Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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w 1 ' .-' - -' .. -i'-'... L . _ ..' I . ,11 .!,,< I LJL'j-.i- - JU - .. . i 111 W , | ^ t -v -n ' 'Jp* V lU > irV', v ^ ; ' !I*' , > v v ' v -' v /^ > _ D1V0TBD TO LITERATURE, THE ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, NEWS, POLITICS, &C., &C. TERMS?TWO DOLLARS PEE ANNUM,] J- "Let it bo Instillod into the Hearts of your Children that the Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all your Bights."?./unfa* (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FI'JDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 14, 1859. VOLUME VII.?NO. 24 I'M WITH YOU ONCE AGAIN. by gkohtie 1?. momlis. I'm with you once again, my friends, No more ray footsteps roam, Wliere it began my journey ends. Amid tlic ccenes of home. No other clime has skies eo blue, Or streams bo broad and clear, And where are hearts so warm and (ruo As those that meet me here 1 Sincc last, with spirits wild and free, I pressed my native strand, I've wandered many miles at sea, And many miles on land. I've seen fair realms of the earth, Iiy rude commotion torn, Which taught me how to prize the worth, Of lhal where 1 was born. In other countries, when I heard 'The language of iny own, Mow fondly each familiar word Awoke an answering tone! But wheu our woodland songs were sung, Upon a foreign mart, The vows that faltered on the tongue "With rapture thrilled the heart! iiy notive land, I turn to you, "With blessing and with prayer, Where mau is brave and womau true. And free as mountain air. Long may our flog in triumph wave Against the world combined, And friends a wclcome?foes & grave, Within our borders find. USSS OF ICE. Id health no one onght to drink icewater, for it has occasioned fatal inflammations of the stomach and bowelp, and sometimes sudden death. The temptations to xJrir.k it is very great in summer : to use it at all with any safely the person should take ' but a single swallow at a time?take the .glass from the lips for half a minute, and then another swallow, and so on. It will bo found that in this way it becomes disa greeable after a few mouthful*. On the i other hand, ice may be taken as freely as I possible, not only without injury, but with ! the most striking advantage in dangerous | forms of disease. If broken iu 6izes of a , pea or bean, and swallowed as freely as I practicable, without much chewing or ' crushing between the lee.h, it will often be I efficient in checking various kinds of diar- j rboen; and has cured violent cases of Asiatic cholera. A kind of cushion of powdered ice kept lo the entire seal]) has allayed violent inflammation of the brain, and arrested fearful convulsiona^nduced by too, much blood there. Water, cold as ice can j make it, applied freely to*Sjje throat, .ueqk and cbost with a sponge, in fcrpup, very j rvftnn nflnr/lc oil olninif mirOMilnnQ foKn If tiiifi bo followed by drinking copiously of tlio game ice cold olement, (be wetled parts wiped dry, nnd tbe child bo wrapped up trcll in ibe bed clothes, it falls into a delightfnl and life-giving slumber. All inflammations, internal or external, are properly 6ub\dued by tbe application of ice or ice water, because it is converted into steam and rap my conveys away the extra beat, and also I diminishes the quantity of blood in the vessels of the part. .A piecc of ice laid on the wrist will often arrest violent bleeding of the noso. To drink any ice-cold liquid at jneals retards digestion, chills the body," and bas been known to induoe (be most dangerous internal congressioo. If ice is put in milk or on butter, and they aro not .used at the time, they lose their freshness, and become-aour and stale ; for the essential noftirA nf linlh to nrlipn nnrnt frozen and then thawed. The Yankee Operative.?The Manchester Guardian publishes the following extract from a speech delivered by the in.cumbent of Haberghatn, at a njeeling of -operatives in Berkeley, The speaker indulges in the following description of Yankee factory arrangements for labor: ^Wbat kind of a factory operative was tlie Yankee. When a Yankee wants employment be pata on a suit of good black cloth, and a sfyleisb shirt, and with a segar in his mouth, and bis bands in his pockets, he went to the- f#elory Blnpped; the master on the ohotilder, and said-, 'Well, old boss, do you- want a help to-day ?' The boss turned round) knowing his costomer, and eaid,.