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B, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNINQj JANUARY W, 13* v | \i b ! ; !i 't, O | | I i I i??j!u i?i ?.i?i - *?' mm : from the Mirror of (he Philomolhean Society, )' Phillip/i" Academy, THEOGONY. l Juno, tlio daughter of Sjit-irn nod Ops ; , Ceres, the mistress of orchards and crops ; w Mars, the fierce war pod, de'ighted in battle ; si Pan, the protector of shepherds und cattle; I \ Venus, the goddess oT beauty and love ; j * Jupiter, pod of the regions above. ^Next is the prophet?the mighty Apollo, ? ,'Whoni the nine M ises delighted to follow? | j ' t lie was the master of 7V?/??r/ awl Lyre ; j j* Vuleuiu the master of *srges and tiic ; ' C(, .^ ervury. tier.dd of gods; at his side ' ol lais. the daughter of Thaumas, his bride, in Diana, the goddess of beasts a:i 1 of trees ; la Neptune, the ruler of tempests and seas; w Ilercules, monarch of e.ouraga and force ; * 1 fi I Cupid, the god of "affection." of course ; j , Hebe attend'd tne tables divine ; Bacchus was master of madness and ivine; i v< Pf/ilc.ys ihe fates and the future could tell ; I : to Pluto wasi pod of the regions of hell ; llvgirra was ijucen nod protectress uf health Plum- distributed money and wealth. 1 ,.t| Fust in Olympus re*id -d the flours ; ' w Flgra vv;" mi-Pc-s.yf gardens and llowcrs. in Wtial more shall I write ? For I lit-ir glory "l has down, The Dryads and Nymphs frini the forest linv? gone ; ,l' The S.iiirs have vanished from woodland 1 nnd plans, j . And the Pivvns never came in Hie deep- r(, . i.... i ??. JLil -ili frirrfrii Itnnf. From the Boston Olive Branth. . M:1 lll&l AND THE REAL; -01!TIIKMYSTKItKU'S PICTURE. ? h IIV MVIIIII.I.A Ml UTON. | I to TWO young v/iils Palrd in the *), rt*ct*r? i..ri'o'.| In h Imy wintloiv ' u lii.-li mvhiI Hiliml ? in llw? ,H f.osiunrti r ol Nt ? \ >nk ? il\.? Its ileiienie tuiininsof (iim< colored l?P6 so l.-tl s?.l lv ii I mi n i the form ol ilto younger, in vim, witli upturned ?\ oa was gazing ui j,, il.o moon, *>i?u?h lookoil calinlv ?|h\mj m lliioug'.i ? vistn o< siiov. \ ctoiuls tlinl in sIimm) mil in in*.miilul relief Irom lite iloop Mile sky. vi Tlio ollior liml thrown hvrsu-lf on a or oti?liioii ni lioi iitnpiniioii's feet, >oi?l wits watching wiili tiecnliar e truest lie**, every ill > i; o in thai lovely Mint ? ?. p-?v?i ve f ne. .|, '1 lure lite* Iil'ion,* *aid tins lir*r, at n, lengih; Sihe remind* me of mym-lf; her j( ' ok, ho hioI >11)11 t-ndor, gov? Mraight to H| mv heart. !ls:?\i?, 'I too, hoi lonely;'" 10 and she heaved i? deep *ii?11 mh Iter glance j? ?o< fell ?iii tia; ljio< hoi in in it tolivr own What a ?trmige nn.od yon arc in, Min m nie,' r*) her companion, 'only n M hurt ' tie hj?", you wei?? full of life, vour U ?piriin never ll ?gged, and 1 am mire there w i.? every r?jo?ofi wliy you tdiould lio per <{? feet I v happy. You are peerle*?iv heaoif 11, till, \on have bound iv*--> himIiIi, riiiliio lj, niiuii?er'iKV t<* iImmw Iroui, and yet in ? the mM?l of nil ll?M, you have, become a m prev to a fitful melancholy, the cau?e or rj, winch i> kept ?e?*rei even from me. Hut j|| 1 don', a ant to intrude on your eonfi- ov deuce, Miiiu'M dear,'aeoliij/ llie young girl I ..ok poued and Iter clieelc Audi ; 'perliapa I ought not to have alluded to tliin, w bat 1 wae anxioiw. You will forgive, p( Moniie, where there wan no wrong ol meant !" The IJiidi deepened on Minnie'* cheek, r(, h* claop ng Fo;etla'? Lapd in both of d? lien ?h? exclaimed I In 'Forgive I of ro*r*c, Floretta ! I know jK you niVani n<? h*rm, bin O, 1 beg, never ,,| allude h'.'hiii ;o ihix subject.' ;H *!t ehnll be a* you dosirf, Minnie,' and * F f ,,r' ? vwiwni nil [|t .'Xprtnsion she -Ik! not her mend to see; 'but you won't Idaiott mo if I try In Ml -aivert you now and then with a little c| 1 velv non*?ti>e f* i? A faint laugh was Minnie's ?oio nn awer, niid going to the jtiuuo her friend tii |>Ih? ed hii accompaniment to ? sprightly Mir, which she sang with much grace hi.J expression. It produced the intended ef ^Mct ; Minnie's ineiantdiolv vanished, the old smile end lone CHine back to her lips, j i nod she whs on ? uxue the life of ihe m v code which shortly after gathered nboul *ii jxr in her elegant home. hi Minnie Slinaii had been nn orphan lu /rmil th? age of ten years. By her fa' hi Um*4 will n female counn of his own was y< iyirws'id wilh the care of her education ; to sod one who lisd heen his friend from ?'