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M7 "We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our L rtes, and if it must fall, we will Perish amidst the Rui. SUIKINS, DURISOE & CO., Proprietors. EDGEFIELD, S. , MARCH 4, 1857. - XI-O - itt gota. From the Country Gentleman. LCOK ON THE BRIGHTEST SIDE. Old man, I pritbee tell me why You always wear a smile, Though cthers oft look wan and sad ; How do you care beguile? Though doom'd to toil and penury - And bowing down with ate; Yet still light hearted, blithe and gay You tread life's weary stage. I'll tell thee all, my youthful friend The goo-l old main replied, What e'er may hap 1 always look Upon the brightest side. 0'er all the land there's not a man Ilow hard so e'er his lot, lut if he will, can often find A bright and sunny spot. lre liv'd and toil'd for many a year Beneath the summer's sun, And in the winter cold and drear My labor still went on; And in that varied course of years Did much of ill betide; liut still I always strove to look Upon the brightest side. When sickness came, and hours of pain Draiin'd wearily along, And mourning sad and murn'rings vain Dropt from my feeblc tongue, Kind hearts were there and kindly words Fell softly on mine ear, Anl loving ones were always nigh, .ly faintint heart to cheer. .And through a ling and varied life I've lcarn'd this lesson well, That in this world of care and strife '1 here's more of good than ill. A:nd e'en in poverty anid toil Peace with us will alide ; Malan may he happy if lie will But see the brightest side. I WOULDN'T ! WOULD YOU! I wt.uhi:i't (ive much for a girl with a b;onnet Tat cost-fily dollars when it was new; Y'ho spwt:. a large mty with a hairy tail on it. That lang: down in front of it jug as a gie'.. I w'oilhin't. ive much for this !Teaiae ! Wolid yo~u ! I wouhld't give nlu:I "or a felm:;ie '' . ianees, I -~ - -Promenading all the thogonuln-ei ti;rouh Giving thati:ks to the e!erks.or Pa1rots glances. Inoughi to turn her eyes all rkew, I wouldn't give iouch for this female ! The f:llowing is a reply to the aiove. by' a l.iy: I WcGtitT.1'T ! WOULD YOU 1 I woulin 't.give mutch for a cii who ha.: gone it, "Till tic's tua every cent ot his le.-auy thou;h ; Wh ..- simlperinit chin has a hur:" mectee on it, 'flat hangs (own Ill (4i jt ;1A ,is it :irew. I tould'nt give much for this fellow ! Woulki yl I wouldn't gi' much for a chap with a eFilhar, That's m1enlo to stand up. sbnot over his earr - Who wearswhiteidglocestii:tost veralhi ar, And a c':t that l:elo:;s to '.iue hi:i ht of the I woutldn't ye mu'ch for this fe!nV.w ! ~2tisdf~inu u a vou' Friomn Porter's Spirit o3f the Tinme . A GHOST STOlRY. ISV um:zn. t n s, i:%I. s: Never but once wvas I ti-ightened at any-. thing like a ghost." said 'Timothy 'Tyles. " and then [ was frighltenied for' certain. I wa~s living on the UpperCi Mkii.rppaitat th~e ihne, but that snakes nso differ~sence. Ple tell yon how it was.1 One night, about 12 o'clock, I heard some (Ine rapping 'at my door. " Who's there ?" I asked. SMo..:er,' rep~lid a v*oice from without, " IC thoeght i'd stopl and see if yotu wouldn't go I and fratch the coal-pit fo~r me till morning. I am not very well, and having Leen upI all last niight, I think I l.ad Letter try to get a lit tle .\ow- I know .Moeier very well-knew lie . was burning charcoal about half a mile up the river: and not only that, but I knew rhet hads re:d piretty gir!. an'd that [ had13 taken a getnot ion to her. So tip 1 jiumaps, hauls on 1 my clothes and was ready to be off' ins a few " Yo will not be afrasid to stay by i'our'elf. will you. Timhn?" asked Mosier, a.s we were abiout .se:d'atinig, for he lived! still further down the rive. 1 be afraidi of ? I have ntever' yet acen any- i thing worse than myself." -oh. I did not mean to say thatyuwee co~wardIly. Timi, but I thought von might lhe lonesom'e, perhaps ; and if you thought so, that Ihad hetter wake up the I)tutchmnu, wvho t' staying at you:r hsou.se, and try to get hsims to go with you." f a ;.uredl hdm that Iiineedel no compan~i~y, aud ,.o start:-d turi the coal-pit. 'The night was very dan and I 15us confess that I id t feel a littleI ueaibm I could11 not tell why. Thelnre wa- ti:e grave of andiiianai by the .side of the pat :: whuien 1 mst tra'.vel to reach thet coail-p~it an: I it hiad btenI 4por1 .1 that w onderful sighit, hal bec& seeni ther'se. Pe'triiaps this was thle cause of my unplea.sant iehng. - 1 tried to whli.-tle my3 1imi iup, but it wva .gi no go. The nea~rer I app;roached the dread- 1 el spot, theL wvorse I f'elt. When I had reached the ell'f of' rocks arotund whidi I should turn in a few pactres andl be rigzht ait thle lmiilian grave., I feit my haxt rise onl inyi be'.i, and thens iti see ned that myriaids of' lit le dernons were danscing through my13 hair', anel playing a leap. frog uip aid down moy shoulders, and hummtiig que -r nise-;5C inl liy ear's. I stopped, and~ bearan to t dinl seriou,'ly of heatimg a retreat. .lu-t thte: the fair image of' Jane ElizabethI Elvira MIoser flitted aeroes tmy tloney3. and1 1 sid to nvself, "'- This will never do ! Go bac'k. and let th'e old1 man'S coal-pit hurst out and burn tup? Why~, it would .settle thle hash with me forever. The'next titme PdI go to see -Jane Elizanbeth - Ehvira, he'd kick mec out of the house ; besides." reasoned I, " what have I seen ? What kind n e-cuse eenid I make?7 No Sir-re,. I'll go throng or "burt a iler. If there'sany thing at the old Indian grave, '11 not see it, for . wont look that