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jPOETiPlV. _ The Quaker Coquettel> ar. coy coquette! but onco we met Hui onco, uml yet -'twas onco too often ! I'hutgod tnmvriircH in silvery snares All vain my prrtyeis lior lienrt to soften: Vi'l seem011 so true her eyes ot' Mue. Vcinod li'ls uii'l b?n, \<t 1?- under, Good angel.? <1 w -It therein. I felt. And ooul I Imvo knell in roveront wonder. Poor heart, alas wlcu eye could |v??s The unburn m a?.s of eircaressing 11 |>nro, white brow made rep *1 now li.v iliits simplicity of ilrpssing! ilewy. reil as <boil )i' r i I," i% ^jno'iil on Mount Myincttus: j With b;din imbucil. they might be wouoil, | lint all, coy priule ! ."he will not let us! No jowols deck lier radiant noek? VYliat pearl would reek ithue to riv.d ? A pin of jjoltl?the fashion old? .\ riuoon I'ti'i. or some sudi trillc. Oh, pust holief! ilie lily's k-uf, In (lark roliof, set* off (Ik* whiteness Of nil the breast not veiled and [irest Benor.th her collar's Quaker tightness! And milk-white r.ibes o'ot snowier globes, As Roman ma: I j are drawn by (libbon, AVi111 classic taste tire gently braced I Around her waist beneath a ribbon ; And tlicnce unrolled in billowy fotll. I'rofuse and bold?a queenly carriage ! They half reveal and halfcbnecal j What kings might kneel to woo in marriago! i O, Quaker maid, were 1 more stniil, Or you a shade less archly pious; If soberest suit from crown to boot Could tihauCu to uproot your Quaker bias ! How gladly so in weeds of woe, from head too my frame I'd cover, That?in the cn<l?the convert " Friend'' 1 Might, tlitis ascend?11 convert lever! vnwSrt. Tom Hodgkiss and the WidowVou tiro not acquainted with Tom llodgkiss, Messrs. Editors? All ! then I |>ity you from tho bottom of my heart?and so yor may no longer continue in this lamentable state of ignorance, pray allow me to introduce him to you. Our friend is not of tho description known as "tall and com n.amting; tar from it ; indeed lie scarcely measures live foot five in his boots; aiul no far from being "stately ami dignified" be would make a capital model for a novelist's "little dapper gentleman," to liguro in love-scenes with pretty bar-maids. Hut although lie is physically .;mall, Messrs. Editors, lie possesses a soul of such magnitude that bis body bad to be peculiarly constructed to contain it : honest, brave, generous, unsuspicious, and truthful?no wonder bis legs were made disproportionately short or else bis body could never have hold bis principles. Added to these, he is Obliging, persevering, and industrious, and per consotjuoncc, popular and thriving. j io is "tlx" mat (Mi tor all the young widows, and tlio object of "particular attention" trosvi all mothers with inarriugeable daughters on "our streets." And many have boon the plots laid by these manceuvcring individuals to entrap him into the noose of matrimony, and remarkable narrow the escapes he has made from their evil machinations against his liberty. One of recent occurrence in my opinion, will do "to print;" and notwithstanding the astonishment that doubtless be created in the mind of our , 1.: -ire : - 1 ... i i iv -1 m ?/i? nuuiii^ II llll AVI l 11^111| i!g il? UlU iiuro ] of u tale?for ho has often informed us that liis family, anil particularly his immediate progenitors, wore sadly deficient in material for liy/-cnd?1 venture to give it to your road era. Not many squares from Tom's store, on street, there lives a widow lady, who, until recently, has been one of his | most particular friends." This lady had met Tom somewhere, and admiring his principles,and approving hiscironinstances, had eo'^.c the resolution of making him the husband of her daughter, a verv ni-H tv o j g %; and innoco.it girl of about fifteen. After making r,fo.1 plutiun, Mrs. I. was not the womi?.i to hesitate in its execution, She ! munoouvcreii to havoliiin attend her daughter at all the balls and soirees of the season to which she had access, and managed to lake him to the theatre in their party 011 several occasions, and at church on Sunday our friend was to be found occupying a place iij her pew us regularly as "one of tlie family." And more than this?she even opened an account at his store, and two or three times daily, in fine weather, Miss H. was dispatched to huy mie indispensable nothing, that nobody could select but herself! Ifer plans worked admirably, for about three months. Tom's attentions had been generally remarked and the gossips of his acquaintance had long settled it among themselves that he was "in lor it," and the good mother