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mil CAROLINA SPAaTAtfT BY OAVIS &TR1MMLKR. T. 0. P. VBBJfON Associate Editor. * Nm T?i Doiaua* ptf inum la advnuos, or I the end of the year. 11 not paid until 9L v. **? U? year expires #3.00, W&-:' ' RM'vH oo considered In advance if made witUn tbrao months. -. V [.v-* No subscription taken lor lass than air months. Mousy may bo remitted through postmasters At V Wr risk. . ' * ? Advertisements inserted at the usual rates, and " contnpte mndo on reasonable, terms. ... * * Tho Start an circulates over this and adjoining districts, ond oilers an luliuiruhio mcdinm k ; - la ser friends U> resell onslomera. ^ tj; " Job work of ail kinds promptly excoated. Blanks, Law and Equity, continually on hand or printed to order. f CAROLINA SPARTAN. For the Carolina Bpartan. r ORIGINAL ESSAY. "WHAT CONSTITUTES 1 MOT." The observable distinctions botwoon the moat civilized races of man, and thoso which are rude and uncultivated, will bo found to confeist cliieflv in oersonal mannora and ^ anodes of social life. ' That which distinguishes a men of truo refinement and gentle culture from hiiu who is unrefined, unpolished aud ignorant, eo far a? mere outward manifestations go, is found to consist in little things?in Lho ac* tions?the gait?the countonanoo, and the numberless itoms which enter into the charactor of our personal manners. The polite world havo attached a difluite meaning to the words?gentleman and lady, by which those terms arc made to iucludo an assemblage?a combination of elemcuts and qualifications, which it would ho ex ceediogly difficult to describe or enumerate; but which, notwithstanding, every person of ordinary intelligence perfectly and readily understands. These words mean something more thnn a distinction of sex: they mean more than a discrimination between the rich and the poorjlhoy mark more important dislincf tioua than those between the lord of the manor and the peasant ploughman, who cultivates the soil. Iudoed, the peasant way bo in no mean sense a gentleman, while the owuer of the castle might be a narrow, coarse -and vulgar Rpeciuicn of the genus ko/M. I may refer now to Miss Cook's admirable poem on "Natures Gen ; tinman" for a most accurate and truthful delineation of those characteristics of gentility ip the rougher sex; and, as these hasty observations aredosigued mainly for the benefit of ilit fairer aud gentler portion of humanity, I may devote the lime to a running sketch of the points most noteworthy in the ch aracter of a lady. The atrict and habitual observance of the oxtornal deportment of a lady beeumos easy and natural in those cases where the kearl is gentle, and pure, and good. Not only our words, but our actions nnd manners, flow out from tho heart, and partake of its nature aud character, as the 1 stream proceeds from Its fountain. liut independently of tho particular state of tho moral being, culture and care, education aud habit, may accomplish much in tho work of deportmont. Without attempting any very systematic or philosophical method of enumerating some ?f the marks and evidences of true gentility in woman, I shall procood to uote a few of thbso characteristics as they may suggest tborascVos to my mind. 1. tfto first wliSch occurs to mo, is Sim-1 plicity. A lady novo prutende to a state of' fooling which she docs not really experience. Sho docs not aj)tc\ an accomplish ment sho doos not possess. She does not Assume & friondship not acknowledged at heart. While sho seeks to treat cvoiy one with politeness?which is nothing nitre than a propor regard for tho feelings ot a fellow being?oho will not mislead any acquaint- 1 auce by an alToetaliou of regard which tho ' heart disowns. Simplicity requires iu to bo vrf.it we ' seem, and to sooni what we nro. All alloc- ' talion is incompatible with that beautiful ' simplicity of charactor, so charming in her to whom wo award tho qualities of a por- 1 foot lady. 2. The next index of truo refinement antl 1 perfection, in the character of a 1* Jy, is Sincerity. 1 Truthfulness, frankness, and reliability, 4 are integral and ?asontial olemonta in that 1 ooronoi of virtues which crowns tho genu- ' ino lady. < This virtue implies faithfulness in friend- 1 ship. It implies that Bimplo truth and 1 honesty of purpose aro tho raotivo to oer! words and our actions. It excludos all | t mere p-otension and double-dealing. 