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Single insertion, one dolLr per square. idrrtfii nlfs From the Star S/xtn'/lcd Ihtunr , ALICE PRBSCOTT ; OR, CHARITY RR1NGETH ITS OWK REWAKD. BY ANNIE. CHAPTER I. "And the drooping child of sorrow, Kindly lift his thoughts above ; Gently bid hiiu trust tho morrow, SoAly whisper, KJod is love!' " "Lady, please buy my flowers," said pale and delicate child, who had numbci ed scarce ten summers; and tbo larg blue eyes of the speaker were raised be seechingly to the face of tho person ad dressed. Casting a scornful glance upon th trembling form beside her, and drawinj her silken robes mom closely around be <|iiccn-like figure, the proud and haught; K nilv Warner passed on. It was a singular boqitet which tin cbilil held. composed of the sweet littl il.t'ny, and forget-iue*not, culled from tin fi.-sli green fields, and from beside tin sp .rkiing rills, mid laden with tbo tea dr?>pa of nature. She had been out a ?- r v dawn to gather them, in hopes t< gain a scanty pittance. As the lady turned thus scornfully aw?; big tears suffused the eyes, and rolle< down the cheeks of the child. Claspin) her tiny hands, she murmured, "My poo dear mother," and was about to procee< on her way, when she encountered th earnest gaze of a gentleman, who bUhm but n short distance from her. The Strang er instantly approached, and taking he band affectionately within his own, aofth whispered ? "Don't cry, little one, I'll buy your flow ers." The kind tones of the speaker instanth dispersed her sadness, and with a brigh smile she gazed iuto his face. "Tell ine, is your mother sick !" ho con tinued, for he had heard the exclamation which eacaped her lips. "Oh, yes sir, she is very sick, and wi have nothing to eat," continued the child "And will you not take me home witl you to see her ? perhaps I may do soinc thing to relieve herand as fie spoke. In gently pressed tho tiny hand within hi oww. The large eyes of his companion spark led with delight; and clinging still close to his side, they proceeded quickly along Through many a dark ana dreary lam they passed, till at length thoy paused be fur* an rXA ,liliini<l?i?^ ?~ t.?? ??.?! Mimviuitiuu UUIIlilllg, IrtSl mil ing to decay. Pushing open the door, thi child sprang quickly up the stairs, and af ter pausing to ascertain if her ooropantoi was still beside her, softly entered a room The apartment in which they nov found themselves was entirely destitute o furniture, save that in one corner was i low cot, upoo which reclined the emacia ted form of the mother. Springing lightl; forward, and kneeling beside her, the cliil< pressed her llpsTupon her cold form. Bud denly she started, and wildly shrieking : "Mother, dear mo'.her, speak to me T ahe threw herself frantically upon the life leae form before her. The stranger wh< had accompanied her now approached and gazed in silent awe upon tne marbl< features of the dead. The oountenano eras still beautiful; for although care an? sorrow had engraven their deep furrow upon it, a heavenly, angelic sweetnea tested there. Earnestly he strove, with kind and ten der expressions, to soothe the wild grief o the child. For a long time his etfort were unavailing, as she frantically clun| to the cold form of her mother, beseechinj her to apeak once more. At last howevei the overwhelming grief sudsided, and twin ing her arms around the neck of her rk ther, and pressing her lips for the laa time upon the marble forehead, she i* Indent!v consented Is tiwunn?n? 1.1? Calling a neighbor to watch betide th dead, the noble-hearted Arthur Leyto< led the little Alice Preeoott to hie cwi etately home. id' ? f CHAPTER ||. DJ.Ll *** jjJJJP* eboee o'er (kir women and brae J ?