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" - - i i ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ '; ^ ^ ^ . ' . ?: ~ * ~ - _- ~ ====== = ' '-? :==?;- ?-. TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.] " thib f x=l x o aa o i* xiibbrtt' xs ant33n w axj vxo-xxj^.zcrozi.^' * [payabt.P. ttf ' BY DAVIS & HOLLINGS WORTH. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 15, 1857. vdL: XIH. ~ "vr^SS". - ' . . 1 THE NEW YEAR. "W? tread to-day upon tlic threshhold of another year. We liavo parted with an old familiar friend, who will never again return to renew our companionship. Tlie precincts of memory are too sacred to enter Vritli unhallowed feet, and the formfs and Features p.f past events claim our serious fcnd prayerful consideration. Let nb idle \curio?ity prompt us to call lip the scenes land circumstances of the past; but with ^lumlilc heart and trembling footsteps let us 4v<in/lar Ko/*L* omin llio rriiwn HpIiIq nnd olio. \jy groV-cS of life, over which wo have journeyed. Let us pause beside the new made ^jrave of some loved one departed, and shed a tear of affectionate remembrance for the tlead. Let us visit again the homes of wretchedness and disease, the hovel of s?jnaVid want and unmitigated sorrow. Let us j \read once more the avenues of pleasure and listen to the music and song as they | Yloat upon the air and thrill our hearts with ( rapture. The past is still so near us, that w? seem to hear its voices of joy and sor- ' row, as they linger in the deep darkness ( and solemn silencc around us. To-day we may retrospect the past. We may call up ^ remembrances of the year now closed and VtnrulHr w?>ll tlip n*itli fnr mir in tlw? fn. turc tliat stretches out liefore ns. With ! what emotions do we enter upon the re- | iew f IIow fearful the consequences of past dereliction ! Even* day and hour and ' moment of the year departed have Ik?ou pregnant with issues for weal or woe. Not ( it solitary pang of sorrow that rent the heart?not n thrill of pleasure felt there, hut involved interests of undying importance. I Our happy hoinos, the smiles and cares Ron of loved ones, joyous seasons ami festive ! j V associations, (rials ami afflictions, sorrows < and temptation", mental ami physical suf- , ^ fcring*, all, all tell us, that the destinies r of eternity hang upon the momentous 'c present. ; ** Tho years that have passed shall never i t ag?tin bo ours. Their records have been r sealed and may never l?o amended. We < - Till ay reform our lives by repentance and i 'X.faith in the world's -Redeemer, and have the , ' f. ?^#UW'Uwriting of our offences blotted out; | *- - "but the.records of the past ma}' never be i I V-.'changed, we may never live over again the -/*^|>|jecious hours that have fled forever. The ' .moments are gone 11110 me long, long pa*t, I | And our sighs and tears, our bitter regrets . and disappointments, our anguish and des- | * . ,pair, our weeping and mourning, our bleed- i ing hearts and withered hopes, are among < \ Uftijuemoriea of by gone dsn s. t *. \?VVlfe're is the homestead, at whose fire- \ / ride-Hre gathered to day tho same buoyant , ? furtns and familiar faces that mingled in c ' . ."joyous fellowship a twelvemonth since?? ? Where is ihe family circle that has not been | broken by the relentless hand of death ? ( ?. "Where arc tho loved ones with whom we < renewed life's wearisomo journey but a j * year ago 1 There is not a home that has ,, not felt the changes of time. For better f or worse, chancres mu*t come. WIiiIa w?? nit alone, and in the silence of midnight ? call npon the-forms of one after another of f , those who lived and mftved ahont lis, with ] % i whom we were accustomed to hold sweet j ' . ronyerre, wo tremble at the exceeding great i ' - v tinjnber who have passed away. The hoa- v ' ry-hcrt?lpd sire-rrthc venerable sage, the dc- \ .. * vol^d matron. Fathers and mothers, sis- t ' icnran&brothcrs, have died. Little ones, j .. , v ^hose*|5mtling voices in gleeful melody ^ ' ? . fitfe)ighted our hearts, arc now sleet/inff oni- , ? 4 * flie grave-yaril. - j Uinny hnppy circles liave not ' ^ iji^nrxliftnges occtir?e?l ? And this !a, not 1&?1L Oouditious io life hnve been subject to * *>.', ** * 0 ? .mutation. IIow litany, who, a few mouths ~'r- ?