Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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% the Caiifustfr fc&ger. IjO Pf?R A XTMTTM Turn to t!i?> ?it* timing MmtIs ?urvry, 1 \T 4 I \ \r i \'/ \ i r ^J 1* vJ -A". Bis with Shi? woiidt'n i>f ?*nrlt |???*ius tiny. 1 ll x V 1-J X l\ l\ \ |\ A /auiilg nail political iifiuspaptc?Frootril la tl)t Arts, smtum, litrratBrr. fiinratiau; Agrunlturr, Antrrnal iSuipruuriiiriits^ /atrip ouii Itaraiu AJruis, auo tiir jilnrkrts. V 0 L U M E VIII. LANCASTER C. H? SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORN [NO, AUG., 24, 1859. N II M IS El! 28 . mm jjtwtnj. Happiness. 'Tin not in beauty, this will fade. And pass like morning dews nwav ; 'Ti* not in nil the chnrma of fame, Which like the summer dowers decay. 'Tin not in gold or glittering gems, Which dazzles like the sun's bright beam; I i.s uol in pleasure, thin will puns Hike joys of early happy dream*. VInt 'lis in virtue bright and fair, Which joys unfading can imparl; ll is kindness?melting power, That softens down the stubborn heart. 11 is in hope, which, like the sun. Make* earth with forest flow'rets bloom; It is in friendship, warm and true, Which leaves the same beyond the tomb It is in love, heavenly love 'I lie richest boon to mortals given ; That love which time can never change, Hut constitutes this earth a heaven jklfftfil Iturtj. From tin* < .'oris lei liition. THE NIQ-HT WA.TCH, ? OH THK 8PKCTHKVS GLEN. UY M US I. O. 811K A US. 'Old Mr. Wilkins is desd nnd lliey lisve sent over for Boiiio one to oorne anil sit lip w ill the corpse,' said a lisping little fel low of ten summers lio'ding Ins tattered o?p in Ins hand, hs lie hiIiIreused my friend llugli ' onvers ; I whs si ting beside him pulling a w at at s cigar, and wlien lie turind to me, saying, "Lei's go, Jolin,' 1 cvpies e l mv n adiness to comply, and >-(111 Until nc Hh* -lump ol ilio cigar bo iu.cii ink* it-.-ill, followed liiin out. I no i n t ), > hi wliirl. <?l?i Mr. Wilkin* lii. I lived ami ilied m ah about a mile ill-, (mil ; our rum! lay through a lore*:, iiiom l\ ot ii n?*s, ami their dark tinted foliage at in Hen oi.Miuel i In* moonlight from our | xili. Hugh will a' first silent, and not wish I ii ^ t > eon verm inysmf, I looked occasion ally b iek to the blue ridge at the west of I >. ik < nuds were rolling up ; not a i tei.tli .1 wil d funned my biow ; (be lieal whs oppie-sive, and 1 removed my s ri>? bat, mid swaying it (o and fro, souk?bl to catcli a fresh bieatli of air, but all to no purpose. The very rflbrt of fanning myself only si f ed to in-lease the heat and fatigue, so I des nted and counted the bright spots in the road which the moonbeams made as they struggled ever and anon through the branches of the pines above lis I heir .III at last lo feel I lie uilonoo irL h me, and by w*y of starting a conver snti n, said? 'Hugh, have you ever watched w i I It a corps** r 'Aye, lad, (inns without number.' '!>o you believe in ghosts, 11 ii^Ii f' 'Can't Bay that I do exacll r, but I have seen some strange and unaccountable sights in tny day ' 'Have you, Hugh ! pray relate them.' 'Well then, as you desire it, I will.' 'When I was a young man of your own age or thereabout*. I was called upi on to watch with a corpse The deceased was a young married woman, and at the lime of her death, calling her husband to Iter bedside, she made liiin promise (for she was very fond of liiin) that be would never marry again : and lie assured her that lie had not the least desire to take to liia hosom another wife ; her own sweet image should never be replaced by ano'her. 'He promised then and there, faithfuliy, truiv, never to marry again. 'It is Well JsilliU ' aai/l ll>?? .liiti.. U... ? ?I ? ?"? "*'"h "" man, 'I believe you are sincere in what you say, (tut should you, when I hiii at last buried from your sight, forget me, should you forget your vow. I will appear <> you, not nlone, but in the presence of your 4i?w bride. Hitd remind you of your p> rh ly,? remember?farewell. 'She died as I have said, and I. in company with my sweet hea't, fl was then paying my addresses to Alice NVinn,) wan hed *ith the corpse that night. We saw nothing strange or unaccoiin table ; on the whole we passed a pleasant evening. Hv turns one read aloud, while the other listened, hot I made Alice rssd by fir tlie greater part of the night, for she bad a sweet, musical voice, and I was very, very fond of Iter J a sigli]. The next day the wife of Jaines Scott was buried ; Aiice and I went together to the funeral, and many aigha were that day cast for poor James Poor James ! He took her death very hard. AH pitied, and sympathized with him in his bereave ment ; ami 1 wed recollect bow ! charged A I.re to be sure and run ia at the cottage often, and do anv little thinor she could to M?l?l lo lii* comfort and nifien hi* yricf. Too well ?lie oherwd. 