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SMOKING SPIRITUALIZED.
Tho following unique and bco.utful
"Meditation on Smoking Tobacco/'
was wri ten two hundred vcara ago,
by Rev. lialph* F/rtfkino, of Scotland.
is like good!jyiuo that improves
.'ith age: .
Ttiis Indian ?rw?.d now withered tjuile,
jTho' green at noon, cnt down *t aight,
Shew# thy decoy;
All (Icihi ie hiy.
~ ?,,a amoko t'^acc0.
The pipe, so lily l.k 4 weak,
Dove Vuu# M,y mo ^ 6l.,{e bespeak.
' nv uu art ?vfn j
0 one w^t & touoh, |
' .uink, 8Uiy>ke tobacco. j
;6*' J wheu t[Xft B,n,.ke ascend* on high, j
-iieu itiou \.gho d -t the vanity I
"f s^or'dl) stuff.
io;.t with a puff,
Thuo ti jj, 1r> ond smoke tobacco.
And fr'..!.n the pi c grows foul within,
^"k'1 if thy 6?ul defileJ with ail.,
For then the fire . |
It doe? require, I
T think, and smoke tobacco.
#.id eeest th.^oshea cietaway,
Ihen to thy?f*lf th?o mojet eay,
1 Tlinl <> t'iP dliat.
Keturn thou must,
riius tbink, aud'fitiibkrt tobacco.
MATERIALISM.
Tlie View8 of Charles Dicfcens.
Mr. Cliarlca Dickens, in tho course
*4 his inaugural *ukt ross attlio recent
a l. T>t ?'
ui iuu jn-iniingnam and Jlulland
Institute, observod:
1l is much too commonly assiimod
that this age is a material age, and
lhat a material ago is an irreligious
ago. I have been gained lately tospc
this assumption repeated in ccrtain in"
fluential quarters. I confess that 1
do not understand ihat inueh uscd and
muv.:i-abused phrase, va material age."
I cam.ot comprehend?if anybody!
can, which I very much doubt?itsl
logical signification. For instance,'
has electricity boeomo tho moro material
in tho mind of any tiano, or moderately
sano?[laughter]?man, ' woman,
or child, heeaubo in tho discovery
that in tho gepd providence of God
it was made available for the service
and use of man td. 'sin hnrr.easurabf)
greater extent tliw. ^ibv'iufc (U?stvu:>
tion ? Do I mtvkc'i) manorial jo'ui'ne^
to the bed.si<lc of my dying parent or
) child when I trav 1 thither ;V, (lie rate
of sixty miles nu "l:oill* than when I
travel thither 5'at1 tb,6' Vatc of'sis?
Rather, in the 3\vifc caso, does not my
agonizing heart becotno overfraught
with gratitude U tl at supremo benelicencc
fVom whic h * alone can have
proceeded the ' wonderful means Ol
shortening iriy susponso? What is
the materiality of tho cable and the
wiro compared to the' immateriality of
. tlic spark ? What is the materiality
of certain chcmical substances that I
can weigh or measure, imprison or release,
compared with "the immateriality
of their appointed affinities and repulsions
prescribed 16'them from the
instant of their creation to the day of
judgment? When did this so-called
material uge begin"? ''With the use of
n\.O WM. Jl-. -* "
i..- i mi uio uiarjovory ot tne
compass? With thd invention of the
urt of printing? ' Surely, it hasbeena
long time about: Which is the most
material object?the fainting tallow
candle that will not give me light, or
the flaming gas that Will? " [u'hecrs.]
Now don't Ict us be discouraged'or I
deceived by Vain, vapid, empty words.
Tho true material ago is the utupid
Chinese nge, in which no now and
grand rovelalion^o.f naturo uve
ed, because they are. ignorantly and
insolently repelled, instead of being
diligently and; humbly "'sought.?
