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$2 PER ANNUM. IN ADVANCE r NEUTRAL IN POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LTERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. L VOLUME IV. " LANCASTER. C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 30,1855 NUMBER 16 I OFT PPTCTl TAJ FO j on tho trailer's lodger,?that is nothing.! astonished to see how iIia mout 1 > 11 ftvr.?-I n? ft...... i .i.-? - 1 - - ?:? -* ' -* 1 " * ' m 01!ilJA!iUli!lU iALiillO. Jj ' 1 ' JUST CHARGE IT. ~ ? "Charles, what did thin pencil preserve s< coat f" r "I'm sure I don't know, Hannah." " "But you bought it this morning." "I know I did, but 1 didn't ask the price of it." k "Why not!" H "O, tAicniisc 1 could not atop to make change. I have opened an aeeouut with ai Mr. Waldron and shall hereafter settle once in three months." This conversation was going on at tl o . tea-table between Cbarlcs Matthews and . his wife. Matthews was a young median- * ic, who had just commenced house keep- ' ing, and ns lis was making excellent wages, he eouid afford to live pretty well.? After lln llBll tltiuU Irnmvn l.i- -I--I?-? 1 . **! *? ? I? Uin Mrirnillll^l arrangement to hi* wife, alio remained Sl sometime in silent thought "Charles," she at length said in a very mild, persuasive tone, "1 think il would lx? better to pay fur thing-* a-* you take 1,1 them. You know you receive your pay for labor every Saturday night, and you could pay a?* yon go very easily." "I know I could," returned Mr. Mat " thews witli the air of a man who had uuanswerable argument at hi* command ; 1,1 but then it wouid nut be near so handy. !" You see, I shall not only save time, bu? K also avoid mist-ikes." "Mistakes I" repented Hannah. "How M" can mistakes occur when you pay for things as yon get them f" n. "I wili tell you. Sometimes it may 1 ' not be convenient to pay for a thing w hen " I get it?I may forget my money, or on- ; ly take it on trial?and then if I pay for 11 a part, and not for all, something may get charged which [ pay for. No, Hannah, a settlement once a quarter will l?e R the best and most convenient all around ; 1 am satisfied of it" w 1 "\Vellf perhaps it mar," said the wife, . with an earnest tone and look, and ret 111 witll a amile. uhllt I amnnt ll.ii.L- ?? " ( **Hut, why not?" ' "Why, on mII account*. In the first place, you will buy more tliHn yon would if you paid cash. Now you needn't shake your head, fur 1 know it. There are ma- . ny little luxuries, little extras *liicli we * 1 do not nceJ, but wliic!: you will l>o apt to buy if you do not havo the cash down. 1 1 I know something of this credit l>u?inc*? l*v and it it not a fair thing. In tho second "" place, if you pay cash tor everything you will get your goods cheaper. A trader will aell cheaper when ho can have tho money in his haud than when he has to ,M carry out the amount on his ledger." flut let ine tell yon Hannah, Mr. WnhIron will not cheat, lie is not the rt" man to tnke advantage in that way." n,< *You misunderstand me. Ctinrles. I>o , you not know that all trades can afford '' to sell sheaper for cash than for credit I? Mr. Waluron, for a five dollar hill, would .... lot you hare more sugar than he would for credit at different times, on his ledger. nM lie could not afford to do no. Traders like to secure cash customers. I think you would find it to your advantage to '? try the cash system. Now, I do not l?o- " Have you would hare bought this peat-hprescrve if you had to pay the cash for 'j -Hut I bought that just to please you, ,,.,1 Hannah, and I thought you would necrpt " it gratefully,"returned the j-oung husband, ' in a tone that showed his feelings were touched. 'lo * 1 know you did, Charles," said the rei wife, laying her hand affectionately upon his shoulder, "ami I was gratoful, for I ' ' know you would d<> anything to please me; hut for the sake o/ helping you I K" would forego all such things. I'erhsp*,, ?and the wife spoke eery low-?