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* "TO THINE OWN SELF D? TllUE, AND IT MUST FOI.T.OW, AS THE NIGHT THE.DAY, THOU CAN ST NOT THEN HE FALSE TO ANY MAI." BY Iiorr. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COUIIT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1859. VOL. X. NO. 41. fB> \vr I; * 1 ' " ' IT vj-yir, J mi), roii tiik cociuk.u i The Keowee River- 1 The Kcowcc river mil of old, 1 When firM the huii began to beam; j It ran transparent, free anil bold, | Ami then us now, it run down strciim ! I No mortal snw its tidca, ! i No fords ftcrosB its .sluice were set, I , It washed the hills it yet divides, And then uauow, its waters wet! | I.onely it hold its dashing way : j ' it.? witters turned no miller'* crunks. ' Or through olil t?lills, cheered hutmin clay, | Nor l'ickcns htood upon its hunk*! It Was n stream, nor deep nor wide I As Ama/.oniau waters (ire. ( Hut no one pvur saw it dried, j , Since Ood with water wrote it there. At length the fish began to swim Ami play within its crystal tides; I'pon it birds did skip and skim And in it deer did cool their sides. The Ind'mn spoil liin light e:mne l.'pon its fticc, nnd saw lie low Another boat nnd Imliiin too. In bright tranupnrciit w titers go. "The wliStoiimii camo nnd took the rule, , Drovo deer nn>l Iiidtiknn for iiwuy, Kntiiblirfhed Churchon, Courts nnd seliool, And other projects thnt will pny. Vet wars nnl blood-shed it lmth seen. And to our times tnnti's course huth ree'd; i Heard m.uiy n wduderfttl nmohine, fAiul named tbe "Courier" when tasucd! Oli. Kcowco ! Tliy fair crystal fact*. The Iri'liau m:\ltl lior form did show ; Now I'ickoiiR girls behold their grai'f, Set fair within thy waves below. Ami "'till thy course is southward set, Thy waters yet transparent seem, And an of old, they Ht ill will wet, And How the fastest down tlie stream! Clayton's Mills, S. C. Cit.vcr.no. i mbo^lumw. The Gambler's DuelOn the evening of the 4th of June, 181;"), | the .steamboat <l Uob Itoy" started from i^t. Louis to New Orleans with a full crowd of 1 passengers. Immediately after "getting ' under headway," to adopt a favorite back woods phrase, one person attracted universal attention by the annoying eagerness with , which he endeavored to make up a party wt cards. Indeed his oft-repeated and persevering efforts to that end became insult- : Ulif and Jiru>ndiir:i\ili> ' > '! *">? o jv'v ,no ? h.ik-o was Mich us to deter the rest on hoard ; 1 from administering the chastisement he so richly deserved. lie was a huge mass of mighty hones and muscles, with swarthy features, bearing the impress of many a j near; piercing black eyes that seemed to i possess the power of blasting the beholder; ; 1 cold, gleaming eyes, such as make the mem- . ury painful; a rank, luxuriant, coal black ! hair, immense whiskers and moustache.? The savage-looking figure was habited in the costliest clothing and adorned with a ' profusion of jewelry, while the outline of noverid mimli>r<ni? w..hm.hu -i:.. ...... . Wl*" tinguishable beneath his gaudy vest anil tmncrfme ,<co:it. Nor did he need those to . make him an object of terror. A eonnoisutir in the sck'nco of gymnastics would have 1 confidently pronounced him a match for any live men on deck, without the aid of ' lead or steel. At'lcn^th, after many failures, be pre- ' vailed on a wealthy young merchant, of Natchez, to ioin liini in a iranio of nnl-r>r i ' 4 - n ? ? J ; Thoy Hut down )>y a Htnall tuble near the ' 1 bur, and were soon in the most perilous of j ' all Qxcitoifteut, of which the two alluring I 1 ingredients are vanity and prido of iudivid- ( ' ual skill, and the uncertainty of general hazard. At first the stakes were?nmll,and ' the run of cards seemed wholly in favor of ' the merchant ; but presently they bet more 1 freely, and gold eagles and hundred dollar .notes wcro showered down on the board with extravagant ardor?nnd then the eur- ' rent of fortune changed?ebbed from the ' young morchn.nt and flowed to the profes- 1 niomd gambler. As usually happens in such cases, his want of success only piqued * fl vwl llin/lllAnil/] fl?A Inonu 4 1 ? MiivavtVMVU Vliv IVOOI} ?T ll'J PUUl^lllf IU TU" J cover himself by venturing