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-. U-~I WIt,e will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Lberoies, and if it must fanl, we wiN' Perisb amidst the 35R..." VOLUME Vif- enela Q u1tU'flose, S. C., 3,S43 . NO.23 SOGEIELD ADVERTIMS * XT IV. F. DURESOE.PROPRIETOR. TERMS. Three Dollars per annum, if paid in udvunre -Three Dollars and Fing Cents. if not paid before the expiration of Six Months rrom the 9ate of Subscription-and Fonr Dollars if not ,mid withis twelve Months. Subscribers out of the State are renquid to pay In aduaaes. 'No sbscriptioa received for less than one pr, and no paperdiscontinnedantil all arrear are paid, except at the option of the Pub 'risher. All subscriptions will be continued ulrss .oterwise ordered before the expiration of the year. Any person procuring rie Subicribers and hAecomiU sPOGibi(othesaMeall receive the sixth copy grtU- a. AadssatCos Ieeous ured at G2 ,centa per square. (194nes, or es,) for the first insertson, and 435 cents, for each continuanace. Thos published Monthl , or. quartetly wil-be rge per snare f each insertion. Aj. nertiseaents not having the numhr.of inser tions marked on them. will be continted until oldered out. and charged accordingly. AA Job work donefor persone eing ata dtstance, must be paid far at the time the work is done, or the Payment eenwred in the village. All cnemn'scationsaddreased to the FAltor, . pid. wdl be promptly-and strictly auend HI@lonary Notices. The undersigned being appointed Mispiona. ries, in the rm Division of the Edgeticld Asso ciation. expect to comuience their labors at each Church in the following order. viz: Rehoboth, Saturday before the second Lord's da In July. Jed Hil, Saturday before the third Lord's day in July. aflfaloe, Saturday before the fourth Lord's day in July. ulahl, Saturday before the fin Lord's day inJolv. Cailabams, Mills, Satuntay btfure the first Lead's day in Augnet. Mount loriah. Saturday beforo the second Liord's day in August. .Gilgal. Saturday before the third Lord's day in August. Bethany, Saturday before the fourth Lord's day in August. Hloreb, Saturday before the first Lord's da) in September. F. F. SIEG. D. D. bRtUNSON. We. the undersigned. haitug been *ppuint ed Domestic alissionaris. for the 4d *becan oftha Chatchesoathe EdgefeW Baptist Asso amuei , sivprnotice. that we will by Darise peroamion attend de Churches, at the follow g times: Ha . ob the Saturday :befre.the.2nd . ; Day in July. Big Stephens' Creek',,pn theS tun3ay before the 3rd Lord's Day' 4 July. 31dhat Zion. on the .aturday before the 4th Lord's Day in July. orn's Creek. on the Saturday before .the th ,Lord's Day in July. Edgeetd.onthe Saturday before the 1.t Lard's Day in August. Red Oak Grove, on the aturday beforetbetInd Lard's Day in August. Bethany at Repiblican. on the Satuvrday he fori the 3d Lord's Day it Auiust. Antioch, on the Saturdiy before the 4th Lord's Day in August. rJOHN TRAPP. '.l. A. WIL1AM1S. :Don ic Missionaries. In eou neice ofthenumber of Chnrches. aond the limnted time for visitingt then. It < Inn practicable for us to anetgl each. We hie. therefore from their cearneo to edh. other, a inted one meeting for 5t. -Lebanon and Oni. ZiSn, to be held at the latter.. The ir-a Ona for this appoitment V4l ber' ven.nor July at the meeing. The uinderAine will conmnee 'tiheir Mitt eSaturday before the . _:LordO y in July, at Swioa rek On Saturday. before the 3d Lrds Daty it July, at Damascusn. On Saturday before the.4th Lord's.Day in auy t Gosodi Crpee. OnSatrday before the 5th Lord's Dlay itt uystat amas.eves ek On Saturday before the .3d .lard's Day in Augsat Good tHpe. 8 ,tadybefpre the 4 Lords.Day in Aatsat Sisist Spring. . . Eteheetwg will continue ceeweck if cit cenmtanes favot it. ,Z. WATKINS. JOS. Sl10RRt8. .Thmeiandersignedl will comtmente their 31i. Omatdy befwr thesed Sabbath in July. aRt ISalem. On Saturday before the 3d Sabbath in iuly, O 4Srry before'thme 4th Babbath ih July, at Cloud's creek. On Saturday before the 6th Sabbath in July. at Bethel. On Siturday before the ist.Sabbatigin An-. On aturdaky beeere the Snd Sabbath in Au gast, at.Sardie. Os Saturday before the 3rd Sabbath in An gut at . On Saturay efore the 4th Sabbath in 4n gtat Cloud' a atek. gn WM. WATKINS. JAMESY. PETERSON. Notice. A LL persons indo'>ted to us on accounts ?.due tbe..6:4 of.January last, are re quested to come and settle up. We have te p ou ~ GOODE & LYON. Feb.13 . tf 3 Frenebhm m .Prihfe. A FlNE assarite t, or sale Cheap, by JNO. 0. 