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wmnwmm?mmmmmmmmmmim if f ^ ' , lj i-v* S ^fP5)DU)u[F^ ' - - . .1 ? -.. .! .! "TO THINK OWN SELF BE TltUE, AND IT MUST KOI,LOW, AS THE NIGHT TEE DAY. T1IOI C'.N'ST NOT THEN HE I-M.SE TO ANY M \N." , 1JY 110ITT. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1858. VOL. X. NO. II. OTUEOVBlb. POttT-RVi Sabbath Evening. BY flF.OKUK l>. ritl'.NTIOK. {Tiltholy time. The evening shudo Steiils with ? soft control O'er nnture, a* a thought of heaven HtenlH o'er the human soul; Anil every ruy from voiuler blue, And every drop of fulling dovr. oacin 10 ornig ?o\vn to numnn woes, Front heaven, n message of ropose. O'er yo? livll rook the solemn (rocs A sluulowy group incline. Iiikogontlc nuns in sorrow bow oil Avonn l t licit* holy shrine; Ami o'er thorn now the night-winds blow, f?o culm ami still, I ho music low Seems the mysterious voicc of prnyer, Soft echoed on tho evening uir. The mists, like incense from the oartli, Uiso to a (iod beloved, Aucl o'er tlie waters moved asserts The Holy Spirit moved ; Tlic torrent's voice, t lie wave's low hymn, Seem tlic fur notes o! Seraphim, And all earth's thousand voices raise Their song of worship, love and praise. Tho gcnllo sisterhood of flowers Bend low their lovely eyes, Or gaze through trembling tears of dew Upon the liolv skies: And the pure stars conic out above J.ikc sweet Riul blessed things of love, Jiright signals in tlio eternal domo To guido the parted spirit homo. Tliofe is n spell of blessedness In air and enrth und heaven. And nature wears the blessed look Of u young siiint forgiven : Oil, who, nt such an hour of love, (Jan ga/.e on all around, above, A ml tml L'nonl il/iwti nwrt,. ,1.#. With natnvo's Holt', Ik worship God. From the National Intelligencer. Electivo Judiciary. in giving place to the eulyoinod communication, from tlie pen of a writer long and favorably known to ?. ?, wo take leave to my i uttv, nonnn J l IITI'111II1C BOIllO OI llHHlalCliienta may seem in illustration of tho deep degradation into which tho HVHteiu of nn elective judiciary has fallen in certain quarter*, the authenticity of the allegations is Hufficiontly uv6uehed by I lie writer, partl y from his own knowledge and partly on the authority of unquestionable testimony. An elective iudiciarv is olearlv a crrowhinr evil in tliitt country. '.Tho article in the National Intelligenoer cm ilio toubjeot shows the danger to bo apprehended by this extraordinary innovation i'pon 6ur institutions; but it does not rofur to ootrftgeoas capos tlnitmight be cited under tbia novel phase f'>r the administration, of law. It is a subject of deep interest to evo:v man in the bind, wholly irrespective of political parties. It ri^cft above mere consideration. i'hc only feasible pre <oxt for the change in the mode of appointment ofjudges was its prostitution by a cor rupt Kxooutivo to reward more political partisans; but the election ofjudgou l>v tlie poopic linn boon shown already to bo fraught with a much greater evil; and woriso may bo dreaded for the futuro. 'J'lio Supi'oiuo Court of (ho United States ia threatened by a political party. It in now tho bow anchor to our ship of State. Oiioc t?ever the bnble from that anchor, and our irood shin will lie ndrift niiimi'<r llm limnl/ni ,, , --- - f- ........ .... Without itiuoh ntvotoh of tho imagination wo can picturo what i? likely to occur, from n view of our brief history of n judiciary elected hy tho people. We learn from rclia- i hie authority of u cace in court having hecn ' postponed for tho election of a judge to suit the purpose of one of tho parties. In one case, on obtaining judgment, tho counsel claimed and obtained an exorbitant foo. on tho ground that, by his influence, ill tho lirst place, tlio judge obtained tlic party.nomination for the express nurporo of suiting the case. lie win* ofeotcu, presided at the trial and was in favor of the electing party, as v.*rt* cxp?'.'