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Oam ur, oc consist, in iar of BOA O %TS A.NDpo SHOEySSES prearede, sind t ode neo l ecito BOT ANDO SERS, A h gortds asotaient of vy Lnors, .Also ahinpe bot' ofnuhu orok' and Glaos.re,iu Tin I wll cfe toMr.S.F Go .e wh MYS.a ofH Subsrgibe ruavn o se pemaenl i A.et Gr net doo Jo. R. ILG urE~, Lr is prIepae toSake t rer ie ohy*OUp Br Hides. 8 R S H0. SJVN Iecibreer to Mr*.F.GoE!woi 7m ur -Three Sceneu .Ill THE LIFE OF A WOR13DNG. OONTENTMENT IS BE'TERTEANWEALTE. SCENE -FIRST. "f .s 'vain to urge me, brother. Robert. Out ito hDe word I.mustoe-The impulse is .on me.. . I should -ie of inaction here." - You need not -b& inaetive. There -1i much to do., - shall never be idle? ".And sufi w6H"! Dleving i and gr4aje ling cloe 4ie very g!uoa.-And ror a~tf .'Oh no,. RoLert. My anmbition soar# be3 ond.your "quiot cottage in- a sheltered rale." My appetite rvwes something more than simple herbs and water from the brook. I havePset my heart on obtaining wealth; and O hdre theri Is' will, there is aiwqs A Contemen is bet tanwea "A provesh foe drpnes." - "-No, William; iLtis a pooverb for the w Be it for the wise-or-simple, as common. ly inderstood,*t is no iorerb or iue. 'A rppo plodder'&ong the' way of lire,it were IrMposae.'rIr me to knovw. content. So .rge f rther, Robert.. 1,am.going out nto the world a wealthbseeker, and not until Neah iigalned dbo [ propose tb- return." What of.'Iler,--Wlfiam?' The 'oung mnn turned quickly towards' iibrother, visibly distbrbed', and fixed.his.i yes upon liim with an earnest expression. . "I love her as my. life," he said, with a trong emphasis on his words. SIDo yon love wealth more than life, ViHiam t'" " Robert!' "If you love Ellen as your life, and leave er for the sake of getting riches, then yo aust love money more than li'e." " Don't talke to ne after this fashion. I annot- bear it. I love Ellen tenderly and ruly. I am going forth as well for her sake s my own. In all the good fortane that omes as the need. if effort, she will be a barer." " ou .will see her before you leave us ?" "No.. I will -neither pain her nor myself I y a parting interview. Send her this letter nd this ring;" A few hours later, and the brothers stood -ith tightly grasped hands, gazing into each "Farewell, Robert." "-Farewell, William.- Think of the old omestead as still your home.-Though it is ine, in the division of our patrimony, let our heart come back to it as.yours. Think f it as home; and,. should fortune cheat u with the apples of Sodom, return to it gin. Its doors will ever be open and its varth fire bright for you as of old. Farewell." And they turned from each-other, one go g out into the restless world, an eager eker for its wealth and honors; the-other linger among the pleasant places, dear to im by every association of childhood, there o fill up the measure of his days-not idly, or he was no drone in-the social hive. On the evening of that day two maidens at alone, each in thosanctuary of her own hamber. There. was a warm glow on the heeks of one, and a glad light in her eyes. 'ale was the other's-face, and wet her droop. ig-ases. And she thint sorrowed held an pen lettef in her hand. It wvas full of ten :rt words; but the writer loved wealth more han the maiden, aend had gone forth to seekt he niistre~ss of his soul.. Hie would." come sack :" but when ? Ah, -what a veil of un ~ertainty was up on the future ! Poor strick-~ n heart!l The other inaiden--sbe of the ~lowig cheeks and dancing eyea-.held also letter in her band. It was from the brother tf the. wealth-seeker ; and it was also full of oving words; and it said that, on -the mor ow, he would corn. to bear her as a bride o his' pleasant borne. 'Happy maiden! Ten years "have' pass'el 'And what of he wealth.seeker i Has he won the glitter ng prize ? What of'the paLe-faced maiden e left ini.tears ?-Has herreturned to her te oes shte share now his wealth. and bonor I. ot.since the day he wvent forth from the aome of his childhood baa a word of intelli once from the~ wanderer been received; and, o those he left behind himi, he is now as m who has passed the final bourne. Yet lie still dwells among the .living. In afar..elime, stands a stately mansion. We will not. linger t6y deseribe the elegant 'terio', to hld up before the .reader's ini gnatn1Apigture of 'ro'r'a beauty, exqwus te~y beighteney art:~but enter its spacious hll, and pass~up~ to one of its most luxuri >s . ohambres. flew, hushed and solemn tho prevaiding atmosphere! The. inmates ew in ntumber, are groupell around one on whoe .white, foe.head, .Time's .remibling. ig~IsbtWriftten the WOm i eatb.