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Would You be Young Again? ?' BY CIlilLU ROOKRB. ) Would you be young agaiu? f So would not I? ii One tear to n ciuory given, Onward I'd hie. ^ Life's dark flood forded o'er, All but at reel on shore, Say, would you plunge once more, I With liouiu so nigh? e If )?u might, would you row Uetrnco your way? I Wander through stormy wilds, a Faint and astray? Night's gloomy watches fled, Moining nil beaming red, Hope's smites aroud us shed, t Heavenward?..way. t When , then, aio those dear ours, Our joy and delight? I Dear, and mote dear, though now t Hidden from sight. I Where they rejoice to be, ( There is the land for me; Fly time, fly speedily? V/Oine, iiltt mid lit'lit. * Little Graves. There's many an empty cradle, 1 Tin to'? ninny n viiciuit bed, There's many a lonely bosom, . Wlioce joy and light hn* fled; FoV thick in every grnveynrd The little hillocks lie? And eveiy hillock represents I An angel in the sky. t From Household Words. THE BUND MAN'S WREATH. , "My boy, my poor blind boy!'* i This sorrow fill exclamation bruko from the < lips of Mrs. Owen, as site lay upon the , couch to which a long and wasting illness , had cohGned her, and whence she well ( knew she was never more to rise. j llor son, the only child of her widowed | hearth, the sole object of her cares and af- , factions, knelt beside ber, bis face bowed | upon ber pillow, for now only, in a moment of solemn communion with his mother, had | she revealed the fatal truth, and told him { she must soon die! He had watched, nttd , hoped, and trembled for many weary month?, but never yet bad lie admitted to i himself the possibility of losing ber; her fa , | ding cheek and sunken eye could not re j veal to him the progress of decay, and so | long as the loved voice maintained its mu sic to his ear and cheered him with promise J j of iinnrovenient. so lomr ?? tiu...t ?i;n I . - ? ? o,,.. clasped his, ho had hoped she would recover. lie had been blind since he was three years old; stricken by lightning, ho had totally lost his sight. A dim remembrance of his widowed mothei's face, her smoothly braided hair, and flowing while dress, was one of the few recollections entwined with the period beforo all became dark to him. The boy grew up, tall, slender, delicate, with dark pensive eyes which hoie no trace of the calamity that had destroyed their powers of vision; grave, though not sad; dreamy, enthusiastic, and requiting his mother's care with tho deepost veneration and tenderness. In the first years of ftis childhood, and also whenever his education did not lake thern to London and elsewhere, they had resided near a town on the seaconst, in one of the prettiest parts of England. Independently of the natural kindness which very rarely fads lobe shown towards any person who is blind, there was that about both the widow and her son which invariably rendered them acceptable guests; for their intellectual resources, and powers of conversation, were equally diversified and uncommon. Mrs. Owen had studied much in order to teach her son, and thus, by improving Iter natural abilities, bad boc uni> a person of no common stamp; her intellectuality, being always subservient to, and filly shadowed by, the superior feminine attributes of love, gentleness, and sympathy; for Heaven help the woman in whom these gifts are not predominant over nny An #1 lUAmon k wMuitwiuviiva " Ii.tiaou* ur. 1 Wlion they walked out together hi* mo- j ther took his arm; he was proud of that, he ! I liked to fancy he was some support to her, < and many pitying eyes used latterly to fol- 1 low the figuro of the widow in the black t dress she constantly wore, and the tall pale I son on whom she leaned confidingly, as if striving with a sweet deception to convince * him that he was indeed the staff of her de- ; i clining strength. Hut gradually the 1110 < ther's form grew bent, her step dragged j i wearily along, and the expression of her I i faco indicated increasing weakness. The ; walks w?rc at an end; and before long she was too .eehle to lewe her bed, excepting j? .o be carried to a summer pralor, where she lay upon a sofa beside an open window, , < with flowers twining around the casement, I and the warm sunshine filling all things I with joy, save her foreboding heart and the l anxious son who incessantly hung over her. | Fritnds often came to visit them, and turn- , ed away with a deep sadness as they noted i , the prioress of her malady, and heard the , blind man ask each lime whether they did , not think her better?oh surely a little bet- | ler than when they had Inst beheld her? I Among all these, no friond was so wcl- 1 come or brought such solace to the sick ? room as Mary I'arker, a jovotis crirl of nine- < ? ? O - " I leon, one of the beauties of the county, ami < the admiration and delight of all who knew J < her. Mrs. Owen had danced Mary upon < her knee, and Edward used to weave Iruk- i ots and make garlands for her when ho was i a boy of twelve, and she a little fairy of six i years old or thereabouts, stood beside him, < praising his skill, and wondering how ho * could manage ho cleverly though blind, t None of his childish companions ever led 1 him so carefully as Mary, or seemed so ' much impressed with his mental superiori- * ly; sho would leave those games of her play- 1 mates in which his blindness prevented him ! * trom joining, and would listen for hours to r the stories with which his memory was I well stored, or which his own imagination $ enabled him to invent. 