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fc2 PRR ANNUM \ ill-1 ME VII. .Iflrrt |': * " L On Prayer. '.Go when tlie morning "diincth. Go when the iiioon is bright ; Go when l!u* eve decli"cth Go .in .Ute hush of night. 1 ? Go with pure mind and feeling, | .Fling eiir'lilv thoughts away ; JAnfl in ttiy Chamber kneeling, J)o thou in secret pray. I , i Remember all who love thee. ? yVll who are loud i?y tlw, j > I'rny too for those .who hate thee ; j ,j :|f any such there be. | , Then for thyself, in meekness, A blessing humbly claim ; And link with each petition, Thy great Redeemer's name. 1 rtr if.:- J?- J ?- ? wi im v n vmiiru ruw, | ^ In solitude to j.r-iy; Khmild holv thoughts cnmn o'er thee I When fiiends nre round thy wny; Oh ! not a jnv or hlc?*ing. With thin enn be compared ; j \ The p<? ??*r th ?t he hnth givi n us. ! ^ To reach Iiiui with a word. | ; Even the silent lire .thing 1 Of thv spirit ruined above ; t Will re eh Ili? Throno of Glorv, t Who is Mercy. Truth imd le>ve. i Whene'r tlmu pincst in sadness, Rrfnre i lis footstool fall; And r,cno mher in tiir gladness, 1 His Grace, who grve thee till. 1 - -? - -- jc (Eq. the l.nryaster !,<dg.r] j c The Beauty and Excellency of the Sa- I cred Sciipturei. ; ? I I N O . I I . I - God made tb* juesent earth ha the j home ot Mian *, hut Iih<1 he meruit it an a mere plate to live and breathe in,a world far inferior to this in general appearance wou'd buve answered the purpose. Theia was no need f< r the caip t of verdnie, or the ceiling of blue; no need fur the n?ountaiu and cataracts, and forests \ Ho need for'.his rainbow, no need for t!-e flowers, 1 A big r..und island, half of i'. nimble and ! half of it pastime,w itli a clump of trees in one corner, anil a magazine of fuel in Htixher, ought of held and fed ten mil lions of people J and a hundred islands, nil made on the same pattern, migh' held and fed the population of the globe.? Nut man is something more than the animal that wants lodging ami food. He lias a spiritual nature, full of keen per cepliuos, ami deep sympathies. He has Hu e\? for the sublime and the lieautiful; ami his Creator has provider! his abode with different materials for their nub'e tastes'. He has built Mount Wane, and Motion the lake in which iis image sleeps, lie has intoned Niagara's thunder, and I has breathed the zephyr which sweeps its spray, lie has shagged the steep with its cedars, and hesponl the meadow with its kilig cups and daisies. lie has marie it a world of fragrance and music? a IVfirU i.f ! !,<?? t nrl ii-iiimulri' u " ? ? -f *" *V J f world w litre tlie grand and llic grace fill, j the awful and the lovely rejoice together, i In f?bhioning the home of man the j Creator had an eye to MJiiiething more t)ian hie eailldy rxitlrncr, and theretoiw | huilt bomelliiiig which i? not only coin- ( f.triable .tad aplendid, hut which bhould j v in?piie the boul of it* inhabitant an'1 even /draw forth the "'very good" of cuntpla- ( cent deity. (.#?mI nbo made the Wide a* ^ the guide ami oracle of man. Had he jiitented no more than to reveal the fact of j our degeneracy, and the offered alone ? pient with an added coniinaiid to repent, ( ;l might have heen of himplesi meaning, | and biiiadmi me. But in giving the hi , hie, h? author had regard to the inino j of iokii ( lima ui.king <1 111M1 net ive, at h f rad ire, tine and enticing. lie tbh?J il j <*ith nmrvcilviM incidrtiU hikJ engaging ? httmry ; <m<Ii tunny pirinret from olil i yrorld ?o|itry, ami atfcciiiig anecdote* t from lltM palriaiub* timet. ( Jli'hiilmiiniittl il <* till alately argument , and thrilling ler'-e, and fi'lrd it with sen f ImlinuH ?itdotn and proverbial pungency. | He made il a l*e>k '<( lofty thought* t Ami noble iiiiMLfC-A ; n Im?"W of heaVen!) t doctrine, f'til wi'h'il uf earthly adaptation. | In preparing n guide to immortality, li t ( finite wiadoin p?*e a book which in try ing to cnteh the heart of man, should J mp'ivMte ln? taste ; and which in trans- < forming liia .-.flection*, should al?o expand i )ii* in>ailed. The pe-?r| i? of greater I price, but r-*en the carkei ia of exquisif I beauty. The Sword it of etherial tem- | per, and nothing cuti m? keen aa il* dou- i ble eil|i?*, but tin re are jewe'aon the hill I and exqn>iie Inlay mg on the x-abU-rtl ? I The apple* are g> hi, hut eten the bucket i |s silver. , In speaking of tL* literary Mctlfori I * V. 4J il inuiilg ana ^oliiicul ihiaspajin?Druntrii imh jf the Ho!