such despetute j ' ventures as could not but strengthen and ; confirm his ruin. And thus they continu- ; ' cd during tlmt long summer night. The * intensity of their excitement became erptiv- ' alent to infinity. Every nerve was strung? ' every energy of the brain wns tnxed to the utmost?their teeth were set as those of 1 antagonists in the tug of moral strife ; the " sweat rolled from their brows like great ' drops of ruin The passengers formed u . ' circle around the playeru, nnd looked on | ' with that interest which such Oxtraordiim- ' \ ry concentration of intellect and passion I 1 never fails to inspire, even in the bosoms j ' that shudder at its excess. The merchant | ' and gn minor attracted alt eyew, fttld kept i 1 UIIIIJ tmunu IIIKI I.III iiiuriiHis. Among tho latlor, presenting a SfruntC- j 1 imnoe so piteous thftt it might have molted i * henrts of marble to tears, a pale and c\- , f uuisitely forinod fnco pooped incessantly . 1 from the Itulf open door of the ladies' cub- I ( in, weeping all the while, as if oppressed 4 by a dreadful sensation of some irremediable sorrow. It was the merchant's wife, * WCOft'lur her fnrftwr>U f/i lwm? ' ! t The wn? 0110 *poct<itor, nlno, whose np- .c pcarunco nnfl notionn oxcltcd us much en- r rios<ity n? did the players tlKHUHclvca. Ho * wna a tall wparo muu of thirty years, with linDdtforoe foatnrw, golden huir, hcon bluo * OV09 of Mrpntanl brightness ; and his Orno, cf tiriu ii p<rp?tuul yf ;b?j jjibst * niHcruuiiHO meaning. ? ttIt tlio exception T1 jf his red calico shirt,his person Was dress- nnd ^d wholly in buckskin, ornamented with ahnn long, flowing tassels, and wild figures burit wrought of variegated beads, after the. fash- i yard ion of sonic Western Indians, lie stood : turd behind the card table, and In-ld in his left | T1 hand u sheet of paper, and in his right a the large pencil, with which, ever and anon, he vcrd .lashed ofl a few words, as if en?r:??*4?il in i ???> ' - ~or>~" braoitijjc the progress of the game. .statu Still the gambler and merohnnt perse- that rored in their physical and mental toil. were Tho dial of tho stars, with its thousand T lingers of golden Arc, pointed to tho. world ladic shadows of midnight; but still they did of tl not pause. It waft " shuflle and cut, and jbeau L-ut and pass, ante up, and 1 call you and ! ns f. rake down tho pile." ! joy. Towards the morning a tremendous storm j 11 irose. The red lightning Hashed awfully j the i ?the rain and hail poured down like a fro- i wou Ken cataract?(lie peat river roared till it j than rivalled the loudest thunder of heaven ; and 1 He 1 the very pilot Ot the wheel was alarmed.? ; <?ppt But the mad players heard it not. What lie was the tumult of this racing to them, : hove whose destiny hung over the turning of a laull curd? And the smiling, blue-eyed stran- i erro gnr in buckskin still stood by them with his i liis pencil and paper, calmly noticing the . Alai development of the name. i Finally the storm passed, and thebeauti- | sal'o fill day-break onnio on like a tiling of glo- all t ry in t'nt* oast. Then the infatuated mer- ! the eliant, distracted with heavy losses, dared i met; the climax of folly. Ilo staked five thou- j bind sand dollars, comprising his last cent in the i nam world, on " two pair of kings." The whiskered gambler " called " him ; they show- : ed hands. The blackleg had " two pair of j " 1,1 iiccr," and raked the. board. The mer- \ chant dropped on the Hoor as if he had been j ^ H shot through the brain, and that beautiful j young wife, flew to his side and fell shriek- j ?. injr to his bosom. They were borne away j insensible to the ladies' cabin. ' '**? As he deposited the winnings in his il... ? ri-.. i ? ' 1 mon iv?-v, iii>; uiiiuuii'r euimeua noarsc laugn, | ' that sounded frightful as the chuckle ?>f a a liend ; hut ho instantly lost color, us a low, calm voice romnrkcd in his car : ' Yillian, you play a strong hand at ma- J"1 ny games, hut here stands one that can beat . you at all of them !" inat< 11c turned, met the glance of those keen blue eyes, so prcternaturally bright, and i }IUSC shuddered. 