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INSCRIBED TO MISS A. 1- THOMAS, AUGUSTA, <1E0.
Thou fuir young spirit! in the lovely form
Which makes you present to an earthly eye,
III bloom of being, fresh, life-lighted, warm
Ami beautif\il?too beautiful to die;
Slow like u star of heaven, ere conies the storm
To o'ershade the beamy waters gliding l>y,
Does thy eharmed image light my heart's deep j
dream,
And fill eaih pulse with its embosomed beam.
(Forever present ! with thy haunting gaze,
And snowy brow, and darkly flowing hair,
A iwt ?liv.niiiv emit aliiiMt-oliiiutono/l l>1n>?
Of bcuulv, radiant o'er eaeli feature fair;
And shape with step that lightly treads the maze
Of grace, like some Aurora of the air;
Bevoud nil these, I feel thy power to bless,
Divinely veiled in httliiau loveliness!
These charms?no part of thee?arc only thine,
Thy self's unseen, tho' beauty fills the sightNor
would I hope that sueli should e'er be mine ;
Unless the fair veiled spirit, iu its might
Sincere, should sigh our beings to enshrine
lu ever-living love's life-giving light;
For love of loveliness that soon is past,
Brings anguished darkness o'er the heart at last. I
There is a sweetness, sweeter than thy voice,
In 'the ?>ofi breathing of the song or sigh.
And a deep brightness that eneliaiits the ehoice,
O'er the rich niellovvue.-s of thy beaming eye; |
nuu ojpciij* iiiiusuiuru, in which i mure rrjuicw i
Than the lilest <Irc;i:ii<T when an angel's nigh, !
Soul-felt revculiugs of a heaven d>orn worth, |
Excelling all tliou must rcs:gu to earth.
O, lovely spirit' couM t]?< brain-felt spell
On me, round both its sar.rcd circle sweep;
Where all to each, our conscious souls should I
dwell,
And in belli hearts low's mutual worship keep;
Breathing house's holy bib's too deep to tell?
Deeming as gems each tear die loved may
weep;
My heart's full joys should all o'ciflow to thine*
And thy heart's sorrows he absorbed hv mine. |
i
There is u world, where those who love in this j
Shall meet, tho' dimly dreaming here awhile I
And shall embrace each other in I lie bli s
Of blending radiance brighter than earth's
smile ;
And deeply breathe, inhaled as with a kis*.
Each other's presence without guise or guile? j
All chance of change nr parting, far above, 1
IOscaped thro* death to live in denthlcc* love. !
I
Turning to tliee, in s-eif devuting vow,
Tlion idol-image of inv <l''ar?-sl ilrckiu
My soul would bask its darkened breast, and brow, ;
In the glad baptism of tliy bi-itig's beam ; |
All thoughts to thee committed now,
Like pearls and roses to a sl;y-bri?ht stream; '
Tliy earthly course, a heavenly guide to me? I
Sly wish of Heaven cnhaueeJ to be?wish tlicc!
Wriyhtahoro, (!<t.. Jut;/ 28, 18."j l>.
ffl 3 3 $ Is !L iL Si iii ? ? iD 3?
fcOTTCN.
Colton bales were a noble breastwork at j
the battle of Xew Orleans, and cotton lias '
.. . . t
ever since neon noting llio part ut a .strong 1
protection of tlie UniU.il States against j
Great Britain. It is no longer, however, as
a shelter for our riflemen, behind which j
they may conceal themselves and pick out '
a bright red coat as a mark. Cotton is !
now our great commercial bulwark?the !
graud conservator of peace betweeir Kurope
mid the U nited States. We may be laughed ;
at for our little army and our little navy; j
? but we must be respected for our great cot-,
ton crop?an unchivnlric defence for a
martial people, but a potent one and a
peaceful one, which sheds 110 blood, imposes
no taxes, and does not drain the national
treasury. If there is a diplomatic
flurry between England and the United
Stales, the cotton lords of Manchester rise
and protest ngainst any interruption of
peace; if the crop falls sliort in the Southern
States, Manchester feels it, and if the
crop is a largo one, Manchester still enjoys
the benefits.
There is doubtless a little humiliation felt
in England at her condition of dependence
Upon us in this matter of cotton ; and numerous
have been tl?e schemes for procuring
the taw material from her colonies and
from other countries. The success of these
lias been only partial. Indian and Egyptian
cotton is indeed imported into Englai.d,
but the quality is inferior to the American,
?nd the quantity, though considerable, is
hot such as to produce any effect upon the
?&lC8 Of OUr nrodllf.lK FfTill-la liovn l.nnt.
truulo to grow it in Italy and in Algeria,
but tbev have proved quite unsuccessful.?
