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* % % * MM?WMM PK1DE. ir JOHN Q. ItXK. ?TW curious fact na ever was known, Hulotteu in human nature shown, Alike in the ramie ami cottage, That pride, like pigs ?f " certain brood, Will manage to live ami thrive on food As po r us paupers' pottage! Of all the notable tilings on enr'h. The queerest thing is tho pride of birth, Among our "fierce denreney!" A bridge across n hundred yenrs. Without a prop to wive it from sneers? Rot even a couple o( rotten piers? A tiling for laughter, flings mid jeers, la American nrislocracy! Depend upon it, snobbish friend, Tear family thread you Can't iiscetid, Without g* sit I re.-won to apprehend, "T(W amy find it wnted on the other end By aiMlie plebeian vocation! Or Wvrse than that, your boasted lino Mat and in a loop of sti oilier twine, ? That plagued some wo thy relation. Because you flourish is tvcrldly nlTairs, . 5 ??e not be haughty and put on airs, Willi the insolent pride of .station! * Don't be proud and turn up your iioso . At poo^ar people in plaint r elotlii's. flu' Ivar* for tl?<- mike of your iniml'* rep-we, * _ Tli.it all pr<>uil H all, wlirrvvt-r it u",VV!*i Iacmbjrt-t to irritation! f.? ~r ? For Hie Caroljn i Spartan. A REVERIE. nv s. n. ti. **1 oliall not n.sk .loin .l.i<pi>-? Riiuvcnu, If bird* confabulate ?>r no."?IJav. I happened ono day to call at the house of a friend, who reside* in llie most pleasant part of our vd'ago. Everything in and about the house pave sign* of wealth and taste. In tlio parlor, which was spacious, there were sofas, ottomans, lamps, minors, painting*, books, musical instruments?in short, everything that a fashionable I.uly could desire with which to adorn an elegant room. Heing somen hat fatigued with my walk, nd learning that the lady of the house was absent, but would return in a short time, I threw myself on one of the soft ottomans, ltd closing my eyes, was soon pa-sing into most comfortable drowsiness?that half sleeping, half-waking condition, when one j enjoys tho full luxury of s'eop without its ( oblivion. In this state the setiso of hearing ic most acute. Presently a low murmuring ( sound reached my cat; 1 listened, and it bo- ( same articulate. Judge mv surprise when , 1 discovered that it proceeded from the beau Jtiful furniture I had just been admiring! ( "Dear me,"exclaimed the book-case,"how , "tired I am of standing! Lot mo see?it must be near ten years since 1 was posted up liere. Winter and summer, night and day, have I been obliged to keep myself boll upright; T declare I don't think 1 can stand it much longer." i,\f i it- - - -1 ou naa ueltor complain, Mr. Secrela ry," said the line carpet. '-I wonder how you would liko to lie lint on the lloor all your life tinio as I do?and every person -trampling you under foot too! Here I am { at the mercy of every one, and its precious little mercy that 1 got. 1 suppose you won't ( believe it, friend Secretary, but I was young and handsome once; though my beauty in fast fading. I am trampled on from sunrise to sunset, beside getting a regular scratch from Hetty's broom every morning; yet I bear it sal! in silence, and no one ever beard mo complain before, nor would you now, : -only I heard my mistress say something this utorning about putting mo into the nursery, and getting another in my place. ' So goes the world?old friends for new ones! ; And am 1 to go into the nursery! well, if I .get amongst my littlo masters and misses, I ! shall soon be torn to pieces. L have borne all ' sorts of weight in my time, but now for the first time \ shall feel the weight of misfortune." 1 "Well," returned the book case, with a lofty air, "I begin to think it is desirable to 1 hate a standing in society. 1 have always been looked up to, at any rate; and, though ! I say it, who should not say it, very low people liavo more 'book knowledge.1 " "Who cares for your book knowledge?" ( said the centre table. "I've got hero in my lap all the books that my lady wants to 1 rend: The Inst London Annual and Quar- ' terly Review, Bulwer's last and Marryalt's r last, a Sketch-Hook, and Scrap Book, and Tort Folio of drawings, and Somebody's "Poems?all dressed like dolls, besides many r others. I'll tell you, Mr. Secretary, though 1 you carry your head high, you are not much thought of. But you can't help seeing that * my inislross tela a great deal by me, and 1 J(an* upon me very much." "You had belter boasi of our lady's friend 1 ship," said the grate, with a face ns red as * fire; you may depend I am the warmest 1 friend she has in the world, and a great " comfort I've been to her these long winter evening". Matty's the time, as you know . very well, when they have pushed you away, 1 and turned their hacks upon you?drawing ^ up to me in the most affectionate manner." "If you never gel a pufh" said the centre table, "I believe you sometimes gel a j At this home thrn?t the grate colored up to the brows. The rug had been lying he 1 "Tore the fire very quietly, but hearing .? in ar } neighbor attacked, seemed to think it lime to put in a word. "The grate and I have been warm friends," it said, "this inanv a dur, and I am alwavs 1 sorry f?r iu hard knocks?especially as 1 , ' generally get a peppering myself, ami sometime* a singe loo." "La! child," said (lie hearth Inusli," you .v needn't fret about the peppering?don't I always brush you off as clean as a whis It:?" "O, yes, anil leave the marks of your ' smutty fingers instead." Now, the rug was a very neat little botly " ?very choice?with a fine plush dress? nnd very much annoyed at living in such a dirty neighborhood. "You complain of the dirt, do von?