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! J2 PER ANNUM llitf M iIli ilir wftiidciti of pu?*int; <la;.' IN ADVANCE 3 ,#ninilg nnil .|'nlilirnl 3iftuspaptc?Brnotfh tu tlir 3r!s, jkitmts, Itlttnlutf, ifinjtnlion, Agriculture, 3nttrnnl Smpraurturnts, /nrrip nuil Ifniurstir jL'ntn, diili Hit Jlinrktls. VOLUME V. LANCASTER, C. H, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 185G NUMBER 13. 1 (testation jFiuif. [From the Home Juiirii.i!. THE 8TORY OF AN ELM TREE. In "olden times," when "clearing the land " was the settler's chief enre, a lahorer struck his axe into a noble elm, intending to cut it down, when another person, observing its extreme nice and beauty, and that it stood alone in the centre of a beautiful glade, so earnestly besought him 1 to save it, that he consented; and it now stands the centre ol the town of I'ittsiield, Massachusetts. " WOODMAN', SI*ARK THAT TUKk!" The woodman sought the forest glade , Where white man's foot had seldom strayed. And, 'neatli his a\c, on hill, in dell, The stately trees before him fe'l. IFrom him no loveliness could shield ; 'trainst grandeur, grace, his heart was stecl'd ; In nature's works no charm he found, 1 Iii? only aim to "clear the ground." The massive pine?the mighty oak, Ila>l fallen before his vigorous stroke ; And still, with keenly-searching eyes, I lie nought to find a nobler prize? Nor nought in vain ; within a glade Knoirclod by the greenwood shade, A loltv elm, whose giant form, I'nscathM bv time, or puasing stonn, I'prcar'd its ponderous lioiigli* on liigli, As foreing entrance to the sky, Wide o'er the earth its branches hung, And broad around its shadows thing, While, deep within its sheltering grove, V The wild-bird sang its song of love. So the blest heart, whose sacred fires To heaveu'a eternal joy aspires, I O'er all extends its pious care, Kor all expands itself in prayer; While, deep within its own recess, Arc hidden hopest that tiulv bless. With eager steps the woodman sprang; | The wildwoods w ill: the echo rang, ( A son the trunk his blows resound. Sudden be stops?another sound On bis quick ear in thunder falls ; 11 Ic turns?a stranger 'lis who calls ; ' Stop, woodman, stop ! this stately tree Mu<t flourish still uuhaimed by thee ; Sec'st not how in iu might it stands, Like monarch of a thousand lands? The light'iiings flush hath sealh'd it not ; The hurricane hath spared the spot; All evil thing > do from it flee ; And will thou it* destroyer ho? Mark now my word*: in alter limes, House* shall rise, ami merry chimes From church anil spire ring through tin- air, To call the worshipper* to prayer. This tree shall he the gathering spot; Then harm it not?CM harm it not." And he spake well; the time has come? Ami houses rise, and gardens hloom, And church bolls echo wide and free, Around that grand and glorious tree; And sw -t-voiced birds within its bowers Rest, through the sultiy noon-tide hours: Ami many a way-worn traveller, laid lleneath its cool and fragrant shade, .May Ides* the stranger'r stern command, f Which stayed the thoughtless woodman's hand I 3, Iflfrtfii ftimj. THE CRMINAL WITNESS. In the spring of 1848 J was called to Jackson to attend court, having been engaged to defend a young man accused ol robbing the mail. I hud a long conference with my client, and he acknowledged to me that on the night when the mail was robbed be had been with a party ol dissipated companions over to 'lopham, and liiai on returning they met the mail carrier on horseback coining from Jacksou. Homo of his companions wore very drunk, and they proposed toston the c?r rier mi <1 overhaul bis bag. The routU werfl very muddy At the time, and the conch could not run. My client assured ?ne that he not only had no hand in robbing the m.iil, but that ho tried to ilia suade his companion*. Hut they would not lisien to him. One of them alipped up behind the carrier and knocked him from h? horse. Then they bound and blindfolded him, and having lied him to a tree they took the mail bag, and made off to a neighboring held, where they overhauled it, finding some five hundred dollars in money in various letters. lie went with then*., but in no way did lie have any hand in the matter. Those who did it ficd, and as the carrier recognized him in tbo [arty, he bad beeu arrested. The mail bug had been found a* well as the letters. Those le'.ters from which money had been taken, were kept, by order of the officer*, and duplicates sent to the various persons to whom they were directed. The belters had been given to me for examination, and 1 had returned lhein to the prosecuting attorney. 