-- Over her hends a in'ably- fbri-' The'real-hs face is towards you. Ah! you recognize. 'the~ wanderer-the wealth.seeker. What does be here ? *What to hirm is the dying onelI His wife .. And has he,.then, forgotten the mai den whose dark lashes lay wet on her pale heeks for many heura after ..she. road his pnrting words?'fHebhiinkforgotten, but been falser to her; Eagerly sought he the prize, to~ contend- for which he went forth. Yeas came and departed;, yet. still hope rmocked him -with ever attractive and ever tding illusions. To-day he stood with his nd just reddy to seize-the object ofehis wishes, to-mnorrowv a, shado~w mocked him. A t last, in an evil hour,lh6 bowed down his raihod prostrate even to the dust in man-~ mon worship, and took to himself a bride, rich in golden attractions, but poorer, as a woman, than even the begger at her father's gate. What a thorn in his side she proved ! A thorn ever sharp ever, piercing. The closer be-attepted.to draw her to his.bosom,-the deeper went 0he- points into his own, untill, in te anguish of Ihis s6al, again- he flung her passioatly from~hiu). Five years of such a life ! Oh, what is th.ere .. of arhl goo toopnsnto there afterUK But in this last desperate throw, di the wdlihg gain the wealth, station, and honor he coveted t He had wedded the only child of a niin whose treasure might be counted by hundred of thousands; but, in doing so, he had .ailed to secure the father'a approvalor vonfdence. The stern- old man regarded him as a mercenary interloper and ever treated hieras-such. For five yeas thereforeihe fretred and chafed in the narrow prison gliose. gilded bars his own hands had forged. Hpw often, durisg that time, had his heart wondered back to the dear old home; andthe beloved ones.wkb wbom -he had pased.his-early years? And ah how many, many times came between him and the almost hated -omiinance of his wife, the gen'o.loing face-of that one to' whome herafbien false ! How often her soft blue eyes rested on liis own! flow often he stirted and looked up- suddenly, as if her sweetvoice came floating ou the air. - And so the-ears moved on,. the chain galting.moe deeply, and a bitter sense of humiliation as well as bondage robbing him of all pleasure in life. - Thus it is with him when, after ten years, we find him waiting in the chamber of death for the stroke that is.to break the fetters that so logg bound him. It has fallen. He is free again. In dying, the sufferer made no sign. Sullenly she plunged into the dark profound,: se impenetrable to mortal eyes, and as the turbid waves closed, sigbio over her,. lie- who had-called her wife turn-ed from the couch on which her frail body remained, with an rnward " thank God! I am a man again !" One more bitter drag yet remained for his cp.. Not a, week had gone before the.fath er of his wife spoke to him these cutting words "You were nothing to me while my daiighterfived-you are less than nothing now.. It was my wealth, not my child, that you loved. She has passed away. What affection would have. giyen to her, dislike, will-never bestow on you. Henceforth we are strangers." th. When next the sun went down on that stately mansion, which the wealth-seeker had coveted, he was a wanderer again: poor, humiliated, broken in spirit. How bitter had been the inockery of all his earthly hopes! How terrible the pun ishment he had suffered! SCENE THIRD with aQlii'jGg roinie, In which the worlding cane near steeping his soul in crime, and then fruitless ambition died in his bosom. " My brother said well," he murmured as a ray of light fell suddenly on the darkness of his spirit; " Contentment is better than wealth. Dear. brother! Dear old home! Sweet Ellen! Ab, why did I leave you? Too late! too late I A cup, full of the wine of life, was at my lips; but I turned my head away, asking for a more fiery draught. How vividly comes before me now that par ting scene! I am looking into my