way." Thus saying, I started on at a rapid pace. The rocks were rounded, and keeping my eyes bent on the ground, I had nearly passed the grave. when a bright light blazed across the path just before te. Before I had time to think, I .ooked up, and oh ! great Jupiter! what a sight ! A :ironter with a head about the size of a half-buiel mneasure, was standing upon the Indian grave. Its eyes as large as cocoa nuts, were rolling jn its great head, and glaring frightfully at ine. From between its huge teeth bright jets of fire flashed and blazed across my path, hke streaks of miniature lightning. In fact, its entire head seemed to be one great red hall of fire, with small pieces of the sun set in it fir eves. While 1 stood gazing, completely stupefied with horror, it made a low bow to me and then raising itself erect, it shook its head and rattled its teeth together Most frightflily. Then 1 fancied that I saw it take a few 4teps towards wher I was staniidiig. This rather roused ine to a sense of action, and in the next instant I was bobbing along down the river bank a little swifter than it nas usual for footmen to pass that way. At every leap I iniagined it was grabbling at my coat-tail, for when 1 started. I I thought I. heard it right at my heels. lleach- t ing home, 1 did not wait to open the door, hut. 1 throwing my weight against it, bur.ted it in. The Dutchman, who was sleeping up staiw, heard the rippet, and supposing the house wasj besieged, came down with a chair drawn, and erying at the top of his voice: : 4tobber- ! tie!;! nurter! Robbers ! ties ! [nehins ! Ohi, mine Got !" Seeiing nobody but me, he settled down. All in the fiunly were aroused. I told my story in as fow words as possible. Some believed it -others l:uihed at me. the Dutchman in liar ticular. ile :uid i1 vos von cowardly pvy." nid l got fright" at my own shadow. That there was no such thing as a gho-t, and that he would willingly go right up to anything of the kind that could be shown him. ou would not have went up to this" I adid., till trembl.line. 'Pe.-ure [ would ! Sist go back me. and let me see der blace, an I'll show you here's nottin' dere." t I refused at first, but being urged by the I;ii: , and ti:ingini of .Jane Elizabethi El vira Mos.ier, the coal p,:?. :nid of being kickel out of the house by the old man, reluctantly con snted. We 'tartc back; the )utchmman ga int' dounl :ibout is raverV. and atouit how lie hai IraVeiled mi:mny a :J/'vl inystery, and I tren Liin fro mm the ehifet. of iy Ight. but saying :othir . 1:i du.'e lime we rc vhed the cliff. .Nt,.-, j1t arodii this r'ik is w:here I saw t," said i, ,pping :md turniwt'ig baCk ,. the aih .- not ir.i I enogit'h for us to walk sideu. >y :ide. am he was following close t, iI a icel-. i "h not i.fr i of ter ';/1-. W.e wv: at oin. We tuiied1 aroundl the r*' .k. l roo.e 1. tul there it .::s l:z n : and l lashin:.: . "?t a< had scen it f'.rc. I turned to thA )utchiman. to see what etti.:t it 1roduced upon hiii whenlo! he was not there! A glmi'e lown Ishe path trcve:tlCl hilim -t rc:king: it like a -met ar :mnd the r irk. This frgighIcue'I lime ure: thai ever :ii to I [ ot olt at-ter li a wilt as my locomotive power- would carry tme. Iein;: rather the .w:tlest rumiier of the two. I mn:2.e:i Lia ju-t 's w rea::iled I lie :muout II of the 1.:: .. hich led' tito our house. I ' wIa., irlyv hoeing it dmwn. and granmting, every junp, , 'nli enoug"h to have been i.tard a hiudiire i .ir.I. I ti I ii h l it Leen l t in t he tln: l::" '.ibre I a 1. j . iiid of eeiat Impig I: wu~ i.: mi hec jus be- -~ *o :nie.:i n i L :. t he h i m .:hai . I -- iIe ! i mit-, : i. iii..e t o lv t ! It . a-h t ; I:'! Iumur'ta-! au ii to t his ir Upe tuth.at one I ad er z my mml~ It ached1 ik camir ic oue at t. ned i emt hue t ha) tcleah wasi rihtuim hg e. and i ie lthi but mthgratieet, exion oa nmy '.atri oud iiav e mertain the twinkelingo an eye~ -i okmbid loiter lauging fi it is.ide.i 'fe truthamteone flaheg~ aer s y mind ft - ah ael tmrick, and icnec md thet. lon a shot hue uaith huea Scamei l iim up, then heii lauhing mened in reottl i~n tet ; but, ou um bhe cttin thaes u ta hand myself it ook t ttle pda ravei. Aiogt ~ii a tah Tohes hatomeno o stattio.l ois aily ex-1 t ainedhimt. hser andti .,mte whic the elou t heui cot whle conod ot lieumkne, wact sindy loois n vems u andoutwi that was, imi the h tiing cititi cans in i ad t hiedi i at Ihe ndian~ fell e, ha iion ut tr tigh atamh d to i, shati oe cudrtandof adiul t We git mve.r ti war, itted 1 fridh nut liok- i ie thing T he i awfu Inasca richiedi that iuc ta otl whlIoigdw h ae a ac Iiel .sle'eping invice toad.iii ladiehe jumped C iptu he honacidntaly at li hfin heubischs !i milt the ptoorello tad no1 her thoughte thnie roetdevile hadk anim foerti. ; rn tes iis il Wie gohytt he u iiicaeeI o, bu ild t he I he lasstof ivt~ a.. tone asir ained, il th re That brotowig advc lao married laidi, drotme I i-omathea culmnisi of thie tmelou walulihae an tite for ahreekht 'lo i the lnonibv durin Il tthe ioe, aulke u~ eaast cweplde. Aote sidewak, aseru te drtsheps, usle he ab putt evrthingckereshtotheaknbuiwdthe t ire. .:rI/n the oli feevetut yourtl wansbelait in oto ameete hirt airediboil the bay lh ahreiz, stleti orfe si thnale, friutse ta ieht hofshi hcalth up somie hii wen ou hain, litht br~te ota lWatocsd, adr the b ornige pae.t toueieahis) timde ouwirlave manid nrsetie baby br ei vetImnd thbake tuing tm hitmea, s the tale fill tbeafast, coiad.g t Ablot breakthertat, i wal tdsh, nursit . th ,ab you dintieerytoditn, ait-h the b . wa Ad dr(liters s the bab i(hatspantr wa~ti aleln ngi ouity adi subil)-ur the toaby~u, dimrw Lhe bah~ ry :his ouivr si a ie fori cthe, ,enell 'f his helth ; rse tim baby yo drate urnm a putil or two; hotarey aindte c abbe s u.