1 got through with my private preliminaries about noon, and as the case would not come up before the next day, 1 went into court to see what waa going on.? Tbo first case that came up waa one of theft, and ths prisoner was a young girl, not more than seventeen years of age, Klizabelli Madworth. Blie was very pretty, and bore that mild, innocent look, which we seldom find in a culprit. Kite was pale and fr glitened, aiwl the morpeiit my eyss rc*U*d upon Iter, 1 pitied her.? She liail boon weeping profusely, fur her bosom was wet, but as she found so many eyes upon Iter, she becaino too much frightened to weep inoro. The complaint against her set forth that she bad stolen one hundred dollars from Mrs. Nasoby, a; >1 as tlte case went on 1 found that Mrs. Nas*l>y was her inis [ tress, a wealthy widow, living in town.? The poor woman declared her innocence in t' e most wild termr, and called on , (?od to witness that she would rather die than steal. But circumstances were hard against her. A hundred dollars in hank notes had been stolen from her unstress' room, and site was the only one who had access there. At this juncture, while the mistress was upon the witness stand, a young man came and caught me l?y the arm. lie was h fine looking fellow, and big tears sto< d in his eyes. "They tell me you are a good lawyer ?'* he whispered. " I am a lawyer," I answered. "Then?O! save lierl You can certainly do it, for she is innocent." " Is she your sister P "No, sir," he said. " But?hut?" 1 Ier< he hesitated again. " 11 as she no counsel i" I asked. " None that's good for anything?nobody that'll do anything for her. < >, save her, and I'll pay you all I've gut. I can't pay you much, but 1 can raise soincthing!" I reflected for a moment. I enst inv eyes towards the prisoner, and she w as at that moment looking at me. She caught i .1 i in eve, niu me vommc oi uumble, prayer' ful entreaty, I read in those large, tearful orbs, resolved me lii a moment. In my soul 1 knew that the girl was innocent; or at least, 1 firmly believed so?ami per haps I could help her. I arose and went to the girl, and asked her if she wished mo to defend her. She said yes. Then I informed tho court that l was ready to enter the case, and was admitted at once. The loud murmur of satisfaction which ran through the room, quickly told me where the sympathies of the people were. 1 asked for a moment's cessation, that 1 might speak to my client. I went and sittdown by her side, and asked her to state to me candidly the whole esse. She told me she had lived with Mrs. Xasehy I nearly two years, and that during nil that I lime she had never had any trouble be fore. About two weeks ago, she said, her mistr?*a lost a hundred dollars. "She missed it from 'he drawer," the girl told me, " and she asked me about it, bull knew nothing of it. Tho next thing 1 knew, Nancy Luther told Mrs. Naseby she saw nie take it fioin the drawer?that die watched me through the key hole.? Then they went to my trunk, and they found twenty five dollras of the missing money there. Hut O, sir, 1 never took it ? soinebod / else put that money there!" I then asked her if she suspected any AflM * I don't know," slto said, u who could ! have done it hut Nancy. She never liked me, because she thought 1 was treated belter than she was. Shu is the cook, and I wwt thu chambermaid.'1 Shu pointed Nancy Luther out to me. She ban a stout, bold faced girl, about two and twenty, with a low forehead, small i grey ev ea, pug nose and thick lips. 1 caught her glance at once, as it rested ' upon thu fair young prisoner, and the moment I detected the look of hatred which I I read there, I was convinced that she was the rogue, f "Oh, sir, can you help ma!" my client , asked in a fearful whisper. "Nancy Luther, did you say that girl's name was I" " Yes, sir." " Is there any other girl of that tunic i about this place)" i " No, sir.' 14 Then rest easy. I'll try hard to save you." I left the court room, and went to the prosecuting attorney and ssked him for the letters I had handed him?the ones