15ut lie immediately gained ! J1,lc his presence of mind, for lie was no cow- ,unu ird, and then ho frowned till his shaggy VVU brows met like the coil of a serpent, and t'",V sternly demanded-? woul " Ueggur, who are you to banter a gen- | llemau thus rudely!" ' I am James llowie, of Texas," the oth- uo1' or answered with a ringing laugh; "and you are .John Lalitte, a bastard of the old , ^"8 pirate!"' nuou The {rambler reeled in bis chair as if be VaH lind been struck with a thunderbolt, but re- ^!,IC! covered again from theshock in a moment, lie asked in a firm tone, entn " What game do you wish with me?" prov "l'olker lir,"t and pistols afterwards, if unt' you play foul !" replied Uotvie, , " " Very well," rejoined tho other, and n er they took their scats at the table. 01 For a time the succcss wecnied equally balanced, the gain and loss being alternate. 13 ' At last the gambler ventured oue of his 8'1011 skillful manoeuvres in dealing. ? JJowio smiled strangely as his ouick eve ? ietccted the trick, ifo said nothing, how- ,slt i,! svcr, hut looked :>t his hand and bet five J,?1" thousand dollars, staking tlic money in ten ? largo bills. The gambler went five thou- . ' <and dollars higher, which resulted in a lIU,1> 'call." IJowio held "four jacks;" but : liis antagonist, with his habitual chuckle, rtPcc' showed ' four queens," exclaiming, as ho l)lC8< did ho? v? n " By heavens ! the pile is mine !" siona " Not yet!" shouted Howie, as with both |'MS tand.-J he raked the heap of notes to the "c c :iitib of twenty thousand dollars iu his own socket. our Choking and purple with rage and shame Wc h he gambler roared : perfc ' To the hurricane deck and hit nistolx j'e trumps this time !" gene " As good as cold 1" replied Bowie, and f\x< ;he two hastily ascended the stairs, and as- man mming their separate positions?the gain- ?s sv >ler over the stern and Bowie over the his ii sow. mort At that instant the sun was just vising tope n u eloudless sky. Nature looked sublime for t ?a bride worthv of her Alini?'htv Hum- I ....ir ? ? - n ? 'J nun. jana, Ciod. The wood# and waters uppcar- ton n )d ns part of one divine picture, with the be el jouiidleys blue of Heaven for itd back 0vil?? 'round. The broad bocoined rivei rolled |)Unii .way lik<? a sheet of burnished silver, speck- man' ed liere and there with tho flash of golden f0r t nibble*; shilling fish gambolled in tho pcop vavo; and all tho bright birds?those |*,vei iweet singers, whose life is a dream, and tho ( hat dream only music?ehattcrcd their jfsell vild anthems to the new day, while the faith crent duelisM, the most deadly known in Mionti ,ho south-west, stood with cocked pistoln, great (yo to eye, and their Angora fixed to their ostai rigger; propureq to styy and bo slaiu. hIou* ' I am ready, you pjlvo the word," cried Howie, in his clear, ringing voice, and with hat inseparable smilo'of strango meaning deph >r? bis lips. minii " I ntn rculy?^ro !" shouted the gain- "W1 tier in tones as murderous os death. boy8 The two pistols roared simultaneously. t'1 3owie did not move, though he had barely "H G scaned with his life : fi>r thn nf K5?. hM cut awoy oao of tlid gold to. locks of v, 5 >ie yellow Uau"? ' ^ * tic gambler was shot through the henit, I dropped oil the brink of the dcck and > >st tumbled into the river, lie was n? ?d by the squatters at the next wood r'h And thus perished, justly, tlie has- i J)" son of the great pirate, I/ditto. I cj liere never was a jury impnnncllcd in I Sil West who would have brought in a [ eh iet against any man for killing him, ; eii more especially under these oireuni- i h?i ies, because public opinion pronounced i " lie ought to be killed." And such ^ ' the desperadoes Howie exterminated. jn, lie victor immediately proceeded to the | 0 h' cabin, and restored the winnings vc ie rambler to tlie young merchant and < i| itit'ul wile, who both received the boon jin heaven, with much gratitude and * wc should write a volume concerning cj' exploits of Jamo IJowie, his character . yV Id not be rendered more transparent wl i is revealed in tlie foregoing anecdote. | P1 ivas always the same?the friend of the I J,c 'cssed and the sworn enemy of tvriints. > 0 J ~" J j was brave without fear, and generous >p| mil precedent; and though lie