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I TffO DOLLARS PER ANNUN, " The price of Litorty li Eteraal TlgiUice." PAYABLfi IN BV LOGAN & DAVIS. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1854. VOL. X N& Frnm tlin l?nmA ^ inc ADDfiviLkc DAnnsn, 18 PUBLISH Kl> eveby thursday hornlffg. DT LOGAN A OA VIS. pbThtihg, Of every Description and in the beat style EXECUTED AT THIS OFFICE: Embracing such as HfBIXKSN CARl?% HAND BILLS, any sir?, RKCKIITS, \ rOBTKRS, " ** BILL UKADS, BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, brikfs, blanks of all kinds. t3f""The Pntlisher at the Abbeville Ban nek ] assures his friends and the pnblif, that their orders for any thing in the Job Printing line will he executed in the best manner, and at as low rates as at any other establishment. 1 ^ t i iW ! i i 1 rr "The world is full of Poetkt. The air " Is living with itaspirit; an<f the wares Dancc to the mnsie of its melodies, And sparkle in its brightness.'* REST. When the piercing shafts of misery steal < Through our aufTring frames, earth cannot heal? I Oh! is there a heart that can freely yearn, 1 ?. ' For the peaceful oc the ailent urn; "Where a sinful soul, or the saint downcast Can find a long, an eternal rest! Oh, yes! when the world no longer can giro The fonder endearments for which we live; I When the friends of our >outh are sunk in decay i And our happy remembrances crumblod awty, Aud peace, like youtlia innocence, fled from our breast, ] Oh! who would not wish an eternal rest ? < As Ihe night owl swings its yon tig round the hough At the desdly approach uf its human foe, Aud when hope to save whjkt it loves is fled 'Twill mourn on the pine top till it is dead; Mo man will slian if he eau the dread test, But when hope proves vtiq he yill serk death's rest. : :* The Christian may wander awhile life's road, ^ Though the sin of the World and its sorrows goad? And with prayer may weather its billows for years, '.Midits trying tortures, its hopes and fears; 1 tut soon he will weary and long to be bleat, T?. laave vile earth and go home to his rest. Tlio world no longer hath pleasures for me. Though hsrfc I am destined by heaven's deeree; ! For its sickening torrows, its pains and strife, I Have made me wearied of all, even life? Oh! i'd give of itscrowus and kingdoms the best, ft For one hallowed aweet hour of entire rest. , S Abbeville, 8. C. IXNISFAIL. ; ,f Oo Ahead. \ ^ Co ahead?nnd do not tarry, I ) Naught is gained by atandiug still; What though yon at times mmcarrv, / ' ... - . ' - -**1 not lc*r? yptu bo*om filL j S*arcb.tl>e cauaea i?f joor error*. i UatfltrvBAbm fretn die peat, * To the wind give idle tcrrpra, IAtid you'll get ahead at laat. Cio klirtd?in useful daring Let your motto be " I'll try lie who everia despairing. Bankrupt heart and hope* ia nij;h. What (ho* you and wealth be atraugm? Onward, upward be your aim, Aud tho?* real or fancied danger*, Soon you'll put to flight and ahnme. Go ahead?the world refurming, In civil, moral freedom4* name, All thoee forts ami outpo*ts storming. Which your enemies may claim; Yield no bulwark, take no quarter. Compromise no eherishcd right, Freedom's treasure never barter, Bat Stand for it ijritli all your might Go ahead, then?dou't defer it, Life's short spau soon flits away; Jf jou'd finish nuglit of merit, You must ply the task to-day. JB?ft the Ml in instant motion, To ktfcp U going sliain each nerve. Nor doubt that ultimate promotion Will yield the lanrals* 3*011 deserve. A Biulical Reputation.?One of the iloston Museum's old and valued correspondent** Mr, Lord, who is now residing in lllinola, wan a short time since travelling on horseback from J;ickso?viUe to Peoria, in / that State, and as Ik was passing a small lint by the road side, he noticed a shaggy headod bov of about eight years of age, with large eyes and no lint, dressed in a worn out pair of his fathers trowscrs, trying to ballattee himself on the" sptfatered top of a bicory stump. More for the purpose of bre^lcltig 'the monotony of rtdiag all day without speaking, thau to gam tafotmatM*. Mr. Xord reined his horse up to the (Mos asd exclaimed? rj :r''* ; ' "My little boy, can yoa tell me how far it is to Saugamon Bottom* f* > '' The boy poised hitnsoJTom . ?M kgi .opened bis large eyes to their feifgoat ealent, mul replied? \ "Hut six miles, I recom." J 4 "Do you life in that bouse f. enquired "I ream,* w?? the reply., *" "Do vou eajoy yourself out here tu the '' sroods r . " : *&*% ) "x\a?esp!" / ;. *.. - .. 