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2 r 1enwerti 3ounxiad, Det~te t0 f Sjf 0Mij Alt oMIeri LdigI)I ~ tcS, Cate~t 3elmvs, Clihratutre, {flern il, Zemv ante, ricu ture &e "We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of ouwr Liberties, and if it naust fall, we will Pershu nnaidst tie Ituins." SIMKINS, DURISOIE & CO., Proprietors. EDGEFIELD, S. C. DECE'f BER 29, 1858. - -- THE CLOSE OF THE YEAM. December's winds are sighing, Stern winter now doth reign; The Frost-King, he is flying, Unto his throne again. His white heath, he is wearing, A pall for Autumn's bier; And the days of joy are leaving, For the darksome ones are here. The Spring may have its treasures, The Summer join the chain, With all its scenes of happiness, And all its flowery train. But still I love December, Though it be void of cheer, The last, last lingering member Of all a misspent year. Soon must its days forever, Which now are spreading fast, Bo gathered up together, And marshalled with the past; For other daye do hover, Their tread we almost hoar; When they-when those are over We'll welcome in the year. Time swiftly Ries before us, Again, a year has gone; Upon life's way it bore us, From our childhood's happy dawn. Another year we're meeting, Shall we another have; Or, ere its days are fleeting, Be silent in the gravel? How many forms that gladdened Each home endearing hearth, Are gone, and we are saddened That they have passed from earth. What bright ones have departed, Who then was with us here; On whom Death now has darted, In this short feeting year. LOOK ON THIS PICTURE. She stood beside the altar, With a wreathe of orange buds Upon her head-upon her back The richest kind o' dudE Her lover stood beside her With white kids and dickey clean The last was twenty-one year old, The first was seventeen. The parson's job was over Every one had kissed the bride, And wished the young folks happiness, And danced, and laughed and cried. TheLai kiss had been given, And the last word had been said, And the happy pair had simmered down And sought the bridal bed. AND THEN ON THIS. She stood beside the wash-tub, With her red hands in the sud?, And at her slip-shod feet there laid A pile of dirty duds. Her husband stood beside her The crossost man alive The last was twenty-nine years old, The first was twenty-five. The heavy wash was over, And the clothes hung out to dry And Tom had stuck his finger in The dirty baby's eye. Tom had been spanked and supper mado Upon a crust of bread, And then the bride and bridegroom Went grumbling to bed. A STORY OF WO~1WS LOVE. BY HELEN FORREST GRAVES. "And you arc determined to marry this girl, Arthur ?" "Yes, uncle, fully determined." " And to shut yourself out forever from all your prospects of wealth, advancement or social station-for you know such will be the result of this ill-advised match ?" "I care not for these things, sir; I only know that I love Amy Stillman with all my heart." " A poor young dress-maker-a fit wife for one of your patrician ideas." "But beautiful, intelligent andsweet-tempered. Uncle, a king might be proud of such a lovely bride. My mind is made up, and in a few days I hope to call Amy my wife." A fierce gleam of wrath and indignation shot from the piercing eye of the spectacled old usu rer, as he sat, regarding the young man who stood opposite him in all the stately dignity of youth, beauty and a noble purpose. " Go, then, foolish boy," he said, "follow the rash impulses of your own will, but remember that you wore forewarned." Arthur Meredith made no reply, but left the room. "lHe nev-er shall marry that girl !" muttered the old man to himself, as he bent again over his papers; "I will not suffer it. What ! after scheming for him, working for him, living only for him, since he was a babe in my arms, shall my dearest hopes be finally defeated through his boyish fancy for a pretty face ? No; if he rparries at all, it must be some heiress who will add wealth to the vast fortune I shall one day bestow upon himn. But how can I best reach this silly girl-how best work out my plans ?" He pan ed for a moment. Truly, it was no easy tnsk for the withered, case-hardened old usurer to seek out the delicate and mysterious spring of woman's heart ! - "1 halve it!'' lhe exclaimed in an instant. " I will appeal to the strength of her affe.ctiona for 1im. If she really loves him, she will be ready to sacrifice her very heart for his welfare. I will prove to her that this ill-placed engagement is the death-warrant to all his ambitious hopes. I will tell her that she alone stands between him and fortune. Aha! it will be a powerful lever, t .i'. !" AIlas'! little thoumght the stern old man of the tempest of conflictmtg emotions that would be awakened by this carefully indited and long con~'idered letter. * * * * * * * S!:e sat by her window, in the moving shad ows of t he flowers that filled the casement, with the scraps of paper clasped in ber fnir, delicate fingers. There was no- need for her to re-pe r-use its pages-overy word was written, a.s by a pen of fire, upon her throbbing brain. She was like a forest violet or lustrous ocean pearl, or anything else that is sweet, and lovely, and pure, wvith her shining braids and bands of gold en hair, and her blue, heaven-tinted eyes, and the delicate refinement of graces that uncon scioul accompanied her every motion;- but the TIlE MUSICAN'S MARRIAGESI After having passed the summer in visiting I a the principal towns of Germany, the celebrated I pianist, Liszt, arrived at Prague in October, > 1846. The day after he came, his apartment was en tered by a stranger-an old man, whose appear-. - ance indicated misery and suffering. The great musician received him with a cordiality which I he would not, perhaps, have shown to a noble - man. Encouraged by his