[Cheers.] The differenco between the
antique fiction of ,1^6 ijiado braggart
defying the lightning and tho modern
historical picture ojf JFrankliti drawing
it towards its kite, ifx order' that he
might more profoundly study 'what
was set before 'him to study, (or it
would not have toon there,) happily
expresses to my mind tlio difference
between our much maligned materie l
sages and th<? certainly/ In Ono tecn'si',
, v.j iiniuubvi mi or uie L/CIC5a!u1
Empire school. Consider tthero it is
likely or unlikely, natural or unnatural,
reasonable of unreasonable; that
I, being capable of thought and finding
myself shrrounded by suoh discovered
wonders on every hand;
should ask myself the question some-,
times, and put to itiyeelf the solemn
consideration, ."Can these . things be
among those which might, have been
disclosed by;>Divine lips, nigh upon
two thousand years ago', hat that the
people of that .time jcpuld not'bear
them?" Bufc,.wJbcether. that be so or
not, I being,<flO?.<Ui!KMinded on every
hand, is notc9k^>-ni<$raX-tesponKibiltiy
tremendously'Jofcroased thereby, and
with it my intelligent submission.?!
.myself, us a .child ?? A$sm ^d; -,d)Wt?
before that shirty^ equally, at
all that is gr?p,tgd .aRtli.ull that is withheld,
who hoj^n mJXv* jaighty hand
the unnppro#cl^bip, ttjyatericn qf life
And death ? .Let. 1*9 give
ihe studonts industrial clapst#
generally a words,
" Courage, p^vpre^-.J iqiWl&r*
them that mjfjAq *y#ao;f
Europe are q?9iy4*?9..foiiJtid^qolift
the least believe it?[laughter]?nor
feeoaoae the eyes of England are upon
v..-. . ... .
rrrr^r?:?. v,i.^.,
them, for I do not i n the least bolievo
that eitlior; nor bccause their doings
will be proclaimed with blast of
trumpet at tho street corners, for no
-
ouvu iiiuMiciu pcrrornmnco will take
place?[laughter]?nor becauso selfimprovmcut
is at all certain to load to
Wordly success; but simply because it
is good and right of itaelf, and, therefore,
will assuredly' bring with it
its own resources and its own rewards.
I would further commend
to them a very wiso and witty piece
of an tho conduct of Iho understanding,
which was given more than half
a ccntury ago by tho Rev. Sydney
Smith - wisest and wittiest of tho
frionds I havo lost. Speaking to a
circlo of voluntary students ho says:
" There is a piece of foppery which is
to bo guarded'against, tho foppery of
universality, of knowing nil sciences,
of excelling in all arts?chemistry,
mathematics, algebra, dancing, history,
reason, riding fencing, low Dutch,
high Dutch, and natural nliilnsmJn- .
i r-v |
I In short, llio modern precept of edu-J
|cation very often is?talce the ^ilmrj
j ral Chriehloti for your mode!, and be,
j ignorant of nothing. My advice, on!
I the contrary, is to havo the courage!
to be ignorant of a great number of j
things, in order that you may avoid;
the calamity of being ignorant of;
everything. ' [Cheers' and laughter.]:
To this 1 would snporadd t; little:
truth, which holds equally good ofmyj
own lift*, and the life of every eminent!
|mart I hi;vo ever known. Tho one.
isorvtceal le, sufe. certain, rcmuncra j
itivo, attainable oimlStv in
i ---'J i
and in ev'efy'pursuit, is the quality of
attention. My invention or imagination,
suclt as it is, I can most truthful
ijr assure ?*ou would ne\ er hu\ e served '
.flf.c as it1 > but for the habit of com-J,
1 rnonplace, humble patient, daily toil-;
ing, drudging attention. [Applause ]
Genius, vivacity, quickness of pcrccp-J
tion, and brilliancy in the association ;
of ideas?such mtotal qualities, like!
the secret of tlie apparition of the I
armoii brad in Macbeth, will not be!
?
(commanded ; but attention, after ducj
jtorin'oi" submissive' service, alwaysi
i will. Like certain plants which thcj
poorest peasant may grow on the)
poorest soil, it can be cultivated by:
any one, and it itj cevtuin in it* good!
sPHSon to bring forth flowers and fruit, j
[Applause.] I cannot but iv fleet how J
often you have probaejy beard within .
these walls one of the foremost men!
and certainly one of the best (if not!
| the very best) speakers in England.!
[Cheers.] I could not say to myself I
when I began just now in Shak?-[
jspcare's line, "I will be bright andj
shining gold" ? [laughter]?but I
could and did say to myself, I will
| be as easy and as natural as I possij
bly can, bccause my heart has long
ibcen in my subject, and I bear an old j
J love towards Birmingham and ' to '
| wards Bir'min"h:m?*tv>i"i >.?M -t
... ?t ?u.yu. |
The i'ing I now wear was' a Binning j
h'e.fti gift, and if by rubbing it I could I
traiso tho spirit that was obedient toi
| Aladdin's ring, I assure you that 1113-!
