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6We will cling to the Pillars of thve.Tenspie of oft Liberties, and if it must fallwi ilPgs mis h un. SIN l& DURIsoE & 00., Proprietors. EDGEFIELD, $. CTOBER 20, 185 EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE. -0 DRESDEN, Sept. 7Lh, 1858. Last Saturday was a great day in Dresden for all Opera and Theatre goers-for all music mad and drama-mad people. Richard Wagner's great opera "Rienzi, the !ast of the Tribunes" was to be performed at the Court Theatre, and the Presdeners were beside themselves with excitement. The reprepentation had been an nounced for weeks before-hand, had been three or four times postponed on account of the in disposition of this singing woman and that sing ing man, had been bruited, mooted and puffed until the whole public stood permanently upon the tip of its big toe, and bade fair to perish of hope deferred and die like the kings and proph ets of old " without the sight." The expenses in the way of scenery, ballet, decorations, &c., had-been enormous, and the prices of admission consequently doubled. All applications for reserved seats had to be made in writing and deposited with the -Cassirer, the apprlcants not knowing their fate until the morning of the performance. Woe to those who had not been, as they say in Alabama, " previous." What a scene was that upon the said morning! This deponent having been commendably " previous," was at rest, and went to see the tumult.. Upon - honor, it baffles description! Men, women and children not only pushed, strouged, stamped, kieked and screamed, but actually bmote each other with violence and blasphemed in the most shocking manner. Disappointed women rent their garments and declared themselves "lost." On all sides could be heard in the most des pairing or most furious tones the inevitible Ger man exclamation, "es ist umn mich ozeschehen." The Managers and tassirer 'wec loudly and lrcely accused of partialit, villany and chi canery. The secondary oflicials of the Theatre ran to and fro among the waiters offering 'the olive branch with the announcement that the second performance would ensue on the follow ing Monday, upon which occasion all who were now "lost" would stand a chance of being "found." These would-be peace make rs met with no success however, and I hav'nt a doubt that the disappointment of'that morning will bring manya one of these irrascible Germans several years sooner to the grave. Who is then this Richard Wagner? ie is one of the greatest, if not the greatst living composer, and not only that, but a man of great mind and of the firmest principles. Twelve orfilfteep years ago he was first Kapell:Master t h"in6bxon'id Yiinfsfgn Dresden. ie was however (and still is) an unflinching republican, and in-the difficulties which arose about then, in reference to the Schleswig and Holstein question, declared and preached his principles openly and independent ly. For this he was banished or had to fly, and c - now lives in Switzerland, which country shares, with our own the glory of giving a quiet refuge to such noble exiles. Just at this time he had composed "Rienzi" his first work, and it had been once or twice performed, but after this, it was C forbidden, as have been also his later compoi tions. All these twelve orfifteenyears then, Musi cal.Dresden has been denied the privilege of hear ing thEworks of itsown Wagner, which works have been creating so great a sensation through out the world of art. Joanna Wagner, neice of the composer, first prima donna of the Royal Opera in Berlin, one of the finest singers, and the grandest tragic actress of Germany, has also, until lately, been a sealed mystery to Dres den. Within the last two or three months however this ban has been removed, that is, fromn the works ; the author is still not permit ted to show his republican head in Saxony.1 Why or wher fore this change I have not as certained! I suppose however the "powers that be" think fifteen years of folly and absur dity quite enough-at least for one time. In Jbly camne Joanna Wagner to Dresden and sang with triumphant success in " Tannhauser.," the second and best known of her uncle's Operas. ' Immediately upon her departure began this great preparation of 4 Rienzi," which having * been composed and first brought out in Dres den, seemed to possess for the Dresdeners a peculiar charm. All these circumstances put together account for the immense furore of thme precedig Saturday. Well. the hour is at hand, and the bepainted, bepowdered, beirizzed andi beghm'ssed Ihearers1 and gazers are safely fixed in their dearly1 bought seats. The ensemblle is very brillianmt, for-each and every one has made an extra effort. Mercy, how they are bedizened ! The finery, the paint and the eye glasses have been laid on an-mnch th~icker than usual. Thme wealthy for eigners who reside here, especially the Ruissianis, Snglish and Americans, have put the best foot foiroit. The English look like pictures in a comic almanac anid have come apparently only to see how sulky and indifferent they can ap. pear. If such was their design, they are having brilliant success ! Th, Americans can scarcely edgi n'nder the opprossive weight of their smash ing~toilettes; they are full of animnation now, but before the' end of the first act they will yawn in the most preposterous manner. The (ermans tell an American lady immediately by her elegant costume and her beauty.- The Rums-. saiire also in grande toilette; they are like the ermans, and should tho performance last unidtsrruptedly until this day year, they would evii no symptom of fatigue. 