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TOSfiSY. 1 c? "nrrnii .1 "*. 1 If I Could havo my Way. BY MRS. VALKNT1NK ROllERT#. if I could have my way, Whnt custom* 1-would break, IVliat fashions I'd dmlrov, And nic? new Ijvwb I'd make ; Husbands should never t'uino. And wivo* should hold the away Writ blessed times they'd be, If 1 could havo my way. If I could have my way, I'll toll you wliut I'd Jo; I'd have tlio single wed. Ami all the married true ; No doubl3 tlion should exist. i No husbands dura nay " Nay," Whfllo'er Ids wifo should ask, If I could have my way. j I'd Iihvo a law enforced, That then no gcntloman, . Without his wife's consent, j Should stuv out after ten : No wife should venture then ' An Angry word to sn.v? ; For Indies all arejdeasod ] It' they but have their way, Old bachelors I'd tux? | No matter higli or low? They'd soon g<*( married then, ' , Were taxes levied so : Old maids I'd pension well; For this with truth 1 say, I ' They would not single dwell, . i If they could have their way. ! , Hitf nli! 'tis vain to wish ! ! 1 So, since it cannot be, j ' A word of good ndviec, , \ Dour gents, pvny tnkc of mo :? If woman's smiles arc dear, You've hut kind words to wiyj I Ne'er tear that she will frown, ; j So let her have her way. VARIETY. |j The Step-Mother. j ] BY ANSA C0lt\ RITCHIE. I . Stop-mother! V'nmusieally jars the ' word upon the ear I A sense of something i l harsh and chilling strikes against the heart i i at the sound. The vision of a place 11- I tmrped ?of children thrust from their fa-1 t'.ver's kiree?of old aud pleasant ways put I aside and all thiuj^s rendered strange and new in the family home, is conjured up with its utterance. hot that not. he thou wh<"' hast boritc a stop-mothov'etitle iwith. achwondrouMgrace ' that it becomes ennobled in thy person.? Jivo it melody onuglit from tho music of thy accordant life ! Stand forth in the purple light of my thoughts, draped with the sweet and snored memories which cling about thy lovely presence, that I may puint < thee fitly. If the lines be but tnte, the tintiug faithful, the portrait thine, it shall wipe away the long reproach from the name of " ste{>-danic,n and cmb ilm it in the (Vagrant aroma of gratitudeaud reverence and most tender "love. The waves ot" twenty years?or more? i _ii -i . i *1- < -1 11.i\ i; liiciu-u iu my iocl upon mc shores ot : time, since, first, with pleading eye# and | timid mien, thou tookcst the plaoo a paint- , ed niothor left unfilled. Her children, not j ungraciously?it. may ho with forbearing j kindness?made room for thee beside the crowded hearth?but could they welcome even the host of earth to that dear seat which she of Heaven had sanctified ? .No voice could call theo " mother," the tender epithet seemed sacrilege upon her children's lips. The stranger was respected as their lamer s enoieR?-Tor his sake valued, not j behivcd and honored fov her own. Was not thy gentle spirit sad and ill at ease, setting among those half-averted faces, sons and daughters of one whose holy foot- ' prints Jtlrou Uadst come to press out,with ! thy faltering foot ' Tliey asked not?knew not?the hand of him whose wisdom none dare question, placed there in th?;r midst ' ?the inevitable was accepted as tht endurable. How mild and nieelc thou wert?h?;*v doubtful of thyself?bow all unconscious of thy own surpassing virtues 1 So unassu- \ imng that t-!iou could'st not think tho noblest act of tliinc was bettor than the common deeds of others. Kvor blushing at thyself, the vory wit, that'flashod upon thy j lips, because the bubbling fonnt within i could not express its sparkling gu?lv, was j uttered in a tone that migfit Cfleape the eav. Thus shcinkingl> in thy new Orbit didst thou move, thy Hfo with unpretentious goodness rounded. Soon?very soon?tho holv % ,, 0 ^ that ensphered thy soul, was rait within that homo. One face turned lovingly thy way?one heart Expanded wide to let thee 1 in'?one little hand was placed eoufvl i r*gl y , in thine?one guileless head pillowed itself < upon thy ftroaSt and sought a mother's lost ( caresses tiieu\ ("idtlhouu'a piitO instinct, < that has quicker knowledge of the good 1 and true than older and more dull percep- ' tions, found out. maternal throbs in the " step-mother's heart and proclaimed them with responsivetenderness. Theyoilngqst ( darling of the house??-shc who has been ^ lifted up to *it upon a mother's doi)th-hed ( ?-who hud rceoivcd upon her hi u less,brow (ho glorifying h;ilo of a. mother's dyirig ( Kinilo, (dh ! prdaions and mysterious benf- . .sou that haW illumined and onriehcd her | lifbwltli manifold Wej#dngs**from that hoor . to this !) 