< childhood. Walter rrevore. beeaine her ir KSardiao. Etch proved fsithlul to the import nut trusU Under Cousin Oct a vis's at eye Milium grew Hp nn nminble, highly in din nied end accomplished woman ; and fo fby his judicious m nsgeuienl, Mr. Tievors lu. l iiicieMKt'd her princely fortune lo near y< ly (huihle hs original ..mount. w Jjut one rhflMNI in M<itni*'a character, ri an excess of the imaginative faculty, 01 llustlii Ootaria h td tried in vain to curb, in and thus far it hed prove.I the source of te a* much misery as Imppinese to the young t< girl. ? ller gnc*ts hat! departed. Cousin Of. | b 1 in linn JIIM r?lir?'l Hilt I iHUMIlH V\ ?i lone. 'L'lie shadow again tell on Ik outlilnl face a* nlie slovly moved thr. iri long kHH of rooms. Uu reachm ieir terminus, she opened a door, enlei ig a spac o is apartment wliieli slie ha ppropriated to her own use, and cart iliy Secured tlio fastening after her. Now for a few hours of solitude, c ild, wild happiness !' she exclaimed, a e lighted the gas. That flood of light rtv ealed a seen hich seemed the result of nucha. tmeni he velvet carpet looked hke one soft, hei f moss. Intermingling vines, so t*ue U store that one was tempted involuiitari to gather those clustering roses am scions grapes, covered the walls am tiling. Luxurious chairs, cushions am tomans were ranged temptingly around vising to repose ; and near one of lit iter were a harp and guitar, on holli o hich Minnie was a skiliful performer.? i a deep recess was a large hook cast led with choico tolumcs. Tallies <j chest mosaic stood here and there; ot te of them was a music hox, which tin iiing girl wound up, and then pns-inj a recess opposite that containing lie oks, she took from its secret hiilinj acs? a key of peculiar shape, and open I a pair of rich y carved rosewood doors hich swung tioiseleady h ick. A paint g hung within, and a rapturous excla aliou escaped her as she gajtud. The painter had arrived t<? perfeeiu his art, for that youth and tiie sceio-rj tout him, seemed actually to exist. Tin ting man was standing on the bordci a stream, which, far above, was leap g in laughing cascade* from rock I. k. gaily tossing its spray in 'ho smii lit,, till at last it came with a I n; uml over an almost perpendicular night wti into thai darkly wooded glen when tlovved hv liiin with not even a rippli i its Mai keued surf ice. A gleam o jhl had found its way through the rur ending Ibghts, enveloping his uo'ili nn with it* soft sheen, nnJ clearly re islinjj each linea'lient ul that peculiarly iud?nim* countenance. The l>r??w ivn oh?I and high, and clustering about i is S'.fi, w?vy, gulden turn. The eve pre large and ?>f a deep blue ; tho eof as decidedly <?reciaii in for in, aiid tin ell shaped mouth w as slightly sha lei a silken moustache. The expressioi no'ed a character manly, and yet I*-! the gentler emotions. Minnie had thrown herscM upon an ot in a a. J he so t murmur of the tirisi u had awakened rippled through tin larlinoi.' and she Minted m sha coiilin d lu-r earnest gaze. 'Noliu V she exclaimed, 'none save U.y It shall ever lo?.k upon hi>a. har, fa the depths of tny soul this secret lie rever buried. Ah, would that like I'yg i 1 i?>ti of old, inv wild love might ai-o spire Us object with life ! I>ut, a!as, n doomed forever to j our forth u.y ib lion m this Ideal, which never, all nev , can become the Ileal " She sighed and tears filled her eyes. It is a cold, cheer'ess, desolate world ie at 'tiig'h resinned ; "why can we no eet wiih kiicIi In nclual lite ? Why ii in I lit* artist's vision alone that these ero iocs exist I I would give all I purses nice' sin Ii a being i.ud become the oh ct of hts love.' Sower and slower came that waihl'n. Usie, ami at length, as it died aw tv mine fell asleep. It was a blissful shun r, for die diemt.ed l!i>?t Iter wild wisl as realized. Her idea! lover wnssud fiily endowed villi life, ami I-get he ey moved amid an actual see mi liki I presented in the jritiire. She awoki i h an ? vUniHiion of joy. Her evei el ili"~e In .king down on Iter from tha lily ilided Irame, and for n moment tin union eoniinned, onlv n moment, how >r; l?ui tli; smile did not vnni. li am! ic inniiiiiiri' i? 'Yes, 'twas hut a dream ; and yet n< akmg moment was ever hall to blissful crimps?aie.it may lie that lie da n-e live, ninl a spirit now has at las niie at mi call, ' l is a shadowy land el land of dreams, arid I *oelievu I,or rs on (lie spirit world. And now, he veil, good nignt?good night, ami <>, i >saiId'*, come again, and yet again, am ways come to me in my hour* of slum ?r.' Sire ea^t r, long. !ir j??rint? look, nnr en gently closed the doors, locked their id carefully replaced the key in its hid g place, ami little later she sought he i a in la-r. in Impm that the night'* slum r would renew the liappin?