4ferr (Mr.) Krebs the Maestro is worry ingt uswhite kids and each of the one hun dr4formers in the Orchestra grasps his respettixeinstrument and stands, as they say of the &ld devil at revival, " in a waiting pos ture." Tliese are the premonitory symptoms of a beginning. Thme Overture is very famous and deserves its fame,1lacking in flowing melo dy, but very, noble, veryelevted, very Roman. What sisterm of applsso as the last notes die away sud gerr-Krebsowerabis baton! Now tie curtain rises and- discover's a- street ini an-j cienit Rome; this street lends before the Lateran tshurch. It is nighzt iand the chief of thenoe family of Orsini with his followers is scaling the walls of Rienzi's house, with the intention of carrying off his beautiful sister Irene. As they force the windows, the chief of the rival family of Colonna appears, surrounded by his followers and beat upon the same dishonourable design against Irene. They pass angry words, draw swords and come to blows. The people, hearing the tumult, rush-.in masses to the spot, bearing torches and weapons. Irene in the hope of finding her brother amid the crowd, leaps from the window, but is seized before she can escape by Or.,ini. She is in turn wrested from Orsini by the people of Colonna. The affiray becomes bloody, the night grows hideous with the din, and above all re-echo the piercing screams of Irene iiho calls, " Rienzi, Rienzi, save me !" The pope's legate, Raimondo, in his pontifical robes, draws near and attempts to still the contest in the name of the Church; the lawless nobles laugh him to scorn and call him dotard. Irene is again seized by Orsini, who as he is about to escape with her, is met by Adriano di Colonna, son of Colonna, a noble youth of twenty, secretly in love with Irene; he rescues her, and upbraids both parties, his father among them, with their perfidy. At this juncture Rienzi. hastens in, he is greeted by the populace with clamorous cheers and in formed of the dastardly attempt of the two nobles. Upon this he steps forth and denounces them with burning indignation, reproaching them as authors of the downfall of Rome, up braiding them with their degeneracy, compar ing the past glory of Rome with her present legradation, lamenting the fact that even the pontiff has been obliged to fly from Iome and fix the holy see at Avignon, that pious pilgrins ao longer dare seek the shrine of St. Peter, hat the wines and daughters of the citizens xre dishonored by the unprincipled nobles, svhose castles are turned into robbers' dens and vhose every deed is a crime. Ile addresses the )eople in eloquent. and stirring words, exhort ng then to free themselves from the oppres ion of the e degenerate sons of Rome. They mil him as their guardian and protector and ,romise to follow him even to death. The no des ridicule him, scorn him as a low born ple eian and declare their designs upon Irene quite n1 honor towards a plebeian maiden. Orsini nd Colonna retire without the city gates, there L dnd their combat. The throng disperses, 'aing Riinzi, Irene and A driano alone. Irene oints to Adriauo as her deliverer, Rienzi 1s ~ildu~d~IvC ahinb?.- row uld:: Meld a plebeian maiden. IIe returns him his banks and conjures him by the example of his >refathers to join him in the noble cause of fting up tome out of her ignominy. Audriano as lofty and virtuous aspirations, but shrinks ron a cause, which can succeed only at the o.t of his father's blood. Rienzi exclaims; 'Woe! that thou remindest me of blood," and elates how his young and innocent brother, rhile plaiting wreaths for Irene by the brook ide, was pitilessly slain by a Colonna, that he tipped his hand in the blood which welled from he heart of the stripling and swore an oath: Woe to him who has given ic kindred blood o avenge!' The young Adriano is covered with horror ad replies: " Rienzi, thou art fearful ! What ust I do to attone for this bloody misdeed of y "kinsman ?" Rienzi: "Be mine, be a Ru oan !" Adriano: " Then let mnc be a Roman !" ~he three now sing a song of hope and joy, fter which Rienzi goes into the Lateran to ray for the success of his high and holy under aking, leaving Irene to the care of Adriano. king left alone, they tell their love in glowing anguage and exchange vows of eternal truth nd devotion. A chorus is now heard in the teran which calls upon the people of Rome o rally for the cause of freedom ! " Awake -e sleepers." Thereupon the doors of the sa-. 'red edificere thrown open and Rienzi, follow d by multitudes of citizens, friars and nuns, teps into the open street, he is joined by Irene .d Adriano and is again saluted as deliverer ,nd protector of Rome. The curtain rises upon thme secondl act, dis losing ai suit of kingly halls with the seven ills, the castle of St. Angelo and the Tibet-seen hrough the open windows; the building is rrounded on~ all sides by an enthusiastic mulI itude. Rienzi, in the p~roudt rob~es of the Tri unne, now ent ers, leading Irene, who is clad as eomne< the sister of thme Tribune ; in their train -ome thme nobles and (dignitaries of Rome,- and ast of all, the "messengers of peace," wvho have :ravelled throughout the land to announce to :he peopule peace and the restoration of the glo y of Rome. They relate to Rienzi in noble strains the lessed and happy condition of the and which he hmas redeemed fa om shamed boa lage. " This noble Roman" now kneels before ~he ma.ss and addresses fervent thanks to God, brough whose might and under whose guidance ~e has been enabled to work this happy change. ie rises and after bidding the nobles to a feast n honor of the foreign ambassadors, to be held a the same halls on the same evening, retires, econpanied by Irene. Orsini, Colonna and the re4t of the nobles, grazed with envy,, hatred and Iuihation, now "furiously rage together" and frm a 1..lot to assassinate Rienzi in the course of the coming feast. ie is to fall by O)rsini's hand. After this they disperse. The hour be ig at. hand for the reception of the ambassa drs, the halls, splendidly illuminated, are thrown openi, and Rienzi, with Irene at his side :d followed by the .,enators, priests, dobles, lietors and guards, enters, and takes his seat upon the chair of state. The amnbassadors of the Italian and iermnan princes now enter, each preceded by four pages bearing his credentials, and followed by a numerous retinue. Thme Tri bane receives thema with majesty and grace, and each, after prescnting his credentials, retire.4 to a seat of honor prepared for him. Now Ifol lows a resplendent ballet and contest of gladia tors;. As this is about ending and while the company is deeply absorbed in the scone, Orsini step nuikl forward and aims a deadly~ blow at Rienzi's heart. It is unsuccessful, however, and as Orsini shrinks back dismayed, Rienzi rises with dignity, draws aside his robe and dis closes upon his bosom a shirt of mail, saying to the cowering nobles, with bitter irony: "See, how I steel my breast against your love." The people are horror stricken and enraged, they clamor and cry out: " Death to the traitors!" The senators immediately pronounce upon the two nobles, Orsini and Colonna, the doom awarded to treason, perjury and assassination death by the axe. This is the law and can be opposed by none. Rienzi gives orders that they be prepared for death, and then desires to be left alone. Ile debates with hiuelf and seems overcome with pain, saying sadly: "My poor brother, not'through me but through the law of Rome itself art thou avenged." Adriano, who was not present at the feast, but who has heard his father's doom, now breaiks through the closed doors, throws himself at ItiUenzi's feet and implores mercy for his father. Rienzi is iuexo rable-life to the traitors were death to Rome. Irerle in the meantime joins her entreaties to those of Adriano. Pity has long been strugglig with. sense of duty in the mind of the noble man, aid melted by the priyers of the two young beings at Lis feet, he promises to appeal to the people in behalf of the con.pirators. For this purpose, the populace is re-assembled and Rienzi begs of them grace for the doomed men. They spurn the thought and cry more fiercely than before for vengeance. Rienzi says to them: "Ye Romans! Cherish peace and pity, avoid blood and be morciful. I who have made you great and free, entreat you, I the Tribune." The people cannot resist the supplication of their beloved chief, and the nobles, alter again ;wear ing fidelity to the state and law, receive pardon through the mediation of him they had sought to murder. Adriano and Irene again sing a song of hope and joy, As the curtain rises upon the third act, Ilienzi ride; through a public squard, lie is mounted upon a coal black charger and clad in complete arinor. Behind him throng mases of peopk, They go to witness the death of Colonna and Orsini, who have again been faithless to their oathandarenowtodie. AgainappearsAdriano as a suppliant f-r his father's life. Ile breaks through the crowd, seizes the reins of Rieizi's rearing charger and kneeling upon the earth, conjure.s the Tribune by eveiy iumani feeliug to spare his father.~ Rienzi replies: " Thou ravest boy, arise and let destiny take its' course." djddanndanAs ". nra.Wn . n1,Jwttr alluding to Rienzi's death : " Woe to hiim who ;ives me kindred blood to avenge !" Iienzi and the people disappear in the diatance, the latter singiiig the war-cry of Rienzi, tran.lated onif of luhlwer's romance. The fourth act opens with dark plottings and murnirings among the people. Both Church Mnd people have become jealous of Rienzi', power, and both, forgetful of all they owe him, .seek only his overthrow. It is iight, and a knot of malcontents are grouped together in front of the Sateran, they murmur and threaten fiercely. , This is during a religious festival, and in a few minutes Rienzi is to enter the Lateran at the head of the nobles, clergy and senators. liaroncelli, a prominient man among the plebe ians, denounces tienzi to his comipanions as an ambitious tyrant, seeking only his own aggran dizement, imputes his former mercy to Colonna and Orsini not to humanity, but a de~sre to conciliate the patricianis and, by the marriage of. Adriano and Irene, to ally hiimiself with them. The people demand a witness. Suddenly a tig ure wrapped in a daik cloak stands before thenm, saying: "I am a witness, lie spoke truly." "Aiid who art thou?" they demandi of this person. "Colonna's son" cries Adriano as he throws oflf his cloak, "(Colonna's son, whose father cries to hiiia and to you out of the bloody grave fur vengeance, vengeance upon the tyrant who has slain him and befrayed you. The pro cession approaches, stand bys me and with my own hand w~ill I strike the monster (lead." The kingly procession now comes into full view with Rienzi and Irene at its head. As Jliienzi laes hi~s foot upon the step of the temple, the first notes of a To Deumn are heard from within. The tones are horrible and supernatural, they seem to proceed from the grave. The Tribune and his sister draw back