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"WE WILL CLING TO TEE rILLAES Or THE TEMPLE 07 OUR L 18 N P TMS W COIS, AND IF IT MUST FALL, WE WILL PERISH AMIDST THE RUINS." JUNE 29, 1859. ---- --- Procrastinations. BY CEAS. xACKAY. If fortane with asmiling face Strews roses on your way, When shall we stoop to pick them up? .o-day, *sy love, to-day; But.should she frown with.face of care, And talk of ooming sorrow, When shall we grieve, if grieve we must? To-morrow, love, to-morrow. If those who've wronged us own their faults, And kindly pity pray, When shall we listen and forgive? To-day, my love, to-day ; But if stern Jstiee urge rebuke, And warmth from memory borrow, When shall we chide, if chids we dare ? To-morrow, love, To-morrow. If those to whom we owe a debt Are harmed unless we pay, When shall we struggle to be just? To-day, my Jove, to-day-; - But if ouiiebtor fel our hope, And pll his ruin thorough, When:shall we weigh his breach of faith? Totmorrow, love, to-morrow. If Love estranged should once again Her genial smiles display, When shall we kiss her proffered lips? To-day, my love, o-day; But, if she would indulge regret, Or dwell with by-gone sorrow, When shall we weep, if weep we must? To-morrow, love, to-morrow. For virtuous acts and harmless joys The minutes will not stay; We've always time to welcome them Ti-day, my love, to-day ; But care, resentment, angry words, And unavailing sorrow, Come far too soon if they appear To-morrow, love, to-morrow. . * 0 Let's be Content. Why murmur at your lot in life ? Look upward, be a man! Away with discontent and strife, And do the-.best you can. What,-ho' you have no broad green lands, No coffers filled with gold ? Health and strength, and honest hands, Will yield you wealth untold. Far better share the joys that fill, The honest workman's breast, The sleep that o'er his senses steal, When nature claims her rest. Tho' cares are on life's pathway set, And sorrows spread around; Rimember that where rank weeds giow, A doweret oft is found. Who, the, w d live in idleness, When lbr health and pleasure ? Let's be coteant, and Heaven will bless Our works with loving measure. JOE CHICKWEED'S COURTSHIP. BY LOUIS r. BURDITT. "I vow I" said Joe Chickweed, as he. stood before the parlor mirror, putting the last touch to his well-oiled hair, ' if I let this night pass without finding out just how I stand with Malinda Martin, then I'm a cow.' The critter's always acted so pesky skittish there's been no getting around her. I like her ad she knows it, and i'm inclined to think she likes me; but she likes more than one string to her bow, and I ain't sure but she'd slip me ayminute'if she could make a better bar gmi. Maybe I'm doing her an injustice ; and 1hope I am ; but she acts sometimes 'tarnal ly like a real coquette, and I don't know what to miake of her. But to-nig'ht," he added, lit ting an immensely high and immensely wide brimmed hat upon his shining head, "to-night I'll settle the matter-r'l cross the Rubicon, if I get my boots full of water. Malinda aint go adsek and I might do worse most "Do tell, if it's come to that?" exclaimed old Mrs. Chick Weed, who had entered theroom unnoticed by her son, in time to bear his last sentence-" well I've all along bad a notion that you was aimin' in that ere direction." Joe turned red from his cye-winkers to his ankles, and looked very sheepish. He work ed sery busily, too, for a few seconds, with brushing some imaginary dust from a place between the shoulders of his coat, which he couldn't reach, but he said nothing. U There aiut nothin' to beashamed on Joe," continued the loquacious old-lady, apparently getly pleased at making the discovery she h, " and you spoke Gospel truth when you said you might do worse elsewhere. Malin da's a nice gaL" "Well," said Joe,. gaining some courage from his moiher's manner, "i'm glad you think so, for I'm bound to make here my wife, if"- .' "If what?7" asked the old lady. " Well, if everything's favorable." "Don't your fear anything' again it. You em atdo duty, Joe, an dan's yourn. "It's a fine farm, no mistake," said the young man, earnestiy. " No better farm of its size, in the whole country, than the widow Martin's," said Mrs. Chickweed, in an emphatic tone. "No. I think not." " And thenasee how it isstocked; two yokes of the beat steers in all these parts, besides their two horses; sayin' nothin' of the rest of the-critters. And of course they will all go with Malinda when the widder's dead, and be fore, too-for you'll go right on to the farm Ussoon as jou marry, and take charge of evr hng. U"It's a good.. opening, that's a fact," said Joe; " but I put a higher value on Malinda than all the property." " And' wen you should ; though the farm and fixins sint to be despised. " Oh, I aint odeo to desp'se them." Joe laughed indileft the room, and soon afterhle left the'liouse, and made his way as expeditely as the glooma*ould permit, to wards the residence of the widow Martin. A light was burning in the front room, but the window cartains were closely drawn, so that he could not get a view into the apartment as he passed along the yard. He knocked at the door, and was adnitted by the widow in person, who, after enquiring benevolently, af ter his health, ushed him into the parlor. It was already occupied by two persons Malinda and Reuben Sparks, the latter a mgnan who recently returned to Spring fid from California, and was looked upon with special disfavor by the young farmer. Joe was welcomed by the young lady, not so cordially as formery and by no means so cordially u Joe togthis due. He- was *greet'lby Kfr. Sprsins asortof joking, don *dsceundgj ~way, thtraised the ire inwardly. liowrever, theseoaversation that followed waR spiermly' agrlaile to all parties, and the - iawose ~, gserUowmmewmtre8, BgmkhasnimnuI htit was par haps time for him to be returning, as it was suite a little walk to the village. Malin. a at once asserted that it was very early in deed, and he should not think of leaving so soon ; whereupon Mr. Sparks was induced to remain a while longer, and Mr. Chickweed was secretly enraged that Malinda should be so taken up with the company of a young California became the topic of conversation, and Renbp Sparks shone brilliantly in his descriptivi aceounts of the country, and what -he had done there. " Then you wern't in the diggins ?" en. quired Joe, in response to something his rival had uttered. "By no means," replied- Sparks, loftily. Ile digging to those - that were used to it. I hadn't'a taste that way." "Oh, then you stopped in town ?" " Certainly." " Business, I spose, first rate there ?" "Yes. A young man of talent will soon engae himself in profitable-emplo .ent" "Ten I 'sped' you must have one extra ordinary we, said Joe, in-& tone he intended should be ssrastie. - " Oh," replied the, other, laughing in a meaning way, and winking an eye at the young lady, who appeared to " take," and en joy it 16. "as for that matter, I can't complain. I Iimproved my chances I rather think I did. No, I don't complain, by no means." " Then why didn't you stay longer? You warn't gone but a short time ; you should have staid a year or two more, and made yourself independent." 