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" Never Mind tho Mitten. Joe." I.nok uj), <lear .lye, with brdw of brass, i Forg^tth'nt gUMy ftli'liuf? la^s, Anil l?t hor transient image pn?s ? Though sorely t'uncy-sinitteu, Joe. There's noo .l fi-tli in I he <locp. broad sen, Sporting t-hore bright, filr nn?l frco. All I OIIV. I (row. tliilin own fni.?M So navoc niiud die mitten. Joe. Forgot I hat girl's ensnaring gl.iitcu? ^!k? sVihm right prettily the (Rince; Her vaia. prou 1 air*. and dress, perchance To halls of mirth tiro fitting, Joo. But ui irk inv word ? ?with such a wlCo Tied to thy hand ami purse for life, Thy black and liluo days must he rifo-rSo never uiiuil the mitten , Joe. I know one?.sho nover wore I'pon her lingers gol'li'n ore, Embrt.. ing pearls ami gems a score; (Mayhap thoul't thiuk I'm twitting,.loe.) \ iSho*8 ravel v at niiiiiaomaiii ?wn In simple robes, with modest mien, A'vl luce and form like beauty's queen? 1 She novel' gave the mitten,' .Joe' For why ?" ylio na'er with frothy arts IUiso<l idle flumes in silly hearts. Then feasted i>n I lie dying sjiuiivts Of fools so unickly bitten, Joe. Oli! woo her likeiiumn offense, dec ore such worth and inuoceiicc? Forget tlint tinsoleil jilt's otTouce; \n'l hie- -? lior for the inittori. Joe. Labor ami the Power of Endurance. Wo copy tlx; following truthful and ox ronoin anicietrom liunt's Merchants' Mag- J a/.iiio. l<et the voung men road it and pro?- : it by it. It ik true, every word of it. Genius is dazzling and attractive ; hut judgment, will, and tho power of endurance arc lielter than genius. Hardly anything is iinpossililo to a young man who is temperate, ceo- \ mimical and houorable, and who labors constantly and persuvoringly. Try it, young man?try it lor just ton years, and then, say if it is not true. Resolve to succeed; labor imd you will suoeeod. lbit you must choose | your calling, and ptick to it. "A rolling stono gntUcra no moss." Hotter 1 >o at the hott'l in the lnovt ordinary calling than to he at th? foot in four or five of the most important and influential. ])ut we will not detain j you from the article referred to, which ad- j vauces many wholesome .truths with much! IllOru t\ir?,c llimi wu uivv> to tlieui : "15lsi:>e<.s I'JxiiiiiANCE.?Men of genius without e:iTlurancc, cannot succeed. Men I w ho start in ono kind of business may find ! it iiiiuu.v?iuiv i" eonunuo tiiorein nil their I days. Ill health may demand a change.? i Now and wider Molds of onterpriso and sue- ! 0038 may be opeutfd to them : now clenionts j of character may he developed. Men may have a positive distaste for some pursuits, I and success mnv demand a change. Xone <>f these eases {'all within the general rule? ! men I a ay have talents, but if they aro "ev- . cry thing Ivy turns and nothing fong," they must not expect to prosper. No form of , business is free from vexation ; each man i knows the spot on which his own harness I chafes ; but he cannot know how much his ?>v? it iiui^uuor suhui'h. it is <--rvtti a l tiukeo cmt) splice a rope in many different ways ; an j Knglish sailor Knows hill.one method, but in i tjitit iriethod he ?1<ics his work well. Life i.s ! not long enough to allow any 0110 to be really master of but ono pursuit. The history of eminent men, in nil profos- ! sions ami catlings, proves this. 'J'he grdat j statesman, Daniel \\ ebster, was a great lawyer. Ilis boyhood was marked bv uncom- : mon industry. As a speaker, he did not ex- | eel in early life. With great deliberation j ho selected the law as his profession, nor foil Id he ho deterred from his ehosdn pursuit. While a poor student, the tempting I>iis.r di iiriocn ntmiirc i dollars n year ns Olork of tha (.'nurts, then a large sum, gainod with great dillicultv for him hy tho zeal und influence of his father, fnilod to do it ; nor could all tho persuasions of tho father turn him from the mark he had set before him ; and his great eulogist, the Attorney Ueneral of Massachusetts; is another mavkod illustration of reafdutc endurance and indomitable industry?life long?centering in one profession, making him one of the chief ornamonts of that profession, if not its Ijoad in the l;uited States. Our late ilisthijruHied Ambassador at the Osiurt of St. James, tho lion. Abbott LawwIlnHP U'imltli v?"io "'if <* ?%. ..11 - ' ? v""' "" benevolent purposes in donations as large as iMo sua, ran recall the time when ho had his i>rr)fc33:or. t>; s'oh'.'t, a?/.! tho W ? ?