brother's face. I feel the tight grasp of his hand. His voice is in my ears. Dear brother! And his parting words, I hear them now, even more earnestly than when they were first spoken "Should fortune cheat you with the apples of Sodom, returned to your home again. - Its doors will ever be open, and its hearth.fires bright for you as of old." Ah do- the Ares sti brn! How many years have passed since I went forth! And Ellen! Bast 1 dare not think of her. It is too late too late ! .Even it she be .living and un changed in her affections, I. can never lay this false heart at her feet. Her look of love would smite me as with a whip of scor -pions." The step -of time bad fallen so lightly on the Sowery path of those to whom content. ment was a higher boon than wealth, that few footmarks were visible. Yet there had been changes in the old homestead. As the smiling years went by, each, as it looked in at the cottage window, saw the lhome circle widening, or new beauty crowning the an gel -brows of happy children. No thorn in his side had Robert's gentle wife proved. As' time passed on closer and closer was she drawn to his bosom; yet never a point had pierced bim. Their home was a type of paradise. It is near tihe close of a summer day. The evening meal is spread, and they are about gathering around the table, when a stranger enters. His words are vague and brief, his manner singular, his air slightly mysterious. Furtive, yet eager glances go from face to face. " Are these all your children I' he asks, with min'gled surprise and admiration. " All ours. And, thank God ! the little flock is yet unbroken."' The stranger averts his face. He is disturb. ed by emotions that it is impossible to con " Contentment is better ithan weoalth," he murmurs. "-Oh! :tbat [ had earlier compre Iiended this truth!" Tlhe words were not meant for others; but the utterance has been too distint. They have reached the ears of Robert, who instantly recognizes in the stranger his long wandering brother. "- William! The stranger is on his feet. A moment or two the brothers stand gazing at each other, thenm tcndprly embrace. How the, stranger starts and trembles! He had not seen, in the quiet maiden, mov ing among and ministering to the children so unpbstrusively, the one he had parted from years before-the one to whom lhe had been so false. But her voice has startled ;his ears with the familiar tones of yesterday. "Ellen !" Ilero is an instant oblivion of all the intervening years. He has leaped ~ack over the gloomy gulf; and stands now as he stood ero ambition and lust of gold lured him away from the, side of his first and only love. 1t ia-.well both for' him and the faithful maiden that he can so forget the pastas'to take her in his arms and, clasp her almost wildly to his heart. But for this, conscious shame would have betrayed his deniy renented nerfidy. And here we leave .,Jadir., ..-cd tentment is better 'ealth." .-Bq A woriding proved, aftr litter e ~rienti which may you bes ! - - f et to realize a truth ye vely, and thet make it a rule* of atio than~ to provt ti variety in a lire of h agong. But ho few are able to rise' h a-raraiion I Godoy's Lady's Book: Z MTi8s . . WE select, the fol g notice ofLD LAnons's new book the correspor dence of the York' airer:.. Tlh. preas has just * d Dr. Laborde admirable little book. Physiology. ' would be a point well ed,-if every -Prc fessor would supply I departnient 'rit text-books of-hia.own .itten ith .,a fu knowledge -of the requir ta of their clai mse, and' publisbef at e."a . Th'm Sout needs such efforts, wh' well pertormec would be the beginning he end-a nobl endeavor by Southern ds in behalf c .Southern Literture. ling in fator c home-education.is now Iroughly aroused and let no effort be to render Pi home-institutions and ho dvantages equa to the emergency.,..t Of course, I wenistra t the ok store and purchased a co of Dr. Laborde' new " introduction to Ph logy," tohiel the reader will remembe alluded durin my summer travels. U- a curtoryt ex amination I am gratifiedl find it all I U1 anticipated. It is publis in good style and contains about 400 odecimo pageS replete with sound practioi lessons and I fund of useful hints upos this importan branch of learning. Wile it is not tot popular in its style and tents, it is ye entirely free from the set . scientific ton which has heretofore red this stadi irksome to the College sto t and a " seal, ed book" to the general e er. It supplie a want, and must serve in the College and Academy, and.in th ibrary, a masi valuable purpose. If Dr.