that had been stolen from the mail bag. lie gave thein to me, and having selected one, I returned the real, and told him that I would see that lie had the one I kept t*ibro night. I then returned to tho court room and the case went on. Mrs. Nasehy resumed her testimony.? one aunt alio tntroaled her room to the pr.aoner'a care, and that no one else had acoeaa thore, but herself. Then she described the misting money, and closed by telling how aho had found twenty five dollam of it in the prisoner'* trunk. She could awear it win the identical money she had loat, it boing two tent and one five dollar bill. "Mia. Naaeby," said I, "when you first miaaed your monev, had you any reason to believe that t'ho prisoner had taken it I" " No, air," the nnswered. " llad you evjr before detected her in diahoneatv t" "No, air." "Should you have thought of searching her trunk had oot Nancy Luther advised you and informed you !" " No, air." Mra. Naauby then left the atand, and l Nanc^ Luther took her place. She came | up with a bold look, and upon tne aha . cast a defiant glance, na much as U> amy, " tiaj> mo if you can !" She gave her cv- got t idence as follows : your She said that on the night when the Tl money v. as stolen, sho saw the prisoner no hi coins up stairs, and from the manner in Sli which she went up she suspected that al! limb was not right. So she followed her up. pcop " Elizabeth went into Mrs. Nasoby's i rope: room and shut the door after her. 1 | " stooped down and looked llirougb the key | ga*p< I hole and saw lu r at her misness' drawer. " I ! I saw her take out the money and put it gras| j in her poeket. Then she stooped down " ! I to piek up the lamp, and as I saw that she men j was coming out I hurried away. look* Then she told how she informed her " I c, mistress of this and proposed to search the been girl's trunk. my < I called Mrs. Xaseby back to the stand, had " You say that no one, save yourself torn an t the prisoner, had access to your enter rooms?" I said. " Now could Nancy Lu- nami ther have entered that room if she w ish- out i ed ?" for I "Certainly, sir. I mean no one else ing t had any right there." lettci I saw that Mis. Nasehv, though natu- conti rally a hard woman, was somewhat moved looki by poor Elizabeth's misery. it w: "Could your cook have known, by any I the t means in your knowledge, where your draw money w as!" pleat "Yes, sir; she has often come up to Tl my room when I was there, ami I have j the I given her money with which to buy pro save visions of market men who happened statu along with their wagons." | batii "One more question: Have you "1 ; known of thu prisoner's having bad any te fi\ money since this was stolen !" for i | " No, sir." eoz i I now called Nancy I.utber hnck, and i won she began to tremble a little, though her ' <lont look was as bold and defiant as ever. I ny n " Miss Luther," I said, " why did you j rate not inform your mistress at once of what | of lii Vftll llrisl inmi t? 1 - * nilllUUI "lining lor HOT lO I * 11 gt ask uImuii the lust money I" j bout 44 UtC iu.so I could not make up my I frieu mind at once to expose the poor young gill," she answered promptly. 14 44 \ on say you looked through the key ed li ho'c, and saw her take lite money I" "vol "4 Yea, sir." l>or? i 44 Where did she put the lamp while eouti she did a >!"' I one 44 On the bureau." thoa 44 In your testimony you said she stoop dred ed down when she picked it up. What tivo do you mean by that?" for i The girl hesitated, and finally said she twei didn't mean anything, only that she pick- truu ed up the lamp. crim 44 Very well, said I. 44 ITow long have of tli you been with Mrs. Nasehy}"' now " Not quite a vcn'i sir." ease " Ilow much does she pay a week !" Hoi 44 A dollar and three quarters." inno 44 Have you taken up any of your pay save since you have been there ?" Tl ' 44 Yes, sir.4' diati 44 How much I" lette 441 don't know, sir." own 44 Why don't you know ?" ? own 44 How should I I I've taken it at J if- they ferent times just as I wanted it, and have T kept no account." dele 44 Now, if you had any wish to harm ham the prisoner couldn't you have raised He ? twenty-five dollars to put in her trunk f" for a 44 No, sir," she replied, with virtuous in- l?ri?c (J imitation. wax, " Then you have not laid up any mon- she ey since you have been there ?" wepl " No, sir?only what Mrs. Naseby may 1 owe me." that " Tlien you didn't have twenty-five not I dollars when you came thore I" have "No, sir; and what's more, the money ol l' found in the girl's trunk was the money wou' that Mrs. Naseby lost. You might have ',Al' known that, if you'd only remember what ^ you hear.'1 *?nM " This was said very sarcastically, and l',<? ' was intonded as a crusher upon the idea ll,,'u that she could have put the money into lKK)r the prisoner's trunk. However I was not 'l w overcome entirely. conU " Will you tell me if you belong to this ft^cr State t" I asked noxt. mom 44 I do, sir." him " In what town ?" hiin 1 She hesitated, and for an instant that whe' bold look forsook her. Hut she firmly len(^ answered: very "I belong in Soincrs, Montgomery ^' county." * ol*?c? I next turned to Mrs. Naseby : inadr 44 Do you ever take a roce;pt from your nal4J rriris u lw>n vaii not il??m I'1 I o-l'A/l HHVOf a ? Y"3 ' ? * Alwaya," ahe answered. Im. "Could you acnd and got ono of them '"Ciu for me!" W8* ' M She told the truth, sir, about my pay- 'y inents," Mr?. Naaeby said. ce,,t "O, I don't doubt It," I replied, "but ",oUl occular proof ia the proof for the court room. 80, if you can, I wish you would procure the rcceipta." #r j, 8ho aaid the would willingly go. if the inent Court aaid ao. The court did aay bo, and mate ahe went. Ilor dwelling waa not far off, viait 1 and ahn aoon returne<l, and handed mo a con four reocipta, which I took and examined. :leh, 1 They were all tigned in a atrange, atrag- ng * gling hand by tho witneaa. t|tA , " Now, Nancy Luthei," r.aid T, turning to tin to the witneaa, and apcaking in a quick, invali startling tone, at the aaine time looking will 1; Iter aternly in tho eye, " please tell the rectio I court and jury, ?nd t*ll where you from ho seventy-five dollars you sent to sister in Soiners!" ie witness started as though a volcaad burst at her feet. = io turned pale, as death, and every shook violently. I waited until the le could see her emotion, and then t.r ited the question. fr, I?never?sent?any !" she fairly cd. f(i I?I?didn't,*' she faintly uttered, ^ |>ing the rail for support. May it please your honor,and gentleof the jury," I said, as soon as I had ?d the witness out of countenance.? |(l sine here to defend a youth who had ,n arrested for robbing the mail, and in JU course of preliminary examination I ,r access to the letters which had been open and rilled of money. When 1 m ed upon this case, and heard the t.r a of this witness pronounced, I went iltd got this letter which I now hold, |u remembered to have seen one bear- ju lie signature of Nancy Luther. The (,< r w as taken out of the mail bag, and rH tined seventy-live dollars; and by jn ing at tlie post mark you will observe s; is mailed on thy very next day after s, noiioy was taken from Mrs. Naseby's c, er. I will read it to yon, if you n to Court nodded assent, and I read f, following, which was without date, c, that made by the post master's p on thu outside. I give it hero ver- V( "1 , 1 Sister Dorcas : I send you heer seven- ?| re dolors, which i want yu to kepo it 0) no till J cum hum, i cant kepo het-r ine afraid it will get stole, dont spoke (, wurd til a living sole bout this coz i ,, . want nobodi to know i have got onnotiey. yu wont will yu. I am first e beer, only that good for nothing snipe t inadwurth is /leer yet?but i hope l( ,-t rid of her now. yu know i rote mi | her, give my luv to awl empiiren j ds. lit is is from your s'sb r till detli. nancv lihikk." ,| Now, your lionor," 1 said, as I hand- (| iin the letter, and also the receipts, j ii will see thai the letter is directed to i t?, ;as Luther, Somers, Montgomery ! w ity. And you will also observe that | j, hand wrote that letter and signed 0 e receipts. It is plain how the hun t] dollars was disposed of. Seventy |, were in that letter and sent away iafe keeping, while the remaining itV live were placed in the pris >ner's |, k, for the purpose of covering the real inai. Of the tone of the other parts c, ie letter 1 leave you to judge. And j (, , gentlemen of the jury, I h ave my t| in your hands, only I will thank j , and 1 know you will also, that an cent person has heen ti ns strangely (1 from ruin and disgrace." he case was given to the jury inlinesly following their examination