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1 r the Cnufastev Ccbgcr. |*2 PER ANNUM EXTEE* IN ADVANCE 3 .funiilg ana ^nlilital i.'riuapaptc??*rantrii la !l)t Arts, stirnrrs, litrtalntt, ifiintntiun, Agncnllart, Sattraal Saignraratats, /arriga nail Duuifslit Unas, aab tjjt Jllorkrts. I V 0 L U M E V 11 I . LANCASTER C. II.. SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 18, 18.39, iff II m r p r , Select ]Mn\. ^=S_ L=B From the Knickerbocker Magazine. Rich, though Poor. "No rood oi" laud in all thu earth, No ships upon the sen, No treasures rare, nor gems, nor gold, I)<> any keep for tne ^ .As yesterday I wrought for bread, mSo must I toil to-day ; Yet some are not so rieh as I, Nor 1 so poor as tliey. 'Oil yonder tree the sun-light falls, The robin's on thu l?ough, Btill 1 can hear a merrier note Than he is warbling now ; lie's but an Arab ol the sky, And never lingers long ; But that o'erruns the livelong year With music and with song. <*onie, gather round me, little ones. And as I sit nie down, With shouts of laughter on me placo A mimic regal crown ; Bey, childless king, would 1 accept Your armies and domain, Or e'en your crown, and never feel These tiny hands again ! There's more of honor in their touch And blessing unto rue, Than kingdom unto kingdom joined, v/i iia? vii %in~ nc-> . So greater gifts I" me arts brought Than Shebn's Queen did bring To him who, at Jerusalem. Wan born to be n King. Look at mv crown and then at thine ; Look in my heart and thine : How do our jewel* thus compare,? The earthly and ditlnu ! Jl?dd up voiir diamond* to the light, Knierald and amethyst ; They're nothing to those lovedit eyea, Those lips so often kissed ! Oh ! noblest Roman of ttiem all, That niotber good and w isp, Who pointed to Iter little ones, Tbe Jewels of her yea Four spnrkle in inv own to-day. Two deck a sinlcs* brow,? I low grow niv riches at the thought Of those in glory now ! And yet no rood of all the earth, No ships upon the sea, , No treasures rare, nor gold, nor gems, ^ Are safely kept for mo ; Yet I am rich, rmaelf n king! And here is mv domain, Which only God shall take away ? To give nio back again, A J"'roin thr Satiirilm/ Kvfnino l'o*(. ? The Post Mistress ; or, Jumping to a Conclusion It whs on the tir.ii ut April, several yean ago, when a trio of gossips were assembled at their temple, the I'o.-t Office, of which Mis. lloisy 1'eepin was lawful guardiau The affairs ot Bunk vmville ami tlie nalioii were settled together ; newspapers were slipped from their covers, ami not a suspicious epistlo but \ iehled a portion of lis contents, But on this night ail attention was concent rated upon one directed to "John Williams, K-q., at the, Spread K.igle, Bunkums ille.' Kagerlv was it compressed in tlie long fingers of Mrs. Smith ; the fat landlady of the Spread Esgle was on tiptoe to peep, while the 1* ?*t-inistre?s, whose curt >att\ took a teinhlance of official dignity, rais e<i a warning hand against any overt act of violence. The paper was closely folded, and closely written in a cramped and illegible hand?suddenly Mrs Smith's look grew more intent?site had succeed ed ill deciphering a sentence ; the letter dropped from her hand. 'Oh, this monster !' shrieked tlie horrified peeper.? Landlady and Post mistress both snatch >sd at the torribt* scroll, and they equally succeeded in reading the following words ?'We will se'lle the matter to-morrow at dinner, but I am sorry you persist in poisoning your wife, the horror is too great.' Not a syllable more could ihev Mjxkrt out ; but what the? had ??? enough, 'llo told in**,' gasped the lamb jJadv, 'that he expected a lady and a gen. itlemaD lo dinner?oh, the vidian ! to .think of poito/iinu any lady at theKpread jft igle; and his wife, too?1 should hk* ?? see rnv husband poisoning inet' Our busies* became (pule personal in her indignation. 'J always thought there wax something suspicious about him ; people don't come * ami live where nobody knows them, for iiolinng,' observed Mrs. Smith. *1 dare sav,* returned the Poslimislresp, 'Williams is not his real name.' '1 don't know that,' interrupted the landlady; William* is a good hanging | name ; there waa Williams who murdered the Marr'x family, and Williams who . burned all those poor dear children ; J 1 dare sat he is some relation of theirs ; 5 but to ihmk of his coming to tlie Spread Ksg'e ? it's no place for his doings. I can tell linn ; he shan't poison his wife in my house ; out lut goes this *ery night ? I'll take the letter to him myself' 'IiOrd ! Lord I I shall be ruined, if it comes to l?e known that we took a look into the letter and the Post Mistress # thought in her heart thgt site had better let Mr. Wi liains poison his wife at bis leisure Mr. South, loo, reprobated my yiolenl measures the trfith is, she did not wish lo be nrxed up in the matter.? It seemed likely that poor Mrs. \Vi 11 m111h Met! would be left to her miserable fate. i 'Murder will out,' said the landlord, i the following morning, as lie mounted the (j J pn-bald pony, which, liVe, Tom Tough, jh W1 1 hud seen a ileal of service ; and hurtled djHir I oil hi search of Mr. (Jramptou, the near* jjmj, | est magistrate. ry n) Their precoptions assisted by brar.iiy silioi and water, he and Ilia wife had sal up U^,J long past 'the witching hour at night,' de shou liberating on what line of conduct would (ere)| be most etlicacious in preserving llie life [ ?