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" I !*>r- .-1 i -?"tSBE1"' - - - - - - ?- fc - - - - *-.-**? . -- ^ ^A- ~ AV : ? -V . . "" ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ .^y'^jko. i. miller & co., proprietors, j An Independent Journal: For the Promotion of the Political, Social, - Agricultural and Commercial'Interests of the South. |iBwigM.ftjugT,rtwirt?. VOL!! ^ YOEKYILLE, S.C., THURSDAY, JULY S, 1857. ; ^ - -- i (Dripal |)0etrg. ?- ? . .. .. . . \ For the Yorkville Enquirer. ^ HER TEAR. BTJ. WOOD DAVIDSON. A tear for me ??I did forget That drops like these again could flow? That sympathy had lingered yet ; \ , I knew so well, years, years ago. Years, years ago ??Fate I can it be That years since then have fled, When tears embalmed my infant glee 1 ?CC. J _-?V A. ^oo/f * Ana 1SIU 11 vaiuucu mm mv UVKU . I deemed that Memory -would keep JStr record of those early tears, Nor more a lid the tear-drop steep . For me. or mine, these later years. C V ,\*V , * .They say there dwells a guardian charm, ^ In drops that Beauty's eyelid lave, That shields as with an angel's arm The soul that nought beside can save. ml 1L.1 l.:_T Alley say iaai mguc* jpuvo syvaa - Ill liquid language thus, whene'er Full-utterance wilder feelings seek, .. > - As, rapture?anguish?hope?despair. Then may this angel's arm defend? This word from spirit-tongue arrest ' The soul that dares not call thee Friend, So.deeply thrills this tear his breast. They say that loved ones' tears avail, , Like pious prayers, to stay The passion-wafted spirit-sail That wreckward beats away. ' "i". "f* ' They sayi recorded guilt though deep - .' - Will-fade from Vengeance' book above, If the Recording Angel weep ' Responsive to such tears of love. Then may the blotting tribute, given, For manhood's errors all atone; Pi^ce none again may rise to Heaven Like this, these later years alone. './* ? -fi" " i . . They say a tear at every tomb Proves every 6onl related here; No spirit spurns that common doom *'v _ Save hateful Pity drop the tear. : A tear for me f?How like a step That echoes through a rumea nau? That wakes a groan-like crash that slept Lone mossy years?And that is all! WW58B0E0', S. C. (Drigiital JfoaMng. Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. - AN APPEAL . I? behalf of Southern Medical Colleges, and Southern Medical Literature. Messrs. .Editors:?Most persons might think that this communication should be made through the medium of a Medical journal, but as there are a number of persons who are very nearly interested on this important subject, that have not the opportunity of reading such journals, I have chosen your paper through which to give it publicity. I would call attention in the first place, to the necessity of patronizing Southern Medical Colleges and Journals, in consequence of the political aspects, presented to us in these United States, at the present time.? And in order that we may see more strikingly this necessity, let us consider for a moment how we, as Southerners, are treated by the profession at the North. There are but few students to be found in our colleges for fho T\m-nnop nf r<>r?pivincr instruction and friv J f" c _ O ing us their support, whose home is North of Mason and Dixon's line. We do not receive scarcely any support, comparatively speaking, from Northern brethren. There is scarcely any article emanating from a Southern pen, no matter how much of merit it may possess, which is re-published iu the North. All they seem to care for, is to receive our patronage, and don't extend to us the same in return. Indeed, if we judge from their actions, (and actions speak louder than words,) we don't even receive their thanks, for they seem to ignore every every thing Southern, simply because we retain the iustitution of slavery. It is not because we are not wanting in mental abilities, for we are by no means deficient in this respect. The facultie's of our Southern medical colleges are inferior to none in the United States, with regard to mental endowments; and in point of facilities for training young men, and instructing them in all that is useful in life, will compare favorably with any in the world. And as proof of the statement, we need only refer to the alumni of - the Charleston, Augusta, New Orleans, Memphis, Nashville, Louisville, and of other colleges, who are now enjoying in our cities, towns, and villages, and throughout the country, most enviable reputations as practitioners, as writers, and as lecturers. But how do we treat them in return for this scanty patronage of our colleges and literature? Instead of the very few students that come from the North here to attend medical lectures, there are hundreds that go ' from here there, annually, to receive instruction ; and who spend their money most lavishly among them, and return home to hear themselves, and their institutions traduced, and see their literature slighted. And in our Southern journals, we see everything republished, which the editors think would advance the science of medicine, without any regard to the geographical location of the author. If we were so poor in medical literature, and had airfongst