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% tHG ?TBI>*DAU?HTGK Sir* is nut mine, and to my Ik-mi t, Perhaps she mi ivw dv.il Than those ut whom my life is part This i? the ? '-> 1 fonrl And ever iu the drend to err, By loving lliwo the best, Mure gentle have I been to her Perho|w tin:n all the rest, " lias any litllu fault occurred That may rebuke demand, Ere I can speak a hasty word, Or lift a chiding lintid, An angsl's face comes flitting by, With looks so sad and mild, A voioo flouts softly from the sky-Woahl'st harm my orphan child?" No! Wilms* lliou, and all above, I'll cherish her us mine: Or may ] lose a mother's love? * A love that oneo was thine! The Unwashed Othello. On? night Major P 11 , Co O of G , with otto or two ot who woro supping at the llttglo Inn at ! port, agreed to am use themselves in manner. A acono from 'Othello' was upon?Othollo, by llio Colonel, who, i der lo look tIio character, blackened face all over with a burned cork belon lo one of tho empty champaign bottles stood under tho sideboard. Tho night was far spent, when B 's coachman, who waited todriv Colonel home, and who had made so attempts to get tho Colonel away, sot word that ho 'couldn't keep his horse any longer, and if tho Colonel didn't i immediately, ho must drive to S out him.' The latter, not wishing to promise an old and valued servant, in* iv complied, and dismissing the carria the lodge, walked up to the house, let self in with a latch key, nud went sir: to laid, quite forgetting that his face blaekoncd all over. In the morning Mrs. C awoke turning round, discovered a black man iug by ber side! Too much frighten* scream, she jumped out of bed, rang tlx t'0>iously, and wound herself in the curtains. In rushed tho lady's maid and h keeper. H >li ma'am! what's the mallei (' ci icd in a breath. 'Nothing happened lo the Colon hope, ma'atiW' said tho buller at the d 'Hope master ain't took with a lit, inn pursue*.! tho fooluiau, peering over tho ier's shoulder. 'O! take it awaj !?take it away!' Mrs. C , speaking with great ditKi and giving herself another twist in tin curtains. "What is it, ma'am? what is it, said femme dc chambre, frightened out of wita. sT_ !? ! 1.1 ? ? ? ? ' is 11 in oeu, ma ami saiu mo House I er, waddling up to it. 'Knn a iiw!' snored the still sluiub< Othello. 'Thicvosl inurder!' scroamod tho wo running out again. Thieves! murder!' echoed Mrs. Capplyiug hersolf to tho bell tie cajn). Don't bo alarmed, ma'ain,' said tho ler bolting in, followed by tho footman groom, armed with what wenpous could lay their hands on, we'll soon m the rascal. Lads, tnind your heads'.' with this ho gallantly flourished the * nel's sabro, which ho had uppropri and, supported by the rest of the parti proacbod tho bod. 'ilallo,' roared tho Colonel, startin his 'hoad's antipodes;' for he had been kened by the hubbub. Murder! help!' vociferated Mrs. C., si ing and jerking down the bell-pull. Help! murdeir reiterated the fool scrambling out of the room on all foui if he were acting a stag hound in some thological charade. 'Hero, Tom! Dick! Como back, yoi caUr cried tho bewildered Colonel, ill ing his night cap after them. 'John! you old fool you, got up! Wi your mistress? If you don't gel up th slant, and tell (ho meaning of all this who keeps screaming behind the cur here, I'll tling tho bolster at you; I w ill old villain! Are you all mad?' 'BIoss me! is it you, sir?' said tho b rising and rubbing the small of bis ba 'La! my dear! is it you?'cried Mrs. Cpeoping. Me, to be suro it is! Who the pi should it be? What are you both hi ing at? What wero you all &o fright for? Did you tako ino for tho devil?' 'Wo did, indeed, sir,' said tho bulb soon as be could speak. 'And no wonderl' ericd Mrs. C laughing heartily. 'What in the v have you done to your face, my dear?' 'Face! What's tlio matter with my I inquired tbo Colonel, who had forgotU about the previous night's theatricals. 'Nay, you best know,' rejoined the L half. '.John, bring the Colonel that g Kb? Oh! I recollect now,'said th? < n?l, looking at himself. '11n! ha! ha! ho! ho! How I! and the rest of will laugh when they hear this. John may go.' And when tlio servant ha? the room, he explained the matter. Thk 1)jiki> Scott Dkcikion in 1' 'iior.?Slamming the last door of the car .and opening that of the second, gentlemanly conductor' of the Now train made his appearance, with his and smile, and 'tickets, gentlemen, if please.' Sealed in the front corner, suirounde her personal conveniences, such as a ci bag, umbrella, big bundle, little bund few apples and pieces of cake, was a col lady, whoso face, the hue of an iuv< saucepan, contrasting with her snow v ivory and eyeballs, gave that pleasing lira it expression which is so often the of humor and good nature. Ticket, ma'am,' says the conductor, a civility regardless of complexion. 'I hasn't got 'em,' she replied, 'l?nt got money any way;' ami she began to tdo in hot bag, then in tlio bundles, so; ?ng these articles through in vain. 'Come, hnrrv up,' exclaimed theslij: impatient friend; 'I can't Mail all day.' Ureas yer soul, you don't think 1 everything in a minute, but I'ae got m somewhere?must bo in dis yeah a bag,' and she felt in her pocket accordi for tlio key. 'Well, well, I'll |m?a through, and ^ I gel back peiluips you will have it re 'VAs, sarlin,' said Dinah; but as lie id along she reached out hor umbrclhi, giving nim a poke upon the shoulder, sal, 'What you gwoiu to chargo on frei 'What do you want to know that fo Cause 1 d<>e?; 1'sc civil, ain't 1!' Well, firocents n fool; there, don't la uie any mote, but liud your mom y,' an went hi? v av ,JL_ L 1 ?