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<7- " '^1 ANNUM# W? rlmvv to trMtU triior*?rc the Ic.tdi the way. IN ADVANCE iXEtTR.IL II POLTICS?DEVOTED TO LITERH Y, fOVSMERfML, AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GRNERAL AND LOCAL INTRLLIOENCR. VOLUME IV LANCASTER. 0. H? SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1356 NUMBER 18 SELECT POETRY. The Drril an-l the Grog-tcllor. Th? KroK-nrlleriiit by hia bar room fire. With hi* feet as high aa hi* head, and hi er? Watching the amoke an lie puffed it nul That in spiral columns curled nhout, Veiling hi* face with a (lewy fold, Aa lazily up from hit lips it rolh-d; While a doubtful wwit and twilight gloo Were slowly gathering to fill tb?* room. To their drunken slumbers, one bv one. Foolish and fuddled Ilia friend* had gon? To wake in the uiarn with a drunknrk's p. With a bhtdehot eye, and a ? hirling hrui Drowsily rang the wntchtnno's ty. ' Past two o'clock und a cloud v rltjT Yet the host sat wakeful stiif. and shook His head, and a inked with a knowing to "Ho! I,or said he. with a chuckling tone. "I know the ? ay the thing ia dom? Twice five are Un, and another V, Two ohm, two two*, and a ragged twrec Hkko twenty aud fo?r for lay wall ft) fob? He! ho! tie rot her a good nighta j.?^! Tho foola bar* futtlwl my brandy a wine, Mark food may it do thrm?the cwh mim-!"* flh And he oinV.-d ngr.in with a knowing tin And from hia cigar lh? naive he ahook; he! the conker* are in my net? 1 have them a fo, aad Til fleece them yet. There'a brown?Wh.it a jolly dogiahef And ho awelU the way that I Uko to na; I?t bitn daah for a while at thU r*-ckh rate, And his farm ia mino as sure aa fate. -Pro a mortgage new on Tomkin*' lot ? What a fool he was, to become a sot* Bat ita lurk to me?in a month or no, 1 shall foreclose, and the acamp must go. Zounds? wont Ida wife have a Wiing on. When ?he learna that hia house tuid hia I arc gonef" How she'll bluliber, and sob and sigh ? Rut business ia business, and what r,*re I! -And Ciiheon bus murdered hia child th say; * lie was i>a drank n? n font here ?H.v And I ga*c him a hint as I sent to till Ilia j?ii-bnt the broto would hnrc Ida n| And folks blame me?why Ideas their g tarda! If I itUnH ?It Um'A U t r.l And take mjr chnocc where then-'* rash U mad*. "*lf men frt drank and go home to turn Thdr vim oat of doora, (it their oniic1 eern? Vat I hat? to haea women eaminr to me With their tweedla dam and their twaad dae. With thair aaralteo eyea and ihair hapga lank. And tl air apeechaa learned from temp< aaee hooka. With their fade, lean children?the whin erlng foola. Why c tn't they got to the public achoola l#t the hnaaiea min<l their ow n nlf.tr-, for nee? r have I int-rferfed with thriro1 will tarn no one iwnv. Who h wiliinf to hoy. and able to par; For baabcaa la kaaorw -he! ho! her Aad ha rnhbed hia haada in bi? ah tick li ?Maa* a lark have ! aawght ia my net? 1 hava I ham aafe, and 111 fleece them yet ?Ha! ha! ha! h*T* Tww an eehoed sound TWaaUa and that, through the amoke pe ad ha, 'Bat nought bat the ehairs r.uid the gr* nailer ana. HnMlo!?ha! he!*?wish a gattcral n-'te Vt aacmad to cam from aa iron throat? And hia knee* thay about, .?i d hia hair '( ta rW? And Wa aoened hiw month arwi - ? -r " " "* IfA A?4 M In imam dtrk aid din, WUod M wwtHKk Ann, *hb w a^ * griftM*' *?* a*- " Fanh Ma frtaty baad, tbvwngfc Ma aw kak, _ ypwalni of Im*4 avnagk how*. pairAad rnlljr, Ma akafgy krowo brla#, lifca imlpkonoa lawy MM Mar anafl * An# Hi Ufa na? onrtoM villi ?alnia y00% Ant iko Anoko knlofcnd fcnk !w?ki> mo I tfenkUo. F?I<W and kwWmiaM awaad Mis knnat. Waaa ^Mfctl md i4Wrry tfleMwiiitf *?-ol, %Mk <?