*' 1 for ft gay party are assembled there. The light from costly chandeliers falls softly a upon wavy tresses and sylph like forms, sa j. for there are congregated the wealth and et 0 aristocracy of the Empire city. Sweet su y- fragrance from rare exotics pervades the tb r- apartments, while the silvery music of the be E sparkling water in marble fountains, falls la soothingly upon the ear. Within her elegant boudoir stands the cc proud and haughty Emily Warner. A (() v costly rol>e of pink satin adorns her queen- . r like figure, while her glossy tresses, black :r as the raven's wing, floats in rich profusion over a neck of snowy whiteness.? j Her dark eyes sparkle, and a smile of - conscious superiority plays around her mouth, as glancing at the inirror opposite, * she descends to welcome her guests. ji( =. Many an admiring glance is bestowed upon her, as with her peculiar grace she receives her friends; for amid that gay i assemblage, none can surpass her in beau ty or accomplishmct ts. With Jiiusic and dancing the hours F j glide swiftly away, and crlad hearts Iwom.l I in unison with the gay scene. Yet the haughty Emily Warner vainly endeavors ^ to conceal the deep anxiety within her 1 breast; for ever and anon her dark eye glances eagerly over the assembled multitude in search of some objects which it , fails to meet. At length a bright flush of joy sufl'u^es her fair cheek, and a glad ' ! smile illumines her countenance as the ? a handsome and talented Arthur Ley ton is * announce!, for he is the acknowledged e lover of the proud heiress. * Eagerlv advancing to meet him, she " gaily exclaimed: "I'rithe, why this long delay, sir knight ? , we thought you had forsaken us." ? "Circumstances prevented my appear r ing earlier," coldly replied her companion. Chagrined at his formality, instead of the gay repartee with which he was wont Hn L* to greet her, she soon withdrew IW>m hjs 13 side to hide her disappointment and mm P tiflcation by appearing to join in the merL ry jest and ringing laughter which echoed si r throughout the apartments : while Arthur Ley ton retired to an obscure corner, where 3 unobserved, he could watch the objects around him. j "The casket is beautiful," murmured he, t as he gazed upon the form of Emily ; "but, T alas! gentleness and charity are grangers j to the liearL" b The evening wore away, and the guests J began to disperse. The brilliantly illumi- 'c< nated apartments were deserted, and a* r the carriage containing the last of her u v guests rolled away, Emily Warner ascen- Wl ded to her room, Flinging herself upon J>' . a couch, she yielded to a passionate flood u of tears. K" F Pride, disappointment and mortification, "'J t the niingled emotions of her benit, that had been concealed during the evening, ''j * now gavo way. Long aud bitterly she 1 , wept, for the tide of passion within her bosom banished sleep from her eyelids, a ..~.i i,.? a?. i- ! ? ? ~ ?iiu tuo jkcrcu unri ui iil*a|>pi>lllie<.l ftlJ<C- vu I. tioo was rankling in her heart. g' 1 Ah ! lady fair, hadst thou have bestowed m " one word of kindness u|>on the little flow- lf' 0 er girl in the morning, mauy, many times 1 8 would it have been returned to thee dur- *" ing the cvemng that has now passed.? * Thou hast yet to learn that each little act r of charity and kindness bringeth its own ' sweet reward. . e sir CHATTER III. !D Can hearts in which true l?ve is plighted In e By want or woe be disunited ? c'h 11. Neklc. NV 1 - of The mother of Alice Prescott, though flo r dying in the moat nbjeet poverty and <lis- in f tress, bad been reared amid affluence and be s ease. The only daughter of wealthy par rents, and joy of the household, each and th jr every litUe childish whim had been in- on ] dulged. As she grew up to womanhood, pa i ?