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Deeds of Kindness. Suppose (lie little cowslip Should' hang its gulden ctlP. Ami say, " I'm hiicIi n tifiv flower IM bettor not grow up.' How inuny n weary traveler Would risk its 'mgrnnt smell : How ninny a little child would grieve To lose it front the dell. ?. . i ..... - 1 r>u|>i>osc ino listening ticw-drop I'pon ihej;ra?s should say, " What.can a litllodew-drop do? I'd heller roll itwny." The blade on wliiclt it rested Heforo the day was done. Without a drop to moisten it Would wither in (lie nun. Kupposc the little hrcer.es I'pon a summer's day, Should think themselves loo small to cool The traveler on his wnv Who would not miss I ho smallest And softest ones that blow, u And think tliev make n great mistake If I hey were talking so. How many deeds of kindness A little chiM may do, Although it has so little strength And little wisdom too; It wnnts a loving spirit Much more than strength, to provo How many things a child may do For others hy his lovo. VARIETY. A SICK ROBBER; And tiow Tim C'urrri llim. hy kyi,nanus conn, .nt. I Tim llcnson was a bravo, kind-hearted ( man, anil had seen tuuoh of the world, and i been mixed up sonic in adventurous affairs. 1 lost sight of him when 1 left our native village, and shortly after that lie wandered to the Far West. Not long since Tim called upon inc. 1 did not know hi.m at first, for ho had grown stout and dark, and his coarse hair had many a silver touch upon it. Hut I found him to bo the same warm, 1 gonial friend as of old, and I enjoyed the week through which his visit extended very much. One day we wont out upon our ! old trout stream, with our poles upon our : shoulders, and our dinners in our pockets ; and when it came noon we sat down under some shady trees upon the. bank, and cat our meal. After the last crumb had been I disposed of, and Tim had lighted his pipe, 1 I picked up the old newspaper in which ' the " grub " had been done up, and glanced my eyes over its columns. T saw an ac- 1 count of a murder in Missouri, and read it * aloud to my companion. ! " That's a great placc for murders and ' robberies," I remarked, as I threw the pa- ' per down. ' " Ye.'?'tis," said Tim. u Ihit T can 1 toll you one thing: AVlicn they catch one ] of the vidians .they make him suffer. I tell you a man stands on his own merits A there." * " i Kit a great many villians escape," I 1 nddod. " True," ho replied, " for they have more 1 chance than they do hero. But once in a ' 1 while a chap gets jerked up when he least I expects it. I caught one once?about a t 1 year ago?and lie was strung up without 1 much ceremony, lie was tried, but they ! wasn't long in convicting him." I 1 " How did you catch him ?" T asked. } tl I'll ffell ye," said Tim. He knocked ' the ashes from his pipe, then picked out an ' 1 easier seat unnn tl?o Imnlr ??wl nn... i 1 -r- ) """ ? ?? <-?.? uicnccd: 1 "About two years ago I took a notion to { go to Texas. I landed at Galveston, where 1 1 staid six months. I was just getting ready to go up Trinity J{ivcr, when I was taken down with the small-pox. I had it hard, as ye ean sec by some of the marks on my face; but I conic safely out of it, 1 and when 1 was wholly well, I started oft". At Brownsville I fell in with a man I had 1 '' known in Mississippi, and 1 stopped there, ; ' and went into a sort of a dickering busi- ' ' ncss with him. llis name was Smith; and i 1 think he belonged to New York. One evening he and 1 went over to the tavern, where we used to sit and hear the news, and while we were there a pedlcr came along, and engaged lodgings for the night. He was a short, middle-aged man, and I should say a German by birth. He had two large japanned trunks ; and after he'd 1 eaten his supper, he opened 'em, and tried to trade with us. lie had a good many watches; and some jewelry, and some silver spoons; and a host of other truck, such ' nuVnlimu n.,,1 ? .I ?' '? ' MMif vwj MHU |/n-iujo, UIIU nu Ull. 1115 HU1U quite a lot ofntuff, and then put his trunks 1 away, aiul Hat down and smoked. " Just about this time a chap named Sutt Mangle, who lived a mile from the settlement, on a little by-way that branched off from the main road by the river, sauk for- 1 ward in his chair, and said he was taken very nick. The landlord got him a glass o? whiskey, but that didn't seem to do him 1 If- '11 i * i. ? ? .. iiuy guuu. iic Haul nc naun t tclt well all the afternoon. He waH dizzy now, and almost blind, and had severe pains all up and down his back. lie said lie never could get home alone, and he wanted sonicbody to help him. One of the company, who liad a horse in the shod, offered to help liiin, and .Sutt got up to go out with him, but lie staggered and trembled so that lie liad to help him out, aud lift him onto the liorse. I " This Suit Mangle hail lived in that section going on four y<?ar8; hut folks u'.'