daily expected and was constantly on the qui vine for a pronosal.? This was the posture of affairs, when Tom called ono morning aheut 11. lie was shown into the parlor, and soon joined by the young lady. After a few moments' of small talk, ho reouested her to bo so good an to send lie:* mother to j him, as ho wished to have a few minutes' conversation with her on business. We acknowledge that there w;is a slight trembling of the hands visible as M -s. I. smoothed her hair to obey tho summons. "She had been successful! notwithstanding the sarcasms of the widow M., and tho inuendoes of the Misses T., and the opposition of the wholo street she had triumphed !" These, and other thoughts of like pleasing complexion caused her cheeks to assume an unusual glow ond there was considerable omuon id ner step as sue entered tne room and affectionately greeted her future sonin-law. Wc have intimated that Tom is honest and Straightforward, and so Without the least ciroum locution or embarrassment he at orice approached the delicate matter. <'A? I intend," opened our friend, "leaving for the N<?rth, tfem Jntter part of this | "Tfi7' Lllirinrfrt ' fel}4 better have a word | ^gagMBBp., BWfl come to an under- j .({ platers.-' ^orr^^jpcrfcctly ri^ht," roplied tlio lady; "it m always bc?t to settle such tlings SA fa#t as powiblo. J3ufc hayc you spoken to my daughter." ' Really, madam," answered Tom, ''1 have nut. True, Miss 10. is principally concerned in the matter?but then she is so ver\ young that L thought it would rest wholly with you." j "Far from it ?far from it," exclaimed ' tlip cunning mother. "The matter is loft j ! entirely t > her, ami whatever she says 1 will ouree to." "1 u that case," said '1 n, raising audi puttinghis hand to his pocket. "1 haveonh I t?? leave the hill ?" ' 11 ill!? 111 i,i.! " Sir ?" scrccched tho! widow. ' Yes, ma'am : just ?.V.I 50?for articles purchased hy Miss E. Hut why arc you ' surprised ' 15eoau.se. Sir?because 1 thought you 1 i ?thought?it?had been paid, Sir," milking an effort, but choking with rage. And rising,.she made a dignified inclination, ifter telling him she would scud a servant wiili the rtioney in the evening, and swept (,ut of the room. ' 1 wonder," soliloquized 'I'om, on his return from Now York, "what can be the matter with the l.'s? Miss K. wasa.scohl as an iciele when I called on her the other evening, and to day the lady gave me the cut direct. Somebody must have In en tell- j ing lies on me while 1 wan pone. i am glad, though, she paid her hill ?" and lie resumed his pen and scratched away at his books. A P.vn von a nil for 1 NTKUMKonr.nns.? Keep your eye on your neighbors. Take care of them. Don't lot them stir without | watching. They may do something wrong J | if you do. To be sure you never knew | i thom to do anything very bad, bm it may | ! be on your account they have not. Per- j j haps if it had not been for your kind care, i I they might have disgraced themselves and j j families, a long time ago. Therefore don't 1 i relax any ettort to Keep them where they ought to be; nc\er mind your own busii ness, that will take carc of itself. There is a man passing along?he is looking over the fence?bo suspicious of him, perhaps lie contemplates stealing something some of t hese dark nights; there's no knowing what (juccr fancies lie may have got into his head. If yon sec any sympto'iis of any one passing ouv of the path of duty, tell every one else t'vjat you can see and be pari ticular to see a ureat ninny. It is a irood way to circulate such things, and though : it may not benefit yourself, or any one else particularly, it will ho something impor[ tant about some one else. Do keep someI thing going?silence is a dreadful thing; I though it is said there was si .-nee in lleav- j j en for the space of half an hour, don't let ! any such thing occur on the earth ; it would i be too much like Heaven for the inhabit- i ants of this mundane sphere. If, after all your watchful care, you can't see anything j out of the way in any one, you may ue sure ! it is not because they have not done any- | thing bad ; perhaps in an unguarded .-.io- . ment you lost sight of them?throw out hints, they are no better than tliev should J l.r. !?.,* ....i ........1... :.r ' ' i w# viihv ouwuivi ii?;t WUiUllT 11 ! | found out what tlioy woro after ft while i j 11 nd then they may not carry their lieads p?> I j high. Keep it a going, and sotne one will take the liint and ljo?ri 11 to help you after I a while?thou there will be music, and cy- ' crything will work to a charm. A Misi.