appalled. The people trenible anid sink uipon theiru knees, exlaimiing: " horror seiz~es upoNn us, Giod ideserts us." The scene is fearful. Rienzi recoivers himmself how-i ever anid ascends the steps; as he reaches the last, the doors are flunig wide and Rainmondo the legate, surrounded by crowvded monks, ap pears upon the threshold and hurls the curses and anathemas of the Church upon the devoted head of the Tribune. Th'le peolie fly in all di rections. Irene siinks senseless upon the cold stones.. Rienzi, petrifiedl with horror, stands as if changed into stone. The torch bear'ers having tied, dlarkness covers the scene. In the conunencement of the last act, Rienzi is kneeling alone in the Capitol. What. a sub lime prayer is that! Beginning: "Alnighity God and Father, hear me, in dust before thee kneeling." As he finishes this prayer, Irene enters, clad in black, and throws her arms round him. IIe rises and placing her before him, contemplates her wvith love and admiration, saying: " The Church deserts mae, to whose glory I began this work; the peoplo desert me, to whom I gave the name of freenrmn; the fiulse friends of may prosperity desert me ; t wo alone remain faithiful te me, Iheaven and may sister." Irene, her faice beaming with heroism and devo tion, cries proudly: "Rienzi, have I been-true to thy lessons, have I shown myself strong, havo I proved me a Rlomnan ?" lie clasps her to his bosom, exclaiming in triumph : "In the heart of this ttnder~ virgin Rkane yet lives.'' Hasty footsteps are now heard andl Adriano, frantic with love and grief, springs into the room. IHe sinks over-come at irene's feet and in a prayer of melting tenderness, beseeches her to fly with him before the fury of the people. She replies proudly and sternly, pointing to Rieni "In life or death my post is by the side of him-of him; the i to be adorned with the name of Roman." Adriano leaves her, but swears not to survivePer.' But what is this fearful tumult? Theinfurated mob rush to wards the Capitol, bes)'g stones and firebrands, their rage knowa no . Rienzi appears at a window and endeat to make a last appeal to them, but in vain.. ey clamor wildly, hurl the stones athima and 'the firebrands through the windows of the opitol. As the flames leap and spread' thro the noble buildings, Irene joins her brothe- t the open window and winds her arms ro "himl). They face the multitude with heroii. iles. Adriano breaks from the detaining .g of his followers and plunges through theh ing flames to die with Irene. A terrific ex ion is heard and the mighty edifice falls int mass of smoking and smouldering ruins. T eople desert the spot, uttering lou' cries of or and remorse. J. T. B. [ !io th e E i -Dimpaitch.] THE M HEART. Byt LI LAIR. 'Tis well to have a ry heart, Ilowever sliort y There's wisdon ian' erry heart, Whate'er the jy ay say. Philosophy may I head And find out in $law, But giro me the ) opher That's happy wi straw. If lifu but lringa u ppiness, Tt brings us, we to14 Wlait's iara i by .qgh 1.i-h onop try With ill their h , or gelbi; Then liauigh a:way, thers say Whate'er they wi f mirth Who laughs the i' ay truly boast 1le'4 got the wea I earth. There's beauty in erry heart, A nornl heiauty, t It shOws the heart,' hboaest heart, That _ echr m i.due, And lent a share o -tero spare, - )espite of wiiho ars, t And nakes the ch . asorrow speak, r The eye weep few are. The suir mway shrou if in cloud, The temspest wra na- a It rinl: apark to' ..the dark, Its .unliglt infit Thon laugh away, liers say t Who 11ings the imost, mnny truly boast ie's got the weail'th of earth. - - - b - V A DREAM. I drenni'l that laurieil by iy rellow eliy, Clis.., by a coininn r.e;:gur's siole I lay Anal nsoit mean a ieighbur shiocked my tride, Thus oi~:~ rps of.nlitmy I cried; * " A way, thou wcouidrel! ton:h ine taot Mure ianuer, learn, and it a distant rut." " Thou svoituslrel !" in a louder tonecried lie ; " l'roud lump of diirt, ' secon thy words and thee. We're equal now--ll not an inch resign; This is iiny rutting iahace, and that is thine." ____.......--- --- t t Front the Nashville Daily News. . WHAT HA PENED AT OUR HOUSE. Artet' we wuts iarried, well say aboult a year, aun imortnin' thair wns a terrible cotmmoshun inii m't fialy the .ilocrer he cumn. I wus in. a grate. :lurrey' myself, wantin' to heer, I hardly ntoed rhut, buit arter a wi ihe, an ole granny of a wo- I nan, as had bin very hissy albottt that', pokedi ir bed into the rom wiar 1 wus a walkin'i ibout and ses,4 Ses she, "Mt'..Sporum hit's a gal." "Whtot !" ses I. "'A gal," ses she, an' w~ith that she pops her ied back agin. W~ell thinks' I, I'm the dladdy nyv a gal' an' tegin' to feel my keepin' imitely-P'd t'uther' it< wus a boy thto', thinks I, for then he'd feel tcarur to me, as how he'd bare my natte and thar wnid be less chanice fur the Sp~rums to run At, but conisiderin' evlery thing, a ga1 will dou nity well. Jist thena the old niuss laokes her bed out agin, an' ses,1 Ses she, "Another wun, Mr. Spor'um, a flnei :iAnth~ler!" ses I, " that's rather crow~din' thingsn on too a feller. She latil an' poked her hedl hark. Well, thinks I,'tbis is nu joke su:te; aLt this lick Il1 bae finnily enil to don mte in at few yearn, bt the Loi'd's will, nlot mline be duet. Jis then the ole site devii (always will hate her,) pokes her hed in and sea, Sea she, " Annther gal, Mr. Sporum." "Aniuther whut," sies I. "Another gal," ses she. ti" Well," sen I, "go rite strate an' lell Sal I won'it stand it, I don't want't 'em, ant' I aint int' to hatve 'eii; dus she think I'm a Titrk ?1 tr a Mormon7? or Brtighamn Youtg ? that she'd g'o fur to have thribhies ?