9 "What nils your pants J" says Lord* t "ToreVm," was tlie laconic answer. T Finding be had hold of a genius that 'f could'nt be pumped, Mr. Lord turned Ills head to depart, but in bis turn was bailed ^ > by the boy, who, in a comical, half-reluct* Pant tone, exclaimed: "What moot your name be 1" q ''Lord," was the reply. The boy tiere grinned all over, even to 4lie rinkles in bis father's trowsera, and itemed hardly able to suppress 4 broad quicker. "You seem flwuJ," mkI Lord; "per* Imp* too have nerer hsard the name beforef Ye*, I hare," replied the youngster; Tre beard pop read about you v Lord put spurs to hi* hone, and sars that crm the sacred thoughts to which we incident (pwre rise, arerjj nQt mtfflHwt to kesc |i im from ?niekefing jiifQMguout (lie rest <X fai? iosroey. We can imagine shsggr-liei^ed, ragged tfQvsered boy, leaping from tb< 1 |>Tiute|$d stump runnipg (o It? "pott" nTuj telliflg |ijm wh*t he fad won, fray-l* + {||Q?p large syes did'nt open! 'Hfefc it vT?. ;' i ^Ml K \;; I. w**. ^ , n V,,/ - - ?"? u The ProfMsion* In erery community there arc s few n roung raeu who can deliberately choose b heir profession. There are only a few; for iccident, not choice, determines the carecr n >f most of ?s. Unt, here and there is a n routh who, owing to the circumstances of a )arenU or the strength of his own determin- ti ition, is able to make up his mind what lie 1 will do in life; and does it. g In former times, young men of this for- n ;unatc class embraced, as a matter of course n >be profession of arms; and in som^of the tl less progressive countries ofContiu|j|tal Eu- d rope, the majority of "well-born" jZulli do c to to tbis day. The girls of CoKtihagen fj still prefer that the arms of a solder ghoul J g jncircle them, when they waltz^'tiid the c highest honours of the court and cabinet I ire still worn with the epaylottc. those a countries, not to be a soldier, is dm to be- e long to the elite of society. Hnppily, our v )wn army is so small, that arms, as a profes- 11 ?ion for educated gentlemen, can scarcely he p taid to exist among us. Millions of our d llt'A on/1 ilin ntt/i* ooAtttra n ?? U,? ? .. roan entitled to paint on bia trunkthe let- n ters U. S. A. li In this republic, tlie Law has been, till s; within a few years, the favourite profession d of the fortunate few. The Law was the t! beaten path to the highest honours. Every p President but two lias been chosen from t the legal profession, and would not have been of that profession. Every Vice 1'rcs v ident whose name we can now call to mind, o was a lawyer. Every man in our time who e has l>e?n a prominent, but unsuccessful can- f didate for those offices, was a lawyer. Every r Ci?i. t -! t - * jwmuiij ui oiciiv, w? uuiicve, iihs ueen a I lawyer. Nearly every man tliat lias been t distinguished in Congress was a lawyer, c The leading persons in counties, towns and t villages, have generally been lawyers; and t down even to the present time, the profes- g sion retains something of its former jirettige. 1 It is only in the last few years, that great s merchants, great manufacturers, great a writers, great engineers, great railroad- c men, great agriculturists, great architects, a have begun to overtop and overshadow the s wealth and consequence of great lawyers, g T.otvriir* lrrt/\tir. ? *1-? * * ..J nnvn UCUVI Ultlll ? ? UU, UUIl 1< the best days of tho legal profession nre r over, and ovor forever. Simplified codes re* ? ducc fees. Improved manners and increas- r ing enlightenment diminish litigation. The c more men know, the better friends they are; r and the better fricuds men are, the more t likely th^y are to bo able to settle their dia- \ putes without the assistance of a court. More- < over, the great honours of the State, once so much coveted?once so august and over- j whelming?are now of far less account; be- t ('HUSO t.llO wlinln nnlintH' *'?* ??. ..Wivr vwutiiij HllUVIOl.mua IIUII ( those high honours cannot, except bv ay*a= 1 deut, fall upon the deterring; hut m j ljr the stock iii trade of f ^ Einpl i atic\^ I j are over. W uWe l>?liere, there k^PWoujaPSiriTft die I number of caudidatcs for such legal honours < ?s are left; but in the quality of those can- < llillut^a ia a r??ln?I.L 1 ?f|'iw:i?UWM. 1 We canuot ?peak for other places, but in i New York, the elite of the young men do < not, as a genera! thing, becomc students of i law. When they <lo, it is l?ecai?so an uncle t or a father, or an intimate friend, ii the pos t sensor of a business in which there U an 1 ojx?ning and a prospect. In fact, to creatc a legal business in New York, is understood < to be just one degree within an iinpofsibil- I ity. In the country, it is less difficult; but i to an honourable man, sometimes quite im- i possible. For example, there is a town i about a hundred miles from New York, in I which reside four young lawyers, whose : united practice (a year wro) would have kept a con: in tolerable pasture. They were not the incn to sit at their desks and patiently starve. On the contrary, they had no sooiicrgot a license to practice, anil their tin plates painted, lhari l/icy set a'-ont making a stir iff the county, "to get,n ns one of tliem happily termed it, "their names up." A embraced the "tenipeiance cause," and anoke at meetings. B. plunged into Odd-Fellowship, and passed his leisure moments iu' visiting lodge and advocating the interests of the Odd-Fellows generally. C. went into extremities of politics, and cot bis name in the papers. D. devoted himself to the church, and advanced so far on the road to preferment as to be allowed to hand* round the plate. These expedients, w? are informed, have not been employed fat rtia ; and this faelalono-^tlte fact that s?