> f-*_ - >? oujrc.iv.i Kromuiy anu c-coniiiimninenia no won thw love and admiration ol all, while ar " the proud h??rt of her father revelled in fol p dreama of a high and wealthy alliance, j But the independent apirit of Ada Kl- B> I, win nurtured by the indulgence of child- ea a hcod, spurned the idea of marrying for a hit e high station in life ; and when in uppoai- if J tion to the expressed command* of her oh s aristocratic father, she was united to the co s poor, but noble-hearted William Preacott, ha to whom she had long yielded the first th - and purest affections of her heart, the >f door of her father's stately mansion were a closed against her forever. or aj For several years after their marriaga w< g prosperity smiled upon them. Possessed Ei r, of a Krave and persevering spirit, and ca i- cheered by the constant companionship of tic >- her who wae dearer to him than aught of X earth, William Preacott struggled manful- of b ly with poverty. But soon, however, sick* fa - neaa overtook him, and misfortune seemed j0j e to hover around their path. With uoth- Hi a ing but hit own firm as? and self sacrifle- to n ing spirit to depend upon, he oontinued to labor till diss?sd had fcctened too firmly n< upon him to be longer resisted. Then all * efforts to rrrnst its progress tailed, and an the death a^fet bore him away from b< earth. ^ Bowed dowa by Poverty and affliction, aii and too nrand Is su (w a?? * him who had iwtoiy exnelled b?r from tI U U?? boom of W my mfrney, A?U Pm?- it wtt aoaght to Mm txyurty j>iu*n? by to 3> viiijr uuruug cilllO. Hut, unused to lnbor, and naturally of | frail and delicato constitution, she soon ink under the heavy burden; while Alice ideavored with her own feeble efforts, to pply them with food, unt'l, committing j e little one to the care of an ever present j sing, she too passed away to the spirit j nd. jg The fumily of which Alice had now be- 1 " une a member, consisted of Arthur Ley ' n, her kind and noble-hearted bcnefac- j r, a si&ter, several years his senior, who |11 a measure supplied the place of the " other, (she, together with the father!" iving died a few years previous to the j inineneemeut of our narrative,) and a i mug brother, who, although fourteen j' ars of age, was still the pet of the homo- , I' >ld. ? And not alone by them, but al-o bv : l' ose with whom he associated, w as Frank I* yton a general favorite. Ilis lively, " yousdisposition, combined with a noble, mcrous spit it, which developed itself in ^ s intercourse with those a ound him, n on the affection and esteem of all; whife e onercry and perseverance which he splayed in the pursuit ol knowledge, " ive promise of a brilliant scholar. Under the genial run of kindness the j' ief and sadness of the littlo Alice soon ,s isscd away, even as the glistening dew- ' v p at morn melts before the rising beams 1,1 the glorious king ol day. The sunny c' y of infancy again usurped its place a illiin li.in.l I ' ? i r 1 '* iic.'M, ?n?i ucarucu irom nor 11 nny eye, ami the song of gladness again ' ishcd forth in all the freedom ntul jov* 01 isness of childhood. ol In her gentleness and love, she endear- !l1 herself to thoso nrotind l.er, and like a 'I' v of sunlight seemed hv her sweet pros- Ll ce to illumine her new home. Kre ina' weeks had passed awnv, the warmest di lection had sprung tip between Frank f,i si herself; an nflcctiou which after years lb it Mtuyd< ? ' ? cii.vrTr.n iv. 10 looked up and smiled on the many glad faces, Tlio friends of her childhood who stood by her side, it she shone e'er them all, like a iptccn of the Graces, When, blushing, she whispered tho oath of a bride. J. T. Fislos. Eight years have passed away since Al- n< ; l'rescott became an inmate of the state- th mansion of the Ley tons ; and now, upon fa clear, cold overling in No?cml??t, when so 4 again glance towards it, we hear the tli ud sounds of laughter and song. Many (>< fair form and spaikliu^ eye meet our |0 ize, but none can vie with yonder fairy *t ie, who, robed in white satin, stands he- t?* re the man of God, leaning confidingly w ion the arm of the proud and happy d< auk Leyton. m With all the fervor of youthful affection ey pronounce the sacred vows of etcrual nstancy ; and as they turn to receive the ad wishes and congratulations of their any friends, we recognize in the sunny ;n sses ami azure eyes of the gentle bride, j(] e little flower-girl, rescued from poverty j. id death by the noble-hearted Arthur ' ' >yt0n' ... M And now as lie kisses her fair brow, and f?lv u.