--threce at a pop? dus she thinik l'ii wuth a hundred thousand dollare ? that I'm Jon Jacob Aster, or Mr. Roschille ? that I kin afl'ord to have thribbs, an' clothe an' feed an' scool three chiilltn at a time ? I ain't a going' to stand it no how, I didn't wan't 'em, 1 don't wan't 'em, an' I aint a goin' to wan't 'em now, nur no uither time. Ilaint I bin a good an' dootiful husband to Szil? .IHaint I kep in doors uv a ntite, an' quit chawin' tobacker and sokiin' segars just t. 0 please her? haint I at tended devine wursh'ip reglar ? haint I bought her all the bontits an:' frocksshe wanted '?--an' then fur her to go and have thmribbs. I won't. live with her, she niued better an' hadn't orter ditn it. Site dun it with her ise open, an' mnuR take the conseqtuences. I didn't think Sal wuid serve me such a trick ito htow. Have I ever stole a horse ? have I ever dun einj mean trick, that she shud serve me this way ?i" An' with that -I lade downi on the settee, an' felt orful bad, an' the more I thot; about it, the wuss I felt. Prestenitly Sal's mammy'j, ole Miss Jones, coms in ani' sen. Sea shte, "Peter cotm tn an' sde what pur'ty chilt you've got." "Ultillun," ses I, "you'd better say a hole litter. Now Miss Jones, I inv Sal, you no, an' have tried to make a godd hiusbun, but I call this a scaly trick, an' ef' thar' is enny law in the country, I'm a gwinie to see ef a 'Oman kit hav thribbs, an' mtake a man take keer uv 'em. I aint a going to begin to doo it," ses I. Witle thtat. she laffed ilt too kill herself, an' made all sorts tiv fun uv me, an' sel eMy uther man would be proud to be in my sboes. I told her I'd sell out mity cheap ef enny body wanted to take ny place. Well the upshot uv it all wUAs, that she persuaded me I wus all rong, an' got me to go in the room whar they all wus. When I got in, Sal looked so lovin' at me,an' reached out her little handsgo much like apore deer helpless child, that I forgot everything but myJuv for her, an' folded her gently up to my hert, like a preshus treasure, an' felt like I didn't keer ef she had too a had forty uv 'em. Jis then ntimber wun set up a whine, like a young pup, an' all the ballance follered. Thens thribbes V l Iheir diddy. Well, everything wus made up, an' Sal prom. sed she never wud doo it agin, an' sense then I iave binhard at work sertin, wo-kin' all day to nake bred fur them thribbs, an' bissy nussin uv them at nite. The fact is, ef I didn't hav a nity good cmnstitushun, I'd had to a give in ong ago. Number wnn has -the collick-an' tvakes number too, an' he wakes lip number iree, an' so it goes, an' me a fthin' about all he time a tryia' to keep 'em quiet. Now Mister Nue, my advice to yu is, never o have thribbes ef you wai't to keep out uv rubble. CA1GHT 0.1 TIlE JURY. The following, which we have heariltold as fact some tiic ago, is too good to be lost, and nay lie beieticial to soine gentlenan who has a -oung, unsus.ectinig wife: A certain nian, who ived about tell miles froi l--, wai in the abit of going to town about once a week and ;ettiLng' on a regular spree, and would not return intil he had time to "cool oil," which wivs gen rally two or three days. His wife. was.igno ant of the cause of hin taying out so long, and utfering greatly front anxiety about his welfare. Vhen hle would return, of course his confiding vife would inquire what had been the matter rith him, and the invariable reply was, "that 8 was aught. on thojury, and cull d t atlget off," llavitig gathered h). corn and placed it ill a rge. heaph, 11. acoording to ogytlfli, detpr ipt4 o call in his neighbors and have a real corn bucking frolic. So he gave Npd, a rlithful ser ait, a jug and an orh r to go to towi and get gallon of whiskey-very necessary on such ceasions. Ned mounted a mule, itnl was soon i town, and equipped with the whiskey, re iounted and set out for home, all luovait with he prospect of flun at "shucking." 1 hen he had proceeded a few hundred yards om town lie concluded to try the ".tg//;" and. ot satisfied with once, he kept trying until the rorld turned round so fast tiat lie turned off lie mule atd there lie went to sleep and the tile to grazing. It was now nearly night, and ,hen Ned awoke it was just heforo the break C day. and so dark that lie was unable to make ny start towards home until light.' As soon i his bewilderment hal sub.mided so that lie uld get the ' pointl he started with an empty ig, the whiskey having rtni out, and afoot, fir e mule had gone home. Of course lie was e went on at the rate of two-forty. Ned . ched honie about breaktlast t itne, and " fetched p" at the back doorgrith a de.iudedlV guilty unten:ance. " What in the thunder have yoiu been at, yoau hck rascal," said hik master. Ned, knoiwiig his miat-or's excuse to h is ifc whe: lie git on a spree, determined to tell be truth if lie died for it, ad said: "We, niassa, to) tell de truf, I was kotch oin lie jury and couldiA it off." Acsss To Gi.