! ( not km v much about liiin. ITo had a mtc but no children, nnd oamcd his living by hunting. He seemed to be a quiet sort of a chap, but as he didu't seok nnybody's company, of courso there didu't anybody *cck his. " About nine o'duck Smith and I went ?on>? to bed, and just as wo wcie IZolnC tO WurflL viiC Iiivilimg Wc rinw _ 7, n?_ flip uurumu punier jiunvniu ui? u?>nu mw jnait) ?a?4 to tho rtoov, Wo wont to tho ftliop, Kndnlong towards tiio ndddlo of tho forenoon vro aaw ft orowd gathering in front of tho tftvorn, 1 ran over and lenrnod that ?he pcdlor had boon murdered and robbed ! Wo found the coroner, and off wo went ^|own the road, for about a uiile^ where wc i&y tound the murdered man. llis head was smashed to a pumice, and his clothes all covered with blood ; and not far oft was found the club with which it had been done. It was a piccc of locust, and was daublcd all over the heaviest end with blood and tangled hair. The two trunks were found in the woods, entirely empty, everything they had contained having been car1 ir I IUU (HI. " It didn't tako long to find a verdict in that ease ; and when they had dccidcd that the pedlcr had been brutally murdered by some unknown person, the body was carried back to the tavern, and then the people turned out to hunt up the murder or. J'licy huuted all that day; scouring the highways and the byways, and the woods in every direction ; but the object of their scnrch was not to be found. One of the first places visited was Sutt Mangle's. They found him sick a bed, and his wife said she was afraid he had the small-pox She had scon nothing, and heard nothing, j of any stragglers about the premises.; and : as the settlors wore anxious to get out of J the way of a uinn, who had that fatal dis- i ease, they left as quickly as possible. "It was on the third day after the nmr ' der that all hopes of finding the villian in that section were given up. As many as | twenty individuals had been apprehended j and examined, but not proof enough could j be found to detain them. People wonder- j ed how it could have been done?and well they might?for the murder could not have been done an hour before it was discovered, and in less than another hour half the iiniiiuiiiiiiis oi tuc town were on the search, j Inquiries had beeu made upon every way t hy which a villian could he thus gained ? j 1 had made up my mind that the murderer j had not left the town at all. 1 believed . that it must have been done by some one who lived in that section ; though I had uo idea of where a suspicion could rest. "The third day after the murder was Sunday, and in the forenoon Smith mul 1 went out to take a walk. We stopped at i !'i0 tavern, where 1 learned that ?Sutt Mangle had the small-pox of the worst kind, ltid that nobody dared to go near the house. I asked if he had the doetor. " ' No,' said the landlord, ' his wife ?ays she can fix him up, as she has been in a hospital in New Orleans. So the doctor thinks there is 110 need of his venturing there.' "Ofcourse I knew that 1 couldn't take the small-pox again, so 1 made up my mind that I'd go down and see the poor fellow, ind lind out if he wanted any help. Smith ?aid he would go part of the way with me, jut he wouldn't venture into the cot. We set out. nnd wlwn xi-.i - , ? ..v.. iiu uw uaii ;i lozen rods of the house, my companion said le guessed he'd stop, and let mo go ahead. I'lie dwelling was only a log cabin, and vhcu I reached the door, Mrs. Mangle :amo out. She was a hard looking woman, hough not so homely as 1 had seen. " ' Don't come no nigher,' she cried, ivlien slie saw uj?. * Dui'o guo tw tox awful.' Never fear,' says T. ' I aint afraiil >f it. I've just dropped down to see if 1 ; jouldn't help him.' j - i?iu sue ucciareu mat i mustn't come n. She said it would be the death of nie. Ifc didn't want any help. However, I insisted, and she finally gave way; but she warned me against going near the bed. I went in, and there, in one corner, on a low aed, 1 saw Sutt Mangle. His face was as ;pccklod as an adder, and lie seemed to be n much pain. (( i 11 nw n rn vn 9 f T ? " J" " ' Awful!' said he. " '('an't T do something for ye V says I. "'Take care!' he cried. 