University of South Carolina Libraries
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.] "THE FRIOB or IJIBEHT'V IS bthunaii VXOXU^PJon." [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. BY DAVIS & IIOI,LINGS WORTH. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1850. TOI.XHI NO, 91. fan??B!LB!.&5aB???. A GOOD BEAR STOIIY. " Well, they was down in Baffin's bay or somo other of thctu cold Norwegen bays at the North, where tho rain freezes as it comes down, and stands ii]> in the air, on winter mornens, like green mountains o1 ice, all in streaks. Well, the schooner was Inven at anchor, and all the hands was out in tho small boats, looken fur wales;?all except the captin, who said he wan't very \vell that day. "Well he was walkeii up -and down on deck, sinoken and thiukcu, 1 ulvn/tAl 1 -.11 11 ... 1 _ 1. muauvj >> uv;u .ui auuu'Mi iiu iwiv* j oned lie see one o' them bi<* white bears? 1 j polar bears, you know?big as thunder? , with long white teeth, lie reckoned he . see oue on 'eui soluinpen along on a great cake o' ice, they lay on the leeward side ol ! Iho bay, up again on the bank. The old cap, wanted to kill one o' 'em varmints most wonderful, but he never lucked to g?.-t a chance. Now tho', he thought, the time ! had come for him to walk into 0110 on 'em ! nt least, and fix his mutton for him right. 1 So he run forrad and lay hold on to a 1 small skiff, that was layen near the fore'stal, und run her out and launched her. Then 1 lie tuck a drink, and?here's luck?and put in a stiff" load of powder, a couple of balls, ' and jumped in and pulled away for the i ico. "It wan't long fore lie got 'cross the bay, for it was a narrer piece o' water?not more than half a mile wide?and then he j f'ot out on fn tlii? irrv Jt vv.-is fi sm.-nl !itnl large cake, and the bear was 'way down to J the tother end ou't, by the edge o' the wa- i ter. So he first walked first strut along, i and when he got putty close he walked round catceoriicred-like?likc's it' lie was ! driven for a plain plover?so that the bear j wouldn't think lie was coining arter him, ! and he dragged himself along on his hands j and knees low down, mostly. "Well, the , bear didn't seeni to mind him none, and i lie got within 'bout fifty yards 011 him, and j then he looked so savage and big?the bear did?that the captain stopped, and rested 011 his knees, and put up his gun, and lie : was agoin to shout. Uut just then the bear turned round and snulled up the cap- ; tain?just as one of Lif's hounds s 11 litis up nti old buck, Mr. Cypress?and begun to , walk towards him, slowly like, lie cum along, the captain sain clump, clump, very j blow, and made the ieo bend and crack again under him, so that the water come i up and purty much kivered it all over. 4' Well, there the cap tin was all the time ; SllliatOll llis lvlll'OS willi liUfrim . i. > i " w : on for the varment to conic up, uti J his knees ; aud legs was most mighty cold by means of ; the water, that the bear liz 011 the ice us I ! was mciuioiien. At last the bear seemed to make up his mind to see how the captin would taste, and so lie left off walken slow, aud started off on a smart and swift trot, ri"ht towards the old man, with his mouth . I wide open, roaren, and his tail slieken out, Miff. The captin kept still, looken out all j time putty sharp, should say, till the beast j trot within about ten Yards 011 him, and S . .* . I then he let him have it. lie aimed right at the fleshy part of his heart, but the bear | dodged at the Hash, and rarcd up, and the j balls went into his two hind legs, jiat by the j jynt, one into cach ; and broke the thigh- j bones smack oil' so that he went riffht1 i down at't, on the ice, thump, on his hindquarters, with nothen stnnden but his foro legs, and his head riz up, a growlen at the captin. When the old man see him down, and tryeu to slide along the ice to get his revenge, likely, thinks he to himself thinks lie, I might as well get up and go and cut that ere creter's throat. So he tuk out his knife and opened it. 13ut when he started to get up, he found to his astonishment, that he was fruz fast to the ice. Don't laugh. ' it's a fact; there ain't 110 doubt. The wa tcr, you see, had been ruuud Lira a smart and long while, whilst he was wuiten for tlio bear, and it's wonderful cold in them regions, as I was sayen, and you'll freeze in a ininit if you don't keep moven about sraarllv. So the captiii strained first one leg, and then ho strained the oilier, but ho couldn't move 'em none. They was both fruz fast into the ice, about an inch and a half deep, from kneo to toe, tight as a Jarscy oyster perryauger on a mud flat at low water.? So ho laid down his gun, and looked at the bear, and doubled up his fists. 