*' said the tongs; "now just look at in v fact?. Why, L they send me head fore mint into the coal . hod every day!" ^ "Nover nnml," said the astral lamp, 'yon j" were made for a collier/" "And pray what were you made f?r, ^ malapert?'' returned iho other. "I am a philosopher," replied ?lio lamp. "I throw light on evnrv subject that i.s brought before me. When my ini?lre>s j sets down of an evening to read, she never pretends to see into iho writer's meaning ^ without bringing the matter to me. And, trvo, wliijc my mi<trus* i? sewing, she will loll you now much f lighten her labors." "It appears to me," said the foot stool, j "that a little more modesty would bo be ^ coming," ,i "Modesty!" said iho lamp, in some heal; "who dares to insinuate anything against (| my modesty, when I never appear iu com- ^ pany without a veil; although those who iiave seen me can testifv that it conceals a ^^tcewlrich would-fizzle every beholder. And insignificant cricket, whose standto mint -whom everybody looks down upon, nnd treads beneath tlitit feet?presume* to aocum me of a want o modesty!' ul'?(*r said a sofi, rich foico In a die tant corner of' tlie room. It was (he harp "l'eace! I p'ay you. Why disturb our bar mony hy these notes of discord? I wa dieaming ovor the sweet song which m; lady drew from mo this morning. Its sot air? still Lreathu through my soul, lie touch sent a thrill of delight over my frame and my heart-strings still vibrate llio svree remembrance. Your angry words grai< upon my ear, and make harsh discord." ''Yw, and you disturb me, too," squeak ed a violin; "I was thinking over Yankei Doodle!" A large pier glass, that had boon quiellt reflecting on all that passed, now though proper to assert its claims to distinction. "My friends," it said, "I perceive that yot all hate a veiv good opinion of yourselves and each seems to think itself of more con sequence than the rest. Now, 1 don't wish l< presume too far. hut it's my candid opinioi that our ladv would give you all up soonci then she would inc. 1 really think she it on more intimate term* with me than ant person else in the world. 1 am her private counsellor in every thing pertaining to tin toilet. She consult* me about the set ol every dre*s, and the style of her bonnet and the effect of her ribbons, and the ar inngemcnt of her hair. She knows I am always candid. I tell 'the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.' This it more than she can say of any other friond If her bonnet, or the color of Iter dress, inot becoming, I tell her so, ami she give? up to my opinion at once. She never goes out of the liou-e without consulting inc. 1 icceivo a great deal of notice, too, from th< ladies who visit my mistress. They alway* consult me about their dtes?, and seem If have a* much respect f>r my opinion as sht does. Lately my lady seems to liko rot heller than ever. Tor not long ngo, when she returned from a ball, sho came to ask mo if iter dress was in good order. While she was standing before mo her friend cnint behind her, and said (hat was the finest faee in ll o ball room. L>etighled with thi< compliment. 1 exhibited a countenance all radiant with smiles and blushes. Since that toy lady never passes this way witiioul casting a look of great complacency on tne." "Proud egotist!" exclaimed the Rocking Chair, throwing itself back in lofty disdain 'was there over such a prating fool? 1 ?nt everybody knows you are a Jlut. Von have done nothing all the data of your life but to minister to the vanity of the world; and now I poreeivo that you are full of the same quality yourself. Just consider how much more useful I am. When my lady is fatigued?tired of you and every one else?she comes to me; 1 take her in my arms, and rock her by the hour together." I know not how much longer this gasconade would have continued, hut just then the door opened, and the lady of the house entered; which had the effect to awake me and put everything else to sleep. Sl'AUTAXUUKO, S. C. The Mother Moulds the Child. There is no disputing this fact; it shines in the face of every little child. Tltiscoar.se, brawling, scolding woman will have vicious, brawling, Gghling, children. She who cries an every occasion, "I'll box your ears ? I'll dap your jaws?I'll break your neck," is known as thotouslily through the children us if her unwomanly manuers wcro openly lisplayed in the public streets. These remarks were suggested by a conformation in an omnibus?that noble instilution for the student of men and manners ?between a friend and schoolmaster. Our eacher was caustic, mirthful and sharp. His wit flashed like the polished edge of a liarnond, and kept the "buss in a roar." Hie entire community of insiders?and wiiuuTcr is limmaic wmi mo?e conveyances an form a pretty good idea of our numbers ?inclusive of llio "one more" so well known 0 the fraternity, their heads, eyes and cars >ne way, and finally onr teacher said: 1 can always tell the mother by the boy. fhe urchin who draws back with double ist and lunges at his playmate if he looks it him askance, has a very questionable author. She may feed and clothe him, :ratn him with sweet-moats, and coax him villi promises; but if she gets mad, site ights. She will pull him by the jacket, she vili give him a knock on the back, she will 1 rag him by the hair, she will call him all oris of wicked names, while passion plays >ver her face in lambent flames that cut I ind writhe out the corners of her eye. And we never see the courteous little fob o\v with smooth locks and genii tnnnnors, n whom delicacy does not detract f<om lourage and manliness, but we say "that toy's mother is a true lady. Iler words and vjivs a?e soft, loving and quiet. If alio re>roves, her language is 'my son*?not *\uii itlle wretch?