# > 8^j 8 ~ J .J . qEaSSSSS ZZTZ~""""" * 1 """" ; ' BY W. A.LEE AND IIUGII WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C? WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 10. 1872. , VOLUME XIX--NO. 38. Will be found GENERAL ' T H AX K "WHILE looking at the "wants mindful of his external comforts, i ladies to pa}- us a visit. Onr friends will please inquire fc because we keep a largo Stock of ( exclusively to that line. October 12, 1S71, 25-tf GROCERIES HAS just returned from lie lias purchased, at t, LOWEST : .A. CtlOICTC i FAMILY The public, and especially to examine our Goods before no superiority over other tii that our prices shall be as lov exact quality represented. Norwood, March 31, 1871 49-tf McBONALD HAVE REMOVED I'll Roberts?! 1st Door below the NEW POST OF1 FOIi CASH, A DRY CHOICE GE Also a fin /Sb 'jSA. CSiViS liXS^t nr.-ri /Sf^ G*S? CJive us a call r OOO 33 2E Respectfully, Dec. 4, 1871, 83?tf THE STONO : Of Char) PROPERLY appreciating the necc the iSouth, resolved in the outse would put them within the reach of e They olFer their "SOLUBJ a complete Ammoniated Fertilizer at: November next, with approved city u The "DISSOLV] for composting with Cotton .Seed or St price of cash, or $30 oti credit as planters who used it last year to their J. D. AIKEX, General As No. 5 CeDtva A. M. AIKEN, Agent, at ( Dec. IS, 187!, 34?3m Wholesale an ABBBVII I HAVE constantly-on band a tine COFFEE, FLOUR,- SYRUP, M CANDLES. STARCH, and RAKIN and CHOICE COUNTRY HAMS, 11 CI ASS GROCERY STORE. I BEG LEAVE to call attcri finirois . -wliich may stand in need of as m< TUCKY BOURBON. FRENCH BR to this Market, HOLLAND GIN, J "WINE'S, ALSO, MALAGA WIN EH CHAMPAGNE, and LONDON POP , All of which I will sell low for cash. At my SALOON will be found a 1 r whatever they may need, and not think, groceries, that we confinc our attention I & PROVISIONS1 ~ ' XSxxSPIEtLIEi Baltimore and Xcw York, where ue UET PEICES, SELECTION OTP mCEHES, our friends, are respcctfullv invitcxl purchasing elsewhere. AVe claim rst-class houses, but we guarantee r, and that the Goods will be of the , BuPre & Co. < ~ & HADDONj! 0.U AYHITE'S CUKJN Eli TU a*s Block., <. 7 ' ""ICE. where tliey will cxibifc and sell low!| l FULL STOCK OF GOODS. iOCESIBS, ⪙ c Assortment of I0S111SS? mil we wll give you a McDonald & Ha&don. ? 1 PHOSPHATE CO.,| Isstoa, S. C. 'Sftitj* of Fosterinp the planting interest of t to offer their Fertilizers at a price which i very planter. j, GUAJTO," I >! > cash, or ?o(), 011 a credit to the 18th of Lcceptance. q 3D PHOSPHATE" _ ! auie iuanure, is now diii-icu aiiucver^ iuw above. This is highly recommended by entire satisfaction. VM. RATEXEL, President. Cllt; 1 Wharf, CH ABLESTON, S. C. ireen-wootl, S. C. . ! d Retail Grocer, -3X-2E IS. STOCK of REFINED and RAW SUGARS,11 GLASSES. RICE, SODA, SPICE, SOAP.' (J POWDERS, also, WESTERN BACON | fact everything generally kept in a FIRST , ition to my SUPERIOR STOCK of mm vmm, xiieines. OLD RYE "WHISKEY, KENANDY. warranted as pure as ever brought J tUM, SHERRY, MADEIRA and PORT i, generally used for Sacramental purposes, TER and* ALltL Ine election of WTNES, LIQUORS, CI;ht the purest LAGER BEER, manufactured JOHN KNOX. 3 RECEIVED ADDITIONS TO if mourn, Clothing, Ilate. Boots, Shoes, and every ! also havo a largo Stock of (Groceries >ody* else. "We nro prepared to Clothe (i to the Poor, and give to the I^eed}*, in tho Money. Come and seo us. Our motits." VANCE, MQSELEY & CO. t - ' ... i xxmrnmamammmimmmmmtnmmum ' Marble 1 The marble yard is r ters to its new Work Slio pared expressly fur the business Marshall House. A line stock of ITALIAN AND AMI Can always be found on hand, an done in a superior