In spite of tlie production of cotton in India
and Egypt, the English demand for the
American article has been steadily increasing.
At the present time it is called, in
found numbers, two millions of bales. This,
out of a total crop of about three and a
half millions, is a very important proportion,
leaving, as it does, only a million and
B half of bales for domestic consumption,
i e ? ?- it - -
nuu >v> tu iiiu counncni oi Jturopo.
Two million bales of colton keep some million*
of people ill work and bread in England,
find it may readily bo sceu what a
calamity it would bo if tlio suppltes.\rore
gtopp*} by 8 War or any otlior cause.
It it ddttonstrata) by part experience
that, in the present amazing progress of the
'WH fa JW0* increase of wealth in
(1* prtoiotss metals and its constantly growP**4*#
ite world, does oot keep
u features are constantly ' ii operations;
so, loo, with Uio nmpS>^c8 of
? L . Li
! Franco and Germany, while at home, in
I t J ' /
i spile of our low tariff, the consumption of
cotton is growing larger every year. ]5oston,
New York and Philadelphia each import
the raw material in very large quantities,
and all that comes here, together with
much that comes to New York, is consumed
by the mills of Philadelphia and the
various towns of the interior of the State.
These mills are steadily increasing in numbers
and in their operations, and in a few
| years the domestic consumption of cotton
J will bo as great as the foreign has been
within the memory of many persons now
living.
In view of all these things. th? pft'orts
a 7 * *"*
occasionally made to alarm America l>y
threats of growing cotton elsewhere, arc totally
unworthy of consideration. Some
Manchester men have lately been making
such a threat, and talking about extending
the culture of cotton in India and Africa,
solely with a view to making England independent
of America. The declared intention
of this movement is not altogether
consistent with the intense affection lately
expressed by the Manchester people in a
Peace Address which received many thousand
signatures in a few days. Dut the
soul of Manchester is in her calicoes, and
she is fur peace or war just as they may ro:
ijmiu;. mijncssiuii is nifit tncy win *tiways
require peace, notwithstanding the
late effort to make England "independent"
of us, and so we may successfully cultivate
the olive branch and the cotton plant at
the same time.? I'/iilailclj>/tiu JJulfctin.
HOW WHISKY TASTES.
The editor of the lJoston Olive lJratich
says, that at a recent scsssion of one of the
western conferences of the Meihodist Episcopal
Church South, the venerable lJishop
Soule, in making some observations 011 the
subject of Temperance, is represented as
having said?"Though I have passed the
scveiitv-lifdi year of my age, 1 have not
yet learned how whisky tastes!"' True to
the letter. We were present on the occasion,
and heard, as the old people used to
s:iv, " willi my own cars," the statement as
il full from the lips of that eminent minister
of the Cross of Christ.
And here it should ho known and well
understood by all concerned, that as the
legitimate result of this rigid adherence to
the total disuse of ardent spirits, the I>ishop>
though now verg'ng towards the eightieth
year of his age, is possessed of a much
larger share of physical energy and muscular
strength than usually falls to the lot of
men in the prime of life ; nor can his most
intimato and intelligent friends and acquaintances
perceive the slightest abatement
in llio herculean force and vigor of
his mental faculties. He stauds*as uprightly,
walks as briskly, cats as heartily,
siccps as soundly, talks as lluently, proaches
as powerfully, prays as fervently, and feels
as deeply and intensely for llic interest and
prosperity of the church, as lie did forty
years <i</o.
In addition to his incessant and aiduous
labors, within the limits of the several
Stales and Territories of this great confederacy,
for the last half century, lie has
twice crossed the Atlantic, performed the
lour of Europe, and preached the glad tidings
of salvation to admiring thousand in
nearly all the principal towns and cities of
the British Empire. 13csiJes this, within
the last twenty-four months he has twice
visited California, sunerintciuli'fl Willi
' J " """" wvw
sions of tlio Pacific Conference, and traveled
extensively through many portions of
that far-distant land, proclaiming "Jesus
and him crucified," as the only hope of a
wretched and ruined world, to the vast
crowds tliiit everywhere flocked to hear
him, in tlio wide wastes, as in the cities
full. I
But not having yet filled up tlio measure
of his obligations to the church and the
world, he is even now holding himself in
readiness to pay California a third visit,
should no one of the younger members of
the Episcopal College find it convenient to
enter upon the performance of tbis important
mission.
