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Jnmsmg Ilm&ing. TIIE FIRST BABT. I have been to see the baby, And its face was very red, And the down was very scanty ~ On its fanny little head. It had a little turn up nose, And eyes, and ears, and paws; These latter looked for all the world Just like a chicken's claws. The parents showed the object up With seeming pride and pleasure ; No doubt they prize the little imp Above all earthly treasure. I surveyed it at a distance. Asked what its iiamo iuight be, Fearful lest they might have named it Seth, in compliment to me. "Isn't it a pretty baby ?" ' Yes, indeed," was my reply : Wasn't it a dreadful pity To have to tell such a lie ? Soon the thing became uneasy, Squirmed and squalled as if in pain ; So I bid my friends good morning, Promising to call again. Dreaming, that same night I fancied That the baby was my son: I awoke, with terror trembling. Felt?and found T was alone. Then a while I lay there musing, On my bliss and others' woe, Till I found the placid slumber Only bachelors can know. And ever since, when I reflect On such a scene as that, I thank my stars 1 ne'er was blessed With wife or little brat. From Porter's Spirit of the Times. > SUT LOVENGOOD'S DREAM. BY S L, OF TENNESSEE. -.'"Well, Sut, what was your dream ? Tell j us; if ever you dreamed anything smart your friends ought to know it for the benefit of your car?ac?ter, for cuss nie if you ever thoiifjlit anything smart awake." Thus bantered, Sut leaned against the rough board counter of the doggery, with a r\( tttKIjItot? in nnp band wbilp tho iUUll/lCl V* II uiguv^ <U V?v ?? ? ? other sounded for the bottom of a hole in his breeches, by courtesy called a pocket? took a small sip, and began to tell his dream. Hear him, reader, speak for himself: <Gentle-men ! I dreampt an unpossibility j last nite. I wur in Washington City, an I ' know I never will be thar unless they take me thar tu hang ur crucify me fur drinkin i more nor my sheer ov 'the people's drink/ j old rot gut. But in my dream I was thar, ; and no mistake?sartin-sure?atathunderin j big tavern, wliar they rung little bells tu , keep frum holicvin arter the niggers an ma- j kin a noise; and whar they called yu to yur mush by ratlin on a big still bottom just fur ! the sake ov tlio noise; and whar they took thirty dimes a day fur doin nuthin fur yu ; 1 and whar they giu you sass enuf tu make you fite (at home) fur uuthin at all. Darn the seat ov government! Darn the legs an body ov government!?an darn every body, i I say.' 'Tell your dream before you get drunk, i you long-legged cuss you, or let somebody tell it for you.' Thus reproved, Sut sheered iutothe clian- 1 nel again : 'Well, arter supper awhile I nosed around ! . ontil I got inter a room whar I seed a lite, i and thar set three fellers a playing ov old ' sledge.' 'Old What ?' 'Seven-up, you drotted weazel-skinued, frog-legged son ofa kangaroo.' [This was addressed to a young specimen of the order infensus Amcricanicus, and Popcatilns iiiialleustiniis, who shone rcsplcn UcuL IIUUI iu MiJiui uuue auu watch-ribbon, and had a laudable desire to learn something of the hiddeu mysteries of 'old sledge.' lie played only on an asthmatic trombone aud 'schoss' when in the 'scity.'] 'They wur a play in seven up with bran ; new kcrds, spank span new, an no marks, every feller fur his self sccmiugly. Now, : gentlemen, I believe I kin smell kerds, ef they ar in motion, as fur as frum here tu the spring, ur how the devil did I happen tu hit onto that room whar gambolling war a gwine on ? But thar I did go by in-stink, I reckin, and the three fellers wur nobody on yearth but Buch-caunon, Fillmore, aud Fremount, an thay wur a playin a single game ov seven up for the President's cheer ov these free and j < awful United E Pluvibus States, thirty-one j in-number, an kiveriu the whole yearth.? j Thar wur another chap inter that room, with j one hand under his coattail, an tother a stro-! kin ov of his chin, a walkin about sorter careless like, but fust a Inokiuinto Fillmore's , hand an then inter Fremount's, an then a ! winkin and a frowniu, fust at one ov them ; an then tother. Theu he'd tiptoe an try to peep into Buck's hand. But the old feller, hilt it under the shadder ov the table, and sorter looked at it sideways his self, an was a watchiu the peepin feller, too, all the while rite clost. Ilis name was Sea-ward or Hellward, ur sumthin ov that sort, no matter which. Now, gentle-men, I kin play old sledge myself rite peart, and when 1 seed that it wur a game ov two pluck one, and that Buck-cannon was bound to be skinned ; ef his hide didn't grow fast onto bis bones, \ I got as mad as a bee in swarmiu time, an I j jist thought (mind I sed nuthin) that I'd j like tu nock enuf off ov that chap's skull tu make a bullit ladel, ef I dared tu. lie is a darn'd snake in the grass, sure. 