!"1) nt , In ftvof?i a nomiiiatiu,5 convention by a different political party, "a surprise candidate," youthful in age, and in all utlior qualifications fur in u-rior to nm co.npotitor.s, obtained the nomination. There \vn? no longer any surprise about tlio nmttor when it waa subsequently ascertained that the wire-workers in convention had a (loop ititoredt in a particular suit at law, to which their candidate was pledged to givoa ju Igcinent in thoir favor, in ense of boir.g the judgo. A third cane ii? also to the point. In a judicial district, another "sur" - ? i j.VHIIUIUUVU, oouivu Known !?? U lawyer or to tlio people beyond tlio Jiit-al court in which ho nrnctifnd, waa run, us ainpe under utood, to aid in broakingdown onoOf twoablo itnd uniibi?3tiomtblo candidates fur the Supremo licuuli of the Statu, who hail been nominated in tbo conventions of the two opposing political parties. Tho "surprise enndidiite," to genoral amazement, was elcctcd. If tho plurality of that district was ignorant, or under tho direction of corrupt lendor?. it might prefer to oieet a judgo to Huit their own liliriuivn If n mniAwUtf ?*?!' ? I.?- ~ * f - f - V""V ?ino theLvw of the land ut uoSiinco, liow cnn n veuk or corrupt judgo bo expected to phico himself in opposition to his constituent*. Avium been wojj uuid, ' tbo fault lies in the system of mnkin" the tonuro of Judicial offieo dependent on the eW-ationcoring arts of the politician, rather than, on tlio learning and virtuo" of thojudge to bo clooted. These d<^plornl>lo illustrations ' of a now and flagrant evu contingent on an eloetive i ? .t-. -- ? * ' ? - - jlmiuiiU'Y. ivre prosonitM to tito notion 01 tho able and cnnuervalivo o litor of the Now Qrlcatm Bulletin. JPMlh hini wo ask: Are our peonio willing to have tho'/r right* pKtec.l upon ny omrt*, of tlio In* *flaort creatol by such moan-? ? Aro not tlio proporty nn?l lives i of thoir cojir.tituency in th?:':r hamla? May n-it ft corrupt- iuiig.i '* ufliibt half tho oUi'/<<m? ..?* -?.i ?r.~? -..u.. <v.. ?_f ?? i'nwum ??"v ?iiiw w?i*? mus v?ir u?r nun; As tho Bulletin oxpressoft It. " Ono jndgoof tho Supyoiue Court turns the Rc.alo: nm) ttith hat ono ju<l?o i* th<> pwror of life anil death! fs it fignty |q it fait;, to placo buoIi power in the huwl6 of? mnn vIioho election to tlio offii-o lie holds may besccurod by moan* [an*? la it B-jt done .''J wliiot) masitlc <hc chock of \ i ovcrv honoat nuin with shame and iwligna* tion?" These nre momentous ami solemn qucftions, that at this time claim tho Het'iouH con sidcration of every American citizen throughout the laud. A Friend to Justice. Tub Africans Transferred to the Niagara.?The United States steam ship Niair 4-. x- v i. ... . h .mv, > 11 ih'iv uiih, uiri\uii on mis Huron Saturday last, ami came to anchor in about oi>rlit fathoms of water, tlio upper part of her masts being barely visible trom the city wharves. The eteamor t!en. Clinch, which was chartered by the United States Marshal, left her wharf on Sunday morning ami proceeded to Fort Sumter, where she took the Africans on board and proceeded outsjde the 11.<!.? X". ?.! i- ? - * .?.?? iu uiu n-uiuii sue readied some time nftor mid-day. Tho son was quito rough, and there being some difficulty in getting tlio Africans o*f tho steamer, the Clinch was attached to tho stern of the frigate by two hawsers, while a third rope was run from the spanker-boom of tho frigate to tho deck of the Clinch. On this last line a large tuh was placed, and in it the negro? were transported from the steamer to the ship.? The Niagara will probably leavo for Liberia ! to-tlay, (Monday.)?(y/itir. Courier, 21*/. " Oukat Evknts in 1858."?Under | this head the New York Observer ranks four things, as follows : 1. The revival of religion ; the most extensive and thorough ever experienced in the United States. 2. The triumph of the American Tract j oocioiy, mo giv aest moral victory of truth j over error achieved since tlio reformation j under Martin Luther. f?. The successful complet ion of the Klec- i trie Telegraph from Kurope to America, ! the greatest work of human perseverance and enterprise. 