*I willju$t look and i*e.' $e looked ofet his book and' said. 4I think we can do with a help, What can you dot* Tho map. replied, 4I can superintend the looms} but if you can wait till ! have smoked my segar, I will tell you.' He then crowed his legs, puffing the smoke in the eyes of the master, winked hi* eyes, and enjoyed himself. After smoking his segar he woftld say, 'Now then, boss, I eat take four looms. What wilt you pay'' j'ft moAt'' W *he regjllar thkfg, otherwise wd aball bam a difficulty. w<Hrtd t*k? bi? Wb kttlfeaod bore<#cat thto* tettrtftof 4l \? hferowUrfi rii* W? % dHl?0t4<x*9v,? f^gk^?b^BMotioqedU ii? '?? . wwavy; imsn, TbeikfflfHi )ft imim:T thiofe yt5a will d? able to earnjpbf^^^ wmIl' TIm operator then aaid^Can't you give me XHtmialimt <mtl depeml iipo?:yx>?f!BbUl.;if .70? lent waavA? jot* Tftay m?k? wmethtog mora/ The of fttatltkMs meat, qtherw'iM '{bei* ffUVl^e a difficulty.' ) A HOT ABLE "SCHOOL EXAMINING COMMITTEE. ' v N. P. Willis in the concluding letter of Lis series upon tbo Baltimore and Ohio Kailroad gives the following bit of peu painting touching a country school house: I do not know whether it was by a chance stopping of the train, or by a kind intention of tl^seleclive good taste of ouT "Prescott theAnitlithat wo found ourselves in the mffile of the forenoon ofadelioiou^timmer halting for a few raomwta dircctly in ront of one of tbeso remot<?lBles?a little bit of a long school-house, right in the heart of North western Virginia's mountain wilderness. The small low door, and the glimpses of a row of little hatless heads, as we saw them from the car, were vero tempting, and there was an immediate jump of our paity for a bettor look at the interior. A modest and dignified courtesy fftm the school-mistress gave us a welcome.? There was a spare bench near the door which accommodated most of us, and Judge 1*T - 1 * - >v arren ana poet inompson occupied tUo vacant spot oh tlio short seat of the class, "up forspelling." Secretary Kennedy leaned on Lis slick near the shut up stove in the ccn tie; his kindliest of voices and faces encouraingtho interrupted exercises to proceed, and cloud compelling Maury stroked the head of the nice boy next him in the corner.? [ Bayard Taylor sat, in his quiet observing, ; way studying the surrounding rows of boy's | and girl's faces?some thirty of them alto- ! geuier, anu every one uareioot, ana all senlcd against the rough hewn logs on the one bench of narrow plank which lined the room. Fancy what a picture for a photographer to have brought away?the celebrities and the little ragged problems of humanity, all combined ! 13ut oh, the tender Providence of God which has provided for thaso cradles of the intelligence of our race, the willing devotion of womanhood, so self-sacrificing, so uncom- I plaining and affectionate! The school ma'am j before ub was a delicately formed young woman of twenty or twenty-two years, per haps, dressed witli exceeding plainriQRP, and of the most unconscious simplicity ofdemca- ; nor, but her pale and thoughtfully refined features had an expression which seemed to , me the perfection of what wc lecognize as i the beauty of the 6oul. She looked as if she felt born only to be good and kind to others, while life should last, and that she was Here in her place, somewhat overtasked j but doing gooJ, she hoped, and willing to be forgotten. At the same time, in ber sub- | dped gentleness of tone, ber exquisito pro- ! priety of replies,and ber calm sweet man? j ner to ub, a party of strangers, there was a | self-possessed dignity that it was impossible ' not to pay homage to?difficult (I may as i well say) not to rccord for others, as ndmir- j ingly as one remembers it for one's self.? j As 1 satin that bumble school room and looked upon tbe unconscious beauty of it? j patiently presiding spirit, I could not ,i>ut j thank God for the angels still found dis- I tributed tbrougb the w orld ! Wa tPAPA l?Af?l? n <-*1 Ann waaUa I.a 1 if v hoiw vy ugai ck vcaoa uuwuvur, | and you are never surprised, I hopo, to find | that fun and pathos come very close together. | A half dozen of tho little shock-headed | harefootlings were called up to spell: and I my friend the Judge, who, a moment before had somo trouble to keep his eyes dry wit h tho sight of tho picture I have de9cril?ed, burst into convulsions of laughter at the | succession of intrepid littlo voices, each with its proud pronunciation of the mastered , monosyllable. B u-double z, buzz! E-double : I -n ! ' in . i it * ? ^ i St e8S 4 P'B1 Qma*aouDie i, small !ur j a double s, grass! rang ont from the low j roofed temple of learning into Ibe neighboring woods, the sturdy little reciters a3 consequential with the dignity of their performance as if they were speakers for the first time on the floor of Congress. Tbo fun was somewhat eatcbing, but the unrestrainable laughter of one or two of our party had no effeot on uie scholars.? Bravelv thev snelt awav. book in hand nn<l V > I - - v? ? eyes tqrnifig exclusively from the slow-spelt wprd to the Approving face looking dcwn upon theifl?our uncompreliended visit, and our interruptions of the Wesson, being evidently taken, like the long words at the end of the spelling-book, to be mysteries which it was enough, for the present, that the school-ma'am should understand?to be treated resoectfullv till thev almuM know . * ; -ST-ir.1. more about tliera. ' Amoi)? the bits of bare feet.dowWfsd up under the long bench waa ona very slight pair, belonging to a girl of perhapa ten year? old, f hpjif qatqrqlpride of form and feature struck me op something remarkable. Sbe naa io ft ragged frock, which appeared tp be b?f one tingle garment, 1?t the head was set ?d her snnburftt ihonldara like an -iftfaat FaitfasVandilje brown lartreof ihow iffi- mbh th* long ?je4aeh?& w&'Mv.Pm Jw I through a long race of court t*??tiea. I called BayaroTarhM^i attentionto befc apg hW0rmmm inatadyhft *ha Ht?e |rtgotw of the wocd* thai I ventured to M*, t?e~acheolmf?tre??, at la<W WcofHatt hear Mad/or spell. But ?he was a i*ew ^holaj 'mtf this ifui ? her third day?her court education, ? present^ toiling painfully over a?b, nb. 1 there were any nurserv-gardon for tin renewal of "old families," such lloxvers a that girl should bo transplanted! I must record for history, beforo leaving this interesting spot, a bit of l'residentia foresight on tho part of ex-Secretary Ken nedy. A collection had been made, bj Judge Warren, from our various pockets to constitute a prize for tlio smartest boy and the distinguished statesman having contributed his loose change, like the rest the fund was deposited on the top of rusty stove in the centre of the school room.? Our party then took leave, and were most I) on their way to the cars?myself alone remaining on the log doorstep to bring uj the rear when tho ex-Secratury should pass out; but lie lingered. I looked back onct more, and thus chanced to see him steal u| to the stove, and quietly deposit anothei popular dollar on tho democratic fund Future Presidents, you see, liko to mak< sure of being the "him for infant minds 1" A CONVERTED BALL-ROOM. The Mcinj>his Advocate, publishes a letter from llev. W. IX. (Jilliam, giving ar account of a revival in Llampstead, Texas i ttuatija. 1 ur llirvu SUCCCSSIVQ UlgOIS\Y< had to contend with opposiliou balls, whicl camc oft* in a room adjoining tho Louse w< occupied for worship. Tho music and dancing woro as distinct as the preaching. Our congregations, however, increased. Out night we wercjwaited on by three men, whe represented themselves as a committcc appointed by the authorities controlling the house, to ask us to desist. Their pre tensions, however, turned out to be false. and wo continued (here. After a week o continued labor and prayer, for there wcr< only a few faithful sonU, the power of A! mighty God came down upon the people and we had 'a timo long to bo remembered The most remarkable circumstance connected with it is this; The ball room in the commencement, was purchased before the meeting closed for a Methodist Church ; and some of the dancing parly were at the altai for prayer. This occurrence has greatly encouraged me in tho labors for the promolion of the cause of Christ. Every day 1 live I am more and more convinced of tlio adaptation of Methodist economy to the universal wr.nts of the world. And in no country are itr. practical workings belter illustrated than in Texas. flnvcr tvp V??iu /\f?tnw.? X I1C UI.'IIJ who is obliged to be constantly employed to earn the necessaries of life and support his family, knows not the unbappiess he prays for when he desires. To be constantly busy is to be always happy. Persons who have suddenly acquired wealth, broken up their active pursuits, and begun to live at their case, waste away and die a very short time. Thousands would have been blessings to the world, and added to the common stock of happiness, if they had been content to remain in an humble sphere, and earned every mouthful of food that nourished their bodies. But no ; fashion and wealth took possession of them and they were completely ruined. They ran away from peaco and pleasure, and embraced a lingering death. Yo who arc sighing for the pomp and splendor of life, i beware ! Yo know not what ve wish. Nc | situation however exalted ; no wealth j however magnificent; no honors, however glorious, can yield you solid enjoymen! while discontent lurks in your bosom, Tin secret of happiness lies in this?to he al ways contented wi th your lot, and nevei sigh for the splendor of riches, or the magIlififtcnfifi of fnnliinn find nnwer "Pavanni who are always bus}', and go cheerfully tc tbeir daily tasks, arc the least disturbed by the fluctuations of business, aud at night sleep with perfect composure. The Pertinacious Recruit.?When nrmnlo f -1 ' vw^wi uuu uucii i\ tow unya itt uiiii as a recruit, the sergeant in charge of th? squad bad reason one morning to rep rimand him for moving iq tho ranks.? "Put your hands down," he criod, "and keep them to your Bide*." Cotter did so; but soon forgetting the order, wae again checked for unsteadiness, "Y<H> must qot move, eir, or lift a finger while at drill. If I have occasion to warn you again, Til cram you into the mill." A sort of hornet ' now perched on Cotter's inflamed proboscis, in course of its. peregrinations, performed a variety of disagreabft evolutions that mada the rcaruit udaabv -- -j --j -,j With the persecution of ilie little pest be bore up manfully, till bis patiendeat last waf exbatrtted ; and not daring to mov4 rebuked as he bad been for unsteadiness, be announced the inconvenl e^oe to the sergeant. "Silence 1" interrupted tbe drillseargeot, losing temper and i?bektag bis cam KYpa ronst n^tfler. speak nor move in ihr rank*. Do< ft but once again, a*d I1l Uk< tb/ $ purev yp^w . aIf fen not tc nUMr*ar:spe?V roared 5oU?r, - angrily "come youipqlf tkfrr* pti knocktWs ooa^ fcuudW fl/eff toy tt6^rr~J^aumc? the t A JOKE AND NO JOKE, f When the Duke of Alva was in Brussels 0 abut the beginning of tlio tumults in the s Netherlands, lie had sat down beforo Ilulst in Flanders; and there was a provost-marr shal in his army who was a favorito of his, 1 and the provost had put some to death by . secret commission from the Duke. There j was a Captain I>olea in the army, who was t an intimate friend of the provost's; and one evening late he w?nt to the captain's tent . and brought with him a confessor and ox ) ecntioner, as his custom. Ho told the capr tain lio was come to execute liis excellency's . commission and martial law upon liim. . The captain started up suddenly, his hair , standing upright, and being struck with , amazement, asked him, "Wherein havo I . offended tho duke?" Tho provost answered, , ''Sir, T am not to expostulate the business > with you, but to execute my commission ; r therefore 1 pray prepare yourself, for thero i arc your ghostly father and tho executioner." 5 So ho fell on his knees before the priest, and having done, and tho hangman going to put the halter about his neck, the provost threw it away, and breaking into laughter, 1 told him "there was no such thing, and that 1 lie bad done this to try his courage, how he would bear the terror of death."' Tlio captain, looking ghastly at him paid, ''Then, 1 j sir, get you out of my.tent, for you have ' ; done me a very ill office." The next morning the said Captain Uoloa, though a young man about thirty, had his ^ hair all turned gray, to the admiration of all the world, and the Duke of Alva himself, ! who questioned him about it, but he would j confers nothing. The next year Ihe Duke : wn<i *i?wl ??% ~ - ? . ..w UKU >11 li !