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1 lewisk.oust,proprietor. | An Independent Journal: For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the South. |?speeahuiim hjabvaice. VOL. 5. YOEKVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15,1859. ISTO. 5Q. jieledefr floetrg. THE SEWING MACHINE. BY A CONNECTICUT YANKEE. Got one? Don't say so! Which did you get? One of the kind to open and abet ? Own it, or hire it ? He w much did you pay ? Does it go with a crank, oc treadle ? Say. I'm a single man, and somewhat green, Tell me of your sewing machine. Listen my boy, and beAr all about it? I don't know what I should do without it, I've owned one now for more than a year, And like it so well I call it "my dear." 'Tis the cleverest thing ever was seen, This wonderful family sewing machine. It's none of your angular Wheeler things, With steel shod beak and cast iron wnigs; Its work woald bother a hundred of his, And is worth a thousand ! Indeed it is; And has a way?you need'nt stare? Of combiDg and braiding its own black hair! Mine is not one of those stupid affairs, That stands in a corner with what-nots and chairs, And makes that dismal, headachy noise, . Whioh all the oomfort of sewing destroys; No rigid contrivance of lumber and Bteel, Bat one with a natnral spring in the heel. Mine is one of the kind to loTe, And wears a shawl and a soft kid glove. Has the merriest eyes and a dainty foot, And sports the cbarmingest gaiter boot, And a bonnet with feathers, and ribbons, and loops, With any indefinite number of hoops. None of your patent machines for me, Unless Dame Nature's the patentee ! . I like the sort that oan laugh and talk, And take my arm for an evening walk ; That will do whatever the owner may choose, With the slightest perceptible turn of the sorews. One that can dance, and?possibly?flirt; And make a padding as well as a shirt; One that can sing without dropping a stitch,? And play the housewife, lady or witch? Ready to give the sagest advice, Or do np your collar and things so nice. What do you think of my machine ? Ain't it the nicest that ever was seen ? 'Tisn't a clumsy, mechanical toy. But flesh and blood ! hear that, my boy ! *1 ? fJ UnnenKnli] offoi*?Q TT HQ & luru iur gVOJ?l p tsuu uuuovuviu Which include, you know, the sowing of tares. Tat 1 tut?don't t&lk. I see you are in the thrall; You needn't ieep winking so bard at the wall; I know what your fidgetty fnmblings mean ; Would you like, yourself, a sewing machine? Well, get one then?of the same design? There was plenty left when I got mine. ^ketcji of |leal fife. AN INCIDENT IN MARRIED LIFE. 'Ma, why don't you ever dress up ?' asked little Nellie Thornton, as her mother finished brushing the child's hair, and tying her olean apron. There was a momentary surprise on Mrs. Thornton's face; but she answered, carelessly, 'Oh, no one cares how I look.' 'Don't Pa love to see you look pretty ?' persisted the child. The mother did not reply, but involuntarily she glanced at her slovenly attire, the faded and worn calioo dress and dingy apron, i both bearing witness to an intimate acquaintance with the dish pan and stove?the slipshod shoes, and soiled stockings?and she rnnld not belt) remembering how she had j that morning appeared with uncombed hair, and prepared her husband's breakfast before he left home for the neighboring markettown. 'Sure enough!' mused she, 'howl do look !' And then memory pointed back | a few years to a neatly and tastefully dressed maiden, sometimes busy in her father's house, again mingling with her young companions, . but never untidy in her appearance, always fresh and blooming; and this she knew, full well, was a picture of herself when Charles Thornton first won her young heart. Such was the bride he had taken to his pleasant home?he had in mature life fulfilled the prophecy of youth. She was still comely in features, graceful in form, but few would call her a handsome or an accomplished woman; for, alas ! all other characteristics were overshadowed by this repulsive trait. Yet she loved to see others neat, and her house and children did Dot seem to belong to her, so well kept and tidy did they look. As a housekeeper she excelled, and her husband was long in acknowledging to himself the unwelcome fact that he had married an incorrigible sloven. When, like too many other young wives, she began to grow negligent in regard to her dress, he readily excused her in his own mind, and thought 'she is not well,' or 'she | has so much to do;' and perceiving no abatement in his kind attentions, she naturally concluded he was perfectly satisfied.? As her family cares increased, and she went less into company, she became still more careless of her personal appearance, and contented herself with seeing that nothing was lacking which could contribute to the comfort of her husband and children, never supposing that so trivial a matter as her own apparel could possibly effect their happiness. All this chain of circumstances hitherto unthought of passed before her, as the little prattler at her side repeated the query, Don't Pa love to see you look pretty ?' Yes, my child,' she answered, and her resolve was taken?she would try an experiment, and prove whether Mr. Thornton were really indifferent on the subject or not. Giving Nellie a picture-book with which to amuse herself, she went to her own room, mentally exclaiming, 'at any rate, I'll never put on this rig again?not even washingday.' She proceeded to her clothes press and removed one dress after another?some were ragged, others faded, all out of style, and some unfit to wear?at length she found one which had long a?o been laid aside, as too light to wear about the house.' It was a nice French print, rose colored and white, and she remembered it had once been a favorite with her husband. The old adage, fashions come round in seven years,' seemed true in this case; for the dress was made in the then prevailing style. This is just the thing,' she thought, and she hastened to perform her toilette, saying to herself, 'I must alter my dark gingham to wear mornings, and get it all ready be fore Charles comes home.' Then she released her long, dark hair from its imprisonment in a most ungracefal twist, and careful 1 j brushing its still glossy waves, she plaited it in the broad braids whioh Charles used so much to admire in the days of her girlhood. The unwonted task brought back many reminiscences of those long vanished yoars, and tears glistened in her eyes as she thought of the many changes time had wrought in those she loved, but she murmured, 'What hath sadness like the change in ourselves we find V In that hour she realized how an apparently trivial fault bad gained the mastery over her, and imperceptibly had placed a barrier between her and the one she loved on earth. True, he never chided her? never apparently noticed her altered appearance?but she well knew he no longer urged ber going into society, nor did he seem tc care aboat receiving his friends at his own house, although he was a social man, and had once felt proud to introduce his young wife to his large circle of acquaintances. Now, they seldom went out together, excepting to church, and even drossing for that was generally too much of an effort for Mrs. Thornton?she would stay at home 'to keep house,' after preparing her little ones to accompany their father; and the neighbors soon ceased expecting to meet her at public worship or in their social gatherings ?and so, one by one, they neglected to oall on her until but very few of the number continued to exchange friendly civilities with her. She had wondered at this, had felt mortified and pained heretofore; now she clearly saw it was her own fault, the veil was removed from her eyes, and the mistake of her life was revealed in its true enormity. Sincerely did she repent of her past error, calmly and seriously resolve on future and immediate amendment. Meanwhile her hands were not idle, and at length the metamojphosis was complete. The bright pink drapery hung gracefully about her form, imparting an unusual brilliancy to her complexion?her best wrought collar was fastened with a costly brooch, her husband's wedding gift, which had not seen ? ni I toe llgnc Tor many a uay. vxiauciug uuuu more at her mirror, to be certain her toilette j needed no more finishing touches, she took her sewing and returned to the sittieg room. Little Nellie had wearied of her picture book, and was now playing with the kitteD. As Mrs. Thornton entered she clapped her hands in childish delight, exclaiming, 'Oh, Ma, how pretty?pretty !' and running to her kissed her again and again, then drew her little chair olose to her side, and eagerly watched her as she plied her needle, repairing the gingham dress. Just before it was completed, Nellie's brothers came from school, and pausing at the half-opened door, Willie whispered to Charlie, 'I guess we've got company, for mother's all dressed up.' It was with mingled emotions of pleasure and pain that Mrs. Thornton observed her children wore unusually docile and obedient, hastening to perform their accustomed duties without being even reminded of them. Children are natural and unaffeoted lovers of the beautiful, and their intuitive perceptions will not often suffer from comparison with the opin ions of mature worldly wisdom, it was with a feeling of admiration that these children now looked upon their mother, and seemed to consider it a privilege to do something for her. It was 'let me get the kindlings'?<1 will make the fire'?and 'may I fill the tea-kettle ?'?instead of, as was sometimes the case, 'need I doit?'