1 As she grow up lliero was no change in t the frank and confiding nature of their in- t tercourse. Mary still made him the recipi- c ent of her girlish secrets, and plans, and 1 dreams, just as she had done of her little * griefs and joys in childhood; naked him to quota his favorito passages of poetry, or sta- t lion herself near him at the piano, suggest- f ing subjects for him to play, which he ex I temporised at her bidding, Bright and ? blooming as Mary was, tho life of evory parly, beaming with animation and enjoy- a ment, no attention wascapabloof rendering n Iter unmindful of him; and she was often a known to sit out several dances in an even- c ing to talk to dear Edward Owen, who g would bo sad if he thought himself neglect- a ed. o And now she daily visited the invalid: her buoyant spirits tempered by sympathy k for her increasing sufferings; but still diffu* r sing such an atmosphere of sunshine and ti hope around her, that glo m and dosfwn- d lency teemed to vanish nt her pretence. 1 ^ward's sightless eyes were always raised 0111 o her bright face, as if ho felt the magic bri nftuence it imparted. Ilia mother had'noted f.'l this with n dei 11 other's watchfulness; and, on that day, ful rhen strong in her lore, she had underta- on; ten to break to him the fact which all oth- est rs shrank from communicating, she spoke bo ikewise of Mary, and of tho vague wild Mi iope idie bad always cherished of one day an eeing her his wife. mt "No, mother, no!" exclaimed the blind to nan. "Dearest mother, in this you nro not Nc rue to yourself! What! Would you wish we o see her in all her spring time of youth md beauty sacrificed to such a ono as I!? he o see Mary, as you have described her to sti no, as my soul tolls lue sho is, tied down in o be tho guide, and loader, and support, of lui >ne who could not make ono step in hor on lofence; whose helplessness alone in the ? ives of men, would be bis moans of shelter- sui ng and protecting her! Would you hear Yi ier pitied?our blight Mary pitied?as a 1 t ilind Man's Wife, mother!" up "But Edward - if she loves you, as 1 niti gii iure she does?" nu "Lovo mo, mother! Yes, as angels love I bn nortals, ns a sister loves a biolher, as you mi ove me! And for this benignant love, this be ender sympathy, 1 could kneel and kiss lie ground she treads upon; but, beyond "n his?were you to entreat Iter to marry your jlind and solitary son. and she in pity an- be iwered Yes, would I accept her on such co ertm, and rivit the chains she had consent tii ??1 to assume? Oh mother, mother, I have ne jot studied you in vain, your life has been wi >no long self sacrifice to me; its silent tending shall bear fmill Do not grieve so bit- th .erly for me. God was very merciful in tie jiving me such a mother; lot us trust him de ror the future!" in All, poor tortured lieait, speaking so siItravely forth, striving to cheer the mother's 'ailing spirit, when all to him was dark, al lark, dark! tit Site raised herself upon her pillow, and so wound her weak arms about his neck, and an istened to the expression of ineffable love, Tl ?id faith and consolation, which her son til ound strength to utter, to sustain her soul, m i'ea, in that hour her recompense hail be hi jun; in loneliness, in secret tears, with loi Christian patience an endeavor, with an ox tiled and faithful spirit, had she sown; and wi in the death she reaped her high reward. j n< They had been silent for some minutes, ki tnd she lay bark exhausted, but composed, sti while lie sat beside her, holding her hand 11 his, fancying she slept, and anxiously lis- ch :ening to her breathing which seemed more u> han usually oppressed. A rustling was to leard amid the flowers at the window, and t bright young face looked in. ' in "Hush!" said Edward, rec?gnising the gi >tep. "Hush, Mary, she is asleep!" i nt The color and the smiles alike passed, l> rom Marv's lace, when she glided into the ve room. "Oil! Edward, El ward, she is not j Ik isleop, she is very, very ill!" j an o\l 1 - ?* 1 aiary: uarung alary: said llio dying ady, with difficulty rousing herself; "I have dc tad such a pleasant dream; hut I havo slept .00 long. It is night. Let them bring j be sandles. Edward, I cannot 6ec you now." 1 vc Night, nnd the sun so brightly shilling! ce I ho shadows of the grave were stealing fast I jpon her. ce Other steps now sounded in the room, I wj ind many faces gathered round the couch; , fo jut the blind man heard nothing?was pi conscious of nothing, save the painful la jored respiration, the tremulous hand that i a? luttered in his own, the broken sentences. I st,. 'Edward, my dearest, take comfort. I |,j ;iave hope. God is indeed merciful." ,jr "Oh, Edward, do not grieve so sadly! It 'p| breaks my heart to see you cry. For her he sake be calm?for my sake, too!" Mary pj Icnclt down beside him, and endeavored to 0j loothe the voiceless angui>h which it terii- jn ie 1 her to witness. ,|j Another interval, when 110 sound broke he lie stillness that prevailed; and again Mrs. ! Ih 3wcn opened her eyes, and saw Mary ; 0n kneeling by Edward's side. They were as- U( tociated with the previous current of her ; ,jt .bought*, and a smile lighted up her face. : su "As I wisliod, as I prayed, to die! My j diildreti both. Kiss me, Mary, iny bless- m ,!{J. my cotisolei! Edward, nearer, nearer!' yc Jliild of so many hopes and prayets?all inswered now!" And with her bright vis- v, 011 unalloyed, her rejoicing soul took wing, [ "v|, md knew sorrow and tears no more. Four months had passed since Mrs. Ow- j|511*8 death, and her son was still staying at i gt Woodlands, the lesidence of Mary's father, > |0| Jolonel l'arker, at about two miles'distance nil from Edward Owen's solitary borne; hither ! tad lie been prevailed upon to remove, after (|( he fust shock of his grief had subsided. Colonel and Mrs. Parker were kind heart- f,? J people, and the peculiar situation of Ed it? ward Owen appealed to their best feeling", 10 tliey made no opposition to their cl 111 Iren devoting them-elves unceasingly, to |,i 1 i 111, and stiiving by every innocent device, (]j, o render bis uffiiction les*p< ignant and oppressive. Hut kind as all the family were, ye >till all the family were as nothing compar ju 10 aiary, vvno was always anxious lo nc jn< sompany him in lus walks, seemed jealous : jH if her privilege as his favorite rentier, and t|, dainied to