'Well, arter they had played out thar bauds 1 Mister Buck-canuou sez, a bowiu inity pur-1 lite, 'I believe, gentle-men, I made high, j jack, an that has sot me six, ef I aint mistaken.' Then both on em, Fillmore aud 1 Freemouut, spread all o' Buck's tricks out i onter the table till they saw his ace ovtruuips j ana tne juck 01 trumps wnicn lie naa col.cn from Fillmore with the kino:, and then they agreed that he was six. .Sea-ward sed, 'Yes, ! he rcconed that was the state of the game.' !1 Fillmore then, as modest as a fifteen year old gal, sed, 'I made low; you kotch my juice with yer old ace, Mister Buck-cannon ; and that sets me three.' All agreed on that count, au Fremount leaning his cheer back < whispured behind his hand tu me, 'an d?d i low it was too, don't yu think so ?' an his ) black musttuch-us twisted up like onto two corck-screws; but all agreed that Fillmore i was three, an no mistake. Fremount then 1 sed, <1 made game, an that sot me six with : 1 you, Mr. Buck-cannon.' Buck bowed a- I gain tu that, but Fillmore said, 'Si-r-r, I'll j. count game with you; this is not adzactly 11 accordin to our understandin, Si-r-r; an fur < the fust time he looked like he mought be J1 made to fite. Sea-ward frowned, shook his i 1 head, winked, and sweated mightly. Fre- j 1 mount did so too, an all at old Fillmore, but;! it warn't no use, count game he would; and ( Fremount beat him one. So that sot the 11 game?Buck six, Fremount six, and Fill- i j more three?an Back's, deal, an Frcuiount's beg or stand. i 'Buck licked his thumb an delt em mity slow and keerful. I looked at Fillmore's kerds as he got cm from the deal, and it like J tu knokedme down. Thar was the aco, the king, the queen, the jack, the ten an the juice ov trumps! Thinks I, 0 Lordy ! an 1 then I looked at him, andthar the old feller ; sot, his body kiverin the cheer all over, and j nearly out tu his knees, as solemn, as big, j an bout as wise as an ole Dutch squire a try-: in ov a case with good proof agin the person. I tell ye, boys, he looked just like he had ! his fust big horn of whisky for the nite, au felt it iu his boots. I tho't 0 Lordy ! agin. 'Buck never turned up his hand, but axed Freemount what he meant tu do. lie looked at his kerds, sorted cm, then looked-at em again, then upatthelamp, theuatBuck, scratched his year, shot up his eyes, an very slowly sed?I b-e-g. By the jumpiu Jehosephat! Buck run em quick, an I thot it no harm tu take another look at old Fill. lie fotch alow coliky sort ov grunt, and theu he blowed. I swar, the wind come outen. his nose, mouth, eyes, and years, an like to put the lamp out. 'T o nnnn infA PpAmnnnf^ 1 1 UUUBt-U UIIU inn ?* invw * ~ hand, and I nowswar, that when a man's six 1 on a big game ov seven up, I never seed jist 1 sich kcrds. He hilt together three aces, 1 bound to be high let what would cum?an ? out-an-out President at that thinks I, 0 J Lordy, Buck! 0 Lordy, Fillmore ! and 1 watched to sec what suit was to make the i President outen that darned mule eatin Fre- i mount?when thars nara no nothin in hell ' ef Buck didn't turn jack jist as easy as ef thar'd been fifty-two of em in the deck, and then only leaned back and smiled loud for a c President! Fillmore rared backwards outen c his cheer and fainted as comfortable on the * floor as an old maid at a quiltin when the kissin begins. Freemont's eyes turned green ^ ?the har on the back ov his hed ris up like the teeth ov a comb, his must-touch-us turn- 1 ed up towards his eye, he brayed like a mule, 1 an at one jump he kivered old Fill as he lay, f and then set in tu bitiu an chokin and a 1 maulin ov him like the Devil beatin hominy. f This sort of excitement fotch the old feller | r tu, an as soou as he felt all the hurtin that ( was a gwine on all over him, in.-idn an out, he sot rite iu tu fitin tu like an old hoss, and thar they bed it. I looked at Buck, (who e still hilt the kerds in his hand with the jack c turned up on the top,) as much as to say, 'shall f I part them V lie shook his head, and I! 1 put my hands in my pockets and kept outen j thar way. They fit some by this time, I tell J v ye?har-wool-fur-an feathers flew sorter like a ginnin cotton. Sea-ward cut dirt as soon as that awful jack was turned, locked the door * on the outside, and went strait tu a prar' ? meetiug in North street, whar I reckon he is J yet. Well, thar they fit an grunted, and 5 every now and then Fremount would bray like on to a mule, an Fillmore would grunt s out somethin about somebody's box an 'fusion.' Now ef fusion means mixta, they j * war fused, about as well as any two pints of j ? baldface in a quart flask ou a hard trottin ! 1 hoss. An ov all the darned noises I ever j ^ did hear, they shook that big tavern tu the j * groune. An I waked all over a swet, and i then jist turned over in the bed an cried like ' a a baby.' I 'What for, Sut ?' j 'Case I waked up afore either hollored, and s I never will know which whipped. Old c Buck knows, an if ever I set eyes on him, * T'll nw nn rimA no A1 /I ACO I ^ JL 11 a A 1111. wo uuv/vuvi ?ui uj viu uvun* j Devil.?The imitative propensities of' a Young America are quite equal to those of j ^ the monkey tribe. A friend furnishes the j n Drawer with the following as the last illus- i 0 tration : Johnny, a three year old, was at dinner with the rest of the family, which included an aunt on a visit. 'Aunt Ellen,' asked the hopeful Johnny,! ^ 'do you ever say devil V 'Why, no, Johnny, what makes you ask 1 0 such a questiou ?' replied the lady. 'Because pa says so. Pa, what made you j c say devil the other day, wheu 3 du was j looking for the hammer and couldn't find it ?' 'Oh,' said pa, rather cornered, 'did I ?? Well, so as to find it easier, I suppose.' Here the discussion ended, the explanation being considered as good as could be given under the circumstances, but Johnny's retentive memory treasured it up. A few days afterwards, Johnny's cap, as little caps will do, got somehow out of its . place, aud Johnny forgot where he left it. j ^ His mother told hiiu to look till he found ; jU' Off lie started, up stairs and down stairs, ^ and soon his treble voice rang through the halls, crying out, 'devil ! devil ! DEVIL !' n 'John, my son,' called out his frightened mother, 'what in the world do you mcau by j using that wicked word ?' 