4 Como on, you bloody varmint,' says the old man, as the bear awalloped along on his hinder eond, comen at him. llo kept getten weaker, tbo', and comon slower and slower all the time, so that, at last, be didn't seem to moro none; aud directly, when he'd got sonear that the captain could jest give him V a dig in the nose by reachen forrad putty I smart and far, the captin see that the beast WBS trnz Turn, U?u, Ar Le wuldn'b tnnvo a - stop further forrard no ways. Then the captain burst out a laughen, and clapped bis hands down to his thighs, and roared. The beer seemed to be most on mighty mad at the old man's fun, and set up such a growlon that what should come to pass, im?r th*4c* cracks, and breaks all around fh* captain and the bear, down to the wa. '.. hi, .ij - ? l? a?- - J HA.A .t? - ? ' iw wiuu jim uwa a auirten, and flwfren ?ff ?bopa, away they floated on ? e*k*?f ioe about ten by six, off to Ma, wiih^il ifee darned a biscuit or a quart o' ltyte* toibwd 'em on the cruise! There they sot, tlio bear and the captain, jest si near that when they both reached forrards they could jest about touch nuses, and nother ono not able to move any part 01 ; him, only cxccplin his upper part and fort ' paws." j "JJy jolly! that was rather a critical ' predicament, Venus," cried Ned, button j ing his coat. "I should havo thought thai . the captain's nose and cars and hands ! would have been frozen too." " That's epiite naytr'l to suppose, sir, but you sec tlio bear kept him warm in tin upper part, by bein so cloast to him, and brethen hard and hot on tlio old man whenever lie growled at him. Them polar l><>:irs is wnmli'i Till Ii:ni1i' ntiiiivila nml Tint: a monstrous deal o' heat in 'em, by means of their bein able to stand such cold climates, I expect. And so the c.iptin knowed this, and whenever he felt chilly, lie jest tuk his ramrod and stirred up the old rascal, made him roar and squeal, and then the hot breath would come pouren out all over the captin, and made the air <juitc modernt anu pleasant." " Well, go on Venus. Take anotbei horn first." " Well, there ain't tnuch more ou't. Oil they went to sea, and sometimes tho wind druv 'cm norlhc. and then agiu it druv 'em soullie, but they went soutlie mostly; and so it went on, until they were out (1...-^ . O- ... 1 ...? .... f. in/uuv Lincv; ci'iva* OU ill lilbl UUU illlUr 110011 " " lint, Venus, slop; tell us in the name of wonder how dill the captin contrivo to support lifts all that time J" " Why, sir, to be sure, it was a hard kind o' life to support, but a hardy man will get used to almost " " Xo, no ; what did he cat 3" what did he feed on ?" "0?0?I'd liked to've skipped that ero, Why, sir, I've heerd different accounts as lo that. Uncle Obe Verity told me he reckoned the cap tin cut oil one of the beat's paws, when he lay stretched out asleep, one day, with his jack-nife, and sucked that for fodder, and they say there's a smart deal o1 nourishment in a white bear's foot. I5ut il I may be allowed to spend my 'pinion, 1 should say my old man's account is the ....-I 1I...1V. 1.... .11 x* .. ?u\i Li nit o viiiai a.-) iuiiu?a, 1UU see after tliL-v'd been out three days abouts, they begun to grow kind o' hungry, and then they got friendly, for misery loves company, you know ; and the captin said the bear looked at him several time?, very sorrowful, as much as to say, 'Captain, what the devil shall we do V "Well, one day they was seLten, looken, at each other, with the tears ready to burst out o' their eyes, when all of a hurry something come floppen up out o' the water onto the ice. The captin looked and see it was a seal.? The bear's eyes kindled up as he looked at it, and then the captin said he give him a witdc to keep still. ?So there they sot, still as starch, till the seal not thinking notlier o' them no more nor it' they wore dead, walked right lip between 'cin. Then slump went down old \v hi ley's nails, into the fish's flesh, and the captin run his jack-knife into the lender loin. The seal soon got his bitters, and the captin cut a big hunk ofl' the tail cend, and put it behind him, out of the bears reach, and then he felt smart and comfortable, fur he had stores enough