet she is partieularly anigry, she says het for. Said, sorrtowful pinting, and1( meclan chtoly mtatids, if you cannot get hits bands, you atre fi'ee f'romo matny care: antd anxieties---rjoice. I lave yoi heen deser'ted by a lover? mourn not1 but arouse and seek some other souro of enojoyotment; f'or the sorrow you)1 feeli the grief' of' inexperiiencee. Iead yot mnarriied him, a fe'w years woith have shiown you that yoor fine f'ancie were btut the dr'eams of' ignioranice, amt that lie ihr whom we now mourn, wa worth joist so miuch and no miore. Ang~s.--They were too thrilling fo Afl,'fen I was grave, and too dul ~hjn'1kas chorful.-Jo/snnn. r nesaC ivAyster]'ous 161118a011. A LEUEND OF TilE NORTH ENn. "A nade a line end, and went away, an it lid been any christom child: 'a parlen even just between twelve md one, c'ed at turni-ng o' thNg."-Dame Quickly. Many years ago, there stood on the tipper horn of Moon Street, ant not more than a stone's throw from Friz. zel Square, a low betetle-browed man sion, bearing indubitable marks of an. tiquity. Tle moss covered its dilapid ated roof; the drapery of the.spider and the moth hung in thick festoons about its windows; atid the melancholy swal low anmnualy built ber nest under its caves. Unlike the dwelling-housesof modern days, it bellied not into the street to attract the admiration of the vulgar; but chose rather to retire from the publick - eye, and enjoy i balcyon repose in the qiiet neighibor hood ofa congregation of pig-sties. Its whoile appearatce was that of' isola ted age, shri king fi -eiim the f.lly' and bustle of tie world, to muIIse ill silenice m11 its wvasting strength and increas. ing years. The date of this venerable building bailled the mencerics of the most pailinus.taking old womn e of the tiine. Grami Seraggs, who had talked away her sighdit and hearing in Deaeom Quid. die's chimnev, ftirly .ewned it was erected lgfor her day." Doc-tor II l.dge.poulge, a grey headed bachelor. who had wori ia pair lot leather small eliothes out of the recollectioin of tie generation about. him, remember ed beinig neasu re'd there f'or his t'eeduiomi suit; which was fill filty years agoit c ome tie seasoni filr. string bems. "I rec'lleet it," he us.,ed' to say, "as if'twai yestenla.i The tailor was Jamue's List, a yellow haired man, who was sie coerpeulene. hL coid hardly sit oil tihe bench. lifess me, io w tiinc does .aJ!S!" In fine, it was one of those pestilent. old inatisions, to be found in Imost anucicat places, whieh allbrd mat. ter oft e'tern al cnjectire to the pro sing block :.eids of the neighborhood. It is not to be supposed that such a mysteriius edifice should be with ilt a corresponding oceciantit. To re. leeat eene half' of' the stories that were olltl of old I laggelwetter would ehvi-st the lings idf a to er.. r. lie a gri'lV old Dutchman, that Iranik imore gin and simked more to lacco than was iecesry1 %, to perfone the atmiesphere foer a league-md then he weould swear-bless iy soil! if' his oaths hiad beeni uttered in intelli gent English, tlie very building weoud have trembled so as to topple dowi his head. And then, too, he had beeni timiled about nIII the salt sea s() long as to have lost the mastery of his legs, and lie was as likely to stiggr in onie direction as alother, ill spite of his will. Motreover, it was said he had been a siinfiuI freebooter, wh I eo had tnrtgaged his soul to the devil fir more than it was worth. antd there was no telling how muich go ld he had stowed- away in sly corn ers ahout the old buildiig. But then he was a trimendously fierce old fe1l leew, and wore such a threatening pair o' whiskers, that nobody dared to venture within pistol-shot, of'his ho use; nay, his very name, whispered after candle light madhe one tremble like a gravedigger at the sight of a ghost. It is a sage remark, that Time, thuigh it can do every thing else, is uinable to stop people's tongue's. One eeneration of' talkers passethi away, anid anoithier comueth to take the w~or'd out of thleir mnoaths. Though a man should exist to eternity, ho wouild nev er outlive the bad Opiionl of' his nteigh bours, TI.hus was it with Ilaggelwet ter. Not ev'en his fiery whiskers could repress the voice oft scaniidal. As he advanceed in years, lhe also itncreased in bulk, lie was naturally thick set and purisy; but lhe niow seemeUd blowing up like a bhidder. Foel ks nlotiede this, anid prI'eicted he would evenmtually cx pilode like at torpedo. "lHe is," they said "in his sinfulness like a corn thtt is parchbing beibre thle tire; he will swell and swell, and anont go oil' in a tremendous puff! It. is aston ishiing, man kind will bring uponi thema such judgemnents, by deal ing withi Satan!'' Th'fe usual plaice wvhere the charae ter of' old llaggelwetter was discussed, wvas