'first instruction to the goni 011 ihej
snot would bo to place himself atBir-j
mingham'a disposal in tho boat of;
causes. [Cheers ]
A ScMMAUY OF Mil. PEAB 'Dv's BENEFACTIONS.?The
following suiinn.iry of his
teheluciions is tlie best and moat eloquent
eul"J?V tlillt wn mm
o _ . ... ..... |/.uliuuilbO IIJIKU I)1b
life i""-"
To tfie Institute at r>*liimor?\..$;l .400,000
To 'he Instituter.l Dniiverf...., 200 000
To the poor of London 1,750,000
To the S'Uilieiti E luctriotial
' 2 500.000
To tile liar vu'rd University......... 150.000 '
To Yale College ....7.>50.000i
To Washington College i.CO.OOO
To other ol j-cU 3 0,000
tyjik ng 8 total of IC.50G.000
To tbis' amount shuuld lie added the
principnl fortune of $1,400.000, which was
distributed among hia relative* durimr Inn
_ r>
second visit to lis* United State*, making h
grand total ol $7,096,00 distributed by liim
during hi? lifetime in amounta of notiiifRble
eize.' 'While bo free and open-lianded
ii\ i|i? public benefactions, however, in private
charities be was far outdone by others,
lie appeared to regard himself as the trustee
of ao iinmonxe lund for thn Kan^fii
of common Uumnnity, but chose to betfow
bis charity in a w*y tbat voald bring fortb
great ?n<l notiuenble results; and ronbciou*
that h$ did bin fall doty in (hi* respe?H,l?;1i
to others of n different temperaim-nt th*
MlleviHtton of individual caeuv. of ?ufiferiugr
and distress.
Which will you do?smile and.
make your household happy, or be
cruobod, imd ma<e all. tht&ei'yonug
on08 gloomy< a^d the elder. one?
miserable? . T;he amount <x( bap.'.
p'mu?a you caii produce is inoulcuItibteWyou
show a smiling ??ce, a,
kind heart and apeak pleasant
Woac a pleasant countenance;
let joy .beaiu in Jour eyes,
4nd lOve glovy or yoqr. forehead,
Tbtfre is no^ joy like that .which!
springs from 4; kind.aot on a pleasant
(iee^r; aadyou .will feel it at
,lwfenf'yoo morning
whec^^^g' rise, Awk ,though tiie:
day wheu about your business.
irrmviif-it Virtu ik* ii <
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.
It is fi?iJ that cattlo around D-tltor
Qeorgii nro "lying off by scores widi tli
murrain.
GiiX till", Wltlj wllll?WHlll ttppli?
to tliu iu'erior o* h lien-liou*o, hi lh? rni
of ?>ne Kill to h pailt'ull, it i* Haul will diperse
tlic; lice.
(battle tliM'Hso lias >|ip.iiir?d at Sliivn>
bu:-y, M ics. Tl.? bruiioliial :ut?rs of tin
slaughtered animals v\eto fuuinl tille'l will
tlirvad-iiko worms.
It pays 10 mako n cow comfortable In a
many reHpecta us possible. Ev?*ry lion
nliu mffera from any cause, the mill: account
Buff'-ra correspondingly.
Forty thousand beef cattlo, bound nortl
have crossed the Brazta river, at Wacc
Texas, the present season ; four thoustam
crosscd in two successive dav9.
Fsir>n?ri) in Minnesota nre paying tweni\-ft.ur
per cunt, interest for money to huh
their whoai, not wishing to t.ike eighty o
fginy n^e cents h bushei for it.
The fanner who nihil* IiU fi<dd*, is aft un
wise and improvi'ltint as lie who etmvro hi
working entile?in both cases he is ditniti
i-hitto tho ability of h faithful Kcrvent Ic l*
useful to him.
The Ohio Fanner e^<iinH'?sn li?? ciort
orop in Pfoiihorn Ohio will not he inmi
than one third ail averajjff, with hull h cr?>|
of fodder, and that the whole Slam wi'
not yibhl more limit half a r?.?p.