kindness, the visitor said: "I come to you, sir, as a brother. Ex cuse me if I take this title, notwithstanding the distance that divides us; but formerly I could boast some skill in playing the piano, and by giving instruction I gained a comfortable liveli- C hood. Now, I am old, feeble, burdened with a large family, and destitute of pupils. I live at Nuremberg, but came to Prague to recover the remnant of a small property which belonged to my ancestors. Although nominally successful, the expense of a long litigation has more than swallowed up the frifling sum I recovered. To morrow, I set out for home-penniless." "And you have come to me? You have done well, and I thank you for this proof of your esteemn. To assist a brother professor is t to me more than a duty-it is pleasure. Artists 1 should have their purse in common; and it for tune neglects some, in order to treat others bet ter than they deserve, it only makes it more necessary to preserve the equilibrium by frater nali kindness. That is my system; so don't speak of gratitude, for I feel that I only dis charge a debt." As he uttered these generous words, Liszt opened his drawer in his writingcase, and started d when he saw that his usul depository for his r money contained but the ducats. IHe summoned I his servant. " Where is the money ?" he asked. " There, sir," replied the man, pointing to the open drawer. ti "'There. Why, there is scarcely anything !" "I know it, sir, If you please to remember, I told you yesterday that the cash was nearly exhausted."' " You see, my dear brother," said Liszt, smi ling, " that, for the moment, I am no richer than you. But that does not trouble Inc. I have credit, and I can make money start from the a keys of my piano. However, as you are in haste to leave Prague, and return home, you it shall not be delayed by my present want of funds." g So saying, he opened another drawer, and i taking out a splendid medallion, gave it to the a old man. " There," said he, " that will do. It t< was a present made Inc by the Emperor of b Austria-his own portrait, set in dianionds. oI The paintiug is nothing remarkable, but the , stones are tine. Take them and dispose of et them, and whatever they bring shall be yours." ti The old musician tried in vain to decline so rich a gift. Liszt would not hear of a refusal. . and the poor man at length withdrew, invok; the choicest blessings of Peayen on hi., gene benefkctor. Ile then repaired to the sl: the principal jeweller iii the city, in order to Ij sell the diamonds. Seeing a miserably-dressed te man anxious to dispose of magnificent jewels, with whose value lie appeared unacquainted, the et master of the shop very naturally suspected his honesty ; and, while appearinig to examine the al diamomids with close attention, lie whispered a tl few words in the ear of one of his assistants. The latter went out, and speedily retirned, ac coinpanied by sevenal sdiers of police, who e; arrested the unhappy artist, in spite of his pro- IL testations of innocence. " You must first come to prison," they said ; o ":afterward<4, you can give an explanation to the migktrate." The prisoner wrote a few lines to his bone factor, iniploring his aszistance. IAzt hastened to the jeweller. "Sir," said lie, " you have caused the arrest t of anl innocent mnai. Come with mie immimuedi ately, and let u4 have him released. lie is the lawful owner of the jewels in question, for I gave themi to him." But, sir," said the merchant, " who are " My~3 name is Liszt." " I don't know any rich man of that name." L "That may be ; yet I am tolerably well, known." " Are you aware, sir~, that these diamonds are ti worth six thousand florins-that is to say ab~out five thousand guineas, or twelve thousand I francs'?" "So much the better for hm on whom I have bestowed them." k " But, in order to make such a present you rpust be very wealthy." " My actual fortune consists of three ducats."s " Then you are a magician.") " By no means; and yet, by just movig my fingers, I can obtain as much moiiey as I wish." a " You must be a magician."0 " If you choose, Il disclose to you the magic Iemnploy."v Liszt had seen a piano in the parlor behind the shop. IIe opeiied it, and run his fingers t over the keys; then, seized by sudden inspira tion, he improvised one of those soul-touching' syumphonies peculiar to himself. ~ As he soundled the first chords, a beautiful young lady entered the room. While the melo- t dy continued, she remained speechless and im movable; theni as the last note died away, she cried, with irresistible enthusiasm. " BravoI Liszt ! 'its wondrous !" "Dost thou know him, then, my daughter ?" ~ asked the jeweller. " This is the first time I have had the pleas ure of seeing or hearing him," replied she ; " but I knowv that none living save Liszt, could draw such sound from thme piano." Expressed with grace and iiodesty, by a younflg person of remarkable beauty, this admi ration could not fail to be more thanm flattering to the artist. Ihowever, after umakinug his best acknowledgements, Liszt withdrew, in order to dleliver the prisoner, aiid accomphanied by theI jeweller. Grieved at his mistake, the worthy merchanth sought to repair it by inviting the two musi cians to supper~. The honors of the table were I done by his amiable daughter, who ap~peaired no less touched at the generosity of Liszt than astonished at his talent. Tfhat night, the musicians of the city screna-c ded their ilhaistrous brother. The next day, the nobles and most distinguished inhabitants ofa Prague presented themselves at the door. They entreatedl him to give somne concerts, having it to himuself to fix any sum he hpleased as a re-e ueation. Then thme jeweller perceived that a talent, even in a pecuniary light, niay be mioree valuable than the maost precious diamnonds. c Liszt