'Don't come 10 nighcr ! Yo'll catch ycr death!' " It struck me that the man coidd talk i good deal better thaiTl could when I had the small-pox, and 1 thought his eyes looked rather bright and clear. And then his face wasn't swollen a bit " ' Take care !' says bo, as I went nearer to him. " ' Never fear,' says T. ' I've had it; and as I spoke I sat down on the side of the bed. He trembled so that I could foci the bed shake under me, and turned quick* lp over so as to hide his face; and as he did this I saw two thiners that rather star tied me. In the first place, I saw that lie had his clothes on \ in the second place, I saw that the spots on his lace weren't ??>/'hiiif/ but spots! They weren't pustules it all, hut only daubs of some kind of red i>nd purple paint, or berry juice. " It didn't take morc'n a minute for me to see quite an animal. I'd seen twenty men sick with the small-pox at the same l time, and I knew that this chap wasn't ' sick any more than I wjib. I'd come there to help him if I could ; but the thought struck mo that I might help him in a little different manner from what I was expected. " ' Well,' soys T, as honest as T could, 'if I can't help ye, I'll he moving; but loook out that ye don't catch cold.' " lie said he would, and I left him.? When I joined Smith, I told him what I'd found, l told him that Sutt Mangle had not got the small-pox?that he'd pretended to have it so as to keep people away from him, in which he had succeeded very well. Says I, ' lie planned to rob the pedler when he first pretended to be taken sick at the tavcru. It was a shrewd thing, hut if you will "o hack w!i.!i trio w *;'!! !''in tllftt he hasn't suceccded/ ] " Smith was all afire now, and as anx-! ious to examine into the matter an I was. Of ! course [ wasn't morally suro that Sutt was j the murderer; but I was sure that lie had j no sickness, and that was ground enough ! to work unon. Wo cot a eounle of trood ! elubs; and went hack to tho cot?crawling nlong under thebtlahcft?and when we got to tho open yard W? rushed in. Sutt was just getting out of hod, and wlien lie saw us ho caught a pistol from under his pillow ; i but boforo he could cock it Smith gave him a rap on the head with his club which Bottled him b.iok. The woman turned to (Ice but I atteuded to her case though I had to | knock licv down before I could .secure lier. I "Ah soon as Suit was bound I took ft wet rag, andgovo his face ft washing thnt cured nil the small-pox in ft very few momenta. He came out or fresh as n rose bush after i ti shower. The very first placc we examined wan under the bed, whoro wc found | two bundles done up in old quilts. AVc pulled 'em out and opened 'cm, and found j the peddler's whole stock. Sutt Mangle bad supposed that a ease ofsmall pox would | be a safeguard against anv outsider mikin? i e j ii\ under that bed; and if it hadn't hoppened that I'd had the critter, and so wasn't afraid of it, the valuables might I have been laid there in safety till he got n chance to move 'cm, which lie probably I meant to do as soon as it was proper for him to get well " I remained in the cot to keep guard, while Smith wont after help. Sut swore and begged, and offered me all he got if T>.1 l_i ? l- ? i u tut uiin go, out 1 made no words with him. I waited until Smith returned, which he did in company with a score of the villagers, and then we carried the prisoners and their plunder up to the tavern. " Of course there was no lack of evidence to convict Suit Mangle of the murder and robbery.* It was as plain as day. The clothes he had worn that night at the tavern were found all spattered with blood. and we found tlio locust, too, close by his ] cot, from which the club was cut. Hut i the small-pox and the articles under the 1 bed were enough in themselves. Ilowev- 1 er, he, was convicted, and in two weeks he * was hanged, and before ho died lie not only confessed that, be murdered the peddler, f but he said be bad killed and robbed a good I many men in different parts of the country, t llis wife was convicted ftt the same time, 1 and sentenced to imprisonment for life. 1 "That's tbc only ease of small-pox lever ! !