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DEVOTED TO SOUTHERN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY, NEWS, LITERATURE, AGRIGULTURE, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS -WILLIAM LEWIS, -RPITR.CI'1-lt u laii L-y JOHN S. RICHARDSON, J Powrons- . ot' $LatfU Eatte." TERMS-S2 IN ADVANCE VOL. IX- SUIMTERVILLE, S. O., .JANUARY 17, 1S5' NO1 THE SUMTER BANNER IS PUn"LIsIED Every Wledmc1 1ady Mtlornsiang BY Lewis & Richardson. TERR8~I, TWO DOLLARS in, advance, Two Dollars Mnd Fifty Cents at the expiratiot of tix mnhmiis or Three Dollars at tlhe end of the year. No paper diecorttiemi until all arrearages4 are rAiA 0, unless at time option ofthe Propriet orm. I-WAdvertisements imerted at SEVENTY FIVE Cents per square, (12 lines orless,) for the ficut, and hlfthat. mnm foreach suibsejitnmmt insertion, (Ollicial advertisements the s-te ttcht time). im" The number ofinsertions to bi' marked en all Ai vertLisemnents orthey will be publisiti mntil ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. SW- ONE DOLLAR per square for a .ii -gle insetrtion. Quarterly amld Monthlv Amtver timements wiji lie cmtrge.l tIhe smine am a siigle insertion, and semi-montily the satmte as new ones. gg"' Obitnarys anti Tributes of Respect, over twelve lines, charged as advertisements. Feor the Kltmer. On Receiving A Book M1a rk. How beautiful the work of womai's h:l, Ever wearing on its face the sweet im - press Of her own purity and loveliness ! Her rosy lingers wave the magic wand E'en with whose sliglmest totch she trimv commatnd, At the sweet pileasure of her will to rise Enchantmigly before the raptured eyes, The dazzling beautic.i of bright fairy laml Pond token ! of the dear regard I holid, Well favored, in her true and tender heart, Wert thou overflowing with the purest gohnl, Thou coulds't not be more va!ucd than thou art For me thou hast a treasure whicb would prnve More precious far than gold, a gentile bein g's loye! I I. Suiterville, itomn-try, 195. (m L.CTED.) The Cont.ented Wife. I would not change this iappy scene For all the earth calls proudly gre.-t I wonimd nit change my Imnh.e himc For kingly rani, or gnteenly -tite. I would not chmige mny isbaund's love For all thaut euth m!ni give on a:me; Nor barter his approv;ng smile To wreath a halo round tmy iame. I would not change my child's sweet glance For all the love earth's wealth cotild Nor cnmnge the certain blimi I feel, For all ambition mnmghmt obtain. What blessings great andt numberless, My God with sweetest hoipe.- hamih blent, A happy homem, endeatrinig friemds, Wh health, a:d love, and true coitent. Every MaHisn Ilis Own Law ycr-SeIf.-DCfence Tri utinphant. At the lit-it term of the Oratnge County (New York) Court, the ibl lowing case was tried, upon which the jury was addressed by the defetd atit, who had concluded to appear inl his own defence: The Peoplc vs. James Alierton - This was a very interestitng catse, renm. dered so from the fact that the defend ant acted as '-his own lawyer" on the trial, withotut having the atdvantage oh being otne oh the legml fraternmity. 11 is "Sumlminig up," of which we are able to give netarly a verbatitm report, with then exception of the "actinig," w~as de. cidedly rich. and afforded imuch aimuise ment for the legal g'en tle manpesent. Tme deft. whlo is a small, red-haired, thin specimen of a Yatnkee, u as in dicted for an assault anid bazttery ont one Mr. Dodder. Trhe facts, as d!. vulged uipon trial, are briefly as fol lows: T1he defendanit is in the em ploy of the Mongaup Vnalley, For'rest. burg anmd Port Jervis Plank Road Company as a toll gatherer, anmd re sides upon the road], 8some0 miles above Port Jervis. le atnd the complain. ant, Mr. Dodder, are necar neighmbor's. On a Sutnday in .February last, theo deft. saw the comiplainant, in the act of -beatinig his (deft's) cow., along the highway, anid as ani induceemet, for himt to quit, hturled a few stonmes at him, onie of which, as the complainanit testified, struck hitm oni the back of the neck. Thela testimony being concluded, thme -defendat.. addressed the jury as fol lows: GIENTLEKMBN OF TtIP. Jt~ay.