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PERRY, OF GREENVILLE, Delivered Before the Philophre nian Society of Walhalla Female College, Juno 24th, 1879. jiToung fiadics of tho Philophrcnian So cicly of Walhalla Female Colleyc: It ??08 with great reluctance, in conse quence- of my ago and infirmities, that I consented to address you, on this interesting oocabiun-tho anniversary of your society and the commencement of your college. In my aaooptunoo of thc honor you conferred on mn, 1 stated that it was hard for aa old gentium un to refuse tho request of young ladies, and especially tho request of the voung ladies of his own native couuty, Ooonco is "my own, my native land," and bei people, her mountains, her rivers, her mag ni fluent scenery and her charming climate Aro all endeared to mo, UK my birth plaoo. with a thousand reminiscences of home, my childhood, nod thc graves of my parents nurj kiudrcd. I congrat?lalo you, young ladies, and tlx country on tho endowment and orguuizutiot of this your Alma Mater in tho delightfu town of Walhalla (which ia Northern my tho logy signifies an "earthly Paradise") and ii surpassed by no towu, village or city ii the State for its beautiful locution, health -climate and grand scenery. This prospo rous college, with its corps of able and leurnei professors, cheapness cf board and tuition, i destined to nttract young ladies from nbronc and shod its elevating mid benign inilueuc< over tho whole community, in ul 1 timo t< dome, Tho Newberry College, for tho cdueatioi of young men, wis localed hero for severa years and oftcrwards succeeded for th ?anio purposo by tho Adger College. Jiu no provision, during all this time, was mad for tho eduoation of young ladies in th higher brunches of learning and science, huvo always thought tho education of tb female sex was us important as that of .th other sex. Mothers have tho truioin and bringing up of their sons in ohildhoo and from her they first learn principles c virtue, religion, honor, good manners uud love of learning. Education un proves an elevates tho mother's character, adds to he pleasures, rotiucmont und happiness, nu makes her aioro compotont to bring up bc 8011S nod daughters und inspire their you lt mind?with correct principles. John llnu , dolph, of ltoanokc, one of America's mos .brilliant sous, though eccentric, enid i after lifo that hu would havo boen a con firmed iuGdol, but for tho remembrance < his mother's taking his little hands in hci and making him repcot tho Lord's Pray? every night, beforo going to bed. Sue was tho permanent influence of an educate and refined Christian lady, over tho tend? heart ul' her little sou, destined to mal such a figuro in tho world as ho did. Thirty years ago, I rodo all through tl counties of Ooonco, i'iokens, Audorso Abbeville und Greenville, taking thc tesl mony of very aged witnesses in a great la suit then ponding in thc city of Mobil involving several hundred thousand dolla and thc legitimacy of a highly respectan ,'faraily of young ladioe. Tho witnesses, wi 'appoarcd befbro mo, woro mostly born befo '^or during tho revolutionary war. I w ' greatly surprised, and not a little shockc S ?to find that almost all of tho old ladi toxamiuod, wore unable to write their name nnd had to mako their marks to thc 'depositions! They wero in good circuit _ ata II oe? and mothers of prominent mon their cou lilies. But groat progress and iaiprovomc havo boon modo in this respect, ns well ia o very thing olso, during tho present oci fury, and especially within tho Inst forty fifty yoars, in tho upper part of South C ralina. Tho girls havo all been taught, matter how poor they wero, to rend u writo and cipher, through tho bounty of l Stato. Moat of those in goood oirout ,stonoo9hnvo latterly been sont to hi female Rohools and college.". This educ tion of tho female sex is tho highest tc.it ,tho civilization and refinement of a cpi munity, Amongst uncivilized nnd 6avogo poop tho woman aro mero drudges and boasts burdon! They huvo all tho hard labor porform, whilst their brutal masters go " tho war path," hunting wild gamo or lyi in their huts smoking their pipes or feast i on tho garoo brought home and cookod (tho women' In demi -civilized nat?o suoh os Persia and Turkoy, tho female f aro brought up in utter ignorance, tho tm .toys aod playthings of tho men, taught ot to dross nud adorn their persons to plc their lordB, and iivo on idle, unthinking lifo. In Mahomraedan countries, it ia doubted whether they havo immortal souls, and tho Koran, their Bible, makes no