>s wind is hut now had experienced for the tirs me. CHA4TKK II. 8o yon haven't discovered tlie scr*? ?t !' said Ihalerick Viin werier, drawing i elegant Turkish pipe from Ins mouth i spite of the orwfi inherited I'roin you icestois, you era baffled by a girl win pretofore you have boasted carried lie earl on liar liju. Tins is tantalizing bo >nd measure*' and he growled forth hi tilt ; M! hate suo'i dallying, and if yot Dfl't succeed noon, I shall try a pIlTIi u i* own concocting.' The speaker was a young man univai dly sought after. Inith for his uticoni ion personal attractions, and the la/g irlune of which lio was the po?soaer.r. Well, Roderick, I can't compel hei r?u know, mid surely 1 cannot be to ary where there la ?-> much at stake p ieO his sister, depreci stinglv J < ne thing 1 am sure, he doesn't like yo qt less than formerly, for this morning ren, she spoke of ton In the higher rrns, and I still think that hut for thi lyatery, you would now have heen h% e trot bed lover. But I must confess t is neing sort-IV puazied. Not a woid, lt?i ir or act ul lies escapes 1110 I have 11 neutered so skillfnly iIihi 1 feel sure, li g ! tlieic been h lover, I must have diseov 'dl liim; ami yet her whole appcarai il tleiiotes 111at Iter heart is touched-' 1- | * 15y my faith, that's w!i?it i call log ; and Roderick Van a or laughed scornful >f 'there's no lover, ami yet she's in love s ' Ul observing the deep Hush that rose . Korean's brow, ho continued, m a cc e ciliatory tone? I. ; 'Don't gel angry, sister mine. Y J know tloit alter all I have a high opini ) j of your discriminative powers, 01 i< shouldn't trust you in an affair like lii I l .young as you are. loose last words I j yours have certainly encouraged mo. ai I I think my plan for uniting Minnie's I*. !, tune ami :?iuu\ will after all succeed. > must he some crotchet she's got in li f fanciful head, and tf you find out wh - it is during the next three days, I'll gi . you that set of pearls you have been cu f eling so long.' i I Floretta'.r face was now beaming wi a smites, ami she lol i her brother of a m j ! plan which had just occurred, hv win r she hoped that day, perhaps, 10 get p' r session of Minnie's secret. 'All, vis, that's a bright thought t i yours,' responded Roderick ; secret f secret; she'll yield up Iters in order | discover voutis, 1 II bet. Dial's like i girls. I wonder you didn't think of it h i . fore, if we itlarrv you shnil go to K f rope wuli us, Floret 11. 'Die style . ' which we shall then he able to live wi r I think, instne fot V'ii hitsliHiid i ccita Lord on whom I have my eye, and tin , 1 bring rank, as well as more wealth, in the t.?i:i:Iy . ) on .->ee father did rigbl j leave me all the properly with the char; 1 of your snpimtl, !t>r I have your intcr? . as tiiueh at heart as mv own.' (. '"J'he pictuie you tiavtf conjured i I* make* mo wi'd with joy,' s ml Ftoreli pleasing h i lips lightly to her broth. ...a. i - . it - ? i -h-ium'I , I \< it I ri)f'" IC.C "IV J'liltl Wit I out tivUiy ' A moment a'li i. li nk-tick \ anwerl s M:.> ag tin ii'oiKt iti thai apartment v. ho t 1 <: liilli gilill.'l. 1 ever) lll.l.o a IlICo i*t111 :i>!i liu -t>-r > Jus lux i mi'i tastes. Sin iag I- ?ck nit > lie- -.i fl!\ -^iilled chair, 9 which ho !. !!- vii n?t!iMiii? when 1 | skier t-iiK >1, ho :v.Mim<-d his pipe, hi ! iv'ili !i lif imimmI watched the fault ; tie wi -aih- "?! smoke floating above h aio'i i I him, w ! ii?i m ii??? wn?? iim<i l ,. eonliinu-<l > weave 11is plot against t! I- lib: tl.-pCC ing MlllllK . 9 ]>'ii in .roue ul i.i.-t own and liorelti sanguine hopes, ilie cause of Minni stnrgu nt?toil rem;; Mod -hrou 1-j 1 in mi - tci},aml as innnlhv loose 1, even tin r skill il, it<-rs?v.-iing ploiteis began to <!? i pair. As a last resort, however, th sough' in every way t- ilisir rcl h- r nlt< > ti 9ii troui that mVs'triotis cause of hi 1 ancient, bill though die iis'ialty yield . fo llieir importunities, yet their object st . continued iiiiallaiueti. k was on a ioveiy way late in .laiiuai lliat iivercoiite at last ht her friend's ear ' est eiitrealie-, Ni imie conjoined to wa l out. it As they weir J: o>hig along 1* iftli At , iiue, a sudden gu-.t " wind I n iv i>tl a i! 5 icate lace veil whicli Mennie had throi caicieMilv over her h it, bearing .t direct into ihe Hriiis nl' n tiiinn-.M-r, slio jum th . tnine 1 a coiner into llie street and w coining -.owMid them. *1 am hap} . to h ne mndo myself in , fill, Nliss,' s.tid he. m lihlig, "lid raisi . his cap as he i turii< 1 the veil to its h x in? ner. 9 Minnie nrirmured her thanks, a 9 w ith a graceful how tin- voting man pa n e?l on. I 'What a handsome tnnn !' tvn* l'lor i. ia'* involuntary exclamation, as tliey sumcd their walk 'he looks like sot | poet's ideal. It it Minnie, dear, pr w hat i* tli? matter?' she continued, w , observing lictMr pule her companion li become ; 'at"i you faint ? Let lis go it j Mm. M.doom's,* him she would liavy I i Mitii> v up the steps near by, but t young gitl refused, saying ? No, ti?