-mikvious Lady Wins a Bet.? j j The Vicksburg (Miss.*) >Smi is responsible j I for the following amusing story : ! A lady passenger on board the steamer ' Montcou'erv. dressed herself in Viei* <!. (>?- i I c - "'"M' I i lug husband's vest, coat, boots, lint nod ! punts, ami thus attired came out of her state room; and went forward to tlio bar in the I gentleman's cabin, took her ' morning biti tois," and returned to the ladies' cabin, i ! where her appearance created great con- ; ! sternation, especially among the ladies cn dishabille. It was said to be amusing to ! j see the ladies " darting" into their state rooms and screaming out that a man was intruding himself; but when the excitement was at its highest pitch her hat fill off, displayed a profusion of curls, which explained everything?except a small bet ! won from her husband. "There (joes my IIorsb."?A noted " man ] about town" who hadn't dinod or breakfasted | respectably fot thicc (lays cast about him one day last week fur a chance to appease ! his appetite, which hail got to bo enormous, but without fiuoecss, for a time?for lie had run out hit> credit at the hotels, at tho restaurateurs lie was known and ho couldn't even venture into a barroom, at 11 o'clock, for fear of encountering too familiar an acquaintance with some attendant's boot. Desperate, however, and well nigh starv! ed, be went down towards the market, with the forlorn hope that be might fall upon mine friend who would invito him to join him over a chop or a "short cut but no such friend . appeared, (liv/.ing ab >ut, his eye foil at la?t upon one of the well-provided booths which aro common in that neighborhood. As the savory ordorsof fresh pies, hot coffee, roasted oysters and the like, fell upon his excited nascent organ, he approached tho box, ordered a bowl of old Java, swallowed a dish of glistouing Shrew bury's in a jiffy, gulphed down a quartette of Sandwiches, and topped off with tho biggest kind of a smoking custard pie. " Kxcdllentl Capital!?never tasted hotter in mv life!" and bimilar expressions of encomii.in wero showered by this precious Didder, upon the attontivo proprietor of tho box, who hadn't had such a customer for a twelve month, and who saw, iu his imagination, at least a four and nix ponce glistening in porspootivo, to a certainty?wlien his customer, after gorging himself to his uttermost, suddenly turned upon his liccl, exclaiming? " Thutulor t 'mere goes my horse!" and away he darted, at a speed which really astonished tlie original proprietor of tho pro- , vender ho took away with him. lie is probably chasing tho animnl yet; at 1 any rate, his friend says ho hasn't seen him n\' iuiii?u iiic wu ut*r? A YOUNfi lady, who in well posted in all (ho farihionnblo literature u?' the day, quotes I Itaron and Tom Moore, and works hluc- j Iwjed dogs in sky^eolored convulsions to ( jicr&dtion, innocently inquired of a young | gprftjfinnn the other night who this Mr. | Lecoinpion was who had occasioned so mu<?b i |^Vi'ahh}ngton I I vV -:4?Sfe*''0'. . ' >;fci3? ./,??; -wtsRMr'.'<*>. The Child's Prayer. Ere on my bed my limb;' 1 Isty, Uod grant mo grace my prayers to say! Oli. C??><l! preserve my mother dear Tn health and strength tor many a year; Ami, oh! preserve my 1rtIter, loo, And may 1 pay him reverence due ! And may 1 my best thought.-*employ To bo my parents' hope and joy ! Oli! likewise keep my brothers both Krotu cvl doings ami from sloth, .win in ?? mwr.v i iovp cufn oilier, Our friends, our fnilicJCi u:ul our mollici'! A ml still, o!i. I.ovil, to mo impart An innocent and grateful heart, 'Till lifter my Inst sleep, 1 may Awako to thy eternal day. A Child of Prayer. A few weeks since, i'l e.uning down t'ne North River 1 was geatel in tlio cabin of the : niapniliecnt steamer Isaac Now toil in con- j vcrsation \vi;h some friends. It was liccom- i ing late in the evening, and one after anoth- | ei\ reeking repose from llie cares ami (oils of | tlic day made preparation to retire to their ! berths. Some pulling oil* their boots and ' coats lay themseUes down to rest; others in j the attempt t ? make it seem as much as pos- ; sil<!e like home, threw otl'more of their cloth j ing?each one as his comfort or apprehension j of danger dictated. I had noticed on fleck a f.ne-looking little j b"V oi'about six years old fdlowitij* around a ! man evidently his father, whose appearance indicated Iiiin to l o a foreigner probably a Herman?a man of medium height, and res- i poetaliVi dress. The child was unusually I fair ar I fine-looking, handsomely featured, with an intelligent and afl'ectionnte, cx?