4. The opening oi China to the eommercc of the world, and free toleration of j the Christian religion throughout the cm- | ... I Pretty well for tho first half of wliat will Autumn and Winter bring forth? C If All I< KtiTON AND TllK TllADK OF J'.AST I Tf.nnkhskk.?Our (Charleston renders, we ! are quite sure, hnvo not failed to observe] the tendency of the trado of East Toiiiichsoe, which they have heretofore command ed to so largo au extent, to fall into anoth| er channel. It is very true thut to retain this trade the managers of the several lines of railway from Ka*t Tennessee to that city have acted with commendable wisdom, but it is not to be expected that the high charges which are now demanded by the railways between this place and Viwinin ti.h> a # "O "7" ; water, will be persisted in for any considerable length of time, it is fair to presume tluit Charleston will soon loso tlie advantage it still has. Ami this advantage is only to be regained by the city through the Haonn CrapRoad. Those who projected thia enI tcrprise, and who were its earnest advocates I f 1 1 ? ? * aiui uuicnucrt winio me scncnio was yet in I its infancy, saw very clcurly tnnt what is now happening wuukl take place, nnd it was, among other things, to meet this very contingency that they were ho earnest in pressing upon public attention in South Carolina the necessity of building this road. When the ror.d is completed from Knoxville to Anderson, the distance from this place to Charleston via Columbia, will be about equal to the distance from Knoxville til 111*1.?wmw! -1 1 ' - ?It. , _v? ...v?V?u , Uin, niiuiiiii HIU 1 Villi IJ<J cxJ tended from Anderson to Aiken, the distance will bo about fifty miles in favor of ('harleston.?KnoxvlUe Citizen. ti ? A Busy Kumm.?Wo sometime# fool it. to be a pretty tough task to do the reading, writing and thinking for a daily paper, but we knock under to the editor of the Ootdii ( Florida) Companion, who give# the foljuwili" report (if liin luhitrsi . " During the last thrco wboks, the editor of this paper him set till the type, made | up forms, worked press, folded the papers and mailed them, and attended to all his I editorial duties, besides superintending the | getting out of shingles and timbers for two houses, putting up two hundred and twonty feet of palings, and regularly conduetiug the business of a regular commission merchant. In fact, we havo nearly had our hands full. Wlinw ! how hot it is." [ Mctujihtu Avulavchc. Tub IIkavikst But,lock i:vkr llinrn. EUKD.?Upon tho authority of the I'rcsi-1 (lent of the American Institute, it wart recently stated that the heaviest bill look butchcrcd in this country was the ox Washington, whose gross weight was 3,204 lbs., and weight of boot" 2,174. This claim appears to bo disputed, however, by some writers in tho Tribune, from Pennsylvania, ono of which olnims thnfe a KnllnnV *?< ? I butchered near Lancaster, on the 22d of .February last, whose.live weight was 8,887> net 2,409 ; tho other thut a Berks county ox was butchered Borne years ago, in Philadelphia, whose live weight wan 8,850, net 2,888. A fctill heavlor bullook is announced in tho Saratoga Country Fres*, which says that "J. M. Colo, of Saratoga Springs, slaughtered an or, in 1847, whoso liva weight was 8,520 ttw.; dressed, 2,567."? If this be tvuo, Mr. Colo, lias probably beaten the world, and should give tho world tho proof.? Anwrkan Veterinary Journal ~ " - 1 ?*K?ti.P. f<i?va of inC-n toil feet lug'i !hV*m hf-?n discovered in a lmrying-ground about a mile North-wont of WinohoHter, Indiana. Near 1 ,k. r li l?.A -I -??- ? ' daaf * in is mi um inn. iiiuitiii'iig kmiiii 1 irrv-six noros of ground within the fortification.'Tho mound in ihecentro is obout twonty-ftvo feot hi lift, whife tho fort, or broufct-woik, 5h about fllVoon foot. Directly Kast nod Wosfc of tho mounds are open sjmcox or gateway a, around which tiro other forts. The Comet. The co:nct which is now visible in the northwest region of the heavens a short time after sunset, was first discovered on the 2d of last June, by Prof. Potiati, in I Florence, Italy. It was also discovered by Henry M. Parkhurst , I'jS< j., of Perth Aniboy, New Jersey, June 2'.). A very striking clir.ractori.stie ot' this comet was. when first discovered, its extremely slow motion. The great distance ot" the comet, and the direction of its motion, as seen from tho earth, combined to render its apparent geocentric motion very small. ! 