1? t is a glass, in which and through which our 1 friends read our hearts, and estimate our ; t characters. Tt scorns all artful disguise, r and eseoratee all betrayal of confidence, and t all treachery iu social intercourse. It is r closely allied to another virtue, which we i notice as a third element in the character of i a lady?a sacred and uudeviatiog regard t to ! i bo IMHPMIBBIHPPIP xi truth, and count (t 410 merit; but they would laugl bold falsehood in unmixed com tempt And sensr scorn. to g? A faUo woman realizes the conception of La an angel fallen?no longer a blessed thing oil he of light, and love, and goodnoss; but a thing gods of evil, and a spirit of darkness! nor { 4. Another element in the character of a unto My, is Refinement of Taste?a chastened ther purity ot feeling. * . civili Ladies never indulge the contemplation ally of low images and vulgar ideas. Ladies impe ignore tho existence of all and everything tho r calculated to shock tho refined feasibility. Ol Thoy choose wo< to know that there is any- by *1 thing impure, anything obscene, anything retur corrupt and unclear, in the social and mor-! die." al world in which they move. They hev- Li ar uttor an indecent word?thoy never tole- meat rato an indecent word. Ladies shrink from dice obscenity as they would shrink from a pu- 8Ci0u trid carcass. They avoid its contact as they worn would avoid tho contagion of a deadly as I plague. It is possible that females, in some shoe> instances, may sin against parity of taste, with or purity of language; but ladies nover do. and Mnqy of the minor points in the finished tants character of a lady might bo noted, if time life! allowed us to do so. A few only can bo tcr, i pointed out face! ion*, Ladle* converse in the usual key and may touo of voice; olher women sometimes find aj| j,( it necessary to talk very loud, mid close with R ^ ^ a liltlo squall. 1 . . a stn Ladies find no inconvenience in acting ^ naturally and sensibly?supposing iucu to ^ j bo intelligent beings, and endowed with j j Lasto, reason and judgment like themselves; tj Jthcr wotnen, by somo strap go logic, or n () itrango magic, deeui it highly nocossary to frjvo| :hango tko character of their deportment. eru|,j Ladies sit, or walk, or talk, or act as usual, ? , t>"y 1 rnd as becoming tho digtety of woman- , tiood; othor wotuon foel obliged to do some- ^ ihing out of tho usual lino. disro{ Ladies, passing near a group of gentlemon, but not mingling with them, move on t;on_ ixactly as though the gontltmou were uot aiuj ? here?at though they did not exist?they cjrc|0 jo tray no consciousness of their nrrau??*n ? , ^ >r vicinity; other women cotceivo it duo to wojco .bomtelves, and to their feminine nature, to |,e uake a draonstration. A They hnrdly know how tkis is to bo done; way < >ut it never will do, so they seem to think, o let the opportunity pass unimproved. Ryi riio gentlemen must knotf that icc know hey are somewhere about! A loud call iftor some female friend*?a rocolloction |f0jy bat they have forgotten something that spring nust be instantly iookod after?a sudden pro<lu aspiration to run out and gather a flower? in unaoeountahle influence from St. Cecilia ^ o indulge in vocal must# loud enough to o o heard?or, iu tho absence of all these turitv 9a per, as far as it is postiblo. Self possession, the 1 and a proper control over the feelings, are wortl peculiar to persons of culture and refine- gQ inenL , plica Perhaps the most unniistakeable dislinctiou between Indioa and other women, will be observed in their doportment toward nary gentlemen, and their conduct in the pres- outw cuce of gentleusou. resul Ladies, coiuing inio the company of the of other sex, remain perfectly calm and ration- ;in, o al; other women occasionally become a little weaj, erased and tligbty. * - Ladios always troat their seniors with do- rogai furonco nod respect. If you should ever bilili sea a young woman pulling on airs, and for a exhibiting anger toward a senior?an elder tho 1 person of either sex?you wiH, of course, an ir pity hor, and say mentally, "Poor girll she a br is an upstart. If she only knew what coTt- dene stitutes a ludy!* Ladios never repeat any enco >- ?i? -* _ 1 - uuKiiiu nuiui r|lU*.UII Ul H UlirU pCrSOtl 10 ioVOT their presence. Of all tho deGnite marks ceivi of ooarseuess and vulgarity in woman, that If yo of gossip-mougering, tale-bearing, ami iuis- natui chief making, are tho meanest and most glori prominent. not Ladies never boar tale*?thoy never sepa- mom at* ffioniU?never eomlwand to ihO COII- othoi loiupliblo littleness of dealing out second- beiii] hand slander. retnc Ladies aro distinguished for llicir deport- stow tnont in public places, and in company gen- ono ' orally. They never bawl out loud words it, as ?never screech out loud laughter?and uev- ing! er make themselves conspicuous iu any N< way. Lad) In church, they never turn to gaze about, coqu uor whisper in oach others1 ears, without it L<i is a