>res- \ sion of countenance ; and from under his lit- j tie Gorman enp fell his ehesnuthair, in thick ' olu> teiing, baeotiful eurU. After walking aliout the eal>;n for a time the father and son stopped within a few feet of whore we were seated. and began nropar- ! at ions (or going t<> he*.!, I watched them.? j The ftither adjusted and arranged the bed , the child was to occupy which waft an upper berth, while tho little fello.r was undressing himself. Having finished this, Uis father tied i a handkerchief around his head to protect his j curls, which looked as if the sunliirht from I his young huppy heart always rested '.here. j This done I looked for him Id seek his post- j ing place: 1 tut instead of this ho <|uiet!y kneeled down on the lloor |>ul up his little hands together, so beautifully childlike and i simple, and renting his nrins on the lower berth, against which he knelt ho began his vesnor prayers. The father sat down hy his side and wailed the conclusion. It was for a child a long i prayer, but we'll understood. I could hoar | the murmuring of his sweet voice but could | not distinguish the words he spoke. But j what a t..ci;e ! There were men around him; I ('Iirittlinn mon?to r/>of witltnni or: or if praying ut nil, a kind of mental (' ; sire for protection, without, sufficient courage ! or piety to kneel down in ustcnmbo.it? cabin, ! and bef >re strangers acknowledge tho good- 1 noss of (?od or a-<k his protecting love. This was tho training of some pious moth- | or. Whore was site now? llow inanv times ( had her kind baud been laid on those sunny i look's, as she had taught him to lisp his pray- j era! A Ifiil ?;i " ]? if ivo j ??l?ilil ?< or in the midst of t'.io busj', thoughtless throng. Ho, alone, of the worldly multitude draws nigh to h'.wvon I thank the parental lovo that tr\vi?rl?t him to lisp his evening prayer whethor Catholic or l'rotostant whether dead or living, whether far off or nigh, ft did mo good; it nnulo mo better. 1 could "scarce refrain from weeping then nor can I now as T again that sweet eliild in the i crowded tumult of a steamboats cabin, bend- : iugdevotion bof. re Ii'ik Maker. But a little while before, I saw a crowd of I admiring listeners gathering about a coiupa- j ny of Italian singers, in the upper saloon?a [ mother and two sons with voice, the harp, ( and violin: but noono heeded, no One cared ; f->r the child at prayer. When the little boy had finished his even- ! itinr devotion lie arose. ami kissed his father j afl'cctiouately, who |>111 him in hid berth to 1 rest for the night. I felt a strone desire to i speak to them but deferred it till morning. ! W'hon morning eunio, the confusion of landing prevented me from seeing thorn again.? j Hut if ever 1 moot that hoy in his happy , youth in his anxious manhood, in his declin- j injt years I'll thank him for the influ0;i00 I and example of that night's devotion, and i bless the name of the mother that taught him to pray. Scarcely any passing incident of my life j ever made a deeper impression on my mind, j 1 went to my room and thanked (,!od that I bad witnessed it and for its influence on my | heart. Whi prays on a steamboat? Who | train their children to pray, even at home? ! Ax Tnman liuiiiati.?A correspondent I of the Now York Times relates the follow- j ing particulars of an Indian burial among I the Shoshonee or Snake Indians, a band of. Indians who have always resided in thevi- . einity of Salt l/?ke City: U'A brother of Little Soldier, the Chief, ' died a few (lavs holme the arrival ther.) of J the party, and his relatives, in addition to the killing of his favorite horses over his grave, buried with him, alive, a little boy, of whom the deceased was verv fond, in or dor tlint ho might accompany him to tho i spirit land. Thoy wrapt tho boy up, alive, i iu a blanket, and placing him in the grave j with tho corpse, buried thcin together !" Now is Tin* Timk.?" Not yet," said a ; little boy, as he was busy with his trap and J ball; "when I grow older 1 will think about j my soul." The little boy grow to be a young man. I " Not yet," said the young man ; "I am now about to enter into a trade; when I see my business prosper, then J shall huv< move time than now." Business did prosper. i " Not yet," said the unn of business; " iny children must havo my care ; when thov are settled in life, I Khali bo better able to attend to religion." lie lived to bo a grey-headed old man. " Not yet," ho still cried : 4i .1 shall soon retire from trade, and then I shall havo nothing else to