continued to go to his house, and, to thet Imerchant's great joy, he perceived t'hat his. daughter was the cause of his visits, IHe began to love the company of the musician, and the fair girl, his only child, certainly did not .hate it. -One morning, the jeweller, coming to the C point with German frankness said to Liszt "HIow do you like my daughter ?" t "She is an angel !"t " What do you think of marriage'?" I" I think so well of it, that I have the great est possible inclination to try it." " What would you say to a fortune of three tmillion francs 7 " I would willinagly accept it." faint tinge of pink had faded out from her chee and left a dead pallor behind. Poor Amy! her heart was breaking-ther were no tears sparkling and glimmering dow: like April showers; no, her grief lay too dee for that; but the little, restless, throbbing heart so late gay as a bird, wild as a bit of thistle down, and joyous as the warble of a June riv ulet, was breaking in its voiceless agony. But the old man had rightly calculated tb depth of her tenderness, and his subtle medi cine worked well. The next evening, when Arthur Meredit came, as usual, to while away the delicious twi light moments with the musical cadences of lov er's talk-that untranslatable language whici is so full of sweetness to the young, and sound so direfully stupid to those who have passed thc magic age-Amy was gone! Yes, gone, he knew not whither! No tracc no clue to her sweet presence remaining, save one tiny bit of paper wrapped round a white rose bud, on which was traced, in fairy, Iremb ing characters, a few words. It said: " DEAREST ARTHUR: I shall never see you more. Up to this moment I have been indulg ing in a vain and selfish dream, and you were too noble, too disinterested, to undeceive me I know now that if you marry me, your friends will desert you, your prospects will be ruined and your uncle's affections will be totally alien ated. You love me tenderly and truly-I an: sure of that-but the time might come when you would repent your choice, and could I ever forgive mysef for being the obstacle in your path to wealth and fame? Dear Arthur, think of me as one dead, but, oh, remember! that my love ends only with my life. A.%y." Years passed by-the hoary usurer heaped uip wealth in piles, but the darling lbopes of his life-time were.destined to sore disa'ppointment. True, he bad succeeded in effectually breaking off the love affiir between Arthur Meredith and Amy Stillhan; but with it had broken the heart of the only person on earth whom he loved. All hopes of a brilliant career or a gloriou-s name were shattered to the very earth. Arthur moved silently through the busy world, like one who fralks in a dream, taking no inter. est in its allirs, no pleasure in its ficinations ever brooding on the great disappointment of his life. And did the old man feel no pang of bitter remorse, as he watched the white-hairs gradu ally stealing in among the raven locks of his adopted son-the gloomy abstraction ever sur rounding his brow, and the premature age set tling down on his glorious youth? We cannot tell-the human heart is a vast volume of mys tery. It was a time when pestilence walked in dark nes over the myriad purlicus of the great city rumors, growing every hour, startled the public ear-there was scarcely a hearthstone where death had not penetrated, while the destroyer's sickle mowed down youth and age, strength and weakness alike. The affrighted inhabitants fled in all directions to avoid the contagion, and the broad streets and thoroughfares of the city were silent and desermed as the grave! The strong, arid glow of sun-set was illuinin ing the vine-clad porch of a little tavern in a small village, near the city, when two or three men entered, hot and dusty, with carpet-bags and valises in hand. They were eagerly met by others lounging on the step;, but none of them cared to notice a'wumnan, clad in rusty black, and closely veiled, who sat waiting for the stage on the corner of the piazza. Yet she was very lovely, or would have been, had not her face been so excessively pale. 1 Well, what is the news from the city?" was queried to the new comers. " What news do you expect? I have noth ing to relate but death and pestilence," was the reply. "New York is comparatively empty, T sup pose ? Has old Meredith left his money bags yet ?" " No; but he is soon likely to leave them forever." " How do you mean ?" exclaimed the first speaker, while the wvoman leaned forward with dilated eyes and trembling lips. " his nephew was taken ill a day or two ago, and he became so excited and distressed that he, too, was attacked while on his way to urge the doctor to come more frequently-to bribe him, if need be, to neglect other patients-he fell in sensible on the pavement, and was brought home in high fever." " And the nephew ?" " Both are dying, they say." From this, the speaker diverged to indifferent topics. But the instant the relation of this ep isode of the pestilence was finished, the woman had risen and left the porch. She could not wait for the stage-she could not check the strong impulse at her heart.