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The Abolition Plot in Texas and other States. "Washington, August 31.?New Or? leans dates of Tuesday last are received, containing Texas news. New events were daily occurring in va? rious parts of that State, adding conside - rablo to the- excitement already existing there. Among other tilings, it is stated that a man named Pearce has been arrested on the charge of being concerned in the burning of the town of Henderson, and that the proof is almost positive against him. The people are driving from the upper counties of the Suite every individual the least suspected of Abolitionism. The town of Mount Tern on has been destroyed by incendiaries, one of whom was caught and hung. A plan to burn Sulphur Springs had been discovered. A slave negro preacher acknowledged that he and others had set apart a certain time to burn all the dwel? lings in the place, and commit Other dep? redations; and then, in case they could not whip out the whites, they were to take all the horses they could lay their hands on, and fly to the Indian nation, j A white man named Taylor, who had made negroes his only companions, had been ordered to get his traveling card immediately, or be hanged. An attempt was made to burn Indiano la, but it was discovered in time to pro-: vent a serious loss. The Crockett Argus says that conside? rable excitement exists in that and the1 adjoining county of Anderson. Several barns and one dwelling had been burned., These acts of incendiarism were directly j traced to negroes. A white man implicated with the ne? groes had been hung near lone. A plot to burn and destroy had been discovered among tho negroes in Tyler Prairie. Yarious persons had bcon ordorcd to leave the State. Vigilance Committees were continually forming. Servile Insurrection.?A most dia? bolical plot has been discovered with our negro population, contemplating the de? struction of Talladega, the massacre of the citizens, and the ravaging of the sur? rounding country. The plan is exten? sive, deep laid, and has been on hand some months. Suspicion was first arous? ed to the fact as much as three or four weqks since, but nothing was known of, its extent or exact character, until about a fortnight since, when tho plot was dis-! Closed to the Messrs. Lano, by one of their - negroes. This led to the examination of. other negroes, who, upon being separate? ly examined, testified to the same result. The concurrent testimony of many other slaves,, subsequent to this, gives us the moral conviction that our citizens have been sleeping with all the barbarous ca? lamities of a sorvilo insurrection hanging over us. "We have been present at the examina-i tion of some of tho negroes implicated in tho proposed insurrection, and was struck with the adaptation of the plan to excite both the cupidity and fears of the negro. The lure of lucro, lust and unbridled lib? erty was held out as an inducement to engage in the hellish plot, while those who betrayed the plan, or refused to join it, were threatened with certain death. The plan of attack was, to assemble at Talladega, separate into small parties, re? pair to all the housos in town, fire them simultaneously, and then to stand by the doors and murdor the whites as they ran out. The time agrood upon for the as? sault was some Saturday night about the middle of September. The concurrent testimony of tba ne? groes examined, goes to show beyped the possibility of doubt, that the whole plot has been concocted and set on foot by , white men. It shows, too, that Abolition emissaries have been in our midst, inci? ting our slaves to rebellion, and conspiring against the lives of our citizens. Two white men, citizens of our county, (Lern Paine and Steadham) have been ar? rested and lodged in prison. There is ev? ery moral conviction that thoy are insti? gators in the insurrection. Ten negroes have been taken and put in jail, as lead? ers in the proposed rebellion. As there is every reason to believe that similar plots are in existence in other districts in the South, it becomes the duty of every community with a slave population, to see that no torches are preparing for the destruction of their homes, and that no knives are forging for the butchery of their mothers, wives, daughters and sis? ters. A Vigilance Committee has been formed in our county, which has been for some days past actively engaged in ferreting out the offenders. As '?eternal vigilance is the price of liberty," so is active vigU lance in this age of Abolition raids, the price of life. Hung.?Lern Paine, who was lodged in jail last week, under tho charge of inciting slaves to insurrection, was forcibly taken from his prison, last night, and hung from a large China tree near Dr. Molienzie's tan-yard. The jail, it appcara, was entered by a strategy; a large parfy of armed men in disguise, called Mr. Puckct, the jailor, up, under tho pretext of imprisoning a felon. The moment the door was opened the crowd rushed in, seized Mr. Pucket, ppd demanded the keys to Paine's cell, on pain of death. He was forced to yield.? Paine was carried off, and