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I" T() TI,1NE 0WN SKI.F BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS THE ^ '\f^ ^ NIGIIT THE DAY, THOU CAN'ST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN." I BY llOB'T. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, SEPTEMHEll 29, 1800. VOL. XII. NO. 91 .1 i .mi . ,, , , ,^wn . - - - - - - , U TSVSOY&D IFOETl^V The Temple of Dreftms. 1 | 11V I.I//. I K C. SMITH. I s?f! afiiv Night's fair estate? |j Night's p.iiaeo built on alnrry land ; 11 Hut nearer l>y with open pale, The Temple of tlio Twilight stands. And by tiioduskv wav 1 wait 1 I A ml press my heart with folded hands. I wail beside the snored door, Afraid In enter in nloiie, For in this* Temple, evermore, The griefs my orphan years haw known J.io like pale ghosts upon the floor. And, dreaming, in their sleep they moan. I wait?from out the purple West Through paths my viiil'd eyes cannot see, A soul-friend comes, love-crowned, love-blest, To walk these haunted isles wit!, me? To clasp my hands from oil' my breast, * ! And keep me gentle company. (And side by si.le with reverent steps, We tread these sacred rooms apart, And steal by Sorrow as she sloens r t Where moaning Marah fountains stun, Willi echo wi ispcrs on our lip.s. From vespor-drcams within each heart. The yi.trs that bring no myrtle sprays^ jh No heliotropes to liloom for mo. May come and ; their sweetest praiso Is that they leave me gla.My free To tread this Temple's dreamy ways, Cltisp'il hamls, my spirit mate, with thcc. | For us llie Twilight s cloister rIooio ,i Ity Fancy's fairy stars anil bemns Is lit. Thought's magic roses bloom I (In spirit bowers. , Each zephyr seems A spirit, faint with love's perfume? |ti A poet lost in fairy ilrciuus. jjli And mustthou ^r<? ? All, me! the hands Of royal novels in the West Ilavo down beyond night's silver hinds. My Sorrow waketli from her rest ! Kami friend, i>i:.\u friend, unclasp my hands From thine, and fold tliein on my breast. My eyes, veiled by the wings of Fate, Meet thijic no more, hut I enn see. Through il'tesudark plumes the Temple gate? The dreams tim* tlout away from me Will whisper at what time I wait Thereby. riuknti or mv iikaiit. for thee. >w .-J ii^ii lwhiti.w ifi iiyi?w I*OUYiQ*L The Blue Ridge Ruilroadt T<> thr Ifoil. fcfictirtl (f. l*ulnwr : * Vonr next objection to granting aid to the j Blue Uii]}?e Kail road Coirpwy is stated thus: i 1\ ou tiring to notice the South Carolina Central Railroad, o.\toi;<linir from (Jourdin's Station 011 the Northeastern Railroad to Charlotte, i which, you say, " will place Charleston in j connection with the North Carolina Vt'esteru j extension at Slalevillc, a road pcnctrat'.n?r to ; that very region of country where the I>lno l'idge is attempted to he built. I.ct me. ask j why this connection will not subserve all the ' purposes of the Blue Ridge road?" This is nil assertion, though it is put interrogatively, as you frequently do in your letter, when you intend to his omphalic. The ' very region of country where the 11 >1 ik! llid^c i.s attempted to bo built," is down the valloy of the Tennessee River to Knoxville, and appro aches, at Clayton, within one hundred and forty miles of Chattanooga, i which is the focal point of the Western and ' Southwestern roads, wh ?se trad i-< diverted to Charleston or Savannah. Vour assertion is. that the Stateville connection will put Charleston in eonnnctiou with tliis region of cuiia try, in a manner so advantageous as to subserve the purpose of tho Dine Ridge Road. The advantage of one railroad pver another, is estimated i?y the comparative length of the roads, for the cost of transportation is generally in proportion to the length of the road, and you must, therefore, be understood to assert that, it will i,ot be further by the Stateville c mucction from Charleston to Knoxvillo and 1(ino than it will be by the Blue llid;jj<i Raul. From Charleston to Knoxvillc. by tho Blue Rid<re Road (via Aiken), is 410 miles, and to Chattanooga, by tho 11 iwasseo Branch (when built), will bo 415 miles. I will now st te the distances from those jilaeos to Charleston, by .the St iteville connection. The distance from Chattanooga to Knoxville is II ") mile.