|,,,u ] of the unfortunate Mrs. Williams; and yuar j the result of tlie deliberation was to fetch 1 the justice, and have the delinquent taken tj|,r; into custody at the very dinner table H which was intended lo be the scene of j ctime. 'lie has ordered soup to-day for ! wor), the fir*t time ; lie thinks lie could so ea- 1 sily slip poison into the liquid. There he ! jlUn goes ; lie looks like a man that has got Cl j bOin> thing on his conscience,' pointing to I ,jj8C| j Mr. Williams, who was walking up and t|UI1( dow n at l,i> usual slow pace. Two o'clock |c.|)lt, ariived, and with it a hired chaise ; out Hj>l , of it stepped, sure enough, a lady and I ur,, t I gentleman. 'I he landlady's pitv redoub I a(llj j led ? such a pretty young creature not t,liru j above nineteen ! 'I see how it is,' thought jugs I she, 'the old wretch is jealous.' All ef j I forts to catch her eye were in vain, the 1 . dinner was ready and down they sat? | The hostess of the Spread Kagle looked a'or< j alternately out of (he window, like sister lu' 1 | Ann, to see if any one was coming, and 1 | the table to see that nothing was doing. ! ^lar . To ti.tr .Itw....... .1... -.1 - - than lady lifting h spoonful of HOiip to her . Bl'" mouth ! She could restrain herself no ho'd longer; but catching her hand, exclaim i thai ed? I or 0' 'l'-iur dear innocent, the soup is pois ! oned !' . j he v All started from the table in confusion, ' ha?t which was \et to bo increased : ? a bu*tle M>ni was heard in the passage, in ru>he.d a |*r,'h J whole partv, two iif wl.iiin, each catidi J trig an arm of Mr. Williams, pinioned reMI | him down to his seat. | char 'I am happy, madam,' said the bust I ?*v?*n j iin* mayi-ir.iio, 'to have been under j " ' i heaven the instrument ot presorting your , l,H>?' life from the nefarious designs of that ' S1",n j disgrace to humanity.' Mr. (Jiampton ,wnl paused, in coiiseipience of three wants? he ? want of words, breath and ideas Sum 'My life !' ejacualwd llie astonished la- I tl dy. j to h Yes, madam, the ways of providence are inscrutable?the vain curmsitv of brea lliree idle women bas been turned to VOUl I good account.' And tfie eloijuent mag- j 'hat J istrate proceeded to detail the process < f ,ort' ! inspection to which the fatal letter had ' "&* been subjected; but when he came to a,"? liie teinlde words?'We will settle the vert mailer to morrow at dinner ; but 1 am l)r<" sorry you persist in poisoning * tour wife >Hl1 ?' he was interrupted by ? I nr*t of I "ton laughter from the gentlemen, from the | war< injured wde, hiiJ even from the prisoner l' himself. of o One lit of merriment was followed bv . ? ? - Ia.I . i anoiuer, aim it i.ri'Hmc contagious, ami e" j liit* verv constable began to laugh too. j duty 'I can explain all,' at last interrupted l',e I tile visitor. Mi WilliaiiiN came liere f. r P?"' that ijuiet so necessary for laliors of g*n ! l'Hr' I nius ; lie is writing a melodrama called 1 i 'Mi AN ife?lie submitted the last art to ( lie, alul I latlier objured to the poison- "h ' ing of tlie heroine. Tois \ouitg lady is iiiv daughter, ami we are on our .my to final the sea-eo .st Mr. Wiliiams is only we?J- j ' led to the Muses.' I liie disconcerted magistrate shook his ' l',w 1 head, ami muttered something about tl.e- ; l'iev ainea being very immorai ; while the j ,,f*" landlady first turned pale, then scarlet, ' Hl"' ami tben retired precipitately, amid a ' ""' "I fresli burst of laughter, from the room.? 1 Whether Mrs. 1'eepin still continues to reset preside over the destinies of l.uwfcnuivdlc l'ost Office, we aie unable to saw < hie : dryi thing, however, is certain, that if she does p?