pro vision for thom in Paradiso. Their places aro supplied in another world by "blaok eyed houris," who oro supposed to fill tho Mohammedan Heaven! Christianity and modern civilization alono havo givon woman hor proper status in sooiety. It is truo, that in Qrooian and Hornau history, wo road of many noblo womau, aud some of them highly educated. But os a general rulo wives woro tho veriest siaves of their husbands. In carly times husbands had the power of lifo and death over them, ns well os their children I Tho most illustrious Grecians und Homans wero in tho habit of divorcing their wives, and tho mothers of their ohildreo, without ol loging any causo except that they woro ! tired of them, nud wished another nif?! Cicero did tins, ood hie divorced wifo boasted that filio had been married to three I of tho most illustrious Homans, who were all three living. Thc lending of a wifo to a friend, for a few years, was no uncommon circumstance with tho Homans! Tho Gre cians: did worso and winkod at a community of wives! Plato, tho great philosopher ond moralist, advocated in his ideal Republic, that wives should bo in common with all citizens! Cato, tho younger, great grandsou of Goto, tho Censor, lent his wife to his friend ilortcntius, without con sulting her, for tho purpose of raising chil dren to him, and strengthening tho bonds of friendship between these two illustrious Homans! Con anything show n moro utter degraded state of woman than these infamous histo rical facts! lt must bo borne in mind, too, that tho Grecians and Hornaus, at these periods wero thc most, enlightened nations of tho earth. Tho ono surpassed in elo quence, sculpture, painting nud all thc msthctio arts and literature every people which had or havo sinoo existed on tho face of tho earth. Thc other wero tho conquer ors of tho world, distinguished for theil patriotism and Hotnnn virtues, enacting und compiling eodes of laws, which, after thc lapse of two thousand years, still govern thc grouter part of Europe, and havo even improved tho laws ol England and America. How much oh, how much, is woman indebted tc Christianity and modern civilization! Tho wives of tho Grecians. one Hornaus wero rorely considered anc (rented ns companions, with whoo to counsel nod advise. Thoro wen some exceptions. Aspasia, ofter hcinj I thc mistress of Pericles, became his wife ! and wa? his mentor and counselor on al great occasious. She wrote so m o of hi: most chiqu tnt orations. Socrates, Xono phon, Alcibiades nud many other illusttiou ! G rccitius, sought her counsel and advice ant delighted in her conversation. Education enlarges thc human mind, en lightens tho understanding, elevates ou feelings and brings new sources of plcnsun and happiness, lt mokes us better, mer virtuous, more honorable, more patriotic and more religious, loving God and all hi creation with moro Direction and moro sin oerity. Tho highly cultivated mind hu innumerable sources of pleasure and enjoy ment, which aro unknown to thc ignoran and uncultivated. Por instance, the stud of astronomy opens to thc mind interesting grand and sublime pleasures for though and reflection. Thc ancients believed tha this earth stood in the middle of the worl und tho sun ond stars revolved around it Tho untutored mind still believe this theorj Hut science teaches us that tho earth turn over every twenty-four hours and run round thc sun once every yearj that tho sn is several hundred thousand times large than tho earth; that every fixed star isa sur like ours, and some of them much lurgci illuminating other worlds like this, and i all probability inhabited by God'3 livia creatures! By mathematical calculation wo ar taught thc exact distance of thc sun, moor planets and fixed stars from thc earth. W learn from soienoo tho nature and substono of all these planets, suns and stars; the eau* of tho convulsions of the earth and otmoi pherc, tho tornadoes, oarthquakes, forkc lightning and "tho thunders of heaven urlillory" Is Ibero any ono, abovo til degree of an idiot, who would not fee) plcosuro in knowing and investigating thc wonders of tho groat Universe! Tho study of history, too, unfolds to t tho condition und action of post ages for si thousand years, and thc innumerable natioi and peoples who huvo inhabited tho earth, tl grout men who havo lived on it, tho pr gross of tho human mind, tho wondorfi inventions and discoveries which genii has made. Wc soo in history how ign rant and bod thc world hus boon, how ci lightened some of tho nations of tho carl become, and how powerful they