^ ei*pcdienU eoli^d be sueressfni?is aliMt enotogfr of itself to* put a sl*mp of infilmy on tto prufettion:' We do not think itrSs going too fitftdteay, that the law is atno?g tlie ia*t professions that one would !WVW iv\v?i???fvii? W m J VUII^ IIHNI VI UUI1UUI) spirit'afid taferit. Amortg the eldar memben of thfr legal pfofosfon, Uiert are men of thf ftrtt rospectabiflt*,' of eMinent talent att?t great worth; bnt it is not the profession Iot a young rain to choooe in tlio year of itxtr toixl, fSMtT"'1 : ; 1 til** talking profcsrfbn?, and what is wantedto Ihert%ayi!( aetf on, and the power of directing tf<rt!o#?" 1 W^want arcliitccts #ho, to ?ae the langnags Of Mr. Greetiough can apply Creek principles, without imitatIhgOrrek forms. This nifion, in the course of the Mat fiffo vea^ fo to bo totn down and btrilt bp'lfettsr. ' Of^lie two hundred lul flSu nlmwIiM mtmmJmimji tlii? Jan v.? I Miiv* mmmwj wtw.Mill 111'i.lUVT YoHkt nottwetity will exist in die year 1000; but will bare been j enlaced by bettor ones, if architects can be foond to build thuMfft When we consider, oft the one hand, the rapidity whh which property b accumulate ed bete, and on tlra other hand, the taste un 1 irersallr diffused fi* magnificence, we caunot resist the conclusion, that the United State* i* about to fhrnbh the larcert and best field for the practice of the architectural profession, that has ever been afforded at ; ?ny period, in any country. But tu jee who practice that profession must hare ideas/ Copjists we hare already. We want men ' who will thoroughly master their art, not be enslaved by H; men who will sefoe the f great idea, that Beauty is utility perfected, and make it lire in fttructferes that aharf art* . ???r their nnmnsM (a ? den the ejo iutd exult the Uut4 of tlioee who I behold them. There i* ? great deal of glory s in reserve for the men who shell Adapt the' Art of architecture to thto want*, t'ie dimnte, . * *" ' . lMSaR>'-: -' * V . ueguuiuB vi ivmcnca?ana noigiory aio,,,5< We rvant engineers, too. Within tfc? ext fifty years, a thousand tunnels will i ave to bo evacuated, ten thousand bridges f rill be built, a million miles of railroad i lust be laid out, tho whole Rocky Mountain i egion is to be inado accessible; and things c re to be done which we can no more anicipate now, than the people of the year c 800 could have anticipated railroads, tele- I raphs and steamships. What a field for i leu of science and talent! Tho American ?ind is singularly adapted to enterprises of t liis kind; and it is with tho utmost confi- c ence, that we urge young men who enn lioosc what they will do, and who have no nicy for an ordinary, hum-drum career, to 1 ive the profession of engineering serious j rmsideratioh. It is a profession for a man! r t takes him out of-doors, up mountains, j long torrents, across prairies, through for- * ttfa ITn no iiitimntn ? !<! / bile ho uses the furccs of nature to sulfd . r aturo; nnd there is something so honest! ? alpably and greatly beneficial in what oes, that the narrowest of utilitarians canot refuse him his respect. Look at Cok ol Serrell, who bridged the Niagara befou c was twenty-two years old, and did the 1 nine service for the St. John's on his wediugtrip. There is something better in hat than stupifymg the mind o?'er "moral 1 hilosophy," and other antiquated trash in i he "senior year." t And there is the great difficulty. We rant men of action; but the main effort of >ur schools are to produce men of talk. An 1 ngineer who had occasion, some time ago, j or two assistants in surveying for a rail- t oad, addressed the following question to i hree professors of mathematics attached 1 o three colleges of high repute:?"In the J lass about to graduate from your institu- i ion, are there any young men competent u go upon me roau linmeuiaieiy nna make i urvcys, without any assistance from me." i 'liore were none, and the professors frankly J aid so. What a fact is this ! As a prep- i ration for the duties of modern life, our s ollege course is scarccly of any use at