>4.fljnfre. were in affluence, are now reduced to ' ^?ov*rty?how soon is fortune's smile conver' "ted into the Spalding tear of poverty ! Hut jre must forbear. We arc sensible of*tlic-se v V V.^l&nges, and^-should expect nothing more " . " "ifjerinanent in a world of sin and"iorrow.? . -lictn^iinprovc the lessons of wisdom derived - : '^i^rt^^editations upon the past; and while .piin-My* wiuiib ?in new Tie ids ot. labor, I **' , ' ^P2rew,? new inducement* i - " >^'. fnlly lubor on in hope , we fay^ ifae vtjxr upoir , :...^y :'J' t>nro now entered!* ff,W-?OMic , ' * *"?* u liWn stronger.unbidden, and we feel sad at | nn" old friend, and arc reluc- i ' . *' '*' l-4<0tii?Hlifc|Wace (Tie strange fifrm before us- * :. ? *?" i " ^eVejdUiWjtfit-is our* forgo^d or evil, rtnd r-y > v'/iioj*should we welcome the ad- 1 fg ' >;^B^jfrt ;^|f?otl>er period of probation, when 1 * "*?** ' ^j'a riWiiBmoei'^ie stupendous interests nsso- ] , .. ojited witb ewfy passing .hour of time, still j t w- ?uv?iviun^? vi n?M?g# ynu wo C8I1VTIAT6 \ , " ? ibo value of one. moment of earthly ex is; ipicet Tlwh may we, witti grateful hearts this boon of!Jl berfj&cen t Father, I' ?0 *ppg|j>riRte it ntHt we mftyharo no ' 'reason to regret1 its rnpiJ flight, of at the (fomiftf iHi' ?oouhg your,- should Qo<l ia ' jp- jjUmBm.>pnw? us, that we may oot have ihc ? W -S|E(Vi?P?rjence of to-day to chide us for our ^l^tfjH^errtent o! precious privileges and ' Xh^ opportunities. Th# present only is 'I Jfahol ibc gfatguure, <u l?:no < to fter1 .? you on Um returnbt course of life be pleasant and profitable, and the end of earth's pilgrimage bo the beginning of immortal happiness to us all.? Charleston Courier. TRADE WITH CUBA AND CHINA. In our yesterday's review of the Foreign Commerce of the country for I80G, with the Indies and South America, reference was made to the immediate importance of some change in our commercial treaties with Spain in regard to Cuba. There is something anomalous in our trade relations with this rich and prolirtic Island so near our Gulf Coast. It is not that we are compelled to rely upon it, in a lartro measure. for the Sugars and Cigars wo annually consume, but that in tlie exchanges for twentyfour millions Cuban produce, we are not permitted, under the arbitrary navigation rind impost laws of tho Government at Madrid, to enjoy tho ordinary reciprocity between enlightened commercial nations.? Cuba consumes a vast amount of Flour and provisions, not of its own growth, nor of American production, except to a very limited degree. The export of Flour to Cuba Lhis year is only 2.820 barrels, and not the first bushel of Wheat. Of Lard and Rice the Island taken ?1,780,000 in value. Of ill other provisions loss than half a million. The principal exports are Staves and other lumber, and Castings for sugar mills, to jollier $0,128,000. For tlie rest of the seven millions which the Island bins in exihiige for its twenty-four millions of Sugars, Uigur*, ?fce., it is made up of furniture, smoked fi>h, and a few inconsiderable items >f cotton and other manufactured fabrics. Everything of American growth and industry which can possiMy be dispensed with jr superseded from any other quarter by the >o!icv of the Home Government, is kept >tiL b}' highly restrictive or prohibitory duies. The Island, without the capacity to ?row its own food, or the ability to fabricate its own wares, its restrained from tradng with its nearest maiket, in order that it nay be made to yield the laigest possible evenue to the Spanish Crown. The right >t Sovereignly to impose fttich rc?liiclions nay not be controverted, l>ut the policy is leillior just to the Island nor liberal to the United States as its largest and most valuajle customer. As a commercial question, therefore, a 1'renty of Keeiprncity. or the purchase of ho Island, is likely, at no distant day, to issumc as much if not more real imporance than the political i?sue. We explained yesterday the practical effect upon >ur Gold resources of the present unequal rade with the Island. This may possibly je borne, without inconvenience, a few | cars longer, but. tlicre. are two important :ontinge!ieios, which in our day of aliility o spare forty millions a your in Cold to lie Indies, ought not to be overlooked.? >ne is, the possibility of tin; partial failure f the California mines; the other, the >robability that our extravagance in the :onsnmption of Kuropeati goods may, in a i:w years, run ahead of our ability to bal iiico that account with Cotton and Food. V sliort crop at home, or a superabundant in nil over Europe, including the Baltic and thick Sea grain district*, again, since the eace opened to Western Europe, would ring about such a difficulty. This year ve shall probably send abroad ^05,000,000 n Gold, or about ?