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IPOlTj'lY. i?;?ir* * . . ?r- A ftouwtrtf Home. Oh, give men lioino in llie country wide, A ml a sen I by tins farmer's wood fireside, When the firv burns bright, On ii frosty nlglit. Where tlio jest, tlie song i?ml UiO laugh aro IVoo, Oil, the farmer's homo is the home for me. Oh, give mo n itomc In Iho oounlry v.Mc. When (lie oartli cotnes out ns a blnsliing bride, When lier buds and (lowers, 111 flio hi'ic/lif snvinrf 11 or bridnl song ringing fi-"n fresh lcnvoil frees, Ami molody floats on t lie perfumed breeze. In summer a scat in nshady tt'ook. Ami close hy tin- side of a purlirtg brook, Wlievo the Violet grow?, Or the pile >*?mp rose, Fainting, pick, 'neath the sun's seorchiitg bc.itii,Dips her pale petals in Ihccoolinj; si renin. Oh, give me n home in the country viile, In-the golden'days of a I'artncr's pride,When his burns lire Idled, I't'oin tlie fields he's tilled. And be feels *!?-sl bis yearly ta-d; i? der.e. .ii.iiv.ioiiiiiiii-.il niuii-r, iic i?vckmh>" muiun. ? ?? ? Saturday Night's SermonNature praises Clod in each of her changing aspccU, fur she perforins I lis will with unvarying fidelity; consequently she is all hearty, nil perfection. Catch tin tiniest llakes of snow as it sails down from <>n high, and examine it before it melts in your hand ; its sparry crystals, its starry radiations, eloquently till of the wisdom which fashioned its laws ; the sublime voiji of the thunder storm is a p:\nm of praise ; in the roar of cataracts is the tumult of sol cmti rejoicing ; the Violet, looking up from tlie grassy held, has an expression as if il paid, " our Father ; " the rose declares, in tho silont music of Iter fragrance, that 11c . is I /in e ! lint this is all (hi* passive homage of th< poulless thin? <n tho powor of i's Creator To Man is reserved the glory of bringiuj. his conscious, free-will offerings ; and it i: because he does not orvc < !od with n blatnc less life, that there is not that harmony ii the world of humanity which is in the worh of inanimate tilings. What should we think to sec i'hc "Klic of the field"' arming thei.isM ves with thorns and rushing upon each other with the in tent of extermination ??or the might trees of tho forest tearing each other up b the roots, and hurlinc their fcllnwn *.-? .1.. struct ion 'i There arc but few, even of bin savage races of animals, who prey upotvthei own kind, however cruelly tfhey may trca some strange and opposing species. \Vi do not hear of tigers being drawn up ii battle army against tigers, and of hungr wolves feasting upon their kind. As to man is reserved the glory of con scions conforiuitv. to him j?W> the shame of conscious disobedience ; ant \ it is a constant disobedience in.small tiling which loads to the general bad result. Tt is religion in every-day life which w want. Too many regard it as an abstrac thing ; a thing ofspoculation and of theory a thing of lino writing and of eloquent phi losophy ; a thing to bo believed in, but 110 acted upon ; a thine for the Sabbnth-da; only; a thing for difference and disputo a thing to be sent afar to the heathen, bu to be neglected at home; a thing to b looked after late in life. Hut, like the lov ui 11 wuu, or oi a menu, it should bo kep close in the heart; il should sit with us ;i the table and around'tholiittside ; it-shonh walk with us unonthe stl'oot, and ifc'shouh go into our placs-of business; it shouli be with us in our" amusements and in on griefs?always close to us?right in on hearts. The keenest, most powerful intel le.it need '.ot fear that by giving it a vdae in his bosom he is degrading the- pride o his manhood, for it is of (!od, and (!od i me master ot me most subtle mind. Th humblest child of poverty and- ignoranc need not fear that it is too fine a guestfo his breast, for He who made the grass b the roadside, made it for his comfort am exultation. I,ike the air, it is free to al and adequated to the wants of all; as ncc essary to be inspired by the beautiful aiv the fortunate as by the lowly and the plain The most uieromt? vision enn riot.w r. fallacy in the true religion as preached h (Christ, when it is stripped of the disputii tions in which theorists have wrapped it and the most devoted lover of the beauti ful can find scope for all his admiration i the contemplation of its divine and won derful loveliness. It is a thine; of th heart, but it is not at war with the intel lect. (/n the contrary, it is in harmon; with all that is noble, great, aspiring, beau tiful; and yet its place is also by the eoucl <n puiii, in the busy mart, and amid all tin necessary disagreeables of lite. It