do but to road and pray." Ana so ho died j ho put off to another time what should havo been dono vhen t\ child. Ho lived without God, and died without hopo ! A *1 .... i ?achvo men grow.? Like. A tree, tho law of their growth is a viUtl one. The formation of their character in a development, And not a work CirsuuudanccH, indeed, modify, but thoy cannot determine orohangathe great failures; they, may orook or straighten, but thoy cannot convert an oak into a soft pine, < r mako \ hickory fprinj^ flrom the scion of a willow. * M m if% . i'tvj-/:' [iMfimftii TTrfllttfiilTi' I-V:1\ V; MrfBiiMfAl Aii Obstacle to Matrimony. One of the social evils of this age is ad- i initted to be the reluctance of our young I men to early marriages. They will not j marry now, wo are told, as they used to do, and ought to ilo, on three hundred pounds Sterling a year. Depend upon it. in many , and many a eas?\ it is not the odd hundred j or two that i < wanting?it is the attraction. I I,.?i il,..i : i *. ? sis? I ii u hum- ium i.11 juvutus aim laminar mtereourse between neighbors, families, where ! young people's individualities bad space and opportunity to develop themselves, and heart met heart. ()ur modish Cupid Ins j overstuiig his bow?his arrows do not hit home. Vounp ladies liido away tlio key of their heirts so earefnlly that nobody, thinks it worth looking for. Who is to choose " the one" out of a bevy of proper- j behaved damsels, like a low of hollyhocks, | differing only in height, and shape, and 1 color ? I hey all look alike, dress alike, talk alike, jrtul walk alike; ami, fur anything | (hat appeal's to the contrary, think alike j and feel alike. Why, such a ehoieo is an j act of delib rati; intention?mat i imony pre- i pense. Kcw men have the nerve to Yen- j lure upon it. No wonder they calculate the prohahle butcher'.* and baker's hills he- I fore they take such a plague as that. Do not fancy that I talk like a cynical old bird not to be caught with ehalT. I take as the . exponent of what my own feelings would be if 1 wore young, and open as 1 once was j to the conviction of bright eves, my neph- j ew, .lack Hawthorne, now long home from ; i... / i- .i .. . i i tuv- \ iiiiir.i, m \ in-i uiii j iiiuruuiHiriit} hairy :is a Skye terrier, bravo as a lion, | (claps for Alma an 1 I! .laklava,) gentle as a greyhound, unci I should say impressible, ] deeidedly. " What 1 missed most," said | lie, in his open hearted, unabashed sii::j>1 i- j city, " was the tight of a woman's iiec." j Whereupon 1 .spoke I wonder, .Jac k you do not marry; it \vs>nld make you a happier man than living half your days in the j smoking-room of tho " Army and Navy." Why not piek uj> a nice girl, find s-t up the family name again at tin? old manor f" " Well, so I would," said .lack, interjeetively between the puffs ofhisculty; but I liere III i- llll 'rirls lllivv* llwv !ir/> nil vmiinr h'litv. (.'atcli me marrying a young iady!" i ? /Jitrc/t'u'ood .< iMni/d :ine. A n I Ni.'UR!!1111 JJliK Vol N(1 )l'N I'llK!.. i The Baltimore If'/tuf)/imn gives tho following as a few of the exploits of a hoy on- . ly fifteen years of age, the son of a very ; vespectablo citizen of that city : " Not long ago, a young Newfoundland j dog, the favorite of his father, was securely tied by this young negro, who saturated the body with eaniphene orcthcrial oil, and set lire to the inflammable tluid, which had tiie eUect ot roasting poor Towser until liio became extinct, after the endurance of the most intense, agonizing suffering which the human mine can conceive. " The young demon being well pleased at the result of this grand experiment in cruelty, next endeavored 'dso to roast alive his little sister, a bright, intelligent child, abont six years of age. Having playfully bound her legs and anus with a clothes line he placed her upon the cooking, stove in the kitchen, heated to an intense degree, in order to prepare dinner for the family. Tito shrieks and yells of the agonized little victim were fortunately heard by the mother, who rushed down and removed the poor child before she was fatally injured. Tolnf vauh/# ? ?iv/>i vi i itv j uiu^ l iiiiiiii rj L I I I un I ( it 11 ' now censed to be a virtue, and tlio father was engaged in preparations to effect his removal to the House of Refuge, when the hopeful youth suddenly disappeared at night from his dwelling, and no tidings have been heard of him since." Tuk Passion 1'i.owkr.?The following interpretation ot' this justly celebrated and much admired l'o?vcrwill not be uninteresting, especially to tho fair devotees