'So as to fiud my cap easy !' cried John. 'Pa says devil when he can't find things, don't he ma?' * . The forcc'of example could not farther go, . 1 D ?i and the anxious mother had to negotiate with Johnny's father to be more select in his use of words in the presence of his childrcn. A There is a hint to parents in that story " worth more than a year's subscription to the c Yorkvillc Euquirer. 4#a?? The Far Famed Fairy Talk of Fen- ^ ella.?A Famous Fish-Factor Fonud him- ? self Father of Five Fine Flirting Females? j ^ Fanny, Florence, Fernanda, Franccsca, and : j. Fenella. The First Four were Flat-Featured, ill-Favored, Forbidding Faced, Fleet- j Footed, Fairy, Frank, Free, and Full of, Fun. The Fisher Failed and was Forced j by Fickle Fortuue to Forego his Footman, | ^ Forfeit his Forefathers Fine Fields, Find a i Forlorn Farmhouse in a Forsaken Forest.? ; The Four Fretful Females, Foud of Figur- j c ing at Feasts in Feathers and Fashionable ! a Finery, Fumed at their Fugitive Father, j t] Forsaken by Fullsome Flattering Fortune-' <} huutcrs, who Followed them when Flourish- e ed, Feuuclla Fondled her Father, Flavored their Food, Forgot her Flattering Followers, ind Frolicked iu Frieze without Flounces, j, The Father Finding himself Forced to Forige in Foreign parts For a Fortuue, Found j C( he could alford a Fairing to his Five Fond- j lings. The h irst hour were hain to h'oster i w their Frivolity with Fiue Frills and Fans, I Fit to Finish their Father's Finances; Fenel-! la Fearful of Flooring him, Formed a Fan- n ;y For a Full Fresh Flower. Fate Favored a the Fish Factor, For a Few days, when he b Fell in with a Fog, his Fuithful Fillyey's d Footsteps Faltered and Food Failed. He tl Found himself in Front of a Fortified For- j( tress. Finding it Forsaken, and Feeling p liimself Feeble and Fastin, he Fed on the Fish, Flesh and Fowl he Found Fricassed Vied, and when Full Fell Flat on the Hoor. Fresh in the Forenoon, he Fourth- ! nth Flew to the Fruitful Fields, and not < \>rgctting Fenella he Filched a Fair Flowr; when a Foul, Fruitful, Fiendish Figure 1 Hashed Forth, Fellonious Fellow, Fingering ny Flower. I'll Finish you ! Go, say Fare- ; rell to your Fine, Felicitous Family, and I race me iu a Fortnight. The Faint-hearted 1 Hsher Fumed and Faltered, and Fast was j ?ar in his Flight. Ilis Five Daughters j Hew to Fall at his Feet, and Fervenly Fe- | icitate him. Frantically and Fluently he | infolded his Fate. Fenella, Forthwith For- j iGed by Filial Fondness, Followed, her j father's Footsteps and Flung her Faultless j form at the Foot of the Frightful Figure, 1 vho Forgave the Father, and Fell Flat on i #1 lis Face, For he had Fervently Fallen in a fiery Fit of Love For the Fair Fenella. He Feasted and Fostered her till, Fascinaed by his Faithfulness, she Forgot the Fe- j ocity of his Face, Form and Feature, and'I ?ranklv and Fondly Fixed Friday, Fifth day I if February, For the affair to come off.? ' ["here were present at the wedding, Fanny, j [Horonco, Fernanda, Frnncesca and the j Pitthnr. Thnro was Festivitv. Fragrance, I ftuery, Fireworks, Fricassed Frogs, Fritters, Fish, Flesh, Fowl, and Furmety, Frontigliac, Fltj). and Fare Fit For the Fastidious; Fruit, Fuss, Flambeau, Four Fat Fiddlers ind Fifcrs; and the Frightful Form of the Fortunate and Frumpish Fiend Fell From lim, and he Fell at Fenella's Feet a FarFavored, Fine, Frank Freeman of the Forest. 3ehold the Fruits of Filial affection.? Comc. Tivit's. Tit for Tat.?The City of Kims, as the sifcy of New Haven, Connecticut, is often lalled, has furnished several good things for he Drawer, and now a correspondent rentes the following, the very counterpart of vhich we have seen many a time and oft: Mr. Tree is one of those active, stir-a-bout ucn who take hold of a good cause, and jring it along with a right good will, giving hue and money freely, and pressing others nto the service. He called on Mr. Hanks, in extensive ship-builder, and a man of neans and words, who received him very corlially. <1 have called on you, Mr. Hanks,' said dr. Tree, 'to ask a little aid in behalf of a jood work ; we are trying to build a mission jhapcl down near the water, among the )oatmen chiefly, aud I know you take a great ntercst in that class of men.' 'You are right, Mr. Tree?I do take a ery great interest in that class of men. I in with you in your work, heart and soul; ?ut really there are so many of these things ;oing on now that I must be excused from ;iviug you any help to-day. But I am with 'ou heart and soul, Mr. Tree, I do assure rou.' Mr. Tree wished him a geod evening, and , ought the aid he needed in other quarters. | A day or two after, as Mr. Hanks was ; lying to raise a mast, he found himself short j f help, and looking out for some one to press j nto his service, he saw Mr. Tree on one of j lis walks of usefulness, and called out to j lim to come and lend him a hand. Mr. Tree remembered the words of Hanks ; t their last interview, and replied, /I t'.Mi on/1 PAitl Mv TT'inlra " L i( III tTllll jUU IIVHU UKUCVU1) ;'ll. ixuuuu. hope you will succeed; but really there are 0 many things now going on that I must be xcused from giving you auy help to-day.? Jut I am with you heart and soul, I do asurc you.' Mr. Hanks had not forgotten his refusal, nd laughing heartily at the turn the thing iad taken, told Tree if he would come and ;ive him a lift at the mast, he might rely u him to help hiui up with the chapel. Parity of Reasoning.?Lately at a istributiou of prizes at a German village, a ittle girl seven years old, whose parents had ust been turned out of their lodging, beausc they had failed to pay their rent, was sked by the rector : 'Have you studied sacred history my hild ?' 