} >cript tires, 1 am aware of ? loftier feaststwo lnl<| <li?Hilvan'aite. tiome have never tense?i.o epi looked on the Hihle as a readable Hook, they will find l'liey remember how they got long task's Apostle to tli Trout it at school and spelled their ardin historian is b< jus way through its Chapters. Ami in that grey tra later life they have only heard it soun- and athwart led forth monotonous trout the drowsy of brightness Jesk or freezing in the atmosphere of ; tlio patriarch lohie sparse Hod winterv *atiettiHi.v. I .Mil.-..? ^ j - | 1*0 vuo irksome ami insp re?I has every as- j day-;?there locialion made it that were they shut up ; for ihe exploi n m fount with ah old director}, ami an j ilia A|>ochI) >1 I A uv'hmc. himI ami old iBilde. they i vlnlsl the sei v..ul<| spenu tiie tiol hour uu tiio Alma- ' ness pa'pal.l lac, h ii * I il?e second eti the Directory, i through its fi uid would die with old aye Imfore the) lent ocroes dc npened the Bible, lint, there are others | ring on the a ho care only to keep the Bible in some j street*, ami aking or tasteful edition, and thev would ^ planet .can i lever dream of sitting down to read it as guzing on h ? recreation or an intellectnal treil. We holiness and I an understand the feelings of each. the new, hut But we trust that both will hare with righteousness is a little, while we endeavor to show, But perha] It at if no bock be so important as the lhble most ei liihic, Bo none are more interesting, and ciiplinn of th worthier to become the standard of the ter idea of th rood ami true. The rhetorical and poet never given, t cul beauties of Scripiure are merely in- cd it "the fie iideiital. its authors wrote., not for glory tnro with otiri ior display ; not to astonish or amuse tiofi of life, ai heir brethren, hut to instruct them and expends his I nuke them better. They w iote for God's around him ; 'lory, not their own ; they wrote for the the grass, the world's advajitAii'j not to aggrandize if he stood or hemselves. Demosthenes r.oiiq#m?e<l his lop, conversir nosl splendid oration in order to win the It sporting wi wowuof eloquence. How different the Viewed in tlii ivniuai.niicc.t in which me speech on Ills Holy Spil liars Hill was spoken ; ami the farewell sons clap liani v/uvju m the upper chamber at Travis. and the valley low opposite the circumstances in which earth ; beasts he Seer of llorel penned his faithful sto- thing and flyi y, and Isaiah ami Jeremiah pourd forth and all pcopl heir fearless denunciations of popular maidens ; old ins ; and the New Testament writers praise the nat leciaring that these things are written : alone is excell that ye might believe thai Jesus is the earth and lie ^hust, the Son of God " Lancaster, K<-memhering then that the llible ''on * hins no ornamental passages ; nothing erttten for mere display, that its stead- This, llioui , ? , , , ... street and wa ist purpose is, glory to God in the high ||ure#! jt , st and the truasl blessedness to man. 1 H?j ol,| epeal that the Bible abounds in passages h'v appin-d I >f the purest beautv ami stateliest gram most luxuiian leur; all the grander and the more beau* 'l c ., , , , almost all the iful, because they are casual and un. wood us?d li?i ought. The fire which tl isbes from the er?i artll8 of run hoof of the Tartar Steed as lie scoun muriatic acid. he midnight path is grander than all natural lood t he artificial fiie-works, for it is the casu- 'l CHtl Us* . ? . , an . concentrated II effect of speed and power, lbe clang nilllHlin>, ,ee(| if Ocean as be bounds his billows ovw |V BOwu brunt hn rock, and the echoing caves giving is applied to I horns, is more soul-filling and sublime faults. Poll ban all the music of lbe Orchestra,?in "fL benefitted . to a hogsheati is sleep a melody. ?ud m its march a tIquid manurt tately psalm. And in lbe bow which applied with ainls the melting cloud, there is a beau* and wili pay y wnich Hie stained gla*? and gorgeous sieves. lurnao Irapery emulates in vain, fur it is the '1,r *",ler? [lory which gilds bcniticctice, the bright- , *eUM Oi'ie"^ less which bespeaks double boon, '.he |,e i>NVed ?-?* ! lush which ruuuot but come toith when ly where woo >oth the Sun and the showers are there, mcrfhe style of 8crij?ture has all this glory. jjjf. ^|Mt! t ha* the gracefulness of a high utility ; |,reakla?t om t has the majesty of intrinsic power ; it comfortable o las the charin of its own sanctity; it ^ ork, a fore lever labors, never strives : but, instinct *'1'' V'1??