wero, ar how they relapsed again into ignoronoo at barbarism. I pity, from tho bottom of my heart, tl man pr woman who fools no interest learning and has no tasto for reading study. Suoh persons aro apt to Book v oious pleasures and amusements. Tl mon goes to tho grogshop or gambling tab to kill timo and drive owny dull oaro. Tl woman goes to shows, balls, tho thotr or gads about and gossips of lier ncighboi Education is, proporly spooking, thro fold-intellectual, moral and physical-i equally noccssary to moko n fino womo Tho culturo of tho intellect alono will I) suffice. No mutter how tnuoh looming woman may havo, if she is wanting in tl cultivation of her heart and moral princi pio, eho oan never gain tho esteem and oiTcotion of modern eooioty. And tho culturo of tho brain and heart, without physical oulturo, very often makes lifo a burdon of ill health and misory. Tho body ehould bo strengthened and devolopcd aa well as tho mind and heart. Exercise (walking, riding on horseback and work in tho open air) is tho only way this oan bo done and health secured. In fashionable and refined society this is greatly neglected by American ladies, and dearly do they pay for it. Parents and toaohcrs should cspo chilly nttond*to this tinco fold education, euch equally Important in the tutu rc destiny of their daughters ana pupils. English* ladies aro moro prudent tu this respect. Colouaon, tho great agriculturist, who went to England, as commissioner from Massaohu.sc??s, tolls in his report on the agriculture of England, of n high born Duchess, who said to him-?'Mr. Coleman, I will toko charge of you to-day, and show you tho stock and farm." Ho says sho walked with him that morning seven or eight miles. lind this Duchess been an ordi nary American lady sho would havo ordered her carriogo and horses to make such an excursion. Moral culture includes religion ns well os morals, and girls aro easily trained to follow in its precepts- Tho female sr\ aro moro inclined to bo religious than tho male sex. They oro moro confiding, moro tender, purer and moro loving. A man may be skeptioal in his religious views, buta woman rarely is. Sho lins more faith and hopo and lovo in her composition. Her wisdom is thc instinct of tho heart, whilst man's is from reason and reflection. As much ns I prizo female education, und admiro high intellectual endowments, with great culturo and learning in a woman, I am nevertheless unwilling to seo them pass out of their proper sphere and invade tho domain of man, by becoming legislators, military commanders, luwyers, judges, doc tors und ministers of tho Gospel, lt has been my fortuno to seo som o of these intel lectual phenomena. At St. Louie I heard a fem?lo lawyer, Miss Phoebe Coussins, address tho Notional Democratic Conven tion, composed of seven or oight hundred, of tho most distinguished men ip America. She was good looking, young, and spoke well, but I could but think she had unsexed herself und wonld have dono moro credit tc her talents and learning hod she becorno tho wife of some gentleman and tho mother of a family of children. Several yours pinpi I met at the President's, in Washington, tho celebrated Doctor Mary Walker, whe was a fcurgcon in the Uuion Army, and al one time captured by tho Confederates, So fur os dress was concerned, she bad com pletcly unscxed herself. She wore ? nice blue frock coat, buttoned closely nrouud thc waist with a vest, pantaloons, boots and : jaunty cap on her bead. She was verj handsome, und 1 supposed, of comso, thui she was a young gentleman. I thought t( myself, what "a heart breaker'' you \yil bc amongst the ladies. Her appearunoo nnc manners wore so striking, that I enquirer, "who that gentleman was?" In my judgment, tho Almighty croa tee everything for a purpose. Ile created mar j for ono purposo nod woman for another, nm gare thctn different properties and qualities suitable to thc purposes for which he cro ated thom. Ho gave tho man strength one courage, und to tho woman ho gave grace modesty, timidity and physical weakness Thc mun was to pr?vido for und defend tlx woman. Sho on her part was to depenr on him und confide in him. Ho was t< till tho earth nod support his wife UIK household, carry on business and commerce go lo war, muko useful inventions in ul thc mechanic arts and sciences. She wa to nurso tho children, superintend he household allans, moko homo pleasant ant ngrccnblo nod enjoy herself in ease nix quiet. The power nnd control of iii ono lay iu his strength, courage, form cudurunce and intellectual ability. Th power and