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^ "13,issi' ~ ^ ^ THE GABOLIKA SPAMAXfT * BY GAVIS <fc TRIMMIBB. T. O. P. VBEUON Aupoiate Editor. FViaa Tw? Doi.lam per annum la advance, or 16.50 at the end of the year. U not paid until after the voar expires $3.00, Payment will bo considered in advance if made within three months. Mo subscription token for loss than six months. Money may bo remitted through postmasters nt our risk. ' Advertisements inserted nt the us an! rates, and contrasts mndo on reasonable terms. ... Tho Spartan circulates largely over this and adjoining districts, ond olTera ait adiuiratlo medium Is our CntuJn to reach customers. Job work of all kiuds promptly executed. Blanks, Law aud Equity, continually on hand or printed to order. CAROLINA SPARTAN. For tho Carolina BpnrUtn. ORIGINAL ESSAY"WHAT CONSTITUTES A LADY." The observ&blo distinctions between tlio most civilized races of mon, and ihoso which are rude and uncultivated, will be found to Consist cliietly in personal mauuora and f modes of social life. That which distinguishes a roan of true refinement and gentle culture from hiiu who is unrefined, unpolishod and ignorant, so far as mere outward manifestations go, is fouud to consist in little things?in tho actions?the gait?tho countonance, and the amnberleas items which enter iuto tho character of our personal manners. The polite world bavo attached a difiiiilo meaning to the words?-gentleman and by which these terms mo made to iucludo an assemblage?a combination of elements and qualifications, which it would ho exceedingly difficult to describe or enumerate; but which, notwithstanding, every person of ordinary intelligence perfectly and readily understands. These words mean something more than a distinction of sox: they moan nioro than a discrimination between the rich and the poor; they mark mora important dislince tioua than thoso between tho lord of tho manor auil the peasant ploughman, who cultivates tho soil. Indeed, the poasant may be in no mean sense a gentleman, while tho owner of tho castle might be a narrow, coarse and vulgar specimen of tho gentu homo. I may refer now to Mies Cook's admirable poem ou "Nature's Gentleman" for a most accurate and truthful delineation gS thoso .characteristics of geetiJUy in the rougher sex; and, as these hasty observations aredoiigued mainly (or the benefit of the fairer and gentler portion of humanity, I may devote the lime to a running sketch of the points most noteworthy in the obaracter of a lady. Tho strict and habitual observance of (be external deportment of a ladg becomes easy and natural in thoso cases where the Atari is gentle, and pure, and good. Not only our words, but our actions and manners, How out from the heart, and partake of its nature ami diameter, as the stream proceeds from its fountain. Hut independently of the particular state of the moral being, culturo and care, odu* cation aud habit, may accomplish much in the work of deportment. > Without attempting any very systematic k or philosophical method of enumerating some ?f the marks and evidences of true gentility mi woman, I shall procood to note a few of these characteristics sis tlioy may suggest thomseVes to my mind. 1. The first wlAch occurs to me, is Simplicity. A. lady novot protends to a atnto of ibeltng which she does not really experience. She docs not aj)\c\ an accomplishment she does not possess. She does not Assume a friendship not acknowledged at ^ heart. White sho seeks to treat cvoty one with politeness?which is nothing nine than a proper regard for the feelings of a fellow being?she wi'l not mislead any acquaint ance by an afleetaliou of regard \ihicb tho heart disowns. Simplicity requires us to be what wo .Ht?ein, ami to seem what wo are. All affbctalion is incompatible with that beautiful simplicity of cliarnclor, so charming in hor to whom wo award tho qualities of a porfoct lady. 2. Tbs next index of truo refinement and porfection, in tlio character of a lady, is Sincerity. Truthfulness, frankness, and reliability, are integral and essential elements in that ooronot of virtues which crowns tho genuine lady. This virtue implies faithfulness in friendship. It implies that simple truth and honesty of purpose aro tho rootivo to osr words and our actions. It excludes all I mere protension and double-dealing, h I is a glass, in which and through which our j' friends road our hearts, and ostiraato our I characters. Tt scorns all artful disguise, i and exocratos all Defrayal of confidence, and I all treachery iu social intercourse. It is 1 closely allied to another virtue, which we i notice as a third element in the character of i a lady?a sacred and uudeviating regard