this morni ng was found hanging as above stated. The Coroner's jury brought in a verdict in ac? cordance with the above facts. No blame is attached to the jailor, Mr. Pucket.?Talladega Watchtower, 29th. Abolition Plot in Selma?The follow? ing startling news (says the Montgomery Mail) comes to us from a perfect^ r-:ii>!.ble source: Selma, Ala., August 30th, 3J P. 31.? There is great excitement here while I write. A yellow man named Milton. be? longing, I believe, to Dr. Gee, and who stays at the Gee House, in this city, was taken up about half an hour since as an accomplice in the insurrectional conspi? racy in this section. Milton has hereto? fore borne En irreproachable character in this city. The Mayor has issued a call for a meet? ing of the citizens of Selma, this eve ning, at 4 o'clock, to take immediate action on the subject. Considerable excitement pre? vails among the community. There is now no doubt of the existence of a diabol? ical scheme to incite insurrection in this section. It behooves all to be strictly up? on their guard. I wish I could give you what transpires at the citizens' meeting, but it will be im? possible for me to do so before the mails close. More anon. Yours, in haste, IE. Selma, Aug. 31.?Three more negroes have been arrested, and are now in the lock-up awaiting investigation?making four in all. The committee appoin ted at the citizens' meeting, yesterday evening, have not reported yet. H. [Special Despatch to Montgomery Mail. Excitement in Eome, Geo.?From the Rome Courier, of the 28th, wc learn that considerable excitement exists in that place and vicinity on account of a plot discovered near Adairsville, and confessed by some of the negroes. But it appears thai the facts developed by the investiga? tion of a special committee do not warrant it. During the day a man recently dis? charged from the ponitontiary was detec? ted in trying to instil wrong notions into the mind of a negro, who informed against him. He had with him u negro boy fit teen years old, whom he had made a part? ner in his rascality. Tho Vigilance Com? mittee administered thirty-nine lashes and a half shaven head to the elder, and turned them loose. The excitement in the Coun? ty, and in Casa, Gordon and Whitfield Counties also, had risen to a considerable pitch, but not the first act of insubordina? tion among the negroes occurred to dis? turb the security of tho people.?Columbus Sun. The Perils of Falsehood.?In the beautiful language of .an eminent writer, '?"When once a concealment or deceit has been practiced in matters where all should bo fair ana open as the day?con? fidence can never be restored ary mure than you can restore the white bloom to the grape or plum, which you have once pressed in your hand." How true is this! and what a neglected truth by a greater portion of mankind. Falsehood is not only one of tho most humiliating vices, but sooner or later it is most certain to lead to many serious crimes. With part? ners in life?with friends, with lovers, how important is confidence ? How es? sential that all guile and hypocrisy should be guarded against in the intercourse be? tween such parties ? How much misery would be avoided in the history of many lives, had truth and sincerity been the guiding and controlling motives, instead of prevarications and deceit. ''Any vice," said a parent in our hearing, a few days since, "any vice, at least among the frail? ties of a milder character, but falsehood. Far better that my child should, commit an error, pr do a wrong and confess it, than escape the penalty, however severe, by falsehood and hypocrisy. Let me know the worst, and a remedy may pos? sibly bo applied. But keep me in the dark?let mo be misled or deceived, and jt is impossible to tell at what unprepared hour a crushing blow?an overwhelming exposure may come." -.-??-_?,? Talents always Ascendant.?Talents, which are before the public, have nothing to dread, either from the jealous pride of power, or from the transient misrepresen? tations of party spleen or envy. In spite of opposition from any cause, their buoy? ant spirits will lift them to their proper grade- He who possesses tho great and vigorous stamina which entitles him to a nicho in the temple of glory, has no rea? son to dread the ultimate result; however slow his progress may be, he will, in the end, most indubitably receive that distinc? tion. While tho rest, " the swallows of science," the butterflies of genius, may flutter for their spring; but they will soon pass away, and be remembered no more. No enterprising man, therefore, and least of all, the truly great man, has reason to droop, or repine, at any efforts which he may suppose to be made with the view to depress him. Let, then, the tempest of envy or of malice howl around him. His genius will consecrate him, a:ad any at? tempt to extinguish that, will be as una? vailing as would a human effort to "quench the stars."