he his silent watchful coinpan- |,u on, when, too sad even to take an interest i|, u what she re,ad, he leaned hack wearily |j.. n his chair, and felt the soothing influence nh >f her presence. As time wore on, and omo of his old pursuits resumed their atraclions for him, she used to listen for |jc lours as he played upon the piano. She vould sit near him with her work, propo t,a ing subjects for his skill, as her old custom nh tad been; or she would beg him to give her g0 i lesson in executing a difficult passage, and ender it with due feeling and expression, elt n the same way, in their readings, which eH( fradually were carried on with more regu- ' wc arity and interest, Mie appeared to look |,H ipon her?clf as the person obliged, appeal id lo his judgment, and deferred to his "n, ipinion, without any consciousness of the aligue she under went, or tiie service she we vas rendering. a | One day, as they were sitting in tlio li- i|H irarv, after sho had been for some time mrsuing her self imposed task, and Kdward, toe cniing she would he tired, had repeatedly tro mtrcated her to desist, she answered gaily: so ''Let mo alone, Edward! It is so pleas- ]} int to go through a book with j*ou; you p0( nako such nico reflections, and point cut f,)r II the finest passages, and explain thediffl till parts so clearly, (hat it does me mote ^ ;ood than a dozen readings by myself. 1 Clj hall grow quite clever now we have begun ,j?| ur literary studies/1 am "Dear Mary, say rather, ended; for you now this cannot always go on so. I must ] eturn to my own house next week; I have ed respassed on your father's hospitality, in- ed* ulgenco, nnd forbearance too long." |m< "Loavo us, Edward!" and the color deep nd in her cheeks, and tears stood in lie! ght eyes. "Not yet!" "Not yet! Tho day would still come a rest, delay it as it might, and is it man thus to shrink from what must aiu ght to Ihi? 1 have to begin life in earn , and if I falter at the onset, what wil the result} I have arranged everything (ilvnn, our cleVgyman, has a cousin usher in school, who wishes for retire >nt and country air. 1 havo engaged bin live with ine as companion and reader >xt week he comes; and then, Mary, fare II to Woodlands!" "No, not farewell, for you must conv ro very often; and I must read to yoi II, and you must touch me still, and loll m your own noble thoughts and beaulifu iguage of better and higher things than co used to caro for. And then our w alk oh Edward, wc must continue to see tli nset from the dills, sometimes, togetliei >u first taught ma how beautiful it was old you of the tints upon the sky am on the sea, and upon the boats with tliei stening sails, and you set the view befor a in all its harmony and loveliness ought it home to my heart, and mad b feel how cool and insensible 1 had bee fore." "All, Mary," said Edward tuourtifulh ear you, I am no longor blind!" The books she had been rending fell an eded on the ground, she trembled, he lor went and came, as she laid her ham nidly on his arm; indescribable tendei *s, reverence, and compassion were bus thin Iter soul. "Edward, you will not cbango in anj ing towards us; ibis new companion nee >1 e-tiango you from your oldest an arest friends?your mother's friend*. L< e alwnvs bo your pupil, your fiicnd?you tor!" "Sustainer, consoler, guide) Sister abov I, oli ves, my sister! Best and Bweetes lo?say it again, Mary, say it again!" an izing Iter band lie kissed it passionately id bold it for a moment within bis owi ion as suddenly relinquishing it, bo cm mod in an altered tone, "My sister an y fiiend, until another comes to claim glier privilege, and Mary shall be for eve st to me!" She drew back, and a few inaudib! urds died awav upon Iter lips; he coul ?t see Iter appealing tearful eyes. Misti ng the cause of her reserve, be made rong effort to regain composure. "Do you remember when you were ild, Mary, how ambitiously romantic yo ed to be, and how jou were determine become a duchess at least?" "And bow you used to tease me, by say g you would only corno to my castle dii rised as a wandering minstrel, and woul ivor sit at the board between mo and tli uke, Edward? Yc?, I remember it a ry well, foolish children that wo wen nt 7, at least know belter now; I aiu in nbitious in that way any longer." "In that way! In what direction the > your aspirations tend?" "To ho loved," said Mary fervently; "t i loved, Edward, with all the trust and d< itedue&s of which a noble nature is su ptible?to know that the heart on wide lean has no thought save <>f mo?to t itain that, with all my faults and way srdness, I am loved for myself alone, nt r?for any little charm of face which per u may atltibuto lo inc. Edward roso abruptly, and walked u d down the room, which, from his Ion i)' in the house, had become f.miliar t rn. ''Mary," bo resumed, stopping as h ew near her, "you do yourself injustio le faco you set so little store hy, li autiful, as the index of your soul; 1 hav clurcd you so uf;en to myself; 1 have eove the blessing of sight, wero it only for a slant, that 1 might gaze upon you! Tli m form of my mother, as I last belie! r in my infancy, floats before tno when ink of you, encircled with a halo of lieai ly light which I fancy to be your attril e, and a radiance hovers round your go n tresses such as gladdens our hearts i ndiine." "All, Edward, it is better you cannot s >3 as I am! You would not love?I mea hi would not think of me?so much!" "If I could but see you for a moment : >u will look at tho ball to night, 1 fancy ould never repine again." " I be ball to-nigbt! I bad quite forgotte 1 wish mamma would not insist upon m ling. I do not care for these tilings an nger;?you will be left alone, Ivlwau d that seems so heartless and unkind!" "Mary," said ono of her sifters, open in e library door, "look at these beautifi >1 bouse flowers which have arriv. d her r us. Come, Edward, come and see tbei They were so accustomed to treat hii one of themselves, and