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, ? , ,i . ||iri|||| |r ; _ | rnirrirnr* TmniMimimniiir ?i^TTTIl? lewis oris^propnetor.} An Independent Journal: For the Promotion of the Political, (Social, Agricultural and- Commercial Interests of the South. j $2pee annum, ih alvahce. VOL. 5. ~~ YORKYILLE, S. O., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1859. NO. 14. . 1 n m , mumimirfi minuninmm1 .wiiu,.mn?i??s m Mr?.R^-yttmmneutmammmmamtut mi miihwhi C^Jorfefrilk^mw IS ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, AT Two Dollars per year, in Advance. SIX COPIES, $10 30, TEN COPIES, $15 00, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. ADVERTISEMENTS Will be inserted at One Dollar per square for the first and ThirtY-SEVEX-aND-a-HaLF Cents for each subsequent insertion (less than three months.) A Square consists of the space occupied by 12 lines of Brevier type; 100 words or one ivch asp a half space. No Advertisement counted less than a square. Semi-Monthlv, Monthly, or Qnarterly Advertisements, will be charged ONE DOLLAR per square for each insertion. 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AAntroptfl tvJll i yuaneny, oeui-Auuiw u. > made on liberal terms?the contracts, however, mnst In all cases be confined to the luimcijlatp business of the firm or |t]({|vldual contracting, '%">I?er8oual Communications, when admissible ; commnulcations of limited or individual interest, or recommendations of Candidates for offices of honor, profit or trust, will be charged for at from 3 to 10 cents per line. Clpitc f oetrj). From the Edgefield Advertiser. BEAUTIFUL SALLIE. BY WM. M. MAKTIN. Oh bright is the water that flows from the foun tain, And pure is the snow when the winter winds wail; Oh fine is the laurel that grows on the mountain, And modest the violet down in the vale;? But purer than snowflake, and brighter than water In beauty excelling,?is somebody's daughter; And finer than flower on mountain or valley, But modestly blushing,?is Beautiful Sallie, Oh blest are the hours which fly In the bowers, Where golden-tinged sunbeams rejoicingly play. Where richest of perfumes arise from the flowers, When birds sing a requiem over the day ; But better *han bowers or flowers of Aidenn, And brighter than sunbeams,?I know a young maiden; And sweeter than roses, where humming birds dally 'I'o drink their rich uectar,?is Beautiful Sallie. Oh fresh are the breezes which blow in the morning. * ' i - it.? _:ii? And bright is tno uew rm me grass i?y i?v- n.is, When first comes the Day-beam with glory adorning And gilding and painting the valleys and hills;? More glorious than morning, when Zephyrs have kissed her, And fresher and fairer,?-is somebody's sister ; And brighter than streamlets, where fairies should rally To offer their homage,?is Beautiful Sallie. % Starg of leal fife. From the London Family Herald. A TALE FOR TRIAAT HUSBANDS. Where are you going, George ?' asked Mrs. Wilson, as her husband rose from the tea-table, and took bis hat. 0?I'm going out,' was the careless response. But where?' asked his wife. What odds does it make, Emma ?',returned her husband. 'I shall be back at my usual time,' The young wife hesitated, and a quick flush overspread her face. She seemed to have mnde up her mind to speak plainly upon a subject which had lain uneasily upon her heart for some time, and she could not let the opportunity pass. It required an effort ?but she persevered. Let me tell you what odds it makes to me,' she said, in a kind but tremulous tone. If I cannot have your company here at home,' I should at least feel better if I knew where you were.' 'But you know that I am safe, Emma? and what more can you ask ?' 'I do not know that you are safe, George. I know nothing about you when you are j nw.iv.' | J 'Pooh ! pooh ! Wop Id you have it that I am not capaHe of taking care of myself?' 'You put a wrong construction upon my words, George. Love is always anxious when its dearest object is away. If I did not love you as I do, I might not be thus uneasy. When you are at your place of business, I never feel thus, because I know I can seek and find you at any moment; but when you are absent during these long evenings, I get to wondering where you are.? Then I begin to feel lonesome; and so one thought follows another, until I feel troubled and uneasy. Oh?if you would only stay with me a portion of your evenings !' 'Aha?I thought that was what you were aiming at,' said George, with a playful shake of the head. 'You would have me here, every evening.' 'Well?can you wonder at it?' returned Emma. 'I used to be very happy when you came to spend an evening with me before we were married ; and I know I should be very happy iu your society now.' 'Ah,' said George, with a smile, 'those were business meetings. We were arranging then for the future.' 'And why not continue so to do, my husband ? I am sure we could be as happy now as ever. If you will remember, one of our plans was to make a home.' 