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X #> ' * # " jp | *,*. * ; * \ '-.^46 At 'ikk&^rb' - 'X#,;U&"6'^ ^ ^ ''^ *%viLm*-'* *-' ' 1 /... ,L - "j ' $2 PER ANNUM Jp^rSB?CS^rS6fc *. ~T. IN ADVANCE ' ' ' * NEUTRAL IN POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. ^ 1 VOLUME III. juO LANCASTER. C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20,1851 NUMBER 44 DhtfTQV | American law mu?t he upheld. Circutn- | will not grant the month's delay asked ill ! ^Frnm rr?*? KamIiaaJ L..? '* ' A K *" 1 I * * i umiil. for (he Laneatitr ledger. DIBQB. Ik>wl ye dogs! join all, in one long dUni.tl howl! Ton, the foremost of sit thy race, to the grave is gone, Some, base malignant demon, by murder foul, Envious of his worth to this sad fate did help him on ; Then join in one lon^. protracted, universal howl For great Tom's murder so treacherous, base and foul. Black Dash you were his friend, an humble one 'tis true. Yet you knew him to thy eternal honor be it said, Will you not then with an ocean of salt tears, bedew. The sad fate of thy late friend, now the mighty dead ? Then lead the way to a protracted, universal howl, For great Turn's murder so treacherous, base nod foul. Carlos. John, Duroc, the proud distinction too was thine, At humble distance in admiration to wag your tails, Exalting, daily to see him in his greatness shine, Over whose greatness now alas, deaths horid gloom prevails, Will ye then with i>u*h the long protracted howl, For great Tom's murder so treacherous, base and foul. And all ye dogs of meaner sort, on ye, too, 1 call, To till UIi the chorus and make the welkin ring, So that :iatnni?hfd nature may m irk well the fail, Of one who amongit nil nature's dog*, w.-m the king, Join then vith your bettors, in one long protracted howl. For great Tom's murder so treacherous,haac and foul. W. 8 IIAGINH. SELECT TALES. T^-i| Frum the Star Spangled Dunne. TIIK GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER; on, CIECUX8TAVTIAL EVIDENCE. BT ECU INK ST. CLAIII. CUAFTER I. wi? -n? nr.* wk.t i. ?in. .a.. ur?? My day ?* c!oi(*d! the gloom of night ie come! A hapten darkneaa settle? oVr my fate; My doom U closed!? Joanna IUii.it. Silence held undiapute I ev ay. It reigned eupreiiie. It ley like a great pall upon tlie ve t multitude, end you ought alnioo have counted the puliation* of your neighbor*a |?e?rt. Thorn halle of justice had never encoinpaaaed a larger concourse than were now wiUttn ita walk, and yet when not a breath from in trial had there been tit wake it* echoes, it had never wjtufeaed a eilonceeo tupeodouA. And he ntitod up, pale, haggard, and wan with long and e.'oae coiitWiiieiii, a Iteautiful wreck of what waa ouoe a Ifie / lie etood up, hie white brow un marred an I the fire of a great intellect, whose brilliancy, uudiinmod hi the diamond'* itlaae, beamd from In* tine, earnest eye and g*ae<l for it brinf space around. Ami what saw be f O.il wa* a fair picture! There were throng* of men, hale, noble looking men, mm! the open, kindly face* of beauieoo* maidenhood?nil rejoicing In tbo gioiinu* gifta of a beneficent Creator?-health, airength, and bflppircaa; and through the open window, out into the gay sunshine, aped hie %<\v\ where hill Mid field lav ainiling in their emerald hoaeiy, and the tree* moved aoftly to the breath of the aouthern breeae; w ere hrnok* were trilling well-remembered mci odiea, ami the fiver rolled on in its plauid majesty. and the aong of wild Ionia rose an h pc.tn lo the (tjw bom spring! Ay, be stood up, ami with 'the face* and firm* of men, matron*, and maidens; with the glad aunlight ami amiliug field*, and the awayhig fcirmt; with the bubbling I'TOK, ftn<i me prouu river, *n<i 1110 Mng ing birde- "*H tKni toetM to fonder life ruck An jnWinmWe Ivion, gliding lioftwe hit vUion Hit# the pltmiinimfint of a ?he li*tni*i) (o hU linnni ?the rn m Ute iti it to teur him from til time* well known ftem, from til the teetrw that hml been to deer to him from yoeOi to mtnhomr* prime. V** Weil, tot itr ?mi b*. Tb4 of siantuil evidence had pruved llint lofty- lli browed and intellectual looking youth to be a murderer, and the outraged dignity