>4,000,000 in excess of he product of California?estimating the utter at $01,100,000?against $58,100,000 produced last year. The peculiar condition >f money affairs :n Paris and London early n the season, has so hastened iho remit* auces since July that they reach about ji35,000,000 for the* first half of the new iscal year, against $44,148,000 for the vhole fiscal year 1856. It is easy to see hat nothing but continued and unbroken ?ood fortune with our crops and mines can prevent tlie golden tribute we p:iy to Spain >n Cuban account, ami to China Brazil, Yoin becoming a most inconvenient tax iipou the financial resources of the country. Our commerce witli China is scarcely less unequal than with Cuba. The contiguity of the latter and its ability to take of Our superabundance, in exchange for its luxuKte*, make up the main sum of difference. In the case of the Chinese Empire, our grievance is one in common with England and France, who just notf feel It even more .intensely through their silver ex shaugcs with the East, the draughts upon which from Chinn for raw silks, as well ns ten, have embarrassed the money marts throughout Western and Central Europe, rn this connection we f rid tUe following parngraph in the.--Paris letter of the Commercial Advertiser, received by the last mail; % ^ another expedition is spoken of, wliieh ?IIUhfereAt particularly tbe /United States, and l\i?n o?peditiopon the part of Engirfnd and Franco Kgaiosfc China*. rumored that a venrlarve unl fleet ft to lenve in Ihe ?pri?g (or the CI)inn port*, to givfi ateislantfo to tnisuionnrlea Who have fa that, <JO?*i<-jta?vU At'the same time (o attempt the negotiation of The ?? * WHM W1ii ? . / Tens, $0,838,000 I Shawls, $291,000 Riiw Silks, 557,000 | Sugars, 379,000 Silk Goods, 74G.OOO I Mattings, 247,000 i Opium, 179,000 I Cassia, 152,000 Miscellaneous fabrics and fruits, 1,055,000 Total, 810,454,000 ' Against tin's important sum our sales to China in Cotton and other fabrics and in Ginseng, ($175,000 in value,) amount to only $1,751,000. Our direct remittances in Silver and Gold were $288,000 Ameri can aiul ?335,000 Foreign coil leaving a balance of about eight millions dollars to be paid with Gold in London. Under such tribute to a people whoso commercial bigotry and ignorance, aggravated of late years by intestine wars, are a constant annoyance to the exchanges of the world, the Paris letter writer cannot be far out of the way in nsuining that the expedition spoken of will prove acceptable news to this country.?JV. Y. Times. YOUNG LADIES' MANIFESTO. The "Young Ladies' Matrimonial Club of Frankfort," has through the columns of the llomncy Intelligencer, issued an address "to the gentlemen of Hampshire county and its vicinity," in which they set forth their grievances in a very touching manner. < Hut for their timidly expressed assertion to i the contrary, we would, notwithstanding I our immense regard for the sex, be inclined ] to suspect that the Hampshire ladies were 1 not as captivating as the ladies are else, where. Iji no other way could we account for the alleged indifference of the chevaliers of IIainnshirr?- llnf furil.?.- i prelude, we will let the husband seekers < speak for themselves, and should any young I man in want of a wife, after reading this 1 ...Mr/to* f..:i ?? - ' Km ivf uiiuLb iila luwartiH i Hampshire, he ought to bo doomed to sin- J g!e blessedness until " the resurrection gun cracks Leap Year is almost gone, and with it are gone all the efforts which we have been making ever since the first dawn of New Year's day, 183G. Upon (hat all-impor tant morning, we arose bright and early, brushed our hair, put on our most fascinating "smiles, and arranged our toilets in a manner which the most fastidious might admire; then, armed with Cupid's most pointed darts, we marched out and arraved ourselves, not collectively, but individually before l!ir> wniri- nf ll-imncl.i.n ??1 -? o J w. ??