of Flora. The leaves resemble the spear that pierced our ttavmr's sitloj tlio tendrils?the coals that bound liis hands, or the whips that scourged him ; the petals?the apostles, J udas having betrayed, and Peter deserted; the pillars in the centre?the cross or tree; stamina?the hammer; the styles?the nails; the inner circle around the centre pillar?the crown of thorns; the radiance, the glory; the white in the flower the emblem of purity ; and the blue?the type of heaven. On otic species the passiflora ultra, even drops of blood are seen upon the cross or tree. This flower continues three days onen. and then disannonra. thus rlnnn. ~ i ' # i r f "v tinjr tlic resurrection. Kkturn after Forty-Siy Years' Absence.?The Newbury port Herald says that the old residents of Ward One were not a little surprised, on Thursdny last, by the advent in their midst of Mr. I'eter Fudge after an abseueo of forty-six years. It was supposed that ho had long been an inhabitant of the spiritual spheres. In 1812, Mr. Fudge sailed froni Newbury port, in a shin bolonfrinc to t.hft Intn Rm?m i o ' ' -v/uw v" since which time no Lidings were heard of him till lits return. Ilis wife was married twice after his departure, and some years since she took her flight through death's vaulted chambers. Three score nnd ten years have rolled over tho head of the returned wanderer; and now, ns the eve dims nnd the heart gets old and slow, the lithe limbs stiffen nnd the sun-burnt locks become thin, the recollection of his birthplace and his boyish sports all tend to inspire him with a desire to seo onco inoro the home of his childhood cro he falls into that dtotmless stato that knows no waking. Thk Latest.?A Mississippi newspaper correspondent, speaking emteprinfrly of the partner of his bosom, styles lier his old squeeze. "Call me pet names, dearest; call ino pet names." A Dutch woman desired to advertise hor pony, which had f< lost hisself, init a tall frisky vcr mooch, and siriko vor liard mlf his hind fist# 1" A DUE!. eaiMA ftff ftl I botwoon two oxquiaiU'9. They i'ougbt with lncifer matches, mo tho tow-path. Oneoftho pnrtioAWitt slightly Killed, and thq other mortally frightened. 1'llK KiIKNCII .JoUltNALS ON TUB IJlllT1811 < )UTKA<iks.?The J'aris < 'oustitutionol describes the difficulty which has arisen between (Jrcat Uritain and tho Uuited States on tho subject of the right of search, and concludes that both nations are in the wrong?England, bcoanst; she seeks to "exerciso a control over the other navies cf the world;" the United States, because tlicy ' offer a plausible motive for the intcrfc wico of which they complain, hy engaging > in transactions condemned by morality." ! "The state of things," says the above journal, "is certainly embarrassing. Were the other nations to be raised from the position I of simple spectators to that of judges, would I they not condemn both parties'! For Knglatr.l has song1.it to raise an excess of power into right, while the 1'nited States, who justly claim t!ie independence of their flag, abuse that sacred principle by tolerating the slave trade." The i'aris I'atrie says that France docs ; not now keep her ships on the African coast to catch slavers, hut to prevent British j shil>s-of-war meddling with French vessels. I rt declares such an attempt as watching the coast of Cuba as frivolous and vexatious. Tlio I'Yonch perhaps forgot that thev arc themselves now buying from the native princes on the coast of Africa their prisoners of war, (made prisoners for the purpose, ) and carryitig them into Africa as i "apprentices," or in other words, that they ' are themselves carrying on a species of slave trade for the benefit of their unhealthy colony. W.VMiV.nv.?Some time aero, on the .1 l.-l ? ' (-ouu.il i niv \\r wi!iiii;'ii iiur w.iy 10 one ill our churches iiihI instead of a .sermon heard .'.n address upon sonic missionary or oilier benevolent subject. After llic address was concluded, two brethren wore sent around with the baskets for contributions. Parson I, , who was one of the basket beard's, took the side upon which we sat. Immediately in our front and upon the. next s ;at negligently routined our friend Hill II , a gentleman of infinite humor and full of jokes. I'arson L extended t!ie basket and Hill slowly shook his head. 