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"TO THINK OWN SKIjF ju: TllUE, AND IT Mt'NT FOLLOW, AS TJIE NIGHT Til!'. DAY. TIIOI- CAN'S!' NOT THEN 1!K FALSE TO ANY MAN."
HY UOH'T. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COlHiT 11.0USE, S. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, IWI), VOL? XI. NO. y
$lE"LSOTE!D IPOETI^Y- '
The Motherless. 1 431
(j<vl help mill sIlit'M the iHOtliorlos*,
The stricken. bleeding ilovc? \ tin
1'or w'liom tlioi'6 gHsho* mx vieh fount J iUi
Of deep iiiul deathless love : I
Tho saddest title grief ctml'ei s, i |
, I'oi' who so sit-1 us tlicy.
Upon wIiopo putiifi not Iter's love l'1'
Sheds not its holy ray? i lilt
No gcnlle forin.nbovfc tliom hernia j
To soothe tlio eoueli of pain? *
No voiec ncl 1on<\ nsj her's essays ?
To calm tlie fcvori*h br.iin. pit
Oh, oilier tongues miiy whisper love, no
lu ucecutM fiol'i iiudinild, ()jI'm
none on earth so pure as I lint .
A mother beard a child. ( j1
ot
.1 ii?l^rc kindly of iho motherless? ; (o
A weary lot is t heir's, I
And oft the heart the en vest seems,
A load of sorrow hen vs.
No faithful voice direct* their stops, till
Or bids thetn on ward press. . on
" And iC they gang a kenyiu' wrung,"
( oil hell) the unithi'i'li<ss '
???;?~i i s?t? j -!:r
imO&LLAWV...* . \ )Z,
The Duration of Human Life- ' t< <
The members of the I{?>3j. 1 Statistical on
Society of (.Jroat Britain have paid great i'vei
attention to the subject, of the duration of i f?n
buiunii life, ami liave just coueludod a thor- fn:
oujjh investigation, which has oeeupkul the | t'm
last fourteen yearn. ,An eminent llnglish Ni
physician has taken all the- facts presented ; wi
boforc tlie so.oi?ty. since 18 1"), ami reports lcj.
to the i'Vllow-s, that ho has.drawn thci'c-' sn
from the following iufcronees: 1. That ! su
tlic vnlno of human life was. lower in the | pr
seventeenth century than in tliQsixteenth : ! av
hut that it experienced a marked recovery | <ii
in the ei<rhteentH ; and that this rennnka- cd
bio feature wa.s. incidental to each class of 1 an
the community. with the exception of suv- j en
ereiirns. medical men, artists (who show a ' nx
progressive improvement.) and lawyers fei
(who show a progressive deterioration.)? ! os
11. That the duration of life of niarrjeil men j it
is j?rcalor 11in11 (luit ot unmarried men?
the diflereiioe beii)? 5'I yoara in favor of pa
the former. !/. 'J'hat, ns tvparda the coin- tin
parative duration of life of the two 8e,\es, tin
females have the advantage over males, and tin
a better expoetatiou of life at every age en
from 25, to 75. He
One of the most into,re.stinpand, valuable ad
_ C *1. - ? * 1 <* ?
tu iiiv |):i|?L'l\S JMTWeillCU DCIlire Clio SOCICiy I DM
was rend l?y Dr. l?uy, ." On tlie Duration '
of Life as A(lected .bv tbc Pursuits of I.itoraturo,
Science, and Art." M os.t writers
on tlio mlijd't luivo always treated of dis- O"
tinct- and woll-delincd classes of society, .y)
fuoli as laborers, the three learned profex-- 'SJI1
sinns, sovei'feijiii ?, etc.; but Di-. (luy eon- XNj
sidcred tlie less defined classes of society
known nf artists, literary, and scientific J*1
men. lio treated this theme under four
divisions, viz. : I. The duration, of life of 'sc'
literary men5 l!.-?Tlm duration of life of
> >ki.~ 1 _ < iv. ? v:?
oun uiMiu nu ll } ?. X UU tlUVilllUU UI NIC UI .
tlio juofeasors'of the finc arts; and, 4. A Ul
comparison of those lhree classes. nP
In toga id to the first of those divisions,
tho duration of life among literary men, 1
tlic author,had been able to collect, from j,],.
(Mialinerx' Biographical Dictionary and the. trc
Annual Reenter, UJ2 ages at death of men ;n
more or less devoted to literary pursuits. ,|j|
Dr. tluy observed at the outset that this j,0
class was not .so qharply defined as other
classes of society, 'jjritish writers, both So
111 |MOMi: inm verse, were ot every runK ami j ]jy
profession. With some it was only an oe- r
c isional and exceptional p* suit ; luit with ,
others it Was as much n profession as divinity,
law, or physio. Ilis pnpVr referred j
to nil those who * made literature one of j*11
their pursuits,*, nnd the duration of whose '*
life was Consequently nfleeted in various l''1
degrees by the h.bits of composition. Thc?e 'l0
were subdivided into nntu|UftricH, historirians,
poofs, miscellaneous writers, nnd Gil
writers professionally engaged ns se.hool- ft r
masters. Of theso ffgesat dofitlf the lowest l"1
wore those of two poets who died at -the no
nge of 21, the highest that of T. O'Sulli- ''h
van, a celebrated Irish bard and author, ^
who died at tin? rccorde?l ago of M">.