'twas she?^hftC llttfo'Tihihi?who 1 knew and loved thcc fir.it I Quj?kly another and another face turned towards tlico , ?anothy and arvothor hf.nrt ftfecloncd to let thee in?atlother, and another lunul , grasped thine with warm and trusting chis|> and formed a sacred compact never to Uc broken. What wr.s the tnlinnmn thiit drew thefle .< alien heart* until they moved around thine ojvn, harmonious as tho ?tnri ahout their ukin? W!ion mr>t'iia>vi? afrstl^linr) gnino Cruil one of tlint group upon the couch of pain, thine was the cdDling haniT upon the throbbing brow?thine the voice that fell in j soothing cadence on the car?thine the patient mintotering that brought relief and - ] pence. W firth sorrow bowed another to the earth, thou wert the first to atop and lift the. fallen head upon thy knees, and bind , with flklH the bleeding wound.s?arid kindle | up thy smile of fiope; until it irteltcd and i # f .ffifasiaiL. i v jl,. ; ... rolled back tho mists from off the clouded Spirit. 0 rare combination of high attributes tlmt formed the setting of that puisaant magnet-jewel worn within thy breast! A forbearing spirit?lenient eye?kindly judgment?<|uiet dignity?bending humility? life-pervading swectuoss of Christian char!?.. ! nl.. I..1 ? unfailing magic ! Ere long thcro camo an Ik ur to te?t the strength o'f thy dear witchery, to break the spoil or make it stronger. A baby daughter came to lift her wailing voice and plead for infant suffrages?to stretch her feeble iiruis, demanding her full share of the kind father's love?to look up wondering into ill those faces gathered round her cradlebed, and claim them as brothers and sisters. I'hcn was the newly-made mother's triumph perfected?then was the band, her gentie iiands had woven, tried and cemented. The 'iny being that was rockcd by throbs of mch tumultuous gladness, as it lay upon licr breast, was welcomed as no half sister in her step-children's love, but taken wholly gladly to their unsealed hearts. And when another and othor cherub ; cjirl was sent to swell the band of sisters. ?ach little hand soon forged a new. and ! dlillillir lint' ill t.liuf Innn .....1 I P <...u nado it d enrov as it ma do its circle wider. And lips thatoould not frame the hallowed vord, when thou didst cross that thresh)ld, called thee u mother " now and felt It' Van no wrong to her in h&tven ! [A: y. Lc<brr. ' doobs to tiik ears and iieaiu.?a.! udicious writer, wise, some will say in the j world's ways, has said, how profoundly 1 , cave you to judge, that,, to employ his jwn language, " there aro two doors Inside j lis ears, a right-hand door leading to the j iieort, aud a left-hand >Joor, with tl broad I ind steep passage out into the open air. j This last door rooeiv.es all ugliness, pro-1 fanity, vulgarity, misehicf-uiakitig, which i ciwl.ivtt.k. n ?- ? ' -j- ? - " 1 ?j?jt uuu iiiuumt'ivv;tt f)iiwsiu? ui nun. lie then coutinuoK : " Judicious toaoh'crs and indttlgcint parents, save young urchins a. world of trouble by a couvonient deafness. 1 Jankers and brokers often are extremely hard of hearing, when unsafe borrowers arc iitiportunate. I never hear a man who run ft after me in *ln> Ktmot hnwl. I ing mv natno at tho top of his voice; nor them that "talk evil of those who nrc nro sent; nor those who give me unasked advic.o a lion t my affairs; nor those who talk largely about things of which tlmy 'tre ig- i Dorant. If there are sounds of kinduoss, i of mirth, of love, open fly my ears ! But temper, or harshness, or hatred, or vulgarity, or flattery, .shut them. If you keep yevr garden gate shut, your flowers and fruit, will be sate. If you keep your door I closed, no thief will run off with your silver; and if you keep your ears shut, your heart will lose neither ',ts flowers nor its treasures.'* Is there uota vast, deal of philosophy, in of all thiri? It teaches that the heart and the car should over be open to tho reception of the good md the true, and closed hermetically to nil that is impure and fordid. Oould we all follow his advice, how ! very soon Would this world of men he trans- I formed iuto a hefivcu lit for the residence of Tus Loss or Eaki.y Pukityof ChaHacteB?Over the beauty of the plum and the apricot, there grows u bloOtn and beauty more ex. rjuisite than tiic fruit itself ?a soft deJieate plush that overspreads it? hluidimg oh^ek.? Now if you fltriko your hand over that, and it is oneo gone, it. is gono forever, fc.v it novor grows but o::. ?. Tako the flower that bangs in tho morning impoarlcd in dew?arrayed us no queenly Woman evor wan arrayed with jewels. Once shake it so that the beads will roll off", and you may sprinkle wator over It as carefully as you please, yet it can never be made again what it was when tho dew fell silently upon it from heaven 1 On a fr<>s ty morping you n.iy Sec the panes of glass Covored V>ith lan''.s jape, mountains, lukes, trees, blending in beauty, fantastic picture. Now lay your band upon tin? glass, and by, the scratch of*your finger, or by tlio warmth of the -your pa\m), all tin? dcliealfl-tracc'ry will be obliterated !