inspire courage to endure sickness and misfortune it gives hope to the darkest circumstances it gilds with the lustre of the sun of heavei the plainest details of an ordinary homier. I t.s greatest foo is selfishness. Sclfisli ncss meets i tat'every turn, and drives i into the by-ploccs of the world. It ha banished it almost entirely from where i was most needed?the whirl and exeitemen of business and evcry-day life v?hen men' passions triumph over its gentle influence? To have religion, that close, warm guest c (lie heart which it ought to bo, men mm conquer many of their nowruling passions they inudt not he greedy after irnfair gain? to t lie wronging of a largj class of others they must give the laborer his just dues they must not condemn tlie evii-doer to rashly. 1 f another commits a wrong, whiel they condemn, they must remember th difference in that person's natural inclimt ttons,education, advantages, the various in flucnces thrown around his chid hood am his manhood, the peculiar tcmpation am learn to pity and not to condemn, lest ii ..1 ! -?l ? 1 ? * * * * auoener nicy nc not also jud'^mj themselves. They must team to do ju?tic< and to act the truth. It doe.* npt'interfere with the most press ?itpf cruphvymeiit; it is compatible with ev cry generous art and science. If there i; "T)y t.'. Io or with which it do. | nut accord, (lift ffirt'M i? in the occtipntibu ; and not in the religion. The man who has j it is as it lie were cased iir invincible armor ?uricts, euros, and disappointment may In set and haras* him, but tlicy cannot eon! <|iipr him. The wife who has it is alone fit ted for the rosj-onsibility of bringing innocent v?inn<5 P"*lls into thu wm-hl In wivtr lior impress, and to bear to the skies in IVi! turn their virtues, us to the faithfulness with which she has discharged her onerI Oits, Lnt holy and beautiful duties in their training and education. It adds the l:::-t and most lovely charm | to the purity and beauty of maidenhood.? It. is eminently adapted to the faith and aspiring nature of yottth, while it need interfere wifli no innooent enjoyment, no guileless pleasures, no sinless hope. It is ii" protector of the virttteof womanhood, | guarding her parity as With a svtord of lire j if ever a moment of temptation comes.? And to the yonng man setting ottt to run I the race of liiV?, jostled an.'I threatened by , so many competitors, it is necessary to preserve bini from oilier, wicked ambitions, nnd grasping selfishness, to keep bis honor Unsullied, and the hope of bin manhood ?/right and pure. It is a balm for all riiC fmuiok\*s petty I trials of life, which vex (lie spirit and irri' i tatc the temper, driving harshness from the ' heart, snd discord from the lire-side.? I low often do we sec men, prortd of their 1 giant intellect, scornful of control, doubters of religion, debasing all true and becoming dignity by their indulgence in petty pas sions, which control the minds affecting contempt of belief. To us there seems i more of manlinesK and s'ren^th * :? gentleness and justice, than in scorn and self1 righteousness. To make religion trliat it is intended to 1 j be, it mu?t not be worn as a mantle upon 1 s tlu- promenade, or put oil with tlf Sabbathday best dress, but taken to our hearts, and 1 I made u part ot' ourselves that we cannot ' escape from, even when wc would. Then I we will learn to know its exceeding worth, < : i i. i._> !i ii... i ' ' | iiii-i iii mvu h? >poucsM, iiiuiaovucfi uivuuy. j 'w/mmtf. Lorenzo Dow. iWon/o Dow was very oxact in the nppnint' j incuts ho made, and sometimes arranged thoni * a long while ahead, lie one; preached near V otic of the small towns in tipper (ioorgia, and y told his congregation " on that day one year he would preach to them again ! " p The next season, on 9 a turd ay afternoon. ? | preceding the Sunday of the appointed time. tlieold muiV Was joking along the main road 1 in the direction of his congregation. l! 1 fe noticed before him u stout little negro i ! boy, of peculiarly activo step and manner, y j who carried in his hand a small tin horn, such as arc used to cr\il tlnrpeoplo to th??ir meals. 