^" . ... . , . , , the middle. In villi great realities, and bent on blessed- j ^ ^ n*ss?it has all the translucent beauty |,e l4M(j ^ol i0 ind iinstmlifd power, which you would mer, who lis ixj.e--t from its inspired authors. against Moiisi And again, VoU are aware of the op- brook the e?l rosito turns,and the various temperaments, "I'? ' W hv. Sir, ind unequal capacities of different minds. |jl)W "\JrK J )ne has a logicians intellect ; another vHie 1'fHkfasl ins the ideal faculty strongly developed ; "Vr," rep * liile olheis are so abstract, that anil* ">?u vouMn i , vo!k is de shit nil rat ion is an interruption and an ex- , , , . r Am I to rnak unpie a waste of tune. Some minds are qq1A fMrm?r ?n?iv?, home lire cheerful ; some Are ar Irnt, Mini some are singularly phlegniMiic. obligii \r?d hail an angel penned the Wil?Je,ev?ii l'"*1 a j'"7 H1 . . . .7 L ... being nimble hough he coulu have conceded to the w),er<, n ma| apacity of the loveliest readers, he $2 50 worth < on'd not have foieseen the turn And were willing hied the taste of every child of Adam.? l',e f dut the Most High in his goodness yrRY Knc< md mercy ; anil in using the sgei ted Si. Franci y of men of like passions with ourselves, of using roug* as secured for ibe Ilible universal adap . "^hv, sai jeot to it, otlu * 1?"',i .. |* . hold a middle tor the pencive, toere is the dirge of . . . ... . u? it on one Jeremiah, and the cluud-shedowed Jrainit >f Job. For the sanguine and hopeful, ^ w' , ?... r.i . . who whs sonn iheie sour.ds the blithe voice ; and there , . lake a sea, oi jeats the warm pulse of old Galilean eieigli. IVter. Arid for the calm, the coiitem, | [dative, the |M?ac?fellv~loving ; there afraid such at u.read* like a molten melody the hound- w*lh me." less page of J ?hn the pivuie. The inoit Itomviv Uiav Hnd ihe matter of tract; the "Jury, Vaid ..... i i * g? ?ut and fii in.varnished wwdom and plain sense in fji,*! osi? t?f y. i ?i,i??, blunt reasoning" ; and the most jl(fy M^IV Hu s.L uo higher buuUsfd, no , suicide iu the W .. jpw. . * ? i I ???? 'an fasti Turit to llic I'rcm-it* teeming S Kttf Willi ;1w WMii<lrn of eucli p !n the ilris, l-citatts, litrralatt, i'tuMtiou, Igrualta: tSTER, C. H, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNEf -no consecration more in- p* I < N iritualiiv more elherinl, limn I in tlio epistles of the great e Gentile-. And whilst the ; th# New Yo.k Sunday Dispt. imte back to ages so remote _ - , _ ctition cannot recollect them, Kemember til? -POO. obitveous cuinuries, nrnotrks and in oasis of light, see. aflfobt or rkaXXTTk. groups, clear, vivid and fahousehold scenes of )ester- r' is also a .picture sketched rers of the future. <For whilst Von"en"e^ * l heti vou refuse, George F pttc curtaiu slowly rises?I . *. - - I in ten you what u is, my little ^en thunder* shakes it* dark iIuh cliMriiv business is ddvelish cxpei e, and streak* of glory issue It's ostentation?all of it.' ring of fie. the &ew Jerusa I 'But tl.ere is madxme Fume, n .wu fioni Heaven ; and ga- m?i"e'le JMle H!'d ",l ?,ur sel , , 'Of course ; the Academy wnl be < pearly gates nod peacelul ded-jammed-eh, Ismd?d?d, wit bowers uf sanctity ; our ^ elite?assembled in the name of Cli ' caroely believe that she is What care they for the poor V eiself,?that this vision of 'ButGeorge what will people say 11 ? ? ,i .. said the little woman, as she quieth Miss is nothing more than ,, . * . \ p . | one of her plump arms caressingly sir ancient earth, in which |,er inlands ireok and placed her dwelt. ops in tempting proximity to hia. ps the beauty in which the 'Say,' he cried, as he snatched a reels *11 other books, is des '??>' ll,al >ou Hro H COH*i"tf ? ?'*. ?' , , , . , . mined to have your own way in e e world arround us. A bet , . , J J tlung. 0 poetic susceptibility wa* a dev. good soul,4 or:ei ban wlieu John Foster call- fair pleader, as her eyes sparkled 1'iilty of pervading all na- pleasure; for she now felt fully ass self, so as to have a rercep- ll,Ml Oeurge would go to the Calico ,, , . ? .. at the Academy with her. 1 Ngency m all things. JJe .Aud >ot< jj^rv; naid her husban leing in a grand circle all |ie placed Ins arm around her alt he feels as if he grow in waist, and drew her toward him, pu flowers and the groves ; as a more sedate countenance than i yonder distant mountain V" WOLl to "ear in .he presence o . , . , , ... joyous, almost child hke wife, w g with cKude and sublime- prule lt WHS lw 8Ur,OUIU] with even ith their imaged precipices, j pljance of comfort and even luxury, s light, and delineated bv | will excuse me for saying, it is all I it, the mountains skip ; the ',u?