-I don't. knmow muich abot law, anmd sincee thme trial hasi' been' going on I have coni eluded thmat I otight to kniow a little iruore. I ought to ap~ologise pecrhaps thfo apeatrimg it mmy ownt defettce, atml will dlm so by tel lintg you, thtt I ied tune hawyer, andie hi red another, in this ea.'tm, hut they bomth cometl up mtissintg whlen Iimneed thetni mv::t. I s'qppxse' I Iight have sceiel the services of Some of these othar 'ilibnhs of tile law, that I see aroid ie, blit laviigi beeni cliated by two (t' 'em, I con chiled to go it 'on 11i own book,' anid here I am! I waait to) tell you geli tlemen, beflbre I go, larther, that it is Io ly 1.11ult 1la1.t this case is here tak. ilg up tile lini.e oif thIh, lilo able eoairt. I think %('iu will give ile Credit, iar telling the uthi, when I say that it. IlIght, Iiave b trid lbr ai l .us. tiee of the 1'ea(e, it lilng beller adapt ed to (he capacities of suich :I C01urt, than of' tis 4)n1e. Arfer this diflicualty DOIdde' (i] get a wIarrant far me a.. froiin Squire Ciilleback, over' in )eerpark. liu then charged thmt I hall insiliil hitii, hitl. five mr six N iiaaiths has fresh e1ed his recallectioni, ald he )mw savs that I assault'ed and hatter'i him. I believe Ilhere is same dillb.rence be tweein tile two chrgts. I )t ida(Ieir s:Ivs lie sw)re to tle coaml plIilat, Ielbire Sq1uire C(daideha-k. I leave it fir yma to say whea-ther fie tells the trilth 1w in 'ayil4 Lht Ia I tter ed him. I v-as taken by a constable bthre the Salire, ana.l ('ither bevaise tile Juistice was, 14'h::lnead (if what lat 11.1d already dln, (I hadA' ti1( to atteid to it. I dn't, knoaw which, it, went down. .Two . r three w'eeks af' till' that I wis arrested agail, wila my wif'e laving Ien (Ii aminaed, I thught it best, as 1 duifuil hl Il- iand, Ila le arioud Inn1o, so4 I gaat rid :1, it >y giv mg e for m appealance t. C4 all rt. Yoaa kiow genitlenaen tlat, I :l ill the einjalaav t ha'. Mn4gZ:4p1, \ alley, orresl bu r- and L . Jer vis I'lank lltad Coany, as a ?ate ke'par. I his comin laly it seem44s had sutlicienait Coulidine inl mlly itI tyv an (1 14on. .,'sty as ti' Iia (' m in 1 hat mi41 ait statian, :lad evei it I shiubl receive A3.00 and steal :1.50() aif it, that's het ween i'neiaad the (a:ap:iy, :nil its Hone of D)odlIer's b4inmsn". N ,, wlen the comipaiany sel.t ine 1 p allanga this raOad to CIolhet talls., tli, I)'ddler was (1' (f tae iihabita:s I faaaid there inl the w)ds, uiad I will say 6t. hi t14t:1 . a-. : va'r' y t':l spI -ciln t; A the rest. ft i. plluiatiaon. 13a1t thi'ee n v 't ay them'a 1fh:1t On to11 a rejal ciate al thle beneleits et this ' Lnk llad. It let o t to civilizatioi a ,las 1 al pepl!e wla nevr baefare realiz..d the idea that IlIre ':as Sa liV :a ti;illg :I eivilized lie an.l this I ller i; mne f' Illi'lli. IL is I faa't that .(aaai ali4 r iaiaavaal tll'i4, a 'aliti wla4111 .1 years %tIbl. (.11111 d wn It lit lit* thl- 1. i ln taills (ill tile P'hIh.k (mvad til d % . alid ( l e aIl nea.ve Ihe'l, (it a ;a fIare. She :ir (10y j ea 1n ',",d r is4ed Ita see a wlite iati, aid atAr Maising a t'w title::j.ilis wcl., lat:k int thI4 woods. Tlis5 1i)4 idea' 'l a% 4i. y ' n i'. bor', aai a god dal n;lea ihmaai I walitei hilli, altI I ham1.llL b'an tlai'ar 14a11g, h1el1a1 I h aLlti lie 1ii I l'a'li lv. il.,n ab) .t iae Il Inet f thet I)irtecoa,'. aid I saam 6a11al -ut thaI. ha' nn, - t) ?4't is s6ai1 mloa ns swoArn lihet aga list, lin t', Ill Ilily plate . lit Ili iadli't (liI' it '(I, a.d if 4.ill d'mlt collviet itl, I reckmti aw w't'a 0 ver\ It well't take hIag t4 (lsm;e of Dudder Noa. 2. liv te'tifies that he saw me throw three stones at his faitherand saw the "old imintm lieI. Dil hiis cross eNaltation lie S.aIry that lie was in Ils owni hoauise in thle woodils, mind had(to laoak o~veri a lillI I tenty feet hirh, 'and. al15o (averi thlree slab tencies mial two stone44 wal s. - Well, it' he tells the truthI, all1 I wish is that I had y ountg I)aahie's e'yes. ie is cer'tainlfy a remnarkaha!e baar andl can~i't c2onislteiinl deny his~ 'ra4liei'." 