'Yes, sir.' <l)o you know the history of the creation V <1 know that God made all.' Why were Adam and Eve turned out of 'aradise ?' The child hesitated a moment, and then, : xing her eyes on the examiner, replied? "Probably they were turned' out because 1 \ey could not pay their rent." Good reasons for not fighting duels are 1 demand about these times, and recall none ! ettcr than this one given by a celebrated J 'rcnch duelist by the name of Evreinont.? 11 le had approached a perfumed dandy, aud ' 1 eiug disgusted with the aroma that met his ose, he exclaimed, 1 'IIow shockingly that man smells !' The sweet scented party resolved to snuff ' lie insulter's blood, and sent him a chal;ngc which the wily and witty duelist de- ! lined in these words : 1 'Were you to kill rac you would not smell rio lnoe nnd ttova T to kill mil. vnn would ' Qiell the more.' ??!??? WniSTLE for It.?An English paper 1 jys that a "Mrs. Mary Anne Dixon, widw of a canon?resideutary of York, has 1 rcsentecd two ancient silver tankards to the '< orporation of Hull. One of them is a tvhistle tankard,' which belonged to Antho- 1 y Lambert, Mayor of Hull, in 1GG9, when < iharles I was refused admission to the town, i Irs. Dixon 'has frequently been told that j I berc is only another whistle tankard in the j ingdom.' The whistle conies into play 1 rhen the tankard is empty; so that when it i caches the had of the toper, and there is 1 othing to drink, be must, if he wants liuor, 'whistle for it ;' which may possibly c the origin of the popular phrase." A Guarded Answer.?In one of our J; ourts lately, a man who was called on to j' ppear as a witness could not be found. On be Judge asking where he was, a grave el-;' erly gentleman rose up, aud, with much | mphasis, said: ' "Your honor, he's gone." "Gone ! gone !" said the judge, "where 1 i he gone ?" "That I cannot inform you," replied the 1 cmmunicative gentleman, "but he is dead." ! This is considered the most guarded ans- j er on record. <ii?? It is stated that the wife of one of the lost distinguished physicians of Paris wears ring made of iron that was extracted from lood taken from her husband during some isease with which he was afflicted. But lis is not more remarkable than the set of iwelry a lady wears, which was produced ' erfect by the sweat of her husband's brow. J^Vain glory blossoms but never bears, t ISaS* A stupid man wc catfgeton with or t let him alone. But a foolish woman who i t can bear ? She will talk and the more, the 1 less she has to say. There was great good ' 1 sense in that father's advice to his son, not, ?, to marry a dwarf, and she would bring him ( a race of pigmies) and not to marry a wo- 1 ( man without sense, "for she will try thcc ? forever, till thou shalt find there is nothing 11 on earth so irksome as to be tied for life to ' i a she fool!" i ( And all the Benedict brothers will say 11 Amen. 11 ^ | jlabhtjj lleabiiKi. !, U ? "AND THE? WENT AND TOLD JESUS." Most persons will recall the circumstances j to which these words relate. The deciples 1 of John had been deprived of their Master, j To the malice and hatred of Herod, he had ; J fallen a victim. They saw themselves bereft , of their dear comforter and fricud ; cast out ! upon the world like sheep without a shepherd, comfortless and alone, broken-hearted 1 and dismayed. Overwhelmed with grief, 'I- - ? iU l?.?.1 ? ? - << 1 /I V?ii ftr if l-licjr UIKIS up IUU uuuy, ZI.H It 13 2>aiu^ UUIJ jij , , and then go and tell Jems. There is one consideration connected with the Saviour's life upon earth?his trials, his temptations and his sorrows, which the Christian is too apt to overlook. It is this.? Through these trials and temptations,?the very same which the Christian experiences \ at the present time?he has been made for j us a more perfect intercessor and sympathiser. To this the apostle alludes, wheu he declares, "We have not an high-priest which cannot be touched with the feelings of our infirmities ; but was in all points tempted : like as we are, yet without sin." In trouble and affliction, the desire of sympathy is one of the most natural feelings of the human heart.'* If the soul can but un- : burden itself to another, and as the little hymn so sweetly and so emphatically expresses it? "Fill our fellow creatures' ear With the sad tale of all our care," it seems a most wondrous alleviation to the j burden pressing upon our heart. We see it exemplified in the little child, ! when, with its little heart throbbing with 1 grief, it runs to its mother, and burying its '' face in her bosom, tells her all its little sor- j. rows and troubles. We see it in sterner manhood, when to !, our bosom friend we unhesitatingly pour out 1 our whole soul; not that he hath it in his ! power to remove the source?the occasion of !, the trouble?but simply that wo may expo- j' rience his sympathy, which we feel to be a ' panacea for our grief, alleviation to our deep- ' < est sorrow. i And oh, how is this alleviation heighten- j ed, when we know that that friend has beeu ; through the same furnace of alttiction?lias experienced the same trials, aud safely outrode them all. Oh, then with what freedom ' 9 j does the soul throw open all its secret cham- 1 bers?uuburdening itself most fully, that a ] full flood-tide of this alleviating sympathy | may flow through it. But let us suppose that our friend has not only experienced the same trouble and trials, ( but possesses that within himself, which can entirely obliterate the