<( dollar of Ids splendid Ibrtuno to Gain, lit; choeo dolihecately a calling ; ho pursued thut oco.upatiofl '..itli integrity and endtirancc, through lark days find li ving seasons, and tho result is before tho world. Thin case affords an apt illustration of tho proverb of tho wiso man, that a man "dilligcnt in business shall t>tand boforo kings, and not before mean men." The late-John Jacob Ast??r, as ho left his native Germany, passed beneath a linden tree not far from a lino that separated his native laud from another, and made three VA(4nlnfiAMU wlu.ili 1?a I 1 - v.vmv, *?i??vyi* iiu.iiik;iiucu nnuum tuiui: him through life : "1. llo Would bo honest. 2. llo would bo industrious. 3. He would novor gamble." Ho was on foot; liis wealth vrun in tho small bundle that swung from bi? stick laid on bin shoulder. Tho world was boforo hiiu. Hn was nblc to carry thorn out. His success is tho best comment on his enduranco. Stephen(Jirard, at tlio ago of forty yoars, was m quito moderate circumstances, being the captain of a small coasting \ ossol on the Delaware, and part owner 01 tho same. No trait in l is olmracter was inr. if.-- I-!.. J--.1 ...v>v uiiiu inn uuuurtiucu, ana me element gnvohim a fortujruj. All men who hav succeeded well in lifo, havo been rnrHi of nigh rquOlvo and endurance. Th? fnnled William Pitt won,- in ea-ly lifo, fund of gaining. Tho paflflton increased with his yeaVs ; ho knew that ha mupf at onre nutter the pulsion or tho nasnion w<tuld master hiiti. Ilo made a nrtn rosolvo that he would never again, play a gftinoof. hazard. Uotfonld make euch a j'c?olution ; he eould keop it. His subsequent 71 i.?. - ft. ? ? uiuiiivdci) wm in? iriui oi uun power. >vn-1 liftiu ,WiH?#furo<? in lri? 6hrKor <lnyi; like most moil of hi* rank ami u^fl, lovcl (Iuj oxcitcment of gumc-fl nt hazard. lie en*' the ruin <>t' thn vicoof paining n? ho never Haw it before ; lie was appalled at what lie b jhcld. Sitting aniid yarning, rnifi and donpair, ho took thr* resomti<m tb?.' w woiilil novor ft go in <Mit?*r a ^aniidrg hthisfi. lie i /'Kftfifrorl Hit: mnlitUMC- ? ?*!? il.y* ..1. ^ 1-! - . ..... mill i?u; I IIIIII^U ?/j 111* I conduct, and nuhac'iucntly ho hocnmc. 0110 of tho rtto.it dlfliingnlHhed Englishmen of hi? ago. Dr. Snrnuol Johpnton nan onoo requested U> drink with a i'ricml. Tho Urn-tor proposed ton. '"Hut drink a Hit!o witio/' Hfli'l l?i? "I chuijot," was the reply. "I know nhgthwncc?I know' excess, but 1 know no incdsui;-.. since 1 rotjolvpil, us 1 cvaild not dvink a little wine, 1 would drink none at all." A man who could thus support his resolution by action. was a man of enclnrane<\ and luat element is as wall displayed in thi* incident as in tho compilation ol' his mriu v.-oi i;. lien Kichnrd Brin.sloy Sherldun made his lii*ht speech in 1'nrliamont, it was regarded on all hands as a most mortifviup; i'aitnro. Itc was urged to nhifudun a parliamentary career, ami enter upon sonio iield hotter suited to his ability. "No," said ShoriduU. "no, it is in nie, anil it shall come >111 !" And it did ; and he became one of the most splendid dohators in England.? IjOyohi, the founder of tin-Order of Jesuits, the courtier, the man of gallantry and dissipation, obtained such mastery ovor himself by labor and endnranee, that to illustrate the faet, he stood several hours, apparently unmoved, in a pond of ice and muddy water ui> to his chin. Perhaps no other nation in r'UropH at that, time could have won the battle of Waterloo, except the British, I......... v.. .... ...i MI ' uw.?<< - whim iiinu to (llIH jontlict that amount ot' enduranie needed to win. For many hour* that army stood nuinfully before the lniuderous firo of the French ; Cohunn alter column fell, while not a pun was <li ^charged on their pari.? One sullen word of command ran along the lino as thousands fell ; "file up ! tilo up !"? "Not yet ! not vet!" was the Iron Duke's reply to earnest reouosts made to clinrgo and li'^lit the foe. At length the tiine of action eituio. The charge wax given, ami victory pc -ched upon tho standard of England." Tin: I xni \ v h iv IVicinvi 'I'l... r...i: ...... ... . . ...UI.IVIIM.X . ? IIV" IllUI" mih now i;i Washington, says tho Union, art; indefatigable in "sight-sooing," and have visited most of the pitplie buildings in a body. In the aparatus room Oftho Institute, a number of them were induced to join hands, and a severe galvanic shock was given them.? Sonic of them gave vent to the significant "Tgh," indicating their surprise, and turned fiercely about to discover the person they supposed hod struck them ; others rubbed their arm ; ml elbows, and from the general talk in their own language, one woul 1 suppose they had entered upon a scientific discussion of the nature of the singular manifestation. Afterwards several of them took shucks singly, and it was curious to witfiesu the grim determination with which those stoics of tlio wilderness undertook to assume that air of impasuiveouuH which tradition assorts tltcy maintain when undergoing torture as captives. 