the shop of' Solomon Soper a t'iumous blood lettingu barber; and thet tume, towards the close of' a drowsy sunuiner's dayv. Ihere the blacksmith, the sexton, the skipper of' the of WVin iimtferry boat, andolDzy ouit their tedious tiales until it really setned as if' they did not think how Quiddle, also would occasionally ofTer a sententious remamrk on the subiject, as the biarber elaborately adjusted his queue; anid as for Master Solomnon, lhe would fr'et and chatter about it all day long. It seemied to be the primary object of' his existence o upy ing all his time, and absorbingEI his faculties, to grumble at the mysteriouc 1 wealth of H-aggelwetter and to bewail his own noverty. - I doubt wlhether there was ever such t snarling, discontented harber as Sol Soper inl the whole world. His thin. weasel fice, his unegi ainly furm, hit fract utis disposjtion-all were rerar. lble. There i' in the professiont <f shaving, something that -atmIs tle heart, while it elevates the under-stanl. ing; it will smooth the asperities f nii iraseible temper, ad relapse the grim iien 1tires of -misanthrope int o a grim of universal suavitv. tut it was inefrectual with Soltmort. A varice, I ke it worm, had eaten inito his heart sid withered him ip like a dried hatel nut. Envy and bile had yellowed him like a quinee, md made him as sitir and as crabbed. Ills eternal fret Aulness was past eituraince. The dul aess of thee tieI.s th tiggardiness of ,ustomers, the mlystery of I laggelwet ter, excited continueal iurniurs. Ie Would declaim on these grievances, in )aissilr his razor over the throats of IN customers, wit such a freirzied b'lteilemice, that, in trembliniig alarim, hey would try to sootht him by pro nise of 1ouble reinuleration for his abour. it these transports, razors, Op, pimpics, or even throats, ap e101ared to him of no consequence. t grew at last, to be alimst as much Il a inait's lifie was worth to sitdowi n his clhair. Perhaps this censideration Operated ,vitLh others to reduce the custom of is shop. Perceiving his business lecline, he becaime Moire and more tlioiuis and141 passionate. lie abl. ;tained altogether from the use of map alleging that ltit water was pre 'erable to lather for softening- the w1ard. To this tile o imrtuntat- oc !up 'ants of his chair g iined a melatn :hoIy asse:t-they did lot dare to do >therwise. lie also suibstituited canl. Ile-end fur potiattim. and rye meal or hair-powder; and fintially ceased to sharpen his razors, or to wash his tapkiins, hecause they wore out ; fast. It was outiageous it was intolerable-his customers were near y flayed alive! But while he harrassed the inerves, Wnd scaruiid thr v'puons o' la 'y ds, le was not more easy woith himself. 'oitinteal muiirmurings tnd complaint Mid worn upon himI until he was N pour is a snakte. lie was like L barlier that had talked himself to he very edge of the grave. What had ie to live fhm IHis shoi- was deserted, iis customers were continually drop Ang awav, and he was tnearly dis racted. Toi be sure, ild I la"lewet. er stuck t him, bit the titite might. -ome when event his extensive chin *V411114 lie withidrawin. ll fine. he uiik inito tle deepest despoidenicy mid would spend whole hours in mie tieholy antici Iationt of the period. shen hiIself, his buish aned his razor, wotihd lie Ieft in the bleak wtorld ah 'ic. (hie night he was sitting in hiis ho1p buried int a pie found reverie. Nvv ! before had lie felts' depreissed and 'i>rtri. A lontg d:tV had pa-sed away withoit delmsitiig inl his pocket a sin. lhe petmy; and lie had storimed and aged utitl lie sutnk down in a state of -xiatistion. lis head leaned back oin Ahe chair; his eyes were hialfelosed and uis whole fraimt was relaxed and pow Arhess. It was towardohs the close f nettullin, whtein the crickets Chi rp in Lhcir shrillest tones and an oceasion Il gust of wiid, will sweep arouid the house, and mitan plaintively in the key-hole for adimittancee. It was, ini fat; the ap~propriate seasoin ihr rev eries aind visionis. As Solomoni Super sat rmusing int his chair, it seemeed to hime as if somne wuoderfuil change had taken place biefhre hime. Ihis ship had gradually assumed the appearance of the interier of a church; the black crick ets which had hopped abhouit the hiloor were trantsformied in t hiumarn beings, dressed in the sable habili meents oif mo~urnters who tormted a ed up the grand aisle, raiking ft' solemn anitheim for the departed. I low full , how edeep, hiiow rich was tihe volumte of hairmiony that swelled on his ear! liut for wvhiomt was thio re q iem e n? A mielanicholy preentment filled the soul of' Soluminuu. Was it for himiiselft Or hatd the jaws oif death sniapped up aniother of his cuts. tomters! I Ie was alarmed. Meant while thle procession reac-hedh the centre