source of an affliction ( ?the flood of sympathy gushing from his benevolent soul, entirely washing away the seeds of all our misery and distress. With ] what earnestness would such a sympathiser ?so benevolent, so powerful, be cherished and loved by us. How we would flee to him at all times! IIow continually would his image be impressed upon our heart. In his society, how greatly would wo delight. Now look at Jesus Christ. Is not all this temptations, that he might become a more j perfect sympathiser iu those very trials and temptations. He knew the human heart.? He kucw its foudness for sympathy. lie . knew what a comfort, what a powerful and j cheering instigation in all his trials, the thought of a powerful sympathiser would be to the Christian, and He prepared himself 1 accordingly. He honored the feeling. He ' had respect to it. He adapted himself to it, ' and for it; and those that take away a sympathising, all-powerful Christ from our religion, think not that they are violating one af the strongest demands of our nature. We 1 appeal to every Christian, if the want?the desire of a sympathiser?all benevolent, all- j powerful, in a work so momentous as the i salvation of his soul?opposed as he is by a trials and temptations, and spiritual enemies ? innumerable he docs not feel to be the very t first demand of his spiritual nature. 1 "Being tempted in all points, like as we 1 arc yet without sin." Oh, then with what i freedom at all times, in all our wants and ? trials, may we go and t< ll Jesus. " My Christian brother, are you in poverty s ind want? (lo and tell Jesus. He knew nnf tvlinr/J fn lfiv his head. Do you mourn departed friends ? Go and j [' tell Jesus. He wept at Lazarus' tomb. ! p Are you tempted and buffeted by Satau ? j J Gro and tell Jesus. He will remember tl e \ wilderness, the pinnacle and the mount. I t Do you mourn the absence of God's love? | li GJoand tell Jesus. He will recall Calvary i c *nd Gethsemane. v Do you bewail the coldness aud ingruti- 1 tude of friends? Go and tell Jesus. Alt Dncc forsook him and lied. Do you earnestly desire and for the salva- j tion of those you love? Go and tell Jesus, j t lie wept for the salvation of Jerusalem, and j would have gathered herchildren together j1 is a hen gathcreth her chickens under her |1 wings.? Christian Observer. jp i1 ! a And in this connection we append the re- i narks of Lieut. Lynch, of the United States i? Exploring Expedition, about i R riie Garden of Gethsemane? The clover upon the ground was in bloom, ! ? md, altogether, the garden, in its aspects' jj rnd associations, was better calculated than j 0 my place I know to soothe a troubled spirit, j " Eight venerable trees, isolated from the j smaller and less imposing ones which skirt! ' f ^ - > r , r AI: ? I 1 ;nc pass OI IUC iUOUOC OI vuvco, huiu a wu- | ;ecrated grove. High above, on either hand t ;owers a lofty mountain, with a deep yawn- j ? Dg chasm of Jehosaphat between them.? V drowning one of them is a living city; on j jj he slope of the other is the great Jewish j v Jemetery?City of the Dead. Each tree in ; his grove, cankered, and gnarled, and fur- ^ owed by age, yet beautiful and impressive 1 c n its decay, is a living monument of the , 1 jffecting scenes that have taken place be- 1' leath and around it. The olive perpetuates t tself from the root of the dying parent stem, _ ,he tree springs into existence. These are i iccounted one thousand years old. Under hose of the preceding growth, therefore, he Saviour was wont to rest; and one of he present may mark the very spot where i ic knelt, and prayed, and wept. No caviling doubt can find entrance here. The . geographical boundaries are too distinct and dear for an instant's hesitation, lfcrc the , Christian, forgetlul of the present, and ab- ! orbed in the past, can resign himself to sad, yet soothing meditation. The few purple ; ind crimson flowers growing about the roots i if the tree will give him ample food for contemplation, for they tell of the suffering and snsanguiued death of the Redeemer. THE TEACHINGS OF DEATH. Death is at all times, and under all cir- | cumstances, a solemn thing for man to i contemplate. The death of a neighbor, even though we may not have had much personal ! intercourse in his life with the deceased, 7 | casts a shade of gloom over our minds.? ! Mirth is' hushed at the simple announcement that a fellow-mortal has run his or her j course on earth?that the once animated body, with all its wonderful organism, has ' kt/iAiMO o i^rvl A iinniAtrinrr ill* A th* spirit which filled it with life and beauty has gone to liiiu who gave it. But when death passes on some honored or loved one?when its icy breath strikes and withers some cherished object of our heart's strongest affections?then it is that we feel, in its full and J awful import, the universal sentence on our race, "Bust thou art and unto dust shall j thou return." This is a sentence from which, as materi- ! al and mortal beings, none of us can escape. I To day it is executed on the tender household plaDt; to-morrow on the strong and; vigorous, who rejoiced but a moment before in the prospect of many bright and happy j days. The young, the beautiful, and the J good?those who have had many joys, as ; well as those who have speut many years of i care and sorrow?are alike subject to the inevitable decree. Friends are gone since yesterday's sun declined; we may have followed before to to-morrow's sun has risen.? Oh, how void are the things of this life when viewed from the chamber of death.? i Ifow base and utterly contemptible do all its > strifc.3, its ambitious, its jealousies, and its hatreds appear. If men would reflect on the shortness and uncertainty of life, the nearness and the certainty of death, surely they would avoid many of those bickerings and contentions?those baekbitings and slandcrings?which constitutes so large a portion of life's annoyances and miseries. As the certainty of death teaches us humility, it should also teach us the duty of charity. As wc expect to be forgiven the many ill deeds done in the body, so wc I .1. A.. M ' Uft nrt f tllllCA tfllrt I SllUUiU MM VU LU UU iv iiiv ju imv injure or offend us. If we expect an iru- i mortality of the Spirit through the love of I him who is immortal and eternal* should we not try to live by the laws of love here ?? ! If the hope of a never ending life, that is I pure and blessed, can alone remove the sting ! of death and brighten the path to the tomb, j ought we uot to cultivate the virtues and be j guided by the precepts which arc consistent with that hope? What are fleeting earthly honors if gained at the saeriiiee of a glory that is imperishable? What is the wealth of this world, if it he attained by the renunciation of an inheritance that cannot be des-( troyed ? What is earthly rank or station j compared with the exaltation which awaits ' the pure in heart beyond the tomb ? Death is a solemn mouitor to whose war-' oings we should give hoed. We need not ! mar our enjoyment in this world by keeping coDstautly in view that this is not our abiding i place. The good are the happiest in life, j ind happy in the contemplation of death.? ! The motive to all true virtue is, that its best reward comes after this life is "ended. The I lobloncss of man does not consist in his be- j lug lord of the lower creation, but in the Immortal essence which links his existence . o that of the Creator of the Universe. lie ; should care, therefore, more for the immor- j ;al spirit than for the mortal body, and live ! lere as the heir of a kingdom which has no j md.?Xcio Yuri: ,$'?//. bbmbhbi t? i - -i* IS ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY MORHIHG, at Two Dollars per year, in Advance. ???,, To Clubs of Ten*, ho paper trill be furn- i shc?l, one year, for Fifteen Dollars?iuvariably I n advance. All subscriptions not specially limited j ,t the time of subscribing trill be considered as ! undo fur an indefinite pciiod, and trill be continu- j (1 until all arrearages arc paid, or at the option of ; he Proprietors. Subscriptions from other States I oust invariably be accompanied with the cash or j he name of some responsible person known to us. I Advertisements wiil be inserted at One j )ollar per square for the first, and Thirty-seven- I nd-a-hulf Cents for each subsequent insertion? , . square to consist of twelve lines, Brevier, or less. ! Justness Cards, of a half-square or less, will be inerted at S-~>, per year. For advertising Estrays ' Tolled, S-; Citations, $2; Notices of Application o the Legislature, $5; to be paid by the persons I landing in the advertisements. Monthly orQuar- j erly Advertisements will be charged Oue Dollar i icr square, for each insertion. Contracts by the j ear will be taken on liberal terms?the contracts , lowcver, must in all casesbc confined to the im- ; nediate business of the firm or iudiridnal con- j racting. All advertisements not having the num- I ier of insertions marked on tho margin, will be ontinucd until forbid and charged accordingly. I Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length, rill be charged for the overplus ?t regular rates, 'ributcs of Respect rated as advertisements. j THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS. 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice o the contrary, are considered as wishing to con- j inue their subsc rip t ion. 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of j iieir papers, the publisher can continue to send j hem until all arrearages are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their apci-3 from the office to which they are directed, ; Key are held responsible till they settle their bill, ; nd order the paper discontinued. I 4. If any subscriber removes to another place ) rithout informing the publisher, and their paper i ssent to the former direction, they are held rc- : ponsible. fi. The four! has decided that refusing to take i Newspaper from the office, or removing and lenv- j ug it uncalled for, is prima Jiarievidence of an -4.~..a! 1 ' * | lllt'liiitJicit iiauu. LAW BLANKS! ! have 011 liiuul, and are prepared to supply !T at short uotice, at the EN'Jl'IRKK Oftiop, 1 11 kinds of LAWYERS' BLANKS in general doland, printed on pood paper aud neatly pressed. I'e oiler ther.i at 7o cents "C quire. Single half 1 Juirc oO cents. As we have incurred considerate outlay* to'-enable us to furnish a good article. I re will sell for CASH and CASH ONLY. Our present stock consists of the following vaieties, viz: Sam Pro; Pi. Pa.; Pi. Pa. on Sam. , 1ro.; Coj<>/ HViV in Case: Copy Writ in Debt: /)> j Juration on Account; Declaration on Promissory \'ole: Declaration <01 Bom! or Sealed Kote ; Salter 11 a Writs; Subpoena Tickets. <jr. $35" Orders from a distnnco promptly attended 0, if accompanied by the CASH! MOJO LIVER. OIL. ? V superior article : U of pure Cod Liver Oil. For Sale by L. P. BARNETT & CO. Jul; 17 29 tf 1 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. VirE would inform tho citizens of Charleston, v V of the State, and visitors from abroad, that I our constantly increasing business has compelled our removal from "3 BROAD-STREET," to the magnificent and spacious "Brown Stone Building." Tito accommodations nnd urrnngcment? of this 1 "NEW DEPOT," are unsurpassed by any similar c establishment in the United States; and whilst it J 1 will nfford facilities for keeping our usual large j stock of MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, L CHEAP PUBLICATIONS, m a ra i\ mm mm. !v wo al.