<II?||M|IHV| tlliu UMUIJT and unanimously proclaimed ourselves can- ( didat<*s in the iii:?triinoni;?l campaign of 1 eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and from that time down to the present, have been f electioneering with uutiring zeal. But all 1 i our eflorts have proved unavailing. 1 Tlie gentlemen have gotten hold upon I the handle of our arrows; the darts have ' been turned upon us, and instead of penc- 1 trating the hearts of those for whom they f 1 were intended anil bringing them kneeling 1 at our feet, imploring that inercy which we wouhl so gladly bestow, they have on'y 1 served to inflict more deeply the wound of ' the past four years upon our own hearts, by < the prospect of being doomed to disappoint- 1 meut ami brought to wait and bccoiue old 1 mnids while another term of four years is ^ rolling over our unwilling heads. With ' una uestmy Blaring us in llic face, wo liavo E met mid determined to make another Inst " | and desperate effort, by publicly nnnounc- J ing our intention of marrying as soon as wo 1 can severally find suitors. ' Any of ur are qualified to become farm- ' ers', merchants', or mechanics' wives, and t rather than miss would take a lawyer or doctor. Wo arc well versed in the art of ' housekeeping, and can cook, weave, spin, knit and sew. and jaL-a onm nt ! /? - perfection. We have hands as willing and hearts an susceptible of loving, (to say nothing of our beauty and accomplishments ' with which all are acquainted,) as you will * find in the world, or any where else. The address closes with the following j importunate appeal lo the marrying men : We come, not like Buchanan, asking for the vote of thousands: We ask but one? 1 we need but one. .Will you not give it! ' If not, we think you might at least favor .! us with a call?perhaps upon a further ac- 1 quaintnnce and a reconsideration of the ' matter, there may be a revolution in your ' minds. Come! we invito you to come.? Let no recollection prevent you. Aro you ' young and bashful! We have smiles \ enough to make you forget your bashfulnA r A ?nn nArt.) " 1 .. ...v |/v?i t auu innjr ut) "United with your equals in marriage." Are 1 you a widower! The widow and the fath- ' erless want a friend. In nge an excuse ?? 1 The faithful maid desires a, companion for life. Indeed, gentlemen, we have those of 1 all ranks and grades and station of society, ' and we repent it, we want to marry, and ! warrant In rrir/t fi? ? -1 ' ........... -- f,? m i ci mi i hi modi ate reply tor soy gentlemni ?rtio'death* ft 1 bouselioejierj and Will take tl?? pain* to C*H ' #pon,of ?ddrea*>Yojttag*i?diei' MatmnonbUCiobof Fmokfoft, Hawp?bl^ oounty, ' y,. -i MC ?W t you^I*dy >hermotl*r, > ^ ^ ^BwS^ dw, i? yo^ J "GOD BLESS YOU." IIow often in life we hoar these words 3poken and how seldom the heart realizes what a world of pathos and feeling lies in them. IIow npt wo are to cnlch at the ideal, while the real in life, is left to pass by unnoticed. Stop with me, and gazo upon that father who has seen some manly action in his youngest boy, which shadow forth a well spent future life, and hear the words, " God bless you my boy," fall from the parent's lip?. Do they fall useless to the ground ? are tliey forgotten ere they have died upon the lip ? Believe me, no. TI r II ... ? - m ur.y iiiii upon me ear ot childhood, sweeter far than the merry song of the free, unfettered bird, nnd with more effect; for while the song dies with hearing, the words arc treasured in that youthful heart, and have made their mark for good which nothing can cffacc. Sec that poor, shoeless, houseless wanderer, as she creeps for shelter from the pitiless storm, and shrinks against the cold walls of that splendid mansion. You are half inclined to pass her by, but the good angel at your side whispers you to stop, and as tou draw a few shining pieces from your pocket, and piacc them in the despised one's hand, docs not her "God bless you, sir," send the life blood dancing to your lieart, and docs not sleep seem sweeter as you dreamily lose your senses, with these three words still ringing in your oar?" God Mess you ?" Step with me into that littlo cottage, which is placed so prettily by the side of Lliat merry dancing stream. Surely sorrow [ ouM never come near so sweet a spot as ibat! "We enter?the