? Wirt. -* Riches consist of that which sufheeth, and not in that which is sujjerfluous. Make no enemies; he is insignificant in? deed that can d? thee no harm. Mystery, Reason and Faith. The following illustration occurs in a little essay, published some years since in Boston: Night comes down over a ship at Bea, and a passenger lingers hour after hour alone on the deck. The waters plunge and welter, and glide away beneath the keel. Above, the sails tower up, in the darkness, almost to the sky, and their shadow falls as it were a burden on the deck below. In the clouded night no star is to be seen, and as the ship changes hef course, the passenger knows not which way is east, or west, or north or south.?* I What islands, what sunken rocks may be on her course, or what that course is, or where they are, he knows not. To him? all around is mystery. He bows down in the submission of utter ignorance. But men of science have read the laws of the sky. And the next day this pas? senger beholds the captain looking at ? clock, and taking note of the pace of the sun. and with the aid of a couple of books, composed of rules and mathematical tables making calculations. And when he has completed them, he is able to point almost within a hand's breadth to the placo at which, after unnumbured windings, ho has arrived in the middle of the seas. Storms may have beat, and currents may have drifted, but he knows where thcy are, and the precise point where, a hun? dred leagues over the water, lies his na? tive shore. Here is reason appreciating and making use of the revelations (if we j may so call them) of science. % Night again shuts down over the waste of waves, and the passenger beholds a single seaman stand at the wheel, and watch, hour after hour, as it vibrates be? neath a lamp, a little needle, which points ever, as it were a living ringer to the steady pole. This man knows nothing of the rules of navigation, nothing of the course of the sky. But reason and experience have given him faith in the commandingofficcr of tho ship?faith in the laws that con? trol her course?faith in the unerring in? tegrity of the little guide before him. And so, without a single doubt, he steers his ship on, according to a prescribed di? rection, through night and the waves. And that faith is not disappointed. With the morning sun, he beholds tar away the summits of the gray and misty highlands, rising like a cloud in the horizon, and as he nears them, the hills appear; and the light-house at the entrance of the harbor, and, sight of joy ! the spires of the church? es, and the shining roof? among which he strives to detect his own. - An Affectionate Spirit.?We some? times meet with men who seem to think that any indulgence in an affectionate feeling is a weakness. They will return home from a journey and greet their fam? ilies with a distant dignity and move among their children with the cold and lofty splendor of an iceberg surrounded by ita broken fragments. There is hardly a more unnatural thing on earth than one of these families without a heart. A lather had better extinguish his boy's eyes than take away his heart. Who that has experienced the joys of friendship, and knows the worth of sympathy and affec? tion, would not rather lose all that is beau? tiful in nature's scenery, than be robbed of the hidden treasure of his heart. Who would not rather bury his wife than bury his love for her? Who would not rather follow his child to the gravo than entomb his parental affection? Cherish, then, your heart's best affec? tions. Indulge in the warm and gushing emotions of filial, parental and fraternal love. Love God. Love everybody and everything that is iovely. Teach your children to love; to love the rose, the rob? in; to love their God. Let it be the stud? ied object of their domestic cultures, to give them warm hearts, and ardent affec? tions. Bind your whole families together by these strong cords. You cannot make' them too numerous. You cannot make them too strong. Religion is love?lovej to God, love to man. -tp. Affection and Unkindness. ? The sweetest, most clinging affection, is often shaken by the slightest breath of unkind? ness, as the delicate rings and tendrils of the vine are agitated by the faintest air that blows in summer. An unkind word from one beloved, often draws blood from many a' heart which would defy the battle-axe of hatred, or the keenest edge of vindictive satire. Nay, the shade, the gloom of the face, familiar and dear, awa? kens grief and pain. These are the little | thorns which, though men of rougher form may make their way through them without feeling much, extremely incom? mode persons of a 'more refined turn, in their journey through life, and make their traveling irksome and unpleasant. -?