pressing necessity?never make faces is a and giggle?always pay due and proper re- typo sped to tho solemnity of christian worship, work Their purpose is, in public places, never to desei attract attention, if it can be tivu'uleJ. La- tore, dies always avoid feeling, or showing torn- her t ? uuivu vui jinviny; uanercu wuuoui >rso iu hearts, sho will, most likely, holier heart?all sho ha9 of a heait?011 tvho will cast it away and trample on an outworn thing not worth tho keep9 ono possessing tho high qualities of a r can cvor stoop to piny the part of a otto or flirt. uly?young or olJ, maiden or matron? term doscriptivo of tho most lovely of our humanity. No piece ol' God's iman&hip this sido the l'arad'so of bliss ves so uiuclx tho dovotion of man's naShe shods a light over tho sphere of lulics lass holy nud Messed only than ight of Heaven, lier love is a prizo li less only than the love of God. niotbing in the naturo of practical option ought, perhaps, to bo added to 1 meagre sketches. ery youug woman, blcsed with ordiintellect, may become a?Lady. Her ard fortunes are not important to this I. Sho may bo tho mistress of a castle, palace; or sho may bo tho humble tenf a cabin of logs; sho may command h and surround herself with tbo comluxuriea, and elegancies of life; or she bo tho solitary servant, and perforin 3r own labor; sho may bo reduced, in from n 6tato of splendid nfHuenoo to to of straitened poverty, and yet, in and all of those relations, bo tbo per* ..ady, blessing everything around hert dossed by overy heart coming within [?horo of her inlluonco. Sho wlio does become a Lady?sho who remains ous, coarse, and vulgar, will fail?tnis* y fail?of accomplishing her high de?-1 n life. If sho bo a mutlior, sho will j ibly have coarse and vulgar children, t i companion, sho will bo avoided orj (nrded by her acquaintances. In , sho will bo out of placo?out of posi* -ono inoro than enough?an infliction i drag on all social aud intellectual s. Lady is lovod and rospccted by all?j me to all aocioty?has a place assign r among tho virtuous and tho good?' lit aud a blowing adorning tho path i jf4>uman life. man Wheat.?A gentleman from una received from tho J'atont OHico spring wheat from the "Farm of Abrn1 at tho foot of Mount Cannol, in the t hand, which he sowed during tho past It came to maturity in seven weeks, cod a large full hoad, with a berry in respect eouat to the original. This , it reputed to ripen in Syria in sixty ' from sowing. It will that be seen | ur climate hastened ;U period of ma? eleven days. oo^SU, tU* *a*h ir lowering; or the blind ueed* closing, >ening; the glass, or tmo of water coong a bunch of floWer*, has stood quite enough, and mint mow be poured out jo window or door, aud replenished; a the principle of kindness, doubtless, oeing the men, poor follow*, would r and die of broken heart should they snied at least ooo peep at so much of %n loveliness. ie silly men, on the other hand, go on ling in derision, and have no mora i than to suppose tho fair otios wanted >t a peep at theml alios are uot accustomed to regard men r as monsters to be run from, or as to be pursued. Tbey neither bthsk jrin at them?they neither veil nor U their faces before them. They uoiencourage impertinence, uor repel ty, on tho part of men. They effectupunish and repress tho rnd* stare, or rtiuent attitude, by refusing to bestow nost distaut uotico on such an act. .her women manifest their resentment | ring back again, or gesticulating in n, on tho principle of "fight it out or tdios attach a deep significance, a holy ling, to the word?Love! This is tho >n which all the rest of woman's con9 aud sentient existence is cast. Other on bandy the hackneyed term about Iboy would "my bonnot," or "my i." Ladies fall in loro with objects?' natures deemed worthy and noble;i the extinction of the flnrao is ncArly ; imouut to blowing out the lamp of Oilier women fall in love once a queried discard tbo old love for every now Ladies enter lain a high and solefhn rd for the feelings, affections and sensi03 of a generous heart, and would not, world, attract its dovolions merely for ore of admiration, or the excitement of itrigue, or a flirtation, and tlieu dismiss j uisod, wounded, and deceived confi e! Other women, Bomolimes, experiespccial delight in having half-a-dozen ?professing regard for each, and deng all; true to no one?false t<* 4II. u should ever observe such a pervertod re, drop a tear over it. It is woman's ous nature sadly perverlcdl And ba too severo in your denunciations, reboring, that she who has deceived all rs, wilt at last suffer the bilierue&s of ^ 11--: 1 s ? Ujfti.WL/ mil'., i.1 . ?lL.lMi Plundering a Melon Patch. | Ab