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r"1""-1 . ? ? ' ' 1 " 1 11 1 1 POETRY. The Four Scasout. A bluocyed child that sits amid the noon, O'erhung with ? laburnum's drooping sprays, Sinking her little songs, while softly round Motig the grass the ehet|uer'd sunshine ['lays. All beauty thai is throned in womanhood, Pacing a summer garden's fnuntain'd walk, That stoops to smooth a glossy spaniel down, To hide her blushing cheek from one who talks. A happy mother, with her fair-faced girls. hi w lins^ sweet spring her youth ajcaiu site sees, Willi shout, ami dance, :in<I laugh, and bound. and son jr. Stripping the autumn's orchard laden tree*. An nged woman, fitting in a winliv room. Frost on tlie* pane, without the whistling snow, Ue.vling old loiters of her tar-oft' youth, Of sorrows pa d. nnd joys of long ago. 33 AY!-J Aba/m The City of DnmascnsThe recoilt massacre at t!ie eitv of Ditmasrus, i'i Syi i.i, ves renewed interest to the historv of that aneiout city. The Phihulel nliia Hulletin says : l)amascu-< was an important place at least as early as the time of Abraham, su that it is m>t less than four thousand years old. KtymolojjJsts 'lisputo about the meaning of the name. It was the ancient capital of Syria, and was thus the (|uintcsseiK'c of the <|uicUwittcd race it represented. It is culled by some the most ancient city in the world. This is no doubt, ea tern exaggeration, but the faet that everything said by the orientalises about this famous capital is ex.tit-era ted, only shows "how stongly its real attractions had taken cfleet upon their vivid imaginations. A celebrated epistle of an ancient writer calls it " tlio <;rand and saered eity of Damascus, surpassing every city, both in the beauty of its t 'inpies and the magnitude of its shrines, as well as the timeliness of its seasons, the lintpidness of its fountains, the volume of '? waters, and the richness of it.? sail." Its people call it "a pearl surrounded by emeralds." " Of all tin1 cities of the Kast, it is perhaps the most oriental." The descriptions of Huckinuhain are not considered entirely reliable. Hut there has seldom anything been written with human pen more beautiful than his picture of the plain of Damascus. Ile compares it is an Ktiglish seat in the country, surrounded by an immense park. The visitor inquires for the family and iinds that they have been for a vear in Italv. Meanwhile (ho place has boon most delightfully unkept. Its vich cultivation is everywhere partially grown up; the trees untrimmcd and dipping their branches in the sparkling rivulets ; the roses grown almost into trees and covered with innumerable blossoms. Kverywhere is seen rich verdure, luxuriant growth with but such a touch of wildness as to give the finishing graeo to the landscape. Such, ; ho says, is Damascus in the spring of the year. Damascus was conquered by David, who made it tributary. After beim' held hv Solo iiiijii. it revolted, and afterwards was at tin' ' head of thirty and two kings. It was subse- ! qucntly taken by Assyria and Persia. After j t lie battle of Issus, it foil into the hands of Alexander the (J rent, and Ponipev annexed it to 1110 Uoman Umpire. After being eele- ! bra ted for its wealth rind splendor tinder the ' (J reek Kmperors, it was conquered by the Sar- j aeons, and became for a time the capital of! the Mrthomniedan world. The sooptor of 1slam )>:is - (! over to Magdad, but Pamascus is stil! famous in the history of .Saladin. It was besieged by the Crusaders in the twelfth century, but they failed to take it.? Later still, it was captured, with eircumstan- 1 cos of great barbarity, by Tamerlane, and (in- I nilV fell illto thr> limuls nf ?1?'I'ni-Vo Selim 1. It possesses, too, a high moral in- \ terest, for on thai beautiful plain it was that ' St. I'iuI " became obedient to the heavenly j vision." Among the points of in forest conncctcd | with this famous city are the Ihmaseus blades, | so malleable that they might be bent to a j right angle without losing their elasticity ; to keen that they would sever down, or guaze I floating in the air, or divide iron without destroying their edge. For ages tlie secret of their manufacture was unknown, (S (mural Anassofl", in the I'ral mountains, however,) succeeded, in <|iiito recent times, in making a 1 s?vonl which seemed to ccpial the best l>anns- i ens, " with a bladeot rcticulated lines?such 1 sis always appeared 0:1 the finest Pninascosj !,!.v!o.-> -in bm.ni .stripes, ami showing a bright gilded reflect ion. lie cut through a gauze handkerchief in the air; and cleft bones and nails, f< ats which cannot be performed with the best Knglish steel." Anderson, in his ree-nt travel* in .Siberia, states however, that , the secret died with AnassofT, as these swords | are not now made at Damascus. Another point of interest is the famous l>a. . ...rr . 