outsido lias sadly belied tho inside, for horc everything is ruin, ind j*et, a few years ago, all was bright, sunshine in that home. Whom have we litre 1 A mother bending in silent sorrow >ver the form of one who bears the impress >f a man, and yet is so disfigured by ini'.'inperance, you can scarce trace the lineaments of one formed and fashioned in the ikencss of his Maker. AVe wait awhile, mhI the drunkard's sleep has passed, and lie has awakened to the full realization of liis miserablo and degraded condition, we ;ct the sorrowing wife to step aside, and we lit and reason with this once loving and beloved husband, until we force the lear lrop to the eye, and bring the resolved, free, irm and decided from his lips that ho will Irink no mor$, and we tako his solemn pledge lo that effect. A ? * j*. yuar uas passed, antr once more wo stand within the portals of that house, And he first words that great our ear, alike from msband and wife, are "God bless yon, f*ou have made us very, very happy.*' Is here nothing in those words then! Do hey not repay you a thousand and a thousand times for your kindness to that then >oor lost one ? See that fond fiither, as he stands beside he loved child of his heart, and is about to jestow her upon another, and when the last lereroony is performed, and the last rito mded that makes her another's, is there not i world of love, nge, and hope in that old nan's heart as he falters forth the words, ' God 1>U?R8 roil " Arn ll?o< ful.. ,r>r.y? j --.7-1 " ?"? "IIVIl the has passed through the summer of life -?when the silver creeping in among her etty hair tells her that the winter of life is -A t 3 t 1 icht hi uanu, anu long years nave passed, ind tlmt father has gone from oarth to leaven, those words will still sound the larp strings of memory, and her father's God bless you" will perchance be her last .bought as she too passes away. Take the lover as he is about to leave lomc, perhaps for years, perchance for ever ?for death is the only thing certain in life ?and does not tho "God bless you !M whis pored by that loved one as they part in unjertainty, but still in hope, form a bright Jtar in his diadem of thoughts t Aye! 'tis .ho brightest one there, and will cling to his heart when all else shall fail. " God bless you !" These are threo simple word*, and yet how they cheer the heart, sustain tho sinking spirit, and build an altar of Itope in the soul, which, elso we could never realize on 4ftrfh. Perchance they are whispered above, ere uttered on earth. Who :an tell f The poor mpn's " God bleas you,n is ever heartfelt, and ever comes from a heart surcharged with gratitude if not with love.? rhoy are en*y words to bo uttered, but often times hardto be gained. Is there not that in this life for which we can so Hve ever to hear, ever to mQrjl them f And is ttiere not a sweet feeling when we do so live- that we can leave this world with th* that "after life's fitful fever," after we have passed from jeprth away to another world, Lhose with .whom we *?soci*Ud,?tKl had inferooune?aye, and those, too, who knew us, while they were unknown to u>?^eah say; M th^y tirtce our name upon the fctorto which efyall gtapd in tta quiet churchjfrdV M no 1*4 written the*..He was the poor maa'a frietwN-a good .pm u^d :H? j''.^ ' '^' ''' :'^ | FREE LOVE Of MISSOURI-ONE. BRIDE FIGURES IN TWO MARRIAGES. The following brace of marriages nppear" ed in the St. Joseph's Gazette of last Wednesday week: On the 22d inst., by the Rev. A. V. C. Schenck, Mr. Win. C. Williams to Miss Mary Jano Bindley, all of this city. On the 22d inst., in DeKalb, Buchanan County, by Henry Tutt. Esq.. Mr. John T. Yates to Miss Jane Elizabeth Bradley, both of this cityWe happen to know something of this interesting farce?this delic table morsel of scandal, which has been the nine days' wonder of St. Joseph, and afforded a delicate tit bit for the tongues?the only true perpetual motion yet found?of all the gossiping old women and scandal venders of that very moral town. The lady in question?for one played the part of bride in both ceremonies?had engaged to two "sighingswains," and the day of marriage with each was agreed upon : but it nppcars that lier mother and sisterly I relatives wished her to mnrrtr "AnmU" - ? J ? the man of her choice, and her parental pa wiahed her to marry the