-plague of my life?you lornent?vou scamp.''' Ki.n lit>vArt i.:.? ..e ? f i* ? i . mill a U| II^IIL wfui'O tl?o wandering Israelite*, nn?l lior leauis are reflected in l>is face. To liiin the vord mother is synonymous with every liiug pure, sweet and beautiful. Is lie an nti-t? In after life liie fare that with ho y ra<li inee shines on his canvass will l?c the anther's f ice. Whoever flit* across his path with sunny smiles, and soil, low voice, will >ring his mother's imago freely to his breast, >be is like my mother, will be the highest need of his praise. Not even when the lair turns silver and the eyes grow dim, iill the majesty of lint life and presence lesert him. lint the ruffian mother -ala-! that there ,ro such?will form the rufli hi character of lie man. Lie, in turn, will become a no tiless tyrant, with a tongue sharper than a wo-edged sword, and remembering the irawiirtg and the culling, s > k some meek, ;enllu victim, for the sacrifice, and make iCr his wife, with the condition that lie hall bo master. And master be i*, for a w short years, wlion lie wears the widowr's weed till ho finds a victim nninhei two. We wonder not there arc so many nwkrard, ungainly men in society they have en trained by women who do not care r the holy nature of their tru-o. They ave been made hitler to the heart's core, nd that bitterness will find vent and lodg teat somewhere. Strik > the infant in anger, and ho wi?l, if e cannot reach you, Vent his passion by eating tlm fi??or, the chair, or any iuaui late thing within roach. Strike him reealedly, and by the time ho wears alioe* o will become a little bully, with hands tat double to fight as naturally as if spc ial pains had been taken to teach hi:n the rt of holing. Why is vension liko a lo^t friend? I>e ' ause it is the door departed. IF* r tJOU-AKAS-UEN-ACIlOUR, AND tun ' THE JUST CADI. wi!j ,. ' nr A. Dl'MAS. - n:.(l ,. In the Frcdj' Ouah livt* a Schoick named oil, . Bou Akas-ben-Achonr, a descendant of ono but * of the oldo*t families of the country, as we nlrtl ? find l?y Ibu Bbndoun's history of Arab and was I Berber dynasties. Bou-Akas is a perfect nud r typo of the Arab of tho"Fast. llir nticcs- bat tor*conquered Frcdj' OhuIi, (fine country;) rr,t| t ho has consolidated and reigns ovor it. Af and a tor deciding to recognise tho power of n)ct France, ho sent a horse of Gmln in token of big submission, but has constantly refused to go 'l i to Constantino, alleging an ontli bo has CRUn made agatnsWit; the fuel is, bo fears to bo | h: r re'a'no I as a prisoner, lie pays a tribute dm l of 80,000 francs. Kvery year after harvest, ?>fn at the sumo day and hour, by the same ttirc i gate, enter tho camels tlint bring the mouuy; was , not even a cent is over wanting. I m Bou-Akas is forty-nine years old, dressed "thi ? liko the Kabvles, in a f/audortrv of woolen, not i held by ft leathern lolt, with a fine cord her< r around tho bend; he carries.a poir of pistols sue ? bv his side, tho Fabvlo Jisf'n, and a little anil black knife about his neck. Before him 'J } stalks a negro with bis gun, and a Iaige ?(or > hound bounds nt bis side. will f When one of the twelve tribes be rules N ( has done him any wrong, be merely sends crip his pegro to their chief village. The negro ? i displays the gun of Bou Aku?, and tho (lain- corn t age is repaired. , di>o i There nro two or three hundred Tu/bas low . in hie piv. who read tlio Coran to the pco- nlin . pie. Kvery individual making a pilgrim- up, , ago to Mecca on calling on him, receives the i throe franca, remains so long as he likes in rite [ Frodj* Otiali, at tlio fslieick's expense; but if dow . ho discovers a feigned pilgrim, two emmis-. r. i saries find him wherever he may be, throw ('nj ? him f.ico downward, and bestow on him hor? fifty strokes of tho bastinado. He has some- l.o i tunes three hundred jiersntts to dine; lie t!,o i then walks around overseeing tho domes- > ; ties; if there is anything left, he eats, but al- was . ways Inst. of n i When tho governor of Constantino, the r ?.ic i only authority he acknowledges, sends him if hi i a traveller, ho gives him his gun, iiis dog -.wo | or his knife, according to the importance of f itij, i the traveller, or tho urgency of tho rocorn- him t mendation. If ho gives his gun, the stranger did i shoulders it; if the dog, ho lakes it in a ord( leas i, if tho knife, ho throws it around his was ? nocl ; and with ono or tho other of these j, ?| Itaoli a-lnali .HJ.- *1., J ( V .?. > '?| nuivil d|>VV llicn LI I U CIO' i > gioo of lionor to be rendered, the traveller lion i goes through tbo twelve tribes widiout dan ger, and is lodge 1 and fed gratuitously, for retu ; lie is tlio guest of Bou-Alois. When lie T . leaves tiio I'rodj' Ouali, iie turns over (lie com gun, dog or knife to (lie first Arab bo meets, ositi If tlio Arab is limiting, ho quits the chase; and i if farming, ho drops the plough; if at home. '* ho leave* it, to carry the pledge to his the Sheick. The wt?ll known little knife with T a black handle has given its naino to Bo it dote Akas?Bou-ih'jotioui. the man with the of d i knife; for it is with this he cuts olT heads, if Jor < i he thinks the necessity for prompt justice demands it. When lie ciimo into power hutc lliero were a great many robbers about; the p ?cl Sclieick adopted the plan of disguising him- and self as a simple Wader, and letting fall a the , douro, of which ho never lost sight; if the "1 person who picked it up put it in his pock- I wot ' et, llou Akas made a sign to his execution- Ak i er, disguised like himself, and ofT went the ?