-sun and storm were alike to her, for what could keel) Amy Stillman from Arthur Meredith's dying pillow ? Onward she plodded, heedless of the burnmng sky above, or the stony road beneath-urged on by one strong, unaltering hope. "They may be mistaken-he may live yet ! Oh ! surely, God will not let Arthur die !" The next day's sun was high up in the heca vens, as the weary, exhausted creature crept up the marble steps of old Meredith's stately man sion. She was met on the very threshold by the gray-haired doctor, who started with sur prise at beholding her. "Woman, do you know where you aregoing?" he questioned her. " Would you rush to certairn death?" " Let moe go," she said, pettishly, throwing off his detaining hand. " Do you knowv that one breath of yonder fever-freighted atmosphere would be fatal tc twenty such as you ?" he continued, pityingly She pushed pa4t him with an impatient ges. ture, aid entered the gloomy vestibules of thc duonmed house. In the same room lay both un ce and nephew; but Amy went straight to thi h~e laide of himn whom she had not seen for ter long~ years. Changed--ally changed, alas ! but still beautiful, with the marvellous light of com ing death ! Two days she watchied beside the dim laml of expiring life-moistened the parched lips smoothed back the tangled hair, and knelt be side thme piilow of pain, heedle..s of the filerc< fever-throb in her own overtasked brain. Buw she hadl her reward. Oine minute before thi spirit went forth into the vast portals of eterni ty, his reason camne back-lie smiled at her witl the oldI foind look, and called her " Amy," a though they had never been parwted, and thei died ! That night's pureC, p:deC moon loo~ked in o:i tw< dead faces, radiant with the beauty of immror~ tal love and youth, 1:>r death, in one day, ha< erased the traces or ten weary years of pail and woe, anda lelt only loveliiness behind. Tame usurer lived-where youth and strengtl were stricken down, hi~s houary age survived but his existence was worse thatn death. Peo pie pitedl him as he crept by in thze streets with bowed down head, anal whispered how thi dleath of his nephew had affected him ; but noni knew the terrible secret of remorse ever gnaw ing at his heart, n.'r how bitterly he repenate the faital mistake of years, years ago! LAimoa LosT.-An organ-grinder playing a " Wel1, we unaerstad. each other. M laughter pleases you; , i please my dauglite [Ier fortune is ready ; y Son-in-law." " With all my heart.'?1 The marriage was colbratcd the followin veek. Anti thi, according to te chronicles of Pragu s a trie account of- %;he inarriage of t rcat and good pianist, Liszt. BEGINNIN' TOIRACTICE; Or, Cousin Pete's Fit&Case of Colery. BY MAJOR Ja34Pu JONES. Cousin Pete had jest eAn home from his firs ourse in College. and he isimonstrons nnxio o make every body beoeve he was a gre: )octor. Unkle Josh putihimt with old Uoett vaiter to larn the practice of medicin, ft bough lie had bcn to CoBse* four months, an iad ever so many lecters in the Professor nd knowd all about the theory as he cal!ed i le hadn't got his hand in) tet, and didn't knov auch about nixm inediciaM and sich like. D iaiter tuck hin into hiloffice, and used t aku.himn rouid to see his 'patients and examni her simptenis, and sum Omes he used to sen im by himself to give thb prescriptions wh Ie made for 'eim, and see liow his medicine oF rated. Pete soon begun to put on profes.wional air. nd any buoy to see hin *din Unkle Joshi orses to death, or to egr -him talking an wellin bout the despert es he had on hand rould tuck him to be one fthe greatest dot ars in Georgy. If he on 'lload to go live hull red yards to give a iiggde by i dose of pal ygorrick, he alwatys we .on horseback, a, ard as he could griap, a. wbvhen he had n: ody to see, he would git ofi; to his horse wit. is saddlebags, and go tari -out into the con ry, as if somebody's life pended oin his mc ons. le was all the tinef talkin about surgi t operutions an"d topical exainiiations of de' oys, so mlore'i h;alf .4,it Mikle Josh's nigger astj fraid to go to sleep nights, for fear he'd cu m tp and bile tie lint o' tler bones befor brnin. The fact i:, 1e Wa as IerecL. )ecimien of a Journe.% man ian-killer, in t hi ist stage of his professio as was to be seci myiwhar. One dny, while Dr. Gaiter was gone to Mil dgeville, anl Unkle Joh tas way froi holm. it overster sent in w.-r tiat somei of the nig. -rs was sick. That w.&. jet into Pete's hand [is saddle-bags was oi ik' horse in no timne id away lie went, dashin'ont to the plantatiol see what was tho inatts' Ini :daott a owe ere he cumi back agin, at till gallop, jumpe fr at the office door, run ii:and got suim ied ine, and away ie dashed Igin as hard as 1e )uld tare. Several persunsltx'd him what wa: to matter, but Pete only lopked wise and sed ithin. He i:ti't - ttle nigr, er em.AMr. . nes! Iit sum woe inedicin. '- Wbat's broke loose ainonz you all out t< ie plantation ?" ses Mr. Perkins to Ned. " Oh!" ses he, " Daddy and Unkle Abram id Sukey, and Bill, and two or three inore o ic people, is dll'42(lh1l sick." " What's the matter with 'ei ?7" Duln no, S.r! NL.Sa Pete ses '111m1 got <1( Lyattiek Collery, andmi tole ime to gib you di: tter."' Mr. Perkins tuck the letter, and after puttih I his speeks lie nade it out. PLATArTrION, July 15th. U MnR. PrstaNSs: Sir:-The dredful scurge is rigin here, the <vatiek Collerv. Six of the niggers is got i the ost maliglant tile. lie sure to Send w flolierin perscripltion as quick as possible: It. Callmaty ................ j Mrfen.................r.xxiv. M. .6 powders. Make powders for six patients, and .-nd 'en imegitly, ais Lchar aint. no timeI to he lost. In ha.,te~, P'eriea Jo~nes, M. 1). Thie .ill maln flew round like a hlouse afire. ti u' got the powdlers all made tip; then lhe gil nm to little Sualon and~ toldl himi to take 'enI Sthe doctor as quicek as he couldi. No news was !weard from the plantation al iny. Evry body was in a state of' dredful ex tement about the Coliery, and they was af'raib >go within a imile of thle place for fear o T1hie next day wats Sunday, and everybodly ii ineville was gwiue to church thecy wats skare< >dreadful. 