> Female Society.?Without female so? ciety it has been justly said, that the be? ginning of men's lives would be helpless, the middle without pleasure, and the end without comfort. The celebrated d'Alem bert makes a. reflection that does honor to the female 6ex and to his own feeling: "We are in a peculiar manner," says he, "in want of the society of a gentle and I amiable woman; when our passions have subsided to participate in our cares, calm and alleviate cur sufferings, and enable us to support our infirmities. Happy is the man possessed of such a friend ! and more happy still if he can preserve her, I and escape the misfortune of a 8arpjva4." Each Ono hath a Fart to Bo. Men and brothers ! up, be doing, Help each other by the -way, Aid with hand and heart the dawning Of a great and mighty day. Thi-jk not earth hath fixed teachors, Progress centered in the few ; All men more or less arc missioned?" fach one hath a part to do. Let d your aid, however little, Lend your talent, though it's small; Trifles thrive by combination, Working for the good of nil; Truth is slow, and wants assistance Of the many with the few ; Evary man, however feeble, :daih a part he's skilled to do. Faint not, lag not in your doing, Still press onward ; ye will find Brilliant sunbeams flashing ever From thy archives of the mind; E?.rth holds not a human creature, Meanest pauper ye may view, If he hath a spark of reason, [ But hu hath a part to do. A 1 men may assist each other, Though it but a trifle be ; Tiny streams muko flowing rivers, Itivcrs make a mighty sea. One may do the work of many, Many help the toiling few ; Thus with all men, high or low, Each one hath a part to do. Many pillars bear the temple, Varied in their strength and height; And, though versatile ui greatness, Each contributes to its might. Thus, though men proclaim their weakness; And their talents small and few, Each one shards in human greatness, Fach one hath apart to do. Men and brethren! onward! onward! Lug not till the work is done; Srow in ardor, grow in earnest, For the dawning has begun. Let no heart be found to tarry, Stirring impulse bear yuu through, All men aid the day that's dawning? Each man hath a part to do. - Singular Courtship. Tlio Rev. Dr. L-n, an eminent Scotch divine and professor of theolgy, was remarkable for his absence of mind, and indifference to worldly affairs. Iiis mind, wrapt in lofty contemplations, could seldom stoop to the ordinary busi? ness of lite, and when at any time he did atter.d to secular affairs, lie generally went about them in a way tin like any body else, as the history of" Iiis courtship will show, lie was greatly beloved by his eldci'S and congregation ; was full of sim? plicity and sincerity, and entirely uiiac quniuted with the etiquette of the world. Living the solitary, comfortless life of i\ bachelor, his elders gave him frequent hint? that his domestic happiness would be much increased by his taking to himself a wife, and pointed out several young la? dies in his eonirretration. anvoneof whom might be a fit match or companion for hire. The elders, finding all the hint* had no effect in rdrtsing the doctor to the using of the means, preliminary to entering into the matrimonial alliance, at last con? cluded to wait upon him. und stir him up to the performance of hjs duty. They urged ou him the advantages of marriage ?its happiness?spoke of it as a divine institution, and as affording all the enjoy? ment of sense and reason, and. in short", all tho sweets of domestic life. The doc? tor approved of all they said, and apolo? gized for his past neglect of duty, on ac? count of many difficult passages of Scrip lure he had of late been attending to, &ml promised to look alter it, ?? tho first con veiient season." The ciders, however, were not to be put off any longer; they insisted on the doctor at onee making use of the means, und requesting from him a promise that, on Monday afternoon, he would Straightway visit the house of a widow lady, a few doors from hjiy. \vlip hud three pretty daughters, and who wore the most respectable in the doctor's con? gregation. To solve any difficult passage in the book of Genesis?reconcile appa? rent discrepancies, or clear up a knotty text, would have been an easy and agree? able task to the doctor, compared with storming the widow's premises. But to the raising of the seige the doctor must, go, and. with great gravity and simpli? city, gentle reader, you can imagine ypu see him commencing the work. After the usual salutations were over. be said to Mrs. W-n, ;< my session have of late been advising me to take a wife, and recommended me to call Upon you; and as you have three tine daugh? ters, I should like to say a word to the eldest, if you have no objections." Miss W-n enters, and the doctor, with his characteristic simplicity said to her, <( my session have been advising me to take a wife, and recommended me to call upon you." The young lady, who had seen some thirty summers, was not to be caught so easily; she laughed heartily at the doctor's abruptness; hinting to him that in making a sermon, was it not ne? cessary to say something first to intro? duce the subject properly before he enter? ed fully upon it ; and as for her part, she vras determined not to surrender her lib? erty at a moment's warning?" the honor of her sex was concerned in her standing out." This was all a waste of time to the doctor, and he requested to see her sister. Miss E. "W-n, then entered, and to save time the doctor says, my session have been advising me to take a wife, and 1 had been speaking to your sister who Ijas just gone ou.t at the cjoor, and. she je not inclined that Way. what^ would you think of being Mrs. *L??n? "O! Doctor, I dbn't know, it is rathei* a seri? ous question. Marriage you know binds one tor life, and it should not be rashly entered into. I would not consent with? out taking time to deliberate upon it."