Ashley was s real, livo Iioosier, t toriott* for everything in general, and ate ing melons In particular. In melon tin he was the droud of the whole neightx hood; for when ho visitod a patch, he ma it a.ttih) never to leave it until it was c | tirely destroyed* This was a singular tr ; fn his character?something unncconntal -?for, aside from this, he was consider one of the best fellows in tbo world. Stc ing melons, and plundering patches, seei ed to bo a part of his nnturo, for it was e dont that it did not arise from any niggai ly-disposition or selfish motives, lie w a real open-hearted kind of an individu always growing more melons than an body else, and giving them away tn< thau anybody else, 'lhey were no obj< to him, yet he could not resist the temp tion to steal from his uoighbors, just for t fun of tbo thing. But, as some ono sa "It is n/long lane that lias no turn;" a likewise, had Ab followed up the practice stealing melons all his life, ho would lia got to be a melon thief of long staudii But such a state of things was not destin to last always?"A cbauge come o'er t spirit of his dream." * I recollect once, in melon jfcason, sot three or four youngsters cl&cJ at A house, nud after tolling liiitr*of tho "li pitch" that Deacon Aikers w^l, -propoa to visit it. Ab was on hand, without moment's hesitancy, and so the compa set out as soon as it was fairly dark. Before proceeding furlhor, I may say Ab. in tho Iftncunnrn nf llin nn?l m/7* 1/.. ? o r> t ? "" ,w* whiskey" as well as ho did moloos; and the boys, in whose company ho was, h looked to the future and brought alonj bountiful supply of tho "good crittor," was soon on joying himself hugely, ltou and round went tho black bottlo, and went the company. Thoy soon got to very merry?so much 60 that apparcn they paid no attention to the road or pa but went through tho woods and bru tho same as if thoy had been walking or barn floor. At length, after winding about in vnric ways, and overcoming many obstacles, su as fallen trees and "worm fences," that 1 ill their route, thoy arrived at tho pat< and pitched over tho onclosuro. Yo go what a sight! Thero lay tho hugo molo so thick that our adventurers couht scare* walk for them# Thcro they lay, gr< mealy "red cores,".apparently calling ( in their owrf language, "Ari.^e, slash a eat!" Tbcy wore nono of your little, loi "wixzled up" thing*, such as find their w to tho maj;kct stands, an S which one woi suppose had fallen from tho vino in a fit th<i "bluo devils;" but thoy woro grc plump, jolly, good-natured fe'lows, ma of which were already showing their i interior, having, apparently, hurst th sides with Imiglitor. Ab was right in his elorv. and so. La ing out liia jack-kuilo, ho fell to shvski around with a vengeance. The otheis f lowed bis example, and very soon tlx was a sad havoc in the melon patch. Hating satisfied his appetite, Ab fell stamping and crushing open all that cai in his way. The other hoys hositutod participate at first, urging that it was rea loo bad to treat the old l)oacon in such manner; but Ab swore it was good enou: 1 for the old hypocrite, and that bo wot not leave as long as there was a melon wi i a whole hide. Finding there was no stc | ping liiru, llioy lent a hand to tho porf< mance, and very soon every ruolou was d 1 troyed; aud not only that, but tho v'u wcro pulled up and heaped in one core of the patch. "Now," said Ab, (counting tho pi which was some fivo or six feet high, "gi iuo tho black botllo, and let mo drink t old Deacon's health?that good man, honor of whom we've just erected tl monument." The bottle was passod up, and Ab I gau? "Deacon Aikcrs?May ho live to pin many a patch like this, and may Ab A? ley and his friends have tho honor of hi vestin* it for 'em." All swung their hats around throe tin in 6'ilencc. "Now, boys," said he, "as I ain't tnti drunk yet, 'sposo I givo another one for all to drinkl" The consent was unanimous, an.I aft thinking a moment, and holding tho bot tip to let tho moonlight sliino through ho delivered himself of tho following, to t tune of "I>andy Jim (Yotn Caroline:" "Hero's old black l?-:t. Ymi wclonio giat, You've oft disturbed tuc <? uty rest; You draiu my |H?ek?.