According to tiro, tabfes exhibited by fai
T>r. (luy, poet# nppenr, on nn uvorn to, to kn
livo tho shortest ltvfls, and ne$t to tbcm HU)
come Bcliool masters. This uiiiy bo ox- ^
plained, (in regards poets, by tho oircumstance
of. their coimnttncitig thoir distinctive ^y
puraijit curlier than any other class of lite- jU(,
rary inch ; tin regards schoolmasters, by the tjn
immense Umoniit of confinement IrtMin
ncnltrvf rooms wlncli tliey are compelled to ni;
undergo. That po; . had boon a shortlived
raeo appeared evident from sonic Htu- 0 ]
tlnticH of the nce.o ijt -death of llomtin poets, jj
produced by Pr.' (Jftv.' Thus', Tihullns ^
died at 24, I'ersins at HO, Tjueilins and ('?- |.,
tulhts'at 4(5, Virgil nt 51, Horace nt 57,- ,^0
Ovid at 50, and .Martial It Tft-^-tlnr eight
rinyiCB giving tholbw ft* .?ge of 48 J year*.
Against fhorfe innv bo plhoed KirVc White, PC1
who died at 21, (Jollins at 550, Pnrnell and t'u
TJobert Burnrf at B7, '<3oldjHnith at 40, v
ThompSod ftt 48, (fowley tit 40, flhakspearo V H
nt l('2, and Popo nt 50?yielding an nver- ?,u
i?K<5 pf 4-*J yonrH. Tho nvcri.^o 'Juration of I101
lifo of llritishnoot# who rtttaiilod (In hjjc 1,11
of 21. was flN-10'years j' while W>o ootrea- M1?
llondinir (lufotl^/of lifo for jWe ?nti<\tumo8 c''<'
?7t1ie liighcsi. in tho llet?Wns 07-f?f5 year*. ^hl
, Historians ruukcjJ next nntiquufitvi M
u long-liveu clmw. iMie avoraj?e tin rati on
of lifo for vitflit Uoinnn writers \Vho treated y
,tf ; ?.i J ?1-:?1-? ?? "<?
.miuijr auu miiiiiti suiijvvM, mtjib uu-w.f,
or moro * if.-.u twenty year* in oxcchs of tfint gca
of the U )> in poets. The JeauKs of the
I,
* if.
* *
estigfitionsconcerning Ihitish lii^toriuiiM
rce with those in a majority of sitiiilar
do?, in showing that tliero was a loss fnrahh:
duration < f life hi persons burn in
i seventeenth cegtury than in those born
ring the eighteenth. As regards the
n punitive dnra(ion of life among the
t ried nod single members of the literary
>fo?sinn, the advantage is in favor of the
irried men-. (
Turning to scientific men, whom l)r.
ly subdivided into (1) mathematicians
it astronomers, (*J) chemists :iml natural (
ihw-ophcrs, s111< 1 (.'{) naturalists, ho found |
jroat ditlevcnee in tlic average durations i
lite ; but it was a curious fact, tlmt these ' i
sses showed no fallingoff in the length
lilc in the 17th CCiitury corresponding '
that which had been noticed in previous
s.ses,but raven progressive improvement; ,
jijje at death have risen from til-(hi in | ,
8 Kixtecnth century to (5.V27 in the scv- ,
toenth, and then to (><S-2f> in the i-i^h- 1
!Uth. It must he remembered that these (
nves weve deduced from the eases of !
ise only wlio attained the aye of thirty
us.
Turning next, to that class trliich devo1
itself to the fine arts?subdivided into
mm.-1-ir*, M.-ui[uors, pnimcr.*, onjrra- :
in, music-urns, vocalists, and actors?'lie j
in*l frhat, ns might havo boon exjicetQil 1
mi the sedentary, nature of their occupa- i
n, the engravers stooil lowest on tlie list,
xt came painters, who wove confined
ihin doors but whose cnip'ovmont was
;s sedentary. lOnjrincorS, architect*, find
rveyors, who combined the sedentary f?tirils
of the draughtsman with active suriutendeucc
out of doors, gave a higher
wruge 0/ Ike. \Vith than ranked musi
in.-* , iiim iivmifj iiiui vocalists xceinto
have sonic advantage over engravers
d paintcM. All this class, like thescitific
clasS, showed n progressive improvenit
during the (hive centuries above rered
to. ' Oonfpfirl ng generally the class-'
devoted to literature, science, and art,
appeared that scientific men had the most
rotable duration ot life; then those cnged
in the cultivation of the fine arts ;
use engaged in literajtnre stood lowest on
i' list. It would seem, however, from
e tables, that though the pursuits of lititure
were destructive to life in its carr
periods, they wore favorable in its more
vunced stages. There were more old
;il amonir authors than aiunmr iii'tislt I
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[ The Huston Tru)i*rrf)>t.