* ^ou, nor perhaps one in uhun Js; tU little bills rejoice; ?,f lhe,fiHy"^ l,,,oU?h;kM wh?wi , _ * , * then-, dressed in calico, l?y way of n r aing praise the Lord O. I . ? was domfnunded, profited by the lessons they I n - read. Look at that little one, Mary ?o Jcrv.?The story ia told be quietly aleepa in hucrad'e. Tlnn Taunton, Mass., recently, * moment, if you can, the agony o agree in a certain case would suffer, ware you and it oir< i was accused of stealing atanced as are thousands in this cit >f nails, reported that they You nor your little one have ever kn to pay for the nails and let 'nay God preserve you jo. from the dread experience; but then ? children as beautiful inspirit us i )tHAGiNO.? A lady consul mothers as loving as you are, who * of Sales on the lawfulness down supp,*rle?s last night on straw ? without covering save rags that you w id he, "some pious men ob- hesitate to toucn, and who this inor rrs see no harm in it; I will awoke chilled and exhausted, to go I ) course, and allow you to with hectic cheeks, hollow coughs cheek " lustreless eyes into the great world ot . , , , York ; and a* they stagger along, is requested by a bachelor . . . '. . , " . 7 , . inanition, not know ing nor caring wb uwhal advance ! in years to ^ vsr . . i . . i i , , , 7 , . they go. Would it not be folly in ii Ins lap while in a crowded . . _ ' , . r 10 prufano thoir toiim bv prnjing, ] us no' into temptation," attaching ik you," said she, "I am t|,e meaning the plethoric of the a i old seat would break down ,j0. To tuc|1% ,iieft j, nol h orim4| ture urgea them to live; and thay ?the same right to existence as we I a Western judge, "you kin favored of tune, have. id a verdict If r.m lun'i "U? ?l.n.l . VI.. -t.n.i - ??? -V - .. j ? v~? . vhmu , Buy imiu . er-eu ina ?ur own, get the one the U*t lobbing mother, r? ?he left, with ? he That returned a verdict of her htubnnd'e aide, end kneeling b' niuib decree. uyucb of the liuie oae, emiliug iu iu< ? | iv, kiiow or perhaps e<?ie for the real and ail cttllo; creeping j cry which, with so much o tentatii ng foul ; king* of the earth [ pride ol purse, you will assemble to e ; 'will young men ami i men and children; let them . 'ba}> ?.? returned his wife . , r , , ... thoughts slili upon ltie pleasures slu neof the Lord, for U.a name , tici|)*e(1 Rl ?,e bn,|,Hnl' K?*e?blag, ent ; ills glory is above the | very beautiful. Stewart hasn't a pr< avena* 1\ calico in his establishment.' April 17. 'H ang the calico,' replied George, ?m? a light shade of petulance in his i Sjtre til# SooL ami hurt that his wife did not pay .1. . ii. .1 . t attention to Ins homily?'confound ? u generally thrown into the . . . i . to .t?d. ott.of .1,. W,t n,? 1 >"u *b"1 " " i'(it!"11'* U".^ ' A little wliite liHtui, witli long tjipi y tilieen or twenty bus he ? .. i i .i t -. i* i tliigers, upon which costly jewels spar to tne acre, it induces the . i .i i . I . , . was placed on the speakers month, n t crops of wheat and other . , , . .. ,, .... sweet voice added with a musical laut tiiiaines, in small compass, .. ,, , i . < i i A marvellouslv proper man, *t?o ingredients of the coal or , ' ' v ' , f. , |. , . everything in his power to gratitT tuei. It also contains sev . . , 7 i i . ? , tastes ot his ladv patrons, ammonia, magnesia, and i ' v? ? . > n i b ' , 1 hat may be, Marv, continued Ge lis components are the ,i , i . i i . . but pay atteution one minute, *gi . ktiiitulAtit. o pl.nu ; ttttd u,?drJ , >b0 . ? i Jv.ni.g.,,. ( ?i|| |,.,?r; ... tl,,',^, fertilizer, to stimulate ger- . .. , , .i . . . r . . -.I , B meekly uttered by the ladv, a* sbe p s in the drill. It is not on . 1 , , . \ , *., . \ . , , ., . , ed nearer her husband, and laid her I least with the grain, but ? , . , , ' ,, . . c i l on Ins great iiian'y breast, the root crop with the best ,.i . .i i ii * ... lieiu ; then ! Have you ever vn iloea and carrots especially ,, .. , J i . o ?, J the poor, Marv ; have vou ?verseen t by it. bix quarts of soot , ,* *, i , , if. ,, wlio, uncomplaining, dunk deep ol I ot water make no e*c? ent e .t i i , f _ .. , . . cup of misery; those who, almost '* ?Hr ,*n" .1 0,111 'e ked, shrink within themselves when sa y o a gar en crop*. e?coullter t|,e U^en wintei's wind, for sHVing. ? putting the .