'And haven't we got one, Emma? ? - i ?i-: _i_ 'We have certainly a piacc iu wuicu 10 live,' answered the wife, somewhat evasive]y 'And it is our home,' pursued George. 'And,' he added, with a sort of confideut flourish, 'home is the wife's peculiar province. She has charce of it, and all her work is there; while the duties of the husband call him to other scenes.' 'Well, I admit that, so for as certain duties are concerned,' replied Emma. 'But you must remember that we both need relaxation from labor; we need time for social and mental improvement and enjoyment; and what time have wc for this save our evenings ? Why should not this be my home of evening, as well as in daytime and in the night V 'Well?isn't it ?' asked George. 'How can it be if you are not here ? What makes a home for children, if it be not the abode of the parents ? What home can a husbaud have where there is no wife ? And ?what real home comforts can a wife enjoy where there is no husband ? You do not consider how lonesome I am all alone here during these long evenings. They are the very seasons when I am at leisure to enjoy your companionship, and when you would be at leisure to enjoy mine, if it is worth enjoying. They are the seasons when the happiest hours of home life might be passed. Come?will you not spend a few of your evenings with me?' 'You see enough of mo as it,' said the husband, lightly. 'Allow me to be the best judge of that, George. You would be very lonesome here, all alone.' 'Not if it was mv nlaee of business, as it ? ?J I? ' is ofyours,' returned the young man. 'You are used to staying here. All wives belong to home.' 'Just remember, my husband, that, previous to our marriage, [ bad pleasant society all the time. Of course I remained at home much of my time; but I bad a father and mother there, and I had brothers and sisters there?and our evenings were happily spent. Finally I gave all up for you. I left the old home, and sought a home with my husband. And now, have I not a right to oxpectsome of your companionship ? How would you like it to have me away every evening while you were obliged to remain here alone ?' i 'Why?I should like it well enough.' i 'Ah?but you would not be willing to ] try it-' i 'Yes, T would,' said George, at a ven- , ture. i 'Will you remain here every evening next 1 week, and let me spend my time among my i female friends ?' 'Certaiuly I will,' he replied; 'and I as- i sure you I shall not bo so lonesome as you i imagine.' With this the husband went out, and was < soon among his friends He was a steady, industrious man, and loved his wife truly ; ; but like thousands of others, he had contracted a habit of spending his evenings abroad, and thought it do harm, tiis only practical : idea of home seemed to be, that it was a place j whloh his wife took care of, and where he ] could eat, drink and sleep, aslongashe could pay for it. In short, he treated it as a sort of private boarding-house, of which his wife was landlady; and if he paid all the bills he considered his duty done. His wife had fre- 1 quently asked him to stay at home with her, but she had never ventured upon any argument before, and he had no conception of how much she missed him. She always seemed happy when he came home, and he suppoed she could always be so. Monday evening came, and George Wilson remained true to his promise. Ilis wife put on her bonnet and shawl, and be said he would remain and 'keep house.' 'What will you do while I am gone V Emma asked. Oh?I shall read and sing, and enjoy myself generally.' 'Very well,' said Emma. !I shall be back early.' The wife went out, and the husband was left alone. lie had an interesting book, and he began to read it. lie read till eight o'clock, and then he began to yawD, aod look frequently at the clock. The book did not interest him as usual. Ever and anon he would come to a passage which he knew would please his wife, and instinctive- , ly he turned as though he would read it aloud : but there was no wife to hear it. At half-past ei?ht he rose from his chair, and he began to pace the floor, and whistle.? Then he went and cot his flute, and played several of his favqjite airs. After this he cot a chess-board, and played a game with an imaginary partner. Then he walked the floor, and whistled again. Finally, the clock I struck nine, and his wife returned. 'Well, George,' said she, 'I am back in cood time How have you enjoyed yourself!' 'Capitally,' returned the husband. ?I had no idea it was so late. I hope you have enjoyed yourself.' 'Oh, splendidly!' said his wife. 'I had no idea how much enjoyment there was away from home. Home is a dull place, after all ?isn't it?' 'Why?no?I can't say that it is,' returned George, carelessly. 'In fact,' lie added, 'I rather like it.' 