influence of tho other consistei in her modesty, grace, beauty ond loveliness Even her physical weakness is a poten agent in influcnoing man. Ho was formci with muscles und sinews for tho rough an? tumble of lifo. She shrinks from tho rud touch of the world. Milton, tho prince of English poete beautifully describes tho scorct of woman' influence over man in Adam's descriptio of Eve to tho Angol in tho garden of Edee ll c soys: "Vet when I approach lier lovclinesss, so absolute she seems, And in herself complote, so well to know Her own, that what sho will's .to do or any, Scorns wisest, vii tuoiiBCSt, discreetest, bes All higher knowlodgo in her presenoe fall Degraded. * * * Authority and reason on her wait." Tho modern advocates of ''woman1 rights," ns they aro absurdly termed, ar endeavoring to porvcrt tho laws of natur nnd chango tho purposes of God in hi creation of mun arid woman. Tho modest and timidity of woman forbids her goiu into battlo nnd living in tho tented jiohl If she desired to do so, her vory woaknet and fragile form would prevent lier. Th roaring of her children and household duties would render suoh a thing imposai bio. Nor is she moro competent to ongag direotly in tho govornmont of hor oountr It is true aho might engage most suppess fully in on electioneering canvass, as til beautiful and accomplished Duchess < Devonshire did Charles James Fox. Bi how would a femalo legislator look seale in tho Senato Chamber of tho .Unite States with a baby in her orme! or in jury box nursing an infant to keop it quit wliiInt the learned judge was charging the jury! Woman's influenae ia best oxeroisod on all oo ene ?ona, public and private, by those loving dianna and tender, winning ways which nature has given her se bountifully. In this way many a wife governs her hus band and through him the polities of tho country, 'ino great Themistocles said that he governed A Miena and his wifo governed him. A great n any husbands who govern and rulo in mode MI times might cay tho same thing. A now England pedagoguo onoc boasted that old Samuel Adams ruled MassaohusottB, his wifo ruled him. her little BOU ruled her, and ho ruled tho little Bon; "thoroforo," said be, "I govorn Massa oliuseUs," I admit that thero aro many women superior intellectually to men. But as a general rulo this is not the oaso, and it was not intended to bo so by tho Almighty, when ho oroated man and woman. Morally, I dobeliove they are superior to man, and greatly so. Physically, they are unques tionably inferior. And yet it does some times happen that a woman js stronger*tlujn a man. But there aro exceptions, intellec tually and physically, to tho goneral rule. Madame Po Stael was greatly supor'or to most of tho great mon wno figured in tho French Ile volution. She oooo oak od Bona parte who ho thought was tho greatest wo man in Frappe. Sho wished and oxpeoted bim to say (nat sho herself was tho greatest woman in Franco. But Napoleon, who could conquer kingdoms and empires and divjdo thom out amongst his brothers and sisters, imd kindred, as a Carolina planter formorly did his slaves and lands botweon his ohildron, had nono of tho feelings and instincts of a gentleman or thc courtesy of a high-born chevalier, and bo replied, ''She, madame, who has borno tho most sons to Franoet" It is a most Iaraentablo faot that lUorary women have not been happy or fortunate in their domestio lives. Madame Do Stael was not, though twioo married. Madame Lewes, better known as "George Eliot," tho greatest of living novelists and writers of fiction, became the mistress of a parried maul Oeorgo Sand, a female* writer of distinguished ability in France, did worse. Lady Bulwer separated from her husband! Mrs. Jameson, an ablo and pious writer, did tho same. Fanny Fern was divorced and married again. Miss Komblo, Miss Florenpo Marryat, ladies of hight liter ary attainments, and many, very many others, equally distinguished in the paths ol literature', were unhappy in their marriages and separated from their husbands. Judge Butler was once abkod by a bas bleu how he would like to morry a literary lady. He repljcdjos readily as did Napoleon to Madame Db Stael-'?I would as soon think of mar* rying a dictionary/' was his answer. I do not bay these things, young Indies, to discourage you in your studies. Far bo ii from mo to do so. But I do insist on your following thc advioe of tho wiso and good Fenelon, tho purest and most eloquent bf nil the Kornau ,(Js,thol?o Bishops in Franco. In bis beautiful essay on "The Education of Girls,*' ho says: "Let