?'I don't want to,' 'why can't Willie.' Nellie was too small to render much assistance, bat she often turned from her frolic with her kitten, to look at her mother, and utter some childish remark expressive of joy and love. At last the clock struck the hour when Mr. Thornton was expected, and his wife proceeded to lay the table with unusual care, and to plaoe thereon several ohoice viands of which she knew he was particularly fond. Meanwhile, let us form the acquaintance of the absent husband and father, whom we find in the neighboring town just completing his day's traffic. He is a fine locking, middle-aged man, with an unmistakable twinkle of kindly feeling in his eye, and the lines of good humor plainly traced about his mouth ?we know at a glance that he is cheerful aud indulgent in his family, and are at once prepossessed in his favor. As he is leaving the store, where he has made his last purchase for the day, he is accosted in a familiar manner bv a tall gentle i man just entering the door. He recognizes an old friend, and exclaims, 'George Morton, is it you V The greeting is mutually cordial ; they were friends in boyhood and early youth, but since Mr. Morton has been practicing law in a distant city, they have seldom met, and this is no place to exchange their many questions and answers. Mr. Thornton's fine span of horses and light 'democrat' are standing near by, and it needs but little persuasion to induce Mr. Morton to accompany his friend to his home which he never has yet visited. The conversation is lively and spirited?they recall the feats of their school days and the experiences of after life, and compare their present position in the world, with the golden future of which they used to dream. Mr. Morton is a bachelor, and very fastidious in his taste?as that class of individuals are prone to be. The recollection of this flashes on Mr- Thornton's mind as they drive along towards their destination. At once his zeal in the dialogue abates, and he becomes thoughtful and silent, and does not urge his team onward, but seems willing to afford Mr. Morton an opportunity to admire the beautiful scenery on either hand?the hills and valleys clad in the fresh verdure of June, while the lofty mountain ranges look blue and dim in the distance. He cannot help wondering if they will And his wife in the same predicament in which he left her that morning, and invol untarily shrinks from introducing so slatternly a personage to his.refined and cultivated friend. But it is now too late to retract his polite invitation?they are entering the old 'homestead'?one field more and his fertile farm, with its well kept fences, appears in view. Yonder is his neat white house, elms and maples. They drive through the large gateway, the man John comes from the bam to put up the horses, and Mr. Thornton hurries Qp the walk to the piazza, leaving bis friend to follow at his leisure?he must see his wife first, and if possible hurry her out of sight before their visitor enters. He rushes into the sitting-room?woras cannot express uis amazement?there sits the very image of his lovely bride, and a self conscions blush mantles her cheek as he stoops to kiss her with words of joyful surprise, 'Why Ellen!' He has time for no more, George Morton has followed him, and be exclaims, 'Ha ! Charley, as lover-like as ever?hasn't the honeymoon set yet?' and then he is duly presented to Mrs. Thornton, who, under the pleasing excitement of the occasion, appear^ to far better advantage than usual. Tea is upon the table, and the gentlemen do ample justice to the tempting repast spread before them. A happy meal it is to Charles Thornton, who gazes with admiring fondness upon his still beautiful wife. Supper over, Mr. Morton coaxes little Nellie to sit on his lap, but she soon slides down and climbs her father's knee, whispers confidentially, 'Don't mamma look pretty ?' He kisses her and answers, 'Yes, my darling.' The evening passes pleasantly and swiftly away, and many a half-forgotten smile of their life pilgrimage is recalled by some way mark which still gleams bright in the distance. They both feel younger and better for their interview, and determine never to become so like strangers again. Mr. Morton's soliloquy, as he retires to the cosy apartment appropriated to his use is, 'Well this is a happy family 1 What a lucky fellow Charley is?such a handsome wife and children?and she so good a housekeeper, too ! Maybe I'll settle down some day myself? which pleasing idea that night mingled with his visions. The next morning Mr. Thornton watched his wife's movements with some anxiety? he could not bear to have her destroy the favorable impression which he was certain she had made on his friend's mind, and yet some irresistible impulse forbade his offering aDy suggestion or alluding in any way to the delicate subject so long nnmentioned between them. But Mrs. Thornton needed no friendly advice?with true womanly tact she perceived the advantage she had pained, and was not at all inclined to relinquish it. The dark gingham dress, linen collar and snowy apron formed an appropriate and becoming morning attire for a housekeeper; and the table afforded the guest no occsion for altering his opinion in regard to the skill or affability of his amiable hostess. Early in the forenoon, Mr. Morton took leave of his hos pitable friends, being called away Dy pressing affairs of business. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton returned to their accustomed avocations, but it was with renewed energy, and new sense of quiet happiness, no less deeply felt because unexpressed. A day or two afterwards, Mr. Thornton invited his wife to accompany him to town, saying he thought she might do some shopping; aneshe, with no apparent surprise, but with heartfelt pleasure acceded to the proposal. The following Sabbath the village gossips bad ample food for their hungry eyes (to be digested at the next sewing society,) in the appearance of Mrs. Thornton at church clad in plain but rich costume, an entire new outfit, which they could not deny 'made her look ten years younger.' This was the beginning of the reform, and it was the dawning of a brighter day for the husband and of our story. True, habits of such long standing are not conquered in a week or a month ; and very often was Mrs. Thornton tempted to yield to their longtolerated sway; but she fought valiantly against their influence, and in time she vanquished them. An air of taste acid elegance, once unknown, now pervaded their dwelling, and year after year the links of affection which united them as a family grew brighter and purer, even radiating the holy light of a Christian home. But it was not until many years had passed away, and our little Nellie, now a lovely maiden, was about to resign her place as pet in her father's household, and assume a new dignity in another's home, that her mother imparted to her the story of her own early errors, and earnestly warned her to beware of that insidious foe to domestic happiness?disregard of little things?and kissing her daughter with maternal pride and fondness, she thanked her for those simple, childlike words, which had changed the whole current of her destiny?Don't Palikc to see you hole pretty !' B8F A young lady named Taylor meeting a former acquaintance named Mason at a party, where the latter was assuming quantity of importance in consequence of her wealth, and who did not deign to notice her, revenged herself by stepping into the group surrounding the haughty belle, and thus addressing her with the most winning smile, "I have been thinking, my dear Miss Ma ? i) son, that we ought to excnange names. ? "Why, indeed?" "Because iny name is Taylor, and my father was a mason ; and your name is Mason, and your father was a tailor." There was a scene, then, but there was no help for it. flSJ-The great flowers that bloom once a centuary in Science and Art, spring from the random seeds of dreamers. The strange birds of America flew to Columbus long before they met his ships in the gate of the sunset; and the floating weeds came to him in Italy, and the strange lights moved along a horizon to him, long before that night whose morning awoke him and America forever. Dreams are the impalpable seeds of I great facts to be. $jnplar lleafrmg. APPOINTMENTS OP SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Charleston District.-*Vf P. Mou*on, P. E. Charleston?Cumberland: John A. Porter. Trinity : W. H. Flemming. City Mission: A. N. Wells. Bethel: D. J. Simmons. Spring Striet: P. M. Kennedy. Walterboro'?J. D. W: Crook, A. S. Link, P. A. M. Williams, Bup. .* ' St. Andrews?To be snppHsd. St. George's and St. Paul's?A. Nettles. Pon Pon?P. G. Bowman. Ashepoo?James W. Cowtrd. Combabee?M. L. Banks. One to be snpplied. Bamberg circuit?W. Crook, G. W. Stokes, sup. Alldndale?L. M. Hamer. " Black Swamp?J. W. Kelly, P. Anld. Prinoe Williams Mission?W. W. Mood. One to be supplied. Savannah River Mission?J. R. Coburn, J. W. MoCroy. Blnffton Mission?8. Leard. Beaufort Mission?Israel P. Hughes. Edisto and Jehosse Mission?Charles Wilson. R. Jenkins, Missionary to China. S. B. Jones, Agent for Book and Tract 8ociety. Orangeburg Diitriet.?Jajuks Stacy, P. E. Orangeburg circuit?A. B. Stevens. J. L. Dixon. St. Matthew's Mission?To be supplied. Cypress circuit?L. Scarborough, E. T. B. Fripp. Cooper River?W. A. Clark. Cooper River Mission?G. W. Moore. Black River Mission?To be supplied. St. James' Goose Creek Mission?To be supplied. St. George's eircuit?W. Carson. Blackville circuit?J. M. Bradley, W. G. Connor. Barnwell circuit?M. Eaddy. Aiken and Graniterille Mission?J. A. Mood. Lexington circnit?E. J. Pennington, W. B. Carrie. Marion Diitriet.?A. M. Chreitibibo, P. E. Marion?Station : Bond English. Marion circuit?G. W. Ivey. One to be supplied. ueorgetown?it. j. doja. Santee Mission?A. J. Evans, 0. Eaddy. Black River and Pedee Mission?A- Ervine, J. B. Campbell. Sampit Mission?T. Mitchell. Wacamaw Mission?C. Betts, C. E. Land. Conwayboro'?M. A. Connolly, T. J. Clyde. Darlington?C H. Pritchard. Lynchburg?W. L. Pegues. Brownsville-J. W. Murray. Williamsburg?L. M. Little, F. M. Morgan, Lynche's Creek?Q. H. Wells. Darlington?P. F. Kistler, T. W. Munnerlyn. Liberty chapel Mission?J. L. McGregor. Columbia District.?W. A. Gaxewell, P. E. Columbia?Washington Street: J. T. Wightman. Marion Btrect Mission: S. Townsend. Congaree Mission: N. Talley. Medium Street: R. B. Allston. Fairfield?J. W. Paett. Sandy River Mission?J. S. Connor. Chester?A. G. Stacy. Rocky Mount?A. J. Cauthen. Richland circuit?T. Raysor. Richland Fork Mission?D. W. Scale. Camden?E. J. Meynardie. Wateree?S. L. ShnforA~J. B. Messebeau. Sumter Station?R. P. Franks. Sumter circuit?M. Brown, L. C. Weaver. Santee circuit?M. Puckett. Upper Santee Mission?D. D. Byers. Charles Taylor, Secretary S. S. Society. W. Smith. President Columbia Female