> Fioretta. Let us go back (' She turned, and with strained eyes gaz f niter the retreating lor in of the Strang | leaning on her companion for support they v.alked slowly on. Gom?gone?vanished forever!' s I exclaimed, in ;i faltering tone of desp.i t as lite s'.ianger prang into a carria which Iih I overtaken liitn, and the In r scs d ished on t.i a rapid pace. We will gc directly home, now, F i relUt at id Iter companion fell that a t was trembling yet more violently as s lightened .?er grasp of Iter arm. 'Minnie, Minnie, <! at, y.?U don't km ho v you alarm me," she said, in a tone u*.< iimcm syinpniity ; 'it i? fcin^uixr v t nbouitl lie >u affected nt tbe sight of t j stringer.' ; 1 *oi?*t speak of liim, now -waitawb r mid wbui) *u get home?jroo aball km 0 nil, Kiorattti. Aye. all! for 1 should r iQ'?l unlea 1 could ep?:ak to such A friti . Ah I know yo.i to be.1 1 L iliiill Hi joy rHii through Fiorett it frame at the?e words, and she bad a b?i >f that ?l.a ahs nboiil to leurn something Menniu'n jealously guarded secret, which mid her ow n nnd Ibrdenck's mm > in.iliona could bo eon Jlicled with a mi a gi. jtter eltartJo of i>ucccm. 'I am well, now,' murmured Minnie, r, she rung the bed ; 'say nothing lo a o one about tbth, (nit follow (i.e.* They enter**) that singularly beanti f apartment, where Fioretta bed been rn i it time* btfo'e. Mill lie carefully loci (, tbe do *r, .ii.<1 then r?v? *U.d lo bcr c< it panion'a astonished gaze, Tub Mtsti i* Ot <i r>c?vb*. ir "Why, Minnie I1 she exclaimed, *wb n did you gel tbia picture, ao like tbe air. v..' % uk, ger we just now met! 1 thought llier i?i j was nothing within these doors, am ad j should never have dreamed they conceal er j ed a painting !' ice j 'There u*eU upt 10 be,' responded Min nie ; 'l?ui you think this resembles (untie,' and so do I.' ly 'Wei1, who is he, and w hat is his name i ;; Hut I forgot?you don't know him! ? to' Minnie, dear, what does all this mean V >n 'I can tell you hut very little,' suit Minnie, 'and renieinher, Floretla' all tliii on is under the seal of secrecy. Do yoi on ! promise V I '1 do. I pledge mv sacred word,' res lis, ponded Floretla. of i 'Four months ago,' continued Minnie nd j 'one daik, stormy day. I thought I wouhi ?r explore some of the nooks and odd cornel! It in the old family mansion on iho hank) ler ol the Meminac, where I had, as you at know, been staying during the warm ye season. It is a rambling old house, and v after passing up and down a seri"e n| i steps, two, three, or four, in a flight, I at lh lust entered a large, unoccupied room in iw which were sundry trunks and boxes, re1 eli : pitted to cunt tin old scientific works and )s- j things of that sort. J raised the lids ol some, without looking further, hut on of i opening one, I tlu tight I had found a or quantity of carefully packed china, and to you m??y imagine my stirpiise when, on *11 removing its w tappings, this picture met u ir.v view, To tin.' frame was attached u u card on which was written ? in l II, | 'A K A N C Y 1' I K 0 E . ,n I nuUtillT AT AUCTION, us i , A rt?4t L ? to J ti, 'Why was micIi a choice work of ail lef' here ?' I queried, ami at last I ho counted tor it to the supposition that my ' dear father must have purchased it jus' up helore his death, which whs very sudjen ami hem e it had never been placed unioni r's lhe other paintings. I I.e day before, Cousin Octnvin had gone to a friend's for a three weeks' vi-.it _,.r and thus, with ease, I m coinplished tin r? purpose immediately formed, that its ex ; ] i-ienoe should siill continue n secret to a! p save invself. The next day I left, bring it, ing it with me, aid placing it invself when lls it now hangs. And row, Fioretla, I wil i,j explain why I have observed a secrecy ,Sl which must seem so strange to you.? ?,| From the moment I beheld this picture I,., " love, wild unaccountable, filled n.y s.nil io 'A herevci 1 have been. It has Continue, present with me, and mj only hupp, moments have been spent here. Atlas </., came a wild longing that this ideal inigh ,j,. become tin; real. I struggled against it M. but in vain. Day by day i'. grew stron ger, till at last that form, in its living ,.v glorious beauty, came to me constantly in tl", inv dreams; ves, Fioretla, cmiitau!ly.? imagine, then, what my feelings mils have been on belioliliug just now the l-V' Lilt ing reality! hut that thrill of joy Ion been succeeded bv n despair deep and v dark, and I am the nmst wretched o human beings.' |fc 'Mum.c, dear,'said Floretla, clospinr licr friend's hand kissing her cheek ' ... sympathize* wuii y<m iieyonu my power t |. of expression ; and yet, if you will allow vn one lull two yearn your senior to gi\e ad tly vice, i slum!.I say tli? best tiling