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lite %aticaster icftfer. &2 PER ANNUM *??."?? IN ADVANCE J /nitiilg tail ^ilitital iinnpaptt Dtanttd tn tjit jlrti, jtitatrs, ritpratntr, fimraion, Sgrualtari; Sntrral Siupranfitinitg, >nrctga auD Fmrstii JJras, anil tin JUnrktta. VOLUME IX. LANCASTER C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, VEDNESDAY MORNING, AUG. 8, 1860. N U M B E R 28. Jrlrrtrii fturq. From Uie Now York Ledger, UNCLE PHIL'S REMEDY. jiy r. s. akntur. "'How's Mary f Asked uncle Phil. Windfham, of liis nephew, Harry Lester. 'Not very well,' replied the young man > with a shadowed face. 'I'm so>ry. What eeeins to ho the ina'.lur with b?-r !' 'I'm sure I don't know, Uncle Phil.? Sho has no appetite, and is weak and wretched half her time.* ' What doe* the doctor say I' 'Nothing satisfactory. It's my onin inn fliMt I.a <l..a.i>'t lrnn? ?. I. .. # " l-? "v m v ?>"v" " unv nun iif i, The worst of it is, she gets into such low . spirits, snd cries, sometimes, for half the might.' TVwt's bad Harry?eerv bad.' I know it is, Uncle. Yet what can I .do f "Ilow are you setting along in your business !' asked Uncle Phil. Not so well as ! could desire. Hard, wearisome work every day, and yet 1 seem to make very little progress" The young man's fare t.H>V on a trotib led aspect. Uncle Phil, bad seen that look a great many times before, and now it set him to thinking. "Did you ever see the person who got along in this world as well as lie d?stred?' asked the old man. 'Oh, as to that. Uncle Phil., my desire 1 do not take a very wide range. But I would like 10 no- some f tut of my Uiarr. "You hav < a comfortable home, liar ry. a>? tint iniit <>l your labor. Isn't that sonieii.i.ig ?' ?. I>ti* I don't seen to g.*t ahead And that diarouiagos me. 1 work l>.?rd enough, in all rotisi iencc." Uncle Phil, looked at iii< ncj.liew 1r rotue ruoit ents. and then said : ? Is iiu<i ihefs. 6 you tarry home over v | I'i^lll, llh'M t' VVl hi fucc I f Juti'i nndcrriand yon.' The dark, d.5?:wi. 1 unlfii] (aoc you *ve??r l!C*W.' Ti.e ryi*? of tl-my I^lcr dropped t<> lit** ground. 'Hec*u?i', il il is, I don't wonder Mary ! is nick. Tin* shadow s passed it way, and s smile lit up the voting man's countenance 'An, iIml's belief ! That's the true I.mii e-fii-*. Hi * il to Mary, slid my snr I for it, she'll find it more potent tlian ineilii in*' 'Vnn're * liul* fact-lious, to day. Uncle,' * id Letter. >?'.? I ; luit in sober earnest I lion'i j isl ki o* how it is ; luit I'm afraid, tliat in u<>ing Imine to Mary at night, you take shadow* i lis tend of suiishiue. Now, n woman's heart wattle sunshine. It enn1 not gro* flower* 111 (lie dark. L.er?ve [ jour care him) business anileiy inside of { iniir Mix- when tl.e doots are eli< ( at I night, Mini Lih.g home to \onr wife a cheetful sp fit. Try the virtue of a ami | Jin/ Nee, mr lH>y. and old Uncle l'liil.V | word for it. M ,ry will need no more doctoi'n ? lift'.' I' jusl ih tl< old matt had eippo, rod. Mfcir\' L^-' iik'? too many other j :i , * lio pern; ' themselves to get over ! Hiixiuii* 'u J to hu*iinM matters, a! J way* brought a I'omled Nee to Ins home j Ai Bight. He t.<ed to bring, light and j ent ten and cheerful words. Then it was I diff.rem wtih M?tv frotn what ia was j now. Her face refla ted the light and amiles that I earned from his, and her lips Were running over with pleasant talk. Uncle I'hd.'a remarks set him to thinking, and he retnemlrered all this. Could it ) ? possible that the withdrawal of sunlight from his countsnstice had thrown her Jiin into shadow f I thought she was more of a woman than tl a f More of a woman t Why, ia this all ton know of a trite woman's nature I? You should have been wiser in regard to Jier character before taking the happiness \>f a wife into jour keeping. Love can ? ?i a .1. it ik. .k. Iiui niivl Ill/Ill -nil II Illy mmJ ' "'?? r clouded ; end love it a woman's life. Tl>e state of Mary's mind, as well as tho state of her health were sad enough, fto lead her husband to think aarioualj on any raioadr that might be presented, and .aa uncle Phil's admonition did not paaa from bia thoughts, as we have seen from litis remark, touching the lack of true womanliness in bis w.fe. Try the virtue of a smiling face.* That was easily enough said; but not so easily done. How was Harry Lester ,to arnlie. when ha felt depressed in nond, and amious about his busineaa I He .could smile through tha day ; smile in the face of hie customers; and without an effort. Did he think of that! No, j Jl?