Mr it nun.?The wifo of .Juliu* Howard*
s been sent to jail in ]$avnwt*ll, S.
tl?o niuvderof a 'nfcjrro womait, kUiyc of
d Howard. We loam that the. iiC?ro
is beaten tu death by Howard ami his I
fo, and buried some two weeks .siirco.?
i Wednesday hist, .some of the neighbors
vinj* their suspicion excited, made a
iroli of Howard's premises, and dlsiovertjte
bod)' of the ne^vo burivd in the
.. i .11 'i. 11 ?
hi. i iuh.'uu una liiinjc him.escape ; ins
fe was united and committed (o jail
on the verdict of a coroner's jury.
. [Aiii/intu. /)+j>a(ch.
????t ? _ '
I'm km kndovs Stohn.?r-U'e n rein formed <
it on Tuesday evening, tlie lUth inst., a I
unendous storm pn&sod do\vn the 3ahula, I
Dutch Fork, prostrating nearly .oyoryinjjj
it met in it* fury. Several negro
uses wore blown downr and other* dedished
by trees blowin;; across them'.? ,
vera I pefconstonVrowly escaped with their,
es. In places, we are told, it nearly dcoyed
whole fields uf corn.?/jcxiiiyton
o<j* ' . .
Tukih: is a lady, a Mrs. Singleton, resijjr
in this District, (Williamsburg) who '
fUippoMd to ho about I t!) years old.?
iu it-uuiu ui nur i?g? >vif? voriguiutm in n .
use burnt by the British and Topic.", '
nce'licr ago cannot bn exactly ascertain- I
. 11 or youngest child, a daughter, was ['
rrpwn up lady in the time of the Revo- j
ion, and her youngest grandchild is.:
\v 60 yenra old. She has lived all her j
? in thft Districts of tioorgOtown and I 1
rlliiiiisbtirg. ' 11
MlLK Sm'KNT.ss.?Extraordinary Fa- j i
'ity.?'The mysterious disease, popularly ;
own in portions of Central < )hio,' as "milk | !
knc?n," or the " trembles," is prevailing J"
th extraordinary fatality in n portion of j
mon county, Ohio. Tlio tennntof Mr. 1
in. Fifihor, named (Tllson, tvn? first at- <
tkod and died, Mr. I1'. was the next vioi,
and then his wife and two n'dopted
ildroo woro takon. TI>o fivo c >na tcrniitod
fatally, though the Republic -i unyn
} best medical skill of tho country was
srtod in behalf of this unfortunate fntnTho
systems of tho vietiUis lind be
uu ho morougniy ninraca with tno ucud-1t
poison that the reinrtdioj) employed had ''
vrhat'c\'cr. j '
f "><' ? ?
MaiDS.r?Muny of tjio satirical n?- j
-ni01 i.s onst .upon o|(] maids toll more to (
ir crcdit than iq generally imagined. Is {
rqman rcniarVubfy neat in bur person, \
lie lylll cortainly die an .old maid," I* ! i
3 frugal in lior expc\y?oi?. and "xnctin ]
r domes'io eonconja, " alio is out out for 1
old maid." And if she ffi kind and hu- J
ijo to tho auimats abcut lior, nothing (
) savo her from the appellation of "an j ,
I maid." In short, we haVo alwava' <
ind that neatness, motlosty, economy, i
il humanity; arc the nevor-fpiling cluiraointi^s
of ua old iniiitl
. ? - . '
Mr. Jon*8 vritoH to a fnstul( ami clo- 1
i by f?oyihg tW" T am glad to bo able to. *
r that my ^ifg b rccovcring.slowly." <
A
l'fom the An>lci')*o(i U>. >'r
(.'ami* (Jp.oi,. Sum v., S. (J. )
July -"Jili, 1 ?.'? .). j
Tear Sir: Allhniijrli Mr. G?>M
Mint' is? sitnafoil in I'lt-kons, a'lirlef necmint
>f it may interest y?>u. Tlio locality. as vou
ire prohnlilv aware, in only n.jeoupleof niih\s
from KUpntrick'u Mill, oji W.nmeross. A
gravel deposit has ehictly hocn worked,
>( Into, Mr. I,oi-ton has coinu'cnceil making
preparation? to operate upon tlic veins. Tlie
i?n.: t prominent vein exposed strikes duo
north, mill dips 1"> to 20 dvgn es oast. Doth,
the direction and shallow inclination are po*
[Miliar. The quartz is rather coarse and oxIreinclv-glassy
in appearance. though /mull
c .hired 1?v iron. It is somewhat unu*nal
ipiart/, for gohl, still specimens tuny h'o selected
seaVeely dixtinguishahlo from the ore
nf I*:?v"h Mine, in Chcohee, (X. l'ickens.)
Although lip* t|tiart7, is different (Voni that of
most vol UK of the Carolina type (already de
ilofrerlhcd in vnnr paper) 1 should not In- j
mirprised it' future underground operatinns !
should (Icvolopo the characteristics of (lint
[ lass more emphatically. There (ire other ;
veins on the property which belong to the j
sncehnroid type. IJoth varieties hnvo- eon- I
tributcd to the formation of the gravel tie- )
posit. The rock is chiefly gneiss, fboujjh !