were so used t s aptitude in many ways, that they ofte il not appear to remember bo was blim The flowers were tare and beautiful, an t no donor's name accompanied the gif klijonlv one of the gi'ls cried out laugl i^lv. "I linve guested, 1 have guessed. I Ed ward! lie ha> heard us talking aboi i> hall, nnd must have ordered tiio.u o rpose for us. Kind, good Edward!1 an >'V were 'oud in their expressions of d< ;ht; all except Mary, who kept silent! )of. "Mary doe# not like her flower#?" sai Iward inquiringly, turning in the direr hi where she stood. "No," she replied sorrowfully, "it is th II that I do not like, nor your think in. out decking us out for it. As if I cared i M "Look at these lovely roses," said th lest sister, as they were selecting wha ill should wear; "would not Maty lool ill with a wreath of theso roses in he irt" "Ye#, ye#," exclaimed Edward eagerly ad let me weave it for her! You knot try, it is ono of my accomplishment#; yui re proud of my garlands when you wor iltle girl. Will you trust my tingois fo } task/" "If vou really wish it, if it does not seen > trifling, yos," said Mary gently, with i nhled expression upon her brow asuall; serene, as sbo moved reluctantly away ut it must appear such mockery to you nr Edward!" and then, without waitinj a reply, #ho hurried to her room, an< I not show herself again until the famih entitled for dinner; while I'M ward, seat between tho sister# who wero in grea ight in their anticipation of the evening1', usemuuts, silently betook himself to hii t. Early after dinner, tho large okl fasliion drawing room at Woodlands was desert i tho momoutous business of tfcs toilei 1 to be gone through, and then a dnt< j of five miles accomplished, before Mrs. Par- 1 r ker and her three fair daughters could find telli themselves at the bull. Edward was the can , only occu|>ant of the room; seated at the ?dj< - piano, on which hia fingers idly slrnyed, he npo 1 now nnd then struck chords of deep inelan- he, choly, or broke into passages of plaintive ' wcr I sadness. thu : "Alone, alone! IIow the silence of this woi , rooin strikes upon my heart,?how long wh< this evening will ho without her voice, poi 1 without her footstep! And yet this is what stir '. awaits me, what is inevitably drawing near, sail Next woo kl leave tho roof under which she : mc dwells; i shall not hear her singing us she wli e runs down stairs in the morning; 1 shall fort J not have her constantly at my sido, asking froi 0 me, with her sweet childlike earnestness, to i yoi 1 teach her to repeat poetry, or to give ex- me 1 pression to her music. Tho welcome rustle "be s of her dress, the melody of her laugh, will ftjr e soon become rare sounds to me! Within, the r. around, beyond, all is dark, hopeless, solita me i. rv. Life Btrelches itself wearily before me, tuc I blind and desolate as I am! Mother, moth- tru r or, well might your sweet spirit shrink the e when you contemplated this for your inise- jnq >, , ruble son!?IIow strange those last words! )in< e 1 thought of them to day, while I made her g,|j( n wreath of roses, and when her sisters told adc ino of tho numbers who flock around her. "/j \ Every flower brought its warning nnd its Co sting!" i- "Edward, have I not made haste? I wish- ] ir ed to keep you company for a little while, Ly d I before wo set out. You must be so sad! by r- i Your playing told me you were sad, Ed- bci y ; ward." ov< She "as standing beside him in all the his r- pride of her youth and lovclines; her white d dress falling in a cloud like drapery around m;i d her graceful form, her sunny hair Bweoping wo 't | her shoulders, and the wreath surmounting Lo ir a bryw on which innocence and truth were am impressed by Nature's hand. cul ? The sense of her beauty, of an exquisite in( haimony about her, was clearly perceptible '' to the blind man; ho reverently touched tho a I >"? | flowing robe, and placed his hand upon thu 8?f ' | flowery wreath. 'f ' I "Will you lli'ii f me, doarest, to night? ',0 j You will carry with you something to reII mind you of rno. When you are courted, wo ;r worshipped, on vie i, md hear on every Bide praises of your beauty, give a passing thought to Edward who lent his little help s'" " to its adornment.'' "Eilward, h .w can you speak 60 mock '10 1 ^'ou know that in saying this you l'" render me most miserable." a AluoroMJ w:?i. i.i thi i>iio?in IVi ?* I VII I "." ca IMWVSI1I I If ?? l?I| 11 j your brow, and hope exulting in your liearl; '' when life smiles so brightly on you, and ' guardian angels seem to hover round your wn '* j path!" ist s i He spoke in a manner that was usual to an him; she l? :tn?d thoughtfully against the ox: 0 : piano, and, a- if tintonscious of what she : " was doing, disengaged the garland from ' e- 1 her hair. sa< i "These poor flowers have no bloom, and this bright life of mine, as you think it, lias an " j no enjoyment when I think of you, sad, alone, unhappy, returning to your desolate ws ? : home, Edward." J' " Dearest," he returned, inexpressibly in*' i moved, "do not grieve for me. Ucmem'' my mother left her blessing there!" po io "Was it only for you Edwardf" There is a moment's silence; lie covers sip his face with his hands, his lofty self deny' ing spirit vrestles with him-clf: when gent* bis ly the wreath is laid upon his knee, her arm ' p is pased around his neck. Iter head with its 1 g glory of golden locks IS bowed upon his ' tei o j breast. i iia ; ?.< ti. i." i i . . .1-- .i ? i -> I > ^ j ^14 ?> ?! .. i vtr nit: v?rtrnui, ami wim j <irt b. ! it take me if I do> rve it! Toil mot lint you | tlii i0 are not nn^'iy. il it yon do not de*|?i*w mo m] e | for this ? 