'Bout ten o'clock here come ousin Pete, ridin on Unkle Josh's old ball ced boss, in a slow walk, with his hed dlowi Id a sort of wil look out of his eyesa. Inste< chargin up the niddie street, and macin r'Onn< 1e court house three or four times, like lhe al -ays did, lie tuck the privatest way he coubt ntd, as if lie didn't want nobody to see himn. Sumthain was the matter, evry body was cer tin, and nothin was talkedl abouint but the Col Ory on nkle Jos.h's plantation, and thmey wa 11 anxious to kn~w how it hadl turned otit. As soon as they could linid Pete at the Doc >r's office, they all begun axin bhim how the iggers was cuini on what had the Collery. Pete breathed monstrotus hard, and rolled hi yes about like he was hlalf out of his senses. " They's ded," sos he; "all the medicin il teorgy couldn't save 'em." " What ?" ses all of 'em, " ded ! llow inai; i ded ?" " Five of 'em," ses Pete. Then the alarm was worse than ever. Thb ews went throngh town like wild fire. More': alf the people was for packin up and movi: ite olf to escape sich a dredful fatal diseast to doubt Pete had done his best. Pore feller e w~as so overdone withl exertin himisell- tha e0 couldni't hardly stand, anti didn't leave thi ouse for sunm timie. 'Bout this time Dr. Gaiter cum home, an eniin the~ dredful accounts about thle Coller.1 le lust thing he donc wvas to ride rite omitt he plantation with P'ete to see into the miattei tfter lookin about a little and questionin th verseer, and the niggers what hlad been sici, e pronoumncedl tile disease notin but a commno oliery mnorbus, brnmng on by etini too multC reen corn and water melons ; amid after lotoki t Pete's perscription lie wasn't no loss to tm terstand the tncommonoz fatalit~y of t he tdiseasi )nly two niggers out of tihe lot escaped, an ne wa ohld Abrahamn what never wouild tak nybody's medicine as long as lhe had strenagt null imn his jaws to keep 'emi shut, and th 'timer was Ant Sukey, who was most well 'foi he imedicine cumi. Pore Pete ! when the old Doctor explainie t all to him, and told hiim how so much calh nei and mnerfeeni was enuff to kill all the nit ;ers on the plantation, lie tuck it imonstroi ard. Unkle Josh wa*Is as tmad as a hornet, amn um monstrous nigh givin Pete a lickin, big e0 is. But old Mtr. Monutgoimery told hii hat wouldn't*bmring the niggers to life, nor sam he lives oh' antybody else that moughit have ti ad luck to fall into Pete's hlands. Hie's a moi trous plain spoken old mnain, Mm. Mountgomer s, amid gocs his deth agin qualck4 amid pretei lers ot all kinds, lHe tohd Unkle Josh I bought it served him jest right, so far as I was coninaned. As for the pore imgra lie so v he -as very sorry, but it was a very great pitt r. that the people who is fillin the country wit ignorant, voing upstarts who's jest got iolledt of niedicini . enniill to make 'em dangerous to t ig lives of the cornmuniry-its a great pitty, 1; sed, that sich piersoens couildn't always be treal D, ed by ther doctors of ther own manyflacte e Ile sed ther was a great responsibility restin o a parent in the selectiont of a profci-ion for hi Son ; and th it in adoptin a pursuit, as tuch rm gard Should be paid to the ability of Ile ynni man to discharge hi duty to the puiblie, as I Iis tastc or prefetrences. If that matter w: taken into consideration, litany a chap that i now fillin the grave-yards of the country, wit Sdled victims to ther ignorlance and darin, woil be tillin the fields and makin corn fhr Lhe t livin. rMr. Molimigomery'.s speech didn't set ver r well on likle Josh's stummick, hut he know' 1 it was true anti he never sed a wort o(iut of tii way to his old friend. Pete's been mon;strotis solltuncollv ever sine his encounter with the collery. Sonic of thi - boys plagnei him a good deal, bit. sum of hi friends tried to sooth his feelins. Bob Morc land hai a long walk with him, tryin to swad him that such thhigs often happens with thi t be.st of doctors. " Why,'" ss lie, "you ainit the fuist doeto that ever met with sich anccident. Sich thing happens every now and then, if they was onli fouid out. Why, thar was Doctor ilarket you know killed hinmself by mistake, and every body knows that Dr. Samson, down onl thi Rt:i, killed his wife anl child, by givinl 'eiii th - wrog , kind of miedicine." - I kniow that," ses Pete with a long sigh (.I know that." " Well, aint that coensolin to you ?-you i only a young doctor-an Z they was old ones one killci himself, and the other killed his wili and child. " Yes !" ses Pete, slkini his head with heavy groan-" Yes, Bob, ibit t/wi temnl lik killing ther oiwn niggrsi'" olih li-lit try to consr:Zole his grief no morn after that. Sich grief wasteoo sacred to be di turbed by word. eofi commniseration, and nuus be left to tieine to heal. AFFECTING. Up in Voliluik, wihere the thistle lile-mni, dies aniel riots; Where the wiuter whirlwinds whistle All round the lots Livedl the slickest gal you ever S:w in y41u1r life; Ankle like a blue beech lever, Voice like a life. As I-sat by hur a courtin', :reie . ron she was sportin', 4red and clean. ..ugledI was ourlhash.Iogotbpr; . All diy we sat, A chawin'gum in winter weather, L6uppy ns fit. Long I stuck to her like tensles, Suimmer anl rall, 1)ut bie went of with the miensles, Ankle au11 all. COUNUEl TO TIE YOU.NG. Never he cas-t down by trifle.. If a spidi breaks his web twenty tines ihe will inlend il agaiin. Make up yiouy r minils to do a thing. iian you will d1 it. Fear not if Irou-ill cornes upot you; keep utp your spirits iltouglh the day m:13 ie a dark ie "'roub!es tev.-r last for ever 'I he darkest city wihl pass away !" 11 the sun is going down, look up to the stars if the earl h is dark, keep yours eyes oni laven With (-d's presence and God's promises, a naai oi child imay ie cheerful. " Nt-ver dcespair when rot's in the air. A sunshinty miorning will e .-nie without warning !' Mindt what you run after! Never be content Iwith a btubble that will bunrst ; or a firewtoo Ithtat will end in smoke anid darkness. But thal what you e-mi keep, and which is worth keeping .'