-i? i M mm-j o.nni , UW> IIC ll'ljrfl IIIHl " tlo act of l>enevolence I Al), no! long P< ice has lie learned to I least) re the hour di which he met thu little orphan, and the it* cident which served to show him the true aracter of the haughty heiress, Emily rarner; for in the sweet companionship m a gentle, loving wife, whose heart overiws with kindness and charity to all, and the endearing smile of his little protege, r" has forgotten the proud beauty. nr Several weeks had passed away since c< e marriage of Frank and Alice, when C 10 afternoon as she was seated in the w trior, a servant entered aud han led her a di >te. The hand-writing not being lamili- od , she hastily broke the set), and read as 8f llowa: Madam?By the will of Charles Elwin, >q., recently deceased, you are left heir- ^ ? of fifty thousand dollars, bequethod to ' i only daughter, Ada Prescott, if living; not, the learacv was to d?*r?nd to ildren. Having made inquiry, and dis- ^ ciing yuun;ii iaj uo me jegwieo, wo w tve the hoour of acquainting you with ca e fact. th Youra, Ac. to And now, kind reader, we will leave the phan in the possession of happiness and in ealth, and glance at the haughty heiress, ju nily Warner, who long since learned the Kr use of her lover's coldness and deeerno HJe For a time she sought amid the halls gaiety and mirth, to banish his image 00 >m her heart; and though she strove to in as ever in the merry laughter and * lging jest, she soon found than the phan- w m, pleasure, waa not there. th Years have paaaed away, and the haa h< iver married; though in relieving the th ante of the poor and needy around her, M making kindly worde of comfort and >peto the sorrowing and broken-hearted, ie has strewn her own path with Menage, end found the precious boon of true ippiness; and now, hi the heartWt it tanks of those she has kindly relieved, lb te has learned that acts of eharity and h< ve do indeed bring a sweet remand. ? (S'uuuiuj mnumig Skkvants ol'God injovful lays, fcsing ye the Lord Jehovah's praise. Montgomery. "It is not all of life to live Nor all of death to die." ; While the truth of this sentiment is x\, enerally admitted, hIubI fur poor hu 1 ion nature, how little is it appcrciated. he winter of life resembles the winter ot le year: both have their withering storms nd both take the plnco rf sweet sum- ol ler, of roses and hopes, and the dreams fyouth. Life without some necessity e< >r exertion must ever lack real interest. j()] hat state is capable of the greatest en- ^ yireiit where necessity urges, bat not :iiiitiillv; where effort is Inquired, but as | ttieli as possible without anxiety; where .pj ic spring and summer ol life are pre- ^ aratory to the harvest of nultimti, and ' to repose of winter. The* is every season ,|( veet, and in well-spent life, the last the , est?the season of calm enjoyment, the chest in recollections, tko Irighteat in ' a m ?IK>' . th Hut, "it is not all of life to live." No inn, indeed, liveth to himself; for God ath so decreed that from every beating * enrt, influences, for weal or for woe, shall sue hero to vibrato thrUigli eternity.? i hen the spirit leaves the l?ody, and our lanimate form is lain 'neath the silent oils of the valley, our words and actions re not buried with lis?they live on. and vc forever. If there be a man who be- " eves himself void of influence, such nil . no should pitch his tent upon the banks r the Dead Sea. Each created being has 8t 1 allotted part to perform in life's great rania. The single dew-drop finds its cc nitre in the ocean; each grain of sand neath our feet helps to retain the orbof 1 iv in its sphere. All admit it is a f?ar- 1,1 il thing to die; it is equally fearful to to. ' ' 'y Still achioving, still pursuing, U Learn to labor and to wait. n Lives of great men all remind us hi Wc can make oar lives sublime, or And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of lime? n< Footprints, that perhaps another, jj. Sailing o'er life's stormy main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, . Seeing shall take heart again." "It is not nil of death t<> die." We need