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? 4 % #2 PER ANNUM w^?rarB^ ?* ,. IN advance. I NEUTRAL IN POLTICS?DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. VOLUME IV. LANCASTER. C. H? SOUTH CAROLINA. AVEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30,1856 NUMBER 49- j SELECT POETRY. ... ... cl aim e<] BYRON'S PRAYER. not pai My soul it tick of thin long day?- be I'm weary of ita lingering light? and uiu And, loathing life, I turn away, ear, am To wocp.and with for night. curioait I long to lay me gently down jngt CAI In alnmber, on my mother'a breast; mnj j0f And would exchange an empire's crowr. tj For pverlastiug rest. |anJ q Thoagh but in Manhood's morn ( aland, PMU? * I've lived the laurel wrenth to gain; brow. My aongaare heard in every land, kiinlnci And beauty breathes the atrnin. B?J t|K Here smile* and sweeter tears are mine, bury hi And vet of love, yoath fame posaeat, , , , ? . . eJ due Oh, gladly would my heart resign All?all?fo*1 endless reat. mnnkioi The dreams for which uico wish to live, paced t Or dare to die?the gilded eloud night, i Of glory o'er the tomb, I'd give lalion, i For silence and a aliroud. lie'*, ll I ask no Psrndiae on high: tflic i?s. With being's atrifo on earth oppreat, f?j eaM The only Imaven for w hich I sigh, p?>ne fr U rest, eternal reat. ! out an My natal ?lay in tears I keep, ''re* Which I rejoiced in wheu a rldld, Some c And each return the birth I werp, world. O'er which my mother emiled. ed; and Bid Heaven take back the breath it gave, of diecc That I, a cold and ailent guest, jn tho Within my (ether's house, the grave, voice o May fiud s long, long rest CJ|UM , Without my own consent I came, But with my wildest wish I go; ro n t For I would fairly be the same iahed tl I was?ore born to woo. l',e v,fc' My cold hush'd heart, with no pate gleam* " II" Of rrnssiousness to wake and waste. fied, an I would have sleep, without its dreams, com pan And rest, eternal recti the aofi rel* be MISCELLANEOUS. ? ? - death c THE THREE BRIDES. woul'i _____ refiued A TURILLINO STORY. ' clu#1 had cb< ** Da you see," said the sexton, "those ^ three hillocks yonder, side by side !? *P*'r ??l Thurs sleen thrse LriiW wIumii hintorv " I" I ana about to relate. Look there, ttir, on bcnutifi yonder bill, you may observe a little de- W4?ru ^ aolate bouae, with a little trailing fence *n> f"r In front, and a fe.? atunteil apple trees on l?ut nov the ascent behind it. It ia sadly out of three y repair now, and the garden is overgrown M,? nr>< with weeds and brambles, and the whole damsel, place Has a desolate appearance. If the Adelaii winds were high now, you might hear dark hi the erasy shutters flapping against the Madelii aides, and the wind tearing the gray shin- ^r0. 'p' flea off the roof. Many years ago there i Their f lived in that house an old inan, who cub tion, at tivated the few acres of ground that be- 8ar P'** longed to it. I'*''0 of * The father wm a well-taught man, eouragi deeply verted in the mysteries of sciuit4?e "P beti and aa he could tell the name of every howevs !*~wer that blossomed in the wood, or engage grew in the garden, and used to sit up froin l' late at night at hie books, or in reading lo the i the mystic etory of the starry heavens, fection* pfeg thought he waa crazy or bewitched,I u?w "f end avoided him ee the ignorant ever > " llo _l. .l. ?:a i ,l. i:_l. i a ! _ pduh uio giiivu ?nu ui? eniignivneu. a numiuei ft* there were, unci among others, the the fiel physician of the place, who showed a of more f ilfingneM to afford him countenance, seen in httt they rery soon dropped his acquiot- many s anee, for they found the old man was at the ( aomewhat festered and moreover their the sw< fanilj was wounded on discovering the voices f #iteot of hie knowledge. ous stu< M To the minister he would quote the lected I fathers and the scriptures in the origin d Their i tongue, and showed himself armed with their b< the weapons of plenie controversy. He came t< astonished the lawyer with hie protonod and aft acquaintance with jurispiudence; and arm* of the physician waa surprised at the extent line. Tl of hie medical knowledge. So all of afflictio them deserted biro, and the minister from ** Da whom he differed in some trifling point ace of t of bytrm*, wj Kgblly of aim*, o! Mid by and by }ppk*d wo lh* solf rducat- on*. 