? " My time," says the doctor, " is bo much occupied, and as my session has said so much to me on the business, that I must finish to-day, it 1 can, so you had best tell your mother to send in your youngest sister to spoak to me." In a moment comes the honest, lively Miss Mary W-n. <; Come away my child, it is getting on in the afternoon, and I must gob home to my studies; I have been speaking to both of your sisters on a lit? tle business, and they have declined?I am a man of few words and without mis? spending precious time, what would you think of being made Mrs. JL-u " Indeed, 1 always thought a deal of you Doctor, and if uiy mother doOS not say against it J have no objections." The docor left Miss Mary in a few minutes, enjoining her to the day, tor any would suit him. but to send him up word the day before. The doctor was scarcely home before a keen dispute arose in the family among tho young ladies, all claiming the doctor. The eldest one said the Offer was first made to her, and she did not positively refuse. The second declared that she wished only a little time to think upon it; aud the youngest insisted that it was completely settled with her. Tho mother of the young ladies wits in auch difficulty with her daughters, that she was obliged to call upon the doctor himself to settle the dispute. She called, and the reverend doctor in his characteristic way said, " My dear Mrs. W-n. I am very fond of peace in families; it is all the same thing to nie, which of them, and just sot tie it among yourselves and send me up word." The doctor was married to the youngest, and one of his sons is at this day a respectable clergyman ?? iu the land of the mountain and the flood."?St. Louis Republican. -?. USKS OF MONEY.?If a man had eyes, hands, and feet, that lie could give to those who wanted them ; if he should ci? ther lock them up in a chest, or please himself with some uoodlees or ridiculous use of them, instead of giving them to his brethren who were blind and lame, t>hould wo not justly reckon him an inhuman wretch? If he should rather chouse to amuse himself with furnishing hi* house with (hese things than to entitle him to an eternal reward by giving them to those that wanted eyes and band*?, might we not justly reckon him mad? Now money has very much the nature of eyes and feet; if we lock it up in chests or waste it in needless expenses upon our? selves, while the distressed want it for their necessary uses; if we consume it in the ridiculous ornaments .of apparel, while others are starving in nakedness, we arc not far from the cruelty of him that chooses rather to adorn his house with hands and c/ves than to give them to those that want them. If we choose to indulge ourselves in such enjoyments as have no real use in them, and satisfy no real wan!, rather than to obtain an eter? nal reward by disposing yf our money well, we are guilty of his madness that chooses to lock up eyes und hands rather than t? make himself forever blessed by giving to those that want tUcift.?L<uc'$ (k?lto Christians. Physical and Moral I w r, o y e$ient.?r A clean, comfortable dwelling, with whole? some meals is, no small aid to inteilcctunj and moral progress. A man living in a damp cellar or garret, open to rain and snow, breathing the (bid air of a filthy root*), atjd striving without .success to ap ' pease hunger on scanty and unsavory food, i* in danger of abandoning himself to a desperate, scllish recklessness. Im? prove then your lot. Multiply comforts, aud still more get wealth if you can by honorable means, and ff it do not cost too much. A true cultivation of the mind is fitt ed to forward yon in your worldly con? cerns, and you ought to use it for this end. Only beware, lest this eud master you; lest your motives sink us your con? dition improves ; lest you fall victims to the miserable passion of vying with t,hosc around you in show, luxury and expense. ?Chqnning. Mrs. Fry's Bules,?1. I never lose an} time; I do not think that is lost which is spent in amusement or recreation some time every day; but always be in the habit of being employed. 2. Never say an ill thing of a person when thou canst say a good thing of him; not only speak charitably, but leel so. 4. Never be irri? table or unkind to anybody. 5. Never indulge thyself in luxuries that are not necessary. 6. Do all things with consid? eration; and, when thy path to act right is most difficult, feel confidence in that Power alone which is able to assist thee, and exert thy own powers as far as they -,-??rn?