'I'm glad of that,' retorted Emma, 'for we shall both enjoy ourselves now. You shall j have a nice comfortable week of it.' Gcorgp winced at this, but he kept his I countenance, and determined to stand it out. On the next eveninc Emma nrenared to I go away again. j 'I shall be back ic good time,' she said. Where are you going?' her husband :asked. Oh, I can't tell exactly. I may go to ! several places.' So George Wilson was left alone again. ! and he tried to?amuse himself as before; but he found it a difficult task. Ever and anon | he would cast his eyes upon that empty chair, and the thought would come. "How pleas: ant it would be if she were here!" The j clock finally struck nine, and he began to j listen for the step of his wife. Half an hour ! more slipped by, and he became very nerj vous and uneasy. I declare,' he muttered to himself, after he had listened for some time in vain; 'this j is too bad. She ought not to stay so late !' But he happened to remember that he often ; remained away much later than that, so he concluded that he must make the best of it. At a quarter to teu Emma came home. A little late, am I not V she said, looking j up at the clock. 'But I fell in with soim old friends. How have you enjoyed yonr self?' 'First rate,' returned George, bravely. '! think home is a capital place.' 'Especially when a man can have it all t< himself,' added the wife, with a sidelong glance at her husband. But he made no re^ ply. On the next evening Emma prepared tc go out as before; but this time she kissed her husband ere she went, and seemed tc hesitate. 'Where do you think of going?' George asked, in an undertone. 'I may drop in to see Uncle John,' replied Emma. 'However, you won't be uneasy.? You'll know I'm safe.' 'Oh, certainly,' said her husband-; but when left to his own reflections ho began to ponder seriously upon the subject thus presented for consideration He could not read ?he could not play?nor enjoy himself in anyway, while that chair wis empty. In short, he found that home had no real comfort without his wife. The ono thing needed to make his home cheerful was not present. 'I declare,' he said to himself, I did not think it would be so lonesome. And can it be that she feels as I do, when she is here all alone? It must be so,' he pursued, thoughtfully. 'It is just as she says. Before we were married she was very happy in her childhood's home Her parents loved her, and her brothers and sisters loved her; and they did all they could to make her comfortable.' After this he walked up and down the room several times, and then stopped again, and communed with himself. 'I can't stand this!' said he. 'I should die in a week. If Emma were only here, I think I could amuse myself very well. IIow lonesome and dreary it is !. And only eight o'clock 1 I declare?I've a mind to walk down as far as Uncle John's, and see if she is there. It would be a relief if I only saw her. I won't go in. She shan't know yet that I hold out so faintly.' George Wilson took another turn across the room, glanced once more at the clock, J ll .1_ 1 A. A TI. find tnen iook nis nai ana went uut. xic locked the door after him, and then bent his steps towards Uncle John's. Itwasa beautiful, moonlight night, and the ay- was keen and bracing. He was walking along, with his eyes bent upon the pavement, when he heard a light step approaching him. He looked up, and?he could not be mistaken? saw his wife. His first impulse was to avoid her, but she had recqgoizeuLhim. 'George,' she said, in surprise, 'is that pou ?' 'It is,' was the response. 'And you do not pass your evenings at home?' 'This is the first time I have been out, Emma, upon my word; and even now I have not been absent from the house ten minutes. I merely came out to take the fresh air. Rut where are you going ?' 'I am going home, George. Will you go with me ?' 'Certainly,' returned the husband. She took his qrm, and they walked home in silence. When Emma had taken off her things, she sat down in her chair, and looked at the clock. 'You are come home early to-night,' remarked George. The young wife looked up into her husband's face, and, with an expression half smiling and half tearful, she answered. 'I will confess the truth, George; I have given up the experiment. I managed to stand it last evening, but I could not bear it through to-night. When I thought of you here all alone, I wanted to be with you. It didn't seem right. I havn't enjoyed myself at all. I have no home but this.' Say you so!' cried George, moving his chair to his wife's side, and taking one of her hands. 