-ts, slr?l my purso, Aud make my darned old coat look worse." Tip lior ruunit-? hip hurrah! Tip litT round till break of day; Tip lior roun.l?liip hurrah! \\ e'il not go lioinotill break of drt] Hats wont around tlireo times, afl which tho bottle started, and undo a li number of revolutions. "Now fotoh mo that pole yonder, till orect a standard, to sho .v that man h boon to the summit, and then tho work bo complete," said Ab. The pole was brought, and after tearing strip oil an old cotton hattkorchief, and : taching it to tho end of ilio polo, Ab stu it up in tho pile of vine .dismounted, ai they all started for homo. In a spn^e time truly incredible they arrived at AI rosidouco. A b pressed his friends to sti till morning, but they would not hear of Sonio pressing business, of courso, prove! cd; and so they set out, leaving him snooze off tho bad ello ta ? f bad whiskey. Karly next morning, \b Ashley, aroum from his sound slumber by ono of his lilt suns running to his bed, and calling out: 'I'ae n???? ?n..l - -*| ? r"|*t l Ul>, MXHIV ?|UIVM SomeVa hooked u!l 'er ?'er?'er wal ruelfons!" "What!" exclaimed Ab. "Why, somo?aome'n booked all 'er w lor melyona, an'?an'-?an'? an' smash* 'oni up!" Ab arose cursing ami swearing, vowir thai he'd find .,otno cluo bv %?iiich to ide lify the villains, and then ibey might loc mfB^KSSOSBBSBBSBSSm M ~ out for. rough times. He went to the' patch?whet ? sight presented itself! Not I a whole melon, nor even a vines w*s left? all had met a total destruction. ' "Where'n ihundor ami lightnin' could I ." a beeu last night, that I didn't bear the in* ?a n fernal villains! It's lucky for'em 1 didn't * hoar 'em, or wmo of 'em'u been dead now, f , , What couldihey a done with the' vines!" J? ?idh,. a|- Casting bis eyes along the feooe, he die- ftT< m" covered tho vines nicely piled up, liko a - small hay stuck. From the top of the pilo ^ ,(j stood a pole, with a strip of red rag float- ^ as >ng fropt lhe end 01* It Ah started towards ( it; but beforo proceeding many steps, he -jj ' stoppod and began to think. .Something ^ J scorned to be coming up in his tniud. At I last, ho muttered to himself, "Can it be all . ' a dreamt or did I actually do itP Wait- . 1,0 'n? R *'Ble l?ngert ho said, "No, by lliun- ^ U der, it's no dreamt Thein cussed bo^s 'as ^ J been a playlu' ofl* on mo. Blast their in- . . fernal whiskey, a wish they had it all in ' ( their cussed in'ards, red hotl Mind, I tell jl* you, I'll be ovon with 'om, If it takes mo a ^ '?\ hundred years from now," and thou came j . an awful volley of curses, such as could . 10 never appear in print. IIo fairly blubbered no right out with rage. JF ., It was, indeed, true?the boys bad boon ^ h playing off on him?for after getting him . 1j a little "tight," they had brought him back ^ ' a to bis own melon-patch; and, uuder thoim- ^ prossion that it was Doacou Aiker's, he had , ny ?uu ,ui -V",VJW ,k* Ipf oj. It is Raid that Ab Ashley was never ( , known lo assist in the plundering of a molon , patch after that eventful night. It cured n, rj him.?Porter a Spirit of the Timet. , r? Beau BrummeL ?*' , In tho palmy days of George, Prince of . on Wales, there was a club celobrated for its fashion and exclusiveness, numbering ^ tj among its members tho Prince, Brummel, ' ^ Sheridan, dec.; inJeod all wore men of tho first water in fashion, politics, or literature. mj t ^ A vacaucy occurring, Lord Deloraino, the famous duellist, applied for adinissiou. . (Ug Suspecting that his quarrelsomo propenti- ^ ^ tios might tnilitato against him, ho called ^ a f upon every member tho morning beforo tht ballot, and very plainly intimated that j9' ho should consider tho rejoction as a per- wj ns' sonal affront, and demand satisfaction from jj' ' every one severally, oxcept tho Prince of 3 Watos, whoso position as heir to tho throno _ int , . i , r coi )ut him. n j On tho night in question, Lord Deloraino ^' went to tho club, sent up his card, and rc- . questod to know if tho balloting was over, rj* ^ and whether ho had boon elected. As bo oj. had been blackballed, an answer was sent . . that ho had not boon, thoro being, unfortu- , n ' natoly, a black ball in tho box. He sent j" e j thg waiter up again lo say that, as it must ^ bo a raistako, ho wished to soe tve chairman ^ 01 r of tho club. Tho Prince was about rising, uj to comply with this outrageous request, r" u whon Lirumraol voluntoered to satisfy the incensed duellist. Tolling the waiter to snow LiorU Deloraino into a private room, jro ho advanced in his blandest wanner and to Ba'^: . "My dear Deloraino, it's truly unfortu- ctu 10 nato; but you aro black ball yd." jn 11 Tho other repliod, "Quito a miatako. You gU) ^ had bolter try again." y, "Xo uso," returned tlio fop, "for thoro SC( j was uot a white ball iu llio ballot; but pray |tj4 wait. Allow wo to ring." Li] When tho waitor appeared, Rrummol an jr- sai,,: , . M os "Charles, bring wo a pistol and coflfee wj # fur two." Lord Deloraino stared in silence. fu| When tho waiter brought tho articles, |l0 Doau Drummel said: "1 beg you pardon, fir' ]p Charles, but 1 havo forgotten a dice box." ;n During this interval Druiumel talked ,af jiq about tho weather, tho crops, and tho most Qj frivolous things, Ix>rd Deloraino gazing at c;t, him with a severe expression of counlo1 4 nance. g;c When the waiter brought the dico and j]u tho box Drummel smiled at him, saying, an t "You can go. One of us will ring if we ej '.