|ml| 'P f'V ,oord*r uUurrud H motl... ....... ? H.IH IIIIIIU llinl soot IS / , ,,' T ~ will he wanted for Spring f*C* WHhl1,!M" Polled many a prs ro, three or more barrels ran V"" "n,I,1k'e' M* "l,e ',a*M "l "P,ne ! r in nmsl fsniilie* e-pcial d"'nP cellar' ""I"0 gnriel? where,I d is burnt-U Prairie Fur- "'V* ,l"' M'f ?' " n?l P,,1i90n", noisome exhalations? her new born I m Ml to her breast, but devoid of nourish m ken asd Fkathkrs. At or? have your e? es ever looked upon i u morning in that ouiet and C8,,e* a? wo? *g8 nud decrepitude | Id inn, the White fcwan, in enl? without food, or depending i igner made quick dispatch '^e ctnl ul>P??"rt which some sickly,< . Thrusting his spoon into d?hl w't*> wt'arv step, bi e drew out theyolk, cierour l,omw 1 1 le" >ou? Man, there are sed on to the next. When ,,e* ? few minutes'walk I hi* seventh egg an old far w!,cre >ou "land, amidst all >he app d already been prejudiced fe* c*n bestow, that would, i?iir by hi* mustaches, could -Vou CHll<f<l uI,on 10 inif,g|8 *"?ong tl ravagiince no longer, and, mwke >'OUf bright, joyous eyes swii laid ; ' tears, and your heart beat with syr vou leave all the white!? vou k,,ow no1 of-' Wkwood to offord to pro 'I have read of such, dear Geo at that rate?" fplji as with a half supprt lied Ilia outsido barbarian, "'W'1 Hn<1 ???r'?wful face,she clung nen have me eat de rite f De 10 ',er husband, cken; de vite de fedders.? *1 d*?ul t it not, Mary; ant, so u one holster of mv h-ll.. i" hundieda like vou : but how v*rv % liceU unrt vy, laxtiii;' ?lay. rt, 3atrrunl Suipruncuitnta, /orngn anil Doairstii Undb, anil ;i)AY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1858. and almost devoured it with caresses.? if you desire it not, hm As she arose and approached her husband we came.' bh? said? The young wife, wit . "Dear George, with ail the nmery i ful gl-.nce, looked up tch. which you sav is around it. it wm.M *? - 1 _ .?, .. wwim i/b i i??uc. 'i41"i injiiri mb wruig to to tins bali." ' ance; and so, without '&o, my dear,' he replied, smilingly, as ded unhidden into the t lr? |>lkC"(l liia hand on her hair, and cavern followed by her smoothed it down. 'No. Manv, it is right It whs some iiiomei and proper '.hat you should patronize it. could distinguish each The charily is ostentatious, it is true, but abode, but when they < it will do good. There will be lhou?ands sight met their gaze ! there who, peihapx, will not give a The walls of stonr thought beyoud ulierr selfi.-h selves^ btit damp, and the tiooriu nevertheless good wll come of it. Many from ilecay liad given wife, a naked one will he clothed, and hungry ; gerou* holes, in.o wlrto usive. stomachs be made to njotco in conae- ' atutnble, he would be (ptciice; but charity should not. stop at slimy water which 002 uade the rha>r of the A cade tin of Music. G-? or gathered by constan an with your preparations and 1 will walls. On one side of .'.row- gladly Hccoinpany you there?011 one coil- tire-place gaped ; and, lithe dition, however." | all cheerfulness, a firearity. *Nain? it, George,' said his wife, asihe j fuI of wood and coal, pressed her lips to his cheek. 'I will do gallierecl from ash be ' f? anything you bid n.e.' streets?attempted to f put 'Then come with me; and I will show combustion. Near to otind you pictures of poverty, that you never j straw- shaken on the hi rosj read of it) newspaper or book. Lfescrip- I cied bv an old cloak lion takes in all sucli casas before stern pressed into many winl kiss, reality. One may read ailVctmg tabs of woman apparently abo leler- distress and our humanity be appealed to of age, in the last stage very* w hile we sit coztly in our own warm | A broken pitcher ol con bouse, with everything we can ask for at | stood near the head of 1 the ha-od?and -wir hearts may swell with ( emblem of her condit with sympathy for those who are an hungered, with feeble tremble bar iured atbirst or naked; but when we throw sasionally wet her pare 1 ball aside that which we have read, we forget after a violent fit ot the scene ?? have beer, pondering, ami was nothing else in tin d, ?s lock up our treasures. Our selfishness, the entrance of Georgt sndtr Mary, which is an excellent sentiment was its soleoccupai t. tting when properly directed, forbids our ex ed, Iter cadaverous fat 1 was tending that relief gwhuli, in holier mo and great eyes, lustro f his | incnts, we feel should be oflVre.l to rl.? . wl.i.U. .r.? -t: . | i'I uv vim ui.'ft'.MJ hose really needy. Society is artificial?uii- of terror to llieir beam ' ?l? sound to the core?else we would not see j pity to tiieir hps. 