-o propose adding largely to our STOCK OF STATIONERY: And those in want of LEDGERS, JOURNALS. CASH HOOKS, LETTER, NOTE, and CAP PA- , PER, See., Sec., will find it to their advantage to visit us. ^ S, 6. COURTENAY & CO,,; BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS. P Charleston, Nov. 0, 1&7G. 4o?Gm Swan & Go's Lotteries! < [AUTHORIZED RY THE STATE OF GEORGIA ] C 3,280 Prizes?Lowest Prize 840! g a MORE THAN ONE PRIZE TO EVERY TEN C TICKETS! PRIZES GUAR VNTEEL)!! FORT GAINES ACADEMY LOTTERY ! c CLASS 21, To Redrawn in the City of Atlanta, Georgia, in ' public, on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23th, 1350, on the Mix OS KS6SS CTM3BM? j Purchasers in buying 10 Whole Tickets are guaranteed a Prize of $10?Halves.and Quarters in proportion. SAMUEL SWAN & CO., Manners. n 3311 IMUHM PUS!! ! Prize* Amounting to n fcB 204,000!! will be distributed according to the following ORIGINAL SCHEME! r 1 Prize of $40,000 1 " 12,000 " 1. /' , A,000 1 2,000 1 " ,1,000 1 " 1,0110 10 " 200 100 ' 100 100 " 70 r APPROXIMATION' PRIZES: 4 Pzs. <>f$l">Onpsnvg to $ 10,000 pz. arc GOO j 4 Pzs.nf Idaapxin'gto 12.ftoopz.arc ??00 ! 4 Pzs. iif lOUapxm'gto >7,000 pz. are 400 j 1 P/s. of 7.7 ansrn'irto 2.000 nz. arc "00 I ? 8Pzs. of 5(>npxm'gto l.OftOpx. arc 400 p 4()Pzs. of -lonpxni'gto 200 pz. arc 1,800 r 0,000 Pzs. of 40 arc 120,000 ;( 5,280 Prizes amounting to $201,000 c II*//'//. TickcU $10?J/ulree $o?tjuarkrt $2.50. p INDUCEMENTS TO CLUBS. j As, by tills Scheme, one Ticket in every 10 is gun rani </to draw $40, we will sell Certij'fuln of ^ rack-igr* of it) Tickets (where the numbers end in 1, 2. 3, 4, f>, 0, 7, 8, 0, 0.) at the following rates j which is the risk on them. V All that the 10 Tickets draw over the amount ' guaranteed accrues to the purchaser. | Certificate of Package of 10 Whole Tickets...$00 j s. ? " 10 Half " ... 30 I " " 10 Quarter " ... 15 I It will be perceived, by this plan, that for Sixty : T Dollars the purchaser lias a certificate of 10 Tick- ; F cts, when if he buys Tickets he would only get ; S for that sum'6 Wholes, thus by buying Certificates he lias four more chances for the larger Prizes? ci Halves and Quarter Packages in proportion. In Ordering Tickets or Certificates, Enclose the money to our address for tiie rick- _ ets ordered, on the receipt of which they will be forwarded by first mail. All communications strictly confidential. The drawn numbers will be forwarded to purchasers y immediately after the drawing. Purchasers will please write their signa- / turns plain, and give their Post Office, County and i . s?*. . ' ! S E0L^Remember that every Prize is drawn, and ; jj payable in full without deduction. All Prizes of $1,000 aud under, paid im- jmediately after the drawing?other Prizes at the 1 usual time of thirty days. Prize Tickets cashed or renewed iu other Tick- i ? ets at cither office. I ' Orders fur Tickets, or Certificates of Packages i of Tickets, either to j S. SWAN' & CO., Atlanta C<t. \ * or S. SWAN, Montgomery, Ala. I .. Oci 30 . 44 5w 1 ft THE SAME OLD SHOP! ; j r< LEWIS & KERR, fezj/A Return their thanks to theirfriends ^ and customers for past favors, and Apif V respectfully notify the public that , " jy/ they arc still engaged in the mnnu- ! facturc of TIN, SHEET-IRON, and Copper-Ware, at the same old stand, j IMRLY OPPOSITE WALKER'S IIIIL |: Being both practical and experienced workmen, engaged exclusively in this business, and furnish- 9 ed with every needed facility, they are determined 01 to accommodate the public with the best quality of WARE, warranted, and on the cheapest terms; 01 and they respectfully ask a continuation of 'be 1 Cl wntronmre heretofore bestowed unon them. T1 ?y will continue to keep on hand a lot ' * PL ATX TIN AXD JAPAXXED WARE; !j S/IEET-1R0X, STOVE, COPPER, . 1XD UO USE- KEEPIXG FUR- , ' XITURE; AXD EVERY 1, ARTICLE TO RE j JFOUND IN A TIN-SHOP. ? R0,. HOOFING and GUTTERING done at the shortest notice, and in a workmanlike manner. ! _ CONTRACTS v ill bo made with Town and j Country Merchants, on the very lowest terms. Give us a call and we will use our best endca- | 1 vors to please vou. j J LEWIS & KERR, i a< At the Old Stand. I gl Anril 17 10 tf lie 1 a CiOX-S PATENT REFINED SPARK- al J LING GELATINE, with which an unrivalled ? Chrvstnline Jelly can be made in a few minutes. tl! ' For Sale by L. P. BARNETT & CO. " July 17 29 -- tf * CT?TO THE PUBLIC. rrxKE "WAR IN KANSAS!" 