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-1 von TUB i;?jy little Boy. -- . . -? -i weary, brokenhearted'mau ? I wandoMd listloss through tho world/ Sly joya had dwindled to a span, I < * /, My brain with gloomy thoughts was N? balm into ?ny heart dtwlUlA^U^,5^, No hopo its gorgeous wings m A Hilo messeugor tW^W"*04 ' Who^va',,dmol.l.^t'>*l3elo?my81>Cll.", 1 I nm no lon- now tho same, J^r,.gai>i?r1ft'W*TO'1??s ... J , Tho "vii heart within mo dies, """^l noble hopeai within mo swell. '.<.' iv*\ How stw,g ,"y fainting heart has grown rp? ?.-/",qt r^ 8tormy sea of Hf? I Wo a,.0 no longer no? .l?net For over if jny hum?. Bvn-vq cobt. Or como tho demons that of old. Did lill my bosom with tbotr strifo, . % His apgo) cyos-bia gentle taco Can osorolae PiO ovil ono ; X fold him In a do.?' ombra-0* Thc world is not a doc*1 l,ow> Nor I a mati with i"v'CK'y brow, Tua SHADOW.'?'?*d? nkvouKTUB ??SOS." July, 1805. jt': t , " Sweet -numberer, calm aa twilight's* hour, " And A?? i-01' ls tb/ sloop j , " v [ N# human woo shall break thy rest, Or sorrow hottvo thy Uttic breast, \ t ? jj j ' Or bid thino cyollda weep," February, 18?8. . J Death of Littlo Noll. Sho waa dead. No .sloop so beautiful and calm, so freo from traoe of pain, so fair to look upon." She seemed a crcaturo fresh from tho hand of God, and waiting for tho breath of life: not ono who had lived and suffered doath. lier couch was dressed with herc nuc? there some wintcr-bcrries nnd green leaves, gathered in a spot she had been used to favor u Winni I die, put near me something that has loved tho light, and had tho sky above it always." Those were her words. Sho was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, no ble Nell was dead. Her little bird-a poor,, slight thing tho pressure of: a finger would have oruab.ed-was stirring nimbly in its cago; and the strong heart of its child-mis tress waa inuto and motionless forever. Where were tho traeca of her early caros, her Bufferings, ,aud fatigues# All gone. Sorrow was dead, indeed, in her ; but peace aud per fect happiness were boru,-imoged-in her tranquil beauty and profound repose. And still her formcv self thcro, unalterod | in this chango. Yes. Tho old fircsido had smiled ?poh that samo sweet fuoo ; it had passed like a droam, through haunts of mise ry and caro ; nt tho door of tho poor school master on thc summer evening, before tho fur ? I I I li L?LU ' t 'i ' ? I )'?.!* naoe'-nrp upon tho cold, wet night, at tho still bedside of'tho dying boy, there had boen tho same mild and lovely look. So shall wo know tho angels in their majesty, ofter death. . Tho old man hold ono languid arm in bis, and thu small, tight hand foldod to bia broa?fl for warmth. It was thc hand she had stretch ed out to him with her last stnilo-tho hand that had lcd him on through all their wander ings. Ever and anon ho pressed it to his lips ; then hugged it to his breast again, mur muring that it was warmer now; and, as ho said it, ho looked in agony to those who stood around, as if imploring them help her. Sho was dead, and past all help, or need of help. Thc ancient rooms sho had scorned to fill with life, oven while, her own was wauiugj fast-tho gardon sho had tendod-^-tho eyes, ehe had gladdened-thc noiscloss haunts of11 matty a thoughtless hour-^tho paths sho had trodden, as it woi*o,.but yestorday--could know her no moro. <f Ijr ia not," said (?ho school master, na, ho | bont down to kiss, dmr, .on tho oheok, an,d gave his toara freo yent, " it is not in this world that Heaven's justtoo onda. Think whai? earth is, compared with tho world to whioh her"young'spirit has wingod ita early flight, and say, if ono dcliborato wish, oxprosscdj in Bolomn tonca aboyo this bod, could oall her - back to lifo, which of us would utter it I" Sho had boen dead two .day's. Th?y were nil about hov at tho timo, knowing that tho end was drawing on. ?h? died soon aiftcr daybreak.. They had read and talked* to/hcrl in tho earlier portion of tho night ; but aa tho hour*' ?ropt tM, j abo sank tp sloop.' Timy oould tell, by what sho.faintly uttered in her? droatns, that thoy were of hor journeyings w^tji Ibo ?ld man : thoy wore of r?o." painful, Bonney)?...but of thoso who had 'helped- thom? arid used them