- JL-- ' 1 Tlicro seemed % l?o a peculiar drollery about the lady'a eye nnd mouth, as tho ouo -j rolled around in it* black sen ot tlesh, nnd j( tho other opened to givo vent to an iuvol j?n unlary 'ya! hit!' 1% was not long now before she found her purse, nnd withdrew ^ sonio coin, which she kept jingling in her H,Q hand, as site kept up her occasional cachi nations. tbe In duo tiino tho conductor returned for cu|, his money, and upon o.xteiidiug his itching palm, was somewhat astonished at receiv- (jm ing tho prociso suiu of ten cenls. ^|ia What do you meant* ho exclaimed. 'The |(ar faio to New York is live dollars.' |na Yas, ya*, 1 knows dat, for white folks? folks wlutt am folks?but lsc nobody; 1'so . fnitjht, / is. Yah, yah! Poor rule as don't jj|CJ woik both ways; live cents a foot, hcaii they is!" said she, extending a pair of enormous |nu lonel perambulators for the inspection of the conhers, ductor and us all. tor \'ew- Tho nonplussed functionary .slood niule- K this termincd for a moment amid tho shouts ja fixed of llio passcngeis, until an idea of compro- cou n or- mise occurred to him, as lie exclaimed, n I his 'Well, if you are a freight, take yourself oil ^ ging into ihe baggage car.* Hut oven there Dj- ] i that nah was too much for him, as she replied, |n Jus you pick up your freight if you want |1(Jj Mrs. to cair utu off!' e tho This settled the point. Tho conductor cvoral vanished, and Dinah offered a pious cjacu- ||J0 it up lalion: 'Lord hress dat nr l'romo Court, and l||r s out give 'em credit for five dollar bill anyway!' lm come - ? with- More Fuss than Feathers. com- The l'hiiadelphia Pennsylvania!! had the taut- following good story among its police ro- bla ge at ports: prtJ him- As Mrs. Esther Stan.-buiy, residing in a ;i(p sight court running from Race, below Sixth street, bai was was about to bring a bucket of water from do the hydrant last night, she found an old |,|c. , and basket suspended from the knob of the hC0 snor- front door, l'utiing ber hand into tlio can . d to basket, she felt something alive and kicking, Rn J bell but so wrapped up in rags that no further d,e bed discovoiy could l?u made without unwrap ber ping the object. A piece of paper, folded ten ouso jiko n letter, lay by the side of the anima- Vo? led bundle. Mrs. Slansbury immediately jlllt both returned into tho house, and by the light of ( the lamp examined ihu billet. It was di- for e'? 1 reeled to her husband. She tremulously ves oor. broke the seal and read as follows: l|,c am? "To John Slansbury?Sir: I send you the |au ui't* baby, which you will pleiisc take good care |M0 of, and In ing up right, so that it may turn t,? i cried qui i? be a better man than it's daddy. |y ; H,ty? Oh, Joseph! what a sly old rake you are! Jrj 8 bod Who would think that such a sober old R$h spindleslianks could be such a tearing down iJ,a | 'I'0 sinner? Tho child is yours?you may trji h?r swear to that. Look at it?it is Joe? for Slansbury all over. You deceived inc t|,o *??P shamefully, Joe?letting ou to bo a wid- jb, owed cro B'twg llut Jo a father's duty by the young one, and I'll forgive you. H <j man, "Your heart broken Nancy." p;l, "1*. S.?Don't let that sharp nosed wife jnt ? of yours see this letter, (tamnion ber osc U' I I ) I fiAttia 1'llwl n f ? et .\n>? < 1- -> I- - L.. ...v.. duiiiv |>MIU VI il?uil ilUUUl IIIO UilUy. lt( but- N. grc i and ' Mr. Stansbury was in tho basement kitch- 0jj they en quietly eating his suppor, and little ini- the scurc agining what a storm was brewing over his jnC u,ul head. The door of the kitchen was vio- jn Ca>Io- lently thrown open, and his wife's voice j)r atod; yelled out? tlin f, "P- "Stansbury, come up here, you villain! Here's a mess for you! bo g on 'pi,j astonished Stansbury hastily obeyed u0| awa- tbe summons. ibc "Don't you want to see Nancy, the heart* amp- broken Nancy!" cried Mrs Stansbury when 1 her guilty husband hobbled up into the do man, room. ah< rs, a* "Nancy! what Nancy's thai!" said the wa i my- sly old rogue in well-feigned astonishment, bre "Why, Nancy, the mother of this baby scy > ras- that's been hung up at the door, Mr. Stans ha; irow- bury! Oh, you look mighty innocent, but am just road this letter, and then look into the leie's that basket! Don't ho afraid ? it won't do\ is iu- bite; it's got no teeth, poor thing. You'll ing , and know it; for, as tho hussy says, it's just like wo tains you, all over. 1 'lease goodness, I'll expose of ,you yon before everybody." oral Iu less than livo minutes Mrs. Stansbury ter uiler, Dad collected a room full of spectators? i plu ck. half tho inhabitants of the court?to wit- j wa ?-?i ncss the process of unwrapping the baby, j hai Anxious expectation sat on every counlo- drn ague nance, as the jealous lady tore away rag me nigh after rag from the body of the foundling, li"i ened the vigorous movement of which astonish I e?l everybody. "It is full of tho devil a!- ; otli ur, as ready," said Mrs. S., "that shows it's hi*.