-you or anight be able to buy a little cottage of MM your own one of these days." tr" For several days Chai lea only sent sueh at things ep from the store as were need ntt ed. At length is be went to the store one morning on his way to his work, he saw some splendid looking nickles in fan?y jars, lie had ordered the articles he t'" needed, and wgppbout to leave when Mr. Waldron moke. h'' "Mr. Matthew*," raid he, "don't you *l,< wwt ajar of.Mfrte phfcleaf I cirried Kt" my ?ife a jar t*tt areuing mid the think* P? them atmerior to anything ahe eteraew *w before." t? No# Charlee know that hit wile had plenty of plain pickled cucumber*, tome )'? that her mother tied put down for her, hut Mr. Waldron'a wife had tome of three bu fancy one*, end why tbould'nt Hen- 28 nab? eg Shall I eend you op a jar I" en *I!ow much ?r? they P th "Only a doHar." pa "Yea, row may tend U up?and Ju?t th charge H.'if you pleaae." "O, certainly. Anything von went you td may order at any time, and you may he no i Matured we thail he happy to aceotrmo- dr I date you." cb m Now thia waa ia'termg to young Mat- ',5J N a #.-ii?- >* ?-1 .. .. 1 ?1 mmyi. u> urmir tnat ino trader bad ?ueb eoaftilence In him, and *mH ?k~ with mi sxeaaiiingly good opinion w of himaelf and hi* cradit, and of the aiore ?l keeper I* particular. Tt 'Only dollarT* Ye*?oalr a dollar .en fljj .. ? '' , ' lut a dollar right out of one's pocket? oil lat is different. Charles would not have stc ought the pickles if the cash had been no 'quired for them. * N< "All, Matthews, look here; I've got tlii imething to show you." tie This was said by the trader to the; onng ce] ian on the next morning after the purias? of the pickles. hi! And so Mr. Waldron led our hero out > the bnek side of the store and opened box. nt "There, Matthews, ain't them nice or- an nges I" of "They are nice," replied Charb s. and ler > they really were. an "I know VOlir wife WOllhl liko ?r?mn r.f icsc. I carried some in to my wife, ga le wanted me to Rave lier four or five fer wl "loot's rcc ; can Rcn<l you up tliroe Jo- wl n for a dollar. I got these very cheap, int ou know they nro retailing for five and ?g x cents a piece." an "Yes. Well you may send up three >zen. Just charge them, if yon please." ter 'Certainly. Anything else this morn- sh< g r all. "I I where not." he And so Matthews went on. Tliismorng it would he a dollar?to-morrow per- cd, ips fifty cents?and then, again, perhaps us tly twenty-five cents. It didn't seem he ucli. Tito young man kept just as much kn< oncy in his pocket us though he hadn't night them. pu! "Only a dollar," he would say to him- l?r. If. " the "That isn't much out of twelve dollars kci week." And so it might not lie; hut ' e trouble was, that the next dollar was for so, "only a dollar," He forgot to add dri is dollar with the former doll ir and call her "two dollars," and with the next dollar 'hii id call "three," and so on. ter' One evening Charles came home with ma new gold chain attached to his watch. I "Where did you get that?" asked his fift, ife. "Alt." returned the husband, with an sin ipicMnve shake of the head "1 tirade a not rgain in this chain. New guess what fut iaid for it." to "I'm sure I can't guess." tbi "O. hnt try?guess." ty, "Well, perhaps ten dollars." "Ten dollars!" echoed Charles with a sail orl disappointed look. "Why what are sav at thinking of; Jack Cummings bought cm is chain two months ago, and paid twen try dollars cash for it. Why just heft it I id see how heavy it is. Eighteen carats sile ? ? - * ic. jmok was nurd 111> tor mmtcv and liel ; me have it for twelve dollars. the "It is cheap to he sure,'' returned Han- lasl h, l>ut yet with not so much pleasurable i" rprise as her hushand had anticipated, nai lulshe added, "you did not need it, ' d I fear you will feel the loss of the am rmey." \vr< "l'oeh 1 I have money enough. You I h iow I have spent lait very little lately. I i i?ve Ihmui pretty saving." woi "Hut you forgot our things Charles.? esti le money which you have on hand is het t yours." a in Not mine!" t!o\ "No; it l?elongs to the store keeper,and , Mr, the butcher, and to our landlord. You wil ow they must be paid." ) * "Don't you fret about their.. I know sait don't cost mo any where near twelve ! "I I liars a week to I've, lor 1 have an esti- j am ite. There i? Willcins, who works right wit !e of nie in the shop, he has lour thil- j tue en and gels the same wages that I do, j ( d yet he lays up soino three or four tak liars every week, besides paying his |'wti wft W it. wa"Yes," said Hannah, "I know he does, he VMS jn lo