of' the church; the chant eased; the velvet pall1 wtas uplifted; but heo straied~ his eyes ini vain to read the intscription oin thte coini lid. As he gazed still moree sharply, the spee taele slowly faded away, and~ he funid himuiself standintg alonte int his sihop. A huge winding sheet was on the point of extinguishing his cantdle. Ie snufi'ed the light with his fingers. Th'le bell struck i wvelve. Sooin after a knocking was heard at the door.' It slowly opened nd a mufiled figure enttered, which proved to be the black domaestiek of l lagglewetter. It lead always been the private opinion of Solomon Soper thait this character was old Clawfoot himself int disguise. "The old smoker is dead," she said in a hoarse whisper. Thetl unfortunate barh clapped his hand quickly to his firehead and stag. gered back. "W hat!" he cried in a tone sharp even to fierceness, "my last customer gone!" le wrung his h1md1- in agony E' grief. "None of anticks. Aaster," croaked tle hag with a slicer ofrderision. "Ile is gone to his place; I have laid him out and called tip Deacon Quiddle to make him a coffin. lie must lie buried at low water imark befoire the chance of tide. Ai hark yoi! See that you Collie Hpeedily with -otur tools and shave him for the iast time," She slammed the door and.left tle bai ber to his cruel reflections. It was long past the hour of mid night, when the wretched Si loion started on his IielanchloIVly errand. As he closed the door, his Cycs fell on I hat part-ty ooh-red staff. tile ilysteriougs ensigin of lis proe 'lssion. It shone in the dimate light like a spectre waiting as if to numrshIal him ntt the 1welIing of tie dc:ed. This appaaling ide-a hainted him in his proeagress throighi the streets; and more thanonce lie east his eyes over his shoulder, expecting to behoald it stalking at his heels. Arriing at the place of destination, he paused a monent to wipe the drops of terror and thitigue that started upon hi;s brow. With a trembling ha- d he liflted the latceh and entered. The black doinestic was crouached down inl inl a corner ol the kitchen clinnev, imoaninge and muttering to herseIf. All tle d iahIical stories lie had heaid of tle ruaiion and its inmates thronr_ ed oil his iemory at the sight. Ills couutenaice tunrnIied to a deadly pale nest; his knees sim .te togrether with tear; anad le essayed in vain o speak; he could not itter a word. An ac cidetal turn of the head disc overed him to the hg. She arose, and with out saying a word, ushered him to tht' fatal chamber,. sa the .ghe and withdrew. . There is sorething in teito a barber to the couch of deah (hat is calculated to arouse all the fulnder sensiblIities of the brcast. To an ter the silent room, to approach the (old anid extended fo. Im. to gaze on tie unittnscious ti-at ures of one lie had known in joyous life, Cannot but ex cite the most saddening emoti.ns. It is bewend the power of languape to d.sCribe; nothi hg bet the warm im agi natioi of the ye ong and suscep tiil e cani ceonceive what pangs of angusti rend tile bosoi (of the barber. whei. Ctar the laest time, lie takes and Eall frieild bv the n-se! With miore than ordiiiary sensibili tv, Soloiioiin Soper gazed arouid on the scene af desolation belore him. The hiir, tle la-e, tle ccasion, all Irge their comtitigled terrors ipo n his irnagi inatin. A ruinous cham her, hiintly perceptible byI a flicker erimg lamp; a dreary stillness, di-. turbed onlv by tlie sighing of the wiiid, or tie silieakinmg and gibbering of the rats liehiid tile waiset; a stit ti-ned corpe-, wailhig, from his hand. lie last sad oliee of' his proefe-ssion. IHis teeth ehattered at the spectacle. lit! wisleed to retreat, but some mys. terious power, like fiscinatiin, drew him toward the -remains of his depart ed frieid. W ith a noiseless step lie approached the selitai-y couch, Ie uncovered that coiunienanice upeon whic-h it had been his hiappiness to' operate fo~r so miany- years; and which nowv, would shrink bieneath his razor no miocre. It wais necessar-y to malike a great ef fiart. WVithi a tiremling hand be se'ttly hel thie no~stri of ath(le body, whilst with the other lie applied thie blide. J ust t hen lie was startled by a singular nolise. II is hiearlt wats ini his mtouth. lieelpaused and looked aroundl. At this awful moment the bodyel sloawly opened its eyes and fixed thenm upon himi with a hideous stare. It appeared to turn the bearber inito steone.