you chi II do in, to try, by every means, to divci your nuod Iroin this subject. Whit m i have revealed in certrinh iivmI iiiihccouii | table. It to.?v ho iliat yourself ami ilii ,,,, i stranger n?e destined for e.ieli other ; am ,;r if it should prove so, no one will rejoSor more than I in vour happir.es*. lint i? ml iho meantime, Minnie, dear, I beseech s* - you, let ine aid you io distract yon thoughts from a subject whose present as ? [. pect can give only pain.' r,i 'Vou talk wiselv, Klorett.n, ns thongl np veil were fifty, instead of nineteen ; am ,,y if I were lik* you I ahouid do as yoi iw proposed. But with my nature it is iin ?,| possible. I must dream on?on?on! ? I cannot stop" And with a deep sigh eil tlio young girl buried her face in he he hauls. Well, Minnie, then all 1 can do is, t try lo make your dreams as bright a e(| possible,'said the hypocritical Floreltn; ? eri 'I must go now, and she looked at he ,i?, watch, 'for it is near the time at which promised to ho at homo to sign a pape J,tt for Lode rick ; 1 will return in lew hour* ,;r| and beslowing a caress, which Minnie rc ,,,3 turned with aii the warmth of her gu.lc or. less heart, the artful girl departed Breathless with haste, she entered he |0 brother's room. he 'Well, I'm glad to find you; I wa ,1,0 afraid you might be out! she exclaimed I've discovered the secret, at last, I tod dw crick.' *ot 'Jupiter Olympus, you have " respou ou ded her brother in a gratified tone; an |,jH he listened eagerly to Florulta's story. 'Aha,alia,' ho exclaimed, as she close ile 'you've dono bravely, Horelta! Noi ,)W w? can work to some effect! But on fro caution I must give you \Y herons w I,j have been doing our best to draw li< from lie* home, our policv must now I H*a to keep her there ma much ha potsible..pe Don't relax your vigilance a moment, nn pf barken ; manage ntl'sirs so illHt she *h;? iD invite you to visit there n few weeks, t she did early in the season.' lc(l ller brother's injunctions were obeve to the letter, and before the week ba ns closed, Ktorelin was domiciled, for as Ion it,y a time as she chose to slay, in the horn of the fair Minnie. .41 ul her etl'orle I ;f,t| control her friend's movements were ei ii,y tiroly fruitless; and Minnie, in her res ceil lessiieas, passed her lime in a Constai ,m. round ol balls, paities and public ainusi ;hl. ments, in the hope, a* she privately x know (edged to Floretta, of seeing aga ere the M)sterioua Stranger, an- (COX'OLCDKD NUT WKKK.) ! 'h\\h\\ railing * "I have no Feelin j." Header ! have you ever Raid tliis, o , thought it, as a ro??ou for not being a . once a disciple of (Jhrist ? Suppose yoi do not feel, does this make any I llerenci 1 with vour duty, or lighten your ohliga * tion in the least ? The l?il>le novvher i i measures your duty by your seme o! it or inclination to it. Though you havi - | no feeling, this does not alter a singh ! fact ; it is your knowledge, not your teel , J ing, that makes J'ou accountable. Ac I upon w hat you know and aduiit, stiiveti i net up to your undoubted convictions am t the controversy will he at an end hutweei I von anil your conscienco. You know i that you are a sinner, own though v?c 1 do not feel it ; confess it. then, and lio n f ble yourself, and with intelligent pnrnos, , ' do the tilings meet for lepentanee. I i , there is one sin you know of, tins ii : enough ; it affords room enough for yon I ( to turn yourself about, and ho converted f and for find to Ileal yon. Your o'uliga tion. as it hiticres not Mi.n? r.. 1 - - .VJMII- I'UI Ujl i ' on kn owledge, so il turns not upon attv I ! given amount of know led;.'-', but what i you have, however small litis mnv be.? , In other word*, it is the <lt*p >sitim t , God looks at ; tliis carries t! ? soul will it ; atul, therefore, 'he that is faithful it that which it le ts', is faithful also it iiiuch.> Von know that God requires you heart ; act upon this :>tnl make choice oi God for voui law giver ami portion. Y.m ^ ktiow that Christ died lor vo;t that y ?' . might live Act upon tlii-, therefore, ate give hint that love which ho him*.!1! li tdescribed as consisting in kcepieg hi ? | commands, 'If vou love tile, keep to' 1 coinniiitnlmert's.' 'lie t*t * ii ;t! nr. Commandments ami koepeih them e i ' j is that loveth me.' If you will <lo this ' ' if you will honor your convictions to 3 obeying them, if you wnl wa'k in tin " light of voui knowledge hv running in lie ' wav ol (rod's commands as lar atnl a 11st as the light proeo.