It is an exonlli-n; plan to kwep a hi npul
common clift'k in the feeding trough c.onstanlly,
after (he ca'.'oa are a in mih old
tlli& will M*rri??l tKft 1 ! " 1
WV'?V?.. 1.IIU MV.IUII J U1 I 1117 l%l I1II1 -ll'I
an<l have a tenrieiioy to kefp ih- m : i
l-.ruliby state. '
A farmer in D-VVill, U liiliin
county, rni>?*?l C12 1'ii-lu'N of wIihai on ?ij
ici.l mil -! r? I 11- of <rriitiiii| iii 1CG8. !?!
mi 1 li? >>i!in? ti?i?l iii 18CD lie 20C
l?n>heU, or ;wi average >>l 31J bushels U
i!:a ?cr? lor each y^rn*.
A roinpanv Iihr he?-n (orinml in N<'?
York to bri:ig fresh rcrat to tlint nixrku
fiot:i Texas, ' T'uo eutiie li?>Id of the vmsal
:* lined wittl nott-coii'lue.tuijr felt ; ami
l?y t'huRjio'd Injuns a c??'?d below llie !i?*ea
iOi? point will Le kept up. 1
Milton Mt-riifield, of IVovideiie.e. c^ugh
iKj-i.nw iQ<3 ?<iio mijiii, iiv ttxrniuiijiij.
i? l>vrel 0f oats that had he?*n oft>-n v.cru*.:
l?y ml* for one of wat.rr, coverir.g the ~puii'hch
v?ti c.li:ilt. The "VMiminitt" unau*P?-it?in?ly
pitched in, nnd met a waten
kjr ive. Tins is hii old but excellent tr?[
wlit-re ib*-8e Animals are plenty.
A correspo"dent of the Dixit* F?rmei
?iveS a reporl. of I In; cex of (lie calves
raised on h:s il??iry fann tliis \eii. 'flu
tmli used was a i\v<? year ?>l<t A-'dt-rney,
The rows were of ?Iitlo ?*ni <?iadb.? T>vfii
ty e-gl.I cows pro *u?hJ I5inal<-SR?M l.'J Itmalt?
calm- ; 12 lieifei's li(cU-/hl tilius tnal- i
anil t? ret* feHi;?!>' calves.
At ihe m o'iiig tl' i)tl. 3"i i I Si*i-nc
A"H'>i*iHfi<iii. in AIii'iii v, NVw Y ik. 'Ii?- r??
logins' gi iUMHi-nt whi in, I- ; in N ?v Y >!
nli?n?*. $32,000 000 ?on!i < ' m? >t nihi'-ihS
lv ii? O'l'.siiuu*-), !? ? !? "> 83 000 000 si <1
i?f butter, VH:yii $33 000 000 ; 72 OO'J
000 jh'uii'ls ?if cll"*'^, Vrt'lJl'ti nl $1-1 OU.0
000?a total of $79 000,000
An A rah proverb com*!* ruing I lie li >rs?
wst.; '-TIik first seven years for my youui
brother, the next peven for mvnelf, and th<
la*t for my enemy." So fur as this recom
mends light usnge during the youth ?>f i
horse it is worthy of kcceptarice, but lh<
period of fall strength niid aotivitv ia nrnJi
too short, if the horse is well carc4 f>?r.
The United States produced twenty-fiv<
millions worth of cheese, and a liundre<
millions of hultei last year.
A correspondent of the Farmers' Clul
Wa/116 peop'e against feeding the rhubarl
plant to' hogs; he lost several by doing it.
AH plants grow stronger and ripen betler
W'hfeii the air c;ircid??t?'ii frAwlv iirnmu
them. arid the BUII i*i not prevent* 1 from a
im-nediaie influence.
Ilia eB?y lo equal any fnucy bred ro<
Willi h nn'ive as a milker, but if (lie d?u?li
let of iIih native is a* jjood a cow, it is ai
accident, not bo in thoroughbred ctockA
writer in tbe C.*u.ilry Gentleman re
<v>mmendft fastening cow*1 mils to tb?* joint
overhead in tbe barn nbere milking i
done, l>y means of a cord and bu<>k mad
nf uri m
Many English formers Ceed no liay i
iLit'ir wink bor-es, hut ke**p thrni in big
workingord ?r wi'li runts, him! nhorti
Tlie pquivah'tit of 12 tons of buy can b
produced on ou? acre in roo'c.
A, writer in ttie American Stock Journt
nay* that costivenesn and it# aecom?>anyin
evil y re 'he in>?in crnne of jows destrovinj
tli?ir young, and that grmn and other pro
per food, u* the preventative and curt.