1 have been so unhappy, I Uavo re? t- . so long wi>hod to -peak to you.? j to " , "Mary, Mary, forbear! You try inn bu c'!l u yond my strength; beloved of my soul, light un 'J of my Highlit-**. < \ dearer to me than Ian- . a] I g"<'rg? can express, you must not thus throw ^ yourself away." " Iln would disengage the arm that is '* clititrinir to his neck, but she nestles closer vv," ?I siiu: inl> ' Mary!" lie cries wildly, "remember! ? e Blind, blind!" ? " "Not blind near ore; riot blind for inc. ?v Here, Edward, hero my resting placo is l>> . found; nothing but death shall separate ' : me from you. I am yours, your friend, ' your consoler, v- 'r wife. < >h, tell mo you . " j aro glad." ' j (ilad! Ilis previous resolutions, his do- j | termination to o\> nothing to her pitying ' love, all faded in the uncijuulled happiness , ,,,i' of that hour, i r vei returned to cloud tlio ' " life which Mary s devotion rendered hence- ,8 t '' forth blessed. iht This is 110 fiction, reader, exaggerated n i t -fi e on picture; some, who pursue tins, will testify ,, out of the depths of their hearts how, in re- ,tti II spect and admiration, they Jiavo watched -I s Mary fulfilling the promise cf her beautiful l,,c !' sympathy hikI 1< v She has never waver- j.n ' ed in the path sin1 chose to tread; she has 1 'j never east one 'it <?> ring look at all she re- <? l" signed in giving li rself to him. Joyous, j tender, happy, d-v ?-d, she has seemed always to regard li-r 'iu?batid as the source 11 of all her happen? and, when the music 11 I Af Mutlron1. v.. I I I v?i? ?*' ' nenni wiuiiu l' their dwelling, nut even her motherly love * i fur those dear face* iv':o?e sparkling eyes * could meet and return her gaze, has ever l" 1 heen known to defraud their fathur of a ("a thought, or a smile, or the lightest portion j>r 5" of her accustomed care. eil^ No, dear Maiy! Years have passod sinco she laid her wreath upon his knee; yu, ? llie lose* so carefully preserved, have long j T. withered; hut the truth and lovo which ac- f?. companied the gift, aro Iresli and bright a-* then: rendering her, as her proud husband "l| says, almost equal even while on earth, to j?a, those Angels among whom, in Heaven, he j ' shall see her?h*k her, at last, no longer onc blind! w" _ j P?* V . i l u Human Natukk.? A good story is told j of two hruthrtrs wlm ? r ?? ? 1 1 ^ .. .?vr .. ? vvi r% | ui cm HUU r dog lifo to their neighlajr's diseomfort, for a ,|(>|( good many years, but who had been at ? n. |t camp meeting, were slightly convorted, and W' ? both of them concluded to reform. v'"' * .1 Y "Brother Tom," say*one, wlien they had ? arrived at their home, "lot us sit down now, i, and I'll toll what we'll do. You tell me all A { my faults, and I'll you of your'n, and so we Jt * 1 will know how to go about mending of 'em." ,)" j "Good," says brother Tom. "Well, you begin." t "No, you begin, brother Joe." a "Well, in the lust place, you know, bro- j s ther Tom, you will lie!" j *' Crack goes brother Tono'a paw, between brother Joe's "blinkers," and considerable . of a scrimmage ensues, until, in the course t of about ten minutes, neither being able to ? ? time, reformation is postponed sine Jie. \ 'hk Girl ih Red.?Cassius M. Clay i the following: During th? late political vaM, Burlingame and himself occupied fining rooms at the Bate* House, Indianlie. "At a late hour one evening," says "I was in B.'s room, and both of us e somewhat elated with the popular ensiatin. Wo were, as old soldiers are nl to do; fighting our battles over again, en a lino band right opposite iny room ired o'er tho soa of night floods of soulring music. "Clay, you are honored," 1 It; "go and acknowlege the complint." With due difidetice I excused myself, en, as I had anticipated the band broke ,h anew in strains of heroic melody in it of tho room occupied by B. "I have i now," said I, "now give 'em a sentint." "No, you," said B. "Well," said I. {| ith together;" so locking arms, with an () of intense dignity, we walked out upon ,, balcony, and in a faltering voice I com- tl need: "Indiana, Miissnchusetts and Kenky?tripplo sisters?may they ever be * e to the family union!" The leader of n hand, after a pause, with a thick tongue, p uired, "Who are you?" "Clay and Bur- ?| ?ame," said I. "Tho dcucc you are!" r' J he in reply; and then, in an undertone, b Iressod to his followers, lie concluded? oyn iCs not the girl in red."?Cincinnati J mmercial. > ' , c! Keen Rejoinder.?A Mr. BuflTum, ol 0 mi. Mass , was under cross examination an attorney named Lord, who d?d bis j, it to perplex and brow-beat him so as to r irset the testimony ho had given against " client. The question whs something relating to ,, ichinery, and Mr. BufTum had used tlie ird "philosophically" in his evidence. Mr. rd continually harped upon this phrase, ? d endeavored to make tho witness ridi- ';] lous in tho eyes of (he jury. At last he j, quired: c " Pray, Mr. Witness, as you seein to be fl jreat philosopher, can you tell ine philo ( ihically what the consequences would be ] the air should bocxhaustod from a hogs- > ad?" 1 "Yes, sir," replied Mr. BufTum, "tho head f aiId fall in." "Indeed, sir," pursued the counsel, "can u tell mo, philysophically, why the bead 5uld fall in firsti" i "Yes, sir," returned BufTum, "it is because a g*liea<:& are like some lawyers?because jir heads are llie weakest part." The roarof the court room acknowledged j victory of the witness over the counsel. Riitmstru in Limuo.?A poetical genius is hauled up before one of the police magrales fur kissing a handsome young girl ? d kicking up a dust?and the following amination took place: Mag.?Is your name John Ray? i'ris.?Yes, your honor, bo the people r, , Mag.?Was it you that kissed the girl < d raised the alarm? 1 l'ris. ? Yes, your honor, but I thought it 1 is no harm. Mag.?Y ou rascal, did you come here to i , ike rhymes! ' i l'ris.? No, your honor, hut it will hap- 1 n sometimes. Mag.?Re oth you scamp, gel out of niv :hl: . I1 1'iis.? rhatik'ee, your honor, then 111 ' 1 you good night. i?se ok tiik Rich Men.?It is estima1 that one <*f the rich men of New York s now a "regular income" of fd.000 n y?about fcl,100,000 a year. Out of; is he can probably manage, with econo \\ to "lay aside against a rainy day" the t 'portable hum of a million a y?'ar. Add 1 this another million by tho rapid appro , ' itlon of her real estate, and we have an usual increase of wealth for this individu- ! 