Iio^iihlemlic slafe abounds on the hill*, (this 1
is the heii'vv, Mack, hard, slaty rovk so com- '
man in tiie*e districts.) l/nderlylng the
{ ravel is a slaty qunrt'/.~l'ehIsT>ntie rock?a
kind of granulite, which breaks hut in large j
hut regular fclnbs. It is a matter that may
interest the curious in these things, as well !
as men of science, that a broken Indian 1
hntchct v as taken out with the gravel.? |
\\ hetlier it had lain in the gravel could tin- |
fortunately, nut Ijc* ascertained, when U was
found. The supposition of those, who ifiscov- !
i :> : . :? i. ... i.. i i '
*:??;? II Ml.lt I I I V L'Ullil lMV HIV 1 Jt*- '
noalli the immediately overlying .'lay. Xu j
of a grave hail been observed, ami the i
deduction i^, thereforo, that tho*o deposits |
nro much move recent here Iiuii they arcgenerally
supposed to ho. The graved i,s not !
very mpch rolled, when compared wirfi some i
other deposits. and thc'helief'in its locAt origin
is therefore strengthened. . .
The gold hava I'monous of 'J$ cents per
dwt., audit pjuiful, which was panned in my
presence and stated to ho a pretty fair average,
yielded gold at tho. late of about 7">
cents to $1.00 per bushel; so that the mine,
if conducted with care, economy, nud the j
cuiwntvs?so neccssary to succp.s.sl'ul mining I
?is certain to be quite a valuable addition to I
the production of the district. Similar" deposits
and veins occur in Anderson.
Ko.spe-.tfuUy your*, OscauM. I.ikuku,
State Cieologist.
from tho 1'innklin (X. 1'.) Obsorver,
Railroad Meeting'flic
citizens of Jackson county, North
r\.?..it ? -w-t. .1.1 i i
v niuiiii.i, ii,v i in n I'uniur, mi sum: --mi, i
lSj'.l. <\ hereupon *1 Xmvtnn Dry son. K?q., !
\vn? called to tiic Chair, and A. M. Knluc was
requested In net as Secretary.
(Nil.'I'. I>. Bryson, who was called upon,
explained the (tlijeetiif the meeting in n brier,
but concise manner.
On motion of l>. If. Cannon, l'.sq., tlio
chnirmnin appointed Col. T. P. Hryson,
Keener and 11. II. Cannon, K?q*.. whodratted
the following resolutions), which were
unanimously adopted.
Whereas, the citizens of Jackson county
have understood that a mass meeting of the
friends of tho Blue Hid^e RrfUrond is to bo
held at Tunnel Hill >n the lUth day of Auusf
next.
Itosolved, Thnt the ehizens of said county j
L'imcur in tlie propriety *?f said moetitig, tind |
tlie utility of tlio meeting at the time and i
place contemplated.
ItcHiilved. Tlint the people of Jackson county,
North Carolina, desire to he represented
in said meeting, and thnt the chairman-of
this meeting appoint twenty-live delegates to
attend.said meeting, in hohnlf of our citizens.
Whereupon the chairman appointed the j
following gentlemen as delegatesCol. T.
I>. DrvHoi), Ool. W. II. TIioiiihs. 11. II. Cuniioii,
Ksi|? II. A. Boon, Esq., J. Keener, Ksq..
w. Uoleuian. r. iienson, (Jul. .J. II.
Alley. W. A. Knloe, Col. I.. M. Dtllanl. W.
Ziiclierv, David Rojrers. -I. II. Dili*. Dr. -J. (J.
l/ivo, JI. Cownril, Maj.W. 11. HvV*<ont >ios.
Wilson, W. H. .Duclinnui*. J- ,0. JJryson, 1>.
D. Davis, J. W. TeiriHt;, N. (?. Alliums, Ksrj.,
It. P. Crawford, Ksq., ami Dr. S. W. llill.
On million, tlie -Chairman ami Secretary
ivero added tu tho lint.
1. \. r.llYSOX, Cl.in'ii.
A. M. Kni.ok, See'v.
GRKAT Kvknti FROM SI.KXKKR C.m'ses.?
I'll.' following id an extract from n letter of
the Hev. Tluimns lleldiimin, dated Hackney,
August 10th whiub contains an nc ount
of a visit yyhicli lie luid just paid to
llie Dnkc of (irnfion : "Admiral Co.<dy told
no <mo eiroumsinnco wliioll curioft*.?
V\ lion In; was Gomnmniler-in-ehiof in (lio
Mediterranean, (lining tho lute war, ab .tlie
/imc that wo wore in posxesaion of Corsica,
ind when Hir Gilbert Elliott was GovcrnorJeneral
of the inland/ General l\toli introhiccd
lljiinpa'to, then a young umii^ to the
Ijovefuor ami to tho Admiral, as a friend of
iiM who would be glad to he employed in tho
ervico of England; hut thc.?o wlrto men, not
laving Ii?valor'? okilLin physiognomy, relucted
tho proposal, .which obliged lijnnpnrtv
o oiler his i>ervicCa to the French, ami this
,vu? tho rise t>F Ilnnnjinrte'* fortunes. I had
>fton beiVfrt that lloimparto hn?l oftbrmf hid
lerviuflato the Kngliidi and hud been lojoctcd.