~ .. rde succeedi in arousing the public att rin to the vital importance of a thorough .'uaintance wih the laws of health, he will iave done out .ittle world an essential se e. It is not the time, and not prepared, to do ample justice to thi rk. A friend, who bears the reputation . ne of the best physicians in Columbia,. who speaks well of the merits of Dr. rde's book, ME a'eiiciiirii~ iif~~ unt of-it will proceed from a source f'iu'lry cdni. petent to the task, and beyond the influences, which play sad havoc with the impartiality of my own judgment. I must quit the sub ject now, after having expressed the hope that our friend Mr. Anderson, will give the task a thorough examination, and see if it be not in every respect the best that can be procured for the use of his classes. We also present the following excellent extract from the Doctor's book alluded to above. The author thus speaks of climate: Besides those general influences which bear upon the salubrity of a country, there are local causes, affecting particular situa. tious, which deserve special attention. It is a fact familiar to all, that in the same coun. try, and in the same neighborhood, some places are very sickly, while others enjoy a remarkable exemption. The cause in thii case, is not to be found in the.general char, acter of the country, but in the particulai circumstances of the locality.. Trhe follow. ing enumeration is designed to embrace the leading particulars under this head; the na ture of the soil, and its particular state ir respect to cultivation ; the character of th< vegetation, with its amount and condition contiguity to low ground or other marsh es, or stagnant water; the surface and eleva tion ; the rapidity of the water-conrses adjacent hills and valleys; and the partiona lar exposure to the prevailing wind.. Her is presented matter for much discussion, bu I will call attention briefly to a few of thi particulars only, and in no determinate or der; but rather in special reference to on Southern country. As we advance, th~ reader will perceive that the subject, in som respects, is not relieved of doubt and per plexity, but yet wve conceive, upon the whot we will be able to arrive at conclusions o great practical value. There are few persons, if any, in ou Southern country, who have not heard. o the great agent of disease know as malaria bad air, or miasmo. The particulars- enu merated above are to be received in connee tion with it, as they are all more or less con cerned in its generation, or -diffusion, Iti believed to abound in the neighborhood c marshes, and is therefore generally knowi as marsh miasma. The common- doctrine ii that it is an emanation from vegetably mas sea, when in the process of decompositial by the agency of heat and mositure. I ar aware of the many difficulties with whici the subject is surrounded, and the perplex ing discussions to which they have give rise. What is this mighty destructive agen -this terrific powver which so completel; transforms an atmosphere of health and life into one of disease and death? . The variou speculations as to its nature are scarcel worthy of mention, as, after all, we ar compelled to confess that we knowv nothin of-it, though we are acquainted with som of its laws and modes of operation. It i simply absurd to suppose that all malaria springs from marshes, or decaying vegetabl matter. The facts are abundant, I conceive to prove that disease is generated also b animal substances in a state of decomposi tion. The kinds of malaria are probably a various as disease itself, and each is distir guished by its own specilic individual chari teter. Eudemics are found in every cour try and locality, and pestilences take u their march over the broad face of the work and slay millions in their course. Whpon epidemic prevails this year, and another of totally different nature the next, we knoi not. Ifeit be siid that there is a species " epidemic constitution of the atmosphere, it explains nothing. In what consists thi epidemic constitution, and in what partici Ian. doea the epidemic constitution of th 1.