1 ?A Urmm ?Uh ?ymof *v?r?i>n. ?d boi " H* liitn^d h'm son in *11 bis lor*; olry ?n HM laa^MAf**, lilaralar#, history, pbiloso- ly, *nd uafoldod, on* by g?rd*n, en*, to lb* orthttiiaatio too of lb* *oliu- *n*d lb ?j. wiibsrr M Y?m rollod away, sad tb? old mm nowim di*?i. H? dfed orfem * Moral OMvalmd *d sod lb* Ism of Mtoa wboo lb* wtud bovlod b*r boi aroaad tb?*M?w*d dwolSog, oad ib? MP? %Mataf fH^d dww tfco mi tbo' yooof ##' vvs . . to heaven in faith and purity, su ;ar thought and said the Evil One lit* I his own in tho elements. I can- he nt to you the grief of the son at S!i :reavetnent. The no mister came tin tiered a few hollow praises in his wc i a few neighbors, impelled by de y to see the interior of bis dwell- lot ue to tho funeral. With a proud far ty look, the son stood above the id the dead, in the midst of the ;t , f hypocritical mourners, with a ; wc t his heart, hut serenity upon his j c|c lie thanked his friends for their HD is, acknowledged their courtesy, , |lt su strode away from the grave, to bu a grief in tho privacy of the desert 1 ubi lling. j rei found, nt last, the solitude of the g); ) almost insupportable, and he { Uj, he ebony fioor from moruing till . ej n all the agony of woo aud deso- ho rninly importuning heaven for re- m] '.came to him in the guise of popiralion. He wrote with wonder- i |,0 i and power. 1'sge after page1 y om his proli6c pen, almost with-1 y, effort, and there was a time when gQ rued (vain loo!) of immortality.? ? j f his productions came before the n0 They were praised and rirculal- Qf inquiries set on foot in the hope in. tvering the author. He, wrapped m veil of obseurity, listened to the si f applause, the more delicious be 0f I was obtained by sleallli. From fM rurity of yonder lono mansion, and nr is regiou to send lays that aston- c<| te world, was indeed n triumph to j ] onarv bard. tD i thirst for fame bad been gratid he now began to yearn for the ilonahip of aoine sweet being of R(| or sex, to sluiro with him the lauhad won, and to whisper consolahia ear in the moment* of d?.?pou- ^)r and to supply the void which the >f a father had occasioned. He j j picture to himself the felicity of a ^ intercourse with a h'ghly iuteland beautiful womnn, and as he j. osen for his motto, ' Whatever has >ne may be done,' he did not defsuccess. T1 this village lived three sisters; all ill aud accomplished. Their names r? W| [ary, Adelaide and Madeline. 1 j enough past the age of enthusiasm, \ ror can I forget the beautT of those ' .... , nc oung girls. Mary was the young- ^ I Jl fairer-haired, more laughing , never danced upon the green.? J?. who waa a few year* older, was sired and pensive ; hut of the three 10 ne, the oldest, jtossesscd the most , rit, cultivation and intellectuality. 01 alher, a man of taste aud educa- , ra id being somewhat above the vul-j cv judicca, permitted the visits of the iny slorf. Still ha did not en j ***' a th> affection ho found ?pringing *' veen Mary and the poet. When, j *" if, he found that her affections were , cv d, he did not withhold his couseut icir marriage, and the recluse bore ; ne mansion the young bride of his af-1 ^ i. Oil, sir, the house assumed a pearance within and without. 11 sea bloomed in the garden , Je*- !? i peeped through the latice, and j da about it sukifed with the effects > careful cultivation. Lights were I the parlor in the evening; and ^ i time would the passerby pause ^ garden gate to listen to strains of i *' otest music, breathed by choral rom the cottage. If the rojsteri-! ^ [lent and his wifa hsd lu>?n n?.r ! ^ ,y >y tbe neighbors, whiit cured they f ^ enduring mutual affection made ^ >me a little Paradis*. But death ? Eden. Mary suddenly fell >ick i ^ 4> a few hour's illness, died in the h$r husband and bar sister Madetiia was ilia student's second heary ?. n ya, months rolled on, and the sol- 'o ha bereaved was to sit with the r the deceased and talk of the lost an [*o Adelaide ha offered bis widow, go t. The bridal was not one of rev- of d mirth. Yet they lived happi- I01 the rose again blossomed