us no "Great minds, whose thoughts are reflected by thier writings," then we would say, patronize Northern literature, because it is the best we can do; but instead of this, we have a number of journals always filled up with interesting matter to the physician, and many articles penned by Southern practitioners, which are of vital importance to any one practising in a Southern field And to prove that we are not wanting in great minds? amongst many that might be mentioned, I rill only notice one in particular, who, although comparatively youog, already stauds prominent in the scientific world?whose name stands high on the scroll of science, and which must ever be associated with the history of doctrines, in the physiology of the nervous system, and acknowledged, and made the basis of induction, in every portion of the scientific world. I allude to Henry F. Campbell, M. D., Professor of Surgical and Comparative Anatomy in the Medical College of Georgia; whose genius, and unremitting energy have contributed largely to the knowledge, of that most perplexing of all organic systems?the nervous system. Who then can dispute Southern genius, and Southern talent ? It is a duty that we owe to ourselves, in UrUCf IU picacivc uui Uiguivj no a DUTuwigu people, and to do justice to suffering humanity, to encourage and support Southern medical institutions and literature. They demand our support, to still increase their facilities, and extend their already enviable reputation. And since scientific men North, can so far forget their duty, as to lend their aid?substantial aid?and their voices, to the getting up, and sustaining of colonization societies, for the avowed purpose, of prohibiting the extension of our domestic institutions; we a? Southerners, should withhold our patronage, both from their colleges, and literature and let them feel, and feel sensibly, the extent of our influence. But there are other reasons, beside those arising from the state of political affairs, of far graver importance why we should patronize Southern Medical Colleges and Literature. Suffering humanity demands the necessity of it. (And here let me say to any one that may claim a Nothern college as their alma mater, that I intend no offence, and hope none will be taken at what I shall say.) It is demanded by humanity, for the simple reason, that whoever expects to practice medicine in the South with any degree of success, should be taught in a Southern college, and study Southeren authors : because our practice here, in the most of our malignant diseases, is entirely different from them taught in Nothern colleges, and by Northern writers. All ot our most eminent physicians, who have graduated North, have been compelled to abandon many of the most fundamental principles of practice, as taught them in the lecture room, because they have learned by experience?by observation at the bedside, and by communing with Southern writers, that thay were unsuited to the diseases as developed in a Southern climate. Now so far as the rudiments of the science of medicine are concerned, (viz : Anatomy-, Physiology, and Chemistry,) they can be learned North as well as South, for they are the same everywhere j and there is no material difference in the practice of Surgery, or of Midwifery, North or South ; but the great difference is in the treatment of our malignant diseases, which, when treated even on the most approved plans, kill thousands ; and this approximation to the successful can oply be attained readily, by attending Southern lectures, and reading Southern authors. It will also be remembered, that the slave population of the South is not inconsiderable, and in consequence of the exposure of this class of people to the vicissitudes of the weather, their diseases demand a large portion of the practice. And it has been ably contended, by some of our most distinguished writers, (and not without reason,) that the distinctive peculiarities of the negro race, call for a different mode of treatment, than that best suited to the whites. We quote the following from a late dis anguished southern writer, on this subject, as being well suited to our present purpose : "From all that has been said," says our author, "it appears evident, that although the distinctive peculiarities of the negro as a Southern slave, place between him and the white man a less extent of interval as some have supposed, yet there are, in his habits and character, as well in his bodily and mental constitution, such differences, as must render inapplicable, to u large extent, the teachings of medical authors, whose study and practice have been confined to the white race in Northern latitudes. On this account it is of the utmost importance, that young men educated with a view to become Southern physicians, should not only receive the advantages of Southern instruction aud experience, but should have ample opportunities to observe the habits, diseases, and treatment, of the slave population. . If it be true, as has often been remarked, that the writings of European authors, who form their opit>ions upon their observations of diseases and treatment in large cities and