\ Si> thorn SaSn vn.nl, ..i....... ?> "T vanity and purify t?f character, which when once touched hii^I tlcHlcil, can never be restored : a fringe more delicate than frost-work, and which whon torn or broken, will never bo reeinbroideml. A man who has spotted and spoiled his garments in youth, though he may seek to make them white again# can never wholly do it, even were ho k> wasli them with his tears. When a young man leaves his father's house, with the blessings of his m<">thir'sr tears still.wet upon Jiis forehead, if he >nce loses that early purity of cbataefcr, it is v loss that he can never make whole again, such is the consocjucjuarofcriine. Its effects. *,annot he eradicated: it can only be forgiv;n. It is a stain of *>!ccd that wo can i.vvcr nake white, and which ean bo washed away >nly in the blood of Christ that " olcahsctli Vom all sin '. ' Know-Xotuimusm.?The editor of a is,,*.....:.. ..... i.i.-'.v ti . e n * ' jiuuigia ji.ijjui yvvii lULiHU 111U IOIlOWlUg OMU,'ersatibu on the re-opening of the tdavc rnde: " Clem *l'so tclf yofn,. if th>y gwine to feasors to fetch d<Jm 'po.rteu niggers jher .lis Way, which T hear day be, dare'll t*o a J'un in dc family, sure. Spec dey want us to 'nociate wid dem niggora on quality* Neber dp it, sore," '.'8am dun yo\i raly think dy'll fotoh clem niggers here " For sartin, Clem?T henrd ninssa yay ilare frag five thousand 'ported Souf, tn Uarpiiua, and half of doiu now ready in dis Stirte . I tell you, Clem, if one of deru forin, nnt' lizpd niggertj cyde'ljltev to'soeinte wid thirf ohijc, ho is )io\n de wrong patch PToniethlo, will hit him liko a^male kicked him for-Martin and it won't bo dat ! A flAftttOfiOUH Dorbot*, bemfe e ailed to ihaVo Aronolaos. a.skcd birrf.' /f,!L>xv jil&tli I [ shave you?" " in siloii^W/' W;m the icp'y __ ^ "Spkakino of shaving." uai<l ;t pretty riv) 0 an obrinrnter ohl bnuhelor, "f mhouM think ihnt a pair of handsome eyes would be t}>c> jewt r^irrer to ?b?u'e by" " Ye? many a poor el low )?ns bocn shnvct) by IMh," lie-replied. * ^ '4HL 'I.,' ~ - Never Tell a Lis OlnMren, ami old pursbns aswoll, o\i?h always to speak .tho tfuth from u love of doing right, aud a loathing of vrrvufy-? Hut it sometimes strenghtens upright aims tokuow that houesty is also tho best policy, aud that ono who uniformly adheres to tho truth is cort-ain in tho end to prosper. The following story froy* tho Nc\V /'I : I- t - - - ? ' ?iji iv \'iiiuuiuiu ima a moral iorour young readers. Two country lads enmo at an fcarly hour to a market town, and after arranging their little statids, eat down to wait 1 > customers. Otio was furnished with fruits and vegetables of the boy's own raising, and tho other supplied wilb cIuiub and fish. '1'he market hours passed along, and each little merchant saw with pleasure his storo steadily decreasing, and an equivalent in silver pieces, s'uiuliig in his littlo moucy cup. The lust melon lay on llarvy's stand, when a gentleman came by, and. placing his hand upon it said " What a fine largo melon. I think I must have it for my dinner.? What do you ask for it my boy. "T'ic nekm is the last I have, sir; and though it look* vory fair, tlioro is ait utw sound ppot on the other aide," euid the boy tnruing it over." " So there is," said the* uiun ; I think 1 I will not take it. But,' lie added, look- j in'p into tho boys fine open countenance., " is it your business like to point out the defects of your fruits to customers ?" " It is better thuu being dishonest, sir," said the boy, modestly. "You are right, my little fellow, always ro.nieniber that principle, and you will find favor with Hod and 11.11:1 also. You have nothing else I wish for this morning, but j 1 shall remember your little stand In fu- J nili'. yvru iuchc eiams tresu 7' ho. continued turning to Ben Wilson's stand. " Yes, sir ; fresh this morniug. 