13. 10RD IMNCELLANEOUS. -T.HE FLOGGING SCHOOLMASTER. Anidst the rapid changes which have marked the progress of society wittain 1he present century, and they have been won drous indeed, tihre is none perhaps nore striking than that -hich has taken plAce in tle mode of punishing delinqueti. -Forneriy, the arm of the law secumed t. be ner-ed with something very nearly akin to revenge in exacting penance for an evil deed, all its cTorts were directedi to the body instead of the mind, ail in proportion to the corporeal pain inflicted. wasjudged the due expiratiou of the crime: no melioration in the oflinder w as 'hou;;l ,of,.except by inspirio terror, and to the absurb idea or supporting the dignity oif tihe nw,-were sacrificed every poinciple of enlightened justice. nod every fccj:: of sfi human;ty. lin he old country we part;eularly allude to.Great Brit-ain, the whipping post was to be fundel iii eve:v town and-village. and the pillory and. tihe stocks were constantly exhibited oni tvir Let days in th-e rural districts ome degra dingspeciacle or other of rustic vice con demned by inditcriminating mngi.trates thusio pny-the forr-it of their 1iflin; niA deeds. In the training of the rising gene ration, a similar process of summary rci lion was put in movement to qluicke-n the slow, and excite the diligent, unl in all enses of juvenile delinqnctcies. n heliher of oinnissiotn or comnisain, the rod and the breech wete ever brong.t to Iry coI clusions together. Sciuol! in those day-i were regular flayin:: eetahlislimer.ts, a:d the young student found to his cost that the road to learning. ap was oce ap'ly reuarked by a celebrated wit. invii:.biy lay through' groves of birch and :entiV tapering lime twigs. It i% a nieinehoily fact in hutian plysiolorgy that a habit uf inflicting pain geceratrs ever i the tm~d eat temperamnctit a kind.of ferocity that supei:cedes all tther pleastres, ard Ie who once indulgerin a btuw to a c!.ii. ie. dependenw is in great danger of dce;tner ating ito0 a most wetCi:ess t3 ratt. We rerollect somne. clericl pedIngtou;; ties who had an absolute passion l..r th:e birch, and the oight of a laek gonvr: nod bird even now excites in. us a fee-Ig of horror %% hiih we can isirdly muster. some y-ars ago', before the conclusion of peace hetnaect France and England. an emigrant of tie forMer.cuntry. piohaby a d-Acend-it "S one of he. great- families r.nkicg with the De Monltnorency-s or De Guiches in the days or their renown, was trave!lin2 in the West of England, eking out l,6 hvinig by taking portrait% ot miniatures, and L:idiug hi' poverty under that noble pride and in d::strious action fur % hich the fesgitive French noblessee were so remarkable at that period. It happentied that as he vw trnil:::. along the rmid on fi.ot. and abo to enter the small :own of Crelinton. in pevn shire, he was encountered liv a host -.fbu,, of all ages belonoing to a school in ie neiliborhood, who had obinited half a holiday in -cooseqnencce f the re' .ieing, occasioned by recent intelligence tit one of the victories won by Lord Weilin;;toii in Spain. Attracted by somnethinc pecu liar in the appearance of iic Frenchmian,. the mischievous uc;ins emrounled hint. shouting and hallonin-g at the top oif thit-ir voice%, -Invi with the French ! Wel liugtmn forever!" which Monsieur not re lishing. a little abtterzation en-ined :o row ipickily followed, iu which the cro nn of the stranger's hat vais broken itn nud hi% coal covered with dirt. Untlc froi thei number to contend :rmcessfaully wvitli hi. votthful adlversarie', he maede wny fohr the school burnuing with respntmrent. and proclaiming aloud his intentiton ofC hnyitn:: his comnpltint before the heatd tmater. -Now this said head moa~t'r wn< perhmips the severest of all hi' tribe :bat t:aJ beenv inown in that part of the contry ftor a::e%: a Doctor of Divintity an'1 a mo-t ablte sebolar, he lhad by thme success of h-a pupils at thme two Universities, atctqtiredl a chatrac ter which every year of his owny he seemed desirous to'increuse by the inice sant use at the birch. Aniare of thme rtui. sequences of condemn'stio, t he bomys cont coctedl a plen by which to divert the uneer ofn the master from themselves to the comn plainant. ,Dutrnninig the Frentehmni they arrivetd at the hou.'e, antI inrfortned the Doactor that they had 'etrn insultted in the road lby a French-spy: a row had takent placeand he was coming hither imaptud-:nt ly to beard them all. On the F'renchmnan'a reachitng tihe school, with little regard to ceremnony, ande ir-itam ted beyond measure at the si;:ht of his hat and garments, whicti Iris slender purse could ill affordl to repair he . ltoudlyv ex pressed his wrath, and demandetd instant 'isice to be done on the a-"gressors.Th Doctor refused with som aeiy com meting on his serstionable charpeter; tihe Frenehtaan rejoined in: a rage, until losin;: all contmand of himself, lhe dared to say e was tao gentleman. "What !" ide the school masteiv'insult me before nmv own scholars ! 'THorse him boys, instant Tbhi atter assongst whom were many strapping fellows of 18 or 19 years of age, delighting in ahe fun, were prompt in obey ing the order and surrounded the unhappy Mnsieur, otwithstanding the most vigor. ous resistance on his part, stripped himn and mounted him on one of their hacks. Its few seconds he was writhing and yelling benegath the birch of the. pedagogue, when after receiving a severe castigation, be was bundled into the rroad, "loose, un butoaed." to gather himself up, und ge ,=hthere leased.. Hiinig with ft,-e and vet burning with shine nt the Ilu miliatiing treaiment lie hadl rcerived, he iade off for the neurt-At down. not daring to rerain in Credinton, well korwing, the ridienious4 efeit hi- -appearance would produce am all ihose tu o1 wnuld quickly herome acquainted with tie fiet. Four nmies between this town and Exe ter, ther- ix rnwher it large village. sat which our luicklet i hem stopped. and in the per. leer rf ite little inn be meditated his planis for venteance. Tb- first thing, of course. recordin;: to all tle rue-% of chivalrie bear in,. wae to e ni I.- unemy out, ba how I i, frtiend wav nenr-ini a stirage p!e. en'impor:m, sotnmetihint must he done to n ipC awny the sctin his honor haid re Ceived. lie calis for pen amd ink--at tentts to sit dlown h1it Iy a painful start. ii rel;lded of the still lme atin sea2 t eof bi" omtrageet honoiir- him'~ pen<t it eh-*di:( ;, andl raeuin2 thlte asier, ai sioct feill.-v of alht 21 or 25 i e:, of ne.'. di---t h;e-, ,him WiT it the el'ol, pr.1mii:; l,ii Lm lf a crwn en hins retrte. f 'he ti.t-r lit'l" dreamin2 of the nature ref mhs iei-i he he . r ikly arrijin;; ati the tcolti-J. '1n1d 11makini ii 1 nn' into1, the nli-S. Ic cal'tv'. 1 :und ti.e Doareer -teeted at1 bis c it- :!t -.v o:en :.r.-l Pr;l.- of ron seious-4~i p--err t'ie.e. .\las.ter :st*hhl-eman dlelivcred 'e hI.,ii. -e, ntied ialhting hisc hrt in his tv' h-vmb. !ie-i ;me. 'id wiIh Co-i., er::bile: c- m Oecy. The Doceor I, d.ci it hn. ot -- otner 'lid be, Iance over ili ei.ctet-. itbau hi, brow as t~:ed m immIrb-t tl.rrnt'--ing Ii ['TramanCe \\ h a," . ie. t.o regard for imy rloth -ine-tilt me ii my very -e::ctunmc ! I "il! let ,i 4mee. r hevo- back my ano-irer, but it s'hall be. behiAd him. it) ,-jekche his lin le' i:ei thee emcai1-4 th'e h'nwny' hide (if th' - 'er wis tpit:?!ty vi-iimr-ting nmtier hi. teni- inttr nitnt of .,rhool di.