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file jtomster I'cftqcr. Turn to tb?; |'n>?t?iln t<*4-tiiiii? ^lioctwwurvry^^ f .! ; , B!p wilh ihe Moiitfmi of cacli phkmiik <I?j. * J]y ^ j^y ^_.. - ^W?mil| Mil yililittl StMftftt ?Btmltil In tbt arts, s-rirarts, Iftnttwr, AiuUu, agritnltnrt, Sattrnul 3inprnuwutnta. /atrip anil Unuiwtit i'ruis, auk Iht jllnrktts. .VOLUME VIII. LANCASTER C. H, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 13. 1359 ? -~ - ' ? - - ??????? i\ U M Is E la u Irlprt ^uftrij. ! Be Honest with the Dead Oh! break not lliou that holy vow, ' imposed by dying bed, False to the living, if thou wilt, Hut honest with the dead. That wasted form, that sunken elieek, That hand which clasped thine own, That voice which feebly urged its wish, In wcnk nod measured lone. 'One cherished purpose unfulfilled, One aim uncompassed yet, Oh, will you execute the trust, ^Vr that trust forget !' I And though low bending by that couch, Reluming that caress. And sobbing out amid thy grief, ' Ves! oh. my darling yes I' Picture afresh the parting scene, Recall the blazing eye, And let the pledge that chamber heard. Revive in memory. ' That pledge ! and has the lapse of time j Kfl'tced it from thy heart ! Woe to thee! should that vanishes! form To life and beauty start. ' , What would thou say it that calm eye | Now sat in dentil's ci'liiwi. - 1 '? \ Should dci.tu anew thy soul In haunt. i Tu |>:ile thy quivering lips. : i Shrinking within n nnrros fold, | Thou i-uiiM'mI not meet its ga/e, t Its |>it\in^r. hut upbraiding glance, < Would xrnrcli like* tropic rajs. < \ Oh! krrp ilrit promise ! haste to ?lo , ( What others might have done, ' It would have heeii consigned to f->r, | J 'Tin binding on hut one! itedeeiu thy promote ! inward peneu, | ' Shall thus thy coii-cienee Wud, False to the living, if thou wilt, Ihlt faithful to the de al ! IfllH'tfh itlirij. j; The "Arkansaw Traveller." h 11 . . ! i O.ii lii.nl>> atol i?r.tti.'v ing coniiiicn.l ( I'll i ll: li ?pntl le:it 'S.l >v I) IS',' ot I'.tSs j k't.ii-li .11, Mi**, must punlou us for pre k>-111.liyr H sioilievv hat reduced copy uf h:s ' e'ever sketch, w herein we have endeavor *-. : , j;res-rve the spirt of the original : ' in tlie early ?*?*ltI*?iii*-?it of Arkansas, a traveller, aber ti ting some eight or ten miles without meeting a liillilah being, or seein? a Itu 11 in habitation came at length 1?\ a sudden ttini of die woimJ road, to a ' miserable 'shanty,' tlie centre of a sin iM j elciriog. in what bad originally been a | "liluck j ?ek tliicke',' whence die only , sound thai Is is tbe rlineor lant mil sic of a broken winded ti idle, from ibe i I rout.I.d bowels of which t lie occupant is | laboriously ex oitingthe monotonous tune j kn >wn nr "The Arkmxaw, or Uoeken rack Traveller(far timelier rides up 'v lo willini a fuwr fret of ill*4 door, winch ; was once the bed-frame of a cart body, I , x now covered with bear skins and hung j upon two lug wooden lunge*. Af'er I . much shouting, the iuiii tle appears, lid dlu in band and evidently 'wratliy' at be< nig ititoriupted in the exercise ol bis art. ' ^ I lie following coilcipiy en*ues, the inde Ittigsble fiddler Mill placing 'ho first Miam of 'The Ark insas Traveller,' wliiili . in fact ho continues, at sudden intervals, i . until the dialogue, as will be seer., in tt lo an unex|iectcd conclusion If not "seeking lodgings under diili | we should like to know what , m legitimately so considered : Per : T ri> nd, Can I obtain aecotn OS for the night with you f <Wms> '- 'Artist,' 'No, Sir 'narv ^rfurrfler : "Ms dear sir, I have nlrea fly trsveih^t thirty.miles to day, and nei ' tber myself nor my borne has had a ! mouthful lo tat ; why can't von accmn Ifnodale ine for tO'iiight ?' A.L 'Sr....' I.? ' : i - ' ' ..... K.II9I, DUM VilSB II CHII I ne ' .lid. We are j.'um out of everything lo i 'I' ll in the In; Hill's gone to mill with i i.v In I nubbin ul corn on tlime prcnii 'eefc, nil.I it'll lie nigh onto (lie shank of I <to ui. rnw ? vor iii' nforo lie comes home, I Unless nuiiitliin uncommon happen*. I traveller : 'You surely liave aomrthing I thai I cm it feed lo my liorne ; even a lew 1 yxHatoes would l>? better than no food.' I ' Ark. 'Arust.' 'Stranger, our eHtin' | l Voots 'tfin out nlx.ut h week ago ; so your | 'chance i* nlirn ihar. | ' rraveller : Hut inv friend I must ro < riuiin with you. any way. I rair'i go any farther, whether I obtain anything to ent tor not. You certainly will allow me the i ibelter of your roof V Aik. 