ftl| itj were it our province to, draw upon le page of revelation to demonstrate this ^ ct. It is a truth which appals to the iber judgment of intelligent man; and le still, small voiceever whispers in hi* ir, "thou art iiuortnl!" In the spirit's ftiest aspirations for fuir>4 it will c<?nantly turn our thoughts from the glit- l'> ring vanities of life, lo those purer ends ll< hieli do not tcriniuale with earthly splen- ,u or, hut are admissible decorations in th laiisious of {mortality. r>' Happy Illustration. I at member that on my return to France j'j a vessi 1 whieh had been on a voyage to idia, as soon as the sailors had perfectly stinguished die land of their nntiv* conn y, they became in n great measure incapae of attending to the duties of the ship.? umo looked at it wistfully, without the ^ vwer of minding anything else ; others essed themselves in their best clothes, as C(l they were about to dise<ibn'k ; some talk- nr I to themselves, and othera wept. \> As we npproached, the disorder of their fo ind* iueresHed. As they had been absent to iveral years, there wns no end to tho ndmidion of the hills, the foil ore of the trees. id even the rocks which skirted the shore, ivered with weeds and mosses. T ho old liurch spires of the village where tliev ere liorn, which they distinguished at n ! to stance up the country, and which they nam- j |n I one after another, filled them with tran>?>rts of do'ight. But when tho vessel entered the port and ^ lieu tho/ saw on tho (juays their fathers, j)( eir mothers, their wives, their children and m eir friends, streaching out their arms with y< n.a ui juj, m?i uauiujjmum oy meir names, Tl wu no longur possible to retain a man on ro >ard, they all sprung on shore, and it heme necessary, according to tho custom of port, to employ another set of mariners, Fi bring the vessel to her mooring. fe What, then, would be the ease were we dulged with a sensible display of that t)< savenly country, inhabited by thoee who e dearest to us, snd who are worthy of our oet sublime affections t The laborious id vain oaree of thia life wonld from that ?' oment come to an end. Ite duties wonld rfl ) forsaken, and all our powers and feelings ould be lost in perpetual rapture. It ie '' isdom. therefore.that a vail U mm*..A ..... e gloriea of futurity. Lot no eojoy the >po that the happy laud awaito **, and in ? meantime lot aa fulfil with ohoerfulneoo ^ td patience what belong* to oar preoont f| HadiUoa.?8t Pimm. ^ h bum named Joba Shaw wan arrootod i MorriorUie, N. V, a few day* aioce v pokOBtag a oplendid spaa of eemage th >rooa, ewoed by llr. ihtaaa Brown, Sy of immfetariag to than osatte acid. ft + mm stems, ?<r. A Curious Discovery. A most curious and interesting discovv lias just been made at Lntigres, France, d lich we have no doubt w ill cause a scien- v ic inquiry as to the material and pro- s ieties of tlie perpetual burning lamps, f< id to have been used by the ancients.? c orknien were recently excavating for a nidation for a new building, in a debris, s idently the remains of Gallia Roman ll actions when they came to the roof of t! i underground sort of leave, which time id rendered of almost metabc hardness, t 11 opening w as effected, w hen one of the s oi k men instantly exclaimed that there p us a light at the bottom of the cavern, c le parties present entered ; when they s unda bronzed sepulchral lamp of re- si arkablu workmanship, suspended from e roof by chains of the same metal. It I I, is entirely tilled by a combustible sub- c moo, which lid not appear to have diinished, although the probability is that c o combustion had been going on for c jes. This w ill, wo trust, throw some r flit- upon a subject which h is caused so t any disputes among learned antiquari- ' is. I I To bring the Drowned to Life. Intended to be put in every man's hat. nmediutcly as the body is removed from c water, press the chest suddenly and rcihly downward and backward, and inantly discontinue the pressure. Repent * lis violent interruption until a pair of 1 million bellows can be procured. When f Mained, introduce the muzzle well upon 1 10 baso of tho tongue. Surround tlie 1 outh with n towel or handkerchief, and 1 i?ireci a oyatataier to press in in ! " upon the projecting part of the neck, I :all?;il Adam's apple,) and use the l>el-1 ovs actively. 