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j tiw fcutcastcr jCc&gcr. IVO A \T\TTT i\f Turn to tta?i Iwmiiii' Sl??>ol* mirvuy, l \t t J \\r A \'/ < ? 1 lli 1V AW W U iVl -Bis \ritl? tli<> woixlorK of i>u<-li )iiiMiits day. 1 i\ A 1 / \ AW V I j 3. /nmilg nni political iicuinpapri?DtnuttP to tlje 3rts, sriratts, Xitrrnlnrr, Jrhtalian, Sgrirnltatt, Sutrrunl Suiprmirumits, .fnrrign nnil Slauirslic JJtius, nab tlir JUsrkfts. VOLUME VII I.. LANCASTER 0. II., SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH tl 1? N U M I! E R ?. itflett ^odnj. j| The olfl arm Chair. I love it, I love it, ami who shall dare To chide me from loving the old arm chair! I've treasured it long as a sainted prize, I've bedew'd it with tears, and embraced it n with sighs, ? j Tin by n thousand hands to my luart Not a tie will break,ivot a link will start, v Would ye learn the spell ! a mother sat v there, I1 And u sacred thing is thnf old arm chair. | " (^^childhood's hour I lingered near, The huliowed seal with listening ear. And gentle words that mother would give 'l'o fit me to die, and tench me to live. She told me shame would never betido |, With truth for my creed and God lor my v guide : n {She taught me to lisp my earliest prayer, ' As 1 knelt beside that old arm chair. it I sat and watched her many a day, )' vv? k... .... - ? is? ?I i - i i ? ft lieu Iic-I c; * M 1IIII1 .illII HIT lUUK.H w?>re gray, And I inmost worshipped her when the smiled, I # Ami turned from iter bible to ulcs> Iter child. .. Years rolled on, hut the last one sped? |( My idol was shattered, my t^ rth slur tied, |, I learnt how much the heart can hear, I e When I saw liyr die in tlint old arm chair.' tl 'Tit past! 'tis past! hut I gaze on it now, 0( Willi quivering hreatli and throbbing brow, il 'Twmi there she nursed me, 'twas there she dud \i>. And memory flows with lava tide. 1 Say il i?. folly, and deem me weak, While the scalding drops start down my *1 cheek, % I love it, I love it, an.I who shall tear My soul from my mother's old arm chair. ., ' | ' ' 'I Jrlrrtfii i>tun{. I [from the Saturdav Kvening I'o-i | |, THE ECCENTltIC BAKBER. MY IKlEpD'S STORY. I' ' IX ll\ IIKI.KN II. Lt'TI tit. | [c iKCLL'DKb FROkt (,A>X JWKKK ] ? 'On ilie ties; day my wife t >I<1 inu tlu^'. it sue also had plana with w hich I ppuft hot e interfere, and site dlsOosed thuip to 1116. 1 1 ItiighuJ when I heard litem. She was o t<> take hi washing, as an accompaniment s to tiiv* birberuits operations. 1 bared her delicate Hrin, and told Iter ! thought alio 'I would have to provide some other inn n cliiliery to do it with. *< 'A w illing heart make* a stout h.iml,' a'i? Hjiiil, reversing tho old proverb. n 'If it give* you any pleasure, you in ty n uur?e that plan of your*,* I said, playfully, n 'but i hardly think I could endure, under ti any circumstance*, to ace you thus em . ployed. Itul what put that into your v head ! In your ccaiing about to Hi ike I yourself useful, why did your choice not ( lix upon something more lady like I' k 'It i> curiou*,' she answered, 'but I re- e member saying once to Co isiu Ann, that, ' if I was ever reduced to earn my own I live.ihood, I would pr< for washing to sew 1 ing or teaching. 1 never liked the mono- h tuny of sawing, except for an occasional t recusation?aud I think, closely followed, v (it j* injurious to heahh. i have observed dial washerwomen, despite their expo '1 sure*, their ignorance of the laws of n health, ami the privations they have to h undergo, look healthier than avjill g wo d men. They haije not lLai haggard, care ( il ,;.vW sSffpreMmai, %,'our sewing and my ii own will nllord me enough for vari?iy in h this rtsjM'-l, and will ?crve as a sedative, a after more laborious occupations, 'jeaoli y ing would he slavery, unless I could chose a my own scholars, and my own mo le of p iinparting,instruction. This I could liardi ly hope to do. My thoughts would ho n more free, too, engaged in the occupation c I have chosen. Aud this is much. I a have so long worn m-mtal shack I ex.' ** w 'We each had a valuable gold watch,* I continued hkon ; 'the aale of lhc9? and t< my wife's jewelry?reserving only a small I I ,bosom pin?with soiuo articles of costly clothing, which wo should not need iii our ii altered circumstances, purchased for us r this cottage and grounds, and sufficient n furuituro to begin with. Il was in a nag- h b'Cted condition then. We bought it at s1 tow price, and have made many improvemerits since. I opened a shop at once, i a and the novelty of my arraugsinenta, a having stated office hours, no douht drew j 1 many cuMoinera. 