'J ho custom among many in the South is j to allow married men to pi to their wives' . houses, and children to visit their parents, 1 on Saturday evening, to stay with thorn on s Sundays, and, as the negroes arc musically I inclined, they carry a life or a born, or a banC jo. to give notice oi' their approach, and to bc( ! guile (In! way. In other cases tliey whistle, j sing or shout. A healthy, cheerful negro, oi ' , honest intentions, u?es^morally sonic means i lit* i** lift io i | : " ^ " w iiniv i" ' him-olf! V I Dow, according tr> hi? usual mnnncv, cn; j torod into conversation with the hoy, ami t j louml ho was about to visit tho congregation 0 he had appointed to moot. If tho truth n.net , ho told, I.oronzo had an idea that the eh;.vaetorofhis llock waa that of a reckless,frnlieksonie kind, careless people, upon whom ii was * necessary to make a vory decided impression, 1 J or his time would ho thrown away among 1 them. J ' What is your name, my lad ?" asked Dow. "Onhriel, sir." rcnlied tho hnv. liftitif a r now straw hat, and showing his ivory, while he actively stopped along to keep pace with the preacher's horso.et " Can you blow upon that horn?" f "Ob, yes, master, I can toot a little." s " Well, let me hear yon." e So the negro inflated his velvet checks, ami ? I made the woe wis resound. | " To yon know a- tall pine* tree near the \ stand at Sharon ?" raid i'Sw. ) ' Yes, that I does' vety well, p.t^tcr." Lorenzo then put his hami into his pocket, II and pulling out a silver dollar, showed it to i- the negro, and told him if he would glimb inLJ : to the pino tree before the people met at the I inootin/'. find kpnn .-.to.o until l..? 11 #-.?! i. j ; o' i " v al!t li!S 'xx) tl|prt M,U.V mm |;1nj )*'>; ?} MS 0 lie had done, he would give him the money, ) if he would say nothing about it. i- The negro expressed himself highly do ; lighted at such on offer, and promised punci toality and sccresy. i, Oil Sunday, a large meeting assembled at Sharon to hear the famous Lorenzo Dow. Serious old men and their wives, wild boys and 0 their sweet-hearls, almost the entire number * on horseback, sometimes by twos and threes, y besides ncuroes from a irrout distance on foot. - boing readily captmited by the naturally cei contrie, for they love anything that 1ms u B laugh attached to it, mid they know flint bo; ron/.o wiis g;?od for a joke, oven it it did hit . I hard. > Dow selected rather a brimstone text, and > made the application strong ne possible, i) but he forced bis way slowly among the mercurial, healthful, honest-hearted people, whr were hard to frighten. Jlo enumerated the t enormity of tlitf vice* bf? thought to prevail, s j Dill nHjjr tvi iu au UMHI id lilt'in Iliac lllffMOrclH | slid like watcT over a duck's buck. A t length lie boldly described, in thcplainMost kind of language;- the'' appearance and s j character of " tho Inst great dfty," and what !. i would be their condition when that day came. ,f " Suppose," exclaimed the preacher, sudj denJy, and then ho paused, "that this wore i the day!" lie saw that Home of tho Women ' bcoftnie a little fidgety and nudged the fellows '? into silence and attention. > ' Suppose',"" repeated lie, elevating bin ; voice, " that Gabriel should sound his trump!" o At this moment the- little negro showed It ho was "rt trump.-" and from the top of the totty pine, a Joud and clamorous IjIsimI overwhelmed the mxlionco. The women tJiricked, tlie men ruse in great Kuspriso, the horses " tied around tin* catup neighed, reared and I kicked, while the terrified negroes changed I their complexion to u dull purplo color.? i I Xovcr was alarm, surprise and astonishment , | more promptly exhibited. ? Lorenzo Mow looked with grave but pleased C ..Mr... ,1 r.r.1. ftw. w ..( I.:.. i.v>v k'u i u\/ o vj?. vvj?i>i \% m i ? v 11 V wi iiin experiment, until the fim clamor hnri aubsl?t" ?'<1, find some lirgan?t" eatiinnto thr character - of tlio artificial angel. nn<l were about to ? apply a little hickory lifter the pine, lint 'his *ug?< ition was arretted hy the loud :uuj | solemn tones of the prcm-lnr. who. looking, very lirmlv into tlio laces of his ilieturbiwl i nimioneO. ami ns he lenneil over then) to finish j his discourse, impressively romruketl > '"Ami now, il'ii littlo negro b<>y, with a tin ! linrn ntt /?*' ? ??? '? ,"4-i* "? ?? ***" __ . ..r . ??>|/ *> ?v |finv; uui^ll| UJlii IVTltKU ' vou feel so, how will yott f?'ol when th'ftt dfty j docs conic ?" ! A Smaht Woman.?"The Clia(taiio6gn Advertiser relates tlic following: A nice, icspcctcd lady, nof a thottsand miles away, had long noticcd, to her dismay, that her " worscr half" was growing foolishly suspicions and jealous of her.? She resolved to teach him a lesson. Some evenings since, as he was leaving, she told j him lie need not hurry back-?she would not he lonely?she Wished her (tftcky to j enjoy himself, &e., ike. Benedict smelt a | veritable " mice" under that1 pocrisy, and resolved to be avenged. About eiglit i o'clock, " nti individual'' about his size ; ! might have been seen cautiously creeping j alone to the door and noiselessly.. Hone-J diet fteeped in. Just fts lie expeccd.? j There they were- -a pair of boots-^a eo.1t | ! on the back trf a chair, and a hat on the table. Benedict shivered like art aspen leaf j as he stood, pulled off his boots, a/?d drew a pistol fi\un his coat pockct. With " re' -oh'ition flashing from his c^e," he made trucks for the bed'-room/ There he was, ! kneeling at the bed-side, coal and vest off. | ?ii?l I lis howl on t lie pillow. Miserable |. i villain?bis linio had oome. " Say yofir ! prayers, villain?your time is short"?and a flash and report told that the bullet had | . peed on its fatal mission. "Ilelp'.niurj der! watch!?oh, is t'hnf y<nf?"