-iplinem. l ha hl emile al!blre(nt super. nmau efen im ~to '.Alw;aV ::ddiltg erayrrs to impreantio:', nti -,biia~tg wit alul that he was at mini mm. M1311. *' asn Uw--hie gt a mom wofol'i ieblmig. an1d eain;-. '. ctmt;; with h !t rl~ce s shlt hi. heel.. he n as thui. m:t asf doo-' w h ; v.arri!-n tever It shor h; ha face there. oI pain*ot reee" :nohe tt i : milar pni h-l 411. riet;. l. ks tee1t anxiles ju be reven.fr-a o a .mthody ; not ca-;rly nm dlL'remtumiing in ha it al a!s.tani. he hast-ts hiomie ina ll n.Onwm, hur-is lo the parlor. whevlre was olur Gallic f.'ien-l. mne'litating on the probable ehmic-- uf woumnims 91 tle lDn-lor. and wishing i; mienht ic ties Eih mail sword. at which her was expert. -'hto d--d Frenean !" said bie what rick is this you have been: pLvmel-n ! By thuntder! vu 4h=ll pvy for it or my name ait lim Hlirales !" tle t!.ereupon seized the F'renchman by th cell.:r, trid na .:ein t Icom -tifc a Qeriousl, n*ssiAutltwbien the Iiord :.d latteinaily in:erfered atid recuem- hit!m ro :,4 ' .-tE1-. "-Mine goo.1 .;Sv, b-ire o yo itatd I Sit do-ri ai nd give me cit):a::rt '" "-it he d-d !" replie-'i the oicr in a T age ;-1 shan't he ablIe Iim tie lor a fi.:hit ; ;nd as fo geal te4 Ied, I i al: be 0 cc obigrd to 1lit o mily belly fur a miot !Te mIfernal .nrson! l'ti al a fire lichitnd ' .- A little el.iircis.ement took pllace,.whih :h.. F-renchlntmn heard with oiple-inuth Lnd.: in eyes. Without I eemore adl. after Aivin: Jim I igles his lesirly bouitha hilfereewn. lee pays his little h1l .%d b.:e--:.av ny it all imao.'iginlablI speedl. slowly mui:ring a-, lid:ros4ril the thresl,a!. -'Sacre- bflen t uonnerre de Diei! D,,. School aer ! .O Tr opI C. REC;';DS O.' TIlE PAST. .s I.:-:n..Ci: SK E:TC. There' w:,s anoiiher' wrhomt I loved in hoeem esiv dav;ac nitd there i-c nineht thia .c ..ad in Iher ttea-moiry. feet hcr lui was a g rteron.. ei, thoughi~h nil u netixed ithl guilt. I eli'! neot itcow- her. of wnshomin teak sll I icerty linitn madce~ her htim i.ide, aund brniight her to del tl near emy owit etn hm. I waset thenm bumt a rlhil, bum 1 1 pajontel: el thle hon'mumful, and ith alemocst reverene nluieramtion dlid I gaze - mepoiu time tepm 1,ete-i Limeon, fr she was the very: imperwisona.tionm of all that is Icevely ini womance time emeboidyinmg of mey lfair'et i.ic nee. Ilo nlie i il I to miindl he first lime i saw her,. I line! been lplay ig a mie of "hide atnd .e:rk" with a few Inaneghmn girls I ef he5 on aege, -cc andmire ve.cite-r'atme than thme vest I hadec, tom coenceal mytself,1 elami lored sever the railing of' te upper belicony of emy fater's .htmi' aned snuIgh: toftnd a i'oothmelel upoln ith-l, w!. tnieb dli "ided our ganren fromr lccm;ci theehp ccruntds tielong ing t, -nr. Linitont', reiisece. But the wall wats be-lcmw my rerach, No eiv'ing the r'quiring~ call, 1i sug myself aroutudlond ladecd un . the, beleiny of the next house, mewanwhcile givi.g v-eat to loud shomutieo mierriemnt. ltmgin,- my conmfusimn .whee~ I foui~ Imyselfimn gee ptrenlUeeC timo beau tfuil is. Litonm wvit was :s little amused hb' my aitn;:ular eniire'e. 'Well, little stranigr," said the Iady,' "whom ha~ve we he'e--where did you drop frnmii-and4 wher% udid yon intendl to alig'ht on thi's mcinmund ajispeme ! Shall .1 eaim you as a 'gumd-son,' or would same one di'cpute my tite c? Come tell us yhour natme, and ynntr illusirious parenita~e 1" .Vened and mortificd at tmy far pas, ane! the mirth of the ladly, tand her hami ban.l, I did notl deo raaise iy eyes from my vteiled and 4'en apiem, to the lovely countenane befoare me. A t length, ready to cry itha mortiflentionm, I fahieri-d out my naime, and timidly asked if I "might "Wudyoumiascendi again," saidI thme lovely Isabel, "orelrmvnu seek a homte t', thl is wa wrbl ?" - Then seeing my tenr,. 