see his wife the oilier day, and hill s was telling nie how well they were fou ttiug along. Mr. Wilkius lakes his got skel every Saturday evening, and goes his er to the market and buys bis week's mei entity ol meat and vegetables, and ( ides for cash, so tliAt ho gets everything ma the best advatilago. So he does at the ' hoi re. Ho lays in a good quantity of nil " >se articles which will keep, and buys but tin as cheap as ho can. Hutter, eggs, ? cnv, nuu iiu mi, nil iiujs iviifll ^ 8 market is full, anil when they are JKN| eap, and lie always bays enough to last (,f i family over the season of scarcity when ill things are high. Ilia butter, for inmco. ho bought for eighteen centa a prj( uii'l a large firkin of it?and it is much , WJM ecter than that for which you paid ? enly eight cent*, yesterday." jjp HTwenty-eight cents!" re|>cnted the ung man in surprise. \ "Yes, I atked Mr. Waldron'e man who tha might it up, and he said it had risen to noil l cents. Mr. Wilkins got fifty dozen of Thi gs some time ago for twelro cents n dox- Mr. , and his wife packed them down, and in,' oy will keep well. You will have to K|,il J Mr. Widdron thirty-three oents for hes one you sent up yester 'ay." hat Charles Uatiliew* was soiuowliat as ton- not led at tliie view of the case but it could wei i L.. I. ..I I ?J .1 - % rv evwtjvwi IIUW i WIH1 ilia ftivviject W?" I to I oppod. Ilia fJtl bed lost iu bo | erin. It did not look to well, evon ia am i own cjce, at bed the titeple block c >rd on tick be had worn before. Set At length the end of the quarter came on) und. The diet bill paid wee tho rent, dec itch emowntfd to thirty one <lol!arvr oft te next wee the botcher'* bill wbWt Ikh mo to ifcUly-eix dollars. Charles wan b? up. 13ut when lie saw how manj aks he hail hail at seventeen cents pei un?l, the cause of wonder was at an end >xt he paid the baker's hill which wai irtcen dollars. When lie came home in ? evening he had paid all his bills ex[>t the grocery bill. 44 Mr. Waldron sent in his bill to day,' i wife said, after supper. 4'Ah, did he, let tne see it." Hannah brought it, and Charles looked it. He was astonished at its length, d when he canio to look nt the bottom the column, his face turned a shade paIt footed up just sixty five dollars? nvernge of five dollars per week. 44 This is impossible !" he added as ho zed upon it. But he examined thedifcut articles, and he could remembei ion he ordered Tthem. Those things licit cost "only a dollar," looked very locont when viewed alone, hut in the grogatc they had a different appearce. "How much shall you lay up this quar , Charles?" kindly asked his wife, i came and leaned over her liiishand'a nilder, midjiarted the hair on his forend and smoothed it hack. "How much shall I lay up!" he repeat ovr . ? '4 4 ~?soi mueii. <?et tlie slate and let reck en up. Charles was resolved to frank about the matter, and let hi.- wife ?w all. Hie slate was brought. First Hannah I down one hundred and fifty-six dols /.s tlio quarter's wages. Then came ( rent, and the butcher, and the ba Xow yen may put down twelve dollars this chain, and twelve dollars for sillies?that means cigars, tobacco, nuts, r, soda, theatre tu-kels. and such like ngs. Now take all that from my qunr's wages, and sec how much will rein." Hannah performed the sum, and gave v-two dollars as the result. ' Fifty-two dollars 1" uttered Charles, king back into his chair, "and we have L bought one article of clothing nor of niture. Fifty-two dollars wilh which pay sixty five. There is thirteen short s quarter, and I had meant to save thirat least." * Well, It's no use to mourn over it," d the wife, in a cheerful tone, for she v that her husband felt badly. " Let's nmence again. There's nothing like iug, you know." Kor some moments Charles remained nt. He gazed fiist upon the bill be d in bis band, then upon the figures on t slate, ami then upon the floor. At I he spoke. There ra* a peculiar light his eyes, and a fiush upon his countcic?. Hannah, 1 see whore the trouble is, 1 1 must freely admit that I have been jng. If I had paid for every tiling as ought it, I should not have been where low am in pecuniary matters. You re right. I see it all now. I have not imated the value of money as I ought. ; me get up again to where I began, 1 I w ill do differently. I - must step vn to the store ibis evening and pay . Waldron what I have and the rest I i ..... i.: - i i 1 i " i>?