9 ?me dninurrml ; but ^ explained to them that I li.nl nil un< doubted right to work when I choae, and if my convenience tint not unit their*, ) they were juxt ??*? much at hlierty to aeek their intercut eleewhere. I aecured a good 11 number of regular cutloraera from the vil | Inge, ami the placard on ray dour, with the recommendation of the obliging lioet H ot the K.tgle, attracted tooat at ranger*. L 'And how about the waahing !' I play , fully aaked of my hoeteae. h I carried out my plana about that, too,' h ahe answered. *peroM coining hern ( ? ap-nl a few moiitha with an aunt living t in the country, who ia a notable houae I keeper. I'nder bur inatructiona I iinpro* li ved rapidly. I learned bread making, h and how to make up pUIn gafincr.tr, att<J ' various other thinge, besides the mr?tc;i> i I of the waah tub, reaolved, though K<l ward I oppoaad rue etreoouely it) thie, to be w?y r >wn seivant. Why should ho labor for >oth, ami I do nothing t llo would not tare had the hours of leisure ho now en > ovb, had d been content to do so ; and ny own pleasure would have been dimin died in the same ratio, for he would have tad less time to devote to my happiness 1 ,nd amusement. 1 believe he sees this io\v, and acknowledges that more happi, iCts for both arises from,my having had ny own way.* 'At any rati-,' said Elton, laughing, I tas obliged to succumb to woman's will, rhich she will always have, sooner or uter? 'For when she will, */<r will, you may depend j on't, ,nd if she won't she wont, and there s an cud on't.' " 'Don't he satirical, Edward,' said his life, smiling. i Do you never long for the gay life you jfc V I asked. 'Are there not hours of acaucy, of ennui, which the employments ml amusements withiu vour reach fail to ii r 'Never,' said Mrs. Klton ; 'not half so lauy as when I led the gav life to which ou refer. It was mere chat! to the pres- j tit. NVhv 1 would much rather stand ver the wash tub for two or three hours i the morning, which is the longest pei ' iod I ever devote to it, than to spend the nine length of time making or receiving alls, as I used to do. That to me, j roughl no present enjoyment, ami no ' cuertl to body or mind. This homely ! nipjoyuieiit conduces to all three.' '1 must confess,' ii answered, 'that I i link only the happy alchemy of a mind i instituted like your own could produce lis result.' But this very process has helped to <1..- I r?L-.- r > f-fi. .. ..v... >. ium imuiu ill muni, as on are pie tsed to term it,' alio r<\j. lj?|d.? ; til if* wash tub about which you are so keplical, is tlie crucible wliicli has pari- I e?t tov liiind front much dross. I repent , I would much rather, aside from (lie one of duty and the consideration of rofit lhat tend (o make my toil p'easant, I end a few hours at l):e wr.sL t,t.h, than | i exchanging fashionable calls of cere tony with people for whom I do not ire, and who care not for me?in the ! iiuimue amusement of shopping?the la- j or of dressing a half dozen times n day, i r in various oilier ways, hy which, in i islnoiiable life, we manage to kill tiipe. I l is much less irksome. My thoughts j re free, ami while my hands nto ?mu j loved, are often revelling in fairy land ; i ml I have thought sometimes the fairies nut return the compliment, and assist le at my labor, so little am 1 sensible of It is toy tvulcr cure besides ; it has nnduced greatly to my health.' 'Then you do not devote n great portion j f your time to this occupation of yours I' i aid I. 'Only a small part of it,' she answered; ' Woe hours, two days in a week. There \ re a L w gtfulleinoii in .town whom I wve in this way regularly.' 'As you see I am interested in your lode of life, and you seem willing to idulge my interest, ywu prill.pot c>;it? (l<r te impertinent, if 1 ask wiiMt your pro* Is are V Not at all,' she answered. 'They are , cry lit, or would l?e regarded so L?v , lio*e who are profuse in expenditure.? >nlv two dollar* per week, but )ou now, amount* to or.e liundred at iliv ' nd of tlie year.' 'And this,' said her husband, 'eonstiutes my wife,* saving fund.' 'Ye*,' said she. 'this hundred dollar* I ?y up This is my miser's hoard. I iu end to invest it in land, where the rise in a I ue wnl one day make us a fortune.' 'Take care, wife.' said Elton, laughing. , [teinmnber the milk maid and the glass (icrchant It was a fancy of Maria's.' j e went on, Mo lay aside the hundred ollars a year of her oarniug. We make L a point to enjoy all the rest. We do ?t wish to leave all our happiness for the iture. The income from my business varages about four hundred dollars a ear. This is sufficient for all our want* . wl pleasure*, besides reserving a small { onion for charily.