} kin You'll soon see that it is like him in every- ' car 1 thing." ty i vorld At last, all tho swaddling clothes being am removed, out jumped tho baby, and made , :?lt< face?' ti? ii i. i niu open uoor. u was iuu ii all a hi / tv/ti Cut.' uul icttcr LvrnouiicrioN or Yankee Doodle io i kin ;lnsH.' Euitoi'fi. During the negotiations, at uni Colo- Ghent, ot the treaty of peace to which I l h< llo! have just alluded, a festival 01 bnmpiet, or oth 'em it may have been a ball, was about to take i wh , you place, at which it was proposal to pay the fro* i Jell customaiy musical coinpliiiienl to all the gra sovereigns who were present or represented I on on the occacion. The sovereign people of inv uac- the United Slates?represented there, a- giv tirst you remember, by Mr. Adam-, Mr. Bayard, the Mr. Clay, Mr. Jotia. Kussell, and Mr. (lalla ^ ork tin, were, of course, not to bo oveilooked; I ',,n bow and the musical conductor or band master ".v" you of the place called upon the Commissioners ',a:i .0 furnish him with our national air. Oui Ml'1 id l?y national air, said they, is d ankeo Doodle. :lsl< irpct I ankeo Doodle, said the conductor, what is ll1" le, a that! Whoio shall I lirid ii? |Iy whom ""l lured was it composed? Dan you supply me with ,ou Sllccl j ilie Kernel I lie perplexity of the Coimnis 'i'"J vhite j sinner* may lie better conceived than do ' j Af* scribed. J ln*y were Ihiily at their wits' ends, type They had never imagined that they ihould "cv have ocures ot this sort to Kettle, and oach 's ' with turned to the other in despair. At last ,(,<J -they bethought then), in a happy moment, ' I'm that thero whs a colored servant of Mr. turn* Clay's, who like so many of his race was a arch li st rate whistler, and who was corlain to l'io know Yankee l>oodlcl?y heart, lie was P?8 jhtly setit for accordingly, and the problem was ;,s solved without delay. I lie band master ',zo liiul jolted down the air as the colored boy P011 on<*y whistled it, and before night, -vol Mr. A I* ?rpct atns, Yankee l)oo<lle was set to so many f,iy ogly part*, that you w ould hardly have known it, doll | and it came out the next day in all the pride, lim vhon ' ponrp and circumstance of viol and haul MU:I ady.' | bov, of di'um, trumpet and eynrbal, to the dit? pass- edification ol the allied Sovereigns of I'.u* ' "lie and rope, and (o tho glorification of the I'nitcd ''i0 ask- Sovereigns of America. 11. C. Wui prc< ght?' (hrojSs AiUlrcti at the Huston Musical h\ let rV liraI. reel rthei 'die I 'ahloiiega (( ?a.) Signal tills a .or tu-i d h" i rowful talc "I the t>rai< itv of provision, in j,?>| t '.hat and adjacent counties ' /,' > L.. - - -Ml . .J ... .. Women in the (j&rdon. Hie Ohio YnHcy Farmer is ia favor of a c' oro iu the gnrdeil for females. Tho opinis well expressed thus: Much in these days is said about the ere of women. Of this vexed <piestion have nothing now to say. The culture ^ the soil, the body and soul, are our ^ ines. Itich soils, healthy bodies, pure, ^ .ivated souls, those are what woaroniinat. And to this end wc recommend j t overy country woman hnvo a garden t she keeps and drosses with her own id, or at least that sho supervises and n ages. . Ihoculliiro of strawberries, raspberries, j iscbcrrios, currants and garden vogcta- sj i is as delightful and profitable as any- j ig in which women can cnjgrigo. Sho ^ y sprinkle her garden well with flowers, jj tho hotter for that. A snowball in this ^ ner, a rose in (hat, a dahlia bed thero, jI a moss larrder here, will not bo out of ,j ce. Only let the substantial and useful istiluto tho chief part. A touch of tho ^ ato, like a ribbon on a good bonnet, is in the least objectionable. g In all tho schools the girls study botany. ? all families tho women ought to practice ^ any. It is healthy, pleasing and usuful. ^ 0 principles of horticulture are the priiiles of botany put into practice. Farrs study agriculture, why should not (" ir wives and daughters study hoiticui- j] of If any is healthy this must he. If ^ 1 is pleasurable none can ho more so than jj. ^ ^ \ lich bed of strawberries, a bush of (j ckherrios or currants, a border of flowers j xluced by one's ow n band, what can well ^ >rd inoio rational satisfaction? Wo say, re a gurdcu, it it is only a small one, and your best with it. i'lant it with what ( ases you be?t, with a good variety, and 4 what you do with it. What woman v mot have bcet>, tonialoc>, melons, onions, < | uCo, and furuish her own table with 111? What woman cannot plant a raspry hush or currant or gooseberry, and I d it well? Come, good woman, study : ir health, your usefulness and happiness, S| 1 your childrciis' also." c, Jauuaoks.- Veil arc still in ample time ?> the main crop of cabbages to bo bar- c ted in August and September, and for (1 winter crop to bo gathered two months *. jr. Select a good ikli bordor of garden q u l<J, aud sprinkle on a half bushel of allies 8j the square rorl. Itake tlietu in thorough- c and sow the seed, either broadcast or in 0 lis, four inches apart. 'I he object of the t ies is to destroy the larva: of the insects c ,t are prone to prey upon the Hrassica >o of plants. Those will bo up and til t, sotting the last of the month. When so plants are removed, it may bo inline- j, lely re-sow u to furnish plants for the last v P. l J ho cabbage is a rank feeder, and wants v Icep rich soil, if you mean to make it \ f. Avoid all stylo manure, or composts ,j 0 which they enter. The cabbage rarely | apes club-foot where this manure is used. c lclights in a fresh soil, and tve have found inl benclit in bringing up the subsoil iu gardens whore the crop is planted. For 1 small varieties, tlio rows may bo twonty hos apart, and the plants fifteen inches h the row. The largo varieties, like the fi uinhcads and IJeigeu, want nearly twice u d room. t When the plants are set out, they must v cultivated diligently. Once a week is a io too often to hoe them. 1 his makes a in grow rapidly and obtain a large size. R r.". ............ T- .1-- 1 ' r it 1 Iiuiun.1,? ill mil lllirry OI Mill) WorK, ! ( not forget the flowers. Think far enough ; o Mid not only to see tho golden fields of; t ving grain, the spoit of )he summer : n ?zes, or tho falling grass before the keen j h tho, and not only to smell the new mown j i! f?but think of tho bright flowers too, 1 of their refreshing odors. The scent of , * i bay is pleasant, but when one crawls ' e ivn from under tho ridgepolo after stow- k ; away three or four loads, for our part, think he is ready to exchange it f?