>-> J?'UI Il?; V IU IIIC foilll P1 of Spain lie was to pass by Sanigossa ; and this Captain ll-dua ami tholprovost wont ; along with him as domestics. The duke i . being to repose sonic days at Saragossa, the ' , young-old Captain l>o!ca (old him "that there was a thing in that town woithy to i bo seen by his excellency,.which was a casa | do loco, a bedlam-house, such a one as there I i was not the liko in Christendom." "Well," i said theduko, "go and tell the warden I I will be there to-morrow afternoon." The captain having obtained this, went to the : warden and told him the duke's intention ' and that the chief occasion that moved him . to it was, that he had an unruly provost . about him who was subject oftentimes to ' (its of frenzy; and because he wished him : well lie had tried divers means to euro him ! but all would not do, therefore ho would try whether keeping him close in lSedlam I lor some days would do him any good. , ! The next day the duke came with a long i i train of captains after him, amongst whom | was the said provost, very shining and fine; | i beinci entered into the house about the duke's t . I person, Captain 13olea told the warden, poini ' ting at the provost, "That's the man the warden took him aside into a dark lobby where he had placed some of his men, who muffled him in his cloak, seized upon his sword, and hurried him into a dungeon. . The provost had lain there two night and a ~e. 1- ? i vi<ij, ?uu iuic-rwrtiua ii unppeucu uint a . gentleman, coming out of curiosity to see ( the house, pec-ped into a small grate where tho provost was. The provost conjured [ him as was a christian to go and tell tho i Duke of Alva his provost was there confined, nor could he imagine why. T'ie gentleman , did his errand ; and the duke being astont ished, sent for tho warden with his prisoner; the warden brought the provost in cuerj)0} full of straws and feathers, madman like, , before the duke, who, at the sight of him . burst into laughter, and asked the warden . why he made him prisoner. 4 'Sir," said . mo warden, "it \va9 by virtue of your cx, cellency's commission brought by Captain , Bolca," who stepped forth and told'the duke, "Sir you have asked me oft how these hairs I of mine grew so suddenly gray ; I have not revealed it to any soul breathing ; but now I'll toll you excellency," and so bo related i the passage in Flanders; and added, "I have I been ever si^ce beating my brains to know r?how>tg get qp ^qual revenge of him for making me old before my time." The duke - was so well pleased with the story and the I wittinessof the revenge that he made them I both friends ; and life gentleman who told i me thin pawa^e said that the said Captain i Bolea is dow alive, and could not be less , than ninety years of age. "When I was in Paris," says Lord Sandwich, "I bad a dancing-master, to whose instructions I did small credit. The - man i was very civil, aod^a taking leave of'him, > I offered him any Mfvioe in London. "Then i said be, bowing, 'I should take it as a parli cular, favor if your . lordship would never , toll any one of wbftifyou have learned to ? dance." , . , -r? ? '\M? . ' . ?*ck,? said a bricklayer to bia laborer, i 'if you meet Patriok, tell bira to make K baste, as we are waiting for Jbi$uV^*p>. > 4Sh?re and I will,* replied fht 'btft. ( wh*,Ul 1WI Mm* I I i '..i .? 'r"V:' p j I?duafcy*jtfJioc|*aq?}r are tha (rue guides <9 wealth* GOLDEN DAYS OF YOUTH. What a fueling of regret steals over the j heart, ns llio joyous days of youth flit as | hcavcn-liko dreams across our imagination, ! to think that they are lost to us for ever! ! when the rare opportunity ofl'crs itself of snatching a few moments for contemplation from the busy world, how readily do we?! embrace it, brief though it be, to indulge in the pleasing remembrance of the past, to compare it with the present, and trnst for a bright realization of "things long sighed for," in tho future! What a glorious thing | 15 youth ! full of warm confidence, high hopes ! ! and generous feelings, llowing from l!to heart j j like a gush of music from nn angel's harp 1 I How keen are its enjoyments, how novel ; j its sensations, how exquisite its appreciation I ; of the Iruo and beautiful ! What music is j there to compare with outpourings of a j youthful-end genorou* heart! What hight i is there for a youthful heart, prompted by a noblo ambition, impossible to climb? Uut the transient dream of youth soon fades away, alas I how soon ; and age comes creeping on us so imperceptibly, that we start ! and sigh for days now lost, wheu wo feel the icy hand upon us that "comes to claim us for its own." "With time we begin to analyse our sensations, examine the petals of the flowers of our youth, and let the odor escape, till, one by one, the leaves fade and fall, and the withered stem alone is left in the gazer's hand."