Such, in brief, is a rough outline skeloh
of tlio physical intellectual, moral power
and cllicieucy of tho man?and the only
man?who can in truth say, at tho advanced
ago of seventy-five years.?" 1 hare
not yet learned hoio whisky tastes /"
Order !?Never leave things lying about
?a shawl here, a pair of slippers there,
and a bonnet someVvhere elso?trusting to
a servant to set tilings to rights. No matter
bow many servants you have, it is a
miserable habit, and if its source is not in
the intellectual and. moral character, it will
inevitably terminate tbere. If you Lava
used tho dippor, towel, tumbler, &c., put
them back in their places, and you will
know where to find tbem when vou want
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them again. Or if you set an example of
fjarelessnesa, do not blame your servants&r
following it. Children should be taught to
put things jback in their places as soon as
they are old enough to use them; and if
each member of the family wore to observe
this simple rule, tlio bouse would never get
much out of order, and a large amount of
vexation atid- usefctt' labor would be
Avoided. '
tt Vi J ..'y -
ttjij w vuo jfuer v a groat rnc* |
ohanical genius ! ;^c4wi it mrira #?ir.|
out of wire, I
TIIE "WAY SHE TURNED KIM.
The most bigoted ami unreasonable party
itfan wo over met with was Jack 1)., now a
prosperous and influential attorney iii S
County, in this State.
At the time of which we are writing, he
was a rod hot Democrat, and his chief pleasure
seemed to consist in making the fact
as notorious as possible to tlie whole world,
llis friends and acquaintances, who knew
him well, and whom ho had often victimised,
with one consent pronounced Jack a
bore, and his politics a nuisance ; but with
a stranger, the thing was essentially different.
Seized by the button at the moment
of introduction, Jack would astonish him
by a rapid rehearsal of the articles of his
political crced?and branch out into an in.1
1
?titijfovsvi v un uivj JUUIIUCSk UC5tiny
ul* the great Democratic party.
One unlucky day, Jack met, at the
house of a mutual friend, a young lady
of great personal beauty and accomplishments
; attracted by her loveliness, and
captivated by her intelligence, he became
assiduous in his attentions, forgot for a
while his "principles," and without inquiring
what might bo the political preference
of his "lady love," imprudently proposed,
was accepted, and they were married.
The wedding was over, the gUcst3 had
departed, the happy pair had retired to
their chamber, and were snugly ensconced
m ueil, when Jack, 111 the course of a qniot
conversation with his wife, unwillingly alluded
to his favorite subject l?y casually
speaking ?f himself as a Democrat.
' What!" si M s?!io, turning sharply and
suddenly upon him, " arc you a Democrat
?" "
! 41 Yes, maJ.un," replied Jack, delighted
with the idea of having a patient listener
to his long restrained oratory. " L am a
Democrat, a real, JeiVersonian Democrat,
attached to the principles of the great
Democratic party ; a regular out-and-outer,
double-dyed and twisted in the wool."
''.Just double and twist yourself out of
this bed, then," interrupted his wife, "I am
a Whig, and 1 will never sleep with any
man professing the abominable docilities
you ilo."
Jack was spcechless (Yum absolute amazement.
Tliat the very wife uf his bosom
should prove a traitor, was horrible?she
must be jesting. JJe remonstrated?in vain
?tried pcrnitasioti?'twas no go. She was
in sober earnest, and the only alternative
left him was a prompt renunciation of his
heresy, or a bed in another room, .lack
did not hesitate."
To give up the great and established
doctrines of his party, to renounce his allegiance
to that, faith which had become
identified with his very being, to be ruled
by the lnerc whim and caprice of a woman,
was utterly ridiculous and absurd, and he
?1 1 * ' '
uiruw imnseii rrum the Lied aii>l prepared
to quit llic room.
As he was leaving the door, she called
v '
to him, "I say, my dear, when you recant
your heresy, and repent your past errors,
jiial knock at my door, and perhaps I will
let you in."
The door was violently slammed to and
Jack proceeded wrath fully in quest of another
apartment,
A sense of insulted dignity, and a lirm
conviction that he was a martyr in the
right cause, strengthened his pride, and he
resolved to hold out till lie forced his wife
In n n1??t
V"J'< VMIWHUIt*
In the morning.'die met him as if nothing
had happened, but whenever Jack ventured
to allude to the rupture of the night previous,
theje was a "laughing devil" in
her eye that bespoke a consciousness of
her power, and extinguished hope.
A second night he repaired to his lonely
couch, and a second day was a repetition
of the first?no allusion was made to the
forbidden subject on either side. Thero
was a look of quiet happiness and cheerfulness
about his wife that puzzled Jack sorelyi
and lie felt that all idea of forcing her into
n surrender must be abandoned.