* UIIIT Ui'iuH'" ?' iur iininiMituiiiij U| npp ting Uncle PHil.'l remedy. J ry the nruie of a entiling fur*, my boy.' lie renieinltered the*e word* he' etocd at loe door, im! inatie a pan** ho fore entering, Anything hut a entiling aapect em the ono that eat upon hie countenance, >1 will try,' he answered, with a hind of (ieeperaia resolution, and pualong open the door, entered with a lighter atep than Usual Oh. ie this you, Mary f he aaid, in a j pieaaant way, aa hie wife, wIm> happened , to he crooning from the parlor, met him ia the nasa <g* lie put on a ainile a* ' he spoke ; and, wonderful to say, a amile j came into Mary'a pale faff, '!!'?? aie you \.itit* evening J' lie tlien asked, witli a kind interest that was unu > sua!, for, nearly always, his thoughts were j not home guests, hut wanderers backward amid the < ares of the day, or forward j with anxious hopes into the morrow. 'Better than I have felt all day ' And something of the old sweetness played i about her lips ; played there so iempt< ) ingly that her husband could not repress i the inclination he felt to lay upon them a ! kiss of tender feeling. Why, it seemed as if a sudden sun. i burst had irradiated the countenance of | Mrs Lester. How long was it since a ktas, so full of heart-wHrmlh as that, had ! been pressed upon her hps I Away back i tti the past, the time lay so far, that meiu I orv was at fault in recalling it. MyUetier than she lind fe'? nil day! If this ! were really bo, and we believe it, tbe dis- ! covery wan made at llie moment. 'I am gla'* of it, Mary.' And with his j arm drawn around her waist?when had it been there belore I?they walked back ; into the sitting room. 'You look in better spirits, dear!' And ' Mary's eyea read bis face all over wuh j an eager interest which she could not) hide. It was on tbe man's lips to reply, that | he wasn't aware of any cause why he should feel in heller spirits. Desponden. cy was such a habit with him that any other state of mind seemed unusual.? Even as the words of this reply came in to his mind, It in countenance changed.? Hut, remembering Uncle l'bil.'s adirioni lion, be checked himself, and forcing hack i into life the already half extinguished | smile, he answered : '[)? I ?' 'Yes; it. better spirits than I have seen you for a long lime. It dors me good to see the sunshine in your face again.' The sunshine in mv lace again, Mary? Why, hat it been absent so long ?' Lester felt surprised, and showed it in Ins iiiHi.ner. 'Don't b-t it go out again, dear,' said In* wife, l?Hir.t-.mil\ toward bun. 'If it i* So Ji.easaiit lo too, Mary ' 'I'leiisaut. ilair\ I Ii is my life. Oh, if I could see your face weiring the cheer I i. expression it wore ? ? the beginning of our married life, I would be tbe happiest ; WIIIIIHll Hive. Mrs. lienor's voice lout itself in a sob, ! ami her e\e* grew dun with tears ; but j the emtio that lit up her wan face, ami I gav?, to it an impression of former beau ty, remained. Ttusir.es* brings its cares and anxieties, Marj ; and these will shadow the face sometimes.* *1 know, it, dear. Hut why not leave care and anxious thoughts behind, when the day's business is over ) To sit nt home in darkness,cannot make )ou stron ger for to morrow's work. It is enough to be anxious and careful all da\: ?\en 1 ing should refresh jour mind with cheer fulness.' 'True words, Mary ; and I will try to profit hv them. It does tne good to see the sunshine lit your face again.' 'You can always bate it there, it you wiH,' she answered. 'I cat- !' Yer ; but onlt reflected sunshine. 1 an ':!;> l ie u.i.on, and shine by l*?rrowed o^lit. it clouds cover your face, mice tuus'. lie ir darkness. That wna an evenitig memorable in aflerliines, as the happiest one they had known for months, if r ot for years. Mn ry's aspect changed in an hour, so entire Iv, that she scarcely seemed like the same person. A neighbor who dropped in dur ing the evening, said : 'liow much belter you look, Mrs. Lester ! I'm really g'*d to see it.' 'I feel much !>etter than I have fell for a long time,' she teplied. liar husband looked and listened in ? _ l< _ I ?T . wnnoer *no nfiiTcnunc. uncle 1'lin. ? new remedy working i>ke h 'charm ' Can it be possible,' he said to himself. Mist the cause of hei low spirit* end lail irate health, lie* at my door t IIma she heen **sating, like a plant deprived of sunshine f I did not dream of this.? Women are different fro/U men. I have not comprehended my wife.* In the morning Mrs. Lester looked cheerful, and moved aliout with a I girt uess of step to which she had been for months a ranger. There was even warmth in the cheeks that had been col orleas so long; a warmth that gave them the appearance of roundness. How is Mary, to day r asked Uncle Phil., who called at the store of his neph* ew. 