< culprit's head. The Arabs say that a child may now traverse tho twelve tribes with a '( crown of gold on his head without risk. Mt Bou-Akas has a high respect for women. The and has ordered that, when they fill their ed o goat-skins at the fountains, tho men arc to bacl turn aside and not pass before them. Wi-li- | ver?; ing to know what the sex thought of him. ! I mm meeting a preuy Arab girl along tin- :u li banks of ilio stream lie approached her. and were entered on :i light chat. The woman look- "\ei ed at him in astonishment, and said: "f.-atre in. ? t mo handsome cliovalier, for you do not 1 know tho risk you run." As ho still con bodi tinned to annoy her with his nonsense, she , with resumed: "llavo you come from so great 1 out t a distance that you do not know you are in j the < the country of "the man with the knife," | take where women are respected." j he o One day tho Shcick heard that nCadi of! J one of his tribes tendered judgment worthy AL. of Solomon; like another 1 larouiini-Ii i?ehi'd. 1 |i, d. I he wished to know for liim-elf. l>isgui*ol ; ? i as a simple horseman, without his di?lin shei j gushed arms, m muted on a thorough l>ie<l latin ! horse, which however, betrayed nothing of t it the greatness of ?' .?* owner, lie started. as in Now it happened that he arrived at the | re'. fortunate city in which this Cadi had dis wi?h peiiM?d justice on a fair day. conseipicribv ? |. vouit day. At tlie gate of the town he no |,an? a cripple who asked alms, clinging to the Shriek'- burnous as did the hegg.tr to St. Martin's (1 ?ak. ]i,. a "What in .re would ye have?" a>k" 1 1> >u- j "J Akas. "You a-ked alms and I have given the ?1-" ? . ; thro' ' True," replied tho Cripple; "hut tbo law doe* not merely say, *th>?u shall give alms nie. to thy hrothcr,' hut also, 'lliou rhall do ail to..k that thou art ahlo for him.'" "Well, what ran 1 do for you?" "You car >:ive iiiq from being trarnpl 1 .,.|f; ( mi ler foot by tho crowd of men, mules, and t, ..It camels in the town." j the ' "And how?" "l'.y t:?killg lue lip behind you until we "1 get to the market place, where 1 have l>u-i <..v> ness. i |lls | "So he it." And with some <1 ifllcnltv he ?A | mounted the cripple behind him. ' \ '1 he market was reached, "Wot d'?wn," ttaiil the Sheick. I w.ts I down yourself,'1 said the cripple. ' .juta. "To help you? Certainly." i e.l t< "No; to giro no- your horso?he belongs M to ine." ! "We uliiill hoc." i "( "We are in the city of the just Cada." ' ? 1 "I know that. ' until "Aii'I )on will have mo taken up In I ire | him?" i |,or-. "And do you suppose, when ho sees von ^ with sound legs and me with cripple on. s, \,,ni iio wili ii >1 say tlie loose iieloitgs to hint . v.,u who has most need of him?'1 I won! "If ho says so," replied llou-Akas, "he will have erred in Ids jintgmont." pi,. , ' I liey call him jn>t," rejoined the cnpplo , give laughing, "but not iufallahlc." i |; ' <iood?" said JbiU Ah is I > himself; "her.' -dd: ! ii a fine opportunity for ino to judge the h ive j judge." ?vo he pushed through tlie crowd, whol ' leading his hor>o by 'ho bridle, the cripple m |? i perched like a monkey, and r.-ache 1 the h i- fl, to l>iimil where the judge was dispensing juslice after the <diiciil.il mode. |u The lirat causo was between a Taloh and f(.v a peasant that is, between a man of let- |, (w j tcrs anil a laborer. 1 ho peasant had car* in t lied olf the Taleb'- wife, and insisted that |,? I sho was his. I ho woman would not ;?? ], j knowledge eilli-T as her husband. The , i | . ! judge listened to both parties, and thi n ' tk!?,n I said: "Leave (ho woman with mo, and re- r d I II i to-morrow.** Hie men saluted And idrew. 'lie next enure was between A butcher mii oil filler; the latter wu? covered with '? tllO butcher spotted will) blood. TIic lb rhcr begun: "I went to buy oil of this jc i; I took out my purse to pay him; it ^ full of money; ho war tempted by it, 1 1 ?ei/.cd me by tho wrist I shouted "thief!" tn ho would not let mo go; so wo came to- w? j? r beforo you, I clenched my monoy ijj ho my wrist. Now. I swear by Maho- . , thai he is a liar, when ho s;-ys I took money; the money is mine." -Wl lieu spoke tl?o oil seller: "This man de 10 to buy a bottle of oil of me; and after bo id filled the bottle, ho asked moifl could ngo a piece of gold. I took n handful ^ ioiipt from my pocket and laid it on the isliold of my shop; bo snatched it, and going oir with the oil and monoy, when a j./od him by tho wrist and shouted ll< efi" In*pit'oof my shouts ho would ;ui giro it up, and I have bronchi him ^ j that you may judge between us. I ar by Mahomet that this man is a liar. " the money is mine." "n lie Cadi made each plaintiff repeat his cu y; neither varied. "I.enre the money j |,a i me." ho said, "and return t?> morrow." I ^ i*o\v catno tho turn of Bon-Akos and tho J I'10- . . . r0! My lord judge,** said tho Sheiek, "I j in from a distant city to buy luerchan- 8,1 ill this market. At tho g?tc of this j vt; n I found this cripple, who first asked j*< s of me, and then begged mo take him an as he feared ho should be trampled in in crowd of men, mules and camels. Ar- its d at the market place ho woul I not get sn ii, but claimed inv horse; and when I co atoned hini with justice?"INliaw, the cu i is t"o sensible a man to doubt that the n< <c belongs to him who needs him most," j t? i eplied. I swear by Main.met, this is fie simple truth my lord." | dil ioxt rejoined the cripple: "My lord, I cx coining here on business upon this horse wi line, when I saw CI?iman seated by the "u 1 side, as if half dead. I stopped to ask ha j had mot with any accident. IIo an- an rod no; hut that ho was exhausted with fir. ;ue, an 1 hogged me for charity to bring in; to this city, where ho had business. 