1 caught tlioin myself," was the reply; and a purchase being made, the gentlemen went on his way. "Harry, what a fool you was to show the gentleman that spot in the melon.? Now you can take it home for your pains or throw it away. II ow much wiser is he about those clams ! T caught yesterday. F<Md them at the same prioo J did tho.fresh onus. He! would bnve nover lookoJ at the melon j until bo had gone away." <i l}.,~ I 1.1 ?? *-I' - i? x mmiu uuii icu a ne, oracr one i either, for twice vrhat I have earned tins j morniug.. Besides, I shall be better oil'in i the end, for I have gained a customer and you have lost one." And so it proved, for the next day the ' gentleman bought nearly all his fruit and i vegetables of Harry, but never invested I another penny at the Htand of his neighbor. Thus the season passed; the gentleman iinding lie could get a good ;g ticle from Harry, continuiUy patronized hi til, and youictinres talked a fpw mi mites with 11i 111 nhmit liic Ka?a? 4 mill? iui>Ulti HUJICi? it LI 11 jllWJIUUlS. ' To become a racrcliaut was hia.great uttibition. And when the winter cftme on, the | gentleman, wanting a trusty boy for bis J store, decided on giving the place to Unr- ! ry. Steadily and surely ho advanced in j tlio confidence of his employer, until, having passod through various gradations of! clerkship, he beeftrtio at length one of the honored partners in the firm. Human- 1.iff,.-?-Swiftly glide our years ?they follow each other like the waves of ocean. Mertiory culls ap the persons we i onoo knew, tlie adcncy in which wc once | were actors ; they appear before the mind like tho phantoms of a night vision. Hebold the boy rejoicing in the gaycty of his soul?-the wii^eis of finjQ cannot roll too rapidly for lii in-the light of hope dances in | his eye?the smihof expectation plays up-1 on nix up?ne loous turwarU to loug years ' f joy to coiuc?his spirit buru# within hiui when ho hears of groat moa and mighty deeds?ho wants to l? a man?lie. longs to mount the hill of ambition, to tread the path of honor, to hear the shout of applause. Look at him again?he is now in the meridian of life?earo has stamped tfvipklw upon his brow*?disappointment has dimmed the lustre of his eye?borrow has thrown its gloom upon his Countonalice-~>lfe looks bnek up:.n the iVAkhig/dreams of his vonth, and" sighs for their futility: each revolving year scorns to diminish something rrom his Iiltltf stock of happine*.*, and he I discovers, that the &c&eon of youth?when (hi! pulse of anticipation beats high?in the | ouly season of enjoyment. Who in he of j aged locks? I lis form is bent, and totters ?his fo0tntcp? movo lnofo vapidly towftrdrf the tomb?he lockfl back upon flic past-?' his days appear to have been fow, and he e&aCcs^es that* they were evil : the magnificence of tho grout to him Vanity?$10 hilarity of youth, folly : ho conuidors how woon the gloom of doath must overshadow the one, and disappointment end the other: the world pi events littje to attraot, and nothing to dolight him < still, however, he would linger in it;<*.Atill he would lengthen out bis days j though of beauty's bloom," of " fancy'a Hafch, of " music's breath/' he is forced to cxtlaim, " I have no pleagure in them." A few years of hifirmity, insanity, and pain, must consign him to nr llift ?put"> 4 ?!.! 11 - - - ? ~- j ?>tv giHTv jv;u %j?ia wiio ono gny, tho- gcrmrdua, tho high nouled hoy, who beheld his Moetfdhift poth rtf life atVewed with ttowars .without, h thorn. Such is bunmn lift*; but such cannot be the ultimate destiriifs of inan' A Man' <ViTi|<n."r MoVkv.?A eentihrrmn, Home fr'ixty milcf Mjlntf NVVf Or'lfnrift, \\'na nc< f.'ostod by ? Htt-nh^pr, "Sir. have you nny money about you'?"' " Yos,'* vrkd tho reply, "I always nnvko it ^ point tp curry Home money with mo, jnovft uv fon/i." " Woll," rojitinodXhe strAn^or. "I wish to gn iiorosn tho river; tuo larc is ten cunts. Would, y<?? i>lf?Koto acco>nw'udat<wno with tliatguui?"" 'I'lic ?oi?U?roan, u look of \\olUaff'aotwl 4oi'|n*fm?, oxchnmcd, " Ffcr, do yoif irtfin to way that voa lift V^n't ton ncOU?"?? "Yen, fir?I hovon'fc A cent," rnjoined tKo stranger. " Well,?' r^ripwftded the tfontlci}inu, "if you liavfcn't a Oflnt, it'll niak9 Tory lntlc ?Iitl* r< 111:* on 'whloh sulo of the river ypti arc," nnd cooly loft the strHngcr to Inn own rtlk' lion, ^ | ? Sf ' ? ' ? 9 * bAk k" Theory and Practice, | Oh, if there is fin earthly bii*a, Move prccl6tisthun another,' i j It !b when, with delight, you when she sends ? flertiun lildffMua! oYit of tho room, on tho important, eri uul of scoing what hour Is indicated by the hand of j tho family tiino-pleei) down ftftiii*? j Certain individual behig lior brotho*. ? ? 'J? ' WJulo lnuRing lliiis, oi?o Supitpcr cvuj .< Art l>y my lair ono's ?jklo I *(it< , : T!io time at us u?