* 'But what once,'said his wife, 'would ot have served me for pin money?loose Uwrige, of which I could have given no CCOlint at the end of the sear, and from rhich ! derived no (rue enjoy merit.' 'How much longer do you remain in own )' Elton asked me, one eyening that was spending at his house. 'About two weeks,' I answered; 'I thiirk. i that time my health will be sufficiently ( covered to enable me to resume busi- ' es* again ; and the society I have found ere,' I added, 'has contributed iu no light degree towards restoring it.' 'If you consider our society so sovereign ' panacea,' asid Ellon, smiling, 'come 1 id spend this time with us altogether. i.? ?.11 i.. ? ?? uviidiiv wi?a vriiwimj lie in Jiu?ii 'If our accustomed fare will unit you,' uggested liia wife. 'Nothing better,' I said, 'and I accept our kind invitation at once.' Those two weekt are a bright spot in uy memory. I am certain I never ex>eriaiicn<l ao ninoli true enjoyment in the ante length ot tune. It was almost auficient to spread over a life ; and I have >een happier for it ever since. Sydney Smith says, 'We are happier or life, for having made once ao agrees>! tour, or lived for any length of tune ' rith pleasant people,' and I feel it to be rue. What well ordered lives they led ! Zvery hour of the day brought ila pecu> , lar enjoyment. A* there were no nog. ?cu and co c|c?mm in their lives, there rere few disappointments and vexations, fliey have a system, but were not slaves o it. It waa made subservient to their j eal interest and pleasure. And hoir 1 much Utile tliey seemed lo linve for rent' ing, walking, ruling, or any ainuseinejil to .vhirh iliey felt incline*!. The bouse I10M arrangements of Mrs. Elton w ere sc well appointed, that the smallest poss>bh amount of limo ?n<t labor was given,.lc produce a.desired .result. With such ease and facility was every' thing performed, that 1 thought, sure enough, the fairies must lend iheir aid.? Labor done in this manner was not drud gery, it was enjoy inent. There was every tiling to sweeten it. The sense of duty well performed, and then the number ol faculties that were brought into exercise in its discharge-- conscientiousness, love ol beauty, order, constructiveiiess, approba tiveness, tbe desire lo confer happiness?all pleasantly employed. The muscular exertion, too, just about what was autlicienl for health. The two weeks I spent there were in summer. They usually rose about six. They had no rigid rules for very early rising. Elton said he didn't cart about gelling up uti'il nature had made her toilet. Ellon worked in his garden, road, or chatted, as inclination or circum stances dictated, till breakfast. Mrs Elton employed herself al?out household matteis, but her breakfast arrangement! were so simple that she usually found time to join in these amusements or em ployinents before their breakfast hour, which was at eight. They used tea and coffee, and both were made in the best manner, but they partook of them sparingly. They always had ahundaiict ill fruit of various Lin.Is for il.? ?..l.i.. ....-i ? ??ivf niv v r? ??ir, iiiiu Mm. Elton told me she kept it fresh foi winter use, so tliey IihiI a full supply tin year round. This fruit was never mad* into pies or preserves. They relished il better it) its natural statu, and thought it more wholesome. So there were thtee advantages in using it in this manner.? Thu.j |e ?sure c' partaking it was morons ed, health was 'prugtoted, and time and expense saved. The cream, loo, was eatet without being churned into butter. This I voted an improvement. When parta ken of with warm lolls, or griddle cakes with the addition of a little.salt, I though it delicious. I had no, doubt it was uior? healthful, besides being a.Eavhig of labor Mis. Elton prepared but two meals a day bieakfast at eight, and dinner at four.? Fur luncheon, il desired, they took soitit fruit, a sandwich, a slice of bread ant hooey, pr something of the kind. I slial never forget what a luxurious repas'l IihU one day Oil a bowl of Inked swee apple.', and milk, with soine of Mrs ICltoi)* buaut'ful light bread crumbled into il. 1 was a feast fit for a kijig. A boy, son of a poor widow livinj near, was employed to do the milking and perform some other otlices about tic house and garden. This nfforded hi opportunity to assist the widow, and gav them more leisure. Ellon and hi? wife usually had a wall together every day in fine weather. The; read to each other. He read to her whili she sewed, and, ns she laughingly toll me, she read to him while he lounged ot the sofa after the labor of the day wa over. They rode on horseback, or ii some other way, about once a week. Con vcyance? were cheap, and Elton told in lliol so !? * ?