manner, and at ] Also, a line collection of Design? FANCY HEADSTONES, which notice. Call and see our prices and J. D. Nov. 2, 1871, 28, tf New Cotton and I 3:353 LOAN fill Subscribed ( ONE M1LLI01 Tie ?arelonsa of His Bant Corner o AUGUSTA, G F J?S NOW READY TO KUUHJ \ K IU J H U10S will bo made upon Cotton in Warehouw Parties Storing Cotton with the Bank same that will be available in this city or any E0U. The Bank is prepared at all times to PROVISIONS on the most reasonable terms B0- Parties would do well to apply at the 1 Dflioers. CHAS JNO. Oct 10, 1871, 2G-Cm] T. P. Cotton 351 and Commissioi . . / -. * -. .. . J V.L. S. i . V 1 Office at Planters'Loan and Savin< LIBERAL "UASH A JJ YAJNUfcB JUAJJ1 HERE, or for shipment to Domestic or SPECIAL ATTENTION paid to the weigl TAXES" F( PURSUANT to Orders from the by announce tliat the COL .871 j will begin on the 20th 1)14 rhe penaltv for non-payment will ai LVXUARY, 1872. .The per centum of Tax onvaluati Seven (7) Mills on the 1 Three (3) " and " J. F. I Oct. 23,1871, 27-3m Vi'C now prepared to exhibit to the inspect A VEEY FULL A lonsistinn- of all the leading articles neede 0 ? - - - 0 - - ?arm. DRY GOODS of all Styles, BOOTS AND SHOES, A Large CLOTHING, A Great Vari HARDWARE, GROCER CROCKERY, BACON PISH, ELOUR, &c. Ail of which will be sold at the lowest ji Oct. 12, 1871, 25-lf liave in Store a Choice and STOCK OF 61 PROVISIONS. LI 1 - 1 it A _ lit ivnica mey propose 10 sen as io?- as any ] country. As specialties we would call atte Cucumber Pickles, in 5 and 10 GalL Breakfast Strips, Leaf Lard, in 3,? Imperial Crackers, (very delicate, A nice Assortment of FRENC1 Nuts, Baisins, Dessiccated Cocoam All the best Brand FLOUR oj Something Elegant in the way oi Whiskies, Dra^dies, Win A complete stock of SOLE LEATHER, (< American calf Skins. Linings and Shoe Ei October 12, 1871, 25?tt* Just received, a full and well DRY GOODS, Boots and Slioes, for Ladic HATS' and FURNII which wiH be sold at astonishing prices. Coine and give us a call before you purchas KAPHAN i Oct 19, 1871, 2G?tf ; ... - r . . ' m ? Works. i emoved from its old quarp and handsome Office preon Main Street, above the r*T?mT nrranTkTTl tuUM maiiDLii d all work warranted to be )riccs lower than elsewhere, 5 for MONUMENTS AND can be furnished at short styles. Respectfully, CHALMERS. I 'roduce _ Warehous ITERS' HI BAM. Capital, I DOLLARS. (EaijMl M Beynll Sitsets. )X. LIBERAL CASH ADVANor upon Railroad Receipts. will l>? furnished with rcceiDts for other for borrowing money. make LOANS ON PRODUCE or tVarehouse, or communicate with the . J. JENKINS, President. P. KING, Vice-President. BRANCH, Cashier. ?? i ?#?t 'actors *s Bank, Augusta, Georgia | S ON COTTON, TO jBE HELD Foreign Markets. ling of Cotton. [Sept; 10, 2fl-3m -tvj;1?suli^ >R 1871. STATE AUDITOR, I licrcLECTIOX OF TAXES for .Y OF NOVEMBER, 1871. ttacli on the loth day of tBay and Nos. 1 and 2 At! tic Wharf, Charleston, 8. ( JNO. S. ItEKSE & CO., Gen. Agent Nov. 2, 1871,88?3m Wm. M. Durbar, J. XV. Huckai of Abbeville, fci BnaLsr & Kackslx lfi4 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. Dealers in 'drugs, me CINES, FANCY (fOODS, E FUMERY,. PAJNTS, OILS, GL^ PUTTY, &c., &C. Our stock has t recently purchased and we guarai our GOODS TO BE FRESH AND THE PUREST QUALITY. Particular attention giver Physicians' Pills. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 11,1871, 2f)-3m | Steam SAW MIL! | . 