bad',,, ta, gigantic ones, too, be atoned for all I Si I'M of a stormy life by the splendor of ! N magnificent death, 'llis tomb is in the | no, his epitaph is the word "Texas," to his name will till an humble, though W niche In the temple of freedom through c> ime. 11c can never be forgotten till ai bowels of the earth cease to furnish tl: d for the fabrication of those bright cs of steel which boar bis imperishable w o. _ A nir.d nv a jrjiy ok ins CounTrv.? ,n ly years ago, when 8. S. l'rentiss was jJ( iged in a large practice in Mississippi, () nd his friend, Jud<re (5 , were on t i I circuit in some ot the eastern counties ic State, and stopped for the night at w villiagc of M. Latent night Prentiss ol nvered that JudgeG and him- j0 were not the only claimants for posses- ; i? of the bed, .la lie was vigorously beset o( description ot' vermin who du not make j ^], comfortable bed-fellows. According- ; j awoke Judge (1 , and a eon- ar ilion was bold whether they should j ..t a retreat or make an effort to cxterm- j;( i their assailants. The hitter course w however, adopted; and for the pur- so they took froiu their saddle-bags a jt! e of pistols, with caps, powder, and ., nitions of warfare. With pistols in ,j. 1, they proceeded to raise the bed clo- 0i) ; and as one of the creeping reptiles t}, Id start from bis hiding-place, bang ! jlt ;! would go the pistols. co Im, of courac, aroused and alarmed the by landlord, who came in hot haste to 0,| room, and when he learned the facte ar in irrmf i'ninv Pr^nlic^ /IhiiihhIimI !* > ! i- ? r>? - I "_v Id loavo the room, claiming that he only "cXGrcisilig the riglit of self-do- 0j] e?a right which the law of God and js| law of man had given him." Hoth the sn Sftty and the threats of tho landlord jn cd unavailing. The firing continued c;, I bod, bcadsteadaud bedding were ridwith balls. At last they succeeded ipturing one of the enemy, when a dif- |.j ice of opinion arose between Prentiss j .Judge (J ns to what .should be j;} ate. At length it was agreed that he ^li Id be " fairly and impartially tried by 8? y of his country." Three of the land- or s sons were brought in and forced to )a < members of the jury, and a third law- U1 who was present acted as judge.? ov prisoner was then pinned to the wall. m ndge 0 opened for tlio prosceu- {] in a speech of two hours in length. ^ reutiss followed for the defence in a ^h cli of four hours. There were those jj, mt who had known lVcntit>s intimate- W( nd had hoard him upon great oceaI of his life, and who now assert that 8t, was perhaps the most brilliai.t speech Hf> k*cr delivered. cj] >nl'ldknck.?One of the great evils of present state of society, and one which opc the, progress of the race towards tction will remedy, is the general sel- S(V e^s of mankind, and their consequent ral suspicion. It may be regarded as ^ 3d principle of ethics, that a pel fish (ji. will be one who regards all his fellows ' nutllers ami villinns, ami regulates all utercourse with them by bond and ' gage," and one who was never known j jn i tuiiii mi nut i)i inuii'j ur OI'IHIVOIUIICO j he beauty and goodness of (be act it- | . This .sentiment, in fact, is but too of- j iianifcutcd by persons who profess to liristiaus and philanthropist#, and the > j which arc brought upon all kinds of J jess by this want of confidencc, are. i f. Until thoro shall be more regard I 'jj he interest of others, we shall fail, as a lc, to do justicc to ourselves or them, i ifa few men have the he rt to abiifce lOnfidcnce, reposed in them, thd fact in V. ' doea not warrant any ono in losing ^ In mnnkind : for, however, an oocail vidian may deceive and betray, the "jV : heart of the community in always Honnd worthy, as well ax just in its dooiart lloy.?A Sunday School teacher, }>?i >rinp tlio luck of attendants upon Imh tli stratum* Appealed to the few present. T1 nut can I do," said ho, " to pet the i* nnd girls here?'f " I know/'8iiid ooo t!^ o urchins. "What is it?" Hive 'oin It; vc cents apiece." co! I'TOV puniveranry of a birtlufoy Ls tUo lling of * drcauu j^j. Effects of Emancipation in Jamaica. | Tlie New York c?