- ~one jear difer rrom that :of the 9ther le T.'se.. are. puzzling queAtions. whieh ba ne been answered.. It can .not be that r =shsame.agentrandthat-diffewt-t-diseas v are- produced.--because of -the . differei is condition ofahe system.- -The - truth is, thj M it is the. particulaii atmospherio or - epidemi - cause, which produces a timitarity of cond .iwomgad gmnerate the specific disease 1h a who atebrdught wfthiw 'the -sphere of-its i Aence.' ltirpbabe thethe-aecfet Igent whfeb produce chdlera, 'infoenfs, yello% "f~Vewe lihi fin fever, 'etc. 1ir exat"pi ae diffei-e'n'" in their naturei and tiaracte a CheniiiuisY~ia failedwths far. to detet t slightst difffeigc. in tie atmosphere, ( tI.presengeofr. a'ny noxious agent,. durin th ipreyalece of the most, fatal and .wide ,I spread epidemic.. The. speculations as t its real.nature may -be. regarded as fancifu j Whetber,.we regard-. epidemies, or endemici our ignorance is 'equally- great. . These in * visible atmospheric agents appear with feat 'fal -power not only -on marshy lands- wher , vegetation abounds, but on the driest serfs ces, where little or no Vegetation exist. -The-British -ary writers -give us exam ps of ipidemits under eircurn.siances whic] prelndb ill posbibf connection with vegeta bie decomposition. What ,hen. aro we t -donclsde?. Notk I conceive, that there i no such.thingas.a nalarial'infuence ; ther moat be something, for suct striking. effect can not take.place without a cause,; and of 'every ground we are carried -to othe ,belie that-the -medium is the air. -'Though w4 know not the -naturer of malaria; nor -th nimber of forms or vhvieties under which il may exIst, yet we do Enow certain localitie. id whicrit abounds; and the particular eon, ditioniin these 6asesthich are favorable tc its eliminaodd. Heat ind cold, drynes'and mpisture, different electrical conditions ol the 'atinosphiere, .hese. and many others haye allbeen used to account for it.. Thereim onp source of malaria. in which -the inhabi tiits .of the Sonith-are'more deeply interested than. all others-; I. mean stagnant water, .marshes, or low alluvial grounds. .No one who has had any observation among us car doubt the fast of the greater. liability to dis. ease in-persons' whose residence is in the vicinity of such places, and especially in our warm season. It is a fact not to be ques tioned I here is such a thing then as marsh miasma, and it is the prolific source of a great deal of our sum m I disease. In the .-~.-t6ildiign rar a-p&Tyn -.otnshy or. swampy lands, or stagnant water. If one, however, feels himself obliged to fix his residence in the neighborhood of such sources of disease, it is safer to get upon the south side, as the prevailing winds during our summer and autumn are generally from the south. rhere seems to be no doubt that malaria may be carried a considerable distance by the wind. I have in my own.observation had proof of the value of this suggestion. There is more danger of attack at night than during the day, and more danger late in the afternoon, or at sunset and little after, than at any other-period of the day. This is accounted for by the notion that, the malaria is dissi pated by the heat, and diffused in the higbei regions of the atmosphere, and descends with the more.humid air at the decline of the sun. Whatever may be the value of the explanation, of the fact itself there can be no doubt. Not to insist upon the testi. mony of Johnson, in his work on Tropica Climates, and the equally striking testimony of many other writers of highest authority the most melancholy proofs of' its truth are exhibited every season in the malarial re gions of' the South. It is well known that the swamps of the low country of the Care linas and Georgia, where the malaria exists in the highest degree of concentration, cat be visited with perfect. impunity in the day -during the summer and fall seasons, when a single night spent upon them at such a timi is almost certainly followed by a malignan fever, and in too many instances by speed) .death. Before the connection of Charlestor and the up-country by railroad, fever was Sfrequently contracted by the traveler to thal , city, as several days were necessary