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EMBROIDERIES, comprising a lare. and most elegant assortment of Rich French Worked Collar.s, Clemiettes, Undersleeves, Stotanelters, ---2T:nnwretriertnenfata' Pobes and n rk 7.l _Also imaltese Collars, Chemitizettes and Sleeveis Rchl Embroidered Bande, of the latest styles o work ; licanttful i.t of Ionnittet atnl Neck Ribbonits; Limten Cambrie hen-t-'el Ilantdkerchiefs, N1ittF, (;loi1ves ; li!aek and White Silk Hosiery : Alprce and .10 ravian I lose: ladies and Misses hose. all siZt : " Silk and l1erinto Vests anild li-'cm dl. -IN HOUSE-KEEPING ARTICLES Tl hev have an emtlle-ss variety f TO IVELI.INGS T.BLE NAPKINS and DOY L E S ; I 2-.4 liintna:tnd C ottn 1!LLO I' CASE Gooids. TABLE CLOTHS, all sizes, of the teihest Damask anl Snow drop figurvs. rench and Enlipht CASSJMER ES. BROAD CLOTIIS. VESTINUS. TivEEDS, Welsh FL.4NNELS, and every other article kept it tlte Drv G9oods litne. Perettnq visititr the City, can rely ott finding the tecwest stve.; of GooIh, tnd itt riliness and varit-ty ..surpaed in anu tnarket. to which their attetn ts ini ted,. at they will be ol~eredl at low prices. Attgusta, Nov 25 tf 44 Carpets and Curtain MVaterials~ WI~LLIA3I SIIEAR,. AUGUSTA Ga.. has ju't reeiv-ed frmt New York n large sutpply oif Ett'glisht Brussels Carpets, of thte be-st qjuality antd <,t ntew atnd elegatnt styles; Etnglish \'elvet Carpets, of new atnd splendid styles; Extra Thtree Ply, Ingrain and \Venetian Carpets ; Richl Chietnile Ruogs, to match the Carpets; Printed Cruttb Clothts in patterns and by the yard Richt colored D~amasks and DeLaines, for Cur taitns. with Cimps and Tassels to miatch. 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BOWERS, Agent. hl..mbur~, Nov I-I. tf 44 THE DIVORCED HUSBAND, OR WOMAN'? LOVE. "Who is that very beautiful girl !" asked:a young Englishman of his companion, as they leant for a moment against one of the marble pillars, to contemplatc at leisure the enchanting scene which a Parisian ball presents to the eye of a stranger. The young girl alluded to was equisitely lovely, with a petite and child-like figure, a fair bright face, and a pair of the most misebevious blue eyes that could be imagined although the demureness of her present attitude made them appear softened if not subdued. 1Her head was bent a little forward, and a pro. fusion of light, sunny curls fell upon her white shoulders, and contrasted strangely in brightness with the dark emerald hue of her satin robe, the front and sleeves ofr which were clasped with diamonds of inestimnable value. Bv her side sat a young man, attired with studied plainnessalthough the turn of his finely shaped head, the fire (if his dark, melancholy eyes, and the troubled expression of his pale, handsome features, rendered him an object of whom one would know more. "It is Mademoiselle Verney," replied the young Count de Tours; the richest heiress in Paris, and on the ere of marriage with that solemn-looking personage by her side. "She must be very young? said the Eng lishman. " She is scarcely eighteen," was the reply; "and wilful as she is beautiful." " And her lover?" " Al ! there lies the desparity : lie has noth ing-absolutely nothing-and he is proud as he is poor! Why Lestelle, with her beauty and her fortune, might have chosen her a husband among the nobles of the land; but she is fond and romantic, and Monsieur Anbertin, quiet, as e looks, has had wit enough to persunde her that she loves him." ,"Persuade her?" repeated the Englishman. "Yes for she is but a girl, and will have changed her mind rand repented a dozen times before she comes of age. And as for Aubertin's having any real disinterested affections for her we know too much of the world for to believe hat, my friend." And the yo - -moihed cornfully, as he drew his cdn "You are ill, Claude," sai y as she watched the change lver's fce and marked_high ,. ..Hahing eyes. 1 to offend you?" Will you forgive me, de: I have not heard a word you have bien saying our the last five minutes i" murmured Aubertin, ::btraetedly. The young beauty tossed back the curl from hir white brow, and put up her pretty lip, but he did not reply, and the long silence was bro- I ken at length by Claude. "Shall I tell you, Lestelle." he asked, in a low voice, " what the Count de Tours has just aen saying about us !