'Then let me make ray confession. I have stood it not a whit better.? When I left the house this evening, I could bear it no longer. I found that this was no home for me, while my sweet wife was absent. I thought I would walk down by Uncle John's and see your face, if possible. I had gazed upon your empty chair till my heart ached.' He kissed her as he spoke, and then added, while she reclined her head upon his arm, 'I have learned a very good lesson Your presence here is like the bursting forth of the sun after a storm; and if 1 ? - Tl?HA?rtn rrrViioli nf nmiPSP you love me aa Aiurcjrvu?nuivu) v w...., I cannot doubt?my presence may afford some sunlight for you. At all events, our next experiment shall be to that effect. I will try and see how much home comfort we can find while we arc both here to enjoy it.' Emma was too happy to express her joy in words; but she expressed it nevertheless, and in a manner, too, not to be mistaken. The next evening was spent at home by both husband and wife, and it was a season of much enjoyment. In a short time George began to realize how much comfort was to be found in a quiet and peaceful home; and the longer he enjoyed this comfort, the more plainly did he see and understand the simple truth, that it takes two to make a happy home, and that if the wife is one party, the husband must be the other. A Startling Titkory.?A correspon dent of the SanFancisco National, has communicated to that paper a startling theory, He states that gold has been found in California in process of formation. In supporl of the theory that gold is continually forming in that region, he states that recently a common axe was dug up, that had probably lain four or five years in the red earth thai is common to that region, and its entire sur face exhibited fine gold deposited upon it He says it is asserted by able analytical chemists that gold can be obtained from all the earth and rocks found within the golc belt. The future of California as a minera country is no longer problematical. The ex hausting of places only is removed to a 1od? e period, while the development of gold in so | - many of the geological formations seem to determine the fact that it is only a question t of time when science will be the assistant to the present rude methods, and the operations > be conducted upon principles that are posir tive in their results. pisccllaircoits gea&ing. ' 1,, || ,||, PENMANSHIP EXTRAORDINARY. One of the most extraordinary examples of the combination of.persevering industry, constructive taste and manual skill that we have ever known or heard of may be seen at this time in the works of Mr. David Davidson, an artist of a character so peculiar that it will be necessary at least briefly to describe his works in order that it* may be understood. The branch of art to which Mr. Davidson has been led to devote himself, by some attraction that seems more than human, is that of penmanship; and surely his success is great and complete to a wonder. ( He draws, engraves, paints; but the lines i of his drawings are not lines, but minute i yet legible words, complete in every letter and every stroke and angle. Thus his pic- j tures are all histories, each face or figure tel- ( ling its own life-long story. The specimens , we have seen were hanging on the walls of the retiring-room of the House of Repre- 1 sentative3, and there is that in them which j speaks of more than skill or patience ; they ghow that to a mind bent on greatness wheth- \ er material, artistic, intellectual or moral, it j is hardly wise to deem miracles impossible. ( Mr. Davidson is by birth a Pole, and but a \ few years in America; yet he speaks fairly ] and transcribes our language most accurately. He is quite blind in one eye and near 1 and imperfectly sighted in the other, yet no ; flaw in his works is any where discernible. | He writes the lines that compose the shadings < of his pieces without pencil or ruler, and yet j their parallelism is perfect to all appearance. ] and must be so in fact or they could not fit j in at the corners so admirably. In his choice j of the subjects for his extraordinary works < there is an accuracy,in tbe closings, a pro- i prietary in the breaks, and a general perfec- f tion in minute as well as leading parts that J produces in the spectator a surprise not less j than profound. We can do no more than i rapidly mention the pieces on exhibition.? i There is a miniature likeness of Mayor Tie- ] mann, of New York, done in a history of i his life; an elevation of the Maryland In- j stitnte; drawn in a description of the insti- ] tution by Mr. Yansant; the new Capitol of the United States, done out in Horton's Life ( and Services of Mr. Buchanan; a likeness ( of the President from the same work; the i two tables of the Mosaic law in beautiful j Hebrew characters, surrounded with an amazing elaborateness of work and taste by i -? 1*1 * n -r* 1 n 1?.t 3 the whohj Dook or uxoaus in Jiingnsn, ana large portions of it in Hebrew; Washington at Trenton, done in a history of the battle i from Sparks; Paul Morphy at his chess table, drawn in the history of his life from the i Chess Monthly; and, lastly, a copy of Trum- i bull's painting of the .Declaration of Inde- i pcndence, drawn in the text of the Declara- i tion itself; the articles of confederation, the Constitution, Washington's Newburg papers, Farewell Address, and several others of his memorable writings. Great as these things arc, we understand there is a greater in New ! York, by the same author, seventy-eight j .inches long by sixty wide, in which the subject is drawn in the text of the whole Bible, 1 written out at length, and, it is said, with- 1 out error or omission.?National Intelligen- ' cer. 1 A "TALKING FISH." On Tuesday there