(kr at haud to Joave, 80, pleating Itiy nnu around .her .waist, I drew lier ne? ly.to me, and, when in thoncVof implying ' my lijirt to hers,- .'he door waHioCtly ppQiio'f, nnd hor rcspoctoil " Ma.'' appealed, aftned with a broomtHick, ai!d, hefutu know where 1 was, I was knocked into n jocKed hat. Not a Drop More 'Thout It's Sweetened Wo meet this t:ilo on its rounds. Wo i arc not so sure we hate not sGen. it 'before. I Dili it will bear-repetition, it in sd old. Tweldy years ago, it was the euvtoni in north-western Georgia, ns indeed it was I throughout the soiMi-weiSt, for dry poods ' dealer^ to keep a barrel of "speriu'-'. in the j haok room, ?nd to tre:it liberal customers' to a erial whenever desired. Killeus and Powbtlrry xvtife eJCfcV dfcAlcrtJ ] in one of t!u* small towns indicated; and tlu;y had for a customer a ohivvr, i'roHieking'old fellow, named Joe Denny, who drank whiskey in jnclevouco to watcV always. and wlinse witW tv.-iu " flntli <?f flush in Unit particular. The old cQitpbv would come iu town, trade quite freely, and :\a freely nnbibo tho spirits in the back rtiom of the dealers wo have inuned. On one occasion both tlie old nlan ..nd old woman continued tlieir potations inordinately ; and as Miens observed that his goodn Went better tho drunker the. old woman became, he pressed her to drink. At fast MiO refused, unless, he Wonld j sweeten it with a little store ".sugar;"? | Pillens indulged ho^and when tbeold people I started 1tome in theevcninjjc lato,theoldinan ' fconld'searccl v njoulithis hor*0, and tho fiend J wuenau actually to ucilltectuucl placed onthe I pijlion Bcl)in<3 hiin. ITnppHy, she leaped one way and hor huabiuul tho othcrj so ' that the gravitating point was between them; as she oltfnpf to him inAtinctively, i they passed out of tlie Viljape safely.' jfteforo reftchiu^ tljeir houie, liow'over j they had to cross a small eveok, and when the.ii horso stepjrud ill to drink, tho old lady, hnving reached nrteonseionsnesa, re-1 leased her hold and (juicily'lapsed into the stream below. Oeeupied with his thoughts the old j man did not perceive bis loss, but jnjrcvd slowly homeward. Arrived thero, the children anxiously inquired, for " ninnjmy," ] but the old man could only say thivt she I had been on tho "critter," and "the crit- i l<m- Haun t KioKea up nary tuifo; fo Ih> I coula'nt say where ?he mont be;" imcl threw himself stupid upon the bed. (Iiris and boys flew along tho road fcUc j old inan '<> d come,yelling mammy] niatu-tj my! but of course no nianuny responded. When they. Arrived at the crock, the oldest girl shouted: " Yonder sho is, sitting down in tho creek 1" And there alio was seated aomfortuhla in tho water, which catt>ft nearly up to her mouth. As who s>vnye?t back and forth, now yielding Ao the impetuosity. of th?. stream, and now residing it with sitae, streets, tho mnddy fluid wn\;iii occasionally wet her lip?, and each time it did so she Would faintly exclaim. with a grim effort to smile: '* iNot a drop inorc, ^ir. Jfdlona, 'tholjfc it'? sweetened." >\yd it in,t<> this romantic litlln incident in thohfe of the venerable Mrs, Jtfe, Denny, that we m e indebted for one of our most populai* collotpiai phrases. A PftRTtv Conceit.?We saw in tho par lor of a fliondft very beautjful concoit. It is. of course. tho fancy of a lad}', and consists of the burr of a pino trecs. phvocd in a wjno glass half full of wator, and from between tho diiforont lavora of the burr are shootingcn,.h i-. v-*. -i.. 1 .!< i p-- ? i?/mm uri?iit, ui'ituiuui, ri'iru.sning. For a little tiling, we havo sqcn nothing that so pleased us with its benuty anjl novelty. And the fleurcfc i? thl^tttio burr w?' fount! dried and qpeped: the 'different circles were sprinkled with glass. sec*!, and it was placed in a \yine ^las-i with Wfttclr In ns above, In ft few days the ftloistbro' and nourishment ^uvo tlp? had lity and health, the different circle* c'osod, and buried.within the;nsclves the gri>H* seed, and a few days mure gavp to the seed td*<> life, sprout, and growth, and no,w a py.ri'vmi l of iiufhg gf'abn, beautifully rePicvud by tho sombre hue of tho burr, la the renylt?as pretty and i)6v?l a parlour ornanieut as wo have for'ft" Irthg, while so?j?. We (16 n6t know whoth'er the ideawfts crlfNual with the lady, .hut jye do know tliftt iU BUC0U88 is buftritiful.? Troj) Times, it\XX ' *'! " Mv srtn/' said a doting father* who {was ixbont tnkinjr hia sort intu businosn, frhftt shftll'bt" the style of the now ftrfjt?". " Well, governor," s&id th6 twenty youth, {Ook1ngMf> to findtm ?n*wor, "Id n't know. 1ii?ti<(ipp.?3i(> wecall it Jrthn fl. Sam]>1 in & NFXttfdFf6'' v"*? 11 Xr ^ 'J ?