in the cu But it seamed as if fatality pur- rai is singular man. When the rose mi >df and tbe leaf fell, in tbe roaMow on i of the year, Adelaide too aiuken- io died like bar sister, in tbe arms of i tO| iband and Madeline. Tl rbapc you will think it strange, be ran, I bat afar all, tbe wretched br rvivor stood again at tbe altar. Made e! I well remember her. She was a auty in the true sense of tho word.? e might have sat on a throne, and the >st loyal subject, the proudest, peer >uld have sworn tho blood in her veint scended from a hnndred kings. She red the widower for his power and hit ne, and she wedded him. " They were maricd in that church? was a summer afternoon? I recollect it ill. During the ceremony the blackest till I ever saw, overspread the heavens, d the moment this bride pronounced r vow, a clap of thunder shook the ilding to its centre. All the femalet rieked, but the bride herself made the ipouso with a steady voice, and her eye stuned with a wild fire as she gazed on her briJegroom. When they arriv at the house, she sank upon tbe threeId ; hut this was tho timidity of the tidon. " W hen they were alone, ho clasped r hand, and it was as cold as ice! ? ladeline,'said he, 'what menus thisi mr che.-k is as pale as your wedding *n.' The bride uttered a frantic shriek, Ify wedding gown I' exclaimed she, 'no >; this is my sister's shroud ! Thehoui confession has arrived. Tift God thai ipels me to speak. To win you I losl I V 1 y >0111. its, yet?1 am a murder?** i? smiled on me in the joyous afiectioi her young heart?but I gavo her tlx lei drug! Adelaide twined her whil< m? around my neck, but I administer the poisou! Tako me to your arms? nave lost my soul for you, and mine yon ubt be!' "And then," continued he, in a hollow ice, "at that moment came the thunder id the guilty woman fell dead on tlx or I" The countenance of the nariator ex eased what he felt. "And the bridegroom 1" asked I, "tlx isband of the destroyer and tho victims hat became of liirn I" " lie stands before you!'' was the thril ig answer. Hooks.?A learned.writersays of books icy are masters w ho :ustruct us wilhou da or ferules, without words or anger thout bread or money. If you approacl em, they are not Asleep ; if you seel cf do not hide : if yon plunder they d< ?t scold ; if you are ignorant they do no ugh at you. Few things nre more en ruining than to pore over a book stall There.arc few here aa they have then Europe, in the open street, where < iMcr-hy may saunter, look at the vari is titles, or dip into a volume. This u thcr to be lamented for loungers, ay en for book worms, as great lovers o oka are called. The latter person ofler t-? works that are not to be found elselice, and is often treated wiih novult) nid old musty rubbiab that no one could er suppose contained anything new.? nd then you are smitten with the cheap1*, or what you think is cheapccss, foi i it known, that whenever you sec t Kik you like, and are determined to buy ia always cheap. A book does not cou?? you as an intruder. You seek it ;anri ' reflecting as you road, you iioid con rso with a new acquaintance ; you d?: >t compare each other's minds wiihoul ngerof violent collision. If you approve what he seys, you lura from him quiet , without hard words passing. Il you >prove, you dwell upo.? the expressions id read them over again. Here is at ice a double pleasure. La Hioyere say a: i'bon a person of feeling and discernment ads a book, and it excites in him elevad thoughts, ho may he sure the work ii >od, and lie need* no other mode ol oving it.' Eahly Love a*i? Late Marriaoe.? lie Cincinnati Columbian relate* ike fol wing: "A couple, each of whom km over *ev tjr year* ol ?g?( wore a night ok two a. 1 united in the boa*l* of wedlock, aton< our principal hotel*. They had been rers in the spring time of life?b?*t civil ataneee parted them. Each married, bed a family, loet a mate, and then rtr irriad; and, finally, having loet tba aee d mate, and met thei r first love, they ncluded to 'travel uown the bill of life aether, and sleep together at its foot.'