- I?? 1 ? % r" in/MMsi f II in IMSies IHTUIIIU, !?' cnioyed a ride >v it It -.just Ht great a zes ks l}.uugh 1*6 had t?> |>HV h dollar ni liour. Twice a year they made a jour ney, longer or shorter, according ti circumstances. This afforded variety an< fredi air to their lives, gave thein chang of ideas, and new subnets pf,convention Mrs. Klton was always neatly am becomingly dressjd, but her ward rob was exceedingly simple. One of he amusements was drawing, in which sin excelled. iler husband showed me on day a portfolio of her sketches, many o winch were really beautiful, and hu< been taken form views near. 'And bow,' 1 asked, playfully,'nbou the feminine employment of embroidery I see no traces ol it anywhere,' 'Though my wife,' said Klton, 'seeks t? imitate nature with her pencil, she is neve guilty of libelling her with her needle.' 'Hut justice compels me to say,' sail Mrs. Klton, 'that 1 had sins of that kim to answer lor before my taste was correc ted by a better.' Elton smiled and bowed playfully a the compliment. '1'erhaps,' said he, 'you notice also th absence of the feminine accouipaniinen of house plants!' 'I have remarked it,' I answered, 'anhave almost wondered that your wife' love of the beautiful did not lead her t cultivate them.' 'It was a matter of calculation,' replie< Mrs. Klton. *4 have a staled round o duties, among which I include my pleas ures and amusement*?and a certain poi tion of time to perforin thein in, so it bf comes necessary to adjust one to th other in tho heat manner possible. I ha< some rare and beautiful flowers, to whicl I endeavored to be a faithful foster moth er, apportioning them the dew and th sunshine at proper seasons. 1 loved in tlowers, and fancied they appreciated in care. Hut upon reflection 1 came to th conclusion that the time consumed in th care of plants so delicate that they requir constant watchful) esa lest 'the breth t heaven visit them too roughly,' woul bring a greater amount of enjoy men otherwise bestowed, so I gave away in choice pmnts, and enfranchised a tarn robin that I had caught and caged, resol ved for the future to content myself wit the arrangements of nature, who gives u flowers in their iine,wnd birds to sing i their season. WitfeHNfo who hare fewe duties, and a laigAjjMPunt of leisure, th case may be different. I believe this i the true course (or ma' 'Aod for a way of Sib calculated t . i secure not only present enjoyment b l safety (or the future,* I said t<; nivst 'these people are styled eccentric. Tin , regular temperate habits v. ill ensu . health, and there is no don It they w , gain nit independence, and this witho having dwarfed their souls, bartered tin . integrity, or resigned any rational pies , ure.' A Word for Old Maids. Few things annoy lis more than the u - graceful jeers with which the iimnarrit condition of females of a Vet tain age' j. alluded to l>y the thoughtless or spite! of both sexes. The very name of 'o . | maid' is the dread of fathers. Nut much on account of the actual deprivntu of many of the sweetest delights of lil I to which such are condemned, hut for tl unjust ridicule attaching to the class.| An 'old maid' is aituded to as if a degr of shame were all ached to her conditio Sarcasm and unfeeling mockery are ev busy with her. Her |?overly does not a pear to maliguifv a sufficient reason I her celibacy ; it searches, and perl in j finds, by dint of cunning and prying, sou motive more sad for tbo 'single blesse I j ness' of the poor \lciiin, in some secret <1 feet or concealed fault. Now, why sliou 1 celibacy, which is regarded as a stain 11 j on a woman, be excused in a man ? the old bachelor a being more worlity dignity and respe -t ? Generally egotis cal and suspicious, and dependent up< I servants for the t unfurls of life, he pt haps prolongs tn his voluntary celiha the dissipations ol bis youth, oris absor ,..i ?..tc i - i i in oriinuiicss. 1 lie UIU Tll.'lhl, Oil li ^ contrary, is often so from a mi-placed i liance on the in! I?*Iitv of a deceiver, from devotion to her parents, Her so tary slate is tLus :? misfortune or a vi tile. , Site is sometimes sour in temper I ' cause she lias be* o soured ? prudish, li cauiu her very modesty ha? been frgquet ) ly the subject of jokes; but how often s redeems thest defects? which *re llio | . of position ? by a thousand proofs of tl votion and ailed ton. Her heart crav for objects of love; if ar? orphan, she *v attach herself to her guardians or gran ' parents; deprived of these, she serls sister or some young relative, and in t . fauii'y which she lias chosen she tab I that part which the (term nis so weli ? pre-s bv the epithet, 'the aunt of the ct \ Sl?? does that which is refused 1 I others, exercise* a patience which otln cannot know, ami exhibits mock virt? which lew others can practice. Decidr t lv, we object to lite ill natured sarcasm * often applied to a character that one ^ to be |?iti?