for a ! long cruise, though the bear could'nt say so i much for himself." " Well, the bear, of coursc, soon ran out o' provisions, and had to put himself up to short allowau&s, and then ho began to show his naytural letter, lie first stretched | himself out as far as ho couhl nn.l irin,l ! a , to hook the captin's piece o' seal, but when be found be could'ut rcacb that, be begun to blow and yell. Then he'd rare up and roar, and try to get himself clear from the ice. Uut mostly lie rared up and roared and pounded his big paws and head upon the ice, till by and by, (jest as the captin said ho expected,) tho ice cracked in two agin, and split right through between the bear and the captin, and thero they was on two different pieces o' ice, the captin ami the bear! The old man said ho raally fell sorry at parten company, and when the j cake split and separated, he cut off aboul half o' pound o' seal and chucked it to the bear. But either because wa'nt enough foi bin), or else on nccount o' bis feelen bad al | the captin's goen, the beast would'nt toucli it to cat it, and he laid it down, and growl, ed and moaned over it quite pitiful. Well, | off they went, one one way, and tothci 'notber way, both feelen pretty bad I expect After a while the captin got sniarl and cold, and felt mighty lonesome, and he said he raaly thought he'd a gi'n in anil died, if they had'nt pick'd him up that ar ternoon." u Who picked him up, Venus?" " Who ? a codfish craft off of Newfoundland, I expect. They did'nt know what tc moho o' him whoa they first 8ee him slin?OE up bis bat for 'em. But tbey got out all theii boats, and took a small swivel and a coupk o' muskets aboard, and started off, expecter it was tbe sea serpent or an old maremaid Tbey wouldn't believe it was a tnan fjnti he'd told 'cm - all about it, and tben the) didn't hardly believe it outlier, and they cu him out o' the ice, and ink him aboort their vessel, and rubbed his legs with ftp o vitirol; but it waaa long time afore the} com* to." J... "Didn't they hurt him btufy in entity him out, Venus P * > " No, sir, I believe not?not so Lad as , one might s'pose; for you see he'd been stuck in so long that the circulate!! on his i blood had kind o' rotted the ice that was j right next to him, and, when they begun to cut, it cracked off pretty smart and easy, ' and ho coino out whole liko a hard-biled pornr'* oo ' " What became of the bear ?" 1 " Can't say as to that, what become o' him. lie went oil* to sea somcwhercs, I expect. I should like to know myself how ! the varment got along, right well, for it was ' kind in him to let the captin have the Ligj gest half o' the seal, anyhow. That's all, hoys. How many's asleep?"?Coz-enx' 1 Vine J'rest> . THE SWELL-HEAD DISEASE. This dreadful disease sometimes attacks horses, and, probably, other animals, as monkeys and jackasses; and some birds, as the parrot and mocking-bird. ]5nt men are more subject to it, and with them it is more fatal. 1 Cause.?Vacuity iu the cranium. It is often augmented l>y flatter}*, especially when the cerebrum is small and ill-shaped. Men of large information, however, are sometimes afllicted with it, in which case j tliorc is found an inordinate swelling in the i upper region of head, just hack of the ujh-x cm nit. The protuberance is called self-esteem. Symptoms.?The poor creature usually fancies himself the biggest, smartest, best. | and handsomest man in the crowd?loves i the " uppermost seats in the synagogues"? is given to impudence, impel tinencc, and usually bad manners in company?is censorious and fond of iiuding and exposing the foibles of his associates?has few friends and no lovers, and has generally a bad odor to polite and well-bred people?given to swelling and strutting, as if in one moment he fancied himself a toad, and tlie next a lurkev-coek. lie is egotistic, and passionately fond of high-sounding titles, 1 as 'Sijuire, Captain, Colonel, General, ?fee. The miserable patient is sometimes so infatuated as to attempt to stride the ocean, or jump over very high mountains. These ! are only a few of the symptoms of this | malady, but enough to identify it. 'TreuLnuut.?Wlu-Il it is (-iins'-il l?v I ness of the cranium, it is only necessary to (ill up tlio vacuum with good ideas, h solid education, or common sense. When induced by diminutiveness, or mat formation of brain, tlio cure is slow and diflicult.? j Wo have known some cases which delied every remedy and destroyed the patients.? A cure mu-t bo attempted by exercising and cultivating those faculties which are deficient, such as the judgment, and the understanding, and depleting self-esteem, itc. The skulls of these patients arc usi ........ ii.:..i i i ? ? <i~? - ? ? VIJ- uuva auu lltilU, ou LUUL tu IO i liard pounding anything inlo them; but tliey arc excessively fund of soft soap? gives tliein a pound or two every day, aud it will soften the skull so that you can probably get a little gumption into it, or a I modicum ratiocination, and they will soon j be well. When this will not cure, soft soap will palliate. lu the ease of those gentlemen, from tin to twenty years old, who get to putting on the boots and pantaloons of their fathers, and to teaching their teachers, reproving, counselling, and sometimes insulting old age, chewing tobacco, smoking cigars, and drinking whisky?swearing, and cutting the dandy swell-head generally?appetite for late hours, bad company, and barrooms voracious?a little oil of birch, applied by the paterna l hand, in the best remedy. Then keep them out of the night air and bad weather. If this does not effect a euro by the divine blessing?the head grows 1 and grows, till tho poor sufferer topples over u iew unies, ana kdocks oul linn ms self-esteem,?Louisiana Baptist. , MRS. PARTINGTON ON SURPRISE PARTIES. " They're all very well, surprise parties arc," said Mrs. Partington, laying her knitting work in her lap and putting her specs up on the roof of her cap, where thoy stood like two lutheran windows with a southern prospect. "They're all very well whero folks arc prepared for 'em?where they have the sandwiches and cold ham all cut and dried, with the lemonade in tho goblins, and the coffee in tho tureen all ready to bo turned out; but where they como like an army, hungry as boars and hypothcncuscs and ready to eat one up, with no provisions made or cooked for 'em, heaven . help us! it is trying. People may smile , as much as they may ana say they are I dreadful glad to see 'em, and all that, but my opinion is that lliey would bo glad to see 'em a good way off at tbo time. But when they carry things with 'em, as they . do to ministers, and bui prise 'em with dona> tions of doughnuts and silver plates, that i is a different matter. When our minister r lost money in railroad shears that cut him ) off short, his parish gin him a surprise i party, and helped him along surprisingly; . They are good when they'ro managed like I that," She stopped as a beam of reflected r sunshine cameinto her eyes wfth blinding t force, filling her with 'surprise as the son ! W'bjr the west, but cpuld sho have seen > tho sly IdoV which pppoflto a party tj her wiprise. ' ^ From the Spirit of Jlissiont. IDOL WORSHIP IN SAN FRANCISCO. Ill 0:10 of the streets of this city ia a plain brick building, bearing 011 its front a , I Chinese inscription, and under it (probably 1 ' the translation,) the words, "See Yup Asy! linn, 1853." It is not 111010 than twenty < j feet wide, and seems to be the only entrance 1 to a wide passage, which leads iuto the more extensive buildings, in the centre of the square. It is thy hospital and club- ( house of one of the three great companies ( ! which import emigrants from the "Flowery Land," and where, I believe, they have a : place of meeting and association while in i the city. > A notice was lately given, that a great j religious festival, lasting for ten days, was < to be beld in this building. The upper part ' had been litted up for an idol temple, and this was its dedication, as the idol took pos- ( session of his place of worship. This, of i course, excited great curiosity, as previously < u i? " '-> * - u >.iiui n.iiu?ii iuiil uio v^uinese had any place of worship in this city. Their only religious ceremony seemed to be one in the spring, in commemoration of tho dead.? | Then, clothed in their richest dresses, they walk in procession out to iho cemetery. Accompanying them is a wagon, with their musicians, "makingday hideous" with their j horrible sounds, and another filled with proI visions, among which a goat, roasted whole, ! with gilded horns, occupies a prominent sit' uation. After some services at the graves, ; the procession returns, and the provisions i are eaten at their houses. AVIien, therci fore, tickets for the inauguration were is- , ; sued, signed l>y the "Committco of ArI rangemeuts," G. Atliai and Ailing, there was a general desire to witness this display ! of Idol Worship in ;i Cliri.stiau laud. There was a great rush the first day. In J fact, it was so crowded in tlio temple that , j there was not room for the processions and i . kuecliugs of tin; Chinese priests ; and therefore, notice was given that hereafter the building would lie shown, but all strangers , must retire from the place of worship when < the services began. Passing the entrance, we found a long passage leading through the building, to an extent of which I had 110 idea. It had been built out into the , r,( 11.a . -< .