A third night he was alone with his
l.lmtirrlifa TTia ?
.? ..0??. ivuwbiviio nuiu mUFO 8C"
rious anil composed than on the night previous.
What they weic, of course was only
known to himself, but they seemed to result
in something decided, for about midnight
three distinct raps were made at his
wife's door. No answer. The signal was
repeated in a louder tono ; stiD all was silent;
and the third time the door shook
with the violent attack from the outside.
"Who's there?" cried his wife, just
aroused from a deep sleep.
"It's ine, my dear; and perhaps a little
the best Whig you ever saw."
The revolution in his opinion was radical
and permanent. lie removed to Another
country, became popular, offered himself as
a . candidate tin the Whirr lintwt for tlio
legislature, and was elected, and for several
sessions represented his adopted country as
a Arm and decided Whig, although not
so noisy and disputatious as before.
i; ' *m
SST Many a true heart, that .would have
come back like a dove to the ark, uftor its
first transgression, has been frightened beyond
recall by the angry look pbd ttienace
FASHIONABLES AT SARATOGA.
A correspondent of one of our New J
, York cily exchanges, draws quite an inter- ' j
csting picture of fashionable life at Sarato- i
ga. If it be true, that the circumference ' h
i of a fashionable dressed woman thcro is ' 1
about seven feet and a half, and of the ten ! J
i
, thousand visitors said to be at that interest- ji
ing locality, one half belong to the softer ; 1
sex, Saratoga must be in quito a crowded i 1
I conuiuoti. jsut for the fact that tlicse hoop- t
i ed petticoats are suspended on a peg at i
! niidit, wo think it would ho a difficult task i
j to furnish sleeping accommodations for c
j the ten thousand souls that are now diink- [
' ing Congress water in that delectable re- I
j .
noil. t
I
'Ihe correspondent above alluded to v
says : J '
! I
The circumferencc of a fashionable dress- j
ed woman here, is about seven feut and a i *'
half, and when two of these animals get |
waltzing together they look like a largo I N
balloon inverted. The daily occupation of . ^
the fair creature begins with dressing in j c
elaborate morning attire and promenading j '
to the Congress Spring, where site takes i 1
two or three glasses of the water, lieltirn- | J1
ing she has a sylph like breakfast?then I
dresses for a drive. After the drive she =
takes an anti-prandial snooze, or receives a J s
snob or two. Then comes the work of *
dressing for dinner, for which she appears I *'
like Villikinsin the song in " gallant array," js
with all sorts of diamonds and things.? i '
, 1
Dinner is at throe, ami iiils up two hours, i J
Next conk*s riding, and in the evening the j 1
fair flowers of creation dance to the iuu.->ic j '
of Monk's Hand; or vagabondise bare-;1
headed about the streets of the village. j 1
Such is the daily life of the Saratoga j 1
belle. She gets up a good many flirtations* : '
and she likes it. Look at that splendid j J
creature in pink, she has already exhausted i 1
three waltzing men, and is now flirting with 1
? ' ... i
a thin voutli in tliu eonipr. I T.? is Ii.iI-ik*
j her that lie is uil' for Newport tomorrow 1
J ami wants a l?it of her liair before he leaves. j
She tries to look sorry, l?ut is really lliink- j t
j itig whether he could give her a brown , i
stone front in a good street ami ten tliou- ! 1
i I
sand a year. j <The
daily life of the.snob at the springs j c
is about the same as that of the belles, if '
he is a ladies' snob, lie is her cavalier ser- | 1
vieute, an.I revolves around her hoops. lie i 1
in treated as she treats her lap dog, and is j ^
thrown a smile with tho same air that | 1
Fidolo receives a chicken bone. But it is 1
the style among some snobs to call '* these l
v.onnn a bore you know." These last y
j named snobs play billiards, smoke awful ci- ?
! if a IV. drive lloI'M'S wliifli nro l.omrl.l ???.l 5
; o-m-mi
ilie buyers sold at the .i;unu time, ami <?llicr- 1
wise spend their time in those healthy and c
invigorating sports which make the American
snob so valuable a member of society.
The ladies' snob is preferable to the liorso i
and billiard snob. i
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HOOPED PETTICOATS. j j
4i Does not de ladies wear umbrella petti- I
coats J For sartin thev do. What's de J ,
consequence ? Whalebone's lip and 1 j
sometimes triilible for de sisters' safety
when I sec a gust of wind eoinin, for tear f
some ob dem will go up like a balloon and j(
come down like a pankako. De ladies' j
petticoats hab got to sich a spread dat a
gemmon can't git in ten foot ob dem, and t
it takes a putty niitihle feller to make his
way trew Broadway ob an arternoon widout n
skinning his shins on de projection hoops. ^
lie has to pick his way like a kitten over a 0
slinnerv fence, or ?. crnli nn ?