> nun ?ncil t mil JIUHV 111at matter can l?o easily nettled," I Hannah, with n bright happy look, inve more than enough to make up tlint ouiit of the bill. It is money I had on wo were married. Wail a mont." Jharlcs protested moat earnestly against ;ing his wife's money, but she would en to no argument on the subject. It i her will, and In; must submit. So went down anil paid up his grocery , and on the way sold his chain for rtccn dollars, lie felt happier when ho the old htack cord once more about neck, and he had money now to com ace the quarter with. >ii the next Monday inoruing the young II want into the meat store to bond no a piece of beef for dinner. How much will you havo 1" asked the cher. 0, three or four?n Charles got this far and then ho ?lop1. lie had nlwaya bceu in the habit ordering an indetinate quantity, and ring the butcher to cut it off at the host figure, and charge tho highest o, and then he remembered how much i usually wasted. T . " * ijtii m? nave two pound a.** lie mid.? stopped and saw it weighed, and then il for it. iVhen lie went homo at noon, he found t bin two pounds of beef had made oigh, and there waa none to waste.? k next inoruing he went to tho store. Waldron had some uico figs just como *hieh lie ahowod. They wero only one ling a pound. For a moment Charles dated, but as he reineml?ercd that he I to pay for nil he bought he concluded to take them, llo found that things re not so enticing when it required cash [p*t them as when tho payment could rietponed. lie paid for what he bought went his way } and thus things went through the week. When"* it <:?inn Urdu/ night, he knew that all the mo ' in hla pocket wm hi* own after deling th? rent. That evening he went ir t?? tbo market with Wilkina, and ight m tnu*li meet and vegetable* at thought wooltj )A*t through the week. p ' '? *_*r ' ,v m M ' \ jWf ^ i " * * mi iuuiiu mail liu miMie H Billing Ul HI least twenty per cent, by this oiieration, and when the opportunity ottered lie made the same saving in other matters. At the end of that quarter Charles Matthews did not have to get any slate. He paid his house rent, and then he found that he had thirty-flvo dollars left in his 1 pocket. This was all his?he did not owe a penny of it. 4*Ah, Hannah,'" ho said, as he held the I money in his hand and looked at it, "now , I see how easy it is for a man to be wrong and his wife right. This money nil comes ofjiaying as 1 go along. It is very easy and simple to say?"just charge it," and a man can easily buy things under such i circumstances, but when tho day of reckoning comes, these tho simplo words that ' sound so innocent when spoken, are found to be costly things. I would not have believed it until I tried it. I could not have i believed that a man would purchase so many more useless articles simply because he could hare them charged. Hut I see it now, ami if I refused to follow your ad* I vice firs1, I linvo gained experience enough i to lead me to follow it the more implicitly now." Charles Matthews never again nllowed himself to he led away by the credit system but he followed the cash rule punctu ally, and the consequence is that lie cannot only now buy an v quantity of produce, wood, coal, etc., at cheap cash prices, but he has cut off the expense of house rent for lie owns a snug little cottage in the suburbs, and it is all paid for. [Flag of our Union. The Golden Rule Exemplified Early one morning, while it was yet dark, a poor man came to my door, and informed me that he had an infant child very sick, which lie was afraid would die. lie desired me to go to diis home, and if possible, presenile him some medicine to relieve it; "For," said he, "I want to save ! its life if possible." As lie spoke ibis tho tears ran dow n his face. Uc then added: " I am a poor man, but, doctor, I will j pay yoi. in work as much as you ask, if you will go." 1 said, "Yes I will go with you as soon as I take a little refreshment." " (J, sir," said he, " 1 was going to try to get a bushel of corn, and get it ground to carry, and I am afraid the child will die before I gel borne. I wish you would not wait