>.. I ' ' 1 ' U.I.A tuiun, mi nillljjsconsiuercu, 'j I managed it pretty well. Don't Vou?" |] " Yes," said I. - n "Then lot s go at the trout again," said r Tim. And nt them wo went. "(lor Left.?A genuine touchof wo- man's nature, as well as human. nature, * pervades the following : A comfortable old couple sat a scat or J two in front of us on the railroad during one of the hottest days last summer. The ( journey was evidently one of the events <>f 1 their lives, ami their curiosity excited (he t attention of the passengers. Atawaysta- jj tion tlie old gentleman stepped out to pot jj a drink, or to buy a doughnut and heard the ^ bell only in time to rush to the door of the ( eating house and see the train move off without him. The old lady in herseathnd fi been fidgeting, looking out of the window ? in lier anxiety for his return, and when she | r saw his plight, his frantic jcsturcs for the train to stop, us it swept farther and farther M away, she exclaimed : f, " There, my old man has got left! ho n has ! there ! see, he has !" " Wa'll," she 'I continued, sitting hack in her seat again, " " I'ni cliidnn't* it's ahva vpbeen. "Maimu.v. you 11 get left' all my lite long; anu now () he's gone and got left; and I'm gladon't." llcr candid reflection on the accident, and f< the evident satisfaction flhe felt in the fact j 1. uiai it was me oia man,, nixl not hersolf, 1 n that was loft, was greeted with a round of ' applause. Not a few of the ladies in the | r car wore delighted that it was the old man . " and not the old woman who made the blun- 1 j, dor, and had " gone and got left." n Don't trust to vorn DirnoxAiiY.? j, A German, whoso Englitdi education had 0 been somewhat neglected, obtained an in- li terview with an English lady, who, having ii recently lost her husband, must (as ho in n his unwashed (Jermnn condition took for { 1.^ ..rr - - 1 I' uv uj/vii iu nun uulth, ann accor- | ] dingly opened his business thus :?" lligli- ; Jj born uiauam, sinco your husband have kick-1 t ed dc bueket " ?"Sir !" interrupted ! il the lady, astonished and displeased.?"Oh I * pardon !?nine, tea thousand pardon !? 1 11 Now I make new beginning?quite odcr n beginning. Madam since your husband t have cut his stick " It may be supposed that this did not mend matters ; and > reading so much in the lady's countenance, c the (Jerman drew out an octavo dictionary, c and said, perspiring with shame at having 1 a second time missed lire, " Madam, since fl vnnr 11 j^,.v. , vj f^wnu n> Miijiuom come i f " This he said besoochingly ; butthojt lady was past propitiation this time, and ? rapidly moved towards the door. Things r had now readied a crisis; and if some- I thing were not done quickly the game whs ' up. Now, therefore, taking a last hurried j look at his dictionary, the Herman flow after the lady, crying out, in a voice of des- E pair, " Madaip, since your husband?your t most respected husband?have hopped de | i twig " Tins was his sheet-anchor; and | 1 ns this also eamo home, of course the poor ' man was totally wrcckcd. It tamed out | that the dictionary he had used, (Arnold's j we think,) a work of ono hundred and fif- , ty years back, and, from more German ig- i norancc, giving slang translations from Tom t Brown, 1/Estrange, and other jocular wri- * tors?had put down the verb sterben (to die) with tho following worshipful series of equivalents:?"To kick the buokct;" " To cut one's stick " To go to kiugdom | comcj" to hop the twig;" "Ta drop off i the perch into Davy's iocfcer." l)e Quinccy. Military Value of Railways.?The German papers express their astonishmcut r.t th? nn'i8sion of the Austrians to tear up , tho railroad woC-, so destroy the mil-! itary means which the French have bo utilized. The Vienna Presses, improvingtho topic, points out the fact that tno French soldier* brought out from tho reserve at Montehcllo, approached so near tho aceno of action in the trains, that they commcnccd firing from tho windows before they disembarked. " IIow is it," said a man to his ticlgh' bof, "that I'arson W?tho lar-i?at mart living, writes these interminable long sermons ? " "Whysays the other, "he probably gets to jffiting and is too Inzy to stop." To a Drunken Husband. My husband, it was foe theo 1 left My own. my happy homo; For theo I left ray cottage bowers, With thco in joy to roam ; Anil wlicrc are all thy holy vows, The truth, the love, the trust, That won my heart ??all scattered now, And trampled in the dust. I loved thee with love untold, And when I stood beside Thy noble form, I joyed to think I was thy chosen bride. Tliey tolil nio ore I was tliinc own, II (iff .sail my tot would he ; I thought not of the future, thcn-t I only thought of thee. I left my home, my happy home, A sunny-hearted thing. Forgetting that my happiness A shadowing cloud might bring. j iic sunny bicio ot 11 To is gone, Its shadows only mine? And thorns are springing in my heart, Where blossoms ustd to twine. 