'you wealth garnered to superfluity on the one In a moment 'he jot lum hand, and gaunt want, naked and shiv- of self, forgetful of the i dred ering on tlie other ; but until that hap- warmed her delicate I ill i>6 pier day arrives when the laborer shall side of the dy log, and v ovel be considered, in the fullest scene 'worthy instinct endeavored to t mis- of hire,' it is our duly to go forth and re ' mgs. Uet husband w 9ti? iieve ttiose from whom we I.me gatliered heart tlii* exhibition of a miti- our means?not, I am afraid, by toil hon to bim a lesson which i est and hard, but by a *ystetn of chichunce the great love he chet , her ry which society justifies, and pronounces panioti, which to hi ill a an- lawful, l'ut on your hat and shawl, my wealth could bestow. b, 'is sweet.' As be took tlie thin I sttier The joyous snide left the fair face o( woman in his, he aske< the young wife as she littened to I er hus had called on her as di with baud. Never before had he spoken to There was a taint rej mice, her in such tones. In Lis love she had live. ' due forgotten that there was such asocial dis- 'l)n you think you a itew- e ise as poverty, lie had, indeed, read to be removed to there rt is of misery, but it had never awakened feel to be prepared lor you ings of emotion in her gentle breast. It At these words the e ?ring must not be understood thai she was Je wile filled with tears of kled, void of these. From her childhood she at his ilioughlfiiluo* fo ind a had b. en Carefully nurtured by those w ho apparently so forsaken. >1. i i i ? | iwvcu ner, anu wuen at length she left The woman attempt* does her unlive home, with many h lingering fore she could couimam llie i regret, it was only to step into one equal- lent fit of roughing ens | ly splendid in decoration and appliance, some minutes ere the It orge J Like thousands, she knew not ol llie ma away, tidy- riv sisters around her who struggled dailv, And now, a strange hourly, for a bare pittance. Strange, over the dying win jnse, wearieJ, pallid faces she had met occa- clutched conclusively th ress sioually in the broad streets; fragile forms his wife, as she raised liead whom she distinctively fell were inddfer elhow. exhibiting to eiitlv dressed, crossed her path, and her "pcjiators the almost sited sympathies we.>t out to them ; but she lorin, wh'ch was, indt hose had never hern brought into actual cou 'O e. Her voice had the tact with the demon Poverty, and there s length, hi.d m hollow na- fore knew little of the sad havoc it was sed ttie air. they making in human souls, ller husband 'Yes, yes; I will go w as it had awakened new thoughts in her; and to-night, Wdliam. N ever in the sunny picture of her life she for the taxmg my health too i ihful first time saw clouds, dark, dismal, threat- will biing on nte a til o una ening clouds?at first on the horizon.? er's alwaysairaid for mi lark Rapidly they approached thu zenith, and I am not! Father tell low ere the last word died or. her ear she *e f while ! can. Let tl d by stood, in a scene of horror which her vived me at eleven o'clock, i babe imagination bad summoned before her pared. Ha!'she excla eut; mental virion. were suddenly directed such Taking her child in her arms site press- My child! save my < pre* ed it closely to her bosom and kissed i ll ones will reach i.s ro< j pon passionately?halt in terror, for the thought it wdl be cut off. Oh! >ver that poverty ni'ght overtake that helpless ticaliy broke forth, hh rings babe, entered her ltearl as if pierced by a eased the bands slie lie see shaft of steel; had not her husband, w ho own on her face. *\\ u from watched her movements, approached and ?my husband a murJi lian- spoken soothingly, cheerfully to ht-r, she It is fa'se. lie woul were would have gone in hysterics. His voice fant. What. Italic bin ?em, stayed, however, t lie violence of Iter new saved, saved! \ cs, W in in gnef, and as alia threw herself with her limn, and you iny hab np?- little one in his arms, she sobbed like a the devouring flames. child. see, I am hasten ? rge,' Soon, however, she was restored to raising she stretched fo ssed tranquility. Kobmg herself, she went ' with a wild shriek ? tin 'Ous- forth into the chet-rlul street, and for the | piling nature?she feil Hr?l time in her young life, on an errand a corpse, have of mercy. 'Oh, George !' cried few 1 low bravely the husband bore up his she clung nervously 10 I liave yet trembling wife, as he sought to re- This is t:o place for , as lieve her overcharged heart, and bring brought you here to ?y k for her to that scene of tranquility which living?not to succor tl you hitherto had never been disturbed Grad known that such a set ruin unlly a scene of pleasure stole over as she have been enacted. 