* M o?fm?dt Wni *a only faaaa Wk/ ke akviaUl Urney Ml r?M a dhran IkwArt Im awa ftwa *a akr *A# nktek, ? uil ^ in. JuTtS ?b|M m i nwri i JiaA ik* knetokn arm* ama? wMoSpaw m fp Hmi jLI ' ? fn hit hand ho bore, if hund it wna, \Vhi??c finger* were sh;ipvd liki a vulture'* claw k: A three tint-d fork, and it* prong* tlin' dull. Through the *?cket* wore thrust ?if a grinning nknit: % ' Like a scepter h? waved it to and fro, Aa aoftlv he chuckled, "II *. hi*?ho, ho," ^ And all the while wore hi* ere* that burned lake tulphnioua liinua, on the grog-acller turned. m And how did he feel beneath that look! Why hi* jaw fell down na lie ehhcrrd and aiiook. And quitered and ijnarked in ever* limb, A* an ague fit had a hold <<n hiiu ! And hi* eye* to the tnonatcr grim wren* g/ued. And hi* tongue wa? a* atilT aa a billet of wood. ^ But the tien-t laughed on: "Ho, ho?ho, he! And ho switched hi*U?lin hi* quiot glee. "Why. wh:.t do you f?ar. my friend!" he ?*id, Ami nodded the horna of hi* gtirzily hei.d: , ''Vou're an ally of mine, and I lo*e you lad " ? In a very warm country that men eidi hell, I hold my court, and I ain proud to any, nj I have not a failhfullar fiend ,'r par Than you. dear air. for a work of evif; |a Mayhap y.iu don't know m??I'm rrdied the derii." nk, (ike a gnlvaniacd rorpae ao p.vle and ao wrnu. Up*t*rted. ln?t?ntor, thut horror struck man: And he turned ap the whit*a of hi* goggle eyea. With a look hall terror and halt anrprW. *n.i i j i -. ...... ...i.guv w.i? luixni, uui nia woraa weie KM few; Tli# dull! * ?? don't!** "Yr?, faith, I do," Interrupted old ni *k; "aid hi w'a tin* proof*. Ju?t t?%iir my toil, and my hum*, and my hoofb! liaflng come from tmmirr cliin?*a below To rhot with a friend for-in lo??r or ao. A:mI He ni^'ht being >onic? hit eliill, I thbik lot You might n?k an old f.dlow to take a diink! Now let ii be atrong. the clear pnru Muff, t Sweetened with brimstone a quart in en. ?v oojii; j Stir up the meaa in nn iron rnp. : ] And he it by the (in till it bubble* up!*' |tV; A* the devil bade, an Hie jru'."?>'llrr did, jz_ Filling a H?fn>n ? ith iri" l" 'he lid; And when I: had boiled and hiibld.-d o'er. The fiery draught to hia gtie?t lie bore, (o Nick in a jilfy the liquor did quaflT, Aud thanked hia hoot with a gulteral laugh; Hut faint and few vrrr the auiilea I wean. That on the grog.acllcr'e fore were awn. nFor a niortad fear vu on him then. And h? deamed that th? way* of living men II* lie could I read no uior*; that hia hour had eeine, M And hia maater too. to rail him home! Thought weal hark to the d*rkeiied iff- And ahriek* were heard untlie eint.y W.at, And gliding before liitn.pale and dim. ip. Were (pbbcring ficnda and ipfctcr* grim! '! -IK ho!" mW Nick, *^?a a Welcome enl(l Y??m glrc ytnr friend in. true and oM, tYhoh .a for vr.irain yonrnun employ. ~ Running about like no errand l*?y. Out we'll r,? t fr.ll out. for I e!e;irly aee, You are afr.ud ('tU?tr:?n<rv) of me, Dti row think I've come for \ou!?never \wu "* fear. Ynu can t be a pa red a lung ahilo here! !** "There arc heart* to hrrak, there arc aoola to win 1 F.'fim !he warm of peace, fc. ihcpu'.ha ofain; *r" There arc home to be rendered de*olate; There trusting lore to be changed to hate; *' There are haoda that murder uiaat crimann red; There an* hope# to eromh, there U blight lo ahed Over the young, and the pore, and the fair. Till their livea are crushed by my friend, W* Despair. '*/A>ld on j our rowree! You are Riling up, With the Wioa of the anik of tlttA. irnur "1 ..p. And tha Hands n?lt in Ihoir hornet bflot, Asvon dorpon tho panfaof human woo. # Lm| wHI H It, if I hava my t?v, fir* tiie nlffit of Doalli shall tlow your t- ? ror to psnyor year loot for tho glilUnng ?Vf !*? You rival in aiacbirf Dm Dtvli himself!" utfc No Mora aoM tho flood, for rlonr and high. Maag eat on tho air ll?? watrhnao's rvy; Wilh a olml kg Mb, atid a halfform?d TKo g rag Her taM . twna but a dretml Ilia friaurfly gorst, with Ma horas, hod i-M jJ'* #?*ru; pad TV L?|. w?a not, and ilka flra maa gaao. And aad aad ?i'rp( Ma taut he oonghi. ^tf, And Inog of (be wondrona afcolan ftp ^MISCELLANEOUS. ? l\om iht I'hioayo Timet. some SCENF. IN IlEAI. LIFE. **,f- n We do nut often indulge in lb* senti- *OOB mental?l>ul, tf cHuiunnllv in our walks, j'*r our attention in mild] to events happen- ?n * ' ing la-fore us, which Imvii an impression 'Hl1 ?