arrived in Manchester, ; for exhibition, an animal styled a "Talking Fish," which, no doubt, will prove a source 1 nf attraction to the nublic in ceneral and the 1 r w , naturalist in particular. Amongst others, wspaid a visit yesterday aftemooD, and were much gratified by what we saw. The term 1 "fish," however, appears to be a misnomer, for there can be no doubt that the animal is a specimen of the small-tailed seal, phoca ' leptonyx of De Blainvillc, the sfenorhynchus 1 leptonyx of Fred. Cuvier, and described as 1 such by Dr. Hamilton in the eighth volume of the "Naturalists' Libraryreferred to J also by Professor Owen, under the same 1 name, in the 12th vol. of'the "Annals of ' Natural History," (1843, p. 331,) but not 1 the species described and figured under that name by Dr. Gray, in the illustrations to the voyage of the Erebus and Terror, and 1 mentioned in the British Museum catalogue by the same authority, to which he has given the trivial name of "Sea Leopard." In this opinion Mr Moore of the Derby Museum agrees. It is an antarctic species, and ' by no means common in the Museums. The animal was captured on the Southwest coast of Africa some five years ago. What may have been the course of training to which it [ 11 has been subjected, we are unable to say ; but there can be no doubt of tins, that the animal readily comprehends what is said to i it, although the auditory orifices, which are ' situated behind and below the eyes, are ini visible. If it be told to turn over, i; at once : obeys the command and repeats the evolution as often as directed. It is provided with two fore flappers, having shoulder . blades, shoulder boues, arm and wrist bones, , which are of great strength, and it extends j either the right or the left one, as the keeper i : commands; elevating both, in an appealing | attitude, when requested. The brain cavity | is large, and the brain highly convoluted, j r being ranked by Professor Owen in the high- j t est of his animal brain types. It is extreme-! ly docile ; aad, although possessing a mouth j . full of formidable teeth, will kiss its keeper 1 with an appearance of affection, and when 1 desired, will pronounce the words "Mamma" j I and "Papa" with considerable clearness of 1 articulation. The animal subsists upon fish, - and consumes about 30 pounds weight of ; whiting per day. One peculiar habit it dis- j plays is that after it has swallowed its firsi food in the morning, which it does not ap pear to masticate, it disgorges once, and of ten twice or thrice, and then dispatches a gain with an evident relish. To all lovers of natural history, as well as to the general public, this exhibition must prove one ol considerable interest, for this animal possesses a degree of intelligence which cannot fail to be both instructive and amusing. It is about seven feet long, is amphibious, and possesses the power of standing erect at pleasure.?Manchester Examiner. A SUBLIME PERORATION. The closing passage of Prof. Mitchell's lecture, at New York, on Tuesday evening, was delivered with thrilling effect. After 1.: e.L ui~ J:-. ui me uuiaiiiuiuuuiu uidiauees vruieu no telescope can penetrate, lying far beyond the system in which the earth revolves, and yet filled with independent systems of infinite numbers, he said : 'Light traverses space at tfie rate of a million miles a minute, yet the light from the nearest^tar requires ten years to reach the earth, and Herschel's telescope revealed stars two thousand three hundred times further distant. The great telescope of Lord Ross pursued these creations of God still deeper into space, and having resolved the nebulae of the .Milky Way into stars, discovered other systems of stars?beautiful diamond points glittering through the black darkness beyond. When he beheld this amazing abyss?when he saw these systems scattered profusely throughout space?when he reflec ted up<m their immense distance, their enormous magnitude, and the countless millions of worlds that belonged to them, it seemed to him as though the wild dream of the German poet was more than realized. 'God called man in dreams into the vestibule of heaven, saying come up hither and t will show thee the glory of the house.' And to his angels who stood about his throne be 3aid, 'take him, strip him, of his robes of 8esh ; cleanse his nostrils; but touch not his human heart?the heart that fears and hopes md trembles.' A moment, and it wasdone, ind the man stood ready for his unknown voyage. Under the guidance of a mighty lngel, with sounds of flying pinions, they jped away from the battlements of heayen. Some time on the mighty angel's wings they Eled through the Saharas of darkness, wildernesses of death. At length from a distance not counted save in the arithmetic of heaven, light beamed upon them?a sleepy flame was aeen through a hazy cloud. They sped on in their terrible speed to meet the light; the light with lesser speed came to meet them. In a moment the wheeling of planets ; then came long eternities of twilight; then again on the right and the left appeared mere constellations. At last the man sank down, crying, 'Angel, I can go no further, let me lie down in the grave, and hide myself from the infinitude of the universe, for end there is none.' 