'I'l - i.. -:n- i I III-^> ill l* JUDJKtri^ MIKj (i|l>U*rn sometimes made of other fabrics. Large quantities of silk nro ill ninniil'iict ured, mid , the Damask roses have lost nothing of their iniiiio.iiori.il beauty. There is at Damascus a considerable trade both with India and Kuiope. From India [ are brought by the lVrsian Oiulf, Bassora, , Bagdad and Aleppo, spices, cotton goods, i course and fine muslins, and gold .stud's, Knglish goods come through Beirout and 'I poll. The people are .Mahommcdans, Diuses, Oriontil ('liistians, Jews, &c. The popula-1 tton is about one humlrcu thousand. ?. - . Lifk witiioi t Lovk.?"We .sometimes I meet with men who seem to think that any indulgence in an affectionate feeling is a weakness. They will return from a journey and 1 greet their families with a distant dignity, and | move among their children with the cold and I lofty splendor of an iceberg surrounded by its broken fragments. There is hardly a more unnatural sight on earth than one of those families without a heart. A father had better extinguish a boy's eyes than take away his heart. Who that has experienced the joys of ^?lniwlc>lMn mwl filnnu cvinriiflu in/I nffnni i nn I I. ...... , ........ OJ V..J would not rather loo.se all that is beautiful in nature's .scenery than be robbed of the hidden treasures of his heart? Cherish, then, your heart's best affections. Indulge in the warm and gushing emotions of filial, parental, and fraternal love. # ?- ^ " It was the habit of Lord Kldon, when attorney-general, to close his speeches with some remarks justifying his own character. At the trial of Ilorne Tooke, speaking of ' is own reputation, ho said, "It is the liftle inheritance I have to leavo my children, and I will h'avc it unimpaired." Here ho shid tears, and to tho aatoniahment of these present, Mitforcf, the solicitor-general, began to weep. " Jilook at Mitford," said a by stander to | IforneTooke. " What on earth is he crying for?" Tooke replied, " He's crying to think what a little inheritance Kldon's children are likely to get." Jt .... vy. From lllnckwood. A Story of tho Golden Ago. In the fnr-olf (iolden Ago, which historians allude to and poets describe?in tin- beautiful valley of a small river which empties into the Caspian Sea, where ruses bloomed in a perpetual spring-time ; where all sweet (lowers tilled the air with fragrance, and all the melodious birds with song-?was gathered one of those happy groups of families iiiiv >t 111 vj 11 in.! ii i\ i iiu ?crr mvumi hi uir nrsi aires after the Meluge; before there were cities, kingdoms, wais. and the splendors, and vices, and eruelities ot' a more advanced eivili/.at ion. The Vale of Hoses flowed Ii!?e a new paradise. The mountains, whose "littering peaks were like a jewelled crown, surrounded the valley, and shielded it from the cold blasts of the S'berian winds. Silver cascades dashed down the precipices, through evergreen trees, flowering shrubs, and long, pendent vines. The emerald green sward that sloped down to the river was bespangled with a thousand gay and odorous flowers, red strawberies gleamed through tin: grass; the ( lumps of shrubbery were filled with delicious berries; and grape-vines loaded the trees with purple clusters. The choicest fruit, grew spontaneously, ami the upland terri.ces were cnveicd with wh.at and barley, sown by tlia lavish hand uf Nature, for the food of man. In thin delightful scene wove sevttered groups of rustic ei>(ta*;cs small, simple, rude in structure, but so embowered with folium* and surrounded with spreading trees, and so in harmony with the landscape, that each cluster w?s a new picture of delight.? Herds of Oiitth' were lowinjr in the meadows, horses miidicd in their rich pastures, and (locks of sheep and ucats gave beauty and animation to tlie landscape. These were attended by shepherds and shepherdesses, dressed in simple but uraceful robes, and crowned with flowers. With the lowing and bloatini; of the herds, the softened roar of 11... .1: . ..... 1 - .1 1 iin: uiM.iiM liipi-inu-i, inr iiiuru.iir 01 me -umnicr breeze, the 1mm of bees, wore mingled the melodies of rude shepherd's pipes, :i 11 1 choruses of happy children at play. The old people?their venerable h-ads covered with . ilvcr locks?sat in the"shade of spreading trees, talking together of the days of their youth, or relating tin' traditions of their ancestors, ar.u the events of their own early days, to the young people who gathered around them, full of affection and reverence. In this happy valley of the almost forgotten past, the wisest governed bv his counsels, and the most beautiful was<|uein. Where all were lovely as perfect health, freedom from care, and innocence, could make them, Tamar was the most beautiful, as her grandfather, ( Mem, was esteemed most sage. 'I he | mother of Tamar, who, in her youth, had held the place now Idled by her daughter, was esteemed for her virtue and wisdom, as much as she had ever been admired for her loveliness. The beautiful Tainar was beloved by all?old and young. A? sin- wandered along the romantic banks of the river, in the dewy morning, the blue fiuiunient, with its embroidery of silver clouds, seemed but her canopy; the trees and shrubs nodded their homage ; the flowers sent up their incense of ( perfume; the birds warbled their melodic.4 for ( her delight; the very flocks stopped grazing to look at her j the horses neighed at her as she drew near them ; sweet eyed jrnzcllos approached her without fear. In this harmo- , ny of Nature she walked -its <|UOcn?robed in lustrous white, and crowned with eh<.!? *??? (lo\V.MS. Anions all tlio youths who x?la.ir?