'he kie e itme 7n 1i.i Ie woudla sIiigtr till tha waty nut. but I must cotion tit see her again-lust come frequen-ly. for sie delightel in chil dren, and then she udescerndedt itto ihe gar dea with me, and opened the gate into our ow, griunds. I did go again. wid very frequen1Iy. and I went the more when spring cale, for ,j loved the beautiful litners the lady len del. I loved her singing bir-is. an.I 'cr tcntle pcts anid more than all I hovetd the benutiful lady. Sh, sported with mtn wheI I was mterry-nnr ,.ootahedl me When troubled by my.eihldi..h n.rrow--; -the .ang to me, tin, thasos::mgw wh;t-h tit this day are miY favenrtes. (For nromae them eemn to linger such a hialo of bright memories.) 14 01#h sing -I wmtal cza- utau her ex reeling lieeanrIV, tI!l its. riarmsa'a coloredl every idean nay ticari cL.erihed as worthy If adnirntion. Nt many m:rmithi after otr ne4;-mnntnce r"I':lenlcedl. the low -smuica of a infant's tnrollit:2 was hcnrd inl that dwelling- ()t! how Ae-at Iuas myT deli--ht when I s:w ite lady's hahe ! it had its fither's features h: t i mother's sinle, wad when it wasu old eno'agha to irattIle. it Its ot' ite ar'.4 01 1 nImiidf'rc in my he:rt if hlierc was anry 1i1ng ot airth utore laively r-a lthst smile, mnore full of mt,ic thnm those sw& tIntles. Iut aow -a ctloud seemed to- h-1n:; 0'ver that happy hane. and its ui-hinie % -. fistdin: nway; the h 'seces weredimmed with weeprncE.und her bIeatty %%nas fast witherinA.; underthe itighting inikerce rf Pome great orrow which she strove to con ceal; Iter birds andl her flowert. evcn the cre-ses of her lovely chill failed to wilt her from tie grief. Site dtid coiceal it hrn In ith her hushn :il then he sum 51 - nrtoed smiles to h.-r iale lips. and tihe irightiess of itve still linrered in her eve. bll it was only sorrowfptl to nie to see thtoe smilea, for I 'knew her heart wa' reoliing the tmenwhile. and ihbt the fin. er of ite Desoroyer had been haidI that mil1id brow. I was nout long ignorint till he ciuause of such nisery ; rumor spoke nidly of H arry Linion of his midnight revel-,, and bitnevotin to the cup whose -oitent c-t a bliht on all that i% fair ind eo.J i. lif.. Soon the. truth of tia. report was rotafirmel lay its altered cootn iinuce nud mieti. b! who would not Inve wept over the wreck of s much eauty. ovAr ti:e ruin of that noble mitd. Over the misery tif that lovely lady? Then. 'o, there was ri'in wroaughit aver thin iruad ad", ti and won the stranger claimed heni as Ihis.fu--..ant the lady..ws told h!at elegant mansibhwas heneefsth no ome for her-thatL he must seek oilatid log place elsewhere, if so be she might ind one. There were times when the spirit of ther days seem revived in Harry Litusn, b. ean he was again the fund hlurbandl, the ender parent. and in the world, the man Pf hotnir. Bit these wire rare intervalk. md evtt then. thie c ionnt of his ttworthine'ss tauuted him.aniid eui.ciener ever ceascd tis toritatis as it tour-lled sefore him a recorul of broLPetn prnmies. td deeds of %in oal pointed his firger ternt'. to him. as the diest rover of a hiuas i'01' lene. 'T'en he Iioked o his .fe oil lie -,nw her fitdiug froi earth. ho ursed hiuself :t hei murdarerer. and .seninl oight Ote lethean cup to drown renorie; nd after wild debauch he 'would return is) mis home to polute it n iih hii diring aaths lail mad revelry. lie haO gone abroadl eeking rest but fiuding it not when the telligetce reached him the harpice of the Rw mre busied in .his dwell. lie has eed thitver. and the first object that metI iis eyi was tile form of that mjurrd wife. he was eng:'agedl in: preparin;-. torremoiuval e few artiees that remaiined to her when ie clamt: al the law were satibtied,. aund s h" enitered, w.5as looking~ n ith to'arfat! yes upon a cranvias. ,swhere, in the pa f her ltashiatd were disptlayedi so mtany nnty gracc<. Heo aaw that delicateound a'iul creattiue, that frail exotic w hose raae entty he was to guned anal nurse "w.ith ~ente sunashine, gende dew." now expos d to the gaze of rude! andi vubtnr menc. paured to theair coarso .2ests andl ramntinag aughas. and he became iniftriated,. stung itiadness. Isabel mnet him getly ande ithout fear; there was. no reprqach ini her ok oir wnne save their sadne's. antd nit ok of~ htterness escaped her lips. "Hlarry., this portrait shaull go with us to