| want you. 1 don't know which of us it will |0, be; but one of us will ring." ar, Tho waiter bowed and retired. n), ^ Drummel then said: "1 know you like al( cotfce; so I do. When wo havo finished it, hl cji wo will proceed to business." g0t "So 1 am black balled,"hissed tho duel- fcn lest between his tooth. a<T r "Most certaiuly. Now, my deArlord.as I (|o am tlio challenged party, 1 claim tho right |je of dictating the tonns. Hero is a pistol? an horo aro dico. Wo will throw for tho ^ ^ chance. In other rcspecuf*jwo aro quite t|,< equal. If you fall, yuu will havo a widow cnl 1 lo mourn your doatk. If I perish, I shall wn leave a disconsolate tailor to weep iny fate." lo The batUed bravo put down his cup, and mt left tho room. Druminol rejoined his tiiends; and when tho story gyt around in t? tho clubs, IvorJ Deloraino was so much an- Tk , uoyed that ho went suddenly out of town. tin ko A Jokk fou Selfish IIusiiands.? Lord Kllcnborough was onco about to go on the 1 circuit, when Lady Kllenborough said that ^ as j sho should like lo accompany him. ilo , j '11 I replied tlmt ho had no -objection, provided c' she did not encumber tbo carriage with j ^ ! a bandboxes, which wore his ullcr abhorrence.' it- ' During tho first day's journey Lord Ellen-1 ck borough, happening to stretch his legs, I id | struck his fool nguiuat something below the ^ of ; scat. Ho discovered that it was a bandbox. >' j Hp went tho window and out went tlio *y i bandbox, The coachman stoppod, and the it. footmen, thinking that the handbox had it- tumbled out of the window by soiue extra- ?>iti to ordinary chance, wore going to pick it up, $3 1 when Lord Kllenborouoh furious!v 1 1... o v ? "" ' out, "]>iivo on!" I'lio bandbox was accord l)n lo ingly 'vft by lire dilch'Mdo. Ilanng roach- wli ' o-.l llio county town whore ho was to otlioi- *p? ato a# judge, Lord Kllonborougb proceeded &jd or to array himself !* >r lii. appearance in the t-h< court liouso. "Now," said ho, "where'# my wig? whore's my wig?" "My I*>rd," re* plied his attendant, "it whs thrown out of l*r: ?1 tho carriage window." *'01 ig Nr.w I'stkh. Die man who made in* my n pr< -ion on the heart of a coquette has j ?'f ik 1 ukttt out a patent for stone cutting. 1 bo* A Word for Crinoline. Fn the merciless war waged by the pre: hoopt, we-are glad to see that there ni s or two gallantly standing up Tor wc ,n's right to regulate tho fashion of thei turae as tbey please. For ourselves, w uld not reduce the latitude of the grac* contour a single impend, but we wcul lture to hint a wish that tlioy woul 'tail the longitude just an inch or so, t >id the dirty offieo of street sweepers. War on Hoopt. - The crinoline, one < > most beneficial inventions of thisiuvei a age, is the object of ridicule with man rsons, who are continually harping iipa > uefec.s and exaggerations of the fashioi the reason that their mental fucullu inot comprehend the subject in all i >gth an-' breadth, or eUo for the reasc u they ish to appear w itty, and, as the ve no of their own, retail tho cliani ifts which brighter intellects carelessl >p in their way. An exchange pnp< rs it is "whispered about New York tin i railroad companies will shortly call avonlion to discuss tho expediency < ying toll upon crinoline. The propoi ii is to chargo ladies sporting hoo| uble fare, in consequence of the spa? ?y fill." If this bo meant for a joke, es as little credit to the mind at to tt art of the originator; if it is tho recoi an actual inteution, then it only shov st there are a few candidates for tho as n for the idiolio and feeble minded y t uncared for. With a certain New Yoi ntemporary, we are glad to see that tl option of this healthy and graceful art i of dress Is almost universal, and v pe to witness the day when every Amei ? l-.l :?i ?