'Soon I ol>?*rved that ?he did not meet me with n ?mi!o nnd (find word* of wel come, 114 *he had formerly done when I vim ted her. Three monthr p*?*ed, nod though my own Alice hud grown cold ?n(J indifferent I could not gire her up. , ' ?? T m * "i uetermineU on seeking an explana tion, and the night I had set for an interview was at hand. A call fronj James Sc<?lt detained me. He came to tell me he was to be married on the morrow, and desired my presence. 'To whom V I asked, and I doubt not I was much excited, for I felt the perspi. ration oozing from every pore of my body. 'To whom?tell me, James Scott?to I ' whom 1' 'To Alice Winn.' 'My Alice I Good God !' j 'He soonied not to have heard my ex j clnmation, hut continued?'She is a good, , tidy house wife, and I doubt not we shall I I get on tiicely together. We are to be j married at her mother's house ?n Winfield 1 j at eight o'clock in the evening, and then , | mm nvcr l<i llie COllBge. Will yoUX'OII.e, j (Iii jli!' 'Come ? yes!' I replied, and Scott de purled. Alice's conduct nee<led no furi liter explanation. And after the vow, J tlie soeinn vow Janus Scolt had taken, | he was to break it so soon. Would Ins . dead wife?as she had threated ? appear I to them ? I almost hoped so. ] did not | leave tlie house again until the hour ap' ; pointed for tlie nuptials. I tried to still I the painful throbbing of my heart. 1 l tried, but in vain, to appear calm, colleoI ted. 'I would and did see tbeni married.? | I '11.e bridegroom looked Minlinir and hap i ] py. but Alice was very pale, i never have , I seen a liliy whiter than was her cheek when she stood tip to be married 4 White robes and orange bloatoni* ! I have sickened at the "sight of these ever . i since. 'Well, they were married ; the cere j tllonv was irol lliri.ll.fli u/illi a.vm..lw... j is - ""'"""""t | though there was ii great deal of falter ing on the bride's part, and tlie minister j made sad blunders?while tin* guests, | | with ominous looks, whispered one to an* ! | other the unhappy events which such | I mistakes portended. 'Congratulations followed, ami an hour after, the inarrie I pair, with a number of i friends ?myself included?set out for the i cottage, their future dwelling place. 'Once I passed near Alice ; it was just ; as she was stepping into the carriage ? | ttlie looked at me a moment sorrowfully, , i then half extended her hand. | 'I shook my head. I felt she had play ! ed me false ; I could not accept ; so, with another sha .i* of the head, I turned aw ?y and entered lite carriage next in waiting 'We drove slowly away. Thai was a ?st r :i n bridal party; there was n<? mirth, no hilarity. It nrfnuxl to nie like a funeral procession ; and once, turning to my ; companion ?a modest girl, and pretty I too, but nothing to compare with Alice ? I asked aIkiiiI the eorpse. 'I corrected nivsell instantly?'pardon me, miss. I should have said t/riiir.' 'I lie j fair girl became, at this unhappy blunder I of mme, as agitated as myself 'Fearing I should commit myself again I sealed my lips, and we rode on in silence , ovet (his vert road. ' The night was similar to this. The moon gave us now and then a glimmer ing light. The dark old forest trees frown i ed down upon us aa thev do now. 'Suddenly the carriage before us halted, ' there was a slight moan, as if from a woman's hps, and then?ami then?' 'And what then. Hugh ?' I asked, as be leaned his heavy body against the ! . I t >i ? iritiiu oi a la i jnne mat o'erMiailowed { liiin, hiiiI covered hi* eyes with Ida hand. "Then h figure in white, with face am) features, to a nice exactness, like those of ' James Scott's tmiied wife, glided past, ; s!owlv, noiselessly. 'Twas in tins verv spot our carriages halted. The moan I had heard was from 1 the lips jf Alice. The spectre had |>aused beside her, and laid her icy hand upon ! the new bride's face?then banished. 'James Scott was paralyzed with fear. Another ami a more distressing groan from the lips of Alice, and I sprang from ' the carriage and went to her assistance. 'She gasped, fainted, died in mv arins. j Yes, here my Alice died an hour the wife of another?here she died. 'Jamas Scott could say nothing, do no . thing ; all was confusion. I bore her in my arms to the cottage?the saine cot( cage i!i ?t we arc going to to night, and there I watched all that was left of inv idol til1 morning. 