'Perhaps I am independent already. I say perhaps. Of course I can't tell you the ex act amount I made-that, I think, is quite unnecessarry." "Oh, quite." "And perhaps, too, there were attractions in this part of the world as alluring as gold." He looked knowingly at Malinda as he a ke, and he gave her another wink, which at young lady seemed to relish, though she blushed and appeared wonderfully embar rassed for a moment. Joe noticed what oc curred, and didn't at all fancy the course af fairs seemed to be sitting. He knew that he should feel and appear peculiarly savage, if he remained much longer, and so he hinted that it was about time for him to be going, and what qerved to enrage him more than aught else, Malinda appeared to be of the same mind, for she offered no objection. So he took his hat and departed, with firmness in his step and bitterness in his heart. " I don't like the looks of things at all," he mattered to himself as he walked on through the dark; "she's altogether too tender with that chap, to be agreeable to me. If he has not turned her head, then there's a mistake somewhere. I don't believe he has brought money enough from California to buy a rope to hang him. He's after the widder's farm now, to make it up, I'll bet my hat. Yes, air, he means to catch Malinda, and I've been fool enough to wait all this time before com ing to a final point. But perhaps it ain't too late yet," he added, after a few moment's re flecti6n; "maybe she'll consent to have me yet, if I lose no time in asking her-I'll try it, I vow I will. I'll go over again to-morrow, and have the thing settled." And having come to this conclusion, he hurried forward, and soon after was dreaming of Malinda Martin, the widow, himself, and an infinite number of Reuben Sparks, who were endeavoring to chase him up a steep hill, and beating his brains out with bars of California gold. Mrs. Chickweed was most anxious next morning to learn from her son the result of his mission to the window's, but Joe was silent and pensive; avoiding his mother's eye, and keepig away from the house as much as pos sible. Late in the evening, he carefully dress. ed himself in his best suit, and with a look of determination stamped upon his features he once more set out to visit the fickle Malinda. He found her at home and alone.. " Hope rou spent an agreeable evening yesterday,' remarked Joe, after he had pass ed the usual compliments, and seated himself near the young ld. "Oh, yes, I did, I assure you," was the rSparks I should say is a very enter taining young man." Joe didn't think any thing of the kind ; but quite the contrary. " He is, indeed," responded Malinda. Joe looked anything but pleased at this encomium on his rival, and sat for some mo ments in utter silence. At length he turned to the young lady and spoke: " I came here last evening," he said, " with the intention of speaking to you on a prticu lar subject, but I found you so en ae that I determined to call again to-night and so so" " Here you are," said Malinda, smiling at his embarrassment. "Xes, here I am. And now that I'm here, I'll tell you what I have come for. You know I love y'ou. I told you as much more'n once, and I've flattered myself thati wern't indiffer ent to you. But now I wish you to tell me if you really love me in return, and if I may hope to make you my wife. Will you marry me ?" Joe, having arrived at this important ques tion, looked tenderly appealingly into her face, and breathlessly awaited her reply. She colored slightly and bent her eyes to the grdund. "You are quite right," she said, " in sup. posing that you were not indifferent to me, "Then reall y very highly. " Thn al myfears have beern groundless," uttered Jde, exultingly. " But," continued the lady, "I cannot very well grant your wish regarding" " What ' cried Joe, his countenance sud denly changing. " I cannot very well marry you." "And why can't you? I'd like to know what'e to hinder your marrying me if you think enough of me I" " There is one reason in particular." " What is it 7" " i'm engaed to another." Joe turne pae. "Sparks," he cried-" tell me, is it Sparks ?" " Well, and i it is" "I know it. Blast him I I know what he was after." "I don't know, that Mr. Sparks has acted in any way as lhe should not,"' remarked the " e' cheatin' villian," replied Joe in "dYoun'tl know him ; he's nothing of the kind." " It's you .that don't know him ; but you will, before long. I've been deceived, and I aint afraid to say so," continued he, snatching up his hat ; " it's the money he pretends to have that's lost me a wire ; but~ when yon want to touch it, just as like as not you won't~be able." He rushed from the house as he uttered these -words, and hurried homeward. He found his mother still up, and was eagrl in terrogated by her as to the luck he hdmet with. He told her all and little condolence was she enabled to offer him return. For two or three days following, Joe Chick weed said very little and thought much. One morning, he met his mother with a smiling face and a sort of triumph in his look.: The old lady was somewhat surprised at the sud den change in her son's manner. " Why, what on alhth'stheimatternow Joe?" said she ;ahoieyoit,oint go ern" " "Then what ails you?" " Oh, I've got it all arranged at list-I've got 'em now !" "Who ? what?" "Why, Malinda and that vagabond Reuben Sparks-ba! haI I I'll surprise him." " Oh, its all right," said Joe, laughingly. I'll fix the sneaking critter." "But how-how, Joe? Can't you speak out ? What's got in the boy ?" criedthe old lady, dying with curiosity to know what was his plan. " ell, now I will tell you all about it," be gan Joe, assuming a more sober tone. "Well, I just wish you would." "You know the widder has always favored my keeping company with Malinda ?" "Well." "And I do believe she is desperate down on that feller, Sparks, coming into her family."1 "Yes." "In that ce she wouldn't very willingly let her property go into his hands.' " But 'cording to the will of old Mr. Martin, te property aint to go out of her hands till " Just so-but Sparks would. have all the benefit. And now I'm coming to the point -it's just there rm going to floor Reuben Sparks." "Well, do let me hear." "The widder Martin herself aint a bad looking woman," Joe remarked, in a sort of mysterious tone of voice, glancing up sudden ly into