'iifrAi pia up a rvimi j > expel the air from the lunirs, to imitate i aturiil breathing. Continue this at least j ii hour, unless signs of natural breathing t >ine on. Wrap the laxly in blankets, place it | , ?ar a tire, ami do everything to preserve le natural warmth, as well us to impart ' i artificial heat if possible. Every thing, ' jwever, is secondary to inflating the ngs. Send for a medical man immedi A " oid ail frictions until respiration shall i in some degree restored. V Al.KNTtN K MoTT, Surg. Gen. of the A. 0. W. 6ovi.<ty. 1 Tlia IMkfrukxck,?In the Smith when , 0 trains get within ten miles of the din- v >r house, the passengers leave the train, id walk to the station, so as to get e rough dinner by the time the cars ar- ^ re.? Yankee Blade. | In the North, when the trains get withhalf a mile of an open draw-bridge, in- j end of letting the passengers get out, ey drive ahead into the water, so as to 11 a few, laim a few, and learn the rest swim.?Savantuih Journal. JCJT The treasonah'e correspondence und concealed in Major Andre's boots hen ho was searched bv Paulding, 'illiums, and Van Wert, has recently >eti discovered at Albany. The papers msist of an enumeration of the number id disposition of the American forces at 'est Point, and a description of the rtifications. with suggestions in regard the weak and exposed points, 'i here also a pass from A moid, under which ndre, as "Mr. John Smith," was returng to the Hritish Camp. f Pecrkaskok Population.?According r the return of births and deaths, for the [ onthofJufy, by the New York city spector, the population of that city, in pendent of the accessions it received by operation actually decreased; the deaths r the month being 2,333, and tho birds j it 1,094. A continuation of the same v ortality, would swell the deaths for the a ?ar 28;000, or live and a half per cent, he return of births is supposed to be erneous. A large fire recently occurred at Seneca tils; lose about $60,000. Principal sufrers, Westcott & Co.'s sash factory, !0,000; Oatman & Co.'s flour mills, $18,)0; Cowing A Co.'s machine shop, t nnn The total amount of coal transported ' rer the Philadelphia and Reading Rail ad, the preaent year, ie 000,120 torn-; ! iring the same period last year, 1,086,- . 13; over the Schuylkill Canal this year, . 16,224 tons; last year, 460,603 tons. ( Tua Great California Trie.?The f roprietora of the maatmoth tree, Califor- j a, have been offered #30,000 for it.? , he Columbian Gazette says that fifty feet ( ' the berk and one blook to be taken off , rained at #10,000. , tW The citizens of Augusta have au- \ lorized the oonncil to male a donation ' ' 11,000 u? aid of the New Orleans sufiem? ?'? - j" ftllSCdllllUHlUG. Getting Married. Daring tho last Summer a little inci- : lent occurred|in one of the Eastern towns, riiieh afforded some amusement to the pectators at the time, and furnished food jt considerable gossip thereafter. It oc- ^ urred in church, on one of those quiet kiunday aftarnoolis, when all tho world ^ coins ready to drop asleep?when the 1 ies buzz lazily on the window panes, and he dog lies on the door-stone. c The afternoon service had ended, and, t: he congregation were arranging themelves fur the benediction, when, to the v Croat astonishment and manifest interest 0 f the worshippers, the good parson de- s, eroded from the pulpit to t'-e desk below md said in a calm, clear voice: c "Those wishing to be united in the ho- a v hands of matrimony, will now please ome forward." a A deep stillness instantly fell over the c ongregation, broken only by the rustling s if silk, as sume pretty little girl or excited e natron changed her position, to catch the 1 irsl view of the couplo to he married.? c So one, however, arose, or