-and ho speaks doubt less from the common rumors and opinions of sreiety." "As you will !" replied Lestelle, coloring ightly, and trying to speak with indifference. And can the idle words of such as he have the power to move you thus Claude 1' said Les telle, gently ; or do you think," she added, with n arch smile "that such a prize as myself is to e attained without exciting envious remarks!? I That I am fond and romantic I confess; ever1 sinee I can remember, in my dreams of young omance, I pictured to myself an ideal beingI hmi I could love ; but never were girlh~ood's iins realized as mine have been-that is, if y hero does not spoil all by his too scrupulous pride." " But I have not told you all yet," continued ubertin, while his haughty frown relaxed be eth the witchery of her smiles: " he said, too, hat,but for me, with your wealth and beauty, you ight have commanded one of the most splen did matches in the kingdom." ' And would that have insured my happiness ?' aked Lestelle. " Oh that we lived isthe old times of the fairies, and that I might have one wish !" "And what would that be ? inquired her loi-er "'1That we might change sittuations wvith one mother: that you could have all the wealth, and be a poor girl, blessed only with your affec tions! Claude. I should feel no humiliatioms o grattitude in receiving all from which your love would have equalized us!" " I fear that your creed is rather a theoretical than a practical one, Lestelle," said Aubertin, with a mournful smile. "If I could but convert you to its belief, I think I should have nothing left to wish for," replied the young girl, in a whisper ; and there was no shade upon the open brow of her lover, as he mingled in the brilliant throng with his beautiful and devoted mistress. The evening passed sway as evenings do when we are most happy; for, with all its heart burnings, its disappointments-occasioned, per haps, by the absence or coldness of the only one amidst a thousand for whom we have dress ed and smiled-a ball is a bright epoch in the lives of the young. " I shall see you to-morrowCad "si Lestelle, in a timed voice, as they stood togeth er waiting for her carriage to draw up. " Of course," replied Aubertin, gloomily : " I have received a formal invitation to meet your gurdians and the notary, to sign the deed rela tive to the final settlement of your property." " It will soon be over !" said Lestelle, laying her hand imploring upon his arm.-" And you will bear this trial for my sake Claude!?"' " My sweet Lestelle ! but- I will make no promises. You shall see how patiently I will listen to M. Fradel's arrogant taunts, and how humbly and gratefully I will" conduct myself!" " Claude !" interrupted Lestelle, almost tear fully, " you are speaking noiy in bitterness and mockery!" "No, en rerife !" replied her lover, laughingly - "But good night now, Lestelle, and God bless you. He relinquished the hand he held, and as the carriage whirled rapidly away, the smile faded upon his lips, and he walked home in moody thoughtfulness. It was ajsevero trial for the good spirit of Claude Aubertin, much as he loved Lestelle, to consent to owe every thing to her-to subject himself to the m6rtifying surmises of those who judged of him by their own worldly nnd perver. ted imaginations. And there were times when he alm6st determined to give her up forever, al though the destruction of his own pence and hers should be the consequence ; while at others he thought of doing something to prove him self worthy of her love. But a name and for tune are not easily obtained in these days, even by the most talented; and in the interim a thou. sand things might happen. Lestelle might grow old-or die !-or she might cease to love him for the heart has its elianges and its seasons, none of which, however, resembles its first fresh ness and purity. The attachments of our girlish days may last through womanhood, and even to old age itself; but every year we live, more of the world's wisdom will have mingled in our dream of love, until it becomes less unmselfish less-ideal-more rational perhaps, but less paissionate and devoted. And who could be sure that the faith of one so beautiful and ad. mired as the young heiress would be preserved pure and unbroken, through trial and temptation, amidst ambition and flattery and with him to whose protection she hadflung so confidingly, mbsent for an unlimited period in a foreign land I Womntn's idelity is proverbial, but after all we I re but mortal, and " Look-through the world, anl this you will finl. That once out of sight, you are soon out of imind." I It was all very well in the days of old, when, n the departure of the true knight the constant I air one would shut herself up in her lonely I ower, out of