-" Iluwever early in the maning vou seek the gate of access," says the tev. Mr. Ilamiillon, of the Scotch Church in .ondon, " you find it already open ; and how ver deep the mihliight oiument when you ind oursel itn the sudden arms of death, the wing (I prayer.can bring an iinstant Saviour. And bis, wherever you are. It needs not that ou ascend soie- sprcial Pisgah or Moriah. t needs not th'at you should enter some wful shrine, or pull off your shoes on oe holy~ ground. Couldl a memento be eared on every spot from which anm acceptable rayer has passed away, and on which a prompt nl5wer has comne down, we should lind..Morah 'im," the Lord hiathi been here," inscriberd 'n many a ciittage hearth and masny a dungeon bo. We shiould finid it not only ini Jerusalem's iroud templle, and D~aviud's cedlar galleries, bit n the fishierman's cottage by the brink of the iennesaret, and in the upper chamber where 'entecost began. And whether it be the field rhere .Jacob lay down to sleep, ort the barook rhere Isaae wrestled, or the den where Daniel -azed.on him, or the hill-sides where the M1an f Sorrows prayed alh night, wye should still liscern the hudhler's feet let down fromn heaven -the landing place of mercies. because the tarting plauce of prayer. And all this, where uever you are. It tneeds no' saint, no piroheusent i piety, ino adept inl eloqueint langunige, me dig ity of earthly raink. It needs but a simple lannah, or a lisping Samuewl. It needs but a atenitenit piubljicana, or a dying thief. And it neesan sharp ordeal, no cost ly passport, no ainful expjiait in, to bring you to the mercy ot, air rathe1r. I should say, it needs t he cost iest. of all; lint the bloodI of the atonement, he Saviour's mherit, the name ot ,Jesus, .prie ess as they aire, cost the sinner noathing. hey ire freely putt at the disposal, anid instantly and :oatantly he may use themi. This access to :iod in every place, at every moment without ay personal merit, is it not a privilege ?" TI IA.Til or i . liTR5s5~--Nothers, is there mytbing we en do to acqumire for our daugh etA a goodl constitution ? is there truth in the ientimienit stietiines repeated, that outr sex is ecoming nmore ellfeminate? Arc we capable if nidurinag haardship as our grandmaothers ? [ave our daughters as much stamina, as much ptitude, as we oum'selves possess ? Thesenques :ions are not interesting to us siuanply as mdi iduals. They affect the wvelfare of the comi nunity, for the ability or inability of womuan o discharge what the Almighly has oommitted o her, touches the equilibrium of society, and th hidden springs of existence. Tenderly initerested as we are for the healtht f our offipring, let us devote peculiar attention tao that of our daughters. Their delicate frames require mor~e care in order to become vigorous, ad are in more danger through the prevalence if fashion. Frequeiat anid thorough ablutions, simiple and nut ri tious diet, we sig.iuld-secure ror all our. children. Baut I ple:ad for the little girl, thaat she maay have air anid exercise, as well as her brother, that she may not lbe too mauch blamed, if, in her earniest lay, she haappens to tear or soil her apron. I plead that she may not be pun ished as a romp, if she keenly enjoys those ac ive sports which city gentility proscribes. I plead that the ambition to make her accom plish do not chain her to a piano thh the spinal column, which should consolidat. .he frame, starts asiide like a broken reed ; nor bow her over the book till the vital energy, ihichi ought to per vade the whole system, mounts io her brain and kindles the death fever-Mrs. Si gourney. gg Boys aro like vinegar-when there is much ,nodler in them they are always sharp. wM A lady of wealth put her daughter, who had beers pampered by indolence, under a governess. Upon calling to inquire how her daughter progressed with her studies, she was told, "not very well." "Why, vhat is. the reason ?" " She wants capacity." " Well, you know I don't regard expense: purchase one di rectly." r Sone precious poet defines ' beautiful extract' to be helping a young lady out of a mud puddle. This is almost as bad as the wit of Hartley Col-ridge, who once being asked which of Wordsworth's productions he consid ered the prettiest, very promptly replied, " His daughter Dora." Z4 The boy upon foot cannot bear to see the boy who is riding. And so it is with envy of a larger growth. We are always crying out, .Whip behind !" in the miserable hope of see ing some hanger-on mere fortunate than ourselves knocked from his perch. E Jas Boon, aged eighty-five years, an inmate of the poor-house at Kirigston, Lenoir county, North Carolina, with his family, consist ing of a wife and three children, it is said, has inherited a handsome estate amounting to $150. 000, and no mistake. - Jonas Frazer, a soldier of the Revolu tion, died at Miamitown, Hanilton county,'0o., October 7th, aged ninety-nine years and two months. le was buried with military honors. -r. The New York Sun says that a few days since-the sheriff sold out the effects of a merchant who has been ruined by the purchase of lottery tickets. le bought for years, but never gained a prize until a few weeks ago, and thb lottery men refused to pay the only hit he made. jr" We learn, says the Benton (Ala,) Her aid, from a gentleman who is an exper:enced and skilful planter, residing near Benton, that ho hAs alroedy got out more cotton than his whole crop, either of last year, or the year be; fart), amounted to and that his provisiio crop will be abundant. We have heard no coumplaints from farmers in this section, and there is no feat of starvation here next year. E A medical writer aserts that the in troduction of the tomato upon the table ha., reduced the sevority of certain types of summer diseases to a noticeable extent. There is no doubt of t.heir healthfulness as food, nor of their excellence as a luxury. L LooK TO YOUIL IItaxF.ss.