fur inc," and then added, 44 we want to save the child's life, if wc can." It being some miles to his house, I did not arrive there until the sun was two hours' high in the morning, where I found the mother holding her sick child, and six or seven little, ragged hoys and girls aroutid her, with clean hands and face, looking as their mother did, clonn and ja>or. On examining the sick child, I dis covered it was starring to death ! I said to the mother: 44 You don't give milk enough for this child." * She said, 44I supnoso I don't." "Well," said I, "you must feed it with i milk." ei.o. ui ?.? r ? ? I UIIV If ft "WIIIU, Oil, uut ft Villi I (Jt'l any lo feed it w ith." I then said, 44 It will ho well then for you to mako a litllo water gruel utul feed 1 your child." j To this she said, 441 was thinking 1 i would if inv husband brings home some j Indian meal. I lo has gone to try and get some, and I am in hopes ho will make ! out." She said all this with a very sad countenance. I asked with surprise? 44 Why, madam, have )ou nothing to eat ?" She strove to suppress a tear, and answered sorrowfully? 44 No, sir, we have had hut little these somo days." I said, "What are your neighbors, that you should suffer among llieiu ?" She said, "I suppose they are good people, but we are strangers in ihis^placc, and don't wish to trouhlo any of them, if wc can get along without it." I thought I would give the child a little manna, so 1 asked for a spoon. The little girl went to the tahle drawer to get one, ami her mother uid to her, ''Get the longest handled spoon." As she opened the drawer, I saw only two spoons, and both with the handles broken oft', but one handle was a little longer than the other. Thinks I to myself this is a very poor family, but I will do the best lean to relieve thein. While I was preparing the medicine for the sick ctrfld, I heard the oldest boy, (who was about fourteen) say, "Yon shall have tho biggest piece now, because I had the biggest piece before." I turned pound to see who it was that manifested such a principle of justice, and I saw four or five children sitting in the corner where tho oldest was dividhig a roasted potato among them. And he said to one "You shall have the biggest piece now." dec.? But tlie other said, ** Why, brother, you are the oldest, and you ought to have the biggest piece," No, said the other, "I had the biggest piece before." I turned to the mother, and said, Madam, you bavo poUtuoa to eat, I anp8ha replied, ' Vfe have had, hut that b th? la?t one we hare left; and the ehil> *> . -,*? k . KJVBHK" T. ?r <* >?* WW& uren nave now roasicu turn lor tlieir oreakfast." On hearing this, I hastened home, ami informed my wife that I had taken the wrong medicine with mo to the sick fain ily. I then prescribed a gallon of milk and two loaves of bread, sonic butter, : meat and potatoes, and sent my boy with these, and had the pleasure to hear in n few days that they were all well. The principle of justice manifested in those children delighted my soul, ami was a rid! reward for all my labor. O, bow good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity and love ! To see them in time of distress and starvation so just and liberal as to give to each one his ftdl share of a roasted potato, was a pleasant sight. O, the sweet words, "You shall have the biggest piece now, because I bad the biggest piece before!" May every child embrace this just and loving principle. [X. V. Cabinet MISCELLANEOUS 'Goiug Home" "Going home,'1 lisps the happy child as il bounds froin the school-room, glad to Ihj released from the irksome confinment, to which perchance, nothing but the nevclty o! the scone has reconciled him. All the day long his attention has been absorbed in the grave but gentle teacher, whom he has been taught to regard with a kind of sacred awe and while he has submissively repeated A 1> C at hor bidding, he has been silently storing up opinions in his mind, and an impression is made there which time may not efface, j Hut if a smile and a kiss have rewarded I his efforts to be very rpiiet he remembers it at the hour of dismissal, and wonders | if she too is "going home," and while his feet scarcely keep paco with his thoughts, he hastens homo relate to sympathizing ears, the tale*ot