-I : 1- 'I - V VI III*, ill tl KJL UJIIl'll LUC | exterior gave no indications. A part of it j was occupied with kitchens, store rooms, j and a!! the various conveniences for an , hospital. Opening the door of a room at j the extrc-mc end of the building, \vc saw a , ! dozen Chinamen seated around, and were saluted with a cloud of smoke, which at | ' once issued forth. One of the inmates immediately started up to prevent our entrance, but we had time to see that it was the opium room, devoted to the use of this destroying drug. Some were seated around smoking, while, on a raised lounge, two were lying with pipes in their haiuls, apparently loo far gone in stupefaction to rouse themselves. On the same lloor is the large reception >, room. Tt is gorgeously decorated with car- . vings and inscriptions, while at one end arc brown vases of grotesque shspe, in which incense was burning. On both sides of the < room, against the wall, on seats covered j with crimson satin, richly embroidered with gold flowers, while next to each was a carved ebony tsiblc. On these tea was served to such as had any personal acquaintances i among the Chinese present. It was brought in very diminutive cups, and without sugar 1 or milk. The Chinamen (for no females were present) were all in their holiday suits, i ana made every effort to bo polite and attentive to their visitors. In the story above \vc were shown the temple where the worship is held. It is a room about forty foet long, at one end of which the idol?a superbly carved, painted and gilded wooden figure, life-size?was seated on an elevated throne, surrounded 1 with all the decorations which Chinese in- 1 genuity could devise. Beforo him was a 1 high altar, covered with oft'ering, in the 1 shapo of provisions. On it, huge red wax 1 candles, covered with emblems, were burn- 1 ing, and incense was fuming up from the ' bronze urns. Through the centro of the ' room was a Ion? table, eovnrnrl. liL-n flm nl. I tar, with every conceivable delicacy in the Asiatic style: dried and fresh fruits of all kinds, cakes, wines aud tea. The fish wore cooked whole, their heads gilded, and their fins and tails painted gaudy colors. The birds were standing up in the altitudes of life. The centre of tho table was filled with a hog, some four feet long, roasted wholo. The entire feast, iudeed, niado a beautiful appearauce, and showed that a Chinese din ncr-tablc, from Ibo ingenuity of tho dishes, ' must bo a very picturesque affair. * Tho temple was hung round with gorgeously carved and gilded wood; inscriptions ' in every variety of color; flags and pictu- ' resque transparent maps. It was, indeed, superbly furnished; and, as the decorations 1 were entirely Oriental, they were unlike 1 anything we had seen before. Tbey seemlatb have collected about their, woodengod all the paraphernalia of ft princo. - The articles on the altar and table, we vjrere toldf were presents from wealthy Chinamen this city. * I There wore nine Chinese who*o?medta ;| qot as priests^ and were distinguished by t their elegaut drosses. Tbair rofcea; tit# mthMt. lllufl Wit I their cap* were surmounted by Two of theao scciiled to liavo tho superioi ity in rank. Uo who actcil as high pries placed himself at tlio cud of the altar, t\v others ranged thenisclves before it, whit the remaining six took their staud in th lower part of the hall, facing tho huge can dies and incenso vases burning on tho cui of the long central table. Then commenced tho service. The higl priest uttered a few words in a kind of dis cordant, nasal, recitative way, to which th others responded ; while tho band in th ih.