-?l f<?.*iis misfortune, and belov ( for its peculiar virtues. e I Oi.d Haciiki pus.?^n exchange sa | 'If unr Maker thought-it wrong for Ad) v to live single, when there was not a v man upon the earth, how criminally gi j ty are old bachelors, with the world f , ' of pretty girls. ? The Savannah \etrx meets the raili u accusation : 'Kver since the days of A am, old bachelors have been the butt everybody's ridicule. We protest agaii a it. There is a vast difference betwe t Adam and the old bachelors of our d) , Adam could afford to marry?many bat , j elors of our day cannot. What w 0 crinoline, five hundred dollar shawls, d 1 mond bracelets, and pin monev, it is u small undertaking at this age of i i w orld. Eve had no choice?it was Ad) j or nobody. She had uo chance to get y ? tlir'aiion, for there was no one to f, r I with. Seeing no other means of tauti ? . zing her husbaiid ?a feminine peculiar e i from that dav to this?she got him it ,f I a scrape by eating the -forbidden Jruit. j 'Old bachelor* are criminally gniltv,' i they ? Give 'old bachelors' the sai t chance Adam had and our word for it I majority of them would put on lualrui ny in no time.' o ~~ i Facts about Cottom?The quant I of cotton wool consumed in 1850 by t chief cotton manufacturers of tlie wo . i was 750,OO0,OOOlbs., more than hall which was used up in Great Britain. T total value of the taller, when manof tured, lias been stated by Mr. Henry A worth ?o be *:107,400.000, of which oi e about one third may he estimated as I value of the raw material?the cost labor, machinery, and profits being oi rj | mated at about -jl 87,500,000. The efii . j of a temporary cessation of the wont } supplies of cotton would bo to tbr i lilIliilrmL /if llmiianiwL inlA I >?/?,? r???i a ??? ? ??" vwg|f?t , " j all the Ian.tad property in liie north j. Kngland would soon soon l>e swallow up to maintain t ie population thus thro upon thjtyjMtg^r ties for support.? Set tijic America. BwjTIi CHILDREN.?So p*"ffto t*4Jwjw tdul'hen with a view 1 e..j*?pjM|rh jj} tlt^jr credulity T is to T?ifc? % at sin, and they f.adk whWefc It i Mm t?'H?U?<7 in a < li ! i-v e?r ,s told, is of <Jod gcoti. It iifHwy; It seems n shadi of primeval topiodtttt't) K'aucin^ by. \ should reverb**'Jl otitld's simplicity. Touch it only with truth. He not l first to quench that lovely truthfulness falsehoods. Nt miikr ok linns Honks.?It ii ' fact, which, apparently, is not geners known, that 1'iere are thirty-two bor 1 neither inure nor less, in all the divisit of the human laxly. Thus, there i i thirty-two teeth, thirty two spinal ju lions, and ao on.? Tlx Builder. | Whv are chicken's necks like dc bells t Hecai.se they aye often rung t> company. f; 'Imikuj lUnimtg, [ll Mr- N atd the Universalist| One short sentence Iroin the lips of ill ,jr Saviour lias greater power over the preju l8 dices and errors of the tinman heart thai the most elaborate arguments of thj mos gifted minds, lint it requires more huuiil 1 ity and self ileuial than most of us an ' possessed of to sink ourselves out of sigh n ' and.f!glit only with the sword of lb id Spirit. is Uev. Mr. N . ir. his mission a r ul travels through the western part of Ne* Id [.York, came to a village where there wa so a society of Universalists, whose preache >n w as a man of great zeal anu fond of con f>', trove'sy. lie tried various expedients t< lie draw Mr. N into a debate; hut lb ? latter avoided him. One day, liowevei ce they met by accident, and were introilu n. j ced to each other. The Universalis er would not let the opportunity slip. p 1 'Well, Mr. N ,'said he, 'I am on or of those w ho hold that all will be saved ps 'I am aware of it,' said Mr. N' . 10 | ? And 1 think I can convince you tin* d- : the doctrine i* true,' said the Universalis! o ; 'I will hear you. sir,' said Mr. N . Id The other then entered upon the usua p* I arguments in support of such views, re Is ceivmg an attentive hearing on the par of of Mr. N , until he had said all tha 11 i lie wished lo say. ?n 'I have hut one reply to make to al r- that, said Mr. N , looking bun earn cv estlv in the face. !