1 do not "bl.imo thco for thy lot, 1 only j>rny for Ihee, That thou may'st from the tempter's power (Oh, joyful thought!) he free ; That thou may'st bend shove my grave, With penitence sincere. And for the broken hearted one. Let fall n sober tear. Battle of New Orleans. BY A BRITISH Ot'HCKIt. A Btitifh officer who was at tlie hnttlo of S'cw Orleans, locutions nil incident.of thrillng strangeness, and very descriptive of the iVesteru hunters, many of whom marched to he defence of Xow Orleans as volunteers in ho army under the renowned Andrew .Jackion : Y>"c marched, said the officer, in a solid 1 >nlmun *?r A ?> ? 1 iiiwuniiiiii men, in a direct < i 11 c upon the American defences. I belonged o the staff, and as wo advanced, watched hrough our glass the position and nrrangenents of our enemy with that intensity an flicer only fcel? when inarching into the aws of death, with the assurance that while 10 thus offers himself as a sacrifice to the lemands of his country, every action, he it uecessful or otherwise, will lie judged with nost heartless scrutiny. It was a strange sight, that long range of otton halos?a new material for breastwork ?with the crowd of human beings behind, heir heads only visible above the line of deencc. We could distinctly see their long j itles Ivinf over tlm l.?l?? a...i ?>-- ? - _ ? mm uiu imncrj l>I I >cn. Coffee directly in front, with its great J uouth gaping towiinl us, and the position of on. Jackson, with his staff around him.? j lut what attracted our attention most, was ho figure of a tall man standing on the j < ircastxvorks. dressed in linsey wo<?!soy, with j uckskin leggins, ami a hroad rimmed felt | at that fell around his face, almost conceal- ! ug his features. lie was standing in one of j hose picturesque and graceful attitudes pi- I ' uliar to those natural men-dwellers in t" % j >rest. The hody rested on the left leg, and j waved with a curved lino upwards: the j ight arm was extended, the hand grasping | lie rille, near the inuzule, the hutt of which ) ested near the toe of the right font, while j rith his hand he raised the rim of the hat i rom his eyes, and seemeil envinnr ? . ? ty'%"'"ry ,,uni l,v" ] oath intensely upon our (ulvnncing column. I 'lie cannon of (Jen. Coffee lm<l opened niton ! s, ami tore through our ranks with dreadful j laughter ; l --* we continued to advance, un- f V " - * --i 1 i 1 ur progress. f The rour of cannon seemed to linvo no ef- | < :ct upon tho tigure standing on the cotton : ales, hut ho seemed fixed and motionless as : statue. At last lie moved, threw hack the i at rim over the crown with his left hand, ] nisod the riflo to his shoulder, ami took aim , t our group. Our eyes were riveted ?'pon ( int. At whom had Ire leveled, his piece? : ' tut tho distance was so great that wo looked teach other and smiled. We saw the ritle J ash, and my right hand companion', an no- ! in l.w.i;?? ? -* *< 1 ? ! >>h ,, .Viiun no cu t ruuu III' WIU IIOil<l f a regiment, fell from his saddle. The unter paused ft few moments, without niav- : ii^r his rifle from his shoulder, then reloaded J nd resumed his former nttitudo. Throwing ' he lint rim Again over his Ores and again ' olditig it up with the loft hand, he fixed his i liereing gaze upon us as if hunting out an- | ther victim. Once more the hat rim was I hrown back, and the gun raised totheshoul- | or. This time we did not smile, hutiAst 1 hort glances at each other, to sen which of I is must die ; and when the rifle again flashed, | notlier of us dropped to the earth. There i vas something awful in marching on to oer- < ain death. (Jon. Coffee's battery and thousands of ' nuskct balls played upon our ranks. We nred not fur tlmm Hmm ? ?" ~e iscnpmg unscathed. Most of us had walked ipou batteries a hundred times more do itruetive without quailing; but to