- ck he baby) cod-ih, cne b<.ef, (dried bret ttaur., te boaby anditea diurpande nurse ; o the baby ee horthinul;et ake ;upte linne urh et t thbe, ilillte eaftors, Sealnge thef aberetlmot tere teat ready w ants onusing.)1 Afer dinea, wash the dishes; puthoer fip al the oak; c>hpso a hpu thenm fo somk, nur e buay gacieoufwoi hr ho me ;uaz make is-n e thirteen cents a pound;) get down the stocking. mnd darn them ; keep on nursing the baby ; wait ap till twelve o'clock nursing the baby, till hus band comes with a double shuffle on the front -teps, a decided difficulty in finding the stair Lvay, and a determination to sleep in the back lard. Drag hit up stairs to bed; then nurse i the baby and go to sleep. Woman in delicate 1 health will find that the above practice will ither kill or cure them. SIDE-SPLITlIG ANECDOTES. 1 u'- Hi: u: is a fifty year old jei. d'csprit that s quite " as good as new." A rich old gentleman )f the name of Gould married a girl not yet out f her " teens." After the wedding he wrote he following couplet to inform a friend of the happy event": " You see, my dear Doctor, Though eighty years oll, A girl of nineteen Fall, in love with okd Gould !" To whieh the doctor relliedl .\ girl of nineteen May love Gould, it is true, But believe ic, dear sir. it is .gold without ' '!" it S PAT-Pat. was hungry. and got out of! he cars for his refreshment. The ears very homrightlcss went on without hint. Pat's ire I ras, lp. t 4 Ye spalpeen !" he cried, starting on a run, 11 id shaking his list, as he flew after the train, e stol, there, ye old staime-wagon ; ye murther g stame-engi ne-ye've got a passenger rbuId 1 a.t's left beh1aul." The stane-waggin was relentless, and the I lasenger G aboard," that was left behind had to I tay behind. - " First class in sacred music stanti up. low manyv kinds of met re a'( t here '" " Three, sir-long metrIe. short metre and !t' iwft'er ie thtle ioolilt alone !'' t 1 Who tuld you that, you booby ?" " Bill Jones, sir." | a Go to your seat. When school is over we I ill try amd establi.lh the Keynote of a pickled a - A Ngeris.i;:.-A egular Trish bull often ontains a great deal of mneaning', ani sometimes he truth sl'ps out in a very queer way. The I llowing notice, says an exchange, appears on r le we-t side of a country m etin't-house Any pleroun aticking bills agaiint this churbc, ill be pirosecuted according to law or any other luia:nlce.": ? i A f.-w days since, a barber oiuerle a eward for instantly reloving suiertlnons hair. a unon:g t:e an: wer was one forwardled by ageI- a Ikuum1 in K in.ton. We eive it-" Enlertal:e o kiss a wo;:in aga;nst her will." :. ? (o:so..crio.-. pa. eng(er on 1 o .im . hd;ip b for C:disruia who had been e] si 11 the w i out to tihe line. one day weti ti t;:e oztor. in a sad, suppIlicat ~ng ton::e, aevost e: him a ith, " I):ctor. c:1: you tell we what I shall be ood for. hen I get to San Francisco, if. I kcey ii tie -wav 1' "'Tell you, to be .lure I can. ' iU're ju the maln to begin a grave yard with Ii . io;:e:,no a voil, obiler in win hani ve .. after111H be ;iterhisedi eeneierim:i thle 1 owe;- of . ie'lie'l. ..:, 1 think t here's one ir bin11" God~ east d:!." la " !:at i.- it T :. iIniirei l:e mother. S(sod can't make !fill di ne.. muut Il:y big- . ! without .'etting hli ears back." : -;'uW !iav e h!eard uge te:1, ;ay are"'Ccnt riter. a new :ind of te!v;raph-.-ne. to ' !ace :1 line of women at. the distance o. lifty Ib c i'oi ea(lh othIr. n:id t hen m': o!:it to Ih: m rst news to be trailsiiited. a1- a proomuil e- to ,et. 1 t ; ia. -aid a little iein, pi l -,:m beneathl thme bedi-e"lot he(". "I aml coh.! ;jIo mit .-ome cor' in th,.:.'.d." " .ie I \ e:,," s:ai :'m ' ot e:i r. - i 11:t.i -istr " li .\ e I r:ym:an a:ke ofli hi- ser'pture pu-1 1whether --the leo;:aird could eii.:. his I * QiruOL i tn A nr~ir.-" I wish to know. r von called mec an as. ?" - .a sir. buit I qulified it. hba, sh,~ you quailiW!ed it. d11l you? the'c eti o for you, .sir; and prany ho4w (lid you qiialify th "I said you wcre ani ans, all but the ears." rit teni oh a scoling wife: ci Hfere lies mhy wife, l.oor l'ully ; let her lie. She linids repose at lbut-anid so do 12. It wias a rat ! A miiley ratt, That ran across the Ilure. lie new i hadudent git. a cat, JCC And~ so camen in tihe dore ! Ith We ailvise the Poet to commeinee with ai oie niext t 1 ime bfore he attempilts an nial Ie .,izeC of thk hist' rat I I o I ,otn..--Thoutsands of mnen lreathe, moveI id Ii ve--pa-s ili th Ist:iage (of liIe, amiil :are sh Lard o'f no jiore. Whyi ? Thley (do not a pari- 0 ele (4 good in i lhe wo~rl. and none were bless- ba by them, none coulid point to them as theri itr'ument'of t heir redeimption ; not. a word ier spoke could be reuenliedl. and~ they.i perished of zer light went out ini dairkne'm and they were it rieemberedl mlore thanti the inisect of yes rday. Will vou thus live and die, () mani muorat !d laive for .,omething. IDo good, and ae behind you a monument oft virtue that w storm of time "an niever idestroy. Write out iinme in kiindness love and mercy on thle earts of thousanids who comile inl c:ontact with inu rear by year,-youi will never lhe forgot teni. er 0, "youtr nameil, your dleeds. will lbe as legible as tl me hearts vou leave behiind, as thle stairs on the th row of evening. tiood dleeds will shire as the kn mrs of heaven.