his mother's face. "No; but what's that got to do with the matter ?" replied the old lady, impatiently. " And she aint very old, neither," continued he, with the same air. "Why, she cant he more'n forty." "So I should think; and she has a good chance of livin forty more." "Well, what of it ?" "Just this," said Joe, leaning over to his mother's ear-" I'll marry the widder I" Mrs. Chickweed, expected as she was, something startling, wasn't prepared for this. She uttered an exclamation of unbounded surprise, startled upward from her seat, and then sank back and fixed her eyes with a va cant stare upon her son's face. " Well," said Joe, "I hope you don't see anything agin it." "No-no," stammered his mother, recover ing somewhat from the shock she had re ceived ; " but are you really in airnest, Joe -will you marry the widder ?" " To be sure I will, that's the whole of it. I'm going up to see her this very day. I'll marry her, if she'll have me, and be revenged on Malinda for dotting me as she has for that blasted Sparks. Ill teach 'em what's what." Joe was as good ashis word. He sought the widow and made his proposal. She was I more astonished than she knew how to express, but she was more gratified than astonished. Fresh and fair as she was, considering her i years, she had never given over the idea of I winning another husband; but it had never t ntered her head that she could procure so a young and estimable a prize as Joe Chickweed. < Joe made a special proviso in his proposal, 1 that they should be married privately the day I before the marriage of Sparks with the widow's I da -ghter and it should-be kept a. secret till hat wedding' hal taken place. To this the x widow readily agreed, although it was a hard < task for her to restrain the enjoyment she ex perienced and prevent the secret being dis- t covered.. The evening before the nuptials of Sparks I and Malinda at length arrived, and all the preparations for the ceremony on the ensuing i day were completed. When the darkness had fairly set in, while Malinda was so occupied a with the conversation of her soon-to-be ?us- t band as to be completely oblivious to all else, I Mrs. Martin cautiously left the house, and meeting Joe near at hand, she hastened with him to theresidence of the Chickweeds. The f minister, who had been duly admonished to g secrecy, was in attendance; and in less than c balf an hour thereafter, Joe was married man, I a~nd the na longer widow was on her way back to her home--parting from Joe with a single, but enormous ais, wit'h which he was content to satisfy himself, considering what was to fol Low from so doing on the morrow. The wedding passed off next day to the en tire satisfaction of all parties. The affair took place in the morning, at the residence of the bride, and at the hour of noon all the guests, with the exception of Joe Chickweed, depar-t ed. Why he remained so long, it puzzled the newly married to surmise, as they had not supposed he would he present at all. Joe took it very easily, however, and seemed quite embarrassed by the occasional bantering of the happy ,Sparks. "S'pose," said Joe, addressing himself to 1 the newly made husband, as they were assem bled in the parlor together, "I a'pose you'll take up your residence in the village rightt aay-buy you a nice house and live fashion "0O no," replied Mr. Sparks--"don't know ~ as I shall." " What~ well, now, I cale'late you don't have any idea of settling on a farm ?-you ain't used to that work, you work." " Don't know but I may," said Sparks, as uiing a careless air and tone j" coming on hot weather, you know, and living in town is a bore in summer. Yes, I think I shall try a country life for a while ; I aint in the beat of 1 health, and a farm life may improve me." " Well," responded Joe, deliberately, "can't I ay that i'm sorry you're going to stay with us. I think myself that it would be to your I benet to work on a farm forsa while ; and I we'll try to make it as comfortable for you as I ve can." Mr. Sparks looked at him; they then look. t ed at one another and langed '-No doubt," remarked M. Sparks, " you'll< make a very agreeble neighbor--very agree able indeed."1 "Oh, we'll he nearer than neigbosa good 1 sight-of course we will," said Jeglancing I with a look of intelligence towards teformer a widow. Again Mr. and Mrs. Sparks glanced at one another, but this time they didn't laugh. " What do you mean ?" they asked, simul. a taneously. " Oh, excuse me ; I forgot that you didn't know what transpired. The factis, the widow here and myself, taking a mutual liking to each other, were marrned last night I We should have invited you to the wedding, but we knew you were engaged" " What! married I" cried Mr. Sparks, spring-, ing to his feet, while a look of horror over- I spread his features. His wife sat pale as ae ghost, utterly unable to speak a word. " Certainly, married," said Joe, coolly. " Is this so ?" he inquired, turning to the late widow. "You may rely upon all he says," she re plied. " Then I have been swindled-imposed up-t on-deceived. And you knew of this also, nd led we on I" he continued, in a violent tone, addressing his wife. "iou worked to net me, while this infernal cheat gets all the property."' "No-its not so I" exclaimed Malinda, I bursting into tears; "I knew nothing of it; and thought you married me for myself; and not for my money-you pretended to have I enough of that yourself." Reuben Sparks smiled a sickly and scorn fu smile. " Its even as I thoughit; his money's so deep in the bank, that he'l'never be able to dig it out," remarked Joe. "Yon scheing rascal1".apedl Sparks, loingas if it wouldbe pleasantto eat hun --enl===p bdy and beam "Oh, fire away l it don't hurt any; and got a long lease of the farm." "You scoundrel" ' "And the horses and steers." "Oh, you miserable cheat I" C "And the fixins generally." "Fool !" 