College. W. Martin, Agent for do. Cukcsbury District.?W. A. McSwain, P. E. Cokesbury?W. H. Lawton. One to be supplied. Laurens?T. 8. Daniel, A. W. Moore. Newberry Station?M. A. McKibben. Newberry circuit?J. T. Kilgo, W. Bowman. Saluda River Mission?A. L. Smith. Ninety-Six?J. M. Carlisle. Rocky Pond?G. W. M. Creighton. Butler?J. R. Pickett. Edgefield?C. McLeod. Abbeville?J. W. North. One to be supplied. Anderson?T. G. Herbert Pendleton?H. D. Moore. n n m L. : riUKeuB?La. r. a. u w ing. William3too?A. B. McGilvray. J. W. Wightman, Classical Teacher in Cokeabury School. Wadesboro' District?S. H. Bkown, P. E. Wadesboro' Station?H. C. Parsons. Wadesboro* circuit?S. Jones, G. W. DuPre. Ansonville?W. Hutto. Albermarle?Aug. W. Walker. One to be supplied. Concord?E. W. Thompson, P. L. Herman. Rocky River Mission?W. ITolton. Monroe?B. G. Jones, J. Hutohinson. Lancaster?L. Wood. Catawba Mission?T. H. Edwards. Chesterfield?J. S. Nelson. Chesterfield Mission?J. C. Stahl. Clieraw Station?W. 8. Black. Bennettsville?R. R. Pegues, A. H. Harmon. Society Hill Mission?J. M. Clioe. T. R. Walsh, President Carolina Female College. W. C. Power, Agent for do. Lincolnton District.?F. A. Mood, P. E. Lincolnton?J. Finger. Dallas?D. A. Ogburn. Yorkville Station?L. A. Johnson. Rock Hill?E. A. Price. Pineville?0. A. Crietzberg. Charlotte Station?J. W. Miller. Charlotte circuit?W. W. Jones. Catawba?L. May.?One to be supplied.?R. L. Abernathy, sup. South Mountain Mission?A. P. Avant. Lenoir?W. W. Graham. John's River Mission?John Watts. Morganton?W A. Hemmingway. Shelby circuit?A. McCorquodale. H. M. Mood, President Davenport Fem. College. Spartanburg District.?H. A. C. Walkbr, P. E. Spartanburg?A. H. Lester, W. C. Kirkland, sup. Spartanburg circuit?W. J. E. Frip, A. W. Walker, sup. Broad River Mission?J. Parker. Rutherfordton?J. L. Ervine, J. W. Humbert. McDowell?J. W. Abernathy. Columbus Mission?A. R. Bennick. Pickensville?V. A. Sharp. Keowee Mission?to be supplied. Greenville Station?S. J. Hill. Greenville Circuit?E. A. Lemmond, A. J. Stokes. Union?C. Murchison, T. F. Barton. Goshen Hill?J. W. Crider. faeXoIet?u. A. rnroy. A. M. Shipp, President WoflFord College. II. II. Durant, Agent for WoflFord College. The next Conference will be held in Columbia. To Young Men.?In a leoture to young men, recently delivered at Mobile, by the Rev. Dr. Lord, we find the following suggestive and beautiful passage: "Dare the young husband at the altar of the Most High God, swear to cherish and protect, until death shall break the golden chain, the fair and timid girl who stands at his side, who forsakes for him the father's care and mother's tenderness, and then go away in the paths of sin, and brutalize himself, until death ? Dare he bring dishonor upon the wife of his bosom, aud leave in misery and want, what he found in beauty and happiness ? Dare he substitute a drivelling drunkard for the promising youth, who, in the glory of his manhood, vowed before Heaven and in the presence of angels and men, to be to her in the place of?nay more than?all kindred and friends ? Dare he leave to his innocent children the inheritance of an evil name, the corrupting influence of an evil example, and worst than all, the constitutional taints, profligacy or in temperance, the fearful law by which the Supreme Judge visits the iniquties of the father upon the children ! DETAILS OP THE EXECUTION. Charlestown, Dec. 2, p. m. The despatch sent at noon to-day has already put the public in possession of the main features of the execution of Capt John Brown for his treasonable and insurrectionary doings at Harper's Ferry. The following embraces all the particulars of the memorable event that seem worthy of recording: At an early hour the town was in more than usual stir, even for the stirring times that have fallen upon this neighborhood.? Soon the movements of the military drew all the citizens of the place and others who had been able to gain admittance to the town, to the vicinity of the place assigned for the execution. The prisoner was brought out of jail at eleven o'clock. .Before leavmg be bid adieu to all his fellow prisoners, and was very affectionate to all except Cook. He charged Cook with having deceived and misled him, in relation to the support he was to receive from the slaves. He said he was led by him to believe they were rife for insurrection, but he had found his representations were false. Cook denied the oharge, and made but little reply to Brown. The prisoner theo told the Sheriff he was ready, when his arms were pinioned, and ho walked to the door, apparently calm and cheerful. He wore a black slouch hat, and the same clothes worn daring his trial. As he oame out, he was taken under guard of the military. Six companies of infantry and one troop of horse, with Gen. Taliafero and his staff, were deploying iu front of the jail. At the door of the jail an open wagon, with a pine box, in which was a fine oak coffin, was waiting for him. He looked around and spoke to several persons whom he recognized, and walking down the steps, was assisted to enter the wagon, and took his scat on the box containing his coffin, along