'She's belter, I thank you.' Ah; I'm glad to hear you say so. Did you try my remedy!' The old man stui led, and Les'.er smiled back in bis face. Did you try it!' Ye.' 'And it acted right V 'Like a charm 1' 'I knew it would,' said the old man, gleefully. '1 knew it would 2 Why, you moody fellow ! you were killing your wife. Woman must have a little sunshine at honta or lh?*j will die. Acd so Mary ia J better, daar heart 1 I ?? mre that *?? mII ?lto wanted. It waa aura 1 bad the rijflit remedy,' 'If there ?h<>ukl l>? on re'apae * 'Relapse! There can be u *r?UpM, un I'M you take home a rtirfnl fare. Let lu'f tee you Ml**)* cheerful and hnjieful, and my ??>rd for it, tham will be no going back aptrii* 'lint, Uocie Phil,' aaid tlia young man, 'how am I always to look cbewrful and hopeful, whan my mind ia burdennd with carat It requiting ??/ nta a grant dual itrort-, I am afraid, than I can tits,' 'ptd ja*r worrying all through th? i evening ever help you a particle on the > next day, Harry V asked the old man. , *1 don't know tliHt it did ; still 1 could ; not help worrying.' *1 know belter. You can help worry- 1 ing, if you will. You helped it last night ; ' didn't you !' I 'Yes.' 'And you can help it to night and to morrow night, if you will.' 'How ?' 'Think of your wife's health and happi I ness. That should be motive enough, ! surely, to cause a little self denial.' 'Self denial. Uncle Phil.' fur I think you must have a cor ] tail: eniox merit in the*? .i.io. i you would nut indulge them so often.? | Your own reason tells you that they are 1 fruitful of great harm. Hut a deeper r?-a son why they should cease is, that they j involve dis'rust in Providence. Harry, you are in the hands of one who knows ' your wants, ami who will see that they are provided for just in the degree that is i hest for your eternal as w ell as y our earth j ly good. No anxicus care; no dread of ! coming disaster ; no gloomy disirust or 1 dialing doubis will change the events of to-morrow. They are to he ministers of : good to you, though not always in the way you have desired. Is it not the i worst of foily, man, to sit brooding in j darkness because til- affairs of your daily | life do not shape themselves according to i your short sighted planniiigs ? Yoii can I help ibis unhappy brooding over what j cannot be changed, and v?>u must <lo it.' *1 will try,' answered the young man. 'You must try, and succeed also. Let I tbeie be no giving up or going back.? Habit-is second nature. You have fallen into bad habit. Break it up with a vig oroiis band, and go work in the forma lion of a good habit. After awhile you ' will find it as easy to carry home a pleas ant face as you now do a clouded one.? | And ihink what a wonderful difference it ; will make in your home !' When the day vent down, nnd Lestei turned his steps homeward, he felt tlie old dstk steles falling like funeral dra pery around Inm. Tiiere had heeti noth tug in the day's business of an unusually { depressing character. It had heen a fair . (lay's business, and he should have been I satisfied. Hut having indulged a tn >rbid sav of looking at things t> > long, his | mind had taken on a diseased action, ! and now thero was a depression of spir- i its that it seemed impossitde to throw otl Thus it was with hun w| e i fie ascended | the steps of his dwelling, and reached i out his hand to Open the door 'This will not do,' he said, pausing.? I | And he stood still at the unopened door for some moments. 'I shall mar every- , thing' | Then he descended the steps and t passed up the street. i 'It will never do in the world to carry I this face home to Mary. 1 must trv and i find a better one. What a firm grip this i fiend of brooding distrust hss taken ! I I 111 UMt shake liiin oil And I Mill !' Thus I t li*? talked wiili himself, an lie simile [ i h war. In len minutes Lester whs back Spain j t st (us own door; urn) now be turned tbe . key Htni entered wiiliout hesitation, lie | i had shaken oil the fiend, and had n i smile, a kirs, Hiid a pleasant word for 1 i Mary, which gave new life to her pulses, < and sent the warm blood in Hushes of | beauty 10 her face. j t Two applications of Uncle l'hil.'s rem j i edy was enough to satisfy Henry Lester 1 of the real cause of his wife's disease ; 1 and to assure him, that he had only to ' continue as he had b?gun, to make Cer 1 a n of a speedy cure. He found the ' reinedv good for himself also. His own mind had been diseased as well as the mind ? f his wife ; but now lie felt like a ' new man. Ileal h was flowing through ' tiis veins, a:id giving him a sense of en- I joyment to which he had been a si run 1 ger for years. < A Perfect Wife I 1 