what, to him seem the unparalleled events of his first day at school. "Going home!" inases the weary laborer, as the last hour of the day draws to a close and a gleam of happiness overspreads his toil-saddened hrow, as he lays aside his tools and prepares to go home. What cares ho though a weary milo intervene between him nnd the objects of his love? There is an attraction there that makes him forget fatigue as imagination brings before him the loved smile, ever ready to greet him, and the simple pleasures of bis own fireside. What cares lie that the rich would look with scorn on the humble dwelling he calls his own ? his heart is there, and needs no more to make it home. "Going home !" eagerly exclaims the invalid to whose pale cheek the balmy air of the sunny south has failed to send a glow of health, and his pulse beats more I joyously as each hour brings him nearer the spot where loved forms w ill steal noise* ! lessly about bis couch, and gentle hands smooth his pillow ; where the tone of af feet ion will fall ever on his ear with a life giving power, w hich the kindest efforts of a stranger voice fail to impart. His eyes beams more brightly, and his words have a mote cheerful lone, as he leaves behind him the genial clime, in which he has sought in vain for health, and seeks again the "loved at home." There, ]>erehnnce, he may die, hut if so, it will l?e where the hands of his kindred mny minister to his last wants, anu the (lowers of affection he planted on his grave. Ah! there is magic in those words, "going home." It infuses new life in the desponding soul, and cherrs the laborer in bis toil. That home may be a palace or a cot; there is a charm about it which belongs to no other place, and an influ ence which follows ts through life. "Take the bright shell From its homo on the lea, And wherever it goes. It will sing of the sea. So take the fond heart From its home acd its hearth, It will sing of the loved, To the end of the earth." And how beautifully emblematic isour earthly honic of that home beyond the skies. "Going home," sweet I v falls from the II - f AI J.J /?! - nps 111 inn oying ?^nnsii;in. l his is y wilderness-world and ho Ims boon a pilgrim and stranger here, but now lie U in sight ofhome, that home in which the Saviour has prepared for him a place. Oh! may tho love wo so jtstly cherish for our homo on earth bo but n prolude to our enjoyment of n happier home in the city of our CJod, where we shall "go no more out forever." From Parker's ' Discourse of Religion." The Joy of Life. No doubt there is jo} in the success of eArthly schemes. Thero is iov to tha ?w ft . . ' *' ? 7*^ miter ha he satiate* hi* prurient palm with ({old; there in joj (or the fool of lortune when his gaming brings a prise. But what is it} His request in granted ; hut leanness enters his soul. There is delight in f<>a*tin? on the bounties of Earth, the garment in which (iod veil* the brightness of Lis (ace; in being filled with the firs 1 grant loveliness of flowers ; tho song of birds, the bum of bees; the sounds of ocean; the rustle of the summer wind, , heard at evening in the pine tops; in the cool running brooks; in the majestic sweep of undulating hills; the granduer of unj tamed forests; the majesty of the mountain ; in the morning's virgin beauty; in tho maternal grace of evening, and the sublime and mystic pomp of night. Nature's silent sympathy?how beautiful it is. Tbereisjoy, no doubt there is joy, to the mind of Genius, when thought bursts on him as the tropic sun rending a cloud; when long trains ofidcas sweep through his soul, like constellated orbs before an angel's eye; when sublime thoughts and burning words rush to the heart; when Nature unveils her secret truth, and some great Law breaks, all at once, upon a Newton's mind, and chaos ends in light ; when the hour of his inspiration and the joy of his genius is on him, 'tis then that this child of Heaven feels a godlike delight. 