-Dr. Chlm~lners. -i F"aim.-" Ep,1hriim~i,' NOdd Simoii, a what does ur fellow look like, when gallanting his sweet- era -a~t through a .lhower ?" " Why," saidur ,phrin. looking at hlis hoots, "lie has ver~y, ich the appearaince of a rain-beau." 01 'rTu Qrai'. or Es~mA xI)'s IInnI-D)i(ss.-This9 a e~tty atfair has 20) diamfond~s in a circle, worth m 7.50(0 each-two large ones worth 610,000 lto ach, tour fiam od crosses in thme samne worath t0,, foi r large dliam~ionds oin the tops of the rosses woritii .j200,000, twelve others in flers s e ix wortl h $50,000), eighteen smnill ones also cJ -rthi 9i10,000, pearls and diamonds upon the lo rosses andi ariches, worth .$50.000O. 141 small g iamonds $2,500, twenty-six dianionds ini th pper cr~oss woruIi $1,500, two circles of pearls to -hic ar~e worth $;15,000. All thmese stones are tl at in old, and cost, aside ft-omt the precious su ietl, $559,500. Within the limited shores of th lad, whosLe govenmeit sulpports a woman . rho wears this bauble ont her head on state oe-a asions, there are at least oine hundredl eubjects fe an a e f achtl umlo.s *3* COD IMUNIC Jig . For the Adver er. o MR. EDITOR :--At this po t of time, there is u great dearth of news in land of dashing b rater-falls and "pretty blu "lls." And hence n, he "nonsense " in the sh of a brae of an- d cdotes which I am about inflict upon you md your readers. So "lie goes for a spier >ite," as the little boy sai hen he put an an-, iquated bird's nest into hi at pocket. n First Anecdote .-There is originality about i: 'naracters purely Ameri which is entirely " mnknown to the denizen of the Old World. g ashington, Franklin and "avy Crockett, each r< a his own way, and in his S wii person, have i- tt utrated our national char teristics in a man- di tcr peculiarly bold, striki original and bril iant. Each section of thei'Union has its pecu- pi iarity. The Yankee glo in a well founded tc ell-complacency;' a stern regard to chivalry f ervades all the thoughts d deeds of the cour cous Southron ; and the -tern pioneer knows cry well that in point fun frolic and dauntless ourage, he is withou a peer 'n the face of A he earth. Jasper and Ne rton were brave and Uc croic beyond all that we end of in the stories f romance, and well maSouth Carolina be sl1 roud of such sons. In ta Mexican war, the cu tanetto Regiment was istinguished for un- ur inching valor and nobl. Lcaring. But alas! I ad mlus, cowardice of the. most shrinking type, " lo finds a place,'and a lodgment beneath the kt bade of the graceful Pahietto. Alln.ion is had PIl i the conduct of Tim Frightie and others, on k be occasion of the fight, which cane ell recent- t on '/u6': creek. Tim rightie. Davy Fight- I I and some of the Spunkie fitmily had been to b.1 a auction, and in returning home stoppl~ed at the ill ram-shop. After all haids had turned iy, the GLi fJiIer two or three times, several of the punkies growing pugnacious "clubbed" against al 'T'rotter for the avowed p:urpose either of mining him off the hill .or giving him a sound irahing. But Davy Fightall wa not the man mtind idly by and seotho=e fellows "inIpse n ipo.-ition " ulion Hi Trotter ; so he p:trcd th , withi:>nt ;any regard to conscqutences. Sticks nll knives were freely 'used by the Spunkies, Id !ay reelvcd a flesh wound in the . ho!bl- fe but liaving at lcngt&f .mceclei in drawiwb'g is wl knii. he soon threw the whole o1po 11' !d':c inito a state of locomou ti' ion ecidedly" t recipitate. Davy waiigetty h:oily t?. and .lodV a.; a beef." hlnd on Iookit roild or ,iie 'inc to staunci tl:flow of blood, lie ('::id e neitht;. friend nor lii littie .son. who at Ad beeni a .ilent spectator of the ungagenient, red the only exception. Even the 1)oggery . d been closed during the fracas. Hial hada r/td off on an oll roan just : soon as lie .aw avy fairly in-tailed in his roomi ail stead. he tap..ter j.ars im-the p;r';pri. or wasnbent his haste to l-m,. had forcibly ejected Tui a: riightie fri m hisi. hiiing place in the D.::gery ; id o ;r Tin, in hi:; fri:l th thinkah that t, uly was trying to irag hini into the "scrim-1 0 ge." e:ahimred: t gentle ,m. T ami not a1!Q ight any of you.'' . few inites alfter- fij a, and wvhilst the fig-ht was et progre'eing. me one: having sped~ 'Timo .-itting, in a h~nnch r;mik wceeds:, =ke.l lim if' he va; afraid oi :ak. 4. '- i my ie~u- Iiney," reliidi Timi in a t eo vi i. id fP. .int, lw :md t uidi seemi to verily thesaingi of FXuke ; the 'e ofi chiva!ry is gone." li: *, *a I.i ar--dit.-s I nie o n a time,' a live- : it en swain, in the State ol " Georegy," toiok b winning the athietions of his sweet-.hea~rt. ere remiad bumit r)ne oibstacle to the icorantnl- li 'tion of thle vow5 cotimaibitl. It was. supphih i that the girl's fatiier wouldl initerpio.e an lb-a :tion in the formn of ai testy No. Youing Ainmer' :11 s wits were, however, egnal to thei. eniiergenc~y, i the sequel will show. A piviate interview ing been obtained, lie adidressed "the old n i," a.: fblhows: Mr. Sniappemn, they say~ of. nr gats nou worky." ]3efor'e the old fellow li uld nmake any repmly, indignant or otherwise: thri e "ndidate for matrimony " continud th if.".iwrr. you je:;I gin her, to me", aund il on y/ hr~ at ci'r frock, andi' ai m-if whlif and thvu O'e 1'll lac .slaar to irork " Snappiem, whio wa~s fbnd a joke, shapped the trembhlng suitor on the og oulder, and old him lie coull have the gul. wa ir- hero now has alnost every