Edmund Hurke, lite orator, was a man j | of parts, and liis btau iJeul of a perfect I ' wile it worthy of consideration by our I ' fair friends. Here it is: 'A perfect wife is handsome, hut it Is ! t not a beauty arising from the features, | c from complexion, or from shape. She ! * has all three in high decree ; hut it is f m t bv these that she touches the neari I t ? It is all that sweetness of temper, he | I nevolenee, innocence, sensihilitv, which a , f fact can express, that forms her beauty t She has a lace that just rouses jour at * lention at first sight ; it grows upon yon c every moment ; and you wonder that K f did not more thanraise attention at liisl. ( ? Her eyes have a mild light, hut they awe * wlien she pleases? (lie command, like a t good man out ol office, not by authority, t hut by virtue, Her stature is not tall? i t .1... .. 1- -- ? -1 nn nut umue to o?> i ne admiration (if v every one. She has (lie firmness that ? does not exclude delicacy?ail the soft1 * nets that docs not imply weakness. IIor ; (l voice is soli, low music, not formed to 1 rule in public assemblies, hut to charm t (hone who can distinguish a company * from a crowd ; it has its advantage ; you * must come close to hear it. To deecrilm , ' her body, describe mind?one is (be < transcript of the other. Her understand ^ ding is not showr. in the variety of mat- , 1 ter it exerts itself upon, hut the goodness > I of choice she manes Her politeness flows I rather from a natural natural disposition 1 to oblige, than any rules on that s?.t ject, 1 > and therefore never fails to strike those i ' who understand good breeding and thoee ' > who do not, 11 Interesting N arrative I Our reader* have been made familiar j wiih ilie capture of Mrs. I'a^e and a young girl by Apaclu Indians id Arizona llie search for tliem, uul the *ltnos' mi- ! raculous escape of Mn. l'age. A Tubae | correspondent sends it t'nw Missouri liepubiicati the following personal history of the all.or : Namuativkof Mas.Lauhkni A Pack. ? I had been married but little over two! months, and wan livin/witli tny liusband i Mr. J. H. Page, in i. rude calm at the 1 mouth of a grand canon leadug to the pmerv of the Santa Rita mountains. Our family consist* d of ni)se!f and husband, a nttle Mexican girl, e|ev*n yean of age, , Mi.sue Knkiaiitl, and Mr. \\ m Randall, 1 win) wan engaged wiili id> htsbatid in , the lumber business On the morning of ibc lCil of March, after an early breakfast, Illy husband left us ill camp for ibe put pose ol pulling some iurXit 'tiio Iv wink, and Yr. litndall going out in kill a deer, Nli-a e and my self were let" qure alone. 11 was washing iIm\, I bad staried to piocure none water when the little girl sere lined and said the Apaches wero on ns. I bey eume np in I a run. Having a six sbooier (Colt's re- j voiver) in my nantl I turned lo tire at 1 lliem, bill tbev were already s? dose that I befure i could pull ibe trigger tney rush- j eil upon me and secured ibe weapon.? j They ti en proceeded lo plunder, seizing on everything they could earrv < IF? Ib.ur blankets, clothing, ?&c J atid, i >1 satisfied ! wiib tbis, they desnoved ibe balance.? e ballooed and screamed fo'assistance, bul tlie Indians struck me wnb their Ian res and told ns to keep qnie', or tbey ! would kill us. I liey packed up what j '.Iiev could lake, and marched us oil", | baud in b ind, hi a hurried ami barbarous | manner. Alter proceeding tiius for a I rjuarter of a mile tbey separated us in or ] tier to prevent our talking together, the little girl being a little in advance of me. We travelled thus all day, over a very rocket and mountainous road, pene'ra ting deeper and deeper into the mountain and dually almost reached the summit.? Having suth-r-d much lroin re< eut a', tacks of fever and ague, I was in a very tMdVehled condition, totally it.adequate for I lie tangoes of such a journey ; ami my j inability lo travel at lliespetd which tbey | iltsired was ibe cause ol mi receiving ibe I iimai brutal treatment al the'r bands,? I'lury (uveriil iiiuvi pointed a six-shooter I st my bead, as miitli as to say that my | f*u? whh HlrcKdy decided upon, ami tlial , l was to be mad** a vicntn of suv?^e Lar i liarily. Tliu Ii11Its *?irt, wlio was ahead, J would occasional1!' la<! back. crying, and I eil ints tliat ili? Indian* ?vre going to kill us. 