hospitals, are not well adapted to instruct and qualify for successful practice, the physicians of the Northern States of America, it is equally and still more strikingly true, that the same European authors, even when commented upon and explained by American editors, and even the writings and teachings of the eminent physicians of our Northern cities themselves, can be but poorly calculated to give wholesome instruction, touching the diseases and treatment of the white population of the Southern States. How much less are any of them qualified, however, learned they may be, to give instruction for the success ful management of the negro race in a state of Southern slavery. As well might we expect, that the New England farmer would be qualified, for the successful management of cotton and sugar plantations, without Southern teachings, and experience in his particular calling." "The peculiarities of the mental constitution of negro slaves, render these special qualifications for practice among them the more important. No class of people more urgently require, that the physician who attends them in their diseases, should rightly understand their mental characteristics ; without which, indeed, it will be found impossible to secure their confidence, and inspire them with the hope of recovery, so essential to success. They all have sufficient penetratiofj to discover the existence of any want of acquaintance with their peculiar eccentricities, and necessities, and whenever they adopt the belief that their physician is deficient in this respect, he labors under great disadvantages in his treatment, and in ( many cases all his efforts will, on this ac- * count, prove nugatory." * From what is here said, it will be at once j apparent, that it is of great importance, that ' practitioners receive their medical training, ' at least as near the same latitude of their 1 field of practice, as possible. Then, let me ' uree it upon members of the profession, and f * A upon all whom it may concern, to use their influence in behalf of the South, andimpress 1 the importance of Southern medioal training, ( upon all who expect to grapple with the * "fell-destroyer" in a Southern climate. I am aware that it is a prevalent opinion, 1 at least amoDgst many, that it is best for the 1 student to attend one course North and one ( South; but for practicing in the South, if 1 one course is necessary, then both are more so? It is also a lamentable fact, that pre- 4 ceptors generally, advise their students to ' attend lectures where they graduated themselves; and so this institution is handed 1 down to the student's student, and so on, as a sort of heir-loom. But when you send k your student North, you do him a gr-ttt in- 1 justice, for when he returns to put into prac- 4 tice the theroies taught him in his alma mater, it will not be until bitter experience, 1 mortifying as it sometimes is, has taught him, 1 that these theories are not a sure foundation 1 to rest upon, in a Southern climate. And 1 he will yet be compelled to begin the study 1 of the theory and practice of medicine, by 4 studying Southern authors, and the symptoms ( of diseases, as they present themselves to ( him at the bed-side of his patients?natures own look. ' . - _ . . \ There is every inducement offered in Southern institutions for students expecting to practice South. We have a number of colleges, that will compare favorably with any in the United States, and some that will compare, at least in some respects, with any j in the world. The Charleston, Augusta, New ] Orleans, Memphis, Nashville, Louisville, and other colleges offer rare inducements to the Southern student. Anatomy, Physiology,Materia Medina, Surgory, Obstretrics, and Chemistry, are taught as well, by professors . equally as able as any at the North; and the theory and practice far better. I do not wish to be understood as finding fault with the Professors at the North for teaching such practice as they do, for it is their duty to teach it, as it is best suited to their climate j hut the fault is in students for going there to be taught! In hospital and clinique facilities, our colleges are by no means wanting; indeed I am told, (and have it from good authority,) that New Orleans excels any in the United States, and I may say, equals any in the world, in this respect. There, the Charity Hospital is open at all hours, during the whole course of lectures, where the student may see hundreds of patients daily, suffering from all the ] "ills thatflesh is heir to." ne can hear the ] diagnosis, and prognosis, and see the practice of the professor, or physician, whose ward he may visit: he can take notes?watch the symptoms ot the disease?see the result; and if fatal, he can follow the body to the dead-house, with scalpel in hand, and there examine for himself, and see if the diagnosis was correct. ^ There are also ample meaDS in the Char- , leston, and other colleges for clinique, and | hospital instruction. And in at least a ma- \ jority of Southern medical schools, the ] course of instruction is very thorough, and , a young man even of medium talent and , application, will most always come out