know that ivory time that rifle was leveled towards us, ind tho bullet sprang from its barrel, one of ', is must surely fall 1 To seo tho gleaming! mn flash as the iron came down, and see it est motionless, ns if poised upon a rock, and enow when tho hnmmor struck and tho sparks low to the full primed pan, that tho messen?er of death d.ovo unerringly to its goal?to mow this and still inarch on. was awful. T K..? ?t-~ ? - ~? .x. uw wiiv cuu IU.II n^uru I itanding oil tho breastwork. llo soemod to jrow phantom-like, tailor and tailor, assum-. i ng through the smoke tho supernatural ajv >caranco of some giant spirit. Again did 10 reload and discharge Siis rifle with the inme unerring aim ; and it was with indeserijnble pleasure that 1 beheld, as wo neared ho American lines, tho sulphurous smoke gather around us and shut that spcctrhl hun;or from my gaxe. Wo lost tho battlo, and to my mind the Kentucky "rifleman contributed more to our defeat than anything elso; for while ho remained to our sight our attention true drawn from our duties, and when at lnf?fc tvo become enshrouded in the smoke, the work was complete?wo were Sr. utter confusion, and unable, in tho extremity, to restore ortlcr sufficiently to mako any successful attack. An imDaticnt Wclohmsn pnllpd ?a liiu wife, " Come, como, isn't breakfast rendy? I've had nothing since yesterday, and tomorrow will be the third day I" This is equal to the stirring housefcife, who arou*gU her maid at four o'clock with " Como, Betsy, get np ! Hero 'tis morning; tomorrows' Tuesday, noxfc day's- Wednesday?half tho week gone, and nothing done yet." Ax -old tar oaino down to the cabin of Nel?on'a shin nn? r.nld. Hriadlv ilov wi?li soinft mc88np?, Whilst Lady Hamilton was j present. Seeing the cotd condition of the sailor, #hd asked which he would profcr?a glass of wlno or a glasn of brandy. "It don't mutter which," replied .Jack ; " but If yotir ladyship plcnHca, I can be drinking ho <?inc while you arc pouring out th? brandy." # A Fr.y's Flight.?Tho formation of tlic { wings of a fly enables it to attain a velocity of from thirty to thirty-live feet in a second. | In this space of time a racc-horse would clear only ninety feet, which is at tho rate of more than a mile per minute. Now, our little fly in her swiftest flight will in the some space of time go more than the, third of a utile. If, therefore, wo com- ! pare tho infinite clift'ereneo of the size of the two animals, how wonderful will tlie i velocity of this minute creature appear. ; A n.VKV.R once advertised ;?'-That as sill men need bread, bo wisbes the public to know that he kneads it. He is desirous of feeding all who are hungry, and hopes j his good works may be in the hands of ev- ] *..j jiu in Hun uisposcu towards ;?i 1 men, ami tlio best bred people^ among us j will find bim, be hopes, one of the best ! bread men in the city." Dying Consouvtion.?An ohl unloved Dcaeon, in his last hours, was visited by a neighbor who said : " Well Deacon, 1 hope you feel l'Cfiigned in going." " "Y-cc-s," said the Dcaeon, " T?I think?I?I am resigned." " Well, said the other, " 1 thought it might be consoling to you to know that all the neighborhood are resicrneil also." a " IIow do you feel with such a shocking eoat oil ?" said a young dandy to old Roger. " 1 feel," said old Roger, looking at him steadily with ooc eye half closed, ns if taking ahn nt his victim?" 1 feel, young | man, as if 1 had paid Jfor it?a luxury of i feeling which 1 think you have iicvcr ex- j perieuecd." A thuk Ilr.Ho.?-A council of war was held before the fight at Rocroi, and the j l'rinccof Conde, the great French general, having pointed out the advantages that j ^ * * * 1 '' - * ..V.V1UV Hum iv viuiurv, ino ^laroclial j (lc (Jassion replied, " But if wo lose, what [ is to bccotnc of us ?" " I never think of that," said the prince; " I shall be dead first." Kkki* noon Company.?Intercourse with persons of decided virtue and excellence is of great importance to the formation of a good character. The force of example is powerful; we arc creatures of imitation, and by a necessary influence, our liabit.s and tempers arc very much formed an the model of those with whom we familiarly associate. " Now do take this medicine, wife, and I'll he-hanged if it doesn't euro you."? 