|M?n our minds and leads us to thoughts wn* '' and reflections which it is well we, at all ',l,t c< other men, should indulge in at times. ch**k We had I-ecu on the North Side, tosee an nequn ntunce ^ii* hotel, and return- con?'1 ing by Ciara street, fount/, a* is generali l? the rase when a ir.ati is in a huriy, one 'oV?N 1 | of those liitle busy invetitions,n ateain tug " had passed up the river with a small fleet " of vessels in tow, one of whii-h had lareu *"*' ' east off. and had hauled in just west of w"u'^ the bridge. Seeing no hopes of getting to ^?'r our ofli. <* f-?r some time, ond knowing that I*'"' our MiB|Kniu?,imld not la: in any worse '"lie 1 temper an hour later thau they were then, w*rm we resolved to l?ear it uieekly, and find ^er mental occupation l?y observing what waa going on a bunt ua. We little expected D,'n<1 what did iwcur. childn The vessel we have mentioned had Iwen lo I1*' moored, or made faat outside of several . . c n*l boats, and as we stood looking at the men u)N>n her, one of them approach- w*nt f id a female who had Iwen crouched ti|?oii WM 11 the de? k, and addressing her, pointed to the shore, then to ilia l.ri.U? !?- l*oardl down toward* the thronged and hu*y "*^'n 1 atreela of living, moving, headlong Chica- ^|fu'r< g". She rone, picked up a an all bundle, ^',e from which *he drewrforth a coin, aliiuii officer >h?* tendered |o the hardy aailor. II? re went 1 fu*ed it, whatever il *a?, and lending her l'"**"'1 a hand, hrl|wd her from tlie %e**el to the M''w? lock, and front thed<ak tip to the bridge. * P* Hv thin time a large crowd of pen-on* u"r thronged the north end of w here he bridge *"** '''*1 would !?e, if it were mIwiivm a bridge,and '' in contemplating the new face*, and the ,,0< representative* of the varioua claaaea there '>l1 MMeiithled we had ain.o*t forgotten the '' * cr" incident we have related. Our attention w*? called from a vain endeavor to dia- ?n ?? over aoiiie hope of a cessation of tug* gt>- Such ing up and down.and achoonera and briga no,4M,, pulling in and out, hy hearing a moat au- Hn"' dihle aili from ?ome one near ua. It was not the aoh of child IhmhI, caused hy aome w*r< audden change from gaiety to gtief; it wa* the M?h of a*Mile maturer breast, filled with ,,T'r? a aetiae of lonoliueaa and despair. Il reach- Mn^ Ul ed other ear* than our*. A lady, dreaa- ^ e?l in a manner which Leapoke a wealth <,eorfeJ that cohUI gratify taste and elegance and l',<5 win.. ItLdt luip^tf^a .1...than t place, stood near, accompanied by three l',e P" children. whose desire to jjrt to the e.? treme of the platform, die with diffr-nlty repressed. ^Iit With a woman** tenderness, her heart P*r<*n' recngi?ite?i the stilled ehulilion of aoirow, and approaching the jierson front whom * it came, who wa? tome other than thn woman we |ih>I j?t?t seen lan<i from the *re? ^ vessel, die quietly, ai?>I in that soft, sweet voice of woman, wliirh none can resist, inquired if she stood in weed, or waa the w ill, or was In r sorrow sui-h ns could be re *n<* 11 liered f A portion of the rulu^f 'X*r u* *l< j wan vacant, am) toward* that, almost at our aide, these two womeu came to con terw. The stranger waa a fair, handsome ,nol'M girl, of al>out seventeen tears ; neatly hut *urhl coarsely dresaed, with shoes not only well- mU4t' worn hut hear j, and unsuiled a* inurli to *r'Me her ae* a* to the season. The pmr girl, in Imtieat aimplicitr, and with an earnest *?*'hnj nest which deapjMr alone ceuld impart, ^i^b relate"! her hStory, uninterrupted hy a single VJbserratloi* from her companion, that t hot nflen acemn pained be the tears of l>oih *' We hare not apace ror it at leufth; and | **' af? we will relate it, rhoiging its order just enough to enable u*. to slate it briefly. ** CT She said that elie waa U.rn in Itneton; ""A'1' she had no brother or sister now ; she re member**! that she had a sister, the old W I c?t, whnaa nam* waa Mi?i* ; that ?i*t?r ,l?* * ?rw? (p>, HffNin*! her father'* will, hid lie marriad, and with her hi>h*nd, having aghta binalinl frnm tin* father'* light, had gon# ?iff and had not bean heard of aina* . ?no doubt, was dead. At tha lima of liar ?i?tw'? niarriaga. I,?r parent* war? wealthv : tha prida which driai away l<i? ^ la bad brought ailmt regmte, aad aflar a '* ^ wliiU ran.