i to j I Bai V bo ha truth, and count it no merit; but thoy would Inn hold falsehood in uniuixed comtempt and soi scorn. to A falao woman realizes the conception of an angel fallen?no longer a blessed thing oil of light, and love, and goodness; but a thing go of evil, and a spirit of darkness! no 4. Another element in the character of a un lady, is lteGuemcut of Taste?a chastened tin purity of feeling. * civ Ladies never indulge the contemplation all of low imagos and vulgar ideas. Ladies im ignoro tho existence of ali and everything lh< calculated to shock tlso refined feasibility. Thoy choose wof to know that tliero is any- by thing impure, anything obscene, anything ret corrupt and unclean, in the social and mor *' di< al world in which they raovo. Thoy nov er utter an indecent word?thoy never tole- m< rato an indecent word. Ladies shrink from dj< obscouity as they would shrink from a pu- 8ci trid carcass. They avoid its contact as they wc would avoid tho contagion of a deadly as plaguo. It is possible that/molts, in some sh< instances, may ain against purity of taste, wi or purity of language; but ladies never do. an Maqy of tho miuor points in the finished tai character of a lady might be noted, if time lib allowed us to do so. A few only can bo tci pointed out fac Ladies always troat their seniors with do- ro< feronco and respect. If you should ever bil see a young woman pulling on airs, and for exhibiting nnger toward a senior?an elder tin person of either sex?you will, of course, an pity hor, and say mentally, "Poor girl! she a is an upstart. If she only knew what coTt- de slitutes a luily.r> Ladies norcr repeat any en unkind words spoken of a third person in lot their presence. Of all tho definito marks cei of coarseues* and vulgarity in woman, that If of gosaip-mougoring, tnlo-hearing, and mis- nn chief making, nro the meanest and most gh prominent. no Ladies never bear tales?they never sepa- m< tu fmntli?neror ccndosTOUd to ttiO COtl- oil loiuplihlo littleness of dealing out second- be hand slaudor. rei Ladies are distinguished for their deport- stc meat in public places, and iu company geu- on orally. They never bawl out loud words it, ?uevor screech out loud laughter?and nov- inj cr make themselves couspicuous iu any way. Ln In cliurch, they novor turn to gaze about, coi nor whisper in ouch others1 ears, without it is a pressing necessity?never mako faces is and giggle?always pay duo and proper re- lyj >pect to tho solemnity of christian worship, wc Their purpose is, iu public places, never to do attract attention, if it can I: avoided. La- tin dies always avoid feeling, or showing tern- ho per, as far as it is possible. Self possession, tin i .. ? ? - ? ? nuu i? (>iujici ctMiirui over ino iceinigii, arc we peculiar to persons of culture nnd refinement. pH Perhaps the most unmistakeablo distinc- ,jj( tiou between Indie* nnd other women, will bo observod in their doportment toward n i gentlemen, nnd their conduct in (ho pres- ou once of gentloincu. f Ladies, coming into the company of tlie other sex, remain perfectly calm and ration- _uj nl; other women occasionally become n little ... we craeed and lligbty. Ladic* converso in the usual key and m, tone of voice; other women sometimes tind hjj it necessary to talk very loud, and close with H little squall. Ludies find no inconvenience in acting nnturnlly and sensibly?supposing meu to bo intelligent beings, and endowed with taste, reason and judgmont !fko themselves; tjj( other women, by sonio strap go logic, or n strango magic, deem it highly necessary to ^ change tho charactor of their deportment. Ladies sit, or walk, or talk, or act as usual, j(| and as becoming tho dig lily of womanhood; other women feel obliged to do some- ^ thing out of tho usual lino. j-s Ladies, pacing near a group of gontle men, but not mingling with them, movo ou (j0, oxactly as though the gontlemou were not ftU) there?aa though they did not exist?thoy cjr, betray no consciousness of their prosenco or vicinity; other womon cor.ceivo it duo to wo themselves, and to their feminine unluro, to ^ make a diuonstration. H I They hardly know how tkis is to bo done; wa hut it never will do, so they seein to think, to let the opportunity pass unimproved. > rho gentlemen must kno\# that tec know they aro soinewhore aboutl A loud call sftor some fomale friend?a rocolloctioti jf0 that they have forgotten something that spr must be instantly looked after?a sudden pro inspiration to run out and gatbor a flower? ?n unaccountable influence from .St. Cecilia ^ to indulge in vocal music loud enough to bo heard--or, iu the absence of all these tun L Li ii L _ JL'.-l'.