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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
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?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