kindly; for sh? efte?t fjnid ii God blpss you !" with groat fervor. Walking, she novor wandered in hor mind .'but. once, and that waa nt beautiful nVusl?, whjoii ?)io said/ was in tho air. God knows . lt may have boon. Opening hor oyce at'kist, from a very quiet sloop, sho bogged that thoy .Wdtald kiss her onc?" ngairt. Thab done, ;B1?O turned to tho oldman, with n lovoly smiloup on her face-such, thoy said, na they had nov di eocn, and. never could forget-ao? c?uVig, with both h?r, arma,, about bia neck. Sho had never murmured or complained : but, with a quiet ininti, arid manner quite unalter od-savo that sho. every day booamo moro ' earnest and moro grateful to them- faded liko tho light upon tho summers'8 evening. Thc child whoihad'bcpi^ hor littlo friend, oamc there, almost na soon ns it wa? day, with nu offoying of dried flowers, whjoh.ho^ .hogged i thom to lay upon her breast, ito told thom of his dream again, nnd that it was of her "boiWg^st?ren lo'\U\?',{ j?fft'W 'slib^s?'rPto bj>; Ho boggod hard to seo her, '6rtyin;? 'thttt'?hc ,,,trould bp voryqUioty and that thoy noed not f jar his hoing alarmod, for ho had, s^ftlono by;h.ifl youngor brother oil day lop g when hq wna dcad, and had felt glad tobpaononr him." They let him havo bia wish ; and indeed, llo kopt bia word, nnd waa, in his ohildish woy, . a lc3f:on tO thom all. iTp to that time, the old man lind not spo to -r ." -. ?y!....!?....ilMHWIfl "f_*" . -~-' ken once-oxcont " W-or stirred from tho bedside, Bid <v'"ou saw ncr favorito, ho wes pv/od ns they had not seen him yoi, aU(j ^ado as though ho would have como nenr Thou, pointing to tho bod, ho burst into toafs for tho first time, and thoy who stood hy, kuowing that tho sight of this ohild had dono him good, loft thom alono together. '' Soothing him with his artless talk of her, tho chfld, persuaded him to tako somo rest, to walk abroad, to do almost na ho desired hhu. Aud, whou tho day carno on whioh thoy must rom?vo her, in her earthly shapo, from earth ly cy ce." forcvor,, lie led him away, that ho might not kntw when she was taken frooi hiip: AThey 'tt'erisf.p gather fresh leaven and herries /?C;hor'bcd.v ind now tho boll-th?, bell sho had so olV en heard j by night and day, and listeucd to with solomo pleasure, almost ns t.Jiviug voice -rung its remorseless toll for her, ?o young, so beautiful, so good. Decrepit agc, nh(J vig orous lifo, and blooming youth, ?nd holpi?88 infancy, poured forth-on orutches, in thc pi ido pf health and strength, in thc full blush of promiso, in tho moro dawn of lifo-'to ?gather round her tomb. Old men were thero, Whoso eyes wcro dim and sonaos failing; grandtnothors, who might linvo died ten years ago, and still hoon old j tho doaf, tho blind, ?tho lamo, palsbd~-+-tho living dead, in many shapes and forms,-to seo thc closing of Unit carly grave. Along the Crowded path they bore her now, pure ns the newly-fallen snow that covered it -whoso day on earth had been ns flcctiug. Under that porch whero she had sat when [leaven in its mercy brought her to that peaceful spot, she passed agaiu, and tho old church received her in its quiet sb vio. They carried her to one old nook, where she had, many and many a time sat musing and laid their burden softly on thc pavement Tho light streamed on it through tho colored wiudow:-a window whoro thc boughs of trccf wci'e ever rustling in tho summer, and when tho birds sang sweetly all day long. Will every breath of air that stirred among thos< branches in tho sunshine, 3omo trembling changing light would fall upon her grave. Harth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust Many a young hand dropped in its little wreath many a stifled sob was hoard. Some-an< they woro not few-knelt dowu. All wen sinobro and truthful 'in' their sorrow. Tin service dono, thq? mourners stood apart, nn< tho villagers el?scd'round to look into tin grave before tho stono should bc replaced. Ono called to mind how ho had seen he sitting on that very spot, and how her brool had fallen on her lap, and sho was gazing with-a pensive face, upon tho sky. Auotho told liow hohnd wondered much thnt ono FJ delicate nu sho should bo so bold, how sho ha? never feared to enter thc church alono a niglit, hut had loved to lingor