?N. Y. Ledger, A Sketch.?lie clasped lier to liis pad ! i and bursting heart; for though ungrateful i ' ?disobedient?vile?she was his daughter \ ! still. Not indeed the lovely child, who oft j ! in sportive mood had twined his silver ; i locks willpowers, or at his side, with ben- i ! ded knees, and upraised eyes, poured forth j ' her evening prayer! But a poor, repenti ant wretch, whose tattered garb, and sorI row-stricken frame, bore witness to the I I scenes through which she had been led. j Those golden ringlets, which had shaded , j once a nccK ol snow, now wet with nightdews, streamed in wild disorder. Tlie bloom upon her check had faded, like the roses planted by her little hands, around ; her once-loved home?that peaceful home, I which sheltered her in infancy, and which ! she now had sought take a last farewell. Alas! how changed tlio sccne sinco she ' had flod. The withering touch of desola! tion hail boon nn.l Mom charm on which her youthful gaze had rested in the cloudless morn of life, lint not so idtered were her childhood's haunts, as she, who once had gambolled over them, light as the floating gossamer, and beautiful as dark-haired girls of Paradise. So great the change from what she was, to what she had become, that nono would ever have recognised hor?save a parent. He, to hie bosom, caught the wanderer?pressed her pallid lips, which he so oft had kissed, and breathed forgiveness in her ear. The sufferer had not dared to hope for moro than pity; but slio met with love ! And her hr-- unable to express its rapture, in the jle?broke ! IiAcnirmi and Health.?Cheerfulness i is mo elixir or lire. A hearty laugb is more potential for health and virtue than all the potions of pill-hags and the creeds of all the semi-infidel pulpits in the land. Are you unwell? Dangerously bad ?? Well, do you expect that health will come to you, and take possession of your torpid' system as you sit communing with your blue spirits ? If you wish to remain comfortablo thro' life's ceasoless din, you must cultivate hopefulness in your soul. Look on the pleasant side?not forgetting realities?'fear Dot, only believe.' How plain and simple nature portrays! how slio laughs in the fullnets of joy. All beings on the earth or in the air unite with one voice of the purest praise and exultation to nature's God. Why i despair ? Away with melancholy?laugh I at something, anything, and nothing; but | laugn. a'jay on pionsant, innocent jokes on your associates, and let tfiem return similar ones. Laughter is a panaoea for ills, bodily and mental. It dissipates gloom, lightens care and drives pain and blue devils off in a hurry. Try a laugh. Eternity!?Eternity is a depth which no geometry can measure, no arithmetic calculate, no imagination conceive, no rbetorio - describe. The eye of a dying christian seems gifted to penetrate depths hid from tho wisdom of pbilsospby. It looks athwart the dark valley withput dismay, cheered by the bright scene beyond it. It looks with * fcmd of chastened impatience to that labd were happiness will y ? . .. ... r_% m? m .1 only.be nohow* periawea. mere an iuo Go*p?l will W aeoomplished ; there afflicted virtue-will rejoice at its past trials, and acknowledge ibek subservience to iU bite: th'era tbas-Sorot self-denials of the rightoua shall be WSegnizad and rew ardod ; the^e el top<*iW?PWplete consummation. . v , <<:v -v"*; <a?i .1 >77If you keep .your tongqe ? prisoner your fepdy way go fre*. A Eloquent Extract.?The best thing yet written by Edvard lCvurett in his'*Mount Vcrtiou Papers" is an article on the late comet. After describing its approach to the earth, and the beautiful picture it presented, ho says: ^ "Return, then, mysterious traveller, to | the depths of tlic heavens, never again to j be seen by tho eyes of men now living, 1 Then bast run thy race with glory ! Mil- . lions