-l tuuato conjunctions, the sash needs raiser lowering; or the blind needs closing} opening; the glass, or rme of water conning a bunch of flowers, has stood quite \g enough, and must now be poured out tho window or door, and replenished; on llie principle of kindness, doubtless, >posing the men, poor fellows, would per and dio of broken heart should they denied at least ono peep at so muoh of mau lovoliness. The silly men, on tho other hand, go on igbing in derision, and bavo no moro ise than to suppose tho fair onos wanted get n peep at therul Lndios aro uot accustomed to regard men her rs monsters to bo run from, or ns is to be pursued. They neither blush r grin at them?they noither veil nor roil their faces before them. They uoitr encourage impertinence, nor repot ility, on tho part of men. They effoctuy punish and repress tho rudo stare, or pertinent attitude, by refusing to bestow i most distnut uotico on such an act. Other women manifest their resentment staring back again, or gesticulating in urn, on tho principle of "fight it out or Lndios attach a deep significance, a holy nning, to the word?Love! This is the ! on which all tho rest of woman's conous and sentient existence is cast. Other >mon bandy the hackneyed torn* about they wonld "my bonnet," or "my oes." Ladies fall in lore with objects? tli natures deemed worthy and noble; d tho extinction of tho flnrao is nearly itamouut to blowing out tW> lamp ol A Other women fall in loro once a quar', and discard tho old lovo for every now :o! Ladies entertain a high and solofhn ;ard for the feelings, affections and sensiilios of a genorous hoart, and would not, a world, attract its devotions merely for i3 lovo of admiration, or tiio excitement ol intrigue, or a flirtation, and then dismiss bruised, woundod, and deceived confi nco! Other women, sometimes, experico especial delight in having half-a-dozon rors?professing regard for each, and deiving all; truo to no ono?falso to %ll. you should ever obserro such a perverted lure, drop a tear over it. It is woman's >riou# nature sadly pervertcdl And be t loo sovero in your denunciations, re smbering, that sho who has decoivoJ all iters, will at last eufter tho bilieruoss ol ing deceived! Having bartered without morse in hearts, sho will, most likely, bo>w her heart?all sho lias of a heart?on o who will cast it away and trample on as an oulworu thing not worth tho koepNo one possessing tho high qualities of a dy can cvor sloop to play the part of a quetto or tlirL Lady?young or olJ, maiden or matron ? a term dcscriptivo of tho most lovely po of our humanity. No pioco of God's rrkmanship this sido tho Paradise of bliss serves so much tho devotion of man's na re. Sho shods a light over tho sphere ol r duties lass holy and blessed only than a light of Heaven. Her lovo is a prize >rtu less only than the love of God. Something in Iho nature of practical apcation ought, ]>erlinps, to bo added to sso meagre sketches. livery young woman, blcsed with ordiry intellect, may bocomc a?Lady. Ifcr tward fortunes are not important to this .ull. Sho may be tho mistress of a castle, a palace; or sho may bo tho humble tent of a cabin of log-*: sho inay command alth and surround herself with tho coinit', luxuries, and elegaacies of life: or she iy bo the solitary servant, and perform her own labor; sho may bo reduced, in lay, from a state ?f splendid afflucnoo to state of straitened povorty, and yet, in :h and all of those relations, bo the pert Lady, blessing everything around lier J blessed by every heart coming within ) sphere of her intluoncc. Sho who does t become a Lady?sho who remains rolom, coarse, and vulgar, will fail?misibly fail?-of accomplishing her high deay in life. If she be a mother, she will >bably have coarse and vulgar children. a rnintmniiMi ulm 511 1... I.. l ? I v.., W..W fill I'VJ IIVUIUUU Ul regarded by ber acquaintance*. In >rt, alio will bo out of placo?out of posi11?ouo inoro than enough?an infliction I a drag on all social aud intellectual clos. A Lady is lovo-1 and rospccted by all? iconie to all society?has a place assign her among the virtuous and the good ? light aud a blessing adorning tlio path y of^icuian life. "?vrian Wiiuat.?A gentleman from ibama received from the Patent Oflico ju spring wheat from the "Farm of Abran," at tho foot of Mount Carinel, in the ly Land, which ho sowed during the past ing. It camo to maturity in seven weeks, duced a Urge full head, with a berry in ry respect equal to tho original. This eat is reputed to ripen in Syria in sixty 's from sowing. It will llins he seen t our climate hastened ;ti period of ina* fly cloven days. ULL-. -i-i .H.J. ?