the reach of temptation, and surroun led only by her maidens, employ the weary in erval in listening to the noble deeds of his an- I estors, and embroidering a golgeous scarf to 0 resent him on his return ; but in these days of 1 alls, festivals and beau, the young ejfancee has 1 mCh harder trial-and we advise the lover I ot to be abtent longer than he can help. nd as she slightly raised it on the entrance of P or lover, he saw that tier eyes were red atd " wollen from exceasive weeping. Having bow. h A to the gentlemen, and pressed the cold. b rembling hand of Lestelle to his lips, 'lhe stt u own and waited c-tlmly for M. Fradel to con enee the business that had brought them to. : ether. "You are aware, M. Anbertin," said the old c entleman at length, " that my ward is very oung, and that in accepting you for her future r usband, she acts contrary to my wishes, and t lemontrates the natural wilfulness of her sex ?" e All this is not new to me," replied the young nan, while he stole an arch look at Lestelle, ho was watching him with breathless anxiety. 0 " Well then, we may as well come to the 1 oint at once. Wsithtout my consent your mar- S ige cannot take place until Mademoiselle Ver icy is of age-a period of whtich it wants near- I y three years ; and your signing thtis deed, by rhich thme whtole of lher property is settled una ienably upon hterself, without giving any one I lse power to draw or dispose of one sou ef it, ~ a the ontly condition upon which the hand of C Lstelle shall be yours." A crimson flush passed ovel the chteek and I row of Claude Aubertin, and there was a mo- ) nents pause, during which the keen glance of he old man, the cold scrutiny of the notary, and he pleading eyes of the anxious girl were fixed agerly upon his face. The struggle however, as but of short duration, and with a cheerful mile upon his face, he held out .his hand for he paper, and glancing rapidly over its contents, nstantly affixed his name. " It is well," said M. radel complacently. " Now Mademoiselle." The hand of thte young girl trembled so vie- I ently that Aubertin was obliged to guide it; ,hen thte signature was at length completed she I lung herself upon his bosom, end wept long ad passionately.-Even the notary wats tmoved I nto somethting like sympathty, and, gathering up I is papers, hastened to follow his patron from the room, and leave thte lovers at all liberty to ive vent to their feelings: but, regard for the timid and wveeping girl, who' clung to him so fondly and imploringly, subdued the offended pride of Claude Aubiertin, and htad little difficul ty in soothing her fears, and winning back thte sunhine of her happy smiles. A few days after thtis they were married, and the three succeeding years which glided past so hppily witht them, are marked in characters of blood in their country's annals. Now it was that the innate nobility of the mind asserted its superiority over the mere hereditary nobility of the name and station-that the barriers of rank and aristocracy were beaten down, and men owned no lImits to their owpi wild wills. Claude Aubertin was a revolutionist in the best setise of the word-htis proud spirit had been stung by the worldly scorn by those whom he inward ly despised ; but not for this did lhe turn upon is oppressors-not for any feeling sayst the pure and holy love of libertt and when that name beame'prostituted to the very worstgurposes -when it was made the watchward ip erime and bloodshed-he yet clung to it as igl bi first hqur of youthful enthusiasm, and trusted every thing to its power when the first intoxiention s uld have passed away and he succeed by an age of reason atnd rationality. Leatelle loved her husband too well not to have. inmbided his nrinces aa ndl the costly - loonh of la belle Citonne, as she was called, were nightly thronge4with the leading political characters of the tinia. But Lestellc w.s no longer a girl, laughingfrom the overflow of her gladsome spirit. Hetmiles were less frequent, and had often a.pirpdve to answer which those who looked upon herlfair and bright face never dreamed of. ThereT-as many a proud aristo crat who, although heknew it not, owed life and fortur.e 1.o that beautiful and resintless pleader. The only cloud thit'rested on the happiness of Leatelle was ocenjoned by tha scrupulous reserve of Aubertin ov all affinirs connected with her property ; nor courd her fondness and devo tion remove the unpleasant feeling which a con sciousness of his total dependence upon ais wife was likely to engimder in his proud and