-.h's you. you she' have feeling enough, and joy a: i it ' i enough. Kor God hit* promised it.? * 'l.??ght i< sown t'nr the righteous, ate gladness for the upright in heait.1 ' will," said the Saviour, 'manifest nivse! * to liim tliHt Weeper h my commandment*, and 'ttiv 1 tllier will love hint, ami \v, ' wt.i come unto hint and malic our a'uoU * with him.' A part front all tlu<>, wo in ty aid tit:. * itne is very apt to he mistaken ahout th; mallet ot feeling. Sonic cotnp.ain ' tltey have no feeling, wlmn tl . y team ' have too much ; limy are to | i act with cool purpose and .'.o'.n IrttM.? * Thev are deceit ing themselves villi vt.i imagination', they have heard of tlit * feelings of others, and imagine- h ov the] ' should feel ^ ami because tlieV do tie feel thus, the) think they have no lee. ing. It may be so with ton; but whe.tk * er il is so or not, be assure 1 of litis, ii i ' si topic ol?e iiettce I i 1 require-, Mel ! * the want of this, lie condemn* \mi, no ' for the want of feeling. /nViytrm'.. ' ?*1 An1 t The Sailor Boy's Prayer' 1 he C'orih tin was a good shi|>; but >. true tune we feared that she was oil he * laid v. jage. W e were but ;t fe-v <i.i\ I out ft.tut the harbor, when it sever j s'.ott ' of livedav' continuance ovi itot k us. must ten \ouot an act |t.?im " ! , I sailor hoy at the height of th<* storm f lie was literally a boy, *\n ! far hette lifted for 11??nnl?li??^ a sp. . mg !. . >!< li furling a sail in a storm. The ?i.ip \v? n lulling fearfully : soino of the riggit.g g ' entangled at the mainmast head, and i II was necessary that some < no should g u;> niitl put it r glil. It w as a perilon ~ job. I was standing near the ma'", am U heard liiiii order the boy to dot', ii r lifted his cap, and glanced at ill" >wii.. i:ig m ist, the boiling ser??, mid a! il. ? steady, determine I count, nance - f th mate. 11 o hesiiated in silence; the - rushing across the deck, lie pitched d< v T into the forecastle. Perhaps he was gon ' two ininnies, when he retutned, laid h r hands upon llio ratlines, ami went u '? w ith ? will. !* My eyes followed him till my bead w. ' dizzy, when 1 turned and remonstrate wnh tliis mate for sending him nlofi. "1! w ill uot come down alive, and \ by il: yen send liiiu t' 'I did it,' replied the mate, 'to save I'f ; w e've sometimes lost men overboard, hi ' never a boy. See how ho holds, like squiirel : lie's inoro careful. He'll eon '* down safe, I hope ' Again I'looked till tears dimmed in eyea, and i was compelled to turn awn 1 expecting everv moment to catch glimpi ? of iiia last fall. ? In about fifteen or twenty minutes li e came down, and walked aft with a end ,r on his countenance. ^ In the course of the ih.v 1 took ooci ~ sion to speak to liiin, and asked him w|i d I.- ...? ?i 1 - ' * n iioitnim vrnru iinieryu i<> ix<) ami'. '' 'I went, ?ir,' *:iid ttic boy, 'to pray.' 'Do von pray if* '\ ? *, sir. 1 thought that I might in d come down alive. and I went to coimn n>v 'wml lo God.' K 'Where did you learn to pray j' ,w At home. My mother wanted mo I LO go to the Sunday school*, anJ n-j .cat! 1 er urged me to pray to God to keep m I" and ho I do.' 1,1 'What was thai you had in your poc ? el V c 'Mv Testament, which my mother cm In me. 1 thought if 1 dul perish I woo i have the word of God cloie to my hear ? C/tildrtn'i JVuW. Types and Type Making. Tho Cincinnati (iuzettc, in desciihii I lie branches ol' manufacture represent* ! in Cincinnati, remarks : We propose lo devote a short cliapt r to the iiiaiinfHfture of common n?w:-p 1 per ivpes, and in h soliaecpicni ntitiil) 1 speak ot the electrotype process. ]' ? i iic\Nsp:i|K*r ami hook types " difierei sizes are known by dill'cietil names, all l) these sizes are n -iforin or nearly so li . world over. The first in order is cailt B "I'l'M," which is derived from Ciceio, an ' i so named because it was first used i j printing the writings ot Cicero It tabt i j about six of them placed side l>v side t ' | make an inch. The sizes thai are largi ' than pica are called two line pica, llm 1 1 line pica, ?&e. The heading of tins p ' j per, at the lop ot lie lirsl page, is lot 1 | line pica. Tho next ?izea smaller tha 1 pica is called "8.nail pica," so n inn: ' i from its being smaller than pica. I ii ' I next in size below this is ' Long Ihin ' j tncr." I lie next smaller is "Moorgots, 1 I named after a frenchman, who yva? ma. i ter of printers when it was first imio I ! ced. ' 11 l is ier" is the lieXt si/..-, and i . . Iiallled ln'C.lllHf it WHS fil"t Used III Mill ting tin' Hri'viara hook containing iii i dahy sorvi< e ol the Woman (datlm: " Church. The next ii order > ? '"Minnm, 1 which mean* tender, gentle, h < 1 mrI;ii<_f. 1 j fivor'te. 4>? named because it ?:is tii 1 *mn! est and in .st delicate in lis. at tli> 1 lime The next smaller is "Xoiiparel wliieli means a discovery net to l?e ?n parsed, and cvid"ntly shoes thai tli ' manufactures suppose I lint it was t!. ' - n dh-st li at con |" \- he ill ?cl I ne text four m/vs in oi i<*r aie Ajjan ' I Vail, Uuhy and I hainmid. named I ?i die plecious ?t<>nes, h"Oali< ill- \ s?le l s deli ate and expensive The hasi n tiiitned ate loo sin i.l tor new simper woil 1 ' and I'earl is seldom lis ! oxcis.' I-mi 1 worlc. Tvpo metal is comr ?i prin ipaliv . 