Tl of the law must be appeased, lie must pr die!?must bare that while and finely a sculptured throat to the hangman's igno- co minions touch, and form a sight for gaping fools to feast their eyes ujam. tli Yes, h<* stood up calmly, without die ill least visible plav of a muscle, while those eh few terrible words fell solemnly from the gil rol>ed dignitary's lips; and tbere was a sa clank of fetters, and be turned away to fe* Ids dreary cell once more. on Wl CHAPTER II. lip in* Is this all? a i Hast tliou no gentler answer? Yet bethink thee, p;, And pause ere thou rejectest. IJtros. Stlt.?Then talk not thus, it Though but a jest, it uiskcs me tremble, he Jan.?Ir't ? lu Look in mine ere, and mark how true Tile talc I've told you. Tub Dkoke.n Heart. V' tin ? sal Alone, willi his band pressed to bis aching blow?alone, with his conflicting emotions. and no eve, save that of the , Fmh<-r, upon him, sat the Governor in his private apartment, while before him were strewn a mass of papers?Slate documents and piles of opened and um>|>cncd letters 'I* in dire confusion. Bui not on any of these were his eyes resting, but on a paper to j*" which was np|>eudcd a long array of names 1,1 and which a single glance procluins to be 3^' a petition. Yes, it was a petition, offered by the sl" inhabitants of (lie town in wliich lie was resident, praying for a reprieve in the case of \V alter Lyndsay, lie wlioin we V have seen ooiidemed to death for the crime ,t'1 of murder, iu the preceding chapter. p Although circumstance* tiad proved him guilty, and a jury of honest, God- J"0" tearing men had pronounced their verdict accordingly; yet in the minds of his follow townsmen generally, a vague di?l>elicf of his guilt prevailed. 'I here was nothing in the visible part of Wl his character to warrant such u hideous midea, lie had lived from infancy among m< thrin. Ilis boyhood had given prom is of "" noble tilings, and maturity had redeemed . the promise of his youth, lie had always . " been a favorite among not only bis comtrillions but among their parents, who c*- (,1 t"fined him higlily as an associate for " their children. '' lie possessed a fine intellect, which no H pains within his means had beeu spired 1 ? to cultivate and refine; and as the years rolled round that at length crowned iiim iU> .villi the tiara of manhood, he steadily f mlvamcd in all those qualifications which '.'J1 endeared him to his friends and aeqiiain- ' ce* throughout the whole community. e! Ami it was a knowledge of his virtues, c 1 ami of the total absence of the rices possessed by most persons of bis age, that so >li firmly convinced thcin of the truth of his ?" assertion of 11in innocence. lie h:?l lieen !K known, also, favorably known, to the Goveruor; for, though not strictly shaking, a member of the aristocracy?for wealth, vo ine-e doll >ra and cents, constitute ariatoc- H>l racv?yet his irreproachable charnc'er, his lo brilliant and richly-stored mind,pave hi <? . an entree into the Art society, and he 111 had l**en often a guest at hie own house. . And now he sat?that (fray-haired, ni?* W1 ble-looking o'd inan?with a saddened heart, pondering the seemingly inevitalde fate which awaited the youth. "n Poor, unfortunate lioy!" exclaimed the Governor, dashing away the moisture gathering in his eye. "Poor bov ! to die ao young, and in such a manner, whilo | (he future lay so bright la-fore him !" "O, my father, and must he die ? Is there no hopef" said a sad, but silver-ton I"1 ??l voice, and a pair of white arm* eticireled lovingly the old man'* neck, and a pair of mournful eyes were lifted iinplor- er' ingly to liia. "All, Eva, my child, are you hero I I thought myself alone," said he, in surprise. W| I "No, dear Eva, there i? no hope for poor Lindsay," * ( "None I 0, you will not, you cannot rofuae to grant thia petition 1" pointing to i the paper before hiin. "He ta innocent th? Vou have known him from hi* youth, and you know he oould never perpetrate the foul deed of which It# is aocuaed I" yo "It aeeine very strange, I admit I ? koow of no motive to actua;* him in the via commission of such a crime," replied her 11 father. eri "I would pledge my life that he never fai committed the act!" exclaimed the girl, kn with spirit. "iou will mire grunt tin* pe- dy inion, fatherF1 she continual, anxiously ?o? watching the Governor's face. lai "Ainu! nay child, I cannot! A jury rin if his countryman have provod him gnillT upon the strongest kin.I of circninsunii ?l mi evidence. Uw own knife, with biw name engraved upon (lie bundle, w?x f<Hin?l lm- im ried In the murdered innd; be waa seen walking in company near nightfall, wc not far from the apot where the murder po wan committed; and it is well known thai fell hi if 11 wo*!e bad p snail between Usem bet en a few days lie fore. And, however tnuoh ad f may regret H, I fert that I have no right l?y to nan my prerogative of reversing the ?m? sentence of hie jedge. Tt? -And this h jronr tfctWaa, Ibee t Toe , r * ? ?? * ? I is {petition I id "01 what avuil will it be, my child? ki icre is nothing his friends can hope to tu nve for his bemtit. His guilt is lieyonH sil lionbt. No; juslice must lake its In unie." ai Tlie white arms gradually losscned from w eir loving embrace, the eyelids folded fu eir long dark lashes over the pale in eek, and like some beautiful and fra- in lu Slower, crushed a heedless foot, she di nk, without a sign of life, at her father's til 5b su lie bent over licr and wildly called up- In her to speak to him, to assure him she is not dead ; and though he pressed his th is tohers, and by every tertn of endeartttit strove to woo her back to life, not te I rice of animation could lie bring to her g| Hid face. w. Alarmed, he summoned assistance; and ?u was not until |>owerful restoratives had wi en applied that she evinced signs of re- tit ruing lite. pr When fully recovered, however,she deed the attendants to withdraw, and I | ive her alone with her father. When lv py had gone, she resumed the comerlion. tli "Do not let us continue the subject; it br painful to both, yot I cannot conceive iy it should affect you so strongly," said de e Governor. nr "It is for hat reason I would s|>eak ?i >re of it," replied Eva, with quivering >1, s. "It is because I love Walter Lindr letter th in Hiurlit cls?- on earth, even /? ii, dearest father; all, and sometime* ^ h? ve feared In'tter tlian my God! For a i** ir we have la-en nffUncM." c? "Impossible, Kva ! My child, you are hat rely jestirg with your father!" burst uri in (he lip* of the startled mini. VK ' Think you no, my futher f Look at tw ur Kva. Lha** aim look a* she did a v months ago J" |Q "Ah, no! My God, * see it now!? m iol that I have been ! Poor child ! the jtl ves have all fled thy cheek; thy form it* s lost its buoyancy, and is attenuated irlully. You are pale, and the hlue |t, ins lire sadly visible through the trans- m rent skin. I knew that you w?-re not |M -II, hut little did I dream the cause! O, w y child, sa v, K? a, why havey<ai brought in u to this I You the affianced bride of a i|j iirderer f 01 "Nay, calumniate him not !" exclaimed 8 girl, with a flushed cheek an<l flash- n) f eye. '! tell you Walter is innocent. ?t s h is sworn it to me, ii|xin the word of Cll si, since his sentence, when ho had no U| pes of life; and I would l?elieve him if 'f| the angels of Heaven were to come rH wn and say that it was false!" Hi She looked very beautiful?very like m inspired Pythoness denouncing van- p| alien?as she-stood there la-fore her her; defending the fame of her lover. Ci| . r utterance was rapid; each word seem- i|, bursting, as it were, froui an overurged heart. Y Tne Governor buried his face in his hi nds and groaned, while the tears ever d auon fell through his fingers. Hut Uj r arms were around his neck now, and fu r cheek pressed close to his, jusliii the Vc me old loving way as of yore. II?-r c|, ice was -:almcr, too, and sweet as the m >ind of a rich harp-string, as she s|K>ke c, him. "my i*i lie I Walt, r uliall live for tlii* Uj tie month I The prayer you would re* 4|j k.* the world you will grant your Eva, jH II you nol P ' Live I O, tny Ood, ye* I for when be ?? thou wilt go too, 1 feA% p?