15ut it was no go; they had to knuckle t seieueo, and as one after the other of the astonished braves was doubled up, tumbled upon his knees, and knocked into a heap generally by the powerful battery, he was saluted by most uprorious jeers and laughter by his fellows. Somo of the party mounted tlie high nortli tower of tho Institute; but when at tho top, ouly o:;c of them could ho prevailed upon to approach thoodgo audio ?h flown tho diz/.v height?Inost of them squatting down as Soon us they reached the summit. One of them was observed placing small pieces of tobacco on the parapet. The interpreter explained that this was intended as nn.offering to the (Treat Spirit, and tho Indians believed that at this height, they were nearer the Daily than they had ever been before. On descending, tho Indians hud a grand war dance in the lecture room. The remarkable mildness of the season is :i common theme with the newspapers. Nothing like it has been experienced for many year*. Mere, on .Monday, the atmosphere was disagreeably close, and but tor the rain, open windows would have been endurable, if not desirable. Not a particle of ice has been seen in the rivers or harbor, and unless we have change soon, it is doubtful whether the ferry boats will have aiiv use for the "cutters" with which they luiv'e been prudently provided. In the country, winter seems to be breaking up, instead of but just beginpipg.?-V. Y. /'J.rpreus. '?' Kind W .nns?Wuv Use Tui m.?I. Because 11 icy always cheer him to whom tlioy are addressed. They soothe him if ho js wretched. Tliuy ?6mfort him if he la ?:\d.? They keep him out of tlio slough of dospoiid, or help Jutn out ?1 ho happens to bo in. 2. There are word* enough of tho opposite kind Hying in all diruclioi?.^i.r wowlq? cross words?fretful words?insulting words; : ' ;? tKuiucmiu^ niinio? iniuuing words. Dow lot kinil wordy have a chance to abroad, since si) many, so different, are on the wing. Kind words bless him that Uses them. A sweet sound 011 the tongue tends to make the heart mellow. Kind words react upon the- kind feelings which prompted them, and make them more kind; They add fresh fuel to the tire of benevolent emotion in the soul. <!. Kind word.-* hrtpofc Urid fenllftcs toward him that Loves to use them. People lovo to see the face and hear the voice of such a man. Kind words aro, therefore, of yreat value in those hard times. Tat.k BKATti.NO.?Never repeat a story, unions you arc curtain it is correct, ami even not then unless something is to bo gained, either of interest to yourself <,? for the good of tho j>orson concerned. Tattli?ig is n mean and wicked pructiee, and he who indulges in it, grows more fond of it in proportion as he is successful. If you havo no good to say of your neighbor, never rcprouoh his character by telling that which is false, lie who tells yon tho faults of other, intends to tell others your faults, and so the dish of news i* hnnriml fr^tn another, until the talc becomes cinormous. " A story never looses' any thing," is wisoly remarked; but on tho contrary gains in proportion as it is repeated by those who nave not a vory strict regard for truth.? Truly, "tho tongue is an unruly, c il, full of deadly poison." V5(JYIN<1 fti'P A T.nv.iin ._T?r/? . .. y gonts in (MnvKav!ue, Temi.l HiinuHonoously fell in love with the flmo young lady, and each erroneously supposing the othor to fye a formidable rival, bc<U wcro exceedingly jealous. Jn order to f.eUle their claims without submitting them to the lady herself, one of the gentlemen said to the other " Sir, I will give you five hundred dollars if you will retire from the field, or I will ?.,La ?W ??..., i I-?'- J " ?"? v...,v umi M IIP i^cfttleinnn to whom the proposition wan made accepted, thus paying S5()0 for tho nhnnao of winning a ludy'p hand. This doii'i/, look JHio hard especially CotirNtlg is a {'. <-( tiling. I'nirBPT AMI) KxaMPI.k.?Prorw>?\t inltialntrt tinn written in t'>? naml?tht> title flown over it ami the re?