of j them a good practitioner. And as to Literature, we have quite a I number of most excellent periodicals, con- : ducted by the most accomplished and scien- i tific members of the profession, and contrib- i uted to, by the best talent, which will com- t pare favorably with any in the United States, I both in style and in matter. I We have the Charleston Medical Journal and Review, edited and published by C. I Happoldt, M. J)., assisted by Messrs. Cain 1 and Porcher, Lecturers in the Charleston I Preparatory Medical School?the Southern \ Medical and Surgical Journal, published 1 at Augusta, Ga., edited by Henry F. Camp- 1 bell, M. D., Professor oi Surgical and Com- i parative Anatomy in the Medical College of ; Georgia, and Robert Campbell, M. I)., de- 1 monstrator of Anatomy in the Medical Col- 1 lege of Georgia. The Mew Orleans Medi- \ cal and Surgical Journal, edited and pub- 1 lished by B. Dowler, M. D., and others, that I deserve greater credit, and better patronage than they receive: so that it cannot be said, that we have no medical Literature worth supporting. Then let us not patronize Northeyn Colleges, and Northern Journals, simply because distance "lends enchantment" to them, to the neglect of our own. The arguments that I have here used, will , also apply to literary institutions, periodicals, , and journals, which are too largely patroni zed by the South) but of these I will not j speak more fully, but leave them for some , one else, who is better acquainted with their | particular claims than I am. ( In conclusion I would say, that I disclaim 1 all intentions of drawing any invidious dis- . tinctions between Southern institutions, au- . thors, or journals. My principal object is . to call attention to the much needed reform, ; with regard to the misguided system of patronizing foreign establishments, when we have as good, yea, better at home; and to im \ press the nccesity of medical training, as | near the field of jiractice as possible, be it North or South. L. A. H. Antioch, June 25, 1857. Complimentary.?Prentice of the Louisville Journal, in a notice of J. K. Paulding, the author, says that 'he is the most, i granmotherish of all the petticoated old humbugs that have yet straddled into the field of Amerioan letters.'?'Oh, fie ! Prentice 1 s Correspondence oP the Yorkvillc Enquirer. FROM CHARLESTON. Monday, J une 22, 1857! Theodore S. Miller was in the-Court )f Common Pleas and General Sessions for Charleston District, before his honor Judge Clover, on Friday last, on the charge of Rigamy. The case was a novel one, nothing ike it having ever came up before .in this ;ity, and much curiosity and interest was nanifested. The court room was crowded it an early hour with hundreds of anxious ipectators, to see how tho law would regard the effort to introduce the social and domestic principles of Brigitam Young among )ur people, and ^o learn the particulars of his nrwpl and romantic affair. It was thought ay some, to be rather a foolish experiment n the prisoner in taking to himself two wives, vhen most men, these hfcrd times, found it lifficult to support one in a manner to pre* rent her grumbling. It appeared from the testimony given on he trial, that, several years ago, the prison:r married one Mary Gilbert in Colleton District, near Walterboro' and that for some jause or other they soon after separated, and jad not since lived together. Miller, at iundry times, expressed a desire to effect a econciliation and live together again as man ind wife, but she obstinately refused, and 'requently made known her determination lever to return to his bed and board. The :anse of the difficulty which led to the sepa ation did not appear upon the trial, but was probably, as often the case, a want of congeliality, and a mutual iudisposition, to make my allowance, or submit to any sacrifice to conciliate the whims and caprices of the other. ^ After the disappearance of all prospects of i reconciliation, Miller, theprisoner, came ;o the city and was residing with his brotherin-law, when M. Alrery, a Spanish teacher and a man highly'gifted, and possessing i very finished education, came to lodge in ;he same family, bringing with him an only laughter that had long been the stay and solace of his decliuing years, and over whom lie had watched with a father's care and tenlev solicitude. She possessed a full share ' * ? * . ? _ 1 i . _.i v )t mat wua, romantic opanisn oeauiy wnicn it is so difficult to resist, and which wins and enslaves its victim almost at a glance. Her long flowing tresses are black as" the raveu's wing, and her complexion is the Jeep brunette of the sunny land of Castile, while "the Inca's blood flows in her veins, ind the Inca's fire her bright eyes brighter." Her father was born on the Spanish side of iho Pyrenees mountains, and emigrated to this country when his daughter was quite small, bringinghis child with him as the only me of his household idols that had survived the wreck and ruin of his earthly happiness }f all he had to bind him to life, and make existence tolerable. On bidding a final adieu to the friends of his youth and the fumiliar baunts of his boyhood's