*?r flower, v* <1?and I cnnnot *par? thee yet," *:?id L, ? old limn, chokingly. a( "O, thanks, deareat father 1 There i* a i|, out ahadow lifted from my hear , and MJ p? alone* in once more. You may (|4 em me fooiiali, hut I have a presenti- jtl nt that all will yet he well?that hn|? tea* shall take, ere long, the place of rrow." ^ "God grant it inny! exclaimed herfath* ,j, "God grant it inay 1 hut where can u look for help I "There/* aaid the girl, pointing up- Vl trd. mi CUAPTKIl III. ,* '<>, Death ! thou art a wondiou* babbler . Of men'* iwcret*!" rhouahalt not kill I Vengeance iatuine, aaitb i Lord, 1 will repay.?Holt W bit. tr ?? a* "Bend down your ear cloaer, Eva, and hi u, too, air, for my breath grow* fainter ll. there a eiua film gathering acruna my iou. O, lltia inuatiaj death ! But no, ac annot die eith tfte secret of this bhiek hi me renting upon my soul I O, how rr hi I IJoclor, w tlieru noi aoiua |k>(ton (J >wn to jour art that wilt bravo up a tli ing inaa'a energies f?*r a few Hooting hiwuU T ?u<l ill* t|irxkrr lamni bin iguid eye* upon th? phyak-ian implo- It giy. m Tlte reviving cordial was quickly *<! at RMvrai with aoioc ikwt. in "I feci wronger not," mid tli? dying ?li mi." di "Liarn, for art I laave thia world, I ki >uld make what reparation it in my w war lor tho wnatg I have dona of ny t? low mortuU. IV not fail to record <h -ry word winch 1 attar," ha aoetimwd, t? drawing a gwailrmaw aaatad at a labia t> litM had.dda, rwtdy to place biarouf**- hi ? ?w... ...? vvi Iiwvu, v vu nnvc urcii UIO ol of my worship. Von. and you only, now the wild unborn ded fervency of iy love; h love which, hnd it been posble lor you to have reciprocated, should ?ve made your happiness its highest in. Hut it was not to be so. There as something repulsive, something bateI to you in that very love. Vet knowg all this, 1 loved on ; like the foolish setts that flutter around the taper's Hamc, rzzled, fascinate*! with its brilliancy, un they perish, so did 1 allow the conlining flame of my fierce, ungovernable ve to goon gathering new strength." lie p?used a moment, and then connued? "You loved and was beloved bj Wa'r Lindsay ; ay, I marked it all, each a nee, each softly spoken word, and each as a dagger iu my heart, lie was my per:or in every respect save wealth. I as not insensible of his many fine qualiations, and neither did I wonder at your eference for liiin. "Hut it placed a demon in my breast, learned to hate him with the most dead hatred, and vowed that it should not > he who should stand beside you when e orange wreath encircled your white ow." His bteatli grew shorter ; life was evimtly ebbing slow!) away, and again his edieal attendant administered the revitig medicine, and the speaker proceeded iw|y and with much effort. "My plans were laid with diabolical lining. Heing aware that high words id paie-ed between Lindsay and Wilmi-" (for so the murdered iiihu whs tied;) Ifcul n short time previous, and tviug as deadly a l>|t& towards the latr as. 1 .possessed tor the former, I eon ited the idea of riddiug myself of mv oenemies in the following manner. "I gained the |to->cs*ion of a knife benging to Walter," and d-terinined to urder Williams,leaving the knife buried bis heart, as it would tend to criminate i owner in the eye of the law. "Chance favored nty project. They id tiecoine reconciled, and were walking company, one evening, from the vilgo toward their respective tonnes. I as on the watch?concealed in some ishes grow ing by ibe roadside, and saw cm par', Lindsay'* hou-c Icing the first ?e, and William's some ways Iwyoiid. "As be n?'?red my place of concealcut. I sprang upon hiin, and in an in ant my knife was in bis beari. Under iter of the darkness I readied my home uliscovercd, and you know all the rest. Ills is God's truth !" continued the uiisehle man. "With one loot iu the grave, id the curtain of eternity half drawn, a an cau hardly dare to speak falsely.? asten ! Save poor Walter from his im nding fate. 'Tis all the reparation 1 in make. O, God, I am dying! 