1HAYE purchased and locate STEAM SAW MILL, in i noitriihnrhnnri between CET SPftlNGBaj7d WHITE HALL, w 7 am prepared to furnish lumber b kinds coramfon to this region and c good quality as the country afford reasonable rates. J. F. LYOI Nov. G, 1871, 29-3m IMMIGRATION AND LABOR. S 01 Nulla Vestigia Retrorsum. ^ Those noble lines?from the Southern 11C Magazine for the current month-preach- J? ' ing eloquently the sublimo heroism of ?, Peace, come with peculiar grace and eed. efj-ect from a member of the sex ever y? last to forget the revengeful heritage of H War: tu TIIE GOSPEL OF LABOIt. ' _ ? _ m tli T have smoothed from my forehead its tbe sadness; JU- 'Tis over! Thank heaven therefor! ;om- I would hide now with garments of gladness > ? t >any The sackcloth and ashes of war. ,u at- ' Is of Nota word of the Past! It has perished, sted Gone down in its beauty and bloom: leed, Yet because it so proudly was cherished, ? ITI- Shall we sigh out our years at'itstomm? t the . . ,! with By the duty and honor undaunted, t? fur- Still Steadfast and stern as can be; j fer- By the laurels a Jackson has planted, t, elass By the hopes that we buried with Lee. i nust .. bc Let us wrest from the future tlie guer,ions dons * ' That to resolute purpose belong ; Let us lling from our spirits their burdens, . cll And quit us like men and bo strong! ^ :lan- I bring you, compatriots, brothers, !V C'. (As largess ye dare not .disdain, snta. Like Nature's that bountiful mother's) ' Savannas as smooth as the main. ' . f,? My valleys shall whiten all oyer 1 With snows never born of the cold, OAnd grain like a Midas shall cover, , Every slope that it touches with gold [TH The clink of the artisan's hammer l?. Shall scare from the forest its glooms ; .. . In the brake shall the water-fowl's .8 clamor 3 111 Be drowned bv the clash of the looms, re; 3 SO Pol 0S Lei- Then up from your torpor, ye sleepers! c0 :ssa- rpjlc t|rearns ye ure (.1 roaming deceives; , . Go t'ortli to the fields with the reapers, t,c the garnur tl-10 prodigal sheaves. B1 ow" With flocks gladden meadow and moun- ,0' P?fc tian, 18 ,0\e With tinkling herds speckle each hill, P? ^f19 A.nd blend with the plash of the foun- Sf la* - tian an tnu- The rumble and roar of the mill. ' toi B?a" Brave hearts that have wielded the ,dsetr sabre, gr Staunch spirits that stood by the gun, t?c Take heed of the Gospel of Labor: m and ^ie dispensation is done ! J ime puj. ]ian(js t0 {i,e plough and endeavour, di.< frr ^ant foot in the deep furrowed track; i o ?et ^ace *? future an(l never 1One wavering moment look back. ilue ? v itj n.c.e For none who dispairingly centre an ; ~ Their thoughts on the By-gone and wj :roP ban rom ipj)e prUsent, are fitted to enter 80] r 0 The on-coming kingdom of man! ?'1S MAliGAKET J. PItESTOX- all , " 01 Xantippe Justified?An Amusing Sketch. ^ In the sunny land of ancient Greece, celebrated for poetry and song, lived a pi< a- spirited, irascible girl. Her only educa- fU tion consisted of a knowledge of the mysteries of Athenian housekeeping, I*1 and the arts and accomplishments in which her mother had been capable of m imparting instruction. A youth with " : i All. ugiy pnysiognomy, wnose iuil nose, thick lips, ami prominent eyes, like a satyr's, were Jong the butt of jest in all ] tine Athens, presented himself as a suitor for So su- the hand of the maiden.. Possibly the j of provident father may have looked upon ' I. the wisdom and learning of the youth- pa ful Socrates, and pictured his daughter for as the wife of a distinguished public an sm. mail. Certainly she would have the tuj prospect of a comfortable home, all the an conveniences, probably some ol' the lux- wl uries of life, for the youth was a sculptor Te whose genius had already won some dis- for tinction. So the heathen wife, who an , knew not that the wife must ever honor tut the and obey the husband, was wadded to on* ity, this suitor. She entered upon her duties uir ihle with