of the r. They had heard from the witness's a mouth that she had no money of her S( ; and, without leaving their seats, r returned a verdict of "Not Guilty." he youth who had first asked me to ud the prisoner, caught me by the b I, but he could not speak plainly.? c< limply looked at me through his tears T i moment, and then rushed to the fair i o uicr. He seemed to forget where lie ' u for he thing his arms around her, and ;| laid her head upon his bosom and u . aloud. | a w ill not attempt to describe the scene j ol followed; but if Nancy Luther had j u jecn arrested for the theft, she would j been obliged to seek llie protection a 10 officers; for the excited people tl d have surely maimed tier, if they T done no more. ext meriting, I received a note, hand- si sly written, in which I was told that ci within was but a slight token of gratidue me for my efforts in behalf of a |( , defenceless, but much loved maiden, as signed "Several Citizens," and |jj lined one hundred dollars. Shortly f,. wards the youth came to pay all the he could raise. I simply showed ,,, the note I had received, and asked 3 lo keep his hard errnings for his wile, i he got one. lie owned he had inid to make Lizzie Madworth his wife w soon. t| ?xt day I succeeded in clearing my w client of robbing the mail; and s a considerable handle of the fortu- ,j( discovery of the letter which bad ^ I an innocent girl on the day before, ) appeal to the jury; and if I made v, feel that the linger of Omnipotence w n the work, it was because 1 *ine?-ra lieved that the young man was inno of all crime, and I am sure thev u. . r? ?lit ao too. ? " in > not venture into a sich room if you 'a 1 a violent perspiration; for the moyour body becomes cold it is in a ' likely to absorb tlio infection; nor 1,1 ? sich person (if the complaint bo of I'1 tsginus nature) with an empty stom- >'i nor swallow your saliva. In attend- hi k sick person, place yourscif where tl lir passes front the door or window, rs e bed of the invalid, not between the ct id and the tiro, as the heat of the fire Iraw the Infections vapor in that di tl: n, and you would run much danger re breathing in it, la ftluwllnmj. THE FOUR HENRYS. The following strange tale, not, liowev, without some interest, is translated in the French. It contains the account of rather a strange ncountio of four individuals, who made leinselvcs prominent in Frame, during ie middle stud end of the sixteenth con iry, and is as follows: One stormy evening as the rain fell in rrents, an old woman who lived in a iserable hut, in the forest of St. ' ermain, id who passed in the surrounding conny for a kind of witch, heard a loud knockg at her door. She opened it, a young an on horseback presented himself, and 'aved hospilalitv. lly tho dull light of a lamp which she fid in her hand, she perceived lain to ; a young nobleman, lie aj peared to j unite young, and his dress denoted ink. The old woman lighted a tire, and itiuircd whether he was hungry and dared food. The appetite of a youth at xteen is like his heart at the same age, raving and not ditlieult to please, and he nmcdialely accepted her oiler. A nior I of cheese and a loaf of l/uu k bread mti the cupboard was all the old dame >u!d produce. " I have nothing more," said she to tin oung nobleman ; tu.s is all your grinding tlies and taxes leave a poor creature to tier a traveller; the peasants, too, in this juutry, call mo a witch and sorceress, tid make that excuse to their conscience ii ?u-.wiog irum 1110 u?o lilt o llint in v pool !d field produces." " M.t/oi sai l the young man, "if cvr I become King of France, I will sup rcss tin* taxes, and teach tlie peeple bet. r." " (]od grant it !