there when al was quiet, and oven to climb thc tower-stair .with no moro light than thai of tho moon rays stealing through thc loop-holc? in th thiok old walls. A whisper went about amonj tho oldest there, that she had soon and talkct with angola j and when they colled to mini how she had. looked, and spoken, and ho carly death, some thought it might be so in deed. Thus coming to the grave in little knots and gluncing down, and giving placo to olh ors, and falling ol? in whispering groups o three or four, thc church was cleared) in ii Inc of all but the sexton and tho mourning friends Then, when tho dusk of evening had com on, and not a sound disturbed tho sacred still ness of tho place : when tho bright mooi poured in her light on tomb and monument on pillar, wall, and areli, and, mo ;t of all, i scorned to them, upon her quiot gravo; ii that calm timo, when all outward things nu inward thoughts toora with assurances of in) mortality, and worldly hopes and fears ar humbled in tho dustbeforo thom, thon, wit1 tritritjuil and submissive hearts, thoy turne away, and loft tho ohild with God. CitAHnKS DICKENS. Nearsightedness. Any opp who has good eyes knows that manuscript which ho oan read perfectly r tho dis,tnpco of three feet, can also bo read c he brings\t wearer and, noarer to tho oyo, ui til only ti distance of three inches intervene At throb inches'' distanoo, reading1 beooin< difficult, ?and. ?ftt :two, :: hardly possible .,, chango has taken plaoo in the interior1 of th PJi?i- WvOtyjw, by. a certain effort, to obtui this near sight j from optioal roasons, the pi ptl ?mifct' ma'k? a largo onrvoid order to thro a pieturo of thc.object so close to tho oyo o tho 'rolhhv This oxtrcmo .convexity . of tl pup,?J te contrived by thc notion bf a iW?e ?a t..tho book of tho oyo, called'tho nccommodi iion muscio^ For distant'sight it is inaotiv as tho1 pupil requires only tho ordinary gent ourvo. . fliut if;that muscio j? acted upon, pr??snro iitthobnok is felt; consequently, tl roost compliant par.t of tho soft young skin i tho back of tho eyo is distended, and the nx of ?tho oyo. lengthened. If, then, tho uso i near sight is,.prolonged, if tho pupil has nt thho to return to n level, if the musolo oann reposo, tho continued effort will end in sho sight., fAnd it is not alone by this forcod o; .?rtl?ty'bu.t: also by tho over nbundanoo blood in iho^yoihs of tho rctipn, that tho i teriotvof tho ball is enlarged. Snob, nu ovc 'Apfy' fy gofterally produced1 by Jiho rotnrn tho bloo?i&?the pyos.h'ayipg ??en nrresto This may bo onuscd by tho forward i ucl i na tic of tlto'hfea/hnd'wlll infallibly load ton?jfop Astit io; then, rundoubtcdly a foot that lor attention to an object placed ol?s?'td tho1 cy tho hcad; be,ip? hoflt down,< w,iU | rondoi; hot sidoraj^op^hflth.or^ has anything to do oithor in hurting or rop< ling myopy.-Bentley's Miscellany. NOTHINO in lifo is porraanont. -1~ jj-Li'i1-ii^Mj1 "j1 1 J.1 J .1 j.' tepfggja Cold Weathor. Tho sucocssivo winters of 1482, 1438, and 1834 were uncommonly soYoro. It snowed forty days without interruption. ; All tho riv ers in Gorinnny wore fr?zon, and tho very birds topk sholtor in tho towus. Tho price of j wl,r,at roso, in. lOngland, to.twenty-seven shil lings a quarter, Ht was reduced to livo shil lings in thc following year. In 18G4, tho Winter was excessively cold. Many forest trees, and even tho oaks in Keg land, wcro split by tho frost. J^Los.t of tho.* hollies woro killed. Coaches drove along thc Thames, .which was covcrod with icc cloven ' inches thick. Almost all tho birds pcriahod., In 1709 occurred that famous winter, oallcid by distinction tho cold w in tor. All tho riv ers and lakes wcro frozen, nnd oven tho seas, to tho distauco of several miles from tho shor?. Tho frost is said to havo penetrated thrco yards into tho ground. Birds and wild beasts wore strewed dead in t\\fi fields, and men perished by thousands in their houses. Tho moro tender shrubs and vegetables in { Kngland were killed ; and whcijt rose in its price from two lo four pounds a quarter. In the louth of Franco, tho olivo' plantations were almost, outiroly destroyed! nor havo they yet rooovorod from that fatal disastor. Tho Adriatic Sea was quito (rbzen over, and cvon thc coast of the Moditomncim about Genoa, and tim citron and orange groves suf fered extremely in the finest partp of Italy. In 1776 much snow fcli, and the cold was intens?. Thc Danube boro icc five feet thick below Vienna. Wino frozo in this cellars both in France and in Holland. Manj pboplo were 1 frost-bitten ; and vast multitudes, both of tho feathered nnd of the finny tribes, perished. Yet tho quantity of snow that hy upon tho ground had cheeked tho penetration of thc frost. Van Swinden found, in Holland, that tho earth was congealed to tho"d?pth, of tWcn ty-ono inches ou a spot pf a g.