<rro*pnndent of the Uicli- I >nd Km|uirer kuvs tlint I)r. lltivtlctt, an Kit j i*!i pimtlomnn of alUunniunts, to vikod to lite writer in conversation t!io i st result prodiieo?l ?<ti the Muckp I>y 0111:111- ; mtion wiii a rapid increase in crime. J1 ; | id that thejail-; were soon filled with blai;l:?, uracil with crimes, ami. beiug I'ouml insnfii- ' nt to contain them, they wore sent, in I r?o n vi in hers, for safe keening, to vessels of ir lying in the harbor of Kingston ; ami ho ited that, hut for tiie strong reinforcement Hritish troops, and the organization of a i ryjo police force over the island, a general volution ami nmssacro would hu\e super* ned. The doctor thinks the net of omnn* jation was suicidal, ami sealed the ruin of c island, lie, with other whites ahandon- j it and came to New York. The doctor t a ninn of superior education, id' reliued i orary taste and judgment, as well as a asto ami elegant writer Ho fur many iars edited the Albion with great ability, liieh, under his enre, obtained a large and J olitable circulation. His health (hilling. > s was compelled to relimptish, for a t'me. at ust. his edi'i rial duties, ami sold out the lbion to .Mr. Young, its present editor. liO doctor removed, for a time, to Boston, i id started n weekly en Ho I the " An^lo- j ixon." He, however, has since returned to ow York, where he at present resiiles. The Kii(|uircr's correspondent refers also ; the blacks of Jamaica not bcin?j content itli the freedom granted them, but bcinjf | ; cited by fanatical clergymen and others nong them, they have been led to believe J uit, having the brut' force of superior; iiuibcrs, they have a riurl.t to enshivo Mm ! bites or to drive them from the island?- ' revolution has broken out in the parish ' Westmoreland in opposition to the payent of some trilling taxes, and troops had jen ordered to the disturbed district.? | n attempting to leave Kingston, their I ay was stopped up by carts, <S;e., which j id to be removed by force. The few | bites remaining on the island were clam- j ing for large reinforcements of emigrants, i supply the places of the lazy and turbu- j hi olacKs. j hey .say that ;?11 accession of )0,000 would not bo too runny?showing j mt Abolitionism has ruined the island, | ul produced degradation and decimation nong the freed blacks. In LSiio, the ar after emancipation, the negro popula?n of Jamaica amounted to 1)1 1,000, Inch has since been stationary, and in me parts of the island a decided decrease is taken place. The whites number but small portion?say under l!0,000 souls, imaica is divided into three counties, and ch coiiuty into parishes. The salary of j (\ ( ?OV(*riir?r nf J 'linnl.vi ?c <50 ? MMM I - ... ~ . v. ,/ IHIMIIVU ti? HIIV'Ul/ * , -it/jVUV j ;? annum; the religious establishments st 920,000 per annum, and dissenting misters, as well as those of the establish[ church, roceivc salaries, many of whom c blacks. It is the latter, both colored id white, who ave urging on the negroes scenes of revolution, and who, if not Fectually subdued and controlled by lbitli troops, would probably n a-saere the iall white population and convert the isnd into another liayti, with some such ricaturo of an Einneror at its head at: niloU(|UC. ' What a finalo," aildn tlm writer, ' to uglish fanaticism ! It was not enough at ,Kugh:ml paid $100,000,000 for the deration of the blacks?it was not enough at large sums wero sent to the island to ippovt missionaries and schools?and not tough that the laboring classes of I'lngnd were compelled to pay, for years, enorous taxos on sugar, a uooossary of life, in .1 .. A 1 A .1 I .... uci inui nits may negroos ot Jamaica | Ight be enabled to obtain high prices for to sugar they, by half work, produced.? fter nil this expense and infliction upon e whites for the benefit of the blneks, we id that the latter, if left to their will, mid cither massacre the whites or drive icm from the island?re-enacting the ones of St. Domingo ; and afterwards deend into the wasting and slothful imbclity of an ignorant and petty despotism." [fti'clunouit I)i j> tick. Louis Napoleon's ProjcdtSOne of the most perplexing of tlic plws presented by the conduct of Napoleon o Third, is the contradiction it appear* offer to t.: J uniform policy of his rci<rn, .a monarch