-<l fair Tamar, two of the worthiest aspired to the favor of her love. Ariutte was one of the bravest as well as one of the noblest of the youths of the valley. Xo foot was swifter ill the race?no arm stronger in the Hood. lie could elinih the precipice with the mountain yont ; his arrow pierced the heart of the spotted leopard or the lierec wolf, that came to prey on the (locks of the vlley. I lis cousin .lah-ph was scarcely inferior to him in manly snorts. Thev had irrown un tojrcther, anil loved each other 1 ik? brothers. Arnetto ihrk?.Jaleph fair. Arnett's ' blr.ek, clustering lodes were like tlie raven's wing: daleph's shone like the golden sun ! shine on tlicsea. Arnette's dark ey< s flashed 1 out their (ires under his deep brows : da- j lenh's ?), . hue:; the <.. ii heavens. ]>oth were brave, and strong, and heroic. If Arnette had more strength and dignity. Jaleph had more skill and grace. One. was statelier in his walk; the other more serial in the dnneo. lioth loved Tamar. In a thousand ways, i each told lii.s love. Arnotte presented h< r with a gorgeous plume of t i 1 bird of parodist;: Juleph wove for her a pai land of matchless beauty, made of shells and flowers. Arnettc trained for her i horse licet as the antelope : Jaleph learned to play the melodies which filled her innocent .slumber with enchanting dreams. So beloved, Tamav was very happy. No one eould tell which swain she favored. ? Had each one been her brother, she eould [ not have boon more kind. Tlx- aged people, who loved all tlioil* children, looked on and shook their heads; for they saw that this must end, and tin y feared that it might end in sorrow. The time eame when Tainar also saw and felt that the nohlc cousins loved her with more than brotherly love. Ann tie, the more impetuous, first declared his passion. j "Tiunar," bo said, "beautiful Tamar, I i love thee " i'ear Arnettc !'' breathed from the open heart oi tin: innocent maiden. ' \Vilt thou bo initio ?" Her lovely face, which had been radiant with happiness, was clouded now with doubt and perplexity. Arnette saw, nod naked again, in deep, subdued tones, " O beautiful one wilt thou he mine?" The queenly pirl covered hor face with her i hands, and burst into tears. j .lalcph that moment came upon th^m, I holding in his hand an offering of (lowers.? j I He Mtonned a moment in surnrise at tlie dnrk 1 brow of Arnetto, and the tearful distress of his beloved Tamar. He grew pale, us his heart told liiin the decisive hour had ! conio. With the frankness that belonged to the I ago of heroic innocence?beforo ceniurics of j selfishness, rapacity, poverty, anil crime had ! | marred the bodies and deformed the souls of men?he hold out one hand to his rival, and the other to the beautiful one they both a- ! Jored. " I, too, love you, beautiful Tamar I" said j the youth with the blue eyes and golden hair. " God of our fating, witne; i my deep lovo ! I fere wo stand ! Chooso between uh!" A pang shot through the heart of eaeli; hut thoy .vtood, each nobly resigned to the fate that awaited liini. Tauiar looked on eaeh. So long had she loved both, with the pure love of saintly maidenhood, th:>t the deeper love now proffered only perplexed ami distressed her.? Mow could slie laKe lierselt irom eimerr? I low hurt one, whi'ti both were so cK';ir ? ' Arnette ! .Jaleph ! why ask mo to choose? \re vou not happy ? So let us lomaiii." The young 1111*11 looked in each other's sf.ddened eves, ami each one folt tliat it could he so no longer. The happy time had passed. As the group stood, hand-in-hand, in the glow ol the sunset, the mother of Tain r C une, in her sweet, matronlv dilinity, to greet them. " What is this, my children ?" she asked, in alarm, as she s*?w their sorrowful faces ami her <1 lUghter's falling tears. ' Dear mother!" cried Tamar, "how can I choose between those I love?" The mother smiled ; but the smile was not free from sadness. " My daughter," she replied, ' there must be one whom we love above all other**." " Mother, mother!" said the | ior girl, as .s'.ie buried her face in her hi.som ; " both have booh RO kind, so noble, si> loving to inc all my liVo, how can 1 hurt one or the other A-rain the sad smile. ' Come with me, tuy daughter; you, my cir.l Iron, uo. In .seven da ys Tamar shall an swer you." They kissed tho mother'.'- band hold out to them. They looked tenderly at the weepin tr frill, and walked awav, hand in hand There was no rancor or jealou.y in their no ble hearts. It is true, that each one felt that I in: nil ] i j )l liess Ml ills II!'" Was ;I MaKC. In lilillt fur the p'l-si siiill ol the object ill lliriv liivc, however, was a m?<xl?