<>?,-r-; Be always frank and true; spurn every sort of affectation and disguise. Have the courage to confess your ignorance and awkwardness. Confide your faults and follies to but few. -o Aristotle remarked,. '-In every block of J marble, there is always a beautiful statue; the only difficulty is in getting it out." !The Tanner. There is no life eo rail of blessings, and BO free from anxieties, as that of the cul? tivator of the soil. Contentment is Baid to be the sum of human happiness, and it is a truth none will venture to dispute, That business, therefore, which afford* ftn equal and harmonious exercise to all the feelings and faculties of the mind, is most conducive to it. Now we ask, is not tins the precise character of the farmer's oc? cupation ? His bodily organization is* strengthened, and the measure of his day* extended by the nature of his daily toil. The fountains of feeling in his heart are never exhausted by the occupations of fcbd head, and he regards with the keenest sensibilities every thing in nature that ministers to human enjoyments. He has no influence over the market, except iii So1 far as it is controlled by the supply of its demands, and he is never tempted to so? licit favor at the expense of his principle* While he is reposing upon his couch rapt in dreamless slumber, or s^ated*^*"*1^ bounteous board partaking with Beensft relish his invigorating meal, the hand of nature is blessing him in his "basket and in his store." In short, he is the offspring of nature. She furnishes the impulse of his heart, directs th^ actions of his band?, and his integrity is as immutable as her* own laws. The following remarks upon the same subject, fire extracted from art an article upon the i; effect of climate and scenery upon the mind," and exhibit the facts in a very clear light and attractive language:? The quiet repose and placid loveliness of the cultivated landscape stretching out in dim perspective?no less than the ra^ god grandeur aud wild sublimity of tho mountain and the forest?the purity of the atmosphere?and habitual contempla? tion of the ever changing phenomena of nature, irresistibly tend to the elevation of character?the germination and growth of thought?and the predominance of tho better feelings and impulses of the- heart. The intellectual faculties may be and fre I quently are more rapidly developed, and ; mure speedily matured by the colli?? ! ion of mind with mind, produced by tho i diversified interests and pursuits of a I crowded population; but all history and experience have demonstrated that the . substantial elements of character?the ? moral sentiments?the virtue and graces of public and private life?incorruptible in teg,.j ty?devoted patriotism?dilfosive be? nevolence?and an abiding and cheerful faith, are best prompted and most effec? tually cherished amid the scenery, and , piU'c associations of the country. .-? SxtEKT Ixfi.ve.nc:-:.?It i* the bubbling spring which flows gently, the little rivji* let which runs along, day and night, by ' the farm house, that it is itsstui, rather 1 than the swollen flood, or the warri?ap ! cataract. Niagara excites our wonder, and we stand amazed at the power and greatness of Ged there, as ho 'pou? it from the hollow of his hand." But onq Niagara is enough, fgr tllQ continent qv the world?while the same world requires thousands and tens of thousands of silver fountains and gentle flowing rivulets, that water every farm and meadow, and gar? den, and that shall flow every da,y, and every night, with their geutle, quiet beauty. So with the acts of our live?. It is not by great deeds, like those of tho martyrs, that good is to be done; it is by the daily and quiet virtues of life?tho Christian temper, the meek forbearance, the spirit of forgiveness, in, the, husband, the with, tho father, the mother, the brother, the sister, the friend, tho neigl\i bor, that good is to be done. PUASATTOVS of TUE HEART.? T/h* left ventricle or cavity of (he. heart acts as a powerful pisten, and by its contractions discharges into the great artery of the body a certain quantity of arterial blood at each contraction. These contractions constitute, in fact, the pulse of the [ifart ; but as the Hood so disehaigedp;v^? along the arteries to eveyy part of the body, it is usual fqr the physiologist, tied more es? pecially the medical man. to reason the number of these contractions at some of the more remote arteries, and the radical artery at tlm wrist is the vessel usually selected. The phenomenon called tho pulse, is erroneously supposed by many to reside in the arteries, but it is dependent solely on the action of the heart and on the pressure of the observer's fingqr. The number of pulsations is simply the number of contractions which tho left ventricle of the human heart performs in a given time. --4? We hear people incessantly growl jug about the hard world they live in. They never have seen a better?wo hope they will not see a worse one. If the wor]d gives you hard knocks, buckle up and pay down. Keep on the sunny side of creation and of human .nature, or you will sec the blankest waste ever "hearn tell on-" Keep out of slough-holes and bad company, and work for an honest living, and you will find that this world is considerable of a place to be got up in six days. - When an extravagant friend wishes to borrow your money, consider which of the two you had rather lose. -?-.? Au Arkansas editor says that he k,esps a big bear in his sanctum- HJe, write*/ Jik^o a "bar keeper."