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.WouN.-Varied as the-flowers .of the earth is-the.character of- women to a large garden ay- the whole sex be compared-; rank we'ds are found there, the sharp., stinging nettle and the poisonous nightshade; but likewise are seen bkt,oms of rich beauty-plants of graceful growth-tbe scented rose and the climbing jasmine-the painted tulip-aud thod Rst lily--all are met in the'great parterre of the world, blooming side by side, mingling Oither fragrance or poison with the air.around.. And the influence of a woman is as diversified as her character, whether in a domestic or publc cpoinit of view, Two women may be placed in precisely the same circumstan.es socially, the one will. diffuse happiness, the other destroy it; the .one will giye a perfect charm to life, and the other make it ulnost .a curse; and simply by a diversity of tempera oent producing differe-nt resuts. An il-tempered, quarreisome womun is.a nuisance on .earth. An 1ll-tempere.d* man is bad enough, but the perpetual "niggle" of a sour-tempered woman is insufferable; there Is a meanness about her irriwhich men generally do not possesQ. A man -may Ewe r .and behav like a brute--such conauct is as commo," as daisies in summer, but unless be be something below the level of a' bully and that is low enough-he won't keep qp an incessant small-sht charge .6f hint and in nuendo, ..A pettish rejoinderr,-for that is the style of these nettles of the human race, these vegetable b'istering plasters of humanity cross-grained women. Such women, without having anything of positive vice in their com position, o an immensity of harii.; there is sorrow and trjal enough in the world, without ill-temper adding to the burd.en; a cheerful heart, and I cheering word of comfort, it is woman's prerogatIve to bestow, and if she f;als to exert her prerogative, she loses, and deserves to lose., that suprehaey..over. ran O)e is born and destined to hold. ( Tait's X-agazine. A McInTosr.-The New Orleans correspon dent of the St. Louis Republican 'says . Amnong the recent arrivals here is General1 Mcin tosh, grandson of the old Scoech. General McIntosh, of Georgia,, and son of Gen. William~ McIntosh, by the beautiful Wattie, daughter of a Chattahoochie Creek chief, of course .the noblest in the land-as innchi nobler than the decendaints of Poeahontas as the McIntoshes nr,d Troups, of Georgia, were nobler than Jo)hn Smith, the Grienta! rover and colonist of the .James, Gen. McIntosh is direct frm the Creek Nation, in behalf of his ,destitute people, and tells me that thve war has left a fearful desolation in the Indian trtories. It will be gratifying to you- to learn titat .the ilastrious half-breed, 'though sidty-four' years old, and the father of:eeeven children and thir *teen grandchildren, anc; co1&el jin the Con federate atirmies of the tranis-Missippi, still beihrs witnP>eof the~ truth of the saymng hatJ mo44d ei!1tel." HTe is as straight -as .an erro y, astie in~ step, and as handsome as all ijecI has~ and Troups in Georgia. The peop,10of'Nshville, Tenn., are .taking active measures to secure the con.structiol ofA~ rarma frTP tht city te Knoxville~ Too Muca "ATIoN"--The following love let ter and reply we flud in a Mississippi ex change Aadam--Most worthy of my Idmiration after long cnnsidera tion, of the great .repata tion you possess in the-nation, I have a strong inclinati~n to'hecomt yf-ir relation. On yottr application of the declaration, I shall make preparation to move situation, to profess my adfniration; and if such obligation is worthy of observation, and can obtain coinmissera tion, it will be an aggrandization, beyond all., calculation, of thejoy and exultation of, Yours,, SAM. DFsmERTION. THE ANSWER. Sih---I received vour ation w.ith much de liUeration, anda littW cimsternation at th.e great infattatidi0 of your weak imagination, to show such veneration on so light a founda tion. I suppose your animation wasthe fruit recrtation., or had sprung from.ostentation jor display your education by odd enumeration, or-rather multiplication-, of words of the same termination, though of great variation in their respective signification. Now, without dispUa tation your laborious ap1pication to so tedious an occupation, iserves coiumend.ation, and thinking.imitation -sufficient gratifieation, I am without hesitatian, SALLIE MODERATI)N MARRIAGE INCIDENTS.