1 feel e cold hand at my vitals, (j, pray for e, Eva?pray, for the love of God! ? ou are pure?your prayers will lie heard; Jt mine?just Heaven ! there is no hope !' With a groan, the murderer sunk hack am hi- pillow, while that pale, beautiI girl knelt down, and with a clear, si Itry voice prayed that a heart might lie eanscd of its blackness and sin, and eet with mercy at the bar ot Heaven's tart. And with the name of Eva trembling ion his ashen lips, the murderer's soul ifted out up >ii the wings of that soft jtitioti?out ou that shordesa and uu low n sea. lie was sated !?snatched from the try jaWoof death, at the eleventh hour I life's faith fit I u-?s had gained its reward, id the gentle Eva once more lay upon ie bosom of her heart's idol. Hut O, i changed, so crushed in spirit, so broken >wii in the April of his days. She had ui hack, hut 'twas only the abadow of it Walter, not the noble, vigorous youth i whom a year ago her maiden vows had yen pledged. Hut the wreck, even, was ... 1. ..I I -1-^ L - Jitr 10 tier moiii, ;iiki *ito wjw imrpv. Time w >rks marvel*. Health came tain to their wasted form*?a welcome silor. Pale cheek* grew rosy; buoy icy dwelt in the step once slow and eery ; and eye* washed hy affliction'* nr. now sparkled with the light of love mI joy. And mi they were married. Such ial* a*they had encountered surely derved a happy Huale ; and what can ring cnore happiness to two loving hearts tan a happy bridal i The iRivurnor was proud of hi* young >n-iu law, ami thought, with feeling* of i>rrur, how near he had lieon the instruicnt of his untimely death, thanking od and his chdd for slaying hiiu from le commission of so sad a deed. A curse upon circumstantial evidence I , in a foul blot upon the escutub?m|iof a lion, ami ought to be erased from die . ..I. I L. .J |k. UI.?LI TLa itiun of n nmn to upon auoh ?vimm* ia nothing more or Iww than a juicial murder ! It ia l?ud enough, Gknl Down, to never lb* thread of lit# of biin bo in eiearly provoa, by direct taatimony, > iw guilty ; l?ut to rob from one the: tareat boon lieatowed Ky the OmuipoAt?1Mb?to break at one Ml blow all mmo tweet and precious tiea which Itind m here, and tend bint wWHw Mxt le Great Tribunal of the aktaa, Is a wk?ryf a pitiftd atowkerf, of the aania 'j?WI J t m &f. ' .A \j, it js uetter, tar oetter, Mat a thou sand guilty one? escape, tlian that one innocent one should sutler I What punishment is death in comparison with life to a murderer t T? but a brief physical spasm, and all is over. Hut let liiin live, and life is a perfect hell. The ghost of his victim is ever present to his sleeping or waking vision?a phantom that will follow him to his death-bed, and there weigh down his miserable soul like a horrible incubus. And who an we that we should wrest vengeance from Jehovah's hand ! Think ye his memory is so treacherous, that when the resurrection morning shall have dawned, and all the nations stand before his bar, waiting for their doom, he will forget-to meet out retributive justice ? No, uo ! build Dot on such a hope.? Take heed to yourselves, dispensers of earthly law ; for there will be the Recording Angel with the Hook of Life, whereon your deeds are chronicled. Theie judge, jurors, and prisoner will meet ou eipiul footing, where the "higher law" holds sway. Then if ye, arrogating to yourselves a right divine, have unjustly sacrificed a human being, breaking the laws of God, why should not your souls 8erve as a holocaust to appease his wrath? Tho Conditional ManThere are some men who/ are never known to give an unconditional assent to any pro|?osition, however self-evident. We have in mind a person of this character, to whom, for the sake of convenience, we shall givo the name of White. "A beautiful morning, Mr. White," we remarked, on one occasion. "Yes," said he doublingly. "hut I should not wonder if it raiued before night." ''Your piazza is a great improvement to your house," I continued. "Yes, sir, but it's a little too narrow.? If il was, say, a loot wider, it would be just lite thing." "In tliat case, you must liko Mr. Smith's fur, if I am not mistaken, his is precisely that width." 