11 Oh, 1 will take it, then, by all means, for it is sure to do good one way or the othtfr." ' A avafi being told by an acquaintance I 1 :lmtMiy8 Brown (who is rather ft brood-| 1 featured young lady,") had a benign conn- 1 enaneo, he replied, " Perhaps you mean 1 levcn-by-ninc." Tiik hktokt Piquant.?Pes Cartes, he philosopher, on being jested by a eerain marquis for indulging himself in the ] ay, wi'ymi'fi V)i;> t '-'Wi/vLv :.w b<>x i ?ood things only for fools?" At a recent country wedding, on the ninistcr's asking the bride, " Wilt thou !>a. ;his man to be thy wedded husband?" without Wnitlmr fur tlif (>ni>mlntinn nf !>.? n i ?cntcncc, she replied, dropping a courtesy, ' ' Yor if you please sir !" Tltfi mnn, who. laughs at his country ind says he lias not any attachment to the place of his nativity?is lit for " trcasoua, stratagems, and spoils." CSoon sense is the father of "Wit, Truth liis grandfather, and .Mirth and Gobd-hunlov his hoon companions. IIK is happy whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent who inn suit his temper to any circumstances. AYiikn you negotiate for a house having 111! thn ninilnrn inmiviv/i?>Anto ...... ...Ml - .. JfUll Will gull- j crajly find that a mortgage is one of thorn. A revising barrister having asked a voter the value of a house, the answer was, "That depends upon what sort of a wife tliere is in it." Wk run the risk of experiencing the greatest disgust if we observe too closely how government, justice, and cookery arc managed. A Woman's AuMor.?Modesty is the courage of a woman. Be content with enough. Yon may but ier your uroau until you are unable to cat it. Why docs a sailor know there is a man in the moon ? liecausc he has been to sea. Wiy.N ill news conies too late to be serviccoble to your neighbour, keep it to yourself. Nkckssity ov Truth.?So vital n necessity to til living men is truth, that the vilest truiior feels annoyed and wronged? feels the pillars of the world bhuken, when treasou recoils upon himself. A FIPKjliko a quack mcdieino, is worth noimiig unions it is putted. Dental! Dental DR. J. II. MAXWELI/, SURGEON DENTIST. 0VFKR8 his profcnsional nor vivos to flic citizens of I'iekens District and (lie publio generally. He will Attend the different High Schools of Mr. J. 11. Hami.is. July 22. 18'f)0 52 2? Cattle! Cattle for Sale! T OFFEIl for salo Twenty-one Head of bTOOK 1 CATTLE. They are of the improved Breed, mostly Heifers?a few H*?vcs amongst the lot. Thoy can bo seen at my farm on Martin's Creek. TII08. h. LKW1H. July 14, 61 4 Military Notice. THE members of tlio " I'iokcns Riflemen " will meet nt Piokenn O, II. on tlic fifth 8?tiwUy, Inxtiint. for ll?e pjrjieMof giving up t heir prnm or signing the now conirtitiKion. Ity order ofCap't. h. KOOKHS. July 20,18G9 62 ? * * GREENVILLE MAltBLR YARD. riMIK subscriber lmn on 1n\ml nml is con.1. stantly receiving a large and varied assortment of . Amorioan and Italian Marblo, 'l'o which he would call the attention oftho*c in want of a suitable Monument to mark tho npot whero repose the remains of. their il? parted relatives and friend*. Curving orul lettering of nil kinds neatly and promptly executed. ikit" I'avtieular attention -ftald to orders by mail. J A MilS M. ALLKN. Oreonvillo C. H., ?. C.. Feb. 22 31-tf N. 1$. He refor? to I> t? Wcstliold, Cower, Cox, Markly & Co.. I)r."M B Marie, W Jt Watson, Esq., Col P lloke, It McKay, Ksq. - - ? - I it. .Awimin, ,i u. ?i. vr. ii.\i(ni.^u.>. 7,. r. ITIJ.IAM NOIUtlsT HA KHTsON & pfiLUAM, Attorneys at Liuv, A Nl> S 01.101 TO R S I N KQ U I T V, \\TII.I. ntlvnd promptly Jo nil business entrtisI! ted to their euro. Mit. I'ii.i.iam enn ulvayu be fouiul in the Office. OFFICF. AT IMCKENS C. II., S. C. fltpti <>, I860 D tf J. H. VOIGHIY i in, ?. \ tf ii stitliiinkcr, WAUIAIjIjA. S. V.. ' "V V\'II.L glvo strict attention to nil bueinc^s onm trusted to liis euro. Terms tlie inwit rcKsonable. Jan. 12. 25 ?f Brandroth's Pills, FOR RALE AT SALUIUUTV, S. C. 