'Against my will ( saw the sun rise, and heard the birds sing as sweetly as iiimign nothing ha<l happened to mar my happiness. Y ft I had rather nee her lie there cold end dead, than heboid her the wife of another, I never mourned that lie died- Mv world would have heen darker, for tnore desolate had she lived. | 'Kver within my sight, hut never mine, she would have hern, for I had not moral courage sufficient to tear myself from her Hweet pretence. 'God removed her from iny reach and I was glad. I laughed many times that day.' * It nt what of the ghost t' I a?ked. 'That ia one of the sights unaccountable,' he replied, 'most of the ladies at the parly fainted, and since that time I ven I lure to say, not one has passed through the pine forest alter nightfall. The sequel I will give you as we return.' 'And is that what irava this nlace the name of Spectre ? Glen V 'ft i?, hut no ?no'? queaiionn; *? nni*t hurry on or we ahall not ranch the cot tage till the ?ln)wer overtake* n* ' Wo accordingly quickened our pace /> nd armed ju?t a* the large drop* of rain hugan to full. Wo iliown into the littla parlor, uc?t, hut plain. Oii a plank, in range ol the window, wna laul a human figure, covered with a wldte cloud. . ' , | i friend threw liimielf into a chair, | followed Ins example, and Willi closed even l>oili sat and listened to tlie rtwerhra ting peels of thunder, the sweeping of the wind, and tlitailing rain. Once I opened iny e\es, and there he fore me lay the figure draped in whi'e, The cloth was put on nicely; there was not a wrinkle there. The corners were evenlv adjusted. I looked at inv friend Hugh; he was asleep, i war vexes! with him, but that did not rou-e hilt). The thunder mutter ed incessantly overhead ; shower after shower came up and poured its liquid drops upon the parched earth. Hugh slept through it all. I closed my eyes and courted aomnens, hut in vain. 0 for a hook, a paper, anything to while away the time. I arose, looked round the room, hut found nothing. 1 cast s fnriiv.. ? 'l>? - ?S " n..n?m.r'i figure and wondered that people did not place their dead in Collins, close them, and thus do away with the horrid custom of placing them on boards and employing night watchers. I had half a moid to remove the cloth and lake a peep at the face of the dead man. I reached forth my hand?an nn pleasant sensation overpowered tne, and 1 turned away and again sat down, this time with my face turned from the corpse. The tallow candle dickered ami burned dimly. Hugh still slept ; how provoking 'Hugh !' I called?hut he answered not. Hugh,'?a second time ; still no an swer ; and arising I gave him a rongli shake which aroused him. 'What's the matter,' he asked, rubbing his eves. 'Nothing in particular' 1 replied 'only I ? I Iried to find some, excuse for distur hi tig his slumbers ? I wanted to talk * little.' 'Well laik away, what shall it be a botlt 1' 'Were \ou acquainted with this inai Wilkins V Ave. John, better acquainted than ] W Islied ' 'What soil of a fellow was lie V 'I beiieve it is customary to let the ash e* of the dead rest, but since you liav< propounded the question. I will answer lie ww a menu, unprincipled fellow.' VVllHt ?' 'He in h rascal I say, hh?1 I hiii no sorry the war d in well rid oi him. Voi j look frightened us though you though mv words would bring him to life, and 1 should be sorry if they did, believe in there would he more 'ears shed at sucl and event than at his funeral.' 'You shall tell me what ho did in lif to earn such harsh epithets.' I kept in eyes rivited on the shrouded figure whit Hugh proceeded. | 'He was a tyrant in his family; hi children fear'd him as thev would a Hen gal tiger, and fled when lie approached I Ins wife has lived the life of a slave ; am | those with whom he has dealt' call hid ' hard hearted and inexorable. He ha< amassed a fortune yet he lived here in inizeilv way, denying his family the com forts of life. Iiut lie has left his riches a last, and others will handle (he gold h has hoarded.' Hugh ceased speaking. 