'Artist'It can't be did, old 1 fco**. You see we've got only one dried hi le on the premise* and ine and the old ' tanian alius occupies that ; so wliar's your eh nice I' H Traveller : Allow ine to hitch my horse i to that persimmon tree, and with my sad < Vie and blanket I'll^make a bed in the mire corner.' ,. Ark. 'Artist,' 'Hilch your hoa* to that sjtnmon tree??in a horn! Why, you 1 k ^ * nairal fool, stranger! lJon't i I JLu see that'* me and the o'e woman's I ?' * *or *?iniroon.l^?r, in tha fall J if the year t If your boss is so tarnal : 1 k ?m>i iin-u >ne f:. iv .1 nr.llk; mill the j( way tliat |iijHYune lutt trHtVlkd bnck'nriU )( ?n I for'nrds uier liiu hung of thai har'l, a a I'nutinii to tin-in as love* 'red eye."? ^ I(lit. stranger, looses is a|>t to cane with very l>ti>ii?es>s a a.I :ne and the ole 'oman . ^ in* lost s.t-ne in the grocery line; and I'll | ell yon how 'twas. That boy Hill, oar ilile-it sot., he seed ln>?v the liijnor was ^ join', and In- did'ul have nary red to join ^ n the retail business; no one night he , * raw Is under the bouse, and taps tbe har'l . itwixt the crai ks in llie puncheon (hror, ind I r'atly helieve he's got more than me ' ir the ole woiiiaii Ottlu-r; the good (or ^ lolliin' vagaUnt I to come tlie girati <.ver ^ lis nateral born parent*; it's eniitV to j aake a man sour agin all creation; that aoy'il he the rmnalion of us yet. lie j akes to trickery jist as natcial as a hum j fry possum lakes to a hen roost. Now, itranger, what on yearlli am I to <lo I? | lie heats me nod the ole woman al! hoi- * Wr.\ . 14 Travellei: 'It would be difficult for me j] o advise in regard to your son, as I have v 10 family of my own. Vou say its ten v> niles to the next house; the hig creek is w ill tlir* I.riil r?? i?irricn a a- u r no iiAnuil.il ?~ i K ty of fording it, and seven through a ! ? iwamp to the only bridge in the vicinity? l'hi? is a ret her gloomy prospect, particu |, ally as the sun is just about down ; still ny curiosity is excited and as you have ] v een p'aving only one part of tlie "Ar j, tat.saw '|*iaveller" ever since my arrival. I would like to know before i leave, why H rou don't play the Mine through ?' |, Ark. 'Artist 'For one of tlie best i |, easons on yearth, ol<l hoss? I cant do it. v I haint larnt tlie turn of that tcliime, an |, liat tile if 1 Imlieve 1 ever shall." ' ? Traveller: Give mo vour instrument, J, tnd I'll see if I can't play the turn for i |, pou.' | y Ark. 'Artist:' 'Look here, my friend, d Jo you plav the turn of that tchunc ?' ii Traveller: 'I believe ,I can.' 1 n Ark. 'Artist:' 'Lite, lite, ole boss !? ( b we'll lind a place in the cabin, shore.? ? Die woman ! ole woman !' ( hallo ! with- ' hi the shanty was the first indication the o traveller had of any other human being d hi the premises) the stranger plats tlie ii lurn of the 'ttackenaack traveller.' My si friend, hilch your hoss to the 'simmmon s tree, or anv where vou olease. ilill'll be tl here toon, ami he'll lake k?er of him.? i* 0!e woman, you call Sail ami Nance up w from the apring; tell Nanco to go into n I lie apring houae ami cut ort a good big m piece of barftteak ; to brila lor llie atran- r gera aupper; tell Sail (o ' knock over a t chicken or two, and git out non e tlour, tl and liave ruin tlour doina and chicken p Axma for the alranger. (13ill lieavea in li aiglit twenty four houra earlier than lie a waa expected a hall hour before) Hill, * O Hill ! there'* a alranger here, and he l>laya the turn of the 'Uackenaack Trav t eller,' goto tha corn crib and git a big a pumpkin, and bring it to the houae, ao 1 the atranger can have auinllnn to aet on and akin a tater 'long with mo and the il oie woman, while the gala ia geltin' aup- d per; and, Hill lakr the hoaa and give him p plenty of corn ; no nuhhins, Hill; then u rub him down, well; and then, when you p come to the houae bring up a dried hide ii and a bioklfi, for the atranger to aleep on: r and then, Hill, I reckon he'll p>lay the o turn of the "Kackenaack Traveller" for a na." * % ?- 1 r hungry an ynu say lie is, he'd girdle it as high uj> as ho cuuld reach, afore morin.* ? Illicit your boss lo that tree I 1 'sped "1 not; no, no, stranger you cant come nary p sich a dodge as that.' 'j Our traveller seeing lhal ho had an ^ri xigitiul to deal with, and being himself ll vu amateur performer upon the insiru- n inenl to which the settler was so ardent- a ly attached,' thought he would change It Ins tacli<-s, and draw his det? rinired not si lo he 'host' out a little, before informing u Itim of ilie fact, that ho too could play ' t< the 'Arkansas Traveller;' which once be* b< ng known, lie rightly conjectured, would be a passport to his better graces : Traveller : 'Well, friend, il I can't stay liow far is il to the next house !