*: * I Mis& Lonp, ijinck ftiid fenYloBH wit. (isked Mosen it ho know ft ccrt*iiu yuttnj; man. "Know him? Oh. yen! I ought fo know lint. I raided him from a pup." "Ah!" 8niu, M'iPH Taopjj;, "X didn't Jtnow you were sy old ft our." Moses vjUod, Oi,u iii.i/.ZAHn.-t-Kv^rybody nbnut Montgomery knows "Old riliz/ard'." of l'ikft county. fie is h'on'6 p( your one <>x or one bat; men ; Oldlllifcaard la *;tifT ir> tlio world, lfr? work* hin fifteen filing find nmko* hia rcvoii | bftj^s to tfi6.1mnd. llo ftll by 1i;b own ' exertions, tqo. AVbep tb? >'aili*oA<Ji (t1?o Mujjilp & (?irrird Uvtldl wfiH first (tdk&l of hi hit} I'jHtlt'iuciit, Old UlLzurd was 'lyjjfi yp fur it. TIjc lirieof tlio -road would conic liotd'liig pUntn|jion, nnd } dinponned at ill) tlio w(?r and ttyir.oi' l?i? wng- i ou? tUf?>*gh tiie uriiirlos to Montgomery.? ; Ono day an a^ent of tlie U. ii. 0f). culled up- J All Him ti\dlr.friwn^ o.,?l a- I M.iiov* ??.? ? iiimm rtuu tlinsiasticnlly about thptprpenecUof tfio Mini I to liiuo/ A? the akfcnl was about lravk?tfv lie ?lrew.lri<rHul?0VipJ>on book* *ntl ?i?i'<rl, "Well, Mr. Bliazarii. whiit amount shall 'I putdowfi h(? your mifcsefi prion t?rnnr ^rdat.ontorpfiHO?" " NVul," f-oiil (rl.l H., ' I'vf jisl #>t thirteen hirtiftrefr rhilT/ntfw l*n<t'fco<nl rail*, xplit out. :;?nl l>y rho timo yon lolks'll wniit ' mi, I'll abotrt n? ftiittw unite. Yon may put mo flrit^n fu'r thr?<! tnounnnfl rnil?, finvhow."? '"Wo <!o not wrtn't tho r:iH? Mr l^i;?-.1 " xftifl the fluent, Hinilink ' w'o'winh 6ur friends to purchase, or Hitherto help ijafutninh iron railM. Wliftt.amount of mouav will yuu giro u<j to help us get'iron rails ? ' . * * % " iron rail . b< durnod! ycr goiu to inter stcb ummto/ai I?ko fl*irriva'a?*ncio* an tjipt, I Hh^T)*'t gin ybr n dollar, lronruils! Well l*?v smo. who cvcr'heard of the like!" j And so Old l}liv.znl'd loft Vfio R. H. Agent In i disguht, mumbling t/> hiirtwlf tw bo went i HWuy, 'Mryu mi la bo dumcd 1 "~+Mont{jom&y cite ? - ij :f A iiu k Woman.--A curious story of conjugal alVoeitou is told by an .Illinois pn|)M : ?&' Five .years ago a oavpontcr moved from Hueyru's, Ohio, to Missouri, where ho sold n pair of horses to, a stock buyer, receiving (ill his pay in bills on i\ Kentucky | byfik. WIimu J?q attepipcd to paps theiu tlujy were found to be counterfoil, ,r.nd tbo ! carpenter w.is nrrestcq) the horse-dealer [ swore !jc paid him in Indiana bill, ond the mnn Was scutciK&d to ihc Penitentiary.? Mi* wiW failing tVoblnin a')>nrdon, followi ed the. hodse-dealer for tworind a half years, j seeking evidence that he> Mot her husband, j w(is the counterfeiter. At length h.or. efforts were rewarded. At Newton, irtacehtly he W?d taken sick. The wife told her fctory to the physician, who dosed' his patient ...'..i ?? ...iji-!- - v. i . .>v...,,<m>i niuii lum Him iic was nunut to <Jic. The sick man was frightened, eont for a miiiif?t<*r, *nd eoiifewed that he was cdnneotod wifli n ginipr of counterfeiters, mid hud paid the bad'hills to the carpenter. Furnished wi^h proofs gfthls cotifWskm, the wife returned to Missouri^ aoourcd tho reloaso of hnr. husbillid, ftntl tlie riouple ore notf residing in knrvxville,-flliiioiB." Tiik Hu.vnows ob' J,iVK.-?-On cvory side of us, hs wc procri'Ms through the world, there arc ahado\Vs, but wc in:iy avoid (Jieui, if wo choose, or make only su.li use pf them as the wean; traveller makes of the fhiftle tvlierc he reposes from the t('!o F&oronWg rays of the. sun. Parkueys has its use* as well as light', universal nut uvc bet ug tuqiU up of friendly extremes. The essential condition by which we rceogtii/.e any object is its contradiction to gome other object, to much this being the ; case, that we know light by darkness", truth by falsehood, beauty by homeliness, and j'jy-by Sorrow. These fa<jl? prove the iuI finite wisyoiji with whioh (iod has ofdaiut c'd ftll oxistlng thln:>s, and oven a faint recognition of ilis over-ruling wisdom fcnn' riot fail to assure us that tjio sltndows of I ith. i..w.A M'i ? i .?iv ...i?i; nivi. uw. j in}'sail as a loop | avenue botwceu Meas, tlio centre a broad I strip of ^rlorioub liulit, and on each side ' prloomy masses of dark hops; blit there isl no j need of losjrig'our'vray, and tve. can nijirch I up life's oroiid ovyhufe u? proudly (iw tlie lloinau coliquei-qr iqarohea up to the tcin?' .Jupiter,-throtigU tho streets of thv i I'iiornal Ciiy. 1'vf.njno.?There are .two periods iu tlie life of man, in which th<J evening hour S?* ,peeuliarfy interestingvonth'and old a#e. Tn voYuh.,. we,love its mellow moonlight, its m'dj lions of st^rs. its soothing shade j\nd sweet ; I serenity. Amid those scenes, we ean eom| inune with those we love, and tmue the j wreath of fiicud.