? toy were both frail, tottering and wbiteaded?but the fire of love still burnt ifhtly Hi their heart*" From the Charleston Standard. to A SHOUT CUAPTER ON GINS. Tl The word Gin, in supposed by some a' philologists to be a contraction of engine; m but Milton and Shaktpeare both speak of gins as synonymous with traps and snares, n< and the Scriptures denounce ''the gins of 10 the workers of iniquitythe kind of gins w hero alluded to ia not specified, and the ; '? planters of long staple can couccive of no other thau cotton gins, which all acknow- 6e ledge are very dangerous snares to the temper, and consider all kinds of gins as | very iniquitous things. Tho evils result- | w ing frotu the gins are incalculable, produ- j tr cing much inquietude and exasperation, . rc destroying the love of households and dis- P' turbing the domestic peace. It is seldom 01 that evil can be traced directly to its source, but there is no doubt that very CH much of the ill-temper and impatience of to the plan'.er of the long staple, is justly at- V1 tribuublo to this cause. There are many ,n | I doubt not, whose gins act as perfect ba- *' rometers of tho temper, aud the riving or l falling of the mercury does uot indieato > the slate of the weather more cortainlv () than the working of tho gin does the change in the temper. The planter who ^ - has been subjected to tho ordeal of the ^ I gins, and been proof against their assaults, ^ i must be one in whom patience has had | ' a verv wrfwt wntk Un.ljttin ' j i r" ?uu "v- n , men who can keep their temper still tho' q ? china falU; hut show me the planter who j ? can hear tho seeds crushing?crick! crish!! ^ . crish !U?and preserve hia equanimity, and . you show me a philosopher indeed. No ^ i greater moral and physical boon could b? bestowed upon the inhabitants of a wide 63 F belt of the seaboard of South Carolina and Georgia, than by the invention ol some implement which would separate ^ with facility the seed from the staple. 1 propose, if suflicient encouragement a be given, to prepare for the press, "7V? el yean among the Cotton which will A contain ninny graphic and pathetic do- ' ' mestic scenes. The retrospection of a few ^ years brings up a w orld of fond hopes and blasted expectations; recollections of cogs el i i __n- i . . - . di uiiu irauKis roiiers long hqu snort; gudgeons, bclu and bauds. Mv Hist reeollec- !-' . ti lions of ginning are associated with mcr riinent among the lusty foot ginners reck ? iug wi.h "Beads of sweat standing upon the brow ^ Like bubbles on a late disturbed stream." r< Ginning then appeared to me a pas- U time which those occupied in, enjoyed.? Later in life I changed my opinion, and " determined to relieve the laborers by ** tl horse power. My tint experiment was ^ upon a barrel gin, wbicb I endeavored to ^ make lighter to the mule by attaching a he? *ry pendulum, operated upon by a crank and cog-wheel. Hie difficulty was " ' to adjust the speed of the mule to tho " 1 swing of the pendulum. All being ready W however, tor tbe first trial, ike mule was el started and went too fast, tbe beast of a * ' pendulum gave a heavy swing tbe wrong ^ way, tl e frame work t?e ng insufficiently braced, tottered, and the whole fabric came P' ' clashing down, nearly killing the mule e| 1 and driver. This raised such a laugh against ine a j | tnung my young friends, that I had not the uc-rvo to persevere. I then adopted the I trge cog-wheel and barrel gin, which ' was very heavy. Great was my chagria ? 1 and mortification at hearing of complaints In ' among die ginners, that whereas, they ^ were formerly 'douo task' on the foot gins ' early in tbe day, they now were obliged m 1 to feed tbe gin until dark. The gin got *' out of order, and 1 took to ' Burns,' long ' roller gin, here troubles were ten times ai ' multiplied. Many a time have 1 risen in *' ii.. ?:.i. - ... ci?i -- I (J MV WVIUIII^ ?liu 1% | )IS UIRHU lit I the soft south wttl, which I enjoyed for a ^ few moment* in the piazza, before scating myself to breakfast opposite the bright 04 faco of the mother of the blooming little ones, who were eyeing wistfully the buck- P4 wheat cukes which were being dipped in ?' the rich butter, w hen the waiter announced P4 the little black imp, Jonas; immediately w all countenances fell, for Joua* was the w usual bearer of despatches from the gin *r bouse. kteing impatient to learn my fate, i rushed to the door.. "Well, what now!" "Hartiuaeu* ray sis, dat de gin sir, tfc ie doin dreadful bad sis.