ruling by virtue of popular inion. lie made it his boast that lie is placed on the throne of Franco by the tes of six millions of Frenehmon. lie s evinced his tact and discernment hith- j to in following, if not anticipating, the dications of the trcncral sentiment of this ! ouch people, llow, thou, is it to he renciled witli tins maxim of his rule, that i is seeking to plunge France into a war, lich may become of indefinite duration, d which is ndverso to that sentiment'( uw happens it that he hazards not only h popularity, but the tenure of his pow, by encountering the risks by whioh his lelo was wrecked and lost his throne?? any fact iu history ia certain it is that j o hirst Nanoleon hud to viald tn liin ill- I irrcd destiny when public opinion in j onco no longer enabled him "to recruit liis mien by new conscriptions Tlmt frrnuce, having enjoyed tho blesstrJ* of tliat poneo which is associated witli blic order, is not now willing* to commit oiu to the chances of war, is notorious.* ic only solation which meets the problem thut Jioui.s Napoleon, if bout on hostilis, hopes to cril.th Austria and libera to .1.. _...i .1 i iij rjiiuuujy, iinu iiiu*, uv u iilillllj^ SUOhm, so flutter the pride of Frenchmen for litary renown jih lo concilinto opposition Kr.ineo to his policy of war. If such i* i; (jaicnlatipu, tlitre 3<.ciu* CVcry ^tob?ibU* ity tluit ho lias secured, it" not the eventual j co-operation of Russia in his plans, at least | her neutrality, so lon?c as the coute?!t is j confined to France and Austria, but ninte- j rial assistance to be rendered by Russia in i tlie case, that Prussia and the lesser (!ertnan States come to the aid of Austria.? The probabilities appear to favour the >u? I cess of Louis Napoleon it' the war should hii limittxl ii>n 1 i ' ?V WKUIVU OlIiJ^IO lltKMH'U Willi J Austria. What plana have been hatched in the brain of Napoleon the Third by his footer- 1 in<; the War spirit in Italy, nud taking upon himself to bo the arbiter of her'destiny, is among the secrets of the future. That he intendo to render Italy truly independent, under a Confederation of States, no \ one can believe who has read in a proper spirit the story of ' is life. That lies tains 1110 ambition of placing himself in! t'.ic position of real I'rotector of Italy, giving Kinir Emanuel the nominal headship of the Italian States as his vassal, is not ini- i probable. 'J his, if effected, would bo fame enouph for any ruler in France. It would, j however, be far short of the project impu- ! ted to him, <if wishing to revise the entire map of Continental Europe ami pushing to the Hhinc the limits of the French Empire, i To jjivc the Italian States an independent status would lui to accomplish Italian uni- i tyand nationality to such an extent as would ; allow them to modify their internal condi- I lion witliMiifr 4V\i?r??.v?? .. - 1 ' iiiiu ? UIIIHII, repudiating alike Austrian domination ami the . schemes leading to anarchy of Mazv.ini and { liia compeers. This is the only solution of | the complication of Italian affairs that is | probable. | Should Louis Napoleon limit his views (o the liberation of Central I fitly from the ! degressive policy of Austria, it Would not j displease Russia, from the ingratitude of j the former in not coming to the aid of the latter in the Crimean war, while it will meet with the sympathy of the English people : but. were he to go beyond this limit and , seek to reconstruct the geographical boun- , daricB of Continental Kuropc as fixed by j the Treaty of Vienna, it would lead to a general war, in which England and Ilussia would be compelled to take part against i France, having declared th'.t that treaty shall be inviolate. So we may conclude \ that Louis Napoleon's scheme embraces no-! thing beyond e1u:eting by French arms the u'lorv of liavinir iriv??n > Itnlu ? v.. en ^ r> , existence in fact as well as in name.?L'veil inrj X< <( > . The Seeds ot Consumption 'L'hc terrible mortality caused by bron- 1 chilis, pneumonia and consumption. which i together, kill?in England and Wales on- | i.. ~ i i i.i < i_)?ii uuiuucu iiiousauu people every 3-0:1 r, being one fourth of the cutire mortality from more than a hundred