1 had no more questions to ask, an he sank hack in his chair ami was son asleep again, hut I was as wakeful a ' ever. The wild lot I gone down, tlie thuntie had ceased (o roll and the rain to fall all was, silent, it seemed indeed the hons ' of death. The candle burred more diml hi the socket than before, the rigid fori I lay still and quiet ; I turned and lonke* ?no, not still. The covering moved, saw it ; ? the hair of my head stood erec ! ? I was horror struck, yet could not r? j mote my eyes- I tried to speak to llugl hut my voice failed me. It was no fancy of mine, slowly th white cloth moved otf the head; th sparsely scattered hair was visible, the : the high, bold forehead, the stinker half closed eyes, and in turn, the loiij Unman nose. I could not speak hut I moved slow I1 (o the side ol Hugh, I grasped Ins art arid pointed lo the uncovered face. II awoke, looked, and sprang from In* chaii for at: instant he thought with *ne ilia some supernatural power was at work.? I ftdly expected lo tee the dead aris? at.d whispering in Hugh's ear 'the tpirilt was rushing lo the door when he Unghe | outright, he h-.d discovered the cause t alarm. A cat had crawled iu through the ha closed shutter*, and fastening her clawin the sheet had thus slowly ami noist lessly removed it from the face of tu dead. When morning dawned, and I was no sorry to see sunlight iu the east?we ae our faces homeward. 'Now for the sequel to your ghost story said I lo Hugh as we entered the soiubr shade of Sptelre ? Glrn% and he eomphet Some week* after the death of Aliro shest and mask were found concealed i the bushes not far from here, and th mask being a perfect cast of the feature of the first Mrs Scott, many supposed i to have been worn In some roguish Ih< -f.l.- -HI L -_ ui vim miHgf i>> iiHVM a nine spoil, am frightened llie widower for thus tool breaking his promise.' 'Ami so it was no ghnsi after all tha frightened ttie new bride to death' siiitl I qU'le dis? ip|Miii?te?l at tlie se<jne| ; *bu my theory is shaken, if all ghost ami gol liu tales were sifted to the bottom the would turn out in (be tame way.' 'Not so. John,' said Hugh, who list seated himself on a huge pine log tha lay near the roadside. 'I could tail you a tale?but not now uojnjw.' Yes Hugh, now,' said 1, pleadingly as I attempted to net down beside iiiin, bnt s lie pushed me away with a look almost | fierce as he said, 'go boy, and leave me ! alone, anon you shall hear it : a wonder ful tale it is,' and so I say to you dear , i reader, more anon. Execution of Col Hayiic. Among the dislinguisliod men who fell vie * ins during the war of the American Revolution, was Col. Isaac llayne, of i South Carolina; a man who, hy his amia- j bility of characle.r and high sentiments ' ol honor and uprightness, had secured the good will and atfeclion ol all who i ' knew him. lie had a wife ami six small i children, the oldest hImiv of hirtecn years 1 ol IIJD lll? U/lfu l.? till..Ill III. I clerlv attached, fell h victim to <1 sense ; an event hastened not improbably by tlie | inconveniences nn<] sutler; igs it culeiil to ' | a slaie of war, in which the \\ 11 ?ie famn I lv largely participated. C'd. Ilayne hint | self was taken prisoner hy ihe British ! forces, and in a short time was executed I on the gallows, under circumstances cab culated to cx'-ite the deepest coniiniseralion. A great nutnher of persons, boih English ami American, interceded for ?is ' j life. The ladies of Charleston signed a petition in his behalf; his motherless chd dren were presented on theii bended knees as humble suitors for their be'.ovtd father; i but all ni vain. During the imprisonment ! of the father, the eldest son was permit' ! led to slay wnh him in prison. Beholding his only surviving parent, for whom he fell the deepest affection, loaded with ' irons and condemned to die, he was over , I whelmed with consternation an I sorrow. 1 he wretched father endeavored to console him, 1>V reminding him th <1 the uu ! I . . " | availing grief of the son tenden d or.ly to increase his own iniserv ; that we came i into this world merelv to die ; and be j coul.I even rejoice that his troubles were ' so near an end. 'To morrow,' said be. '1 ' se'. out for immortality. You will accompany me to the place of execution ; and when I am dead, take my liodv uild bo j i rv it bv the side of your mother.' The j youth here 'ell on his father's neck, cry ing, 'Oh, my father ! my father ! I will j tlie for you '. 1 will <1 ic with you !' Col. Ilayne, as he was loaded with irons, was ; unai'ie to return the embrace of bis son. ( I and merely said to liim in r?-|?ly?'Live, t j my eon ; live to hom>r 0<?1 |?y a jro.al I I lif?! : live to serve votir country ; and live I to (nice care of your brother ami littla leisters.' The next morning Col. Ilavne j was conducted to the place of execution. > Ills son accompanied Lint. Soon as tliev | CHine in sight of the fallows, the father strengthened himselt ami -aid j'Xow, my | son. show yourself a man 1 That tree is the houndarv of mv life, and all inv life's s , sorrows. lleyond that, tin: wicked cease . I from troubling and the wearv are at r<st. j Don't lav loo tifuch at ln-art our separa|( till) ; it will he hilt -hurt. To day I die; I ami you, my son,though but young. must A j soon follow me.' 