?and Madame I popped her little head up from the fdof of the bed. llcnedict seized the body, and it Was-?a niiseellancous collection of old | eoats, vests, pillows, handkerchiefs, and the like, made ftp'for the occasion. " I say, dear, what does all this mean?" exclaimed the husband, with a blank, sheepish look ? ' Well, dear, " replied the wife, " I did ?ot lonely afioVall, nnd jnst amused myself by -i.v. ? 1 l.':- i | hiuviii^; lij# unit IIIIU JllilKIMi; Ut> I licvc j'ou were at home. I'm si'Vo I did'nt | think you'd suspect"?There, there," said 1 the chagrined husband, "pay no more about I it; 1 thought it was a robber ; dear creature, jT'mpoglad it did't hit you." Benedict j repeated "Now 1 lay me,-" &c., and' wertt i to lied, resolved not to watch an? more at I present. i ])fi:r.f.iN?'i r.n Kaims.^-TI'ic of tho Fl>jI tiro, in Paris, under whose employIM.de i I'k.nk Was not lon?r a^omadc the victim of t I .... 1 ..... .1 . ' I - . 1 1 I i?ii uriiisii iiiiiimry fiuuis.iins nnnscir rocen- | ! tly liiul a brace of those intcrcf*tin?r u Hairs on band. Those latter affairs ho\r? .. r, were confined entirely to literary nnd artistic men. Tho 'irst of these affairs, resulted in ; M. de Villcmcssant, of the Fif/arn, being I wouncd in the breast with a small sword, ' by M. M-aquot", M?c editor of the /'?// <.? A Paris corrospondentrcinnrksupon thisun ; expected result, that M. Maqukt having ! pinked the here-toforo unappaoachable j editor of the Fi<jart>}may now rank as the ; champion of Paris. A proverb is now jgrwingupin France?"11c fighttf as well ' as a .1 editor ?',? 1> ,1.* I.M r.iti'.ai lAU Ilf.Vlllil I'UI.V.MIV I I lU:i,iC.?-Wc wore one of a small social rei union, recently, at Which the high honor I was awarded us of slipping olVr tablecloth ! captured from the tent of Col. Ferguson at the King's Mountain. It is in the possession of the venerable Mrs. Chhioe II. | Smith, of this city, and was presented to i heron her wedding-day sixty years ago, by I her brother-in-law', t'ol. Isaac SholBy, one | of the heroic victors in that glorious repubI Mean triumph over royal valor. The cloth 1 is of finely textured linen, and is in that ! wonderful state ofnvosorvnttnn wM.-li ciift.iL-u i I - ; ; ; | the religious veneration With which it has | i been treasuVod by a daughter of Hie fltali wnrt men who dug out and laid tlic foundations of the Republic.?Memphis Bulletin Sth. " Tiif.y Say."?There is a decision in the Inst volume of (Jray's Massachusetts lleports, which is a**'Mice sound morals and irood law. A woman sued for slander, defended mi the ground that she on!} repeat id, ond without in:i)ioo, what was current|v f # 1t1m? ^ou^f )>old hint tc1 peat n .<iiry, irhieh is faisc and slanderous, I 110 mntt'er how widely it niny have been circulated, is at the peril of the tale-bearI er. Slander cannot always be traced to its j origin. Its power of inisclibf is derived from repetition, even if a disbelief of the I 'story accompanies its rol ition. Indeed, j J tliis half doubtful w.iy of imparting slander is often the surest method resorted to by : ! tlie slanderer to give currency to his tale. Tf 1VTS \ V l> lfftMl' Timriill'Pa (< flnr.A j Weeding never forgets that self-love is unii vorsnland again; " Sin-hast many thols, ' but a lie is a handle tliat fits them all."?* I suppose you know that truth may have I it4 fanatic# a? well as error. "Precept is j instruction written Upon the snrtd ; thotfde flows over it, and the rccord1 is gone. 10x[ ample is engraven on the rock, and the ! lesson is not soon lost." Tate is less ca[ prioiovfs than is inia^irtftd. Nearly all men ; 11avo, through life, in their'several grades, 1 the sAiuo nverngo of opportiOiitlco: [Pis I he who can sic/.e and connect thcin, and by I keen sight and ready experience ealcnluto j on their rccnrrence, for whom men have , j their applause, and fortuuo lirtT garland.? j What a world of gossip would be prevented i if it were only remembered that ft person ; who tells you of the faults of others intends ' to tell others of your faults ! Virtuous indignation itfpaid to be only the hnndsomo j sister of anger and hatred. Degin now ! if you have determined to try to improve your manners, morals, or condition. Candor ia a safer guid6 than envy or malice. A CF.T.EnnATKb itinerant preneher of tlic present day, hold forth u short time since, at Danville, J'enn. In giving notice of his intention to pvoneh, lie requested Ihe ladies not to bring their children when tliey I crime to hear liiin. Tin flimifrlii. if u-uo | enough to have one crying nloud in the j wilderness at a (into CTPtf) B\vAi.i.invr.n- r,v i.i,i<; 11 hunt. T'other dny u? 1 wM twifting Hoses for ? crown to dine in, Whnt, of nil tilings, 'midst the henp, Phoitld 1 light on, fust asleep, lint tlf?little dcspcrato elf, 'flit tiny traitor, Lovo 1 inmclf! Jty tlio wings I pinched up i :u... _ i? i I ! *VV it JIUU , 111114 III II flip Of my wine I snnk him. And what d'yo tliink I did?-?I dfatik lrini. Faith, I thought him dead: iiot he! There lie fires with tenfold glee: And now this moment >vith hiB wlhj*??, 1 ltd him tickling my heart-si vingti. ]'owi;u <>: MrskJ.-s^Sqtuf'c (!. tell* flic 1 followirtggood J1 nosier y&rn, demonstrative of the power of music over the human mind: j Sotue years ago, n tall, gnftnt, knock kneed, red-headed, cross-eyed, Iftmmrtx of a I Forrsicr, vMio was a hunter of the classical Wabash, conceived the idea of making a visit to the home of his progenituro hi old Kentuck. lie did 3o-*--Tunted round amoli'ggt ! the girls some, and was, of course, from his native impudence and unearthly ugliness, j the " observed of all observers." One morning the whole neighborhood was afr- ' touched With *he itows that the ugly Iloosier had eloped with Mrs. ]>., an amiable j and good-looking woman, wife ofiWr. B.? | Kof two long years the disconsolate husband lnourtfed yvcY his untoward bereavement: i at tlic end of that period, however, to his j utter astonishment, one day, in popped Mrs. i Ji., looking ax bright and rosy as cVeiv After the first joyful greeting was over, the j injured 15-. thus addressed his truant j spouse:?" Nancy, how could you take trp with that onairthly uj^ly I loonier and leave ' me and the children all forlorn, as you did ?" j " Well Josh," said Nuney, "that thar tm- ' nal u^ly critter from Indianny, was a little j the best whisffor 1 eVer hcai'n tell on ; you i know 1 was fond of whisflin : I tVsed to ! think yon ciufld whistle sonic, but I never heerd whistlin as is whistlin till 1 met that j ar Wabash feller, lie jest whittled my j senses clean away, and 1 followed liiin on j that account. A abort tiino ago, however, j he caught the measles, and they :,))lit his j whistlin forever?-the clvnrm was broken, and so 1 concluded to come hit ok to you ; but, () .Tosh ! that Iloosier was theawfullcst whistler that ever puckered !"?i'laccrvillc Index. Ai^VectatHOS-.There is Angling nioro' beautiful in the young thsftV simplicity of < huructor. It is holiest/ trunk, and attractive. I Low different is affectation ! Thcsimplc-oiin<led ar<) always natural. They are at the same tiiuc original. The n (Tooted avo never natural. A*ud as lor originality, if tliey have crushed it out, arid buried it from sight utterly. 15e yourself, thcSli young friend! To attempt to he any body else is worse' thrv'n' fidly. It is atv impossibility to attain it.- ft is contemptible to try! Hut suppose you could sucoefid in imitating the greatest man that ever figured in history, would that mnke'you any the greater? Hy no means. You would ulwuvs suffer ill e.onm.'wixnn witb llu> ???-? tcilonc, and bo thoughtof only us tlic shad- ; o\v of a substance?the echo of rt real sound ?the counterfeit of a pure coin ? l)r Johnsun aptly compared the heartless imitator? for such is he who n Hoots tho'character of another?to the Kmpross of Russia', whetVshe did tlx! frehkifch thing of erecting'n pul'neo'of ice. ft wni splendid stnd (Jonspieuoos while it lasted. Hut the sun soon incited it, and caused its attractions to dissolve into common water, while the humblest stone cottages of her subjects stood firm and untnurrcd ! Let the fabric of your character, though ever so humble, be at least real. A Void afl'Oeting the character of another, however groat.? j>uiiu up your own. Howimt Uoil intondcil you to t o?yourself, anil not somebody else. Slum affectation. Kfikcts of IxuUM'itv.?Ail the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wontlor, are instances of tin; resistless force 9f porsevoranc.c. It is by this that the quarry beectnes a place, anil that distant countries are united by electric, wires.? If a man were to com pure the single' stroke of a pickaxe, or