-); Knoxvillo to Morristown. on tho Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, 42 miles ; .Morristown to Paint Rock. !?5 miles ; I'aint Rock to Statesvillo, 102 miles. This distance is taken from the report of Col. <?wynu to the Governor of North Carolina, in 1851, of the survey, location nnd estimated ....... ... v..v l AiiMimin oi iin iX?irtii Uarolina fll Central lliilroad from Salisbury to Paint Hook, which were ordered to be iniidn by the N.?rt!i Carolina Legislature. From Slatesville to Charlotte, measured 011 Poor's Railroad Map, not loss than "> ) miles, t ho sum of these distances shows Charlotte, by '.ho Statcville connection. to be 180 miles from Knoxvillc, find 401 mill's from Chattanooga. The dist men from Charlotte to (Jourdin's Station is 142 miles, and from that Station to Charlest m is 5'J miles, which would place Knoxvillc. by the SttUovillo connection, 481 mile* from Charleston, and Chattanooga 510 miles. The excess of those di.stunces wouM present seri OUS obioctioilS to vonr nrnrw-iaiirl mi!. [j. " i?r i"i the Jsluo Ultimo !4<url with tho citizens of | Charleston ; but I suppose you regard it ns insignificant, when it in opposed to the Stiito; "villo connection. Hut. tlio frreator divtancca from Chattanooga and Knoxvillo by tiio Stutoville connection than by the Bluo llidge lloud, do not present |( the moist serious objection to your statement that the Statcvillc connection will subserve alWho purposes of tho Bluo Hidjro Bond. Before your Statcvillo conncction enn bo fcp available, North Curolina must finish it* road acrofS the Bluo Ridge mountains to Ashevillc, nod from Ashcville to Paint Hock, which is on the western boundary of North Carolina ; nnd then tho Tennessee Company must finish the road from Paint. Rock to Morristown. Col. (Jwynn estimated the cost of tho road from Paint llook to l?'lat Creek, near Ashc..:n? ?i liiftoon. r.? w i w i?w VI^T?;VVV ; u?#m riu? v/r(XJK 1 across the mountains to bo 83,000,000 ; the Piedmont section 8886,000, and thence to Salisbury 81,400,000?making a total of nearly 87,000,000. Col. Ciwynn's location was 1 through the ^wannamm (Jap. I do not know that the extension which is in progress of construction will cross that (rap. Hut tho figures 1 have shown must be a near approximation ??,? ? ? ?< .i 1 -- --- x.. ?..v, \ii mi- .-uvuuu iiiiiurai amnions ot tl 10 road from Salisbury to Asheville, which is in progress. With what assurance can you aflirin that the people of North Carolina will construct the road across the mountains '( Do you believe that they will'! Jl'he undertaking of the Blue llidge Railroad (Company to build a road across the same Mue Riffle mountains to Knoxvillo, you characterize as "otic of the veriest humbugs that ever engaged the attention of a sensible but deluded people." You I must presume largely, and would have the i people of I'idgefiold District to presume largoly, on the folly and delusion of the people of i North Carolina, when you hold out the com- j tlletion of th<?ir rr>;i<l nu !i 4'--- 1 Blue llidge road ; and by the offer of this .substitute, endeavor to induce the people of South Carolina to abandon the Blue Ridge road. I f I your opinion respecting the Blue Ridge road be correct, must not you, and all the people of ! South Cur"lina, have r< nson to fear that the ' light of your wisdom may shine upon the peo- J pic of North (Carolina, and that they may adopt ; your opinion that their undertaking is one of i the veriest humbugs that ever engaged the attention of a sensible but d^'ud d people? i But if wo m?v depend o \ t V- e.in'inu* d delusion of the North Carolinians until t .! vc: ie*t humbug, their road --'oss the n .n it .i is to Asheville, shall be <v?.i?p|etod, at thi* point two routes present th m^'lvcs, about whic* . to ,v y the least, the people of North Carolin t are divided. One descends the French Rroad to Paint Hook, having Morristown for its terminus. and forms your Statevillc connection ' with Knoxvillo; the other route proceeds,) .southwardly, to Puektown. The hitter would ; seem to he the route preferred, because the j engineers are now engaged in the survey and location of it. Should this route he adopted. , it may be a long time hefi.ro the French 15road Route is completed. If the J'reneh Broad route should be chosen, ' your difficulties arc not then ended. I low shall the road from Paint Rock to Morristown he made? 1 know from the oith of the President of that Company, to a creditors' bill, filed against the Stockholders for payment of their judgments, th:.t the <'o >p.;??v is insolvent. 1 nder these circumstances, and with the opinion you have expressed respecting the i l>lue Ridge road, is it not a delusion worse, j even man you tmnk tlio lihie Kidgo roiul to ' 1)0, l?