'Yes, mv father,' replied l the broken-hearted youth, 'I shall slioitjy . follow voii, for. indeed, I lee! that I cannot live long.' And Ins melancholy an tici}?ati?n was fulfilled in a manner more dreadful than is implied in the mere cxi . I I irw?l inn , %( lilt. f ! ? oo- "? ?'-? I "? ? mivi '-/ii ncnii^ i??a iniut'i ia (( ' the hands of the executioiier, and then strncuhno in the halter. In- ston I like one transfixed iiml motionless with horror.? Till then he had went incessantly; Lilt . sooli as he saw that si^ht, the fountains of his tears were stanched, and he never j wept more. lie died insane ; and in Ins last momenta often cafed upon his father (| in terms, that bronchi tear- Iroin llie I hardest hearts.? Phil't. /'nix. Useful Medical Hints. ' If a person swallows any poison whatH I ev? r, <-r has fallen into convulsions froti\ h having overloaded the stomach, an in ' 1 statu aneous remedy, inure efficient and ,1 " appucauie in a arg?* numoer ol cases ^ than any half a dozen medicines w?; can now think of, is a teaspooiifol of coiuinon salt ami as much ground mustard, stirred 'apirlly in aleacup of water, warm or cold, and swallowed instantly. It is scarcely ^ down before '1 begins to come up, bring ing with it the remaining contents of the atomacb ; and least there be any remnant ^ of poison, however small, let the white of I an egg, or a teaciipful of strung coffee, be ^ swallowed assouii as the stomach is quiet; because these very common art cles nulli Ij- fy a larger number of virulent poisons than any medicines in the shops. In ca ^ sea of scalding <>r burning the body, iin1 rnersing the part in cold water gives en tire relief, as instantaneously aa the light ^ mng. Meanwhile, get some common dry flour, and apply it an inch nr two thick on the injured part, the moment it oiner >t ges fiom the water, ami keep sprinkling (> on the flour through anything like a pepI per box cover, so as to put it on evenly. | Do nothing else ; drink nothing but water ; eat nothing until improvement com^ mences except some dry bread, softened iii very weak tea or some kin.I. Uures ol t frightful biirnuigH have been performed in I lliia way, aa wonderful an lliey were pain j lea*. We onee saved the life of an infnnl which had l?een inadvertently drugged with laudanum, and which was fast sink ( ing into (lie Bleep which has no waking, l>v giving it atrnng coffee, cleared with the while <>f an egg, a taaspoonful every live minute*, until it censed toaeein diuw* av.?American Medical Journal y [J A country newspaper lima deaciihea i the effects of the recent thunder storm:? 'It shattered mountains, lore up oaks hv >, the rocls, dismantled ehurchea, laid homei steads waste, end overturned a haystack A hiwh\\ limiting, ? Do you give to make it Fly? Those ?lio receive the Gospel are led hy influence to imparl it to others. He iigiou makes its sut>jects happy, hut does not waste it self merely in singing and shouting, nor in praying. To pray for an object without being willing to aid it. is no praver at all. Giving must accotn pany praying. We fear there are hun dreds of churches in which nearly the whole membership pray for the gospel to llv abroad, but never give anything to make it fly. This was very well illustra ted hy the following incident. Old Aunt D'nali was a shouting colored saint, who would sing at the top of her voice and cry Glory ! above all the rest. It was common at the missionary prayer meeting of ilie the colored people, to take up a collection while singing the hymn, "Fly abroad, thou mighty gospel !" In the midst of which Aunt l>inah always threw her head hack, shut her eyes, and sang away lustily till the plate had gone hy. The sable collector observed her habit, and one night, stopped when he came to her, and said very bluntly : ? ' Look a'heali, Aunt l> nah! \uu needn't be singing 'Fiy abroad, thou mighty go.s pel,' if you doesn't give notion' to make it fly !' One vert so hi leains that there are thousand* ? ( Aunt I)inabV among the white Christians of the land. Tliey have very little sympathy with that good Fa tlier Sewall, who was asked to pray at the close of a missionary sermon, ami im mediately began to look about for the contribution box ; on being told that he was asked to piav, lie answered, 'I knowit, but I haven't given anything, and I cannot pi ay until I have given something.' f! t ?' iif maoe ii > ? 