'Come, William, give us something," said the Parson. (i i.1.. " i:. i i>:i< \ nil I uu II , ir|MltU 1)111. " Why not? Is not the cause a good one <l Vosj but I am not able to give anything." " IV.li : poll : ! know better, you must give a better reason than that." " Well, 1 owe too much money?1 must bo jui-t before I am generous you know." " Hut, William you owe (Joil a larger debt than you owe any one else." " That's true, parson, but then he nint a pushing me like the balance of my creditors." The parson's f..ee pot into r. rather curious position and he passed on. Taxmxh an Elkrnant's Hidb.?-They are tanning an elephant's hide at Cincinnati. It was purchased by a furrier in Wi aeon son, where the animal, which belonged to a nienagevio, died. The freight to Cincinnati cost $15. ll is an immense hide, so bulky that the tanners hntxlle it with great difficulty.? It is nearly two inches thick, and full a year and a half will bo requirod to tan it thorough ly. It will bo a curiosity when thoroughly tanned mid seasoned. fjiTTi.K Nelly, not (jiiitc four years an inhabitant of earth, had been *o unfortunate ns to have no playmate but an older brother, and ho was her instructor in diction. She had been quite refractory, and her mother, after much good counsel and reproof ami very kind remonstrances with lu r, told her she must now whip her, and looked very melancholy, " Well mamma," says Nelly, with her little arms akimbo, " if you must, why Irt her rip." " Look hero, l'ete," said a knowing dar Koy 10 ms companion, " clou t stand on the railroad." "Why, Joo?" " Ivaso, if tho carss'j.^ that mouf of yours dey tink it am a depot, and run rite in." A i,a mi*, attorney wanted to be enrolled in a volunteer corps. "You'd never do, l'eter," said the officer to whom lie applied for admission ; "the more we told you to march, the more you'd halt.' " A chap sought shelter of a Iloston officer : " Sco, dap'n, first my father died and my mother married agin, and then my mother died and my father married agin, au somehow or other 1 don't seem to have no parents at all, nor no home nor nothing. Ix going to parties, just mind what ,vou arc at, Beware of youf head, and take care ofyour hat, LoKt yau find that a favoritonon your mother. Ilastau ache in the one ami a brick in the other Pi,VIST honesty is the bost politeness, and temperance the best physician. 8Rcn<l (tigai'ici'x, 1st Hiuoadk, 8. C. M., Oukksvim.*, f. C. Order No. ? June 8, 1858. VN Election in hereby ordered for Major of the 2d battalion, '2d Kegiment, S. V. M.t on Saturday the 10th day of July nest, at tho company muster grounds of said battalion. Polls to 1>o kept open frotn 9 o'clock, A. M. to 8 I'. M. Managers to meet on the Monday following, count the votes, declare tho oloetion, and ioi'wavd tho result to this office. by order of Hrlg. Gen. JIasi.ky : H. LKK THRUSTON, Urig. Major. June 21, Jdf)8 451 8 stale of &outh Carol inn, F10KKNS DIST?IN THE COi:UT OF COMMON PI.KAft. A. lUbllM Hon "V a i. vb J- Josoph J. Norton, LThomaa Hnndford. J J'l'fft Att'y. Wil KHKA8, tho plaintiff did, on the 11th day of July, 1857, fl'o Id* declaration aguinxt l?io defendant, who (aa it U anid) absent from mid wlthonl tho Hmitn of this:Stale, and haa noither wile nor attorney known within the antno, upon ifhom a copy of thcxaid decUifttiun might bo served: It is orderod, thoieforo, that tho wild defendant do appear and plead to the imjd declaration on or bofore the 20lh day of July, I8f>8; nthvi-wlte, f i'il r.nd #b??!u!? Judsmoiit, will thou be given and awarded aguiuxt him. 3. K. HAGOOD, u.o.t. ^<>rlc'H July 14> ' M" lyq trmnrt * ?? ?> ? ? I V . <* u N. (jMi-Tp. 1 Ton Ynrd, ,}?* 4, 1*S& 20-tf Agricultural Notico. r BTI l K second quarterly mooting of the l'ick| ens District Agricultural Society, at Wulhalla, will take idaco on Saturday tho 3d of July next, at 10 o'clock. A. M. C. F. DANSEMF.H, Sco'y. Wullinlln, June 21, 1858 49 2 Assigned Estate. ISSKKTKLL A NORM AN, of tho Town of Wallmllu, having assigned to mo their .Notes and >oks of Accounts, Ileal Kstate, stock in trade, Jfce., for the benefit of their creditors, eneli and every one of tlie snid crcd itors are hereby requested to meet at the office of lilt: v'ici'n. ol til? Coiii'i, at Pic!>CI!H II. on Monday the 5th day of July next, for the purpose of electing an Agent to represent their interest under said assignment. .1. K. 11AG001), Assignee. June l"?, 1858 48 3 I,AST NOTICE, rpiIK NOTKS AND ACCOUNTS duo to Jl Holland & Henry nnit-t be paid by tho 1st of July next, or they will be placed in i lie ii:iluls of '/. (' 1*1' i.i.i im K.sn fur iimno diato collection. B. A. IIENRY. Wftltmlln. J11 hp 9, 1858 J7 4 WANTED TO HIRE, rpEN oil TWEfA'E NE(SRO MEN to I work on lite liluc IIRailroad, three milea above Wiilhtvlla. Apply on the Road, or to the subscriber. ELAM SIIARRE. Pec 10. 