of one impression with the spade, with the geliornl design, and last result, lie would 1)0 overwhelmed by the souse <>i muii disproportion ; yet ino.se potty operations, inCo-manlly continued, in time surmount tJie greatest difficulties, and mountains uro levelled nnd oceans bounded by tho slender force of human boing*. Kkk.w?Two fast yoilng inert' formed a partnership in Boston fot the purpose of doing a retail business, and opened two stores in different pari# uT the city?uno partner in each. Their plan was crafty, Mutnmon , <L. >UI uvmv,I I mil UIIU Ul MIU NlUll-rt, ascertain (lie price of an article, and' on stating that it coilld be purchased elsewhere for a jess sutn would he told that there was but one place in lJostbn where it oould be done, and that was the store of (the other partner'} who undersold goods to the infinite disgust of the entire trade. The same process WViff carried on at the other store, and the consequence has often tlnit both together, and playing into the other's lunula, lisive done an immense business, ami realized large profits. A Bhauthuvl thought, uttered by a 1 child four yeftrs old about tho comet, is worthy of note. Standing on the portico of the eh '^ant mansion on Maple Grove Farm,rWi one of the bright evenings of this week, he said to me he thought " the com*' I et, Cod's railroad car, in which ho went riding through the sky." DknUyoj/knck.?When the candle of prosperity shines upon ufl, we may light mir nniifliliAM' rilm nw ?i?.....I ? W ...? mm havo Honcthc less li?^ht ourselves. A I'll K AS A NT wifo it> n rainbow in the sky when lior husband's niiml :n tossed with storms and tempests. I During the examination of a witness, as to the locality of tho stairs of 11 house, the counsel asked : " Which way did the stairs run ?" The witness, noted whg, replied, that- " One way they ran up stairs, but the other way they ran down stairs." I i uc learned counsel winked his eyes, and (lien took a look at the ceiling. j Wiikn you hnvo lost money in tlm streetw every one is ready to lielp you look for it; ; hut where you have lost your character, I ovnrv Imvaq *- ' 1 : j " ?w ,v"' ^ mi s' <*<?>it it an ot\st vou can. CttN.iuuar. Dkvotion,? AVlicn Robert! of Normandy, tho son of William the (,'on- ] ciuovor, was wounded by n poisoned arrow, I the surgcou declared that ho vuuld only be cured by hnvinu; some one cxtrafet tho poison with Mm lips. " but me die, thou," said ho. '* I will never be unjust arid cruel ...... i- -i': - ? t : v ii.fn-ii lu jiiiii i iiny uiiv iu uiu uy ??iu.-hnit; my wound." His wife, however, took nd?anta"e of his sloop, up plied her lips ty (he wound, nnd lost her lile in saving that bf her husband. " No onc'.s enemy hut his own " runs vapidly through his means; ealls, in a friendly way, oil his friends for bonds, bail and security; involves his iteareAt kin ; leave's his vfrife a be<rjrnr, nriif quarters his orphans upon the public;, and, after enjoy mg himself to liis I ist grtinea, on tails a life of poverty, if trot disgrace, upon 1iis kin1 (trod/ fjfr"The first half of life fa passed iti Iq'ngin;.'fitr the second; tho KOcirtid in rcgT'cffin* the' fir.-*t. Tliti'u CoSfi'M mknt.--1" T would not lie a \faniarf," r.niii .Jean I'airl IVichtCY, ,{ f'i\K thCrf I cotfM not love her." UoV*..- -I fop* is the rnilov nVorning ray of.joYt rccojlc'clion is its golden tipgtf; but tho latter is won't to sink anVid the' dCwVf n'nd dusky shade's of twilight; and tho bvi?jht Miift day which fhA'fonndr promises. bvcUlW?in<ft''cd. but in antfth6V \fv?rld, ami1 with rirftAh'frr euu. " Doerotf," paid gctJtloinnn to his physician, " isir'd f'heVc ase callcd shiiYJjIeA Y?&, t*?y M; Mtfe tlhWe i.r," Replied (laleiY. "; Then I liavo ^ot it," tfiid | the patient, " for fho roof of iny moctfh is broken r>vtt irr a dozen places'." It' a man is not tall at twenfy, handsome nt thirty, wise :>.! forty, an<T licit fifty, lie nc?oi V.vVIi be'to!*, hii'v:,d!.,Vlii<Y, wise, or rich. A MAN who avoids ma trim toy on necuuut of the cares of a wcddcil life, may he compared to one who would amputate his Ivgtfto tfuVc hi-.< foC# from 'corns. iMothci4, Homo. niVd* love, tiro flic ihro'o' sweeteet words in the Kngli.sh language. Wimcins.?" Rr^liv thisisnot to be horn<*'. ^Vho arc yon, sir? and who whs your fnthnr?" llomnhrcd?-"Who va* uiv lather? My fnthor was tlio inventor of i-'hroshin# machines. 