1 la! so; but what was my surprise, when he di ?red me to dismount, and said tire horse j if his. So I brought hirn to you. 'J hi* I to truth, I swear hy Mahomet. J ad ho Cadi made each repeal his disposi ; p > * i-oti Leave rno the horse," ho ordered, '"and j Wn m to-morrow." i* iio next morning not only the parties th turned, but a ureat crowd, led my curi ro< appeared at the tribunal. iho luleb lei tIio peasant were called first. i wi Take your wife otl," sa:d the judge to! h!< Talob, "she is certainly yours." to lien turning to the executioners, he or po id them to give the peasant fifty strokes ti?. to baslinad >. Tito butcher and oil sol- ha vero next summoned. su lake your money," said the Cadi to the , *p her; "you certainly took it from your j m< ;et, and it novor belonged to that man," sh ho ordered the oil seller fifty strokes of rebastinado. Tlio third cause canto on. IL Should you recognise your horse among ? ity others?" a-kud the judgo of lion| tin Jertainly." . re< And von.'" l. the cripple. ho Certainly." * ' Jomo witu n?e," continued to TVm-Akas. I v wont t- ' . r, i: I tlio Sheick p n:- - lit I.i- Inn>0 among the twenty. : to the tribunal an ] send mo \our ad- C arv." pr< It" cripple hurried to iho Mab'o a* fast lis legs would let him; hut as hi-> eves t>v i good, he also recognized tlio horse. ry well," n.aid the judge; "n nv follow tr\ ;o the tribunal." on he judge returned to his seat, and ercrv f" r aw iit<-1 the slow return of the cripple hn impatience. At la-t he appeared, all oa: nf breath. "The li o?o is yours," said 011 >/jitli l lion Akas to tl?o stable au.l liiin? 'ty stripes on that man's back,' rdered f<>r the-cripple. ! hy iie (.'adi, on i '.idling home,fonn 1 I'? >11 - s|" s waiting t >r him. "Arc you d ssati> lie Asked. 'liJ Quite the contrary," answer* -1 tlie . k; "hut I want to n>k hy what in-|>i n j ii \ i j ien*l r juMice; foi I cannot ?l.>ubt *-vi the oilier judgments are a- o.juil ib'e an i\ ii vii?I am Km Aki-, Sckeick of |o j'i)uah;nnd having hear I of you, I ii I to know you." ) no ic jul^e wouhl hsivo kissed his chief> i .j I, h it lion Ak.is woiiM n it permit it. pe ue, 1 nil in a hurry to know how you j. Tere l the truth in th so three ca-os,'' an eked. j Tlj t is very simple. Yon know 1 kept la* woman, th* money, anl the Iioim* , ,J u1 i the hi^lit. W ell, at midnQiit, 1 the woman awak-ned ami brought t > 'Fill in\ ink-land!' 1 m. 1 to lur. S ie c;<: the inkstand, look out the cotton, w, ual it neatly, replaced it in it* cn-o, ami ar? vd in fre-h ink. Then I said to luv' 1 lie wile of a peasant would know Ii.jf alu.ut inkstand.-; she is the wife ?t \ ' l ateh.'" \Y i .oil!"-aid lion Aka-; "hut the money." ;,iii id von ob-ervc that the oil seller was ih< led with > . and ? -p eiaily how grea-y (. lands were?" >r '? ; well?" A'. I put tin- mon y into a v< -1 ?f wa r; 1 examined it this moinin^; there so! no -iyn ,,f ,,it nn the s-;i n-e. ? m-? ily. 1 de . - \i that the money he! on;- |ut lie- hutclier. Had it be! -n^e 1 !* the th: :i. it wimi 1 have been e i-\, an 1 o.i th. 1 h .ve floated on the water.' U <? !; hut my lioisci" t^c Vli, I was oieailv puzzled about th it, th tliis inorninjj." dr. lien, the cripple did not roco^ni-e the ! Sol i j, quito <1-; boldly nnd j tiv ly a-> I e ~c*if. I'm -liiv idea was t???{ t?.? it won 1 <1 rec?'>cjui/.o the hotso, but it lie mi 1 km\v von. I itii . w hen you an J. , rh -cl him. he noitx'iod; when tho cripunto itftir hint, ho lashed out. >o ] im I i ii to yon." ilit >u-Ak is reflected ;t moment, and then so " I ho lord is wilii you: ^ on should ?>n my place, and i yours. Yet, on the no o, although I am siiro you wo worthy int i Sclicick. 1 am not certain thai I am tu> be Cadi," fie - po j>a?itio down (tin - of our hark >t r i t tut v day > at! , wo ?>. thoard a oi dhio ;y nu ocn a couple of tlarkii s and was jusi l>h iino to hoar tin- l'<>lh win'Now. ed or \or, ' lharlio. dim iitonl ho an h<>u- il.t ii na^ill h ' tin>ut 'lit, hut I'h IVa? a oli i n, and knowod dat Im was int t rho yard, I t jl \?r wot, ni^ur, T'dj t high, I would.' l.u Banks and Banking. Our Legislature is flooded with hill* and . solutions on the subject of Dank* and Hiking. Wo doubt whether anything finite will be agreed upon amid this court of viows. Generally, when such con iriety of opinion prevails, the discussions :ary the nstutc minds of our legislators, or, the Dutch rquiro after hearing both les of a question, they aro unable or unliing to decide ono way or other?and terinine to do nothing. Wo fear it will i so on this matter of banks. Anticipating that little or nothing will * dono by tbo Legislature, lion. John rsrtl Middlcton introduced into the Senate resolution requesting our Senators and 'prcKeiilutive* in Congress to procure an tendinenl of the Constitution of the Uni1 States, forbidding the banks to issue !la of a less denomination than twenty illars. Tlii* resolution catoo Op for dis s.sion on the 2tlh, when the following doto took place, which shows the temper of a I body, and foreshadows the fato of the solution: Mr. Middloton nddrossod tho Sennlc in pport of the resolution. Ho said in submoo that ho was n<>t a v.-aro that the *ub t would cumo up for discussion so soon, d ho was not therefore prepaied to enter to Ik consideration with that caro which importance demands. Still ho would V a word or two on the resolution. 