> | ' Well, sir, wT.at is it ?'said the Uni iio verwalist. e- 'Except you repent you will perish.' or The reply sorely nonplussed the othe li- lie complained that Mr. N -? had nc ir- met the case ; hut, being assured by lh inner mat no tied nothing else to say, It >0 | rallied forth some further argument' >e* being determined, if possible, to dra' hiin out. Mr. N heard him ijuietl he until he said, 'I have but one reply t si moke to all that.' le The oilier paused to hear what es would be when Mr. N solemnly r< ill pealed the awful words,'Except you r< d pent you will perish.' i a 'Why,* ski.I the wounded man,?ft he the sword of the Spirit l;iw! pierced hi I deeply,?'you w ill oot argue at all.' *x 'I have nothing more to say,' cjnietl ra : observed Mr. N . hy ' After ? slioit pause the Universali its turivd to leave ihe room. ies t *i?top, iny friend,' said Mr. N : d | w i>h to say to you that there is one thir so that you will not be able to forget.' 'lit 'What is that, sir ?' be asked, ed 'Except you lepcut you wiil lose yoi j soul !' A bitter smile of incredulity was tl vs: only reply to ibis last remark ; and M tin ? saw nothing more of him that da ro | On the following day the Universali lil cal'ed upon Mr. N and oxpreessel all wish to have more conversation. 'Nc said the latter; 'I do not wish any mo ng conversalifcii with you.' id i 'Oh, sir,' said the other, 'I have n< of i come to argue with you. Von were ngl list yesterday when you told tn? that thei ten w as one thing I would not he able to fo iy. get. 1 feel thai it is true that except I r :h. pent I must perish ; and I have come i ill) ask you what I must do to be saved.' ia* I 'My dear friend,' said Mr. N , no that lie the way, 1 shall be happy to tal I... null V.H1 lull" hi 1 4 ' ? b f ?" mi they (In] talk together and pray togelhc up and the result was that the Universal lirl became a happy believer and a preachi tli- of the truth which ho had previous ity hthored to pervert and destroy, ito t Now, my ol.jeot in writing out tli ? ; anecdote is not to afford the reader a fe ire minutes' amusement hut to impress upc file his mind and iny own, that the thousatu , a , of errors and heresies w hieli lurk in tl jo- ; depraved hearts of sinners are not to I dislodged hy our logic or our reasoning Jii fact, the votaries of error love to e itv counter us, as this zealous Universali h? sought to encounter Mr. N?; but tin j cannot endure those living words whit ?' fell from the lips of ilim who is the wa ',e the truth, and the life. Mr. N , I HC- j sinking himself, booted his Saviour, nr *h- was instrumental in saving a soul fro ly death, l',e The Mr. N spoken of in the for going article was the liev. Herman No ,lt" ton, liite Corresponding Secretary of tl ec* American and Foreign Christian Cnio ?a man who labored long and wo ow himself out in his Master's service, I n,l was a man of superior talents and a mo devoted Christian. The articles was wri red ten and published during his liie timi w" but now, since his death, there is, 1 thin i no indelicacy in inserting this nni# j ? n in saying that I had the anecdote tro I hia own lips, me ' m wm of 1'kaykk anu Salvation.?1'raver hia the certain forerunner of salvation. Si are tier, thou canst not pray anil perish ; pra ild er and perishing are two things that lie for , er go together. I ask you not whatyo ow prayer is ; it may lie a groan, it may I Ye a tear, a wordiest; prayer, or a prayer ? broken Kngfisli, ungramniotical and liar ibe , to the ear ; but if it be a prayer from l! by innermost heart, thou shall he saved ; else this promise is a lie. surely 1 thou prayeet, whoever thou ineyeat ti 1 * whatever thy past life, whatever the Iran l"y greMt<>ns in winch thou haU indulge l<,B? though they be the foulest which polln ,nH mankind, yet if from thy heart tboy )ui ?r6 learned to pray? nc1 , '-Prayer ia ihe breath of God in wan, Returning whence it came." And thou canst not perish with <r,x >or- breath in thee. "Whosoever shall ci for upon the name of the Lord shall be as I ed !"?Spur peon. 5lqrirulturnl. ! From the Farmer ami Planter. e ; Hints for the Month. ' i The best manager will now and then " be puzzled 'w hat to do for the best,' when 1 an unexpected change in the weather I strikes bun in the face. All beginners , u should keep well posted up on the small 1 jobs to be dove tailed into the regular B work from ibis time out ? for henceforth j there wiii be very little chance for piddling. k It is no bad notion to jot down such things v as you may, from lime to time, notice s | amiss; and remember that there is no r maxim on a plantation more worthy of rigid observance, and constant repetition, 3 | than that 'a stitch in time saves nine.' j 0 The month <f February has been a '? | very embarrassing one to the planter.? t 1 The soil has been saturated with water ; 1 4 1-5 inches of rain has fallen during this month. The plow has done but lit (I-, save in some favored