1S.">7 22 fun NOTICE. y I'IM.ICATION will be nntde to the Commini A .sinners of Hondo, :it their next meeting, Cor : leavo to change thc'pnblic ron?l lending from ! Piekenst". II. to Cashier Vallev. bv leuvimrtho 1 present roiul at or near Drvmnn hill, four miles from tlie forinov place, nml connecting ngxin I liiilf mile beyond this point. Diverge again nt I or near Stamp Creek end intersect tlic fame ! road in or lienr a mile's! length ; also, such other j changes as may bo thought necessary. Notico ! is also given that should this application to tho Hoard tail, the l.eigslaturc will he petitioned for leave to change the above road as is herein set forth. May 'J"-. IS-'* ! "> 8fil NOTICE. I Wrv hereby fnrw.irn nil persons from tin 1 Y fling fur two Notes?one given to A. ! D. (iaillard for $27*>, payable four months nf* 1 ter date, and dated sometime in March, 1868; tin; other, given to Robert McWIiortor lor I $1 ID, dated .?>d March, 1858, and signed by M. F. Miteholl and .J. K. llagood?as tlio consideration tor which said notes were given lias failed, and we do not intend to pay them unless compelled by law. MITCIIKLI,, CRAKl A KKIT1I. | Juno 11, 1858 -17 J Stale ofMoulli Oai'olina, IN OH OIN A IIV ? IMCKKSS. Jos. Merck and wife ) vs J- Summons in Partition, .loci Chapman, ct als j | T appearing lo nic that Thoinns Mi: Kinney ami * wins nitry, .101:1 tiiapinan, v>. J. wigginton 1 nml wife Until, nn<l Israel Chapman, defendants i in this case, reside without, (lie limit? of 111i.<i ' State It is ordered thnt they do appear in the , Ordinary's oflice, at l'ickens C. H., on Mondny \ the 30th day of August next, nnd objeel to tlio ! division or file of the Ileal Estate of Joshua 1 Chapman, deceased, or their consent to the name will be entered of record. W. J. PARSON'S, o.r.n. Ordinary's Oflice. May 2d, 1^">N 8 m ; JEWELRY, GOLD & SILVER. J KAN Btk. FISCHESSKU, wmiiuiiu, s. c., n.AS just now returned from New York with a large and beautiful assortment of wAi( in;s, JI;U i:iiRY, , (Both GOLD and SILVElt,) Clocks, Music Boxes, Comba, Brushes, Fancy Arliolw, Perfumery, Soaps, Uold Pens, clc.: a'l of which has been J bouglil for CASH, and which lie offers for snlc on the most accommodating terms. ' Ufdr Ho also BF.I'AIBS WATCHES and other articles in his line, nhd solicits the jmlronafe I of the public. His stand is near the pubiio Hanaro, at Wulhal!&, S. C. i Hoc. 15. 185G 21 If .1. W. NONIUS, .in. J. W. 1IABU1SON. 1.. C. I'l l.1,1AM. I Noiutis^ fi A ititis ON PITLLIAM, Attorney* at Liur, .? I 11/ILL nttpml promptly to all ItusineM cntrns1T ted to their euro. Mi?. Pim.iam c?n nlvrriys be t'ound in lite Office. OFFJCE AT I'ICKKNS C. I!., S. C. Sopt. 0, 10M 0 tf W. K. KASI.KV. ISAAC WICK I.I V KK. EASLEY & WICKLIFFEj Attorneys at Law. I lf"\ILL ntloml punctimlly to nil business eni T trusted lo their enre in tlie l)istricts comprising I ho Western Circuit. OFFICE AT PICKENS C. II., 8. C. %opl. 25, )8 tf x LUMBER! LUMBER I 'PUB undersigned are now prepared to fill orj 1 ders for LUMBER of nil KiiuK., at their Mill i on Oconcc Creek, seven miles >/!?th-east of Wnl, i' I luilla. Lumber will bo deliv/rcd if it is desired ?' by tlic purchaser. 0'ir terms will be in*de accommodating, and we respectfully solicit the pu.tronajj, of the public. J AMI'S GEOIU5R, / M. F. MITCH EI.h, Feb. 10, 1go7 81 J. N. LAWRENCE. Stale of South <a?oIir..t, I'lOKKNB?-1H ORDISABY. Isham Simmons and wife | gummftnB in pftrU, v.....?.1!?~ I "on. | iivmij iiiiu ujiiitu. ) IT appearing to my satisfaction that Henry Trotter, one of the defendants In thin case, resides without the limits of tbU State: It is or- ^.y"5 derod that he do Appear in the Ordir.ary'nofllcs, * at I'ickens 0. It., on Monday the 10th day of August next, and ohjcct to the division or saic of the Heal Kstnto of James Qilliland, deceased, or his consent to tho same will bo entered of record. W. J. PABSON8, o r.n, ' , Ordinary's Office, May 16, 1868 8m noticjb. \ KNOW alt porsohB tbnt I, Lucinda Mood 7 ?1 wifo of Martin Moody, docoased, uo jnako an Agonfc of my Hon, ft. A. Moody, to I iraiio, triune nnu attend to mj bQPtiioxn jrett- : , il ornlly. LUWNDA MOODY. 4 May 25, 1858 ^0 ?f_ Final Estate'Nottpft-** ? TkTOTICB Is horoby glron " * Xl tlomenfc of ibe Kstnto or,; ffj i burn, (IccoM.bii, will bo n>mle in V IoWIwto^Tj rjr'u Oiuce, n? Piukeri* C. 1I.? on ?\Jo?|**0'tt?vOR. 13 th day of Soptcmtar noxt. ThoJR cd nrtxint make payment, and perw6?jK?Tiprcf iliinmnilii \?l!l "'* * hy thai timo. Notice i? ftfsogiven D uot bo mponniblo fop intoront aft?B <*0/ I will / j 3 msE9 ?" 11