Good imple meiits He indeed indippenn
hie to ftucces*, and he who lias pioviile
them will not only hav?> great plra^uie i
hit* labor*, hut lite profit* which attend ill
judicious application of buth time an
labor.
It is estimated that there are over If
000,000 hand or' cattle in TjVxas alone, hi
p?i >r to the war that State only oootaine
3,000,000 head. The demand ceased an
the cattle throve duriog the conflict, unt
they have incren??d enormously. *
' Ad /> r , . ,
Samuel T3i?wles save The Cal<>r?d
wheat mak?? a rich heariyfWi;. be?iing
creamy golddn tin^c; and I have eati-n n
where elite better bread than is made fiot
it. The wheat* Will ranlc with the ver
best th>?t America produces, qnd is m??r
like lite Crtlitorui%grafd? (Imfi thai of ^th
StetMy' .
Tlio Massncbusetts Ploughman eaya :
*'We holifTe it in economy for every farmer
tocultivate rooln. Tliey me v?rv useful as
e > cliango of feed i'i winter. -The ratt'e cl*?
hotter hi?>! tliey require le>a 1>ay. JTo furti?er?
t-bouM go into the wiuter wiipout
to V !'? ' I ' >> l?
" j Subb Cube for Couc in ||orse8.?J^r.
McUI'if*-. oi Philadelphia, a Veterinary
s : . .. \ -f. run.i^
1 -surgeon who has the care of several huul>
drod horses, lufonns the Practical Fanner
' ?liHt he has never known the following
pttx'.ription (o fail of curing colic in
* hordes: "Aromatic spirits o( ammonia,
r l.slf an ounce; Laudanum, on?? anil a half
- nuticw ; mix wuh one pint ?.f water, a d
administer. If ot relieved, repeat 'he
I dcS?. itlimembkll tiu3.
?, The l?HRt corn crop on j.r soil vet re*
1 portetl is 724 bushels by weight from >oven
acres
A tlairym ill informs the Maine Farmer
1 that having tried va?ioua ibing* for sore
i teats on cows, be fi-iJs lard best, tho tnost
healing and toftei.ing.
'l'lie $lock JoiuohI advise* a big horse
? f>>r regular farm work, and on? llint do-8
- not, without ?rCat pushi;i<r, inft more (Iihii
1- six mile;. an hour with a light b??j*gy.
| Cooked meal in nwirly double (In* bulk
i ?l iuif"c;k?*J. yet qtiH?t lor quart it t;o?-8
a:, fur. Tliu difference i'?, I frit much oi
i the food i;> uudigeMi d ii|iI*-;;k cooked,
1 Half ii <h>z n b-at up *iih two
ounce* of Sail, in recommenced hj a ?i>r?F
relief of c.att hi choked wi h a po'aioo ? ran
apple, by h eorie.-pon'Ient of the Count?
;; G-nileui.;n
'1 Everv fnnner Iu?ve h
I tu-ap?ColWt every kind ol fi-iti'izer. ?r..i
; to prevent ttny from lili^raiini; ilie. ?jn>? cs.
i il;e whole covered *tli earth or iuu?-k
j Journal cl Aifrii'.nliu'e ricon.uier ds ?' ?
applicaiiott <;f a t??|> air** ping ol iri'iimrc in
' j MiHHilowr iiiinmii.itely afier Saving, ??p?vi
* n !v on ?iry patches ulore tlie graw; iooi?
are often parched ruti killed in waf VJ6:?ihei.
' Mr. J.Uariis think-* Fleam thrashing
' |iii-<cliii)?*3 will soon take 'h* placq of i|i?*
I horse machine*. Tli'm, lie think*, will |i.'
j"f groai. 8<lvant?ge in the way of allowing
",g ain 10 lie thrashed as if. is taken from
ji li<* field, and Hie straw to b-< put in the
i i i'll ii
; lliiMin Woodruff says in his book hI>oui
I trotting liorHos, ill at h pull ou l???tb
will not bring up a horse when lie Lah bro
ken from a trot.''- A firm, quick pull ulioultl
r be given on one n?iu, letting the other give
> h little, as much you want the borseV
head thrown out of line,
r
Litti.e Tui>.gs ?Life made
| up of little tltihg*. Ho who tnivels
. jOvcr a continent must go step by
.lotcii. lie wlio writoa ft l?ook mimt
! k
li do it sentence by sentence II,e
| who learns a scienee must master
Jit fact L>v fact, and principle after
'principle. What, is the hiippiness
j; (if our life made up of? -Little
icourtesies, little kindnesses, pleao
-! suit wo da. genial smiles, a friendly
1 letter, good wishes and good deeds.