mr new homne. it is so beautiftul, and so tnny pl--asaut thou~,hts of the paslt et'S heir sunishinue arournd ist there is the same mile on thase. lips that they wore when ois askedt me to be your btide so lung 1. lok. deatr llarry,"' she sfad. rais g her mihi1 eyes to his face. . What an xpresion of fury met her gaz'i-those nes of gentleness, th'pe eyes beamting ith and tenadernuess as her wumtnt's heart maked forth froma themt. only plunged still eper in bis heart the giawing tooth ol' temorse--and in his mnighty nuish. eason: no lunger swavyet hi m. With' the ire. tf a mnadttan, be dashod.the ollend tg thing from berjiitnds, the canvass was -t in twnlin, its. framre sipliotered into a housand piecese. "Oh, pap~a!". said thte simidi.voice of a hildI ' pray donot be angry w ithi mnammt. Dear mamma, she never is angry with you, and eve'ry night ihe Pids.mne love you andit pray fair you, that yout may he gonud. and'then she weeps so mnteh. Oh, papa! papa ! it is very aughty to make tmamma i ry so," saidl the little boy. grow.inag bolder a%'he pleadetd f..r his sw.eet mother. Ileary Liuton turnoed to the boy and with eienehed handl, smote imt to the ;round : then with the yell of a demon he .....he, r.m tai hnos Non'e thought to Servants in India-There is cue convenience in visiting at an Indian htouse. onmely. every visitor keeps his own esianblishment of servants, so as in give uo troubleto these ofthe house, The ser ants fnd for themselre in a most curi us n y. They seem to mc to sleep no where. and cat nothing; thae is to say, inL our houses, or of our goods. They have mats upon the steps. and lite upon rice. Bui they do very little, and every cue bas hi separate work. I have an ayah, (or l.ady's maid.) and a tailor, (for the ayabs r'tiant work ; and A--has a boy; and two nudd leg, one to sweep my room, and anoaher to bring water. There is one -wna to lay Ihe clfioth, anothr - to bring its dinner. ictiillr. to light the candies, and oai rs -u.wait at table. Every horar hae :a man anil a maid to himself; ahs maid -emls grano for him ; and every dog, as hy. .1 inqnircdlwhether The cs had any serv;es:.i, bout I found that she was allow.; ed to wait upon herself; and, as abs seeme-d the only persotn iti the establish ment capable aml o doing, I Irespected her accurdingly. Besides all tiese acknow l-ted anti otensible attendansts, esela .ervuit has a kind of muddle or douWe ot his wn, who does all the work thar cam lie put of! upon hin without I-eing foun1d oiut htWe :wastor and mistress. Not n ith'wnndring their numbers. they ari dlrea.fully slow. I often. tire myself with doing.diings for mylf rather thags w:it for their dwadling ; but Mrs. Staun ton lau;;hs at me, and calls me "griilln.' anud says I nust Jearn to have',patience, Draol save my -trength. (N. H.-.Grgia menus a fresh man or a fresh womat im India.) The reol Indian ladies lie on a foia ; atd, if they drop their handkerchiefo they jna.t lower ahir voices and say. -Boy,' in a very gon tle tonb, and thea creeps in perhaips sone old wizen skinny brownie. looking like a superannuated ihread-paper. % ho t%4 iddles alter ibem roil a little w hile, and then creeps out agaita as siafaly as a black cat. and situ dowts cross-lerged in the verandah aill atistresq please to call again." ( A Lady's letter from Madras. Effrcts of .au.chter on the Circulatimer of the Blod.-'The ieep inspirations and the shoau and fregjietat expirations made is the act of languing, have a direct in iluoece ot the heart, increasing the, Wu tity of blood within itsecavitiesthiIMam0 manner as the quantity wihhin these in, creased ly muscular contractions. This condition of the hearo, as might be antici p-ated. will vnry itn prnptortion to the vio lence and duration (if the piaroxysms ol' !anghter. When these are moderate, the tuitd .is only exhilernted. or, to use a coam mon cpre-ion. '-the heart becomes joy fi," hl if lan;hting be increased or pro. loIed beyond certain limits, a series of eA'ect.q. more or less injurious. frequently