1 y.? began 10 experience the good she might invited you lo visit this iown be instrumental in doing?the happinesa 1 of which came to my both long los', she might resiore lo the aching , hour ago, Gome, darli ! are bosom?the sunshine of love she might the people of the poor t is, bring with her where hope had long beeu of her liappy release laid forgotten. sickness?Have her mo beds Many was by nature a heroine, and room I rented for herouid now did she feel how thoughtless she had home with you. Her I ning been, mentally resolved to help her hns will defray myself.' forth band in his good works, which, as they It was with the gres and passed on, he informed her he at limes part that Marv could ? i>ew | engaged in. to do her bidding. F? from Turning into a narrow atreet, they pre when *he entered Br< ilhcr tenlly approached h row of dilapidated was at once prof u red ,in audi bonnet, from whote nhatteted window*, aa ed to their happy home l<ead ll?ey passed on, peered face*, upon which Once there, the fl.?v to it mitery, or want, or debauchery had left 1 child, then throwing mrld aad tract, until they came to an open hutband't aril), the bo Na> oeilar way, appoint e to which George , wept, hare stopped. i 'lie calm my girl. , the 'Dare you enter with me into thit placet' through a fearful orde he inquired at he turned to hit wife. 'It I that all the pictured in now is loHthaome, dark, and cold, down ijtere; ami lowly are not tod mod, hut there it a mother, within, lying upon taw to d*y.' p the ! a pallet of ttraw, tick and weary, almoatOh, Georgel it wn ileep i naked end dyiog. I will not iu*>tt Mary, 'Much mitery ?u?l? - - ** '. i * * l\ IN A nva xrr^u? ?. ^ ? jl. .m. T X Jl. X ^ \ J MJj tlit #!arkfts. NUMB \i B 10. i .ve will return <ts lion exists around us that we know not of liwiiusf *3 care not to ntquire! l>ui let li an earnest, hope* j lliis be a lesson to you ami me, Mary.? in Iter husband's ' Remember, that we nre at heal hut u?w too-full lor u'.ier- , atdsci the wealth we cuntii'.uiid, and that a word, she desccu* without impoverishing ourselves, we may seemingly yawning wj-e'y bestow g.ft a of money, food and companion. eh.tlrng where they are actually needed, its ere the visitors Now g.., and von.pose yi.is. lt, and perother in the dreary ! haps,' lie added, with a smite, as 'lie "kisslid, what a strange ed her marble like blow, Ml e diess vou will wear at tlie Calico B ol is destined > were green and to slii? 1.1 some fragile form from the wing in many places I ter's blast 1' way, leaving uaii } regret mt the lesson "George, jots li, should any one have, un>viltinglv, taught tne. I shall covered with the certawlv go 4o tire ball.; -but I shall -not :ed trom the earth, fi.rgat that there are thousands whose tdripping Iroin the charity it will not reach ; and now that I the room a huge J have iisd an introduction to misery?uoas if in mockery ol expected, though it was?may I t?r?t in ?scarcely a hand- j die future he jour help mate in doing w hich had been ! good, in relieving without having it truinaps and from the j p?>ted to the world, as far as in tne lies, obey the law of I from the abundance (Jod has mercifully the chimney, upon . showered on us, those brothers and sisue Hoor, and cov- | ters who have not, as we have, hoflsce to w hich iiad been shelter ihem from the elements, or food lo eis' service, lay a strengthen them in the hour of adversiut thirty five years j tv, for the battle of life!' i of consumption. 'You are an angel, my Mary,* cried itnon earthenware, | the generous husband, as he foi dlv folded the patient?an his wife on Ins breast. 'Together wo ion?from which I will, and teach our bttls one to Uemf.mid, she would oc | her the 1'oor.' bed, cracked lips, coughing. There j ' . : 3Li\nmUural. As they approach j ^e, hollow cheeks j 7T i - - , , i ii r tout the Cotton rianter mxi fxni. lis will) that light tion, sent a thrill | Bedding Sweet Potatoes. i nod h prater ol j ]_)k Cloud?Dear Sir,? 1 observe in the February numbel ol the Cotton J'lan ing wife, forget/ill u-r, your uimle ol bedding out swei i pocostly lola-s which | ialoo. From teveral ycuis exiierirlau, I iinl.s, was at ilie ' am persuaded that I practice a superior ivb a true woman's pUn to tbe one described by yoorsel/. elieve ber sutler i instead ol plowing or digging tip the niched with a full i soil, it should be scinped ott down even ympiitliy. It was I and smooth to the clay, then lay down vdded strength to i your potatoes on tbe lieaid clay as close islied for bis com i as ihey can well he, covering them with i was mote than , a coat ol due stable iiiannie to the depth ot three incites with colt uioii garden soil, hand of the dviug j lie caielul to locate Hie bed so as to ad1 it the physician , nnioi draining in ease of heavy rains, lected? Having practiced the above plan for >ly tu the athuia- three. years, 1 am fully persuaded that it ^ is decidedly