*or-'l i? gone. Kxamp'o is on* (;ravori'on the ?ock, ufwl tho lowon is not noon vst. Speak a Good Word,or Say Nothing at All! I There's a aperies of alunder abroad in the World, Againvt u good-neighbor, ?li! frinuontly hurl'd, < , Not ftlwnyu with nialioo, with envy, or spito, Yet t'utivl to friendship, good feeling, niiu right. | Kemeinber-?and fail not your trust to fulfil? Yoiif brother, tho' absent, a brother ia still ; i I Wherever you be, or whttte'er may befall, i Oh! apeak a good word, or any nothing at all. ( , I There arc duties wo owe when together wo're I met. 1 I We are till of ua only too apt to forget; I l?o blithe if you will, when the wine-cup is proot, Hut plnnt not a wound in an innocent breast; 1 ' llobut th < foul charge to" tho slanderer's shtirne, 1 I Who, (lend-liko, would blacken another's fair ? fume. j r.ove is sweeter thitii honey?strife bitfor im gull ] ! Then ?peak a good woM. or say nothing at nil. ( Major Noah on Mauri-mir?Tim i I veteran of the press, M. M. Noah, held Mi 1 I very racy pon, which threw oil' sparkling ! , paragraphs with us much ease "a* tlio lion i . shakes the 'dew drops from his nmndl*' Tlic following is 0110 of thorn : "We like short courtships ; in this Adam t J acteil like a sensible man?lie fell asleep n j 1 bachelor, and awoke to find himself a mar- , J riod man. lie appears to liavo popped the j 1 question almost immediately after mooting , i ; Md'lle Kvo, and she, without any flirtation | , or sliynci s, ;;avo him akiss and lior.o!r. Of: i that first kiss in tliis world we have had, how- | . | ever, our own thoughts ; and sometime** in a j ! poetical mood, have wished we were the mnn 1 I 'wlmt <1 i<I it.' l$nt tho deed is done ; the chance was Adam's, and he improved it.? ] Wo like tlie notion of getting married in a | garden. It is in good taste. Wo like ft pri) vutc we lding. Adam's was private. No envious beaux was there; no eronking old ( | maids ; no ohatting aunts and grumbling ' ; grand-mothers.- The birds of heaven wore ; minstrels, and the glad sky Hung its light 1 i upon the scene. < ' One thing about the first wedding brines , | queer things to us. in spite of its Script urn I j f 1 truth. Adam aiul hia wilb wore rather ! ' j young to marry? some two or three days i old, according to the sajjest speculations ?.f i ' theologians?mere babies?'nrger but not > older?without experience??without a house 1 ?with-it a p>tor a kettle?nothing but love i j and Eden." I As Ahti.kss Argument.?Naimbanna, n 1 black prince, arrived in England from the 1 neighborhood of Sierra Leone. The geutle- j man to whose Care he was entrusted took | | great pnins to convince him that tho JJiblv is ( the wo!h| of God, and he received it as a*ich with great reverence and simplicity. When ! | ho was asked what it was that satisfied him ' i on uiih suDjoet, no ropliod: "When I found all good Dion minding the Bihlu, and calling j I j it the word of (Jod, and all had men disre- I < garding it. 1 thou was sure that tho Bible ; , : must ho what good mon call it, tho -word of i God." ? ?- j fiKTTINd Al,|, TI1K IjAWYJ5RS ON HIS I Slim.?Oliver 11. Smith gives this incident i in the early history oi' Indiana. At the 1 * ? * * * ? nii3ii v irun11 i .mm, my irioiul .)udge l'erry bargained for a pony lor twenty-fivo dollars, to be delivered the next day,.on a credit of six months. The man came with the pony, but required security of the Judge for twenty-live dollars. The Judge drew j the note at the top of a sheet of foolscap, j ! and signed it. I signed it, .lames Bnrldcn j signed it, and handed it on, and on it wont j from lawyer to lawyer around the bar, till I some twenty of us had signed it. 1 thfcn | f ! handed it up to the Court, and three dud- t ges put their names to it. Judge Perry presented it to the man lie. hud bought the ' pony of, but he promptly refused it. "Do 1 -j you think I um a foul, to let you got tue i ; Court and all the lawyers on your side ? ] 1 ' see you iutend to oheat ino out of my pony.' j l'p lie jumped and ran out of the equrt f ; house, mounted the pony and started for t liomo at full gallop. > On the 1st of August, at tlio negro col- * ebration, an Irishman stood Jiatoulug to the < colored speaker expatiating upon Government and Freedom, and as the orator came j i on to a 'period' from oho of tvc highest, ( I most poetical flights, the Irishman said : ^ "Jiedad ! he spnkes well for a uagur, didn't ,, ho "how Somebody said "he isn't a uoI ).? : :1.. I...W " ?" ^y,?.tu 10 viiu^ nun iiL-gry. "uuiy lialt j( a nitgur in it V Woll, if a half nagur can talk in that stylo, I'm thinking a wholena- ( gur might bate the prophet Jeremiah."' EtkkxitV has no grey hairs. Tho flow- ^ ers fade, the heart withers, man grows old ( and dies, the world lied down in the scpid- 1 ohre of ages ; but tiiuo writes no wrinltlos ;;n the b'f.'W <?' ftoroifv. Kternitv?stu- ' pendous thought! The fivnr.nvflsont ?m- I r born, un'deoaying and undying-?the $nd- . loss chain, compassing the life of (jod-?'thc golden thread, entwining the destinies of ; the universe. i Earth lias its beauty, but time shrouds j1 ' them for the "rave ; its honora, they are j but the sunshine of an hour; its palaces, 1 | they arc gilded sepulchres ; its possessions, *' | they are toys of changing fortune*}; its . pleasures, they are but bursting bubbleB.