\ Plundering a Melon Patch. Ab Ashley was ? real, live Tfoosier, no- l" toriott* for everything in general, and steal- * ing molons in particular. In melon time, he was the dread of tho whole neighborhood; for when ho visited a patch, he made ? it a rule never to loavo it until it was en* .a tirely destroyed. This was a singular trait ^ fn hts character?something unncconntablo ?for, aside from this, ho was considorod i ono of the best follows in the world. Stealing molons, and plundering patches, Reom- c< ed to bo a part of his naturo, for it was ori- ?' dent that it did not arise from any niggard- ? ly disposition or selfish motives. lie was ! a real open-hoartod kind of an individual, 1 always growing moro melons than any- R body else, and giving tbera away moro ? thau anybody else. They wort no object to him, yet ho could not resist tho tempta- I1 lion to steal from his neighbors, just for tho '! fun of tho thing, llut, ns some ono said, \ "It is a'/long lano that has no turn;" and . likewiso, had Ab to!lowed up the practice of ? stealing melons ull his life, ho would have got to bo a melon thiei of long standing. J liut such a stale of things was not destined 1 to last always?"A change cauio o'or tho a spirit of his dream." * n. I recollect ouco, in melon jfcason, somo r< three or four youngsters citlcJ at Ab's house, and aftor telling him**of tho "fino ^ patch" that Deacon Aikers -mid, -proposed a to visit it. Ab was on band, without a momeut's hesitancy, and so the company Jj set out as soon as it was fairly dark. , Before procoeding furthor, I may say of , Ab, in tho Inngungo of the poet, tlJlo loved whiskey" as well as ho did melons; and ns P the boys, in whose company ho was, IiaU ' ' looked to the fuluro and brought along a bountiful supply of tho "good critter," ho , was soon enjoying himself hugely, llound And round went tho black bottle, and on , wont the company. Thoy soon got to be very merry?so much so that apparently * they paid no attention io the road or path, but went through the woods and brush, 1 tho saina ns if they had been walking on r. , bam floor. y At longih, after winding about in various ways, and overcoming many obstacles, such , as fallen trees and "worm fences," that lay " in their route, thoy arrived at tho patch, j r and pitched over tho enclosure. Yo gods, what a sightl Tlioro lay tho lingo molons, * 1 so thick that eur adrcnturers could scarcely ^ walk for them# There tlicy lay, groat mealy "red cores," apparently calling out ^ in their owiT language, "Ari.-*o, slash and cat!" They wore nono of your iittlo, long, "wizzlcd up" things such as find their way 1 to tho majket stands, an 1 which ono would j1 supposo had fallen from tho vino in a fit of 1 i lh<i "blue devil?;" but thoy wore trreat. , plump, jolly, good-natured fellows, many r of which wcro already showing their red J interior, having, apparently, burst their sides with laughter. F Ab vr.u riglu in his glory, and so, haul, ing out his jack-kuifo, ho fill to slashing . around with a vengeance. The olheis fob | lowed his example, and very soon tboro , was a sad havoc in the melon patch. llaving satisfied his appetite, Ab fell to stamping and crushing open nil that caino in his way. The other boys hesitated to participate at lirst, urging that it was really , loo bad to treat iho old Deacon in such a ' manner; but Ab swore it was good euougli for the old hypocrite, and that ho would " not leave as "long as there was a uiolon with w a whole hide. Finding thoro was uo slopping Lira, they lent a hand to the performance, and very soon every melon was des- . 1 troyod; aud not only that, but tho vines ^ were pulled up and heaped in ono coruor y : of the patch. "Now," said Ab, mounting tho pile, which was some five or six feet high, "give ' mo the black botllo, and let me drink tho '? old Deacon's health?that good man, in j honor of whom wu'vo just oreclcd this monument." Tho bottle was passed up, and Ab bo- . gan? -\ueacoti AiKors?.May 1)0 live to plant many a patch liko this, hii<1 may Ab Ash- j loy and Ilia friends have tho honor of harvestin' it for 'c-m." 1 All 6wung their hats around throo times iti silence. "Now, boy*," said he, "as I ain't much drunk vet, 'spose I give another ono for us . all to drink)" U Tho consent was unanimous, and after thinking a moment, and holding the bottle up to let the moonlight shine through it, j , ho delivered himself of the following, to tho tune of "I >and v Jim from (.'arolino:" ' e "1 Icre's old black li t. Y<>u wclcomo guyt, ^ You've uft disturbed mo my rcht; You ilraiu luy pockets, su.?i my purse, Aud make my ?lnrueil oi.l cial l??ok w? rsc." Tip lier round liip hurrah! h i Tip lor rouud Ml break of day, j, Tip her round?hip hurrah! . We'll not go lioino till break of day." I labs wont around thrco times, nftor 11 , which tho bottle started, and mado a liko I number of revolutions. I* i "Now fetch mo that pole yonder, till 1 , ci erect a standard, to show that man has ?1 heon to the summit, and then tho work'ii j r< bo complete," said Ab. : si The pole was brought, atid after tearing n l> strip oil an old cotton h w kerchief, and at- 1 1 Inching it to tho end of the polo, Ab stuck l> j 11 uj? 111 mo puo 01 vine , dismounted, and i si they nil started fur lionio. In ft spi&e of <?