all the enthusiasm and earnestness' tyj ' to: of her nature, yet the twain seem t? have j bo( All j lived in a state of doubtful connubial.: tin :ase, bliss. Naught save the discordant part of j air ng. their experience has been handed down, tio Socrates and then the world have im-!jn 3. mortal ized Xantippe as a scolding wife, j f0u Admitting the accusation, we ask you to. da ? consider the true provocation. Notonlyj rj was Socrates unattractive in feature, but <. his styl* of dress was such as would dis-!1111 i gust any woman of taste and spirit. He [ ch; wore the same old garment Summeraud | tin Winter, and went barefooted, having! been known to possess but one pair of! J* rjn shoes in all his life. This conduct may 11"? have given a false impression of the dor mo mestic qualities of his wife. Whatijov though her floors were as white as sand , * could make them, and her chests filled i tics with snowy linen, the world would judge julr 1ST of her neatness chieily from the person-jam al appearance of her husband. Tlieouter j the robe for gentlemen and ladies was the I. same, and the wife often wore the one . ' I'J', belonging to the husband. Hut Xuti- 'iu tippe is accused of steadily refusing to, wear Socrates' cloak. How could she do otherwise under the circumstances? Sta A J With no wish to touch with impious hand, or detract one iota from the glory which clusters around the name of this great philosojdier, and remembering also ( the times in which he lived, we niust'p^, say that he who showed wbd-in and j j|'S| )eS good sense in everything else was very j ,.j4) careless and negligent in the treatnientof, pr, his wife. (Jrote says that he was very |!)rt irregular in his hours, haunting everv ' ?- ' '-I I . S? I sort Ol place wiiltu jiu uuuiu fiijuv niu [delights of talk and argument. If he,cm p. I went to a merry-making, lie was likely i jj0 fac- enough to stay all night, and, without pn I any sleep, just to wash his face, go the]!^, ' Ilyceuni or academy, and set in f?r-(j(. loor another day's talk. Meanwhile his wife j wj, staid at home with the children, nursing i fuj her wrath to keep it warm. There is|rai "77 such a thing ns righteous indignation, f tj() n:^' Under our civilized laws the huly might j ()f > C. almost have obtained a divorce on plea 0f j of wilful desertion. re( Jvj; Socrates was greatly attracted by the I jv conversation of women of talent, audi i courted their society for the higher cul-'fax tivatiou of his own mind, lie was in- j ~rj structed in the art of speaking by AsIDT pasia. "Was it not enDugh to make any c ER- wife jealous to know that she was negl?SS, lected and the company of others sought ? )ccn Very likely she wished he had married ntce one of those showy women. Very like- , OF jly she told him so. Besides this, Soc- ?] | rates did not provide for his family. He: Sa i to left the employment of his youth ami an gave up his time to conversing with all who came to him, free of charge. The nn ? resuit of this was that he lived on bread tin And'water. j kv Socrates, wlion asked how much his!. _ property would bring if sold, said that if th j lie could find a good purchaser all his of U, property, including his house, would, tic bring five mime, or $70, and considered j w.