supervene. lain in the cardiac region and hendache then comes on. -and af the paroxysta ht immoderate, the qianntity of balood p-opelled ;no the brain is such, that the iniellectual powers becomes greatly ct'i:ed, andt somerimes an such a degree ias to cauase their temriporary aberration. -:ven t convtlsions fulliow immoderate fits 4f lIughuer, and I have known death take place roum esc!usive laughter caused by A ftistrbed action or the heart isusually ah-served in thme aIected with - hysterics. w!ich may accountfrU :the paroxysm of laughter. the risus sardonicts. the hiccup 3nt all the more remarkable phenomena which are characteriaic of that disease. Lanughter. indeed, greaiy disturbs a heart. wbhich is -already- irritable. - This was utrikingly ~ezem.pls6e'd in a person'who had a dil.ease tal' the heart, and could not in Julge in laugzhing, withaout the increased inetiotn of the hart lay 's hictr it was ae :anied.~ always causittg violent head tcehe.--itardrop ont Diseasesa of the Heart. Cur'us Seen,- in H yde. Park.~-A good Ioeal oaf amnusemlent. was adforeled (or ,omte honurs in H-yde-Paark otn Wednesday afternoun, in conseqeuence or the fruitless matempits of the pobrte to dislhadge a couple uf men frntm their elevated -situation in one of' the trees, which they bad climbed' witha th.,view of taking birdti' nests. One oft the A divisions4 first spjied-the trespas sers, and finding.his samgone. to descend was disregatrded, he made his way up the tree-ao.brinag themn. down- by force. One. oft the deliujuents wras a sweep, and as his etperienace in makitng his way. up china nays save him great. advantage cor lb. oonstab'le,. be continued (or bours to elude all antempts to lay hold of him. consaa ble, however, at one time did succeed in catching hold of his leg. The sweep im mediately' pulled tiff 'his sooty cap and belabored tile -'policeau .over the eyes and face till he waa co'npletely blinded and alarost choke'd wIth soot. The con .,,ale wes forced to let go and to descend. with his face black as his antagonist's, amid the laughter of the mob. A rein forcement of police a sent ror; six con st ables surrounuded thea'tree anad kept the croiwrd of. -ta ahis sthte of seigo the do fendas were kept from two o'clock ina the afternoon until eleven at n'ght, whoo. .an of them having surrebdeued .at- disctretion. the capture of the other was effected, af-. ter considerable resistance. Killed by a Corn Dcter.-T be New Haven Herald, under its obituar bead, notices ste death of Mr. Justus, Williamsi, a respectabile citizen of Essex. (Deep Ri.. 'ver) and an exempax and worthy maas Iby lbekjtw, occacione by the apphecatiogs pirsue hilm,, for bchide her dead boy In the stricken wife nud mother, almost n lifeless. From that leath-htke swote sie recovered only to learn the extent tef her wretchedness. She lingered in she world a short time, bout the name of hcr husthimd ever passed her lips. She looked tn the corpse of her child with a steady eye'theln enlaly replaced the shr:,nd over his stif fened liibB rt.d sought her chamber, and never left it again. One eveping at the holy hour of twi light slt; asked to bo raised it, her hid, that 4he nmightonce more lutk in the glory of rtrh. "An.l tdw leave tue for a few moments. rweetrietis,' satil ,le. "I ntiuld com ti'ne once more in life n ith a pardoiing ILd. ere I see-k Itia presence.' We ofe,ed her belhest, taul she was left nloene n itn her heart anti %% im i.-r God. WheIn the glory of the heeus had faded at way. andl .dimi twilight hung lher vqil a rounlad the etrth, there wis heard in Ill bor's ehaibver a lig!i step, ind fle nimar tour fa it low voice we eantereri her rooni, ntii saai the thn pite hanel -f tihe lady r.-Itins :ntid th.- -naer! l .et , of n enm. cia'ed t.-ing io knitelt by tier hol vttle o approariced. :.ait t:hcovuiel itL the -piril et' the dr-irover aid ii- victim had cobfe t-lmetheur to the itibutnal (if tile .t5-s. A har-l C:'.