*' said the old woman. At these words the gentleman drew to le table to commence iiis repast; hat, at lie m? >o moment, a fresh knock at the cor arrested him. The old woman opened it, and percciv1 another horseman, drenched with rain, 'ho also Legged lor shelter. Tins same ospit.dity w as instantly granted him, ami n the stranger's entrance she perceived lial he too was young, and judging from is appearance, of nohle descent. " What ! is it you Henry ?" cried one. "Yes, Henry," replied the other one; olli were named Ilenrv. Tl old woman discovered from their ativersalioii, that they were of the niitiicr of a large hur ting par y, conducted hylic King, Charles IX, which had been ispersed by the storm. " Mother," said theaecond coiner, "have ou nothing better to offer us.'" " Nothing," replied she. " Then," said lie, "we will go shares." The lirst Henry deimired, hut glancing t the resoluto eye ami strong frame of the i*cond Henry, said, in somewhat a chagincd tone? " Agreed; we will share equally." lie dared not express his secret motive, ill he feared, if not sharing equally, his anipaiiion would appropriate the whole, lu y accordingly sat down on either side f the table, and one had already begun > cut the bread with his dagger, when a iir.1 knock was heard at the door. The letting was indeed singular. It was again youth, a nobleman, and a Ilonry. The Id woman looked at them with amazelent. The first comer wished to hide the bread ail chease, the second replaced them on te tab >, and laid his sword by the side lie third Henry smiled. " Von do not wish then that I should i.are your stopper," said he. " Well, I m wait, I have a strong stomach." " The supper," raid the lirst Henry, "beings, by right, to the first comer." "The supper," replied the second, " beings to him who knows best how to uend it." The tl id Henry been mo red with anjr, and said, liaugliliiv, " l'crhaps it belongs to liiiri who knows %t how to light for it." These words were scarcely uttered, hen t:-e first Henry drew his poignard; le two others their swords. As they ere first beginning the alTray they were art led by a fourth knock at the cabin ix>r; a Ionilit young man, a fourth noIonian, and a fourth Henry is introduced, t the sight of drawn swords he produced is own, and attaching himself to the eakesl party, lie joined in the combat. The old woman, terriied, hid herself, ud the weapons strike everything in their acli. The lump fell down and was oxnguished, hut they conlinuod to fight i the darkness. Tiie noise of tho swords stod Homo time, then gradually became ss, and at length ceased altogether.? hen the old woman ventured to issue rtli from her If ling place, and rekind ag the lamp, alio pere^jped the four ?ung men stretche<l on tho ground, each aving a alight wound. She examined i?m carefully, and found that fatigue, ilher than the lo>s of blood had over?ne them. Thev rose from tho ground one after le other, ashamed of what had transpiid in the he.it of their passion, they began nghing, and exclsimod; "Come, let i t now sup together, w out liny more fighting." lint when they came to look for t! supper, they found it on the the grou j all trodden under foot, and stained w j blood. Meagre as it was, the regret tec In addition to this, the cabin wasdistr ed, and the old witch, seated in a con fixed her eyes or. the four young men. "Why dost thou stare on vis thus?"* the liist Henry who w as troubled at gaze. "I am reading the fates written on y foreheads," replied she. The second Henry commanded sternly to disclose them, and the twoc ors laughingly acquiesced. The old ' man replied: "As you have all four met in thisca so shall you meet in a like destiny, you have trampled under foot and st bed with blood the bread ottered you hospitality, so will you trample under I and stain with blood the power you mi; mutually share. As you have devasta and impoverished this cottage, so will \ devastate and lay waste France. As; havo all four been wounded, in :hc dn le-ss, so ton will ail four perish by trea and a violent death." The four young noblemen eotild not frain from laughing at the old woiiu prediction. [ Kmm the Vtle'tuvmi BEAUTY AND INTELLIGENCE | It is not the most perfect in outw I form who usually in -pite the deepest lo | History shows i.s that the most last I and profound attachments were lavisl ' on women possessing hut a moderate *li of personal attr itions. Beauty in it I it i ,s *>> iiuur ng ami captivating, lliat it worth our while to consider in what c sMs ilie ii ystcrious and subtle clia which lias the power to enchnin the li< in spite of the eye's criticism. Wot have, in all ages, legaided heauty as I most etlectual weapon to comiuer subdue man; ami the desire to posses we beg to suppose, results not from passion for domination, l> it f.om a Inn b!e desire to inlluence him for his t comfort and happiness. However may he, well-intentioned or not, their licilude tor the possession of beauty I in luccd women of all