pieferable to any Oilier mode re strong enough I have ever seen, wlieu fairly tested. >oiu i have caused As my letter will not reach you in ?' time Ibr you to give your numerous reaves ol thegrnteful j ders the benefit of my plan during the stirptise and joy , pieseiil year, you can favor them with it r one so lowly and | iii \uur Anni number if v?? 4 vmijfw prup to do so. '<1 n reply, but be- Respectfully, 1 her voice i?vio VV. T. O. tuned and it was We publish the above article as ceroliow echoes died taiuiy Oetahmg a novel process to us, at least, of bedding sweet potatoes j of its i expression came success, .ve have the assurance ot the wri* tan. ller hands ?er. It strikes us, liuwe.'er, tliat the plan ose oftteorge and is not of universally convenient appiica* lier-e'd Upon het tun, which we always regard an imporli.e sympathizing . ant feature in a<i vatiiable improvements nudeiiesa <>' tier ; u, plantation economy. For instance, on ed, hut skin and son> 1-, 15 and 18 niches in depth and acquired iiiiu?uhI more. as we have frequently in tins c<?unloties she addres tr\,it wotiM be quite a j >b to excavate ine | soil to the clay lor a large potato bed.? th you to the ball And then without some trouble in ditchlother sa-s I am nig, the danger of drowning from Heavy nucli, and that it rains in the spiing would be inevitable, f si.-ktics. Moth ()nr principle, theory and practice are, to y health ; hut, but have mother earth well dug up below me to enjoy in v- what we lav down to vege ate. We te carriage call toi ;,,e of th* number ?-f those who raise"our and 1 will lie pre own com and potatoes," and we do it up imed, as her eyes ut) H plan of universal application and to another point, equally convenient for all. ....... ?in- \v? are glad our correspondent has tin, ami presently broached tins subject ; it is one of great horror,' she frail importance as hii Nljunoi to our bread die suddenly rel- : crops. Tlie value of the sweet potato is Id and placed lier : greatly underrated practicall/in lliiacouolliam, my William | try. We liope this article will at?rer! (treat God! trt.ct the attention and elicit some or any d not liarm an in- additional information, that inny be in i! No, no! He is the possession of any of our correspondilliam, dearWi! ents.? Ed. e that was lost in I coitir, I come! .r .r , . .. . 1 its UitAMBKKiiY.?V ery inanv persons ? And suddenly . , , , . .- .1 i . . are deterred from cultivating the cramber* rtb her arms, and , , . . , . a , . .. ' ry, because they bad been influenced by a last etliirt ot ex* I , .. . . , , the complicated and expensive processes into Gc< rce a arms . . ' , . ' b supposed to be necessary, i nave ei.ten . ., as handsome erainberrics the present winthe young wife, as ler R? I ev,.r 8aw, which were raised in Ins arm. ^ mHnner: A man obtained some you. Mart . vines three >ear* old, in a neighboring inpath.se will, the fow^ t<H>k ||U |llie prwivd(l, to a lie <leu. an wet stiot in his grass held, stock m his t-ne as tins woun f ^ -n a V|||<^ |nKj ^ Uown witlj ),,8 I should ii"t have ( L i , , iuwi. kiki no (Ml, hixi lllfll SMIU to the grAn* i den, the existence ^ ^ (Jo Vu||fbe#t f(,r t|ieni^tery knowledge but un .|>u v|||M W(irit, ,1IM, or,m;W ,,g. will .worm >e? T|)(iujel| lh)? nut he t lentuie * i.t Mt i (hu lw?l iDitluid, yd I be.ieve that they roni inihttv >in. i )))HV rH,?C(j ||, thousand* of piece* iu ved.removi Mo the .? . . e t t .l. , Riirncinnt (liiHutiticH for fHinih u?e with* -Mid then return 1 . . 1 <r . ? , ?. , . . out. miiv pnr'tetltHr tiiuuu.lv. , iln ?. ifh Itincral expense* I 7 , M f 1 : nome hi tour correspondent* would innwtn n. , 1 in<* through your pnper about it.?JVVte l?*t effort on her r J_ ' r ' , , . England J'urvur. omnvtnd her lnnim I irtiiPMtety lor her Economy in Brkap.?Twenty*!* >H<|w iy h e?rri iue pottmli mid thirteen iniinri of gota! bread which they return have I>c?mi made from font teen pound* of , 1 fl.,ur nrul onn and m half pounds of rice, v to embrace her |.y the following ntuthorl ? herself upon hor Tie up the rce hi A thick linen bag, *iwed Ik r head hik! lowing it ample rooin to swell; boil for I three or four hour*, till it become* a You panned oohly ' Bipooth pa*?e; mix till* while warn. wot. hI Ibwt aaauiwd | the flour, n<ldi"? thu uuimI quantity of the life of the poor 1 yeast and Bait; nllow die dough to rtae nrk as fIte one you ' pear 1 l?e (T o, ami divide into luaree. It ( ia i<(Tinned on high authority that flour i dreadful.' tints ireale<), will y'<eld fifty per rant mot? tueudau; de^rada 1 bread than by tuo ordinary method. * -/