'liu'y spoke l>ut I it i its S | >* 111 m 11, pet enough was understood to awaken in fears and fid ine with apprehension. I knew that my sliengtli, which was rap dlv tailiiiL', would admit of inv proceed ng but I it tits farther, and that utiles* inv lushand and other parties were following o rescue us, 1 must lali a victim as soon is inv strength entirely failed. \\ e bad proceeded llius a bo ill sixteen , niles, as nearly as my limited ideas ol j balance will enafile me to judge, and I iow lagged behind so much that my *?v J me captors grew inipalient, and resolved o kill me. I hey stripped ine of my I slothing, including my shoes, and left me I ill a single garment. They llieti thrust ! heir lancet at me.inlhcting eleven wounds : n my body, threw me over a ledge of | auks or precipice, some sixteen or eigh een feet li gh, and hurled large stones at er me, to iiw.ke sure of their victim, and hell left me, supposing thai I liillsl die, mil too barbarous to end inv iniserv bv ntnelv exiinguishing the spark of life I Ills ocelli red near sunset. I hail nine | atue wounds in my hack slid two in m\ iiin. and my head was cut in several daces hv the rocks which were thrown Iter me, hut most of the latter glanced I without striking me. 1 had alighted oil a hank of snow, al ltost in a state ??t nudity, and in a sense e?s coiuii'ion. In counting ti|i inv tain ling places before reaching hon e, I ihn.k ! must have laid there in a stale of on :onst ions ties* for near three da\s. When < cattle lo > I look some snow and put on ny wounds. 1 recollected the direction tavelled and t'.ie position of the sun from amp at sunset, and with these guides larled for hoi|te. My feet gave out the irsl day, and I was compelled to crawl I he (D' st of the distance. Did not dare n go dow n to the foot of the mountain, i or fear I could find no water, atnl was Serefore compelled to keep in the steep { md rocky mountain. S iitetimes, after rawling up a steep ledge, laboring hard j or half a day, I would loose mv fooling, j n d slide d<>w n lower ilian the p!a< e Irom | Ouch 1 started. As I had no tire, and ' io clothing, I suffered very much from I he cold. I was at a point said to he six hotisand feet above the sea, and only | fonder i bat I did not freeze. I scratchi >d holes in the sand at night in which to leep, and before I could travel was oldi [ed to wait for the sun to warm me up. trave ed what I could every day, and . he meantime h u| to subsist on grass done. On ibo fourteenth day I reached j i camp o( some workman in the pinery, 1 which was untenanted There I found ' mine flour which had been spilled on the pound. Tl?# fire wee not quite out, end I kindled it up. 8c raped up eome of the lour end mnne n Utile cuke, the flr?t in*! I lied tutted tinre I left home. J en* now nenr the workmen in the pinery ind within two mile* of mv home, hut *n* too weak to go on I could hear the itrn *! work, *nd eotnelinte* ww thein, H|t could not *Ur?ct their Attention. At l length I crawled along to the road over which i hey rn'iet pans, and whs found i there and carried hoine, after being out j sixteen days. What Divers Meet With. When the vessel has settled down in a i sandy bottom, it is preserved for many V months from breaking up, and its posi' j t Hon may he much the same as it would < he when floating in calm water, if it be i y not lilted over by under current drifts.? j * The light, ol course, depends upon the | depth and nature ot the bottom ', but ; where there is no chalk to give a miller I .1.1- . .1 wiicMifis* iu ine waier, ino uiver pursues j s Ins w??k in :t lcinil of gloomy twilight.? i liy the aid of this he can see and feel his ' 1 way round the ship ; hut when he as* I I vends the deck ami winds his way down ' 1 into the principal cabins, he funis it pitch 1 da;k, and has nothing to gir.de him hut I Ins hands. 1 Ins is the most diilicult, and i ' \el the most Irequeiil lahor lie has to en , i counter ; the danger being that, in a | i large vessel, where the cabin slaiis are , i deep, anil the cabins are long and broad, j I he must get Ins air-tube twisted round i some unfamiliar projection, and to squeeze oil his supply ol life Irom above. In positions such as this he requires all I Ins nerve and self possession, all tiis pow nrof feeling his way back in the exact i road thai lie came. I i He may have got the precious casket, | to which lie has been directed, in his ! arms, hut what of thai if lie die before i he can tind the stairs ? The cold, help icss masses that hump against hi lod j i met, as they float along the lower roof i over Ins head, are the decomposed corp- ; < ses of those w ho were huddled together : when the sir.p went down. A few- of I these may he on the floor under his fee'., ! hut only when pinned down by an over1 j' turned table or a fallen chest, f^eir ten i dency is et?