with Jailor, Avis. He looked with interest on the fine military display, but made no remark. The wagon moved off as soon as he had taken his seat, fianked with two files of riflemen in close order. On reaching the field, the military had slrendv full nosscssion. and Dickets were sta g / 4 tioned at various points. The citizens were kept back at the point of the bayonet from taking any position except that assigned them?nearly a quarter of a mile from the scaffold. Through the determined persistence of Dr. Rawlings, of Frank Leslie's paper, the order excluding the press was partially rescinded, and the reporters were assigned a position near the General's staff. The prisoner walked up the steps firmly, and was the first man on the gallows. Jailor Avis and Sheriff Campbell stood by bis side, and after shaking hands and bidding an affectionate adieu, thanked them for their kindness. He then put the cap over his face and the rope around his neck. Mr. Avis then asked him to step forward on the trap. He replied, "You must lead me, for I cannot see." The rope now being adjusted, and the military order given, the soldiers marched and countermarched, and took their position as if an an enemy was in sight. Nearly ten minutes was thus occupied, the prisoner standing meanwhile. Mr. Avis inquired if he was not tired. Brown replied, "No; but don't keep me waiting longer man necessary." At fifteen minutes past eleven the trap fell. A slight grasping of the hands and twitching of the muscles was visible, and then all was quiet. The body was several times examined, and his pulse did not cease beating for thirty-five minutes. It was then cut down and placed in the coffin, and conveyed under a military escort to the depot, and there put in a car to be conveyed to Harper's Ferry by special train at four o'clock. The whole arrangements were carried out with a precision and military strictness that was most annoying. The general conviction is every where entertained that the rumors of intended rescue were altogether an egregious hoax. This morning Capt. Brown executed an instrument empowering Sheriff Campball to administer on all property of his in this State, with directiens to pay over the proceeds of the 6ale of his weapons, if recovered, to his widow and children. Brown1 s interview with his Fellow Prisoners.?Sheriff Campbell bid the prisoner farewell in his cell, and Brown returned his thanks to him for his kindness, and spoke of Captain Pate as a brave man. He was then conducted to the cells of his fellowprisoners, desiring to take his leave of them. Entering the cell of Copcland and Green, he told them to stand up like men, and not betray their friends. He banded each a quarter of a dollar, saying that he had no more use for money, and having said this he bid them a final farewell. Next he visted Cook and Coppie, who were chained together. Addressing Cook, he remarked, "You have made false statements." Cook asked, "What do you mean ?" Brown replied, "Why, in stating that I sent you to Harper's Ferry." Cook replied, "Did you not tell me in Pittsburg to come to Harper's Ferry and see if Forbes had made disclosures?" Captain Brown, "No, sir! You know I protested against you com _ )t IDg. Capt. Brown on his way to Execution.? On his way to the scaffold, Mr. Sadler, the undertaker, remarked to Capt. Brown, "You are a game man, captain." To which Capt. Brown replied : "Yes, I was so trained? it was one of the lessons of my mother; but it is hard to part from friends, though newly made." Then he remarked?"This is a beautiful country?I never had the pleasure of seeing it before." On reaching the field in which the gallows was erected, Brown said: "Why are none but military allowed in the enclosure ? I am sorry the citizens have been kept out." As he reached the gallows he observed ? I ? I g Wm. Hunter and Mayor Green standing ear, to whom he said, "Gentlemen, goodbye;" his voioe not faltering in the least. i While on the scaffold Sheriff Campbell asked if he. would take a hankerchief in his hand to drop as a signal when hewps ready. He replied "No?I do not want it; but do not detain me any longer than is actually necessary." Thomas Patne.?In a recent article in the National Recorder, (Washington,) the follow cut is found against Thomas Paine and his doctrine. It is too good to be lost: <A gentleman of New York found Thomas Paine one evening haranguing a company nf bis dismnles. on the preat mischief done to mankind by the introduction of the Bible and Christianity. When he paused, the gentleman addressed him thus: 'Mr. Paine, you have been in Scotland; you know there is not a more rigid set of men in the world, than tbey are in their attachment to the Bible ; it is their school book, and their churches are full of Bibles. When a young man is leaving his father's house, his mother always, in packing his chest, puts a Bible on the top of his clothes.' Mr. Paino assented, and the gentleman continued: You have been in Spain, where the people are destitute of the Bible, and where you can hire a man for a dollar to murder his neighbor who never gave him any offence.' Mr. Paine assented, and the gentleman continued again :? 