>r that h luignionelto, getanium and roses. In j s ler to be thus regaled and refreshed, af I li similar exercise, and after we have inged our seedy visage in a basin of cold ter, and tho hist hay-seed is out of our r, in the live minutes white the tea is : 1 living, let us, w ith the aid of our help : ets in this respect, make some prepara j ^ us befoii hand. brunintond's phlox, sweet peas, mignioii- 1 1 >, carnation pinks, and pinks of all ' h ds, China asters, ten w eeks, larkspurs, a idy-tufis, snap dragon, etc., each in varie- f' should not be forgotten among the many " uials, both new and olil, that are worthy h ?ntion. Among the biennials, fox glove, s nk's hood, and canterbury bells, must I bo omitted, and tho list of perennial h wring herbs is a large one. Various v ds of campanuls, phloxes, larkspur*, col- b bines, spira as, etc., should ho provided. a eso, w ith dahlias, gladiolus, tuberose, and tl or bulbs, should bo started in a fiauic, j b icli with goud care will provido many a c >h Imquct to < harm a weary hour -to e ce the centre table, or as a gift to bright- b the eves and gladden the heart of the ? .did. There i? no gift of friendship that ll es more ie;?l pleasure.?Jloiiusttn l. 1< ii liiAi'KS.?One of thoso fevers which e the singular quality of Icaviug the j ton? in a better state than they find it. ' i many of "our best citizens in its posses i." We allude to the grape fever. Tiniiii-diing success of I lev. I >r. I le in mo ' nng grapes has excited 111 itch attention, h 1 hi-, counsel has boon sought by nutno- " s patties. His secret 1* very largely in > }?to|.?ration of his trench, or border. * i only reason why grapes havo novcr 1 ri mote suoeo sfnl here is that tiny have or been decently fed. The grape V',H- :l i gross feeder, ha-> a long descent t, ami requires :i very deep Soil, ivi jl idled with uppropiitlc feilili/.ing male s. A trench or border thrco feet doe)', d I four or five feet ncr< #, well filled with best loaiii, is not loo large, and we >up -| e I >r. bio would not consider it tis large jt lesirablo. Hones are the principal ferti u r depended upon. Not h -s than fifty li inds of bones should he put in fur the <! L*s to feed upon permanently, as they do h Moro than this .piantity, almost in m fiiteJy, would be bolter. At the same li c may ho added lunched ashes hj the ti iiitlly, and compost for the more inline p s u-e of the plant. They should not be wed to bear too early. The training of vine, as practised by Mr. Sa< hi U, at ;u lent our best opeialivo gai donor, is to ti it thtow out a Lteial branch in each di< '* ion to the distance of five, si\ or ?i ven , depending on tin li.hnCf f the. ich, and, flout tin e, letting h ..ts run |)endi< nlarh up the ticlli.. Sj i </ > nrld ' tnhf/rtin Cantai.eui'k, Ac.- Cantaloups can be raiv 1 willi all tho rnftnimy ?>f ?!??? cuciimUr ml ibo pumpkin. They require a little n lore euro in preparing ami bolecting tho ^ round. A bandy loam is always to be j?ro- ^ rred; but any light, friablu foil, with a ^ xithorn exposure,free froiu prevailing nioiairo, will answer. The ground hbould bo y inverted into a tino tilth?tho hills should ^e| u dug out to tho depth of eight or ten inch- q ?, eighteen inchctt in diameter, which |m(j lould bo Oiled with one third well rotted f.m) tanuro, ono third good sand, (>hould tho ? >il not possess any.) and one thiid rich xyj|] irth, wull mixed. The hills should ho from tl ight to twelve feet apart each way, as room .4jj lay allow, and the seeds, say five to a bill, 'oVi. .lould be planted over the wholo bill, an ? ich below the surface. When the sprouts ro two inches high give thoin a fair sprinkng of wood italics while the dew is on, or t ,, fter watering them, and repeat three or ! , >ur times dining the two following weeks. I , 'his will drive away tho insects. When ' joa| ;ioy aro six inches high remove all but two , r three vines, according to the rows, and wj urefully put round, not to the vines, a little ] 4 uano. In removing tho weeds from tho i q eds tho vines should not be disturbed, as j j lie rootlets which penetrate tlio earth from p|| lie vines, and which supply the principal rj,,| ourislitnenl to the fruit, will bo destroyed. : ? lothiug more is needed to yield an amount J f this delicious melon that will astonish ims lie uuiiiitiated and a quality unequalled by elci lie best productions of Jersey, 4 \\ alermeloiis require exactly the same nil it almoin, but tho crop is not so ecitnin lis 4 lie Cantaloup. Still, if a light, (liable, sail- i),e y soil, with a southeastern exposure, is so cm jcted, and the Mountain Sweet vniiety is 4 lanted, u fair crop may almost ivrtaiuly be tho minted on. We have raised twenty-one j thu dible watermelons from three hills. 'I he da? range watermelon i< very luscious, and ' c think requires rather a shorter season exj tan others, and product's abundantly. :i)1 > \ (/emuta town 7' !<vi'Oj h, wit Tun "Slave l'owr.u."?At a late meet (.jq lg t>f tho Society uf Aits, in London, some , . tartling facts woro disclosed to idling the 1 v t onimercial influeneo < ( the u.uoli abused ) " , slave power' of the South. Of the total : sports of Great llritain, one-third is uiad?! ,, ,.t - e ... II u lintu. VIIf I"( [? " I?i ?.' 1 Alll'ltilUO C?, wills one of her peculiarly bewitching . < miles?"1 wauled skuio binck shoodace*? .