** * What is the *M matter)" "Nobody kin tell sir, be der su cbaw up the seed and spit um out like ell th the wul sir." "Did he eorew down the en rollers properly)" "Yes air, be screw dera h< tight and he screw dem alack, no use, slUI th t be keep chaw up the seed." "Go tell w BerUtseus he nod Um Oyrw' gin nse/ go ei the deuce?to start the foot gins."? :ie foot ginners have continued jogging ong at a slow pace, with a case of pneu- Gf onia occuring among them now and pe en, when MeCarthey's invention is an- Bti >unced, which I sincerely hope will be nr rmed the seed extractor, not gin, or it e*] ill be forever distrustod. And now, fel- be w-planters, and fellow-sufferers, what of tli is??speak out, "nothing extenuate, nor in I down aught in malice." What does ho at mighty one, the cotton buyer, say? so oes Jove nod approving or frown? I is ill not be behind the age, and intend to sj( y every well authenticated improvement, serving, however, a supply of foot im- ^1 einents to meet emergencies, as a dcr- er er resort, when reduced to extremity; or- ti, :ring always a refuge to them, until I Uj in arrive on the scene o' action and go n) i work to redress what i: vvrong, preserng my temper iu tact, and endeavor- Qf g to bear in mind, that "bo that is ow to anger, is belter than the mighty." j,;, l.ONG STAPLE. j, cc BEDIENCE AN1) DISOBEDIENCE. ' Honor thy father and thy mother,that l'' iy days may be long upon the land,'giv- ^ i amid the thunders and lightnings of [l. Sinai, and awful indeed were the pen- ( ities attached to its violatiou; but to him bo rendered his parents due honor, or in ther words, strict obedience, was given te promise that his days should be "long pon the land." Obedience is the first lesson which the 0 lild Las to learn, and the parents who lact it in the years of infancy, will have ir< le satisfaction of knowing that their cbil ren are in a way which they will not part p, ora when they are old, for the obedient tc jy invariably makes a faithful husband rid a good citizen. Show us a disobedi- _ tit, froward youth, and we will show you l)( perverse, wicked man. Show us a (oulh who delights to honor and obey his , arenta, ar.d we will show you a man of j, le purest integrity; an ornament to soci- jr :y, and a blessing to the world; and it ocs not require the inspiration of a sl rophet, either, to inake such a predic* le on. ai What tin Gosi'kl Does von ovn tl (oMEa.?It has, in all ages, been a pre- <,! >gative of Christianity to plant and foa- m !r domestic feeling and felicities. We Gi ould figure the religion of Jesus as walkig among men, and offering them two ki reat boons : in one hand she holds the k eat urea of immortality, in the other are ni le mild blessing* of home. Philoaophj as ever been high, remote, and hji parti- w paling: in her glittering robes the treads bl i majesty along the high places of the y< orld, amid a light that scarce mingles di ith earth's atmosphere, but fulls on the sc lernal snow, a cold, intellectual light u< hicli has never yet brightened the cloud di F unspeakable sadness resting on her lij row. A high task is hers, and wo shall ct ty her all honor ; but let us dwell rath- sa r with Christanily in the valleys and in n< te clefts of like rocks, where she spreads pi ie nuptial couch, and lights the house- l>< old fire. fo Tmk Laiiukst ajii.l i* t?k World.? he largest and most comprehensive mill i the world is the Pacific, at Lawrence, ^ assncbusetls. The floor surface of this os [intense structure is 16 nrres the largest " Cll 41) Wi England is 11 1-2 acres. There ^ e now in operation 40,000 cotton ^ >indlcs and 10,000 worsted spindles; ^ id these are to be iucreased to 80,000 ^ id 20,000 respectfully. There are 1,200 ^ oins in operation, to l>e increased to ,400. These, with 2,000 persons, pro- ^ nee 800,000 pieces of elolb pet annum (| se half delaines. The weekly consumption r cot too is 20,000 pounds or 1,600,000 ^ >unds per annum, and 600,000 pounds 'wool. Once a month the two thousand e* arsons assemble at the cashier's officer, ^ here