1 nin tlio first of his make, and enn he kui in (iiicrHiinii lit iv vct v nine expense, nlirt At theShoHeSt notiud'. So i\>fck out. Two ccnt lies' ago not one iiv<Mite lnVndred wore utoekings. Fifty years" ago not one boy in a thousand was allowed" to run at huge at niglitf. Fifty years ago not one girl in a fchor.feauil ninde u waiting-maid of her mother. Wonderful improvement in this vrondcrfrtl ngft A man never so beautifully sho^'.f his rtVvn stwhg^li, a1? Vrtifin he rc^pecfo womari'rt weakness. The folty'rtfdhc mnn i?" tffite' fdrtrthc df n\>othor ; and' 110 mart' prospers'8t) suddenly ns l>y tlio errors of dtlicrs.... I I - Vt . . ..,4, Land to Sell or Rent. ri^KACi' No 1. contains 315 acres, GO of JL bottom and <>0 of upland, exelusivc 6^ lots, pnatures, orcharil, &c. No '2 contains oOOacros, fO of bottomvbid-' ance hilly and broker, tiiid'wcWsiipplidit with' timber anil wrttolv N\> .*> contains 50ft'libWfc, WoPbottoniJ bM NV I cohlaths /TOO'iiTjrcs.-COof bottom', ninl all told. LAS']* AVD UK ST?X'i ) cnfthfins K?0 acre?. with som<3 improvements thot'Con.-ntfur the llountv Lund A'eudetnv, where thcrd* is one of tlio very heatKnidiidi Schools. J. A. I "Walton's l'lit'd, Doo 20, 1858 L'.'i- I Estate Notice. r j "MI i] estate of Thomas Alexander, dd-~ .X eoaaed, will ho nettled tinallv before the Ordinary, ut Piektfhe C. H\, the 28th tiny of March next. Those interested w ill govern thomselvos accordingly. Persons indebted to the said estate must make payment, and those hntins demands should render them to ine. legally attests!! hy that time. A^5HUtE\V ALEX AN DEI!, Adm'r. Doc 23. 1858. 23 3m ?-??*8. . \ tr -?* xv . y~ ' A EE persons aro forwarneflnot to trade _j_Y_ for ? uotd'of linnd given by me to Benjamin Clovelnnd', dattfd 27"tb Sept.- 1S-14, for one hundred Dollars, and due 2'?ih Dec. 1S as the consideration for which said note was given has failed, and 1 will-not pay the fame unions compelled by law.. A N 1) UK W A LEX AN'DER, J)ce. 2$ ^ _ J4t Clitic i>f CiiVoliti;i, 1'IOKKSfl?IN KUI.ITY. Kpliniim l'cvry | vp I Hill for Relief, Did Janies'llohinson, Adm'r, i covcry. Account, Joliii McKinnfey, A?'mV, ! &c. ct tils J 'PHK having thia <hiy filo<l his hill 1 in tho abrtvc Htatcil ofthft, awl, inasmuch iim the following ilct'ei.ilantH roHuio without ar.<! Lo] yowl tho linii'n of thin State; to wit: Jiiiiich MoKlmicy, Sarah MtfKinrtoy mul hoi* httxhnml .1 anion MoKinnoy, l'rcHton McKiuiicy, Gco.^c \V. MoKinnoy, Nuticy McKinney, .'union I). McKinney, Mary Murphy and her hufllmrfd ? ? Murphy, Kiancin McKinney, l'rewtoii MoKinuoy? jr, Nivnoy MoKinnoy, jr, Mury Krrtent and M'illliitn MoKinnoy, it in ordered, on motion of II. F, Perry, complainant'* solicitor, that thov I flo'nppotir, plNul, BTmffer or demur lo I lie t<iii<l bill. wit bin-Wife? m'ttltba flfoYta the publication^ of thin rule, (It llie 8uinc w!li bo token prb confe?*o n? lo I hem. ROll'T. A. THOMPSON, c.E.f.n. Com'r? Oflico, Oct '29, 18"fS 3m TSOSB^y I . fTHK Book?, Account* and Notes, riBslgnod by 1 iH.iortol & Norman for llio of tlieir ! creditor*, are in'iny luiu'ilA foY coHcClJorf.' Tbc neccs:ilry of tho caao require* thut tboy ahould bo nettled without delay. J. K. IIAOOOD, Assignee. Oet8, IftW 12 ? (f Estate Notico. NOTICE ia licrcby {riven tlint ft finnl nettleinent of din Entitle of William 1', Heimon, dqeenitod, will be miulo bofo'ro the Ordinary, .it I'ickctiH C II, on tho acCond Mptubiv lit Jan'rtiU ry next* Tho?oindebted to mtiri Estate mu*t make paymont, and those having demand* will ... mi *u nir, ny uij mirmcu, 17 mm unjr* NAN*. V 0. HHN80N, Adm'j. Oct 1853 12 8m - * JEWELRY, GOLD & SILVER; J JOAN Utk. KISCIIKSSKH, I Will Ha I Ih, S. c\, HAS JiihI now returned from New York wltH - 1 nf a u ?urpu uu\i uruu'inu ... WATCIB Eft, .1EUDLIIV, (Both GOLD ami Sll.VK.lt.) Clock*, MusicBoxes'. Combs, Brushes, Fancy Articles, l'crl'tiinery; Srtiptf, (Ififd l'eiis, etc.; trtl of which hns bcciif bought fttr(!A^II, ami which he offers lor sale on thu most accommodating torniN. lie ult?0 HKIM 10$ WATCIIF.S ami other nffffclcn in his line, and solicits tho putronapc of th6' public. llis stand is near the public? sipinrtf; 11/ Wallinlln, N. C. l)cc. 15, 18f>t? 24 If 4. Vf. SoilltlS. Jit. J. W. II.MIHISnN. Jt. r. M'1,1.1 AM' iN 0 It III S. H A11111 SON & I'l LUAM, yidoi-ncvs at Law, IV'H.I. nltcnd ]>roni]>(ly to nil luiHincr*!* cntru*-* 11 ted to their euro. Mil. Pi'i.liam cnn nl-' ffiivs b'6' (ViiVnil in (lie Office. of^'ICK AT 1MCKK.NS C. H-, S. C. Se)?f. (i, 1850 9 tf LUMBER! LUMBER! 'PH k undersigned hvo now prepared io fill or1 dors foV lA'MUKK nl nil kinds, nt their Mil? on OeOYree ('reek, seven miles north-ens! of Walj hnlla. l-rt'tW+r will be delivered if it is desired: by the pufcWW. Our terms will be mmlenc* t'oiiiiiioflntin'af, tifml we ros]>cct fully solicit the patronage or I'M pVrblic. .1AMl\S <;KOKliK. M. T. MITCIIKLI., Pol. in iii i v i lu'iii.'vrr A OTITIC. \]'I X A!