* hioisdf rich enough. Now if tlys (H ,j a amount had been put out at interest in, th tllc Athens it would b:ive yielded an anhual pa )AR income of $12; a slender revenue unonjfo! here which to support a wife and:three chil- fr< f aU dren. Evidently he was not an enter- rij >f as Pris5no? efficient manager. This failing] m a *at on the part of the husband has driven! at many modem women into the lecture w t field, which occupation, unfortunately, '(> 1 Xantippe cuuid only exercise upon fcjoc- to " 'rates; # vi V Socrates was probably often invite* it to dine, for, being constantly on th reet, where he cc uld snuiF the savor' ier of the kitohens, he had the bes lance in the world to know where ; ost was about to be held. A publi an, with as glib a tongue as Soerate id, would not lack invitation. He wa nstantiy bringing home some one t ne, when his wife bad not ji scrap ii e house to cook, nor a stick of wood t ok it with. She could give bo feast uch less attend any, because she lackei e means to present herself in suitabl tire. Plutarch says that the ladie ere invited a year beforehand that the1 l. J i?uv jiiwu uuiu lu uress, The well-known occupation of Socra s was finding fault with hiH neighbors :d very naturally the wife did not es ,pe his censures. He even permitte< to be accused of scolding in his ver^ esence (a thing which the world neve* uld have known,) and then, instead o ying to defend and hide her faults, as i ving husband'should. he admitted tha is was true, and said : "I have mar 2d this woman, being firmly con vince< at, tn case 1 should be able to endun ;r, I should-be able to eudure every >dy." Such things as these are supposed t ak6 the very best of women scold iierefore, since Xantippe probably mar :id Socrates because she had no othe loice, and Socrates married Xantipp icause he knew their dispositions wer ost discordant, and then did'so man; ings to torment and aggravate her e claim that she was justified in occa >na1ly giving her husband a view o mesLic affairs from woman's stand int, or, in other words, giving him i ece of her mind. # I Bible for the Blind. iilor Abbeville Press and Banner: Permit me to inform you and thosi aders of your paper who feel an inter t in the work of the Americau Bibl( iciety, what it is doing in the distribu nf fl,? IT nit* tlli Hi VI Vliu JLIUIJ OCllptUlCS ttllllSlJg Vlll ind in South Carolina. From August 16th 1806, to Ootober 6tl 71, volumes in raised letter donated it irtic8 in the Counties of Chester, York lartanburg, Union, Abbeville, Sumtei d the cities of Columbia and Charles n, G2 copies, valued at $101.18. The Scriptures In raised letters ar< yen to the indigent blind upon condi ?u that, when the recipients, have n< are need of them the volumes shall b< turned to the Society, or placed at ifc jposal. Each application should men m, distinctly, the name and residence the applicant, give assurance of abil r to read and inability to purchase d, if possible, should be accompauiei th the endorsement of a clergyman oi me other known friend of the Society Hi New Testament, for the blind, L , that is usually given at first. Th< d Testament may be subsequently ad d, on the assurance that proper usehai en made ot the former donation. By addressing me it will afford m< nrnrMire nonies of the Serin res for the Blind from the Americat ble Society. Yours truly, E. A. BOLLES, ;ent American Bible Society for S. C L'olumbia, S. C., Nov. 23rd, 1871. Til the manual of the American Bibh cicty for 1871, it is said of the BIBLE FOR THE BLIND. The Society has, at great expense, pre red the entire Bible, in raised letters, the Blind. It is published in eight d in sixteen folio volumes. The acil cost of the former is twenty dollars, d of the latter twenty-eight dollars, at lich prices the sets are sold. The New stanjent may bo had either in two ox ir volumes, costing respectively five d seven dollars. The Psalms consti:ea single volume, which is sold foi b dollar and a half. Any of the voltes maybe had separately. The stereoic plates, from whidi this magnificat! jk is printed, cost the sum of thirteen :>usand dollars; and the Society