sensitive spirit, and although she tried to obvi ate the difficulty by a liberally which paioedfr. more than it pleased Lim, still there were mo ments yien he bitterly felt the want of funds, which could only be drawn through her instru mentality and which le would have died rather than ask for. Of late it had beenbeen observed that Les relle was much altered: she would sit for hours in an attitude of deep thought, and was peevish ind abstracted when roused, as if the plans hich she was evidently arranging in her own nind required the concentration of every thought ind energy. She liuld be absent, too, for iours together, no one knew where, accompanied;t nly by her attendant-she the gentle and timid, vho but a few months before had feared to Yen ure from home withoiut the protection of her mnaband. But Aubertin, although he felt the iteration asked no questions: he had too much Mith ini her affection to have the remotest ide I f the fearful shock that awaited him. t One morning, conlriry to her usual custom, I .estelle took her breakfast in her own apartment, ending a message by fier maid requesting the r resence of her hushad at twelve exactly in t or boudoir; and Aubiertin, not being able at he moment to invent any decent excuse for re using to comply with ber request, reluctantly P romised to attend he, at the. hour appointed, : etermined that the meeting should be as brief u m possible, he imagined that'it m'erely related A ) matters of a pecuniary -nature, a subject of i 1ihkh lie always entertained a nervous horror. a "Is it possible," thought Claude, "that she n in hare generously anticipated my wish to pos- c le1on1s an Li, fu -. as not there, but M. Dumont-the same whom n e had met'once before at her gnardian's-stood t nding over a very business-like sheet of parch iont. " Pray be seated, monsieur," said the little no- e iry; " Madame Anhertin will be here directly." r Claude bowed coldly, P"md took the offered d lair in silence. t "Glorious times, monpienr!" said Dumont v ibbing his withered hands together; " glorious g men we live in now? The nge of liberty in d very sense of the nord !" Claude, acquiesced by another bow. " You have doubtless heard of the new law it f revolutionary divorce ?" continued Mr. Du tont; " a very good-a very excellent law, mon. eur !", "4tVery convenient one, I should think,", re lied Aubertin, laughing in spite of himself at de solemnity with which the old man spoke. " Claude Aubertin," iaid the notary, after a ause, " I am a man of few words a man of bu incs-and it is as well to come to the point ati nee. Lestelle would avail herself this oppor unity to be divorced from you, and has purpose r left us together in order that I might inform on of her wvishes, to which she entreats th at ou will offer no opposition." " Accursed liar ! it is false !" exclaimed the en. onged husband-" I will not believe it !" " Claude said a gentle voice by his side, an I ope for your fomrgivness hereafter, has poken nothing but the truth ! And now for both ur sakes let this scene be a brief one. At a uture time all shall bo explained, if you will ny sign the paper tlmt mes nme free to act as I >lease." t'Lestello !" exclaimed 'he bewildered Auber-I in,anuit be my Lestelle-or dq I 4ream? hat have I done that you deceive~ne thus ? lays I denied you aught in reason ! I-save I ver spoke one harsh, one unkind word to you, lit I did not strive the next moment to atone or and o~literate from your memory by my en esses I Have I not for your ake prostrated ny proud spirit, and dared the sneers of the orld ? ay, and deserved them-for I trusted-I onsented to be dependant on a woman-and ow shte scorns, despises, deserts me !" " Dumont," said Lestelle, looking imploringly owards him, " I cannot bear this !"1 Aubertin had forgotten the presence of the ittle notary, but he looked proudly up, and re iovering his usual calmness said: "One more question, and 1 will sign. Lestel e, as you hope in heaven's mercy, do you this eed willingly 1" " I do !" said the wife, faintly. " And your divorce will insure your happi less ' " It will !" she replied more firmly. " Thea be it so." But as the pen trembled his hand, he looked once more upon the fitish d pountenance of her who was so soon to be ost to him forever, and added, in a hoarse voice, Do you remember $he last deed was segned in his man's prepsnee 1" "Perfectly," replied Lestelle ; "and it is that epollecton that gives me strength; tt act as I mi 4oing," Aubertin bent down his head, and a hot tear ell upon the parchment; but