* l Ark. 'Artist*: 'Ten miles; and you'll f think they're mighty long ones, loo, afore foil get tliar. I came nigh onto forgittin* ,o lell you, the big ereek is up; the bridge ? carried oil"; there's nary yearllily chance . o lord it, ver'll hava lo go about seven ndcs upstream, to ole l>ave body's pun- ' :heon bridge, through one of the darin lest bamboo sw amps ever you seed. I reckon tbo bridge is standin' yet?'twas ! icslerday morula'! though one end bad itarled down stream about fifteen feet, or ticli a matter.' Traveller: 'Kidenrl, yon seem communi* rative ; arid if it's no offence, I'd like to {now.what you do tor a living here V *.\ik. 'Artist': 'No offence on ycartli, .trangi r; we just keep a grocery.' Travellei: 'A grocery ! Where in the . tame ol all that is mercantile do your :ustoiners come Irom ? Your nearest . reighbor is ten miles distant!' Ark. 'Am*':' 'The fact is, me and tbo )ld woman is the best customers yet ;? but we 'sped these diggins will improve ,00. llows'ever, wo do suntbin now, ;ven. Me and the ole woman took llio 'art t'other day, and went down l<> town; ae boil a hir'l of whiskey; and alter wo , :onie home, and 'gin to count the balvucw 01. hand, we found tliar wa.U but 1st one solitary picayune left, 111 d as li e >!e woman carries 'lie pus, in course she 1 tad it. Well, I sot the bar'! gin one side jf 'lie room, ami shortly arter, the ole 1 woman sav?: 'Supposin' jou tap your ielid ot the bar'l,' and I did ; and she * Miiinrlit i? -Ini L' ,l mavi |i<iiu IIIU ill\J JllCil* y rune, l'reity >>ouii, 1 un 10 get dry, nul HZ 1 : 'OitS WOIDHII, Hposill' yilU tap | ,'onr of the l>;ir'l air! >!ie did ; i .1 i i < " The pumpkin ? ?? brought, the t^ "ilk vet il ' ,eH with, n.l L'r u r IT rt '>Hst w?? one to be !? b atefully remembered. The ir... Srsa^jwS ? soothe ,1 ' "U8,c lw,s el.^ri IZ >HVHB? '- -Kurt, h?o ?ip=Trr^^7Quarrel et, we Are perfectly satisfied of its e ??c>?..d ?. i?r.iii 1,|? n,? |? i.? v;"",u, ot, ?.?Js ofimii|ii(; b 4 genuine fMiiuly broil?;, ?or. n"tfr;?|>bic, short baud method of u n 'p a domestic hurricane hut ,i Hies mi I K . Hbui,t,ant success, at !r ';] r,u" n" ***&&? fs,mi!-v i,,umk"K< " ?? vol. K 4 man, l??t what needed"* si *' I fa III 11, ir before , ' il II I,!.,, I. V , >?U CHI, do II,u III "ale, V t n SOrt of everv,J ou'iealLlZ^'t^a'>d ?**? iderstand Ibis, ?,?| keep puZy'o!"!,' constantly on band.' Huppoie id to^nav ,Ul y",Ur bu8l aud ' ?? myl ' - ^uu *" lliul court,?v jiiuj , ' -MCO Olucl, U|?,t j, l(for b ; J''-1 pay bun off ny a * Kog.J i() pou.nio. it iNj;;l0; 1,1 '"clliod in tbe world Of t iiiL'bt'noT5 !" CouniinS room b av, r . ' P T7 "I* '"8 b'*oks, v\ lien v . a , lo H,le"d tbe t be a ^r:;tr:vr ;;^pu,rsbme,?. VousIioum';;^; not to overlook ibis ,U)V ,, - tur, v ret,7nS* "0t ?"? *'? w, t r? vour rare low>,rdi ^|J| ' h ) ?ur bead under tbe bed clothes b y ? possible. Gel up in tbe uioi J will. Hst.tl neck. undVl.iK\[ i.e". rZi:lzz:"9;rru i,M,*ru iri'rvt,,oor" ^" ?K"ii.1 d_brushbv.be mortar, out ,o blU t( lev in- |a,,, (o co,ne ,|f |iim8uI| | eases. \\ JM.? Vo|| ( 0 ..ot lor the world eat a mouJul 10 b:,,r,,J * re,L'b sends you a bit of sta roe bin/i't" b'"'k lo ?bich tr co (o en.pnre ,f you are sick. N< -t bun wait awbile for ?? answer W;1 *"> you Choose '3 ?" do, I* sure to add il "',sU 'Jn>1 *<re tltuil. 'J^ke a f J. o,C?,fJ? ?0< "? 1I,J 'uHVfl the table, (irv to ... *;iii. throw yourself on ,|,? loun^s |"ost p'teoiislv. Should vour I, ?? attempt to console ton," which tiseial 1 ^0I1 ?if0 l,MJ "" useiablc woman in tbe world and v ?.<;? .Ml U If lie ahead?Id! b.?, ou w?|, t<) live for is for the cbildr bo no friend but yourse f ? tlic foi cJro w' J e them. Jell bun bow si. k J.,| v was last night, when lie was away (iw he was threatened with croup, a ow frightened you were. 1 hen, if Beins moved, just add how disappoint oil are in lnm as a husband ? how mil ettor things you expected of him, a ow many bitter, hitter hours his negl lid unk'tidiu'sa has caused you. It m e, thai this would make him a little d?if so, yoil will have all the het antage-ground for a brisk scolding. 