other causes in addition to themselves, should make us think a little seriously of the freaks of fashion which set climate at defiance. Why do wo semi children ill)road in cold and damp weather with their legs bare, submitted, tender as their bodies are to risks that even strong adults could not brave with impunity. ('ustoui has made this appear familiar ' and trilling; but it is not out of place to ! say, at the begining of another winter, that the denial to young children of proper ' skirts to their clothes, and warm mvormiru I to their legs, has sown the seeds of con- j sumption in thousands and thousands, nnd is, of many dangerous things, done in obe- I diencc to the law of fashion, the one that is j the rtiost thoughtless and cruel. It is in the child that consumption can most readily be planted?in the child, that j when the tendency exists, it can be eon- ; ([iiered, if at all. It is to be fought against J by protecting the baby with sufficient cloth J ing against chill and damp, by securing it j plenty of wholesome sleep among feathers ' and curtains, plenty of five ablution with- ! out ureiudices on behalf of wnter ii>v r-nl.l . - J t 'I , plenty of cheerful exercise short of fatigue, i plenty of incut, bread ami wholesome pudding. These, indeed ?re the things wan-1 ted by nil children. Many jx child pi lies 111 health upon a diet stinted with the best intentions. Hut tlie truth is, that it is-not possible to over feed a child with wholesome victuals. It can be stimulated to exocss in the demolishing ' of sickly dainties; and, with a stomach once fairly depraved, may be made incompetent to say when it has too little or toe much. "Hut a child fed only upon whole- , nuuiu mings irtuy Knows net tor man anv ninniiau can tcii when it w;ml? more; it can eat a groat deal ; has not only to main- j tain life, hut to add height and breadth to ; stature. Fortify it, then, against Variations) of eli- j mate, bv moetinrr v the dnmnnils nf its i body ; give it fnll a.nimal vigor to resist j unwholesome impressions. Especially let j tho good houHCwifo, who 1i:ih a pood family j to feed, lcnrn to be utterly reckle.?a ?k to j tho extent of her milk score. Somebody j has declared u pint of milk to contain as j much nourishment as half a pound of meat. j Be that as it muy, it is the right food to j thrivo upon, ami may save uusoh :.ubse- ! quciit expenditure for cod-liver oil. A ITER. Ir'OKTY.?A celebrated physieirll ' said to Lwd Eldon's brother, Sir William ' O...U1 /I! .1 nuuii., i.uin-i iiiuru uippaiiiiy iiiuit oi.'cauic : the gravity of his profession. " Vou know after forty, a man is always either a fool or n physician. ' The baronet archly replied, in an insinuating voie'e, " 1'efhnpn Lo :imy bohotb, doctor." ? Night. "1'is sweet, when day lias closi'd, 'And evening's Miudo* appear, To lei I a peaceful, cnlm roposo, Heneirtl) a Heavenly Father's euro. 1 >nv lia.s retreated. Tho last ray of tit ? netting sun has <li>'iippear<.l Ijevond the we*??.... k:ii- i ? i. * ?vi ii 1111^, sinu iliirune** iisis?|irriui us giooin v nnntk' over 1110 beautiful prospect of earth. Hut the seeuo upon \% 11i? 11 wo now jjazo is s( mm and holy. TIio dark blue heaven* sparkle with thousnnds of stars; the mild and silvery li^lit of tho moon sheds its beams over liill and dell: and, wilhoul v iieO, they silently toll us of the unspeakable glories of Iliut who made and sustains th<?' nuivcVte. Ail nature is en I in and quiet, ?not a sound i* lie a id to iuterrn|it the inn . injjs of him Who meditates upon tho wonderful works of God. 'J'liO <|?iotu?!o of nij;ht snored to the mourner. Th>: j.''ai e of day and tumult o(' lii'o ill not aeoord with Sorrow. >Sho turns from the cold ga'/.c of tho world, and longs for tho peaceful h'mr of ni^lit. And whoa 11 C'lOIII'S lull' t III .11 ' It t >1 UI...I. il..? - iilid vnniNliing ihiu^" of time, t > ilic regions <>1 iiiYmortality. Hie tliiuLs of tlumo sho loves, uii'l for win in she liiouri s; ami with an eve of Initli she !o .ks on tliom as they liow btforo the throne of Uod. nnd sing tho son^ of redeeming love. Slio fecli tlv.it. ])0!icc which satisfies tlic longings of her soul : r (1 she Messes the hand which loads her affections