* meUuMtbolv complaining* from co*ae tha nmaIm*. ?ha *igb?d br tha a at bra* a "P of hw llnt Uiai. Vhaa ?*hb In] in an gar and crimination* at home, and ?J;**h pay I by tba father abroad, bam ntnWr apnn talen! . tltam, nod at baring tfcafarr ?*wt<l~ *hnt| iy |*?di|batlb<y |iiin<Af hl*> k*ff I city of their birth and Mettled fire ago. upon land purchased of the rnment in Wisconsin. Her brothers older und some younger then her- W >ne by one, drooped and died ; and i) her mother, calling in agony upon it mg exiled daughter, joined her hove w inppier clime. None were now left e father and thin poor girl, lie, too fa lutiihled, and stricken by that alow p, '(lain disease which lights up the B| and Are* the eye with the brilliancy n; Ith. even when ita victim is on the ?1 ice of eternity ; he would ait and tell rr surviving child the acta of winning pi ind self sacrificing devotion, which nn oule l.i? Lizzie the very object of hia v? lie would ta'k of her aweet smile* n< liappy disposition, until memory |o lead hiin to the hour when he hid m * -part, and not let him see her face a- e* His decline was rapid, and this ^ hild aaw the firat flower which the tli th ot spring hud called from the soil in mother's grave, diaturl?ed, uproot m il thrown aside, that hia ashes might tl e with thoae of the mother of his al en. At hia death he charged her st ' off as far aa she might he able,the w that had been incurred for the ne- ex a of life ; the land which for the u! >f culture, had not increased in value m rdd and left her but a few dollars.? pv she ezpended in rearing some i to mark the spot where she had ar uried, one after another, her tasloved as al. She had heard of Chicago.? 01 ad heard that in this citr there were ta a where strangers wishing empioy- vi could And work. She had on foot Ci <d inanv miles, until she reached uc ukie, and thence by the kindness y nor sailor, who had seen her day af- or P in I li a .1'w.tr - ? ? J MVNI% ?*?IVUMIg IUO kCmil* IU mri, had inquired and ascertained fu lie w'shed t<? cetne hither, but had Mr e nionrv. He brought to Chicago ih own ve**el, and h:?d told her thai yc *Miig1iie bridge, *he could find one tu m place* where ?ituatious weregiv- ar worthy applicants. wr wrna her story. She had mentioned wr ne except that of her father mother lit te eudeating appellation* of brother pa e, Willie, Ac. Uoth of the women ea crying bitterly. The faahionablv ar d lady turned her face towrard* the th that her teara, at audi a crowded hi nusual place might not he observed of quested u* to lake her two boy*? e and illie, she called lliein?by tid, to keep them from danger, and >u'.ting iier arm* Around the neck of or, friendless, wandering, orphan ;er, said, " you are iny own dear I am Lixxie." *' > >?> two be.ng*, children of tlie same how different have bean their and how deep their sufferingM! We w icen thein together in Lixxie'a car- n< driving along Lake street. They ^ juhtleea. ae happy aa their bereave , relieved only by the conaciouaneee P ? faithfully performed, can permit. V hile the sufferings of that father ''' other may be faintly known from u< ?rf of the daughter, what muet have the mental egonv of thai other J' tl iter, unkindly banishej from her r'a aide, and driven oat into the without a father's bieeetngf What n bare been her grief, when her letter*, r' n from a prosperous city, from the ^ of her wealthy and kind huaband, ^ \ tliem of her aucceae, and of the sl of her children, were unnoticed and c' wered t She muet here fell, indeed, ^ lie hearts of that father and mother, er and Iwothera, had been harden * aioat her. We will aay no more.? ^ scene will live in our memory while ill rt*inMtiilinr lliA lw?!? U? ^ rv?? vi Miiivr, I * rr and kind mi. < do notdeapiae all tboaa who hare single virtue. >w few are rntr real want* ! Our itn- J' rj ones are boundless and iuralisbV. 1 . . . ti e acquisition of wealth is a work of ^ labor; its possosstou. a seource of con- ^ I f?ar; iu lose, of esceaaire grief. 