**e | she either no longer keeps up tier careful j "'"'I \ inspection of the contents of the letters, [ ' *' or else is more careful bow siie jumps to i pica j her conclusions j '? ? Timki.y Ahvii k ?Mm begins to die at i rvw| 1 the exireinities. Keep the feet dry and ?,Hr| warm ; put oil two pairs of thick wool j0 ,| i en slotkiiigi; go for a stout pair of win , I ter boot* and shoes; shoes are better for 1(||*. ordinary, every-day use, as they allow |f) vj | the ready escape ..f tbe odors, while thoy ! Hn(j strengthen the ankles by accustoming them to depend on llieiiinelves. llestdes j , a shoe compresses less, and hence admits ^ I of a more vigorous circulation of the | j i hlood. Ilul wear boots wben you rule or travel. Give directions to have no . cork or India rubber about the shoes, but #n(j to j?!ace belweun the layers of the sole, ^( from out to out. a piece of stout hemp or . tow linen which has been dipped into melted pitch. This is absolutely iinper- (| vhjii* u> *?i#r?uoe* mil Hi>?oro a parti j( cle?we know the cork does, Ami alter , iii . i i , * henc awhile heroine* 'sn^cjy and damp for (j|r week*. When you put tiiein on for (he first lime, they will f??| aa eaay as an old ^ . ( shoe, and voii may aland on damp rlaces for hour* with imiinnilj^^^ .. A Novki. Luxukv. ? Hie latest novelty I hell . from Germany ia A musical hed, which re. to h I cei?r?* the weary body, and immediately tiee Maps it into of jejuni.' It is an invention annl of a mechanic in Bohemia, and 1* *o con- fair* strucled lh.K, by mean* of hidden me- ' mor chamsrn, a presura nfMin the hed cause* a relic I soft and gentje air of Auttfir to be played, ceaa, which continue* to lull the most wakeful amf, to aleep At the hea< Us a clock, the hand shot of winch heinff placed at the hour the slilu sleeper wishes to rise, when the time ar- the rives the hed play* a march ofSpmtoni, d>sn with diums and cymhcla. and, in short, inev with noise enough to rouse the seven sion sleepers. wo t Front the South Carottuian. hodist Sunday School Convention irA-* of Gov. W. //. (rnt, on 7 httrtda Afternoon, J/<iy 6. KNTLKMEN OK TIIK CONVENTION : I 111 no atti tt'il diffidence, Inn rea ust of ?iiy abilities to discharge tin s of presiding officer iit a satisfacto latiuer, thai 1 have accepted the po ) your kindness has assigned me.? i consulted my inclinations alone, Id have promptly declined the piot I honor, and insisted thai the las Id be assigned to one of mature s, more enlarged understanding, am who has greater claims upon tin stian community. Hut, believing ilia hould all ' work while it is day, fo night cometh when no man ca v," and teeling it to he the duty of i-r to lake whatever place is assignei by his companions in arms, wliethe imtnand or in ranks, I outer upon th large of my duties with the confi expectation that von will look wit! ncy upon my inexperience, and hi ne hy your counsel slid advice. \\ iigaged in a great and good cause can, iberefore, with confidence in th ty of our motives, invoke the hies: of Heaven upon our deliberation! Icliglitlul task to rear the tender though! nl teach the young idea how to shoot." u delighitul still, to call their yoiitl houghts from the groveling things c ami sense, and point them to tli^ of Bethlehem, which arose nior i eighteen hundred years ago, am shines with undiminished Imtre; t up as an example for their iniilalio |K-riect man, who was without pri I dentation, who could forgive his en ? -I . - > e 3?,uu guoj i.ir evil, revem n< i wlie ras reviled, and although lie colli commanded legions of angels to ri tlo* slightest insult offered to 11111 iT't'.l lo sillier all ignominious ileal display tlie crowning g'orj of li rreclioti ; tlial wo may, u, dm <|i: go of duly, fear not to follow hill i into tin- dark, utifalhoincd "vallc lie shadow of death." 1 lies hlaii *. of youth i> open to ladling impre i for good or ovil ; and how impo , then, that a proper direction slioul IVCII to tlieir thoughts and I 111 |>ll I sCSlay Schools have aiToiiiplshcd lime lis direction, and yet much remain ? done. Lot us, therefore, unite, i Uig broadcast through the length an idlh of the land, in the minds of oi ih, the 8e?'ds of morality and piet thoy might germinate and hrn i a rich harvest lo reward our effort the twig is hunt the tree's inclined although ll 6 storms of life may d it Irjin t's early direction, and il id branches be prostrated to card iho genial summer sun will agam n a its perpendicular, and point il ti| !