from earth. It i;< pietism.t, amidst tlio solemn hours of nijrht, vheu weary with life's'perploxing cares, to ctiininuno with tho glorious bUus above up, and to feel that this world is m;t. our home. I U>ve t<> tliink that this life i-? but ajoumey to n bitter land: and a? 1 gazo upon the silent orbs of beaten, niethink? that enrh twinkling star loooks down \\i:!i an angel's smile, and whispers - "Child of that lJoing who created t:*, a few moie cet| ting suns?a few more days to strive against. ! temptation and *in?and thy snul shall wing its way to our happy home in heaven." RatHA f\? TJT~ ~ ^vuuv v?,4. tuiiaciu O JAJUl A11113. 1 lo illHi l?y tlstj |>1? w wi u!d tliri\ ?, Himself R.nxt either hold nr drive. The fitllowiiij.v from the pen of the givnfc American philosopher, Dr. Franklin, should bo printed in lotto's of gold, mid hungup in every schoolroom, side by side with the usual a-b iib dug latin, and other nonscuso wi'h which our children's luii.ds arc eranuncd, and which seems to be the rule in our iiiodern system of tuition There will be a time when a professor ship of politicpl economy will bo considered ;ts absolutely ncoCMAvy to every school.? lint that tiino is not yet. At present wo have nothing but profusion and shameful Waste, on the one b url, while abject poverty, meanness of spirit, and total carelessness, is too much observable on the other. These are the two extremes which characterize our present fa bo state oi' things in a. physical point of view?all laid to the score of false training, from the fiigluwt to the lowest. Hut hear what u Poor Richard" says: 1?Plow (loop while fclupgurds slciji, aikI you hliall have ooru to sell and to keep* 2?JMdo. is as loud a Logger as Want, and a groat deal more saucy. ?>?Silk and satins, scarlets and velvets* put out the kitchen fire 4?Drligonco is the mother of good luck. f>?Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with I'uViM'lr ft ml simnrvil 11.?........ - I T" ('??liXlravauanco and improvidence end at the prison door. 7?It if easier to build two chiinnioH than to keep one in fuel. 8?If you would know the Value of money, go and try to borrow coiner. (t?The eye of a master will do wortf work ihan both of bin bauds. 10?What maintains ono voice would 1 !- ? ' ' uring up two eliiKircn. 11 ? llo that goes a borrowing, returns sorrowing. 12?IJ.ither go to heil suppcdcss than rise in debt. 13?-Slotli, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears. 11?A life oi' leisure and a life of la'.i ness ure. two different things. 1 " flit _ i j-r?a tiroc rornovca arc as l?ml ha a tin-. I()?Creditors have bettor memories tlr.ui debtors. 13?If'yon would have your business done., p;o; it' not, scud. 10?It is foolish to lay out money in tho purchase. of vcpentaiuro. 20 ? Buy what thou nor.h'-t in t. ami it will oblige thro to ?oll thy necessaries. The?i? maxims by Dr. Franklin," say* a contemporary, ' often printed, lose nothing of (.heir value by repetition." Tin; Pass* vka. ? Tin! Jowbh festival of I'axxmcr comment Cil !:ist Monday aint is observed strictly byetory r.jombor ?.f tli?> Jewish persuasion, t<> commemorate thoic miraculous deliverance front J'.gvptiun boo ilii^,o, TliO festival commences t>;> the o\enlug of the fourteenth d*y of the Hebrew mouth Nisan, nnd >> ob-oi \ rd for eight d?',Y'The first, rocond, seventh nnd eighth days are t.bsorved u* day* of holy convocation, an.I days which manual labor is abstainer Voio. Thn IU * ItV/lll trl?. .it tlw l. ?... ' ' "hnvimypiin nrn bv flvovy Israelite witlt extrenift vigor, nU participating in ofleriiift up thanksgiving t>i their l'e.itv fortbeirilelivciiim'O, <?.> . in iillicit time?. when ti n Israelite)* ilvvelt in tboir imn hind, the " pai'? linl lamb " unsMtcri tii'0.1, according t?? the CMitiuiarnl in Holy Writ. t in the first livu nights f the iV'tOivnl tl)Q vow of thiuiksgivinff h imI ir. evcrv fnmiIv witb Hulcinn into rest. The jn>t < i llio holidays are oh ?rvcd at) the iltual Jfwihli Festivals.?C'/t. lnh.I. Tijb bent definition vo r\?r lionnl ?f,,lx,nr? ingfube witncsH ngniu^t yo.'r neighbor," <v?n givofi ly si lit tic giiT ikrf^ncol. Pl-o 'ftil it \?na vrhc*. ri^hotTv did iitnl s< mjo? U>Jy w\?ut ani uW of it.