1 amounting to two millions of dollars, in. It. Aslor is that gentleman. J Conse?jkncks ok I'rooress.? When rail- ' ivs and electric telegraphs shall have , 1 olished time and space, what will become I watches and aldcrinen ? v '/'. I TK () r SOI' Til CA R O LIXA. < Si'AtiTANBt'RO District. , IN TUB COURT OF ORDINARY. Citation to have estate settled. C. Boinar, Admr, Appt. vs. W. P. Chapman, and others, defend.) iiis. I" having been shown to my satisfaction th*t \V, , P. Chapman, O. (i. Chapman, M.N. ('hup- j it and Virgil U .1 Chapman, heirs and dislribus at law of the estate of It R. Chapman, dee'd., ide from and v ithoot the limits of tins Suite: It heretbre hereby ordered, that they nnd each of I in be and appear at the Court of Ordinary, for ' I district, to be held at Spartanburg Court I loose the 'JOili day of February next, to show cause my, why the estate of the said It. R. Chapman. M , should not be settled, and the administrators ' rharged front further liability, or their consent to 1 same will Ik- entered of record 3i*en under my ham! and seal of office. tins 1st ( t of December, 186(1, R. liOWDKX, I b e t -11 I ?t O. S. D. Xjiisroii's Aiiti-Rhoumalic Powders PAfh, M'KKDV AM? KADICAL (THE . lull UIIKLTMATISM, ItllKUMATIC (iOUT AND SCiATICA. \J K, the undersigned citizen* of Putnam Oninly, (tedrgin. cheerfully bear testimony ! the efticacv ?( Linch's Ami-Rheumatic Powders the treatment of acute or chronic Rheumatism, , ny cases hiving been sueeeSslu'.ly treated by . J. <?. (>IBSUN, within our personal knowl- ! je, in which these Powders were principally'. ... I llranhnm, M D. Wm. R. Carter, plu-n B. Marshall, l>. !i. Adams, j 1?. Harwell, Thomas llcfpcw, j R Th .maa, J Nichlvaon A otheia. 'JBT Any reasonable numb, r of individual cer- i at?'H can bo given in attestation of their efficacy. c I'repnrod niul sold by d. G. GIBSON, M. 1)., 1 tonton G?., at (H-r box. Ml orders directed to him, with the above aum 1 dosed, and a description of tlio case,shall receive 1 h the Medicine such advice as inay suit any 1 uliarity thereof. n FOR 8 A LB BY ?'IS|IKR A 11K1NITSH, "Spartanburg and umbia; AV. K. PRATT, Newberry; L. P. 11 . UN KTT. Yorhville; G. L. PENN, Edge- 3 I; WARDLAW & LYON, Abbeville; Dr. 1 II. IIUUGIN8, Darlington; REEDY A v YLIE. Chester C. H ; M. B EARLK,Green- | u. and throughout the State generally. " uly 2 27 ly d NOTICE. " 1 LL persons indebted to the Kslnte of J AMKS j <L V. TR1MMIKR, Esq., Inte of Spartanburg i trict, doecased, are hereby notified to make moot to the undersigned; nnd all persons hav- i f claims against said deceased will present the le, property authenticated. . ' W. II TRIM MIKR, i , ? J. M. KLFORD, | "vdm'rs. fj uly 17 01 tr ? Heady for Customers. "h.> 11 MtllKR be^* to n.-lify his customers and t public that he \% ^in on ? Am /erf," and ready J rait on them at his old stand. Give him a call fovyr * ) tarter? ftpaafofc Minn re. ' THE OH K AT PURIFIER OP THE BLOOD The Beat Alterative Known 1 NOT A PARTICLE OF MERCCRY IN IT ! u infallible remedy for Scrt4ula, King's Evil, Rheumatism, Obstinate Cutaneous Eruptions, I'ltnples or Pustules on tlie Face, Blotch- r es, lloila, Ague and Fever, Chrouiu Sore K>ea, Ringworm, or Tet- ti ter, Scald-head, Enlarge- 1 men! and puiu ot tlie u Bones and Joints, ti Salt Rheum, i Stubborn Ulcere, Syphilitic Disorders. and all diseases ari- ? sing from au injudicious use of < Mercury, Imprudence in 1 Life, or Impurity of Blood. ] This great alterative Medicine mid Purifier of j , le Blood is now used by thousands of grateful | alients from nil |xirt* of .he United Htuteo, who J stily daily to the remarkable cores performed by ( io greatest of n'l medicines/'CARTKU'SSPAN311 MIXTURE/' Neuralgia, Rheumatism, crofula, Eruptions on the Skin, Liver Disease, j 'evera, Ulcers, Old Sore*, Affection of the Kid [ eys, Dim.-iscs of ike Throat, Femule Compbiints, | 'nin? and Aching of the Runes and Joints, are ? wed11y put to flight by using this inestimable Binedy. ? For all diseases of the Blood, nothing has ye pen found to com|?.u-e with it. It cleans** the ] ^' tcm of nil impJi iiies, acts geutly and efficiently , n the Liver nod Kidneys, strengthens the I)ij?eson, give? tone to the stomach, makes the Skin lear nnd he hhv, and reatorea the Constitution, nfecbled by disetise or broken down by the excise* of yon.b, to its pristine vigor and strength. For the iMMEt*>EK or females it is peculiarly ap- s limbic, nnd whenever it has become known is * egularly prescribed with the lisppiest effects. It i ivigoratcs the weak and debilitated, and imparts luMicilv to the worn out frame,clears the skin,and ? avps the patient fresh nnd healthy; n single bottle ' f this inestimable remedy is worth all the so-called iarnaparilias in existence. The large number of certificates which we have ? eceived from persons from nil parts of the U"nitc<l ( .. .... w.-. .....vow- null Iiivrc is iiu iiiiniuug f bout it. The Pre*s, hotel keepers, magistrates, i ihyaicians, nn<l public men, well known to the c omniuuity, all oij.l their testimony to the wonder- i ul effect* ofthisGRKAT BLOOD PUBYTOR. 1 Call on the agent and get an Almanac, and read ( he details of nsli>ni*hing euros p<-rformed by CAKrKK'S SPANISH MIXTURE, (in most casks viiekk kvkhv thing kl.sk uah signally failkd.) n.e limit* of an advertisement will not admit their ull insertion. W.M. 8. BEERS k CO., Proprietor*, ATo. 304, Broadway, New York 1 To whom all ordersmust be addressed. For sale by Druggats and Country Merchants 1 n sll parts of the United States and the Canada* ud by FISIIKR& IIKINITSII, Spartanburg. .lOllN L. YOUNG, Unionvilie. May 8 II Rogers' Liverworth & Tar OK TUB COMPLETE Cl"KE OK COUOIIB, COLD*. IXKLl EN7.A, ASTHMA, nilOXCIUTIS, BPITTINO OF BLOOD, A ALL OTHER LUNG COMPLAINTS TEN 1)1 NO TO CONSUMPTION. fi ? * vv r? r< ? r? rv ?r? *j ^ 5V. ^ tgjj AJ <S *| 4j This preparation is g'-tting into use all over our ouutry. The numerous letters we receive from >ur various agents, informing us of cures effected ii their immediate neighborhoods, warrant us in aying it is one of the best, if Lot the eery he$l, Jouull Medicine now before lhaiiuhlir It nlmnwl nrariably i elitres, and nut unfrequently cures the :ery worst cases. When all other Cough prcparaioiis have foiled, this has relieve! the patient, n> Druggist*, dealers in Medicines, and Physicians, ran teatify. Ask the Agent in tour nearest town, what lia? been his experience o( the effects ?