'End there is none V demanded the angel. And from the glittering stars that shone around there came a choral shout, 'End there is none!' 'End there is none?' demanded the angel again, and is it this that awes thy soul ?' I answer end there is none to the universe of God ! Lo, also, there is do beginning!'' Mr. Everett and the Newspapers. ?Mr. Edward Everett, as a contriubtor to the newspaper press, continues to be the subject of remark. There are many who regard Mr. Everett in his new vocation as having descended from a lofty eminence to one of questionable character and distinction. It occurs to us that the tree had better be judged by its faiit. If Mr. Everett has ability and the true resources of mind for which he has been credited, he will suffer nothing by the moderate weekly drafts made upon him under his arrangement with Mr. Bonner. It is proper, however, to say that Mr. Everett has been drawn into a channel that is likely to test his resources. The newspaper is a practical school. Those who wish to be known by the glitter of their ornaments, rather than by the vigor of their intellects, will never win fame and distinction through such mediums. There is a large class of famous men in this country who, if subjected to the sharp work of newspaper controversy, would fall iDto obscurity in less time than that allotted to Mr. Everett as a contributor to the Ledger. We would not intimate that he will fail. The subject and the objects of his labors arc sufficient to inspire a less enthusiastic person than Mr. Everett. Washington Irving has said that i. 1- ! ? ~ *? "a ??% /-?1 + no in nrpWo aw cnoolr J ri UUIUIU?? IS 3U UlUIUUlt UO WU muv Ul opv.ua &u the face of expectation. When Mr. Irving uttered this there were very few newspapers, [t was not then the province of the press to publish every morning elaborate criticisms on currentpolitics, literature, religion, science and art. Now the press is a great institution, embracing by long odds the best intellect in the world. Everything else in the way of types is mere fogyism, cold, lifeless matter, which few, born in the prasent century, think of reading. The publication of matter by the piess of the United States during the last ten years, was larger than that thrown off in all shapes by the combined press of the world from 1750 to 1800. The newspapers will absorb all the monthlies in thirty years more. Mr. Everett, then, in our judgment, instead of having descended into newspaper literature, has simply put his powers to the test. If he is successful, his fame will become enlarged and solidified. He is known now to the intellectual world only for his elaborately-prepared compositions, the elegance and beauty of their finish, and the moderate amount of thought and instruction imbodicd in them. Everybody knows the effect of costuming.? Washington Union. 80* Whoever would be perfect must hear with his neighbor's ears, and see with his neighbor's eyes, whatever relates to himself; for they will be a true mirror reflecting himself as he is; while his own will doubtless be a false one; faced with a picture of himself as he should be. t The Africans.?A correspondent of the Southern Recorder, writing from Jackson-1 ville, Telfair county, gives the following ac count of the 'wandering Africans' that were i recently in duress, for some days, at that 1 place: ' 'The most of these negros are very likely, and arc from six to twenty-one years old : there are only one woman among them.? i They seem perfectly happy, and are as con-' tented and free from care as if roaming their native wilds. They remain in jail only at night; during'the day they are permitted the freedom of the yard. Some of them are quite smart, and all are quick to learn. At first they could not speak a word of English; several of them, since they have been here, have mastered many words. 'Money' and 'whisky' are favorite words with them?all love money, and all appear to love whisky. They seem to have a knowledge of the value of coin, but none of our paper currency. I gave one an order for something at a store, since which time all scraps of paper are in great demand with them. A newspaper was torn into small pieces and carefully put away, they thinking it will answer the same purpose as money. Their dances and sports are very amusing and original. Most of the older ones are qnite ingenious, making knives and other things out of the iron hoops and sardine boxes. They are very fond of fine dress, and some of the boys of the place have put gay ribbons through the holes in their ears, which makes then quite proud. I don't think they have an idea of God. I have taken some pains to find out their belief in a Supreme Being, but have failed. They are from three different nations or tribes, there being three different marks or