*j Not in the untried hoxirue. In the 1 ! dwelling of the Almighty, can come nq foot- 1 riteps of decay. Tt? day will know no dark. ? ening; eternal splendors forbid tho approach of night. Its fountains will nevor * fail; they are fresh from the eternal t hrone. c ftrt harmonios will never eoase ; exluuistless , love supplies the song. Its glory will never wane, for there is the over present Ood! " Why Worms in *uk Bible ark Printed jn r^.i.na . ..uxio.?uniiu worcjy goneraiiy consist QftHe auxiltuy verbs, ntf on, um, wa*>, 0 &c., which in the original aro not written, v but understood. It is the peculiar ce/iins of J the ancient languages, especially Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, to omit the minor words " of a flontenc6: but as the omission* would sometimes give rifle to obwiurity, the tratj#!n- . tors have generally BUpplicd them, tiiul, flit . the sake or distinction, printed them ih'italios [ Thus in the Grtsncl of Nt. John 1, 6?Thpre 4 wan n man sent from Ood, whoso tlPttid n,/< John. Tho word printed iu italic i# omitted ilk the orii'inftl Glrnnlr Lf ^y-w a ite,ootuploxiott9, with the fnhitist \ t'inRO ftf fed, jive nftw ?U the ra^e; |iwl scion- r tiflc iuoii ore devoting their Hkul to awretfuin- j the wmpl^at, and-at tho Hamo tinio the muflt efScftOjGUfl nu-anfl o*tiddiyg.to nml per tiuiiuvuug u>? unumuco or t!,c naUr/ftl com- * ploxiop?-ospooiftll^in behalf of Oiq Jr<11??. \ ".Tack," Hftitl n man to r. la.lju*i onto.vsng ! hifl teen*, "yoar futlinr is <lrownod.'/ ".0am . it," ronliftd this young hopeful, "and ho'a got ' my knifo in liia packet." . i it Soeing the Elephant. At the Now England Supper. as -tl 'wee hours" approached, tho following toi wufc proposed : "'.I he State of Mississippi?She has 80 is her best apprentice." Judge Unliard moved ns ah ntnehdinoi ihe addition of-? "And we have made him a master wor man." It is needless to say that the toast w Irank with the honors. Mr. Prcntis 1 plied in his happiest Style.. HoHpnkowi Jeep feeling of his attachment to Missiwi pi, and of the honor and chivalry of i nnny gentlemen of nn parties. In t jourseofhis speech he told two of his ch ioneering reminiscence^, which "set tl able in a roar." Lie said that six, or eigl >r twelve years ago?ho did not like to particular about dates?he went to Was ngton thinking lie was a member of Co jreas, out ne touncl out his mistake, in ;anie home as fast as possible to get rigl lie made rpoeuhes in titty-four out of t ifty-six. couuties in tho State, lie go printed hills containing- his iippointmei] ;weuty-six days ahead of him. Now the ivas ?a caravan just at this time pevambuh ng the State, and the proprietor avail iiimself of the gatherings collected hy 31 IVs notices. This, by-the-way, said 31 I'., was ("juite in the ordinary course .hilll'S. lis n i ftliani'VKi' nf vwilificul nents must have remarked, that a cnrav: )f some kind or other usually follows their wukc. The first time Mr. P. "saw the olpphah ivas in county, in the northern p;i )f the State, near the Alabama line. It >ne of the most beautiful counties in M dssippi, its population chiefly from Sou Carolina, and though they had voted again lifn on the previous election, ho hoped till State rights notions would bring them in ?is support at this contest, when lie d lot run so much the candidate of a part is the representative of a State whose di tity and sovereignty had been outraged !iis person. At the appointed hour ibund over three hundred ladies and gc iletnen assembled to hear him. Ho was "high feather," and began to ppeak wi uoro than uaual energy. The audion iitcued with marked attention, and he f< mrc of bagging game. When he had sj: ten about an hour he began to observe sot >f the outsiders lonkinrr iivnr flinii* 1 t " O V.-X... lors, and tins movcmont was gradually fi owed by more and more of bis audienc He began to think he was growing tin uul endeavored to rouse himself up to mc miiuatlon ; but it was no go. He at leng ooked in tho popular direction, and thoi .0 his horror, just coming over the hill, w lie elephant, dressed in his scarlet trappin uul oriental splendor, with a houdah on l jack, 'occupied by the musiciaus, and in t 'Car came :i lfinrr t.niiii nt on/1 __ - - - ........ w. HUU vt%rv V foolish fceliiig of vanity not to bo outdo >y tho elephant came over him, and lie cc inucd to talk, appealing to the people he name of the State, their patriotism, ot jut all in vain. A few well-mannered p< ions remained, hut evidently they were i ained only by their politeness. lie fonnd it was no use. So he sai< 'Well, ladies and gentlemen, I am beatc Mit 1 have tho consolation of knowing tli t is not by my competitor. I will 11 cnook under to any two-logged beast, bul field to the elephant." To be sure, he w it first provoked by the preference shown he beast over himself, but on reflection, vas inclined to think )he people were rigl \ 1W??1 .... T.wi:.. u?