nil; 1 ind we care not who hears us when wt ay, if a young man is resolved to run n 1 ;reat career in an active, manly profession, 1 et him keep out of college. That young nan has no four years to waste! his knowl- i idge must l>e real, j>ositive, modern. lie iceds a trained eye, a trained hand, a broad I host and long wind: not, a stimulated brain : nerely. He must learn how to do this and hat fur himself, lie must bo a man of the i vorld, educated in the world, by the world, >r the world. We cannot pursue the subject farther at | uesent. The sum of the whole matter is his: the talking profe&simift have had their lay; the active professions are fioing to Jgre j?lkw? 4>f litu 1.7th jft^rimen^ mlors to emUhL^ir India?Utft Ut OtXaril. :ountry, whei^^rhinny of our tirave coonxymcn have fallen victims to the climate, uid where so few have slept in what sollicrs call "a bet. of glory"?were assembled n the bacrack yard of Chatham, to be inipocted previously to their pausing 011 board Llic transports, which lay moored at the Downs. It was scarcely daylight, when the merry Irum and fife were li ?ard over all part* of, the town, and the soldiers were Rcon sallying forth from their quarters, to join the ranks, with their bright firelocks on their shoulders, and tlioir knapsack* and canteens fastened to their backs by belts as white as snow. Each soldier was accompanied by some fnend or acquaintance?or b^ some individual, with a deeper title to Iim regard than either; and there was a strange ami aonie times whimsical mingling of weeping ???d laughter niuong the swscuibloti groups. The second battalion was to remain in England, and the greater portion of the division were present to bid farewell to their old companions in arms, lilit among the husbands aud wives, uncertainty as to their destiny prevailed?for the lots were still to be drawn?the lots that uete to decide which of the women should flceotttpahy the regiment, and whidh seolild frhifliri bwiiud. Ten of each company S*6ro t? l>ii taken, and chance was to bo the-only arbitrator. With-, out noticing what passed elsewhere, I con- j fined ray attention to that company which j was commanded by my friend, Captain Lodon, n brave and excellent officer, who, I am sure, baa no more than myself forgotten the ncene to which 1 refer. ' The women had gathered round the flagsergeant, who held the lots in hi* cap?-ton of them marked * to go"?and all the oth-.. containing tlte fatal words'*to remain." It was a moment of dreadful suspense, and never, have I seen the extreme of anxiety so powerfully depicted in .the countenances of nnman (wings as in tha features of each of the soldiers wires who composed the group. One advanced and drew hqr ticket; it was Ag?inst her, and' site retreated sobbing. Another; she auoeeeded; and gi ing a loud huzza, ran'off to tho dUtabt ranks to embrace her husbatod. A tkiijd came forward with hastening stem; tear* were already chasing each other dow cheeks, and there was unnatural paten?** oq her interesting and youthful countenance. I She put Iter small hand into the sergeant's oap, and I mw by the riso and (all of her bot??n, even rhore than her look* repeated* She unrolled tlw papar, looked*tfponit *?d witli a deep groan Ml back and'&ipted.86 intense was the anxiety of iwrjr petaiu present, thatsbe remained uhaoticed^uaUl the tickets hadboofcdMnfrt, and th* greater number of the woracmbwi iefr the spot; I then lookedrontod and hgtwqiportcd by her husband, who .-?iiy|^umll|ako?tbu ground, gating upon Mr faoe, sbtl drying her fast nil ling team with his toww vrenwi)' auu now OTO UHD' pnwif.l to hit own- miinly cheek. -o- ).<, Captflin Lotion Advanced tontraftU (k(Mra 'r"*I am Horry, Ilcury Jenkins,' said lie Hliifl fat? hto'taeajnffitiiistyou t brit bear afvahu beatout hoarted/ i;-'j J rW d.'-.t vn:, .?< ? lam, Oaptalw,'-uid tfce aoMite, m hp looked ttpjktHl ?MnedhM *Mgh baadwfcroM hk fike, U6t 'lua bard thi?g to pott froM a wife, nnd ?o aeob to bo. a motb?*tf. ; : ' '. > i-jut.? -<4 v . " rfe .'-v. M ?, . '.' ... - ' ' U, Captain J' sobbed the young toman, as you are both a husband and a father, do lot take liim away from mo 1 I bave no riend in the wide world but ono, and you irill let him remain with me! Oh like me vitli him?take me with him?for tke lore >f God take me with him, Captain I' She fell on her kneoa, laid hold of the >fficer's saeh, clasped it firmly between her lands, and looking np in his face cxclaim4 Oh ! leave me to my only liopo, at least ill God has given me another;' and repeatid in heart rending accents, ( A i..1 _M I ? v/ iu? wim nun r The gallant officer was himself in tears? to knew that ifc*ras impossible to grant the K>or woman's - petition without treating nucli discontent in his company,"and he jazed upon t|iem with that feeling with rhieh a good'man always regards the sufferings ha e&fol alleviate. At this moment i smart young sofdfer stepped fsrw^d, and x>d before the Captain with his had to " ap. \nd what do you want, my good follow!' the Captain. 