1 1 'a illinig to) lamit that I donaie wrongia to thrrow stoneis at I oadder'. anid I11alaagise to :all the wovarld andl this coilrt pa rticu lrly faor it. Thle Dl.)a' hors tell us thiat. ther.'e aire tw~o c'hauses f'or all d iseases, pra4e. isposith ionad exci tability13; 1 thin1k it asl tihe Iatter' caluse thait tmiovaed mae to stonle Doa dder. theref'ore confeIss mysei~tlf'iguilty of the. assault , ha t the bat tery, I deny, anid if you find mec gui ly of thle ba11ttery'3 I waill llappea1l f'romi the. decision 1to the Court oaf' 1iigh Ilea vena itse'li befori'o will subm)ti~t to It. Now. genlt lemien., y'ou sa1w Mr. Dodl. der, atnd heard him44 swear aigainlst ttie. I asked him r a great nimy quaest ins and I was sorry to hear11 him41 anIswer m~ 14e diid. I mUighit h4ave asked him if ht'I d .dn 't kill my eat1, and it hei. didii't stone mny chicekeins, becaiuse they tr'es. palssed ini his wooads, where acdtuallhy the rocks are so thick that1 thle br'ake' can1i't findl theiru way through i thim butt thien I kniew hei''4ll wohi denv' it1 anid it w~ould grieve tme to hlear' 'him i lie admtnits that, lie wa., drivinga my13 three cow~s lip th lroad)1(, and t hat, hn. strtuck at one of 'em. lut ay43s it was with aI smnallI switch. I have paroved thiat this switch wa',1s ai po4)e abouit 1 C feet lon iad about thrnee inches aeriosi tile butt end(, anld I hti'a also pr4ove'(' that when lie struck, the cow flI. 1 is ti'rue mvi witnetss 'ouIld1n't swenr thai lake the blow aid tle all together, .Mid we can g s f the rest. If you. geitlem' i en, should see ile ploint a1 gun at a man and pull the trigger, see tlie flash and hear the report, and at teit same time see the man drop, I think you would say that I shot him, alh1uh you might not see the balI strike h1imt. "Now, the fact is, gentlemen, that Ol 'lda, I was lyillg on lily lonige inl Im.y hou e, wlthen Iy wife said LO ile hat, DoIdder was Cliasinig riy cows. I juimped ip and pilled oil Imly boots and weit (ulit of dours, atid saw Dodder and Lie cows coring up the road. It ik true lie says lie was nOt driving them but says he and the cows was both going along the road inl one directioll, an1d tlis was as neiar as I could get him to the cows or thle trulth; but it is prOved that. thle cOWIs Were ging ahead of lim. and lie was 1Ilowillg afier them, strikiig at the1111, with this little switch, 10 fleet long and 3 intches across the butt, and I eckoi yoti'll tlitk ie was "driving,' then i. I sting Out to him, "Dodder' stp!" but lie didt't obey lily order, aid I jlist threw a StOlle in that (dil e tiol, which went abit, 10 feet Over his leaid, at the sil e tim1e10 ging to ward ile. 11a paid tnlo attentio In, and I nuIg out again, "Dudder, slOp!" still he didn't minid rie, and then I just threw another stonie; but on lie Catme, anud on I went, and I threw the third stoni, which h says lit him in the back I)f his neck, but which I think i., rather strangi, as we were corming to wIrd each otler as ast, as we c(Iilj go. Blut, lie never slacked up, and by this tittie we were within about eight feet io each other. I halted and hol bered at tie topl of iy voice, "Dodder, why inl - don1't, ou Stop!" about lie hc did stoy, and raised thi 10 loot switeli, as it to strike me-I mang otit-"Mr. Dodder, look out. Yom mttay wollup my cows, bit if you wolluiij tile with that switch, you'll wtolInup ana animal that'll hok!" [lletc the 0'ator inade ai appropriate ges tire (of tle head, as in the act, of hook. ing!, which was followed with tumul tilus shut its tid laugtaer, that con tinued sveia! l ninutes.] Now, gentlemen, if you convict lilt'. t bis Ciiti can line ine 250 ailtd jlg rle for six mniths, and if )Oul eallV thinik I otgltt to be Climvieted otf this assalt, 'ay so lri I iti int lha Ili. Ir 1 living ily) to) tlt! laws, 1s lIlg a lev are laws, Whether it is thle Fog i tive Sh'ire Law, the Nebraska bill I1 ite lxei-e .aws. I will read vuil a little law, h oever, which I liave jit seei ini a booik I folid here-(tie speaker lre picked up a law booik and red as tliew.:) "E'very mian has. a ri:i.t to defetid himiself from e. sonal viol enc." Now I dlt't kitw whiether that is law or not, but I litd it il