to ac .complish the journey, and some nights has ,consequently to be spent in the swamps r Now it is completed in a day, and is as safe as a journey to the mountains. When one ris compelled to pass a night in a malaria f regions he should scrupulously avoid the ,night air, exclude it from his chamber, ani .kindle afire for the purpose of -drying it .A distinguished author remarks that with the .advantage of a sufficient fire a person migh a 'safely spend the night in tfle midst of thi f Pontine marshes. It is a common practie< Son the plantations of the- low country t< , make a fire every night throughout the sea .son. In passing through a malarial regiol at night it is a common injunction to kecj Sawako~. ~The affinity of malar-ia and mois ture is wvell established, and the Ifact that it i . ranzsported'on, fogs-. seems unquestionable ,It is not to be supposed, however, thatfog, t are necessarily productive of disease. T[hi: Sis disproved by the fact of -their daily ap ,pearanee in many- of the healthiest localitiel s of our mountain regions, and it is easy t ,v guard against any injurious influences wvhiec a they might produce, by proper attention t< , clothing, and by making a fire in the house SOn the French Broad in North Carolina, thi a fogs are as common andl as dense as possi bin, and it is tihe habit of the settlers on tha s river to atdopt the precaution which I havi , suggested. During my last visit to that re y gion, Colonel A., who keeps a well-know . hous'e below Ashville immediately on thi s banks of the river, informed me that hi .lairgo family enjoyed the most perfect hiealth h ut that every night and morning throughou .the year lie made a large fire. p A body of woods intervening betwveen th< l, dwelling and the source of malaria, afford e great protection ; and it is well knowvn than L many healthy residences have beens mad, v uninhabitable by enuing doren the tree.1 .1l[How the woods give protection, though question of deep interest, is yet one of conm a paratively subordinate importance. Thas |they frequently protect entirely against ms i more or ei- securliy, -1a0 eie'd'oo 'o -e gr6ved tadilit ofrdobbt. 'Whe r f't he it thbinefanicil linpedimeaf WlIA".~tl . offer to the passage of malaria, to the it lsorption-of the atmospheriomuisture'an it malaria-which -clings- to it-,- Jo a -neatrili 4 tionof--the pison by -thbsehation's Tr I. -the tree-whether glOr -ai brib It mode safe epis' -I" ll not discs :ail frequently gieiw.perfietg teetion.- Epidemics 1ve been- known , prevail with -great severity o on Mie 6 r; stredr attacking' eie'yleousehold, -*idi, 9 inhabitant* orr the other side escaped 'entii rl.- -A reskaen intfe 4ihinity 6T a swar g or low grouiid, may not safer li the as long as the.geuads-- areL eovered by o heavygrowth,- and-ar. thm protected agai i The lnfluence of a hot sun. --The felliq i, the~trees'may convert it into-a-hotbed - the generation of the most poisonousi mi ma, which will cary disease and'death ii ea considerable distance. it' is'.neyera s experiment to.Gt..down Aa, body of. he. growth near a residence in our warmass or stit.comiemeaunt. --Suh borsho I always' be:.performed at'ihe- beginning winter. .- -- .At the. commeucement exeveise: of I 'South Carolio College, just closed, I Thornwell, in-a- feeling-manner, ir his i F dress toithe graduating - class, after alludi to bleseparation from the institution toi vote- himself - to' theological''teachings, 'i Piunded the'lbllowing mature and pateri counsels to the ydang men about to eW upon-the-business oflife. IThe exh6rittyi are simple and dighi6ed -frl.,a *pade odr-journal- that no -subjett cobldb6 wortil of. It-is his -iatAi'd' preciaos lbegA those,(and thbir imbef.is1 egioi)' bOd ring so manf yaars have p.rofited .by* teachiigs, and will be affectionatelj1recei and cherished: The world is open before yoi, and.y< are padntmg with eager hearts to enter.ap its conflicts and its cares. It is to you-a rayed in colors of gold,. and, although thousand tongues should at once proclai that Its realities are the reverse of the pi tures of the fancy, you could not in yoi delusive enchantment listen to thevoice, experience. You have to leain woI recont the story ofy3our lit ytou duiril you as absolutely incredible that the drean of