'C "And moreover," continued Joe, assum' o i more sober and sterner tone, and grasp p sparks firmly by the collar as he spo ' among other things I've got a word or b >f advice for you. iou matried Malhnfla 'he expectation of steppin intoasnug property, palming yoursl off as a man: M neans to accomplish your end. You r eal schemer, but a part of your scheme ailed. Take my advice, and it will be with you: use your wife as you know ihould-go to work like a man-and strive :e an honest one. And finally, don't let ear you make use-of any more such ions as you just now bestowed on me, or hrash you within an inch of y6ur life I" nember, added Joe, giving him a shake, as errier would a rat, "you're my son no cording to law, and you must have a lig ihow of respect for your father. Reuben Sparks seemed to come at once its senses, and after a little reflection concl, led that the advice he had received was, apo. he whole, the best he could act uln; an e or many a year thereafter Joe hickwe ooked upon him as a most valuable assistan From the Charleston Courier. Little Sidney's Grave. A funeral train is slowly wending its way long the road leading to the Cemetery. * * * * * * ** The solemn tolling of bells announces that he procession is entering the gates, and an >ther new inhabitant is about to be added . he roll of " The City of the Silent." - Here and there, a solitary mourner-som imes a group, may be seen, weeping over;a reshly raised mound, or g a flower at t foot while the brief let near by, with' ts simple but expi sive inscriptioni-" Our ather," "Our Mo. her," "Our Babe," an 0 on, through all the sweet and tender rela' ions of life, tells the cause of their tears, aid he object of these delicate memorials to the And now, the new-comers are gathere round an open grave, the accustomed rites; ave been performed, and the body is about o be "cokimitted to the ground, earth to arth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust." Those rho were nearest and dearest to the beloved 1V e are bending over to take their last look tpon him on earth. Their young bosoms. iave been made to feel the deepest pang of xistence. Their dreams of hope have been >ighted by afflictions' heaviest frowns. The orld seems to them a dark and barren waste. hey think now, in their loneliness, as they. a the sweet associations connected with his youthful object of their cares and afleo- - ions, that there cannot be in this wide. globe , solitary spot where a balm of consolation an be found for their wounded spirits. Oh! rho among the saddened spectators'does not ng to whisper a word of sympathy an indness to those bereaved hearts? ,, At length the last .dbdtlh. .been ipon the mound that covers all that remaiAs a f "Our LiLe Sidney."- IS Each mourner now steps forward, and amid di he deep silence that pervades the group, ten- le erly places a wreath or a flower upon the cl ireast of the gentle sleeper. pi Could anything be more touching-more ti mpressive'l b1 The calm stillness that reigns around-the w inging of the birds-therippling of the wa- a< era, are all types of the tranquil rest upon G rhich the loved one has entered-the music & f the harps of the angels who are welcom- si g their guests to their blessed abodes-the 1, Dntains of joy and happiness which are in al tore for him, when He who "took the little y hildren in his arms and blessed them," calls fi iim to receive His blessing also. 01 These floral emblems on his grave, now so e resh and fragrant, will perish, but the wreath- a' rhich " the children's friend" shall place fe round this infant's brow, will be never- i iding. -iii Here is the healing balm which'earth can tot afford. Bleeding hearts will look in vain or it to any transitory source. When the clols of our bosoms 'are thus torn from us, his world would, indeed, be "a barren waste," di rere such a solace as this denied us.m " A higher power than earth knows best e2 rhat is good for us, if we would only try to w, ealize it." These words came from the lips ve f one of the mourners at this solemn scene. U Lay the same happy thought bring consola-- er ion to them all. o * * * * * * * di " The little boy that died" is now beyond ,st he reach of " the insatiate archer." He has -yt saped the storms and the tempests of life. tli [is was but a brief visit to earth, the limit -t o which has quickly expired. n " He took the eup otf Life to sip- c BThe bitter 'twas to drain- l Thnmeekly put it from his lips, ti, And to sleep agvain !" C LAU DE. T Study iPromotive of JJealth. Professor Pierce, of Harvard College, lately ~ tated fact. which show that the scholars who f ave distinguished themselves have, on an verage, lived longer than those of indifferent T ttainments. It is an unquestionable fact that literary ~ ,d scientific pursuits are, of themselves, pro- ei otive of health, We are always amused to ear young men and school-'glrle talk of having jured their constitutione, or destroyed a heir, health by hard study. Study is not nswerable for the mischief. Listless poring 'ver books is not study. Study implies vigor 'us exercise of the mnental faculties, which is nompatable with prolonged dreaming overe ooks. When the mind relaxes its efforts, in- ' ermits attention, the student should leave Y tudy and betake himself to either play or dt physical labor-he should rest the mind and xercise the body.. mn oy ein~ Nor is the gorging of the intorpeio h tudy j it gives neither depth of 'cholars hip h tor ichness of wisdom-promotes neither b~ iealth nor life. Epcially is this detrimen- h al when accompaie, as is usually the case a rith students, habit of free eating, suffi- h Lent of themsele to ruin the health of those vn who are habituated to out-of-door exer ise. It is bad habits, and not study, which uin the health of students. Contemplate 0b irke White, boasting that he was dying over-h is books ; then turn to Walter Scott, hale and Id, with his immensa amount of literary abor, giving his afternoons to out-of-door ex reise, like a man of sound sense!i Which resent. the true example ? Think of it, dyspeptic student, and blush e Sr shame, as you ought, that your unjustifla- 0o le habit. have ruined your health. But, in be name of justice, make not study a scape- ~ ;oat foryour sins! l Before us is a feeble specimen of a man, " rho has dragged his existence through the inter in a state of semi-stupidity, unable to a tudy, as he says; yet thrice a day, at table, i ie does the work of a healthy man. Thus he* tsea up his remaining life-energies in dispo ing of the excess of food which he puts into tI us stomach, gradually, but surely, exhausting tI us vitality to gratify his palate. This is not vi tudy, it is animal indulgence.