-, bv nature, to nature's (Jod. b ie moral world J theearlv inipfegsior t>r youth frequently remain or letni r llit* sedenlive influences of ^iti hav us astray from the rugged path < mid made us more degraded (Ijm beasts that perish. The gentle whi ng of the mother in the ear of In ing son, like the soft melody of Hei ha?, after a long career of vice an , recalled liitn to usefulness and hoi nude loin an ornament to sociel\, an d lino from the terrible doom of th !y impenitent. hese. then, are sufficient induceinen lieer lis on in pr> paling the youth i country to act well their part w lie arrive at mature age, enter the va> a of society and mingle in its bus condoling scenes. It will lie a coi lion to lis all, in our declining year 'el i bat we have been instrumental i ling from the haunts of vice and di lion many a brightmyed youth, an ng the tears of maoy a heart slrickr lit. The earnest prayers of many her, ascending front the privacy < closet to the Majesty os High, wi d eloquently for us if we falter in ie good work ; and wo will erect i hearts of the wise and the good evi liere a monument more lasting tha ble. 1 lie youngest amongst us w il ie course of nature, soon leave tt i? of action, to he succeeded hy hi r generation ; and, without indulgin aiu regrets upon the foliies of the pa present, we should endeavor to in a those who are to succeed us the in slice of s high state of moral as we leiital culture as essential to the wel g ot society and the common goo lankind. Teach them that "to I i great, they must he truly good remind them that the Father of h ntrv, before whom all o'her nam< and sink into comparative in?ignil e, considered pravermore potent iIih sword. It is no longer the case i Ie that mere brute force prevails, an e the secret success of a citizen so V. They do not feel that they hoi r possessions and enjoy their privtlegi he uncertain tenure i f a monarch r, but that they are "the boiintifi of the author of nature and *ht r rights are invaded, they are read attle for them, relying upon the ju oi iiH-ir chu?o mill ttie approvin e* of Heaven. 80 tliat in all ilie > of life, whether in pence or w? alitv and religion aland forth in Ik> f, ami are eesentntl elements of au 1 might go on end enumerate e: >le after eixmple, in llihle hmtory * that whenever aelf-n-liance wee hii ted for reliance upon Providence, at admonition* of the Htipreme Heir ig ir h'd, d tinier md detent were ll itable connequftnce* ; end the conel is therefore irr*>?iatablo that itl I aad do, our little aelf ahould I ! merged in and overshadowed by the After greatness and glory of God. . repor y ^ Remarks of Iter. Whit'ford Smith. j ^ During the absence of the Committee j>ey' ] appointed to prepare business for the Con- Q,)m, B vention, the K?v. Dr. Whiteford Snjuli . glanc rose and said that he wished to otYei a those resolution, that would turn the attention I _w'?on 7 of the Convention to what lie conceived ! ' , , . tahed p to be one of the most important points ^ l() k to which it could be turned during its sit- mer, r tings. posed [* This resolution was, ho said, to the *f- ; " '",l 3 | feci that a committee be appointed, who ' 1 should at their leisure prepare an address r) c" I to the members and friends of the church ! fts II generally and more particularly to | a- ',on 1 K rents, upon the;r duties and responsiluli- 1 lies in religiously educating llmir chddieu h'' r and as far as possible acting in co:ni?'C- * B tiin with the Sunday School in accoiu 'n^ c 1 plishing tin: great end they had m view. ' tr 1 lie had been impressed with tin- gr? at Mi l' fact, that there is a deplorable MutetiieM, repor l* too often made among professedi v re g- ! To i '< urns people, hi respect to the respousth ii to tin " lies and duties of the religious ediical:ou possil 4 of chtldroti at home. It is a sad mis [ eliiirc * fortune, but it was so, (bat there is a | repor L, uumoer of people who think,iflhev make monj i provision for sending them to Sunday i in hv , School, they are doing their dutv by ' W ari jf tbein and aubstituliiig that for the ill Dr. ? striiclioii of the file side. They might ie- j Oi member a ciise at 1 'hiladelplna, where re <-o ij some one was disposed to cast out of J o view entirely the lamily obligation of pa? j ii rents to their children and insisted upon : . i ( e it thai tiie Sunday School was povveiful ! . | enough, without the interference of the ,j0| , ii family. lie reverenced the Suiniay ()f t ,| School, was an atteiulaul upon the Sun- j S(.|io! .. day School, was broueht no in the Sin. t ^ * ... | i? a so if day Solum!, luvcd tlie Swuhty Sclim*!, ? j ( |, and believed it could do a gieat ilea of I ,((re is good ; ami since In- had hcci in them n- j jHmt, istiv he lia?l noticed it whs the inirH-ry whet it of the church. lint lie would not l?av?? ! v u made tlie substitute for tin fainilv. We i J.,,,., k say, "(tod made tlie country and man j ^>0,. s. made the town." (>ml made tlie fimdy | tjl4J t; r- and mm made I lie Sunday Sc'iool. | (| d It >a an iiistituiioii of Iniman invention, ; nlessed of (Sod, as inanv of our iust ui ( li tioiis have been; hut the family wasic.li j is luted fiy the Divinity itself. It is (loi's , h< ID 1 direct ordinance ; ami he deprecated the 1 , ,| Itlea that parents should he allowed to'0*-'" ,ir neglect their religious responsibilities, I e de|irec,(ted