*r upward, and the remorse* 1 less sea washes away the dead infant ' from its dead mother's arms, the dead . husband's embrace. If the wreck he in i the channel, the small crabs are already I beginning to fatten on their prev. I Thedivtr disentangles himself from i this silent crowd, and ascendsthesile.il t smii.*. to the deck. The treasure he has I i :. I i . i ? : .. i U91UVU is IInuIt'll IIJ> 1IIIO IIIO Hlienoat 1 I diving boat, ami lie returns again to re j new nis work. He seldom meet* wjib an accident under water ; never, perhaps, J ] wnli (leatli ; and the clnef risk lie runs is , t fioiii getting home heavy |>i? ce of ship I luinher ovei turned on Lu long train ol ' air pipe. Kvi'd in tliis ha feels the sud den check and the want of air, gropes his was back 10 the obstruction, removes it, signals to Ins companions to be raised, and reaches the boat exhausted anil | ' alarmed, hut not so muah as to give up j 1 his place in the trade. IIis earnings 1 tnostlv lake the form of shares in what , 1 lie recovers. If lorlunaie, his gains may he large, if unfortunate, they may lie ' small ; b it no man can grudge him the 1 highest prizes it is possible tor him to ' Will. ( What Kaii.koaos iiavr Done.? i Many persons, shutting their eyes to facts | and circumstances plain hh the sun at | ; noon (Ihv, obstinately insist tlinl kail, roads have been productive of little benefit, except to slock holders. It is waste of 11iGti^rlit to argue with such dolls, and the common-sense course would be to * leave tbein to their ignorance. Perhaps of all who receive benefit from railroads, the stockholders, directly, get the small' e.-l share. 1 he landed interest, the mer Cantile, the manufacturing, and industrial ti e-e are chiefiy benefitted. Put that is not ail. Railroad* are institutions pe cuoar lo this age. and exert an influence upon civilization, the comforts o| life, and . economy of lime. They render homo geneons (lisiaiil peopU8, and bring nearer individuals of reinoto countries, l'hey pour streams of li e through legions that : would otherwise Lie undeveloped and pri nn val?ihey h?-ar produce from the most distant find, ami return manufactured g-? ds and life's necessaries. Put lor mem interior land would yield no reiuu ne'ation to the tanner beyond precarious support. The river wa)? would inonopo I ze demand, and owners of lands along their banks would control the markets.? I Railroad* are to the in'erior what rivers i are to contiguous land?ofieiing a rapid 1 highway lo markets. Contrast time and i price, in the following illustration, with < the saving in both at this daf : On the f 23d Februan, 1797, Mr. Jrff^rsOO left t Alexandria, Va, lur Philadelphia, to riis t charge l>;? duties as ViceiP etmtnt. He i readied thai city on the 2d of March, at r a cost ol $37.03, and eight days'tune I j Now the cost is $4 60, and the lime 4 12 0 hours. It is not man that civilizes man ; but I the efforts of man. Steamboats, canals, i railroads?power press**, spinning jennies f mowers.plowers, reapers-??ve?. even cornshellers, are civihzeiw. JLet Old Fogv 1 stand out of I lie way progress, if he j will not aid its advance, or be will be en < tangled in some cow catcher 1 1 < Facts?if you invest your money in a < tiiiH hooae and do not cultivate your ' mind and U?te ?o aa to adorn it with in- ' leHigence and refinement, it ia aa if you 1 were to wear broad-cloth and a ailk hat ' to mill. ' If you inveat yoyr money in fine 1 clothe* and do not wear them with dignity and eaae, it ia aa If a plowman were to ait at a jeweller's table to (pake and adjnat hair apnnga. 1 < If von inveat yowr money In atrong | drink, it ia the aaine aa turning hungry | boga into a growing corn field?ruin will j follow in both caatra 1 ^uiilhuj lltnmag, I What Must I Do 1 What then must you do ? Just keep J n miua whnt you are not to do. Just , ceet> in miud that you are not to do God's , vork ; that you are not to regenerate your . )?n heart; filial ton aro not to make | ourself perfect; and that you are tot to I lit still, lu the midst of your tremendous j perils and responsibilities, doing nothing ?and 1 will tell you. In one word? I Lake Christ's yoke. Begin?begin his j tervice- Go to your closet?go out under Lhe vault of heaven ? oo Rtivuhfrn vrni 0 J / J will, and make a coveiient with Christ, j that whatsoever lie tells you lo do, lliat . yon will do. And, '.hen, begin and do it. Now, my beloved, but bewildered, fel- I low ail.tier, bow simple a tiling this is!? j There is no metaphysical mummery about it. 1'liere is no clashing, no jargon of j incons'siencies in this. There is no mist i and darkness. It is sunshine ; sunshine because it is clear?sunshine because, if you come to it, it will cheer your soul, it will gladden your eye. It will warm you i with the glow of life