3 "Very true, but then it's too high." "How do you like our new minister? He is generally popular?a very good preacher, a good pastor, and a good man." "VVIiv, yes, I admit all that, hut didn't you notice how askew his ueckcioth was last Sunday!" "No, but even admitting that to ho the case, it was no objection to him iu his official character." "Why, no, hut then we expect a minister to pay as innch attention to dress as other folks." "Yon have a fine field of potatoes yonder, Mr. White." "Yes, they look we'l enough al?ove ground, hut there's no knowiug hut they may he all rotten before they are gather ed." "The new railroad will be a great thing for the town, and do very much to build it up. don't you think so !" "Well, I don't know hut il may, hut then it will l>e very noisy, so that a body can't have a quiet moment to liiinselt." "We must lie conteut to submit to u little inconvenience for the sake of obtaining great good. That is the true pliil- < osophy of life." "Perhaps it is, hut then them railroa U are confounded noisy. Almost despairing of obtaining a straight forward, unconditional answer to our inquiries, we, as a last resort pointed out a little l?oy who was pasting by and | remarked : "That Ih>v lias verv dirty hands." "Yes,"said Mr. White, "yes, but?hut ?hilt," lie was evidently seeking for some way in whieli to bring an objection. At length his face brightened up, and he continued?"hut if ihoy were washed they'd he cleaner." We left him to his reflections.? Va nicer. Good Advice to Women. Trust not to uncertain riches, hut preCre yourself for every emergency in life. am to work, and not lie dependent u|K>n servants to make your bread ; sweep your floors and darn your own stockings. AUive all things, do not esteem too lightly those honorable young men who sustain themselves and their aged parents by the work of their own hands, while you V?MV I*/| wiu IOVVIVC IlliU J?*UI V^*lllJ?rniy tliose laty popinjays wlio never lift a finger to help themselves, eo long ft* they can keep body nnd soul together and get sufficient to live in fashion. If you nre wise you will look at this subject as we do, nnd when you nre old enough to become wives, you will prefer the honest mechanic, with not a cent to commence life, to the fashionable loafer, with a capital of ten thousand dollars. Whenever we bear remarked, "Such a lady has married a fortune," we always tremble for her pro*|?eriiy. Riches left to children by wealthy parents often turn out a curse instead of a bletwing. Young the HI?Ml ?<iinoiltlutr iKtc ?? 1 inatoui? of tug the puisea of your lover*, and examining the cat of their owl, look into their bablta and heart*. Mark if they have trades and can depend on tbeinaohrea; see If they hare mind* which will lend them to look above a bfetterfty exi*teace. Talk not of the heanltful white kin aad ma, delicate band?4li? apleehv? > i* 4k ^ *1 A . - , v , ^ s- ^ did form and fine appearance of the young gentleman. Let not those foolish considerations throng your thoughts. Female Education. Since women have begun, in spite every impediment, to think, complaints of the injustice and subjection of their lot, the narrowness of their sphere, begin to be every where uttered and heard. Yet more ; as a thinking, pure young woman naturally revolts at the idea ot being educated, dressed, and exhibited in company, mainly with a view to her attractiveness, in men's eyes, so docs she begin to question the propriety and even delicacy of a development which looks mainly to fitting her for the director of a future husband's household, the solace of his cares, nud the healthful, faithful exemplary mother of his children. All this she should be qualified for, because a true woman, therefore fitted for whatever conies fairly within the scope of woman's probable duties. But to be a true woman implies something more, as well as this?implies qualities which will render her useful, respected and happy, though it should be her destiny to lead au indepndeut life. It is not the part of a true woman to atl'eet a natural aversion, an unconquerable antipathy to the married stale. It is that which may, from infancy, be considered her probable destiny, but by no means inevitable* A flection unrequited or misplaced, the death of a loved one, a failure to recognize in any oue w ho pr >tfers marked atteuton those qualities of tuiud and heart