> depend on the Statovillo conncetion as , :i substitute for tlio ] SI in* llidge road, and to | urge tlio avail tliility and sufficiency of tlio former, as a:i argument for abandoning tlic j latter'{ Tlio last of your objections which 1 will notice, is expressed by interjections of amazement. You advise tin4 people of Kdgefichl District not to waste their energies " upon one of the veriest, humhujirs that ever engaged tlio att< ntion of a sensible but dolurl"d p-ople and tnus close tho ftirauraph : " Was there ever before so ihouslrous s {.illy at!?i; >pte?J to 1> j?rj>etrated by a s\i!!?lo people!" T .f Mint ilid;;e Ivuitoid C.inpanv h:.ve ! undert then to conn < (. I?y railroad (tin1 only j practicable c mnection.) tin'. State of South I Carolina wstii t lie oa vis ible wafers ami svstmi ! of railroads in the Mississippi valley. The | Slates of Maiy'iand, Vaynn.i Mid (2;':;rp?s, "t a cost manifold uto iter than w'nat is solicited i from South Carolina, have effected that connection. In every instance tlie co'iiplction of the roads have been followed by overflowing prosperity. The. entire population of those States, high and low, rieli and poor, wise and simple, commend tbo wisdom of those undertakings which experience of their benefits has made manifest to all. Statesmen and patriots, who?c virtue and wisdom arc canonized in the memory of the people of South Carolina, devoted .-ill tlioir Mimi'./i/.o ' * - - . ii.v.o miciai iivv yeurs :i?0 l(? j tho accomplishment of the grout national work. If the authority of the multitude of wise and virtuous men, who 'nave exhausted their energies in effecting. or in the attempt to effect, a connection between the Atlantic and the Western States by railroads?tho universal commend.ition of such a connection when it has been completed?the experience of its benefit, which has forced conviction to the most stubborn adversaries?if all these things cannot persuade you, nothing can. It may ho that you arc wiser than all tho wisdom collected of those who carried through the Southern Atlantic Hailroiids across the mountains. You may be wiser than experience, I5ut let me make a su?rtrestion. Whatever JOU limy tliiuk, do not proclaim it ?o publicly. Edward Frost. Gonk North.--Wo clip tin; following pointed and sen iibln article- from tho Rock , Hill Chronicle, nnd refer it to the special !lllAlllii1ll nf ill"- ' ' ?,.?? vmv-)u vtiiwii it uiiiy uouccrn : ' Merchants in our St;\to wlio kicked up j 1 such a dust. at I In; ti no of t'no .John JJrown I raid in Virginia, about diicet importation and Southern trnnde, aro now going North to liy in full supplies. Wc nro ashamed to tell ' it, hut it is so. The night travel on the Charlotte road is now very considerable, and 1 among the passengers no class are more numerous thnn merchant* on their way to New York. Gentlemen, don't write any more resolutions about the importance and necessity of direct trade. Your preaching is vain unions you practice vour doctrino." Dawkinh n>arric<1 n Indy for her money, i but cannot touch it till she dins, nnd ho tronts her very badly on account of what he calls licr " unjust;liable longevity." The other i day Mrs. Hawkins, finding herself ill, sent for a doctor, and declared her belief thnt alio was poisoned, nnd that Hawkins hod done it. " I i didn't do it," shouted Hawkins. " It'* all gmniuon?she isn't poigonod ! Prove it, doctor; open her upon *.ho spot?I'm willing." The Consequences of Lincoln's ElectionSomething lor the Northern Men to think ofDispassionate men are everywhere beginning to ask themselves what will be the cons?'?|ucnccs of tlx; election of 1/uicoln, and it is time that every man in this confederation who has the good of the country at heart, should be prepared to answer this momentous question. The developments of tlie campaign ure bringing clearly to view the radical and revolutionary intentions of the black republican party. The spirit and tunc of its catnpiign journals and documents leave no room to doubt the thorough abolitionism of its principles and its candidates. Helper's handbook of treason, Lincoln's unmistakcuhlc abolition speeches, and Sumner's rabidly and fanatical i .1 i> iiiuiiu^iiu m nit' ocnaie, nrc tne staple expositions of the black republican creed, for the circulation of which every possible effort is made. Horace iJreclcy, whoso position as a journalist makes him one of the master spirits of his party, and enabled him to overthrow Seward, its originator and lender, tells the world that ho means " to labor for its eradication (the institution of domestic servitude) from our own, and all other countries, as long as I live." Win. II. Seward finding himself sot aside for a loss prominent leader in his party, proclaims that Lincoln is just us radical an abolitionist as himself, if not more so ; that lie is enlisted for life or death in the " irrepressible conflict," and that both belong to "the Massnehus 11 s school" in politics. Tho black repub'i n party of that State, fearing > ;t tin: fanatical and destructive abo1: ;..n cl'i:'.:! : ! - ili - Massachusetts school" W' r'd 1,1*' in" ! nilf Njio" 1 ;.nd 01' l.