Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, December 27, 1854, Image 1
"We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Liberties, and if it must fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins."
F. DURISOE, Propric EDGEFIELD, S., C., DECEMBER 27, 1854. x.-- -
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NEW FALL DRY GOODS,
CORNER OPPOSITE GLOBE HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA.
. ILLER & WARREN, will otffer great
. inducencts to their Iriends and customers
ihis season to purchase their FALL tu WINTER
I)IY GOODS.
They di, not pretend to say they ihave the richest
.itiil largest stock ever of'ered in this city, that they
have better taste in their selections, or posmess supe
rior alvantages over their neigzhbors : but :hey have
certainly the richtst and most elegant stock they
ever had in store.
. IN DRESS GOODS
They have Ilich Satin Striped Plaid SILKS;
lRieI I Iravy Croendie Cold do.
Blk. S"atin Stripedl 'laid anti Watered SILKS nf
niew and beautiful styles:
Plain Iled SILKS, antt Plaini do.
lUch Ptinted Fr. CASIIMERES and DE
LAINES:
Bautiful siall fig. DELAINES, for nines'
wear ;
Plain French ME RINOS and CASIIMERES.
of every shade:
Sup. fine Dik. Fr. BOMBAZINE:
Si. . CIIALLE nnid DELAINES;
M.ANTILL..S, TAILMAS AND CLOAKS
embriacimt every variq tyi of patterns and nateriasl,
from low-priced to the richest and highest cost
G omdA manufneturei.
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.
Rich Emtbroirh-red Lace atnd Muslin Curtain.
and somte at very lowv prices;
Emtbroidered Mu-litn, for Cutrtnins, by the yard;
Windowi Shades of beauttiful styles:
Superior Furniture D)imtities andi IFine Cotton
Fringes:
Gilt Crtnices, Cutrtain Ratnds, atnd Brass atnd
lated Stair ll.ds:
Thme Public are respectfully invited to call antd ex
amtitne the assorttment.
Amtntt'ta, Nov 14 tf 44
Groceries!
50 1111D). SUGAR, Also 50 Barrels STEW
AR'S do.
~200 Ungsa COFFEE,
25 H lhds. MOL ASSE S.
20)0 Coils ROPE, somei very stuperior,
100O Bales Gunnty anid Dutndec BAGGING,
30 Whiole. Ialf atnd Quarter hibla. No 3, No 1.
aitd Mess MA CK EREL, also Kits,
"And we would AtLso state," that we have a fitie
assorttmtent of
Blankets, Negro Cloths,
pledsteads,' Chairs, Saddlles, Osnauburgs, Stripes,
Irotn, Nails. Oils, White Lead. Shot, Bar Leadl,
Salt, Cheese, Powder, Soap, Rice,
Bacont, &c., &c., &c.,
Atnd in fact, every article usually fountd in a Gro
cery Store. --J. SIBLEY & SON.
I[amburg, Nov 14 tf 44
Fine Groceries, Liquors, &c.
rp'Il E Subs~criber has now in Store a large Stock
Iof G;rocerie-s, &c., which he will dispose of at
1emarkably low prices. Atmong his Stock may be
aund
No. 1 Clarified, Crushed anti Loaif Sugtar,
Yellow Coffene Suigar, an excellent article,
Dld Java and nio Cofree.
.Mercer Potattoes, Silver Skin Onions,
g:'ino Chewing Tobacco, different brands,
First quality Hlavanna attd Amterican Cigars,
Sperm and Adarr antine Canidlesm,
Starch, Pepper, Mustard, Extra Fmitne Table Salt,
Sardines, Sahtnoni, Lobsters, Tomatto Ketchup,
Peplier Sauce, Preserves of every description,
Pickles, Splendid Vinegar. &c., &e.
Liquors and Wines.
Gibson's best Whiskey, Nectar do.
New Etngland Rum, Domestic Brandy,
1Holland Gitt, Madeira Wine,
Treneriffe and Malaga do
First quality Chamipaigne Wine,
Claret in boxes, Lesle & Co's Stomach Bittors,
Wolf and Ros' Schnapps, &c.
Also, 2 Casks of Sutperior Brandies. -
"4. E. 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