'I lie uutry whs surrounded hy financial d'lli Itie*. There was great monetary distress, >t only among ourselves, but abroad. Afr several years of almost unexampled prosritv, we were reduced to nearly the conlion of u savage people, w!io barter and ; change their commodities. Wo were thout a currency, such a ono as nicetr commercial wants. This state of things is occurred in a time of profound peace, d of great abundance of all tho nccessa-! !? of life. Our granaries were full to burst- ; g. Tho public expected that the Legis- i tiro would do something to alleviate the J stress?at least to preveul its reccurrence, : that bo po>siMc. 'I ho question i?, what remedy can be { opted. 1 hero were mativ nrnb-ets oro. I ... . I *ed, some 'if which ho approved, and licrs ho conl ! not approve. Are our rins for applying tlio ttmedy ninple! 11 not one of those who impute blame to o banks of ihis State for w hat has occurI. 'i hcv were the victims of a bad sy.v n, rather than the perpetrators of the otig. Tho evil was an ind ited, irredecrna3 currency; the project to prevent th<? is take from the batiks of this Slate the wer of issuing bills of a less drnomirui iii than *-20. Hut what is to hinder the i uks of ( ioorgia and Nortii Carolina to is. \ e small notes, and l?J drive from our midst j ecie currency! fan wo otTcctuato the re- I fdv with this difficulty in our way! We | .all not arrest the evil. There * no other uireo than to apply to a superior power. was much opposed to tho exercise by ingress of constructive powers. We can or clear of that difficulty by amending o Constitution < f tho I idled States, which pi res iho consent of two third* of both uses of Congress, an 1 has to l>e after ki Is ratified by t!in ? fourth* of the Slates. 1 - prop- sdion was pot that Congress! ;d p'oiislut the c culation of lulls of a den 'till iat T. lh . i t-'-'O, but that t ie institution h!i 'dd co amend' I as to diibit Mich I-. ue.s. The proposed amendment will require1 o or three y? u> for perfecting it, and <oii pi tly the monetary system -?f the coun wi 1 Miti. r io? Midden idiock. The conrr -tic.- of tho country will be prepared I til-* change. If this t-cherr.?? fails, he ew not lioiv the evil of pap >r currency n fc remedied. It wili give ti? a mixed | rrcncy of paper and specie. We have ' w n-'lliing but a | upcr currency, l iii?te has b< "ii guilty of inlfictir.g litis ?-vii all wing the Hunk ? ! 'he S'.ato to is.-ie lull bi. s. Hot us hold OUr?elVe> Up to : world a- a -pcoie paying people, and in or of the Suh-tre.i- try scheiuo. We must e\perienc-, under anv nysterii m-ri dioai cum-. We cannot letnedy tit il aUog'-t'ner. Them wiil ever be a flux d relhiv in commerce. I. ? k nhrftul; k t ' Kug'm. 1, ami we will liu 1 tliat i-he subject to thee vari ti us :m 1 lluctiiais-. It i> not > t.11 the Qontini nt of ISi* K*. i .1! |? J'.'- t': i?t trust less to a j> i? r cunoMi'v. i'hey are a -jxv'.e paying nplo. I here are loo in any levoituiuiis them to deal evciiiMwly in prtper. ey have i. . sin.ill hiks, only lli so of a o. denomination. Ivt.:l iiul has attemptthi M-liernn, hut has hitherto faded. , Kep.ated revolutions are a r> a?on why ; ( oiitiuent ?>f K.trope aliouil feel the?e ai?^.*s in cuiiiin. ieo in >re fr .jn.-??11y than r>at we, su a time if Jirofoun 1 peace, MiflVtino ai! th. evils ot a monetary strianev. Mr. (' trn -aid he was not prepared t<? 0 on the lesolr.tion of the Senator from in yah. It w an important measure, i! shoilhl he maturely en- lerod. lie r>'f'?re in >ved that it tie taken out of the .1 Oidvrs hi i i' made the Speciai der ? ! i > iii nay a', half j e-t I o'e!? . k. Mr. Mid 111 oil lii.ni.dit llie proper Coarse - to j to tp the e iiisideiatioii of t'.e r ulem to an..'.her time. Mr. rii.iiioh ist Mijfge.-ted that the leso1 n he let rr. 1 t-i s on e nimit ee, so it we may have a icport. lie would ii he pi i parr 1 to vote itiidcrstaudinrrly.! I . i 11 1. he i ' 1 eri . 1 i t he t .iioi11r Oil I III..: V, atl'l I t tills plirpoSU linked >oi. it'>r from St. ij.'.it 1k>i >me w to with* iiv 111* uioti 'ii. Mr. Allen hoped that tlio motion of tho 11;it??i from St. ]artiioloniew would not w I lluir aw ti. Mr.Tnllingh t*t. The tcforenco t?? a comU'o was tio ii?ii.d coumo to pursue, lie i t it duo t > IiiiiIm Ii to uiako the motion to ^ (t. 1 he rc*oluli ui involn) something >re ?.. in a i] .? *t; ti i t tiiruice. lie whs i lined I ' vote I t it, hut iio desired to do uti'lt'iiiaiidiugly. It tnay not he cvpodi* t to pioluhit liie issue o! hills i t a loss do initiation than s_'(). lie desired to he 'Tilled <<n that point. l'?Ut tlio resold* n involves a constitutional ipieslion. i he lu iai < >vi i nineiit lots altcadv too much wor. When an amendment <?fthe (,'onstiloii shall ho attempted, we know not what iv l<o the result. A convention a**?ou 11 f*?r that purp- se ceaild not he restrict l > tlii* sin^loohj.'ct, hut it might amend i < 'institution in many other particular*.' oo and other vvasido1 atiotn prompted a to move a ref. renco to a c oininilt-e. Mr. Middioton. I he gentlemen from St.' ke'.s is m taken n? to the pur^oif of the ?ij. jil-h.iwi m , ii if , ill resolution. It Jom not provide for call'tog . (\ convention. It merely propose to request our Senntort ?ud Representatives "m , Congress to procure an amend.neot by two; thirds of tlie body; and then it requires three-fop..lis of the States before it-can becoino n part of the Constitution. There will bo no convention. K<?So!utiorfs" -are mailers of cpipion and not