>l this nedicino. Il he has been selling it for any length if time lie will tell you IT IS TIIK HEST MEDICINE ETTA NT. lielow we give a few extracts from letters we i.tve received lately rcg irdiug the virtues of this medicine. Dr. S. S. Odin, ?>f Knoxville, G.i , says: I hare been using your I.irerwort and Tar very extensively in my practice for three years past, and, it is with pleasure / slate my belief in its sitemokity over all otukr artici-m irifA which J irn acquainted, for which it is recommended." Mcnsr*. Fitxg* raid A: llonnors. writing from Wuynesville, N. C. any: "The I.irerwort and Tar is becoming daily more jmpular in thisCmm}ry, and w? thi.sk justly m? All who hare tried t speak in commendable terms of it, and say it s rery beneficial in alle dating the complaintsfot rhieh it is recommendedV Messrs Fitzgerald & Iletiners, writing from 5Vnyti< sville, N. C., say: The I.irerwort and Tar is becoming daily more popular in this Courtfry, and we think justly so. All who hare 'ried it speak in commendable terms of it, and lay it is rery beneficial in alienating the com nlamts for which it is reeomrrten^led.,, Our Agent in Pickens Distrio . S. C., Mr. S. \\. McFall, JtK.5ure-? us "that he uses it with great benefit in his own family, and recommends it tg his letghliois." I !e gives an instance of u Negro *onan, in his vicinity, who had been suffering with li sense of the I.ungs for years, attended with seine cough, who was relieved by the Iavcrwort ind Tar. Such are the good reports we hear of this MMs :ine from all parts of the South. For a report of he surpri??ng cures it has performed in the Western and Northern and Eastern States, we would nvitc the suffering patient to read the pamphlet which accompanies each bottle. To all we say, bare hope, hare hope! TRY THE MEDICINE!! 11 i: w arii:d n seaso\ Ht^v.uv of Counterfeits and Rase imitations ! The genuine article is signed Andrew rogers the engraved wrapper around each bottle. Price $1 per bottle, or si* bottles for $.*?. Sold wholesale and retail by SCOVIL It MEAI). jnll I Charters St., bet. Conti and St. Louis, N. O. Sole Aglnts for tiie Southern States, to whom order* and application* for Agencies | most bo addressed. 8old Wholesale ami Retail by Scovil & Head, 111 Thnrlrrs Street, V 0. General Agent* for the Souther*: State*, to wliern ill order* roust be addrtssed. SOLD AI-SO BY FISHER ?fc HK1NITSH, Spartanburg, So. >? W. If. WATSON, Uroeuville " K KRUTCII " KENN( >N A NORR1S, Uniooville, " S. R. HENRY, Lauren*vill? " C. L. HARRIS, A CO., Ruiherfordton, N. C A; ri! C; ? ?m NEW GUN MANUFACTORY. ENGRAVING AND CARVIHO OF THE FINK ARTS. J^HE subscriber,' recently from I?ndon, Fan* . and the principal cities ol Europe and Amcri- ; ia, where t>j?ecimen* of his art hare given the utliont soli* action, respectfully inform* the citizen* of he LTnpef Country, that he hn* ju*t arrived, and ocated himself at Greenville, whept he i* prepared odo nil work appertaining to hi* business, in the ! K-it manner and at the shortcut notice, a* Double nd Single Cast-Steel Rifles and Shot Guns, Duel- j ing Pistols, Are. Ha will also keep constantly on hand an asortncnt of Sporting Materials, which he offers for sale t very reasonable term*; finely carved Alligator's Teeth, Steel Tamps, and Engraving on Gold, Sil- j er, Ac. All Work and Repairing done in ibe very beat tanner, nn.l warranted equally m good a* can t>0 oue in the United States. ?11' el???p will be found two doorehclow Dr. uarle'a Drugstore. p. BRKDA. Greenville C. II., A.^. 28 27 6m Store Vionse to Sell or Rent. piVi aubeoriber propoeea to Sell or Rent one of * the m?et eligible mercantile eland* tn the town f Spartanburg. The Ilouee i* fr<u?trng botli on duin and Church etrccte, the moat public thor<>ughtree in the town. For term* application may be iwide to either the subacribcr or Con. O. K. Kdrarda. A. F. GOLDUOG. April 8 6 tf I A/ \| \ I.lt. Greenville Wrapping Taper ' e" 'vv Also a hue lot o< Kdgefield Ware; for ?fe by A II K1WY. Aug 26 97 tf <2 L 4 1 " :V I Jfaoxz*, a*,ous:: \ rilE subscriber tat. e*tbia method to in form tk? oiliKnt of the Village and surrounding cuusry, that he is now receiving a good stock ol NEW IOOKS. at hi* Book Store, No. I, Mais-street ppositc the Court 11 oute, such as are generaMf ned in Colleges, Academics andoommoa KngU* Ivl.ools. A large variety of MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, mbraoing HlHTOItlCAL. BIOGRAPHICAL JEO LOGICAL, MECHANICAL, Poetical mad tluaieal works, of various sizes and prices. Home light reading (in tbe way of Novels.)