- Senators elect?\\ i I son ami Sutnnrr- ?!i - pi :oed in nomination lor lhe gubernatorial rbair Andrews the friend and intimate of Win. Lloyd (Jarrison and Wendell Phillips, the open and declared sympalbi/.er with and defender of John Brown, and the unblushing endorser of their const int reiteration, that they hold the compact of confederation to be "a compact with hell." These are tho indelible marks which, in only sixty days of canvass, with a prospect of nueces< before them, the black republican leaders have placed upon their followers.? Let no man hug to bis heart the conviction that he can co-operate with them for a while, and then either control the folly that guides their aeliun or cannc (Vsim 1 miu it will bring it' tlicy attain control of the powers of tho foil or. 11 government. It will then be too late to advise them, ainl utterly fruitless to abandon their support. Once in power, they will c.ire neither for moderate advisers nor moderate supporters. Conservative republicans will be cast aside everywhere as broken and uselees tools?as thev have been in Massachusetts?and only black republican abolitionists of the schools ot (Jar rison, Phillips ami John Brown, believing that a repetition in the Southern States of the bloody massacres witnessed in St. Doniinrro would bo doing ( Jod service, will be entitled to place in the civil rervico, the judiciary, the army and the navy of the country. Concede. for arguments' sake, that for politic reasons they will not deem it lit. to inaujjur:it*? the bloody and miuht issue at once, what will bi t.ii" oouise they will pursue?? 11 we we have t ie nd.ui tt?* 1 ficts of their intend >d ac:i..n. and iu i hs;ii we may see reflected in the. oiirr r of truth the conser|acneos of Abraham Lincoln's election as President. The first stop will be the appointment to i:vei> p??si ?>f cxecutivc or power within the pi ft of the President of men who believe that slavery is an evil and a sin: that it is their moral ami .social, as well as r litieal fluty, to make War upon it in evt y way; that "this Union cannot stand half slave and hall' five," and that William Floyd (inrrison, Wendell Phillips and John Brown arc rijiht in the theories they have proclaimed and the policy they have advocated.? With men holding these views as judges and officers of the federal courts, as postmasters and collectors of customs, as district attorneys und marshals of the United States, there will commence an agitation of the slavery fjucstion such us the world has never witnessed.? Federal officers may refrain from immediate participation in criminal acts, but the abductors of slaves, the fomentors of servile inccn iliarism, nnd th<> coining John Urowns, will pursue their iniquitons labors, in the full confidence that, if arrested and brought to trial, it will be by marshals, prosecuting attorneys, juries nnd judges that sympathize with them, and who believo that the cause in which they are engaged is the cause of righteousness. Tl,? ..e ii !. c * i ?.iiv in mis iaci mono upon trie .spirit of fanatic abolitionism in tin; country will proUnco the most disastrous results, (five the orintiind hut the confiilonce that men of his stamp will sit as judges over him if arrested, ami crime will at once become the audacious ruler of society. So will it bo with tlio " irrepressible conflict." The underground railroad will be brought to the light of day, the stealing of slaves will beeonoa trade of which thousands will b" openly vain, heroism in the act will be worshipped, and not alone Virginia, but every Southern State, will have to record its John Brown raids, and the abolition promptings to incendiarism now seen in Texas will be witnessed in every slave State from the Delaware to the Rio Grande, and from the Ohio to the (rtilf of Mexico. In such a Btato of things there will bo no need to use the army and n;ivy of tlio United States to suppressor extinguish slavery; will only bo necessary to defeat its employment to sup- ! nrCM fnr-tion nml infloniHoriim In ? 1 ?