- lireathless, miotioanless -ie stooed like a marble statuie. His very sounl seemed escaping with (lie glaince which lie fixed upon thle corpse. "Tausand deayvils! Let go miy nost!" rocared a voaice erthunder. The biai-ber turned a somerset of fifteen feet in thie air, and diropped on the fleaor as dead, as a stturgeoni. This allir- miaede a wonderful talk at the Noirth End, and served to bring lie old mansion into still worse re put e. Doctor IHe !ge-podge would nlever- believe that poor Solomon caime within the house by niortal meoans; and, to his latest day, wotuld snake his wig when he heard old Ihag gelwetter bluster about "der tami mat parber diat- come to shave him in dis sleeps." Precocious reasoning weakens (lie understanding, while precocioeb emo tion breaks down the phyical stru ture, and robs the child not only of the gladness oef infancy, but of that-clastic spring which is (ho great preseryet' of hanniness jthaftr lif: - - .x CITY AND COUNTRY BRED PEOPLE. We find in the Uton an address of Francis P1. Bllair, esc.,(the old editor of the Globe)to the Agricultural Asso. cintioll of Mtoitgomery county, Mary land, delivered at lockville, oi t e 8th instanat, fi-oni which we give an ex. tract that may be read with pleasure and profit : Mlen who have made fortunes in our cities, begin now to appreciate the value of eountry life, however aversi' or unsuited to it they may have been rendered by habit. The connion guide book of Paris, which is put into every traveller's hands, has this note under the head of popilation : "Fam. ilies constaatly residing in Paris soon btecome exti.!et. The effects of this mortality are ibserved to lie more act ive upon tnales than upon femmales.," What is true of Paris is true of every city in the world. There is nol, prob ably, a man in London, Paris, New York or Philadelphia, who can say that his great grand father, his grand fitther. and his fither, successively lived and died in the city ot'his residence. There is no such thing as the survivor of three generations that have undergone the deComposing power of a city attios phere, assisted by city pursuits. A city, then, may be said to (lie out once in a hundred and fif ty years, so far as regards those rooted generations that live, and move and have their being only in a city's precinets. Whoever, then, would have succession in his famnily-tht de.,ires to transmit his name and wealth by perpetua ing his race-would at sone period of his life take his leave of-walls and pavements, and crowded thorough fxres, anid fix his abode in the midst of* the rustling fiil age, the g: ei fields, clear sticams. and sweet air, untainted by stagnation in the.walled streets and alleys aid sew ers. There is another observation in re gard to cities which induce iAaught ful men, who take i-ride itn theirposterity, towemove from thetm when'they have acelisheu stheg objieetilAfuigdqh they are sqpght. 1'Iow many niiLions of'dhildien educated -in eites-ithe uitmost care, have passed aw fIui out reachitig distinction among his countrynen. It is reaarkablet that children born in cities, generally exhib it precocious talents; they have the easiest access of' every species of Iearii ing: they are stimulated to ekercise in the schools by pride, vigilatace, and solicitude, which is spirited ip by the stiring society aruind; the'y have the advantage of imbibing an early knowl. edge of the world, and have almost in infianey the manniers, the ideg and self-posscssiaoni of polishid soelety. But although the great cities of the Old World and of the New -World sent furth probably one hundred of these fully educated voiths, to test their stretngth in the high pursuits of lifIe, for one country adventurer, yrt it is found that almost all the distinguish. ed men who shine in the service of the country or in the liberal professions are counitry born and bred. The hot-bCds of cities britg f1-rward their plants more rapidly; but those springing from the native soil, and braving the rude seasons and rough culture of the country, are fomnd to have the best stamina. Look over the list oft great men who figured in our revolution, and it wtill be found that almost to a man they were coun try lho-n and bred. Search the annals of' the revolution in Enghlad f'rhm the reign of' the 1st Char-les to the 3d WVil lianm. These wvere the times that tried the souls of' men in the mother coun try. Thle French revolution filled Par is with inniumnerable gareat mecn, the ofi spring of' the provinces. If wte scan our own quiet times wheince come the illustrious men who htve fillecd the chief' niagistry, and given fame to Con' gress anid (our State .Legislatures?I do not know one that has not made his way fr-om some :'ural district to the high places of the republic. And so, tao, it has been with our' great mer ebiaits anid mechanies wtho have flour ished in cities; trace them, and you will find that the impulse that gives them this lead brought them f'rom the fields of some village to try their fbrtunes in thme city. The men who thus build themselves uip in the naarts of business. have generally the sagacity to see that life in the country