/ settlement of the Kslate of the Into John Couch, ilc?on*?;<l, will he mndc | in the Ordinary'# Office, nt Pickens 0 II, on* I tho 4th Monday in January next. Pewits' | indebted to tho Estate nro required to make' i pnvniont. and those liming demand* against ' find Kntate nmnt proxent them legally attest*' cd oil or bWbro tlmt time. M\ IIY A. t'OlCII. ) Arim'x UOB'T COl/'CIl, i Adm'r O'c i?2,-fS58 14 3nt HIDES AtfD BAUK I T?TII I-, m.1 ltftitmi'f \'i? win* innctpe 1 YY "m .j/ ?!. n!*sVimi' ' Tnn ^ iif<|. .fan 4, TS.SS '2A-?f jB.-ctr Wanted, Forthwith! "Om ?)/\A Af"l'l V ft, (Jriergctirt young men. to O'/V' riVt ;\S Agents in a enny,useful nml hnitornbhV biifinosH. hv wliieli they can cor-' thinly nyttW from $ *?() to $100 per nnmtli? at I rto h'mnf>1t<j! For full particular* ??l?li e??^,* iiu:lo?inpr two gtunips for return postage, W. It. TKIUlY, Poc.l'.V 1 sr>s? gg-3in Hookinghnm, N' C. raw riic. ! I SARAH E; llUM'Klt. wife of ,Knen* llnnI 1 if ter, of Pickens district, hereby give notico I thai after tlie expiration i tliri . months front thi." date. T will transact b..?!:tcss in the character of a free 'toiler anil trailer. My occupations' are t hose of Sculptress nn<l Weaver. SAKAII K. IIUNTKR. Pec. 11. ISr.R 'J1 P.m Jo&fc- T. Sloan & &9.? WILL pay Thirteen cent" for Ton Thou-' muul l)o/.cu Kggs. And AI.50 j 10,000 lbs. BEESWAX wanted, for which* I a liberal price will lie paid l?y JOHN T. SLOAN <fc CO. Pcndjtjtflh. N?t. S6| 1858 20 0 Final Notico. I "VTOTlCte is hereby given tlint a finnl net-' | j. i tlement of the Estate of William Siniii-' I hoii, dceoaned, will bo made before tlio Orai-' } nary. nt Pickens Court IInuso. on the 2d Mon-' d?y in .liimmry next. Persons indebted to' tliA Kstnt<5 nt\lst make payment, nnd tbnso' ! having demands against said Kstato must ! r"hdcr tln!m to me, duly attested, on or bo-' foro'tbtit tinltv J. E. 1JUOWN, Ex'or. Oet V3, ms 1A 3 in NOTHJft. MM IK Kstntc of Jasper M. llcll. deceased, will' Jr lie finally settled in the Ordinary's Officc,* i?t l'ickcr*? 0. 14'., on tlie first .Monday in Feh?iiary Tile Nnlrn and Accounts, due the Kstat'r, Imvc hcen placed in tlie hands of J. K.* Il.\<!(r<?r?; K/q., for Hcttlcmont; niul tliey iintHt he paid nt'once. Persons having demands nKiiinst Hiiid Kstato iiium present them to him or the imderrfiyriled, legally attested, by that day.KM IKY UK I/., Adin'x. Nor'3, IRoR ]li ."in j JLast JNotico. VOTICK hereby given to nil concerned Mint' | l\ u final Mbit lenient of tlio estate of Aliraliniu ' Alilo, (lecenceil. will lie made in the Ordinary's" I OHicc at l'ickdns (!. II., on Monday tlie liHilr 0?y of Yfiir'cli next. I'erhons indebted to w?id' estate must pny before tlmt time, and all per'-' ?ons having (leiniiiulu irtnut present tlieni to iuof* llifrrflhr on f>v $? ?* 'ji?? KM AS OAHVKH, Adm'r. Dec. 2-1, If'.'iS. iM :lni notici;. r|^HK Kstutc of Car*. I'ohorl Stewart, dficonpt'd, *. Mill III! HUtI!?'<! Ill IllO Utlllliarj'H olliio, lit' Pickens II., on Friday t Vic 1 It It any of Mwirlr next" l'ernons having demands against ilio" estate tfnftt present ilu-m K?gnlly fit rented op or before that time, or tliey will be burred. Those' indebted to nnid estate mu-jt make payment be-" tore that day. A. STKWART. ) , , . T. N. McKlNNKY. ) Alh,,r M T>e<\ ft. lft.1R 21 id if Flhal Sottlcment i vr mo r.MAie oi Ana I'arvcr, <leeeai?ctl, will be" ' / made before the Ordiunrv, nt l'ickcns II.,' 011 tlie third Monday hi March next. Thorn1 in-* dehtod to the Kxtntu imtfit make |>ayincnt by that' time, nud those ltaviiij? deinamjH a^uiiut said' Katjit* im/sfrcriticr tlicm to utti legally attested by of'before tlinf (lily. JOMKl'ff- Or- STKKLB, Adm'r. Dee. ?. 1H.'>8 *il td L N0TICK. r'.RaOXS itrdclfred tft the Kntnle of Alfred' llefler, deceased. will make Mvmtnl to mo immediately. nnri'thnM liaihi'i demands ngaimt' the said Kninte lAtiWt rendo" them to irte, legul-" ly uttestfccK foVtliwitli. J. B. HESTElt, Executor. Jurf'a, iwro -24 A New Year Has Como! A\!il< persons indebted to mo can Have tost by'' Pi* settling with mo by the 'JOth of this instant,' either by N'ot'c or Ouslt. All persons foiling to' coVhply with these terms will find their Ac-* coniiT# in ino inula* or on omccr lor collection, tot I itin deteriiifh'cd to curry out wliAt 1 m\. rLAYTON N. JlF.il). I'iokoirt C. if., J?n 8, lflfifl il I^aif Notice. A LL pernonn indebted to the old firm of j. V. I* ^ E Alexander nro joqiio?tcH to imy lip 1>V tlio' l?r?t of March next, or their Note*-will bo placed in the hands of proper' officers for collodion. The Jinn immt and' vill bo Wbund up, K. V.. AT.KXANDKn. n . i- 1;VJ n.\ ' i wo ii, irjo __ t: survivor. A