11 c- * i??tT. ami then Ills praver. Let us all go and do likewise. How no vol SI'KN'D v?o il Kvknisos .' ? You ii ; in in liow i|n von spend your evenings ? Answer this question, ami we ean tell you, aiuiOsi to a certainty, what will I.e your future character, in our view, more depends upon the manner in which young men pass this M-ason, as it regards their courso ami cotulncl in | tears to eouie, than upon anything eUe. We have heeii a'i observer of men and things, for i he last twenty years, ami can point to many a youth, who has caused weeping ami sorrow in his family, disgra. , ceil his name, am! is now an outcast in the vvoihl, or has sunk to a dishonored grave, who commenced Ins career of vice, when lie luoke away from wholesome re strain! ami sp-nt his evening-, n the com pany of tin- abandoned. < hi the c.mtra ry, we know many estimable young men ?the pride and hoi e of their friends? who are working their way to favor and wealth, who spend their leisure evenings in some useful pursuit. Young man, listen to us, and take heed to our words?not that we wish to de prive you of a single pleasure, or debar \ou from a'?y innocent amusement. VYe entreat you u? he particular where ami how you pass your evening hours. I' you lounge ahout the har room, partaking of the vulgar conversation that is introdti ?1M?1 !..??? ll.A ??il ol I - - ' 1 -* . . j IIIU i I > 1 <% i * I viinr, or MHIIU HI the corner of (lie streets, using prolane and in?lec?'iil language, }oii will soon so habituate ymyrself to low blackguardism ??Qt^yi)*,conv<'is.ilioii, to at no voting man w.^. respect- himself will bo found in WSmv^y 't ? Trig Kksui.t ok a Oauqiitek's BelCJSION.?'Children,1 says the Bev. Win. i?lay, 'have conveyed religion to those from whom tin y ought to have derived J it.1 4 Well,1 said a mother one day, weep ing, her daughter heing about to give her self up to tlie church by (rod1# will : '1 will resist ro longer. I low can 1 hear to see my dear child love and read the Scriptures, while 1 never look into the Bible to see her retire and seek ') >d, while I never pray ; to see her going to the Lord's table, while His death is nothi ing to me I1 'All !' said she to the Minister who came to inform Iter of her daughter's intention, wiping iter eyes, 'yes Sir; I know she is right ami I wrong. | have seen her firm under reproach, and patient under provocation, and cheerful in all Iter Mitlerings. When in her lata :ii -i - ii nun?* mitt whs looking lor dissolution, heaven stood in her face. Oh lhat I was fil to <1 ie ! I ought to have taught her, hut I am sure she has taught me. How can I liear to ace her joining the Church of Oo<), and leaving me behind, pet hap* for ever ?' From that hour she prayed in earnest that the Cod of her child would he hei God, and was soon seen walking with hei in the way everlasting. Death The nrticle on 'Death' in the New Cy clopedia has the following : 'As life approaches extinction, insenai hility aupervenea?a numbness ami (lis position to repose, w hich do not admit ol the idea of suffering. Even in those 6a> aes where the activity of the mind re* main* 10 uie imi. ami wncre nervous aen sihilitv would seem lo continue, it is aurprising IimW often there has heen observed a state of happy feeling on tho Approach of death. "If I bad strength to hold a pen, I would write how easy And delight, till it ia to die,' were the last word* of the celebrated Win. Hunter, during hia last momenta. . 1'ijrirulturul. ! The Art of Horse Taming. | .Arranged for the Courier Ay "/'atiat ttn." | Tin; way ro saddi.k a coi.t. 1 lie first t peralion is to shorten the stirrup snaps, l>y tying them into a loose Lrtml il>?? , ?..c i wi tins is i<> prevent liiem from living about ami suiting the colt. Next, double up llie skills, and take the saddle under your right arm ?ibis is a precautionary measure, not to alarm the 1 horse as you approach him. W/ien with- j in reach of him, caress him a few minutes > then raise the saddle very carefully until he can see it, and smell and. feel it with his nose. Let the skirt loose ami rub it softly against his neclc the wav hair lies, j letting him hear the rattle of the skirts as he feels them against him. Finally, slip the saddle over his shoulders on his hack shake it gently with v?ur hand, and von will soon he able to rattle it about his ! hack with impunity. You will now fasten the girth, but he careful not to draw it too tight at first ? no more than is no i cessarv t<> keep it <>n. Move the colt about for a few minutes, then girth your saddleas light as yon please. Yon must now place vour right arm over the saddle, 'ak ing hold of the reins on each side of his neck with both hands, ami walk him about in the stable until you teach him lite use of the bridle, ami can lend him in anv d'icc.'ion. It is important to pat and rub him every time you stop. The next , important lesson is HOW IO Mill NT \ COM". Procure a biock about sixteen inches in height, mihI place it down I?y the side , of the horse, step up this, railing yourself j verv gently. K*|?