thing, which the po kwoods settler covets-a nice wife, a e'-vtii he, a snug cabin, a productive fiarmid " lots "m little resgondiiiis E. K. smn For the Advertiser. lie RLE'S ('IIPTER OF' WANDERS, AND "LAST ai ('IJAPTER," ENTIRELY. . e I wonder if MIyan,.: has made one fiind ? '' 'onder if any one cares who her the wee flow- htac goes on in its blooming, or fades away like een e faint memory of a dreamn ? I wonder ii m114 chance acquaintance of MranT:'Js who ol ms so well who Myrtle -really is, has had a tlir iion in which she appearedl to himii in her nat- ligt al character, rlimple and unadorned withflow- tm titles ? Think he must htavo had, or else is coimony shrd, discerning and precorinus, phaps hias dlone what gentlement-young gen-wi mei-are not fregnently guilty of c'oing now ays : cut his risdom teeth. I wonder if my my readers really think I am one of that in esting cla-as "D~oesticks " denominates, " God sakn," or what they hate still wvorse man-for-r ken spinsters ? I wonder if I have any thing nief in may natureo? Think I must have; I e the sunshine so powerfully, and that is not tm ly-like you all know, well. The sun in never e bright, nor too wvarmi for me, anti I would, I iiik, prefer sitting in the house sonic beautiful ifmer- eveniing, wvith the wind~ows shut dlown, lot e blinds closed tightly and i..at one bireath of rallowed to circulate in a close little room six fo t square, than to walk out, as I've seen some gre ..n, la.ies of ormaiouLs comolexion3 (not fri ealth,) with "cracker bonnets" a yard and a Olf long, both ways, pulled down very tightly rer their faces, and thick brown veils crowded pon the top o' that, so that not one ray of essed sunshine is allowed to struggle through, yr one invigorating breath of air to fan their Plicate cheeks too roughly.. And all for the ke of a p'ret/y complexion. Oh luddy ! if I ouldn't rather :e as 'brown as a bun' or as eckled as a turkey egg, than endure all that artyrdom. And I cannot see that such care 1 youn ladies liavo such enchantingly be itching complexions after all, for what they in in whiteness, they lose in freshness and siness, and I am so very unrefined in my ste, as to prefer nice, plump, rosy cheeks, to lieately pale and Ira nsparnclly interesting ones. Well Fin forgetting my subject as all old peo e are wont to do--forgetting that 3YavrT.P is bid you all an eternal adieu, an (-verlasting rewell in this her last wonderful chapter. ell, " the best of friends ntust art." "There is no union here of he-rts, That finds not here an end." s someibody most pat' etically observes-Mlont iacry may be. W Il, as 1 was speaking of the blessed sun ine, I may as well be canilid, and as : an open nlession is gooad for the soul," and I feel in an Icominmonly jpious, spiriInal mood this morning, vill tell you exactly how I am going to part it von. .Ju-t as " D.xus" has done, by eping your co:mpany still in a new dress. Peo e ought to ch:ige their dress sometimes you low, and li so perfert a devotee of the sun, at like the 1'era-i:, I woubl worshai, it, were suot a Chr'::tiatn, aii as " l.us'' is abs-orl.el the : bea:n," I hall be the flower that lives its light, and -,:ll come to you next week as, re ,4.a,;,i r" that turns on her God when he sets, e ,amne look that she gave when he rose !" MYRTLE. For the Advertiser. A FEW NICE PUNS. A friends of our.; sends us the following. with ] e hope that we will give it a corner in the Id/r,1is.'" A Somei are e oodI-all are pa-ssable. A large piece of pnigy bread is a laf, but a ha.nr that tries to get that nice light bread t hiit wurking fur it, is a "l'r ! A horizr;ntal I.ibi in a gar::ient is a Ivek. but Sinaie of a crtain inidividual, who wai too e to get lhi, iupper. isTrk. . thick !.ar!, iii tance, obtained by boiliiz wit tar, is pitci., but an eathern vessel with pout for pouring out liquors, is a pi/cher. A inrtiisular clirge in an indictment is a tll. but an under p:rt in mu-ic, which serves a contra-t to the other parts, is coun4r. A head-land is a cat'. but a .kip or leap is a A narrow fillet or band is 1a1.e, but a small .x..ainlle i., a /afy.. A rattli:n, clat tering or rumbling -ouni, logn I itinutiel, is a diW, but the meal taken about 1 n. is din"r. The fourth paro < f a -aiion is a qutiiI. but the 1 thI part of a dolar is .i,/mnrkr THE DO(: is. U013I;G.1 lI.NKS. le: New YMirk i'i" func i re.pon-ille for V iluwi:g :r tory, and is wi'-iii t'' take I th, f.r the truh. 1.e s of the nL. It aher a daunper in some of our nei-zhbor'st nks. especi::lly thiose of the "Will ('t" A b~roke.o bra at wae spne!. a ~vry ciel :nt aniui~n~. kept a-s nmeth for comnqion':-hi 'I fort .,ervce in simiot~r::. Beinig a hiaceeor do iws e t. a hutehery in t al of getting' e :1trvtillit. from a linniity table.I habit wva.'to ~o reguilary every day to thec inre mentioned butcher-'s, and at. the end of week he hadt~ been taia.-ht to carry a dotllar I to is !eeder. Tis het seem~ed to taike at plar in- ahv:ax s wa.lking~ :nwvy wiitlb hill withi great pomu-il.-t, as ii' thoroughly weeit ing th ab' ili ity to pay hi~s bjoard, anid ec~nIa being 1i like a dog of re.ectabil i eSaturday, however, h~ it aster had through )s-f buit.iness. , rgotteni to pr.t the dollari e into his niouthi at f lhe accutomed pcerid the afternoon. Fitdelo biecamne implatient. mater~i remat~rkedl it, atil hastily puitting his d into hi< picket. drew out a dollar bill and erv it do~wn to him, being too busy to adljust note in the d.;g's mouth. 