11 conseqncnec of its slowness of motion, its period of visllllllfv will Krt j.. ......v, *? iii mw ?v.?) j^ivui. i i> 11iicliruiiuy been visible through a tcloscope nearly two months ami n half; and it will probably remain in si*rlit for a considerable length of time yet. The head or star of the comet i appears about equal to a star of the seooud magnitude; and as it has not yet reached j the perihelion (that point nearest to the sun") of its orbit, it will yet be considerably brighter, and j .sent a splendid appearTi.. A ! I ? * ? l ?. . ? uuuu. n? i;iii, as viewea Willi n sni?!l tel- j escopo magnifying alouj eight times, was i about 4 or 5 (legs, in length 011 Sunday evening, the 12th of September. Jt is a well-known fact, howover, that the tail hns a much greater length immediately after the perihelion passage than at any other time; nd hence we may expect that its length ,i ill be much more considerable than at nivjtnnt. i ~ y" I'll is is the fifth comet. diseovevcd since i the beginning of tho tirstof which waB discovered on the 1th of January ; but j as the first four will form the subject for an- | other article, we will say no more about them here. The comet now visible will pass its peri- j heliou?according to the elements of Mr.; Ucorgo Searlc, Assistant at the Dudley Ob- | :iervatory--on the 15*tli of .September.? J The. pr.rabolie elemcut.s of a comet's orbit i sire six in number, namely: time of peri- , hclioti passage, longitude of the perihelion, | lo."*ilude of ascending nouo, inclination of j the plane of it;> orbit to the plane of the ecliptic^ the perihelion distance, ami the di- | rcetiou of its motion. If the motion be in j the same direction around the sun as the j motion of the planets, it is said to bo direct; i I : e it ;i- j-? ?t .1 - - * ? ii 111 inu uuiiosiiu uirecuon, retrograde. The longitude of the perihelion of this couicl is about 30 deg., and of the ascending node about l'Sti dog. The inclination is about OH dog. The perihelion distance is about 40,000,00u*inile?, or a little greater than the moan distance of Mercury from the Sun. Its motion is retrograde, so that! I it.s apparent motion is l'roni right to left, as soon at .this timo. Tlic velocity of the comet when at its perihelion, will be about 1 ">0,0U?i miles per hour. Its distance from ! the earth at this time, roughly estimated, is about 87,000,000 miles. Its tail is at least ti,000,000 miles in length. Several parabolic elements have been computet!, but as these (lifter considerably from eaeli other, it is thought, with much probability, that the. comet moves in an I ellipse of moderate eccentricity, and hence | ! that its time of revolution around the sun j is not very great. Tho element* eovresI pond with those of tho first coiuvt of 1827, : and with thoso of 17?>1. This will make I the pOriod of revolution about 31 years.? i The period of (>3 years comprehended bei tween 17<i-l and iS27 will embrace two returns to its perihelion. The difference of i ! I...W .. ' . .1 1! . P < ini ii juiir v, wiiuiii mo nums 01 perturuation. Thifl will mnke its return, previous to 1827, in 1705. If this bo its true period, its next return may beexpected about 1889 or 1800. Time will soon determine these questions. With this period its mean .? .. ' . Ml .1 u ttM.au \sv> iiuiil I lie fcliti hiii iiv> (ik/ovit tuv; snine as that of Saturn ; and when it is in I I the aphelion (greatest distance from the I sun) of its orbit, it will be about the mean [ distance of Uranus. Running buck two periods from 17G4 to 1702, we find the recorded appearance ot a comet visible to the naked eye. Wc also find one in 1072, one period back. The best view of the comet can bo bad I iii the morning, about i'\ or 1 o'clock.? TJic direction of its tail points toward the north polar star.?tfmr York Tribune. A Goi.pkn Tuouuirr skt in Pkaki.h.In speaking of inarringos for money, Miss Mulooh, the eiuiucnt writer, observes, and j wc think very justly : " Marriagc<s ought always to bo a qucs tion not of ncceaiity, but choice. Evory girl ought to be taught that n loveless union stamps upon her n? foul dishonor as one of thoso connections winch omit the legnl ceremony altogether?and that, however p?fle, dreary and toilsome a single life may be, unhappy married lifemudtbo ton-fold worse, an everl.minting temptation, an incurable regret, u torment from which there is no ea I ... 