-No farmer is a good economist who neglects his harniess. A horse feels as much better in a clean pliable harness, as a man does in clean linen, and he is proud of it too. $- A young lady at a ball was asked by a lover of serious poetry whether she had seen Crabbe's Tales ?". "Why, no," she answered, "I didn't know that crabs had tails." nave yo &PUZ'iil0T~~ " And I a"sure you, sir-, I didn't know that red crabs, or any other crabs, bad tails." g A rail road conductor having insulted s lady pasenger, she said, indignantly, that the company which owned that road should not .ee Inother cent of her money. " How so?" said the conductor, " how can you manage it?" "Iereafter," replied the lady, '" instead of Ibuying a ticket at the office, I shall pay my fare to you!" E1 The potato crop is said to be so plenty in East HIartford, Conn., as to sell for seventeen ents per bushel. "4 A gentleman, wishing to be considered i perfct phraseologist and gallant, had occasion to ask a lady one evening to hand him the snuf fer.;, and thus addressea her: " Will your ladyship, by an unmerited and undeserved condescension of your infinite good ness, please extend to your most obsequious, devoted and 'very humble servant, that pair of igpopot exasperators, in order that the refulgent brightness of that nocturnal luminamy may daz ae the vision of our ocular optics more potently. 3K The best way to treat slaniner is to let it alone and say nothing about it. It soon dies when fed on silent contempt. Z:r When the world has once got hold of a lie, it is astonishing how hard it is to get it onut ofthe world. You beat it about the head, till it sents to have given up the ghost; and lo! the next day it is as healthy as ever. ST A SPEN DTH [R IFT.--A t I.inWricIdreland, a young man, who came of ago two years ago, has been obliged to leave the country hn conse quecnce of pecuniary embarrassnment. lie htman with 5id50,000) in htanik, which he soon got rid of, nd~ has since aooumulatodl debts4 to the amunt of $2,000,000-all in two years! gr Ex-President Milliard Fillnore, in a lettert to~ the Kentucky State Fair, says he has wv ithldrawn entirely fruim all political bttife. EK New 15ssu. I i r CANvAss INI mmA .--.Te Lafayeti e (Insdiana) Courier advi se.n the electoris to " vote for no man for Ilepre sentative in. either branch of the State Legisla tre who is not. in favor of the immnediate repeal of the scandalous divorce laws which have con verted our fair State into an asylum for all the married prostitutes of the Union. See to it, tha; the candidates are sound on tisi question." , g An Irishman, who had lain sick for a long time, was one day miet by the parish priest, when the followittg conversation took place; " Well, Patrick, I am glad yotu have recovered but were you not afraid to meet your God?" " Och, no, yot riverince, it was thme meetln' of the old Divil, that I was afeared nv,"treplied Pat. gg The Rose prayed to Jupiter for a gift, so he gave it thorns. At this, the rose wept, until it saw an antelope eating lilies. Er A negro drirer of a coach in Texas, stopping to get some water for the young ladies in the carriage, being asked what he stopped for, eplied t " I am watering my flowers." A unore delicate comnplimtent could not have been paid. Nii Do right though you have enemies. You cannot escape thetm by doing wrong ; and it is little gain tu harter away your honor and itteg. rthy, and divest yourself of moral courage, to gamn what ? Nothing. Better abide by the truth frown down all opposition, and rejoice in the feel ing which must inspire a free and independent nlan. gii The Havana correspondent of' the Charles ton .Courier says that a concession has been ranted to several parties in thatleity, authorizing~ hem to introduce eighty thousand more "Asiat: cos" free colonists. gyaYou see, grandma, we perforate an aperture in the apex, andI a corresponding aper ture in* the base ; and by applying the egg to the lips, and forcibly inhaling the breath, the sell is entirely discharged of its contents." "Bless my soul," cried the old lady, "what wonderful improvements they do make ! Now in my young days we just made a hoIe in each ca~d and suck'ed." ' LIFE AT SALT LAKE CITY.-A correspondent of the New York Herald, writing from Salt Lake under date of August 28th, says that "poor Brigham Young" is in a sad dilemna, not know ing which horn to take. He does not know ' whether to remain in Utah, or to flee to Sonora or Nicaragua. He has had since early last spring thirty span of fine mules, in fine condi, tiop, with a suitable number of light ambulan ces, and other things requisite for a rapid flight from the territory, if an emergency should arise making it important for'him to flee from the territory or into the almost impenetrable fastness of the mountains. Oa the 27th a grand procession of the citizens of Salt Lake was formed on East Temple street, headed by Goveritor Cumming. The party early in the day proceeded to Big ottonwood cannon, where preparations were to be made for a grand pic-nic party to be given by Governor Cumming. Brigham Young was not in the procession when it was formed, nor was he seen upon the street, but it was said he would join the procession be fore they reached their destination. Not a sin gle Gentile, except his Excellency the Governor, graced or disgraced the procession, who, it was reported, was to be baptised. The peace and quietude of Zion was disturbed on the 28th by a street fight near the Salt Lake House. The pugilistic parties were the notori ous Tom Williams and lajor General Gio. D. Grant, of the Nauvoo Legion. Afhr the parties met in collision, they were quickly surrounded by a crowd, who endeavored to separate them, but were unable to accomplish their purpose be fore the General's face and ribs wero pounded into a jelly. Thus the affray ended.. They are both men of prominence in their respective par ties and have many friends. One is a Mormon, the other an ex.Mormon. Whether anything serious will grow out of it of eourse cannoV at present be known. Titm Ba:A, PLAE.