--A clergyman in Glas gow used.to relate the following; In marry ing.a cuple, he asked the bride, in the usual form; whether she would be "I loving., faith full, obedient wife ?" The bri-de promptly re plied that shewould l-e loving -and faiihful, but would not venture on a pledg tPo'form obedience. . The rninister paused an . - murred. "Just say awa," sir, ejaculated . the bridegroom ; "she*h1as promised to be lovin' and faithfu,' an' fou! ;a' thae fingers," raising his fist, gin sbi's fno (bedient!" A 'similar narrative, in which. the bride proved th pre -vaiing party, tas told by- the late Dr. Ma clean, of the Goj{al.s,' Glasgow. The rever end doctor, in marrying a couple, failedlto ob-. tain any indication from the bridegroomas to whether h,e would accept the bride as his help inate. After a considerabfe pauser the bride idignaint at the stolidity of her in~tended hus band, pushed do*n his-head with. her hand, at tne same timeaddressing himn doud, "GCanna ye boo (bow.,) vye b'ruLe!" ,A Paisley bride, ~who was being 'united~ to a.stolid.. husband, was, secoi-ding to' the te'stimony of the .Rev. Mr. "M-.-;. who -performed. the ceremony, more considerate in her expressior. The bridegrom laving given no reponse to Zhe question, though often repeated by -the miis ter., "Do you take this woman to be .your mn#ied wife?" 1he bride broke ina "Deed does he, sir; he promises a' .that ye require!" AUJsTA, 1June 12, 186.-A DARK AF gian (Freedmen's organ), was arrested ,this afternoon by civil authority; for attempting to defraud negroes out of moneyvborr&wed of them wheri be (Bryant) wasan nfficer ofthe Govern menit. He was subsequon tly r'eleased, a colored man beconriing his seurty. There were 800 divorces in Ohio last~ year. Good'r mnv for &jUnion State. The Columbus Sun finds the&llowing touch 1hg the burning of Columbia, B. C., in the Indianapolis (Inciana) Joural. "On the return 6[Sherman's army, itwreg ments of it camped- a -day and night on' the, conwom near our- residence. -The_Poldiers engaged in free 4onvesation, and,- as was natu ral, made their grand =*rch .*.der Sherman tiirough the South, and articularly the part of it through South Carolina, the theme of nar ration, They stated that our soldiers buwied Columbia ; that they desolated as far as could be done, where they marched; and, - whether Columbia, ww; burned by Sherman's order or iot, theycould not Aurther-say than that it was burned by our soldiers under the orders of their immediate conmariders, but whether they bad orders from Sherman or not was oniy.i ith them a matterof inference." A DOMESTIC "IELL."- Tilda,l criedold Mr, Sloper, fron the garden, early in the m.ornig, "Tilda!" "What, Father," said-a - voice, half smothered in bed clothes, for the young lady was ifTbed, "flere's John down hZre," re vplied the old Inan; "been here thiA hour." There was a sensation in doors, and aftqr hastily-dressing. Matilda appeared. "Where -is John ?" she asked, 'ooking a little pouty, and somewhat surprised, because -thre wa* 4M -John about there whjpm she was Alwayi glad to see. 'thkre .was mischief in thi old man's eyes as he said : "Don't go sfeJhn " "N," said she-; "what Joh ?" "Why, John, quil, to be sure,"he replied, poiritnig to tht flower and laughirrg. -He kissed her and called her a good girl for gettirig up so early. - Is ANIMAL FoOD NECESSARY.-Mr. Curlifig, seventeen years agent oIfthe Devon 0d,wsay.s: "There are . ww the %te. 'hey are energtie, mgrat,' an well-behavad, I do not remember a rm -%eventeen year's, not even soirmuch ts la 6hic,en. They are coritedteA g?&' . 'oeo ple-grateful, even, for fairplay. Oat6f 400 farmers, deduct 0fty, and the rest do noe&seqe a wheatern loaf; or small meat, except at Ch ist inns and Easter! They-have been broughtAzp to'this custom. Onettenant on the D)evoi bbs tate I have seen sit down to potatoes, butter milk and Indian meal, who purchased at ~are cent smale ?10,~000 worth of propirty, and did not have to borrow a shilling to pay for it~ I -believe this to be the usual mode of .htving in -Limerick.4 Already have several of the -States of the late Confederacy made sorbe' provision -for mainfed soldiers, as well as for the ,widowc and orph'kna of those who fell in battle, died of disease or of-wounds received in the Cf6n federateservice.. Nothing whatever,.we blush to confess, das done by o,ur Legislature fotr the relief of these suffedang cla.sses. .Indeed, uniL-a ?hanstitutional convention is ca1led and the Alegandria Constitution and Government are dlisposed of, Virginia. will neither speak not et as the ~noble old Cou monitealtly should. w t o rpI MERE MENTION. --Mr. Woodcraft, worp resents P'opularville in the Legislature, -says he must get bomne.' His' wife writes himr that ~they have "two calves, ten lambs, eight pigs, frk itn .nd....h.-Johnl come bome. I"