youth should be so different from the fac of maturity ; that the world gilded with hoi should be in such contrast with the wor: reflected in the light of experience. You si now the splendid decorations of the pupp show, but then you would find, having be( behind the scenes, you had seen the fild interior. As it is hopeless, however, l think of imparting to youth the experien of age, and to impress upon youth the wi dom which is dear bought fruit of experienc the next to be done is to inculcate tho principles of morality and religion, whit will enable a man to act his part in the u expected contingencies and the most tryir circumstances of life. There mbst be to every man some prow nent rule of life-some law to which he r fers all his interior axioms and wh*ich coita tutes. his standard of duty and of actic The character will be. formed upon this rul .and it is a matter of vast consequence . every young man, about to step into tl world, to ask himself seriously what is 1 principle 'which in his heart has practic supremacy. It is possible, gentlemen, have one law speculative, and another pra tical, and therefore let him not ask what the false and imaginary principle of his lit but as himel what, on a triul-in which I character is at stake, would he the real a tual rule by which he would be guided. wvhat is the rule' which is sub-ordinatii everything tisefhs purposes, his reu lutions and his conduct. I know the people of this commonweal with great intimacy, if you were asked t question, what is the sentiment which is mnost with instinct the ruling sentiment wi -the young men of South Carolina, you woc answer at once that honor is the pervadii principle of your hearts. The very word associated in your minds with what is nob generous, manly dnd dignified. You u ready to exclaim " Honor is the sacred or law of kings. It is the nobleman's d tinguishing characteristic. It strengthe virtue wherever it finds it, and extends la influence where she is not. Honor oug not to be disputed." *TIhis priciple, gentlemen, may he good - bad according to the notion which you ha of honor. With many it is nothing bui blind impulse prepared to resent an inst - -This is rashness. With some honor isi Sstricted for the most part to a single point, -being quick and*Implacable'-under resei iments. TIo be a man of honor is to .sta Salways with drawn sword,'ready to fi3 upon the least provocation. True coura a is made to take thm-place of charity, r > only in covering a multitude of sins, but ' being the substitute for every other virti This is the honor which undirlies this fe -ing in many in our State. By what prin a ple have you, gentlemen, . adopted yc - notions of honori We are all men of hc t or.' With some a man -may defile anoti v ire, get drunk, sell his vote, refuse to-p - his business debts, without tainting his h( 1' or ; but gentlemen are obliged to pay " del e of honor"-all such as are contracted a play. Is ho not a man of honor who ' ready to resent affronts and ready to dema t and to give a gentleman satisfaction up all proper occasionsi Assuming this as s rule, a manscan ruin a tradesman, break fa s with one's'Wtvn wife, cheat the public,< t a man's throat, if he in all points sustain tl e character of honor and gallantry. Hori t.among infidels is like honesty among piral 5 -something confined to themselves, to th -own* fraternity, while they may . fght ott t meni. The young man must be constan -on his guard against this fictitious principi I naainst these mistaken notions of honar. ren latoeneuui theeas th at'a:4km ~eosided WE haj ro 1 4 tla* thdSI 4UO ift Ih fi reig tsn' 'thae. rneoitpalmthei aldtinu kd l eedt in~F e-. men..pf honea. wha weld he- sedw'e P kill a man who disarees with themp in ophW not mey te k to a great extent the measute of de , the-liand-iov* nseon -sai An 2 14 fiaLoed'ti Doperai4~ . y~~ tinoer -- nited 0ied 7", bld it ato vegg, ,'"6 to 0Veelep wetswoseera-in 4i-lsmtsreas sense of d*.