0 parent who strikes a child in anger, r i a nan who strikes the water ; the I queoces of the blow are sore to fly r hie own face. fc one and valgrr mitt da will always F V higher aasjMK* to wealth than to II i; hr wealth, although it he a far I Pahmt eat were of power than taleat ma ka hn far mam Intellqpbls. MR. BRIGHT ON THE UNITED STATES. At ft public meeting of tlm Maraden leshaniea' Instititution, at Manchester,on te 14th December, llr. Bright, M. I*., in le course of ft speech, deprecating the ?r, said : "Msnr of you have relatives or friends i America. That young nation has a imputation alwut equal to ours in these Iands. It has a great internal and exter. al commerce. It has more tonnage in tipping than we hare. It has more railtads than we have. It has more newsspers than we have. It has institutions tore free than we hare.?that horrid sla -ry of the South excepted?and which is i> fruit of its institutions, hut an unhappy gacy of the past. It lias also a great lanufacturing interest in different branchi. That is the young giant whose shadow rer grows, and th?-rc is the true rival of lis country. IIow do we stand or start the race f The United States Governient, including al! the governments of all te sovereign Stales, raises in taxes proh % from 12 000 000 to Ll 5,000.000 erling in the year. England this year ill raise in taxes and loansnnd will ipend nearly L100,000,000. This popalion must raise and epcud, and in Aerica there is far less poverty and pau insiu limit in r.ngian<l. " Can we run litis race on these terms id against these odd*! Can we hope to be > well off ms America if the products of ir industry ere tiius swept awey by the x gatherer,mud in the rain scheme of sang Kurnpe front imaginary dangers ! sn poverty be lessened among us,can edatioi. *r read,can lite brutality of so inanof our population t>e uprooted, can all anything that good men look for come u* white the fruits of our industry, the undntion of all social and moral good e squandered in this manner! Pursue e phantom of military glory for ten :nrs ami exjuml in that time a sum equal all the visible proja-rty of Lancashire id Yorkshire, and then compare yourself ith the United States of America, and here will you Ik-! Puuj>eriniii, crime poical anarchy are the legacies we are pre* tring for our children, and there is no cape for us unless we change our course id tesolve to disconnect ourselves from e policy which tends incessantly to emoil us with the nations of the continent Europe." IIOW OUR NEEltS ARE MET. Header,as a sinner you need two things generation by tlie Spirit of Go l,and jusfk'Ali?n hy faitli in Jesus Christ. Tbene e the wants of your nature,and will.out ieee there is no heaven for you. These needs ere t: et in the scheme ol detnplion. The gift of the Spirit is connoted with the At'.onement of Jesus hrist. The Spirit is both a purchased id a promised gift. It is his work to ap!y the purchased redemption. This He ?oea in effectual calling. In this lie en;hlens our minds, renews our will, and nitre us to Christ by faith; and where this uion is, there are both regeneration and istificstion ; there eternal life is begun ; tere is salvation. In Christ Jesus, then, jour needs are ibi. Wot 1.1 you be regenerated mud lie >roe a new creature in Christ Jesus t? eek in earnest prayer God's promised pirit, Vou must pray or you cannot be iced: Would you be justified and be lolhed witb the righteousness of Chriet! uu must believe in lliin, or you cannot save i. Look to tbe Lord Jesu* Chrsit 'ou must believe in liim, or you cannot ? saved, Look to the Lord Jesus Christ \ faith; receive and rest upon ilim alone >r salvation,as lie is offered to you in tbe soap#!. Ami do it now. Itatay not. <ook and live. A I -J * ? - /virinnuer u amnion wm oniy twenty ear* of age when b? was appoint*! Limit-nan I Colonel in the ariny of the rerolukm, and Aid-da cainp to Washington.? It twenty five, lie waa a metnlwr of tba ?ontinetiial Oongreea ; at thirty, he waa ee of the ablest membara of the Coneenkm that framed the Constitution of the Jnited States; at thirty-two, he waa Secel ary of the Treasury .and organised that ranch of the tioeerament upon to complete and comprehensive n plan, that no ;rent change or Hiprovement haa since ran made upon it. Truth faara nothing Ut concealment. TWELVE QUESTIONS FOB A WE SABBATII. 