* ft"* ?? ?? ?? ?.?^?u1,wj?n miiual to be seen oiicc in h life time, h lolitioians thoy could see ovcry duy. lie said, however, he hud his revenge ow days after. lie fonnd that he mi tolno to some understanding with thecal 'an. So he agreed with the proprietor tli it Holly Springs lie woidd address tho pi )la under tho great awning for ono hoi mil then he would give way to tho monk mil elown. He hoped this would not .i.l i .. i; "> muljgeu uu nun mr*narginn anil corruption \tnny rate it was honestly carried out joth parties. Between himself and t ;aravan, a largo assemblage was gather inder the immense awning. One of the cages was converted into 'OStrum. He heard a low sound, which i lOU'.ljlcd a growl, ttid foamed t]:at the bj ia was the nearest lmlminr 'riir.r*? vat arge augur-holes in tho top of the box, 1 he admission of air. He conimrnc poaking, and when he reached tho bio ind thunder portion of his epecch he r iiH cane into the oagc and called forth nost horrid ^cll from the enraged nuitn it the Hume tuuo gesticulating violently wi ho otb'or hand. The effeot was olootri .1 ll-- ? !- ? II uanuu UIMYI1 LIIU llUUfcC 111 a lMMTCCt tC iost of ontliuhiiiHiu. From this tirao rud it oil his own way. Ho hurled 1 ihftthomuj at his foes, and enforced tin >y the yells of his neighbor. The hye im good for n hundred vote#, and ho tit ;onverttfd u mischief into a profit. Mr. P. hero uftompted to drayy a mor ?Q !...* J..1I-' ,vv ..O ?..uv ID lunujB mo uuiiuat portion i public apecch, we omit it.?JV. O. Pu tune. ' * ?lu Wrtv Cats Wash their Faces,?A < moo caught a sparrow, and was ft boat to i 'our it, but tlio sparrow Haid, "No gont nan uat? till bo hit^ Urat washed bin faeo." The cat, utruck with thin remark, net t parrow dowu, Mid l>ogan to wasli his "ft vith bin paw, but tho sparrow flnw nway, l'Iuhvexed p?M o&lrtnnolv, and bo sr.id, ' oug a" I Uva I Will oat nrnt and wash i rice aftorwarili}." Which all cats do ovon hi* day. An ftrrt-locrntic Irishman, ftppakinu; of 1 lative conn'ry, snid it aoh an oxeorahtn pla n fnot, the only thing worth owning k vas the whiakoy. " Yon moan to say. ihoi aid a waggish friend* "that with alt nor fat) rou love her Hid /" ^ Am Tri?hmnn nifunJInur a AiinVnn m? ;?; ? " h'v-y ,,,v ng, hoard a yomur Friend mnko the folio ng announcement: " ftnethrQp'*|>d t few, 1 am going to marry, n cfougbv-iof t f^ircl." " Kulth nn' be jabcrit, no' it \i >0 n long tiino hufgro you'll hoo your fui >* in-law !" cricd Vat. < <* W* ' ; - ' ' | Fiust class in philosophy?stop outlio > elo.sc your books?1-John Joues?how mm iat kingdoms in nature? ?< Four." nt " Name them." "England, Ireland* Scotlnud, and Wales it, " PnNfi to next-?Smith." M Four?tho animal, vegetable, mineri k- und kingdom come." " Good, go up head." as (l llobbs?-what is meant by the auiui c- kingdom '{ th I " Lions, tiger, elephant, rhiiiocoroM p- hippopotamuses, alligators, monkeys, jao its asscj*, huckdrivorB, and schoolmasters." lie " Very well?but. you'll take a liokii :c- for your lust remark." lie " Giles?what is thoininerul kingdom it, " Tlie bull of Oaliforncy." bo " Walk straight up head." li- "Johnson?what tlio vegotablo kin 11- dom id " Warden snrse, potatoes, carrots, in it. yons, and all kinds of greens that's go< lie for- cooking." nt And what aro pines, and hcmlocl 1(3 ami elms?-ain't they vegetables '{" re "No fiir-ce, you can't cook 'em?then it- saw and IVaniin' timber." od " Hoys, give me a pieeo of npnlo, and y r. can have an hour's intermission-?exec ; t". llobbs."?Ar. K Spirit of thfi Uiincs. An elephant once nearly killed an Iris man for an insult offered to his triuih.jn "The act was rash in the extreme, but was impossible," said the Hibernian, " resist a uotse you could pull with bo , hands." irt : - is A PERSON passing by a coucottod fello is- and happened to strike his foot with a can th " You hud better knock my brains out, ni ift finish me," said the dandy. " Jlvastryii sir to do it," was tho c|niot rejoinder. J'j Qonvii>knc:b and Inhuisitivjcnkss.?An o change tells of u Yankee? WhoM kiss a queen till he'd raise ft bllBtor, o" | Willi his arms around her nook vftili l>iu < il? I hat oil? lie ! Who'd address a king hv (ho title of 'mister,1 n_ A?<1 ask him the piiqo ot'thu throne which jn sat on. th To ascertain whether u woman is passiour cc or uot, Hike a muddy dog into hor parlor. ^ Tim young lady who caught a gontlomai ovc has returned It, because it liad a wee dr y in it. ^ ^ _ The Ivioo given by an Irjtfhinau to 1 ,c Huglish friend, on introduCinc him inti regular Tipperary row, was, "Whcrivov y ^ hoc a head, hit."