tattoos among them indicating, as they say, different nations, or, perhaps, as more reasonable, different, castes. The soon learned some profane words, bnt being told it was wrong to use them, it is seldom they will do so, saying 'marbe,' bad, when asked to repeat them.' Bisnop Capers on Children.?The following sensible thoughts about children, and children's amusements, occur in the autobiography of that lamented Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Chnrch, Rev. Win. Capers, D. D.: 'And I say now, let the children be children. Let them have their plays in their owu way, and choose them for themselves. We only spoil it by interferring. And I say more; away with all sickly sentimentalism, i i ? ? .f 4 ana tne cruelty or unnatural constraint.? What a deprivation it would have been to me at Bellevue to have beeo-refuaod-my traps because it was cruel to catch the birds I But I had my traps, and never dreamed of any cruelty in the matter. My father made the first one for me, and taught me how to make them, and how to set them, and to choose proper places for them. But he never made a cage for me, nor did I ever want him to make one. God had given me the birds Jo eat, if I could catch them: but not toshut them up in cages, where they could do me no good. No artificial cases of conscience were made for me. I loved the birds. I loved to see their pretty feathers, and to hear them sing; but I loved to taste their flesh still better. And I might do so as inoffensively as a cat, for anything I was taught. <* i ? _ .i_ _ The use gave tne measure 01 rignc in me case. Such as I could not eat I would not catch ; and I hate to this day the mawkish philosophy which gives to the birds the sympathy due to the children. Let the children be free and active. Let them have a mind and will. And let them have a parent's faithful guidance; neither the ill-judging weakness which is ever teasing them with interjections that mean nothing; nor the false refinement, which, while it must have the birds to go free to carrol in the groves, makes caged birds of the little children; nor the tyranny of constraining them out of all their simple, gleeful nature, to behave like old people/ Newspaper Mortality.?There is a regular mortality prevailing among newspapers. Almost every mail brings news of the death of some one. The cholera is not more fatal in a community than 'hard times' among printers. An exchange says, that so far as it has noticed, not one newspaper in ten survives the second year. Perhaps this mortality is overstated, though we would not like to dispute the assertion. More money has been lost in printing offices than in any other business requiring the same labor and outlay of capital. The reason is obvious to those who are familiar with the manner in which newspapers are started, though others may look on in wonder that so many live hardly long enough to proclaim their birth. Some little town wants to be blown into notoriety; a subscription of a few hundred dollars is made up, and somebody is deluded by fair promises to start a newspaper. Probably one-half the subscription is never paid ; the fair promises are remembered only to be broken. Necessity or pride keeps the publisher at work until his money (if he had any) is exhausted, and his credit is utterly gone. Then comes the natural result?the paper stops, with debts owed and owing, enough, it may be, to balance, but neither paid, and a general growl comes up against the swindling printer. Another frequent cause of the establishment of a new paper is that some clique of politicians or local interest becomes dissatisfied with the one already established. An 'independent' paper is wanted, which means that the editors shall say and do just what the disaffcctants shall dictate. 2he same process as is witnessed in the ambitious little town is adopted, and the result is the same. Printing, as a business, is like any other business. There must be a demand as well as a supply. A newspaper must be selfsustaining; gratuities destroy its independence ; or as the organ of a clique it forfeits its claims to the public confidence.?Neic's Letter. B&* 'I would not bfia woman,' said Jean Paul Riohter, 'for then I could not love her.' A Lizard Story.?With reference to killing lizards by means of salt, I was lately told a wonderful story by a raw Lancanshire man. It appears that once upon a time there lived a man whose appetite was enormous; he was always eating and yet conld never get fat; he was the thinnest and most miserable of creatures to look at. He always declared that he had something alive 'in his stomach?and a kind friend, learned in doctoring, confirmed his opinion, and prescribed a most ingenious plan to dislodge the enemy, a big TritoD, who bad taken up his quarters in the man's stomach. He was ordered to eat nothing but salt food^.and to drink no water; and when he had continued this treatment as long as he could bear it; he was to go and lie dqjvn near a weir of the river, where the water was running over, "with