M.-.* " ? " t
boacli.' It's all wanity, my frens, but I
diilei't "know how much vanity ?dar wus in a
a modern petticoat till brodder Ike Soracrdike
axidently broke 6ister Frorinda's bones ^
laas lecture nito as she tried to squeeze past ,j
his long knees to her seat, and it seemed ?
to me dat she collapsed and slunked down jj
like an old dry umbrella wid do sticks
broke, and she, dat a ruinit before, come
saliu in as a man ob war, set down as meek c
as a drenched tom-cat?one puff and de t]
wanity was gone. * * * * Why o
do you wear dem ? Do yon spose dat us
he fellows aiii bo green as to belebe dat you
am rancid as much Jike a wasp as your
. hooped petticoats would infer? If you do, c
you may as well rip otit de bones at once.
Do you spose dat mankind don't noe dat ?!
human natur nebber formed a woman wid ^
a bead like an applet a bust like two pote- '
cary globes, a waiste like de shank ob an r*
urn, and a body liko a molasses hogshead ? ,
If you ebber find a case wboro natur cut
up sich shii'.os wid de 1 human form doviiio,' j
jis let mo noe it and 1'le Barnumizo de .
kentry ai once wid her. Some ob you In- "
aics, i understand, am not content -wit) de
simple whale whalebone, buJt liab absolutely ai
sowed barrel hoops in your skirt*, as some j"
look as if dey had a young hogshead; un- J
der deir dtewesj dey Btiok out soiu all dj;- C,
reclions. In fact, 'Hoopiania1 rages so
Marmingly at de present time, dat de ottoibus
folka^aro contemplatin a rise in d&fare V
in consequonce pb de double room dey
ockepy and de lumber each lady brings in
do omnibus wid her. It was rufnored in -Q
dte Shfcle lass week, dat young sbr $
tor Johnson bad actually bound herseff ln; .1
ifon&Kps, W4 X 1
tin A. hnon d? tail* of deir Al.oMirMii V
HAPPINESS.
Mr. President,?Happiness is like 11 crow, j
erched on llio lop of a l'ar oil' distant
Mountain, which some fishermen vainly
trives, to no purpose, to ensnare. Ho !
ooks at the crow, Mister President, and, !
blister President, tl.o crow looks at him,
md, sir, they both look at each other.? |
Jut the moment ho attempts to reproach >
lim, he banishes away like the schismatic j
aitits of the rainbow, the cause of which, ,
t was the astonishing ami perspiring genus
of a Newton, who first deplore! and ;
mvelopcd the causo of it. Cannot the
)oor, man, sir, precipitate, into all the
>enutics of nature?from the loftiest niouii- j
ain, up to the most humblest valley, as ,
veil as the man prepossessed of indigence? j
fes, sir! While trilling transports crown j
lis view, and rosy hours allure his sanguiu- i
try youth, he can raze his mind up to tlio i
aws of nature, incompressible as tlicy are, !
vhile viewing the lawless storm, that i
i
cindletli up, the tremendous, wailing thun- 1
ler, and frycth up the dark and rapid lightng,
and causeth it to fly through the inensily
of space, that belches forth their
twful and sublime meteors, and " ri'llvbolyallussus,"
through the unfathomable regions*
of fiery hemispheres. Sometimes,
1r, scaled in some lovelv retreat beneath :
|
lie shadowy shades of an umbrageous tree,
it whose venal foot flows sonic limnin<r. i
i O' I
tagnant stream, lie gathers around Iiim
lis wife and the rest of liis orphan children. i
le there takes a retrospective view upon J
he diaphragm of Futurity, and easts his
-ye, like a flashing meteor, forward into
lie Past. Seated in their midst, aggravated
and exhaled by the dignity and iude>endence
coincident with honorable poverty,
lis couuteuaiice irrigated with an intense
jlow of self-deficiency and excommunicated !
cnowledge; he there endeavors to distil j
nto their youthful minds useful lessons to j
juard juvenile youth agahisl vice and im- |
tiorlulil v.