1. If it were ar y other day, would I I kept at home by the weather? 2. Did I ever stay away from my bus Beta, from a party,from an amusement,fc such a rain or snow as this? 3. If it were a public meeting for som other purpose than divine worship, wool I think it too bad a day to go out ? 4. Would I go to church if I coul make or save a dollar by it,or gain a cui tciner ? 5. If my own church l>e distant,is ther none that is near where I may be sure < finding a vacant seat to-day? 0. If 1 am afraid of spoiling my l>e? clothes,had I not better go in my commoi dress, than lose the benefit of the meetinj and neglect my duty? 7. Have 1 no over-coat, over-shoes, an< umbrella, that will keep me from takinj cold and preserve my Snuday dress fron injury ! 8. Am I not nearer to lbs church thai many who ars never kept away by bn< weather? 9. If every one should Cud an excuse fo absence as easily as I do, what would b the appearance of our churches on tin Lord's day ? 10. Is it uot a dishonor to my Maker,i for reasons that would uot influence me ii wormiy matter*, 1 keep from the statec worship of the sanctuary! 11. Is not a wet Sabbath at home i more dreery day than one that is diversi fk-'I hy going out to cburchl 12. Am I willing that my childrct learn by my example that they may g< to school, to market, to store, to shows, it all weather but not to church !?Prttby terian. IIOW DANIEL WF.BSTFIt II EC AMI A MAUUIED MAN. While on the subject of Mr. Webster' history, I cannot forbear mentioning an in cident related of hi*courtship, which 1 J not remember 'o have seen recorded. lie was then a young lawyer in l'orti mouth, N. 11. At one of his visits to Mis (trace Fletcher, he had, probably, w ith view of combining utility and enjoyment been holding skeins of silk thread for he when suddenly he stopped, saying, "Orac we have thus been engaged in untyin knot* ; let u* see if we can tie a knot, on which will not untie for a life lime." lie then took a piece of tape, and aftc beginning a knot of a peculiar kiud, gav it to her complete. This was the ceremony and ratificatio of their engagement. And now in a liltl box, marked by hitn with the words *'Pri " ? -t- i ...? viv/vi? mauiurui| u?v leucri < liis early courtship, this unique raeroorii is still to be found. The knot bus nev< untied. A BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT. II naval officer being at sea in adrea< fu! storm, bis wife whs sitting in the cahi near biin, and filled with alarm for tti safety of the vessel, was so anrprised t tensility and'composure, that she cried ou 'My dear, are )oii not afraid. How it possible you can be so calm in such dreadful storm !n lie rose from bis chair, dashed it to t! deck, drew his sword and pointed it the brear.t of his wife, exclaimed : Are you afraid !" She immediately answered, 'No.' Why r said the officer. Because," rejoined the wife, " I kno this sword is in the hands of my htiehai end he loves me too well to hurt *nc." 'Then said he, 'I know in whom I b lit ve, and that he who holds the wiude in his fiat, and the waters in the hollow bis hand, it my Father.' The opinion is gaining strength amot practical inen, that railroads must be co ?r ?i?! mwm WWMW vMHivay vi I*?.UI, UlUS them beyond the prwibility of decay, ei from ell tboee disturbing cause* whi now operate to derange the track. T rails should also rest upon rubber, oroi er elastic suUtmce, which will not oa prevent the wear and tear of the rail and machinery, but contribute to ti comfort of traveling. The ooat, ?u tl end, would be lean tbae by the preee construction. Many men's *?es haw nt first be nothing worse than good qualities r I wild, ' AGRICULTURAL. # = sr [From the Southern Cultivator, i- WORK FOR THE MONTH?(JAN U>r ARY. e TltK PLANTATION. Plowing roust now be pushed vigorousd ly and steadily, whenever the ground is ?