home, he, doubtless, in the fulness of his heart, exclaimed with the errant Childe Harold, on commencing his last long voyage, and bidding his "native and good night." Adieu, adieu ! my native shore Fades o'er the waters blue; The night winds sigh, the breakers roar, And shrieks the wild" sea-mew. Yon sun that sets upon the sea, We follow in bis fight; Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native land?Good Night! The old man's romantic, beautiful and impulsive daughter, anc[ the poetical and imlginative young married man without a wife, neing thus thrown together, each one lougugfor some congenial companionship, it can bardly be considered straDge, however, unnatural it may be, that daily intercourse should beget friendship, and friendship ripen into a stronger and more controlling passion. Moonlight rambles upon- the Jiat:ery, and sentimental interviews by the blue ind starlit deep, could Dot be indulged with impunity by such a pair; but love is blind, and they did not realize the delicious danger ;ill they were within the enchanted circle of ;he charmer's influence, and it was too late to retraet. In an evil and unguarded hour they attempted to cheat the fancy with the semclanceof reality, and essayed to consummate their earthly happiness by the mock ceremony of a second marriage, while the first wife of him to whom she thus attempted to bind her destiny for weal or woe, was still living. But they too soon awoke from love's poung dream to a sense of the sad and awkward reality of their condition, which brough t her to dishonor, and him she would fain have made her husband to the bar of outraged humanity and violated law. How true'is it that the poet says, Alas the love of woman, it is known, To be a lovely and a fearful thing, For all of hers upon that die is thrown, And if 'tis lost, life hath no more to bring To her, but mockeries .of the past; and her revenge Is as the tiger's spring, deadly and quick and crushing. The prisoner at the bar looked pale, but calm and sedate. His countenance never changed, save twice, and that was when his victim came into Court and their eyes met, as they never had met before. He was ably defended by F. D. Richardson, and R. W. Seymour Esqs. Attorney General Hayne, and C. Richardson Miles for the State. The trial consumed the day, and his able and eloquent counsel did all they could to save him, but the law and the evidence were against him, and the sovereignty of the law must be vindicated. The juiy returned a verdict of "guilty," but recommended him to the clemenoy of the Court. He was sentenced to-day to be imprisoned Bix months, and pay a fine of $200. Thus ended one of those unfortunate affairs of the heart; one of those romantic life dramas, which make the storm and calm, the sunshine and shade of life's tragic and eventful history. And the curtain no sooner falls upon one act, than it rises upon another still more thrilling, romantic and pleasingly painful. MAGNOLIA. 19* Life is bat a span at best. " MA JOB; BEN. M'CULLOCH. Majqr McCulloch was born in .Rutherford , county,-Tennessee, in 1814.-.His father,- , Alexander McCulloch, was Aid-de-camp to ( General Coffee, and fought under General Jackson at the battles of Tallageda, Talla- j hassee and Horseshoe, during the-Creek war. , His father emigrated to Georgia while Ben. \ was very young, and Ben. was kept at,school ; in Tennessee until he was fourteen years old. t After this Ben. was kept hunting until he , was near twenty-one. At that time the bears ( were so bad in Tennessee that the settlers \ > Zj 1 could not raise their hogs. Hunting bears ] in the cane required much cantion, and if ( a man's gun snapped he lost his breakfast, j Young McCulloch frequently killed as many nfi picrht.r bpars dnrincr a spnqnn and npvpr ? ?J to - ?~~J ? less than twenty in the course of a winter.? This life gave a taste for wild adventure, and when he became of nge he determined to go t on an expedition to the Eockv Mountains, j and left his home, for St. Louis, to join a ] company of trappers. He arrived too late, however, and likewise failed in joining a ( company of Santa Fe traders. He returned home, and soon after called , on Colonel David Crockett, who was making ] up an expedition to go to Texas, to take part , in the revolution. The whole south-west at ( that time was alive with feelings of sympa- j thy for the Texans, and men were daily flock- ( ing to their standard. Nacogdoches was ap- j pointed the place of rendezvous, from which , the expedition was to start, and Christmas of the year 1835 was named for the-day of , meeting, when, as "Old Davy" expressed it, , they were to make their Christmas dinner . off the hump of a buffalo. McCulloch again , arrived too late, and finding the party gone, ( he proceeded on by himself to the river Brazes, where he was taken sick, and he did , not recover until after the fall of the Alamo. . McUulioch s disappointment was vory great , at not being able to join the gallant band , of patriots, but it afterwards proved very for- . tunate for him, for Col. Travis, after having ( sustained a siege of 13 days, with only 180 i Texans, agaiust Santa Anna's