localities. Very little oats has been sown, and the Fall sowing, in many cases, has been injured bv the freezes in the early part of the month Get your oats plowed in as soon as you ran, and he sure to put down seed enough to the acre ? tliev will Iihvo but 1 j little time to branch after this. If your 1 wheat is growing too rapidly, or you have I any dread of the 'hessian,' turn your sheep upon it wheuerer the ground is dry " enough. About one sheep to every two l* acres will be enough to keep it out of harm's way. j 'What is worth doing, is worth doing well,' is an adage that should be, just now, fixed in every farmer's mind, lier* member, that upon every step taken? every funow run?depends much of the success of vou; future operations. Litnl 0 plowed too wet now, will not recover from B? it tins year ; laud plowed shallow now, * will not recover from it this year; land y piowed shallow now, must needs lie so ? plowed throughout the Reason. 1 >?> not gel inlo a liurrv because neighbor A. or II If. is bedding up for cotton, or planting corn, hut 'make haste slowly,'carry on , vour operations systematically ; prepare 1 your soil well, ami watch the dogwood)T blossoms. The planting of a crop is a 11 small matter, when you have everything I ready, and there is uot much to bo gain J' ; e<! by taking the start of 'Dime Nature.' Your manure should all have been ^ hauled out before thi*, if possible, and turned Ulldci. tin it v?il jour cotton* ' seed intended lor corn, ami throw them in piles, at convenient distances?twenty to twenty live bushels per acre will been uugii? put the seed down by the side of llr the corn, t<> be covered by the plow, am' be careful not to kill your seed. 10 See to the selection ot your seed com, r if you have tu t done it. ami, when ready v to plant, tvel it ami roll it in strong lime ?it is a very good preventive against the ilt depredations of crows. The sooner you '' get your corn planted, when once y?>u ro are ready, the better will be the stand, the easier the cultivation, r.nd the surer the crop, lie sure to put down 'kernel*.' ,l enough, and to cover them judiciously ? re always adapting your woik to the char r" ;??t<^r of the soil, anil the backwardness or e" forwardness of the sea-on. Potatuei.?Tlie I'otatoo crop (has not ' occupy the pi sition it deserves on iiiotit plantations. It should he made a part of k the Jiild cron. and not he lugged in a 1 mong the 'truck patclies,' to be worked r* at odd limes, and after any fashion. It is a precious osciilent, and comes nearer be' Br ing meat, bread and milk, for the juveni* v' les, than mn thing w e can grow. Bed your potatoes as soon as the weather will ls permit, and prepare your ground, by deep w plowing, for the reception of yo.ir 'draws' at every 'convenient season,' Tliere is I no better manure for a potato than cot 18 ton seed and a sprinkling of ashes or bone >e dust. !* , Economy.?It is a wretched economy to try to do good work with a bad iinple* lucnt. If your plow stocks do not run *y ily Hiifl smoothly, burn litem up, and try h new pattern?the sooner the better, y. ) Fix your eye for an instant upon the 'cat. >V head,1 then run it down the trace chain, and if it does not make a right hue to m llie point of the plowifoot, you may rest assured that you are not doing the lar e" 2?* amount of work at t lie least ex pen 'r diture of power. See that your plows 10 clean themselves well, that the'cat heads1 n? ami hanjes are right, collars Comfortable. re bai?k hands snug, plow lines good, and 'e bridles 'throat latched.' Keep a bottle of vinegar, with a few 11 ounces of alum uifcHolv.ed iu it, dt the sta8? ble, and bathe your horse's shoulders on the first appearance of tenderness. You >r may add a little lime or ashes to his sa t, ,n too; and if he does not slip Ins winter coat readily, a little sulphur may not he ;8 amiss. Grind and cut up nil your food ?it will be found good economy, and y your liorse will not only save lime, but a *v. good deal of labor, in masticating his ur meals. Give him plenty at night, and ^ never disturb his morning slumbers hy ju throwing in *a few ears of corn' to de> nil range his stomach. lie If you have drilled barley between voui or rows of turnips, it will come in wi ll tliir M month, stnl improve the condition of iht lfl teams wonderlully. Too much care can |B. not be paid to tliein just now?the stable ,j should be well ventilated and well litter ,e ed, and ths feeding and watering as reg' tilur at aIaoI- wrv -Lr Stock.?Your aheap, hog* ami rati!