!Ono iu a million, once in a lilejtiinc,
may do a heroic action ; hut
*i the little things that make up our
'; life come every day and every
" j hour. If we make the little events
I of life beautiful and "good, then is
the whole life full of beauty and
^ goodness.
B Tli? following ar?? Inlying rales of S?U<li
, Carolina B.uik No'cs. piopnrud l>y Gri*jnr.
>j Painter 6c Co.. Hrok?rn :
Ii4nk of Cmiiden..... CO
11 Bank of Charleston : .....85
} 3*nkof Chester .13
Bank of Georgetown 15
Bink of Nvwherry 63
' B ink of South CarohliH...,, ...10
" l&i'-k ol South Citrolin-i .',..80
B*nk <>f S"ilth Crt.'olitiH ue* l<?
% II Minl'ttrtf 0
i Colli Mit-rcinl 2
i KxChu'.gf., 15
PUnter* *>
s'ihi** 1
Union 97
So. VVentern R., >!<1 15
People* : dj
Planter* hikI Mechanic* 00
Merchant" 8
t? ......
?* San Dosiinoo.? puie of ihejnimof ihe
? coining sci-Mon of Congress, we are told.
will be live purchase of ilie Negro R<-puhil
He of Shd Domingo.
S Its political divisions are five provinces
g. and two nmrilime districts, and its populalion
is estminted at. 150.000 son' k, uf which
peril Hps 40,000 are while, or pnss for
;h wlnre. In tilts estimate of population thf
d maritime district uf Pnorlo Plata Is includ
tt ?-d in that of the province of Santiago,
e and SaitiHna id iliat of the province of
J St-yho. '
St. Domingo *...28.000
2f Azna '.L. 17,000
j, SeyBo.jj*^. ....27,000
j La Vojga 1 3?.0Q0
j S&mia^o H.40,000
il ' ' '
Tlotal.t 150,000
Weaincerdr hope thus* 160,000 good
? colored people frtay be per nitted to work
n their own salvation, without being annexed;
o * *ry.\ . -ti ' U
' v. .. i v;
y Thenel* a great demand, we are
e told, for aspecica of plaster which
e will eojtbleiiDeu. ,to etiok la tUeir
' busiuew, Wao baa got it t
W^JflWUiHMiMjuni i,1 tsBBssBSsa
Grecian Wives.
Thq wives of the Greeks lived in
almost absolute scclusion. They
were usually married wh'ep very
young. Their occupatious were to
iwui .1 .r i.oujmuu.1. . ?>
weave, to spin, fo emfjfoiuer, to su
IwiHiilcuH [p |{Pl!sch91f1? \9 fuF? for
the|r &}ok slaves. 'J'hey lived ii] p,
speciul anil retired part of the house.
The moro wealthy seldom wont
abroad, and never except when accompanied
by a female slave ; never
attended the public spectacles; icccived
no male visitors except in the
presence of their husbands, and had
hot even a seat at their own tables
when male guests were there. Their
pre-eminent virtue was fidelity, and
it is probable that this was very
stric- ly and very generally obspr* cd. |
Their remarkable freedom from temptations,
the public feelings which
strongly discouraged any attempt to:
seduoe tliem, and the amp\e sphere1,
I lor illicit pleasures that was accorded
; to the other mjx, all contributed to
| protect it. On the other hand, living
as ihcy <li?l, almost exclusive;
among their lemalc slaves, deprived;
jof all the educating influence ofj
i male society, and having no place atj
!.i 1
111iti.so public spectacles which were
i'yliu chcif means of Athenian culture,
! their minds must necessarily have'
been exceedingly e-mtra un.\. Thu-|
icydulo-*. <!oubtie.ss ex press*;. I the p e-j
! vailing sentiment of his countrymen j
! when he said that '.he highest, merit;
;oi woman iu not to be spoken % !'.
!either for good 0/tor e\il, and Phi-,
' dins i lustra ted the same in. orv win-n;
jhe repiesentcd ihc heavenly Aj.rod.te!