4 My name's John Carty, plonso your tonor, and I belong to the second battalion.' 4 And what do you want here ?' ' Onlv ver honor.' said Cartv. scrateliimr ^ V ' f 1 o lis head, * that poor man mid his wife, there, ire now sorrow hearted at partiug, I'm hinking.' 'Well, nnd what then V 1 Why, yer honor, they any I'm a likely ad, and I know I'm fit for service?and if four honor would only let that poor fellow ake my place in Captain Bond's company, md let me take his place in yours?why,yer lonor would make two poor things happy, md save the life of one of 'em, I'm think?? ' . , Captain Ledon considered for a few monents, nnd directing the young Irishman to -emain where he was, proceeded to his broiler officer's quarters. He soon tnade arrangements for the exchange of; soldiers, md returned to tho placo whero biwl left them. ; * Well, John Cartv,' said he, 'you go to Bengal with me; and you, Henry Jenkins, remain at home with your wife.' Thank your honor,* 6*id Jolin Carty, again touching his cap, as he walkud off.' Henry Jenkins nnd his wifo both arose from tho gronnd, and rushod to eafch other's firms. God bless you, Captain !' said tie soldier, us he pressed his wife to his bosom'. ' Oli, God bless him forever I4 said the j wife ; 4 bless him with prosperity a?d a happy heart! bless his wife and bless his children and again she fainted. Tho officer, wiping a tear from his ejOj nod exclaiming: ^ to reft hii itfcAricd limbs beside the old finger poet, which Ht one time pointed out the way to the neighl?oring villages: but which now afford :..r 4:,... ~ a 11? / cu iiu hiioiuiniiuii u) iiiu trnvviKr, lor nge had rendered it useless. The boys were gazing on liim with inueh curiosity, when he beckoned them towards hiui,and inquired the way to tht village of Elderby. The eldest, a fine looking, intelligent lad about twelve years of n^e, pointed to tbo path, and inquired if he was goiug to any particular house in the village. 1 No, my little lad,* said the seldier,4 but it is on the high road to Frotne, and I hav a friend* there; but in truth I am we&ricd, and perhaps may find in yon village some person who may befriend a poo* man, and look to God for-a reward.' ( Q!? ' ?at<l t lk A I ?/\tr 4 itin a Kjif j ?au wj | imj iuiuvi w tip t% Dill" dier many ycnra ngo, and i?c de^rty lure* to look upon a red coat; you inajj be sure of a wclcome.' ' And you can tell us-.aton<i about fu. cjgu. part*,' said the younger lad, a fine, chufcby-cheeked fellow, who, who, with Lis watch-coat thrown earlessly <trdt hw slioitldonj, nnd his crook in his 'right hand, had been minutely examining fcrery portion of ibf ioldier's dress. Tho boys gave instrnctfcfla to their intelligent dog, wXo thoy said woftkl take good care of ihe^Mep during theifabsence; and in a few momenta tie jttfdiar and his young and sprightly cbftifMOtbns reached the gate of | flourishing fqnu house, which had nil the external to kens of prosperity and hup^jncas. The young boy tMtpd a few pn?as before, to give Lis parents notice that tuorhnd invited ^'tntngerfo re?t beneath their hospitable roof, and the soldier hod jusf crossed tli? tJijc?t?oId of the door, whenrlienjras received by a joyful cry of recognition j<Vom his ok] friend* Henry jenkitia and liisWe; and lk ?ns veldbitleU mi a brother twtho dwelling tf( those, *bo, ir* all proSaljlUy, wore in debted to liim for -their pfetant enviable elation* - tes * '.-|l It is tjoneceasarv to partneillH itorrfur ifctatWn fo ftdd) that iJohwCirty spent 111? |?r)o?|li;M Eklertj farm ;-hi ]j that at the 4MKpinHH(tt p( it, his discharge i ^spurchaeot Jff. h?gr*tfful friends. I t..< Cy^hj i>re*d upon tlio w tow, said Ui< *jgjmS[? And it shall be ret i|qed to the* A Pointko SKbMOK^Mai j. a dwcouret o/*n hour's length is not as lsiprassive ai the following from an eccenti ?English di ^ *ob?r, grave mad tempers !?'Tito*,!,. 