army, fell . with his brave little band, after having kill- , ed 900 of the enemy 1. Major McCulloch, on joining the Texan , army under Gen. Sam. Houston, was assigned to the artillery, and made captain of a gun. He served gallantly at the battle of San Jacinto, where Santa Anna was taken prisoner, and his army of 1,500 men killed or taken prisoners. McCulloch afterwards settled in Gonzales County, Texas, and was employed on the frontier surveying and locating lands. He frequently led the wild border scouts against the Indians and Mexi-: . cans, which service he entered before the { celebrated Jack Hays. He also distinguished himself at the battle of Plumb Creek-in a fight with.the Indians, who at the time , burned and sacked the town of Linnville.? , He joined the expedition against Mier, but, not agreeing with the plans of the leaders, , he returned home before the fight, and escaped the cruel hardships and imprisonment , of that command, which had surrendered to the perfidious Ampudia. When the war broke out with Mexico, he rallied a band of Texan warriors on the banks of the Guadaloupe, and set out for the seat of war on the Rio Grande. The company arrived four days after the battles of Palo Alto and the Resaca. His company was accepted by General Taylor, and he was afterwards employed in the daring scouting expedition toward Monterey, in which battle, as well as that of Buena Vista, he won imperishable renown. He afterwards joined General Scott's army, and continued with it to the conquest of the City of Mexico. For his gallant services, General Pierce created him Marshal of Texas, which office he now holds.. Major McCulloch is a thin, spare man, of great muscle and activity, and is now about 43 years of "age. He has a pleasant face, and is mild and courteous in his manners, with an air of diffidence. He is very cool, and of determined bravery, is yet a bach-, elor, and is the very man for Governor of " Utah, which it is hoped he will become. Neic York Times. FEMALE DRESS. The extravagance of female dress is outrageous. If' our fine ladies did but know how.their folly appears in the^eyes of sensible men they would surely pause in their career. We will venture a word or two in explanation of what we mean. One cause of extravagance is, obviously, the dread of being supposed to wear dresses that are not of the newest mode. Certainly the dresses i of this season could not possibly have been ( furnished by those of any preceeding fash- i ion of our time. Whence the dread of being supposed to wear the same dress two years together ? We fear that Sovereigns , (on real thrones as well as those of fashions are chiefly answerable for this. German, Polish, and Russian gentlemen are not at all i obliged to the Dowager Empress of Russia, who exclaims when a dress appears a second i rt 1 .11. J n i 1 time in uourc. 'Aa my uear uouniesa, now well I know that brocade! What skill yon , have in preserving satins! Her view of things has spread through too many Courts, by way of Vienna. One true lady, an Archduchess, very nearly related to two thrones, , was so much struck by this mischief, tbat she appeared on one occasion, by way of re- , primand, in a dress which she had for four# teen years. That was long ago. Till some sensible woman of sufficient rank gives such rebuke to the silly spendthrifts in her train, the mimicry of the follies of royalty and fashion will go on, with such consequences as we have seen. Meantime, if our fair readers could but imagine us an Arch-du.v- ss, whispering a friendly hint behind a fan, we could tell them something which they ought to hear. There is a smile going round Europe at the simplicity of the fine ladies of England, France, and Amerios, in their ... v worship of Paris fashions. Because a beau* tiful young Empress found it convenient, giving ao-heir to the throne to revive the fashion of full petticoats?coming as near the hoop-disguise as possible,?what must old dowagers and young maidens do but copy the dress without the excuse ! The public af all countries are less blind; and they are watching for a less or more disguising dress in all countries .where there iff an aristocracy, according to the prospect of a series, of heirs to the French throne, or of there being only me. We heed say no more.. Dowagers ind highborn and highly-dressed maidens : annot recall the past, nor prevent the world, smiling at it. They had better take off their flounces and drajr in their skirts, resolve to be more independent next season, and above *11, pay all debts at once for that Which is ?one. From Arthur's Lady's Magazine. EXTRAVAGANCE. One of the evils noticed, as consequent upon the present extravagant style of living, is a dimunition in the relative number of marriages. Prudent men, with moderate incomes, may well hesitate on the question af matrimony, when they see all around them individuals no better off than themselves, struggling to maintain a style of living, demanded by the social circle/ in which they move, and losing all joy in life through excessive care, labor and anxiety. No provision for old age is possible under such a state cf things; and should health fail