< I time truly incredible they arrived nt Ab's I residence. Ab pressed his friends to stay i b ' till morning, but they would not hear of it. f, Soino pressing bu.dncM, of courso, prevent- u < cd; and so ihoy set out, leaving him to o , snooze off the b id efforts of bad wiiiskoy. { ? Karly next morning, \b Ashloy, aroused oi from his sound slumber bv one of his little h, sous running to his bed, and calling out: i 'Tap, pap, pnp! (Jet up. quick?quicker! ai ( SoiueV* hooked all 'ei ?'er?Vr water t?; I melyons!" ! ct "What!" exclaimed Ab. ! w "Why, some -aorno'u hooked all 'er wa p| tor melyons, an'?nn' ? an'- an' smashed t! 'em up!" I Ab arose cursing and swearing, vowing . that he'd find some duo b which to iden \ i I lify the villains, and '.lieu they might look ' in i,i. Hi " -j i lit for rough times. He went to t itch?what a sight presented itself! whole melon, nor even a vine, was loft I had met a total destruction. "Where'n thundor and lightnin' coulc been last night, that I didn't hear the rnal villains! It's lucky for 'em I did car 'em, or some of 'era'd been Uoad nc /hat could-they a done with the vine ud he. Casting bis eyes along the fenoe, lie <1 vrerod the vines nicely piled up, lik< nail hay stack. From the lop of the p ood a pole, with a strip of red rag flo ig from the end of it. Ah started towai ; but beforo proceeding many steps, oppod and began to think. Soinolbi ^cuied to bo coming up in bis tnind. ut, ho muttered to himself, "Can it bo dream? or did I actually do ilf' Wj ig a little longer, ho said, "No, by tin er, it's no dreaml Tliam cussod l>ov* ? , \ on can go. Ono of us will ring if rant you. 1 don't know which of us it \ o; hut one of us will ring." Tho waiter bowed and retired. Itrummcl then said: "1 know you 1 nll'ce; so I do. When wo hnvo finished ro will proceed to business." "So 1 am black balled,"hissed tho di ist between his loeth. "Most certaiuly. Vow, tny dear lord, a in tho challenged party, 1 claim tho rij f dictating tho terms. Hero is a pisto oro aro dice. Wo will throw for hanco. In other respect^JWo aro <p ijual. If you fall, you will huvo a wid > mourn your doath. If I perish, I rI ?nve a disconsolate tailor to weep iny fal the battled bravo put down his cup,* ift the room. Hrununol rejoined ionds; and when tho story gyt around to clubs, Lord Doloraino was so much oyed that ho went suddenly out of tow A JoKF. Foil SkLFISH lluSHAXDS.? L illonborough was onco about to go on ircuit, when Lady Kllenborottgh said t io should liko to accompany him. ?pliod tlmt lie had no objection, provi? io did not encumber tho carriage w andboxes, which woro his uttor abliorrci tiring tho first day's journey Lord Ell orougli, happening to strotch his lc ruck his fool against something below wU. lie discovered that it was a bandb p went tho window and out wont l and box, The coachman stopped, and >otineii, thinking that tho bandbox 1 itublod out of tho window bv some ext rdiuary chance, woro going to pick it hen Lord Kllonborougii furiously cal ut, "l>iivo on!" Tho bandbox was aceo igly left by tho ditch side. Having roa I tlio county town whore ho was to oft lo as judge, Lord Kllunborough procoe< ? array himself tor his appearance in l juri iiuuso. -.now, S ilij llO, "WltOrO'ft I ig? whero's my wig''1 "My I*>rd," lietl his attendant, "it was thrown out lecartinge window." Nr.w 1'atkk. I'Iio mm who mvle i ft .ion on tho heai t of n coqnetm 1 ktn out a pa ton t tor blone cutting. een a playlu* olT on mo. Blast ihoir irnal whiskoy, ? wish they had it nil loir cussed in'nrds, rod hotl Mind, I I ou, I'll bo ovon with 'em, if it takes mc undred years from now," and then ca n awful volley of curses, such as co over appear in print, llo fairly blubbe ght out with rage. It was, indeed, true?the boys bad b< laying off on him?for after getting li littlo "tight," they had brought him bi > bis own mclon-pa!ch; and, uuder the i rossion that it was Deacon Aiker's, lie 1 cstrovod it. It is said that Ab Ashley was no nown to assist in the plundering of a ino atch after that eventful night. It cu iin.?Porter's Spirit of the Times. Beau Brummel. In tbo palmy days of Georgo, Prince Vales, there was a club celebrated for ishion and