his mouth open." Tl^e man did as ho was told, the open-mouthed and expectant placed himself by the side of the weir. The lizard inside, tormented by the salt food, and parched for want of water, heard the sound of the running stream, and came scampering up the man's throat, and jumping out of his mouth, ran down to the water ' to drink. The sudden appearance of the brute so terrified the weakened patient that he fainted away, still with his mouth open. In the meantime the lizard had drunk his full, and was coming back to return down the man's throat?into his stomach; he had nearly succeeded in so doing when the patient awoke, 'and seizing his enemy by the tail killed him on the spot. I consider this story to be one of the finest strings of impoasibiliti?s ever recorded. Rules for Sleeping in Church.?A correspondent of the Pacific, in an article on the proper manner of sleeping in church ?a custom which, he remarks, has been consecrated into a duty by common practice since the days of Paul?gives the following valuable hints on the subject : 1. It is an improper manner of performing this duty to nod, and for the plain reason that the worshipper attracts too much attention. Now, we are everywhere taught to a^oid ostentatious display in our worship.? The Pharisees were condemned for praying at the comers of the streets, that they might be seen of men. On the same principle the nodding worshipper is condemned, for he is making too public a display of his devotions. 2. Nor is it proper to snore in the perforance of this duty, partly for the foregoing reasons; but mainly because it is a direct infraction of the golden rule. Suppose, for inatonoa tW ynnr nn-rf in anlftrtp f by your snoring he will be disturbed, probably entirely awakened. This, you perceive, is not doing to others as you would they should do to you. 3. I deem it unchristian to sleep with the head thrown back and the mouth wide open. It is wrong to injureone's health"while offering worship; and all physicians admit that such position is liable to produce sore throat i and hoarseness. Besides, flies sometimes get into the mouth on such occasions, and ( by their injudicious exploratians, tickle the \ delicate membranes, and cause horrible stren- 1 nations and cougbings, which I am'told are very injurious to health. To Business Men.?Every business man and mechanic, who has a proper appreciation of the true mode of doing business, ought to have impressed upon his memory the fact that no man should be delicate about asking for what is properly his due. If he neglects doing so, he is deficient in the spirit of independence which he should observe in all his actions. Bights are rights, and if not granted, should be demanded. The selfish world is little inclined to give him his own, unless he have the manliness to olaim it. The lack of proper fulfilment of this principle has lost to many, fortune, fame and leputation. Occasionally a customer, who is less a gentleman than an upstart, puts on haughty airs and affects to be insulted at beiDg dunned for money that he ought to have paid long before. No matter. Tho laborer is worthy of his hire. We know it is unpleasant to be dunned, and equally unpleasant to dun other DeoDle: nevertheless . * * circumstances sometimes require that we submit to both; but we would be sorry to get 'wrathy' at a man because he asked us for his own, and think a man very small potatoes, who will fly in a passion when we demand a small bill.?Athens Herald. Power op a New Idea.?Observing a method of taming wild horses, which rather takes the wind out of Mr. Rarey's sails, I beg leave to mention a way which a late dear friend of mine saw practised in one of the streets of New York, to overcome the obstinacy of restive horses. He saw a gentleman in a light wagon, whose horse would not move for all the flogging he could administer to him. At length a cartman went up to the gentleman and said, 'Ifyou please, sir, I'll make him go.' 'By all means,' said the gentleman. The cartman went to the kennel, and filling his hand with mud, approached the animal and well rubbed his nose with it, upon which he set off as quiet ly as possible. My friend being anxious to know what had induced the cartman to administer such a novel method to overcome the horse's obstinacy, was informed, <Oh, it gives him a new idea, sir.' A Glorious Record.?The Richmond Enquirer publishes the report of the Secretary of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union, from which it appears that, although it is not yet one year since the Association was orgonized, they have succeeded in collecting and paying over the large sum of one hundred and fifty-eight thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars 1 They have now only to provide for the sum of $41,666.66, which is not due until February 22d, 1862, but which, it is believed, will be collected and paid over io-a short time. This is a great achievement and reflects infinite honor upon the women of America ! Ratify promises by performances.