other, (his favorite,) anil she wished to stave him off by an engagement, as she did not at all favor his suit. But on the morning of the 22d ult., her " old dad," provoked hy her obstinacy, concluded to have " things set on end" at once, and sent for his choice and a priest, to have " Sunbeam," the artist?for he is one of the artists?joined in pad?heg our pardon?we mean wedlock, to his daughter. The twain came, and the victim was awakened froin her slumbers and marched in her stocking feet, like a horse to brid (le) al, or a malefactor to the lialtcr. The ceremony was performed and the Argus eyed parent fondly thought the thing was" did up." But* and alas ! for the mutability of human cat ciilntion, her " deary" heard of it and went at once in " conflipshuns;" he ripped, he tore his hair, he jumped, lie?he s s-wore ; yes, he did?some. It was nwfui to behold his agony, and while ho was bewailing his lost Betsy, she was beslumbering her visage for him. lie managed to procuro an interview with her, planned an elopement in the evening, and went away with his feelings '4 slightly" relieved. Night came and cast her sable cloud over the earth, when the cheated lover, with a carriage, approached the bride's residence and stopped at the rendezvous agreed upon.? Meanwhile the groom had retired, as Shakspeare says, " to sleep, perchance to dream," and waited for his consort to tumble in.? She made some sort of an excuse to go down stairs, and left tiio expectant bride* groom waiting in a state of awful suspense. She did not leturn ; an hour passed on the wings of time, and ho started in pursuit of her. No one knew where she had gone until the old ncgress spoke up: " La me, Massa, she's been gone with Mr. Y. this hour!" The cat was out of the hag. Imagine the bridegroom's feelings?to clip Elysium and lack its joy ; to cull a bouquet and lose the most fragrant roee; to get a glimpse of heaven and have the gates shut?it was horrible! Perfectly monstrous, too hard for human nature to bear. lie thought to commit a suicide, but then it might hurt him, nnd he didn't.? Kansas Herald. > ?? Education of the Agriculturist.?No man is so high as to bo independent of the nuccess of this great interest; no inan is so low as not to bo affected by its prosperity or decline. Agriculture feeds us; to n great degreo it clothes us; without it we could nnt IiflVA tnniiiifanfitrna oiwl mn "-> ?? - ? i???u It V> naiuUiU IlUb have commerce. These all stand together, but they stand together like pillars in a cluster, the largest in the middle?and that largest is ngriculturc. We live in a country of small farms and freehold tenements; a country in which men cultivate with their own hands their own fee simple acres, drawing not only their subsistence, but also their spirit of independence and manly freedom, from the ground they plough. They are at once its owners, its cultivators, and its defenders. The cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. Man may be civilized, in some degree, without great progress in manufactures, and with little commerce.with his distant neighbors; bqt without cultivation of the earth, he is, in all countries, a savage! Until lie gives np the chase and fixes himself to some pface aiYtf seeks a living flnom the earth, he is a rbaminnr barbarian. WliSti tiltnrr? Iul gins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the. footiclem of human civilization. ?Daniel Webster, : A Kiss.?A kiss i?, a? it were, a seal, expreying our nineeye attachment?n pledge of future unhM^ir present, whiolr, *t tbe wme time it w given, is taking from us the irapre?iun of frory floral p?*-^m?on baliam for ?lor? wotted THE DRAMA?TRAGEDY AND FARCE, I Theatricals, which have been on a steady decline for the last ten years, have met with a strong revival during the present season, and the various city theatres are now as liberally patronized as in the pahnicbt days of the drama. This is owing in a great measure, to tho organization of good stock companies, and the selection of a run of popular light pieces. To keep pace with the age, tho great body of tho drama requires alteration. In tho time of Shaks 1 T ...I I-- 1. jx;o>u 41 llu 1JVII UUU9UII, MUCH II1U wore precluded from governmental affairs nnd took no note of the slow steps of science, there was plenty of time for tears and