that angels feel. It will reveal to you the glories which an angel sees. It will move your heart to such melody as an angel makes io heaven. Come?away from your halting place ; away from that miserable position where doubts and fancies beclould and j Rcare you like the mists and bowlings of a tempest. Come?lake the yoke of Christ upon vcu. This is ail you have to do. liegin his service. Make yourself over ro him?body and soul. Hut yon ask ? is this aii ? Is this Scriptural ? Must 1 not first "repent V must I not first "believe 1" must I not first 'come unto Christ?" My dear reader? no. Take Christ's yoke. Adopt his ser vice. This is?"repentance." This is? faith." ..This?is "coming unto Clnist." And, all the while, you have been trying *!ter faith and repentance just as though they were something different. And that ias been yonr snare. That has been j four stumbling block. And if you cleave | o that, you will be bound band and fool i >y your own doctrines; you will be dash- j >d to pieces, and ground to powder, by j ,'our own devices. Your n?ih is plain. Your duty is simile, however much it may involve. Take j he yoke of Christ. Serve hiin. Serve j 1) ! - ? - l? mi. wegui 10 uay. lxegm now.? 'Lessons at tub Chops" I'luity of C n vHal i kr.?Over tlie teauiy of the plum and apricot there I ;rowa a bloom and beauty more exquisite j bail the fruit itself; a soil, delicate Hush hat overspreads its blushing cheek. Now j f you strike your hand over that, it is i jone forever, lor it ne'er grows but once. The flower that "isngs in the morning, rnpeailed w ith dew, arrayed as no queeny woman over was arrayed in jewels, nice shake it till their heads roll ofi", and /on may sprinkle water over it as you dense, yet it can nevor he made again a1 hat it was when the dew fell silently ipon it from Heaven! On a frosty morn- I ng you may see the panes of glass cov ] trod with landscape, mountains, lakes, j ind I re "8, blending in a beautiful, fantas- | ic picture. Now lay your hand upon the j ;!ass, and by the scratch of your finger ! >r by the warmth of your palm, all the j lelicate tracery will he obliterated. So hero is in youth a beauty and purity of i haracler, which when once touched and lefiled can never be restored, a fringe nore delicate llian frost work, and which, when torn and broken, will never be re I mbroidered. A man who has spot'ed ind sidled his garments in voiuli, though is may seek to make tliem white again, ran never wholly do it, even were he to wash them with his tears. When a roung man leaves his father's house with he blessing of his mother's tears wet upon tis forehead, if he once losses that purity j >f character, it is a Lss that he can never ; nake whole again Such is the conse. jucnce of crime.- Its effects cannot be erad* caied, it can only be forgiven. A Citii.n'aTKRTiMONY ?.1 ames , a toy of twelve, went into the house of a uighbor where a sweet bnbe lay dying. I he chilli was in convulsions, and the pa ents were weeping in agony. 11 i? ten ler heart was melted with sympathy and ear as lie looked 01: death for the ffrsl ime. When he was leaving the house [ he father observed that he seemed anx otis tossy something, though his utter ! mce was choked with tears. 'What were rou going to say, James f said the fall) ir. 'Only, sir, that you ought to be very hankful that it is Eva that's dying; for f it was Johnny ; you could have no hope or his soul, ami you know Eva is safe.' Johny was Eva's brother, and of the ! >aine age with James Some persons mj? >ear to wonder if children of that age an become Christiana. Here ia teatimo iiv from the lipa of a b >y religiously edu :ated, who when he aaw death, felt his >wn and his young companion's danger, ind nefd of salvation. We trust little Eva is safe with Ilim who 'carried the ambs in his bosctn but how would it i hi with the young readers of thin paper r>f the age of James and Johny' should ihey be suddenly called to meet Go! f The foundation of domestic happiness is faith in the virtue of woman ; the foun dation of all political happiness is confi dence in the integrity of man ; and the l9und|i|o|i of alt happiness, temporal and eternal, ia reliance oo the goodness of God. lt|rirultarul. The Management of Manures. It may fairly and naturally be expec ted (bat in to olu a practice as the management of a mass of faun-yard manure, tliere should exist uniformity, and tbat at the present lime tbe opinions of practical farmers on tbe subiect would ho guided by well attested principle*, liut it is not so. Fanners entertain conflic' ting notions on the matter, which are clearly evidenced in their practice. A practical agriculturist of our