'You have seen the manufacturing districts in England, where not one man in fifty can read, and you have been in Ireland, where the majority never saw a Bible. Now you know it is a historical fact, that in one county in England or Ireland there are many more capital convictions in six months, than there are in the whole population of Scotland in twelve. Besides, there is not one Scotchman in the Alms House, State Prison, o_:j 11 __ r>?it?*; xrn? V^L unugewvil) Ul XCUlinUMaiji UI non A via. Now, theo, if the Bible were so bad a book as you represent it to be, those who use it it would be the very worse members of society; but the contrary is the fact; for our prisons, Alms Houses, and Penitentiaries are filled with men and women, whoee ignorance or unbelief prevented them from reading the Bible.' It was ten o'clook at night, Paine answered not a word, but taking a candle from the table, silently retired to his chamber. The Sewerage of London.?The system of sewerage recently undertaken in London, is on a scale of great magnificence. It oonsists of three gigantic tunnels, at different levels, which intercept the existing sewers at right angles, thus reoeiving all their n.intonta fnrmerlv emnted into the river, and conveying them parallel with the banks of the river aboot eight miles to Barking, where an immense reservoir is to be prepar ed to receive them. This reservoir is to be a mile and a half long, by abont 100 feet wide, and 21 feet deep, capable of containing no less than 7,000,000 cubic feet, or double the average of eight hours' accumulation of sawage. The object of the narrowness of the reservoir compared with its length is to admit of its being bricked over with arches," and covered with earth, so as to prevent theeecapc of foul gases. During the time the sewage is in this reservoir, it is to be deoderized, and experiments are now going on to ascertain the best method of doing this. At high tide the contents of the reservoir will be emDtied into the river .J 1. ?? by immense outfall pipes extending to the middle and bottom of its bed, sixty feet below the surface. It is believed that with these precautions, the sewage, after deodorization, being poured into so vast a body of water, at so great a depth, will cease to be any longer an agent of mischief. These works are now going on with great rapidity and in the most thorough and profuse manner, and it will take about live years to complete them. The works on the southern side of the city, of whioh we have seen no particulars, are said to be yet more extraordinary for the difficulties to be overcome and the engineering genius applied to them. The expense of this splendid public work will be about ?4,000,000. No Right to Indorse.?1. A man has no right to indorse, when the failure of the party to meet his obligation will render the creditors of the indocser liable to loss in conquence of such endorsement. 2. He has no right to indorse for another man, unless he make provision for meeting suoh obligation, independent of and after providing for all other obligations. 3. He has no right to indorse unless he fully intends to pay what he promises to, promptly, in case the first party fails to do so. Few indorsers prepare for this. 4. His relations to his family demand that he. shall nntnhlip&te himself to oblige anoth er, simply, at the risk of defrauding or depriving them of what belongs to them. 5. He should never indorse or become responsible for any amount without security is furnished by the first party. It should be made a business transaction?rarely a matter of friendship. It is equivalent to a loan of capital to the amount of the obligation, and the same precautions should be taken to secure it. 6. A man has no more Tight to expect another to indorse his note without recompense, than to expect an insurance company to insure his home or his life gratuitously. 7. It is not good business policy for one to ask another to indorse his note, promising to accommodate him in the same manner.? The exchange of signatures may have, and usually does have, a very unequal value. It , is better to secure him the amount, and ex- , act a like security for the amount of responsibility incurred. 8. It is better to do a business that will involve no necessity for asking or granting such favors, or making such exchanges. It is always safe andijust to do.?Prarie Farmer. VST* Truth, like the diamond, grows more beautiful, the more we use it. The Uses of Paper.?A writer inBlackwoods Magazine, says it is wonderful toap? the thousand useful, as weU as ornamental purposes to which paper is applicable inUte hands of the Japanese. He saysbe-iMr made into materials bo closely resembling Russian and Morocoo leather and pig-dtim that it was very difficult to detect the difference. With the aid of lacker-warnifh and skilful painting, paper made exoellent trunks, tobacco bags, cases, saddles, telescope oases, the frames of miacroscopes; and he even saw and used excellent water-proof coats made of simple paper, wluch kept out the rain and were as suple. as the best Intosh. The Japanese use