9 ; r jT 1W* are three coin Unions witl 'whom jrea ?ho?ltr a! way* kWc oil goot 'tends! " J ^ * *bAmr!. <> ttbyiirf ; - ,-eowrkiice. -. ... .. . >11 Ifyoawiaii tpr ?yojr . jMU* ^ - j1! THE TWINS. M A few years since, a man and his wife so arrived in the town of M , in a newly settled part of the country. They wore b< young, lately married, and their prospects tli were bright and cheering. They purchased th a farm and spent two or three years happi- ev ly together in this situation, when, by a at misterious providence, tlio young man was tli called from this world. "With his surviving lit widow, Ire left two lovely twin infant). The wi widow sought comfort in vain from her hi few acqaintances. There was no minister In of the crosnel in that rptrion to direct Iipp to vi W * O " the great source of comfort, nor was there hi a pious friend, who could direct lier trcrn- w' bling footsteps to the cross of Jesus. But h< she went to her Bible, and by the assistance sli of the Spirit of God found that consolation, <ll which the world can neither bestow nor take ar away. 8he mourned indeed a husband cc who was no more, but she was cheercd by IP the hope that God would protect her and 'n her infants. As they grew up, 6he endeav- ?a ored to teach them the first principles of at religion, but they received no other instruc- U1 tion. One week after another rolled away, P' one Sabbath after another dawned upon the tli wildorness, but they brought none of their J? privileges. Tho wilderness had never echoed with the sound of tho churchgoing bell. ac The soli tan* places had n i > ill Wi?'ffllffliTiiiiiill n< by tlie sound of the footsteps of fyjtin ,?iio al proclaims 'glad tidings of great joy/\/The 6t mother clasped her little boys to her aching S bosom, and sighed and wept for the op- 1* portunity of taking thorn by the hand, and ni leading them to the courts of God. In the 11 days of her childhood, she had possessed t( great advantages, and she mourned that her n babes could only receive instruction from ? her lip. Alas ! no missionary came to in- ^ struct?to cheer?and to gladden her bo- 11 som. ; When the little boys were five years old, nnd before tliey were sensible of their 11 loss, a consumption liad fastened upon their ^ tender parent, and she was soon encircled in the cold anns of death. She steadily watch- ^ ed the certain issue of her disease, and even * in her last moments eommended her child- a ren to him who is ' Father to the fatherless.' 11 A few moments l>efore she expired, she ten- c dorly kissed her little boys, who unconscious- ^ ly wept on feeling the last grasp of the clay ^ cqH hand of their mother. Itisliard,' ,( who wa* present, R After the^efrt^^^their tnoliSf, they n were received into tlie In uso of a neghbor. In less than a year one of tliera was laid R in the grave beside his mother. About this ^ time a pious lady arrived in the place. She too was an orphan, but was not comfortless ^ It was her first inquiry how she could do good to the poor villagers around her. Du- ^ ring a solitary walk one afternoon, she met the other littlo boy straggling about the j road. lie was a beautiful flaxen-haired boy, though exceedingly ragged. The young lady was struck with his appearance, and entered into conversation with him. s * What is your name, my littlo boy ''said c she, gently. . j * James.' 1 ' Where do you live V r * With widow Jones, just in the edge of ^ iuc wood, in that log house. Can't you soc it!' ' T KPft iL but' is widow Jnnoti rnnr ??<-? tlicr ?' No, I had a motlier and she loved me. She used to take care of me and my brother John. She gave us clothes, taught us our prayers and catechism?0, she was a (rood mother.* ' But where is jour mother V said the < | lady soothingly. , 'O! madam, sho is dead. Dont'you see I the graveyard yonder f ' 1 Yes." I 4 And the great maple troe, which rftatids [, in the eorncr of it f * Yes, I see it.' f * Well, oiy poor mother was buried under ' that tree, and my brother John lies there ' too. They were both. buried up in the , ground, though my mother's gravo was tho i dee pent I shall nerer see them again, ne1 ver, never, as long as I live. Will you go ' with me and see the graves V continued hef } looking at the lady with earnestness and I simplicity. The short account which' the little boy , gave of hinaaclf, awakened the best feelings > of the yoOng lady. For the present she ' declined visiting the grave, but continued to converse with him- am] gain hi* confidence, r She foftnd bira very ignorant, having never 1 been to school \ njd the . instructions of t " pJotii ittoWief, having wevor been repeated v <8* entorted by ware nearly forgot' 4 a.i L^iL - *?a wn. a irerer neen | atCablMMd ia the pin^irod whether It wa? fc yMetfcdbfe to esteUfch tone wte 4ottkM? _ 1 V" "fy^J^WW^c Wip* holars but her little James. The lad/ was i >rry she had bo few scholars but she bent ' I her efforts to the instruction of the littfe ' >y. But in a few weeks* ihe prejudices of s e people began to wear away, *n<l before e summer closed, this school embraced ery child, whoso age would allow it to ^ tend. It was the second summer after n e establishment of this school, and after 1 tie James had become well acquainted p ;?i. i.:. i i ? ?. n nai taio xuauilllUllb i?IU HIS Urt IUC11 ISIll, UKIt s henltli begRn to fail. The good young dy beheld his gradual decay with anxiety, j, sited him often, and always wept at partg with a pupil so dear. She used often to 11 alk out with him, and to chcer him with n sr conversation. One pleasant afternoon c e led him out by the hand, and at his re?est, visited the spot where lay his mother id little brother. Their graves were both !