'The brok. r went wiith his h~hor s, it beiing theii nearly thireei ock. But happening to look aromud htimiI tt ten minutes later, hte perceivedl the dlog - dina befi re the note, looking up into hi .;l ina half appealing and hallf-amnn.ed iort of ~i -as if to say, ": now~ don't try that ion a i dog.'' and giving at initerval.; four sharp et ks mn raptd succession. T'his excitedl great ps in the broker. What coul lbe thle ly ter? Was it posible perhaips t hat the dlog e~ dIedl contagrion in the hill-yellow andI ty- ei L lfever, and small-pox, the broker had beard, sI -e Nometimnes c~ommuniciatedl in thait way. p looked down at it-cautionsly picked it up, saw that it was a goo.l bill, but upon a c >rgiai hank, and quIo'cd at finr per "Cu! dis- at n in New York. The do'g's objection and pr four barks were at once clear to him. lie er no current money, but he wrapped four wi ts in the bill and placed them mn Fidelio's gr ith. The anmal was oveaioyed. and trottedl & with great, satisihetion. We siibniit that fir case hats hardly any pa~ralell in natural his- hi r~, andl that it argues a higher degree of iintel- bt ne in the brute creation than we have been th e habit of admitting. ch 'oo PoTt:r..-A lady once gave a supper, to a i she had invited several ladle.s and gentle-li 'i. Durmny the convention she called to Mr. r w-ho w-as sitting near her, and said : b Listen to ine 1, c M adam, I am all ears," was the reply. at (fter a while, wuhien the conversation fell up handiwork, she shiowved a piece of embiroide sayig: A llease to look, sir, at this trfe. l 1 amt till eyes," lie repliedl, bowing. y tt last, when the meats were brought on, w, lady of the house said to the lady sitting te :t ti her: ne Will you try a bit of rabbit 7" mt I amt all stomach," said the latter, looking~ in nd ..ignificantly. a t young man advertised in ihie Boisbnn Pos' N a plce as sih-smnan, anid say~s hie has hiad a - ~ at deal of expe'riencre, haiving been discharged at ... &evn diflnr~nt tores withtin a month. ol TIlE ARMY BILL. There is no nr asure that has been success fully cai red thr. ugh the present Congress, which alfou.rds us more gratification than the bill to increase the pay of the officers of our small, but gallant Army. Our gratification, howiever, would have been much increased, had the bill als, provided for soic addition to the pay now received by the privates. Our army, small as it is, has been found equal to every emerreney ; has emblazoned our flag with victory after vic tory, such as have few, if' any paiallels in hi tory, and no lcgislation having for its ob~ect, its elevation and improvement, can exceed its services or merits. We rejoice then, that this tardy act of ju.tice to the ofliuers of the army, has been consmmated, but we would have re juiced still more had the poor soldier been inclu ded in the bill. The act only requires the sig nature of the President to become a law-a signature which will not be long withheld An act so eminently just and proper will no doubt, command the approbation of-the whole country. No class of public servants have been so inadd juately compensated for their service<, as our ariny officers. The bill just pa.ssed fixes the! annual pay of the several officers as follows: Sahary. The Lieutenant-General.........,10,620 Brigadier-General............... 7,500 Colonel......................... 3,000 Lieutenant-Colonel.............. 2,500 Major.................... 2.200 Captain........................ 1,800 Lieutenant..................... 1,600 This will be an increase in the pay of the Lieutenant General, of $1,828, per aun n; Brigadier-Gieneral, $1,100; Colonel, 800 ; Lieu .enant-Colonel. $6.50: Major, 5,50; Captain, $400; Lieutenant, $300. This is by no means, large increase, but it will be a most timely tmd acceptable addition to their pay. We un lerstand that during the discus.ion of the bill, mnd the hour it was put to final vote, the galle -ies were crowded by the finilies of the offi ers of the army, evincing a very natural solici .ude in the fate of a nmeasure that so intimately oucerned them.-Columbia Times. TIE NEGROES IN AFRICA. We are permitted (says the Boston Post) to crake the subjoined extract from a letter written ,y an officer of the United States Navy to a riend in this city. The writer is a son of a ate distinguished Senator from one of the New England States. The letter is written from on joared the United States. ship St. Louis, and da ed October 15, 1556, at " Little Fish Bay, west oast of Africa": * * * * * * "Thereisvervlit le variety npmn this coast. " Nigger, ! -laves ! uggers !" is the cry. This town is, like mmost )tlier places upon the coast, madei up of few ,eople, called white. and a croivd, a mas' of ni.,erable, tilthV, worthless, indolent (nigger,) mt ive". I f Charles Sumner, Jack hIale. or any >ther at usible man, who wisher or is willing to )n permanently cured of his mock philanthro >by and sickly sentimentality in regard to the miversal negro race, he has only to take a six nontlis cruise upon the coast of A frica. If that vill not cure Lim, and convince him that hip ymp:ithy for the three and a half millions of lie Imppiest negroe. ion, the face of the earth s.mi-ph:ced. then I have only to .ay he is pa.st tope and pa-t cure. 'A, I live. I do not believe there is one negro n one ti:onuan:l upon the coast of Africa. wo -fas well ol. norall , phyic.mlly, ,r -ucially, as he wort allbu-ed flave.s in the l-nited State.