-at this until he will sutler it without shrinking, then unloose the stiirup strap next to you. an-t put \oiir left loot into tin; stirrup, and stand square over it; your knee against the horse, and tour toe out. so as no! to touch him under the shoulder. I'iuco vour right hand on tin* front of the saddle, and on the opposite side of you, with vour . left hand grasp a portion of the mane and reins and gradually hear your weight on the stirrup and on your light hand, i until the horse feels your whale weight I on the saddle, lb-peal this several times, raising yourself a I.tile higher from the block until lie will allow voa to rais* vour l.?g over his croup and place voiiis<*if in the saddle. Heirig fairly in ttie saddle, we wi'l now instruct you how to Hint: itit: roi.i. As it would tend to alarm him, he verv , careful not to touch tin* horse wiih v?>ur I ? I 11* i -t wnen von start. J'at and cares* liitii, and-if ho (Imps not start |)iill him gentiv 11 Ii; !?* t-> the left until he move*. Wit k liini around the stable n few times until In; gels to the bit. I lie reins iiri-t be loose. Mount ami dismount s??v <-rai limes until you can do *.> without trouble. I his lesson must not occupy over *>ne hour ami a half. You will now j take him out of the stable; speak to him gently ; if anything frightens him you can prevent him from jumping by pulling hi* head round to you. 1 > > not ride the colt so far as to worrv <>r tire him. As soon as you notice that he is fatigued dis mount and caress him. I'lie operation of pulling a horse's head round against his side will prevent any horse from jumping, rearing up or running away. IIOW TO STAIII.K A COI.T. Put him in a wide stall, not loo long, and which is connected !>y a har to the partition behind it, so that after the colt is in lie cannot go far enough back to take a straight, backward, pull on the halter; then by tying him in the centre ( 01 tiit* .stall, it will t?o impossible for liiin to pillion the halter; the partition behind i prevents him from going back. and the halter in the centre checks liim every time lie turns right or left. Items to Housekeepers. Do every thing in its proper time.? Keep everything in its place. Always mend clothes before washing them Alum or vinegar is good to set colors of red, green or yellow. [ < Sal soda will bleach ; one spoonful is enough for a kettle of clothes. Save your suds for the garden and plants, or to harden yards when sandy. Wash your tea trays with cold soda, i polish with a little tlour and a dry cloth. 1 Frozen potatoes make more starch than ' fresh ones They make nice cakes. A hot shovel held over burnished fur niture will take out white spots. ' A hit of glue, dissolved in skim milk and water, will restore rusty old crape. Ivihhons of any kind should he washed in cold soap suds, and not rinsed. It VAlir ftiO irrviw urn 1 ? - J ~ ? V..CI1I well Willi line s ill, end il will make litem smooth. If you are buying a carpel for tlurnhil ily, you must choose small figures. 1 A bit of soap rubbed on tbe binges ol doors will prevent iheir creaking. Scotch snuff put on the holes wherr crickets coma out, will destroy them. > Wood ashes and common salt, we! with water, will atop the cracks of a stove and prevent the smoke from escaping. tireen should be the prevailing colot for bed hangings and window drapery. i I'kaciiks von Tka.?J'aro ripe peach i as, cut them in quarters, sprinkle them with layers of sngar, nnd lei thorn stand i sii hour tp extract the juice. Then cover ; with ricK sweet cream and there is nothing better. Uiimoraao. Hifalutin. Perhaps the following may not amuse either \ ourselves ^r vour renders, hut it did me. In our drutr store I have a 'el low clerk, some what celebrated among his acquaintances as a concoctor ot puns and the utterer ol dry jokes. He is a boyish-looking youth and ofVuriates? \vli'*ii his services are required, behind '.he soda fountain. A few mornings since, a fashionably dressed, poetical looking young gentleman entered, and sealing himself on a stool in front of the counter, in a choice selection oi term requested the clerk to prepare him a seidlilz powder.? The following conversation, lidictdous in its earnestness, resulted : Clerk?With syrup ? Customer?