* cif ?otl!iu;_' their rival pretentions left tu the darkness and ferocity of succeedim* ajzes, when tie1 earth should be stained with erin.e :,nd l 'u !. Arnetto and !: lc*|?!? were tup ther, us ever, in their lijrht labors and their manly pastimes. Two days In d passed. and they were swimming in tho river. Whether exhausted by pAi'yeiso or weakened by emotion, .laleph could not swim with his nsuid strength. Soon his golden locks were seen to sink he iioath the waves. 11 i> sinewy ar.ns pri w powerless. A cry from the shore alarim d Arnette. lie looked for his eousin, and the next moment plunged bcne:.th the surfae<?.?In a lew moments he I ore him tvi the shore. where here he soon recovered. i .i i i i i .\Uitiii, Hit \ ?nr 111111111ILT I lit* icopii'l 111 tho )i.o:iiit;iiit.--. Jaloph foil, niul tho wild beast sprung up mi him. 'i'lio lanco of Ar ni'tto pierced tlio aniii.ai'.s h?*:?it. and saved his rival from death. Tho seventh dav approached. Neitl or had spoken to Taniar. Tiny had l?nt soon lior :i; a distance. Kadi 11.*>< 1 retrained from ev ory ofi'ering or sign of love. Their lo\ 'I hearts would not permit thoin to take advant ago of oaeh other. On tho eve of the seventh day thoy met in the- assembly that gothered to prepare tin1 morrow's fo.-tival. Tamar had decided. ller heart, <,n.~tioned in solitude, deelaivd for t lie gold-i) haired musician. I>ui her love and pity for Arnelte, her nppreci: ti >n of his noble oiiali , lies, and her teankfulness to him for twie" saving the life of her chosen one, mndo her l'?l; at liim with swell a j;low of admiration and gratitude, that Jab/ph's heart sank within him. Ilo wont forth cud wept. 11 s tiiiod plain to him i I in t iho oueslion cil hi;- life Was decided. lie Would mil wait for the morrow. Ilcvealinir l i^ plan to one faitlifnl friend ho went l'?>rth in th< d: rkt ess anil hade adit u to tin' I.. jpY valh'VWhin tin; morrow c inf, Auwtte f paired Id the lovely ( ' ti.-.j^c (if Tanmr. She was i?:*!i?, but more thai) 0\ er hesiltt iful As >!ie saw Arnctte, she looked around anxiou>l\ for his eon>in. She ?n:w paler as In- came not, and was nowhere to be seen. It was (ho appointed hour. Arnctte, ton, !<? !;< d reund, with visible concern. " Arnette," said tin' neither, inv daimh tor l.as d-e;d< d. S! i o wi I j^'ve !>ei laud t.> hi in her heart hath chosen. J?nt where is .1 alcph f" ' Y?m Kin; w not7 11o should i>i' here ! \\ lint lias i ooDiiio of him ? When* is lie " " ! ! kliwV. it.it ! ' sa'nl ihtj heroic youth, grieved ( i tlio heart with tin: suspicion wliicli these <|iiittk ijuostion convoyed, " \lofh i* I" cried the pule and trcmhling girl, ' lio not unjust t<> Anetto. Twice lias lio saved the life of .Jaleph since l.v-; \vt mot. ' Tlio confident of !;dcph came, and whisper cd Tamar that lior lover had gone. The ruses that had luit In rchecks nmv lied from her lips she s::nk tainting <?n the flowery sod. What is all this?" c.icd A met to. lie was told thatdaloph had lied, and why. And he !;ik w, all ti.n well, thf.t he who lu.il (led from his i'ate despairingly was the chosen love of t!ie beautiful Tainnr, now lying in her mother's arms. Anietto. knelt down by her side, pressed his liis upon her lovely forehead, and said to her mother, " I will bring him to her, or never see her more !" In a week from that day the bravo Arnetle led his cousin to the cottage of Tamar, and. placing their hands together lie said, "Take him, Tamar ; he is thine! lie fled, that 1 might bo happy; I have found him, that tl">u niavst be happy with him thou Invest. Let me bo the brother of both !'' The arms of both were twined around him. Who shall say that ho was less happy in his generous sclt-saeritioe than 111? v in their mu(tl tl lovo '( The (Jolderi Aw lives in dim traditions and poetie dreams. It lives, also, in every heart that is generous and noble. He who can love without selfishness is a hero of the (.Jolden Age. ? - -4 +- ? A Qi k'k Rktokt.?A late well-known member of the Seottifth bar, when a youth, was somewhat of a dandy, and somewhat short and sharp in his temper. lie was going to pay a visit in the country, and was making a trrnnt. (iihh nlwiiih flu* nr^rmi inrf ??rwl mithn/# . rv ?" ?*,,v |" j ,,,,w 1 '6 ul of his habiliments. His old aunt was much annoyed at all itUi4< bustle, and stopped him by the HothcwUai contemptuous question, <l \Vhaur's .gnun, Hobby, that ye mak sic a {^tf&jJBflftjjbout your classes ?"? The young temper, and pettishly replied, " I'm going to the devil." "'Deed, Hobby, then," was the quiet answer, "ye need ma be sac nice; he'll just tak ye as ye arc." K.vowf.khok cannot be acquired without pains and application. It is troublesome, nnd liko deep digging for pure water; but when I once you eomo to the springs, they rise up and meet you. Captain McSpadden. TliK HUSIl (<!. N I I. KM \ i\ .M'AlK tl OF A srin I.K. Ija I-'ayimtk. All. April 18, lS-tf). (lentlemen : In the absence of every thinj; to gossip about, I will endeavor to chalk nut for your readers, a roii^li sketch of ("apt. MoSpadden, an Irish ?^on11om:i 11 wlio visited our town not lon<; j-inee. while on a pedes! ri an tour through tin* piny woods in search if a " hit of a schule." \Yc were not looking for ('apt. McSpadden. 11? eutno aiiioiiu, us, muwpci t?