'pilKSB colebrutcd Pills ure of'vegctable cotn1 pound, frco from mercury or drugs of any kitul. Tltoy arc a sovereign remedy for pain or any uneasiness in tlie body, or costivcness.? Skin disenses of any inveterate and painful clniracter, such as erysipelas, salt rlieum, tetter and summer '""it, have been eradicated by their use. Ttieso J .lis ...ive cured the rheumatic, the pplcptic, the paralytic, aucf the consumptive. in jaundi. c nml all affections of tlie liver, dyspepsia, dysentery, and diarrlioc, pleurisy, sudden pains and inflammations, female obstruct ions, scorbutic and scroffulous, ercn gouty sml neuralgic affeotlons, have given way to the use of this medicine: and now. after twenty years experience, the public estimation of lirandreth'a Pills continue to iiw*r?ase. For Worms Ilrandreth's l'ills aro the best vermifuge : they nro infallible. A little child, six years old, lor soijio MUCH* whs nro<>]>iiig : iis iiminor gave it one ot" llrnndret h's sugar con toil pills; the next dfly '' there conic kwny u worm sixteen incites lon^ mi I n< Urge as u child's linger. Tlie child was well. Anil for pleurisy nothing is better. Let I lie people discard prejudice mill try tliem. jJ?-Sol.l by W. H. & 0. F. WIM.1AM8, nt Salubrity. S. nt the usual pricc. April 20, lH.v.i a? tf Public Notice IS hereby given that n final settlement of tho Kstate of Joshua Chapman, deceased, will lm inado in the Ordinary*,* Office, at Pickens 0. H., nn the 1st Monday in August next. Those hnvillfl? llt?nillllil-<4 nmiinuf un 1/1 W?# ? ? ? 1 n DKI?I J jnioiu Jll rt'IHUT Ilicm lo iiio h'j^nlly ntteajeil before tlint time, mil those imlehtuil thereto must make ]>nyiuent it ofice. RAM I,. CIIAl'MAK, Ailm'r. Ajuil '-"J. 1 S.V.i :;'.i Kin Stale or SouHi Carolina, I'll'KKNS?IX Kt)L'ITY. S-cwt9n H. Dims, Kxor. ^ mfr f Dts,.ovo,T, IT iipi?enving to I lie Comm T A llnat niwl ivifn I""'"" il..fn>i.l..,.l. - .......... HI Ills ease, reside without the limits'of tin's Stole: >n motion of Whilticr nnd Whitner, cnmplain *i?l"a solicitor, it is Ordered that the said absent lefendants do appear, plead answer or demur lo compbiinant's said bill 01 complaint, within throe months fltom the publication hereof, ?r un order pro confrsxo will he taken as to them. HOli r. A. THOMPSON, ?.K.i\n. t'oin'r.a. Office, May '-A, 1K."?0 44- 8m Estate Notice. I FINAL flyltleinent of the Kstate of Jnmen ;\ l.atham. deceased, will he made before the Ordinary, tit PickenH C. II., on Monday the It day of August next. Those, having demands agaiust said cstatewill present them by that time attested as the law require*, at\d those indebted thereto must make payment foithw J,.h. M \ I! V* I A'I'll A \l A. I...'. J. S. LATHAM, Adiii'r.* Mny '42 .".in Siatc of Sou Hi Carolina, IMCKKNS IN K^UITV. K. 1). Kcilli, Kx'trix ct. nl. ) vs. > Bill for Relief, &c. Klishrv Lawrence, ct. nl. ) IT appearing to tlio Commissioner Jhat John M. Lawrence, YVjllitm K. Wclib nncl wif? Knther and K. B. .ssaway and wife Artemissn, resides without thcliniitrt of 4his Slate . On motion of Norton, complainant*' solicitor, it is ordered Hint these absent defendants do appear, plead, answer or demur to complainant*' auid bill (Sf1 complaint, within three months from the publication hereof, or an order jiro coiif'tso will be taken an to them. ItOB'T. A. THOMPSON, c.s.r.n. Com'rs. Office, June 20, IRAQ ??iri m A Friendly Notice. 4 LT< persons indebted to tho Fstnte of f 1\ .Joshua Cox. deceased, must settle nt once. Those having demands agftinjt tho Kstftte must render tliein in according to law. lly bis reiiuest, the largest notes are in tho hands of Mr. B. Cox for an early setthw ment. I prefer winding up the ontate jusb a? soon as the law -will admit, ho far as \ nm ?? ?n/> 1 j" "ii r Vl U N N I C U Tt" Ad m' r. Fob. 22. lH.r?9 31 tf Slate of 8011th Carolina, in omuxAiir?ricKKNH. ON hearing tho Petition in the above caws, and it appearing to my $?tWaction that Kliaa Carvor, Administrator of estatoof Abraham Ahles, <lcccn?o<l, U absent from tlie State; on motion of llio Petitioner, It is ordered thot ho do appear in iho Conrl of Ordinary to he held At Pioken* Court House, for Pickens district, ami account for his adininistrjUlon of said estate on the fifth day of Sejjteiirtiftf next, or a decree will be wade in the case an if he were por; sonally present, and t)io sureties of thespid ad iiiiuini ration, viz: i-eonaru rowers unci (uar)in Carter tire reauire?U0bo and appear in Die ear* Court on tho day tiWbmcntionnl and render an uccounb of said mfiojniftrtttion. Witness my ' hand ami seal tUo of May >8f>9 >T. J. PAR80N8, o.p.n. Juno 1, 18M> - 46 8m Nome. THK Estate of Moses llendrtcks, defeased, will he settled Anally in the Ordinary'! Office, at Ticketis ('. I!., on Monday the 'ifitli day of July next. Those interested in said estate will take duo notice of the fact, and goteru ?f themselves accordingly. ft w upvninru'u *,1 '- A | April 20, 1850 JJV ' ' fcu - i v. # 1