(standing on a tortoise, typifying!
j thereby the secluded lile ol a virtu-j
jous woman.
! In their own restricted sphere j
[their lives were probably not unlnp-i
Ipy. Education and custom rendered'
the purely domestic lil'o that was as-1
signed to them a sccond nature, and
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it must, in most instances, have rcc-i
onciled them to the extra matrimom-j
al connections in which tlioiv husbands
too lrepuently indulged." The
t prevailing manners were very gentle.
Domestic oppression is hardly eyer
spoken of; the husband lived chiefly
in the public place; causes of jealousy
and of distention could seldom
j occur, and a feeling of warm affection
I though not a feeling of equality,
jinvjt doubtless have in most cases!
j spontaneously arisen. In the writ-1
j n<rs of Xenophon we have a charm-1
ling picture of a husband who had
! received into his arms his young wife
!of fifteen, absolutely ignorant of the
j world ar.d its ways. lie speaks to
her with extreme kindness, but in
the language that would be used to a
little child, ijer task, he tells her is
to be like a queen bee, dwelling conjt'Dually
at home and superintending
ithe work of her slaves. She must
!distribute to each their tasks, must]
j economize the family income and must j
j take especial care that the house is!
strictly oiderly?Vtic, shoes the pots !
and the clothes, always in tLei.r places j
It is also, he tells hex*, a part of her
duty to tend her sick slaves; bnt I
here his wife interrupted hiin, ex-j
claiming, {'N;iy but that will indeed ,
be the most agreeable 61" my olflees,
if such as I treat for my kindness are
iikely to be grateful, ami to love me
more than before." Witty a very
tender and dolieate care to avoid
ewrvt.liinrr rp?i>nililiii<? ? "
I?j - o o
! i,be husband persuades bis wife to
give np the hnbit of wearing high-1
heeled boots, in order to appear tall,
and of coloring her face 'with vcr*j
million an<l white leatl. ' He ^rornises
her tb.-it, if she faithlully performs
ii^er duties, be will himself be the
first a ?d most devoted of her slaves,
lie assured Socrates that, when any
domestic dispute arose, he eould extri-1
cate hunsi If admirably, if ho w. s in
the right; but that whenever he was
in the wrong, he found it impossible
to convince his wife that it wa6 other
w\se.?Appleton's Journal.
1 ?<
Nkw Yokk, Novemher 6.? governor
II' flfitHti, in >u)*weriug n qui-8ti*>u ?? 10
wiiat ili? Ij>eiiM>crats intended lo do with
their victory, phiJ llit* Ubn.ocr^ta propose
making the Legislature honest, and, U? use
it for promoting llie iuterest of tbw ijjhhb
Qf the people, which the radical* have not
done. We propose, to abolish f>ucb Ihwb
a# infrige upon the rights of localities, and
secure then) rights themselves. X'1? new
Legislature, however, will not l>e radical ;
it is disposed to show to the Slat* and
country that the Democracy can be a*
moderate in viclorj as patient uuder de
feat. ..,
The Stonewall was burned to the water's
edge on the Mississippi River, last week.
Theie were two hundred and fifty eight
soul* on boards but a few of w hom readied
the *hore irfivel A moat fearful catastrophe.
" -? ' *
George l?eabody. the great phUanthro
pitt ia 'dend. The imws of his death will
hp -receirtd and felt ou both sides of the
Usntio, with do oauaoa sorrow.
*V.
it seems as though, after a lapse of
three centuries, Sir "Walter Raleigh's
dreams of an El Dorado were about
to be realized.
The other (Jay \ye published an account
of marvellous discoveries of
cjiamonds in Soutji Africa. .They
had beon found for miles along the
bunk* of thp Orange and the Yaal
nvcrs. They were not only abundant,
but they were, many of them,
of great size. Some were found of
the dundaloque shape aud oX the
fust water, weighing upwards of,
eighty carrots; others of the octahedron,
or four pointed, that' weighe^
upwards of thirty earats ; and of the
smaller varieties immense numbers
had been pickcd up on tho surface
of th~ ground. Naturally Soutfy
Africa was in a ferment. Elephant
tuska were forgotten, and every one
was hunting for precious stones.