*?l, unannounced. Living lisli sometimes drop from the clouds ; and there i.s no particular reason why .MeSpadden nii^Iit not have made his entry in the same manner?for he was an " odd lisli" o.veept that the weather Was <|ltite fair at the time j no vapor nl all competent to the tr n-p rtation of an Irishman weighing a hundred and odd pound.*, having heen seen fur several d.>vs previously, it was therefore prison ed (in t!ie ahsenee of the possession of any ijuadrupedd eliittlc 1?y .Mae.) th.t no w.is on :i pcilestri:i!i lour l"i' amusement ; or business. I?? tliis ;is il ir:i ;I t, \v!li n Hist observed, the (.'iip(;iiu was loaning i:isl a (ree ill one coiner of tin* public square. I!e IismI umK'I' one nr a a pair of ('oi<!nmv bivcclies; unilor the other n:i invalided boot ---M:te himself wns n ' thin b'l of n ci.ivthur," willi :i liu'lil txr-'V eye, while ev^ brows, and ! delicate f. ir !'> -lures. The restlessness of his glances ami tlie convulsive twbhes of his facial 11. rves, showed that ll:e po>r ft I! w was MllVe: i:i" fr mi iiicinirnl 1 1 i i-i 11:. 1 1 As oM Tom Mmlin would s;iy, liu hud swnllow'il viiii?! iim>*i!i?*v e^gs .".11 long wiMi !iis bilihi'i's, :i11 1 they hid hatched a brood of : liv< !\ young d.'vils to keep liiiu company. .M.ic's drapery was uni<|iio. He liad una in rvcllously dirty and ragged shirt, over which w.i.- a <1 evidently ' lit for an individual inii<**i smaller 11;ii bin.s.-If; tin- waist was ju>t und' r lii-< arms, while the oxluvaiity of the tail fi ll lull a f< \V inches below tin' small (it tin! weaicr's back. 11 is pantaloons, more lung wai-tud and short legged. Oil h;.- Ii'lt foot w:;s tin' mate of the hoot under his arm, his right foul was bare and as red as a licit. Ili.-- siik hit Irol a turn up of the rim behind, a-.d a n.:..?h in of the crown befnre, :iml the absence of all gloss and many it: titshowed (hut it had Ikvii :i hat of manv sorrows. Siil! it liad a jaunty, impudent air. that showed that Mao eonsidered !15; is? If "ono ul' 'on"?and as it perehed itself over its owner's left eve. anv one eouhl see that it was :i hut of eoll.-id ralih; ehar aeter. ( MiO of t!i? t 'aptaiu's enneeits w s, that lie was pursw t! !iv a woman wild claimed lo hi! a relative and d iuaijil. d a provision for her support. W ith th:s di-tre.?.<injr idea in his mind, Mae leaned against a tr<e, as i have . s.i.tl, and rddi'ts-ed alternately a uroitp of little hoys that were jtandinu around him, and hi - i.iia<.'inar\ female per-ceiitor. ' W'hiM ! - ai?y now!? I teil v." he . 'aid addressing the : | pavilion : divil 11 v away wid the thinu I have to "jive ve?lor he the same token, it.^ n.e o'.vn hreaKf.st that I I. v'nt tasted tin" sehmili of \<t, this hlessed l ii;_'!t mornin." " Arr ill lniv> !" tlr.s \v: s !o tin' \'iu111 rs; 1 i'il form \e into :i 11:. tc 1:: t !<? ?lar-s. for sport, ye s >< . ('niiic ihAV. s t :i I - < I up llicro ! l>o tin! spin's. I'd :? idlv lilll" scl u!c, down l? -l?.\v hero. !! .. !. ui''. mi I 11 Ho- l!u: whoh dais lor aiMi.-o.in r,t :'i"! !. vent lor y^ur sidok -1 u:i : pari. I- k.i |' y." 'I'll hoys I. ii-Tii i!, ,shout< (1. - i ll broke r.niks I at this aiiiiounciMiiC'i.l and Mac scowling ovi-r his jihoiihhr, anain spoke to his feminin? tormentor as if in ivply. ' Wild 1 ;;ivr yea dollar to buy a d.uint L'o\yn wid f?ve say! I > ; n r soul ::i<d it< a nit-f word that dlirnp. ,-n swato from your lnoul'. ! W illi I tii\*i* yo a dollar? an' wild a iloi; shail. 11is tail, lint had niver a stump to wan, !.l all, ;.t aii !' "Avaunt and <j ii me si^lil ? Tli v Initios u <. narrow hv - 11: v Mo I is col<l! Tlierc i* n i s | >o>-111 :> l inn in il.nse eves \\ 11! i -11 il.ni! dost jrl it-"* wiili?iiml d--n ye lie oil I J ii>l ;it litis moment, :i hu;j;e cross ljuil doj.', who 110 tl<>itI?( fell : 11 int? r? >t i:i remarks so |i<T.?oii::I lo liia speces, walked up to Mae. mid nosed iiisn most 1111]><'itincut ly. The <':<i .ain squirmed iirouml the tree, looking 111ni;?1<tbolts ill! io whih mid the hull do;.* followed ; with si' I th|uiri11u- nose mid bristles .-ill erect. ' |h lie ye b isto ! lis Captain lilmid , M cHpm 1' ii, of I no UoVid Irish tlrey's thai s now vvil 'X to tac.he a do/.< n or so ov vouu?r jrentieinen. arithmetic mid manners, at two , dollars a years ?lippone I Danger knows lull wll MacSj-ailtlt ll is more dangerous llian lie. Wt: wore i \v i lions i l.y St. I' .irii k its true.) liiliere<l in one dny. And I tlie elder mid more icrriMo!" lSut the dovr was merciful; and on corn-lit . dint? Ills examination, merely held u]> one hind le;, <iiriiilic:intly?sis much as to say " that fi,i you !" and walked awav. "Captain MaeSpnddeit," said a bystander, :i< .Msn; Vainly essnyed to set himself j>r?v <111 his letis, " li.iv'nt you been crowding drinks mightily of l;sto ?-rather pressing the lijjure?eh !" I Jland looked ;ii*oulid. and 1?is eve Ti ll on it full, handsome. judicial looking personage : 'l>id I understand," replied Mac?