1 tin, lead and ant tnonv. These c.uistili l* ents are \ uied m their relative propo tien" hy ddV-rein founders. The i \ j?? * were formed v f-et hy hand, nr the met ' p aire 1 "ito an i. g -ii,. idv oontr ved m > " r>x held m the hand, hoi t\p. cantii inaclii'its are tn>w used which do ;1 ' work much better, and f oie rapnliy. 1 The moulds arc made of tempered 1 ill ! i< p; re to l:e title 1 \ i rv In r !\ , t lie, > heing t. it lew ll a >k'. t'nl enough ... [ , e VI iii this work properly. Toe dies w iiu u torm tl:?* face it di" tvp", and wha gives tl e letter i(s form, are mode of o<> k p.-r, and the iu.pro?ioti t* 11 letter ' sunken in hy tneaiis of a punch npo;, tt * en I of which the litter has in eti cut < { engrave,;. To cut ih ! le t.-r- ictjuti iJleC skill. S'cWal', (.it S'oljalid, " tieki.ow'edged to he the hi st c otter il in 1 ate! line t of tint fl est ... pan l'es tls? L> iii ilio world are cut hv liiui. liruce, 1 N ?\v ^i or'., Ims a'-o received mn *h ; r i 1 for l.is ski in tills r im iKCojnpli-li n.-.it. After d.e tjp'-s leave the ni dds, tin * are tain n to the ilMsuit.g re in. and ai s i? uolin'-ss that i..ay he cam ! i:i t: r ipeuaii >n ot un hviat-d hv ru ' hin?j diem upon pi'tfe :Iv lilt stoic-.hli' t\pc* ire ii s(; i,p ii, inn, ev l:md hy i'.so'f, and place ! upon de dr. sing rod, which is a t'at strip ol l?r;? ahmi one vard hu.g. and having a sin-; ' dcr oil one edge, ami * > coiistrncii 1 a> r twit 1 li...,', ... I . . I 1 ? - I" ' ' """ :i!0 planed <11 pMVISely (It*1 light h-ugt wlreh is tin* - %11 ?? ili<> wni 1 ??vcr, :<;< 1 ni'il groove on* in the bottom. whi. prevents any l? !??Jfiicv to lij> over or !<*. mi l!i f >1111 *!"?. tvjxs are then |> t < tllf I. V. wj|0 C'Xilll.ill 'S each << .!? se .-u-ity'v, thrnngh a magnifying g',-.. >i t>ick nut evciv <!.<> tlint .v. - mi'* i petfection. 1 <i finishmg, verv ?ki Itnl or ra'.ni r? required. became it' tin* s' rst \uriuUoii in the si/. - i?l :a<j t\pe o..ei they are wholly fj? ? !** 1. ? Doa't be Discouraged. 1> >n't l>? <li*c>'iiiaged, if in the outs c of lite things do not go smoothly. Its i) <1 'in happens that tin* liojK s \\<i cbt-ri i "t' tin? future are roali/cd. I be path e life, in llie pro-j'pet, apnears >tn <?tli a i-, level enough : but when wecnine to tri i, ?-l it, we tin<I it up lull ttiul genera rough. 'I lie j-'urnev is a laborious or i* ai-el whether poor or wealthy, high d low, we shall tin?l it so t . our disnppm' e merit, if we have built upon any otl J calculation To endure cheerfully w I must be, and to elbow our wav as e ;is w? can, hoping for lit'le, y. t atrivi it for much, w perhaps the tine p'ari. I a don't be discouraged, if occasionally v io slip bv tl.e wav and your neighbors tr-' over you a little; in other words, do v let a failure or two dishearten v<?u. i \ cide.nl* happen, miscalculation* willsoi ?e tunes lie made, tilings will often ttlin < differently from our expect a lions, ami io inay be the sufferer*. It is worth wli le to remember that fortune is like tin* sk in April, sometimes cloudy, and sot i timet gleur and favorable ; and it wo i\ U? folly to despair of again sewing sun, because to day is stormy : so i equally unwise to sink into despoudei wb?n fortune frowns, since, in ihe c< | * r>t inon course ol tilings, she may he sur lit expected to , smile again. And ag^ don't he discouraged ii you arc oeeei in the people of the world, ft often Ii lo 1'i'iis i ii at men Wfio borrowed cliaro.t it at well ns borrowed doilies, and soi e, times those who have long stood fair tore the world ore rotten to the core k' i Front sources suoh as these, vun may most unexpectedly deceived, and you re naturally fed s^Ve under such deeepii Id but to these you must become lined t.' you fare as most people do, liiey ' loose tfyeir novelty before vou jjrow gi 4 aid you will learn to iruHl men cautious* i.jr iv, an t examine lit-ir character closely, before yo? iiilow them opportunities to injure yon. Don't be dbconaaged under any circumstances ; go siemli!\ forward, ii i'i. r consult your own conscience limn k I lie o|iiiiioii of men, though the last ifi ''' not to lie disregarded. Ho industrious !" . ?lie frugal ?In; honest?deal in perfect 'M kindness with ad aI.o come in your wav, exercising a neighborly and obliging spirit in \ our wlnrfu intercourse ; and if yon do not prosper as rapidly as your ' neighbors, depend upon if you will be as " bappv. " Siambo s:u s. 