a law book, la veteranl iember' IlI tie bar who was sittiig near the s caker, remarked to him that it, was go)4od inlw.] W ell, gent lemen, h.ere is i ld iiII, who looks as if lie migit know Soiethin, and lie says tis i gomd law. Now if you will it tl Iai bour somethitig, page 39.), oti'll fii"I that tle saile doctrile is .,11plied to cattle-(great laughter.) Iliere'mn e I take it, I had a right to defetnd my (was agItatist Dodder's 10 foot switch. WhyI, getnt-ctlee, nearl) all mi weathI is itnvested ini thieiii 3 eOWS, anad youli eaim't wotnder' thiat, I became a lit Ile exci ted whn I saw Ijoddedr switch-. inig thuema withi hais ten loot jpole. I ami a poor tmani, and have a large fat iilv, contsistlig of a w ife and six childrekit whlichi 1 reckon is doinig pretty wvellI for aes smtall a itnan las I amti and I ctould not amnd to let Dodder kill na Now, genitlemen, I don't, believe you'IIll oviet, mea, after what, I huavet said. liiit if yotu do, and11 thIis Cour: lineis tie $250, " I shallh reputdiate because5 "c(ata't pay." Antd if l'm jugged fort six mtoitths. why these D~odders will have it all thir own way up there. llut ntotwithastandiing sall this, 1 amt will ing to risk mytself iin yourt haiids, and.1 if' you timk I ought to htave stood( by and not dotne any ting, wh len I saw IDodder' hainmteriig my i COWS, whly thena I aml "gonte in,' toll gate aiid all. It is true, I am a poor' man, but not ia imean one. Thie nlame of AlIlertont can be t raced to th le May Flower, w heni she landted the pilgrimils on Ply. mouth Rock, amrongl the passenager~s wats a wiow Mts. Allertoni, with fiour fat herles childretn, and I am11 de scnded fr oma that, [uritan stock; and1( fromit thtat day to this, thiete has niever lived ant Al lertoin whto hiitdn't Yantke.' spir it en'1ugh to stopi a Dodder for; plllinig hats cow~s. l'ma dlone. (hlerc the laug hinug atnd shotiting were ex. eei'dintgly bioisterous, in which all piar licipal ed, and it was several intutes despite the repeated cries of " order oirdetr," by tihe cotu:t, before ordea could be restored. Our ehoqulent andi tusually unvanquishable District, At t'Jrney. fearing to namn with so fnrnui. -hable an antagonist, nerely reiarked: SIt is a plail case,' &C., and left it to lie jury, who pronptly brought in a verdict of " Nt. Guilty." Mr. Aller toil certainly deserves judicial prono tion, and we move that he boe appoiit ed cr:er of the Court.) Tne Coquette.. " I can hardly believe tihe story ther telI, Ned. You, a strong, hearty, jov al fellow, alWays up Lo i kebief an11 I fu1n, dying fir love ? Bah ! it's ulI intionshinle." Spite of his forged mirth, the voice of* the speaker grew treniuilous. The scornii glance oh that dark eye uti. ranniiiled hiin. Was this butt th wreck of what had been so noble, .1o beant iful? The suiken cheeks, the claw like hands, that flickering deati light., that unsteady glance of tile death bloom-could this bJ all that reilnaiied of so inuch nianly beauty? " You never knew rue, Marshall." Hlis voie was low and bro ken. I never knew inyself. I was an 0orphdian; no one loved in e-sister, brother, I had none-and when moy heart i, rst learned thei neanin fu that iighty passion m bich rnakes earth a Paiadise, or dries tIh ose li ving springs and gi einiess to deserts of ha ret.niets, I i.-ared flir inyself. But I was not IpPY.py. in lug ior .ove, yiu say; i is nit. that. !'he biLt- er consiciosness that where I looked for truth--fr every divine vir tie, I 1;und duplicity , art, deception-a witiered heart. bu ried in, a whited sepuleire-oh, heaven! and he hid his lface in his wasted hands. " Aly clear fellow, Le a nini; bear up iniore bravely; do not, I pray you, die ir the love of a silly girl." "1 She was beautfunI !" con tin ued the sick rlan, " and she taunght n.e II ipe-she tinrned every string ot mi y heart till it would vi brate at hier tmich; -.he ezad every pulse till they beat inly3 f;or her snies. I know it was all wrong bor ine to love tier so, amid yet, isolated as I J1Id been fr4in infaney, how coui'.l I help itl NyWtIpu the bolt 6611, it crushed mne.' Mfayyout never kiiow what it