has eady prepared, and put into circular n over seven thoumnd volumes of it, the United States in groat part r/ratui's/ij, in as much as the Blind, as a ss. are unable to purchase. Phis department of the Society's work pressively illustrates its benevolent iracter. It would he impossible to esiate the blessings that have attended distribution of the Scriptures -among ! Blind; arid the most affecting testify might be cited to the comfort and produced by this instrumentality, its efforts to scatter these precious volics among a <1 iss so greatly afflicted, .1 a large majority of whom are poor, : Society can surely depend on the irty sympathy and generous co-operan of its friends. 40^ ,te Agricultural and Mechanical So ciety. T...,,1 1QTO V/()KWIH'1U ? * ?1! I Uclil I, ? !#?. ''of. J. P. T/ioirirs?DbauSik; At an ly clay, I expect to issue the premium : for the State Fair of next tall. Dug the last fair. I heard many strictures mouneed upon the premium list. To >vent the reeurrence of these critims, I respectfully ask the co-opera11 of the citizens of South Carolina in npleting the next list. Any suggesns of alterations, amendments or imivements, sent me by mail to this iee from any portion of the State, will thankfully received, and will meet th due consideration. I also respecily ask the secretary of any a^rieultu, horticultural or mechanical assoeian in the State to send me, on receipt this notice, the names and post offices the officers of his association. It may lound to the benefit of his club, socieor association by so doing. kVill not all the papers of the State 'or the Society by giving this note 11 ituitous insertion? Verv truly. J). WYATT AIKEN", Secretary S. C. A. and M. Society. \ Radical Senator ox Amnesty [lithe United States Senate, Senatoi wyer, on the subject of a proposet leiidment to the amnesty bill, said: 'The amnesty bill was so importan d urgent a measure of public policj lit he did not want to have it enibar ?st'ur bill.'_" l - ., i 'is .+' y '* * i ! Sense and Sentiment l It is hard to seo fools and devils, , a and realize angels unseen, c , ? 9 Wo must retire inward, says St. s Bernard, if wo would ascend upward. q A strong truth can carry many 0 parasitical errors.?[George Macdfon1 aid. e A right and true man would be. s leit to the center of the solar eys'fcm " y ?[Emerson. Show to children tho beauty .of i, religion. Childhood iB like spring time, and loves flowere. 1 7 The work that has been done by r dull and plodding people in tins f world can never be estimated. t Inward freedom and outward n?* cecity?these are the two polefs of * the tragic world?[Schlegel. No manners arc so fine as tho most awkward manifestations of good-will _ to men.?[Every Saturday. Our past experience tells, in etvery p soil, that tlVose that think must govq ern those that toil.?[Goldsmith. ^ A Christian should never plead ? spirituality for being a sloven. It ho - , if be a shoe clean jr, he should be' tho - best in the parish. ! * ' p h*. a In manner be tender, loving, anima* ' ted. earnest. Win the clrildren'a- ' 4 hearts, secure their confidence, theu iu -lead them to Christ. < Tho road ambition travels i# too nn..?n..~ J. - 1-'- -1 J*? uuuurv 1U1 iiicuuouip, IUU cruuKeu ior 3 love, too ragged for honesty, too dark * for conscience. ' ; ' _ Men are capablo of greater things a than they perform. They arb sebtr into tho world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their foil extent. ? > It the prudence of reseire and det coram dictates silence in some cir? , r cumstanc<.s, in others prudence of a . higher order may justify us in speal? ing our thoughts.?