sentiments over fictitious joys and sorrows ; but in this manly era, when the movements of nations, tho strifes of politics, and tho miraculous strides of progress are tho familiar speculations of tho mass, the pasteboard bhows and smoky sentiment of tho fuot-lights are puerilities which the imagination and the sense reject. That portion of the drama, however, which is comprised in comedy and farce, does not follow in this rule. Tliose are flexible, and adapt themselves without difficulty to the fancy of tho hour, and what is more, are a relief to the heavier reflections which now overload the common mind. The simpler all plays are, the better, and it may be noticed, that the plainer the plot, tho more popular the entertainment. The observer wishes to shake the grimo and soot of mental labor from his brain, at the least expense of mental effort possible.? He wants a laugh, and the easiest way to get it, is the best way. It is for this rea-' son, doubtless, that Irish farces, which abound in practical jokes, and which appeal to the risibilities by exhibitions of the abrupt absurdities of human character, arc to bo ranked among tho most favorite class of modern dramatic entertainments. Comedians, therefore, may be classed among the philanthropists of the time, and in proportion as they entertain their audiences, they are entitled to the solid regard of the public. In this view, such men as Placide, Lester, Burton, and George Christ}*, have rendered as much service to society in their several circics 01 operation, ns nave Warren, Hood, Thackeray, or Dickens ; and if wo mistake pot the signs of the times, they receive just as high and substantial a degree of public estimation.?Porter's Spirit of the Times. A GOOD *NAME. A good name is above all price. Ilave you not found it so, young man, you whose wellknown virtues have placed you in a position which you occupy with feelings of commendable pride! And you whose fame has been the target of envious tongues, have you not Been a good name to be the only breastplate that is impervious to the poisoned shafts of calumny ! Gold and talent, what are those without character ? A light to render darkness visible ; a gilding which by contrast makes the substance the more revolting! Cherish it then, all ye who possess it, guard it carefully?for, depend upon this, its purity ouco tarnished, the most unwearying effort will hardlj* restore it to its pristine lustre. Let it attend you through the journey of life, crowning j*our days with pence and hnppinesB. The rectitude which won it, will engrave upon your face a letter of recommendation to people of every nation and tongue. And when the treasure is no longer needful to you, it shall descend to your posterity, a legacy with which millions would not bear be compared. You wlm nr? in?t nn llm ctnnnln .. ? ? ...? vll ??fV OVt to active life, remember the value of a good name. He it your constant endeavor to earn it for yourself, in the only practicable way?by pursuing the path of undeviating integrity. Let all your intercourse with your fellow creatures be maiked by stub conduct an you need not blush to see recorded before the eyes of a congregated world ; such an will never cause any to blush for their ccnnection with you. A good name is a laurel wreath for the brow of its possessor, but a bad name is a swift-footed pestilence to fallow with ii? uroiliinn . - 6 ....... ence wherever be goe*. Singular Instance of Affection in a Dqy. \ ?The many extraordinary instances of.the. devotion of the dog to Uia roaster, wow on i record, seem too much fot the Relief of most of men, hot the following wafe told as * by n gentleman well acquainted with I the circumstance*, and many other* iw thkr I vanity can votfch for the trtftfrof the state- J ment: Charta Htieston, a man well known on ine Ainunmi* river, bat for the liwtfew yours 1 n rMitferttof CalifofmH, tfas frillcwl by tlieex- '.i p'ocion of ft stwmbont near 8?n Fr?ncU6o , & ItiotitiiB'ftlhee; A eobh NeHvfoundv j tarn* dog.owned by W???w?pe4 ?fcd * iber of; the dee?MO(i^ l^ng^vitf Perry - ? ' EXTltAcrt *nd&A.&3.A0N BY EEV C. k BPVR: ,. QEOJt,OF LONDON. ~ j Glen. 20 . c., 23; 24 vs?. To conclude { The text calls Christ lliij stone of Israel. 1 iinvc llcrifJ ri story? ! cannot tell whether it is true of riot?out of Rome of tho Jewish mhliis; it is n talis concerning the text: " The sto:.e which tlio builders refioivl ?1.? a?..w 1.