jut 1 hardly gave crcdit to it till I lcumcd It'
rom Admiral Cosby bftn?olf." '
I'bacb and Waii.?Tlio pre?i?ni*neH8 of
jcnco is bestnndorstood by pointing out the
crriblo injurie? inflictcd <?r, ?n a nation by
,ho prevaloncc of war. 0.?'. of the hundred
vnd sixtYrK 'vch ycHrs intervening betweon
1088 and 18T? > sixty-s'even wero ucvoted to
ivnr and carnage, and tho njrgrcguto 0.1st of
;ii080 tfilxty-sovon years was just one billion
Ivo hundred million pounds ptorling, or, on
lie average, rather mart) tlian twoiily-two
nillion pounds a year?111 at' is about dighty
ivo pounds atorli.-ig ]>Cr mtiiTtlo, (luring that
ong period!
.'You slwora loso your tompor in n?y
sonipany," Huiil an individual of doubtful
oputation to n porsan near him, " True,
lir, and I shouldn't wonder if \ lose evoryhing
about me."
l'rom'the Chicago Democrat, .1 nIy 2Gtli.
Gambling in ChicagoyA
fow nij;lils miicc. while tlie honest ninl
pclteeful citizens of this great metropolis were
dozing iiftoii their pillows. awl those only
waked whom vice or crime kept front slumber.
a cuMinis scene was transpiring in the
inner apai tment of otic of the most ijishionuhie
and well-known faro luniks in iliix ' rv
Tlio parties present were not numerous. At
one side of tlie tiilile, anil sit the right of the
dealer, s-at a certain well known Kentucky
gentleman, now a resident o?' thia city, an?l
very popular as an auctioneer, .Opposite tu
him wore tvVo clorksMVoni dry .geo.ls stores
oil Lake street. At' llie foot <?f tlio tabic
were three young gcntlemcli connected witli
certain of our city hanks, and four prolog'
fdonnl fancy men. 'J'lie game commenced al
I o'clock in tlie afternoon. It was now past
o'clock in tlio morning, and tlio contort was
kept up with undiminitdied vigor. Fortune
early in the evening hud declared for the
gontleniait on tho right of the dealer; and
II11 III IIO'll lk>i'luilHi!lllv tll.-tr iIiiliii l.i.l I.!... !>
again ami nuain returned, vintil his winnings
were enormous.
* Me had op to this time won :> 18,000. The
Inspiration stood in headed drops upon the
rows of the young men. ?ndas tlmy nervously
hud down their counters on tin: s?pinVJv?,
their hands shook w ith an emotion theycotihl
not conceal. Kven the practiced coolness nl
the professional gamblers deserted limit*, ami
t h ey j;nawod their lips in undisguised anxic
ty. Tho Kentucky gentleman suddotily ln'ul
ifown cheeks to tho amount of ?0.000. and iu
the dealer began to draw 6ut the eurds front
the silver box in which they lie.left the tabic
and walked to the sideboard. The curds arc
dealt and the SO.000 are lost! Thin
the-winning of the Colonel to &12,U00. A
temporary cessation of the game takes plaCe
A hasty supper is taken : tho Colonel propo
m'.s to play no more. The othov* olyoct ;.iho\
are linn.in the belief that lu-A has changed
and that they will^win their losses back
again. The Colonel Consents and the gfttiu
i? rcxtiineil. It is now live o'ehx k. I* ?y ha
begun to break, I mi t the thlek eurluins tit' tin
apartment keep out the strengthening i>_,!?t.
The young men cniiMult among themseh e?.
The t 'olonet has won &1.0OO again. 11 e is now
winner to the tune of ^I 4,0(10. Tlioy tiav<
$10,0110 between them. Thev put their J'timls
together, place it in the bawls of one tjf their
number, and direct him to play until he loses
it all, or until he wins bad; what thev have
?t,.I.tu?
The gailie goes on. TWe Colonel wins
$1,(100?tlion loses $?.0U0. llopo springs
again in the breasts of the young men. Then
representative makes a hot of $0,000. Thf:
company gather around w|th desperate interest.
'file cards full from the box?the^
lose! 'I heir funds are rcduced to $0.000?
for they have lost some to ttic band, beside
that paid the Colonel. Ami now their ngent
I lets more cautiously : first S1.0U0 then $">00
lie losessteadily. His last $">00 is reached,
lie is pale as death ; his pallor is rollected in
the faces of his comnulos. lie plmys then
his last stake on the elotli. The Colonel
double.-, it upon the opposite color. The
dealer hesitates-?-but only fur a moment.?
The cards are dealt?-the Colonel wins?th"
$500 is shoved over to him and $.)0K more
from the bank?and t v play is over. The
Colonel rises with $'2S,t(i)0 winnings in liis
pocket. The others leave the table, having
lost nearly that sum?tho bank itself coming
out ircarly even.
nu.? .....A. i . . i ?? ? ? i i ..i *
inn ni'snniy ino loriumuc v_oienci semen
$'28,0(i0 upon his wil'o. tunl swore olV from
flic gambling hoi 1m. Whother lie will keep
his worila remains to he soon.
AVI wit tlio young gcMtlcuiun diil, wlm in
one night loft $'.18,00(1 remains to ho .<oen.