1 im you never did wish to marry him ou did it merely to get rid of hint ? lind him of the scores of rivals wh e had, any of whom would have nn ou a far better husband than ho h one. If ho is not a perfect Job, this \ aturnlly wake him up a little, and lay spout a wee bit. This will only ? in t our favor. Hold a atifT neck a o right ahead. lie may remind you if your negl f personal appearance?your sluvei ress ? slipshod shoes ? wrinkled sto igs?dishevelled hair?collarless neck null' dipping propensities, and street.g ip. If s<>, just tell him that lie lias Im lie means of if all- A?k l>m? u (><>*.. . h( midnight ! Tell liiin tiiu time v /lieu lie would have broken his neck ri ing after you, ami you fairly baled ight of liiin all ilie time. lie sure einind lorn of what voii bad at your lier'a bouse, and give liiin to underst* lial you never expected to undergo si ovations. If tbia fail*, to feteb liiin,j ml that you intend to go back bo gain, any bow, and you don't care a iliat the world *a>s alamt it. . Very hkelv by tbia time be may tlii bat prudence c (be belter pari of va nd move of) for bi* place of business f be abould deign lo bid you 'good b; ?don't for the w or I I look up or speak T be still moves on, just a* be closoa ioor, give a loud hysterical scream, i /oaaibly tins may ftkh hiri ; if il d lot, aa soon as be is welT out of sij >ack up your jewelry and silver wan Ix up tbe babies, and go borne to y Mother. This is undoubtedly tbe elm if the thunder gust, and will bring ah in arrangement of matters in aoine i r other. At ail events it will teach < era thing, very certainly?thnt tio third per- j lie : soil ever <i??es any good in matters of tliat j lly nature. \ ery possibly, it will teach you, j he also, that patience and forbearance are ' as highly essential to the happiness of mar fa, 'ied life : that forgiveness and love?not >ut pouting, crying and scolding?are the ' | ng sure harbingers ol domestic peace, and [ \ el. tranquility. Happy, that couple, who i ed have learned the piecious l. sson : happy ; i xl they who know and understand that:? I ins . "The kinke-st and the happiest pair Will tiiul occasion to fortn.u ; Ami sometimes every day tlicy live, I ' i To pity, ami perhaps forgive." The Value of a Bit of Knowledge. | nj In the course of our miscellaneous readi Hi- | ing, we came across tlio following good i ' :re j story, which illustrates the value of a bit. iCj of practical information, when applied at , , j the right time: I i 'n In the I'la/./.a before St. Peter's at Pome ng 1 stand the most beautiful ?,!.? '.i-k in the | ' o|. world. It was brought from the circus i all of Nero where it had lain Imric I for malt ity ages. It w as one entire pieee of Kgv p. Is?, j tiau marble, 72 feel high. 12 feet square at the base, and 8 feel square at the lop, _a and is computed to weigh abuve470 tuns I 1 ami it is supposed to bo JiOOO tears old. 1 id, Much engineeiing skill required to hv ' remove and erect this piece of art; and hi* ; the celebrated aicliitect, iVminio Kon,|,j , lane, was selected and engaged by l'ope i i Sexttis V. to carry out the operation. A for i pedestal, 80 feel high, w as built for its re- j cC ; ception, and the obelisk brought to its le base. Many were the ingenioiis conlri ? vanoes prep.-.red for the raising of it to : ng j its last resting place, all of which excited ,,sl the deepest interest among the people.? ,.ii At length every tiling was in readiness, ,ur and a day appointed for the great event. Ins A great multitude assembled to witness ' jii. the ceremotn : and the Poo., .ir .i.l il.ui , - , ute ; ilie clamor of the people might distract on the attention of the architect, issued an re, edict containing regulations to he kept, ell. ami imposing the severest penalties 011 ;i\ any-one who should, during the lifting of re- g'gantic stone, utter a single word.? ? Amidst suppressed excitement of feelings ,rd H,"l breathless silence, the splendid 111011 nd uuietit was gradnaiiy raised to within a as 1 few inches of the top of pedestal, when rr,i its upward motion ceased ; it hung sus ? ponded, and could tiOt he got further ; the f it taeklo was too slack, and iti> re seemed 10 [|iQ he no other wa\ than to undo the great 1 im, work already accomplished. !,k I I he annoyed architect, in his pcrplexif jf ty, hardly knew how to act, while therm jlt. ' lent people wero anxiously watching It every motion of his fe it urea to discover Hk I how the problem would be solved. Ill ii4V i the crowd was an old British sailor, he : ' saw the rhniculty and how to overcome ,|o j 'h and with stentorian lungs he shouted d>? j 'Wet the ropes !' The vigilant police j iirl | pounced on the culprit are! lodged him in prison ; the architect caught the magic | ?II1 j words, he put this proposition in force, ! nrr I "id the cheers of the people proclaimed ' nd the success of tiro great undertaking? I us j Next day the British criminal