\rdou whioh had been kept cleared, but only nine inches nt another place near it, which wa.s covered with four inches of snow. In 1810 quicksilver was frozen hard at Moucow. But tho winter of 1812 wa3, beyond all question, the most nevero of thc present cen tury ; and waa rendered memorable to all tim by tho snfierings of tho French army during its retreat from Itussin. . . A ? CHINESE GOO-FACVOUY.-The Kev Mr. Allcu, a - Methodist missionary of il.< Southern Churoh, in a recent letter, describe, a visit to a manufactory of this kind at Wu Sib, a large, walled inland city of China. Hore, tilco, I observed numerous god-factories and thoir y.onlou3 dovotcos shapiug out ol shapeless clay their forms KO toniblo. Thous auds wcro alroady -madoand set..up to dry. I Others were being painted, polished or gilt 'and prepared for markpt. Othora, again, wcro hoing, manufactured for toys and dolls tho primors of idolatry, by whioh tho infant mind bocomca familiar -with.'itu .*mpo?.itilionti and terrors mid is tra i nod hy its guardians, not u in tho nui turc and admonition of thc Lord," but in tho way of death nnd darkness, with a zeal and efficiency whioh should make many a Christian motlier blush. ? appeared ourious, nnd on expressing astonishment nt tho undauutcd familiarity With whioh the) troatod tho gods and goddesses of war, wealth, thunder, lire, water, meroy, revengo, they with tho utmost sung froid, replied that tho) were yet powerless, being destitute of thc Ling, or " Spirit." Tho^o.designed for toys, therefore, aro dover 'endowed with'that living principio; nor are tho others until the time of thoir installment ns a reigning divinity.-r At that time, however, they are ' possessed ol tho ?|iiiig," by. nipa na offi Sjmall hole ii the oohtro of tho back ; if theidol be dimin alive, or a large, oblong ono, in tho moro au gust, in which thcro aro deposited pearls gouosj or s'omo of. tho mor?" precious metala suoh as gold and silver of various estimations Tho hole is then closed and sealed, thc goc perfected, and henceforth worshipped, na wei hy his makers at those moro ignorant of hil origin. This, fact will aho assist us to account at least in part, for tho. iconoclastic fury o tho rebels. They were to despoil and dostfoj thom, not so muoh because they loved tho ido less, but beoauso they loved tho gold his bael contained tho moro. AN ITEM FOR BAOHKT.ORS.-A jndioiou wife' is always clipping off from h or husband', moral naturo little twigs that aro growing ii -wrong dircbtiona! . Sho' kocps him iii shupi by continual pruning. If you say anything silly, ahti Will afrc?tibnatclyv'teiry6u sb. I you declare that ybti will. do somo nbsun thing, sho will find moans ot broventing you doing it; A nd by far tn'd ohlbf part of all tin common C?line thcro is in tim -world belong unquestionably to woman. Tho wisest thing wliioha mbn oommonly does-nro those .whicl his wifo advises' hith'to clo. '- A wifo ls th grand wielder of tho moral pruning knife. If Johnson's wifo had lived "there would hav boon no hoarding up of orrango pool-h touching all tho posts in walking along th Btrc?ts-nd eating and drinking with a 'dh gusting voracity. If Oliver Goldsmith ha boon married ho would nevor havo worn fhn momorablo and ridiculous opat. Whonoyc you find a pian whom Jo\i \no?^lo Jj??? oddly dressed, or talking abstL^ X ?x\x\[ iting any ^PfinMw?8^?^A^ may b tolerably suro that h*<{ b1?}ot n nwu/iod^ rnT -foriftid? oprribrs^^ tfbuntWlT .off, the^Uttl shoots aro prdhtfd hwayfin married men. f Wived goneVily 'have much moro sonso tba ?'W^^ Ste m .bjjads'mroi Qjever mon. Tho, wifo's. ndvioc aro Jile? tho .b?lJa?tth'aVkoops thd ship Steady tbjoty fivtP ^\^fi^?