the idea that for a moment j -Scln itf tlo*\ siniu.il suppose this dilty could he i 'atdi s. performed hi proxy; thai they should i ^'H,< " suhstit'ite the instriiciioti of comparative Ret i strangers lor the instruction which pa Com Ls rents give. The impressions of a Sunday ally |i School aie deep and abiding ; but could re!a! i> any Sunday School instruction stand in class a the heart in tlie place of a parent ? The shou l<> want of success in Suinlai Schools is of- the s is ten atir'huted to the ven Del that parents 1 won. -n manifest indifference. We want the co- moil ie operation of parents and we must do more whoi i,f than this. We must call the attention sen, tn 1 of our clergy to the indispeiisatde necessi , love .. | ty of preaching more upon the responsi i Imiv t-r hility and duties of parents iti this pirtic | he n< i ular. His object in suggesting the reso- woul id \ lulion was this, not lhaf any such docti | oral [i ment should he prepared iiere, hut that a ting ii| committee shott'd lat raised. aft<*r the (Jon- I he o i vention adjourns. wlio?e duty it shall l.e ' enssi I to prepare an ad'.ress to parents upon i the i t.? 1 the re~ponsihiht\ of their educating their he oi i?f ' children in a Christian land, teaching i anec n them at home to teail the Mible and iin [ and I f?r?*kh ns upon 11? *:r hearts, j con?l '.v ; The Rev. Mr. Martin yesterday said i''.' i A that he was happy to announce to the I, members, as a matter oi u.fornialion, ti at excei * the, Columbia Female College was now two d in a state of forwardness that wouhl ena ' arnl >n hie llietn to see what it is, and what it | askil a intends to he when completed. It was ( to b. >f now nearly completed, and it was desired Sun< II | that every member would do himself the l he n >t | pleasure and them the honor of taking a amoi n ! personal survey of the college, from top take ? | to bottom. They were wanted to see it, 1 '> ,-x ,ii and go away and report as they , is no ||, | saw it. It was one in which they all j 'he I ie ! had an interest, and one in which he ho- j Ai i I ped they would all take an interest. j of a *l Methodist Sunday School Convention. ! J 1 j , 1 the i d The Convention re assembled, at 9 a. j nertr ,11 m., and was opened with prayer by the j,or|, I. Kev. Mr. Gamewel). The Secretary, Mr. ' WIIS ?! i T. J. Warren, read the journal of the pre- (mlI1 .e ceeding .lay. no, , I Rev. J. T Wigl.tman notified delegates l^x.k is 1 not provided with homes, that by calling such es at the parsonage, places would he assign 1 (> ft j ed them. to di m Notice was also given that arrange. ' was in iilents had been made with all the rail- into id roads to pass delegates to the Convention ahoi il on their return, free of charge, on their The Ia ? o - ? ? k-cvrcinry a ceillDCHlO hllll en | of membership. ' Into '* j The several committees appointed to lie c it I consider am) make reports on llio various ] if hii in topic* embraced in the programme, were he k |y there severally called upon. fcnet s ; The Committee on the influence of the was, ig Sunday School, reported not ready. I only if Mr. S. A. Nelson, of Charleston, Oh air isted ir, man of the Cammiltee on the flovern for t Id mailt of Sunday Schools, made an elaho- as \< rate report, embracing nineteen arucles, pe<>| x- and detailing the plan of the Committee chih to for organising and putting in operation a the b , Sundav School. In offering it, the Com- in tl id mittee proposed that it he published in pooi ig the form of a tract, to be distributed bv the ne i the Sundny School 8ooiety of the church. ?u u- it was not intended to take the place of 0 ill anv Constitution already in operation, but wert t>e I offered to schools having no constitution. j ted. K * the striking out of oue articles, tlie j t was adopted. p Committee on the Ministry, Rev. miti, Chairman, ma le a report. The Mr. Kelly read the report. The nillee in opening say : If ctrcinn- I es ever gave force to ooiumands, , which encompassed the disciples , Christ said, 'Feed my Lambs,' made | ifoundly emphatic, Glirist had tin I , his work, had given to I'et- r. Was ' Peter alone, or to all? If the for- i it was private and an extra duty ittl- | I upon him ; hut if general in itself, | 1st he included in the great com in is | ,o go and preaeli the Gospel to eve* ature. It make* die Sunday School, e church, ot divine origin, an institio growing out of the cominads of God. i characteristic <>f the Messiah was that mild gather the lambs in h's arms arrv them in his hosom. Mis lov are for children was heantifully illusI ami fultilleil the prophecies. . Kelly, at the conclusion, said (lie t had two principal objects. Fust, mpress the ministry with tlieit dutv e young. Second. To awaken if b!e the minds of the people of the :lt to duties binding nper then.. The, I created an nnimated discussion a 1 r the clergy, which wa?