your education bo Buoh as tends to prepare you f?r the duties of lifo, and thc conditio;: a,nd place where you oro to pass your lifo .if a girl is to live in tho oountry, her mind should bo -fortnod for tho pleasures p,f the country.'' Tn ail probability murringo will bo thc destiny of all of you. It is tho natural state of man und woman and was so in tended by tho Almighty in his creation ol tho world. A friend of minc, who was ad dressing an a 00001 plashed young lady whom he afterwards married, told mo that bit brother's wifo asked lum during his cour.t ship how he was getting on. Me replied that ho did ,uot 'thio^k the young Iud) wished to got married at all. lija sisteivin law poid "sho may pot wish to marry you, but J. never yejt BOW a young gi,rl who dil not wish to morry, ,prov,ided a .suitable offei was made." Tins ?Wae .we .opinion of t very \ac,naib|o married |ady who had soot and known a good deal of tho world. But my advice to you, young ladies, is, no to get married before you aro twonty-nm years old, and never marry a young mai till his character is well formed and estab lished. You are not oapabto before you an twenty-one years old of taking chargoof i family and managing prudently ond satis factorily your household. The on rca uni responsibilities of a married Ufo aro ver; great, 'loo groat 'for a urns in her teens ti assu'uo. Before a young mp n's chara cte is woll formed .and established io lifo yoi pan ti over toll what ho will bo. Ho ma; bc a very steady, promising follow at twen ty-two or three and turn out a drunkard an idlo loafer or spendthrift. Bo not in : hurry to marry any ono. Love at first sigh is a dangerous thing and you may repen it all your lifo. Hasty weddings, where the parties ar not well acquainted with oaoh other, at very opt to produoe disappointments, whiol load to quarrels and separation. A groa many divorces aro caused in this way-ii compatibility of tempor and manners am enjoyments. In Prussia there were tbrc thousand divorces granted in one year, nm perhaps as many in tho United States. Ii tho New England States it has been nsoor tainotl that there is ono divorce in ever, thirteen marriages, besides many other sop orations of mun and wifo who are no divorced, lt is said, in Chioago, that ai acquaintance of a married lady never know by' what name to a dd res her after hui nj absent from tho oity fivo or six monthf In that timo sho' may havo boon divorce: and married again! To the honor pi tb - -,., s?ftgi "i I'LI x g.'_ . ian , saris Roman Catholic- Ohoroh and Catholio coun tries, d'ivoroes are not allowed. In South ?Jarolina for turco hundred years, and until t'iu State fell under infamous Radical rule, no divorce wat) ever grantod. And to tho honor of our loot JjCgTslotu.ro tho not allow? iog divorces, waa repcalod. There is n class of young gentlemen I would caution tho Indies against. T/hoy aro exquisites, dandies, who thinlr themselves handsome and ore deeply in love with their own boauty, so mu,oh 8.0, that thoy have nol room in their heart* to love any ono else. A humorous, gentleman onco said to mo, pointing to a beau of this description, "that fellow ought to be extremely happy, for he is desperately in lovo with himself and has no rival!" It is ?aid, on philosophical principles, that opposites are apt tty lovo caph Other, and observation would rather tend to ostapli?h thia philosophical principio. How often do wo soo a gravo and silent gentleman selectas his wife, a gay lively and frolipkeomo lady? Have you never seep a talented and intel lectual wpnW mated with a dull and stupid husband? Tall and slender young men are very apt to fall in lovo with short, fat, boun ping gi rlu. I have often seen a very beautiful lady married to a very homely gentleman; an old man, with n young wife; a fragile, amiablo and delioato woman, with a rough, passionate and largo man. A stranger might suppose that such couples wero mis matched, but their lives will prove that they lived happily and lovingly together. Great men intellectually, groat statesmon, orators and authors have generally married women not at all remarkable for their talents or intellectual endowments, and hence their sons aro seldom distinguished. It is a remarkable faot that all great men have had groat mothers. Thoy may not havo been educated or learned womon, but they wero great by nature. Jjord Ba ooo and Napoleop Bonaparte, two of tho highest intellectual men tho world overpro duced, had mothers romarkablo for their intellectual endowments. .George Wash ington'nnd Dir. franklin, the