he pays out $50,000 to them for ^ ages,Appropriating to each one the exnct . nouut she has earned. Amur.?An angry person should nni- wx er be believed nor opposed; his intellect he deranged. Mark well how his peas ions fr< heida; on that detesmine ?orv or against hi e duration of yout intimacy. But nev- ta trust the sulky wretch; malice is in his n< >art; revenge, hatred and more passions sii an there are names for. lie is a spider ho spins delicate filaments oa nil eides,to i mesh his uawnry victim COLD FEET. Cold feet aro tho avenues to the death multitudes every year, it is a sign of iinrfect circulation, of want of vigor of conlution. No one can l>e well,whose feet e habitually cold. When tho blood 19 ually distributed to every part of the >dy, there is general good health. If ere bo less blood at any ono point than natural, there is coldness; and not only j , there inust be more than is natural at me other part of the system, and there fever, that is, unnatural heat oroppres>n. In the caso of cold feet, the amount of ood wanting there, collects at some othpart of the body which happens to bo e weakest, to be tho least able to throw t a barricade again it the in rushing cney. ilence, when the lungs aro w eakest o extra blood gathers there in the shape a common cold, or spitting blood. Clergymen, other public speakers, an J liters, vy wnpropor exposures, oiien reti r the throat the weakest part; to such? ?!d feet gives hoarseness, or a raw, bnrng fueling, most felt at the little hollow at o bottom of th > neck. To others, again,whose bowels are weak rough over-eating, or drinking spirituis liquors, cold feet give various degrees derangement, from common looseness ;> to dinrhoeas or dysentery ; and so we light go through the whole body,hut for te [ resent, this is sufficient for illuslru>D. If you are well,let yourself alone. This our favorite motto, hut to those hose feet are inclined to he cold, we slight? As soon as you get up in the morning it both feet at once in a basin of cold war, so as to come half wnv to the ankles; lep them in half a minute in winter, n inuto or two in summer, rubbing them 3th vigorously, wipe dry,and hold to the re, if convenient, in cold weather, until rery part of the foot feels as dry as your and, then pnt on your sockscr sioekigs. On going to bed atnight,draw off) our ocbings and hold your feet to the fire for in nr flfliuin miiinlM ! [id get right into bed. This is a most feasant operation, and fully repays for le trouble of it. No one can sleep well r freshingly with cold feet. All Indians nd all hunters sleep with their feet to the re. Never step from your bed w ith the nacd feet oti an uncarpctcd floor. I have nown it to be the exciting cause of lonths of illness.. Wear woolen, cotton, or silk stockings, hichever keeps your feet most comforlale; do not let the experience of another be iur guide, for different persons require liferent articles; what is good for a per>n whose feet are naturally damp, canit he good for or e whose feet arc always y. The donkey who had his hag o( salt ghteued by swimming a river, udvised bis >mpanion who was loaded down with a ,ck of wool, to do the saine, and having > more sense than a man or woman, he unged and in a moment the wool absorh\ the water,increased the burden many Id, and bore hiin to the bottom. A CHILD'S INFLUENCE. j An English lady of respectability resi j (d for a few jcars alter becoiuiug a widv, with her little son, in oue-of the clihf j lie* in UaQada. Jk? child had boon itkfully instructed in the clement* of the liriatiiiM faith, lie was about four year* ago, very lovely ami promising, and )d greatly oavressed l>y the fellow hoar;r*. An elderly gentleman in the fami, Mr. B., vm exceedingly fond of him, id invited kin one day, upon the reino>1 of the cloth after dinner to remain upi hia knee. The ladiee had retirorl, aud >e converaation ensued. The gentleman luded to was given to expression* which or shock a pious mind. "Well,Tommy, id one at the table, in high glee, "what you think of Mr. B.f" The ekiJdkesited for a moment, and then replied, "I ink he did tiot have a good mother, for he had, he would not uee such naughty yrdt. The gentleman waa a Scotchman; me and a pious mother roar, in all their ?hnesa, to hie mind. The effect upon in was overpowering; he rose from the hie without sneaking, retired, end wee iver afterward known to make use of ?ilar expressions. These two lines, without n 4u?tt, lancUj ftii this column out. A SHORT CANDLE. As I sat in my chamber, I saw a litilo J girl working by the light of a candle. It was burnt down almost to the socket. 