there were no traces of it as he returned the docuazeut, with a Low bow to the tremblingr girl. "You nre obeyed maidmoiselle!" said he, w'th a mocking smile, as he moved rapidly to wards the door. The white lips of Lestelle moved fast, but they uttered no sound. She attempted to rush forward and arrest his progress, and her foot seemed glued to the floor; M. Dumont under stood her wishes, and hastened after the offen ded Aubertin. " Well,'I never could have believed it-so attached as they seemed to each other !" said a young citizen to his companion, De Tours-the same aristocratic count who but a short time be fore, would scarcely have condescended to breath the same air as his plebeian friend but whom a proper regard for his own safet; had confirmed to the equalizing spirit of the age. "I always told you how it would end !" said De Tours; " the romance of the young heiress has had time to cool, and she seizes the first op portunity that presents itself of becoming free sgnirj !" "And poor A uberlin what has become of him !" "Why, they say that he takes it very much to reart; and no wonder, seeing that her fortune a scarcely reduced, and herself, if possible, more beautiful than ever." -At this moment they were interrupted by the mntrance of Claude Aubertin himself, with Lee ,elle leaning on his arm, or rather clinging in her iweet and graceful manner while her bright eyes tparkled with happiness as she listened with a lushed cheek to the whispering accents of her usband, on whose countenance a smile of tri imphant exultation mingled with deep love. "What's this ?" inquired De Tours of a per ions who stood near him, and who happened to oe the little notary, M. Dumont ; " I thought hat the Aubertins had availed themselves of he new law, and were divorced?" "And so they were, nnd married again this iorning!" said the notary, with a knowing winkle of the cold, grey eyes. " How strange !" said De Tours. "Not at all: according to the first marriage ettlement which took place when Lestelle was minor, the whole of her property was so tied t p by her guardian, that, without her permission, ,urbertin had no power to draw a single sou of but now coming of age, she has availed her -lf of our new law of divorce in order tliat-the ioney may be reinvested in her husband's name nly." T" wna n noble 'oleoAd Mn" . .V n ON - i consent to the sacrifice." " De Tours" said the young citizen, impres ively, after a short pause, "agns to come, when ur fearful struggle for independence will be C :mnembered only with a shudder, the conjugal evotion of this young girl shall remain as a 1 ile to tell around the peaceful hearthstone of a q -inter's night ; and her name be added to that olden scroll on which the recording angel notes own the noble deeds of woman !" PRACTICAL ADvc.-Soar above common oughts and actions, if you would be elevated i character. It is wiser to be alwnys listening to profit by hat we hear than, to be always speaking to be F enrd, for he who never hears and never thinks, 1 ist bring his knowledge to an end. Let the fool speak, if lie is inclinied, for as 1 old is found in useless earth, so may truth be yund among the words of folly.c Follow the prescriptions of nature and youe till avoid disease.a Form no opinions without consulting persons,e then facts are absent.t Never dispute with others in the streets, fore on attract the attention of the passers-by, aind then men are thus exposed they never yield. Never sacrifice prInciple for gold nor bounty or office.C Never fear a boaster, for his strength lies in I he noise he makes. If you worship any thing, do it with sincerity, Ise refrain.r Never serve others merely for the sake of serv-i ng yourself, for such acts beget contempt in tead of respect. This is a world of words, but tone should ily with them when common use Is not at home. Kindness will win any one from voice to vir- I ne, but call men dogs and they will seeot .anr o bite. Shun the man who deals in smooth words andi as no other occupation, he inay bring you into he same condition. No person can be either gentleman or lady r vithout serious conversation, and sensible infor natiop.t ever make sport of marriage, for without it ntions could not become great except in prosti ution. Encourage thme practice of kissing the girls, or it looks bad to see them kissing each other ! Wise men display their wisdom wisely. < TAKEN Br SURPRIsE.