most eminent bf ali Amorioa'o extinguished pons, had ino thorp highly gifted by nature. I might go on and enumerate hundreds of other instances.. But I do not remember 'n single i nata nco of a great map bojiig ??rn "of'an ordinary and weak yyomnn intellectually. My observation nod' reading havo strong ly impressed my n?fyd with"tho belief that sons inhorit more of the intellectual quali ties of tho mother than of tho father; and that daughters inherit from their father in a great measure bia intellectual qualities and personal resemblance. You must not think, my young friends, that when you leave this seminary of learn ing, nitor having accomplished your studies in philosophy, belles lettres, rhetoric and all .tho soienceo, your e duo afton is completed. The most important duties of life, those duties whioh oro to fit you for being placed nt the head of a family, you have yet to learn. Thoy will be taught you by your mother* at homo. J. know tho house-hold duties aro humblo "nd homely, when com pared to music, painting and drawing; but a knowlodgo of thom is inoro useful nn.d moro important to a good w,ifo and good mother than all these aooomplioh.m.on.ts. Learn ,to /toop house, prepare the meals foi tho family and to moko your own dresses, You must IdiTO economy and avoid all extravagance hendon soys-"With regard to dress wc must endeavor to inspire girls with mode ration. True wisdom oonsiets in our novcr displaying in our dress or our equipa go nov thing remarkable; let thero bo nothing in their dress like uQ'eotution. Wo must en deavor to inspiro thom with compassion for tho poor and show .thom tho hin of those who only live for themselves and refuso te give to tho?,o wim suffer." Ho also say? you myst always and at all times appoai neat in your dress, not only bedoro marri' ?gc, but after murringo. Thjat neatnesc and beauty of abp?annoo, w(n,joh may have won your husband's heart, may bo essential in retaining his lovo in after life. Presiden! Jefferson advised, BB you grow older, you should bo moro circumspect OR to your dross in order to conpoal tho effects of age ariel .th.o ravages of timo on beauty and loveli ness. Lord .Chesterfield, who undertook tc instruct the world on politeness and gooc manners, says that carelessness and indiffer enco about, one's dress shows a want o: rospect.for society, friends and associates. Tho experienoo of every one is, thal womon are moro compassionate, moro kine and moro oharitable than men. Tho groal American traveler, Lcdyard, who passed over tho world on foot pays a most elo quent nnd glowing compliment to womat in his book of travels for her kindness, bc novolenoo ano o h ti ri ty. In all of his wan derings amongst savago and civilized peoph ho had novor boon treated unkindly bj woman, when asking charity or assistance but had been frequently rudely repulsed bj mon. Let me impress on yonr minds, you np ladies, that industry and employment art absolutely necessary to your happiness am contentment in life. Idleness is olwnyi produotivo of mischief and dtsoontont You most have something to ?lo and some thing to look forward1 to, 'something t< hopo for from what you aro doing. You leisnro time in tho d i? ph avg o of your do mestic and spoial duties should bo spent ii reading and acquiring useful informant and knowlodgo from good books. I)o'no waste your time over silly, fashionably novels aod ephemeral trash whioh no\ floods the world. Lot your reading bo bia history, biography,'travels, standard jpo'atr; and roligtqus books.' Novel vending unfit your miad foi; gravor studies and fills your tb ought s with rom anti? notions which never 0*0 bo realized. Lifo is too short to read everything, nod therefore r?ako a judicious selection. ?f you will read novels, however, lot mo entreat you to road standard novels, such as Siir Walter Scotts, X)iokeos'. Bulwor's, popper's aod Siinm'e. Tho last named writer o( fiction aod poetry hos douo for South Caro 1 jpa'wp'?t 8?r V^oU?r ^oott did for Scotland illustrated tho history, scenery, ' manners aod customs of Carolina in her provincial days, aod heneo his novels are dear to all Carolinians. 