of eyes have gazed upon thee with ; wonder, but they shall never look upon i thee again. Since tliy last appearance in j these skies, empires, languages, and races of j men have died away?the Macedonian, the Alexandrian, the Augustan, the 1'arthian the Byzantine, the Saracenic, the Ottoman j dynasties have sunk or are sinking into the j gulf of ages. Since thy last appearcnce ; old continents have relapsed into ignorance, and new worlds have come out from behind lie veil of waters. The Magian fires arc quenched on the hill tops of Asia; the Chaldean is blind ; the Egyptian hierogram- | ist lost his cunning; the Oracles arc dumb. ' Wisdom now dwells in the farthest Thulce, ; or in ncwly-discqvered worlds beyond the ' sea. unpiy, when wheeling up again! from celestial abysses, lliou art onco more seen by llie dwellers of llio eartli, the lan- j gunge \ve speak shall be forgotten, and ; scienco shall have fled to the utmost corners of the earth. ]3ut even there llis hand, | that now marks out thy wondrous circuit, shall still guide thy course; and then, as ( now, Hesper will sinilo at thy approach, > and Arcltirus witll his tun rejoice at thy j coming." Tub Ckkkum of the Wohi.d.?The j following classification of the inhabitants ' of the earth, according to creeds, is made by } C. F. W. Deiterice, a vcrv thorough and i . careful stulislician, and Director of the ! Statistical Department of liAlin. Taking i (lio niihiKnr 1 OHA HHA 11' ? 1 ? * ? 1 ? ? 1 toil.l JIOJI- J ulation of the earth, lie classifies tlicm as follows: Christians, 335,000,000, or 25.11 per cent. Jew6, 5,000,000 or 0.38 per cent. Asiatic religions, 000,000,000, or 4G.15 ; per cent. , Maliommedan, 1 GO,000,000, or 12.31 per cent. IWjans, 200,000,000, or 25.29 per cent. Total, 1,200,000,000, 100 per cent. The 335,000,000 of Christians are again divided into? 170,000,000 Roman Catholics, 50.7 per ! cent. 89,000,000 Protestants, 25.G per cent. I 76,000,000 Greek Catholics, 22.7 per j cent, t _ Boys, iiei.i' yolii Moth bus.?Wo have j seen from two to six great hearty boys sitting by the kitchen stove, toasting their feet, and cracking nuts or jokes, while their mother, a slender woman, has gone to the j wood-pile for wood, to the well for water, : to the meat-house to cut a frozen steak for , dinner?this is not as it should be. There \ is much work about houses too hard finrwn. I men?lienvy lifting, hard extra stops, which should bo dono by those moro able. Boys, don't let your mother do it all, especially if sho is a feeble woman. Dull, prosy housework is irksome enough at best. It is a longJMjrft, too, it being impossible to tell when it is quito done, and then on the morrow the whole is to be gone over with again. There is moro of it tban one is apt to tbink. Mam and Woman.?Man i6 ptrorg? woman is beautiful. Man is daring in conduct, woman is diffident nnd unassuming. If..- _!_ 1 1 ' ? "? r i?iau smnesaoroau?woman ainoinc. Alan talkb to convinco?woman to persuade and please. Man has a rugged heart?woman a soft and jtender one. Man prevents misory?woman relieves it. Man has science? woman taste. Man basjudgment?woman sensibility. Man is a being of jijstica?woman of moroy, ??? LOVE AND LIGHTNING. A lady wlio tier lovo liad sold, Asked if a reason could be told Why wedding rings wore made of gold) J ventured thust' instrnot her : Love, ma'am, and lightning nro the samo? On earth they glance, fromlleavcn they came?. Lore is the soul's olootric flame, And gold its best conductor. Ao eminent modorn writer beautifully says: "Tbo foundation of domestic bnppjneas i? faith in the virtue of woman % the *Y:* foundation of all politioal happines# ia confidence in the integrity of man the /? e _n ? L-* ? louuuauuu 01 an Happiness, temporal anu c tenia), is reliance on tho gobdfiesa of God. Different soondi will travel with different velocity?a call to dinner will run over a ten acre lot in a&tinote ^id a haif, while a summon# will take frowfiveto ten nit**./ - We before ffl good fimnftoaaea, good UooMpttd' orchards, tod chikUea enough to )$Uber the fruit. The Advantages of Die nr.?A dashing young woman linving written to lior absent husband for tlio means to pay off "a few small debts,' received in reply tlie following advice: My Deak Chicken :?Never attemptto get out of debl, The woman