-al i'uuiii, opening inio me temple, gave flourish of their horrible music. Then, s every sentence, tho second priest at the en of tho hall prostrated himself till his fort head touched tho floor. Then tho whol six would bow their heads equally low.? Then they would march in procession u iind down the hall and round tho tabh uhauiiting in a monotonous tone. At on Linio they knelt before tho table, and vari ous gifts were handed to tho priest, whie: ho elevated as if offering them, and thei bowing to tho floor, placed them on the ta bio. It seemed a kind of consecration c tlieni to tho idol. Then tho provisions 01 the altar, at tho god's feet, were subjoete fn tlif* cninn V.I'aaapo .v ?.?v wtuMv tuiu cups C rice, and tea, and wine. Then sandal-woo was thus offered, which was afterward burned in the incense vase. The largo window at the lower end of th hall was open to tho floor; and, at signal given during different parts of the scrvici a small cannon was discharged in the yar below, followed by a most deafening nois uf fire crackers. Thcso last occupy an im portant place in all Chinese ceremonies, aiu during their festivals, tho mrt. nf fli? where tlicy most livo, is resounding all da and night with the noise. Towards th closc of tho servico they all knelt, and on of their number read aloud tho contents c several sheets of red tissue paper, before th idol. These were prayers, which were im mediately afterwards burned in a furnac outside tho door of the room, this being th Chinese method of offering them. Th whole service lasted almost an hour, am was thus made up of genuflexions, bowings prostrations, processions, and chants, to us of course, utterly unintelligible. It was np parently confined entirely to the priests, fo tho Chinese who were crowded around, till ing tho hall, seemed to look on just as th spectators did, and evinccd uo moro intcrch in the proceedings. Tho whole affair con eluded with repeated prostrations by all tin nine priests, aud wo went homo with split ling headaches from tho heavy, opprcssiv atmosphere of tho temple, tho air of whicl was loaded with iuccnse. There was ono fact with which I wn forcibly struck. It was, tho great rescm blance in outward appearance to man; services of the llomish Church, which have seen. Take some grand servico i St. l'etcr's, at Rome, and substitute th popo on his throne for the idol on his hig! seat, and except the prostrations were nc nuitc so low as to briii"- the fomhtmd fn tli lloor, there were apparently the 6amo bow ings, and kneeling*, and processions, an chanting*. I believe that a Chinese, loo! ing at a lloinish service in tho presence c tlie pope, would be 6truek with its rcsem blance to his own. Yet, who would imagine that bucIi ciuciiu v;uuiu uu yyiiiiuhsuu ill una Cliy : 111 worship of ti god of wood in this nominal] Christian land, where, within a mile, twent congregations who "profess and call them selves Christiana," aro accustomed to asscm ble for'tho worship of tho Ono True God ?lit. lieu. Bishoj) Kij). Ants ami their Cotos.?Tho cunning ant keep cows in their stables. Almost ever tint hill, belonging to ono variety, lias bcetlo in it, who lives, rears a family, ani dies among them, a welcome and lionore companion. When tho ant meets hire Lhey stroke and caress him with their at tennjc; in return, ho oft'ors them a swec liquid that oozes out under his wings, aiv >f which tho liUlo topors aro pnssionatel fond. So great is their attachment to th . 11 if il ?1 il ? duu coiiieciioii'jr, mat mey seize mm, 11 times of danger, and carry bim off to [)laco of safety ; conquerors of an invade uation spare tho sweet beetle, and what i perhaps, more surprising, his tnaggofan ins chrysalis, though themselves utterly us< less, aro as safe among their wise hosts a if they also possessed tho luscious honej Other ants, again, keep counties^ aphides that sit on the tender green leaves of juic; plants, as on green meadows, and sue! away so lustily that their delicate little bo dies swell like tho uddero of cows on ricl spring pasture. At that season, the ant bave to feed their young with more delicat food than their own; they stroke and c? reas their tinv milch cows, nrather tlm nnt.r ^ t-" ~~ * 9 ? ? ? ?? tious liquid tb$t pouft forth under tliei sagacious treatment, and carry it, drop b; drop, to their nurseries; ** The Minuter and-the Maiden.?A rer diffident young clergyman had been invite to dino with a professional brother, wb ' vC '**\':ih THE LOOT SLACK. 'l BV nilLLII' 1)AHIlETT. 