1 wop ld commend to your readjpg, ?ristoador novels, Miss Strickland's lives of the QueenBof England and Scotland, Plutarch's lives of tho eminent Grecians and Homans, tho family library composed pf hiatorje?, biographies, travels and sci ooce, arts 'aod' literature, tho sermons of Blair, XI nil, Tillotson and Mnesalon, Shakospoarp and the Bible. Suoh reading will atoro your minds with good, useful, moral* and roligious learning, iustcad ot fiction, lovo stories and uonsenso. It will preparo you for tho tho aotivo dutiea of this lifo aod fit you for tho world to como. lt is said io tho Scriptures that wo aro all sinful by nature, and tho grand objcot of lifo should ho to restrain and suppress our evil propensities and passions. Tho sooner we commence this habit tho moro likely are wo to be successful. Always try like a good Christian nud noble minded woman to ourb your tompers, your anger, your envy, your hatred and jealousy. Governor Hoyne,'ono of South Carolina's moBt eminent sons, and distinguished through lifo for his wisdom and practical good senso, onoe said to mo that tho two first requisites in a ' wife wero good health and good temper. What happiness eau a husband reasonably expect when bis wife is ajways in bad health and incapable of en joying lifo'or Hie society of her friends and family? 'You should thor'oforo most care fully attend to your health and invigo rating your constitution. This you should do as I have already advised by taking oxeroiso in the opep air. Nino-tenths of tho young ladies in delicate health have brought it on by neglect, in this respect. They grow up Uko hot house plants, never taking healthful exoroipo and indulging in all ibo dissipa tions of fashionable lite. In regard to bad tompers, we may bo born with it, and therefore not BO much to blame tor possessing it. But wo are inexcusable for not endeavoring to control it whilst young. By indulging ill tcmpor on all occasions wo make ourselves misciablo and, alt 'about us' unhappy. It is said that Washington was n mao of high temper and [ very passionate in bis fellings; but ho learned to control himself and always ap peared cohn, serene and dignified. Soc rates, tho great philosopher of antiquity, 'said he was a bad man by nature, but ho controlled his evil passions and propensities and beenmo on exemplar of morality and y jp tue.1 In a great measure our happiaess in this lifo depends on ourselves. There aro somo persona who would not bo satisfied under any oircumstanacs, and there aro others who will bo happy and contented uo matter What their lot may bo in this lifo. Wo should not ropino for things which wo ena not havo or envy those who have them. If disappointments and misfortunes over take us, wo should bear them philosophical ly and not fret and worry over them. A truo philosophical mind, alway ) calm and serene, is worth more than a fortune, or all tho honors and distinctions we could possibly attain, PO far as our happiness is concerned in this world. Now, young ludios, in concluding my prosy address, let mo entreat you to culti vate your amiability and your afi'ectionato dispositions) bo dutiful to your parents, kind to your friends and associates, civil and courteous to nil persons, obedient cud respectful to your teachers und professors'. Never give offense to any one nud bo not hasty to resent any slight or offense shown you. There is groat magnanimity in pass ing over in silence or not noticing any wan;, of courtesy which may bo shown you. Beware of tnlo bearers under tho guise of friendship. They are mischievous associ ates or friends. Prootioc economy and in dustry. Be neat always and nt ult times in your dress, but never extravagant. Take abundant excroiso in tho open uir and in vigorate your constitutions. Health ia tho greatest blessing of life. Never s col.' admiration or aspiro to bo belles and fritter away your hearts on a multitude of beaux. I havo tho same opinion of n fashionable bollo that I expressed of an cxpuisito. She is always seeking admiration 'and bo much io love with Herself that sho has no heart for any ono else. A friend of mino, now living in this county, once said to me tbWh fashionable bello in society always reminded him "of'au 'old man's description of his horso'in o pasture. Ho said tho horse was "hard to oatoh and not worth much when ho was oaught." Just so with a gay, fashion, able bello. Sho'is hnrd to catch and not worth muob, ns a wife, when sho is caught. I now bid you farewell, young Indies, thanking you for tho honor you have don? mo' in asking mo to address you on this ocoasion. ' I havo dono so plainly and t ruth fully, without attempting any figures of rhetoric or flowers of eloquence, for they aro foroign to my nature; earnestly hoping that you may remember som? of tho advice given you, and that your lives may bo pros', peronn and happy, that you mny safely return to your'homes and parents, and in due time havo steady, industrious, honorable .nd loving husbands-ADIEU.