is the natural state, that in the city an artificial existence;' and at not too muich possessed with the spiartt of ge'tting, which gain is too ap~t to engendler, they retire to the sceno fronm which they emaerged. TIhis as particularly marked in pub. lie mnon wlao almost in\'ariably scee to close their car'eer at soi'ie homestead w hich they wtould makeithieir mona mont. From this feeling we have our Mt.X Vernon, Mon ticello, -Montpelierg Hlearmitage, Ashland, Marshfield, and F'ort Hll. And how natural thesvish of every ihdependent nature toh a home-a little dnain wierl itsdfl spr ngay liar ospaceto tow~~ fulti tire, where the moral character mny be fbrmiied on its cherished principles, where the age and infirmity of the de elining head may have the required privacy and repose, and where tho prospect of the grave itself-is softened ibythe sense that it would often be view ed by fond and kindred eves. The idea. of a hereditary patriarchal home bi ings a tholluatlnd enIdeIs ing aia611tion is withi it, both to parents aind children, aind the affections which grow up in it be colle apairt of its A sense of this makes the po1ssessor labor to improve it-to impress his own character upon it; to adorn it with taste-to enrich it with fruit, and to hand down his memory m every pernent edifice he mnay build, and every noble tree he may plant; and with the conciousness that lie will be blended in the thoughts of his children, who are to succeed him in the enjoy mnent of the blessings he thus prepares for them, he will seen to elj,-y himself through a long. futuri ty. A 'Yonst-g Aamericanii" Caidi datle for taae Texas Legislatire. The following address to the4 vot'fh of Galveston county. by Col. Jack Mills, a noted character in Texas, and a candidate for legislative honors, is quite rich: TO THE VOTERS OF GALVESTON COUNTY. I have been strongly urged by my inuierous fri- nds (who are A No. 1.) to beconie a candidate t-o represent you in the next Lekislature. Like a true pa triot I have coisented to sacrifice my private interests to the public good. Without vanity, I mlay say, all who know ine will admit, that ifelected, I will originate and execute many acts in Austin that no one of the candidates before you wi!! attempt. I pledge myself that I will keep a watchful eye over the morals of legislation and legislators. No one who knows m will doubt, if I choose to exercise the power, that members will be com pelled to observe the rules of proprie ty,1hmstead of indulging, as I fear is too often the case, in nocturnal revels, at impr6per, places and . unseem- 0" lyyhobrs. RfMfietsl~n b'a~thae i7fd ill dolt:; e I am a Jeffersonian, Jaclksony cr-at-in truth I was Go botn. I am progressive-I may say a fist one. I go for the greatest good to the greatest number. In am in favor of giving homes to the homeless, and houses to the house less. I advocate the education of the inas ses by a tax upon wealth. I believe that earth, air and water is a gift of the good God to all. That all are entitled to as much as are ne-t cessary for their use. More' than tills is noliopoly, and I oppo.e all nionop tibies. I ram in favor of Banks, if a plan can' be invented to establish one to loari Iloney to the poor, industrious, hori est man, without security. I am a "Young American." I adop ted their houndary-cast by the ris ing, and west by the setting sun; north by the Arctic expedition, and south -as far as we please. This is a great country, and less than this wiould not suit our purposes. I abhor old fogies, whether as politicians, warriors, hus. bands or lovers. I wish this distinet ly understood. I disavow the cr ed of 'all things unto all men," but adopt it decidedly as regards the ladies. I am for wvoman 's ritihts on the lar gest scale. If we do not field them equality, I fear they will refuse tornul. tiply and replenish the earth, as they have threatened to do. And ev cry unprejudiced mind must admit that they become our -wives~not to; pleasure themselves, but us. I am too modest to enumerate afl& imy~ good qualities -fbr office. I leiave all self-praise to my comnpetitere. I think, however, without vanity, I may say that, if elected, I will boeanore dis tinmguished titan any representative you have had. You will be'proud of' me. My name will be famrilitar to all, and daily seen in the pulic prints2 I am an old Trexan--one of the. founders of' Galveston. I have shed much blood for -the good of the pen pie. I have done the State some .se6r vice. I ask in return yu wvill see mnost ofyou b-efore thj~. and will address vou beore thb46u I am opposed to the habit d but when invited wtill be take a glass wtth any one. partioular I mankE no ait~~1n in polities. ,~Mi. P. S.-I forgot t'4~~ in fao fth k r The rudest iIar of a skililful ap atIone b twl 4u a)