# inuil l?e especially cared for, while Boreal awaya tho aauptro. Don't cling to the I'a ftfjcient belief th*t A worm fence ia a cap *il ital shelter agninat tho wind* of March iV* K<*op >oi?r bog* out of the stable* arc! manure lota; turn tbenj on your rlgrer 01 qnartur ant Imum. 1?.? story i* capital, tuit it take* tim n>.in in U*II it. r11in iio ! doe* in st.nii* -m il words as tii<>sfl : jovi the 'U-u^tjfr ?' Well, I 'spof? fit; I sell driitfR. | 'Wali, lu*v you u'ol any of iliis here seetilin' stiilf an the gals pui on lli"ir linn ke'cher-% V 'Oil, > *,' replied tlie druggist, i 'Wail, our g?l's g wine to l>? married, , and she gni inn u;im pence and told ma to invest tin' bu'l 'mount in sceniin' siutl*, au's to maku her sweet, if I ontild lind some to suit ; so if you've a mind, I'd jest smell round.' i lie i aiikfit* smelted around without being suited until the 'druggee' pot tired i , of linn, and taking down a bottle of hurtshorn, said : 'i ve got a aceiitin' stud' that w ill unit tou. A aiiiglu drop on a handkerchief 1 j will stay foi weeks, ami rou can't waali i il oot; but to put the strength ol it, you j tit list take a good big smell. I 'Is that SO, ini?ter f Wall, jest hold i on a iniuil till 1 get breath, and when I nay tuoH), you pu. it under my smeller.' Ihe hartshorn, of course, krux-kd the ; Yankee down, as liquor has nianv a man. Do yotl suppose hn got i:p and ??n? ' i again, A? the drilftWard do. ? ? Not i.e ; ; but rolling up In* sleeve* and doubling up hit list, ha ?*id ; . ' 'Yon made ma *in?d| that e?*. rlastin' I stuff, master, an I now I'll make you am oil p fjrr ?nd brimstone i barley lots. and give them hu occasional of corn, soaked in lye, coppeta-. and sulphur. If vou have any ? :nw of kill nay.worm, give ten grain.'' Cj'ouicI every day, for live or six days. iHlilUlflUt'j. Tl?e Providence Transcript ? iv-> there is a ladv in that oily so iir ?l??it tll?: that she refuses to t:?k" a newspaper because it is tnaili^of rati?. A down Hast editor has got such a cold in his head, that the water ftee/.*s on los face when lie undertakes (< wash it. Men are horn with two eye-, hut with one tongue, in order that ihev should -? a twice as much as thev sav. The saute i.tippl icable to women ati i boys. To Whom to hy. tio to strangers for charity, to ae<jnaintr?nco f..t- advice, and to reltitives for 'nothing?and y <>n will always have a supply. A Itoetor up town gave the following pres'U>p!ion l'?r a s'ek ladv a few davs ago: "A t ew honuet, a cashmere sliiwl, and ii pair of gaiter bo >'.s!' The ladv recovered immediately, 'lla'-e you any limb-horn hot.nets ?' Any what V 'At limb horn bonnets ?' *Anv ? vou don't titeati leghorn !' The young lady was biought to by the proper restoratives. ? u?l '.lohn you seem to gain th'-h everv dav; the gtucei v business must aor.-,' with vnii W it-?t did voit weigh last ?' 'Well, Simon, I really forgot. l?ut tl stiikes nit.'' ii wut ;i pound of butler.' Ivissing a preilv girl "down Smith" a voting gentleman asked !i?*r 'what made her so sweet j' <">,' slm replied in n'ter i inocetice,'mv father is a sugar planter.' A young lady in ihe in'eriror think- of going to California lo get mnrriej. for the reason that -In* has been to'd ihat in tl.a' count! v tht' men folks 'r< eks '.he cru'I oA'i ohl hnlv sleeping during <iivino service in a church in Liverpool, let tali her bible -villi clasps to it, ami the no -e partlv waking tier, she exclaimed al? ltd ?'What, have}."! 1: .1 ano.h' r jug you slut, have you ?' 'If yon marry,? .-aid a Roman consu' to bis s ui, 'let it be a woman wl.o 1ms judgment and industry enongli to get a meal <.f victuals; taue enough to ibe-a iieatly ; pride enough to wa-li before breakfast ; and sense enough to hold her tongue.' A country girl, coming fiotn the tie'd, was told by her cousin tiiat she looked .as fresh as a daisv, ki.-aed bv the flew.? Welt, it wasn't any feller ly that name, but it was Stye Jones that ki-S'd me ; I told him every one in town would linu :t out.1 A Hindoo Srouv.?-A poor Hindoo, having been released from the care- ! this world, and from a seuiw wife, pie' seated himself at the gate oi l>r?!inia's paradise. 'Have \ou be ell through per* gatoiy V asked the god. 'No I hill i have been mutried,' he lepiieil senoiis!.. 'Come in, then ; it's all the same.' At thi- moment anived another man. jn-t defunct, who hogged id' I'oahllia lo be ' permitted to go in a/so. 'Softly, softly I have - ou been through purgatoiy f 'A" luit what of lliHt ( Hid you not adnrt a moment ago, one who had not been 1 there nnv nmro than 1 ?' 'Muiried '. \\ I > 1 are von talking to ! 1 Itn-e been iiintr;. 1 twice.' 'O, p-liaw !' replied Ihnlitiu ; 'get away 1 l'tndi-e is not for fools.' How TO SwKETI'.X IIIK GaIs ? To hear George tell the 'Hrugger' storv is w .rth a