-Life Illus- ni rated. if Some one -blamed Dr. Marsh -for changing t: rii mind. "Well," said he, .".that is the it 1r-ence between a man and a jackass; the k ckais can't change his niind, and the nman t< ..._ah.ana eilen." Montebello. In June,'1800, a battle was fought at this Lmq point,. between the Austrians and the rench, immediately after Napoleon, as First onsul, had made his triumphal entry into [Man. To refresh the memory of all, the harlestonif.Jfercu-f/-re-publishes the account F this battle from Abbott's History of Na Dleon: " Napoleon was fully aware that a decisive ttle would soon take place. Melaswas rapidly, om all points, concentrating his army. The Ilowing laconic and characteristic order was sued by the First Consul to Lannes and Mu Lt.: " Gather your forces at the river Stra illa. On'the 8th or 9th at the latest, you ill havoeon your hands fifteen' or eighteen iousand Austrians. Meet them and cut iem to pieces. It will be so imany enemies ss upon our hands on the day of the deci ye battle we are to expect with the entire any of Melas." The prediction was true. n Austrian force advanced, eighteen thou d strong. Lannes met them upon the aid of Montebello. They were strongly sted, with .batteries rangAd upon the hill des, which swept the whole plain. It was the utmost moment that this body should prevented from combining with the other 1 st foces of the Austrians. Lannes had but yht thousand men. Could he sustain the I 3equal c'nflict'for a few hours, Victor, who as some miles in the rear, could come up ith a reserve of four thousand men. The t rench soldiers, fully conscious of the odds ainst which they were to conteud, and of te.carnage into the midst of which they pre plunging, with shouts of enthusiasm ished on their foes. Instantaneously a storm grapeshot from all the batteries swept rough his ranks. Said Lannes, "I could ar the bones crash in my division, like glass a hail storm." For nine long hours, from even in the morning till eight at night, the rrid carnage continued. Again and again to mangled, bleeding, wasted columns were Blied to- the charge. At last, when three ousand Frenchmen were strewn dead upon te ground, the Austrians - broke and fled, aing also three thousand mutilated corpses rd six thousand piisoners behind them. Na, 1 )Ieon, hastening to the aid of his lieutenant, ived upon the field just in time to see the . ttle won. He r9de up. to Itannes. The trepid soldier stood in the midst of mounds the dead-his sword dripping with blood his, exhausted hand-his face blackened th powder and smoke-and his uniformi lied and tattered by the long and teri-ific t rife. Napoleon'silently but proudly smiled *i on the heroic general, and forgot not his 4 ward. From this battle Lannes received I title of Duke of Montebello, a title by hich his family is distinguished to the pres. I it day."_ THE SECRETARY,.OF THE InTERIOR ON THE I 6AvE TRADEL-During his visit to North t roina, Secretary Thompson thus expressed I mself concerning-the idea of opening the f ve trade: .I a In my own State a class of restless re- I iaers have started a movement which de- I ands the re-opening of the foreign slave dNOPae" fif'crhmsd .1 o, at the urgent instance. of the Southern I rtes, prohibiting the slave trade, have been I scovered to be unconstitutional, and their I nger continuance on the statute book, it is I aimed, is destructive of the progress and 'osperity of the South. In the advocacy of tis new theory some able men have enlisted; it I do not believe there is one among them ho believes the ends he aims at can ever be I iomplished while the Union lasts; and od forbid that a movement fraught with j ci unnumbered curses upon the South c ould ever succeed! But suppose the de- t and is made upon Congress to re-open the ( ive trade, and Congress should refuse to ' eld to the demand, shall the South, taking I e at the refusal, strike for disunion ? For I te, I shall oppose the re-opening of the for. n slave trade, in the Union or out of it ;r id when that movement is made, which I 1 ar not, you may run up the stars and stripes, will rally under that flag. In North Care- I a, in that day, I do not believe there will any division." Excessive Smoking. To say that smoking in moderation, like inking wine in moderation, tends to destroy id and body, would be to assert what the :perience of three-fourths of the civilized yrld is opposed to. But no one who is con- I rsant with disease Cant doubt for a moment I at smoking to excess, or immoderately, ida in destruction of mind or body. Some< the revelations on 'this subject are star. n. Some young men still in their teensi aoke forty or fifty eigars daily. Some ung gentlemen of rank have assured me at at college they have smoked from live in I e afternoon until three or four in the mor ng for weeks together.' T1he elfect of ex sai've smoking is to depress the circulation, o heart becomes weak, irregular in its ac. I n, and the pulse is scarcely to be felt.J e patient becomes frightened, and loses solution ; once a bold rider, he cannoti omnt hisq horse ; a carriage passing him pidly in the street alarms him; his appetitet us him; his mind fills with horrors imagin- I crimes and imaginary punishments. is state of things sometimes continues for< irs. At lengt the patient dies often, try often, sudenly. The case is cxplam-n. . The muscular structure of the eat t 'that organ which is to distribute strength< id power to every part of the sytemn ,is lm. irfect ln its action:i the left side Ia tim, anid some case in which sudden' death has oc rred, there is little more than a strip of uscular fibre left on that side.. Excessive oking is a new vice. How many young en at school and college used to smoke fifty rs ago ? Some half-a-dozen., How many. ~ enow The answer is legion. Boys of relve years old are seen early .in the mor ng walking the streets with cigars in their oaths. Youths have consulted me who wye just- come from the new schools, now ,led colleges, 'confessing that they have ten in the habit of smoking constantly, . id these are lads just hoping to begin the isiness of life.-Leter by Dr. Seymoar upon Pri vate Luatic Asylums.,, TH PRasIDEc..-A movement in favor E Governor Wise for the Presidency, hias i ten started by a number of his Democratic I ends in Philadelphia. A meeting for the i irpose of consolidating this movement was t tld on Thursday, which, says the Press, I a respectable, expectant, harmonious, en usiastic and sanguine. The Presidlential c uvass may be considered open, though only c t candidate has been thus far brought out. 'J Enter Bridget with the mistress's favorite , odle wringing wet: " How is this, Brid it ?How came Fido to get so very wet?" An' faith, mom. an' it war little Tommy at had the tinj baste lashed to the end of pole, and was washing the winders wid A DUTCn S~R.- Vell, lasht night vashi e vort as never vash. I tought to go down s e hill to mine house, but no sooner did I y th, den de faster I stand still, for the'dark- e ise was so tick dat I coot not stir it miti ino poots, and de rain, dunder and blitzen, 3 more than tree minute nmy akin yas vet oo to mine cdo's. But after von little vile: stopped quittin' to rain something; so I 1 ep feelikaldey long; and venlI ome i p m ine own house to valk in, vat you tink? From te ifienmond :spaten. Interesting War Items. From the foreign papers by the Europa we make up the following summary of interesting teins. A letter describes The French lospitals.