is t) be dceiveud-antd by one so teuely as lelen MtUr:y." Againi he had covered his face with his hands. le had not seen the coil vulsive start, the death-like palor of a fritied. A nd w hen be said " god euiht,'" twilight was falling, so tt they parted, and ieither knew hiw til iglitiig were the voids that Iell on eauch other's heart. "I a111m heatit fil !" saiil a (ueeily griril, as she stood iet'ire the iirni; - heautiful withoutt all aWpear spray und b~,righteing w,\-ith It te rich glomss of tier be rwn ingl-t. and cirelig her wrist atnd inige with grls of untold valtue. I Aiall be ejneeti -&l te 1) ;l roomn o-light. Enlvied and comlited, :nni not, exactly happy. low exqlisitely rich this lace-oe Or Ned ! liigho -- srehowiiiiim w% lat lie said seiieield si teal. I w li he had been rieb, liar fel*l !w I half believe I love him lietter thaii I thinak. eveni now !" ".\liss lie!en, are you ready ?" " Yes, coming, Linda--how do I look Is lIharvey waitinig? There, Ilake my hoiinet aid sha wI-earry them dow i - li'l I be th ere. Poor Ned ! what iakes ine thIiik of him to ni, , wonider? Whleni I thlink of lIharvey's piriopisal, anid my brilliant pirospects in theii fuituire, I sem to see his ghost. Can lie be deadt? Wase it not very cruel in mue to treat hima so& I w ish I coul see hitim; w ill he be at the bal l, I woiider?" Thus sil iloquiizinug, thle Iai r, proud girl hiiirried downi to iineiet ier lover. liesplenidenit as she looecked, bewitcheling ais she kn ew tierself, she was startled aut his coldiness. lIhe caine forwaird, took one whbite hiandu, gazed at tier troiim head to fo'ot, aiid wvithI a sile thbat seemiedl even to her iinockery, lie said, tinmeausured toines, "' Ilow beaiuti ful you are!"' and t orned abrupOltly away. F~or a mtomtent lie seemied to have forge t tenl himziself, the t huliirried ly per-~ forin g the ollice of galltant, he assist ed tier ito the carriage, and they drove ofl It wvas not beefore the brilliantly lighted tballI roomi that they stoppieri. No streams of anmbter light checked the dlimi pav~emt-but, all was still, dark and solitary. "For heavein's sake, wvher. are we going?" ilelen exelalimied, as lier over tnade a motioni to leave the " To see a friend, my Iiove,"' lie anisweredl in the san e freezing toneus; "you, whoimse heart is Mo tender t hat, it bldeeds at the sight, of lunna miitiiisery, will not, I am sure, deny ine yonlr Ccmpanuy ott thle errand of tmere y. Through a long, dimnly lighted enltry, the young miian led tier silently, hiurriedly. " Pray to God it, be not too late," ho murmtured, as he stood hesitating before a halfeclosed door. Suddenly it was onna ia ta it t und a shadowy - ligrire passed out, Starting as it met the intruders. They stood helt'r- the dew]. Helen shrieked, and ftalliig beside the couch, hidl her face in her shaking hands. " Look on your work, woman !" exclaimed her lover. " Murdered by you riielty, the re lies on1e of thl noiles ol his kind. Ay ! start at the fallen jaw, the livid temples, the dull staring eyes! You will never again, with lips, voice, or smile, beguile the great heart to its ruin. Ile died with the maitle of his pure, steadfast, love wr;Iapped around hiin: he laid him dowin wi:lh the music of that love breathing in ies'ings trorn those lips." " Ay ! sob and shudder; well von inay; for you are as truly h's muriler eras it yo ,u had pierced his heart with cold steel, or puiired the jisn frorn the chalice of' death uponl his lips. Mi'serable coqIuette, I spurn you !" " And yet fihrgive me," he added, t assionately, relteintly at tihe sight of her agony. " Vengeance is intine," said a just God, ail the arrow of eteral reilorse is lodg-rd in your soil. I pity you-roin my inntiernioit, heart, I -ity you . Rlather would I he yon der Ior senl'teless Clod, than you brigh, bieatifl, brillianit, -.s you :re, with (lie inturder oft at fellow creatuire heavy on yourn . " Mr. lI ivy, Will YOU take me homloo?'' site as;kel. II er thee was a ghastly as t lie onTe hefore thei, aid the Shining atibles noICkers of Ier sorrow, flashing anid flickeritng Ilke grave'ling ablout a pall. I lenIcilting. that