#? - u mu; win cuuiorni 10 mo custom. The women of the present goueratlc ve alrondy immense advantages from tl neral use of the crinoline; and, kuowir U, thoj have defied ridicule and scorni wer fashions. Even the Empress Eug j, who unwittingly blessed her sex I iking it the mode, has vainly attempt* introduco a fresher style. If tho ladi U stand bv the light criuolino, and si ipense with eight out of the ton skir ay were wont to wear, tho generation y come will be healthier and stronger, co mplion and kindred diseases of the che II be fewer, life be longer, and natu Iter fittod for all the duties which pertai the wife and tho mother in a civiliw tumunity. The New York News, in i ling to this subject, pleasantly says: "IR i decidedly of opinion that the ladi ve a right to do as they please; wo thin o, they enn manage their oitn affairs i wt as well as we can do it for them, ar the hoop business we are ready to a owledgo that they have shown a gre nl of solid sense. Don't give up yoi ops, ladies! Let men rave, and scol d stew till they are tired?you have tl ;ht of the matter?don't concede a solit inch of pavernont room!" [Hotton Traveller. A MaN riloposino to Marrt AXOTril vn?Aktb-Mortem Examination.?Son jo ago, it will be remembered, a singul so cauio up iu tho Richmond, Vs., courl which a young man named Linteon *1 another young uian named Thorn nton for breach of promise*. Linton, nus, was of such remarkably fominine a arauco that hit friends ousily porsuadi pscomb that ho wis a female in disguia d so ennmorod did he becomo of Lintc to ask nn<l receivo n promise of marring dch, of course, the latter was unable til. But on r.ttcir.pting to explain wl could not "coino to time," tho fond "lo ' wouldn't belioro a word of it, and ft tho belief that his inamorata was a w in,and nothing shorter, ho sued for broac promiso. Tho caso created no little ? omont in Richmond. An examination by tiro experienced ph iann was ordored by tho court, so th >10 should bo no possibility of mistak J thoy reported that Linton was undoul ly a man; so Lipscomb lost both his lad <0 and his lawsuit. Linton has recent ircd in this city, and such was his w rnish appearnnce, that suspicion was cr >d as to his sex, and tho Guards we out to arrest him, and would hare doi but for tho interference of a person wl ow the young man. Last night Lintc ain got into Iroublo, through fdling in j hands of a party of young men who t ved him to bo sailing under false coloi d woro about to havo an examination I tho matter. A gentleman cognisant 3 history of Linton happened to bo pre t, and upon his representation Lints s^t free. Fominino beauty would see bo anything but a desirable gift for in.? Washinjtnn Star. how Many Milks a L'rix-tkii's 11a> avels.?Though a printer may bo si g all day, yet in his own way ho is ;at traveller, (or at least his hand is,) i shall jtrove. A good printer will a ;lit thousand ems h dny, or about twcnt ir thousand letters. The distance Iravt I over by bis band will average nUw o ft*?t per letter, going to the boxes, i licit tliey aro contained, and of courfco r ning, making two feet every letter I a. This would make a di-tauco cm y of forty eight thousand foet, or mo in nine ratios; and in tliu course of it tr, leaving out Sundays, that tneinb vols about three thousand miles. A few days ago, in one of the Wester ies, a man named Hilly Smith was ftn< for kissing a plump article of broalhiti inanity weighing 250 lbs?the wife of itchraun, who witnessed the Uroea ieli "made tiiin so mad lie could u ink." If the size is to be taken into coi eraliott, the kiss must be set down i tap. Vwo persons contending sharply on ma % regarding the late North Devon ele r?, got to rather high worjs, when or 1, you never catch a lio coming out month. I he other replied?you mi II ?av that, they fiy owl so fast that n ly tan catch 'era. Tiik N aiiojval Washinoto* Mono* MART.?This Btruciuro is situated ah/ml the middle of the riser line of the ?ity, bapkou * * 4 a grassy point formed by tM rrrar and a? V inlet jutting eastward into tire lamb only # ' V Ir few rods from the centre of the. original 6 District of Columbia. It is a holjow stone , obelisk, built on a solid rock foundation* ? i , 81 feet square at the base, sunk 9 feet in Mm - "'V yV ^ound, and rising It . hero ?MH ground; the obelisk itself bqing #5 feet . square at its base on tbls foundation, designed to reach 600 feel dear qf ibe^ *' foundation, or 617 1-2 feet shore ground, ? to bo externally cased with marble, in- . T ternally decorated with rnrious device*, '* (among which wilt be interspersed the ' *w * many engraved blocks contributed from 4U . V* ' parts of Uro world,) capped with a raagnii- . ' ' cent glass dome, and ascended on the iu' side by spiral stairs. When completed* ' this monument will bo the highest artificial J structure in the world, being 37 1-4 /eet u higher thnn the Great Pyramid of Egypt . ^ and is estimated by scientific men to be ca, pablo of enduring thousands of years. . The following are the heights of some of the principal monuments, domes, id ' the world: St Antoine's column at Roma, "it 135 feet; principal tower of the Smithsonian Institute, 145; Trajan's column at Rome, 145; Napoleon's oolumn at Paris, 150; Washington's column at Baltimore, 180; the great obelisk at Thebes, 