-A letter from San ~rancisco to Mr. R. R. Harris, of this city, rm his brother, relates a curious incident that eeurred there a short time since, which we do mt recollect having seen in print. Her Britan a Majesty's exploring ship Plover arrivedl]at an Francisco a short time since from the Polar Sea,?where she had been ice bound since 1847. When she left San Francisco, some years ago, t was a mere trading station, resorted to by a 'ew vessels in pursuits of hides, and the town ir place contained only a few adobe houses. 'he captain and crew of the Plover expected to dind the -same San Francisco, in 1854, that hey left i 1847. The captain, therefore, sailed ato the bay without a pilot and approached the ity in the evening. He was much amazed at he numerous lights he saw. When he awoke from his dream of seven rears the next morning, he found a noble city ycupying the site of thue ancient San Francisco. -Ie had known nothing of the Mexican war, and essgn of California to tlys Initpd States ap4l .hp many .other great events th.qthlah taken place uring the time he had been locked up in the rrozen regiqns of the North.-FLochester Union, Dee. 5. DAr begins in darkn ess, grows bright, stroing and gherinus, and in darkness closes ; and so man begins life in weak childhood, attains to the meridian of mnanhoodT .gd sepond childhood ends his day arcer. THE =SEE AND R8 TREAUEE. A miser having amassed an immense sum of money by denying himself the common necessa. ries of life, was much embarrased where to lodge it in security. After much consideration, he fix ed upon a corner In a retired field, where he de, posited his treasure in a hole which he had dug for that purpose. His mind was now for a mo ment at ease.; but he had not proceeded many paces on his way home, when his anxiety re turned, and he could not forbear going back to see that every thing was safe. This he repeated so often that he was observed by a man who was looking over a hedge in an adjacent meadow. He, concluding that something extraordinary must be the occasion of these frequent visits, marked the spot, and coming in the night, and discovering the prize, carried it away. Early the next morning the miser renewed his visit, when, finding his treasure gone, he broke out in the most bitter exclamation. A traveller who was passing, moved by his complaint inquired the cause. " Alas !" replied the miser, " I have sustained a most irreparable loss. Some villain has robbed me of a sum of money which I Iburied under this stone." " Buried !" returned the traveller with a look of surprise; " why did you not keep it in your house, that it might be ready for your daily wants ?" " What!" replied the miser, with an air of as tonishment and indignation, " do you imagine I 3o little know the value of money I On the con trary, I had prudently resolved to lay it by, and not to touch a single shilling of it." "-If that was your resolution," answered the traveller, " you have only to put this stone in the place of your treasure, and it will answer all our purpo.ses just as well." TnE InRsin Pitonam.-At length, it seems, we ive reached the point-foreseen by so many iolitical economists long since-the depletion if Ireland. Our Irish emigration is falling off -apidly, and bids fair to decline to a mere nomi ial figure. lAlany former emigrants are return ng to their native land, and Ireland itself is said o be in the enjoyment of a prosperity to-which t has been a stranger for years. Within the nst ten years it cannot have lost less than to bur millions of inhabitants by emigration, fam. ne and disease, and in consequence those who re left behind have plenty elbow room, and find i )lenty of work at fair prices. The operation of the encumbered estates court i . ...a --.......... n h-,t. -roA e.l:ss of ion wiii oc sensioty rel, Iele. .. s ..* y, however. to be short of laborers; for in pro ortion to the decline of our receipts from Ire. :nd those from Germany increase. These are ikely to be stimulated still further by the effects f the war. Should that last, and Austria and russia become involved in it, Germany will not ie a very desirable residence for men of moder te niean4 and peaceful propensities. We may xpect that the bulk of thesmall farmers and neehanies will exchange the faderland, with its axesand bayonets, for a free and cheap home in Visconsin or Illinois. Thus we shall not lose, nd Ire!and at all events will gain by the events f the last few years.