cxclusiveness, number! mong its members tbo Prince, Brumri beridan, A*c.; indood all woro men of rst water in fashion, politics, or literati A vacancy occurring, Lord Dolorai lie fatuous duellist, applied for admissi u.spooling that bis quarrelsomo propei 03 might militnto against him, Lio cal pon every member the morning bef lit ballot, and very plainly intimated t o should consider tbo rejection as a r onal affront, and demand satisfaction fr very ono severally, except tbo Prince Vales, whoso position as heir to tbo thrt rotectod him. On the night in question, Lord Delora rent to tho club, sent up his card, and nested to know if tho balloting was ot ml whclhor ho had boon elected. As ad been blackballed, an answer was s lint ho had iiot boon, thoro boing, unfoi atoly, a black ball in tbo box. Ho a lie it niter up again to any that, as it ni >o a misiako, ho wished to see the cbAirn f tho club. Tho l'ritico was about riei a comply with this outrageous requ .lion Brummel volunteered to Bntisfy iceiisod duellist. Tolling the waiter bow Lord Doloraino into a private rot o advanced in his blandest mnunor i aid: "My dear Doloraino, it's truly unfoi ato; but you aro blackballed." Tbo other replied, "Quito a mislako. \ ad bolter try again." "No uso," returned tho fop, "for lb raa not a while ball in tho ballot; but p ait. Allow tno to ring." When tiro vraitor appeared, Brumt lid: ' Charles, bring mo a pistol and col >r two." Lord Doloraino stared insilor When tbo waiter brought tho artic lean lirummel said: "1 beg you pard diaries, but 1 hato forgotten a died box I Miring this interval lSnmimel tall bout llio weather, tho crop?, and tho ni ivolous things, Lord Dolornino gazing itn with a sovoio expression of com nnco. When the waiter brought tho dico > lio box liraimnel smiled #t liim ?ov; he A Word for Crinoline. In the merciless war waged by the press M1 on hoopt, wo are glad to eco that thero are . . one or two gallantly standing up for woman's right to regulate tho fashion of their ,n" costume as they please. For ourselves, we .? n would not reduce the latitude of the grace- . Tn ful contour a single thread, but we would * venture to bint a wish that they would J .. curtail the longitude just an inch or so, to ? 19 avoid the dirty oftico of street Rweopcra. b1 War on Hoop9. - Tho crinoline, one of jj " 0 the most beneficial inventions of thisiuven- ^ V tive ago, is the object of ridicule with mnny. 0 'j R persons, who are continually hnrping upori ^ 10 the defects and exaggerations of the fashion, for the reason that their medial faculties ' .. cannot comprehend the subject in all its 111 R length and breadth, or oUo for the reason P' u that they wish to appear witty, and, as they cf 'n have no wit of their own, retail tho chance shafts which brighter intellects carelessly ^ 1P* drop in their way. An cxchango paper ^ .! says it is "whispered about Now York that 1 0 the railroad companies will shortly call a 1 R convention to discuss tho expediency of P levying toll upon crinoline. The proposi- . u . tion is to charge ladies sporting hoops . r double fare, in consequence of tho space they fill.** If this bo meant for a joke, it . \on does as little credit to the mind as to the ' 1 ^ heart of tho originator; if it is tho record y of an actual intention, then it only shows . 11 J that there are a few candidates for the asy- . ,a luia for the idiotic and feeble minded yet . left uncared for. With a certain Now York , . contemporary, wo are glad to ??e that tho . u'j adoption of thia healthy and graceful arli- . re clo of dress is almost universal, and wo ^ hope to witness the day wlteu every Ameii- j can lady will conform to the custom. , The women of the present generation ? of i * - V Muiuguig nUT?IIU?gOS ITOIQ 1116 ' general uso of the crinoline; and, knowing .n8 that, they hare defied ridicule and scorned \? ' nowor fashions. Even the Empress Euge10 nie, who unwittingly blessed her sex by 8| ,ro' making it the mode, has vainly attempted n0' to introduco a froshor style. If the ladioi *, ?"' will stand bv the light crinolino, and still !*'j dispense with eight out of the ten skirts ? ,c thoy wero wont to wear, tho generation yet ? .or? to come will be healthier and stronger, con ia sumption and kindred diseases of the chost >cr" will be fewer, life be longer, and naturo oin. belter fitted for all tho duties which pertain ? to the wife and the mother in a civilised j! 3110 community. Tho New York News, in al- ^ hiding to this subioct, pleasantly says: 44 Wo . 