- Itnside ;A1 yw b riap--eshek e gioundA~b~v, 1~4 " Wb he .tisgs a pl ui 0. Mies td.': ~ ~ jqo4 iO~~km gpd I t 4 k pi ncip..whck-nsieJ Sthe s eeleedoft virtu,.s-.a senbeef A' - orresponds to the redtitude of it. -In - vie*e it, Is gainsMpfrsble lifY fdedesii T11 irt fad di gywiIha:OpQp U e p.wa. that 2' 66' 44 ke3 4 ~ h " r1 v a ~ & '. ed coscience. ~dWIMeSI4'GE teenis* 10ub #1414 W' d P PP- 0 p ' en a : fi tbority of'the consced~e' to the good opinioi o aceet, It pesreves that hop0r..doeaJpotfimt4p. r- plase; .jaa Ithe pro oei esetitP: zgt aims at bejg; praiseworthy.i. s.4t Sgratitude, when it knows4that t esteem- whether;it-reeive- it highest lionor mauifdsts t - - Hy'-.. (orbe Go tef-the criterion of virtne iseisted of ihiA, the senses of hope andted; signalizesi d life upon the infijede hiclh the proper e objects of hope and fear iave upon the mind A It is no baseless deceiL The hope of God's nsmile,and fear, of God'* frown, an the-only - Y hope and fear known to the more generouk and exalted spirits-that are- apable ofr'siiit. excellence. Hono-r according to tIs qon ception of its nature is the .onor I would have you cnltivatE ardd cherish.. Abd yoa:: ecan cultivate and cherish these esl :el. ments of your minds in proportion as-you bring yourrelves into a spirit of devotion and connection with -the mind-of Deity. C6n * sider over these things as you stand confem'. . plating the doing of any evil deed, 'th-i * following of any .evil habit, that. is degradin -to your yrth. Ia- proie 4 S:. . the decency of virtue and-become subject to its influence, in the same proportion do yoi e, become truly honorable -adid truly prie *o wor-thy. The man who sacriflees'any' duty ietowards a reasonable cretiture to a preditin$1 ie mode of flahion, who looks' upon atytang. at thing as honorable, that' "displeasing to'his to Maker or destructive to. so.d ety, and? this '*himself obligedl by this .prjn ei. to practie asome virtues and-not others, is -y-no mess~e 'to be reckoned among true men ef-honor." "s Settle it then, my' yoiug frids, en' your - 0- minds that conscience 'is 1ki. mnesr'e~ e6 ~' honor, and'the' will of God isthe masur f- . ig conscience. Any. teiinent'wbich Jos sot,. *recognise the, absolute siupremsacy of sightLi* a false sentinmentof the mindand will only th betray into mischieft A man .who-deals 10 honestly does not justify murder, ernelty 6t?' II- rebellion. No-man feels his characet tar' th nished, unles he does wvhat his co''id Id deems 'wrong; or what Go'd's 'law disap.. sg proves. True, the censures of the worldl will is sometimes fall on those who are honorablo l, hut whatever may- he the reproaches med re criticism of .others;-we shall reinember that tie a man's real worth is the lofliest praish, ad is- wvhere there is dishonor it is still the aamse. naS The highest test of principle is.a maqs er deavor to deserve, rather than receive graise, ht It is-a perverted public sentim'ent, wieA . mnds not virtue as a constituent of-lionoer: or In the view which a man takes of honor,. ~emay be-seen the distinction between a wise man and a fool. He who can afford'to paue I.honor in' Its integrity, and to praise worth - more than mere talent without-'l, deserves. ofmore of man, lie will shine when others who..sgek only. th~e proriistionof *he fool will .' ~d be despisea:f. 'ht Young men, I want youzto play a noblo r'e part in the world. I want to see you act like " men who'comprehend what is and ought to ig constitute .the true dignity of ypur nature. I 4.want to see no blusterers nor boasters. None el. who rely upon ferocity rather than virtue-to - .. maintain a position in society. I want to ur see none of' you ashamed of. your morality,' I or jour responsibility or of your religion?-.' r' Go forth with the banner of truth,virfue and y, intelligence. Be ashamed of nothing bat sin, .~ n. and glory in nothing but.righteousness, and ts your career onear-th shall be blessed, and. in your destiny hereafter glorious. Be mens is true to your selves, true to your contry; -- ad your fellows and to your God, and 'may 'the" on blessing of heaven attend you! -- he'' th.. IVWZAT is MARIRIAGE.-.It is a Mutgui *Lite Insurance Society, for nothin tendas to a Utbreviate etistence so much as unblse 'nl~ us iess. It -is a Temperance Society for It tsd o.r to keep men sober. It is an Emplynent8K - :e ciety, for It makes all hands IndOea u.--l~ a eir Saving's Bank, for it'makes'.ien IhI1j is -' er one of " Twenty ways to make a fortune." It is a speclice for many ill's, far superior to Iin Vegeta~ble Preprtn.-Ifetmarrfage is an e, fnens apindls pooing out stitutsion hc