< ve co.ts' worth, if you pleas, < [A*. )'. J'ica>/unc. Legislative IIimok. -*I i?o Springfield ' , republican says: : , "1'uring the iale banking debate, Mr. I ( iwifl.of Lesion, matin s, me humorous hits, j ho funniest of which was tliut u)>on Mr. , lydc, of Newton. Mr. Hyde had made , is appearance with his hair m wly shorn, jy| nd looking most womlorfully unlike hi* I aimer self. Swiit alluded to Iris lemarki j f the day before, and looking Jiicctly at . iiint sj?oko of him as 'the gentleman of i ^ ew ton, whom 1 do not see in his seat'.' ' " 'he alteration in Mr. lfydu's appearance, , owever, is not so striking as in that of a SIX! eueiablc senator, the Nestor of the upper *. j ranch, who, when in the Senate two veur* . " V0\ go, was frightfully gray, but who cuuio uj> j his year with his hair and whiskers of :i islrous black. Met ting with one of hiolleagnos of lbof?, ho accostod him very oidially, hut was tohlly told that he 'realV had the advantage' of the pei.-on add less d. 'Why, i am Sir. , of ? said lie rejuvenated senator. 'Oh,' suid his col- ague, 'your ftithi ? was in the Senate with ie two yeais ng--! Now do you do, sir?"' j ? , . Miw. I'amisgton ami Hauvaiid Col MU! i ? i -"'I'hey a'o detemdned to drive tin l,K piii:!*i 'in Harvard," said the pro;'.-- i to orl lis. I'arliiigein, with much gleo, and h lCl iibb< d his hands ?h glitcdlv. "1 wnnt t<< S'1 now,'' sa: i the d me, staving hei kni'.liilg " oodles in lu i wunder; "il j tell ur! W ?-11, neiti tlieain, d there w;? ,-nn spiiitualitv * 1' i that cemetery > ( leioiiii g boyond what , ,r !e used to he ill tin- telre-diiiiciit and ''' 1"< 1111. r? classes l., t 1'aul used to tell of, H,,k lid I should think tjicv would ba irlid i.? vs'* ixl some tlu ic an) how.1'? - ? ?>? Mi.-. I' M.I IMi i<>\ JI i:rt ( Iimxion.?1"1 n't know what you mean I>y gcuiu.*," a" ii>l Mi 1 'arliiiglon with animation, while , leaking <t the meiit - ul a tvio who hiul 1st g veil evulelU'i) < 1 wi'ixixr'ful ability h\ '':i nprovising, a poem before the "Vs lstiiut)' < ! which he was a incinhcr, "I '''' iin'l kn iw what \ ou nuan by geniu if ho '' ' a n't got it, far diilu't he imputerinb poet- u'" , bcfoix the Litciary Institute, I sh nihl sa,t kii to know, ami iceeivo lots of reprohn l;,e on lor it fioni people that know what good iKitry is.''' * mi 1 Ladies should have l?ut one given name, em nl when lli. \ are married should retain " I I it ii mai leir name is a ini'hllo name. This f;ini a practiis amontr the Society "f Friends, fal.s nl, weii it t;eiici h v a ! p . I, it ^wotih] ern avo nun ahaiit ... W ? !. nil! know mn, once,L'i'ii i ix.' . Iail\ ii ox wbethel 10 bill I < i. 1 oi ai'gli . .on I it the I I t|,n i*i, ivdh? i. -ii l i . mx'i . i (L ]/ w? wuuii ni.mui iciuh > a.oiif. Jurist f ^ j car, alter clotliing thu entile |< filiation i / ( I tlio British islands the Kire .;sh cotton pinners exported *l.r>6,000,uu0 worth. liMi x tensive is ilie operation e>f 11*is supply up j j, u the general prosperity of tliat country, liat an increase of a penny a pound, ac ordiug to an estimate of laud Stanley, in yet lie cost of the raw material, is equivalent nia j a national loss of four or five millions. fuc *1 lio fact which gives these statistics their i eculiar importance to Aimiicau rondcis i> a t; ct to he staled. Of the bOO,000,000 1 pr< lounda of cotton imported by Kngland last j ear, 700,000,000 jiounds were from the his Jiiited States. In oilier woids, one lain- osc red and liflecn millions of dollars worth of | England's annual exports, to say nothing l'r< if w hat she consumes iierself, depend w holly i for ipoti the I'nited States for its supply. [ South Hi'le JJcuuxrnt. hii An Awful Comi.no Down.?Krautsa uat's wile has caught the habit of joking t'to rom Iter husband, and occasionally make ! t]lv iso of it in public, to tlie astonishment of wo hose who hear her. The other day she : ms out shopping, and dropped into a lace J'it lid embroidery establishment, whvie she I V'e sked the smiling salesman to show her of oino laces. lie handed down a variel) of uf tyles, lloniton, l'oitit d'Aluticon, I bu voile*, | su, Impure, etc., ranging in price from ten to tie bundled dollars per yard. None of liuae, however, met her ideas, and she ft lWi ally suggested that she would prefer black <.;v ices. J in: same ceremonies were gone < lirough with again, but with the same re- : ? ult?she was dissatisfied with all, until, < oinewhat out of patience, the clerk remark- j < d?'Well, matlame, I don't know what iml of luces you desiio; I have shown voii 1 II ... . I > ... a m A schoolmaster, after giving 0110 of his i |>ii? a sound drubbing Ibi speaking bad ] imniar, sent him to the end of the room inform another boy that ho wished to ak to him, promising to repeat the dose iu spoke to liiin ungrammatically. Tho imgster, being rpiito satisfied with what liad got, determined to L?c exact, and addressed his fellow pupil: "A com>11 substantive of tiie masculine gender, gular number, nominative cn o, and in angry mood, that sits perched ujK)n the iiiencc at tho other end of tlie room, dica to articulate a lew sentences to you the present teii>c." (<ook!n*o tiiiltv.- -Nothingcan he more mid than tho i h a that "looking guilty" >vc guilt. \'i hone t man ehniged with inv is mucii more likely to blush at the usation than the real offender, who is icraliv pr> pared for the event, and ha* fnc "ready inadu*'f r the occasion. Tho \ thought i f being MUj?octed of anything ininal will bring the blood to an innoit ru:.u\* chth k in nine cases out of leu. e mo.I "guilty looking" person we ever v was a man arrested for stealing nhor.se, icli turned out to be bin own property. >/u<* J*0$t, J1MM v 1111. A good looking fellow u:t? aigucd before tbc l'olieo Court, charged li having .stolen a watch. The Judge I'll 11 1111 Vlli.'ll i 11(1,1. a,] till,, I.. mi?!l ll. - - - ...v, ??vw\l mill *V-r V.V* I I I I I I l I kill ft. l i e young man replied that, hav* boon unwell fr sumo time, the doctor i->ed hini to tak yitx thirty, which he I accordingly done. Tho J udgo asked at had lol him to soled a I catch, "Why," 1 ! tin- prisoner, "I thought if I only had tuni that nature \vou|d work a cure!" \n oeoiiiliic clergyman, lately alluding ' lis pulpit to the subject of family gov- I nieiit, roinarkod that it is often said, iat now a days there is no such thing as ! lily government. Hut it is false?all | o! 1 lino is just as much family gov- I mailt now as there ever wa> just as cli as in the day* of our fathers and , udfather- I ho only dilleienec i.