---What a mtuiltuda -of thoughts crowd upon the mind in' the conteme. plation of such a scene . flow muoh of the At, turs, even in Its far dkant railhes, ri*& bere us with all its petrsaitslvo realities I Take- but one little perFr space of time, and how nfct ing arp its associations! . Within the flight of one-half century, how many of the great, tlie good, and the wisewill be gathered here!-How inaaXv, in the loveliness of infancy, the beauty of youth, the vigor of manhood, and the matu rity of age, will lie down here, and dwoll In the bosom of their mother earth! The rich and tie poor, the gay and the wretched, the favo rites of thousands, and the for.aket of the world; the stranger in his solitary grave, and the ppitriarch, surrounded by the kindred of a long lineage! How many will here bury-their brightest'hopes or blasted expectations! Hlow many bitter tears will here be shed! How many agonizing sighs will here'be heaved ! 'How many trembling feet will cross the pathways, and, returping, leave behind them the dearest objects of their reverence or 'love.-EsreU. "It gives one an ever present idea of the ex pansive enterprise of his countrymein, to find their commodities of conimeree continually in his path wherever lie goes. - I have not visited any considerable city of Turkey, where I did not find the Medicines of"my country repre sented by Ayers' Cherry Pectoral. In Smyrna, Aleppo, Jafta, Jerusalem and -Constantinople, we see in each, on the door post of some bazaar, the peculiarily American looking Iron card, of Dr. Ayer, saying' in a language which not, one in a thousan'! of the passers by can read, "Ayer's Clui Py ectural fin- Congh's, Colds and Consump lion, Sold 1iere." On a shelf behind the cross legged mussiuman, are seen the bottles with their English, Spanish, French aid German faces turned towards the crowd, and on enquir ing we are told that foreigners are not the only purchusers, but the true believers themselves waive their trust in fate to try this product of American skill, when they find there is no other cure for them." 1 was told yesterday that the Cherry Pecto ral had been presented to the Sultan, and is now in constant use in his harem, and in the Hospitals of the Empise." A RAr LaOAD Day Goons STORE-A railroad dry goods store yesterday made its appearance at Thirty-secrnd street, fronm the New Haven road. It is a car sixty feet in length by eight. in height, and of ordinary car width, with out-' side windows; it has skyligh s and windows at its ends; the skylights can be removed and their openings covered for safety. One side of the ear is fitted up with shelving, and a counter. extends its length. Its most novel feature is its side extension, which will give a width of nine-. teen feet for the store. It is provided with an Indiarubber cover, which is rolled up like the boot of a coacha when the car is to be moved. It is to pe-ramibulate the cotintry for the purpose of selling dry goods, and seems to he in town for the purpose of filling up-.N. Y. Post... How Mur.i we Lzv: TuA? Tasecs mD. [asects genemily imust lead a truly jovia! life. Thin1# what it Wust Ibe tu lodge in a lily. Tmag ie a palace of ivory and pearl with pillars of silver and capitals of goldl, all exhaling such a pefume as nlever arose fronm a human censer. Paney agamn the fun of tucking yosur.<elf up for the unight in the tof'ds of a rose, rocked'to sleep~ by the. gentlo sighs oaf the summer air, nothing to do when you awake bute to wash yourself in a dew drop, and fell to and cat your bed-clothes ! " We would gladly that the grave should hide all the dark entalogun. lint the life of Cot. Burr is a study of tno mean interest and Importance, and is It nmot. of fearful import that the' shoal uponm which so gifted ai being was wrecked should be discovered ?'' 'Such is the testimony that has now been de veloped aid although it merely lifts the curtain for a moment upon the hist hours of Burr, tihat moment is sntlicient to show us the dying sinner struggling with the great enemy and calling help fronm the religion he had, all his life-time, tram ped under loot-ew Y'ork Erchanage. 01.n Inna.t-T he National Intelligencer says there are evidences in the lush journals of in e reasing good'feeling towards the English in that country. The agricultural prospects of the coun try are also said to be very promising. A Dub. lin paper says the wheat erop is one of the best ever seen in'Ireland ; the yied is heavy, the-qual ity good, and it has been gathered in eellent condition. The potato crop is beyond danger, and was never more produc' ive. Other vegeta-, bles are of such supem ior bulk and quality that' even the farmers themselves are satisfied, and - have nothiqg to grumble at but the fact that abundant crops bring low prices. Still the prices of agricultural produce are highly remunerative - there is diminished taxation, lighterburthens, anJ nore empnloyment, for all classes. :g"A wit being told that an old pcuain tance was married, exelaimell, "I am gldto hear it," But reflecting a momnta he aded in a tone of compassion -and 'fo*etfulness, "and yet I don't know 'why 'I sbould be-he never' did me any-harm " W Nohia infe iperianent.