-"did 1 uud<T.st;ind yer honor to say, wild 1 taken j.rlass of whiskey wid ye? | " ]?y i.j means," was the reply, ''hut here's a dime to buy yourself something to i cat." ' To ate, yer honor? an mo a dyin wid the eholcry ? JJedad, its (lie physio I'm afther, to drive the bloody f.iand out of me system wid !" i/Mi you over imvc tno cholera, .Mae '' 11 a : ha!'' laughed Mac?"did I ivor have the cliolery ' I>i?l a fishswiin. 1 ?c St. 1'athrick, it's fourteen times tho nasiliy crayther lias tttk the (iorgin knot upon mo cntrhils, and 1 faal the premoiiothory siintinis rootin' this blessed minnit, in me stumik, like pius in a pan field. The cliolery indadc !' ! Captain McXpadden now inarched into a I grocery, walked up to the har, and looking the dealer in the face asked, 1 "Did ivor I see that eye afore ? !' | " Quito likely," replied Tap. " May bo its only me word tor ye'd bo takin, this pleasant mornin. for i? dhran of ?.li? emu eorgil?and me a sufTorin in inn bowils, wid 1 tho colcry ?" | " I'll take the money," quoth Top, hnndI ing out a decanter, but keeping his hand upon it as if waiting for payment. Mac threw himself into a tragic attitude, and drawing down his white eyebrows, until they overhung the tip of his little red nose, i he exclaimed. " Hath a dog monies ? Is it possible that a cur could lend three thousand ducats?? Holy fathers ! I've but a bitof a kino, (coin) here, but the pysic I must have, to be sure. Wud yc tell me where I could get a bitof a scluilo to taehe nsthrononny and Hhaspairand manners, all for two dollars a quarthcr ?'' i .wi wf+m**II." A? " D n your duckets and your sebum (oo." replied 'IV. p ; "hand over a picayune." Mac (landed over (lie money, and drank liis | whiskey; nnd just as ho was replacing the tumbler on the hoard, the female spectre peered over his shoulder, and broke it. " Shudders avaunt!" shouted the Captain ?" Tray, Mlanche and Sweetheart, little doir.s ami all?si'-k em boys !?Hoot away, ye nulv I'amale with '! I've the cholcry, I tell ye, and it's ketehiii < ntirely !" " Vou've broken my tumbler," said Tnp pniii nl.i i n i 11 ! v " Shako not thy j>u:n v locks at 1110 ; tlum canst lint *ay 1 <li?l it.*' replied I lie Captain, ' it was tin' slia divil that's tazin the soul out ov nil' body." ' I i<1 you over toaeh school," asked Tapas MeSpaddon floundered into a chair. " bid I iver? I>i?l the blessed saint iver k ill shiiak< sWhy, man, Ida delightful scl.ule below here?fifteen or twenty's as many boys as a wak' ly erathnr like meself, can (I > I.is duly by the (l?i 11 of. and In- to b: to the bij; bnv< wid a stunt shillaly?an i was tar-liin !>< > i i i. ' > t. 4 villi Vint II,-H' I Kc till. nniti! llu* lit.! ' ili'rlints loved ino intirely ; but it ?(il Itrola' 111> 1?v it11 accident lie >i*r:?.'* " I low eainc tli.'it V ' \ e'll I !;< notice, I was doy.in' in nio ulisiir one nvnte :iIt lier:i>>on, dhr.imin nil ;i 1 ><>n( notliin" and th<" little darlint's that loved nie as mother's 11 i11\ ii-r 1 t:ic!ied eni ritiiinrtic ;<n ?st''foncuii}' an manners all illipiut the litth darliiits ve see. put a ?jni11 of snuO' into me linsthril all lor fun. Holy Pathnel-: ! but I wsis in t I; rub bl'- wid I lie snax.in an or\ in an spilt torin ; an ti e lilt'c d rlints all so ticliled will the spoil So uf= siine as me < yes come t". I ill!; the bijrpest of the hoys bv the heels, intii'elv, an I thny.ed the whole sehule with liis head .-in shoulders :iii amis. 1??? <:orra they roared. :iiii! wo I?< |i( nil t'ie sport :m the fun. till di\il the pound liCin! was in (lie sohnh*, li.il i ill '.III! nu n, ;<II t!t:it Was fuil 11V SlllliV." " 'I" 1 s? i? 1 in* jcvi ills drove you oil".'"' " I'aix ! they hate Utr* nw-'V." said Mac. sorrowfully; " tlic i^u'rnut sp:dpcc:is, tliat COtlMll'l understand:! joke?" ' Jiiil." lie coiitiiiU' <1. ti e divil's liin it. ivor since 1 lost t::y commission in tin; Kopl (Itcv^." ' I li It 11 ye in a niinit," replied .Mac, I'm moii.'-lriiu.v dry." 'l itis olijc -iii n to the narration liaviiiL' I.con removed hy a halt* tumbler of ' eorn coi-jil," Mac proceeded as follows, Mroadlirim resting his ftec mi liis lutiuN, in an atlilnde of deep attention : " Ye !l notice, t!ie ('antuiii, " I'll ;i c<.:?'{?111 v in I lie I Joy I (Ircys yevc heard of l!:t' l\ov;'| tlrer.s?- no? thin I'll' tell ye, 'twas list* clamst, natevt. ?ri111 <:il?st cocin tin* Kinirilotn, tin it-. ines-ll \v. s liii! audit uf the best in it S<< on?' ?I:?y, we'll a prate ravu, an' (lie Qiimic \v s out. an I'linee Albert (may 1 lis s..\vl n t in jiiiriratlmry, allien!) in tier car I'i'' 'o >ee it." ' |!ii! \ oil ever >ce tlie Queen of Knpland !" risked iSi'iKMilirini, n< in doubt. I'id / ivr s. v tin* Qiiane ? Dili you iver ..1,,... .. i l it.. 11 1., i. i.. r ...? Sn the (.Jnnio w..s out .is line as a flow-r. in tin' |M\ ii. I?y r.n' ! v ill'' .1 ?! ;? i ( Willii??;. ti n cninos t.i imp, nil si\< In*, " .Mho, the Quant* iias kiloht a s'jl.l uv yor irooil looks, an' winds ye ( > present ycsclf hol'oro her. '1 hair's luck 1 fill- ye ill" 1>vV iin'i the Juke slapped inc (.hi j , '.'.v s!'.wMc;\?.'' ' \V .x i! t'.e ? ro.it Puke of W< lliiifrtnn you're 1:11!vi l;.ln?ut ? Pit! \'"ii know him ?" ' .NO le.v-?, ho (Ik; cross ! 