-hip. while thore etc none to bear witness b*it Uiq gorscuus hcou-ens, and I spirits Unit hold their endipss Sabbath there. | Wo look nbrosul on oreuliou, spread in tho [ slumber of a inoonlijrht-socne around ; and.' I wrapt in contemplation, fancy ,*? seo and i boar the <vnving wings and molting songs of o their and puree world*. 'T? accord* with tho light (low of youthful spirits, thfc forvenoy of fan'cy, and tho softer1 feolirtgi) of the heart;? I'/Vening is also delightful to tiftuon* ngCt? It nflbrds horn's of undisturbed thought. It seems nn emblem iifthe culm ami trnfiqnil close of n busy life, *ero?e and mild, with the impress of its j^rent C^entm* tin stamped upon it. It'SpreadA lis quiet wings above tho gYhe, And seems that all Him 11 bo p'^ttco beyond it. " Wtiv drtn't you h?l?i up your bead, as I do ?'' askoil an arisfneralie lawyer' of a ster--.| ling old farmor. " Squire," $aid tire furnior, [ " luok at that field of grain. You noo that j tliO vajua'plo heads arj> bowed down, while 1 those tvbo hnvfc nothing in them stand upright." ' ' ' . 4 t Tnv: English drtfggifit* ncc about adopting a hyxangulnr bottle,.wrtb dtiop Anting^, fo put piiiftdps'tn, which aJjQ ?oUI by retail. This 18 to prevent i>ite?on* .making mistake*, by mottling hold ?bc y?rong bottle. A? an nddjtlortnl Heeurity, the neck of the bottle ia 60 contmetcJ that but a drop at. a time can bo penved out. The very deliberate and cautioiuf action tbns produced will, it is believed, dotor any one from taking overdoses of ine.dicinc; while it is difficult to imngtne a case in whiuh a nerirm could pour out and talvVthe whole cnutonts. .ot'.opo. of Uirtfo JjyttloH iu iui?Uik<} fur. thing clso. , \ . . . ""\Vipk," sni/i ft tyranieal husband fcd his miichftl>lr<t*<( e(>n?ort, 'i wish vmV to make intra piuroH\r!??jhosrm>f ." " I ?h?mM thij?k." feplied ?lff, '.'Hint onw b"os >n\ as false tin fcHiVX 1?, would he sutiL'iflut." Exit husband in n bf'.wtf study, ' t \ IttMI'U lJl<* /villi nt' 41? ' 1 wi ??o*r lliv lUI" j lowing Hingulftr utlHtake wSd made at Dole, | Frnne<rt TL wo peruana hud died lit |li(5 hospital of that town, and wqre'to be buried at the Hayie time The depofltetl wero n young gkl and a soldier oT tho garrison.? Both coflins being phieod along side of each other, they woro wo concluded that the young- girl-Mia abe'ompnuiod Ul hor Inst home by a platoori of dntgaoiiB, with miliI tavy hOndra'; whHi> the young Holdicr( covI ored With a toall of flowora. nimw nmUnnu I of purit y nnt) innoconcc, was-borrte on four fcin i 11 In ofllionldcrs^rfpid followed by ft precision of yotiijK gii'b, Tooitiiig jfntyori*. . " Ma, ba#auii^yj?ot[bflbs.ij)i hcrinonth ?" " No ; why du ton nsk'HUoh a^Mtlon ?" " 'Cause,* that Icoflfi jnanj with A l?eap of hair on hi?} fiioo, feoWhod and said he wan going .tt tnJco W&G honey froui her l'lp.-j; und ?ho ftftid, ' woll, niivtc hiifito P" Ukckhy's Wllb ir , ,Smith, liftnri I in^ strange hounds,. inquired of her now servant if she. anor'o^ M? hc?*fclecp. "f don't know marm-,'1 replied BocKy, innocently, 4<1 ne&r liy awaki loAg enough to diekivc&" . ? An Infllnnori, Jgoin^'to be ftnugod, brur<^cil fhat tho rojpcs might ho tied\ond?| his unnH iriBieaa or?ipilD(l l?i? throat, " TVrr," unid Pat, " I nnf nr> remnrkabty ticklish in th<s throat,, that ifwctf there V\l eerlaiulv til! inynelf with laughter." JEWELRY, GOLD <& SILVER. JEAN BTK. FISOHKSftBR, Wullmlln, 8. C., HA.S just cow rehtvfted from New York with a large and bountiful n*#ortnient of WAWllVS, JKWFXBV, ' (Both qOLl) mikI Sil/VKU.) Clocks, Music Uoxi<3, Coinb?, liriifllics, Fnjioy Articles, PwtfUmory, Koajifl, OoM Vuns, etc.; all of wliicli hu* been txuignt rot CASH, cvnil wnicli Do Offer* for sale on lie most accommodating tcim*. VST* Ho Blso llEl'AlltS WATCHES itnd 9th. fcr articles in his line, ami Kolidilsthe putronngo of tho public. Ilia (iUvnd is Hear the public Square, at Wolhulla, 8. C* pec. 16. i&50 2,4 tf_ J. Wi .Nohtltei, JU. j. W.-JJAlIIU8IIN. t. C. PUfcLtAM. n oiVitis7ii a hi (i son E rri.i iam, Atloviiv.vs ul tmv, r * ? A Nt? SOLICITOUS IN RQU1 TV. \v ILL attend promptly to till busines* cuttunII tod to their cure. >it.,{ci4M>i van ways bo, .'mnd in the Oflico. .( nvrirv at mcif t'\e n. n.'. e. c. Sapt. V, 185G " X V ? _ Bluo Ridgo "Railroad Co. in S. C. CH.vrti.MToii,* Fob. 10, 1859. QVBSORIBKIIS to tho Ciytiitnl Stork nro O heVehv tiotifled'tHftt tho Kightoeuthjiutl- / 'Nniotectitri limtnlmcnts of the old etolwcvip- / tion, |ind Twenty-live per cent, of tt\c pe\r subscription, are rgq&iiod to be paid na fol^v Iovvr : jp , Tjie TCi^litcor.tJvi'nstalinciU on jinc lDtb day 'l.f A n'l?tl n.