200; Bunker' Hill Monument at Boston, 220; column Of . e, Delhi, 262; Trinity Church steeple, Neil ? York, 264; the contemplated now dome Of . the Capitol, 300; dome of Si. Paul's Catbo'" dral, London, 820; tower of Manlius, 360; ? lower of the Cathedral of Strasbourg, 460; dome of St. Peter's Cathedral, Roma, -463; great pyramid of Egypt, 480; National Washington Monument, 61t f-2. v r. " * |? {Washington Ufiio*. ** I Ctvttnr is A FdRTvna.?Civility is it e- I i s* iirriuua 1UHJU, W S COUftCOUS ID.1D ftlWAye % succeeds well in lifo, and that even when ~ V H persons of ability sometimes fait The ft* ..j raous Duke of Marlborough ie a case 111 *. JM 1 point. It was said of him by ono contem* porary that his agreeable manners often converted an enemy into a friend; and, by * another, that it was more pleAars^.idbede- .> * niod a favor by bis grace than to receive . one from other men. The gracious nun* '|l ner of Cbarlel James Fox preserved bint . from persona] dislikes eren at a liroe when ho was politically the most unpopular man in the kingdom. The history of the eoun. try is ftiii of each etaraplee of success ob* vj tained by civility. The experience of evo(J ry roan furnishes, if we bat recall the past/ froqucat instances where conciliatory man, ners hare made the fortunes of physician*, lawyers, divines, politicians, merchants, and indeed individoids of *U pursuits. On beie ing In^oduced to * stranger, bia tflabililyj R or the reverse, creates idatestrfneonsly A ?- ' l v n'udioe against him. To men, civility isf set, what beauty ia to a woirian; it is A general passport to frtvor, a letter of racom* n inendation written in language that every 10 one understands. Hie best of men have ar often injured themselves by irritable and s consequent rudeness, as the greatest sconnjb drols have frequently succeeded by tliei# M plausable manners. Of two men, equal id jt other respects, the courteous one lias twice p. the chance for forluue. * . } ;J ?*?? o, Or am Vims Ctrmaos.?We find In the >n Union of a late date the following parak sT*rh: . HP to "Believing that the interests of our county try require that cuttings of alt the native v- wild grapes indigenous to otrr soil should ill be collected, with a view of testing their o* adaptation to (he economy, soil, and cliih mate of the different sections of the Union, i- the Commissioner of Patents has made ar* rangemenls for thoir collection with Majo# r- II. C. Williams. Major Williams has been at instructed to enter upon his duties on the V -a. J* ^ c, in aay or August. He will proceed to 1- Arkansas And Texas, And, in making selecy lion# of culling*, will be particular in notly ing the character of tho soil and the Mpect o- in which such cuttings aro found, their U>e cal name#, and the period at which theifr ro fruit is maiarcd. Major Williams has also >o been instructed to collect the seeds or stooee io of any other native wild fruits which he raaj >n meet with in the performance of bis duty. c* Diamond cct Diamond.?A couple of '*? patent "safe" sharpers.got hold of a supto posed groenhoro, yesterday, near one of the ?f hotels, whom thoy found to be so extraor8* dinnrily verdant that caution on tlicir part ,n was entirely laid aside. Greeny wa# ready In enough to go it bliud on their "safe," but H his wife had got all his inonoy, and be wanted a good pretext to get it out of her. 80 he borrowed a gold watch of the sliarp!d em, in order to show it to his wife as a doll" #ired purchase?ontorod the hotel?stepped * out of another door?and the sharper* hare ,w not seen hiin since.? New York Sun, til m >' As the Cbicopce tmin was going np o# >'* Thursday morning, a cow that strayed upJl on tlie track unexpectedly was taken up in by the cow catcher And carried some die> C- L&flsw It .?r Lau.I a* ?1- - 1 " , BWI| m ..HO DIUO ui lHO MHUmOWT^ 10 j her foot at the other, and then tumbled ;'1 | iievli oser Ue.rd down an embankment, *fr<3' ter which *hs arose, shook herself, uud walk10 ed off, to the great joy of her miserable or owner, who hau rushed from his house at the first appearance of danger to his pelt and followed liio train with imprecations J and cries of "atop thu darned thing?stop i " *' During the last moments of Winn, 4 liochostor printer, who lately died, lie was t heard to say, having relapsed into a semi, delirious state, "I am on my last stickful? is / v , I am coming to a paragraph, and l suppose I'll have to wait for old death to put in the I period." c- jjjf / ' te If jou desire to he certain that your eggs of, aro good and fresh, pat them in water; if raw iy i the huts turn op they are not fresh, Tim a- j h an infallible rale to disti gnrsh a good eSS fToia ?* had one.