| >vcred with grass, and on the smaller ^ *vo were some beautiful flowers. It was the cool of a serene summer's day, as they p t by the graves in silence. The lady gazed I , the palo countenance of tho lovely boy, >on whose system a lingering disease was g aying, while he looked at her with an eye t lat seemed to say, "I have not long (o en- t y your society." Without saying a word 3 cut a small Btiek, and measured tlie ex:t length of his little brother's grave, and ;ain seated himself by the lady. She < [>pearcd sad, while lie calmly said: "You t ;e, my dear Miss S that this little rave is shorter than mine will be." She 1 rcssed his little white hand within her own' \ nd he continued?"You know not how luch I lore you?how much I am obliged ' > you. Before you taught mo I thought 1 othingof death?nothing about heaven, r God, or angels. 1 was a very wirked ^ oy uii you met me. 1 love you much, very . iucb, but I would say something else." ( And what would you say," inquired the I idy, trying to compose her feelings. "I 1 :el that I shall not live lon?. I shall then be 1 ... i ud besido my poor molligr. She will then | ave her two twins, one on cach sido of her. , lut do not. cry Miss S , I am not 1 fraid to die. You told me, and the Testa' I lent tells mo, that Christ snys, 'Suffer little hildren to come unto me,' and though I now I am a very sinful little boy, yet I i liink I sliull be happy, for I love this Sav jurt who cnn save sueu ti wicKOU hoy as 1 1 m. And Isometimes think I shall soon J icetmy mdllier aud-Httfo brother In linppi- j ea?; I know :1 IL. foltaataak llvejr feast all lU^ And ' pay di?)BMg;<1 trff Aem to cotae nnd ] leaaore the grace-of iktfe Jam?s then < rojTSre to die." ? * < The yonng lady xvopt, and could not nn- 1 wrer him at tliat time, llut slio was dialed to converse with him several times af- , Brwa?xl?? on tbo grounds of his hope, ana i .as satisfied that Hits iittlo Ixmb was indeed f the fold of Jesus. She was sitting at his tedside, and with hor own trembling hand, loscd his lovely eyes as they shut in ever, asting slumber. lie fell asleep with a mile?without a struggle. The lady was no only sincere mourner who followed the cmains of the child to the grave, and while he shed many tears on the sods which eovsred his lovely form, 6hc could not but reoice in the belief, that God had permitted ler to be the feeble instrument of preparing in immortal spirit, or a mansion in the lues. Getting Ahead of a Monarch. A friend of ours from across the waters elated to us the following anecdotes as an ictual occurrence in Oriential chines. It possesses a depth of thought and freshliucss ji wit 100 goou 10 ue iosi. A priest, learned in the lore of nncicnt and modern literature; had opened rooms for public instruction nnd styled himself upon the door 'Professor of Universal Knowladge.' The king, in passing one dn j, observed the notice, nnd, walking in, inquired what i.? m rn.? V VIII* WIDIII ivuvniuugt'i 1IIU priest answered of coursc, it was a knowledge of nil tilings possible. This answer, not axnctly suiting the king, lie resolved to test tlie capabilities of the professor. "If," said lie, "yoll pft>fesa universal ktlowledge, then you will be ahle to answer threo qu&stions which 1 shall propose to you. They are as folio wt* and you must answer them by to mom w at this time, or your head shall be struck from your shouliIam VimI toll mii liHiv tMAt.u uv.ot ? ???, iv IUV HVI? IIIU1IJ UU9ILVID U1 earth there nro iti yonder/mountain. Secondly, inform mo liow much the king is worth. Thirdly, tell roe exactly, of whnt die Icing is thinking nt the time." This wm ft different tarn to affairs from whnt the professor expected, and he was sorely perplexed. lie went at once to his study resolved to do his utmost to comply with such an unhenrod of and to him unreasonable request* Books were snatched from his shelves: manuscripts wets carefully examined; calculations made, and all his available means put in requisition to solve these questions on wliieh depended his life. So few hours to occompiisbso much?death the prieeof f*tture, toget]Mrwkk a desire to astablisb hia reputation, all wrought upon his mentalandphysieal framttosncb a degree that he was soon in ft fever of exoiteiqstit*. He bad almost buried Mmself in liis boot#fc scraps of paper with ftfuri* and( Sigm cop*, ered tho - table, ami lay scattered on tbfr ihkwj yo*iiiio roBBtv wot unftttmMd. cfttiU. ^i?u fun.. jerily inquired the cause. IlurrjfcdlylSG jitccl what hail happened;. the strange qu??