prematurely, privation, distress, and it may be ruin, ire inevitable consequences. It has been said, and with much apparent truth, that the correction of this evil is with woman. Let her originate a better fashion, which shall require young people who marry, to begin life prudently; and let it be regarded praiseworthy and honorable for the young bride of a man in moderate circumstances, to decline becoming the mistress of an establishment, the maintainance of which will absorb his whole income. False pride is at the bottom of this evil; and all yielding to the requirements of false pride is a weakness of which every one .should feel ashamed.?1 True tnen and true women?men and women of character and independence, are above such weakness. Let them act from principle, and lead off in a reform that shall check an evil fraught with many disastrous consequences. Many young ladies lose the chances of marrying men of true worth, because of their extravagant ideas in regard to an establishment. Any man of common prudence will hesitate about marrying a woman whose conversation betrays a foolish love of dress and showy furniture; for he knows very well what these things cost, and what clogs they are upon a man's prosperity. The right Btamp of men?those who count the cost of every action, and who "look before they leap"?men of honor, true feeling and integrity, pass by the fashionable young butterflies who glitter in the sunshine, and select, often from among, those whose social advantages have been small, and who have not the external accomplishments they desire. They prefer gold in the rough, to lead in gilding. They desire a home, a true wife, and the blessings of home; and they are more certain of these where they find common sense, common prudence, and a loving heart, than where only a flashy exteriormeets the eye, while the tongue betrays no true knowledge of the world, nor any right estimate of life. Marriageable young ladies are often surprised at the way a certain young man, regarded as "a good catch," is himself caught by some unattractive person, in whom they never dreamed of finding a rival. It is one of the matrimonial mysteries they find it .impossible to solve. :-Perhaps the intimations given in the preceding paragraph may afford some hints towards a solution of the difficulty THE FLANNEL QUESTION. There has been a war going on for some years, between the flannel and anti-flannel parties and. the result has been that-niany persons have abandoned woolen under garments altogether. Hall's Journal of Health comes to the rescue and says;: In our climate, fickle in the gleams of Bunshine and its balmy airs as a coquette in her smiles and favor, consumption bears away every year the ornaments of many social circles. The fairest and loveliest are its fa vorite victims. An ounce of prevention in this fatal disease is worth many pounds of cure, for when once well seated, it mocks medical skill and careful nursing. If the fair sex could be induced to regard the laws of health, many precious lives might be saved; but pasteboard soles, low neck dresses, and Lilliputian hats, sow annually the seeds of a fatal harvest. .The suggestion in the following article from the Scientific Americau, if followed, might save many with consumptive tendencies from an early grave: "Put it on at once, winter and summer, nothing better can be worn next to the skin than a lose, red woolen shirt; "loose," for it has room to move on the skin, thus causing titilation which draws the blood to the surface and keep it there ; and when that is the case, no one can take cold; "red," for white flannel fulls up, mats together, and becomes tight, stm, heavy, and impervious. Cotton wool merely absorbs the moisture from the surface, while wollen flannel conveys it, from the skin and deposits it in drops on the outBide of the shirt, from which the ordinary cotton shirt absorbs it, and by its nearer exposure to the air, it is soon dried without injury to the body. Having these properties, red wool flannel is worn by sailors even in the midsummer of the hottest countries.? Wear a thinner material in summer." Manufacture of Firearms.?The machinery now employed by the Federal Government for the manufacture of firearms is complete. A musket can be turned out every eighty minutes of the working day from tlpj raw material. The machinery is of the most perfect desetfptiooi add'* does the work with unnerring -accuracy* Jt is said that ur no department of'the jneehanio arts has the .inventive mind been exerted With more astonishing or elabotato results. To produce a musket entire,, two hundred and ni nety-four machines and nearly five hundred distinct mechanical processes are involved. The iron from whiah the barrels.are made costs two hnndred dollars This is cut up. from bam into pieces' of. ten .pounds weight and fourteen inches in length, which, after being drawn out to forty inches under a nearly white beat, is corred apdwalded?od steel rods. . Etfoh barrel is. then bored out and reduced in weight from-ten pounds to four and a half, after .which is polished with emery on revolving wheels. The quality of the workmanship which is displayed in