>, that i i tli. old folks did the governing, now ! I < '-X !: yu'trg oil- ' I Praying and Doing. I)i?u the poor children who haren't got beds to-night," prayed tlio little boy, before ho lay down ou bis uico warm ou a cold wiudy night. ho rose from bis knees, his mother I, "You havo just asked Clod to bless the r children?what will you do to bless in!" lie boy thought u moment. "Why, if 1 ! a hundred cakes, enough for nl< the lily, I'd givo them some." But you have no cakos; what aro you iino to do?" Why, when I get money enough to buy the things that I want, and havo some r, I'll givo them some." But you haven't half money to buy all i want, and perhaps never will have; nt will you do to bloss the poor now?" I'll givo them sumo bread." 'You have no broad; the bicad is mine." 'Then 1 could earn money and buy a f myself." ''Jake things as they now arc; you know at you have that is your own; w hat are i willing to i_ive to help the poor?" I lse hoy thought again. "I'll givo them f my money; I have seven pennies, and givo them four. Wouldn't that belli ?" IttVBHtUC Louie. "That which thou, t to do, do it with all thy might," said a j "gyniuii to his son, one morning. So 1 did llii- morning," replied Bill, I h an enthusiastic gleam in his eye. 'Alt, what was it, darling?" and the fa- j r's fingers ran through his oil spring's j 'Why, I wollojKid .lack Kdwards," said young hopeful, "till ho yelled like I aider. \eii should just hoar him holler, ' I hat father looked unhappy, whilo ho ilainod thai tin* precept did not apply to j i act like that, and concluded mildly h? 'You should not havo iloiio that, my j Id." j ' 1 hen he'd a vvolloped me," replied nig hopeful. Bettor," Mii I tlio site, "foi you to have I from the wiath to coiile." \ cs, but, replied young hopeful, hy way iuai clincher," "Jack can run livico as l as I can." rhc g od man sighed, went to his study, ' k up a pen, and endeavored to compose asclf. I in: I- \i:mi ij,?.Adam was a farmer while in l'aiadise, and alter his fall cominlud t-> ? arn his bicad bv the sweat of his Q. 1 .?l?, the uptight, honest and patient, was armcr, and his patience has parsed into a verb. Socrates was a farmer, and wedded to calling the glory of his immortal phil[pty. St. Luke was a farmer, and divides with ouiclhcu* the honor of subjecting the ox the use of man. I>urns wa? a farmer, and tho muse found u at the plow and tilled his soul with stry. Washington was a farmer, and letiicd m the highest earthly station to enjoy s quiet of rural life and present to tho rid a spectacle of human greatness. 1 ho enthusiastie Lafayette?the steadfast .keriuc -the scholastic Jetlcrson -the i.-atile Katnlolph all found an Kldocado consolation from the cares and troubles life in tlie green and verdant lawns that rounded their homestead. Tlio following eolloipiy took place beecu tbo census marshal and a native of rmany: 'Who lives here!" "Yaw." '"What is your name?" "Sdiurmony on the liliiue." "What's your father's name?" "Nix for Slav." "When did you unite in AILauy!" "Mil a steal11boata." ot any children.'" "Yaw, two barrels mil kioul. ' "How long Iiavo vou i?sided in litis use?" "Two rooms and tier basement." "Who owns the building?" "1 pays nothing; Hans pays tho saute icc a month." ' \\ hcio did you live last year!" "Across lei red store in you coiu? up mil; market in your liglit hand, perhind der tup vat belongs to der blacksiuid shops.' ggf 'ilia Kev. -J.iOob 0 ?(wo regret thai our correspondent dee* uoI s'??? u? ui? name in full) win the pastor of it church in . 1'hiladelphin many years ago, ti.e leading * members of it being loyal subjects of King George, for whom they had great reverence. The minister was n German and a stanch republican. The custom of praying for the t King had always been maintained in that church; but tbe liev. Jacob O 1 when ho was settled there, neglected to remember his Majesty in his public prayers. The f] leading parishioners mot and remonstrated ^ with him on his oversight, and deaf red him ^ to pray for the King on the following Sunday, which he promised very readily to do. The next Sunday morning he introduced r the following petition into his service: "O Lord, hear us vile ve pray for do King George, ?nd all de kings of do earth. Grant dent all keen conviction, sound conversion, and give dem all short lives, and *. happy deaths, and take dem all home to heaven, and let us never hnvo any more *3 king* vile the vorld stands.1' lie was excused from praying for the A King after that comprehensive prayer. ^ Pump.? Why you hah your hair parted in de middle, you swell nigger? (''iff.?"Kaso it's do fashun wid all what rcspecks demsclves, you bahl headed embodiiiM-nt ob blackin' you. but what is de t difference between your hair and mine, 1'ompl" I Pom p.?'-Gibs it up." ('"JK "My hair is /-tried in do middle, ^ and your'n is </< /tarUd." ^ An aristocratic Irishman, speaking of his uative country, said it was an execrable place; in fact, the only thing worth owuing ? in it was the whiskey. , "You mean to say, then," said a waggish J menu, -luiii with all her faults, you love hor I. hTILLf" * Stt tingle tu leave tliy sons well eJucated ^ rather than rich, for the hopes of the learne?l are inure valuable than the treasures of the ignorant. DEATH (IF SKNATOR Dl'TLER. s A i i tiiii-' when llic South can least spare tb e coun- t .c! of her wise statesmen and the service of he.