Theie, on a dear sunny evening, when
lie silvery moon is shining forth in all her
udulgeiice au>l ubiquity, he teaches ihc
list sediments of gastronomy, by pointing
nil lo them the bear, the lion, and many
>ther fixed, invisible consternations, which ;
ire continually involving upon their axle- I
rees, through the blue cerulean accompany* j
iient above. luom tin vast clherial he 1
lives with them to tlie very bottum of the
infathoinablo ocean, bringing uj) fruin
hence liquid treasures of carllfnnd air. He
lieu courses with them 011 the imaginable
ving of fancy, through the boundless re;ions
of unimaginable ether, until swelling
nto impalpable immensity, he is forever
ost in the infinite radiation of his own
>ver\vhelming genius.
DENNIS AND THE POST MASTER.
"llillo ! Mister Post Master, and is there
ver a letther here for Dennis O'Callahan
ixjuiied the identical Dennis himself as ho
ode up to Uic door of a certain post ofikc
u Ohio.
" I believe there i.-..'' replied tbe post
lias tor, stepping back and producing the
utter at tbe door.
" And you will be so kind as to rade it
i>r me, seem' I bad tbe misfortun' to be edcated
to raa*. ujver a bit in tbe woild?'
nimbly asked Dennis.
" To be sure, sir," said tbo accommodaitig
post master.
lie opened tbe epistle and read, witli n
;ood deal of difliculty, three interesting pa- 1
;es concerning Dennis' folks and affairs in 1
Id Ireland, the said Dennis with botli legs 1
urned on the same side of the saddle, lis
eneu an me n unc witn Becoming meekness 1
nd gratitude.
"Much obliged to yer honor, for trou- '
I'm' yourself and consumin' yer valyblo '
inie will* the like of me and mine ; how '
luch might be the postago of my let- '
lier ?" '
" Fifty cents, sir."
"A very reasonable price for such a j
omfortin' letlher; but as I could nivcr {
liiuk of axin' yer worship to crediL the liku |
f me, ye may jiat beep the letlher for jmy" x
Let the Children Sinff.?The editor of '
iie American Magazine, in speaking of vo- (
td music, says : 1
"All children can learn to sing, if they *
ommence in season. In Germany, every 1
liild is taught to us^its voice while young. e
u their schools, all join in singing, as a 1
jgnlar exercise, as much as tliey attend to '
ic study of geography; and in their c
liurelies singing is not confined to the r
lioir, that sits apart from the others, per- v
nps in one corner of the house, hut there
a vast tide of that incense going forth to 1;
od from every heart that call give utter- g
nee to this language from the soul. In t
Idition to tlio delightful influence music a
(id upon the character, it has also a mark- t
j influence in suppressing pulmouary com- 0
Dr. Rush used to say that the 0
ia*>jr why the Germans seldom die of con- g
Hnption, was tliat they were always sing- y
A JSensibU Emperor.?The Emperor of v
jWna, instead of paying'the doctor us we
y' wlien w# are unwell, the instant he is f,
the pay of his physicians,
enew it until he is quito well ],
. ??'i&ij' <*.
FEMALE BEAUTY.
" 1 )ean Swift proposed to lax female
beauty, and to leave every lady to rate her
own charms, lie said tlie lax would be
cheerfully paid, and very productive."
" Kontenelle thus daintily compliments
the sex, when lie compares women and
clocks?the lntlev serve to point out the
hours, the former to make us forget them."
"The standards of beauty in woman
vary with those of taste. Socratcs calls
beauty a short-lived tyranny; l'lato, a
privilege of nature; TheophraM-iw, a silent
cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice ;
Carueadeas, a .solitary kingdom ; ami Aristotle
udirmcd that it was better than all
the Liters of recommendation in the
world."
With the modern (5reeks and other nations
on the shores of the Mediterranean
corpulency is the perfec tion of form in
woman ; and those very attiibulcs which
disgust the western European, form the
attractions of an Oriental fair. It was
from the common and admired shape of hid
country-women, that Kubens in his pictures
delights so much in a vulgar and odious
plumpness:?when his master was desirous
to represent the 'beautiful,' he had no idea
of beauty under two hundred weight. J I s
very graces are all fat. lJut it should be
remembered that all his models were Dutch
women. The hair is a beautiful ornament
of women, but it has always been a disputed
point which color most becomes it.
We account red hair an abomination; but
in the time of Elizabeth it found admirer.*,
and was in fashion. Mary of Scotland,
though she had exquisite hair of her o\\ n,
wort' Mollis, i.loopatra was red-haired;
and the Venetian ladies to tliis day conn
terfeit yellow tair.''