of detail,. nud liie Senate is just ns competent to consider lliem as a committee. Mr. Allen. It is a monstrous outrage to refer this question o( tl?e financo Jiflicullies of the country to the Committee on Finance and Banks. Uo moved to refer it to the Committer) on Agriculture and Commerce. Mr. McAliley. The Senate is called upon* to come to a conclusion without evidence. Money panics arise from the enterprise of the people, not from our banking system. The Scr.ato ought to have light, auj testimony of merchants should be taken bv a committee, as to tire expediency and elfect of prohibiting the issue of small bills. Sir. Palmer moved that the resolution be referred to the Committee of the Whole. If light i? wanted, discussion in Committee of the Whole would bo furnishing that light. Motion lost, and the debate resumed. .Mr. Mordecni moved that the further consideration of tlio resolution bo postponed until to morrow ut half past one o'clock: carried. A Candid Deacon. "Deacon M. wss an honest old codger, a kind, obliging neighbor, and a good churchgoing Christian, believing in the Presbyte-* rim creed to the fulle-t extent; but ahekaday! this pillar of the church w:is, at times, a little "shaky"?in fact, thedeacon would, '; occasionally, g''t exceedingly "mellow;'" and j i?!niu>t every Sunday at dinner ho would in lulge in his favorite cider-brandy to such an} extent, that it was with some little diiliciiltr h<' reached his pew, which was in the broad ai-io, near the pulpit, and between the mini-tor's and the \illage squire'e.. One Sunday morning tho parson told his fUck that li<- shouid preach a scirnon to thorn in the afternoon, touching many glaring sins that h" grieved to see so conspicuous among i them; and that he hoped that they would 1 1 iston attentively, and not flinch if he should happen to bo too severe. 111,! al!. tain >n #-'ifnn i?il !>? ' --- I .. x .....v, mimi HIV I n'U.-'U W iO j full; everybody turned out to hear their I neighbors 4'drc-o d down'' by the minister, | who, after well opening bin senn^D, com-j menced <>n tho Iraniigre-jors in a loud voice, with the . juration : "Where is the drunkard?'' A solemn pause succeeded this in.Inir\; when up rose Dcncoa M. with his face radiant from copious draughts of his favorite drink at his noontide meal, and steadying himself M well as he could by tin; jew i ail, looked tip to the parson and replied, in a piping tremulous voice: "Here I am." Of course, a consternation antongst the congregation was the result of th?hon e-t deacon'^ response; however, tho parson went ?>n with his remarks as he had written them, common'ing severely upon the drunkard, and winding up by warning liiin to forsake at one? such evil habits if he would seek salvation an 1 tleo the coining wrath. The deacon then made a bow and seatrd himself again. "And now," out -poke the preach or man in his loudest tones, 4 whero is tlo liypocriu A pause?hut no on * responded, k'yt * were turned opon tins nnd tii-.t man: but the rrmst glimce* *. .'uifl d reeled to the "squire"* pew, and in.i. 1 the par- n sc nie I i,? squint hard in tli.it direct1art. i lie deacon ?>v where the shaft was levelled, or where it should l?e aim-d, an I i:-irig once m ?rp. leuned over hi- pew-rail t > the 'squire.' whom he tapped on the shoulder, and thus addressed: '< rue, - ; . why r| >u't you g?-t up; ! did when he culled tne *?Jiu*fon I'ost. 'Am 1 i'?ot si) io I Ak'tt Uo If kin ft I"?Mr. ?i , ft veteran lawyer of Syracuse, used < to ted a story of a client, an itnpetumi* old farmer, by the name of Merrick, who had a dillictiltv with a cabinet maker. As ?n< u-iihI in such ca-es, t!io matter d ft * great ?leal of intere-t among the neighbors, who severally allied thein-elvus with one or otlier <>: the contending parties. At length, however, to the mutual di ippoint i ' merit of the a.lies, the principals offer? 1 a I e rnpr -ini-e, by which Merrick was to take. ( in full of all demands, the cabinet maker's 1 < note f >r forty dollars, at six mouths, "j>o/a- ' I.I i.'. r'thtwl irare." j 1 Lawyer < was called upon to draft ' the rue - -nry pip-rs to consummate tho v settlement, which, having been duly execu- i tel an i deiivere 1, tho client was apprized 4 that the matter was fully and amicably ar- ! ranged. (I saw no more of the parties j | until ah '.it six months after, when one , iivtruing, ju*l as he was opening his ofliee, ' fid Merrick rode furiously up, dismounted, ' ui. 1 r !-') I in, ?! liantly exclaiming: "I say. ' Squire, am 1 bound to '<ik" coffin*.*" I* M.uns, on the note filling due. the oh- < ctinn; cabinet maker had refused to pay ' him in any o'.hcr way.? Olirc Brunch, j \ FittcirTrNEn II.'osieu?( HTuer fat , 1 lam Ttv, < f f htladelphia, is fond of a j i x.l jokf?lie never niis^-s an opportunity. \ few days suice lie was sitting on Walnut stiv.'t whirf, when a long, lank. 11"'' .i a doeiv ii;la<l oil t>UO ot tike steam? s . nn .ii.g to >>.tvaiiu.ih, passed li>mt lioid.M.. in one Iniud a section of bread, and in a r a hu: b?d . -:ui ,v. At > tn > t i \ "v step lie would satisfy the <. .v '."o- of ins appetite \\itli a bite from ( ? a ! of afoiv-. iid nrtieles. fat no sooner ' aw him than he determined upon a joke. ; 1 As the 1 lousier passed fat, a rat van J' a ios < tii sidewalk, at wliieh ho wickedly j , inado a kick. Ijcavo that rat alone!" yclleti I'nt, as < if angry, ' J,cave it alone?" replied the Tloosier, j' 1 >oking :it fat, with his inoudi full of ix>- , h _'na; "what do you want a feller to leave i that alone lur!" "li ?i it l?i'l*?IWfsl mo ts%y. 1 f - -'?t .. ... ?