* xcuIom cliani plans,she his li? mourn Um lum??fone ( who maintained In r cause with all tlic resources of a sagacious intellect iiiid alt tile nnlorof a brave ami ( generous nature, h'or it was the distinction of Senator 1 fuller that lie united a sound judgment with an impulsive temperament, and exhibited as much ot discretion in practical uthiiia as lie display- t e l ot el- jueiico iu debate, from a long service <-n I ili l.iiieh, ho acquired a habit of patient iiivestigu- ? ti??n and a judicial gravity iu embracing conclusions, c whioh imparted weight to his opinion and stability to his eluilacti r. Still, the ardor ot bis nuturo wus * only bin pored to a steady glow, and wa* easily inti.oiic.1 by any spectacle of wrong und injustice, or f kiudk-d into a generous warmth by an appeal to his patri. ttsiii or iiisgnanimity. Wi.h Judge JJuiltr t the man and the politician wcro not distinct diameters. Amiable, aflab!6, and unaffected in the social circle. Ill public l.le lie was e-ju.illv simple, Dllselfish and susceptible of every generous impulse. Nothing ot li s dignity was due to a thcntrieal assumption ot pem >n d cooactjMBOtf be was nidebt. d for none of I Ins sueouu to ignoble intrigue or an eager aspiration after place and power, ileucc lis elevation |>ro- * Voki-d the least of jealous OpfhMifiOQ, an I few poophw rt 1 sj. d to detract from the praise of Li? < nick st virtues!. Perhaps of nil the public men ot * his day Judge Puller enjoyed the largest share of |>craonnl i?opularity among his |>olilic.il advemaiu s? than which there can remedy be a stronger attestation of the amiability ot Ins disposition, and the gentlemanly courtesy of his bearing. As an orator Judge Ituikr was distinguished by nn abundance ot i-:.i-? e.il allusion and tlu-toiica! " embellishment, yet without the leu t parade of pa- di dntitry or scholastic rcfntemci.t. 11 it* sjH.-?-chc? are I strong in argument, but rather by the srpar te | stroke of a vigorous intellect than txasiuse of any ntfectnik.il of the precision ot logical form. The dry est details he coul-l relieve with the (lashes of n wit lis spontaneous in its inspirits n^is it was bril|i int in its sparkle. I.ut he wn? greatest when IXi tolling what, ver is worthy of ad miration, or when | | Ktiiiii-nntg tin- lila'ting, cru-di ng boh of liia in-litc- I i u ilnui og.i n*>l m .nines* nnd injustice; as uiliKM I li - noble lulc.'V on (lie Supreme (' uit, and liia iv .theritig phillipic upon Charh * Sui?n> r 1 I lose Wire some of dud go ) fuller's rluilllX to the udinimlinU .m?l affection of the Souths hit Iir^fiil J(- O voticn to In-rrause, his jenl'.u* ri'K?nl furlm honor, and h - / aland courage m defence of her righu.etii.ilc Iniit to lor gratitude :.n.lrwwuce. Well jut* sin lament liia loss, for it rimy lie M?g before she will find another chaTiipirin'of so biiflintit genius and *' so lo-roio spirit. South Carolina feels the bereavenwut w ith pecttl ir |uxgtw.neyt Lu. in her sorrow' she in.ijr bs assured of the ?v mouthy Ot Virginia, who I ,in. the pi ? i of u tribute t?< the liiomory (N 11 the gallant Holier.? The jftirAmomf) St>oih a t.'ivn. War in Onto?Ci.vciV.vaTJ, May 29.? I fepuly I nileil SlniiN Marshal Churchill, nod l?!? v " en uvul.ill'.l, Ufi lies e.ty bull Tuesday, to urrml j lour |?.i ^>iis hi M( i-hninesburp. Champagne enmity, f" (th o, charged with harbviiog fujpl vo slaves nine '' months ago.' w The arrests were made on Wednesday, niuna i H ' writ of halx .-w c<W|m* w.i. taken out; hot btf??rc it j 1,1 Could be is rvi>1, the United Slate* ..Ulcers, vvith w' their pi in'Ucr*, w ere betond (lie bounds< f thecounty. Aunt her writ was taken out in Greene couu I tv, .-'id m rvol bv t! e Sheriff, assisted by a large crowd <>f citizens. The I 'n ted Slate* offieris resisted; nnd several allots were exchanged; but fmuil.v the I'nited States i officer* were overpowered, taken prisoners and *' brought to Springfield for trial, for resisting the ,l Sheriff in the discharge o( hia duty. The gtMltit Rl excitement prevailed. The l 'nile.1 States Marsletl telegraphed the Secretary of the Interior to-day for instructions regard ^ ng the arrest and Imprisonment of the I'lrittJ ' States i flieera, but the nature of the instructions re- ! f* eeived in reply h.ia not yet transpired. i *' dudgo I.euvit, I'aded States Dia'.riol .Judge, is | ,A i so?d a writ of linbcn# corpus to day, and ike Mai- "" lull lets gone to Springfield to acrvu it. In aaae re! si stance is offered, it i* reported that the United ) j Suites troops will bo called out. | * J or I.h it. Strain.? Irrut. Su.iin diet] ; *t Aspinwull, on thetiiglit of the lath ult .and next j d'iv w ns burit d in the Mount liopc Cemetery. The ' '' Axpimvall C< urier says: I t< " 1 h funeral wu* attended bv most of the officer* ^ uf the Cvane, and n few front the W abas'., and 1 III., nr.", lu ... f- n- d ... -I* r.iinna nviil t?i?r v VHIK*, IB ??( wlnm iK'iui as pallbt-arcr*, and twelve a* Kulwti- '!! mini for murine*, on arriving at the grave the, hp i "pal burial aervice ?w read by ilia Chaplain M i of the Wahavh, mid throe wHvyn vrr* lirtJ oVer ! she grate l>y tbo an lors aforesaid. Thepnll In ar*r? in I fvi torv in attendance were in cluirgc <?( Mid - , Jj n!ii|>nian (Jove, .Hid the Bailor a (rico irwti inoa) in! ' ehmgu < ( .Midshipman Alhrn. Jlolh these otiirvr* , " in 1 .'1 ir dehiolimcBts, |>erlorinc<] their duties well tM nod tlie entire conduct of the ceremonies was cri-d tably executed." I'm. Coxr r.?Prof. Mitchell, of Cincinnati, in a , 1. 