" -\lier all that may l>o said or sai.g about
il, bi'Mily is an undeniable fact, and its endowment
not to be disparaged. Sydney
Smith gives -omc good advice on the sub
joct. 'Never teach fulsome morality. IIow
exquisitely absurd to teach a girl that beauty
is of no valu--, dress of no use! Beauty iof
value?her wl.ulo prospects and happiness
in lii'o may often depend upon a new
gown or a becoming bonnet; if she bus live
grains of common sense, she will find this
out. J lie great thing is to teach her their
ju?>L value, and there must be something
better under the bonnet than a pretty face,
for leal happiness. But never sacrifice
truth.'"?Suluil fir the Suctul.
Curious Habits of Muvkervl.?The habits
of these fr>h are very peculiar. And although
they have been taken in immense
numbers for thice quarters of a century,
their habits arc not well understood. They
often move in immense bodies, apparently
filling the ocean for miles in extent. They
arc found near the sii'face. Sometimes
thoy will take the hook v.ith great eagerness;
at other times, not a mackerel will
bite for days, although millions of them arcvisible
in the water. When they are in the
mood of taking the bait, ten, twenty, and
even thirty barrels are taken by a single
vessel in a few hours. They usually bile
most l'reelv soon after sunrise in the morn
ing, and toward sun sot at evening. * They
all ccase to bite about the same tunc, as if
they were actuated by a common impulse.
They are easily frightened, and will descend
into def'j. water. It has often happened
that a fleet of vessels have ucvii j iii-j i P.
the Cape, say a mile or two from the shore
in the midst of a school of mackerel, and
taking thorn rapidly upon their decks, when
Lhe firing of a gun, or the blast of the roffi,
would send every mackerel fathoms dec])
iiiiu wie wuicr, as suuuemy :is mougl) tti<;y
liad been converted into so many pigs of
lead, and perhaps it would be somo hours
liefoio they would re-appear. Thcv are
.'aught more abundantly near the shore, and
rery rarely out of sight of lanJ.? Old Col>ny
Mimofiul.
The Largest liuotn.?The largest room
n the world is ,1 St. i'etersburg, Bussia,
?nd is (550 feet in length and 150 feet in
jreadtli. By daylight it is used for militay
displays, and a battalion can eonvenienty
maneuver in it. In the evening it is
)ften converted into a vast ball room, when
t is warmed by sixteen prodigious stoves,
?nd '20.000 wax tancrs are romiirud to liorlit
1 - 1 ??
t properly. Tho roof of tbis structuro is u
ingle arch of iron, the bars alone on which
t rests weighing twelve thousand eight
iiindrc-d tin thirty puutuls. The most wonlerful
part of the room is, that there is
lot a single pillar or arch to obstruct the
iew.
A Good Old Age.?We learn from a reiablc
source, that there is residing at Johnonville,
Williamsburg District, a lady by
ue name 01 siugieton, who is 130 yoars of
ge. Slio is a native of Georgetown l)isrict,
was n grown young My at the time
f Braddock's defeat, and can Recount many
f tlio incidents of the revolutionary war..
>hc has been perfectly blind for thirty
ears, but enn walk about tho house ^d
Aid with no other Assistance than a waiklg
stick.?Marion Stnr, .
Right.?A young lady writing tt> befriends,
Bays of the. polka, "The^dansin'
on't aipount to mqob, but ii?o huggin' is
t3T A liUle girl, observing a goose \Viih
vnkrt on. AxeliunMl M Wli*? !- '
J F "7 ?M?| lUvl JU i
goose g^OOreSs^n. It walks jttal lilcoj
"... '
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| 8ALT TO DESTROY WORMS, &C,
Iii that excellent paper, the (.lerinaiitowu
j Telegraph, \vc fiml some remarks on tho
, value of salt lo destroy worms in vegetahies.
Wo copy what follows: A weak
; brine, not exceeding tho strength of sea wa- ;t^gfl|H
j tcr, proves :i remedy for tho "squash de- j
slroycr," one of tho insidious and persovcr*
! ing, as well as voraciously destructive one- ^gJH|
i ?
j uncs wuii which the gardener
grower is called to contend. It >
most ellVctual preventive of aj
plant lice, vermin which prcv upoi.
j bage and turnip tribes. In every
. of the application of biilic to tho.
j Lies, tliat has fallen Under our ob:
its success litis been complete. .N
need be apprehended from a ve
application, say one quart to a ph
solution be of tlic strength indicat
All the cabbage tribe are liable
(1..T.-0.I f..?.>n.. 11
. ?....v. ...vniij tnjiircu uy mini
i golft, resembling, very nearly, tho
j in cheese, ami which are doubtless .. _ Jr,
\ of some H v. There is another cm. . ' ?&&*
. . . '
by which tlu-y are frequently im ?'