Ila e fhee looked s1 iipllringly in his lihe, lie would have supported her. bIht she sprang froin hin. and nuotioted liin to kad the wIy. Turnin, only once, she uttered a sitIthred cry, aid pasIed botth hInids Iaver' her hearit., fodlowed Harvey as the criinal follows the execu tioner. " Takce ue hot ne," she said, and once there, she tore oil' her glitteting ornarne'nts, never to wear L.em agail. Iwo years afterwards she did bente the wife of-. [ar isy-;-hiit first a sohd i.''d, brok elspirit--d womlian, ever feeling that, butt for tier a long life of usefu lness iii ght have been vouiIlsife'd to onle whose heart, ieing so tender. broke in strir ing to thorget her. She lits fout r tbeau tifil dlaugh te is. but noltt (Ine( (Of thetin will 1e, in the itt iest degree, that ealivrtless beingI -a coyltLette.- -olive Bianch. Chil dren. It is qIuite a inistake to suppose that childreo love the parents less who ri:intaini a proper 1authoriy over thei. (.),, the eointrary, they respee: theti the iore. It is a cruel and un. inatural seli;liess that indilges chil diein iln a foblish alil hurt lil way. SL'arets ie guides and counsellors to their children. As at guide ini a for t.gi laid, they unldertake to pilot. tiei -Iaey throigh the aboals and tInpick'saids of ilex\periene'. It the guide allow his followers atl the Iiber 'y they phase; ift, because they dis Ihke the constrainiits of the narrow peth of aifetv, lie allows them to stray into hole-4 and principices -that destroy thein, to slake their thirst in brooks that poison theti, to loiter in the woods fill of' w ild beasts or deadly herbs; can lie be called a sure guide'? Anid is it not the samte ~with our cil dr'eii ! They are, as yet,, only in the pt'ace, or', as it wer'ie, in the first, ebiateri of the book of' life. We have ne'arly finishled it,, or are ihr' advaniced. We iniust open the pages for the(se 3 oung~ter iinids. If' childrei see that thieiri parenits act fi-ui principle-that they do not, lind ftlt wiiliiut, reasoni --thlat they do not puniish because pe rsonalzo i leniee is taken, bitt because the o1lung ini itself' is wironig-if they see that, while they are i'esolutely but aff'ctitonately i'efused what is not good ihr them, there is a wilt ligness to in dlulge t~hm ini ail innocent, mtatters they w-~li 8o .n aplpreciate such conduet. If' no a tttion is paid to rationial wishes--if' no alowaince is made for y'outhflul spirits-il' they tire dealt wi th in a hard and unisymi)pathiizing mnainier-the pr'oud spirlit wit! rebel anid the iieek spiriit be broken,. Our stooinig to amuse thleml, ouir con desendiing to make ourselves on ao level in their plays and ptleastures at suitable timtes, will leAd them to know that it is notA because we will not, but because we canfnot atteiid to themi i, that. at, other times we refise t~o do so. A pert, or improper way of speaking ought, never to be allowed. ('lever children aore very apt to be pertL, andi(. if too mueh aidimired f'or it, atid laugheod at, biecomne eccentric and d1isagreeabl e. It is oft'tnt very ditliult, to cheeL(k our ownii11 amusentts, but their futures welf'are should be i'egarded iinore thain our present, eiitertaiinment. It, should ntever be foergotteug that they are tenider planlts committed to our lostering care--that, every thoughtless wodor careless noglect may destroy a germ of immortalty-" that foolish. ness is bound up in the heart of a child "-and that, we must ever, like watchful husband men, be on our guard against it. It is indeed little that we Caca do in our own strength, but if we are conscientious performers of our part-if we earnestly commend them in fatith and prayer to the fostering eare Of their fither in Heaven -to the tender love of Him, the Angel of whose presence goes before them, and who carries tlhese lambs in his bosom -we may then go on our way rejoic ing, for " Ile will un-ver leave nor forsake those who trust in Ilim." Snake Fascination. We have occa:ionally read accounts of persons having been fascinated or spell bound by snakes, but never knew of an instance occuring in our vicinity uitil a day or two since, and