* participated Messrs. Spain, Kelly, Fleming, T. J. ren, Prichard, (a. Cannon, Walker, imith, II..vt and Nelson, i motion of Mr. llovt. the report was 111111111? < 1 to the committee, r. h. Chapin, Cliairiu.iii of the Com. e on Schools, made an aide report, also soluiiiiied a copy of a country t?er, which was received as inloroiaand laid on the table In speaking he auxiliaries employed to interest ars, the report cited tin interesting o! it VOUII^; lad I Hvilljr heell l?'??ll lT 111 tchooi through tin* ii.tlueino ot Si r11?view hs shown through ;t magic in. Tins whs h wild voutli, who, I i asked what liis f;tihei mid mother replied tl. it Irs father ivniKt,'l ill I ie i, and his mother not drunk. i hat was sof.tr reclaimed and educated ill iunday School, us to make ;t sjiti'i'li ie occasion of a celebration ot tbut il, la-t week, hi Charleston, i motion of Mr. Hobo, the report was led hs h whole. i motion <>f Rev. Mr. W ightman, 4 ek w hs tixed for the purpose of liear- ' ipeakers on the state of the Snnd <y io|s m Charleston, Coamiluii, Span urg and elsewhere throughout (lie j < . II. A. (-. W itlker, Chaiiuiitn of the mittee i>n Seholars, made an unusuinteresting and eloipient report. In ion to the conduction of an infant , it was recommended that there | Id he a separate room, in which all mailer children he gathered ; then a an ot sound judgment ? herself a ier, with some ot tier own little ones n she has to teaeh?should Ihj elm- j one who sini??t sweet \, who eou'd little children and Im-his in muni tlie Savior loved them. There should "t longer prayer, else the children d he wearied. Teaching should be and varied with sinning and commit I to memory verses from the catechism. 1 report, however, elicited much dis | on ; and on the question whether | list met u >ii in Sin..I .i >...1.^/^1- -t i i ral <>r alphabetic, <!r? vv forth many j dotes, tending to illustrate the utility j IciKH'tiov of the latter mode as most 1 ucive to the prosperity and spread of ; ioSpel ti anecdote was related by one of the ! kers of a poor young lady, who was rdmgly pious, and who came to him years ago. with tears in her eyes, told him that she could not read, I ig him at the same time to allow her | instructed in the alphabet in the lay School. She was told there would j n objection, ami an inquiry was made : ng the teachers which of them w ould charge of her. The first one inquired :cepicd the charge. That young lady { iw reading the liible ami reading in lyrnri Iwiok. lother speaker mentioned an instance father, mother and nine grown | (hier* receiving thv,, ;i<?n in i sabbath School and there learning | ilphabet. Another of a young man ly grown, who came into the neigh- ! ood of the speaker. This young man ] ahout eighteen years of age, so pro j tlly ignorant that he not only could j read, but <1 id not know of such a , ; a the Hible, and never heard of I a thing hs the name of Jesus t hrist. | f another who came to the speaker is pose of his stock. As the bargain i about being made, the little son went the house to warm. lie was a boy it twelve or fourteen years of age.? wife o'the sneaker tried in nnaBnn in conversation, ami wanted to (jive a Testament. She inquired of Inm if ould read, lie'said no- Asked htm s father could read. He said, oh, no, new nothing. He wa? asked if he w who made him, and the answer no. These anecdote wre related as a few of the many instances that ex I, and to show the urgent necessity he Sunday School to go'e alphabetic 'ell as oral instruction. Many poor >le, it was said would not send their Iren to a free school, on account of prejudice existing against them. But )e Sabbath School the rich and the share the same seat. The section of report requiring oral Instruction only, finally stricken out. n? or tao other slight amendments i made, and the report finally adopt el iUirinilturnl. Fruit Trees A majority of the old fruit trees throughout ilie country fail to give the amount jf tine, large. well formed and luscious fruit they would, for the want of suffi tent fruit forming materials in the soil.? 1 lie tiee, in its titieen, twenty,or perhaps thirty years' growth, lias exhausted the litne, or some other ingredient, and now there is none for the fruit. For apple tree- lime is specially important. The phosphate of lime, as in hones, is good lor al' fruits, lt the soil is plentifully sup plied with all the ingredients of a fruit, it will he fairer, richer flavored, and less ex posed to the attack? of insects. Most or cliards are in turf, and it is perhaps hest that they should he. Hut how can the tree be expected to elahr rate food from the soil equal to the maturing of a large yield ol fruits, if the ground is mowed once or twice a year, led ?