| small grub, similar, in many re
those found in corn and potato 1
which not uiifrcqueutly prove very
tive. Salt water applied to the
j have a tendency to arrest their
! lions, ai:d if the application be| i'f* ' &&
I frequently, say once in two or thj '
[it will effectually dost rev or dril ? ,
i ol ;.
j The water, however, should u .-Ift
1 lowed to come in contact with lit ^ r. l'<
' : * ? - iAl" -
HMO inoi.uii.c, UUI JSllOll 111 1X3 9 ^".,2
the soil immediately nrouiul tlie et
wiiliout coming in actual contact w v.V
'To destroy llio first named insect
i l?e applied in a state snJliciently UM v. %
; admit of perfect ablution of ever[the
foliage; but :is wo said bof cvJ.;
j must be taken not to make it too t.ron^. t.' . c
it will destroy tho plant. Eve - \'i-.'%+knows,
or ought to know, that tho t
of cabbage, lettuce, spinach, ?fcc.
water before coo.cing or preparui &
. , , . . . _ . * iR :
t-I 1 V I/I ID Sltrl
uiviv, in on: m ill VAJIC1 CVV.TJ' b{>OCU .
sect which so frequently seeks a li '*Y&S
or a shelter ii) these vegetables.-*
A'/rlcullurisl. ' '
! * :
MULCHING. . ' y ^vvf;5*.f
This is a tcrtn used by horticult i '> ijii
shading the ground aroundjfrowii ^t '*
shrubs, and plants. Tlicrp aro mai '
so delicate in their structure,'ttiat i ^
solutely require mulching the firsti z&'iJ-S&e
to ensure their roots a Ih'm hoi
ground, liut as most of our 6gui: ?;-* i
so dry and hot, there aro few..
are not benefited by mulching. ' J'
If the gruutul around fruit trees stimuuJ: 5
of the weeds and gr;ys, and inuh ' vi 'v.t'y
leaves or straw, immediately iR r h v;*i -.
ihe tree will be invigorated, QIi?j :r thid ,x.v.
crop of fiuit wilj bo the reward. that
are wiliiiiy, ami showing!
bloom will be revived, and bloom
; by miililiiiiLf ivlicn the ground is n 'iiu.-'~'ra?lg6|&
The Dahlia, a plant that requir >\ ?to#
deal of moisture, will bloom in ; <.: ' vt'e^UppS8^
until frost, if kept properly u'ulctj^d^
throughout the summer. Now, . r v" *
recommend mulching, we do ni ; .ifi>.
few leaves or straws placed ill! fvl'ifi . 1*'
;;'oinid the plant, but a coatiuj JiJtk/': tj
| that the sun ?.7.'.""ot. penetrate tin ami.
j placed as far from the jY.V*"' or : %'y":
ilium-lieu i>i uiu roois extend. Anytiimg^^iflK
lliat will shade the ground; rock, brick
plank, will answer to mulch with ; but fcuUi
stances that in their decomposition
make a soil, are decidedly preferable. The
niitive forests mulch themselves, and weseo ' "1 fi
how rank and vigorous they grow. Wo
think, that unless tho surface be kept
stantly stirred around a tlee or pluut^-lM^
rays of the sun should never rest upqjir
Those who luck upon labor and effort^'iw;?5|g|5
great bug bear, may get along
mulching. Hut those who mulch proMmuH^^^W
actually savo time and labor, for whetfeft ft-^EBBag!
well done, the labor is done for
j and the soil is all the time being enrwi^^-^^prv:
j as the plant grows and perfects 1
Therefore wo say to the orohardiat,
iiiuuuu m nces 10 iuo \jne-grower,
mulch around the grape vines; to the gar-. ,
doner, mulch among the vegetable* 5 to ouf
fair lady floiihU, mulch among tho flowers,
mulch?mulch ? mulch. Never tire if MM
mulching.? Soil of the t?QU'A,
j A Ruled Apple Pudding.?Pare-aht) ' '
quarter four large rt[>plcs, boil thein tender .
with the rind of^ i^Qiyj^soditt$p water vp
that nothing may reml^iajrheD done but \ :
the juice, and thecrtim]^j?>fra small roll, fa- *3
01. butter, meUod, tlieiyo}|(^^^^u^^ *
wliitrn IrS llifnd ?
maining \vhytes-i*^5*
round tb? oc^j^f iftie dftb; grUfi^liUlO *
white sugar over, when baked, >'
To Clean IVal\ Paper,?Soiiwl
pers may be made to. look an well {kM)h^^;^ * i
?s new, in moat o?8b8, by the follpj^U>j| ?
pedient:?Take nbout