1 .1 ?i <-ui>t; urn uciun. Tnr. Kiotii U?k o/ tiik Eyes.?An Italian bitfhop, who hud endnrod much persecution with a calm. unruffled, temper, was nukod how lie attained uuoli a mastery over himself. "By making a right use of my cyoa," nai<l be. 4,I firnt look to heaven, as the place wb'are I am going to liv? lbrover. I next look down upon tho earth, and consider bow small a space of it will noon bo all th.it I can ocrtiipy or want. 1 thon look litoifriri mo, and think how many nro far inoro wretched than t ?n?." -? V TA POOR Irishman offered an old aaucepau for 8alc. IliR children gathered around him, and inquired why he parted with it ? t( Ah, mo honeys," answered he. " l would nothoafther parthing willi it, bnf for a little money to buy nomcthrng to pot iu it." Au xlour in tho Dead-Letter Office. j 1 A IVmijiIo correspondent of I/de Illustrnt- < oil gives the following account of a vint to ' tlic dead letter oflico at Washington : AVe had been fortunate enough to pro- 1 euro tho rn(r<r to this place through s]>?*<'i:?1 favor .mi influence, although, as a general tiling, no visitors are i.diiiilted. It was a < largo light rooiu, wilh two or three desks, 1 at which wore seuted aged officers in silent 1 ?j; i:? I .1..SA / I .. I IIUTM UiUUSOI lOUCI'S. 1 Tho walls wore lined on every side with 1 huge mail sacks, which had been returned j i full of unclaimed epistles, from myriads of 1 post oHices. There might have been lil'ty i or a hundred of these sacks, and each prob- > 1 ably contained thousands on thousands nf i let tins ! "How rapidly you dispose of them !" i s:iid I, watching the spoed with which tho ' I clerks tore open the epistles, glancing over ( them to sec that no drifts, ehechs, or other > important documents, were inclosed, and i then threw them upon r.n inuuuusc heap of ] ... I I . A * I * * upuiii'u iwicrs iii. ii'.rir ieei. j ? "It is all in habit, ma'am," said the gen- J tlcnnii) nearest me; "we arc floenstomed to J o])on a certain number daily, and to those t who do not understand the expedition and ( accuracy with wliioh we work, it would , i seem, indeed, almost incredible." j s A s: Iip snnl: i? o t inv ?nl/l * !? *?* i?nll.wl . ? thy folds ot'u ix>.sc-titilcci letter, whose pages 1 i were evidently written over by a delicate 1 female hand. j I ' A child's ling," lie said, taking it up, I "would you like to look at it, ma'am V' | 1 1 took it in my hand?it was a t'airv eir- i < ciet of virgin fold, with tlie words "Marv i < to Ik V." engraved within?aiul I wondered who tho Mary was, whether tho little 1 "K. V.," who never rocoivod the tiny gilt, < was dead or living. 1 Meanwhile, the clerk hail been taking a rapid note of tho signature, direction, &e. i "What will you do with it?" 1 i .quired, I < returning the ring to his care. "We lay all such things aside, in case i tin v should he called lor." "And arc the.y often redeemed ?" ".Not ottell?not once, in a hundred in- j i sta nees,"' 'no replied, taking 11 little gold dol- j l.?r from beneath tlie seal of another letter, I and laying it carefully under the desk. We stood in silouco regarding the pile of opened letters, which was growing higher with every moment. It was a strange medley of styles and hand writing. Some were inscribed on huge sheets of foolscap, ina manner that eonveyed tho impression to your mind that the writer must have , grasped a pen with both hands, and prone at the paper as it' lie would dig a spade into the earth, and folded with a glorious disregard of all geometrical precision, others again were daintily written on colored tissue-paper, and some, were in that easy (lowing hand th'.t bespeaks energy and relinc Client of character in the cnlligrapher. "Oh, how 1 should like to read the.-ekt- 1 terfc," said i, involuntarily. The official smiled. ''This is what nil the ladies say. It would be almost impos- 1 sihlc t% preserve our charge from the eu- , riosity of tho female si-x, if. fortunately, our rules did not protect ltd from many vis- j , itors." "Do you vver rei.d them?" "Never, unless they seem very important or contain inelosure.s of value. It is ah we can do to keep up with the arrival iL. .1 1 "1 i ' ui me ucau mans now. xi wo were to stop I , to read one letter in a hundred, we should be lai icntably behind hand ; besides, the .piivwy of those letters is a point of honor' , with us. We have no n.ore right to read, them hero, when unnecessary, than to prf into any other personal secrets." oft:!" clci'llS over H)h] handed our companion a tiny package. "From one of the letters,'' he s.iid. "1 , thought the lady might f<'el interested ia it." It was a single curl of gulden lniiv fieil with a bit of pink ribbon, and wrap'ped* in n little piece of paper, on which was written "baby's luiir." 