was | solemnly arraigned before his Holiness ; j,di ' his crime was undeniably proved, ami ] ,st J the 1'ope in solemn language pronounced ,,u liis sentence to be-?thai l-e -honhl receive |er ! a pension annually during his lifetime, all These little facts stored up from ohser- I en, 1 vation, can never do the owner any iiarm, ! iU| ' and rnav some day he of great utility ; j ol, j and this story only proves the value of i ,i, | remembering small things as well as | ? I KICII Wlicn, IUI UWllllll^ IIIH1 |i IIM'IIII IS ; i).I j t<>o insignificant for truth to know, and |ltJ | there is no knowledge that has not its i t.,l use. ? Scientific American Unusual Scene in a Northern Church GCt I HV i A letter in the Hartford Fitnes from i i Barkliamstead, Ct., say* that on Sundae 1 I j last an extraordinary scene occurred in a ' * H church there. A preacher from another ' town whs appointed to preach there. rp i After announcing his text he proceeded j i ? with his sermon, hut had not gone far ide when he said to the astonished audience : I I ! '1 have been instructed not to preach vill I Hny'hing of abolitionism or republican ' '8m? ',ul 'n,,st serve mv Master, and 1?' ftU At this juncture Peacor. 1) rose I and saw! : * 11 ?>1<1 on. It's my impression that you j have aai I enough.' (Turning to the audi | ence ) 'Meeting is out.' The audience rose simultaneously, and i 1 taking their hats, went out The minis I ter sat down Peacon I) went to the "H ; pulpit and said to him : 'If you want to preach politic* I have ,e no objection, and mv house is at your | *It8 service. But this church is not the pro V' l,er p'HrP? Rn(' 'l cannot be permitted. It you desire to give a political serinon or j.l? speech you can do so at my house, or , * hi v other place, and I will warrant a ' | ' audience, and you shall have fair U 1 nlav and not he hurl luiL von innst not ij^i i v i 'Y " ^ - - - - ?* Hiiempt it in this church. rher? ?nt noj more preaching in the church thnt nftcr" noon. nk, m mm lur, 'Duddv,' said a hopeful urchin to his .? parental relative, 'why don't our schooiye,' master fend the editor of the newspaper* i ;? an account of the lickings he gives the the hove!' ?nd 'I don't know, my son,' replied the , oca fond parent 'hut w\\f do you aak such n ;ht, question J' s? 'Why this paper says that Mr. It. has our tanned three thousand hides at his estal>< ! lax lisbment this year, and I know old (rrimea ; out has tanned our hides more'n twico that I ay many times?the editor ought to know , one it.' B I I h\nh\\ Urailing, A Joyful and Rare Experience. We tind in the Vermont Chronicle the j following expressions of'.In.- grace expe-I r enced by a young lawyer of Portland, converted in the revival of lbi>8, and since deceased. They were, apparently, brought to light in a funeral tliscour.se l?v I )r. Cbickering : '1 took up a book called Christian Progress, and was leading it, and referring to the passages of Scripture cited. Ainotig oihets there rcleired to on the Aloneinent, was Romans in 22-29. I read the verses, and was somewhat s ruck with them I read them again and again : each time the subject grew brighter and clearer to me It continued to grow brighter an 1 brighter, clearer and clearer to me-?my heart throbbed and glowed v.ith love to Jesus ? I saw clearly his love and mercy in laying down his life for me?that through the sacrifice 1 could obtain pardon and peace. The obstacles as to the atonement vanished, melted in i!? ? pure, fervent love of Jesus, and <), the comfort, joy, ecstasy of that night no t uigue can express! I was happy, joymi:?the name rif Jesus tilled mo with delight 1 felt that I could do auv tiling f>>r that dear Kavii.ur who had done so much for me? that willingly, yea joyously, would I depart, and fly to the nrins of Jesns. 1 >o you ask me if I 'feel sure of my ace-p tance ?' My glowing heart shouts that '1 know that my Redeemer iiveth, ami be cause he lives, I shall live also.' 1 feared In -..Or.. ( - ? - -? ... .....V >' Miuir, n>l |t-ar lllrtl Hie OlesseU joy depart. I fell lb 'it ii could not ret urn. 'lli.I now, 111is morning, 1 find my d??ar Iiedi enter again w i111 open units t< > re ceive mo. Now my heart glows and hums with love to him ; lie is dear and precious tome; my tears will not stay hack at my bidding. 'Never, never could I have heiieved thin of myself. I did ti?l in the least ex(>ect it. I had been told thill all <ii 1 not have these remarkable passages, and I had entirely given up anv thought of it, and 'east of all was 1 thinking of it last night. Now, what is tins hut a new hirtli ! 