_ th Ai.ways do as the'suli docs | look at t I.? rc, i^uv n??v murjiuiiig ; ii- la jusi as cue ,ai! anil tliroc times as grtod tor digestion. jjs A voi xg gentleman who has just mnrri lis a little beauty, says she would have been t liC lor, but she is mudo of such precious mate ,s nla that nature couldn't aft'ord it. ,u> IIiuu and Low.?It is an extraordina in- fact that when people come to what is co in monly colled high words, they generally v r, low lantruairo. Administrators' Salo. ^iIKHK will 1 >o sold, on TuoBclay the 2C n _ 1 January, instant, at the lute roaiduh ' tit .lofflitia Cox, docoased, all Hie Personul I ini tate ot'said deceased. consisting of iat FOl'lt LIKKLY XEOHO^S, 1U^ A -wonuM and three children ; llorsoH, Catt 11 Corn, Fodder. OatH. Mniisnhnlfl ? 'tis Kitchen Furniture, and many other artic! to too numerous to mention, j,e TKKMS OF SAI,K?A creditof 9 inont . with interest, sumsuf and under five dolh will bo required in cash. -n J. R. HHNNICUTT, > . , , ut B. tJOX, I Adm rj 13, 1S58 > S M 2 !.1 .State of* Eolith Carolina, lS IS OHIU.VnV?CITATION. ffl' V\riIKItKAS, Joseph 0. Siecle, hath uppll tat if to me for letter* of adininiHtrntton uij >0. nil and singular the personal 'estate of Mt u. I'll (.'urYor, decoased, lute of tho State nfo: ' Haiti Htid district of IMokena: The kindred a ey creditor* of said deeeaacd aro, therefore, cit oC to appuur before ine, at l'ickttna C. II.. on Mt i." day 1st February next, to shew cause, if n they can, Why(amjetttui sliouldAbtb?grMiti i Given under my hand and seal; Iftth .Inn. 181 W. J. l'AKSONH, o. Stair oi'Mouth t'ai'oliiiii, IS oniMNAKY?CITATION. WIIKMJAS, Uob't. A. Thompson, Comm fY Riouer in Kquity, hutli tt[>i>Uud to ntc ' " tC'tU!i'9 ul litlllliliiniiiuiyii, IK uwriiv iii'nf ujivl. >ro and singular the pevdOuul estate of Daniel j for oxander. d?Mwi?V ln'? '><" 4,," ?,?u C(] wild ami district of Pickentn Tho kindred n 0 i oreditorn of. said deceased Are, therefore, cito<l ? appear before me, ut Pickens 0. H. on Wcdnend an 2-ltli February next, to nhow criuw, if nny th a nnn, why said letters should not ho griinti ill Givon under my hand and soal, lAth Jan. 1 Hi W. J. PARfcONS. o.r.n. c; IU- ftXECUTORH, ADMINISTRATORS A! J J OIJARDIAUpJ who .r?'o llnblo to make I jjs turnH in my OlHce, nro hereby notified to inn them during the month of Junittfy, ftu ft lit will bo issued ngiiinst all dufnullor? iinmedin ?? ly tlu-roivftcr. W. J, 1'AIWONB, o-i'. US N. B.-^And nil pardons indebted In tho ?i Office of Ordinary, either by Rond, Nol?, or J a'? count, roust pay on or boforo tho ftr?t day of Februnry, or thoy will find them in tho hfti of an officer for collection after tlint time. W. J. PAH.fSOJiH, o.v.n. wnunary 9 utllco, JOn 14, lfy>8 28-ii Bjj Coroner's Sale. j() 1)Y vlrtuo of ft fi. fft. to mo directed, I trill f O before tho Com-t House, within tho le| 7 bourn of sale, on Saloday in February noxt, 1 ' A acres of land move or less, lying on branches 1 f<ittle Itiver adjoining lands ot' t. N. Hobv - B. Benson and others, levied oh as tho pri As erty of J no. Hammotl, ol tho suit of lv. 0. ? nv ? Vi?' . r ?. v-ruifl. j cruis onen. 10 W. J, OANTTi 6.9 * M? I.GT8 FOR SALE. u pl'^ft(ANH <lo?ii'<?vs of j-urch^ing WVTH it r thh town ok w a lii aula, c?? hi V (>n (bo uwn.ll conditions. Apply to .14 to J-mmom, Ag t Kav (i tkr.t en . h. ' , w&m; A Ij.V having <foro?p<f* sfcninut I lis- '*.? u"! ''' Vr AititiLi!, ;??c?Cv<'> lift w Pr,:*Mt*hein loyally fttt?nte<i ; Mid t.h< ... niM?ywi?o to ?mid HataU; muijt m? 1H immcdinto >?ftv?n<?nt. >. N. AHaOIJ), ) % .lKl'BKN \H\OLT), J Kx f -K - f PICKENS ACADEMY. jy rplIK ACADEMY ut PickcusUonrt Hnuco JL will bo opened for the reception of Students on thy 1st Monday in February, 1H68, under the euporvinidn of WM. M. HKAT11, ?? Khii.. \vl>n toiu'.hfiM tlift Ktidis'li Liuiiriimr# in nil its various brancho*. ami all tho higher branches unuallv taught iu Aen<lernt?;ii. Iii"> oluilhtg" Latin,'Oirook Rud MathciiiAtioR.'&e. J. K. IIA(3001), M. F. MlTGIIKIlT,, ml /. 0. PUWAM? ^ M. M. NOJRTON. 59 Doc- 3, IBS?. 21 Jf_ S Pendleton Rail Road Company, fPUE Kleventh, TwelHh, . Tliirtcfnth, FourI tQcntli, and Fifteenth InstaliheMtfl of ONHDOJ?LAlt oach on tho Ntoek of I lie l'emUetiuv i lluilroud Company will be juiyiihlc iih follow/*: ? Ulovpuih Iiintiilmunt on tlie l*t vf A.ugiifty 18/iT " Twollth " " " October " Thirteenth " " " December" ff- iv . .. - - ^ roujTccnrn ? Feb v, k! Fifteenth " " ?' April ?* V. II. I). (1 All.LAUD, Sec. nn<T "Pendleton It. R. Co, ' Pendleton. May 'Jo, 1 S?%7. -4U td WINDOW SASHES AT? ..11 1-!.. 