But can $128,000 he lost nt n single sitting
at such work as this, hy such men us thpse,
without serious eonscrmencos ? The scene
wo hove feljiteil actually <li<l occur, There
nro plenty of men who will reiul these lines,
who will know how true it is. Is a community
in u healthy condition where such things
occur ?
There are nenrlv n ilic/on rni>ms
in this, city, kept m first rate stylej and doing
n bnsmess like this every night. Thoir
location is well known?they are to ho easily
found. The police have orders net to disturb
them, and they flourish like a green bay
tree.
A Modki. Oiim:'.\KY.?Tn some pai t.4 of
Germany it'was formerly (and still may
be) the custom to announce deaths in something
like this stylo: "Died, Sehon
Hehmidt. 11 is afllieted widow still carries
on the grocery business fit tho old'startd,
where she has a choice assortment oJ? sugar,
tea, ,coflee, fish, &c.
All .pnprovotncut upou tjiis is the following,
which advertises a young lady and
$150,000. Lt appeal's in tlio obituary record
of a New York paper:
" Died in thi.slcity, suddenly, on Thursday
morning,,.!illy 14, at# o'clock, lieidai
l>. Lock wood, formerly of Chesapeake,
Maryland, leaving all her pixtporty (->150,000)
to her noico, Miss Sarih K. Lockwood."
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NaI'OT.F.ON AND ('ATlKH.If SY.M1?ATI(Y.
A New York correspondent writes : " The
Catholic* ill our city, who have been abusinjj;
Nnpolcon nil along, worse HJion any
gncriligious tliief wtia ever abu;cd before,
nreall a^hust. 'J'licy cannot comprchcnu
tlio new move?'thin bestmviug tqmporah
honor* upon the l'opc far Loyoiul wh?t lie
hud any reason to oxpeut. There arc
two hundred million# of .Catholics in the
world. Huh not Napoleon mndo a moral
conquest of the entire Catholic world'! lie
1...U "
Lt Fit's Tilt A 1.8 ARB IJl.K.SHIMUS.? Mihftirtuues
uro like thunder and Mortuv clouds?
in thc.distttMico tln>y appear hlnek, but whan
over v<?ur heads tho.v ?ro f'carecly gf:<y. As
bad ?1r<*fli?8 denntrt art ngrt?oabl? futtltfe, h<?
will ft ho with tho often |>uinfu! dieum of
lif? whon iMs past. All mtr.uti'nttg fcflJings,
like f{lii>s|;i, haw their influence f< r u certain
fioriod onlv,; lind'it" ji in an \vcro to say to
lirflVeir. tins prtMion. this pnin, fllifc rAiituir,
?r.i... .1 ~ I -a-' .
in Burn nuur in**;** uhvs ni^r im enact oil
tlic mind, then would ho alwnv^ bo piorc
composed and quiet. .Artn :// aichfcr.
From tin* Home Journal.
Hints to Authors:
wllirll StIOIVKfll WHAT VK I'L'III.IU l>Es I It Ktll.
IIV .lollN ItKNk-f.AK.
Blessed ])ti!)lic! dirlihtr public! Now
it must l>c putted, siliil petted, mid s?lljxiired,
1 mid buttered, tint! humored, alid spoiled !
; Iji't nut the preachers say a word that will
; bo displeasing to the public, fur it is tender
' t?it is sensitive, it cannot bear it ! Let ? o
! patriot give a bolus to tbe public, unless it
j be sugar-coated ; fur though the public is
' j very *icl<r it takes no more medicine, uu.
less by accident. And ye writers, wboin
! 1 heaven haM blessed with pure hearts and
. | fruitful "minds-?whose "pens arc loaded with
| thought?bowrire how you oiler your juer
j chatidiHc to the public; for if it should
;j not just please its dainty stomach, it will
curl its lips, stick up its nose, and con|
sign you to oblivion.
j A few days ago, I stood in the ollice of
i a periodical, the editor of which always
I I" I .11! 1 1 ? ...
I uTi.suic punne puise iieiure lie ueeifles on
publishing any article, when u gentlemsin
entered, and a conversation ensued, whieh
1 will give word for wt?r\l with the exeep1
lion of names.
j Tin; editor was examining a proof of a
I j wood cut?saiil cut being si representation
: of four white men being Hayed alive by
' | Indians?which was to appear in the next
j number, when tbe stranger thus siddrenscd
| him ;?
, " Are you, sir, the editor of the Tragical
; ()baervcr ?"
! The four white men si ml the Indians
were pushed into a pigeondiole. Thostnin'
ir<5r wn* stared at through a pair of speetut
clcs, the rims of which looked like the
; mouths of cannons, and the eves behind
! them like bulls about to be fired ; be saw
tlio cannon-balls lull fiercely lor a moment,
( and tUuii be heard a sepulchral voice sayinjr,
" I have tbe lionor to occupy that
position."