'Tis sympathy with Truth. There is a higher and more tranquil bliss, when heart communes with heart; when two souls unite in one, like mingling dew-drops on a rose, that scarcely touch the flower, mirror the heavens in ther little orbs; when porfect love transforms two souls, either man's or woman's, each to the other's image; when one heart heats in two bosoms; one spirit speaks with a divided tongue ; when the same soul is eloquent in mutual eyes?there is a rapture deep, serene, lieat(felt and abiding in tiiis mysterious fellow-feeling with a congenial soul, which puts to shame the old sympathy of Nature, and the cxtntic but short-lived bliss of Genius in bisliigli and burning hour. But the welfare of Religion is more than each or all of those. The glad reliance that comes upon the man ; the sense of trust; a rest with God ; the soul's exceeding peace; the universal harmony; the infinite within, sympathy with the Soul of all?is bliss that words cannot portrnv. lie only knows, who feels.? Tho s]?eech of a prophet cannot tell the tale. No, not if a seraph touched his lips with (ire. In tho high hour of religious visitation from the living God, there scorns to he no separate thought; the tide of universal life sots through the soul. Tho thought of self is gone. It is a little accident to be a king or a crown, a parent or a chilil. Man is at one with God, and He is All in All. Ncuhi-r tho loveliness of Nature; neither the joy of Genius, nor the sweet breathing of congenial hearts, that make delicious music as they beat, ?neither one nor all of these can equal the joy of the religious soul that is at one with God, so full of peace that prayer is needless. Filial Devotion and its Reward An old rag picker died in Paris, in a state of the most abject poverty. His on ly relation was a ncice, who lived as servant with a greengrocer. The girl always assisted her uncle as far as her slender means would permit. When she learned of his death, w hich took place suddenly, she was iq>ou the point of marriage with a journeyman baker, to whom she had heen long attached. The nuptual day was fixed, hut Susette had not yet bought her wedding clothes. She hastened to leii ncr lover that llieir marriage must be deferred, ns slio wanted the prico of her bridal finery to lay her uuclc decently in I lie grave. Her mistress ridiculed the idea, and exhorted her to leave the old man to be buried by charity. Susottc refused. The consequence was a quarrel, in which the young woman lost at once her place and her lover, who sided with her mistress. She hastened to the miserable garrett where her uncle had expired, nnd by the sacritico not only of the savings for her wedding attire, hut of all her slender wa-drolie, she had the old man decently interred, ller pious task fulfilled, she sal alone in her uncle's room, weening bitterly, when the master of the faithless lover, a young, good looking roan, entered. "So, my good Susette, I find you have lost your place?1' sa?d lie; "Iain come to offer you one for life?will you marry me ?" 441, sir ?" exclaimed Susette; "you arc joking." "No, f ith, T wan't a wife, and I'm sure I can't find a hotter." "Hut every one would laugh at you for marrying a poor girl like me ?" "Oh, if that is your only objection, we shall soon get over it; come, come along; my mother is prepared to receive you.?Susotto hesitated no longer, but she wished to tako with her a memorial of horde^,.^1 ...,..l~. It .--- ?!._ l-~ L-.l ? . vro-iw Mill IV, lb nn? n INV lllitl lit' umi I1HU for many yours. The old man was so fond of the animal that he determined that e ven her death should not ceparate them, for he had her slutted and placed upon the tester of hi* lied. As 8u*ette took puss <lowu, she uttered an exclamation of surprise at finding her ao hoavj. Tlie lover hastened to open ths animal, when out full a shower of gold. A thousand [ gold napoleons were consealel in the body of the rat; and this sum, which ths old oris*' had starved himself to arMifls, liecame ths just rr*ar?hof ths noble girl and her disinterested low. w ' *, _ , / 'k A Husband for a Day. A. very fanny farce is sometimes presented to tlie public, called "A Nabob for an Hour." A melo drama lias recently been enacted in St. Albans, Vermont, which may be denominated, 4,A Husband for a Day." A few evenings since as we are informed by a correspondent, a lady whose husband has been in California about five years, was agreeably surprised by the unexpected return of her better half, as she supposed. Ho wore a heavy beard and moustache, and was familiar with many incidents of their early