'Wliv am my belubed llindi like do elollt dev in ike in Lowell f 'us die's an utihle telle I she-tiuif.' ( , ? i r My dear wife, I wish \uu would try to I 1 !; ep \ eur 11 niper.' \M \ dear husband, I wish \ oil would ll? * ! rV ;o i;t ml of \ iiltis. II- 9 s A Ihilciiniaii s lieaii rending soliloquy , is di" . ,!ie.| t!"i-: 'Sue loli-s S'ioi. M iciito ,, so milch pi'iti r as I pecause h~ cot kooplo , dollars mote as I ims !' I wish, said ? heauiitui wile ',< Iter sludiou.s liu halld, 'I wish I Was a book.' 'I I \vis!i you woe?an a In/hi hoc,' iep'ie-1 her ie j lord, 'and lio n I wouM gel a new ono ?' j everv icar.' -Inst fh n the silk rusitct*. ' A In 1 v was tak-n hv surprise in Mi*>i>. iii'i. iIm* on cr (Jhy Ai least vvt-j ..|qe >11 Irom 11:hici thai "?>!??? A Surprise . was 111;?l r 1 lo Si 1 :?> A. Slock. I iicV w'h |iin!i;iii v i ave ii:i Sin|?rooesj >.<>ii;ii.\ t<> k>" p up tin- S'.ock. M nine v ll-m\ m?\s: a\\ oiinin vvar ' ! hi.i"l'' I a ri'o on! ot the stile o( Ail in ; ** j in i inn li* mil o! lii> ft-t-l ii I?. 11ainp cd up 'ii l>v linn --lull mit uf tli" siilc. to hn . ij11 '' Willi liini?niiiler lii> arm lo lie inoicoii'ii; :iti'i near li:> lumrL to lie lier j i A 1 > .' !i..?,i, lie iij1 advised to rul> his I is V will) l.| Iiuiv fill I'll* rlo IlillH - n, ! h li "1 licit'' ii tiio I'm n- , lift mliii'i!, *1 il >s,, j v.i'.r as iliat?I liinks 111* plainly ami den i it:h> inv leys Hill ilu poll'e.' i, A i_-' is tiuin ilu* iiiiul nl' wooden nut. .1 lili- > .. li ii In' li ia .lilt Irnl H Itiacliinu "hi- !l w i will-ii set III II lot ioli ? III! I ill Hi's i> ilnj ii i!i iii'v ? Hiiise a h'm over a let! nere lot, < .lull, < oJc.' ,u. '1 iiuy. orI- v a m >'i::l.t '::;11_i uf y,.t ny. v. .1 < hop hint in!'. ">aii> .?e>.' wi.ik l..s 1 i >i c> iii'.o sl.ic j? Ifislii-s, ami iiiiiiiiil'iciuie Ins tad into n o. e Ilk SI-H-W. ?r.? etmo. - - i til i.r.v i;; Misf . ? i nere me not a few ; who, mi in i. s ! S"o,n to hv pripiit i. i I n i! .1 Mi.i eless eleinilv In which i.ey i > . in.iiii 1 liaiiislone mi jjmv '. 11out (lie i i untenanees. 1 lueel one sncii :n ilie s:red, not (infrequently, n I . r yeme Mini wliir ?i or, hut w?,n yi\fs in. ami ail tlnu pass Mich a It my i - ami clr lit." look of roc gtiitloti, -iime hine as hi- wiu oi.e of lleavea'i) -> a--. -->i-. ci no ii- w n lo '.1 otn* very tic.in i. i - i i ., ... ... .1 ,1.11. I II.H ? - MU'llllH-h i / on ilie >j" i. and gone >'? li'iMC v\ i !i ,i \ ii !i i culil, dating Iroin >iii! ! <li *?*! i?>n'-i lie would cut i li s kitten's ru. I'll* ll Ii caught ln*r plav I ing wish it. I'iotse il l' me w ho taught ii In r to p! i\ with i; ? ? JTolmrx. < i I fini III' OF \ II RATIIF.N CoSVKRT.-A nii-?:oiini\ one Sabbath evening, went ... in iIn* 11 \ MiCT bed <>t one of his converts 1 Vi?i i Ii<*hIlieiii*ni. ''I nndere'mid,' said I he convert, ".lint you have been preach i:ito il.-tv about hraroi. To morrow I sti ill 1 ni in he iven, and ! slta!' go right to tl.e t- ivit.'ir it ml thank him for lea 1 ing \oii to leave your home in a Chrislinn li'inl, to come ami tell us poor dar l*' kencd heathens a ho lit him and ?hfi way t > heaven. Then 1 shall go HR<I sit down ^ i ti.e peat it pate, and wait, and wait, r'" :.inl waii. lib ton Collie. Then I shall IV' take you by the hand and lead vou to ".x tin; Saviour an ! led him, 'This ii the 1H- mm. thai taught tne the wav to this h?nor pv world.' at ' - mm ?? if" ? A I iii.'i i ?Nf. Kb* ot rnowAtiY Inot? "f I v hknt.?Mi. .1. T. Iloadly ts publishing in t, .i N -a Voik weekly ic'igious paper "The bi ibaiy of a i iinplain in the Army of the "" I involution." J roin it we oxitact the ad .... , hulownig: it I "At the battle of liunker Hill, as the I,,. I!rili?lt ?< re advancing through Charles?i i town, to the attack, a soldier entered ? we h">? where ll?e husband lay sick, lib til., u ite u u. i t I ? 1 ,nv ?< - i'cau\(IM11 nuu nuiir* :?. ? it.ill" s'/l.li.-i' >ii the next fooiu, went lie > ut to met liim. lie immediately a.i niii .*? -?> .i iinm'ting proposal# to her. living the a> gui) i' I'liNci., In: attempted violence, t is "Ion Iter screams arouseii tier sick litisncv bind from his 1>">I. Nerved with the ,iii. sudden excitement he Ichjk.iI up, and needy ing hi* wife struggling in t.ie arms of a in; British soldier, riCn him through the body, red The man f.!l back on the floor, Ktid Hj> a* Ion oy G nii-t lliHl of hi* destroyer, lie cr ., shrieked out 'nil brother P The iccogni n lion u u? mutual, arid with the exclamnl,e tion, 'I have murdered 1113 brother,' the ,? over cxoitcd invalid husband fell dead 00 he the corpse. Tlie*<? ufRn pj>y brother* wilt iv^rc Scotclmieii. One had emigrated U> v?n* America several years before, the other If! had joined the Uuglisii army, and after a 10 a long separation thus met to p?i mb lit ey, , pother." t J'1 . <