1 perceived that slio plied her needle very fust, and at length I over-heard her say to herself, " I must be very industrious, for this is the only candle I have, and it is almost gone." What a moral there is, thought I, in the words of this child! Surely I may learn from it. Life is but a short candle. It is almost gone, and I have no other. IIow earnestly engaged should I then be in every duty of my life. While I have tlio light of life how careful should I be to perform everything enjoined by my heavenly Masterl 1. I ought to be in haste to work out my own salvation,with fear and trerr.b'ing knowing that when this light is extinguished there is no other allowed to mortal for preparation. 2. I ought to be alive to the immortal interests of my fellow creatures, working while it is called to-day, striving to bring sinners to the Lord J etuis Christ; for my brief candle is soon to go out, ami there can be no conversion of sinners in another world. 3. I ought to ho unceasingly active in every act of benevolence, making as many happy as I can, relieving the miserable, and doing good to all within my reach ; for this light is soon to be put out, and in another world the miserable and suffering will be beyond my reach. 4. I ought to use every talent for the glory of God and the kingdom of Christ, working the works of llim that sent mo while it is today, for the night comctli when no man can work. " Whatsoever thy hand findcth to dof do it with thy might; fur there is no work nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave whither tbou goest." Keel es. ix. WHAT IS MAN'. Originally dust?engendered in sin? brought forth with sorrow? helpless in infancy?extravagantly wild in his youth ?mad in his manhood?decrcpid in ago ?bis first voice moves pity?his last commands grief. Nature clothes the beast with hair? the birds with feathers, and the lUbei with scales?but man is l>orn naked?his hands cannot handle?bis feet cannot walk? his tongue cannot speak, nor his eyesseo aright?simple his thoughts?vain his desires?toys his delight. As soon as he puts on his distincruishingr character, rea son, he burns it with wildfire passions? paints it with abominable pride, tears it with insatiable revenge?dirts it with avarice, and stains it with lust. His next state is full of miseries?fears torment?hopes intoxicate?cares perplex?enemies assault him?friends betray him?thieves rob him?wrongs oppress him?and dan" gers way-lay him. His last scene is deplorable?bis eyes dim?hands feeble? feet lame?sinews shrunk?bones dry? his days are full of sorrow?his nights of pain?his ir.fancy is full of folly?youth of disorder and toil?age of infirmity. In other words, man is a dunghill blanched with s .ow?a inay-gamo of fortune--a mark for malice---a b'.rtt for envy ?if poor, despised?if rich, flattered?if prudent, mistrusted? if simple, derided? his beauty, a flower?his strength, grass ?his wit, a flash?hie wisdom, folly?Ids judgment, weakness?his art, imperfection ? his glory, a blaze?bis time, a span? himself, a bubble. lie Is born crying- live, laughing?and dies sighing. A Witty Mktdoow Making a Spsakkr.?Hon. Geo. S. Houston, of Alabama, is a jolly wag, at good-natured at he it honest ted sensible. The other day, after several votes for Speaker had been taken, without effect, Houston crossed the Representative llall, to the seat of the member from the Utica district, whcu. the following Dialogue ensued : Mir. Houston.? Matteson, don't you know how to make a Speaker 1 Mr. MaUeao*?!!to! do you! Mr. Houston?Well, 1 can tell you. Mr. Matteson?For Heaven's sake do, then, Houston. Mr. Houston?Why, let the Banks suspend! An oxploeion occuted juat here. Bbaitt, like the drooping flower, soon fades, but the divine excelleucy of the mind remain*, when all those beantiee at* withered.