-^ ions; the fearful peunltj*. Inirt?ild(lwv|?v,yi.' r >r, of partaking of his master's eU^o^on, U^^ t" ?*f ;Vj ervant very cooly replied:? f>t, , . ' . ^ ^ "Is that all the trouble? Lca^JS twfcrnaftefr;y; ^ 'I o nio?I'll answer for you." , ' . ' . - ' \ After some conversation it ; '"{i ?y the servant to adopt his nhaPterV habit* J n/l ? >1.. I.; -? sMm- - - ju uitvi tuo hing hi, me 'ho ofl'or was readily nccedejrap.rl^^W.' ; ! ' riest, who, to spc:ik tl>0 i" }j$ lore of his own head thnn his s4natlC&'juit, .-a t that moment. Disguised m'Jiio i>rofc?r-:'i * or, the servant met the king,4nii$:told hiffo/*\' ~ e was ready to answer his -jUT 'Tell ine, then," wild the./Jmg, i lany baskets of earth arc tIicro /f i "That depcuds. your majesty jnM "WIlUt pi?um 1 1 i Ml "The size oft ..sket \f y^g . ?rgc ns the niottti. SV|l| , r i.rnJtirl'r:':w:I^ * lialf us lnrge, >. 01 fa/i'W'." ijvBK The klnjf was s< ? * :* '? tV ?r v^SsaRj >ljr, that be expret >rocee<led to the pceorut "3" {) Toll inc how much the krUtt$* 'Well, your majesty, ,A old for thirl v nitwa <-vf 1 - lie king of heaven and eartbr lie king is worih about 'one* pyeocv; To this answer the king coafCf^ihd he was nevertheless sp he wit displayed that he suidi ^ V*v^^^bbB Very well, sir but can you'ffaKwti^- * ]iiestion, and tell me of 1'*m iio\r Most certainly, yonr ' );..| \ow thinkiug that you ar? tallnftg rtftl?VibQ-&lA west professor, whereas it ^ It is unnecessary to add that ^t1i^|^d?f r;.' V .vere safely upon their shfauv(^^l!lQ$p otkf 0;, \ received rich tokens of kingly favor. t? \ Tub Effects of FkacV lect says the New York towrlieir1^ \ ing when a bny, ? tailor t^H-hU-booklfegeT^,' .c sr tbat lie imu>L "make aH.the C :nmcR pay for tire bad optt.?. Lice of such a system of domiE .MHSy8fe:S& made such an impnMioi^ujK)^ find tender conscience winch, beincr effaced l?v tim?- lm? nnitr \nlaHBw?asBMi uncd by expeiiencc. It All trade must live, and tn^To balance on tli'c profit side of the ammf9^8H If Mr. Jones fail to pay for his cOaf^M^ :'' i Brown must pay double price for !?!*? the poor tailor must ttamysteal, pr' be^' /^T-^ The same sort of economy enters into mercantile transactions, and lionest mdq^^^aj try of the better half of the conijr?65ft^iltairrT?~v. :o redouble its efforts to mute up&*'' Vnud ami miBTriinlrninfitU annrTf *r<^ portion -of erarj *?-' W Jvery tnan w*o *orlw fcr *>%yn|r ibontt, who lives nfre ?i? m tho sulisUnce of ,olbf*tC . inrdly overstate the evil jne-hnlf of the civilizcd world iff ^ lay and riig .t to support theotiie^ dleness and crime.? Wciklif Srpreu. - "^5 Tmv?nr.,.,c kir,c..N.?i u;iT?r*c(?n *jno* - ; .-4 Host worthless mid lazy fellows dresn ibfe- '--n.il.lv. "' .v^> vv & I have Been u?v . , . men turn ti|>!ers and die < 1 nm^'MlL Jl?_uner I have seen men who boasted 111 uetToT~ ?-J* their wealth, who were not able to pfjr ^ their tailor. * I have seen men who made much uo&* about their bravery uud daring" exploited *'c: J and, I have seen the same men run from n trnnao. - ^ 0 . . :' J I have seen men run in debt \viilu>ut probability of being able to make payn^gijcifi^* %, I have seen a man urging another conic a ca nil ill ate for oflice; aud, I have seen (he same-fello\V vote ngKifttfc?^l him at the election. I have seen parents urging their el^lr^i# to marry against their inclinations; ?n<lj^.A. ^ I have seen ?. lovely young girl rich olil bachelor merely for his wealtl?;ih<J^,"Tn I have seen the sat/ie girl die, 'brofcenf - v| hearted, within ayetr. ' ' .JL I have seen the youti'g and bemuiful^.tfi<fc -vfl talented, marry a dashing, brainless chusq he too was rich; and,. I have feen .them ever after drag otft'nr ,*-3 wretched, miserable life. ' ^ A Mother's Soltloqw.?*Tia mi<l^!?? uuunti to nit: vy a uo uiui <l?MU OUTtKtV* That little heart shall, never thrill ploasure or throb wllh;|mh,- without* qt&-lc , M response from mine. tho. ^M its little world; its very life dejwtids on mif f' fHithful care. It is my sweet 'duty those dimpled linihs, ip poue thift'-^TO^X trembling foot; yet stay.?My dlity not here. A soul jooks forth from ihwc$%i 9 blue eyes! An undying spirit, that shall jB { lunie its wins for n ceaslesa flight, gijtuod-";^* ?y my errinc nnud. The hot blood of irtigor may not the fount whence it dn)wrs it* life, or ih&ftM hasty words escape' thy lijw, in th^ presence. Wayward, passionate, imrttiUvaiH ?Low shall 1 npproncU it, l?t ?fth ? httelllM njion my spirit and a silent prajw Oh, eeasfvM sentinel, sluintter not"#A&rajH po*t of it* trusting innocettee! Oil, reckless "sower of the secd/VUtt frotfM "the tar<* spring np!" :m& M Oh, ?n?kilfUl hcllo?m*ti.t how sUittJto#': 9 pilot that barque ?'ar^V UinptiptqamjAk >3 nbtotlt* . v< ; M B