>H'in fall and spring, and seldom manured I Even if prett\ well manured, the grass takes nearly all the strength of* tire manure. There should he extra manuring, specially f"r tl.e fruit. Fall is perhaps the hest litne, as in that case the manure, will have time to settle into the ground sutlicierily to reach the roots before another fruiting time. If neglected m the fall it mav better he attended to ve-y early in the spring as soon as the snow is oil. or even before. It is not necessary to withdraw manure from the field for the sake of the orchard. Yon may use a kind that you 1 ave never applied to the field. Swamp m ick, any black earth, leaf mould, scrapings from hedge rows, mixed with lime, is good.? Wood ashes are nearly hall lime, and the lime in them is in the best possible con dttinn for this use. Half a cord of muck, Willi a bushel <>r two of ashes, would cause many a tree to produce, f>>r several years, twenty five or ttiirlv bushels of apjiies, that for years past lias pro I need hut half that amount; and the quality of the fruit would he as much improved as its quantity. Do not lay tt too near the bo d v of the tree. The small rootlets of a young tree are, of course, near the stem ; hut with an old tree it is different. They have heen pushing outward for years ; and now they draw the nutriment for the tree front a c?rcle, ten, fifteen, and even ' weniv feet from the center, bor a large apple tree we would spread the compost over a circle of Inrtv feet in diameter. Now is a good time to cut grafts.? Thev should I >e kept in a cool place, and if a little moist the better. Currant hushes, if not thinned out in the fall max now bo attended to. Cut oil tho crooked, Internal branches, and head in the tall ones. Much has been said in favor of cultivating the currant in the tree form. It is rather Difficult except for accomplished horticulturists, and wo very much incline to tho belief that the old w ay of having (hem in hunches, about four feel apart, properly trimmed once a year, the ground to be ho 3d often, and well clear off grass and weeds, is as well for farm purpose, though not as large fruit can be obtained in this way. The cur rant is easily grown and is a healthy fruit, possessing an extra value from the fact of its coining at a time when hardly any other fruit can he had. Quince hushes should he surrounding witii chip manure, or other decaying mould, to keep down the grass, and now is a good time to apply it. Knots are no unimportant part of the living a fatnilr. We wish everv fa;in er would lav Ins plans in season, and t ke time b\ the foretop, for improving in this branch of farm industry. It he lives near a market tt is the most profitable ; and wherever he may be, there is a refining influence in fruit culture, which should not be ovetlooked. There is solid com fort in it. There is an innocent luxury Nothing tends more to contentment ? When the children are far away, and have huilt them other homes, they will remeinher the old homestead, hut no place in it, except the place by tbe old fife side, where a loving mother used tt sit and merd their clothes and darn theii stockings, and bear patiently with then childish pranks, and teach the voting idea wiii i>? remembered wiih more longing! to return, than where their childhood'i lips smacked the fruit of favorite tree.? Apples, early and late, for summer, ail tumn, winter, and spring, pears, peaches quinces, plums, cherries, apricots, goose berries, currants, and strawberries sbouli be tbe delight of everv farm, unless pecu liarity of climate would exclue some < ...t,-..-, n.i.i ninny OUIfrU SIIOUM (?e lflltC duced if soil and climate favor. Cl'HRANT VVlNK - W? off T the follow ing, contributed by an intelligent, practi cal correspondent :? Squeeze the fresb, but fully ripe berrie till tlie juice ceases to run freely, I*ou ftVfr lll? MM /? a. n,,,A .1 [, .... ... ?vu no I juice, and press again. Repeat the pro, cess which will extract al! the juice an< form a liquid of the proper <onai*tenc< ! viz: two parts water and one part juic< Add one third of its weight of white sti gar and place in wide open vessel*, in moderately cool place to form.ml. In tw or three days it will he ready for bottling Great care is required that the fermenti tion We not too rapid, tending to forr vinegar. What thie i* the case, place ? a cooler situation. It is eometimes desit able to have the fermentation go on quit lowly, in which case put it in casks, lea* i ing lite hung open and keep in ? coc place for a week, or two even, hefor drawing off or bottling.?American A$ I risulluriit. tyft V JLW* JUT JU X '!