one that we know to be a fact. A man by the name of O'Mara had a small child, a little girl about thirteen years of age, who caine to her death through the influence of a snake, one day last week, inder the following eircum. stances; O'Mara resides on Copperas Creek, in Franklin countv, aid but a short distaifee rrom' the Pacific Rsailroad depiot. Some niine months ago. earlv last, fiil. his fimilye not ice-d the little girl to be pining away, and became very weak and pale, although she had been very fleshy and hearty, and apparently without any cause or complaint of siekness. By the time winter had fairly set in, she was w asted away to a mere skeleton, but as soon as the weather became cold she ag..in seeled to revive. She never coiplain, d of being unwell, and in reply to all their inquiries in regard to her health, she iii .ariably said she lt well, only a little weak. As soon :is spring arrived, she could not be prevailed upon to eat any victu ls i., her ftther's bouse, but, would take a piece of* bread and butter, or a piece of meat, and go out to thedge of the creek to eat iti Th6 iimily~ no. tieed her regularity, alWfays guing pre ciwely to the sane piiAc,- "and invari ably complaining of being hungry af ter her re: urn, when if more victuals would be given her, she would again return to the creek, as they thought, to cat. Finally, some oft -e neighbors hav. ing heard of the circumstances of the child's extraordinary conduct, and also of her wasted appearance, sug. gested to her fither to watch her move ments, which he did last Friday. The child had been sitting on the bank of the creek nearly all the forenoon, until near dinner time, when she got up and went to her fhther's house, asked for a piece of bread and butter, and again returned to the same place she had been. 1Her father kept behind her without imaking any noise. As soon as the child was seated, the fath or saw a huge black snake slowly raise its head into her lap and re ecive the bread and butter from her hand; and when she would attempt to take a bite of the bread, the snake would commence hissing and become apparently very angry, when the child, trembling like a leaf, would promptly return the bread to the monster. The father was completely -aralyzed, not being able to move hand or fooct; entertaining, as most persions do, a great dread for snakes, he felt alarmned for the safety of his child, not knowing the niature of the snake or the extent of thce influence on the child. Ihis blood became almost clogged inc his veins, and he groaned in perfect agony, which caused the snake to become alarmed and glide away itito the creek. The child then immnediately sprang to her feet and ran homne. apparenitly mceh frighten. ed. ller fauthuer ibllowed her, but she refused to answer any questions, and he then c esolved to detain his child home, but he was advised to permit her to go again next day to the creek, and to follow her and kill the sniake. Next mornting she took a piece of bread and wvent out to the creek, her father followed her with his gun in his hand, and as soon as the snake made his appearance shot him through the head. The child swoonfed; the snake squirmed and woe ked himself around awhile and then died; the child, in the meantime, recovered from her swoon, but was imnmediately seized with spasmis, acting in a man tier resembling the writhing of the snake, andinally died at the same moment the snake did, apparently inc the greatest agony. Tis horrible, and at the same time molancholy occurrence, is the first we have heard of for a long timie, and ini fact the first we ever knew of where we could positively vouch for its truthful correctness. WeO know that there are persons who doubt the reality of snake fascination, but it they entertain any doubjts on this sub. jeet hereafter, the relatives of this un fortunate liatio girl ca be fm,.d ready and willing to corroborato our statement. This should serve as a warning to parents who reside in the country to be more car. ful in watch. ing their child ren. We had almost forgot to mention that it was a black snake, (generally supposed to be harmless. that is, not poisonous,) seveni fee tix inches In, length, that tfscinated the little girl [St. Louis lerald. TuE lOMS-MOTIiER.