which are ps. aentiul to an absorbing attachment?any or all of these may render celibacy the path of honor, peace, and happiness. Nay, in the eastern hall of this Union, the mere numerical preponderance of woman renders it mathematically certain that a large portiou of tliein must live unmarried.? ft is the dictate of wisdom, therefore, no less than of female dignity and delicacy, that every woman should be educated for independent usefulness and happiness, as weil as to discharge wisely and nobly the | duties of a wile and mother. If the young woineu of our day are not impelled to au immodest and degrading anxiety to uiarry, it is because Wiw -purity cf theii nature oveirules and subdues the base intiucuccs wbereby they are surrounded.? A maiden so educated that her substantia! acquirments are such as to suppose the state of wedlock as their sphere ol activity, and these set off by accomplishm^nts which are plainly iulended to fix the regard and win the admiration of iucu, is inevitably templed to regard marriage as necessary to tier future happiness, apart from any sense of deep affection tor her hushand. In the plan of life which naturally unfolds itself tc her | half-unconscious reveries, marriage iin| plies emancipation from a state of social infancy?implies an assured positi< n and enlarged opportunities. All this, so far as it tends to reconcile her to a suitor, not profoundly respected and devotedly loveu, is a snare?a pitfall ! Every one will readily admit that, to a pure and sensitive woman, celibacy must be immeasurably preferable, not merely to an unworthy marriage, but to one in which perfect confidence and affection shall he wanting. Yet how many who will readily confess this, in practice, habitually and pointedly disregard ill Woman must be freed from this degrading bondage. She must be emancipated from the frequent necessity of choosing between a uui<>n at which her soul revolts, and a life of galling dependence on remoter relatives, or of precarious struggles tor daily bread. She must l?e assured a wider field for exertions in productive industry and the useful arts.? She inust have couceded to her such a share of these pursuits that the average reward of her industry shall ennui that i - . " ~1 of iWa in pro]>ortion to its actual value. Now, iho male lonclter of a district school, io wiuter, is |>:iid fully twice as tjuich as the woman w ho loaches that same school quite as ably and failhlully in the season when labor meets a wider demand and a Inrger averago reward. So in the cotton or woolen factory ; so in the farming household. And until the sphere of female employment be greatly widened, so it must continue to be. If but twofifths of tho work to be done is allotted to women, while the balance is monopolized by men, and this allolmeut is sustained by an obdurate unreasoning public sentiment, which brands as indelicate, the woman who engages in the employment* socially forbidden to her sex, then it is idle to hope that, so long as this ai rangement prevails, the position of wo man can be materially improved. Industry and its reward being the only barrier of the great mttaa of women as well at mon against starvation or pauperism, it is evident the force of competition among that half of the human family to whmfc but one-third of the labor is assigued must inevitably keep the mass of them ever in comparative thraldom and pau per is jr.. ttj A lady acquaintance says the first tirn? she was kissed by a "feller," she felt like ub of rosea swimming in honey cologne, nutmeg, ?nd blackberries. Six also Mt as it something wm running thro her nerees jhi feet Of diamonds, tacnrterJ by several Ihtleeogmle in chariots drnwt by angels, shaded by boaey-eiiekUs, tb< wuoU spread evsr with melted rainbow 1 AGRICULTURAL. Smut in Wheat. Goorge II. Norlham gives, in tlic Southern Planter, the following account of experiments made by liiin in regard to the prevention of smut in wheat : Lot No. 1. One bushel of wheat sowed ^ without either brining or liming, with one hundred and fifty pounds of Peruvian guano to the acre. The yield, thirteen bushels, had the smut very bad. Lot No. 2. One