neither eill^ou^L ontton hnnr1kflrnhipfn tnwela nor doSterS t paper in their hands serves an excellent substitute. It is soft, thin, tough, of a pale yellow color, very plentiful and cheap* Thp inner walls of many a Japanese apartment are formed of paper, being nothing mora than painted screens, their windows are oowered with a fine translucent description of the same material; it enters largely into the manufacture of nearly everything in panese household. He saw what seemed to be balls of twine, bnt which were nothing bat long shreds of tough paper rolled up. If a shop-keeper had a parcel to tie he would take a strip of paper, roll it qjouckly between his hands, and use it for the parpose ; and it was quite as strong as die ordinary string used at home. In short, without paper, all Japan would become a dead look; and, indeed, lest by the arbitrary exexercise of his anthority, a tyranical husband should stop his wife's paper, the atge Japanse mother-in-law, invariably stipulates in the marriage settlement that the bride is to have allowed to her a certain quantity of PaPW. * Quiz.?Our attention has recently been called to that rollioking, mischievous Httle word by an artiole in an old English magtsine. Very few words ever took such a run, or were saddled with so many meanings as this monosyllable Quiz; and, however strange the word, it is still more strange that not one of our lexicographers, from Bajlej to Johnson, ever attempted an explanation or gave a derivation of it The reason is very obvious; it is because it had no meaning, nor is it derived from any language in the world ever known, from the Babylonish confusion to this day. When Biohard Daly was patentee of the Irish theatres, he spent the evening of a Saturday in oompany with many of the wits and men of fashion of the day. Gambling was introduced, when the manager staked a large sum that he would have spokeu all through the principal streets of Dublin by a certain hour next day, -Sond&y, a word having no meaning, and being derived from no known language; wagere were laid, and stakes deposited. Daly repaired to the theatre, and despatched all the servants and supernumeraries with the word "Quiz," whioh they chalked on every door and shop window in town. Shops being shut all next day, everybody going to wd coming from their different places of worship saw the word; and everybody repeated it, so that "Quiz" was heard all through Tt-LK- TL - J i.-A mm m jjuuiiu. xiit} uiruuiuoiauuQ ui ov word being on every door and window caused much surprise j and ever since, should a strange story be attempted to be pawned cor- ' rent, it draws forth the expression, "you are quizzing me."?Journal of Commerce. "Nice G-irls."?To my mind, thieve is nothing in all the world half bo beautiful, half so delightful, or half so lovable as' "a nice girl." I don't mean a pretty girl, or a dashing girl, or an elegant girl, but ?a nice girl." One of those lively, good tempered, good hearted, sweet faced, amiable, neat, natty, domestic creatures, whom we meet in the sphere of "Home," diffusing around the domestio hearth the inffueaoe of her goodness, like the essence of sweet flowers. ' What we all know by a "nice girl" is net the languishing beauty who dawdles on a sofa, aod talks of the last new novel or the last new opera; or the great giraffe-look iog girl, who creates an effect by sweeping majestically through a drawing room. The "nice girl" does not even dance well, or play well, and she does not know a bit how to use her eyes or coquette with a fan. She never languishes; she is too active for that; she is not given to novel reading, for she is always too busy. And as to the oya, when she goes there she does not think u necessary to show her bare shoulders, bat takes some retired seat without flirting about, it is not in such scenes that we discover the "nice girl." It is at Home. Who is it that rises first in the morning and sees that breakfast is ready ? that makes papa's toast and prepares ma's tea, and puts buttons on the boys' shirts, and waters the flowers and feeds the chickens, and makes everything comfortable in the parlor? Is it the safe beauty, or the giraffe, or the elegant "accomplished" creature ? By no means. It is the "nice girl." A very celebrated lawyer was old Squire Johns. Being a man of great influence, and withal a very testy old gentleman, when aroused he generally said and did as he pleased in court. He was once trying a case, the opposing counsel being a smart yonng lawyer named Davis, who so worried the old gentleman that he commenced caning and swearing most outrageously in court. Such a contempt could not be overlooked by the conrt, bat Squire Johns was a man of so much influence and consequenoe that the court could not think of punishing him. So, the wise justices, after putting their heads together, announced that they would send Squire Davis to jail, if he did not stop making Squire Johns swear so! Persons in a crowd, says Prentice, should keep their elbows out of each other's stomachs, yet a man's stomach isoftener injured by the orooking of his own elbow than by those of his neighbors. in