13 OVER; AND SOW-WHItE THE REMNT'I ELECTION Is going on, provide yourselves with good and comfortable outfits, wherein to UtllAST THE STORM AND MEET THE CRISIS !! MESSRS. L EiSSERG & 1R0TSE& 1WK.B pleasure in informing their frionda and . customers, and the people of York District at irgo, that, looking to the future and seeing the oming necessity for good, comfortable and stylish CLOTHING, iey arc now receiving and opening the largest STOCK MIL & mm GOODS . Iver brought to this place; carefully selected in lie Philadelphia and New York Markets by one f the firm; and at such an advantage as to enable them to 8^11 very CIIEAP FOR .CASH! The stock consists in pnrt of Silk and Worsted ,adies' Dress Goods, Ginghams, Calicoes, a heavy tock of DOMESTICS ; LADIES* MANTILLAS nd CLOAKS of Silk Velvet, Silk, and Cloth,'in lie latest French Patterns; Straw, Silk and Silk 'civet French BONNETS, the most fashionable nd beautiful styles; EMBROIDERIES, 'iincy Work-Baskets, Collars, Sleeves, Hnndkerhiefs, Flouncing: and a large and elegant nssoctneut of other GOODS which are usually kept in A DRY GOODS STORE. Wc nvc very thankful to our friahdsforthe genrous custom already given us, and all we now aek s?call on us when you are in town, NEXT reek, and wc will do you good in return. L. BLOOMBERG & BRO/ Oct 9 41 * "FRESH ARRIVAL!! ATTENTION, GENTLEMEN! I W/'E are now receiving and opening our NEW v V SUPPLIES, purchased by the Senior partcr in the New York market, and respectfully ask he attention of gentlemen who aro .desirous of urchnshing their outfit of , . .: Our Stock consists in part of fine Cloth Dress hints; Over-Coat?, a superior article; Business !oats of every description, with a rich and varied ssortmout of Fancy and Illack Coasliacre Pants ; latin, Cas3tniere, Silk and Cotton \ civet, plain nd figured Silk Vests; and an elegant-variety of Icntlcmen's ?- - v ' FiiSNiSHiNS GOODS, iloves, Cravats, Scarfs, Ncck-Ties, Collars, Hosiery, Linen and Net-Wool Shirts; Umbrolio:-, Cnrpet-Bags and Trunks; and in line, a complete stock of goods in the Clothing line, of clfcgant . pattern?,, tbo latcsi and most fasiunable fltvlea. -ami nt as LOW PRICES s can be bud in our market. ,i. , - A 1 We arc under obligations to our frionda for their iast favors, and we promise to endeavor in the uture, both in the quality and prices of our good?, 0 givo them entire satisfaction. Givd us a call nd examine our stock before purchasing. SIMRIL &-WILLIAMS. Oct 2 40 s8m g rllOSE who arc indebted to the eld fim.of'F. II. SIMRIL & CO., must make settlement; s we arc compelled to close of the books of the oncern. F. 11. SIMRIL.& CO. Oct 2 40 ' -Srn mm, 1111 iiiii A NEW SUPPLY. rllE Subscribers respectfully call the attention of the citizens of York, and the. hdjaccnt ounties of North Carolina, to their new stock'of 'rcsh and Genuine MEDICINES, in bracing nearly every article usually keptin >RUG STORES. Our stcck is very large and vaied, offering excellent opportunities to the Phys:inn, Planter and Merchant, who will do well'to all and examine for themselves. All our preparations are in accordance with tjto rcscribed rules of the U. S. Pharmacopia. It hall be onr particular care to faithfully represent lie quality of every article sold by us. Our purchases are made under circumstances nabling us to sell upon terms and at prices the lost accommodating. Onr stock consists of Drugs, fetlieiiies, Chemicals, Dye- Woods and Jh/c-Staffs, Ills, Paints, and Painted a Articles; Varnishsa, Yindoic-Glass and Putty; Glassicarc; English, A.trican and French Perjamcry; Toilet and Shaving oaps; Tooth, Flesh and Hair Brushes; Surgical and Dental Instruments; russes, Supporters and Bandages; Spices, Snuffs, ine Chewing Tobacoo; Cigars of finest flavor; uperior Inks; Purg Wines, Fancy Articles, &c, Proscriptions carefully dispensed. Goods irefully packed and forwarded as directed. J50"- Prompt attention given to all orders. L. P. BARNETT &, CO. April iu 10 ii HAIL ROAD HOTEL, By JOHN B. NICHOLSON. rHE Subscriber respectfully informs.his, friends and the public generally tbat his HOUSE, nown as the Railroad Hotel, opposite the Ches;r Depot, is still open for the reception of reguir and transient boarders and the travelling pnbc; and that he is making every exertion to deerve and secure a continuance of the kind and beral patronage which has been bitbcrtp. extendd to him. He flatters himself that every needed rrangemcnt has been made to promote the comjrt of all who stop with him. His rooms are aiy and well-fnrnishcd, his servants are attentive ud obedient, and his table constantly supplied ith the best of the season, so tbat his Wends ill not want any attention necesary to make loir sojourn pleasant and agreeable. His stables re furnished with good hostlers nnd au abunnncc of provender, and he is prepared at a moicnts notice to supply his customers with private jnveyanees of every sort, to any part of the sur)u?ding country. Hoarders furnishing their ownlodgingwih c boarded at $10 per month. He desires to return his acknowledgements to ic public for past favors, and solicits for the fuire an equally liberal share of patronage. JOHN R. NICHOLSON, march 20 12 tf REPORT 05 SPERMATORRHffiA. |UST PUBLISHED by the HOWARD ASSOCIf AT I ON, Philadelphia, a report on Spermatrrhocn or Seminal Weakness, Impotence, the Vice 1' Onanism, Masturbation, or Self-Abuse, and iI.ah ni.A.w.c r,f the Sexual Orcans. with an ac wilt of tlio errors nnd deceptions of Quacks, ml valuable advice to the Afflicted, by GEO.'J; ALHOr.V. M. D., CONSULTING SURGEON of 10 ASSOCIATION, a benevolent Institution, esiblishc-d with special endowment, for the relief the sick and distressed, afflicted with "Virunt and Epidemic Diseases." A copy of this Rcu t will be sent by mail (in a sealed envelope,) REE OF CHARGE, on the receipt of two stamps r postage. Address, Dr. GEO. R. CALHOUN, o. 2. South-Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Oct 2 10 t5 AM8R0TTPE8! [ AM now prepared to take AMBRGTYPES or L DAGUEREOTf PES; suiting the taste of all, icording as they wish to see themselves upon ass or upon silver plates. With every convennce, a full set of apparatus, moderate prices and determination to please, I flatter myself to be jlo to satisfy the most fastidious. I may be fund at my office, one door West of the Presby- J irian Church every Saturday, and at other times at devoted to my school. J. R. SCHORB. Sept 4 36 8m