^o^o,''t\\ong\\ painft jshoars,' olippingoft ltttlo growths pf so}f cot ooit. WHY was Herod's wife a Fenian ? Bi causo she had. a head sent Lor. WHY IS IT ?-A tow days ago a delegation of Uto Iudians^-som? of' thom in full Indian costume-- paid thoir respects to tho Pr?si dout. Thcso Indians occupy a portion of country botwcoii Santo Fe and tho Great Salt Lnko Basin. Governor Hunt, of Colorado, who accompanied tho delegation, said that, during thc ten years ho had resided among them, in no instance had thoy committed any depredation on whito men. Hen. Kit Carson romarked that ho had been living in that co?ntij abolit forty years, and had always fouud them thc friondk bf tin whito men. . Is this accidental ? Whore shall wo look for tho ronson? Hus it not beep from a rc? gard on-tho part of tho whites for tho rights bf tho Indian ? A recognition of his human ity ? Tho whito men officially dealing with tho Utes have boon gcnorally Freemasons Freemasons not only in name, but in fact men who felt tho foreoof their obligations and bad imbibed somewhat Masonic principles, and who treated tho Indians as brothers. Among th oso was our brother, Kit Carson. Tho great. Indian agent of New York, Sir William Johnson, tho most remarkable man of . his'xlay, was ii Freemason, nod tho first master of St. Patrick's Lodgo. Ho neted up on his Masonic principles in his Indian af fair?, never defrauding, and always protect ing. No man was ever more bolovcd by tho Indians than Sir William. Tho great Indian agent of thc West, who possessed the hearts of the Miamis, was an other brother-Colonel John Johnson. [Au'ioiwl Freemason. .Do all our lady reader.'? know thc origin of the word " hymen" ? If not, here it is. HYMEN was a young man of Athens, ob scurely born but extremely handsome. Fall ing in love with a lady of rank, ho disguised himself in female attire, thc better to carry Ci his amour; and, as he was ono day on thc soashoro celebrating thc Klcusiniau ritcg with his mistress and female companions, a gang of pirates came upon thom by surprise, and carried them .>;T to a distant island, where tho pirates got di auk for joy and fell asleep. Hymen then armed thc virgins and dispatch , cd tho bleeping pirates, when leaving thc bwc j women upon the island, he sped to Athens, I told his adventure, and demanded his beloved ! in marriage ns her ransom. His request J was granted;. and so fortunate was thc mar j rialto that tho name of Hymen was ever in vokod on all futr.ro nuptials ; and in progress of time tho Greek:, enrolled him among theil gcds. j --fr ? o DEATH.-Wo have never road anything moro beautiful than thc following from tin pori of George D. Prentice : There is but i breath of air and a beat of the heart bctwcei this world and tho next. And in the brie interval of painful and awful suspense, whit; wc feel that death is present with us, that w aro powerless and the all-powerful, and th faint pulsation hore is but'thc prelude of end lcaa lifo borcaftcr, wc feel in tho midst of th stunning calamity that is about to. befall us that the earth has no compensation gooi enough to mitigate thc severity of our loss. Hut thero ia rio griof without some bcnefioen provision to soften its intenses. When tin good and lovely die, tho memory of their gobi deeds, Uko the moonbeams on tho stormy se; light up our darkened hearts and lends to th surrounding gloom a beauty so sad, so sweet that wc would not, if wc could, dispel th darkness thiit onvirons it. Pqru??Aii F?Ar,pAon;s.-That you can rr ceivo ono dollar q day,.spend two qpd gc rich. That thc man who can't' pay for his brcali fast can raiso thc money to go into a circus. That tp do a man que favor, and thou refus him another, won't make him twice as ma rts if you had refused him tile first. That when a friend presents you a hounc it will cost you nothing..' fl That wlron you buy on credit, knowin Very Well you will not pay, it is not stealing That the next year's taxes will be lightci That every oii? man is to die except yoi That if youdihvea good causo in love, wa or law, pitch in, you arc bound to win". That you can play dr/iw pokor and loso jui So much nnd no inore. That wholi you huya horse, ho will bc coi tain to turn out as represented. That if you always gay what you thinL you will wiii thc rogai? of tho entire comm? nity. COMPOSITION OF THE CONVENTIONS.