1 "I hate called, thou," said the stranger,
" to see if I can make an arrangement
1 with you to write for the Tragical Ob- |
i server
I The mouths of tlic cannons were pointed ;
1 .straight at tbe .stramrer. mill fbn v?.ll
otl vyry wildly, as tin* editor replied, soinewhat
in tin.- tone Wiich Mr. Native Talent
' uses when lie says, "That handkerchief,
that handkerchief," " Well sir, what can
you do in the sensation line^
" 1 do not wish," said the stranger, " to
write in that lino. 1 want to prepare a serio.i
of scientific articles'*"
The months of the cannons wore turned
away in disgust, as though the ftvanger
j were not worth shootingat, and were pointed
onee more at tlio four white men and
! the Indians, which the editor pulled out of
I the pigcoii'hoJc, aud remarked :
| " No use, sir-'?no use! The public don't
' want thoni-?no taste for them."
I " But." continued the stninwr 11 wnnlil
- O" ? I
j not such ai'tides raise the character of your
paper?".
" Yes," replied lie and sink my rcccipts.
T tell you sir, 1 prepare a paper for thepubi
lie, ajid I'm'obliged to publish what the
! public wants. The public?1 hate the pub!
lie. The. public, sir, wants blood, blood",
j blood ! Write nic sonic articles stained with
j blood from boginnintr to end, and I 'll give
j you your own price.'' j
| CiiiRiqn (!( !.?.?At Mcssn-s. Rail ? Mack's.
1 says the New .York Courier anil A>n<|uirer,
} tliej Q e^li now bo seen some of tlio gold taken
from the now " diggings." It is in the form
I of small images, rudely made, representing
, bird", dragons, frogs, and various *nmll uni'
mals, and is found on the left hand si<le of
I I lie grave of the Indians buried in C'hiriqtii.
| The excitement on the Isthmus was very
j great', and already upwards of -1.000 gravos
had been opened, and at least ?l."?0,ff00 worth
of gold tiiknn out. The specimens at Messrs.
Hall & Black's were brought here by Dr.
Otis, Surgemi of tho Moses Taylor. The
gom isumi o;i me istuniu to; $> U per ounce. !
L'l XI."II1NU A WoMAN-M IIIJM'KU.?My attention
was attracted by the appearance of iv
U1 in) who waited on the table during ilinnc!*;
hi* 111088 was lnoro that of h conn tjy* gent Ionian
than a servant, an<l his countenance
peculiarly sad ami subdued. I found my
eyes continually wandering towards this individual,
wliysti manner disquieted mo, for he ;
moved about wearily, ami us if his task was
a weary one. After dinner, the superintendent
asked me if I had observed the waiter.
Yes. What is lie?" "The richest man in
Kastcrn I'aVaguiiy. He has. a very large
well-stocked esfaiftla." "And yet he is here
as a servant?" "Yes; tie was guilty of the
uugalhui* nctof v\ hinping. a womr.is and the
President has dogrnucd liiiu to be a servant
hi. (lit-1roil works, jic will at l?iis.t i morale
himself only l?v |?uvi111? ii Mini,'or tlio equivalent
in cattle." .No much for the rights of
woman, and f!.c mirtimary administration of
tho law in Paraguay.
[Trunin ?V? Pa rat/nay.
How TO HksTOKK. J'KuI'I.B wiio vaint.?
When anybody faint*, instead of making
a noise or dashing water upon liiiii, lay
him at full length oh Ids hack on the floor,
loosen It's, clothing. push Hw* crowd way, I
ho as to allow tho air tp roach him, and j
lnfl.ii.. ..1...... ?l'l.?. I... . < . r.:_i I
, IH-'I'W. Aim ??| II lilllllin^
litis, the libixrt 1'u.ils to kooYI tlie proper
supply of blrtoU Id the brain. If the person
is oroet, that blood has to ho thrown !
1 ?]r hill; but if lyiiitf down, it hits to Ik1
projected hvmontiilly. Wjiich requires less,
. jiuwcr is uppnrent,
Ahhk.mt. ok mind.? IJrowu wryly to
Fonca ; " I lmVo hilt my snuff-box on your
table??please to rcl\ini it by thr hoaroi*."
1 1 n inn: filutut !?"* i-^iW llio tvK^sn lm
discovered uSh HUiin- box inlii.s jiOi'kct, and
tHfrofprc added a poMseript?" I liftVe'jiWt
found if.'fcy d.> not trohh'lt'your?olt' to look
for it." And h< d<vp;it< h. d tit* It ttc?r.
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Good Wives and "Sweet Home"
It may ho true of youn<r men, lis Schiller
snyn, tliiit they entry the Htnr#of their de*|
fin)- in tlicir own bosoms, but il is not true
I of married men: H /< <*.* corn/ (hr stum oj
I tln i'r /titsba>n/'s tfaitim'fx ill t/n ir besoms.
> The. husband's ftirtune is more fully in the
hands of his wife Hum anywhere else. Jt
m nn hit in cuiiiiiriii in ins eireuinsianeos.
I Tliin is both her iwpevtability and haj>|?inesx.
I know not whore to iiml vubliinoi*
exhibitions of fortitude and virtue than
I linvo boon made by women who have been
! precipitated suddenly from iiIHuciiih) to nb|
solute want. Then, again, n husband's for(fine
is in his wife's bands, for she, moio
than anybody else, can help him to mnko
it, ami take care of it, I do not mean that
i she is to write bis brief' for tho Supremo
! Court, or that she is to ride in his ?ig to
i l.: r .. i.: ir 1 .