1,10 aro decidedly of opinion that the ladies r0* have a right to do as they please; wo think ' f?r' also, they enn manage tneir own affairs almoat as well as we can do it for them, and / en in the hoop business wa are ready to ao- ^ ' knowledgo that they have shown a great ? on deal of solid sonse. Don't giro up your us hoops, Indies! Lot men rave, and scold, ! ,KU and stew till they are tired?you have the j J f'ght of the matter?don't concede a solita | ? - ry tncti of pnvemont room!" "J0 [Boston Traveller. " 10 ? ?. g ),n' A Max Phopobino to Marry AxcrrriER 11 lml Max?Ante-Mortkm Examination*.?Somo 0 timo ago, it will be remembered, a singular 0 *u* caso cauio up iu the Richmond, Vn., courts, c' in which a young man named Lipscomb (1 ou sued auothor youug man named Thomas P Linton for broach of promiso. Linton, it 0 oro seems, was of such remarkably feminine apray poaraueo that his friends ca?ily persuaded Lipscomb that ho was a female in disguiso, n?l and so enamored did he becomo of Linton I as to ask and reccivo a promise of marriage, g F?e which, of course, tho latter was unable to ice- fulfil. But on attempting to explain why ti less ho could not "como to time," tho fond "lor- v cn? or" wouldn't beliovo a word of it, and full b in tho belief that his inamorata was a wo- a :e,l man, and uothing shorter, ho sued for breach n ?*1 ol promiso. Tho caso created no little ox- tl wl citomont in Richmond. n ll?* An examination by five experienced phy: I siciaps was ordored by the court, so that ii theio should bo no possibility of mistake, t ".?? and tlioy reported that Linton was undouht- / edly a man; so Lipscomb lost both his lady- ti *'11 love and his lawsuit. Linton has recently ii arrived in this city, and such was his wo- ii inaniah appearance, that suspicion was ere- c ike ated as to his sex, and tho Guards were fi l,? about to arrest him, and would hare done b so, but for tho interference of a person who n lfcl* knew the young nnn. Last night Linton n again got into trouble, through falling into! w ' tho hands of a party of young men who bc='ht licved hint to bo sailing under false colors, p ? and wero about to have an examination to p tho tc->i tlie matter. A gentleman cognisant of |, 'to tho history of Linton happened to he prea- j ow ent, and upon bis representation Linton v tall ?as s^t freo. Reminine beauty would seem 0 te- to Ihj anything but a d cm ruble gift for a Ii ini-l man.? Washington Star. u his ^m- - j in How Many Mii.ks a I'rix rail's UaxoI an- Travels.?Though a printer may bo sit- n. ting all <Juy, yet in his own way lie is a f j great traveller, (?r at least his hand is,) as n we shall prove. A good piinler will set I "C eiglit thousand ems a day, or about twentyljl jour thousand letters. Tho distance travel- -j V led over by his hand will average about 0 c' otio h*>t per letter, going to tho boxes in t, II ^ which they are contained, and of course re- ^ ,c<" turning, making two feet every letter ho' 1, Hets. This would uiaLo a distance each j |, day of forty eight thousand fool, or mora t, than nine miles; and in the course of tho e 'JX' year, leaving out Sundays, that member y >lnivn nvrv.?% luiuo IIIUUMlia IllllOH. I j| >?d A few ilny* ago, in oue of the Western, a cities, a man named Billy Smith was fined ? p. $3 for n^r a plump article of breathing led humanity weighing 250 lbs?the wife of a rd- | Dutchman, who witnessod tho larceny, . i'h- ; which "made hiin so mad ho could not j iei- speak." If the size is to bo taken into con- ! b'd sideralicn, the kiss must be act down as ' ihe cheap. re- Two persons contending sharply on mat p 0j- tcrs icgarding tho late North Devon eleclion, got to rather high words, when one said, you never catch a lie coming out of a m my mouth. I he other replied?yon may i t! us well **v that, they fly out so fast that n<v | i: bvaly can catch 'cm. > c LI' II " gHggri Thk National Wabhxkoto* Montrint.?This strucluro is situated about tLJ iddle of the river line of the oil/, back OA grassy point formed by the river mod aa let jutting eastward into Um laml, only A w rod* from, the centre of the original istrict of Columbia. It is boljow stone >elisk, built on a solid rock foundation, k fuel squnro at the base, sunk 8 (bet in the v 'ound, and rising It \-2 fe?t above round; the obelisk itself being 65 lect - ..' (unro at its base on tbis foundation, signed to reach 500 feet clear of the " undntion, or 517 1-2 feet above gfownU, r ' ^ i bo externally cased with marble, inrnally decorated with various devices, . f imorig which will be interspersed the mny engraved blocks contributed from all !?rU of the world,) capped with a magnifi* ml glass dome, and ascended oo the in* ' - ? do by spiral stairs. When completed, lis monument will bo the highest artificial *< ' ructure io the world, being 37 1-2 feet : . igber than tho Great Pyramid of Egypt nd is estimated