-Ii Virginia, 25 out of 106 delegates to tho Coi' atjt.utiqnal Convention, or less than ono-fourtl aro colored pion. In North Carolina, 13 ou of 120 delegates, or less tha.i one-ninth, ar colored*. In' Mississippi, 12 out of 128. I Louisiana, tho bln6Us h&vo a majority of IC Tn Florida) '?? ou,fc bf , 80 aro colored.. I Georgia, 15 out qf .105, or less than ono-ole: cnth, ?rc colored. Alabama, 18 aro coloree about ono fifth of tho wholo body. In Arkai sas, 5 out of 78 rtre'oolored. In South Care lin? th? two races aro about equal in tho Coi vontion. In Texas tho delegates have nt yet been ohosen. SK ATINO ON THE- HK.VD.-At Wilson' Skating Park, near tho Rivorsid? IIousi Springwollfl?Mi0n., "?Silas," a hugo negro, bi tlpat he Tpuld skato tliroo times around tl Hay orTlrfb hoad. Alargo skato, mado < rail road i,irvn for tho oppress oooasion, wi strapped on his wooly sebnao, and by tho n? fliatnnco bf. two ii m piros,, they plaoed him ii] on his hoad-caoh one'holding hjs ppdal o: trenilti?s' ? !?y Ifio n.oVc'mont of his head nn ?ho muscio of his neole lie "p^opoll?d ' n'rbuu tho buy th roo XltJioHiin: jltst nino minutes ; bi pn,the ^^2i>l^r^^^/Ai9uMei!' ^r000^8^" landed him .ip o.n ftjtr-^plp';^' 't.h?, |?oJ. anti li woptidowu four. jfoQti m!;thfl .river.' Ile., \yt immediately vo.soucch and no damago dono I his hbad. ; -"^ J"' ""!'' " > I)," ..; li - AUOLER?VA/A?' eofairig <Juk of .tk\o wat? with ft woman ho had baptised, askriHior hoi sho felt in hor mind. Ho was ?vb? a littl surprisod to hear her answer "Hu^y" ~ : .... .1 ..nu.g?a?g_? u JaJ.1_i_uj-j..'- ..J?IJIJ Two fast young mon, just roturuing aftor n night's oarousal, saw tho sun rising. Ono of them insisted that it wes tho HUD, tho other that it was tho moon. They agreed to leave it to tho first mau they mqt. Ho also liad been out on a lark. " Excuso ino, sir, but my friend and 1 huvc made a little bet wheth er that is tho sun or moon rising, and wo'vo agreed to have you dcoide tho matter." u Fact is, gentlemen, I should bo very happy? but you eco, I nm a stranger in this city, and been ont all night." AN exchango says : "Babios rcsomblo wheat in many respects, Firstly-?~Noithor aro good much until they arrivo at maturity. Second ly-Both aro bred in tho house, and aro also tho flowor of tho family. Thirdly-Both, have to bc cradled. Fourthly-Both aro gen erally well thrashed before thoy aro done with, and a crusty old bachelor of our ocquain tanco adds, "they aro both apt to bo smutty." We notified him that his "resignation would bo accepted." ItAT.KlOir, N. C. , February 20.-Nothing of importance transacted in tho Convention to-day. A colored member gave notido of an ordinanco removing tho penalties from min isters and inagistratcs for marrying whites and blacks. ATLANTA, February 19.-A resolution, instructing tho next Legislature to enact suclulaws as would compel all common car riers to provide equal accommodations for all persons, was tabled. TKMVKIIANOK..-Temperance puts wood on the fire, meal in the barrel,'flour in tho tub, money in tho purse, credit in thc countr}-, contentment in tho house, clothes on thc I back vigor in tho body, intelligence in thc brain, and spirit in tho whole constitution. A \VHSTERN editor says that tho gas in thc city is so bad that the man who puts it out bas to carry a lantern to find tho lamp post If sulphcr baths arc as salutary as theil advocates claim, some sinners will have excel lent health in thc next world. Ip??SpitS ?IF Y?I'TBJL. 4 G ii NT I< ICM AN who sulfured lor years fr xl Korvins Dohi?ty, Prematuro Decoy, and hi thc cllcots of youthful indiscretion, will, for tlx sake <d" suH'cring humanity, send freo to nil win need it, (he recipe and directions for making tin simple remedy by which ho was cured. Sufferer' wishing to profit; by tho advert mer's cxpcricnci can do so by addressing, in perfect confidence, I .JOHN Bj OGDEN, 42 Cedur Street, Now York. May G, 1807 33 ly Marriage Guide. YOUNG'S O lt l"? AT PHYSIOLOGICAL WORK L of every one his own Doctor, being a Privat Instructor for Married Persons or those about I Marry, both Malo and Fcmalo, in everything