>v? ?3 The Xiiiotoc/fyh iiistalmenton tho 19th <hiy of May next. $W " Ton nor oeii? of tho now, pul>acrijitiun on tho lU?ii tiny ol Mnreh nox* Ton nor cent, of;, tho now subscription on the M'tli tiny of April next. Il'ivo per eeut. of tho new sulmo iption on the 19th tiny of ^ny next. Uy ortl?r. \YM." it. AMyUONNKAU. Pol). 10, 3-1 . Troii*?ri*r.^ a. ?>!-. JI 4t| l % ^ ? BT *1 II I?? "K. E. Alc^uiiiltr, Bup jvor vg, l'ict}tt?u . McKin>, ?vv, el. Bin. T)l'UquJpCT to un ov<lcr nmclo by the ('ourt.nf I Equity, in (lib i!umj, at .)unc torih, nil tliij erciliioi-.s of iVeston MoKiituey arc Mqtiircd to Oohic before file nud establish their ueiuwuU Jiim ueeording l? l?iw. witliui ilirou invlUbH frttn tliV tinte hqrcuf; otherwise, they will be forever Ijnrreil. }U)jVT. A. TIIOMl'SpN, c.k.p.I). Oom'fli Ollic(\ .Ian. 1 1fl.il) :>><m State ofMoutli Carolina* IN KqUlTY?1'ICKKNB. A "\ ? I/O^ H3 1 vk. _ v Petition forJRclicf. .1. I. iWu./u nl. J ITuppOftring ty j?y *ati?factii>n that Jolm I. I Drown, oni; of the defendants in thin ca?cf resales without tlie limits of litis SiMc ; on motion of J J .Not ion, for lVutionor, it in ordered, tliiit the luud absent defendant, do appear. plend, answerop aemut* itr w?UI Petttl<W? within tbr<? mdnlhft from thin date, or the said petition will be taken pto cm\fr**o as to him. ' \ * UOli'f, A. THOMPSON, c.K.i-.n. Ofom'r* (Ulice.'.Ian. 15. lHoW ;tm NO rioK, A JPJXAIj settlement of the Kited? of Tltna /Vloxnmlcr, defeated, will tc ,|md before thy Ordinary, tit Pickou&O. H., on Monday t.lio l3ih day, of ?Junc iioxU Persons interested tnarollJ UlllMt m>T(>rn hr> unl..r.Q forjllngiy. Thyso \mi<$ted nmM pnv uo.ninl thoce haying demand* n^iinst PuiA lytnto nuiHt rontUr tlniu ttj o?c, legally nt tested, 1*l'ore (hilt duy. * DAAL. ALKXANpKU, E*V. fch.7.1W9 Slnfc oI*8outli Cnvolitia, l'ICKENS?l.N EQUrtr. 15. W. Abbott, i - v?. > 0iH forll?Kcfy&c. J. >f. 0?'C?aha\v and wlf(-, et nl J IT appearing to my ftaiisfacf'OD that NobIi A1 bolt anil J. Nr. Oi'ensbuvc antl wife Martin', defendants in this ease, resfdu without the limits of this Htfitij: Ort motioq of Norton, conplainant's solicitor, it is otdQrcd tbHt (lie said absent defendunta do appear in this court and plead, answer or demur ti> complainant's jnid nmoi compliant, wifiiiiltnrce fnontlm froih ll>? puliliOdtioii hurc?>r, or nn or<lci'^?v> cotiftmo wiV be tfikoti fb to tliefti. t MU)1UT. A. THOMPSON, c.e..r.i>. " rorn'ry^fti' '-. Marr'n 1859 r.,,, MOStaV ! THK llooke, Accounth and Notes, fl?slgne<i I y l?sortol k Nfcrinun for th<> tanetif of tho'if crodilors, "nr" in my hmuts for eoHfcolion. 1f|,? I1C0C?l)IV Of *\ir? tl.?l - , ?-l ""J us lewM without <l<rlnv. J. K. *11A ROOD, Assignee. Oct 8, Iftfift 1U tf 1'inftl Notice. AFINAI. 8c(fTciheiit of the of lumr.s \V. Conch, deccimod! vffitW ilmde in the miry's Otfioc, ort Ftfiday "tire 15}jl of Aprf\ Airp?r?"" Indebted ihcfotcf nr<j Vc^ldrCd toi Irfiike pifymcrit at onc<* t nnd tho** himnjtf ?lc? mftrtda ngalh*t the w?5d Ki'tMte ftVdjkt render ih'eiu to'mo, legally attested,' oni or, UVtlint day. '( VnTIIIA J. 11KNDKJ0K8, ,Adm'x. Jan. 10, J8.'?5t Vt ;<in | ??;st .* . u >/" ilUIlMl. j I T,I. per-'oii? arfc hefrvby nriiiflvtl U nny Not'ns iini'tc p'nyubfc ntuTo'rftip Act!, i or bcnrcf"-?,or nVly NotC'V UivWi by WiV" imOpraiflnpd, iiixyublc la otlicr wnjon*, tuitfi ftirtlier ! orUcrH. ? :v" '' r>. ' d . u.vm ; j?n. l'7. Wflft. ^ ' V 2<t " Hr 1WTIC6 IS hereby Kivc|i that t\ Jiriu] tu-ttlentPiVt of the eatnt* of Joseph yh Igcc^iHed, fill b* fWh'Ua hefo/q the Ordiniu"/, *' S'ioKtn* XV " ?n }Ipntliiy*th?' Mi (luy of May hesi, IVrnqnc infcroHted wfH tnfc'c i)otirt'un'J goTovn iImjui selves accordingly. ' . ' * . ' V.'-V. Ifiitttuunu . Jaif.20.-18M H?> 8m '' ,7* mrrivfi ' ' fS hereby jmti) tlmfrl will tmt tte t^jfWin* I. Millie ft>?- intOMJSt Oil (lie; diet Vi 1 111i\ s slmr? o? HiJin l>uw?*c?r?. utf fV>? K?tato of iVrtipl dy, deceased, on find nfior this date and :ttat tb;s he plcr.'t in bsr of.-'&$cr ost oil the 8<tfd fftntributivc rfftnre. - * V kkn s m E*#rtc. . FoW ?1 lKM 31 Xfc 3in > 1>'. I ."' 't " > * * ? i,, * . -.^1 A.,,. J.u *o? KMrtte ot jnlmon Go*. fotfftt mwIc at I ohco^ '.Phono having d^iuftuda tho K?ta<a ntttfct' rondoi1 tn?p in lU-tfornirigto law. Hy liis ftqut'it, (lie tint liiuitls of MiC '/< TV Co* fot #n curly inont. 1 prefer \t?fiding dp tlio eniato junt n* soon an the l?<v will f,.'hViit, rf* far as I nun cooccirncti n? one of the ndminiMrntor*. J. It. m:Xj?Ult"n', Adin'r. Feb. 22, 1859 31 if