[Burke. i Man was never intended to 1? idle; f inactivity frustrates the very-design ) of his creation; whereas an active > lifo is the best guardian of virtue, and . } the: greatest preservation of health. Aristotle tells ns that the world is ' a transcript of those ideas which . are in the mind of tho first being, and . those ideas which are in the mind, cf 1 man are a transcript of the world. - Be good, sweet maid, and let who will becieyer; i Do noble things, not dream them', all 5 daylong; And so make life, death, and that vast forever, ' Onegrand, sweet song.?Kingsley. It is no disgrace not to be able to ' do everything; but to undertake, or pretend to dofcwhat you are not mado 1 for, is not only shameful, hut extremely troublesome and vexatious.?Plu- " tar(fc? The roses of pleasure seldom Ia*t long enough to adorn the brow of him who plucks them, and they aro the only roses which do not retain ih^ir sweetness after tfiey have lost their beauty.?Blaia. The Abbe Malot expressing a di u')fc to llichelieu how many masseb would .save a soul, the cardinal replied, ; "Pho! you are a blockhead?as many . as it would take snowballs to heat . an ovon!" Men and statues that are admired . in an elevated station havo a very . different effect on us when wo ap. proach them; tho first appear less 1 than we imagined them, the last ' larger. ^--Rochefoucauld. Ho only is great who has the habits of greatness: who, after performing what none in the thousand conld accomplish, passes.on like Samson, and " tells neither father nor mother of ' it.?Lavater. . Joy is tho happinass of love; it is love exultin g it is love aware of its own felicity, and rioting in riches which it has no fear of eshaustiug: it is love taking a look at its treasure, . an.I surrendering itself to bliss with out foreboding. It is safer to affront .some peoplo than to oblige them; for the better a man deserves, the worse they will speak of him; as if the profession of open hatred to their benefactors were an argument that they lie under no obligation.?Soneca. Jjiice a morning aream, lire occomes more and more bright the longer wo live, and the reason of everything be- ! comes more clear. What has puzzled , us-before seems less mysterious, and i the crooked paths look straighter as wo approach the end.?J?ichlcr. In vain do they talk of happiness who never subdued an impulse in obedience to a principle. He who | never sacrificed a present to a future good, or a personal to a general one, can speak of happiness only as the ; blind do of colors ?Horace Mann. ! Irregularity and want of method ! are only supportable in men of great I learning or genius, who are often too j full to be exact, and tbereforo choose to throw down their pearls in heaps .! before tho reader, rather, than be at the pains to string them?Addison. The race of mankind would perish did wo cease to help each other. Frpm the time that the mother binds the child's head till the moment ssrao kind assistance wipes the dew of death from tlio brow of the dying, t we cannot exist without mutual holp. ,* ?Sir Walter Scott. rl t; TCOHKKT .T. TinECKINRIDOR?At a i ifioon oi.n Ace, Gone.?One of the most - ilistiiitniishert divines of tho Prcsbvterian t! Church is dead. Ilobert J. Breckinej ridge. 1). 1)., LL D.. uncle of Gen. John tk:. Breekcnridge, "of ours," died rc); eontly, aged about seventy-two. The -| deceased was a Kentuckian. First ho r practiccd law, and was in political life. lj In 1832 he laid aside the gown of tho - i lawver for the sacred robesof the church, o | lie Wame a divine of commanding in, jlluence. His was a master mind. His :. labors extended beyond the sphere of e his church. After many labors, literally r I civil and religious, lie died at his old 'homein Danville. . .