? itL'TII HALL, Fanny Fern's writings ; TOM lONKS' COCKTtfHIP, Ac &?. BLANK BOOKS. A number of II T M * HOOKS, u.vd by the different denominations of < Jbristinus, together with a large assortment ol FAMILY BIBLES, Mrtcesfrom $2 00 to $10.00: small BIBLES, from ,0 centa to $1,50 and $2.00 : TEST AMEN TS rum fifteen cents [u $ 1.00. PRAY ER BOOKS it various prices. Also a variety of small religious book a,toy books ind Primers. I A good lot of Foolscap, Letter, Commercial and Mote Paper. Envelopes from common to the finest ityles. Black, Bine and Red Ink. NEW MTJSIC FOR THE PIANO. Between 500 and 1,000 new pieces for the Pimo, from the beat composers, the greatest variety >ver offered In the up-country, (We hope the lalies will call and supply themselves.) I have made permanent arrangements with nev rnl large Book Houses in Philadelphia and New fork , to exchange my Music Work?the SOUTHERN HARMONY, it CASH PRICE, for their Books, Ac., at cash >rioes, nett. I will, therefore, be able to sell Bocks ind Stationery lower than they have ever be?n sold it Spartanburg ; and us I des re to do nn entire :nf?li i usincss. if the people will call with their motey, I think they wlilbo satisfied that they can bay 1 Books. <fcc., from me. an cheap aa they can (at re j ul) in Columbia or Charleston. . ^ t-Z-CALL AND SEE. WILLIAM WALKER, A. 8. H. tV'School teachers supplied on liberal terms 1*. S. If any perron should call for a I5o< k or Books, that I hare not got, I will immediately orilcr them if they desire it. N. B. The New Edition of the Sol'tiiksn ilammocy, lo-pt constantly on hand, wholisule and retail, nt the CASH BOOK STOKE. May 17 12 If The State of outh Carolina. SCARTANIU'RO DISTRICT. IN THE CO CRT OF ORDINARY. Citation to have Estate Settled. Thomas D. Newman. Kxo'r. appt. vs. Riley Lynch and wife, and others, defendants. IT having been shown to my sa islaction iliat L'.Icy Lynch, nod Edith his wile, and the heirs nt law of Ebsnbeth Casey, die'd., Z. Crow, and Nancy his wife, Clirslopher Casey, John Nix,and Jane his wife, and Davis Casey, lieirs and distributees at law ol the Estate of Davis Newman. d<c'd., reside trom and wi'hont the limits ol this State: It in therefore ordered, that they and rncb of ibim do be and appear at the Court of Ordinary (or said District, to be boldm at Spartanburg Court Ilousc, on the 23d day of February next, to show cause, if any, why the Estate of the raid Davis Newman, _ dee'd., should not be settled and the J&xo'r. diseharged from further liabdiiit s, i r their consent to the same will be entered ol record. Given under my band and seal ot office, this 1st D. comber, ISoG. R. BOWDES.o. s. d. Deo 4 41 12t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Sl'ARTAXBUKG DISTRICT. IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY. A. C. lJomar, ex'or. appellant, rs. B. F. Botnar, ntx.i ..t 1./ -l-lw uou If, UMVHUlIUI?. CiliilKiii lo have Itialulc Settled. IT having Iwni to my satisfaction that It. F. llomar, Y\ m. F. Tnpp,and Mary Ann h.a wile, \V. N. Hurt, and Ki>z?brth bitvi^B. II. C. Boinar, and tlic heir-sat law of W. W llomar, deccamd, and the heirs at law t4 Surah Veaoy, dec'd., and the heirs at law of Clarissa Wood, deceased. h< its ntld distributes at law of Elizabeth C. Chapman. deceased, r??ide from nod without the limits of this State: It is tlo r? lore hereby ordered that tl ey and each of them be aod appear at th# Court ot Ordinal v for raid District. to be held at Spartanburg Court House, <>ti the SUlbdny of February next, to aliow cause, if any, why the estate, of the said Elizabeth O. Chapman, di ceased, should not be settled and the l'lx'or. discharg.d from further liability,or their conse nt to the name will be entered of record. Civen under my band and seal of Office, Dec. 1, 1856. R. HOW DEN, o. ?. o 1><I 41 I2t_ STAffi OF SOUTH CAROLINA. > Sahtanih uo Pistkict. IN T11E COURT OF ORDINARY. Iaireiizo Chapman, Ad'm. App'l. w. Dr. O. G. 1 Chapman, et ul dH'ta. Citation to ?itl*niiiit, l\JHEr>KAS it lias to en shown to thrsatisfac? t lion of this Court that Dr. O. G. Clu| man, Wilson Chapman, Samuel Chapman, \\ ilfl?rd Chapman, W:ley Chapman. Madison Chapman, Coleman Chapman, John Chapman, Nancy Chapman, the heirs at law of Martha Thomson, dre'd., Fatm< r and Ann hia w ife. Manl< n Chapman, Cynthia Chapman, Wm. I*. Chapman, Memory Chapman, Virgil Chapman, Chcvra M. Chapman, Juhn A. Turner. MiMM| 11 Turner, George W. Turner, Abner B. Turner, Dr. John A. Erana and W. D. Evans, heirs nini distributee*at law and legatees under the will of John Chapman, sr. dec'd., reside from and without the limits of this State: It ia therefore ordered and decreed, that they and each of them be and appear at the Court of Ordinary for aaid District, to be held at Spnrtanburg Court House, on theSTth day of March next, to show cause, if any exist, why the estate of the said John Chapman, sr., dec'd., should not be finally settled, ami the assets of the same ordered to be paid out according to law, or their consent to the same will be taken pro cortfetgo. Given under my band and seal of Office, the 11th 1 >ec., 1856. K. ROWDKN, o. s. d. Dec 18 43 12t The State of South Carolina. 81* auta ndl'ro district. IN THE COURT Oh ORDINARY. ^ Z. M. Pollard, Adm'r. Applicant. vs. B. M. Pol- | lard, and others, defendant*. Citatum to Settlement. \YT H ERKAS it has been shown to my aatisfan. 1 T lion that the heirs at law an<h Irgal repro. n ntatiTes ol Joseph Pollard, dec'd., cleft's, in th* above ease, reside from and without ihe limits of j this State; It is therefore ordered, that they be sod appear at the Court of Ordinary for said District, to he held nt Spartanburg Court House, on the 23d day of February neat, to show cause, il any siiet, why the Kstate of Nancy Pollard, dec'd., should I not be settled, and the assets of the same ordered to be paid out according to law, or their consent to the same will be taken pro confe**o. Given under my hand and seal of office, 22d day of November, A IV, 1S56. R. BOWDKN, Nov. 27 lgi o. e. d. BAR KILO? <fe~ WAD DELL, Stock and Exchange Brokers and Cotton Factors, Columbia, 8. C? Win buy nnd sell State, City, Railroad end al other I VON I >8 and STOCKS oe commiasiou. Strict attention peid tm selling COTTON, and liberal advances made est osnsigntneuts of the same, Oct. 9 *3 ^ Prepare for Winter. "VOTWtTHSTANDING we have ImJ vury jLN moderate season thus far, oar Almanac predicts soma cold inn pa and pinching times soon Ke member, "Cold November's chilly blasts," and 1st ths T-.ADIRS Ovime in and sopply themselves with ClyOAKS, the Gentlemen with OVERCOATS, and thus maha themselves oomfortaWe. We have a good supply, Cheap! IJRNNKTT dt GOSR. Nov. 37 11 *3 )