-. slavery here is alavcry imdeed, and of the yno-i ortible !ind. Craeity practise"I here by black !ave oneres is !hear't-rendi:.: to witne.,s. Sone ie'fs (ila'k) own ti:ou anis-'.hey sell, tor ire, o.r kill theni, at pleu,r=ee. Ni:ty-nine of very hindred negroes, lhtve: or free, even in ,'et'. W'owtl:l gladly e::enangie their condition ith the itc:nOanet, mo-t ill treatel slave in the nion. It is imnpo.-'ihle to picture the mi-era e 'oli iion of the nati'-e Airican upon his own sii. Ci.'il~'zat lni'n orcven pairtial cul turie, with he maan of natives, is an idea so perfectly' ab ard1 tha:t it do.e<i:ot :admiit of' a thoug~ht. With he combl.i ;ed elibrts of ai tmillionm of' competent. o::est, rlstriouas, permseverinig phihnthropist -ith milili..:' oft nuoniey year'ly expendied to the e.-t pos5rible advx'mitage 1'ur a umilhon of y'ear9, -outd In t develope one himnired istive Afrirui.. 'ho wvould be~ of' ainy :ceolmt to the worbll at Llge. So much' Iifr niig;ers. IHaving seen our egroes at :omie in our Southern States, and :aing .neen: them here, I regard the " in~situ o as it exi.sts t here ats a beni:;n. nay heaven instit ution, and our Sout hern bret hreni de rives the t hiimika of thle wxhole Coi.,tin world rn having am~eliorateiJ. in .such 'tr'iking contrast it h th..ir br'ethien her'me. thr'ee and a half muil uns of naegr'oes. * ** You mayi imlaig ec that, alt imuaih never a De'mocrat, I pr'ay fihr re ele.:tion of -\1'. lluchanan, and mainly be use of' this negro qjuestion the Denmocratic is glit." Nr~imto PatE.Wenlns.-A elaus~e appropriately imertedl mi one of thme code bills of' thme State of is..i~.;pi, says the Feliciaina Democrat, pro biting niegr'oe., fromt prea'enming, has pasehd thme ''laturme of' that Stale by an alimod~ unani oul, vote. Thew practice of negro pr'eaching i. ~t j.tilied by any good r'eutlt th~m an p ~ossi y' ilowx Ii'omi it ;.ad iS codene0b1cn1d itions of im pulic policy Negroes who are per'mitted to assume the hai' funiction" of' the pllp I, bee'omie inv'e.tedl wiith a :1ramrdinar'y attr'ibutes in the minds of t heir y L' luloums, ignor'.mnt anl iuertitions fellony-' axe-, :md acquir'e an infIlucee over them wverfual for' eviI. It is a significant fact, that in a majority of': *es servile insurrezctions and t.ae bar'barisnms n tendedl upon t henm, ar'e attrII~iutalde to negr'o a1 cachers. 'ThIey fill the maiinds oft thieir follow- s s w~it h dev'illah intientionms, and incite th~em to Ip iked actions. Nat 'Turner', a notorious nie- ja a) prieacher', was at thme head of' thle celebrated a amithamupton ini ~irrlection ini Virgmiai, and the s .st victim of his savage thir.,t fori blood w~as il s old iitress, wh'lo ha~d treated huiim with mnm sundedl afl'ection. To th~e wicked inifluienceso ai e same class, t he recent servile dilturhance ,are o argeable. Thme other day, Sol. Smith, a mne- ti o preacher', w~as humng at Cadiz, Kentucky, and other' wxas lhung about the .siee time, for a p e offence, at Pembroke.--And Jonme<, a pious il sal of the same calling, in llopkinasville, hasu en arrested and imprisoned by' a vigilance mmittee, and will doubtless exptate his crime iv the stake or gallows. p InTPORtTANT DEcismoN IN RE1.ATT*.N To 3IL'URY. I ii mor anim principle' has beenm decaided hiv rige Rooi..eawi. in tia. Summpre'mea Com it of N. wt om k. A dr .a.drawnm at Chiicago, . mn Naw Yo~m k a- di -cuntdi'l at Cnie.:ga :at 10 per eeni. iin r-.u thiat be'I .g the legal r.imtes ini liinmois. lTe ceptr conte'ide'd that, as his con111rtet wa, ido in New York, L' lawv of th ti ae restrie:- ' thei. rate oif intere'st ti '7 per cenlt . gave'rnm ed. dt rended'm'l the'ii''' neetamn'ce , v id fr uisarv. he'conrm held otherwi'ae. and I hiat i b.. |:a1a e' LW York oly atppil 'i I the rate' of' inte esi umich :he ac'ep: ii o Ioui p''y by wady of' d m-i res, alter default. Two air the associate juidgesI ,the district concurred ini the demiason. . I THE NEW AIERICN PRE81DENT.' Physically he is a large, po wteffullh built man; mdeed, neither phyjcally i Qlly ,nor politically, is there anythini fittle about hjm. lie i- above six feet high, large limbed~ut d'of fair complexion, and, alt ozgli ata ityyears of age, still show- t 'at he was in -ea'rlier days wiait the other sex, who wumt be allowed tfde cide in such matter:, call a -handtine man.' He has the habit (that historian; -attribute'-to Al exander the Great) of holding his head some what inclined to one side, and :sometime; par tially closing one eye, as if to prove; what was undoubtedly the case during his mi"ion in this country, that he could seea v&deal moreivith half an eye than all our rainisters when.-they upene.l ticirs to the fullest extent, as. they had to do more than once, if all the tales bo true, during the course of their ' tran.actioW of: bu sinesa" with Mr..Buchanan., He is hale and vigorous, a Presbyterian, with more indulgence for those of other creeds thanis ,iwiietimfes found in persons of that perua.ionu.. kind heart ed, generous, anl charitable, .a uiy iintaincas reported by tlose wlioknoiW .Ijd )i..p1EsY; much beloved-by relationis, nd.depnadents; dis tinguished for great prudence .and agacity in making his decisions, and for 'tirmness in teir execution when taken. HOUN. P. . BROOKS. Friend YCADoN, tue distinguished and gentle manly Editor of that excellent and.