bushel, brined and M limed, sowed with one hundred and fifty pounds of Peruvian guano. Yield, fifteen bushels per acre. This lot had some little smut, but nothing ILe as bad as No. 1, which I think lost two bushelsin smut. Lot No. 3. One bushel brined, but not limed, and sowed with one hundred and fifty pounds of Peruvian guano. Yield, ten bushels. About one-third of this lot was smut. Lot No. 4. One bushel washed in clear spring water, and then limed, and sowed with one hundred and fifty pounds of Peruvian guano. Yield, eighteen bushels. This did not have the smut at all. On all these lots the wheat was the same ; the growth equally vigorous on them all. The result of my experiments :s, as will bo seen, in favor of ihe lime.? The spring water was only used to wet the grains in order to make the lime adhero to them. Hints to FarmersA bare pasture enriches not the soil, nor fattens the ani.ua!, nor increases the wealth of the owner. One animal well fed is of more value than two poorly kept. The belter animals can be fed, and the more comfortable tliey ire kept, the more profitable they are?all farmers work for profit. Ground once well plowed is better than thrice poorly. Bountiful crops are more profitable than poor ones. Make the soil rich, pulverize it well, an4"it-w?M be productive. Weeds that grow unmolested around the fences, stumps and stones, s< atter their seed over the farm and are very likely to SroW- . . . Cows well fed in winter give more milk than in summer. An ox that is in good condition in the spring will perform more labor and stand the heat of summer much better than one that is poor. When you see the fence down, put up ?if it remains until to-morrow the cattle in ay get over. What ought to be dono today, do it; for to-morrow it may rain. A strong horse will work all day without food, but keep him at it and he will not last long. A rich soil will produce good crops without manure, but it will poo* tire. Ta C.nrrert Sinn ? 1/V/t and Bread.?It is not generally known (hat the sourness or milk and cream may ?, be immediately corrected by the addition of a small quant ty of carbonate of magnesia in powder. Half a teaspoonfu! (about equal to four grains) may tte added to u pint of milk or cream, if only slightly sour; a larger quantity in proportion to the sourness. From two to three grains may be added to erery pound of Hour to preveut sourness in bread, so injurious to some constitutions. Carbouale of 3oda is sometimes employed for the same purpose, but it communicates a very unpleasant Havour to the bread, and in the case of milk or cream is worse than the disease. A Kkmarkadi.k IIen.?The^ullowiujj facts have been communicated to us by a gentleman in ibis city, whose statement may l?e relied upon with entire confidence : In February last lie obtained a pair of Cochin China fowls which had been hatched the previous fall. Soon after getting tlieni, the ben began to lay, and continued to lay an egg every day for sixty consecutive days. With the assistance of three hens of the common kind, tlieao eggs were all hatched, except three that were accidentally broken, and four that proved addled. The Cochin China hen set upon eighteen of her eggs, from which she hatched and raised fifteen chicken*.? She carried her chickens but two weeks, when she began to lay again,' and for more than a month past she has laid an egg every day, rain or aliine, and is still laying. Of sll tho eggs thus far laid, there have been hatched seventy-seven chickens, three only of which have died? leaving seventv-fnur. Of thU nmtiM , the first three broods, consisting of aboot t ere now lit for the table, | Thus, in about Are month*, thie ben he* laid near or quite one hundred egg*, | from which here been raised seventy four . chickens, bavin# ?till about twenty egga to be hatched. Five or six week* of thie b*' tine we* consumed by the pare%t hen in ? hatching end rearing e brood of Aft ecu > dudfrte hereelf. This is trnly e remark? <kr informant states that thW Weed pi 1 fowls ie not only large end proHie, hot i onljr dm ukeo of ikmo bo turn r*modf i wm to coop thorn until they gvm*r*mf? I Uefttty atro^i to kMm tto Cm