'The wind tdoweth where it iisleth, and ve hear the Pound thereof, |>,,t cannot teil whence it comes, or whither it goetli ; so is every one tliat is l?oin of the Spirit !' . . . . It is real, it is genuine?there is no mistake about it ; it is the love, tin* grace of Jrsuv, dear Jesus, ill the soul. Ii is a foretaste of the joys of eternity ? and (>, how ble?ed !' Catholic Spirit. We take pleasure in eon plying with the request of a subscriber asking the publication of two passages from a ser iim ii <>l John Wesley on 'Catholic Spin;.' The attention of 'Charity' is particularly directed to these brief b.rt pointed ex liacts ; 'Nay further :?although every man necessarily believes that every particular opinion which he holds is true, (for to believe anv opinion is not 'rue is the same tiling as not to hold it.) yet can n<> man he assured lli.il all his own opinions, taken together, are true. Nay, every thinking man is assured they arc not ; Unmanvm rst rrrurr et iuhchc ; to he ignorant of in any things, and to mistake in some, is the 'necessary condition of tin inanitv.' ' * * * * 'From hence we may learn, first. That a catholic spirit is not snmtla li re latini dinarianistn. It u not an indifference to ail opinions : tliis is the fpawn of hell, not the off?pring of heaven. This unset lied ties* of thought, this b ing'driven to and fro, and tossed about with every wind of docliine,' * a groat curse, riot a blessing ; an irrcconeiiahle enemy, not a friend, to true Catholicism. A man of a truly catholic spirit has no* now his reii gion to seek, lie is fixed as the sun in his judgment concerning the main branches of Christian doctrine. 'It is true, he is always ready to hear and weigh whatsoever can be offered against bis principles ; but as this does not show any wavering in his own mind, so neither does it occasion any. lie does not halt between two opinions, nor vainly endeavor to blend them into one. Ob serve this, you who know r.ol what spirit ye are of; who call yourselves men of a catholic spirit, only because you are of a muddy understanding; because your mind is all in a mist; because you have no settled, consistent principles, but are for jumbling all opinions together, lie convinced that you have quite missed your way ; you know not where you are. You think you have got into the very spirit of Christ; when, in truth you are nearer the spiiit of anti ohrist. Go, first, hi <t learn the first element* trfghe gospel of Christ, nn.l lin n ~ i 'TP*5'' ' of a truly catholic spirit.'?Kd'jtfitUi Advertiser. A tai.k anort a tati..-?A gentleman ??? A<> prono to exaggeration that it war founil necessary to f^airuet his servant tt jog him, whenever he drew the long I>ow loo freely. One day he was describing A fox he had slain, a fox with a monstrous long brush, quite "a mile long ' John immediately jogged his master. 'Well,' said he, 'perhaps not quite so much, hut I am sure it was half a mile.' (Another jog!) 'Or if not, about a quarter.'? (Jog again !) 'Well, I'll l?e shot i{ it war not a hundred yards long!' (A vert hard jog.) The poor story-teller conltl hear his jogging no longer, hut jumping up, exclaimed, 'Zounds, rascal! will yot not let my fox have a tail at all !' }-. . I j %'irulturnl. | From the Farmer and Planter Work for the MonthSouth of this, tlit* principal cro Spring vegetables v\ 111 have been si and, with the genial weather ol 'his son, will now advance rapnilv ; still, ing and planting are requisite for n garden crops. Karly York, Sugar 1 and oilier early sorts of Cabbage, l>e lit lor transplanting. The groi | should he well prepared and manured | it should lie kept in mind that. tin- ( | ha^o should never want for the pn nutriment, from the sowing of the in the bed to the full perfection of head ; and a Cabbage thus growi ijuite different from one which is sotl'i I to stand half its time wanting the pr? riutit'aui to bring it to perfection. I ; vegetable compost, with stable man will supply this, ami super phosphat lime will he found a valuable ndijitint I Sow the Large Drutnheaii, or, win better, tin* true Late K'at Ihictli, or 1 gens, late, for the main or Winter < The seed should he grown ju the l'n States, and not impurte I, as tliey inv; blv produce bettei Cabbages. Keen vour Asparagus beds ch*a weeds, as they are very injurious. T who have gi\eti it proper attention, i now enjoy in pi rfection this delicious nutritions vegetable. < "uT the A?pur ' as the shoots advance, taking otilv I rich, green,succulent tops. r.anl successioiial crops of Mean the beginning and towards the closi i the moiitii. loo earlv varieties wi 1 m haiom, and we would advise iiiose are vlesiioUi- of having the liisl e Means, to test the method pursue* Kughsli gardeners ? to top < ll the lea i vines when ill bloom? as it is sa | cause the pods to hang on and come her to maturity. The same practi pursued there with *he I'ea, thoug our favored climate, with such a Valt early varietx as the O'ltoiirke, thei no necessity for it. Means and 1'eai ri ipiire good hoeim;. 