1 . r* i. it > i A -rv Ur mi kiiimm, liiiiiniiiKUiiroa ny jMtt-iey ?v I Mi vis, superior for ihoir oxheiuths and dupt rabllit v, and already paiutod and pln/.od,. ' with tlio l?fi.st-An)oriran and FrClioh Window fjlaKs. Always on hand at Walhullu, and ill- tor sal? low by -JOHN KRUSK. Tt BKMLKVII10 CO.IIP/II*Y. l'uro /tine and American White Lead, for ? which tlio highest premium wtVs awarded nt l'1 tlio World'* Fair, .. Y. Sal? Agents for South Carolina. ' tumult & Rriggs, in Charleston. Fur sale at Walhalla bv ^ .lull is KRUSE. ud IV B N DOW ? MjJkHS, njr Raw and Boiled I/nwcod-Oil; Spirits Turpen hhp, i-uiiy, an kiikis oi 1'iuiitfc, dry-mid ftlho ground in (Ml; (lluo, Paint Brutbo*, ami x- nU nrticlqn in tliislfnc. For Hiilc, ut Iho lowcat licurc for ciihIi, by .JOHN IvIU'SK. ,ld Walhalla, Feb. 12. Is.v; l tf JEWELRY, GOLD & SILVER. >'c JEAN Btb? MSOIlBBSgll, Wallinlln, K. >< do- 11 AS now returned 'from Ncvr York wiOi lift targe and bountiful n.^orlmcut of WATCUES, JEWKLRY, ' 8 (ltotli HOLD and SILVKR.) Cloche, Mu?icHox?P ??, Combs, Brn&hcs, Fumy An Scion, I'crftimojrjv Soaj>f*f (iolil Pens, oto.; nil of which has bceu nnigiiL iurv/iiou, HIKI He OIUTi^ lor SIllO 118 on the iuo!?t ticeoinniodnting tcroii". uu K&" He ill ho llBPAfltS WATCHES and oilier nrticlw" in bis line, find fcolirftiMhc fiitroniico of flio public. 11 in sti>ud is near (lie public j;(. mpmro, ill Wiilbulln, S. C. rtp Doe. 15, 21 tf J. W. MMUtlH, Jll. J. W. ll.MlltlRON. Z. 0. rri.LIAM. ^ NOIUUS JIAIUUSON & 1TLL1AM, . Atloru<!}? at JLaw, \V II.L it!tend promnllv to all b\minrsn Mifrim IT ted to thciv oftvo. * Mil. 1'WJ.uam can airy wujh ltc found in the Office. in- OFFICE AT 1MCKI&NS C. II., S." C. me Sept. <>, Itf.Mi 0 tf .. \V. K. KABt.KT. IgAAO V.IOKUKKK. EASLEY & WICKLIFFE, th Attorneys at Liim'. S wnii' attend piuirtnully to ull tnn?lnc?s en t I trusted to their enrc in tho Districts comprising tho Weatiirh Circuit. OFFICE AT MCkKNS CU II., S. C. lo: Sept. 25, 1 HiWJ 1II tf 11(1 ?i lea Tltc Mule of Koulll t'as oltika, in ormnahy?pidhv.SK. 1,H Jonns Phillip*, Jr. ^ irjJ j vs Summons in l'Artition. Henry Qtlgnway, ot nits) I IT ?' it - * ? I . iv mi niuiincuuu uiiii tionn u?fn I away, J union Qhs&wh/h Itiirlict (JaKiiwiiy, Ira UasiiWity, William rtWh\way, Jeremiah Sutton ? and wit'o Sarah, Wjnl?Y Oiisnwny. Hrynul Unndy ami wife 1'hinbo, Nullum lMiilli|wt and wife Maliala, Kdward William* and wife Mary, resideied beyond the fimits?>f thin State: It in ordered, on therefore, that the said abneiit parties before nr. named do appear in my oflioe at. l>iuktns C. ro. H,, cither personally or by attorney, mid object nd to tho division or nolo ?.< ' ?b? Real V.xtHto of oil lleill'V QniMMVAV- ilmmilinil xv!tlii? ? ----- " >n_ from the publication hereof, or tlieir conacnt to nv the Hnine Will l>c eulercd of record. , v[. W. J. t'Atl.SONS, o.P.n. >8. Ordlniiry'fl Office,"Nov. 7, 18f>7. Jim LUMBER! LUMBER! rPIIB- undersigned ar<> now prepared to fill or1 dors for (.UMllKlt of till kiadni, ut their Mil) on Oconee Crook, itevcn miles nori) of W?h i hulh\. Lumhor will ho delivered if it is (Wi .! r>y tne nuroiiiievr. Our irrmr n'ni '?CnsUo&o com mounting, find we respectfully voUrit-tho pa* l'Vr troijugo of llio publio. JAM?? (iKOlU'.K. ml M. P. MITCH KM*. U? Feb. 10, 1557 81 _ J. N. LAWKKNCB. 4 c Estate Notice. . A FINAL Sottlmuout ftf t)io Kstnto of jt*' J\ Pnuiol L >oj>nr, <&ooaaed, will 1>p inndo Iwrt'oro tho Ordinary, at Piukcn* (>. If., oiv Friday tl>? 28tli <j?vv of jummrv ah S'D porsons indobtod to* said Ksttifo muat Com<> to- forward And pay up, and thoHti having <!?*-? k? mauds wdl rondor thorn in legally attc?tod ?lo by that tuno. t?- JF.UKMIAll TUATXUM, Adm'r. .*? Oct. 19, 180? 15 _ 3m 2 lOOKOtJT! l"; q a k. w. miowN ?r? just ltfitaviNa * .j - 1?00#> Na<rk# of #nl< iii hngn. Urjfr. lot of OttOCllU tiW bW?+tnil*s * ??uj?Hiy \ wucc, mm, i^.v^OAVCi t fully oolcutcJ to)-th^ Kr.lt Trutlc, /11E (>,04)0 lijB. itni&n ffylw, 50 ooiln w^lcft 'oil nftRK'?fj. LafttlWH'nnd'Kuwct ProgniiaJlMKRftl Ing ftrtielM In It&rawfcjfa Shovels, Co. mF^-'Wk fill ('kill At tln? ivfil Mlfiitrl fit \ M ftVW&/\\fPAtttim . I< j WWMS ? ?v ?"'V wn f jgjf Srowkflcri 2C-1By > ' 12- JL._J'L w Final Settlement. i LL poritons intopf.stfttl W|H t?k? n^j1 ? A thU o. flnul fottlcment of tho fetattfof Mat 4?n?n McKUuwjr, dowsed, will ?>? ,naflfo iKifo-'o tho 0?lin&vy.<ft ) ickons C..&| ^jj i ^ i 011 P Pitwy "to vmn (Jay W March noxt. Thou? B frWfflhejfetife ' ' ? V-ftiS&teBWOK. A4.V (t. ipec 24, I H:>7 ___ _rJi?: liau & T~ OR. Z. W. GR'KEN M rum 1 I \PFKHM hi* ProfoMlWW* wrviros to thfi oltlk"? \ > fcen*<,f Picked in '!-.n ^ in R* vnrion# l>r??cli?*. H* would ^ ?Vh ???y tlinl ho IwtH nn cxpemnvc of ten yenrs fa inwiwk. Ofiic^ i?x Ui? Storo. (^Aprll 11, liK>7. ^ ' <k