1 knew tins history of that letter in on instant, though 1 had never looked on its j folds; 1 could see the fair young mother; parting the sunny tressos from the infant!, head, and niacin*? it with half a smile mul half a tear, within the clo&cly-written page ; that was to gladden the heart of the far j t away husband. And lie never received the i letter. Perhaps he died under the mighty j ( shadow of Sierra Nevada; perhaps" the turf ( of some Mississippi valley hiy ol^so ot> his ( pulseless heart, white she, the faithful wife, was growing niorc sad, loss hopeful with j every day that brought no answering word., "Baby's hair ?" 1 could not hear that the bright curl should be thrown carelessly among the host ot letters; it Keetucd Jike j f dexecration. ''May I keep thin little lock?" "Certainly, if you like." ^ ( And I placed it carefully in tity rctfonlc, < with tender hand. I know not vfhero the ( sorrowingyoung mother'sheart fcbreaking, j ( dny by day, hut certain 1 am that these is no invinil>ie bond <>f Hymptby between her j noul nud mine, clasped by a lock of curling, ( ?ilky gold?"baby's hair." i? l.i i A " ' ' it wuuiu uc viim iu luiuiniii to citron kmc i , the numerous enclosures which dropped ( fr.,m the various Kilters which were opened i during tho short space of tiiue we utood ' there. Uits of vain-how colored silk, sent for "patterns," tiny muslin collars, newspaper pMMt;r;iplis, nnnk hills, gold, curds, conrsoly written messajioH from little ones ut home, whose bauds were jpiided by the Mother or fsi.iter, />u llmt tlio nhsefit fnthcf, cousin, or brother, might haw u little lot, mid innumerable other affecting relics. "Where do ;< 11 these letters go when lliey hitvo been opened mid examined ' ? Are they burned I" C. 1.. .1 . i ? .ill, mm nnn luriiivriv I 111-CUSIOU1, IIOVV3vor. We used to make great bonfires of tliein, but asi.le from the fact that bits of mitten papers would always escape from the j llames, thus destroying all privacy in the | letters, it was found that mauy people made ! it a busiuoss to souls among the ashes fori the gold, jewels, dollaiu, etc.. which often | Mcnpe our notice here, and go in die open letters. r*u uow tucy arc nil .scut to ti paper mill anil rc-mnnufacti'wdns writing pap?r." j AVc passed into another foOm where were many nicmcntocs of the good old days before the law of; ' -paying postage went into iTect. There a rc of tho huge stones j vhich had been sent for a "joke," involvng an iminense amount of postage to be >:iid by Home unfortunate, who luckily nevt received the nondorous na?ka<?<!?n m ? # I- O- - r?Rustic raj; baby, t>uid to have been sent to j ionic vineg:ir-faeed old maid?a neatly man- | jfuctured night-cap, which some indignant ! >ld bachelor?name not recorded?refused, ! n high dudgeon, to receive, and which eon- j ie(|uently found its way here, and a da- i inerreotypo of a young man, which had j leeti cracked across the nose, and wrathful- ' y sent back by some fair damsel with whom ! ic had quarreled. Wc oslccd the Postmaster Cicnoral, to vvlioiu wo wore introduced, how it happon3d that all the employers in the dead letter ! jfliee were gray haired old men. "Because they have more discretion and i less curiosity," ho said, smiling. "Young.... ... 1* I . . i 1 - 1 * muii uuum iidi no uepcnuca upon ; tnoy rt'uukl probably read the letters oftener." j "And why do you not employ Indies ?? I am (juite sure ti .y could discharge the Jutios admirably." "Indeed," said the Postmaster Cleueral, j mischievously, "1 am afraid their curiosity ! would be fio extreme that the Department j would fall into inextricable confusion, to l sny nothing of the number of secrets they > would ferret out of the dead lettoss." Tub i'sr.fi'i. and tub Hkavtiki i..? The tomb of M(, is unknown ; but tbo traveller slakes bis thirst at tbe well of ?Jacob. Tbo gorgeous palace of tbe wealthiest and wisest of luouarcbs, witli tbe cedar, and gold, and ivory, and even tbe great j Temple of Jerusalem, hallowed btv tbe vis- I ible glory of tbe Deity himself, are gone, ' out noiomon s reservoirs avo as perfect ns j over. Of the ancieut architeetuary of tlie ! Holy City, not one stone is left upon nnoth- j cr ; but the pool of Rethseda commands t l.c pilgrim's reverence at the present day.? The columns of Persopulis are mouldering into dust; hut its cisterns and aqueducts j remain to challenge our admiration. The golden house of Nero is a mass of ruins;! hut tho Aqua Claudia still pours into Home j its limpid stream. The temple of the sun ! it Tadmor in the wilderness, has lallon ; j but jfs fountains sparkle as freshly in his i raytfi j?.s when thousands of worshipper.