seemed in the 1 east inclined to arise. Whereupon, the 1 worthy clergyman, deeming his first no- ' .ice unheard or misunderstood, repeated 1 he invitation : 1 "Let those wishing to be united in the ' lioly hands of matrimony now coiue for- 1 ward." ' Still no one stirred. The silence be- 1 :aiuo almost audible, and a painful sense ' >f the awkwardness of the position was ' gradually spreading among those present ' when a young gentleman, who had occu- 1 tied a vacant seat in the broad aisle dur- ^ ng the service, slowly arose, and delil or- 1 itely walked to the foot of the alter. He was good looking and well dressed, but! rio one present knew him, and no female I bis travels. When arrived within a rojK-i-tiil.lt: distance of tin- clergy man, be paused, ami with a reverent bow stepped to one siilo of the aisle, but neither sai anything or seemed at all disconcerted at the idea of being married alone. l'he clergyman looked anxiously around lor the bride, who he supposed, was yet 1 :o arrive, and at length remarked to the ' jruung gentleman in an under tone: "The lady, sir, is dilatory." 1 "Very, sir." ' "Had we not betcr defer the ceretno- ' iy T 2 "1 think not. Do you suppose she well 1 >e here soon ?" "Mel sir," said the astonisod divine, ' how should I know of your lady's move J nent? That is a matter belonging to 1 rourself." ' A very few moments more were suffer- 1 d to elapse in this unpleasant state of 1 txj ectanev, when the clergyman renewed lis interrogatories: "Did the lady promise to attend at the I iresent hour, sir ?" 1 "What lady 1" I "Why, the lady, to bo sure, that you 1 i e waiting here for." t "1 did not hoar her say anything about t," was the satisfactory response. * "Then, sir, may I ask why yoa are b lere, and for what purpose you trifle in h he sanctuary of the most High ?" said a he somewhat enraged clerical. a "I came, sir, simply because you invied all those wishing to bo united in the io!y bonds of matrimony to step forward f uvi I happened to entertain such a wish! e am very sorry to have misunderstood t rou. sir, and wish you a very good day." t When, after the church was closed, the t lorv got wind among the congregation i nore than one young lady regretted that c mr wishes had not beeti as boldly express- t d as the young gentleman's who had eally wished to be "united in the holy lands of matrimony."?N. O. Picayune. r ? ? ? 1 Sceae at an Earthquake. a A letter from Petsia gives some further ? >articular? of the terrible earthquake at \Iliru? (\T\ Ola* e\f A 1""* TU .... vai v?V ? ?ov VI II IfVIU llll' ihock* continued up to the 14th of May, j a short intervals, every day. The fir^t c ihock lasted five minutes, when the inhab- s tanta were asleep, and laid nearly tho j whole city in ruins. The writer, speaking ^ >f the scene next morning, says: "On every side the eye could see nothng but a heap of ruins, streets blocked up with stones, and dead bodies being carried )n litters without the walls of the city. It nade the heart bleed to see the limbs of l' jeraon* showing themselves from beneath n silos of rubbish, and men, women and shildren endeavoring to Trithdraw the nutilated bodies of tneir friends and relations from beneath the ruins, which, in their despair, they were tearing away with ' .heir teeth, their hands and their nail*.? 3ut of several th< usand victims, the lives 4 only a very small nnmber were saved. Severe shocks occurred for five days, durng which it is calculated that twelve thou | land persona perished. On the fourth lay large bands of briwands <. ippearanm, and plundered the nnfcrtuAAte inhabitant*, who were without d** Fence, end without aaylum, of whet Huh th?v had been able to sere from the m 'a,B,* x, - ' * ' ' >. 5lgrimltnrnl. in sloth indulgence ? 