con corning the physiology ami rcifttionn of our Scxu ni Syatom, and tho Production ! or Prevention c Offspring, including nil thc new discoveries neve before- given in the English language, by WM YOUNG, M. D. This is really a vntuahlo and in tcresting work. It is written in plain languagefo tho general render, and is illustrated with upward of ono hundred engravings. All young marrie people, orthono contemplating marriage, and ha\ ing the least impediment to married life, shout read this book. It disclose^ secrets that ever, on should be acquainted willi. Still ?t is a book thu must bo locked up, and not lie about thc house. It will bo sont to any ono on the receipt of fifi cents. Address BK. WM. YOUNO, No610 Sprue street, above Fourth, Philadelphia. July 1>7, 1807 ll Iv STEVEN? HOUSE. 21, 25?, 25 & 27, Broadway, ?V. \ Opposite Bowling Green. OM Ti??IS? ?BIUrt?PlF&$ Pli A IV. wffir TII1.? STJ3VKNS HOUSE ?s wei hlu and widely known to the travcllin l?flma.publie. Tho location is especially sniff bio to merchants and business mon ; ii is i closo proximity to tho.business part of thc cit -is on the highway of S mthern and Wester travolf-and adjacent to all the principal Bai road and Steamboat depots. . Tho STEVENS HOUSE has. liberal accon mo?ntions forovor'300 guosts- it is well fin nished. and possesses every modorn improvi mcnt for tho comfort and entertainment of il I inmates. Tho rooms aro spacious and well vor tilatod-provided with gas and water-M>0 a tendance is prompt nmr'rospcctful-and tho ti ble is generously provided' with ovcry dolionc of thc season, at moderate prices. Tho rooms having boon re-furnished and ri modeled, wc aro onnbled to otfer extra facilitic for the comfort and pleasuro of our guosts. GEO. Ki CHASE .& CO., Proprietors. Juno 4,1807' 87 Om AGENTS WANti)D FOR THE , And lloxo They Lived, Fought and Died . ron i>i\n;, wiTn Incidents and Sketches of Lifo in the Coi federa ey. Comprising Narratives of Porsonal Adv?iitun Army Life, Naval Adventure, dirimo 'Lifl Partisan Daring, Lifo in tho CaiVip, Field an Hospital. Together with tho Songs, Ballad Anecdotes ami Humorous Incidents of til War for Southorn Indopondcnco. rpIIERE is a oortain portion of tho war tin iii will never go into tho rogular historio nor bo ombodiod in romaneo or poetry, whlc is a very real part of it, and will, if presorts* convoy to sticceodlng generations abettor ide of tho Spirit of tho conflict than many dry Tf* ports or careful narrativos bf ovonts, and th part may bo called tho gossip, tho fun, tho pi thoa of tho war. This illustrates tho charade of tho loaders, tho humor- ,o(f tho soldior?,? tli d?votion of wombn, tho bravery of mon,' tli pluck of our horoos, tho romance and hardship 'of the sorvico. :. ? ? . ,i ??.?y Tho Valiant OAKI Bravo' Hearted, tho 'Ph turosquo nndiDrnmAtlo, tho Witty aniBMarVo ou8, tho Tondor and Pathetic, and. tho w.hol Panorama of, tho War are. hoto,.brilliantly rjo trayed ill a masterly nmnlmr, at onco historia ana .romantic, ronuoring?.it-the most nmph unique, hi illiant and . readublo hook that (li wiaif h ni called forthi ;e>>..nu ,hiyjU\ hu; , MO,?jr Ahlusonienb ?s well ns Instruction may'h foil nd i ri every pago,na.graphioaet&U,.brIllii{r wit, and authontio history, aro skillfully intci woven' In Ui'ts worTr ?Vf l?torary' art. i " Sond for O?f^iUafs attf?'sflo ottr toVhi?;l'tind full dosoription of tho work. Addross JONES BROTHERS & CO., ir Atlanta, Ch I Jan. 12, ISO? 10 a DISTRICT DI??CtfO?lr: Cfcr/? Court-J: E. HAOOO?. Sfanf?-L. THOMAS. Ordinary-Vf. E. Hor.coMuB. Commissioner in Equity-Won'? A. 'J. IIOJU'BOK; Ciwwwr--W4 J. OniHt. Cofamissloner's io Approve thc Monds of Pub._ lie Officers-J. J. Norton, JOB. Burnett, J. IK Ambler, Jamos Lawrouco, Sum'l. Bcid. Commissioners of Ute Poor-?)t. I?.O? Miller, Ch.?rmn?. j Ooo. Bi Obcrry, Secrotnr'y andTre?*>> surer ; J. H. Clayton, S. 1). Keilli, B. Craig, Sr* Commissioners of Public Jiuildings-^Roh't* A. Thompson, Chairman ; J. E. Ilagopd, Seo- j rotary ami Treasurer; W. E. Holconib?, M. lr. Mitchell, P. J. Miller. iii i w?n i Commissioners of Free Hc1io'ots-'Y.il?l. Maul-' den, Chairman ;' W. E. Hol?ombo," Se?roWirV? and Treasurer; C. Iii Spears, i. WiokliflfO, Iir II. Penny, Daniel Urico, James Burdiuo. Magistrales-Vf. J. ?nntt, W. C. Kolth, M li. Go'ssett, Thoa. Dillard, J. C. C. Parsons, J. N. Arnold, Rodi il Buckley. J. B. Sandor*, L; II. Vcrncr, Ahol Bobin s, W. II. Pcronnea?