The infection had even extended to
this country, and, Dr. Ilall was organizing
a colony to go diamond hunfiritr
? " "
T...e. .v<v?w nun vuuiu reports irom
Australia of discoveries there which
far ecliiise those in South Africa,
'telegrams have come flying from the'
Australian mines to England big
enough to make the diamond merchants
hold their breath with astonishment.
The glittering sionc-a h?vc
been' picked up in sucn ?ju.iiititiea
tna;, t'ie Lo.ndon Tuiws, in a leading
sii t;e.Iv ?>n the aubjpet "the colonist
are all dreaming of previous
stones. At every table and in : v<>ry
railway cainaj/e the talk is of ;iii
inoiids and rubin.-j, odals and emeralds
pearls and topaze , and people ol ail
ranks arc rushing 10 the 'mines. Genuine
diamonds are on sale by women
and children at every cottage, audi
there can hardly be a mistake, we'
should think about the nature ol the
stones.
This is marvellous enough in all,
conscience, but this is not half the
siory; the rest ol" it smacks of the
Arabian Nights' Entertainments, and
Sinbad the Sailor's adventures in the
great diamond valley to which he
flew on the back of a mighty bird.
And this latter and wonderful half,
we ariust prefaice with the statement,
familiar doubtless to many of our
readers, that the increase in value of
the diamond is vastly greater in pre*
portion tha?. its increase in weight.
A Stone Wfiifhinor nnn ????.<?? r?
. D -.j., %/iJo vuj at| iui 111*
stance, might be worth fifty dollars;
but one weighing five carats would
be worth two thousand. Imagine,
then, the value of o*?Q as big as a
lemon and weighing three-quarters ot
a pound. Such a one is said to be
found in Australia. Its discovery.
hjis been telegraphed to England. It
was placed in the hands of a trustworthy
man. He was surroundedj
by a strong cordon of military, and,
was rnarcliud in this way lrom the
i mines to Sydney, where the mnfnfi.
- - ^ .i - r o
| cent gem was deposited in the mint.
The stone lias not yet been thorough*
! ly tested. Geologists are at work
upon it now; but if it really proves
to he supposed, its value will be almost
fabulous. Its weight, is 900
carats. The greatest English diaI
niond, that prid^ of the British EmI
[>ire, the Koh-i- oor, weighs but 18S
'carats, and its computed by the tables
in U*?C. would-be a Vinn/1 rod rr.Il'fc
- ? - Aunauu^
I in gold. But of course, thi9 value
I would in any event be imaginary,
since no purchaser could be found
with a hundred miliums to spare for.
a diamond, even if it was as big as a^
lemon.
Masonic.?The n*xt Annually Cororou^
nicHtiou of ihe M -ri Worshipful Gritnd,.
L>>ilg?- of Ani:ieu> tY*** of South
('uroliiiH. will !* liolilfn ui ? if. n
" >
Oh>nl.? toll, oil tl?v? 16 b 'iiy ' < November,
18(39 "muiiii'iHMiijj mi twelve Tbe
I*. erOoinl >.( ili? vnrH'iM rn>|r?H?*ft in S?utb
OxM'lina. 1('ivh lci?.l!) roufton-fefi to permit
lie (j}???ii>i ?r.|l ro p***
hixI rojjH'* t lu-rcuu (o> >n? f*re. 'i'lin ful!
fare i* lu t-e j??id at thn pUit of atartiuy,
hiii) reriifiivUm v*?ll b*? ia&iied by tba Gran<L(
Secretary, nt lb* o'o?e of itie OorrnnuMoaiivi.,
fiititling iLje bolder to return free of any
charge whntewr.
?r*&*X?
A recently appointed, postmU-?
tress at a post-office on the plains, :?
sends her first quarterly report ta ! .
the department with the following '
foot-note: "For weeks past I have r-; :
slept with a sixshooter by my1 bed- 1
side and a oarving- knife-under 1 ; .
pillow, expecting' atthe bresk-oV 1
day the Indians would bomefy*'. I: : (
my scalp; but all 6f'tliis' has nbt 1 '
been half So harassing to my mind
as the making out of onei qufittfiTyreport,"
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The Creenvillo and Colombia Railroad, '
has doim a larger freight buiifaeM ;hU fall *1L'
than ewr before " "ll ?TM T
(I I T0(1 t?-n: I'-- *||I **? '?
i. J !? ?*> i " f?
' Foui- **b-x*xg old Kvntecky molts. ^
trwi? sold ia Atlanta Saltriaf tor ?**
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