1 ho Mairo j and late varieties should be well mui '>v Covering Hie sp ice liulwecii the ?alter heilig weil forked up?with I*. rotten straw, *fcc. A|>|?ty this at C*#'MV Ik Oto u ill | lute m hearing. The lush l'otato require the same attention. Melons.?The principal crop si, now l>o planted and the ground em hv tilling the holes will; good compi add a little guano and ?ult, with dust or piaster, which vwl. Inr..i,di th cessary ingredients for grow ing good 'ins. Cucumbers.?Continue to plant ft i main crop, in beds proper! v prepared j or six feel. In the middle of this, in make rich ami light, plant at three I d.stance, lie careful to water the the weather should * rove dry ; this 1 cause them to continue long in hea i ami encumber* will he belter tl ivoret Celery.?The plants will now l e r to set in trenches, which aie three fj 1 part, and opened one foot wide ; tin I earth out one foot deep, laying it eni ! at each side in a level order, then di roMoin, and add good roiien mat with salt, and dig in. Draw up sot the strongest plants, trim the long and tops, and plant a row along I lie 1 torn of the trench, four or five inches lance, and finish with a good walerin Onions?Keep them clean and hoed ; thin them out, if too thick, nc< , ing to the use for which the crop is ted. Continue to nlant S.mashes A-e if I , " have failed. Parsnips, Carrots and lleets nm j still ,p..t in, this month, as the unfa i hie weather during the past ms\* prevented. The best ground 'or e* a rich loam, inclining to sand, I nt if ! ground is well manured, trenched land pulverised finely, the\ will gr< i any soil. We would no*, oniv urge culture upon the gardner, hut all I have need for them should not omit i intr them as food for cattle. They greatly to improve the quantity and ' ity of both the milk and fmtter, an healthv and nulriciotis. Squashes, Melons and Cucumbers, lacked by hugs, should have a liith and sulphur sprinkled over them, en ! the morning, to which a little stiull he added. A little Peruvian g placed in a circle around the plants, too close, will also prove a good rem Cnl>hage plants tlint have been g in hot beds, or very tender, shouli transplan ed when the*ground is noi for, it worked in this condition, it w ' reduced to a mortar, and be left har< , full of cracks w hen dry. The earth *1 r be so moist as to be capable of being ly pulverised, so as to touch, when | ed about the roots, every part, an , close. The g.ound should be ihorot , forked up liefoie planting. Cabbay > live and thrive in a moderately mots r when treated in this w ay. The best , lor transplanting is tbe evening, i If tlic weather is drv, water(the f when set, in a few minutes, it will in ; '.ben draw in drv soil about the p This will leave the earth tpojst, a ' good condition for the plants to ihri Adopt this rule in watering, when i * sary, during the growing season, i ' will bs found that one good wat I once a week, will t.e worth more ; the daily wateringa so generally pti i which bake the soil, and do more i than the drought. itomornus. ./j J Why aro Indie.: the biyneHt thieve* in I existence ? ? Aim.? Kecaiiso tltcv alec! j the pettivcats, buiiK die navs, and crib lb*' p of | babies. ",1'1 I llow i?? it li,Hi Hie tree* van put on a iOW - | |1(. w i|ie>x without npetimn their iru* k* f ,,0!*' ' It becnuhc the\ -Ic'irc out their Summer vohi ! clothing. will j ' _ ,1 Jim j 'What'* llial tou'w not 01 \oir hand, ' 'l* "V '"Vt* ' s,||d ait old lade to Iter 'l.tUifh '* ' | tvr the otIter <i iv. . I 11 billv ilotix, ma/Ii-peJ Mu-s Sonh,e",(1 rottia. 1 '1f ?ualttvr,' saiil the ancient matron, "* drawing itcimst up Willi much dignity, 14 **' 'cull ilium (lniit*H Willu-.m Ooux in tuiurv, r | H111 v is vulnar.' {nil ( | ' 'M \ lail.' haul a trawler to a little hoy j wllnlll lie met, vlotbeil in palil* Mini Mtiall | i ickt-t, but witluitit a vi'iy nece^sarr aililit ! i, i-le nl iitiiiarcl, *111v lad, where if vou" Iiei I , ' nil * ' , 'Mainniv'a washum it.' >b*d .ii * , ,, via i i'*v? vou ii'* otbei ? 