life, and so fully established himself in the capacity of her husband, that lie passed an agreeable day in her company, and obtained possession of some $?00 previously remitted for Iter use. The happy pair were receiving the congratulations of their neighbors during the next day, when lo! and behold, the joy of the lady was suddenly changed to bitterness by one who had recently returned from the*gold regi 511, and who proved to her satisfaction that the wou!d-be-lmsbaud was nothing more nor less than a good imitation of the genuine article?bearing the same form and features, and having been an intimate friend of the true one. The martial impostor has been arrested, and now awaits his examination, for (so the indictment reads) "assault and battery." Wiiy Does LandPjuoduck Weeds?? Because there is more wild or fibrous matter in the soil, accumulated by ages of the growth and decomposition of vegetation, than there is of that property required for the crops we wish to raise. We have often heard, "burn n plant, and the ashes will show what the soil is composed of." The ashes are what is drawn from the earth. By tho decomposition, what was drawn from the atmosphere, has been liberated, and escaped in the form of gas. The ashes are inhieral and never exist uaturally, in the atmosphere. The ashes of all plants consi... of the same substances only in different proportions. Like soap which is grease and alknli, but when properly combined is neither, but a new compound. So with soils. If tho compound is largely wild, or vegetable, it will produce weeds; make excess of phosphate of lime, and it will as naturally produce wheat; give it an excess of alkali, and it will produce potatoes. A firmer should fit Ins crop to the soil, or his soil for crop. Tears of to Day.?There is a tear of joy and a tear of grief. The tear to day may not he forced by the same cause which overflowed the eyo yesterday. A tear may be sent up from the heart by sorrow. It is the same liquid diamond in cither care. A little tear drop on the cheek has a language of its own. It speaks to the persons of all nations. It is interpreted readily by persons of all countries. The tear of to day means joy or sorrow. The face adown which a te ir runs, teMa whether it springs from 'the fountain of joy or grief. A tear draws forth deep sympathy because it is the emblem of Love, of Hope, or of Grief. When it is grief our pulse beats faster, for our heart is agitated and touched deeply. The true feeling of tho heart is seen in a tear which lingers in the eye, that little bright window of the soul! The tears ol to day, if they do spring from grief, may to-morrow bo wiped away by tho rainbow hues of peace, happiness and prosperity. Never despair. [Fireside Journal. The Second Bady.?Between tho first baby and the second baby what a falling off is there, my countrywomen ! Not in intrinsic value, foi the second may chance to be "as pretty a piece of flesh as any;" but in the imaginary value with w Inch it is invested by its nearest kin and more distant femalo belongings. The coming of the first baby in a household creates an immense sensation; that of the second is comparatively a common place affair. The first baby is looked for with anxiety, minted with devotion, admired with enthusiasm, dressed with splendor, and made to live upon system. Itaby number two is not longed for by any one, except, perhaps tho mother; is nursed as a matter of course, and admired as a matter of courteBey; is dressed in the cast off clothes' of numl>er one, and go's initiated into life without much ceremony or system. President Hitchcock says that the wholo amount, in solid measure, of the coat of the United States equals at least 3,500, cubic miles. A Treaty lias been concluded between the United States and the Kingdom of Hanover for tho inutuul extradition of fugitives trom justice. Tint New Orleans Delta announces the death In that city of Mrs Rosalie fleeaonl at the advanced age of one hundred and two years. (_ *j(j A Tavern noepsr la.M? Orleans on the 22<1 ult attempted, with the aaeietatice of two aeoompiieea, to bang a policeman in bi? bar-room because he thought the I officer had informed ?nMa (or selling H|?l?nr* without a lhwww,*nd "aetbow he | had made up bis mind to hang a .pylifs