0 c About a hundred years ago, there lived o in tho city of Oxford, England, a boy whose i- name was George, lie was very poor, bo d much so that ho was compelled to clean tho boots of tho students at tho University lo li obtain money with which to buy tho neci cssaries of hio. His countenance was one o of no ordinary appearance. His eye was o keen and piercing; his forehead noble and a lofty; and every feature of his faco was it pcrfcctly developed. ]>y liis easy and pod lite maimers, Lis obliging disposition, and >- his warm and generous nature, he soon won o the conGdenco and esteem of many of those - upon whom ho waited. Tho poverty of p his clothing served hiui better to show tho jf richness of mind which only needed e cultivation to make it one of the bright est iu the whole country. Tho students b of tho University Beeing Mich noblo <jualitics in their lowly and hittnbio boot I I _ .1. 1 ? * * ... t. umcK, ueiermineu to euucato linn, and >f many of them devoted 110 littlo sliaro of n their time to that purpose. They found L1 him ready, willing and studious. llo lost ,f not a moment of his precious time, but apJ plied himself diligcutly, perseveringly to s his studies, and soon became an equal if uot a superior to soiuo of his instructors, o Ilia advancement was very rapid ; so s great was it that numbers were unable to .. recoguizo in tho gifted and talented young J man, tho ouco poor and nocJy boot c black. About this time there was a groat i- change in tho religion of England. There 1> arose a sect, which from tho peculiar habits v of its members, their ctrict observance of y the Sabbath, their faithful reading of God's 0 word, and their frequent nnd stated engageo merits in prayer, was called Methodists.? ,f With this party (Juorgo immediately cono nected himself, and soon became ono of .. its nblcst and most consistent members. c The youths who onco sought his come pany, now treated him with sneering con0 tempt. j Those who once considered him a youug 1 man of extraordinary abilities, then consid* it* i - - crcu uini a reciiless tanalic, and avoided his ' society as they would have a worthless drunkard. All this did not move bun.? I IIo was as Grin as a rock. Nothing could e change him. Like Moses, ho preferred a ^ little of Christian consistency to tho enjoyment of faiu for a season. His unchanging a conduct won for him many warm and ardent admirers, and numbers who formerly c branded him as a fanatic, became his best ^ ineuus. i uavc not tunc, children, to 6ny much moro concerning the character of s this interesting young man. It will be sufficient to add, that bo 60011 became one of y the most pious and talented prcachcrs in j England, and sucb numbers lloclced to bear n bim that tbo largest bouse in London could e not contaiu them. [j llo preached in the open fields to thousands upon thousand, and the great amount ( of good which ho did, eternity shall toll. Dear boys, do not mind the sneers of your Ll companions, uo your duty, let tho conscquencoa bo what they may. 13e industrious, energetic. Don't niind difficulties. [m They only make your arm stronger, and your heart braver. If this poor bov could a arise from tho lowly position of a boot c black to that of one of tho most pious and y eloquent preachers England ever produced, ? cannot you go aud 'do likewise V You havo no idea what you cau do till you try. Energy combined with earnest prayer will r accomplish tho most difficult task. Boys would you like to know tho name of tho boy who blacked tho boots of tho 3 students at Oxford University! It is y Geouoe Whitfield. ^ rr>i_ - i ? > * -? iuo re?u wurKitiff yiris 01 tno country j aro the bcllca at Newport. Ono of them ^ writes: We have to dress about nine limes a day t here. First, wo put on a dress to dress in. j Then Wo nVo ready for breakfast. After that wo dress for the beach?then for tho y bath?then for dinner?then for the drive? then for the ball?then for the bed> If that isn't being put throtigh a a regular j course of dimity and diamonds, then I am . no judge of such performances* 11 "That is a thundering big He!* said Tom. "Dori*t to so plaiti* said lHck; 8 " You should say it's only a fulminating ''j. ?piargometit or el?*gat?d voracity!"- Ifc?r* S ry took off Lis bat, elevated his eyes ?o<il f held his tongue* ^ u49Kntion lrt elclaftaetLjH* Iriafc jgergeatit j" to his plattodtt^ ^FfOut fac^iro&ttWfW the rowl caH 1 As many of yea# is prisint 8 will say ' Here 1' end as mflny oif:^"^!# 0 not prisiut will say * AbsfibtrtW. I_ Death of a Member of Congreu.?Don. 1 Mr. Meacham, member of the U? S. House - of Representatives from Vermont, diedjit? nti #Ua OQr\ / *%.C ?UW ?VS* lUOUlU^ VA tion of the brain. 