by scientific men to bo enable of enduring thousands of years. Tho following are the heights of some of ' io principal monuments, domes, Ac., Id io world: St. Antoine's column at Home, 35 feet; principal tower of the Sinithsouian istituto, 145; Trajan's column at Rome, 45; Napoleon's ooluron at Paris, 150; Washington's column at Baltimore, 180; re great obelisk at Thebes, 200; Bunker Lill Monument at Boston, 220; column of >e!hl, 2G2; Triuity Church . steeple, Ne* ork, 264; the conteraplate'd new dottle of ie Capitol, 300; dome of St. Paul's Catboral, London, 820; tower of Manlius, 850; >wer of tho Cathedral of Strasbourg, 400; ome of St. Peter's Cathedral, Rome, 405; reat pyramid of Egypt, 480; National Washington Monument, 517 1-2. [ Washington Union. Civitnr u a Forttnb*?Civility Is a irtune itself, for a courteous man always Liccseds well in lifo, and that even when ersons of ability sometimes fail. The fit* . tous Duke of Marlborough is a caso id oiut. It was said of him by one content* orary that his agreeable manners often en verted an enemy into a friend; and, by nother, that it was more pleasing to be do* ied a favor by hie grace than to receive ne from olhor men. The gracioua manor of Charlei James Fox preserved bim om personal dislikes even at a lima whan .. - w uiiv*|I?VIVU?J Wits VHkOfl up y ilto cow catcher ami curried tomo d??uico, licr licad at one *ido of the !?>oomolivQ, or feet at llie other, and tlien tumbled eel* user bead down an embankment, af?r which *he *ro*e, ?<hr>.>k herself, nod walkd off, to the great j >y of her miserable wuer, who li;ul rushed fioiu hi* house at ho tiiwl appearance of danger to hla pet, ud followed iho train with iinprecaliona ad criea of "stop the darned thing?stop erf During the last moment* of Winn, 4 Lochester printer, who lately died, he ?m eard to say, having relapsed into a MinielirioiN state, "I hih on my last stickful? am o>ming to a paragraph, and I suppose 'II have to wail for old death to put in the oiiod." If you desire to he certain that your eggs ro good and fresh, put them in water; If he huts turn up they ate not fie*h. Thia ? in infallible tnle to distinguish a good gg from a tad one. o wits political!/ the most unpopular man , t the kingdom. Tho history of the couo7 is fall of such examples of saocess oh* tined by civility. The experience of eve* IT man furnishes, if we bat recall the past; oqueut instances where conciliatory -manors bare made the fortunes of phyaichuuu iwyers, divines, politicians, merchants, and ideed individuals of all pursuits. On be* ig introduced to it stranger, bis liability, r the reverse, creAtes instauWnfcously n . rejudico against bird. To riled, civility is* r fact, what beauty is to a wont an; it is * cneral passport to favor, a letter of reoom* lendation written in language that every no understands. The host of rueo bare ften injured themselves by irritable and onseqnent rudeness, as the greatest sconnrcls haro frequently succeeded by tlieit lausablo manners. Of two men, equal id titer rospects, the courteous one lias twice ho chance for fortuue. OnA.rn Vikb Cottisos.?Wo find in the 7/u'on of a late date the following paravaph: "Believing thstthe interests of our coun* ry require that cuttings of all the native fihl grapes indigenous to our soil should o collected, with a view of testing their (luMtHlinn to tl?a ?*v\noMiw ?^:t -?I *,: , ? -r- ?? J V |,v"* ???HI VII" lato of the different sections of the Union, Lie Commissioner of Patents has made arungcmcnts for thoir collection with Major I. 0. Williams. M.ijor Williams has been jstructed to enter upon his duties oo thd st day of 'August. Ho will proceed td trkansas and Texas, nn<l, in making teleoions of cuttings, will bo particular in notig the character of the soil and the aspect i which such cuttings aro found, their ldal names, and the period at which iheifr uit is matured. Major Williams has also con instructed to collect the seeds or stooee f any other native wild fruits which he mat leet with in the performance of his duty. Diamond cut Diamond.?A couple of atent "safe" sharper* got hold of a suposod groenhorc, yesterday, near one of the otols, whom they found to be so extraorinarilv verdant that caution on their part ras entirely laid aside. Greeny was ready uough to go it bliud on their "safe," but is wild had got all bis tuonoy, and he ranted a good pretext to gel it out of her. o lie borrowed n gold watch of the sharpr?, in order to show it to bis wife as a doirod purchase?entered the hotel?stepped Ut of another door?and the sharpers have ot seen him since.? AW York Sun. As the Cliioopeo train was going ?p o* 'hursday morning, a cow that strayed upII tlu\ I r?rtlr *-1 ^