mftlrinM r\C ^AOA ka?t?Alo hi Mnf IUO UMaiUg \JL bUCOC I/All vi0 . VUUM^U(? MVU .W be excelled by any in the world. - . IRISH TRADITION. There are no serpents, or enoraprbplB^tiies in Ireland, as St. Patrick is said to h'a$r driven them all into the sea.At the lake of Killarny the peasants, still preserrey^t following lndicroufl tradition: When the labors of 8t. Patrick were drawin g to a close, there happened tobe onnehj** mons serpent who sturdily refused to emigrate, and baffled the attempts of the good saint for a long time. He haunted the romantic shore Of Killarny for a long time, and was so well pleased with his. {flace-jpf residence that he never contemplated prospect of removing. without a deep. sigt^ At length St. Patrick, having procured* large oaken chest, with nirie strong bolts io secure its lid, took it on his shoirider -one fine sunshiny morning, and trudged over to Killarny, where he found the serpent balking in the sun: Bad 4ook to said the serpent. 'Not so, my friend,' replied the good, saint, 'you speak unwismy^: I'm ??3* friend. To prove which", haten'tjl brought you over this beautiful house as a shelter to * you 1 80 be aisy my darling.' Hut the serpent being a cunning reptile,- understood what blarney meant, as well as.the rsaint himself. Still, not wishing to offend his apparently friendly yisiter, he-said, byifaicof excuse, that the cheat was net larae enomdf 7 " " O for him. St. Patrick assured him that it would accommodate him very well. ''Jaat getinto.it my darlint, and see how aisy yqu will be.' The; serpent thought to cheat the saint, so he whipped into the cheat,.bat feft an inch or two of his tail hanging over^tbe edge._ <1 told yon so,' said he, 'there iajjot room enough for the whole ofc me.1 'Take care of yonr tail, my darling1 cried the saiit, as- be whacked the lid down on. the serpent In an instant the tail disappeared, and Sfc Patrick proceeded to shut all the bofta; .'4: He then ;took the chest on his shouHem. 'Let me out I' crie'd the serpent' said the saint, 'I'll let you oat. to-momx?.' So saying, he threw the'box into the waters of the Idre, to the bottom of which it |arft to rise no more. Bat forever aftehrafde* the fishermen affirmed that they'heard? the voice of the'poor cozened reptile engeriyePquiring, 'Is to-morrpw come yet^. Ia tomorrow come yet ?? '".T i - THBULING SOENB AT A CAMpJI^kriWG. ?The last night of the meeting had arrived, the sermon was over, and the altar filled with penitent sonls, humbly kneeling.and seeling for the salvation of the Lord! Some 'fwh hundred persons were within th^riuliDg. intensely engaged pleading with -Hod-fbr an outpouring of his Spirit,'while-'without the railing of the nltar, yet" within the circle of the tents, some three or four ; hundred individuals, seated or standing, were gazing.w&h intunoe nn/in ilia minfiiv ' vrMtlino going on in .the place of .prayer. Suddenly .a rushing noise was heard, when, bursting through a vacated tent, came two fild^S furious horses, frightened by the glare oftfie lights and the sounds of the shouts*ofpwi^e and" cries for mercy that'waifedont dpqnthe otherwise stillness of the night; they titter- 5 ly disregarded all effects to arrest their progress, butbaok andforth/byer theaeatsafid among the crowd they galloped furiously op* ward',.spreading dismay and terror all around; ones for .help and shrieks of frightened women went up from alf parts ofthe enclosure except the altar where the intensity of the seeker and the laborer as their united cries for mercy ascended together to heaven, had forbid disturbance from the confusion without. . i To this place the terror sthoken anunala next bent their way. All along the ground, some prostrate upon the earth, others kneeling by their side, the people crowded to a perfect jam; another moment and the horses are on them. In the faiy of their rage, already have they reached the corner of the temporary pulpit; horror is depicted on eyery face, when a preacher within the de& reached out his hand and caught the foremost animal by the head, and his rage was over. As gentle as a lamb, the hones' stood until bridled and led away. The scene is ended, no one is injured, the people repair to their seats, the prayer meeting remains undisturbed, and scores of souls are converted to God. Surely God was their protector. 19* The officer of the deck on board a man-of-war, asked the man at the wheel, one day, "How does she head ?" It was blowing a gale of wind. "South-ayst," replied Pat, touching his hat, but forgetting to add sir to his answer. "You'd better put a few more s's in your answer when you speak to me," said the huffy lieutenant. "Ay, ay, sir-r-r," returned the witty Irishman. A day or two after, the officer called out again, "How does she head now V > "South-ayst and be south, half south and a little south* erly, eir-ree, your honor, tax/1 screamed Pat win ' 19* A poor Irishman, seeing a crowd of people approaching, asked what was the mat* ter. He was answered, "A man going to be buried." "Oh," replied he, "Fll Mop to see that, for we cany them to be,buried i? j PUT country." ?. * V** * * . ' ? J* v.%' r i c *, * " v " ; -r> * * : ' , -? V