-Some one writing for the " Ma-onic Mirror " has drawn a chariing picture of a home loviug mother: We must draw a line. aye, .a broad line, between her and the frivo lous butterfly of fashion, who flits from ball to opera and party, decked in rich robes, and fillowed by a train as hollow and heartless as herself. She who, forgetful of the holy task assigned her, neglects those who have been given her charge, and leave them* to the care of hirelings, while she pur sues her giddy round of amusements. 'Not so our home-imother! blessings be on her head. The hea- t warms to see her in her daily routine of pleasant duties. How patiently she sits, day after day, shaping and sewing some article for use or adornment, for her little fl-ek ! Aid how proud Ind pleased is each little recipient of hert kindness ! How the little thee dimples with pleasure, and the bright -eves grow still briuhter as mamma decks them with her own hands, in the new dress she has made! How mniteh warmer and more comfo table they feel, if mamma wraps then lip beforJe they go to school ! No one but her can warm the niitts and overshoes, or* tie the comforters around the neck ! "There is a peculiar charm about all she does, the precious mother. They could not sleep, nay, for that matter, she could not, if she failed to visit their chamber. and with her on soft hands arrange them comfortably before she slept ! . Her heart thrills with gxatitudo to -her- Creator, as sie looks on those sweet blooming faces, and when their prayers are done; im. - print a good night, kiss on each rPosy little tmouth- It may be too, a tear will start for one littie nestling, laid in its chill narrow bed, for whom her tnaternal care is no longer needed. It sleeps, though the sleet and snow descend, and the wild winter winds howl around its head. It neels no longer her tender care! A mightier arm enfolds it ! It is at rest! She feels and knows that it is right, and bends meekly to the Hand that- sped the shaft, atid turns, with a warmer love if it he possible, to those little ones who are left her to love. I-low ten. darly she guards them from eve/y danger, and with what a strong, un tiring love, she watches by their bed side when they are ill! Blessings be on the gentle, loving home-iother.. Angels must look with love upon her acts. Her children shall rise up and call ler blessed, and the memory of her kindly deeds will enfold her as a garment." DISvINGUISHED PaNrTEns.--Black. stone 'the distinguished jurist, was a printer; Wim. C. Bryant, the poet, was a printer; N. P. Willis, the poet, was a printer; Judge Buchanan, judge of the supreme court of Louisiana; was a printer; ex-United States Sena tor Simon Cameron, was a pr inter; Edwin Forrest, the Amnericatn trag~e dian, was in a printing oflice; Wmn. Bigler, the presenut Governor of Penn sylvania, waz s a printer; and noiv Louisiana has one of the brighte~ ornaments that ever adorned -the Criminal bench, and he a deseiple of Gotteuburg, Faust, and Seoefr: Hon. J. C. Larme. The American. Senate, the Hlouse of Representatives, every Legislature that has yet sat in this counitry, and every brautch where the genius of intellect, soundness of judgment, and depth of profound thougnt have been essential, has been graced by the poor typo, who once' received journ.eymnan's wages.--SAreve port Democrat. THEt LEUXoTH oF DAY.-At Berlin and London, the longest day has six. teen and a half lyours. At Stockholn anid Upsal, the longest day has eighi teen and a half hours. At H~amibg, Danitzi, and Stettin. the longsA has seventeeni and a half ho n the shortest seventeen. 5 tersburg and Tobolsk, the I nineteen, and the shortest fi A t Trornea.in Finland, the 1 nost y has twentyone hours and a half; and the shortest two and a half. At :Wtn. berbus, in Norway, the 'da3fIatea from the 21st of May to thle 2 4or July, withoirt lnterruption. ~~ at Spitzberges 'the longesiday faC~be anud a half monhe. ' ~ In all things be hofmt, 'ohr reDUtatieui-n Dreferenulto wuath