- not too wet. Turn well under all vegetable matter, that it may decompose, and c yield nutriment to the coming crops of >f corn and cotton. Flow deep, and if you have no regular sultsoil plow , ietyour turnit ing plow be followed, in the sante furrow, n hv a bull tongue, or broad coulter, draw n g by a stout team. This will loosen uptho subsoil, and bring into cultivation a porJ tion of your land, which heretofore, has g never been made available. Tiio old aysn tcm of scratching to the depth of three or four inches, roust be abandoned. No n Planter in the South should pretend to j plant a crop of corn or cotton in less than ten inches of mellow and well manured r aoil. Try deep plowing one year, and you e will need no urging hereafter. a Manure should now lx> hauled out, tliatributed over the ground, and turned deep f Iv under. Scatter it evenly, so that ail > the plants may l?e fed. 1 Spread all trash, weeds, corn nnd cotton stalks, dec-, over your land, nnd turn ? them under with the plow. Haul leaf . mould froin the hollows of the woods, and coin|?osl it with barn yard manure, j lime and ashes, before you spread it on > your fields. i Fill up gullies with logs, brusli, A*c , and run ditches horizontally along your lull sides, to prevent washing. * Deep plowing will also be found of great benefit on hill j sides subject to wash. In all cases plow horizontally, i. e., across instead of up and down the hill 6id?s. g Repair vld buildings?erect new ones o ? look over and repair your farm implements?take good care of your stock, and keap all work animals in good condition for t the hard labor they will have to accom^ plish the coming season. A new year, and a new era in southern ^ Agriculture and Horticulture are just e dawning upon us. We have the finest climate, and some of the richest lands uug ^ ?ler the sun?to say nothing of that sysof domestic servitude which supplies us r with the host ami most easily controlled e fie'd laborers in the universe, and enables us to produce in vast quantities one of the earth's greatest staples, cotton?a crop w hich controls the destiny of nations. We e should, then, endeavor fully to appreciate ^ our high position and manifold advantaI gee, and let us, this year, commence our planting operations with the deterudfl^ t'on to make larger crops than hereto'oro ?to praetico a more thorough system of plantation and domestic economy?to avail ourselves of all the lights of agriculttiral science?to improve our old worn n out fields?to ketp out of debt?and hy ,e our interest and persevering efforts, to eleII vate the vocation of the southern Planter I* to its rightful position, at the head of all w other professions. * Nor, whiio devoting all proper energy and attention to the urgent and laborious ie d"ties of the plantation, and must w e forat get the still higher claims cf home and its surroundings. Let lis encircle this choicest and dearest spot of earth, with everything that car. make it lovely and attractive.? Plant all the choicest fruits of our sunny w cliinc, in such abundance that not only your own household and servants, but the pent-up inhabitants ot Heightening cities shall l?e fully and cheeply supplied. Seat,n ter every where about yourdwelling sweet sod beautiful flowers, to delight the eye and the senses, and bind the hearts o f VOlir Miilibon Uuli???Ii?U? ? "? *' ' J ? ... ?" ?g homestead. Fill your book shelvea and ?* and oeulre table-, not only with the liteng rature of Agriculture, but with nil that Ad may quicken the imaginnii<>r and fancy, cb refine and elevate the aentimenta and itnlie prove the heart} and ihue let the wealth ;b- won by your ent?rpvi?e and akill, minuter ,]y to the true enjoyment of life. i TOI UAKt>rw. ',e Sow early vnrieliee of EnglUh peaidor* ' * ing the flrat fortnight in January, and continue to aow a oacceeatnn every week, during theapriag and early lumme,lloe and earth them up in dry, ?rarm en weather, and aet a roar of stick to aepport un the vine* a* they require it. Cabbage, lettuce, rad.*hca, eataafy, pi" 4Mb