I r\i; ii in i??I 111111 y UI VC1UI J5I1U 13 U?
manage his oiliue ; but I do mean, that bis
I health, his both of body ami mind,
j and his moral slrniytfi, depend upon her,
and that is only with these we have a right
to expert him to succeed. It is hcr's to
make his homo happy, and to gird him
| with strength by Sympathy and counsel.
: When lii& spirits arc almost overwhelmed,
she alone, of all human beings, is the one
to minister to him. Her nursing is ax
, sovereign to his sick soul as it is for his
I ailing body. If is her gentle tones only
1 that can ?teal over the morbid souses with
| more power than David's harp. And when
| his courage is almost "one, her patience and
; lyruuiue. wm rcKitiuio ins Heart again to
( ilaro and do, and moot anew tlic toils and
i troubles of life. Wlien 1 think of Jla]
man's wife, and her bitter reproach when
, he came home, T am not so astonished at
his wiekedness, as that he did not go further,
I wonder, when she ehided him,
! lie did riot go and lung himsclfoti the gnl[
lows she had Cit'lsed him to have built for
J 31ordceai.
i What a misforl line- i( Was that Hainan
I had not ? sweet ('/iris/fait Il<nnc to retire
to after the terrible disappointments and
-? ?i. ? l-i ?'
, Miiitji r.\|R;i irnun: ill lllUL UHJ i I C\S, ii
| sweet (luk't lloiiio. !>iit ymi tell iuo I forget
that la; was a man of largo estates, great
I honors, and the owner of a princely palace.
1 True, hut a palace is not alwuyp a Montr,
What is a home? It is something for
which many-of earth's hahbling tongues
have 110 term. A home is not :t mere resilience
for the body, but a place where the
heart rests and tbo affections nestle and
dwell and multiply, ,^-t Jfonu is the placi
where children romp mid play, and lea ',
i to love, uid where the husband and wife
| toil smii gly together, as they trudge Tip
i the hill oi. their wav to a better worhl. It'
men arc not happy anywhere else, O let
them be happy at home. Have yon not
stood before the picture, " the soldier's
dream," until you could hear your own
breathing? Hnt why so much enraptured
with that picture? Is it not because you
see. the soldier by his bivouac fast asleep '!
?but tomorrow's drum is to awake him
to battle and to death. Sieep on, then,
happy dreamer. Sec in the visions of that
heart of hearts, that can meet death at tho
I cannon'# mouth, ynuj sweet 44 wee ones "
I and loving wife, with streaming hair ami
I outstretched arms, welcoming you back
i from the wars. Yes, it is,of Home the;
| tented or the dying soldier thinks. And
it in of Home the sailor thinks, on bin lonely
watch, far away on stormy seas. And
the traveler, amid the feathery palm trees,
j ami hi 1 e gazing on the birds of bright
plumage, ami gorgeous flowers, why tlocs Ik?
Mcem to bo Staring on vacancy? "His
heart is far away." Soon and lands and
mountains', nvc'past in a moment, and ho
hears not the birds on stftvrv wings that
warble their Asiatic notes for him, but the
lark that used to sing above his father's
lields; and again lie sues his fair-haired
brother with a. light foot clinging the butterfly
by the spring branch, or the sweet
sister that left them all to go and sing in
choir of the angels. Home! none but tho
weary and the worn, the traveled and tho
s >iled of cirth can know what it is. And
opr Home in IK aven, the new Jerusalem
?tfhall we not long for it, as birds about
to mi-irate to thouoKunnv lands where there
is no more winter, '' nor any more sorrow,
nor any pnin, nor any tiding ?" Justin
the pr<?jn?rtion as a good woman is a blessing,
in tin1 sumo propo. tlon is a bad woman
a.oui ?\ Wmmu'fl mission is a high and
fjrat.'Cl o,ne. She is conducted with cvorj-thing
that belongs to our race that is noble,
refining and hopeful.? Dr. Scott.
MtAyoitTUNKK.?M'sfortuncs aro liko
thundcY and stormy clouds?in the distance
they appeal' black, but when over our head*
they are .scarcely prey. As bad dreams
ueuuio iin ngrocuDio tmuro. so win it he
with the often p:i in fill drealn of life when
it im past. All .our. strpng ieoiTnga, *1iko
ghosts, havo their inllueneo for a certain
period only; ami if a man were to fay to
himself this passion, this pain, this rapture,
is sure alter thvec days to lose its efleet on
the niini<f,: flien would he nlwnys* be moro
composed and rfrcml.
" Who m that lively f:irl?" said tho
witty Lord Nortonf)*, in cmnpany with hist
friend, ('ounsMlor tlraht. "Miss (Mass,"
replied (irar.t. " 1 should oftn? ho intox
ioafrd', cbuld I ")>lnr?ri such a glut* to my
lips,".wild Norbury.
It nmy seem u pan.dox, hut i? it; nCvcrtliolcfs
truth, thnt, l^jt a nutnupon whatever
pnrt of the body vou will, fho blyw is
urn to j^o agaiiint la.- ttoim.ch.