4 F A hake? h^_; invented a now kind of * yeast. It makes broadso light that a 0 pound q? it weighs only, fodt- o^ccs* / y / ^ .. sABteJLM GRAND SUSPENSION 3RID3E. One of tbo editors of tho Kenosha (Wis.) Tribune and Telegraph writes from Niagara ! Falls as follows: I have soiuo doubt whether any part of tho worhl can present tho same combination of attractions to visitors, as can thia spot. Tho Falls, as a wonder of nature, stand confessedly without a rival, and ill Art, it seems to 1110 the Suspension Bridgo must tnko tho same place. No description 1 i..? ? ? ? . ... ...? tiu ^uuvuyuu or ever can con| vcy nti adequate conception of Ibis stupenj dous work. It is one of tho things which, ' like the Falls, to be understood and appreciated must bo seen. It was a most lovely moonlight midnight when tho train in which I approached tho lulls crossed tho bridge. The i-llect of the uncertain liidit was of course to give in appearance an depth to ilia gorier, to render more indin- " tir.et and undefined the cables and throada ii upon wliicli the bridge is supported and suspended, and correspondingly to increftpe the intense feeling, indeed anxiety I iflay say, which 0110 must feel thus suspended with the ponderous train of cars on appa- ? rcntly uncertain support over such an awful "urge. If the time ever should coiiio O O { when human calculation in this matter sliftH vj be proved at fault, and the bridge shall givo way under the immense loads which cross it, no soul and scarcely a fragment of tho falling objects would ever again be visible j 10 iuii me taie. Daylight, liowcvor, whilu : it iu no wise diminished tlio interest of tho work, tended to dissipate all possible ground of fear. Tho immense strength of tho structure was revealed. Four cables, each at least ten melius in diameter, madf) w/ separate strands of wire, are its support.? These cables arc anchored on each side under immense abutments of stone, whichcan no more bo moved than tho ltodky Mountains. They pass over square to\fe*? at least 70 feet high standing on the brink of both banks. From theso cables other smaller cables depibd, upon which the bridge is suspended-. It is 822 feet iu length between the two towers, width, tonae toe. ?. > >... ' * io ici'i. jjui a single imcK crossuB . it, although liars are so laid as to accommodate the wide as well as narrow gauge. I sto^<I , on it when several trains crossed, and coij&i' " '3 detect nothing more than the inevitable which n moving train occasions. The track abovo the river is 215 feet, and I need hardly say, stauding at that elevation on ^ such a structure, the view is sublime. Tlio falls arc above it some two miles, but aro visible. I have visited the falls before, but never viewed thein so closely and iu so many favorable aspects and points, as on this visit, and was never before so impressed .ii-i- -i- ? - Mini men vnaniuicr. An attempt at description is useless, Human thought can scarcely grasp them, and language is rtot adapted to them. They are something to be felt, not to bo talked about, and, to bu in any wise appreciated) must be seen. Enthusiastic Compliment. ?The enthusiastic Kelmcr thus discourses upon tho fair sex "Woman is, indeed, a bright and beautiful creature. Where she is there is a para* disc; where she is not there is a desert-.? Ilcr smile inspires love, and raises human uature nearer to the immortal source of its being, ller ,s\vcet and tender heart givos life and soul to dead and senseless things i She is tho ladder by Which wo cliiub from earth up to heaven. She is tho practical teacliw of mankind, utid tho world would bo void without hen Sho is more a celestial thau a terrestial being?charming and amiablo as a girl, dutiful as a mother- She id the balsam of a man's life?his faitbfcl counsellor and pillow; Sho can impart all the pleasures to his cares of friendship/iBU the enjoyment of sense and reason^ and all tho Bweets of life.'* (Wo stop -the author here? in ordi>?* fliat flu* w ? - VMV ?VUV4VI Ull%^ draw his breath, and to try lo guosB whether lvehncr was a married man or ft bachelor.) . ^ A Iady*s leg was recently seized?(O, horrible I most horrible!)?*-by a deputy of the Sheriff of New Orleans J It appe?(M that a lady of the Clesent City, had ordered and feceived an artificial leg Xronj tho manufacturer (of $2 CO, and after wards'declined paying for the same. The maker had a writ Issued, requiring the Slrefaff td take the llg into hia povftsioi). Thai goMtodi?t? jCftVti hTardeputy ftje^drsagT^^e j^