-New York Herald. THE SNOW OF AGE. We have just stumbled upon the following retty piece of mosaic, lying amid a multitude f those less attractive: " No snow falls lighter than the snow of age ; mt none is heavier, for it never tmelts." The figure is by no means novel, but the losing part of the sentence is new as welhl as mphatie. The Scriptures represent age by the inond-tree, which beurs blossoms of the pur 'at white. " The almond-tree shall flouri sh"-= le head shall be ligary. Dickens says of one C his chnacnter.s, whose hair was turning grey, hat it looked as if Time had lightly plashed his1 nowvs upon it in passing. " It never melt a"-=no, never. Age is inex irable; its wheels must move onwvard, thecy :now not any retrograde movement. The old an niay sit and sing-" I would I we. - a boy gain," but lhe grows older as hte sings. Hie may cad of the elixir of youth, but he cannot find t ; he may sigh for the secret of the alchemy vich is able to, make him young again, but ighing brings gt rnot. He may gaze backward ith an eye of longing upon the rosy schemes f early years, but as one who gazes on his ioe fronm the deel; of a departing ships, every noment carrying hina fqrther and further away. 'oor old manu! lie has little more to do than lie. "It never welts." The snow of winter comes ad sheds its white blossoms upon valley and nountain, but soon the sweet springs follows md smiles it all away. Not so with that upon he brow of the tottering veteran; ',here is no pring whose warmth can penetrate its eternal rost. It came to stay ; its single flakes fell mnoticed, and now it is drilled there. We shall ice it itncrease until we lay the old man in his travec; there it shall be absorbed by the eternal larkness, for there is no age in Heaven. Yet whty speak of age in a mournful strain ? t is beautiful, honorable, and eloquent. Should ye sigh at the proximity of death, when life mad the world are so full of emptiness? Let .he old exult because they are old ; if any must eep, let it be the young, at the long succession if cares that are before them. Welcome the mow, for it is the emblem of peace and of rest. [t is but a temporal erown, which shall fall at ho gates of Paradise, to be replaced by a righter and a better. .4 THACKERY says a womfan's heart is just like a lithoropher's stone-what is once written upon it can't lbe rubbed out. This is so. Let an heir iss once fix her affections on a stable boy, and ll the world will not get her thoughits above oat boxes and curry combs; " what is written on her heart can't be rubbed out." This -fact- shows itself, not only in love, but in religion. Men rapge their gods a dozen times; a woman never. To convert a ESister of Charity to'Methodism would require a greater ampunt of power than' yomq wpuld have to make use af tp overturn the Pyramids. QEN. Saw. Houston was baptised at Indepen dence, Teprs, a fewv days ago, by immersiptn, Heaven gets only the relics of sinniers; we servo the devil until we 'get old, and then give thme residum to heavep. This, at least, is very emmn._Mobilo N'ibhnn. OXEN = HATL-The donkey is the. most common carrier of Hayti, and there is nothing so awkwardly shaped, whether it be a barrel of, flour or a load of hay, that the islandes cannot, secure it upon their backs. Occasionally a teani of oxen may be met with, but no better evi dence of their unfrequency may be found than. the unskillful manner in which they are handled. We quote from a letter to the New York Even. ing Post: " They drive oxen as if they were pigs. One man goes before and shows them the way; two more go on either side, apparently to show them' what is not the way; a fourth sits on the load as a sort of vigilance committee, and all four whip and scold, shower epithets and orders upon the poor animals, with a most distracting volu bility. lFour*Haytietns, drivingan ox team, make - quite as much noise as might be expected fron"' two hundred sailors geiihg an eighty-gun fri-, gate under sail. Between the noise and the' scourging, the poor brutes, who are rarely, more. intelligent than their drivers, have a sad time' of it." The same writer say that a eargo of cattle,: tied together in threes and fours, by rgpes around their necks, were landed at Port nu. Prince. of course, as soon as they started, they: all began pulling in different directions, and..be fore they had got half a block from the shore, many of them were dragging by their neck. on' the ground. or trampled under the feet of their fellows. These were' so exhausted when they fell that they generally, refused to rise;- and then followed the most revolting system of - tortures to get thetn up, it never occring to an y; one of the drivers to unite their ropes anjlet them walk by themselves. -Five hours, at ,, were consumed in getting the cattle, about forty in number, three blocks from the shore, and at least one perished on'the journey. LoNESOME.