-tt ou hinig sterlin:: tha~t wiil stay, If you have :n enemty, act kindly to him, an t:ake himi yuri friend1. You may not win in over at oncee, but try again. let one kinidnes: be followed bys antmeiher, till youn have comnpasset your end. ]y little and by little great thing are coiiileted. "C Wate-vr flling dnay hby dlay Wears the haitst reek niwny '' And so repeated kindness wvill soften ta hear [ of stone. . Whatever you do, do it willingly. A bo [ that is whipped at schoeol never learn-i his les sons well. A man that is cotupelled to, work .cares not how badly it k. performned, lHe t ha . pulls olf his coat cheerfully, strips up his clothe in earncst, and sings whlile h~e works, is t lie mat for ie A' cheerful sptirit gets ton equick; A grumblher in the mtud wvil stiek." I vil thoughits are worse thtan lions aind tigers Sfor we c-tn get out of the way of wild beasts bultt baed thoughts wvin their way everywhlere Keep youmr heads and hearts full of good thotights that bad tho~ughts may not find room P" lie on your guard, and strive atnd pray, To dr;ve all evil thioughits away." AN ANGEL INMEN's CI~o'rHms.-We reac and hear occasionally of "miinistering angcls, and they are generally of the "gentler sex. That these cannot lay exclusive claim to thi title, thiere is occasionally a demionstration itn thi shape or some s'tnal act (If kindntess perforime by those whlos e natures are stuppoised toI i steeledl to sufferittg. An instance occmt red a e days since ini this city. In :a dwelling~ on 'Thamie srea little htalbe. "'the lunb of the lock, swas lying in con~ivul.,ions5, its parents looking 01 with aching hearts at its sufferings, and doint what they could to alleviate them, with the aic of a physician. Suiddenly and unexpectedhly straniger entered the door, noiselessly and al most unperceived, and taking a seat beside th little sniferer, called for warii water antd comi mneed bathing its feet. Hie said lie was pas sing in the street, and seeing pteople hurrying t -and from the hiouse and out, he had dropped ii 1teo see if lie couIld be of any service. Patientl! e and silently lie pros)cumted~ his labor oIf love, til lihe had the satisfaction of seeing the little on e restored to consciousness, when lie arose, atn 1 taking his hat, departed as noiselessly as ht came, unknown, atnd scarce giving thme grateft Sparents opportunity to thank him for his kin attention andi valuable aid. May the blessin; of 1[lem who said " Siter little chiildren to coin unto me," atteind himt through the journey . l ife.-Neurp'ort Ners. ui PRar'rv GooD llUNTIN.-Onme of our citiZen: e says the Gomnzales (Texas) 1nyqirer, was ini catmp hunt a few days since, on the Neuces,i twhich lie helped to kill thirty-six deer, seventy y five turkeys, three leopard cats, two panther tone bear, amid about two humndred partridge e besidesi hookinig as many trout as they could cal cutting a bee-tree lilled with honey, and cateli Il 'big a runaway negro. y TIlE LAW AGAINSTlE AFIICAN SLAVE TRADE. h The following sectioins are taken from the Act e of Congress, 20th April, 1818, to be found in . :rd Stat. 450: Petnal/y for Iinporting'I N-gros- into Ihe lsiitd ~ R Stes to be in1d inl Nacery. S-rmi.- ;i)y person or persdns whut soever shall, frou and sifter the iassage of tlhi act, bring within tll- jurisdiction of the United States, in any mamier whatsoever, any iegro, mulatto or per.:on (f color, 1rmn any foreign kingdom, place ort country, or from sen, or shall hold, sell, or otherwise dispose of, any such ne gro, imulatto or peIrson of color, so brought in as . slave, or to lie held to service or labor, or he in anywise aiding oru abetting therein, everly r per.n s ollendilg slhall, on conviction lhereof bsy due couirse of Jaw, fofeit and pay; four every suchfence, a 6mnnot eHotexlceding ten thousanid nor le..s than one I houm dullar, on1e moiety to the use of the Uni.ted Stales, and the other to the use of the nerson or p'ersIuios who shall sue for suc * C ei I ire, and prosecute the Same to effect ; 'm, moreover, shall sunlfer imprison ilment, f(r a term niot. extcedimg seven years nor less than three years. 1eltd' for pare-Cm, iu oring Neg.roes so imiporitl. Sh. 7.-If iiy perion or persons whatsoever shall hold, purcliase, sell or otherwise dispose of anlly ngro, mlatto, or person of rolor, for a Slave or to be held to service and labuor, or shall have been imported or brought in, in any way, from any foreign kingdom, place or country, of from the dominion of any foreign state ime diately adjoining to the United States, into any part or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the passing of this act, every person so offending, and'every person aiding or abetting therein, shall sevendIly for feit and pay for every, negro, mulatto or per Son of color so held, puircha-ed, sold or disposed of, one thousand dollars, one moiety to the use of the United States, and the other to the use of the person or persons who may sue for such forfeiture, aid prosecute the same to effect, and to standl comitteiiitd until the said forfeiture be paid: Provided, That the aforesaid forfeiture shall not extend to the purchaser or seller of any negr, utilatto or persoin of color who may he s',ld or disposed of in virtue of any regula tions wilch have been heretofore, or shall here after be lawfully made by any Legislature or any State or Territory in putlsiace of this act and the constitution of the United States. Burden of pruf to rea on Ihe Defendant. Sk:c. &.-In al prosecutionvs under this act, the defendant or defendants shall lie holden to prove trrt the negro, mulatto or person of color, which he or they shall be charged with having brought, into the United States, or with purcha sing, holding, selling, or otherwise disposing of, and which accuding to the evidence in such case, the said defandant or defendants shall have brought in aforesaid, or otherwise disposed of, -.was brought into the United States at least five yeini~ieConsot hoscommenomenhofenchei prosecution, or was not brought in, holden, pur chased or otherwise disposed of, contrary to the provisions of this act, and in failure thereof, the said defendant or defendants shall be adjudged guilty of the offence of which he or they may stand accused. HAVE A H1o.