-A grey bearded Piedmontese came up after the bat tle of Mon. ebello to see his son, wounded by a ball in .he hand. As he left the house where the roung horseman had been carried, he was isked about the wound. "Nothing but a icratch," said he-" would have his wrist am sutated." This is the language of the old Iomans. This ardor, dash, and strong will, mergetic and cool, will show you with what mpetuosity the war will be waged. It seems is if each soldier who bears on his cap the' rhite cross of the I ouse of Savoy, had a per ional quarrel to avenge; it is not the fighting f an army, but of a nation. The Austrian Colonel that was made pri. oner is dead. They say that the Emperor, rho went to see him through courtesy, recog. i-ed him. The Colonel had last year been resented by M. De. Hubner at the Tuilleries. trange fortune-the ambassador is gone, his laughter has b:come a French woman,and he Colonel has found his death at Monte >ello I I have seen some of our wounded at the iospital of St. Catharine. They are well cared or. A Gallic gaiety helps.them to sustain hese nursery consequence of battle; those of hem who arc less dangerously wounded, find trength enough to make jokes, and their omrades smile. There is a corporal of Vol igeurs, who has a marvellous gift of loquaci y; he would certainly have been a feuille Dnsite if he had not been a corporal. As oon as he opens his mouth every body listens a silence. All these stories invariable com uiences with the words, " Once upon a time." This once upon a time has power to suspend 11 communication and all griefs. How many omancers can boast of as much? There is omething touching in the silence and attention fthese poor soldiers as their languishing heads re turned towards the narrator. One alf smiles in advance like a child who is about D listen to a story that he knows by heart, at always charms him ; another suppresses a igh; another opens wide his eyes which un er the veil of suffering a spark seems to light p again. My Corporal has a Tyrolean bullet in his boulder I-a mere nothing he says. It was a sad sight when the w.. unded arrived ,t the railroad station. It was at night and he hall was lighted by torches from each Vagon were taken out indistinct forms; some tiif and led by the arm, others animnated. very soldier who could walk, made it a point f honor to keefrhis knapsack and gun. They roudly stood up resting on their guns, wait ug for the car. ' The silence was deep-not a ry, not a murmur. To see those immovable aen you would have thought they came from promenade; but here there was a capote LiI of holes, there a lither strap had lost its ruier color, or perhaps a kepi ill concealed , spotted bandage ; or further off was a hand erehief wrapped around a leg that trembled a ittle, or sustained- an arm. Agrenadier was- leaningn.t the wall,. is gun,-and his head dows. He had Iur rounds, and never spoke of them. A Serjeant lajor had sixteen. The Emperor has taken is name. Other wounded men sent from roghera arrived at Alessandria to-day. The %dies of the town and neighborhood have sent a masses boxes of oranges. As to lint, for the last three months they av prepared mountains of it everywhere. Popular 01pinion in England.-The London )aity KNees says: " The war on the Po is ften spoken of as if it were waged for dynas. y purposes, to put this man on the thrane of eutral Italy, or that other on the thrune of aples. But does any one suppose that the -tiperor having pledged the power of France efore all Europe to the cause of Italian In ependence, any government which, in the sutation of events, might succeed him, would e able to abandon the work ? If the comeple e Paris were to ascend the throne to-morrow, is first act would most likely be -to send ,no her corpad'anneeto Italy. The Emperor's trength lies in the cause he has so ostensibly spoused. The nation inay tire of a war in hichit is to gain nothing but glory, but no overnment canm afford to take lower ground han that which the Emperor has occupied. nud as in France, so in Europe. A war of ggressiou of the old Napoleonic type would ave at onwce banded all Europe against ~rnce. But in every cotuntry on the U'onti eut, even in Germany, wvhere the Anti-Gulli an spirit la nourished by the memory of old rrongs, men feel that Louis Napoleon has put imself in a position morally unassailable."' .Karrow escape of Napoleon.-[ n his visit o the field of battle at Montebello the Em eror Napoleon narrowly eseaped being made risoner. lie had pushed on as far as tCasteg io, and was observing witht his telescope he. movemeInts of -the enemy between ihr ianello and the Portico del Stella upon the o, whon suaddenmly a detachment of Austrians resennted themuselves beforec hinm, only two undred paces distant. Whether they had st their way or whether they had advanced hus fair from mere hiardlihood, cannot be tol; ut it is probable that the latter supposition s correct, in as much as tihe advancedl posts if the Austrians are much more energetic and daring than those of the Franco-Sardini as. Directly, hiowerer, the Emperor saw hem, he changed color, threw away c'gar, irove thme epuirs into his horse's flanks, anid piloped bauck to Voghera at a pace which rould have done honor to the winner of the )erby. &lf &acrifice qif a Eoldken-(Jeneral de ionnar., whose chivalric courage lha been so uch admired, says a Turin letter, was on he point of being killed by an Austrian basseur, who was takiog aim at him with is rifle. A soldier, seeing the danger, dash d forward and himself received the ball, and ll severely wounded, well satisfied howvever, rith having saved the life of his commander. his soldier was one of the Lombard volun eers, the Marquis Fadmni. He is now at roghera, but his wound excites serious un asinoss. -. A letter from Marengo of the 29th uilt., ys: Two grenadiers of the guard having ntered a store room and filled their canteens ith wvine from a cask in which they bored a ole, the Emperor has punished them by de riving them of the honor of taking part in he campaign, and has sent them back to 'rance to the depot of their regiment This unishment has been announced in an order f the day from Marshal Vaillant, and has reated a great sensation among the troops. he health of the troops continues satisfacto y. This is owing to their being in good pits and abundantly fed. Anecdote of Gen. 