'No other,' exclaimed the urchin, in ol j Mirprise, 'would you want a boV to have hose ! h thousand shins i" iua\ '''J lIti] Maiiiimonv ? lint Innkwheat eake.s; a.rn? warm bed; ronforiable wlippets; stnool: uia votive , lotiiul arms. Are : s!in r evnl j ting hi buttons ; r?-?i. emed stoel\iu.j$ ; s in I j:,l'hs fi:?|'pi1Are. Sin*)1'! litcxs ' ot ,,'^'r-sS-?Sheet iron qiiil.n. I>1 ii ' in.'.-es ; II j,,. ti?"*t v rooms ; entice sivei-U'iii'il with icicle*ifuiiH nerrhu biscuits: flabbv W ho I I , 1 , I , ; iluli r;i/,' r; corns, coughs, and 'iirl\ . i i cli iln? ; rhubarb, sloes mis?*r\ Ac. il t?y j ding itl to A gentleman <>t high social cot.ts'Uerhcar I iion in (icnoa lalelv made the distovery ce is tlial lis wile w as tinlatt liltd to Intn Wail Ii. in mg lii? o|?|iori ii ii it \ , lie t? iitid tic' guniy lalilc ii.iii lojr, :ln r. and jioliii l\ sl.oucl ilicin 0 i.? ' 'In* wav to tli*.* si reel door, which lie 1 will closed after tl till. lie ll.ell selil a hi l wfats Vil I tor an Ulidermki-r, oldeled lb.- al clitd raligeiiieiitr fol a till er..!, sent i ill catda rows ; ot ii.xit.itii ii to li:s friends, and our the saves | <-ii11>tv colmi tierloro e?l ihe ceienon\ toi ier a a rlcpailcd wde. I his over, he delivered limit I rho liutit bvildcu In tin. >.c>ls< , iil.d, lil.c'c will I more addicssilig his Ii lends, call* d lot then congratulations llj.ol. tl.e tai l tl at he was miild now a widowet ; 1.1 * wlmli, (>| t t tg icheit 'lie folding dm is, I t iniiiciitidiltii.it 1(M? : a sjdelid dli I I .'1 at. 1 te; St. 'Il.e j;:iU coal | ties W l icit thus I .tl'od.1(1.) his happy left ,,ft. I Inr 11 to 'siiiylu lite' were lirululi"td tin niel morning. >r the Maxims for Young Mtu .five j,j|e hi Hin is the oev n's woikslop. holes I |>et' i he alone than m had eon nanv ' leet ('onslaiii oc. u|.: t ton picvi n.s t? ii plain it | lejiendence is : poor trade to lonow, xvl'' Kase and lionoi ale seldom list! leiiow s ring. , False ft ittlds ate woi.-e than n|ien et nn. (ileal designs teiiuirt- yle il consilient oil. wady 11 ast \ 'esoltil lot.s se tltoii speed well. 'el H j It the counsel he good, no mallei v* I o I 'he | gavir it, indlv <"?f H|; s imIus, study vour pit rent ivi di - 'tion, tnire, j?.,v , ou keep from sine" "* * | semes, roots ; i^ .it not eeitiintv for lo pe. 1 l'?t Kallfv proit.tsishv pi 11> I malices, ; "hs- J ,u>1 viiitie to | urcl.ase wealth, P* I Undertake in? tlioie tliali joti can per well foil)), I'oril Value a good conscience more than pi.use, wan Weigh right, if voli sell ih-nr. Xel Xes w h? liuirl.r ? - ' A , ? - I'V U A (I. tliov Voutli ai) I wil ts na- tiif iti ? ii lire, ' / HO. < ' H ' \ II I IM S', lllHtllS Ills I'llUUe t.| o: ,> l e ' lfcnce' > III M ! _ ? ^ " have A Tough Un. til is \ good ?|oi\ is toiil Hi a(i EuMi-iO I'a | | I . 1 * tier "I a tliiiiiK?-n husband I't I,is an... 1 ! : I' j spouse. AlU-r living viitKiiis ?-\|> ?in-i is, >W III j 1?,?-t htlIII'lli;lit lil-IM 11 of a J U.|| "1 'ht'lf reforming her 1(1(1. She enraged a wnl?'i xv''? j iiillli lor a simulated l'*W!ii(| fo fiillv 1 *1,ifow" I lander to tli** v\hl? h In.Use, wliiip \? , m a ,0lul stale til' mseiiml iliiv , hi d to triyhu-n loin a litlle wIu-n lie lettvised. L ntier this '' |,r<* ! arrai i?tn.t'iif Philander woke about eifv i efi oVldl k a flight Mini found hilliSflt IV if af* I trig on a [ ine heiirh, in a strange ?nd dim i stint apart. Kni'ilijj himsell upon liix t'llum rl\ hi he looked atoiii.tl, nitlii I.is t-Ve tested up may oil a man sea led ht 'he Move, smoking llano, a eigar, *Y\ here sin I V said Philander, not Ml! a Medical CoilePe.' nod !?? ? , ..... v.b,.r <*<!) . i Hinoker. town \N li?f a doing there?' J he 'Going to he out tip.* I wet; 'll'iw oHiue tliftt ?' ill he 'Why, vim died yesterday, while vog 1 and were drunk, iind wo bought \ r-tir body to i< uld make nu anatomy ! line* 'It's a lie, I'm not dead.' ne?s 'Nu matter; we bought votir raroaM'ot id tin : your wife, who had a light to sell ilt for i g h IV Ha all the good elie ever couhl make of c will ton. If you're nol dead, that's no laull t anil, of the iluctnr, atid they'll cut yon up, ; time dead or alive.' You will do it, eh V Naked the old not. ?lant? 'Ay, to be Mire wo will?now, dueci.y,' soak w1 an i he. resolute answer, lanta. * Well, rati't yon let me have something nd in to drink l-elon- yon begin ? va? Thin laal vpeeeli satisfied tl e waft I mm. n?eea. that l'litlatider'a waa a loveless case, and and it !lH his reward was Contingent on hia Mieering. I cewful treaimenl of the patient, he was than 'nd h little chagrined al the rcanH ; ao, ironed with no gentle handling, he tmnhied tl i injury irieforntfcble drunknrJ out of the wa.vh house.