%i.-Young men have lately writ ten to us, asking: " Shall we marry, possessing only small means ?" If the means are adequate to meet the wants of the mann and the future wife, why not? But they should be siflicient for this, else the most painful conisequelices ilay ensne. Moderate means are anple fir the real necessaries of life, too, which ought to satisfy human beings, so far as externals are concerned ; insuring social and domestic enijoyment: meeting Ihe real purpose of exi~stenee-their own advancement and that of others. 1ut have enough for this. l[ave a hole. Have a home, young lni before you have a wife. At least have means to provide one. You have no business with an Eve till there is a par adise to place her inm. Secure the garden, and the Eve will follow. If you are unable to pro !vide an lEden, who ought to trust you with an Eve ? Sacred as we regar4 love, we do riot be lievo in divorcing it froni conmmon sense. Tihis experimlenit is generally fatal to both happiness and respectability. Wake from mere dream life, exert your ene rgies; p~rocure meanis by some kind of homest labor; scnre a home; then ask your own heart, and the girl phrenologically best adapted to you, the quiestion: " Shall I marry ?"-Lif lluestrala!l. Ses.urinA A sn EhAsIu:s.-Mr. Wi1tt. me~mbler of the lIoyal College of Suirgeons, has, published a liplplet in which lie .states that bicarbuonate of amumonia is at spec: tic for the cure of' scarlet aever and imeales. Ile cites Ur. P'eart,ofL'iver po0o1, and other practitioners, who have never lost a case out of' hiumtiieds since adopting this reined". Two drachmis of' the bicarbounate and two talblespoonifuls of' the solution giveni every two, tlireue, or tour hours. atccording to the urgeni ev of' the symuiptoms. No acid dr'ink must. he tiie, but only water, or toast and water. T1he system is to bue moved byv a dlose of calomnel if n'eessary. Theli room must bse well ventilated. but the patilent pro'tected from the slightest cold -o draft. Gargles should also be employed fo.r c learing the throat. Theii aniinonia seems to counteract thue poison which causes scarletina andl also acts on the system by diminishing the freqtuency and at the same time imereasmg the strength of the pulse. As so many children die from these diseases in this country, this remedy ought to receive a fair trial from the profession. Wumwur or 'rus Erw ieses Sur CA RY iTHE l)Av.-Josh was brought before a country sqfuire for stealin" a hog, and ilhree witnesses being ex:uinmed swore they saw him steal it. A wag hiaving~ volunteered as counisel for Jfosh, knowing -ithe scop.-of the suguire's brain, arose and ad diressedl him ais kuiows : "May it please your honor', I can establish this nman's hioinesty beyond the shadow of a doubt; for I have twelve wit nesses ready to swear that they did not see him steal it." 'I'he squire rested his head for afe imoimeiits upon01 his hand, as if' in deep thought, and then with great dignity arose, and brushing Iback his hair, said,".If there are twelve who did - ot see him steal it and only three that did, I dis -charge the prsnr Clear the r'oomt 1' Mics. Cexxsommnt.-A correspondent of thie Ruochester Union writes from New York thatt Mrs. (2unnijnghmam, of Blurdell murder notorie ty, and her two daughters ar'e living in an ele I ant mansion in Twenty-third street, and~ap parently in easy3 circumnstances. They givefar ties occaisionally', andi " the head of the family," itis said, was visible at the opera the othelr evening. Augusta was nmarriedi recently to a young Southern planteir, and Helen, it is under f t~oodJ, is in a fair way to follow the example." Poisosous H.un DYEs.-At a late meeting of the Cincinnati Academy of medicine, to show Sthat lead, used externally, was sometimes ah-. I sorbed into the system, Dr. W. IT. Massey men - tioiied the case of a man who for eightyears, had , used Mrs. Allen's, Twiggs', anid Cr'istadoro's hair , dyes, (the basis of which, lhe said, wats sugar of , lead and tnitrate of silver,) and had thuerefore got -; the " blue line" on the gums, adtbh" blue face," WASHINGTON KRL!MOH AND SPECUATON . The President is about to try again the 'of repeated experiment of attempting to uniti thd New York "Shells." A large depntion 'repie-.. senting each branch, will arrive to-day.-Messrs. Fowler, Purser, Kenedy,'Waterbury,-Hart, and S:mders, well known ciiefs, are to speak fbr Tammnany, while the Wood's, Dickinson, Ma ther, S. P1. Russel, and Schell ask to be heard on the other side. Each set will be accompanied with a score or more of bottle-holders and fi glemen. The White House promuises to be the theatre of a rich and angry scrimtage. Senator )ouglas has recently written a pri vate letter, in which he declares he is not a can didate for the Pre.