- it.*J" ...V 1-1 (IVUUIIIti lllll headstone of the corner." It is Paid that when Solomon's temple was building, nil v.. the stones were brought from the quarry; ready cut and fashioned; anil there were marked on all the blocks tliu places vvhcru they were to be put. Amongst the stones was a very curious one; it seemed of no describable shape, it appeared until for any portion of the building. They tried it at this wafl, but it would not fit; they tried it in another, but it could iiot be accommodate J ; so. vexed and angry, they threw ii away. Tho temple was so many years building, that this stone became covered with iVi'ops, and grass grew around it,' Everybody PaSSill!? 1>V hlll*.riled lit. lli'o ulntiA - rl r ."T> ""T * they said Solomon was wise, and doubtless all the other stones were right ; but as for fli'iVt bloclc, thev' m'ijjlit as well sciiVl it ba'c& to the quarry, for they were quite sure it was meant for nothing. Year after year rolled on, and the poor stone was still despised,* thd builders constantly refused it.? The eventful day came when tVie temple' was to be finished and opened, and tliW multitude was assembled to see the grand sight. The builders said, " Where is the top-stone? Where is the pinnacle!*?' They liVll'e thought where the crowning that stone which the builders refused < marble wa?,' until some one said, u 1'erhapR meant to' be tli'e to'p-ston'e." 'jfliey then took it, and hoisted it to'tlie toji' of (he house; and as it reached the summit tlicy found it well adopted to the place., Loud hosannastriad'ethe welkin ring1, ns'tl'ie stone which the builders refused,' thus because the headstone of the ror'ner. So is it with' Christ Jesus. 1*110 builders cast him away, lie was a plebiati'; he was a man ofpoorextraction ; he was t a man acquainted with sinners, who walked in' poverty riri'd iH'catVness ; henee the worldly-wise despised him.' Hut when Gou shall gather together, in one, all things that are in heaven and that are in ontii, iiicii v>nrisi snail be tbd gfortotW consummation of all things. " Christ reigns in heaven tlic topmost stone,' And well deserves tli'e praise." lie shall be exalted lib shall' be libn'orel; his name shall endure as long1 as tli'e' sun, and all nations shall bo blessed in him', yea, ail generations shall call him blessed'.* A Suffieient Reason.?Various reasons^ are assigned for tho selecli?>n of particular churches. Sometimes, it is locality; sometimes, it is the eloquence ol the minister;* sometimes, it is the doctrines; an'd s<p onj' But a new reason has lately been offered,' which certainly is cnnclusiv*. The Mejliodist Protestant says, one of the last reasons assigned a few days ago, in tliiU ciK',' fo/ lAnvi.ifr v ' .2 -C:* ? ...V .ntuiuuisi Uliurcll and joining n more fashionable congregsigation, may be found in the followingconversation : t ... ?Is it possible, Mr?. S.," said oiie ladjr to' another, "that von'lire gbirijj to'h-avoour * * . I . s ; ? M ehiiroll and join at ll'ov. Dr. ?Vi" u Yes," replied the lady, " I" have coiiclnded to go with iny daughters, 'i'hvy say that the seats in old Ettlaw are jo close together that they must either leave off hoops entirely, or leave the church they have been iii the habit'of1 attending*. ^0"',' at Dr.?the pews are large anil wi'J?V and ladies can get in nnd out without' much trouble. I think I sllall lirivo to' go WUH1 the girls." | , Ilero is an idea for those societies ,that arc nboutbuilding churches: They should . ; be sure to have their pews V lajge and wide;" if they would keop thqir mciribcrt' ;? , - . . . . , yrVyr. ? from going?" with'tliq_g1ils.n < Influence of Temper on Health.?-ExCoe.-' '! '* 6ive lal>or, exposure to wet and cold, deprivation of sufficient quantities of ncccwarjr and wholesome food, habitual bad'lodging,' .u.u ?. !l ' - n>uiu miu iniemjwrniicp, ftfd nil dencjiy <5ft*4inies to liumnn life; l?iit nori(i of them are' bo bad m fiolent nrttf'. uii^overrie^ Men.and *omon bare survived nil thecir nnd at f*?t reached an-exirem? old njgijr'l' bat it-may be safely doublfkl wbeilicr a ein-' gle Jnstartce can' W'&iiijdpo? a" mhn w lent art1 iVfiiscible lo storms of ungowii^Wp>&^^^ pottanoe to every.-one e^gia^1 Lba stream of time ftmpo?Wy,and insiend^,<>f