'Iwiggs. The New Orleans correspondent of the New ork Herald tells the following anecdote on le. Twiggs: There is but one instance known, I believe, s which the old veteran was out-generaled, nd as this is quite amusing, I will give it to ou. Gen. Twiggs is a strict disciplinarian d metes out the justice of army regulations ith but slight tempering of mercy. A few ears ago a private of dragoons, whose cgm-. any was stationed at San Antonio, incurred ,"nishment provided for an offence he had en guilty of, and vowed to wreak his spite pa the commander-himnself. .With.a correct ausght into the General's character, he aelec ed the In..er..t posit fr, li thrunt ne nigas no stoie into xwigg atMes With n razor, and shaved his favorite charger as clean as dressed leather. No signs of the rage thui mean action would naturally create were ob servable next day in the countenance of Gen. eral Twiggs, but before night he had discov ered and clearly implicated the guilty party. Arresting the soldier himself, he conveyed him to the stall from which the barbarously used animal had been taken, and - securelv fastened him with a halter to the rack,.which was plentifully supplied with hay and oats, but contained not a scrap of army biscuit or a drop of grog. For two days the soldier sub sisted upon this fare, until it might have been supposed he was transmitted into a eintaur at least, and the poor fellow was the subject of endless camp jokes and merriment. On thv third evening. Gen. Twiggs re-entered the stall, and with his same stern, immovable expres sion of features, quietly stroked and patted the shoulders of the amateur barber, exclaiming "Woa, Charley I there, Charley I stand still. sir l" The soldier thought to himself this was "addin insult to injury," but it was such t. capital Joke, it would be unkind in him not to- aid the veteran joker in carrying it out. So neighing and snorting, in true equin< style, he commenced frisking about and the:. "kcked up behind," in such a vigorous man ner, one of his heels was planted in the Gen eral's abdomen, and the old man bent over speechless. As soon as he could recove, breath, he called out, " Sergeant, sergeant," and as his orderly came running in, the horse man trembled at the thoughts of what might result from his friskiness. ."Sergeant," gasp eOr the General, "set this man loose. He would rather be a horse than a white man, by G-2 Politics and Morals. A great many men draw a wide distinction between politics and morals-between moral honesty and political honesty. It is a very common remark that A is a very good, hon. east, clever fellow, but that he is unscrupulous in politics. We have always been wholly at a loss to know how a man can be considered dishonest and at the same time an honest man; how he can be a truthful man, and yet about many things you cannot rely upon a word he says. It is no doubt true that there is many a man who will not steal a horse, but will steal a coat. He might not steal a grindstone be. cause he might have no use for it, or because he might not be willing to incur the risk of detection, who would, without any hesitation, steal a pair of shoes. So a man might some times tell ihe trnth when there was no temp tation to tell a lie, and yet might lie upon the smallest inducement. Now it were just as well to say in the one case that the 'man who will not steal a grindstone but steals the shoes is an honest man,.as to say. that a man who is dishobest in politics is an honest -man. A man who will wilfully misrepresent and traduce his neighbor, to'affect an election, will do it at any other time or in any other way, if he has a purpose to accomplish by it. It is true that men.very often justify themselves by saying that we must fight the devil with fire; but it is a very foolish saying -and a worse awh f l -is become the more case hardened devil of the two. The country is suffering very greatly in its morals from this feeling which can tolerate a system of politics in which good morals are disregarded, and, indeed, considered an in cumbrance. No man can be a pure and truth ful man who habitually and systematically re sorts to falsehood and misrepresentation for any lurpose; and it is a fearful thin, when the tone of morals of the country is so low' and its moral taste so perverted that those who are considered the best men of the coun try cannot only tolerate it in others, but re sort to it themselves. The cawse is a )ad one which cannot in a good state of society he better supported by truth than by falsehood, and that country and people 'fre wofully depraved when falsehood can effect more than truth. Hie would 1)e a very had man who would never tell the truth at all, or who would steal every thing on which he could lav his hands, or who would wantonly infiet injury upon any body and every thing with which I~e camfe in contact. Lying and fraud and misrepresentation in politics, are just as criminal as in any thing else, and just as degrading and corrupting to those who engnge in them. It is hl'igh time that there should be reform in these things and reform, like charity, begins best at home, though there is no necessity that either shall end there. Itf every man will begin there, a great deal will soon be effected. We have no security that we can reform others, but evcry man can do something in the way of. reforming himnself.-Corner Stone. In a religious cxcitement, recently in Bos tont, aL perFson met a Christian neighbor, who took him by the hand, and said: " I have be conmc a Christian." "You are a Christian, then, all at once," said the other, "you pro fessi to act strictly on Christian principles. I am glad of it. I congratulate you. Suppose we now have have a settlement of our little accounts between, us. Pay mec what thou owest." "No," said the new-born child of grace turning on his heel; " religion is reli gion, and busineas is business." Gen. Sam Houston is a candidate for Gov ernor of Texas, in opposition to Goy, Thun. nells. In the folloiwing brief note, htecocepts tile notmination; Inm'lunixes, June 3, 185,-Geo. Wi. Pasebal, Esq,-Dear' Bir. On yesterday I yielded my own inclinations to the wishes o'f my friends, and concluded, if elected, to serve the people.as Executive of the State. The COnstitution and the Union embrace the' principles by which I will be governed,. if elected. They comprehend all the old Jack son National Democracy I ever possessed or oficially practiced. I am thine truly, SAM. HoUsToNr. A FROG IN TUE STOxACH THREE YEAs. A son of Mr. Charles Davis, residing in Gould's Court, leading from Montgomedy, near Light street, has caused the family great uneasiness for three years past in conse quence of his being subject at times, for hours together, to spasms and terrible fits. Physicians were consulted, but all their in vestigations failed to reveal the causes that produced the malady. Yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, when entering the house the lad-was seized with the symptoms of his malady, and, in a fit of retching, threw up upoo the floor a live frog, about two inches in length. The frog hopped gaily about the floor until secured by the family. Instant relief was experienced bythe lad. His natme is William Davis ; and he is about ten years of age He has no recollection of the time. the fro was taken into his stomach, but his father tinks it wasaswallowed. with his drink about three years ago,-when he was first af' flicted with fits.-Baltimore Sun. A FORTUNATE MfAN.