'I'lio .luho an inc was inthiinit as hrolhors so we wont to whore t!io royal orti ii/. wr.s an thair was her majesty, in tin' roy.l > ; ni'vre, as lively us hrieks anil lull ov I'un Si s sho. " Csintnin MeSnaihlen ye've ;i lino eoinpany ! " Yer most grashus :uul itin.v bK; 111:>jt sly ! ses I,geMin' upon me klKii'S." " Wud'nt ye liko a hit ov promoshun, C'apt. McSpadden V s iys her majesty. I " '"or most ;u]<>: >bK'. majesty guesses the snciit ol ii:0 Iif.nl, si s I.' ' ! f* 11 j< best lookin' lr.il, ye. :ivc, Captain," | said In r i!i::j .1y, ' I've soon litis season." " I shall he at charges lor a look in glass, l yer mo > heavenly majesty. since yer majesty ses so; but its lit 11 v tin- advantage! I hav ov ycr ini,st grashus majesty, in regard ov looks, ' " That last shot did the bis'ness for the Qnane, but the I'linee, ye ll notice, was as swidjro as a tiger, jud<;in' be his looks. So I went back, an scs tlie duke to me, " Mac, mi; boy, iis :dl over will yc?didn't ye see Albert's looks'/ lie's jalous as the divil, and ye ll h.-ii.. i.? 1 .v.. t!..'. IJI.t. ' ' * bediul, so I had, stii In*re I itui in purshutc ov ;i I > i t of a sehule to t to ho fifteen or twenty boys grammar an a.thronoiny an manners, ;it two dollars a fjuarf Iter and here Mttc soothed away into a gentle slumber, lie sat, with a eonsoie'iee apparently entirely at ease. "I've bono tales, and seen liars," said lirondbi im as he rose to order a glass of whiskey ; ami I've hearn of " ?ti<tchin the blanket," and " .sboolin with the long bow," and I always thought we was great on that, in this ' hero Amcrikv, but 1 find its with liiirs, as everything else, of you want an extry artielo you must ssnd to furrin parts!" i ours, ,J. J. If. KconmMY is one of tlx* chief duties of a State as well sis of :iu individual. It is not only a ?roat virtue in itself, but it is the parent of ninny others. It preserves men and 1 nations from the coin mission of crime, and the endurance of misery. The man who lives within his income can be just, humane, charitable and independent, lie who lives beyond it becomes, almost necessarily, rapacious, mean, faithless, contemptible. The economist is easy and comfortable ; the prodigal harassed with debts, and unable to obtain the necessary means of life. So it is with nations. National character, as well as national happiness, has from the beginning of the world to the present day, been sacrificed on .tlie altar of profusion. Tin: newspapers have greatly contributed ti? enrich the Kngiish language. Wo shall shortly have, thanks to the gentlemen of the ' press, a pretty, delicate, idiomatic turn of speech for all the principal affairs of life. Thus a u iilow is " a fair relict a young woman making her debut at a police ofFico, is "an interesting female." Formerly, a criminal used I to be hanged, but now he is " launched into eternity." A man wns sometimes drowned in t old times, but it ofteiu-r occurs that ho was j " immersed in the liquid clement till the fire i of life was extinguished." Couldn't bek It.?A countryman being at an Englishman^ table, expressed liim sur| prise by loud exclamations, on seeing a large i quantity of froth oo?.e out of a bottle of porter as soon as the cork wan drawn. Heing n.tked what surprised him, lie repled, " I , don't wonder at all at the froth tlifit comes on'. I of the bottle ; but how the deuce did you ever contrive to squeeze it all in ?" ! A Uu\v IN I' K SI M' TIV K. ? Jane lias 1>ecti eating the honey,"{ s:iid ait oflVi serving soli. ' How do you know, my denHH^j asked tho astonished mother.. " '('uu.siV'^^ heard father say he wanted to sip the hoq^^| from her lips," responded the youth. Till "I'll l)ir.i:TKI>.?Hi vine truth should explained, illustrated and enforced, hut n^H iMIuted. Preachers and Sunday school leacHftjl t I.I _.i .1:1...:'-- .1 B i vi>^ HIUUMI ^lUUVi I not, 'iiimiii^ I 111! I and thereby weakening its force. A ^riit|(?| man oiicc gave to n good man and \>omnn ajfl folio commentary to sii?I them in their <l,iil?* worship. After lliey had tried it tor some^l time, t!ie hiishind said to i.i-j wife, " i tltii<k|B w>^ did liotter before we bad tliis great book]9 When we read the IJiblo itself only, it wa^H like a jjla?*.?? of | tire wine ; but now it is lik<SR a glass of wine in a |?ail of water." An encentrie wealthy gentleman stuck uplfly u 11(1*1 r< ] in ;i fii'lil nnr>n liw ?. 1.1.. I.SHt w s painted tin- following: "1 will j?i\o^M tliis tii'ld t<> any 111:111 who is contented "?^H Ilo ?j(K(ii liiul an applicant. " Well, sir, aioHft vi>ii a eonlcnti d mail " " \ es, sir ; very."HI Mien what tin you want with my field HI Tin'; [?j liv*:. 111 ?Iiil net stop to reply. I'.iii, W n;c 1 \s is a very neat felli.w. 11 ?* HI I s Vs in> can't spare time to take a hath ; ho- HI] sides, it costs money for snap and towels.? Hi We askld liiiit how he inanaued to keep.HI clean. "<)!i." said he, with a hij?h ineon-^B tivc smirk' " I sandp >per myself once a year."* Tin. n.< st sin cos iil people are those wl ol Imve l"t one object ai d J mimic il with pcr-?fl; . sUtence. " 'I lie preat nit," s.-ys <!oithr,^| is in juuumousiy mini :inu isolate one s -vll. (*i>.\r.M-'.Nvss of ii.iinl ilis)ci::n(!s, or ratlnrM i>< iiic:i|i:il'l( ill s< <'ii.<r ; |>tittn 1 <s; ;ind n'ten,'flj mcasuri in?r i-vrrjtliiui: l-y wealth, makes 11 'sB ureal mistake of fain-yino nothing t( <? iv???cl foi^fl il wliieli it e n |.-iy An <iM Ii t in lor is :i traviller upon lilV'jh railroad, who li:'s cutin !v fnil <I to make lliorB y prrper ? ill iiI ions. RAILROAD M ASS AlliETINti INDIAN EALL-PLAY, ; \J I I.I. cniiu' < >fl* sil Franklin, Macon County, T f N. 1'.. on iratnnlay, tlic 5~<tIi of ^cptpm-fSJ Iter im'XI ! Vi laiijii'inoiil* will Ih> hi:i ]i> to nri'ommnilaloInU all wlni i,"ino ami an i 11 \ it;it i >ii to In' present is?"* cxtciiiloil in L'M'ryli.nly "anil tin: rest of man-ljH iSi>\oral <r-tinjriii>liei| ^;enll<"nen will l.o nrc-51 ' Si'nt ami a'l>lii'-s oiii- people ii lielialf of tlinBK ItllK lllll ;l l!\lllliivo ! '. VT l I'n-1 VL Aii iiIhiikI.iii'I'u| |u.i\U'.niis will liiiiilcii ilioVP Initios ami lite l?nrl>eeiie w ill In; clone up in VL1|.V|W The Indian* Ham. I'i w will l>o cniiiluctud l>vj^W 'J I sinlwiii t lii-linn-', ilri'ssi-il in Toi L.ivli o-sinun* VI 1 nii'l 11:?> intervals nl'tl.e ) 1:iv will lai enlivened fl 1 I?V ! i"ir< | >'):ile inii'-ie. W. II THOMAS, j i] .!. 15. J* I I . I*.){, | 111ri i hii's ii. ('; woniin w j y.'j.,, v.v.v Ijj N. s. .jaijiiktt, j //. /; Notice. I I.I. >.\S un^ino! In *!j-? ofvll X V. Isiiim'.'- l,;iv. floefMsotl, ;i:.il ' ii iii' liiIii''ilJnJ! M. l.itv. iliM-i-ii-! <!. will make prompt ptivim-nt : IK :unl all lli'i.-t' liitvin?r iliMiiiiMiN s:?it! M tn:o-. lit ii-I ptc-r lit I In-ill. Ii??iill\ .aithoiuii'iiif'l, j within (lie lime pi ?,-<;ri I I ly law. L<J C. M. LAV. Kxm'i Adiu'i*. \ i An;;. 2. lS'OQ \ :> _ i.l Law Not.ico. ? 'IMIF. nn<h'rsi;.'iir>'l luive tonnetl n piiilncvsliip in tfl I i In* |n-ii<-i ii'i* i)l" l.mv mid l'<|iiii,v I'or I'ii kens I I'istiiii. Mr. IIviiihn iimy l?e r??nsnlieil mi his >fliev iti Pickens itiul Mr. Orm it I Andersen. B| .1AM I.S I,. OIUJ. HI V/. M. 1IADDKS. JB! Pi.-k.n-. ('. K. M iv -1:! if 1H Black smith in ?\ ? 0 . n ^ 'I'llK I'N l>KKSl< i N KD ii? now prepared J] ^fAtn do work in lii* line, ul idiort notice. H V and in a workmanlike manner. lie eau I i ulwav- be found at hi- Simp. Terms moderate. H II A IIIIISON HAYEKS. Oet, ia. is.'.o r.i tjr TUi'i STATK OK SOUTH cAKOUXA, IS IN ORKISAIIY- CITATION. Bf? \ ' 111\ U I! \ S, Uoti'i. Thompson, o. k. r. i>.. *ji| ! 1 ' a|'plies for letters of nilininisli iilion. w illi frS I lie will annrxeil, on lite estate of lloli't. I?. Miller, Hj r !, iIn- i/oiiiei of 1'iekem nntl fSlalo H al'ore.sitiil: Tiie kiii'lrcl ami creditors of said <leeeased. are, llierefovj. cited to appear before me at bBj Piekem II. oil Thursday <>1 It (lay of September wj i next, in siie\v en'Mij. if any lliey can, wliy said lei- I lers should 11> t lie granted. (liven under my hand n | anil seal, llii> liUili Jills'. IKlil). fl \v! Bj HOI.COMBB, o e o. ^ (iUKIi.W'!U,K MAIIHLB YAKI). | f I ^ 11 K Miliscrilior lias on liaml and is eonstant^V 1 Iv receiving a large ami varied assortment oH| American unci Italian Marllo, ^ I'd \v 11 i < * 11 lie \vnol<l call tlie attention of llio^e iiijSKI want of a snital.le Monument to mark tins spi I 'fA where repose the remain* of tlieir departed rcl-SBl utivoA ami friends. t'arving ami lettering i<fBJ ! all kinds neatly ami promptly executed. BfcaS""Particular attention paid to order* liv maUnf .1 .\MivS m a i.i.i'.v SB i (Jrfiftitvillo C\ II., S. Felt 22 J'.l-tf ^ N. 15. llo refers l<> l> (! W<Mtlicl"l. (Jo\vi?r.('?x, >] , Mmkly & J),. M |{ Kuile. W II Watson, 4 I Ksq.. Ool I) Il'iko, II McKay. K?i], Law Notico. |S ; MMIH nnili'fsicueil t\ i 11 ilnvot" I to llir j.racl ice of I ,ii w ami l-'.rjuily OH ll'O Western Circuit. .Mr. 1Iai>i>i.s is liis partner at Jf Pickens. JA.MKS 1.. ()!'.It. gL Vtidci'Hon P. II . May in. Isr.it r> If ' .1. iv. noii hi*. .iii. J. w. 1ia1iimson. ('. i'l ij.ia^.h ; NO It HIS. HARRISON & PlSILlAMfl AltiiriH'ys at I.tnv, ANI) S(H It'lTOltS IN liQI'lTY, ' i.tlcmi pt'Oinillly to nil business cntni>t('ij^H j ii to thoir care. Mil. I'ii.i.iam can always lioraM | found in ilie Ollico. OKVIC'K AT PlC'KKNS C. II., 8. 0. r^l Sept, 0. 18."?rt '.I If 1 I \V. K. KA8I.BT. ISAAC WICK LI V V Mi J EASLEY & "WiCKLlTFE, " 1 Attbruoyi tit Law. I A7 yiLL Atloiul puii'. linilly "Io nil Imeiiicsf ru- '1 ? } trusted to llicir cure in tlio l>inti-iels V comprising I lie Went cm Circuit. j OFFICIO AT 1'ICKKNK II., tf. C. ? Sept. 2.'.. inr>r? la if 1 HIDES AND HARK j Wi LL BE BOUGHT AT PAIR I'KH'ES I by 1. N. SMITH. i Tun Ynr.l. Jan 4. 1X5* 2/>-ff jl Til hi H'l'AT 10 OF HOIJTII CAROLINA. IN OI'.DINAItY?CITATION. *#j yyilHURAH, Rob't. A. Thompson, r. k. r. i?., i t applies to mo for letters -if Administration 4; upon nil ami singular the personal estate of Mary Murphy, deceased, lute of (ioorgin: The kindred Mli hiiil creditors of nai?l deceased, are. therefore, cited m to appear before nie at Pickens C. II. on Friday JB oth Sopteinber, to shew cause, if any thfy cor?^H why said Ic11 cm ft Should noj under my hunt] and tyn) ^ ^ ' |