limes and lial to search after those things which : to oiler a chance of concealing imp? i lions, and enhancing or embellishing t natural attractions. This has led tl into numerous follies and cxtravagan and given encouragement to a crowd I harlatans, who have known how spi late upon a woman's anxiety to npj beautiful. If the hours expended in < tiivances for the adornment of the ca w?re employed for the polishing of jewels within?if half the time consul in the consideration of a coijf'ttrc, or arrangement of a corsayc, were dev< to the moral training of the heart wl heats within, and the developing of va-t capabilities of that noMe portion the human frame which renders it the n beautiful and intelligent of created be ? woman would find her inthicnce ;i powerful ami unfailing; the admira she would excite would be a sent in ul...l *v?" ~?,l * ' wi vnll-CIH, rO|'eCl all'l ll and iii rendering henclf worthy of tli sli? would attain what the toilette, i idl its attendant mysteries, is of itsef i ficient to accomplish. That woman six derive satisfaction from believing hoi an ol.ject of man's homage, is a nut feminine instinct; and we would not qi ti l with it if alio would he a little n fastidious as to the kind of admiration I is awarded to her. She should more ject that which seems paid to the n material combinations of form, color, s ami elegance, and learn to value only far more flattering tribute which so called forth from a just appreciation those noble and lender qualities of mind, whose intrinsic beauty neither p features nor an ill dressed figure can i troy. This discrimination would ten' crush vanity and conceit; coquetting, \ irs selfish heartlcssness; and the m frivolous cravings after beauty, all of \\ 1 arise from a wiong-based ambition, impress of these vicious sentiments def their object; the temper becomes sour irritable, the expression of the feature : once sil'.v and anx'ous, and the mind generates into a state approaching I pi aviiy. iTIie loftier ambition to he admired the graces of the mind in >re than for tl of the person, would suggest the habit i practice of the social virtues of amiabil I kindness and good-temper, as well as careful culture of all tho faculties \vl refine the taste, elevate tho soul, and nohlc the heart. Intelligence, unlike fashions of a day, becomes all couutenan and sweetness of temper has tho inesti ble advantage of making ugly women pear pretty, and elderly ones youthful It is a responsible duty a woman o to herself, as well as to her family society, to render herself pleasing anc greoahle. Her person claims a cor degroe of attention ; slio liar, a righi study tho art of dress, and to avail lici of the legitimate appliances for the impi ment of her appearance; but the u scrupulous attention to tho toilette never mako hor sufficiently attractive t< loveable an J estimable. Ui-h, well-cht itli- apparel will not compensate f<>r a cold heart; a glowing cheek does not n'-utralleir ize the efleet of a freezing, supercilious ad, manner; nor* a bright smile soften the itli severity of an uncharitable word?the eye lit. soon turns away, uninterested and indifoy ferent,from mere animal beauty, unillum* ier, inod bv good temper and intelligence? "Co nVst pas tout, tpte d'etre ln-llc an physique, aid it licit encore retro au morale." ber " '' l 'to.iuto s.ias esprit el bontc, est uahniuoeoii saas appat." our W oiuau is happily endowed with <juali? ties<>f a gentle and end< siring nature, \\ hieh j are often suffered to lie dormant or run . riot. She is eminently 1 to he a worker of benevolence?and insp:* r of high and generous sentiments?an -:ibin K:,l?r noble deeds ; let l.< i a '.sin., into a s the thraldom of vanity?iet l.er not be, what we are told some sagacious sage lias . defined her, "an animal tiial delights in ( * finery." Let her awake to her own res* rjjt j otihihilities, and feel conscious that her in? . i flu'nee, well inteutiuned and wisely direct* led , . i . ,0.j co. is a regenerating prmeiple; that it ;s u n >t the "well dressed beauty," but the wink 1,1:111 hrtelligonce and sweet tornper, who becomes tbo theme of general admiration and individual ntlacbmcnt; _(1 the inspiration of the hour?the good go,' nius of every scene. Let woman, then, perceive that there exists a charm superior | to beauty to attract and subdue all hearts; i. let her cultivate her intellect, and, true to ; | her own feminine attributes, prove herself , ! the kind. i'<utle. intollinent ere.