< Uoiiroraua. To make hens lay perpetually, hit then: a well diiected blow on the bead. 'Biddy, did you put. an egg in the coffee to settle it V 'Yes. mum, I put in four ; tbev wv.ro so bad, I bad to use the tnore of 1116111.' Inquisitive people are the funnels of 1 conversation, they do not take in anything for their own use, but merely to pass it to another. Bus?to kiss. Re buss?to kiss r.gain. Blunder taiss?-two girls kissing each other. Omni buss ? to kiss all the girls in the room. Buster?a general'kisser. Epiuri bus unam?a thousand kisses in one. 'Mother,' said a little child, 'ain't the stars the candles in heaven V 'What put that into your head, Cha ' ley ?' 'Why, because they've alwavs lit up just at dark ; and 1'thought they were tor the angels to see to go to bed by.' 1 The ignorance of young ladies brought up to thumb pi a noes, read lovesick novels, ar:d entertain young gentleman with moustaches, is astonishing. The oilier day one or tins class threw the milk intended for lea out of the window, he. cause it had a yellow scum on the top ol I A boarding school miss, deeming 'eat' a word too vulgar for refined ears, defines i it thus 'To insert nutritious pabulum into the dentriculated orifice below tfie nasal protuberance, which, being masticated, pere grinate tlirougli the cartilaginous cavities of the largynx, and is finally domiciliated in the receptacle for digestible particles. 'Did you tell me, sir. you could bold the plow ? said the master. 'Arrali ! be aisv now,' said Pat, 'how the divil can I hold it, and two horses a draw in' ov it away from ine ? hut give it to me in the barn, and be jabbers I'll hold it with anybody.' I A very truthful Boston newspaper 1 saves, that an old man dying in that city, recently, was asked if he would have a i cleargvmati sent for. He requested to see the Rev. l)r. Clover, who called upon him accordingly. The Kick man said : 'I IniUA iituf coti f fr\r r/,n J . v..i .W. ; vu vu IfVjUCOl JUU IU keep those confounded cats in your yard quiet to night.' j A good looking fellow was arraigned before the police court, charged with liav ; ing stolen a watch. The judge asked him what iuduced hiiu to commit the thefL? The young m?n replied that, having been unwell for some tune, the doctor advised I him to lake something, which he accor dinglv did. The judge asked him what had induced loin to select a watch. 'Why,* said the prisonrs, 'I thought if 1 only had the time, that Nature would work a cure.' i Excruciating.? A young gentleman : ?just from college?while sitting with a I young lady one evening, had occasion to use the cHiidlesuiitlera ; in asking her to hand them to htm, he did so in the fob lowing r? fined and polished language : I 'Thou most beautiful, charming, and ac? ! , complished Miss, will your ladyship, by an undeserved and unmerited condescenI sion, band to your most obsequious and . j devoted friend, tliat pair of ignipotent I digits, in order that I may exterminate tlie excrescence of this nocturnal c\lindric i luminary, that its refulgent resplendency i nmv dazzel the ocular optics of our visioD ! more f | 1 | Old negro slumbering, with his feet ' pointing to a glimmering fire. Opens one ' eve and gets a glimps of them as they r stand up in the obscurity. Mistakes them r lor two litt'e negroes, and cries: '(iif 'fum ! lore me,' and relapses into sleep. After s awhile opens the other eye, at d still see' * mg the intruder, says: *Gif 'fum 'fore me, 1 say ; 1 kick you iu de fiir if you don't 1 * will shu'?and again lie snores. His dreams not being pleasant, he soon opens bulb eves and still seeinc the little uest* r* I > he draw* up his fool for the threatened kick, liut is alarmed to see them advance '' upon him, and exclaims : 'Wha', where 1 you ciunin' to now ! Ilumph ! My own loot, by golly !' ~ Cooi. Tmvudrnce.? * Will you oblige nie wiih a hglil, sir ?' 1 'Certamlv. with the greatest pleasure,' s ?h\h stranger, knocking off the a?hea with r his little finger, and presenting the red a end of his cigar with a graceful bow., i- , Smith commences fumbling in his coat I pocket, takes out his handkerchief; i, shakes it ; feels in hie vest with a deeper!. i ate energy ; looks h'ank. 'Well. I do declare, havn't got one, a tine as the world. Have you another you 0 could spare V 'Ort ain I v.'says stranger with a smile, 1 'and I beg you will accept it.4 n There is a puff, puffing till the fresh n eigar ignites, wher. they separate with r 1 suave bow and wave of lite hand. Smith e chucks his friend, who was near splitting with laughter, under the ribs with : >1 'There 1 didn't I tell you I would get e it 1 That's the way to get along in this r- world. Nothing like cool polite iinjur jeoce !' We thought so, too.