-v, H?Vj UIIU ^ Will nut hav? l abu^cM.' ,4Ilelongs to you! Wh it on nirtli do \on want to do with rats' Make bologna samiges with '..hern, sir, and right nice ones tin y n..,i;e too," Tim 1 loom r wait; ,i t?. * ;tr no more, hut throwing ir.s bologha as i'ar as the I' strength of his arm would send it, with an "AI?-so..ii! pehtii |?ebia!' he hastened to ' tii imaro-t gt? ^"'ery for a three feat dram, to. as lm expressed it, "take the. darned l'attv taste out." Tho following is on a tombstone in Ire- i land | ' Mere li<? ike Iwly of .ToliVi Mound, 1 n! sen ittii nevi p to\?n t.'* ( Why is a i ailed pig on a spit liko '* nr'.fc- : sionaty 1 llecnuso it's g'/tng round aloing t gw -d. T ?vo% ? f [? f - 9j| n !ffW<nnnanMB(' jfl Dr. M?Z.AirS>S j! ? cm.*b*a*ed l VERMIFUGE v.t. j- A*? . ?A . V ' LIVES PlUiS. ?** ^ - -ft * Two or I Mm IMM Prep?mS?iptfiM<p They are not recotximended as Umveri4 . I Cure-alls, but simply for j j what their name purports. The Vermifuge, for expelling Worms from the human system, has also been administered ^ with the most satisfactory results to various animals subject to Worms. The Liver Pills, for the. cure of Liver Complaint, all Bilious Derangements, Sick Headache, See. ^ Purchasers will please be particular to ask for Dr. C. McLanc's Celebrated Vermifuge and Liver Pills, prepared by c5temvaa sole proprietors, Pittsburgh, Pa., and take no Other, ns thrm nrr? rorir?n? J ? V MA V ?CUiVUd other preparations now before the public, purporting to be Vermifuge and Liver Pills. All others, in comparison with Dr. McLane's, are worthless. The genuine McLanef? Vermifuge and Liver Pills can now be had at all respectable Drug Stores. N FLEMING BRO'S, CO Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pa. Sole Proprietors SCOVfTj & MEAI>, New Oiboti#, Cieneral\\ ilo Affrtii^ for tliv South, to wlium all *- r 1<-t? mutt be ?ddKf*ed. S??M> nr FI-HER A' HiJM'ISIt, ^jvtrt.mburg.So. Ca. ) I IK AN A C< >01)0103, " 44 44 A. loi.l.fesoN, " " u K. kftr 1 ( II, <>rooriTillc. 44 44 KKKNAN A N OK It IB, I"nine ritle, " 44 JOHN ||. IIKNKY, Unnnwill*, 44 44 W. K. TU ATT * CO.. N. wherry, 44 44 I. I*. ItARNKTT Ar CO. Yorkrille, S. C. .1. W HARRIS & CO . Rutberfordtqn, N. C. May T 11 ly ~\x Rogers' Livorworth & Tar TR IliK COMPLETE" CVRE OF COUGHS, COLD** lNKLlKN/.A, AbT 11XIA, liKOVCHITIS, *mTINu OK Ji[.OOl>, A ALL OTHER Lt'SC COM* I'LAINTS I EN DING TO CONKCM TTIOX. r> r> ?? r-? r-> c r? r? re T1i?k preparation > > getting into meallorer ountrv. The i,um* inoB letter* v* ? receive Iron*>ur v n iou* uncut*. tiT iniinn u> of cure* effected ti tluir itiinicdnte iicighhurliood*, warrant u? iR -iv".i >t >* one oi the be?*. it i.ot tlie ttty bt?t, ^ i?i^h Mi.l cinc now b? fore th? public. It alwio* Din itif., rr!,fi r*, um. nut u nji rrjucntly f urealAr i 11/ .riirst rn*r*. \\ lir-u all ollu l I Vuu ii jmpartf-uu have thin lia* relieved the palUtit, 8* iij. '>, <i. iU i - u ,M? .1 in ?, nod ll.ysiciars, ;i'i w . >. As!, the Agent in your tu:irnt tn* n, 'it liii- lii-irii In* experience ot the effectsof this 11. I .-iiio. li lie 1.. > been selling it for any length rf lime he will tell ><>n / IT l> Tl IK r.l>T MEDICINE ETTA ST. Jt low we give a few ui tracts ln.ni letter* we tave n-ee'vod lately regarding t'ac virtues of this nrdicins. I ?r. S. S 0>1ln, of Knmvil'e, fin , snye: J hart ireu using your I.ircr wart and Tar very extender I y in uiy practice for three years past, and. I is irit.'i plrat ne J state my hriief in its Ft:rc, iiottirv ovKit ALX otiiik AkTK LF.s ?rith trhirh I mi acquainted. Jor which it is recommended.1* j, M?-?rs. Fir/^vrnld A limners. writing from tVivm-sville, N C. sayi "The I.irerwtrri and T r is becoming daily more popular in this Conn-. try. ami \v* think jrsri.r so. All who hare triedV it s;< i ' in roui ncnduhle terms of it. and say it r* m i/ hen- tidal hi alleviating the complaints/ ? which it is recommended.11 M im?. Kit/gemM A lh-nners, writing from \V ten. ivill? , N. say: 'J he I.itrrwnrl and 7'ir is her. fiing daily nmre popular in this Coun hrj, x.vii x\ r TiilMi jt'ftlt so. All who hare tr.cl it .pral, i run mfu'dnhlt terms cf it, and tay it is m y bentjiaal in alienating the rom? plaint* for u fitch it is teroinniended.1' Our Agent in l'.i-k'Tis Dstrqt. S. C.. Mr. fT. E. Mi'F.ili. .viur. us "that he uses jt with nr**i IirneJU in his own family,?in<l recommends it tv hie tioiirlibors.'' ]Ua nn iiiftntu'c ofn Netrro^^-ii i v \. w! i li.ni lid n sufT, rin^Rlb? Lsoase of the i.un^flfor years, attended with set" i'ne cough, who wan relieved by the Liverwor iinl Tar. Snob are t>i.. wood reports we hear of this Midi n< iiimn'l part* of the Sooth. For n report of .? rurpi -ii.tr run ? it hns ptrfoiim-d in the West i n .o.l Noriiiern and liartcr; States, we would nv te tli. Mill* rititr patient to read the pamphlet f \ l.it-li aooompaip. s each bottle. To nil we say, 'nirr hope, hare hope.' TRY THE MEDICINE!! 11 r. iv a ic \ ?; i> 11 hE ado if. Beware ol* Counterfeits and liaso gmiintinnfi! The genuine artioh i* >itt ned Andriw Ronita* the engraved w rapper around each bottle. Vrice SI r bottle, ?r s 5 bottles for $.*1. Sold all..lo.il. and rit:ul by SCON II. A MKAD. mil 1 I Ch.trleis St., bet. t'ontiand St. Louis, N. O. Sou: Aor.ntb for tub Hovtiikun Statss, to> whom all unlets and applications for Ag*neie? 1.nisi l>e nddress*!. Si?Ll> AI<80 HY riSllKIl A 11 KlN ITS! 1.Spartanburg, So C?.. 1)KA N A (JO'?1 )<sll ?N, " " NV. II. WATSON, Oreeuviiiw K. KPJ I CM. 41 K1. NN'.N <\ N'OURfS. Thtlottvill*, " s Ri HKN'RY. I nremvilto " _ A C. T|. IIAiail^.iVlU. llothi rfordton, N . C April 21 ? f'?m JoV> Printing rBOMI'TI.V EX1KWWX .J