-A correspondent of the New York Spirit of the Times, writing from Bewleyville, Ky., &ays: About twelve months, ago a young man in this county, Breekinridge, got married and -:ent to house-keeping. In a short. time lils mare had twin colts; not long after, his cow had twins; this spring, all his owes, six in number, had twins; and now we are told hi& wfe has twins-a fine boy. -and girl-both otf which are doing well All this took place in tmelve months. uorresponaence o cite roufnern apuss. The associational Bible Society, had a meet ing with the Gilgal Church, on Friday before the 5th Lord's day, in May last. Was called to order by the President, Rev. W. P. Hill, and contincued in session two days. - Pursuant to appointment the President 'ad dressed the church, society, and con 'on,Z4 on the Sabbath at 11 o'clock, from Ju "I have a message from God to thee.". His remarkewere directed severall tothe youth, the unconcerned, the aged and hoary headed, and finally to the church. The'congregation which was large and seri ous were so impressed- with the objects had in view by the Society thit at the conclusion of the exercises fifty dollars were promptly given for the cause. One vdnerable Brother, Rev. Z. Watidns, the colporteur of the Society, was - present and was to have preached on Sabbath after noon, but was preventedby illhealth: Brother , Hill by the solicitation of-our pastor,: D.#. Brunson,- again occupied the pulpit *ika preached with earnestuess to a serious'and attentive audience; at the close of the-eor cises, many of us felt that it was goodthat we were present*and the occasion will doubt - less be long remembered by all. The next meeting -of the Socit will be with our Brethern of the Edgefle -village church, on Friday before the 5th Sabbat In October next. Rev. J. M. Chiles was ap pointed to preach before the Society on Sab bath morning. at-ll'o'clock. JOHN LAKE, Sec'ry, pro tem June 1st, 1859. Additional Interesting DIetail by the . Anglo-Saxon. NrW YORK-; June 20.-Additonal inter esting details of foreign news, received by the Anglo-Saxon at Quebec, are-a nded. It appears that on -the 4th- of My, the French crossed the Ticino, at-Turbico. -'The Emperor, In a dispatch to Paris, says the pas sage over the river was well executed, though the enemy were present in great force, and offered determined resistance. 'During two hours, and unsupported the Im'perial Guird sustained the shock of the enemy. In the meantime, Gen. McMAso. took 06ssession of the town of Magenta. After several sangui nary conflicts,- the enemy were successfully repulsed. It is .stated that the Austrians, in-their precipitation in evacuating Milan, left a large portion of their cannon and treasprebehind. The Empeyor, in his dispatch,. furthersays, that the. French Sardinian forces.had takep twelve thousand stand of Austrian muskets. The municipality of Milan hWd presented a congratulatory address to Victor Emmanuel, in the presence of the Emperor of the French. The King, -it was announced, would enter Milan on Tuesday.. - The Austrian official bulletin says the.con flict vas very desperate between the first.and thirdicorps and. the enemy, vhich latter was in considerable. force. The contest was un decided, and continued until'$unday.. Our troops threw themselves on the enemy ith -ador and perseveranO worthy of he ars, A Vienna dispaisnm tte Fralrtil rs. says that through the opportune arrival of Count Clam Gallas' corps, the-Austrians were victorious after a hot fight, -and -the-French were compelled to retreat back over the Tici no river. The London Times says there lad been severe fighting at Buffalora, with changing successes, and that battle continued until late at night, and operations were resumed the next day at Magenta. Five Austrian corps were finally engaged. in the - afternoon the Austrians took a flank position between Ab biate Crasso and Biiasco. The Timcev says, editorially, that the fight appears to be undecided, but the French seem to bave the best of it, and in the absence of late telegraphic intelligence via Paris, the in. dications are noit favorale of French suc cesses. The London Adcartiser says, it is rumored that government dispatcheshavebeen receited froznthe British Minister at Vienna, announ cing an Austrian victory. The opinion is strengthening in London that the F rench were defeated, although the rapid movements of the allies, across the Ticino, compelled the Austrians to accept the battle.. The Emperor Napoleon was present at the battle, but did not take the commiand. Marshal Valliant has been superceded by Marshal Itaudon; and General Hlorewra'has ha'n appointed provisionally Minister of War.* Giencral Neill and Count McMaoN are reported to have been wounded in theslate battle. Glen. Garribpildi, it is reported, has left Lecco, and D'Urran ha~s retreated to Monia, where' Garribaldi, it is believed,.- is' on the way to. In the British Parliament, Mr. D'Israeli has announced that the reform question will be postponed until the next session. The foreign policy of the English govern ment will be for peace. Kossuthi was annonsac.'l to leave England, on the 7th of May, for 1 urn y, with three hun dred of his countryzaitn, iniu had returned from the United States. It was much feared that theo Fr'ench crops had been damaged bythe prevailing rains. Blnron Gortsobakof had Issuoda circular to the envoys of Russia, at all the Courts of Germuany, declaring that If' Germany~ aided Austria, the political equilibrium ot Europe would be destroyed. Dispatches from Darmstadt say that the President, and both branches of' the legisla' tore, .had made speeches in favor- of war against Napoleon. - GEORGIA PENITEN.TAaR.-There are at present, we learn, in this institution, two hundred and thirteen convicts-forty of them having been committed to It within the pro sent year. This Is a larpe number than has ever been in It at one tame before. .The in' crease of crime, it would seem, has inspired the several courts with a determinatinn. to try the certaint of punishmentrath'er than . clemency, to brn about a sound state of morals.-Milledgeville Recorder., GR EENvILL.-We are indebted to Oliver Barrett, Esq., - who has juht finished taking the census of our town for the following -statement, showing the number of -inhabi tants-exclusive of free persons of color:. Nubrof whites..........1,229 Nubro lcs..a..'..881 Total............... ... .210 YoaRvmLE.-We are lhdebth t Mr. James MI. Lindsey, the census-taker of our District, for the following~ statement of the white inhabitants of Yorkville: Males............-......52 Females...........-......,.465 Total..............--..980 gg " Loan i4 Mm. Partlngton, "what monsterS thes uottonflan ers .met ..a tol sme onb 'ema li2ide s9 h r ...nd.Yak hard times. It conisti of ten Saber. waS