0c.1t lecture on astronomy, ridiculed the id** <A .1 ? collision of a Mim-I with the earth, and remarked, ; hi relation t<> the idea thai the earth in iy After ?h ' *In iliiilr?yt<l by xerancl, tbat lie could lint tell, but ; ibought that "it we lived to nut-l audi a cataMro- j plio we should pan the age of \1> tliuselah about ! ten 111.11011 of years'." Wc think hnt very few people would be oontcul to wait so Jong f??r aueh a ,, ?i|K-etaele. Nervous |><oi>te may take courage. j (i|| Th re is a good chance for thoru to die jwneeaUly. j and in .1 good o'd-fa<ihioncd way. ' I w1 ? m MUSIC! VV I'.n V large Hcleetiou of th* g,JdT~ . best and latent improved IM* 1 A NOS of all kinda cult be Sad At ? " W J 11 K A M SAY'S PIANO KOUTE ANDMUSKJ STORK COLUMBIA, S C. Ho invite* a special cv.imin.ition of ili< I.it, pu 1 tented improvements! h llnlh t. I tavii,V iVi.cdr | hinted Pin u }'e?ii "t.iiioiw gnat untied 1 .1 ntie Afc ') ^ , j, ' VJSTVk I ?. ^ '(> J Dr. MEANS'!? ? * c r 1. E b r a j' e u b* 9 E R MI F U G E ff LIVER PILLS. ?? o of the beat Prt|?r?(|?i( oTtke A(?> They are not recommended as Universal ^ure-alls, but simply for vhat their name pur>orts. The Vermifuge, for expelling Worms from he human system, has lIso been administered vith the most satisfactory esults to various animals ubject to Worms. The Liver Pills, for :he cure of Liver Com?laint, all Bilious Derangements, Sick Headache, See. Purchasers will please )e particular to ask for Or. C. McLane's Celebrated Vermifuge and Liver Pills, prepared by & vcyvuaxx j ole proprietors, Pitts :>urgh, Pa., and take no >ther, as there aro various >thcr preparations now x-fore the public, purporting to be Vermifuge md Liver Pills. All pthers, in comparison ,vith Dr. McLane's, are worthless. The genuine McLane's * Vermifuge and Liver Pills can now be had at ill respectable Drug Stores. < FLEMING- BRO S, CO "Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pa. .Sole I'roprletors. SCO VIL Si MEAD, New Orhana, Gem-ral IihIimIv Aw xi* f?r iliv South, to whuni nil urr? iiiu-1 be addmacd. SOLD 1ST FISHER A II El NITS] I, Spartanburg, S<>. Ca. DEAN A GOODGION, 44 " 44 A TOLLESON, " 44 44 K. Kill tciI, Greenville, 44 44 KEKXAN A NORRIS, I ntou%*ille, 44 44 lOilN II. IIEKRY, Lnurvtumllv, 44 44 \V. V. PRATT A CO., Newberry, 44 44 L. I4. HARNETT A CO., Yorhville, R. C. .1 \V. HARRIS A CO., Uutbeifurdluti, N. C. May 7 II ly Rogers' Livorworth & Tar H TIIK COMPLETE CI RE OF CO CO IIS, 0OI.D8* 1 NFLt KNitA, ASTII M A, BRONCHITIS, SPITI I No OF JM ooli, ,t ALL OTHER LCISG COMI'L.vixm n.NDiso to consumption. i H Vi 3 3 S THis* | r. p.ratu.ii m gottiug into u?c all o\er our [ uiitry. The i.timcroa. huvr. wo receive Irom ur various agent k, tnfijrming u* uf cure* effected i ilitu iiiMiivdiatc nei^'liburhoodj., warrant o? in it i> no ol the Ik.', if not the rcry beet, *>u?h McJic'iu- uow U 'or,. lliep<>bhc. It mlmost mutably rr/irrra, nud tin I uuft equcntly curee the try uorei rime* Yt hen all oil?or Cough prrpera>n? have C?il<<), ihib hn* relieved the pntit-ut. a* nugg'si*, r? nt Medicine*, and Pbysiotaua, ib trs-rfy. A>W ffte Agent in jour nearest town, l.ni h;?> been hi* f*p?i?ni-r ot rfftfl*of this ..heme. li lie in.h burn >*ll i any length 1 time lie will tell yon IT IS TI1K BEST MKlJlCfNE KYTANT. Hrluw uc iri\o a fcw extracts from letters w? iw received lately regarding tbe virtues of lliia edicine. Jf-MP l)r. fl. 'S. (*>lin, ?fKiii>ii*itlr,Gn , Niyi: I hat* tn u*ini: ytmr I.irenrarl ami '!'at ret y exten rely in my practice for three year* past, and, u irith pleasure / state my belief in its aiirsloltlTV OVER AM. urliu AiiT'cl.Cf> with irhich / m acquainted, for irhirh it is recommended." Messrs. Fitzgerald & Tenners. writing from k'nyiiinvillo, N. (' >-ny: "The /Arervort and 'in i.< becoming daily mare popular in this Connv, ani> wk think ji art r no. All trio hare tried xj, .ik in fawni Jnhle ferine of it, and Bay it ^ rtry beneficial in alienating the complaint*fot kid it an recommendedV Messrs. Fitzgerald A Ik-airts, writing from rnyneavilW, N. C., any: The /.irervorl and 'ar i* becoming daily more popular in this Co uny, \sn vr* tiiink jpstlv no. All vko hart ied it *penk in commendable terms of it, and ly it i* rcry benefeial in alienating /At rot* !aiiits for m hich it is recommended.'' '' ^ Our Agent in Piehcna Diatrio', S. C.. Mr. S. . Mo Kali, assures n? ''that he uses it with g teat 'netit in Ilia own family, and recommend* it to liia ighbors." 1 le gives an instance of a Negro *oiii. m I. - \ v. w 1 ! I'.n Midi-ring with q ?uAM uf the l.niiga for years, attended with aero cough, who wns relieved by the Liverwort i.l Tar. Such arc the g"od reports we hear of thia Midi ne from all parta of the Souih. For a report of c surprising cores it has jwrfnrmcd in the AVratu and Northern and Eastern States, wc would vile the suffering patient to read the pamphlet hich Mei*oniparii? each botilo. To all wo aay, ire hope, hare hope! * TRY THE MEDICINE!! I r. \V A It .IED 11% IEAIO n pwiwo of Count l ift-its juid Base initiations ! The genuine aiticlc t* signed Aniukw Rooms the engraved wrnp|wr around inch i*.tth\ Trice c'> P?r huttic, ??r six hollies for $5. Sold Kokralrand r. .ail by St OVM. * MEAD, i! 1 I t " ii t? r.s St , In ; t on *iwt So i v' e* r?. Vi Soli .\<;rNT? ?ott Tiir. Southkbh Statm, 1o Ii<tii all nrd?M aii.l a)>f>lio?tion*> for n?t U' S?>|,1> AIJSO HY KlSill U A: IlKlNITSll.SpnrtimlmvK,So U W. II WATSON, Or.omille M K. KUUTCH. * KKNNON ?V NORUIS, U itiouvMr, M S. R. liKNUY, bio^mvilk " v' I, II AlllllS, A CO , Hullo i H.C I A prtl VI 6w ULA3SJK.B, \\V, EQUITY AND M AttlSTUATKS f??l; sAI.K AT IUIS OKKICE