(slowly and methodical!) ? I require it not as a refreshment. If the svrup vitiate not the el feet of the compound. you njay mingle with it such an amount of the substance as will render the potation pa'atable. Or, to be belter understood ? Clerk? (Interrupting) ? 1 comprehend van pellectIv. Permit me to assure you that the tendency of the svrup will be talhe' to eniiai ce than diminish the our gative virtues of the drug. Customer?(Indignant at observing that I lis style is affected by the other) ? Then proceed, miracle of medical litera tare and wisdom ! Cierk?With dispatch, confounder of fools. Customer?Then, if not struck motion less, use haste. Alt this was >o quiet!'.*, so poiitelv said, that, although amused beyond ex jitession at the conversation, 1 stared in .v "aider at the parties. The clerk evidentiv ten cut at the last remark of the other, but nvxed the powder, which the stranger Itiuinpliatiliy awaliowed, p?id f r, and tarted to leave the store, when ? Clerk?Should you fee! am uneasiness in the region of the s; uiiacli within the period of fifteen minute*, illustrious pat roil, attribute the cause to the accidental introduction into the draught vou have just taken of some di ng of vigorous effect and painful Consequence. Customer? (i trill- Irgliteiied)?If I do, d ? n vou, I'll punch vour head ! Cle.ik?-1 thought i'd biing \oii down to plain Kti'jbsh ; tail I go-.** you'll find the powder ail light [ h'sil customer, with coot toil staio/iu't stroioht out. Don't Trust to Your Dictionary. A ( ibrnitll w\i> <?? I' .n.wli ... J II. f ii.it had been Somewhat le*:_de. *:i il. < ( >1:?11! -? i in interview with an Kiig!i>'i I adv. v Ik>. having reeenliy lor' ! 1 iiw*L?r?ii-J, um-t (as lie, in 11is unw *s!it-? 1 (iefiiisn i-miili lion, took for gianied) be | ii *i fers, ?nd avoir iingU ma* > 1 bis thus : 'IJigliborn in.i 1/ini, since y >nr itiisbniid have kickcil <fe huck-1 ' ? -S.r !' nitr ruptol lll? lady, astonidie I and displeased. M ?|i, pardon ! ? nine, u n im'sand war1 ?l<>n ! Now, 1 nmki1 a ov *. gimug?qciot oiler begining : ? Madam. sm.e v.*ni" nn> band liavu cut his stick ' I. iimv be supposed that litis >i;< 1 not mend mailers; ami, reading so inueli in the la l \ V cuun j lenanee, the (ierinan die v can an octavo dictionary, and said, pmspiring with shame al having a seeon I time missed lire, "Madam, since )' ;ir l.ti-liand have (/one <o kinoJtnn done ' This lie said be-eechin ?!y ; bul llie Iad> was }>:ist pro pilion this 11mo, and rapidly moved to wards tlm door. Things had now reach ed a ciisis ; and if something were not 1 done quickly the game was up. Now, therefore, taking a lust look at Ins diction try, tin- German lint alter the lady, crying out, in a voice '>1 despair, 'Madam, . since votir husband? your most respected husband? your never enoffto lie worshipped husband? have hojyied de tiny ?' Tl.is was his sheet anchor ; and, as this, also, cmie home, of course the poor man i was totally wrecked. I' turned out that | the dictionary ho had used, (Arnold's, we think.) a woik of one hundred and fifty years hack, and from mere German ignorance, giving slang translations from Tom Brown, L'Est range, ami other joc ular writers?had put down the verb slerhen (to die) with the following worshipful series of equivalents :?'To kick the bucket 'To cut one's slick To go to kingdom route 'To hop the twig , I 'To drop off the perch into Davy's locker.' . ? De Quhicey. A Hit at Lawykiis.?Judge Jores of , Indiana, who never allows a joke , to pass Inm. occupied the bench, when it became necessary to obtain a juryman ill a case in which L and B. were employed as counsel. The former was an illiier ate Hibernian ; the latter decidedly Jer syman in Ins mode of expression. Tbo Sheriff |iroceeded to look around the mom in search of a person to till the vacant seat when he espied a Dutch Jew, and claimed hint for his own. The Dutchf man objected. ' I can't understand gooi EnjfUse.' I 1 What did ha My V asked the Judge. ' I don't understand tjoot Hughwe,' rep'ied I ha IVr i- m n ? ' Fake \ j ii plied, Make your seat ; that's no ?xcu?o; tour re not likelv to near tny ot it.' After that decision was rendered he took his seat. A master hade his servant go and see what timo lhe son dial indicated. 'Wb* sit,' expostulated die .-errant. 'it is lii^hl.' , 'What does that matter ? Take a candle.