acquaintance, tor instance, adopts the following plan. As soon as the site of his manure beap is ciear he puts on it a layer of clay 12 inches deep, places over this the dung . and covers it with another layer of earth, liwt the point in which he considers his system superior to all others, is frequent turnings. Lie turns it over no lees than six tunes, covering it each time wdth a little earth. We heard his story with attention, and that deference due to a successlul practical man. There is something in it to commend ; but it seems to us objectionable to turn manure so frequently as six times in a season. Another agnculturist, equally distinguished, puts all bis dung into a hollow avera| guig G feel bet eatii the surface, never touches it till required for use ; and ex* I piesses h;s couvicliou that turning manure is a wasteful practice, and that he secures all the 'juices' of the dung. In reference to this part of our subject, it uiay be remarked?1st, That in turning manure there can be no material loss of fertilizing ingredients, if the heap is properly rebuilt, and covered over wjib mould at once. 2o, It does not, however, seem advisable to turn manure so fre* quontly, as it induces too rapid decay. If the heap is built properly, one turning, and at lartberest two, is quite sufficient. With us it is turned over and completely mixed about a month before rt is required for the green crops. 3d, For some crops which require rapid forcing, it may ue desirable to turn (be mauure over twice, so as to promote its putrefaction ; but if a farmer has to buy artificial manures, some guano cr vitriolUed bones seem belter calculated to force on the \outig plants than any, other manure, atid, after all, no matter how skillfully managed, farm'sard manure undergoes a loss when its putrefaction goes bevond a certain stage. Stirring the Soil in Drouth Our article of last week on this topic will show how far we concur or disagree with the extracts btlow. The subject ia of special interest at this dry hut season to every planter gardener <kc., and we give both sides. An old topic, surely, but one of the greatest practical importance. An old topic, hut one about which men are not agreed in opinion. There i6 theory and practice on both sides. Some farmera hold (hat stirring the earth in dry weath er, injures llie roots of plants, aud exposes the soil to tlie sun and tlie diy air so much, as to do more harm than good.? lint the other side of the question, has, also, its good arguments. We will hint at one or two : Frequent stirring of the soil in drouih renders it more porous, and so fits it absorb moisture from the atmosphere, and to draw it up from the wet subsoil. By being frequently broken up it becomes like a sponge. Any one can easily sat* isfy hunselt of this. Go into your garden and loosen up the soil over a space of a few feet square, and then see if, foe several mornings alter, that patch is not moist, while the surrounding surface is dry ? A neighbour of ours had a potato patch last summer, which being in a warm and sandy soil became badly parcbed in July. The stalks dropped, and a total loss of the crop was threatened. Here was a fair subject for a desperate experiment. Accordingly on one of the hottest and d-yest days of the month, he gave them a thorough nlow w O I ing. passing lite plow four limes through etch lurrow, first plowing two furrowa from the hills, and then returning the ground bsck by two other furrows. No ram fell for ten days after. In three days, the vines stood eiect hiuI began to tako on a dark green color and lo grow again. The soil was moistened by the dews of every night ; the crop was saved, and it proved quite an abundant one. Again : the stirring of the soil in drouth renders tbe earth a poorer con1 duclor of beat than it would be if it remained unbroken and bard. Every one knows that a stone or an? metallic substance i) ing in tbe sun, becomes bolter than a bunch of cotton, because it is a better conductor of heat. 80, when the surface 01 the earth becomes baked and hard, it absorbs heat much more than when it is broken and pulve-'aed. In a well tilled garden, the ground, two or three inches below tbe surface, is quit* cool at midday. It is partly on the same principle, that a few inches of mulching material will keep the ground cool and : .11 a.._ I n i- ?- - muisi nil summer mug. iii'iite, il la 6UT to see tl>tat stirring the toil in drouth will keep the root* ol plants cool and moist, and so promote the growth. Hut let the theory he ea it may the fact remains, that through tillage la the best possible security against drouth.? Ex. 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