* thronged its lofty colonnades. It may be that. liOndUn will share the same fate of Babylon, and nothing will bo left to mark its Site save mounds of crumb!'n_; h.ik-; woflt. The Thames will continue t.? flow j ns?it docs now. And if any work of art .1.A.1U .till ii... l.. ? 3I1U1IIU ami s iau tit ur lliu UUUfi UUt'ltll OI UIIIC, ( we may well believe that it will be neither a palace nor a temple, but sonic vast smjtioiluet'or reservoir; and it' any name should J Ehftll through the midst of anti<|u!tv, it will j [U'oVf bly b > that of a man who in his day sought the happiness of his fellow-men rath- i er than their g)oi?? and lfnl<ed his name to l ^oiiu: great >mii k oi laiiuiiii! uiiliiy uy | uovolence. Thi.via, tlio^Jruo* glory' wTriffli ! DUtJives nll'Tither, nnd fdiij^s with undying 1 lustre from generation to gcucration ; im- ! parting to works ?omo ot'it.s immortality nnd in some (logroc rescuing them from the ruin ! which overtakes the ordinary monuments | uf historical tradition, or mere magnificence. J [ Iji/in/mri/h ficricic. J ? m -O- 1i A W'n\l iv W'irn t uruo W'.iMtrx.-m L' ... A *. Tl U.UAtl !??/?,!> 1 I 1 I 1 \ I 1 I li.l ri >10.?A mcdical correspondent of the Newark Advertiser, having recently visited Mrs. Simeon II; ys, " the woman wIm lives without eating," at Chester, Warren county, New York, enys : "The case is unquestionably one of hysteria in its most aggravated form. Little, food is required in such cases, and this Iitiirt ;a ?? r..... ! l?V/ IO llll\|(l\,l7VIIMIIIMIJ UUIIUIIIDlUlt'll. J I- iljl[waved that two si a ten* have lifld somewhat giutiLir attacks of hysteria, which indicates the constitutional tendencies of the family. J'hat implicit credence is not placed in the statement of Sr. Ifayn after all, uioy i#in-^ .viiim ?/j iiiui iiiwcii iiiv iiint ir\y rlays the citizen# have met to appoint a vigilauco committee to watch and determine wmclusively whether food is Uiken gt not. There is not here ft want of moti\^ Although the husband has promptly refused (o consent to let 1j?h wife go to Albany or New York for exhibition, she ha.s been renntvorl 4/? m u/*rt /if Afl\!l\!*'irtii l.-M ! ?. ?>v? V "I VAiiiviVIUIl-IUUIVIIIj; I iing neoc&iblc to Caldwell by n j,lnnk road. Here Mr lTny?, tbe hotel kecpefts nnd gate tenders*, find tlveir incomcs in;d bnsiuoss incrensed. Donbtlfss tboy frel sensiilly ?h:it "it is nn HI wind that blow.* nobody rihy good " -* Mi ? -? " Wkm., Mr. Tree, it' you're about to havci, I shall detain your trunk," exchuni- j od nn inoonsod landlady to her K.df^or. who wes slightly in arrears. Mechanics. It is difficult tooHliumte flic value ami importance of mechanics to a communits, \,.t only docs present pvogreiw itiid advancement but the permanent prosperity of ever, town or city depends largely on the nuiu bemudeharaeterol it? mechanics. AVhere ever wc. nnn mecnumes, :?.? n cIiujm, occupying an o!ev:itod position in a community ?honored and respected for their moral and inttillccluul worth as well a.-} for thoir em rjry and uniform deportment, there you will surely liud, not only a lnisk and lively trade, but a population fro from most of tho.se fopperies and follies which arc degenerating and impovei i.shing the present gen oration. It is,- lamentable fact---but nevertheless it is u fact?thai it is a common thin? in this (o.intrv for mnm-vrrl and brainless fups to look down on mechanics as an inferior elms of beings ; md, unfortunately for tho cai'Be of labor, many mechanicsencourage,ratiior than icpel with disgust, this assumption on the part of snobbery, because tliey refuse to exercise those Koble cloinents with wliieh (Jod has endowed thorn, to rend asunder those tyrannical bands with which, what is miscalled sdcitd life, lias so long kept thetn fettered. Wo would have e\ cry mechanic in tho land feel his importance, and to realize Ihnt it is th<! noble brotherhood, of which he is apart, coupled with the cultivators of the soil, that form the great basis upon which all other i 111 vests depend. lJecauso your daily toil may confine you within the walls of a small room, it is no reason why you should remain ignorant of the principles of science ..1 * -? ?u:i m i \'i L IV ^iuii n uiuo til [iiiiHisnjillV. I !?KC! for your guidus some one of tho immortal names that havegone before you?:nemvho, though passed from the scone of nctyld operations, have left their names cmoulmed iu the hearts of coining generations?and determine to be men ! To be a good mechanic, the mind must lie cultivated as well as the muscles, for it ' - 1 1 miiiih.