*iim*.> mtn ,kr<1 ti< e Is, cherish :>ui| esteems. >ve. '"H THE PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF !arJ JOHN HANCOCK. sell ] ' (ne \vlio saw Hancock in June 1782 , is relates that he had the appearance of ml on-J vaiiccil age. He hail been repeatedly nils I and severely aillicted with gout, probably art' owing in part to the custom ot' drinking nen 1 punch?a common practice in high cirthe I vies in tin m days. As recollected at '.his and lime, Hancock was nearly six feet in s it, | height and of thin person, stooping a litanv tie atnl apparently enfeebled by disease, i.ia- His manners were very gracious, of ihe jv.ii old style, a dignified complaisance, llis this i face had been very handsome. 1 tress was so- adapted ipiite as much to the ornamental has | us useful. Gentlemen wore wigs when imis | abroad and common caps when al home. e?:in this time, about noon, Hancock was rfeo- | dress e 1 in a red velvet cap, within which heir was one of line linen. The latter was ism j turn d up over the lower edge of the vefu\s, vet one, two or three inches, lie wore a | of hlne daimok gown lined with silk; a white ecu- satin embroidered waist-coat, black satin vcar I small clothes, white silk stockings and red con I morocco slippers. It was a general pracsket | tico in genteel families to have a tankard the' of punch made in the morning and placed in,.J j i" a cooler when the season required it.llie ! At this visit, Hancock took from the cool>tod ?r standing on the hearth a fall tankard, (vl, and drank first himself, and then offered the j it t?? those present, llis eipiippage was i ,,f; splendid, and Mich as is not customary al iu,?t J this day. His apparel was sumptuously in?;s einhioidered with gold, silver, lace, and lo^e ' other decorations fashion;d>lc amorg me' lion j fortune of that period; and he rode, ? >,icnt j pecially upon public occasions, with six ,ve ; beautiful bay hor>os, attended by servants iese, j in livery. He wore a scarlet coat, with ,itl, ! ruflles on h - sleeves, which soon became nrf.! tho prevailing fashion; and it is related of >uld J i)r? Nathan Jacques, thefamou? pedestrirsclf an of West Newberry, that he passed all nral i the way from that place to Boston in 0110 nar. j day to procure cloth for a coat like that lore ?f John Hancock, and returned wiili it tin lhat' ''>s ftrm on foot. .ere j THE PHILOSOPHY OF RATH. tyle ! To understand tho philosophy of this the beautiful and often sublime phenomenon, ems [so often witnessed since the creation of of the world, and so essential to the very cxtlie , isteneo of plants and animals, a few facia lain j derived from observation and a long train iles-1 of experiments must be remembered : 1 to) 1. Were the atmosphere everywhere villi ' at aii times of a uniform temperature, ut> any : should never have rain, or hail, or mow, Iricli The water absorbed by it in evaporation The ! from the sea and the earth's surface would eats descend in an imperceptible vapor, or and , cease to be absorbed by the air when it ? at was once fully saturated, tie- j 2. The absorbing power of the atmosde-1 pheic. an.l conseoupnflv iia ? ... . 1 J ? w TV ! t ft in humidity, is proportionately greater ft.r in warm than in cold air. ioho | The air near tho surt of the earth is tual i w armer th in it ia in the region of tho ity, I cloud*. The higher we ascend from the the j earth the. colder do we find the ntmos. licit , pherc. Hence the perpetual anow on en- j very high mountains in tho hottest cli? the mute. ices; Now, when from continued evaporation ma- tho air is highly saturated with vapor, ap- though it bo invisible and the sky cloudless, if its temperature is suddenly reduced ives l>y colli currents descending from a higher and to a lower latitude, it* capacity to retnin 1 ?-j moisture ia diminished, clouds are formed, tain ar.il tho result is rain. It condense*, it L to ! cools, and like a sponge filled with water rself and compresae 1, pouni out tho water its ove I diminished capacity cannot hold. How lost i singular, but how simple the philo?.? p r will j of rain. What but Omniscience cnnM > be liavo devised such an admirable arrange. >*cn went for watting tho earth !