-A winter's bed-room, without-& red-cheeked stove and wife. If bachelors ai ever to be pitied, it is in winter, when the ther mometer falls to zero, and frozen feet. Married men are less troubled with rheumatism than'any' other., Dr. Francis explains the reason-they. sleep warmer. Think of thin thing, and connn' bialize as soon as possible. The bachelor not. only sins against God, but against fun, comfort ind happiness. There are fools in this world but there is no fool, like that man or woman, wvho don't believe in hugging and kissing, bibics ind matrimony.-N. Y. Dutchman. Ax ExA.LE-While taking notes in tho :riminal'court-room recently, the editof of the Worcester Transcript was much edified, as well is amused, by seeing one of the lady witnesseq rom the country, placialy knitting with an in lustry yrorthy of his dear old grandmothcr's iiiie. The counsel. wrangled, and the judge iddressed the jury with earnest .and patheitic -loquence, but the good lady, specteicles I 'one. nlied her niedlp-wit" bmunava--.m housand Diies u ........ vharf yesterday, 421 barrels flour, 4256 barrels >ork, 1018 casks hams and bacon, 3564 sacks orn, 1500 sacks oats, 650 sacks bran, 1015 arrels potatoes,760 kegs lard, 847 boxes cheese, L68i hogaheads sugar, 2080 barrels molasses; >esides barrels beef, onions, sour krout, turnips, :abbages, &c.; 376 head c..tt'e, 530 sheep, 350 togs, and oiher articles too numnerous to par icularize.-N. 0. Delta, 12th inst. BEWAnE now You UsE CA31irnoa.--The To -onto Colonist says: " We are informed that no less than eight ersons have been admitted into the Lunatie %sylum in a state of insanity, occasioned by :onsuming quantities of camphor to prevent :holera. Some rcf thsem carried it about in their )ockets, and kept from time to time eating small luantities of it. Others took it dissolved in ranidy. In all cases where it was taken in my quantity it produeed insantity. It is a fact well knownt that a compara.tively r-nall quantity >f camphor will set a dog mad, and that he will soon afterwards die." ATm HG1-Endeavor, by a firm and steady :ourse of action, not to disgrace the name you bear, but to place it one step higher dh the broad adder of high and enduring fame. Plnee your standart high! Go towards it straight forward and unerring in youth, steadIly ipproach it in manhood, and in old age, if you tave not attained it, you will have r ecd,a far tigher point than you would, had yo~r aim been ower. Do. not Teave your name to sink into obscurity, amut by some noble and beneficent action place is imongst thosa names that posterity will bless. Would that the standard of men was to see who ould do the most good ! Then the only great vould be the truly good men. If, after a toilsome life, and long bu~'eting vith its trials, yo'iv name is not amongst thfe reat of the land, feel not cast down, nor think hat; you have lived in vain. f'ar from it; youir ife has been one continued victory, and you can~ meet death, feeling that there is for yo.u a bliss rul eternity, and that your reward isye~ to come TRUNK FoUND.-We learn 'that a Trunk'f narked on the end WV. E. James, Floredi Depot, WV. & A. R. RL., was found in at hot i' the rear of Miessrs. Bones & Brown's Stor~er When found it contained suftiy Books and ome few articles of Clothing; also. some latn. ers and papers. Some of the letters weread Iressed to W. E. James, Dalton, Ga., and oni~. yf them from, no. doubt, a sister of the owneg from Darlingtoa,-B. C. We have been-thtu~a raticular in describing the above Trunk, or tI~L benefit of the owner. It iay have been stoleni ii Atlanta, or at some other point on some 1oadf in the interior, and sent to this city for rifling. - Furwther information can be obtained 'by apply.' ing at the Ijardwhre Store of l1essts, Mozies d~ Brown.-Constitutionaliat. Dgxxga -ro A GRANDSON OF LAFAYETTE.--4 complimentary dinner was given at Peteson, Ja few days ago to M. Lafayette, a girndsoii of the Marquis, who is on a visit to. the U. States in behalf of a suit, nowv before the Supremes Court, relative to the lands given to his grand-3 father. by Congress, for service rendered during the Revolutionary war. . BE~lcontent with little-go in* for Auni. love, and minor luxuries gendrally-d-ld tt! - world rush along as niadly and as foolish .*iit pleases. ________ . . TROUBLEs are like hornets-the esu 3dofoU make about them the better-for Qur outprpt' will only bringout the whole1Wpm ul~ponft.O