-idency. le states-that the light just enled has been one for principle, and of oncience and conviction, that the result has triminphantly vindicated his position in the eyes of lis own people, than to represent whom in the conufder.1tedl coneils of .over-ignities be has at present no higher ambition. He reitgr ates his adhlerenee to the Democratic faith and org:niz. ion, and avows his lirpose to support the Char!eston nominee. Ie will take an early (ocef-ion in the Senate to define his views, which le says lave been the subject of much unjust mniscnst rcit ion. The all-eagros~ing theme of conversation in politic:l circles, is the present unhappy condi lion of Me.Ncop. in the course of a few days, it i, prolable, a joint movement will be made in both llouse of Congress, authorizing the. President to despatch a commissioner to Mexico, wit Ih full 1n wer to negotiate a treaty of amity and allia'ice with the present liberal leader, suppirting him in his position with the whole power of this Govermneant-the treaty looking to reciprocal relations of commerce, and the acquiition of territory. In this connection, it is a noteworthy fact that, owing to the discrimi nation against American interests in Mexico, nineteen-twentieths of her commerce is carried in foreign bottomas, while, from the same cause, she scarcely fdrnis hes any market for American fabrics. A treaty'remedying this state of things would do much to relieve the depressed condition Of our mannfacturing and shipping icterest, a de pression arising iore from 'want of a market and employ ment Ihan from foreign competition, on which the tardf men are laboring so hard to fasten it. Mr. Caushing seems generally desig nated by public opinion here as the best man for this important position. Among the candidates spoken of by their friends for the next Speakership are Messrs. Bocock, B arksdale, Phelps, Houston, Stepheris, Stephenson, Maclay, and others. They are all gentlemen eminently qualitied to discharge the duties of the position, and each. will be ia, :a pressed by his friends. It is said that Secretary Cobb will ben.: tated to offer the $10,000,000 additional due of the $20,000,000 loan authorized last sessionof Congress. Money is now pc. adteGoversimen -be*beU&1 t The cauldroi of opposition moveniEnt: the Presidency is busy boiling no initii A meeting of the Crittenden men came terday. McMichael, of the Philadelphi:s Gazette, and other prominent editors and p. cians, are here in lead of the enterprise. main difficulty is the case of Mr. - Weed's friends here pledged for him ..i will not support Seward in any obstinate resib tance to a union of the opposition on any other candidate. Botts, Bell, McLean, and Rives are spoken of, and each has his friends. It is im. possible to disguise the fact that the elements of opposition are rapidly drifting to a general fusion oil the spoils. lion. .Jamnes Chesnut, lately clecled Senator from South Carolina, will not arrive till alter Christnas. Ile has written for rooms from the first of January.-Wash. States. Do-:as.-The visit of the Little Gianf to our Southern cities is producing quite a-furor - aiong those who are always ready to take after the successful man. Thousands at New Orleans and other cities who ivelcome him so enthuzsias tically, and aro joining in the greati ddmonstra tions which are being made over his arrival among uIs, no doubt were among the first who swore vengeance against hinm when he made head against the President on the Lecompton issue. By the by, what has become of those presses that belabored him so, not long since?7 Why do we not hear them rebuking the people for clasping this-traitor to their hearts ? Their silence is ommnous. Perhaps they are beginning to think that he will be the nominee of the Charleston Convention, and if so, President, in which event he will have some old scores to set tle with them. Bie this as it may, one thing is certain, that many of the most formidable bat teries have been .suddenly silenced, and we half suspect that thcse demnonstraitions have had something to do with it.-Eufala (Ala.) Ex pre.'s. Tmn: Ih:as or An.-In this wonderful age, Art lavs her master touches on almost every thing.' The ceilings over us and the carpets we tread on, are hallowed by Art. Art winds the railway through the mountains and the mud: umakesleer machines of wood and iron, to act as if with knowledge and annihilates space with lightning tamed down to the tuteledge of a boy. Nothing is too lofty for lhar touch and nothing too humble. A new proof of this old convie tiona, has just fallen under our notice, in the shape of a Cathartic Pill, from the Laboratory of that world renowned Chemist Doct. J. C. Ayer. If we understand the subject, he has carried that article to the farthest perfectioa of which it is capable. Instead of employing Drugs in its conmosition, as we have always thought the ne eessary and only way, he has with consummate skill extracted the rr/ues of the medicine to be employed and combined them alone in their purity together. Thea composition is then mixed and rolled by mnehinery and steam power into a spheroid pill which is wrapped iln an envelope of gelatine, fo.r protection from the effects of-weather or time, and then thickly coated with sugar, to serve as its passport over the palate. .t otwith standing all this labored perfection they are offered to the Public at less than one Cent each. However humble the department, we think this may be safely characterized as the consumma tion of Art in its linie.-Morning News, Balt. A SIot .rn C.isu..-A singular ease of alleged embezzlement of a letter was tried in Phil adelphia, on Tuesday. in the United States Dia trict Court. A person who had been a clerk in the Postotlice seems to have lain for seven long years under a false charge, because at letter, be longing to another person, was found in a book in his house. His vindication was coumplete. It was shown that the person to whom the letter was addressed had married a cousin of the de fendant's wife; that the book was loaned to the latter by the former, who had placed the letter in it as marker. The defenddnt lasa repeatedly endeavored to get the case tried, buit witliout ef feet. The jury, by dii-ection ofthaeCourt~returned a verdict of not ouilty, and that the innoence'of the defendant h.fd been fully established. -.i ourteen beautiful goldoa canaries were, de atrioyed by a rat, in Boer Island-Xll., last welhe monster got ia the eage and atelhls way out.