- v. xu o uvii n utate of thing* parties will bo driven to the j highest pitch of exeitoment, acts of fury will i be perpetrated on all fides, nnd day by day the whole eountry will rceedo further and far- i thor from the rule of reason. I With the inauguration of such a state of things, we would ask the morohants of New York, Philadelphia and Boston, whut would be the value of the Southern note* you hold ? If the reply would not bankrupt you, it would onuse you to cut <>fi' all your Southern trade to avoid bankruptcy. In such a state of things, wo would as!; the manufacturers of . j Pennsylvania, New .Jersey, New York, Conj nceticut, It hodc island and Massachusetts, 1 what would he the value to you of the note of a merchant in New York, Philadelphia or Hoston, if the Southern trade were bankrupt? You would not sell a single paekage of goods 011 Southern credit, and would hnvo to ilimii.. isli production, or overstock other avenues to! consumption. Aim), in this case, we would ask the'eipitalist, the firmer, the mechanic and the laborer of those States what will be- , come of your rents, your markets and your' wages, ii' the manufacturers have to diminish production ? They must and would dc eline, all the combinations of intellect, far- ; niers' unions a.ul Jrmln ?i... .1 " l'?- ; world could not sustain prices nnd wages, even I if tliey could prevent universal bankruptcy, j Our whole industrial and commercial fabric ; is built 011 the broad bagis of credit, and -lie (ibres, veins and arteries of this are so intertwined and connected through the whole body politic that a vital blow at the credit system in one section will bring the whole cdiliee crumbling to the ground. That blow will be struck at Southern credit by the election of ; Lincoln, and the installation of " the .Massachusetts school " of abolitionists in our national administration. [.V. ]r. ITcmhI. \ rnom tub r.arur.Nsvn.i.i: iii:iiali>.?ijy ltKijrRST. I 'Hi '<! reply of the late distinguished bowudes, j j that " the Presidency is a position ncilhei to besought nor declined," is alike applicatde to the (.iovernorship of n sovereign State. In I limes of tranquility, it is not so important 'o 1 exact the higher orders of intellect and great qualities, to discharge the duties til' (iovernor and ('oiutnandei-in-( Ihicf; but when perils surround?yea, threaten?and arc actually waged a^aiu.-t the entire South, to the destruction of our institutions and to massacre!! it ! bccoaios every citizen in South Carolina, who ! nits a 'ainily and a home, to think seriously, ami to make a requisition of antecedents, of ] capacity, of patriotism, of wisdom in council, I j and en. r;_ry and .ihility t'? execute in camp and i field, s?wdi duties as will doubtless devolve ! j on our next Chief Magistrate. In 182S, when tho t Jovcrnnieut. at Wash-1 iniitoii, more rpscinlly then, commcnccd its nets of agression, and when resistance hy I State intcrvont ion was deemed a solemn duty, J prominent statesmen of that crisis, Mich as j Stephen i). Miller, James Hamilton, llobcrt! j V. Ilavne an I (Source M? l>ulTie. were chosen successively to fill the distinguished post of I | Uovernor of tin; State. Ami during tiic war I with Mi Jco, when more tlitin ordinary talent | was roi(iiired, Pavid Johnson, tin: profound : jurist ami Inmost man, (not interior to cither i ni' the tour predecessors named, in intellectual , strength) was with one accord, unanimously ' i elect-d to carry out with ability and fidelity j , the duties of Oommandor-in-diicf. I ( In recurring to our personal knowledge of prominent men in the State, we know of none | hotter qualified, in all tlio attributes of emi- 1 , nont worth, t?i fill this important ollicc than | (ion. David Jamison of Orangeburg. This ( gentleman lias served in our Legislature, was , | appointed by (lovcrtior lla mmmd one of tin; | visitors of the Military Academy at its organ- ( izntion, which duties lie lias discharged for J ; eighteen yearn, w:;s a member of the eonveu tion at Nashville, and recently a member of n the convention at Richmond. " lie is a scliol- ; j ar, a ripe and good one," an able, pure, and j classical writer, and thoroughly ncquiinted , with Southern policy. As a iiencniioi' (,'iiv- j airy, he was a model. As a man, kind and j social in his relations, wise and prudent in rc- < solve, firm and bold toexecute. And in obe- | dicneo to the t?xt and in unison with his mod- , c.st, retiring character, lie do?s not seek ofTicc, j but doubtless would not decline, lie is eini- j ihmiMv fit for tlic dark era of troubles wo may j expect in the history of Carolina the next two | : years, as to whether the State sin.11 bo sovc- j 1 ! reign or shall be vassal to pay tribute, and bow t 1 her neck to every arbitrary edict in the North- i I crn code. | ] We rejoice that there exists no divisions nor I ; sections of parties in South Carolina. For a j while ago, there was an ideal difference, but < | like the colors in a changeable silk, there were < I shades of party, but by condensntive rays, the * i line of difference is indistinct, and now like the more brilliant colors of the rainbow, the State forms one beautiful arcli, supporting the i banner of Dreckinridgc and Lane, extending j its beckon to our misguided friends that in I union fherr is victory?in division ilcj'cut. j Anticipating the apprehended last result, to meet which the State should look to early j ijn ijiu.uujii iiiiu iicttMiiiiiic on one 10 assume the helm, capable unci willing to meet the 1 event, such a inan we respoct fully again sug- < i ge*t, is (Jen. David Jamison, in all respects s ' ably qualified. Citizen. 1 { August 2.*), 1800. ~ ? l J Rrvoi.ittionaky Kki.kj.?Our fellow tows- ( I man, M. 1?. Crawford, Ksq., has shown us , j a cannon ball, (a six pounder) which was '( picked up a few days sine on his plantation , in the Waxhaw section. Its rusted appear- t ance, besides other circumstances, would in- . dicato itsbeinga relic of Revolutionary times ( It was picked up within a short distance of | the spot where Jackson was born, and upon ( tho plantation ("then owned by Crawford, grandfather of tho first, named gentleman) whcro the first years of his remarkable life 1 were spent.?Lancaster Loilyer. ' A CELKi?avrnr> toper intending to go to a i masked ball, consuJtod on acquaintance as to i what character I10 should disguise himself.? t " do sober," replied bis friend, "arid your i most intimate friends will not know you." i TllP, I)uko de Durns, observing Desoartos j seated ono day at. a luxurious tablo, cried r ut; "What! <lo philosophers indulge in { dainties?" " Why not?" repliod Descartes. ? " Do yon think that nature produced all her f good things for fools ?" - I How to Preserve Woman-A Chapter of Ex- I cellent Advice There is nothing in the world that we think ! so much of as we do of women. Our mother?wife, sister, and pretty cousins, arc wo- ! men, and the daughters will be (Heaven spare them !) if they live long enough. And there ; is a love of woman in general which we do , not deny. A line magnificent specimen of the sex, full of life and health, a ripe, red ehcek and (lashing eye, is somewhat that does one good to look at as she illuminates the humdrum sidewalks and every day streets. A North Itivcr steamer, under lull headway, with colors flying, is rather stirring and inspiring?and we pull up our nag to see her pass, and admire the swell she cuts. Com- ^ parativcly, however, the steamer sinks into insignificance, or some other deep water, by , the side of a well-kept, well-dressed woman. There is no rubbing it out; women are the eharm, blessing, beauty, and bli.ss of life? men's life, we mean, of course. Any means, therefore, that can be devised for preserving them should be publicly made known. They | arc different from any other kiml of fruit.? ; Von can nut picklc tlicm. You cannot do ; them up in sugar anil sot them away in a room with a paper soaked in brandy over their I mouths. You cannot put them in cans seal- j ed up air-tight, without injuring their form and flavor. Now as men arc so dependent upon women for their choicest blessings, a proper mode of preserving them becomes of ?:reat moment, and we are sure that the pub- ; lie will thank usforan infalliable recipe. ll.ue the feet well protected ; then pay the j next attention to the chest. The chest is the repository of the \ital organs. There abide 1 the heart and lungs. It is from the impression made upon these organs, through the skin, that the shiver comes; it is nature's quake?the alarm bell at the outset of danger. A woman may never shiver from the effects of cold upon her limbo or hands or head, hut let the cold strike through her clothing! on her chest, and go oil to her teeth into a j clatter, and the whole organization is in com- : motion. One sudden and severe impression of eold unon the ohr?st. 1ms sin!n i?j tmt* r.f thousand*. Therefore, while the feet are well looked after, never forget the chest. Thc.sc points attended to, tlie natural concoctions of the dress will supply the rest, and the woman is now ready for the air. Now let her visit i her neighbors, go shopping, call upon the . poor, and walk for the good of it?for the fun of it. Keep away from the stove or register. Air j that is dry or burnt, more or less charged with gases evolved by the fuel, is poison. Go up stairs and make the bed with mittens on.? Fly around the house like mad, and ventilate the rooms. Don't sit bent up in a single room, with double windows. Fruit will not retain its form or flavor in air-tight cans, neither will woman. They need air. If the shiver comes on during these operations, go ; directly and put something more about the i lirnncf Again, do not live in dark rooms, Light fades the carpct, but it feeds the flowers. Xo ' living animal or vegetable ean enjoy health in j i ilarkness. Light is as necessary as air, and a | brown tan is preferable, even as a matter of beauty, to a sickly paleness of complexion. j This much in regard to the physical means i important, livery woman should be married lo an excellent, man. Marriage, it is true, brings care and wear, but it is the ring that is worn that keeps bright, and the watch that lies still unwound that gets on* of order. The <y. ipatliies involved ir. the family relation, the now energies devolved by now responsibilities, the new compensation for all outlays of , strength, bring about a delightful play upon lie heart and the intellect, which, in their relction upon the body, produces an effect that is nothing less than preservation. j Iynoxvimx and Kkntucky I'ah.uoat). i ?-The opening of the Nashville and Louisville Railroad, has shown the incapacity of I :Y.it, or any other road, to do all the busi- ' w...,, ... ?im ueigm, eon?rantiy pressing upon it, and it has demonstrated l lie necessity of the early construction of the i Knoxvillo and Kentucky Railroad. Even two roads could not now send forward the Born, flour, bacon, ami other heavy freights >fier. d, and destined for the cotton States Eolith of us. i At present, the shortest route from Atlan- i ta to Cincinnati, would be only 400 miles!? The route via Knoxvillo passes through the most extensive and inexhaustible coal and iron regions in the world; and the completion of our route, would at once build up the i great manufacturing establishments of Louis- 1 ville and Cincinnati. We name ...is fact for I their consideration. We shall soon have i completed the first thirty miles of this road, < Parting out from this city. The track-laying < tviU commence in a few days. i There is a creat meeting in Cincinnati at , i tins time, and iNasliville has sent up a strong lelcgation. Tho East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Company has sent up three ablo lolcgates?the Knoxvillc and Kentucky llailroad Company have despatched three more strong nnu efficient delegates?and our city authorities havo sent a delegation suited to tho occasion. If Kentucky and Ohio will look at the thing as it is, this is tho route for ineir interests.?A noxvillc Whig. ' At a late ball ill Paris a very stent gentle- J man, proprietor of a had catarrh and a very , jharming wife, insisted, very inconveniently ] it the close of a polka, tliat niadame should ( return to tho bosom of her family. " Nover < nind," she said to her partner; "ask me to lance in the next quadrille all tho same?1 ivill find a way to stay for it." Slipping out t vhile the sets were forming, she went into the 1 gentlemen's dressing room, fouud her hus- ] .11. l..i - -1 " * " iiiuu s wu, ana mrew u out ot the window, t rhen, returning, and requesting her spouse j o first find hifi hat and call the carriage, she locepted partners for tho next six dances, juite euro of two hours before the hat could 1 >c found. S Sccrets of the OceanMr. t? recti, the famous diver, tells singular stories of his adventures, when making search in the deep waters of the ocean. lie gives 8omo .sketches of what he saw on the Silver Hanks, near Uajti. The banks of coral 011 which mv divine* J .-? 7 imrrttcd in the previous chapter, were made, arc about forty miles in length and from ten to twenty in breadth. On the bunk of coral is presented to the diver one of the most beautiful and sublime scenes the eye ever beheld. The water varies from ten to one hundred feet in depth, and so clear that the diver can pee from two to three hundred feet, when submerged, with 111 f 1 c> nlwfriinflnn in tlir* vt i cr 11 # Tho bottom of the ocean in many places on tli<\se banks, is as smooth as a marble floor; in others it is studied with .coral columns, from ten to on^ hundred foot ill height, and from one to eighty feet in diameter. The tops of those more lofty support a myriad of pyramidal pendants, each forming a myriad more; giving the reality to the imaginary abode of some water nvmnh. In other nlne.es. the nen. dants form arch sifter arc1!, and as the diver stands on tlie bottom of the ocean and gazes through these .into the deep winding avenue, he feels that they fill him with as sacred an awe as if he were in some old cathedral, which had long been buried beneath " old ocean's wave." Here and there, the coral extends even to the 8urf.ee of the water, as if those loftier columns were towers belonging to those stately temples now in ruins. There were countless varieties of diminutive trees, shrubs and plants, in every crevice of the corals where the water had deposited the least earth. They were all of a faint hue, owing to the pale light they received, . although of cvory shade, and entirely different from plants, T am familiar with that vegetate upon dry land. One in particular attracted my attention ; it resembled a sea fan of immense size of variegated colors, and of the most brilliant hue. Tho fish which inhabited these Silver Banks, 1 found as different in kind, as the scenery was varied. They were of all forms, colors and sizes?from the symmetrical goby, to the globelikc sun-fish ; from those of the. dullest hue to the changeable dolphin ; from the spots of the leopard, to the hues of tho sunbeam ; from the harmless minnow, to the voracious shark. Some had heads like squirrels, others like cats and dogs; one of small size resembled u bull terrier. Some darted through the water like meteors, while others could scarcely seen to move. To enumerate and explain all tho v.irious kinds of fish I beheld while diving on those banks would, were 1 enough of a naturalist so to uo, require more space tliau my Hunts will allow, for 1 am convinced that most of the kinds of fish which inhabit the tropical seas, can bo found there. The sunfish, saw-fish, star-fish, white shark, ground shark, blue or shovel nose shark, were often seen. There were also fish which resembled plants, and remaining as fixed in their position as a shrub. The only power they possessed was to open and shut when in danger. Some of them resembled the rose in full bloom and were all hues. There were the riqbon fish, from four to five inches, to three feet in length. Their eyes are very large, and protrude like those of the frog. Another fish was spotted like the leopard, from three to ten feet in length.? They build their houses like the beaver, in which tney spawn, and the in:ile or female watehca the egg until it hatohes. I saw many >l>eoinieiis ??f the green turtle, aoiiic fiyp fcft long, which I should think would weigh from 100 to 500 pounds. Or.d M vids.?An eloquent writer thus disjourses of this estimable class of females.? There is truth and beauty all over the paragraph : " I have no sympathy with that rude, unfeeling, and indelicate phrase, old maid, which is bandied about in the mouths of rude, unfeeling, and indelicate persons. It is true, that a selfish nature, cut off from all duties and ties, and sinking back into the solitary life of a selfish heart, becomes most unlovely und useless. But shall the few cloud the true nobleness of the many? How many elder sisters, it may be unblessed with outward comeliness, have entered into a brother's or a sister's family, and accepted all its carcs as tliA /!???. /-.f i:r~ > " ,?v u. vuvii mi-, nnu, htuiiiijj; lianas \vun t!io mother, given to each child, ns it were, two souls of love, lihtwo wings of God, to help it fly up witluil from weakness and ignoranee in manhood and strength ! How many liave cheerfully given up their own whole life, built no nest, sought no companion, but sang in the tree, and near the younglings of another's nest, patient in toil, watchful and laborious in sickness, frugal amidst poverty, rich in nothing but good works, and in these abounding in wealth ! When the roll iu read above, mil they are named that liv?d in self-sacrifice, n gentloness, in patience, in love, and in the >nly triumph of disinterrstcd mercy, they who ire unmarried and childless, that they might ?9 nore heroically serve the households of others, and become mothers of children not their >wn, shall stand high and bri ght." Witty i'kkykhsion.?-A minister had n quarrel with one of his parishioners by the lame, of Hardy, who showed considerable reicntment. On thesuccooding Sunday the di,*inc preached from the following text, which ic pronounced with great emphasis, nnd a lignificnnt look at Hardy, who was present: ' There is no fool liko the fool-Hardy." A rniJST of bread, a pitchor of wat< nnd i thvtohct roof, and love?thero is hiippiness 'or you, wbothcr the day be rain}' or sunny. It is the heart that makes the home, whether ho eye rests upon a potato nntoh or n flmrnr garden. " I FSSL," said nn old lady, " that T'vo got " I ibout through with this world. Ifhnn'ton- iWl joy much moro trouble."