^ Nimrod Sullivan, Edward Hughes, John Sharp, Joseph B Reid, W B White, Leonard Rogers Commissioners of Hoads-2d Reqimcnf~-Q \V Phillips, Chairmn?,: W Pitchford, Clerk; William Bibbs, Jr. Treasurer; M V Mitchell, Thomas J Steele. S E Maxwell, JamCs'L Boy<J,' L W Lusk.S M Crawford, M R HunbtodK, Jonas Phillips, Jr. < bili Regiment-F A Hoke, Chairman ; E lt Oriffiu, Treasurer; J li Clayton, Clerk; J Gasawny, J A Ballinger, Alex Algood, Tl? R Price. S I) Keith. Moory Williams, J T " sett, J W Singleton, Thoa Dillard. ' Internal Revenue-F A Hoke, Assessor. W Cobb, Collector. RECONSTRUCTED POST OFFICES POST orri CK PjbkoHs ? II : : Diekens?. ?Bo : : Wal halla : : : Fiur Piny : : : Arnold's Mills : Hunter's 31 ills : Milo Creek : : D.icusvillo : : : Eighteen Mile : Table Mountain : Bachelor's Retreat Oakway : : : Snow Creek : : George's Creek : Salubrity : ; : Fivo'Milo : : : Tuncol Hill : : Claremont- : ; Eastutoo : : : NAME Ol' POSTMASTER O K Lawrence, O M Fulgor C II Isserteil Bonj ll Doughty Wm McMnhnn .Wm II unter, Jr Mary J Robins Marcus A Morgan Lonutoj Hendricks Rebocen Reid (?rief C re tisha w Mary Sanders Emory Moore Jame- ll Spillers Mary Bates Mahala Thompson Turner Duncan J C Miller F 0 McKinney UBSUWiTlON JIN I BY THE GREAT I SOUTHERN FREIGHT LINE,! CHARLESTON, BC. M ON and after October 1st! 1807, tho raU&oftfl FREIGHT, from Now york, Philadelphia1? and Baltimore, to Columbia, S.O., will lio us| follows, viz : 'jB 1st Class, por 100 Il s. alli >?| $1 20 fi 2d Class, por ICO lbs. 1 'OH 3d Class, per 100 lbs. 1 00 H 4th (Mass, per 100 lbs. ? 5th Class, por 100 lbs. TD H Rules always guaranteed less than tho pub I dished rates of any other lino. Changes will be promptly made to mcot au^fl reduction by compoting lines, ( Jw PER 100 LBS., FIRST-CLASS $1.20. fl Glassware, Boots, and Shoo B Stoves, Hollow Wij'< lewe. ? Dry Goods, Kc rosen* Oil. r| Drues. PER 100 LBS., SECOND CLASS, $M0.' ITafdwaro, Furniture Saddlery, Knocked -down mei, Liquors, ju wood. . well boxed llollpw, Stationery. ' Wilie, packed. " i PER 100 LBS., THIRD CLASS, $1.00. Tobacco, manufactured, Cotton Yarn, . in Boxes or Kegs. Dried Fruits, Blinds, Dried Hides, Doors, Sashes, &o. Lard, Butter, Belting, Leather or Canned Monta, "Rubber.. M Fruits, Alo,- i Fish, in Kegs or Beer, Kits, ff ? Porter, in'wood. PER 100 LBS., FOURTH' CLASS, 85e. Bags, f ; , ''fctiatheiV'-. " \ Bagging, d . ' ?Maible Slabs, di :j Block Tin,; .,. (Oils, in, hhds.;or hblsJ Cheeso, " (except Kcr??bnc.) ' ! Whito Lead, In Kegs, iP?tatu?s?.J : i ul V Hams, .,i, ? . (ShpL.1..,.. .t tM t '-...-^ Sugar, in hogsheads or $oap;. barrels. Wrapping Paper, J j Hoop Iron, Rico, in bbls'.oi? oasks. Whiskey, in Wood. Ropo, Spirits Turpentine Nails, iii Kegs 1 Lead Pipo, Bar and Crockery, jn- crates or Shoot. hlids.' PER 100 LBS., FI FT lt CLASS, 70o. Bacon, , , Beof, salted or pickled in*-barrel*,' .. Cornent , ; . ; Limo , Fish, pickled andfdry; salted in barrels?, Grain ~ Flour, in 'barrels Ot* sacks.. . ,.. ; rj| GrindstpflQs Mphissos, ownorS risk Af leaking." ties tl Mia? .".Ti y.Ji ll ?i 'o.Ii :..';, DENTLEV P/HASELI^ I , General Agent, 40 und 42 Rroadway,,N. I. 3 NEW YOI?K, Octobor 1, 1807. WV y J Approved; [vo '\\ '. ! . . TL 'IV PEAKE. 5 Gop'l Sup'ixt S, C. R. R. .; Octobor 14,1807.' 4 ? i Mmmm CORNER M RETINO ? QUEEN SmEBTSi ' CH?llLESTON, S. C. ^h?'S well known FIRST CLASS IIOTEX '.JL has just boon thoroughly repaired, refitted' andrbJurnishod, and is now?? ready.fpr ; tho aol commpdi>tion( of.tho TR A VE Ll, INO PUBLIC* I whose patronage is respectfully ?oRoneav ' i j MEHOli ANTS vi'SltliVg-thoi bitWoiYespibKj fiilly invited, Eyor-y acoomwodfttjon M? .bel oiloiH?d thpm. Conohos always Jn rpn?inqss'tar oon voy pass?Vtgors to and fMiii tho UoteV.^',<4 Tho Propribtor proiriisos?t?'do olbin hispfcwJ or for tho ooujfort.ofvhiftift^osts/ - Feb 21 ? THE STATE OF SOUTH CAKOLIN?II FJ PICKRN8-IN T11K COMMON VWAB. Ml j, ii, w?mm$m ) Mrtywxila??nt. i wini n "" V "; ' 'f ^'et^lT^Kr?t? lA^AMSji. I .??to Ww $&vM tho Othday of February, 1808; othcrX fin?? Clerk's OOic Pet, ft,^ ^6T\*-*.*-J