'tis a toil, Enervates man and damnB the soil. Young. Turnip Culture at The South. This vegetable, like almost every other ind, requires a different culture in the iouth, from that which it gets at the forth. Our winters are so iuild, that the urnip in some of its varieties, will gro# lirough the whole winter, and the careful ultivator, may have turnips fit for thtt able every mouth in the vear. For tho first fall crop, plant the early ibite Dutch; sow as soon after the 20th if J uly, as a season offers to vegelata the ceds; for garden culture, sow in drills; for ield culture, sow broad cast For late roj), sow the red top, and where tops are u object as well as.good roots, sow the urge English Norfolk. Tho immense .mount of foliage, with its large sueulenr stem, which this turnip produces* hould commend it to more general culture specially for plautaMou uses. But of all he turnips for Southern soil, and Southern '.limes, commend us to the Rutabaga; like ill other varieties of the turnip, they equire rich ground; lands that have been trodden by cattle, well and deeply plowed iuit-> all the turnip tribe; but any manure that is stimulating, well turned under will answer. Guano answers a capital purpose, but should be well turned unJer. Three hundred pounds to the acre w ill pay well in the increased production A roots, 'the advantage the Rutabaga lias over all other turnips, is in the fact that it has but little disposition to seed in ibis climate; consequently its roots remain liru'. and sweet, long after the common turnip bus become pithy and worthless; its tops are also more valuable, fully equal to the best collards. We last season took a piece of new pine land, less, than half an acre, ccWpenoed it and plowed it every good rain, Irom April to July. On the 26th day of July, we mixed a half pound each, of early white Dutch and Rutabaga Turnip teal in a huihel of plaster, sowed broad cast, and rolled them in with a heavy cart iron roller. The first day of September, jur market wagon had a load of fine a lute turnips in the market, and -continied daily to carry them, until we had sold one hundred dollars' worth of white uruips besides supplying a largo family* is soon as the white turnips were goue, he Rutabagas took a start and were fit br the table and stock in October; con* inuing to grow through the whole winter in<l spring keeping in good order some hirty head of cattle, supplying a large amily; preserving all their good qualities intil the first of May when, in clearing he ground for a garden patch, we pulled ome fifty bushels for the hogs. Now, kind reader, what other crop can ?e grown in this toil of the South, that >ays as will us turnips? Remember to >low the ground deep and often before limiting, and look to it in season for turnip iiuo is at hand. Wc would not recommend sowing the tutabagas broad cast as a general thing iut where lands are entirely new and iavo been made mellow with the plow, it purpose, as iue experiment ,bovo will justify.?Soil of Ih* South, To Clean Paint.?Smear a piece of iannel in common whiting, mixed to the onsistency of common paste in warm waer. Hub the surface to be cleaned, quite >riskly, and wash off with pure cold wn-* or. Grease spots will in this way be alnoat instantaneously removed, as well aa ither tilth, and the paint will retain it* rilliancy and beauty unimpaired. Edward Scannell has been arosted for punching out one of Cornelius >utl'y'a eyes with an umbrella, during an affray in School street. Duffy is at the lospital. It is sup osed he will never ;ain the use of his eye. Thk Telephone. The Plymouth ournal, (England) announces the dieovcry of a mode of transmitting articulate ounds to great distances by means of an nsvument tormed tho telephone^ water eing the agent or medium of transmition. gW From experiments made at the forth it appears to have been demonstrated that white painted lightning rods are ton-conductors, A Hkroic Mother.?"Mother," said i Spartan boy, going to battle, "my sword a too short." Add a step to it," was the eply of the heroic woman. Jfcflr I have never believed that friend* hip supposed the obligation of beting thoee whom yoor friends did not kite, end [ believe rather it oblige me to lore thoee whom they love.?Mortllet. mm* m wm* In yem ever proiobe at aft, t*k? fwsSjgr