who owes nobody is a poor, miserablo being ; nobody manifests any interest in lier welfaro?nobody cares a continental cent whether she lives or dies. She is lean, hungry, and generally as poor and wilted .ia worn ibfl nin. feat 11cis on Job's turkey. Look at our great men : tliey are all debtors?of scienco ministers?all llio entire cohort of them arc deeper in debt than Pharaoh's army were in the Red Sea. Debt ennobles a woman ; gives lie.r a more expanded and liberal view of human naturo: makes her energetic, healthy, and active, and keeps her moving?especially if she never pays rent or anything else. Nothing will cure the consumptive quicker than a good strong doso of debt, properly taken. To oioc is human: to pay, divine. Therefore, until woman becomes superhuman she shouldn't attempt to emulate divinity. The science of payment?the true modern science is?get in debt lo somebody enough lo pay some' body else who you owe. I>y this means, you avoid getting out of debt, and yet maintain a reputation of paying. Tlia greatness of a nation increases with its national debt. M?ke a note of ibis at ninety days. Your indebted husband, J. 11. Thk Si?v Svsikm.?'The New York Herald stales that a system of espionage is exercised in this country, just as despotic as that which is rife in France, and perhaps more potent. This system is carricd on by means of mercantile agencies, whose rnmi? fications extend throughout the whole country ; and anv one navinrr llmm fnr tlm - J 1 J o ,v* privilege may inspect from llieir books, iba most secrct notion-, including even the private matters of southern merchants. If a New York mcrohnnt is about to sell a bill of goods to ono in Alabama, be goes to aaagency and states that fact. Immediately tbo clerk who has charge of that particular section is called, and lays open the private life of the Alabamian to the eye of the in^ quirer. JCvcn his marital relations are dis* covered, and the kind of beverage with which lie regales himself, as well as the condition of his finances. By this means, those agencies have it within their power to blast the prospects of a southern merchant, and ruin bis character forever. The espionage practised by tlio French Emperor cannot do more among his own people. It> view of these fact*, southern merchants should bo extremely cautious as to whom they deal with in the North,?AfontyQUienj' Advertiser, ijon^r lou Do It.?The man who found out nil tho philosophy contained in those few receipts was a Solomon: When you are offered a great bargain, the value of which you know nothing about, but which you nro to get at half price, "being you"?don't you do it. When a young lady catches you alone, lays violent hands on you,expressing "kiss"' in every glauce?don't you do it. When a horse kicks you, and you feel astrong disposition to kick the horse in re* turn?don't you do it. Should you happen to catch yourself' whistling in a printing office, and theprio-> ters tell you to whistlo louder?don't yoi* do it. it on an occasion your *vife should exclaim to y^u ; "now lumblo over the cradle and break your ueck, do!" dont you. do it. When you havo . any business to transact with a modern financier, and he asksyou to go and dine with him?doot't you do it. Violating tub sannara.?It is relatedof Daniel Wbeter, that he onoo defended a man charged with the awfb) orime of murdor, and at the conclusion of the trial boasked, "what could havo induced bim tostain his hands with the blood of his fellow being?" Turning his blood-sbot eyes apotv bim, tbo prisoner replied, in a voice of despair: "Mr. Webster, in my youth I spent, the holy sabbath in evil amuse(nJBnts,ie8tead, of frequenting tbo house of prayer and-, praise." No doubt if we could ascertain the beginning of the downward career of those who disgrace their famiHee and;" friends, injure the reputation of the city? and finally pay the penalty in the prison* or on the gatlowa, we should find thai it first begun by violating the 8abbatb<? Balt% Patriot, ^ ^ - i , :i..f 'j :rO -m l * jiwAb i/spBATinr.?/% travelling through the Weal iaa miMioo*<-v; ry capacity* saver*) yeaca?^ wm, holding an animated theologies c?nv<i?atioa wiU> an old Wiy upoa v?ho?k bo had oaiM? i* the ooun* of whioh a???A kj? wk^r idea the had formed of the doctriae of to "Tf* ."*/*" * >**&*$: