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I ? -H_l 1 11 1 " J^~' - ' '! J - . . 4*. POttTWY* Hopes of the Past. Thii hopes gofio by, (lie liope* timt nui?U? . A golden path to oilier years ; __ J J v? yu> MV???0 UHU l\?iun II a MIIIUC, Or. life had tost (vb'it lifo endears; The bonnditig heart, the spirit's piny, 'l'li( thousands that hcoui on wings to fly ! >Ve nsk in vain all ! where arc they t jj The days, the dreams the hopes gone l?v ! The bright IK'S*.ami I tie bloom have tied, Ami life seems colli jvb water now ; l'or mwiio aro changed and some aredeu I Thai knew and love 1 us long ago! Those golden visions come no more, As oneethev camu when hope was nigh, Rut do.tr till life's last pulse is o'er Will be the days, tii hope* gont'jby! ?u.rwwiwi> urn 11 .Mcvn wmcr> girt?airtjww?i mm wifft The Widow of Six Husbands. A T*\t.K <>K FACTS. The following rouinntio, though truo, statemcnt of faeUwas made to mc by a lady friend of mine : Mrs. L (my lady friend) was on board _ o?. r .**? 1 ' " j h .^r. iioui;. sicauiooat, uoumi tor .New t>rI loans, not long since, wlion shu observed an-1 other lady passenger, of exceeding personal beauty, freshness and guiety. The hitter lady had been but a little while on board, say a day, and yet sho was tlie centre of attraction.? .Mrs. li. was attracted by her faseiuating manner.), and, observing that she was affable and engaging to all who addressed her, made inquiry of her husband, Mr. L.,asto who sho was and where she lived, i^e. Mr. L. informed her that the object of her curiosity was a young widow who had been fortunate or uu fortunate enough to have outlived six husbands, and lie thought, from cort.un indications, would soon have a seventh victim. " Been married six times said Mrs. L., in profound amazement. " ISuough ! I have no desire to make her acquaintance. What a monster!" In Mrs. L.'s language, " I could but believe that a woman who had been married six times was devoid of ii heart. How could she have had any love for any of her husbands? 1 ] victims you said properly ? I therefore avoided any iutercourso whatever with her, and yon know, M r. G., on a steamboat where every ptsscnger is in duty bound tc make him or herself agreeable, it amounted to a decided cut to the beautiful widow. She took notice of my 'demeanour, too and one morning, as we happened to nnvt alone in the Ladies' Saloon. she accosted mo, and, in a very polite i manner, said? ' '.Mrs. I/., you will pardon my seeming | vudonoss in addressing you without first hav- | ing nude your acquaintance. I have obscrv- ' | cd that you studiously avoid any conversation with mo, and, thinking you have innocently done me injustice, desire to explain my posi- , tion to vou. Von have, doubtless. lunrd tlmt I am the relict of six husbands, and you deem ) , inc fickle, changeable, and that 1 had but little or no love for those to whom I have been ' , married " 'Kxeuso mo, Mrs. S.,' said, 'for my candid opinion?you have judged correctly.' ! " 'Vou do me groat injustice, .Mrs. L.,' said she; 'and if you feel disposed to listen, and will allow mo, I will relate to you a portion of , my past history. " 'When only fifteen years of ago, I was leftau orphau, both parents dying in a short time, of each other. Somo months after, I married my first luidjind. Having no kin- ' dred loft to mo on earth, the love of my whole ' , honrt, every affection of my soul, was lavished upon him?tho playmate of my youth and the cUo*3n of m)' hoirt. Perhaps I offended my , K., :.i i.:.~ . i...? > . mini nj in JI mui^; mill , will llllliu U.lll I mil!;, I . much lo.ss speak, of tho wealth of love I be- ! stowed up >;i my husband. Wo wore so hup- , py that earth was all the Paradise we desired. ] I was lui happy bride but a few short months, , however. A wild horse ran away with him in a buggy, and hu. the idol of my soul, was ! brought homo to me a bleeding corpse. 1 could not, if t desired, give you an idea of the crushing, overwhelming, bursting anguish of my heart at this my great loss. 1 was paralyzed with grief; L wished for the stroke of the griui skeleton monster upon myself. ' The world was a blank; it had no attractions for mo now. 1 mourned him nciirly two yohrs, I'ui'.'.d 111 the solitude of my homo, lie had left n. largo estate, together with mine, to iae> and bereft of his managing care it began soon to go to rack. I was continually annoyed with plantation details, about which 1 kufnv no more.than a raw New JCnglander. [ had no relation on earth to apply to for assistance, and L was as much distressed as the countryman was, who caught the elephant. " While thus situated a neighbour, who i was knowu tome to bo nn affectionate, amia- \ ble and good-looking man, askeil tny bond in { marriage. I frankly told iiim that rd! the love and affection of my heart was buried with my Inisbaud in tho <;ravo; but could he be satia- ; fied with the esteem and obodionoc, without ! the love, of n wife. I would willingly be his. | He said that was all he should ask?that he loved ine, and my companionship and assistance would render him happy, lie was my second husband. "'About a ycr after our marriage, he was crushing tho Mississippi in a flat, a drift log ' cunein contact with tho fl it and sunk it, all ' \tt\l finding a watery grave, lie luft mc a j bwocl i>auo mm a pari or my lost love seemed restored to 1110 in its tender affection. But even that was not to be spared to m<% for when a year old it wrts taken sick with the ncarlet fever, and after a lingering illness, left its mother to go to its father in Heaven. The physician who Attended my darling boy was unremitting in his attentions. Day and night he sat by its beadsidc and exhibited such solicitude for it that the gratitude of my heart i was ovovflowitig. Um sought my hand; and | in gratitude for hu? sympathy to me and my boy, I became his wife. That was my third ! husband. Dm honeymoon had scarcely claps* ! ca when my humuiu, in ruling in a buggy , with a friend of his to ti-o village of S?r?, vf.is ?hot through the heart. The perpctra.tor of the deed hnd intended the shot for his companion, but missed his aim and killed Dr. II. After the ioas of thw, my third, I hud resolved, mh latesceiped to have decreed that .[ should live husband less!, that L would sue-' eumb to it and travel the rest of the journey of Ufa aloue. But within my year of mourning tho sanctity of my hermit life was invaded by n New Yorker with nn invalid sister, ilo had sought a warmer clime for his consumptive ?5st?r, but she scorned to grow wonje daily, and he had Idft tho bofftnt H??? to go out to a relation'-. ;o'uo miles in the country. Tto jolting of the carriage over our oorduary , road waft too hiuch for tW invalid, ftnd she ' ?<? hronsfht into my house until nho should: ' nearly two months, aiul pissed from earth in 1 gentle sleep. The wealth of brotherly loVc, the New Yorker bestowed upon bis dying sister, wou my rcgad, and when, a few months afterward, he asked of me my hand in marriage, 1 beeamo his?my fourth husband. Four months after our union, lie received a letter from the home of his youth, stilting that his mother was at the point of death, and wished to see him, her only sou. 1 was desirous of accompanying him, but he would not eonsont forme to risk the winter of the North. A few days afterward, 1 read in the list of the uiifurt.nr.ato victims of the steamer Henry Clay the mime of my husband. Again was 1 a widow. Ijcach of mv liusbaudK luid left an addition to my est ite, and 1, if anything, less capable of managing it. 1 ii the summer after the death of my last husband, I left my estate in the hands of an overseer, and visited a watering place in Alabama. One morning I receive;! a letter from a neighbour, informing me that my overseer had whipped to death a favourite negro girl, and ruhning riot with everything. The letter fell from my hand and 1 burst into tears. My companion, a sweet girl, Miss T , sympathized with me deeply, and tried every way to sooth me. 1 tola her mv situation nn.l ?1? l .J!.i ' V ? ? ? w what to do. She said her brother would tat?e a pleasure in sliding me in any manner. I told lifer T could not think of nsking -such a thing of him. She, nevertheless, spoke with him, and the same day ho came and polifaly offered to go to my estate and put my disturbed rights in order. 1 consented, after much persuasion, and he left with "power of attorney" to adjust matters at my home, lie was gonosome weeks?wrote almost daily, and fully of his transactions. I was truly gratified and greatly pleased at his business-like innnagiMiientT I remained but a short time at the .Springs after his lvturn, not before he bad oilVrcd mc his heart and hand, however. I rather jestingly told hiiu L should have to reurn home and see if ho was capable, from ivhat ho hud already done, to manage my estate and m<\ too. II > came to see mo and 1 became his wife, lie was my fifth husband. After our marriage 1 accompanied liim to his lath j house in T county, Alabama. We remained there some weeks when he left to make a flying visit to our home. On his way hack he was a passenger of the ill-fated Tuscaloosa, which exploded her boiler on the \V:irri<?i' M? 1??* ' 1 ? ) mi^wuiiu Wis, Il.S KttO would have it, of tlio number <if the lust. .My sixth husband I met two years ago under Ihc following circumstances : 1 was its New Orleans, and was riding in an open carriage with Mr. 1>?, my commission merchant and friend, when a mob ('twos the day of the municipal election) seized Mr. I), and dragged him from the vehicle. A liugh Irishman made an attempt, to seize upon me, but a young lieutenant of the army, whose company was m its way to the city on its way to the frontiers of Texas, flung him aside, and, with a Colt's repeater in his hand, bid the nmb to "stand back." The lightning flash of his eye had its effect, and he escorted me to my hotel in safety. 1 was a week in the city, and the dashing man of war was iny constant gallant. lie was a noble fellow, and when he proposed to me, T regretted to tell him that 1 was the widow of live husbands, and if I J'- > - 11 9,ivum .nxuiiR- <1 m win:, no wouiu certainty bo killed by-the Cnmanehe.s. lie was importunate, notwithstanding. and I became his bride. We were hut a few weeks together, when he was summoned to rejoin his company, who had gone on. As 1 had feared, he in .1 nearly his whole command were butchered by the Indians. " 'Thus, Airs. L., have I boon fated to become tho widow of six husbands?each and ill of them meeting with a violent death. 1 would not be accounted superstitious, yet 1 L*an but believe in the truth of a furtuno-tcli? i._ iii T * 1 iui, w?u uiiuu ioiu iue j. suouia l>v! t'.ie \viii; of stiveo husbands?that I would survive six of them, but that the seventh would survive me. You have noticed the handsome, dark-whiskered, iitloiligeiif jpivVmnn who h s been my usual coinpnnion during the t i > \\ tsil, he is the seventh, arul I shall be cultivated in believing that 1 shall nut again be left a widow." She was right. She mnrriad the "seventh" and died (wo years after. Words.? !> > fur little readers know hrAv words conic into existence? They are the children of the mind. Some of tlmm lin? an easy birth, and others Htrugglo hard to live. Many of tho words in common vise have a very curious origin, and you would do well to study thorn. "Sincere" is one1 of them. Would you believe it, the lionet bee gave uk this Word? Hyw, you auy ? In this way.? The bee gives us honey, put snugly away in cells of wax. And the word sincere, is from two words, "Mine cera," without wax. A sincere man is us clour ami pure as the honey withoutnny wax in it, and also as sweet ! Is not sincere a pretty word? It has such a good parentage, and it represents a most excellent thing. Cbildven bo sincere. Shall I tell you something about kin. Your kin and mine, and every one's kin. It conies from that pretty word " kind," from which we have kindness. Wo speak of a '' kind " person. Now 7i kind person is a " kinncd " person, ono of our owiikih. And go mankind, is man kinncd. A-j wo arc all of one racc, and all of one kin, a man or a boy who is kind, kIiows that, he loves his race, whom ho rcardsJ an of iwn rumilir Then there is tho word " husband.-'? This from house "bund." Ho in tho chain that binds wife, chiidrcn, nnd servants together. The very iiutiic shows how important .a place he holds in the house. Ife keeps them altogether. The chain?a sillon one?he binds round his wife, and then round his children. lilven when they go out to school, or elsewhere the chain is on the arm and around tho heart of good children. Only the bad hreak the chain. They think to be free by ho doing. But they only break a soft aod ailken chain fur .1 lmr<l and heavy one. Wi<;kod boys arid girls, nod worse men, will bind them in the chains of bad habits, and will lead them like oxen to the slaughter. How to Get At.ono.?How do you liko arithmetic? said Mr, Phelps, to John Perkins, as he ciuno homo from school with his slate under his arm. " Not vory well." " How do you get along with it ?" " Woll enough, Hum Price docs my srt'iis for mo "Why don't you got him to cat your dinner for you?" "I WOllldu't. livft I , f. w .7. v? vncnij^i f. iJll'/UlU riot Kfftwany if I did'ut fc.?t." "Your mind won't pr -u nnj* if you don't uao it. It flhould ba juqta* i*?sOi>i?Ho' for ymi toffft iSniu to cat your dinner for yen 38 to c?k 'him to m> your studying For you."> TEMpiuASCfc La iUe strength of the. soul. HflfclMIl From the dornian Hoforni'i' ?.icssongcr. Letter to Children, My Litti.k SiktkRs:?1 lu>- o you have hoard a j^reat dc:tl about heaven, llrmvnn must be a beautiful and lovely placc. I hope you will idl got tbaro. I want to pot j tlicro if possible. J do not suppose that there is one person in the world that does not hope to get to hcavon. I mean all who know any thing about it. Tlicro are, of course, a great many persons in the world who know ' nothing about that happy place. V. ought to pity such persons. And we ought to do all we can to send men or women among such people who can and would touch them ft bout it. ^ I often think of heaven. Sometimes for whole hours I sit thinking about it. It is a very pleusaut and profitable thing to do so. Hid you ever think inueh of it? IMd your mother or your Sabbath-school teacher ever tell y?m much about it '( If they did not. I suppose you road much about it. The Uible teaches us that heaven is a pinec where | everything is holy and good?a place where there is no sorrow, or sickness, or death ; a place where Jesus dwells, and were ail is joy and happiness. Sometimes heaven is called, in Scripture, " 1'ar.idiso." or " a building and mansion of Clod," or "a holy city," or "glory," or " a kingdom," or " a better conn- i try," or " the now Jeiusaloin." mwl vnrii.-io other names aregiven to it. All these names , show us that it must bo a wonderful and glorious place. There are many angels in , heaven. Many thousands of beautiful angels arc there rejoicing ami shouting glory to God. There is no toil or misery there.? There are no partings there, and no farewell tears are there shed. All good people go there. those who love Jesus Cldist will go Ji-sus, you know. I'mni' I iv? ninm't* ..11 . 7 W VIM. T v UU .IU- MIC no vs. Now, then, if wo are sinners. ami if \ve belie v t!i if .Jesus died for us, then ho will save us. Wo must beliovo in hi:n, nnd love him with all our hearts. It' we d<> so, ho hms said, " Wheresoever 1 am, ho .-li 11 be also." He means, he will take us to himself in heaven. 1 think there are a lrtrgo' number of little ( jiirls there. They do not wish themselves back upon earth attain, for they ?vo very, very happy. Christ says " SuO'er little children to come unto mo, jtud forbid them not, for of snob is tin" 1.i.i'Iv/i. iwih " ... ...? i - \J? II' <M V-ll i I ...J* Wlltlili i^o to teach us that heaven is mo-tly mad up ot' little dildren. What u huppy thought ' thi* is! Thousands upon thou sanus of little gills and boys are thorn, and hand in hand they are marching though the golden streets, and singing together sweet songs of praise.? j How Tory beautiful they must look! .Joy booms from their eyes; they wear crowns on . their heads; they carry palms in their hands.; 1 know you want to go there too. Well, you shall, if you are a good girl. Many o! I you will live to b? twenty, or thirty, or lifty ; years of age. Well, it matters not how ' young or how oM you die, if you d'.v a chili! ( of .Jesus, you wilS go to heaven. Perhaps, j yon have a little si.star or brother there ?l- j I ready. I*'"'"ins you have a father or mother , there. Well, I !;n "there are thousands of j angels there who arc anxiously nwaitim; your } Miiivii v..v.' i i ' - i ;i 1 1 v", ?iiivi uk it j^uuu fiiua, i . .?o that you \nay t^o tiiovc. When you die, ' your body only will dio, but your h >ul veil I 11 y v away. When bad pursons die, their souls will no to a bad place. Tliuy will bo forovj er unhappy and miserable. CJod Will disown I them and drivo tliem from bis presence.? 1 Oh ! then do not be bad ! Obey God, nnd j j oboy your parent <, so that you may jjrow hot- [ tor day by day. If you >ret to heaven, you | shall be happy through all eternity. I ox- i pout to met t you there. J will never pot to ; I xoe some of you hero upon earth. Then, lot j u- strive to moot in heaven. T! at will l.? > 1 j liajipy time, when wo slv.ill dwell together in ! ! the inanitions of blessedness. Hero upon I I earth we have trials and temptations. But ITIioicis an hour of p?Mtciul r??l, l' i mourning w i.ti-ic.vMs pjivun; Tin"-!' i- a t>ivr lor a.oil* iliuivisoil, A ii'iai "or <";>c y ?in11 I bro.-sl ; 'Tis found alone in liotivon. Is your mother on her way to heaven '{? ! Is your father idso ? And how is it with tin: 1 ivst of vmr family?your brother* and sis; t'.?rs ! Arc you nli srood ? How pleasant it i will he if your whole family shall meet there ! ! I lsojii: not olie will be missim*. Now think often ovoi' thesa tiling ; for the more yon will t!ii;i1< of that " sweet j home," the more you will strive to get there, i May <iod help you. Vevy n(feetion-:tel)*, .John. j A IIkiio.?John !>. (Sough, the celebrated Temperance Lecturer, who lun returned | to the ('nitcd iSt:.t?'s from n vi-it t> his in-' J tivc Kiigl.wd, reht)d in one of hia rocoiit | speeches the following anecdote : John Maynard was well known in the Lake di-trht as a (Sod fearing, honest, intel- I li?o;st pilot. lie wish pilot on n st&imor from Detroit to 1'itiVjilo cue summer afternoon. At tlint t'.no, tlio.st) Htcainiiiv seldom carried j bo t.i. Smoko w:is sec 11 ?8C?udiiifj from bfi low, oiul ?!;i? c"ptiiii csdlod out, " iSiiiip?^". I ; po down and fiio wli; t tli-'it smoko i?."? i .SimJ)-!o:i "iiuid up Wlt'i liis f.iee p-.lu ;-.s iishos. J , and s;iid,?,l (.'apt .in, too ;>hip is <?n liroj? Tin u, *' I'i't'J ! iii'u I Geo ! fir..-! o > aliipli ni.i ' ' , .Mi liiHids were called up. Bu of water j were dashed upon the tiro, but in vain. There woro large quantities of rogiii and tar on : board ; and it wart useless to attempt to save; tho ship. Tlip passenger* rhstlicu forward, and inquired of tho pilot, " how far are wo ; froM) Buffalo ?" " .Seven mile.0." " How j 1 Iom?* before we reach it?" "Three quartii.s ' ' of air hour at our present rate of stoam," " f.s ; there any danger?" " hanger here-4?sco the suiokc bursting out go forward, if you would j HllVft VOItr livofl !'' 1 *:!?.!/* ?rr M*c? ?i 14/1 /?rk?ir J * * ~ft VIUT1, j men: women and children, crowded tlio for; ward part of the ship. John Miynard n.'ood , | nt tlio holm. Tho flames hur?t forth in a j , sheet of firo; clouds of smoko arose; tho Cap-1 tnin oried out through his trumpet: "John [ . Mavnard !" " Aye, aye, Sir!" " Ilow does j she head ?" Huuth-cust by East, Hir."? j i " Head her Houth-oast and run boron shoro." { Nearer nearer, yet nearer she approached the j shore. Again the Oaptain cricd out{ ".John Muynard 1'. 'JIhe ri?sponse caino feebly :? uAyc, nye> tfir!" " Con you hold on fivo minutes lofi'/or. .Tnlui V" " lit/ rtruVa Imlrv T . ... - yj vr ' I' ' will 1" The old man's Imir w,ns morohed fvpin tho Hc:tlp; ono hand disabled, his kneo upon tlio stanchion, nnd his tooth not, with J his otliov hand opQn tho wheel, |?e stood firm ' as a- rock. lie benched tlio ship-*?every man, ; woman and child was Mtod, as John Muj; nard dropped, and hi# spirit took its flighty? i his [Sensation.} v ? fie wcvifiqcd hi* life to anyo t}io Jifo of I1 others ; it is wosth a greater eifort, to save a man frouv nwiral *uii?"*-to sa.vo ft ehiM from drunkenness than from fire. ^ TtJ 1 k>S Ir ys*s ar? wis? keep your own couneel. ? r . tw I II Ml. .L ..I ' i II . ' "1!"..^ * Sohool'a Out.. DT L0TTIK>Ll.NW0Ol>. There's ? sound of distant laughter, From the oliildron nt tlicir play; And the echoes follow after, Through tho rocks and glens away. Rosy childhood ! rosy childhood ! How I love thy guiltless mirth! Purer than the Howory wlldwood, Is thy sinless course on earth. Dearer than old talcs of fiction, Are their tell'tali* faces now ; And an angel's benediction .Seems td rest on every brow ; And their little up turned faces. 'Mind me of the young Christ-child; I And I sigh that through life's mnxes ft They must tread, and be defiled. Darling children, in life's morning, ( In youth's fresh and dewy spring, I will not with one sad warning, To your trusting spirits bring Doubts, or thoughts that life now golden, 1 Will not be thus bright alway ; t These words too Sad. nnd nlil?n ? J.augli, glad children, while you inny. Humane Treatment of the II jisc. ' .1 merciful man is merciful lo his Oeasf." j The above proverb is worthy the attention , of :i!l who own or use a home; and more pur- s .ticularly during inclomont seasons of the year. It is s.iid tluit in no country, according to f the population, ore there as many horses as in ^ the I nited .Slates; and we may add, that in , no other country on the face of the earth is % that animal so badly used as here. ! v The cause of tins bad treatment is mainly ( owing to the fact that the American people ,. have less sympathy fur the sufferings of the f. brute creation than those of other countries. v Iai.ii t! i * * sufferings cf our f> llowniu ?xcite ? far luss pity in the breasts of Americans, than (] is manifested by (lie citizens of foreign coun- v tries. iSo great arc t!ie abuses of horses in ?j our cities, that t'm authorities of New York, | |to.?ton, 1 Muladclphia, and other large places, j are alaiost daily arraigning cart,men and c it<men, and fi ling them for cruelties that they j pr.ieti.-e ??;i t!n:ir over-tasked horses. j c So insensible an; the public to such barbar- s barities, that a man may be seen to knoclt i .... i * ... u>jw i his uorse, out hlioer anger toward.* ! !iis poor brute, because, perhaps, lie is unablo to perform impossibilities, and scarcely the j least iidticO is t.ikrii of tho act, unless it ho a ' low jeer, or ' hor.-io laujjh " at the sufferings ot' tin) prostrate beast. Scarcely over do wo ; 11car a rebuke g: von to such wretches, unless ) it bo so weak a.s to fail to tivey any merited i roproof. ! things augur a seared, blunted and brutalized state of tiie human mind, which is' to ho found in a lamentable degree in the people of the United States. Stage drivers have but a faint sympathy tor the sufferings o. !ior- | ses under their charge, and generally the only I t.uu 11Kit is laivoii <u iikmii is caused from a do- s si re to ret >i:i their situations, rat her than from , any iniiato feelings of pity for the animals in their charge. j { Tli^ same ;v. y ho said of hiivd farm hands, ' , with occasional exceptions j nnd when a farm- i <:r funis thsit he hits a man in his employ de- ! f void of nil kindness for tho domestic animal* ' t which he i.^ required to feed or drive, he had j , better say to him, ''John, we'll settle to-day, t and you can liud employment elsewhere." it i . is dangerous to have such a man upon the | , farm, and the sooner lie is g it rid of the better. 1 Ti.r. i :. - < < * ? 1 .1IIIU 13 II 1II01IC1 (II KMI'l- j ness to his horse, in comparison with the \ v deeds of tile unfeeling human brutes of th? j western hetni>pherc. lie admits his luvorite j ? marc to all the. rights and privileges of the so- [ ( cird circle. The Russian serf makes a com- , ( pan ion of his lior.se, and talks to him with gcu- j , tleness, us though he were possessed of reason- j , ing powers. 1 lie wandering Tartar, tlionj.h ' t scarcely half civilized, instructs his hor.se with % more cure than lie teaches his children, while ! in enlightened, ehrisiiahi/.cd America the ' horse is abused, and made to perforin much a more labor than can be dune, without eiidan- a goring his health mid shortening his life many i VUal'fl. j - r [ U It is s; cruel neglect of horses during cold, j e stormy weather, to leave them standing, tied \ 1 in frout of some stone wall or house, with no t blankets to protect them, while their owners . ^ are sitting uiifeelingly by a good fire, for hours ? ;>t a time, without a thought on the. uneoni- I . tollable L'or.ditipu of the beasts, v;hioli stand ; 1 shivering in tlie wind or storm. i ' In other eftses, horses nre driven into town I ?Jehu-like?and tied to posts, with, perhaps, I ' their feet in cold water, and alter shivering j 1 for hours, nre driven home again, end left in ' their stables without any attention hying paid to them that their condition demands. < It is Slid that our horses arc short-lived; 1 but is it any wonder that they are so ? Is it i 1 not rather a wonder that. t.liev liv#? !/ .?-? ...? 1 - ^ .? ? v? *?i? iuii^ no j they do, considering l!ic UHig.* that many rc- j 1 ccivp'{ Tho horetflna a sinular constitution to u ; * man. Ho will take cold by exposure ns ninn | ' doos, ;in<l ho will bo subject to disease, pro- j ducod by exposure, in a like manner. How j ' important, then, it is that we should loolc well , 1 to bis condition while in the harness, as well I ' jip when in the stable, that he may avoid con- j ' tr.ictinu diseases which mav rnnilnr 1.5m "> - . < ' ."I""'i sound for 1 it\% nnq also impair his ability in a ^ 1 irrcit degree, to perform the aiuount of labor 1 that he could do, if he wore sound. | ' [ South' rn l'nnil (Jcnllcman. j 1 "" * Not Ash\mRD of ijunijlkd.?Wo Imvo j f often heard a half grown hoy say pettishly to , 1 his mother. " 1 don't like to ho scon curry- j I irf a hig htindlo in f!ie streets'. Hut true j ? pt:dcU ashamed of such littleuctjsof mind, j Mr. Astor, the wealthy millionaire of Now i Vork. once wa? rpliir.t.mt 1 - ? 1 ?, v. vvunuiUV JO a young merchant except for cash. The mar chant [viid for them, and then took them on ( his flhouliler'to can'y to his store. Mr. Astor i | looked on in surprise, but. before the merchant j j bad gone many steps, ho called him baok, i snjing-?'{Vou may buy on a credit to ony J amount I can trusfcyou, sir. A man who in not nshumcd to do his own work isslirctd! succeed." Hero is nnothor good lesson for t false prido: Chief .Justice Marshall vr\n a great uynnj j J j but great men tiro never proud". Ho'wns pot.j , , JBu f,.uuv? w wan, upon mm self. He w<m in I ' tlio habit of p?in^ to innrkot himself and oar-1 ( j rying homo his puruhuvoi*. Often would ho i ( ha scon going homo at sttnriso, with poultry ! , I in o?jo hand and vegetables in tho other, I , On 6no of theso ocotxjuonH, a fashions/to | ! youtftj man from ttio North who hud roriiovcd to llichmoud, was swearing violently boeauso ! ho could find no one to carry- ho rue hi* turkey. .-Judgo Marshall steppe 1 up and asked where ho lived. When he cmd', jie Httid : , "Piat ' ?ii) ??y mi'y > 1 wUl , ,k" >our ^rkey hoihd lor you. Whan they oainc to the Vioc.r theyour-.# ntftn uekod: *,* *V ? J' I What fllwil I pnr yov??" .[ I " Oh, nothing, rnd t%e-}a<lgo, yo? a*o , , ailt ; . > :U "? wcloome ; it wns dll in my wny, and it was no trouble to mo." " Who in that polite old niau, who brought home my turkey for me ?" asked the y^ig j mint or (i Dy-stnnaer. " Oil," said lie, "that was Judge Marshall Chief .Justice of the United States." " Why did he bri?g homo my turkey?" " I suppose ho did it," said the by-stander, " to teaon you not to feci above attending to your own business."?Monthly Casket. Life on the Turning of a Card. A friend narrated to us a day or two since, nn anecdote of e irly times in West Tennessee, ivhicli wo will attempt to repeat, even at the risk of losing the graphic simplicity of his ' on versa'ionai narrative. Some eighteen or twenty years since, a well <uowii resident of Tipton county was put on j lis trial, charged with the murder of his wife. \s usual, in such cat <?, popular feeling was i argely against him, and all tho eloquence and 1 ngonuiiy ot' liis counsel were required to miko any iniprofcsiou in his t'avor upon :i jury, vliich, however impartial it might desire to jc in (lie consciousness p worn duly, could ' , lot. hut sec the wives of popular prejudice I wiring in upon it. ? j I The ease was ably argued. The counsel 1 or the deleuco made most vigorous and it*i- , Missioned appeals. The e.isc was submitted , o the jury ; and they retired to make up their rcrdiet. '! ime passed, and as the setting suit j rarned allot the approaching; night, the large I | Iirong in attend.iiioe, tlie jnduo, counsel, etc., I ctired, nil anxious, the nceu.vd not the least ( o, to learn the verdict of the jury, and some rond Tinj; thai tho jury hesit.t d for one mo- I f uent to bring in a verdict of guilty ^'10 ' < licit 11 time the jury had come to a point be- I v ond which they could progress no further. , , 'he appeals of tlie counsel lor the defence ' ] tad not been without their inP.ucnoo, and tli.? j ury srood unchaugnblo, six for conviction , ] nd six for ao(|\utt.il. .&omcthing had to ho ' lone. In those days twelve <jood follows: , ould not he got together for a niprlit, and j leop. t'ards appeared inyst rio'nRly from the ( leptlis of sundry Li ne pockets, and exercises ( ii seven no auu pouer wove zealously co n- 1 , ihmic< J. About midnight, one of their i?nnbor, Col. ( \, proposed they should play a game of seven . j ip, the result to divide the verdict. The , \ iropivitioi) w.is heartily and nnanitm u.'jly j igroed to, ill :tl! KOriousness, and the whu'o ' ! rnwd collected nround Col. 1'. sinl his oppo- , tent, who proceeded to piny the game on , vhieli was st.ikcd a human life. I ] (,'ul. 1'. played to 8Ave the accused, his op- j )Oneut played, and ijuitc as zealously, to [ ecu re t ho conviction. The .backers, five and ' 1 ive, st-iud behind them encouraging the ' ( hunpions, and witched the game, dimly i een by the light of two tallow candle.*, with i ne ii.nst intense intorcst. The jjtitne pro- 1 i Co did with very equal fortune, till both par- i ies stiKid nt six iuiJ six. It was ('??!. l\'s i UmI, ho dealt, at (1 turned Jack. The pris- , 1 tier w s no'iuiittd, ai>d every member in ' ho jury joined in the shout, wliioh startled he whole village, even the revelers in " the rroeerv." Next mornintr the jnrv w nit into ! he court, and jjiv?, to the iiHtonishucnt of ; nany, the verdict of " not jj'iilty." The ju ynian who played an unsuccessful game tor , 1 lUinan life, still lives, ? much respected citi- ! ton of t'le district. One of t'ne counsel is u \ cry distinguished member of t!?c Memphis ( >ar, and the accused has, ns wu believe, gone o a higher c urt ; but neither of them, nor iie court, who mam-led :?t the verdict eiglivcn years ago, li:?v<> never known that a hunan life was saved by turning Jack. Thevo ro Home curious episodes in the history of iur early settlement; but who would think of 'feuturii:g life upon turning Jack. Tub Smith Family.?M Gentlemen," wild : candidate for Congress, my ' name is Smith, j nd I a n proud to s iv I am not ashUmed of t. It may he that no person in this crowd iwnsth.it very uncommon rrmi<\ IT, how-, ver, there be one such, lot him hold up lis head, pull up his diirkv, turn out his toes, nice courngc. and thank his stars that there [ ,re a lV?v more of this same sort. Smith, p'flilloilion. ic 911 illlHill'ir.uu nm?i<v Ui'l slnnil-ioyer Iii^h in die 11T11mle of fpinr; .ct White. iirown. jui'l Jones increase nstlie.y will, lelieve mo that Smith will ouinniiih<;r them siilj. "'Gentlemen, T am proud ofbeiiig ?n Origil.il Smith ; not a Swyth, but a regular natu- 1 al S-m i-t-h, Smith. Putting a V in the niddle or an 10 nt the end won't do, gentlemen. ! Who ever heard of a jri'ent man by the name j >f Smyth or Smytho! Kt-ho answers who, ; md everybody aays nobody. But it9 for Smith, j plain S in i t-h. why the pillars of fnmo are J covered with that honored nnd revered name Who vri'i'ft the must, r.icv wWto m?.1 - >' ? "f lutliors of tins emtrtry ? Horace ana Albert] iiii11?. Win) the most orjgin.il, pithy, mvl , mmohftis preacher! llcv. . Shindy Smitli. i I'd go further buck?who Was the bravest :ii><I j oldest soldier in Sumter'* uriny in the lie- { relation ! A Smith. Who palavered with I'owhutan, gallivanted with Pocahontas, and 1 leeunio the nneestor of the firnt families in Virginia ! A Smith i?ppiln. And who, 1 isk?and I ask the <pi<ntio;? nioro seriously joberlv?who, 1 say, is that man, and what is '?ss name, who has fought .ho i)io.*t battles, nade the most speeches, preached the most lermoDft, held tho most offices, *ung the most songs, written tho most poems, conned the nost woiiici), ami married the most wiilowa! flistury T nuy, aucl ovorbody Hays, Joliu pinith." The Bank* is Hpurii Cahomna.-?Wo publish, this morning, the comparative view ; >f tho nyornRP weekly condition of tho bank* n this State, from their return* to tho Coinprollor General, for tho month of September. From this statement, wo coihnUo the follow"K synopsis, which cmbMoeJi tho important inrtleulars to tho general render. Tho ngt ! ;rejfntoH are ?fi follow : i * * ^ i liiAnii.i i IM.?-vapicii 914,'HJi?,4?JU.bfS j ! siroolfltion 18; pn?flt? on lmnj &,?38i>52.a&-, tluo b*?ka 2,?5l,274.00; .lopoftiw 8,017,804.15; due* Ktatft 3.050.OW.Wl; itVi^r itoiiii 104,80077. Tour $8 2,133,800. lU'.aouiicKS.-^Sp^cui 81,682 ,<188.10; ro.ul PBtsito 084,144.JJ8; bank notew 277,040.15 j tin ft from banks 087,400.24; dioounte 12,000,050.82: d?*mo?tio to^SniiwA ft flflfi 2MV* !?7 ; fpireign exehnngci 105,821.00; bonds nnd atoefe* 2,907,241).M ; unapenncd debt -f broncho* 1,570,9B<T.S I; other item* 1,202.29. total 332(188>890.4H. *1% comparing this ftatommt witf* that for | tlio month of August, find the foll(n?ing ohangoH in tho'moat important itcvns,vtz: ^ dcoroatffiin circulation t? t6c A*toi?tvof-^5D0,~ 980,9,1'! a doeroiw in ?peoie?otho extent it 881,28:1.7.') f n deeronio in doniortio wxcbnngo of ftKi.fliiT.O?; in foreign ?xchnhg<i of 136,254.|9; in A*w*\iA <ff S?77,8W.42; and in dbooutf* of mffiH.28. f [Cliwlcsfon-Jtfwxwy* ' 11 "-J1* .-'If.-. "T~i ill ii i Insuhhkctionahv Designs in Virginia ?: 7tro Aft'H Shot.?In I'lincc.ss Alino utiil Norfolk counties, Vu., for several days past, t lio imvuf nimfnlwutainnA nf 11 snrv'ilo roj v..~ ? volt huve been ffclt. The rumors relativo to it have been continued, arid from the Norfolk Arr/vt of Snthrdaywc extract the following statement*: Several negro* liave been arrested '? Prinecus Anne, and tlieiv confessions (though in some ease* extorted) have developed the sanio story, and led to further arrests. The confessions show that a rising Was contemplated at Hickory (j round, in Norfolk county, to-morrow night, and tlint the matter was instigated by fvee persons?sonic of them free negros? Two arrests have been mado in Norfolk city. and the trail is fully struck. The citizens of the two counties have resorted to vigilant measures to suppress this vile conspiracy and to detect all offenders of all colors. Activs patrols h"vo been oiguni/.ed? and gone to work. ? v/n j nuv.<uay mpnt n wnite innn named Fly tin was shot dead by a p.trul party in Norfolk county, on the lino of tiic ('mud, about ?jvuutc..-u miltw fro n Portsmouth. There iroro .several men enjrayed in ditching; and they were o.in?pini? out in tWt neighborhood. I'lio pi.tee w.'.n Hinpectgd, aiia their tent visited by the pitrol for a search. Whop the patrol appro,-tolled the tout, and.hnitod, the man FJymi ciiinn oat and aimed his pun at Mr. Warner, one of the party ; but bufor? he could ire, ho was shot du.iu by another of the party. * i i. . _ * i . . .. miu f iiiio inoiiicni a negro (HtriCCl troin tlicJ lout and cxuaped into tlio woods. A freo iii'pro named Dick Smith litis bi-tcat dint also.; lie, however, is nitf dead. Wo mi1-T.st uid tl.at In! w is fdiot wliilo running from mine poiithniici) who were endeavoring to arest bi n for some incendious expression that ic 11 d used. Ten i)cpr?ii? are ?:*..id to he in custody in IVmeess Anne, and two in Norfolk city.? ['he facts of the ease will cothe Out fully on heir examination. All the negros from one "arm have beefl placed in jail, and the enire negro force fm< i i vo'ithers lia.vo absconded, under the in flue'tec, it is said, of guilty The Day Dunk Adds : A lady from Princess A line, who Wns on a vinit to her father in thU city, was about to,start home this 11101*11ing. when the nepro woOian who holds tho position of cook, waited on her, and with team in her eyes, bepsred her not t< go until MotiI iy. t' 11s leaving tlie inference that soniethiujr Ireadful was to happen. She stoutly denied knowing anything, however. Two travelers having been robbed in a wood, ami tied to trees some distanco from inch other, one of them in despair, exolaimcd : ''Oli, I um undone!" "Aro you.?'' mid the other, "then I wish yon would conio mil undo me." Tuck proatness consist* in doing what deserves tube written, in writing wliat deserves to be rend, and in making mnukind li.t11pier nnd better for your life. Wntinn Vl'l'MC VTION will 1>?? iiuulo tnllip noxt I.^pVrlure fiy n Charter to oxtund the Kcowrn rttttl Titcknscgc Turnpike Uoutl," front 'funnel Mill in W ix Hi it 11 -1 August. l?1, 1 SCO j| 0m Notice. ,4 I'l'I.ICATlOX will ho nm'lo In the _J?\m ltttiti'C nt it* next .Session fyr ii rliiirtor fur a Yurnpik" Until; suiil r>>ii'l to t'liimtionrc ut 11iiiVcIo'h Mills, in Pit-kens Iriot. timl int(:rsottt tvillt uTurniiikent tlio X n th ('nrnlinit linn, nit l>'?cl: Crock, 'l'l.o nilkl r<mtl tii I rt known uh t tho Ciiiic Cici'k iii><1 French lii'mul Turiijiiko. Align*! Mi 1W0 .'iin Tl'lli STATE 01' SOO'LHI CAROLINA, in ohiiisa1iv ? i'h'kkns. K. A. Thompson, c.um,, Atl.it>. | pe(.^on fw Martini J. Miller, of. nl. ) ' '"''''on. IT appearing to my ssit'ufaotiun that Martha .1. Millurniivl Laura 14. Milliii'', ilelVn'lanl.1 in thi* ease, reside without flio limits of this Slate : It in unloved. therefore, tliat the t?nid aliment pintiop i'o Appear in t!?e Court of Ordinary, tohc held at l*i?rkl'iis V. II, on Mmtday iho'lutli day of l)eeotnlier licxt, ami nhjejt to the pa<*t it ion or ?:itc of t tie Heal of J'olx'ft !.. Miller, docCrtKCtl, or their conceal to till1 sain; wiii "no cs".{cv,.,d "f roenrd. W. B. IfDI.COMSili, o.P.u . Of?Uii*fry,? Qfltair. Xopt. k. ]Ki>t> 8irt Law Notice. Till' undersigned have formed a partnership in 1 the practice of I.aw ami F.quity for l'ickena District. Mr. HMM'KX may lie consulted at hig f>tlico in Pickens ami Mr. Orn at Anderson. .I'AMKS I,. OUR. v*. ill. II'AUUW. T'ici.-fiiH c. ti. 10. IS.VI -12?tr Black smithing. ^ TfIK I'Nl>r,UttKJNKD in now prepared fJrXftio d? w if in li?;? line, ivt nlini t notico, v un<l in ft workmanlike manner. lift can vJwnVK ?u,f Miin! at hi* Shop. Tftrm* nutlerato. II AttKISQX IIAVXr.S. Pit; 1.1. IH.'iO _ tf C!u:i:.\ V1I-LK MAKULK VA H1). . r|'MlK *til?#cribcr hit* <?? hand and i* conntont I. ly revolving a 1nr<;e and vuried MMOttincnt of J American and Italian Marblp, * To which he wouhlfiill the attention i.f thi?fc4n want of a auitablo M'liiiininiil to nint (lie ppot .. where repo*o the ien*airi? of their departed rol- ^ utive* iiihI friohiln. Carvmjr niul lettoiiiig of nil kinds neatly mid prmup'lv executed. IfirPAriKiltftr artcntinrt'iKrld to oider* br n n'l ^ - JA-NKft M. AL1.KN. Oreon villq 0.vIJ.j A ('<*' kYh CJL ?l-tf < ! 1 8. N. B, Jl? re fee.? to'JM \VentfloM. tl Mat-kl v k Co.. WrV)&k IV I'arle, W II Wiitsi#. ^ Co| D Iloko, R Mclvtiy, fcft* ai I, W. NOBKIH, JR. J. W. V.. C. I' 1 I.I.I A M. NOttttisTHARbTsOX. % < fVlLlAM; w Attormiyo lit tttiv, m ASU SOMUITOIIS! tS'. K^UlTV, u\, Vlflt/L ntten.1 promptly to ?H wijj^tit^ni'rutted 0j If to their cure. Me. I'ii.mam ci^V.WHyu bo - found in tho OQtco.- an OFFJCK AT VICKfofR C. U., f>.. iC ^ "! flep(. ?, IBfif, ' ?? ' P' W. K. EAKt.fiV. If?.\A<! WICKIUP*' EASLEY & WICKXS2TE, *?< . Attorneys n? Lrw. "? V ViL!) attend |>mi'iiiHlly t(> nil liUidfic/* ff ar< * 1 inim<t to thr-ir euro ii> the WittftW ?n coinprlBlng th? Weftern Circuits nni OFF1CK AT PKKIvNS C. fe., *'?* ftrr. EfFt: ?n. iflft* V? __i- 1,11 THK 8TATK ok tytHftf! CAROLINA, nf'Tfe^T. t , 4|1P "VTOTlCR U Mfrov ill von tliftt fhHn>nJ "fJL . i^| iiir WMmth? from <M<\ 1 wTrl 7T j^ciicmiiv Ml BVJ lHUng'fl 1101 M. I intoiul i\t thnt tittto R*itWng'i?,Y><*tT of tMS -p^i prowjoM of tho law making " feme* covert'j w0, tree dealern. . 1 Wii I ' ltM0T>A MACM>IN, g Wif? of XlAnlhm MnuW\n oT iho ylenfc AVItt. O. lfrOfl _ 2 T Hlf>E3 AND BARK 1 WHt be iktoh? at rAiu vmaM by *J. X. SMITH. | Tun" Yufd, .r?n 4.1868 V> '* |