-most, de.er vedly popular journal, the .uarleston Courier thus notices one of the characteristic -traits of Mr. BxooKs : In mentioning the instrumentality of the no ble and kindly Brooks, in arresting the further progress of the late duel, between Mr. Pryor, 'of the Richmond Eaquirer, and Mr. Ridgway, of the Richmond Whi, after an ineffectual ex change of shot', we omitted to state .An inter esting incident, connected with the final.adjust ment. When the parties were preparing for a second fire, which would, probably have prvd fatal, to one, or both of the spirited,. nd chiv alrous combatants, our lamented Brooks is said4 to have approached MIr. Ridgway, with this touching, and irresistible appeal-" Remember, Mr. Ridgway, your antagonist is the husband of a youthful, and lovely wife, and the father of several young children--will you make that wife a widow, and those children orphans " The appeal proved effectual--the responsive chord vibrated in the heart of the gallant; and generous Ridgway " Mr.' Brooks," said he; "I cannot stand tlKt-have it your own way'-.and the affair was honorably . adjusted, and finally settled. "Blessed are the peace-makers,. for they shall be called the children of God.". III proof that the kind-hearted and lamented Brooks, was no professional duellst,' we subjoin the followmg extract from a Northern paper: The Albany Evening Transcript, in. speaking of the death of Mr. Brooks, says:-" Well do we remember the last time we saw him, at his own home. It was our province to be the.bea rer of a note from an associate-the gallant of - er ( -ince dead) who first planted the American lag on the heights of Churubusco-in.relation to a h sille meetig betweesn the latter and mother editor. and reaquesting the loan of'a du .-llincase. Mr. Brook; returned him the fol i.,wim brief but expresive reply: " When honor is a suppoart to virtuous princi ples and run; parallel with the laws of God and nir country, it cannot be too much cherished ml encoura-:ed; but when the dictates of hon or are c.mtrarv to tio-e of religion and equity icy are the greatest deprivation of human na ure, by giving wrong. amibitious and lake ideas ) what is good and laudable ; and should there i re be exploded by all govermuents, and driven >ut as the bane and plague of hu :an society." When the gifted and eloquent Toombs rose, n the Senate, to perform his part in paying the :ulogistic tribute to the dead 3ruoks, he was so leeply affected, that. ere he hal finished the ,ad office, he dixoled in a flood of tears, and flosed with sobs of ef, inste-adl of articulate itterance. It is abhno.,t sweet, as well as becom ng, to dlie, to be so gener-oualy praised, and so enderly mourned. R E'ocs WOatr.--We find the following ni the Keokuk (Iowa) P'ost, of the25th ultimo: We learn from a gentkmin who arrived in itr city yesterday, fromi acux city, that the volves in the river counties have been driven to uchi -traits by the snow and cold weather, that lhey have become so ravenons no~ to destroy itmi-es and cai tle to a consideramble extent, and imat they have often attacked persons. On the vening of the 5th in-tant, a son and daughter I .Mr. Stockdale left their reslidence, on a fork f the Lit tle Sioux river, in Wtobur-, to ar end a lairty at a neighblor's. about tiro iles istanlt, and haave not since been heard of. On he umorining of the 6th, thme parents went to oum hon for assistance, and scarched the neigh orhoodl around them, and as no0 t races of the .t ones had been founnd, the coniclusioni is that hey hand been attacked by the wolves and de 'ured. A gentleman froim Wikconsin, wvho isited Iowa hata ly, Ntates in a letter received ithis city, that he wvas e a-ed lur iniles by be:<e raivtnous cleat -reis, and bariely ecapedl -omi them with his i fe. ie Jeacrib~es them a~s rrved to death. Tnr PE.\c: taDLe D SP, I lTIos 'F ritE REt smxS. - a le in t ,ingular- t hi ng i that the peop!e un'ng wimi twii ilit .ry orgliiizationi of the '..ole niatio.i prevail s is, witiomi exceptio.i, t.Oo o-t paeLille on toe face oif tnle earth, and upon ispon I believe noi ditlferencee of opinion ex. t<s amnon. all ob-erver-. I~Iving live I for seve d1 years in a pos~itionm which enabled nie to mix mena with the oliers and men of the Rtu.ian *mv, sutelis many strong Conviction of the Ibis ain chiaracter. M. laxt hansen mentions, as a .nt admiit ting of 210 doubt, "'tlie absence of I war'li ke tendency among the Russian people, ii their exeelve leair of the profesasion of a lier." The Riis~ian people have no plea.,uro weaing arm-, like the Turk or Pole ; even in eitr gni:urrels anmong themselves, which atre rare, aey hardly ever tigait. aind the duel, which nlow "ten takes lace~ amnong Russimn officer,, is con a:m:y to t he national manners. a:nd a customu im ,r-ted fromi tne West. The people take no Iea~nre in the fiJiatg iof beasts or birds...a bull-lights, or ramndight,, or cock-lights, bien are common tausemnents among some aster-n, as well as most European niations; and 'hen the iaus-ians is drunk, which often hap-' mis, he ia never quar-relsonme. but on th@econ-. .try, e~ire~si;g anid given to tears. Btiton-bc p- aroused, lie exhibits a degree of patient-ea urance which is astonishing, and a steady en muiasmn whichi .showis great power of Jeelig nid which is deeply seated in the nationalchab rcier. ie meets death and the severest pui hmecnt without feai, and strange anecdotes are ald of the impo.+ibility, as it s'eemns-tn him, of sobey ing th~e letter of the orders received. A l,EGM, OpmtmoN.--One, 'f the most 'disiini. i-e :a -Id -lieent B .ion lan verd, whbile .i eirint. hi< ealbl bed1 on a shairp nitrhl. hi eily, m ov.rhe.~rd to s-w to hiiama.it- " Well of all rays of gem ing a living, the worst a main could 'ollow would be going abbuttown sqigi.g is this, and gnftting fntakN.orfolbg. -