-Ani injdeint orenrred on Sunlday last. it one Ee. she respectable prmet streets of our city. % hich at any :ime nnuld lanve been (tightful, blul inl those tempt1,eranen dny is mot panjsing strange A vuuig man. whose father on dyving a fow icirs since. let himt a tor tine M f M). was seen to drive up to the retidtence of his tanily in a cab. so beastly intoxicated, so awfail in appearanice. it4 tea s rike every one with abhurence. lie was without coat or hat. and the rest of his scanty clothing was tairn to pieces mid covered with dirt. while froin the frightful gashes ofhis head the Iloond streatmed diiwin tver Iis race. a spertnrle of horror ! Stlch a spectacle-soch an object-to pore 'ent itself onl the Sabbath day sit tihe hotuse of MatHrs:a ! A nd tLis i-e a wrinae drinker-one whont we donht not ins al Wys been a -trenanonss a-tvocate tor nit "toccasionavl glass"-hat toccasional glass which is the source ana ori;;in of all the damming evils that bloated drunkenness aeurniaates upon hik head. This young genemton, ant yet 23 years of age. thus attired in his tattered and bloody habiti ments, pitched from the cab on life pave ment.aud.Lhen stiaggered up the steps t.st led to his mother's dwelling.- But fortanate ly that poor tnother was spared the ap palling exhibition. The famtily halt jist I gone to church. and the aan as denied utimittanceo by the servants. This refusal er"zed the draunkard. w% ho in attempting it forcte..he sutters, rai-c one bly thie hinge...w hiLch, then i'*l uapon h;i heavily. wovinijug tand protratingC him upon the pavement. fro it whence lie was taken ii:t the iemm..and subsequently removed to the hospital. This rea'y ftightful acene was wihuessedt by a crowd of several ttiidre'd persons. drawn together by fite ravings of.. thel drunken matdtimn. 1Is istry...brie brt hliant, beastly. shoniid 'urnishi a powerfil lesst'nl tr v gntilc nitiy young tOPer wonit fire s) conceit Cty tihiwing in the sartmc path.-Satr. day .ilascumn. T.he rr:ly .t5ty.-'.lan should sign the Pledg.e for tither retsons thlan nirre self loretervatiin. le may have a child, a trotier, or i friend. to egn from his ex imple. -iu mightt otherwise. become a enkrtiatl. lIverv cnsiderationl .houtld mduce you to sign'the Pledge even thouight -ion mtay be abe to abstain -wtIboun it ourel, do it for the benetit of those whio unoltt. Atnd heidet, if yont are *ntislied that udrinkintg is atn evii, and yoinar' deter mined to give it up,, why. shouldl you re ftse to give your name to swell thte cold water atrmty 1 Is it because you thinkk hitatundaer some circumnstapesa you inay desire to take a glass with n-fnendi? If so here lies alt .:he danager--take one class more, anid thea may ptrnve fatail, this sa tbeen the ee in more than toe isa ttne. The only safety is in total abti ece; this, expearienece has fulhly establish ed as a tact-then why not adopt thtis principle for your guide through life ? Beware of Circumslantll Eridentc. Seomte time siite,. a gentleman ,traveling from Alahama, put up at the, Utnin Halt in I.orsyth, and in a conversyt..on hadl with the proprietor of the house, stated that a Negro fellaow .ftad he-in taken tup for tiavig committed -violenice uon the bo dv of a whtite Female. and that duaring hi s asiation, hte ceajessed that he htad coainted a simoiar act upon the body of a white Female near Miliqdgevitle,- and that after he kald gratified .his brutal ade sire he hupg her witht a hunch of cotton thread. . lHe stated that .it was not bias tirsi itention to muarder her-but to ac ~oplishinrg his object, be was obliged to etOei her; Gnding (ats hte st'ted) she Was so nar gone, he couclndedi to bang her, i which situation the body was discov-. ered. The negro also stated, that Mr. Johistoti was exect'ted for the suppoked murder, and that he was anl mtn'cent man; that ho himself batd cor.1minted the murder. antd tat there was no peir--on concerned with hitm. These facts havitng come to may know ledge. I felt it a duty I owe to the family af this unfortunate getittlematn, to gire em tn tite pntilie, .ltUS'tCE.