-.-iuh; ii? r.\wi in ;iiiy uraucn, nowovor insignificant, without some knowledge of general laws. Whatever your business may bo, devote your whole time and atten tion to its prosecution ; l>e diligent in your researches after all the plausible and practical improvements that may present themselves in your particular branch, that you may not,only add to your own reputation and interest., but be enabled to give tlio bettor satisfaction t<> those who sustain you. And other interests should not lose sight .IM.. I'. i.V iil .1 ' ' <u liiu iuvi> i iiui mo more moy uo to toster and elevate llic mechanical interests of a j>lace, tho more they do to push the plrco upward and onward. While these interests languish, it cannot ho cxpectcd that tradonnd trallio should flourish. tNiRRwrr Sp::akino.?We advise all young pe?f>1e to ne<;uire in early life the. habit of using.good language, both in speaking and writing, and to abandon as early as possible any use of slang Words and phrav , 'I'll/'* li*???Yrn* .rli nut mi , 111 v 7 mutt; linncult the acquisition of good language will be; and if tho ago of youth, the. proper season for the acquisition of language, h . paired in its abuse, the unfortunate victim of ncplected education is, very probably, doomed to talk sfatrg for life.? Money is not ncccssary to procure this cd u cut ion. ''.very man'hns it in bin power, lie line merely to tine the language which In: reads, instead of tlie wlang which he hours?--to form his taste from the best speakers and poets ofilie country?to treasure up choice phrase.* In his memory,'and to habituate himself to their use?avoiding nt the same time,' the > pedantic precision and bol?jp:ififciWhieh sWow rather the weakness of n vain ambition than the polish of ../i ?...i Ml) 111 I I T1 I Ti!k Mind.?The human mind cannot oxi.st long without lovo aud admiration ; they nro it^ dail\ food, food that is scattered about for it everywhere. It is true, that when the mental appetite becomes vitiated and it cannot relish what it finds strewed about ils feet, it may starve; but on the. other hand it may bo driven toseek its food at a distance. ILutred of itself find of hn inanity may force it to seek refuge in othe r world*; in the world of boofcs-t? the world of thought?the world of nature. And let it but once gain a true insight of these, and all its finer faculties must expand, i ts fancy and imagination, whieh are always progressive, and yet r.Iwaya young, will then travel through all the regions of possible: or imnof>iblb existence: !ind if llii<vvMiui. without finding a dwelling-place, they will yet bring buck with than stores from which they may, forever after, create worlds of then* own. The affections, t4io, will then rccognize their kindred with humanity \ ^Iiey will learn the true objects on which they were made to rest'; and will find thef. if they can for awhile expatiate in external nature as in their country, they can alter ?1I Wn ??f I-':- * *.%??%> i>u ituiiK- uuv in i-in* iMiuiiiii noon/ Tho mind's vitiated npjietitc will then btf corrected ; its ta.sto for the simple nnd the* true will revive ; and all will be ri^Ul ngr?ti. LoVKUS.?There is not, in r.U nnfttre, anything j-o utterly ndienloun ns a man k> much in luve as not to be. iible In cunceul if. from the rest of the ron.pnny Not only i? he ridiculoihf, bv;t i;t tivy? he jri-U be u regular ru'.Kar.ce, sunt in iii:portinonfc and tiresome as lie wits ?t fivnl litughahle.? lie is aVyays extremely nappjy nr womlcr! folly irrete'he.d, without arty :>j>j>nrent cafifte. j Thin ihifj* of lover*, why would givo their fortune lor a earl oi' their hwcellicnrt'p huir, or a \/icce of her .sh(te-.->troii <5, generally uioke the worst hutbands in the ircrld. 4 # !r